Although Sun Tong and Cao Jin's marriage had already been decided, due to the fact that they were about to send out troops, everything had to wait until the end of the discussion.
Sun Tong did not have any objections to this. After all, if he stayed in Chen Liu, it would take a few months before he could marry Miss Cao Jin.
As for the betrothal gift, Sun Tong did not have anything valuable other than his own equipment. In the end, Cao Cao found Lu Boshe and asked Lu Boshe to collect the betrothal gift on behalf of Sun Tong.
Boss Cao's actions of finding someone to help his sworn brother give his sister a betrothal gift were also eye-opening.
After busying himself for a while, the day of the expedition finally arrived. After watching Sun Tong lead the cavalry out of Chen Liu City, Cao Cao left Xi Zhong alone and began to give instructions for the rest.
"Tomorrow, Cao Cao will lead his troops out and Chen Liu will be fully managed by you.”
It had to be said that Boss Cao's heart was absolutely black. Zhang Miao was the true prefect of Chen Liu. How could it be his turn to take care of Chen Liu?
However, some words did not need to be said. At this moment, Xi Zhong already understood the meaning of Cao Cao's words.
Cao Cao was leaving a path of retreat for himself. If he could not deal with Dong Li, he could lead the army to retreat to Chenliu and seek development.
As for Zhang Miao, Xi Zhong naturally had countless ways to make him give up his position in order to preserve Cao Cao's image.
Of course, it was not enough to just leave a backup plan.
In fact, before Sun Tong left, he and Xi Zhong had already discussed the issues of East County, Shanyang Army, and Qiao County. Sun Tong had already sent people to find out the situation in these three counties.
The situation in these three counties was still stable, so Boss Cao had to think of another way to get these three counties.
Cao Cao's army this time, including Sun Tong's 2000 cavalry, had a total of 12,000 men. Compared to the original 4,000, the army was much larger.
Zhang Miao and Bao Xin were also with him this time. Because they needed to fight with Cao Cao, Zhang Miao only recruited 15,000 men. On the other hand, Bao Xin had recruited 20,000 soldiers in Pingyang and other places because Yuan Shao and Cao Cao had given him the title of Krupp Breaking General.
With Sun Tong's vanguard leading the way, Cao Cao's 40,000-man army only took nine days to reach the wild jujube.
Cao Cao and the others had arrived relatively early. For example, Liu Dai and Yuan Shao would probably have to wait a few more days before they could arrive. After all, they had more people.
After arriving at the allocated camp, Cao Cao handed over all his troops to Sun Tong to settle down. He himself began to run around. Those who didn't know better would think that this guy was colluding with the various vassals to seek the position of alliance leader.
However, in reality, Cao Cao had no thoughts of the alliance leader. According to the results of his discussion with Xi Zhong, he would keep a low profile in this alliance meeting. In any case, he had already made the most of it.
When he thought of the instructions his military counselor had given him before he left, Cao Cao felt helpless. Why did Cao Mengde gather such a group of people who had no loyalty to the Han Dynasty? He was clearly a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty.
After wandering around the camp for a few days and meeting with all the vassals, Cao Cao finally calmed down when Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu arrived.
Now that all eighteen vassals had arrived, it was time to formally discuss the matter of taking over the board.
Before the meeting, each family had to show their faces. At this time, the soldiers of the various dukes had already gathered outside the city. As the officers on the city wall began to chant the names of the various dukes, the soldiers of the various dukes began to enter the city bit by bit.
The first town, after the general, Nanyang prefect Yuan Shu.
The second town, Jizhou governor Han Fu.
The third town is the governor of Yuzhou.
The fourth town, Yanzhou governor Liu Dai.
The fifth town, Xuzhou governor Tao Qian.
The sixth town, Hanoi prefect Wang Kuang.
The seventh town, Chen Liu prefect Zhang Miao.
The eighth town, Shanyang prefect Yuan Yi.
The ninth town, Beihai prefect Kong Rong.
The tenth town, Guangling prefect Zhang Chao.
The 11th town, East County prefect Qiao Mao.
The twelfth town, Xiliang prefect Ma Teng.
The 13th town was the prefect of Peiping, Gongsun Zan.
The fourteenth town, Shangdang prefect Zhang Yang.
The 15th town, break Krupp General, North Xiang Bao Xin.
The 16th town, Wu Cheng Hou, Changsha prefect Sun Jian.
Seventeenth town, General Cao Cao.
The 18th town, Qi Xiang Hou, Bohai prefect Yuan Shao.
Under the high platform, the flags of the honor guard were circulating. There were people who came out to guide the counties to the empty space reserved in advance to set up camp.
After settling down the soldiers, Cao Cao entered the main tent with Sun Tong.
As soon as he entered the tent, the handsome middle-aged man sitting at the head of the table immediately stood up and welcomed him with a smile."Lielie, look who's here.”
Sun Tong knew that this person was Yuan Shao. However, when he used the system to check Yuan Shao's attributes, he was somewhat dumbfounded.
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