Chapter 36 Chapter 4 Dong Zhuo's Solo Court Cao Cao Recruits Soldiers (11)

Cao Hong didn't tell Cao Cao beforehand, he just wanted to give him a pleasant surprise.Cao Cao patted Cao Hong on the shoulders, saying that he is indeed a very scheming person. Cao Hong's brother Cao Ren is not bad either.When Cao Ren was at home, he also loved to practice martial arts and make friends with him. There are hundreds of good martial artists who have contacts with him.When he completed the task of escorting Cao Song to flee to Xuzhou, he went to his hometown when he returned. He told the good warriors he made friends that they were all willing to come to Chenliu and vote for Cao Cao with him.Every good warrior has one or two friends, and after they contact each other, there are hundreds of young men accompanying them.So, when Cao Ren rushed to Chenliu to return to the team, he brought a small team with him, and gave Cao Cao another unexpected surprise.

Immediately afterwards, two brothers Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan came to vote.Xiahou Dun has been famous since he was a child.When he was young, when he saw a hooligan insulting his teacher, he was extremely angry, rushed over to catch the hooligan, and asked him to admit his mistakes and apologize.But the hooligan saw that he was small, so he not only ignored him, but even teased him with words.Xiahou Dun immediately punched the rogue down.The gangster was about to get up and fight him, but Xiahou Dun punched him again, and the gangster lay down on the ground and died. All those present said that Xiahou Dun was killing harm for the people, and they all asked the government to guarantee his innocence.Sure enough, the government did not pursue it, and the folks spread the word about this little knight who respects his teacher.

At this moment, Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan brought two thousand people to join Cao Cao. Cao Cao was so happy that he called them good brothers.In fact, Cao Cao's father's surname was originally Xiahou, but he changed his surname because he passed the house to the eunuch Cao Teng. Therefore, Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan are actually Cao Cao's clan brothers. In addition, Le Jin from Yangping Weiguo and Li Dian from Julu in Shanyang also came to vote for Cao Cao.Le Jin is a short man, but he is very courageous, he dares to do any dangerous things.Cao Cao saw that Le Jin was thick and solid, with a generous face and a charismatic appearance, so he suggested that he go back to the county and recruit new soldiers.Le Jin readily agreed, and went back immediately. In just five days, he brought more than a thousand people, which did not disappoint Cao Cao.

Li Dian is a powerful surname of Julu, there are thousands of guests in his family, and he encouraged and encouraged Julu to come and stay with Li Dian, there are more than 3000 people. Building weapons, training new troops, and purchasing horses all require a lot of money. The money Cao Cao and Cao Hongbian sold from selling their properties is far from enough. Fortunately, some wealthy and powerful people who came to invest, such as Li Dian, also donated a lot of money .In addition, Cao Cao went to visit several wealthy Chen Liu.These tycoons all welcomed Cao Cao very much, and sincerely appreciated Cao Cao's move to attack Dong Zhuo.Therefore, as soon as Cao Cao expressed his intention, they agreed to fund.Before Cao Cao could open his mouth, some said: It was an honor for Chen Liu that Cao Cao raised troops in Chenliu. As a big household in Chenliu, he should invest heavily...

Cao Cao was deeply moved, and sighed: "Everyone who is just is supported by the people!" During this period, Cao Cao was lucky enough to meet a great nobleman in his career, Xiaolian Weizi from Chenliu County.Wei Zi is the first rich and wealthy family in Chenliu County. He values ​​righteousness over wealth and is also an important leader of the local Qing school.He once worshiped the great Confucian Guo Tai as his teacher, so he was quite popular in the circle of local intellectuals. Wei Zi admired Cao Cao's actions in Chenliu, but he didn't know Cao Cao yet, he just appreciated the action itself.Once he met Cao Cao in person.And after chatting with one of them, he became even more emotional, and said to everyone: "In the future, the one who will calm the world must be this person!"

With Wei Zi's status and prestige to promote Cao Cao, and he himself took the lead in donating a huge sum of money, therefore, he quickly received a response from powerful local people, especially the funders, and immediately solved Cao Cao's plight. In the future, Wei Zi also participated in the uprising of the Kwantung Army. When Rong Yang fought with Dong Zhuo's army, he was defeated and killed.Cao Cao was very sad, and specially set up a temple to offer sacrifices to thank him for his kindness.Wei Zi's son, Wei Zhen, took important positions after Cao Cao later came to power.He also held important positions in the dynasties of Emperor Wei Wen and Emperor Wei Ming after Cao Cao's death.Due to the privileges granted by Cao Cao when he was alive, Wei Zhen became a very outspoken and upright admonisher in the court, and he made great contributions to Wei.

Of course, this is all for later. This year, Cao Cao was exactly thirty-five years old, which was the beginning of his hard work and great success.