Chapter 792: Sour Date Alliance (Part 2)
Chapter 792: Jujube Alliance (Part 2)
Chapter 790: Jujube Alliance (Part 2)
Seeing the sadness on Qin Hao's face, Cao Cao's eyes were filled with concern. He patted Qin Hao on the shoulder and comforted him:
“My dear nephew, my brother has been fighting for most of his life. Now he can’t go on the battlefield. Although it is painful for him, it is not necessarily a bad thing.”
"Um?"
Qin Hao showed a surprised look, while Cao Cao continued: "Brother can just relieve his burden and enjoy the happiness of family. I can't even envy such a life."
Looking at Cao Cao's respectful and caring eyes, Qin Hao suddenly felt that he had misjudged Cao Cao before.
Qin Hao has always felt that Cao Cao and his father were sworn friends just to take advantage of his silly and generous father. Now it seems that there is still affection between the three old men.
“Third uncle, what about the position of alliance leader this time?”
Qin Hao returned to the topic again, and Cao Cao laughed, and then said seriously: "This time the leader of the alliance must be a good nephew."
Qin Hao smiled, moved his lips slightly, and said, "Thank you very much."
“Except for the wise nephew, the others will serve as leaders of the alliance. I, Cao Cao, am not at ease..."
From the tone and attitude of Cao Cao's answer, Qin Hao could see that although Cao Cao was a prince, he still had nostalgia for the Han Dynasty.
In his heart, Cao Cao hoped that the coalition forces could defeat Dong Zhuo, break through Chang'an, rescue the Han Emperor, and revive the Han Dynasty. However, he also knew that there were many princes, and when there were too many people, they would be divided. At this time, a person with high prestige was needed to lead it. .
Among the princes, only Qin Hao and Dong Zhuo refused to die. No matter in terms of military strength, ability, or reputation, none of the princes who came to join the alliance could compare with Qin Hao. Therefore, for those princes who were interested in the Han Dynasty, Qin Hao was undoubtedly He is the most suitable candidate for the alliance leader, and age is no obstacle at all.
After receiving Cao Cao's enlightenment, Qin Hao estimated that those princes who were interested in the Han Dynasty would recommend him as the leader of the alliance, such as Liu Bei, Tao Qian, Liu Yu and others.
As for those who are hesitant because of their age, Qin Hao only needs to continue to increase public relations. As long as more than half of the people are willing to recommend Qin Hao, then the position of leader will be considered stable.
“By the way, third uncle, you captured several generals under Li Mi during the battle to destroy the Ming Dynasty. I wonder if they have been conquered now?” Qin Hao asked.
Cao Cao was a little confused about Qin Hao's thoughts, but he said truthfully: "Wang Jun and other generals have been subdued by me, but that Cheng Yaojin is just like a stone in a vat, smelly and hard, and he won't say anything." surrender."
Cao Cao's personality charm is still very high. Most of the generals captured by him will be moved by his sincerity. There are very few people who are unwilling to surrender, and Cheng Yaojin is one of the very few.
Wang Junke and others had already surrendered, and took turns to persuade him, but Cheng Yaojin was unwilling to surrender. Because of Wang Junke and others, Cao Cao could not kill Cheng Yaojin, so he kept It's closed now.
“How could my wise nephew know this person?” Cao Cao asked.
Qin Hao smiled and said: "That's it. My elder brother Qin Qiong once traveled with Cheng Yaojin in the rivers and lakes, and later they became sworn brothers. Since Cheng Yaojin is unwilling to surrender, can the third uncle surrender?" Give it to my nephew? My nephew is willing to redeem it for a hundred pieces of armor."
Cao Cao's eyes suddenly brightened. Cheng Yaojin was unwilling to surrender to him. It would be a waste of food to keep him.
Furthermore, among the five generals captured at the time, only Wang Junke was the one that Cao Cao really valued. The other four, including Cheng Yaojin, were just incidental, so it was better to exchange some benefits with Qin Hao.
“My dear nephew, Cheng Yaojin is a first-rate general with an outstanding number of soldiers. One hundred pieces of armor is too little, at least five hundred.”
In Qin Hao's eyes, Cao Cao looked like a shrewd old fox.
Cheng Yaojin turned out to be a first-rate general? Is he so powerful? Why don't you know? Of course, the reason why Qin Hao valued Cheng Yaojin was not because of his ability, but because Cheng Yaojin was a blessed general. His good luck might be rewarded to him, so Qin Hao recognized him even if he was tricked by Cao Cao.
“Third uncle, you also know the cost of a pair of armor. It’s at most two hundred and no more.”
“Four hundred, a thousand troops are easy to get, but a general is hard to find. Your nephew doesn’t understand this, right?”
“Three hundred, really can’t be more.”
"make a deal."
In this way, Qin Hao used 300 pieces of armor to redeem Cheng Yaojin from Cao Cao. However, since Cheng Yaojin was imprisoned in Chenliu, it would take some time to transport him.
In the next three days, the local princes of Yanzhou arrived one after another, including Zhang Miao, the governor of Dongping, Qiao Mao, the governor of Dongjun, Bao Xin, the governor of Jibei, and Yuan Yi, the governor of Shanyang. However, they did not bring many troops. He only brought 10,000 troops and horses.
At this point, six princes have arrived, and the number of soldiers and horses in the camp has increased to 130,000.
Qin Hao visited these four small princes respectively with generous gifts, and got the commitment of three of them with almost no words. As for the one who refused, of course it was Yuan Yi from the Yuan family. Of course, this was entirely Qin Hao's fault. As expected.
"It seems that the Yuan family is also eyeing the position of alliance leader. I must not be careless. It will not be worthwhile if the boat capsizes in the gutter."
Qin Hao estimated in his mind that the person competing with him for the alliance leader this time would be Yuan Shao, if nothing unexpected happened.
And Tao Qian, the Mu of Xuzhou, arrived after the princes of Yanzhou.
Since there is currently only one prince in Xuzhou, Tao Qian, Tao Qian still has a lot of soldiers and horses, a total of 40,000 troops. However, everyone knows about this combat power. After all, the Xuzhou army is notoriously weak in combat power. .
When Qin Hao visited Tao Qian, Tao Qian neither acted like an elder nor accused Qin Hao of poaching his right-hand man Mi Zhu. He very decisively agreed to elect Qin Hao as the leader of the alliance, which made Qin Hao a little embarrassed. .
After the two states of Yanxu, the princes of Yuzhou who arrived subsequently included the four great princes of Yuan Shu, Li Mi, Zhao Kuangyin and Kong Niao. Among them, Yuan Shu and Zhao Kuangyin were still the same family.
Li Mi didn’t want to come at first, but he had to come.
Yuan Shu has been trying to destroy Li Mi, a country within a country, for many years, and Li Mi has been careful to survive, not giving Yuan Shu any chance to target him.
Li Mi could almost foresee that if he did not come to the alliance meeting, Yuan Shu would definitely send troops to attack Dong Zhuo directly on the grounds that he was a member of Dong Zhuo's party.
Therefore, in order not to give Yuan Shu a chance to attack him, Li Mi must come to join the alliance.
After Yuzhou, the princes of Jingzhou arrived, including Huang Zu, Han Xuan, and Liu Xiu.
What was different at the same time was that Huang Zu and Han Xuan both sent generals and troops, but Liu Xiu personally led the troops, but the number was the smallest among the princes, with only two thousand troops.
Yan, Xu, Yu, and Jing are the four states closest to Jujube, so they arrive at the earliest time. Bing, Ji, Qing, You, Yang, and Yi are further away from each other, so although they arrive slower, But they all arrived at the end of the year.
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