Chapter 142 Cao Cao cherishes his talents and takes Guan Yu

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As early as shortly after nightfall yesterday, Liu Bei secretly took the two wives from Xia Pi City to the military camp in case of being caught by Cao's soldiers.

In fact, if these two ladies stayed in the city, they would have nothing to do. It was precisely because they were taken to the military camp. Faced with the Cao army's surprise attack, Liu Bei ran away without any revenge, but threw these two burdens to Guan Yu.

Next, Cao Cao's love for talents was flooded. Seeing that in the chaos, Guan Yu, who was surrounded by Liu Bei's two wives, was ordered not to hurt Guan Yu, and persuaded Guan Yu, hoping that he could surrender to Cao's army.

After some lobbying of interests, Guan Yu finally offered three conditions. This made Xiahou Dun, who had no good feelings for Guan Yu, who was arrogant, furious and shouted angrily, and took Guan Yu straight with a black iron spear in his hand.

Before Xiahou Dun could run out, Cao Cao waved his hand and signaled Xiahou Dun not to be rude. Xiahou Dun had to take the war horse, glared at Guan Yu, then angrily pulled out his horse's head and left.

He looked down on Guan Yu's arrogant personality, so he left here directly without seeing him.

The next moment, Cao Cao said to Guan Yu:

"Yuan Rang is a strong person by nature, so I hope Yun Chang will forgive him. As for the three things that Yun Chang said, the first two things are justified, and Cao can agree, but this third thing..."

It can be seen that Cao Cao’s request to Guan Yu is difficult to agree: Once you know where Liu Bei is, Guan Yu will immediately defect to you. What’s the use of me to keep you?

Cao Cao hesitated about this.

Jia Xu walked up to Cao Cao at this time and whispered to him: Lord, General Wu is back.

Wu Fan had pursued Liu Bei before and had sent orders to Cao Cao's subordinates to ask about Liu Bei's whereabouts. Then, while reporting Liu Bei's whereabouts to Cao Cao, the messenger also told Cao Cao that Wu Fan had gone to pursue Liu Bei.

Therefore, when he learned that Wu Fan was back, Cao Cao immediately left Guan Yu aside and hurriedly turned around to find Wu Fan. If Liu Bei had been killed by Wu Fan, then Guan Yu's request for the first time would lose its meaning and he could easily agree to him.

Under this eagerness, Cao Cao saw Wu Fan at a glance with the torches lit around him. He hurriedly walked over and pulled Wu Fan out of the human wall. He looked back and saw that Guan Yu was blocked from the human wall from afar. Then he held Wu Fan's shoulders and asked:

"Meng Xuan, what's the result when we go to pursue Liu Bei here?"

Before Wu Fan could speak, Dian Wei and Xu Zhu were already excitedly speaking:

"The Big Ear Pirate was shot down by General Wu in the Sishui River. It is cold and the Sishui River would have been frozen if it weren't for the rapid flow of water. The water was so cold that it made people shivering. The Big Ear Pirate would not be able to survive this time."

When Cao Cao heard this, he was very happy and turned around and looked at Wu Fan. However, he saw that Wu Fan was not as optimistic as Dian Wei and Xu Zhu, but even had a sense of solemnity in his expression. Cao Cao said strangely:

"Meng Xuan, Liu Bei is now bound to die. Everyone is relieved. Why is Meng Xuan the only one who is depressed?"

Wu Fan said:

"I cannot be sure that Liu Bei has died before I see Liu Bei's body with my own eyes, so I cannot be happy."

Cao Cao laughed and patted Wu Fan on the shoulder and said:

"I used to think that the most suspicious person in the world was me Cao Mengde. But now it seems that Meng Xuan and I are incomparable, hahahaha..."

After saying something, everyone around him laughed, and Wu Fan couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head.

At this time, Cao Cao noticed the wound on Wu Fan's left hand. Although it was wrapped with a thick layer of cloth, the blood had soaked it. Looking at Wu Fan's back, there were not only many damaged areas, but also a lot of blood. This was the first time Cao Cao saw Wu You being injured, so he hurriedly ordered someone to support Wu Fan and return to the camp to rest.

Although Wu Fan explained to Cao Cao that he was not seriously injured and felt a little weak, he could not withstand Cao Cao's insistence. In the end, he returned to the military camp first with the accompanying guards and Qingzhou fighters.

As for Guan Yu, Wu Fan was also very unhappy with this guy who was as arrogant as 20,000 or 50,000. However, Boss Cao has always been very fond of talents. It is Boss Cao's business for him. If he is not happy with him, he will just stop dating him in the future.

Wu Fan returned to the military camp first to rest, let’s talk about Cao Cao.

Cao Cao was in a good mood at this time. After watching Wu Fan walk a distance, he turned back into the wall and said to Guan Yu:

"Cao just thought about the three things that General Guan said, and he agreed to General Guan all the things that he said."

When Guan Yu saw this, he said:

"After that being said, this is just Guan Mouyi's words. You still need to ask your two sister-in-law to determine it."

Thanks to Xiahou Dun who walked away early, otherwise he would have been furious again when he saw this scene.

Cao Cao smiled slightly and raised his hand and signaled:

"Then please ask General Guan for instructions to his two sister-in-law."

Guan Yu got off the horse, came to the caravan, bowed through the curtain and said:

"It is Guan's crime to scare his two sisters-in-law."

A woman's voice in the car said:

"The life of the chaos is still difficult to save, so uncles don't have to blame themselves."

Guan Yu continued:

"The two sisters-in-laws must have heard what Guan and Cao Cao said just now. Cao Cao has now agreed to all three requests from Guan. Guan did not dare to make arbitrary decisions, so he asked his two sisters-in-law for their opinions."

The woman in the car said:

"We can hear all three requests that uncle said clearly. But if we learn about the whereabouts of the emperor, we are afraid that Lord Cao Cao will not allow his uncle to go and join us."

Guan Yu said:

"The two sisters-in-law are relieved, and Guan has his own decision."

The woman in the car said:

"Since that's the case, the uncle's self-subsidy is that we don't have to ask about everything."

After hearing this, Guan Yu bowed to the caravan again, then turned around, straightened his back and said to Cao Cao:

"The two sisters-in-law have agreed. Guan should abide by the previous agreement and surrender to the emperor, and temporarily obey the orders in the army of Cao Cao."

When Cao Cao heard this, he was very pleased and quickly ordered people to set up an independent camp in the Cao army camp for Guan Yu and his two wives to rest. Seeing that Guan Yu's horse was too thin, he ordered his subordinates to go to the army to pick a strong horse for Guan Yu to ride.

With all this, Cao Cao can be said to be like a nanny, and arranged very carefully for Guan Yu's food, clothing, housing and transportation. However, Guan Yu was not grateful for this. After thanking him, he led the caravan away. As he said, now he has only surrendered to the emperor, not Cao Cao.

Many of Cao Cao's generals were dissatisfied with this, but seeing that Cao Cao was not offended at all, he still loved Guan Yu very much, so naturally everyone couldn't say anything.

...

The next day, Wu Fan slept until almost noon before getting up.

I slept quite relieved this time, and the feeling of weakness last night disappeared and I felt comfortable all over.

After checking the injuries on my body, there was nothing serious. After all, it was just some skin injuries, which were completely different from internal injuries. You will recover as soon as you were in peace for a while.

After dinner and washing up, Long Eshan wiped it. At this time, a messenger informed Wu Fan that Cao Cao summoned all the generals in the central army tent, and there were rumors from Hebei.

Wu Fan then put down Long Eshan and walked out of the military tent. On the way, he met Hua Xiong, Xiahou Yuan, Lu Bu, Lu Lingqi, Zhou Tai, Wen Pin, Zhang Ren and other subordinates. Wu Fan led them to the central military tent.

When he was about to reach the entrance of the Central Army tent, he met Guan Yu who came from another direction. Wu Fan was not in a hurry and walked straight to the entrance of the Central Army tent. Guan Yu was used to being arrogant and did not even want to go to the entrance of the Central Army tent.

As a result, the two of them were at the door of the Central Army tent, and their shoulders hit their shoulders. Wu Fan turned his head and looked at Guan Yu expressionlessly, with a slightly annoyed look in his eyes. Hua Xiong, Lu Bu and other generals behind him glared at Guan Yu at the same time.

Especially Hua Xiong, his hostility towards Guan Yu has been around for a long time. He not only stared at Guan Yu, but also pushed Guan Yu forward. Guan Yu wanted to control Hua Xiong, and glanced at Wu Fan watching him, and had to give up the idea of ​​fighting with Hua Xiong. Although he was very unwilling to accept it, he could only stand aside obediently.

Then, Wu Fan withdrew his gaze, a chuckled from the corner of his mouth, and led his subordinates to strode into the central army tent.

Cao Cao was checking the map on the table with the generals who arrived first, and he was unaware of all this outside the door.

After seeing Wu Fan come in, Cao Cao called Wu Fan over, stood beside him, pointed his fingers, and informed Wu Fan about the situation.

According to the latest information brought back by the spies lurking in the Beihai: Yuan Shao had already captured Beihai five days ago and gathered more than 300,000 troops in the Beihai did not take advantage of the opportunity to seize Xuzhou. The reason was that Yuan Shao used troops too frequently this year, which caused the military rations to be insufficient and he was unable to support the expedition. Therefore, Yuan Shao ordered the prefects of each city who participated in the war to lead his troops back to his respective cities to recuperate.

Yuan Shao has used many troops this year, and the same is true for Cao Cao. One of them unified Hebei and the other dominated the Central Plains, and they have achieved their set goals at present. However, except for Gongsun Zan, there are all mediocre people in Hebei, and Yuan Shao's army is invincible; Cao Cao's army has advanced and retreated several times in the Central Plains, and it is difficult to expand. It is precisely because of this that after Yuan Shao unified Hebei, his army became as powerful as a snowball team. In the process of dominating the Central Plains, Cao Cao lost many troops and became much weaker than Yuan Shao.

Therefore, although Cao Cao knew that Yuan Shao was exhausted at this time, he could not rashly advance to Hebei. On the one hand, the weak military force was not the same, and on the other hand, Cao Cao also needed to take this opportunity to rest and recuperate.

"The battle between our army and Yuan Shao will be a battle that concerns survival and the world."

Cao Cao sighed while ordering people to put away the map.

At this time, all the civil and military officials had arrived. Cao Cao then, in front of everyone, rewarded two generals who had just surrendered to Cao's army last night, Lu Bu and Guan Yu respectively, and named Lu Bu as General Weinan and Guan Yu as General Weibei. Both were fourth-rank officials.

After the conferment was completed, Wu Fan glanced at the loyalty among the two attributes, and showed that Lu Bu was 98, but Guan Yu was only 78.

At this moment, a guard outside the tent came in and reported that a civil servant from Luoyang asked to see General Wu and Lord Cao Cao.
Chapter completed!