In Mushui Pass, the vassals did not know that Dong Zhuo was coming.
After a great victory, they cooked sheep, slaughtered cattle, drank wine, and had fun.
Regardless of whether it was fake or not, they were all trying their best to flatter Cao Cao.
Especially Zhang Miao and Liu Dai.
The two of them wanted to worship Cao Cao like a Bodhisattva.
Not for anything else, Cao Cao's power had taken root in Chen Liu, and he had a fierce general like Chen Tong under him.
It was not that they were worrying too much.
Although the world was divided, the various vassals still supported the Han Dynasty in name.
It was common to recruit soldiers on a large scale in secret, but this kind of thing could never be put on the table. Otherwise, it would be a traitor.
This also caused the dukes to have very limited troops.
The most was only 50,000 to 60,000, and the least was 20,000 to 30,000.
In the end, they only sent Chen Tong to cause chaos among the 30,000 Liang soldiers in Lishui Pass.
In the future, when the alliance of the dukes was broken up, the Hwa Xiong of today might not be the same as them of tomorrow.
"Zijin, the reward is coming."
Chen Tong, who was drinking, looked at Cao Ren with a puzzled expression.""How did Zixiao know?"
"Look at Yuan Shao, he doesn't look happy after winning. Not only is his brows tightly knitted, but he also knocks on the table from time to time. He's clearly conflicted about what kind of reward is worthy of your great contribution.”
"Alright, I'll lend you a hand. If he makes me a general in a while, I'll promote you to be my deputy general.”
Cough! Cough, cough, cough.
Cao Ren almost choked on his drink when he heard this.
When Yuan Shao was the Alliance Leader, he had only self-proclaimed himself as a Cheji General. Where did he get the qualifications to confer the title of Great General?
To think that Chen Tong dared to say it.
What a tiger! How ignorant!
On the main seat, the knocking stopped abruptly. Yuan Shao waved his sleeve, and the singing and dancing in the hall ceased. The dukes who were toasting also quieted down.
"I've often heard that a wise ruler rewards and punishes clearly. Now that the alliance has been formed and the war has been won, those who have made contributions must be rewarded. However, the emperor was not in, Yuan Shao as the leader of the alliance, on behalf of the emperor's fief.”
"Alliance Master is wise," everyone exclaimed.
"The credit for the first battle was due to Cao Mengde's leadership. The generals under him followed his orders and the soldiers dared to die. He took the lead in breaking into the water pass and killed more than 3,000 enemies. Today, Cao Mengde is temporarily appointed prefect of Dongjun.”
Yuan Shao had also thought it through. Regardless of whether he was afraid of others stealing his limelight, now that the battle was over, as long as the other party made contributions, he had no choice but to reward them.
If he didn't, he wouldn't be able to convince the masses.
Yuan Shao had also thought of enfeoffing only Chen Tong and not Cao Cao to drive a wedge between the two.
After all, Cao Cao was only a small cavalry lieutenant. As long as Chen Tong was given the title of general, he would be above Cao Cao.
If you follow the monarch, you will be more powerful than the monarch, and there will be a rift between you and the monarch.
But very quickly, Yuan Shao rejected this absurd idea.
Not to mention whether this straightforward and inferior sowing discord was good or not, even if it was really good, it would not be worth it.
In this day and age, which dukedom would personally go into battle? Which family would rely on their generals to charge?
If he did this today, how would the other dukes dare to send their generals to battle in the future?
Losing and losing soldiers was still considered good. They were afraid that if they won, their subordinates would suddenly become their superiors. Then what was the point of playing?
Therefore, Cao Cao had to seal it.
And this letter from the East County Governor was not without reason.
In the early years, Cao Cao was the Minister of Jinan. When he was dealing with corruption, he offended the powerful people in the court.
Therefore, the imperial court issued an edict to transfer Cao Cao as the prefect of Dongjun, but Cao Cao did not accept the title.
One of the most important reasons was that the East County was too powerful. Cao Cao felt that he could not afford to offend them, so he went into hiding.
It was only when the Spirit Emperor set up the West Garden Army that Cao Cao started his career again.
Now that Yuan Shao's old position was being reinstated, it was partly because the court had indeed not appointed a new Governor of East County in recent years, and partly because they wanted to use the power of East County to continue suppressing Cao Cao.
Of course, it would be best if Cao Cao refused again.
At that time, Yuan Shao could shirk off and say,"It's not that I don't reward meritorious service, but that others don't accept it, and I have no choice."
It was just that Yuan Shao was a little lacking.
Before the Spirit Monarch died, Cao Cao was weak and could not afford to offend the local tyrants.
But now, the world had changed!
The world is in chaos.
Especially when Dong Zhuo was the prime minister, he made a particularly bad start by wantonly slaughtering the scholar-bureaucrats.
In this way, regardless of whether it was the great clans, the great landowners, or the great tycoons.
Who wouldn't be afraid of those dukes following suit and making an example out of them?
Was the problem in East County still a problem now?
Now, as long as he took East County, Cao Cao could legitimately develop his own forces. Why not?
"East County? Sigh! Thank you, Alliance Master. F * ck... Understood."
Cao Cao looked troubled, but he was actually overjoyed.
"Yes." Yuan Shao nodded in satisfaction.
When it came to fooling his childhood friends, Cao Cao was very good at it.
If Cao Cao had openly agreed, Yuan Shao would have thought too much. If he had figured out the crux of the matter and secretly made some obstacles, the one who would feel uncomfortable would still be himself.
On the contrary, if he pretended to be in a difficult position and let Yuan Shao feel that his evil plan had succeeded, the other party would completely let down his guard.
When Cao Cao's reward was announced, Zhang Miao and Liu Dai heaved a sigh of relief.
Now that Cao Cao had a place to stay, he wouldn't have any plans to attack them for the time being.
Sure enough, when he sealed Chen Tong again, Yuan Shao felt much more refreshed.
"Chen Tong fought valiantly, killed Hua Xiong, and took Lishui Pass. I'm a lieutenant."
After hearing the word 'lieutenant', Chen Tong cupped his hands in a disinterested manner. He did not even stand up and said indifferently,"Thank you, Alliance Master."
"Oh? Is Zi Jin dissatisfied with my reward?”
"Not to that extent. It's just killing a little Hua Xiong. It's just a yawn. Do you still dare to ask for a reward? It was only because the other generals were incompetent that I, a pawn, was able to take advantage of them.”
Yuan Shao was still preparing to arrange for this brat who didn't know the immensity of heaven and earth, but he didn't expect Chen Tong to act like this.
He was immediately dumbfounded.
When Cao Cao had told him about Chen Tong, he had only said that Chen Tong was a fool who did not know anything, but Yuan Shao did not believe him.
Looking at him now, he was not a fool at all. He was simply a fool!
It was fine if he belittled Hwa Xiong like this. After all, he was the one who killed Hwa Xiong.
But the last sentence about the other generals being incompetent, didn't that mean that he had offended all the generals in the tent?
The current situation was that there was no need for Yuan Shao to deliberately arrange it, the other generals would naturally find trouble with Chen Tong themselves.
Yuan Shao didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
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