The next day, Cao Cao set up a banquet in his camp and invited Ao Lie to the banquet. This was agreed by Cao Cao and Ao Lie yesterday. Before the team, there was still a drink between the two of them.

Cao Cao took the initiative to invite Ao Lie to the banquet, and Ao Lie had already guessed a general reason in his heart. There will be a battle between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao sooner or later, but Cao Cao alone may not be able to beat Yuan Shao. Therefore, Cao Cao wanted to take this opportunity to reach an agreement with Ao Lie, form a temporary alliance, and deal with Yuan Shao together. Another meaning, Cao Cao also wanted to test Ao Lie to see where Ao Lie's bottom line is and whether he has the ambition to be the emperor.

The Spring and Autumn Period was a war without righteousness. This sentence applies to any chaotic world. At present, the great Han Dynasty, all heroes emerged, and all the princes were separating the country, uniting or attacking each other. To put it bluntly, they were all for their own interests. They could be allies for the benefit of the interests or enemies for the benefit. There was no eternal enemy, only eternal interests. No one was truly thinking about the people of the world. However, now with Ao Lie, it became a little different. His thoughts were obviously incompatible with other princes, so Cao Cao could not see Ao Lie’s true thoughts clearly. Therefore, Cao Cao planned to use this banquet to touch Ao Lie’s bottom.

At noon, Ao Lie appeared in front of Cao Cao's camp on time. At this moment, Ao Lie took off his military uniform and wore a robe mainly white and embroidered with beautiful mountains and rivers, which set off Ao Lie's increasingly distinctive demeanor. Following Ao Lie were Zhao Yun with a white horse and silver spear and Sun Ce with black armor. At the same time, there were ten elite blood killing soldiers accompanying him.

A group of thirteen people walked into Cao Cao's camp with their heads raised their heads and chests. Seeing Ao Lie coming with only a dozen people, Cao Cao sincerely admired Ao Lie's courage. Although there was no direct conflict of interest between Cao Cao and Ao Lie, and there was a common enemy like Yuan Shao, no one could guarantee whether the banquet that Cao Cao had arranged would be the Hongmen Banquet. If it were someone else, he might not have taken any risk in person, but Ao Lie not only came, but he also brought only a dozen people in front of him.

Come on, it not only shows Ao Lie's courage and demeanor, but also shows that Ao Lie has extreme confidence in his subordinates and soldiers. He believes that these dozen subordinates will be able to protect his safety. At the same time, this detail also shows Ao Lie's foresight and excellence. He firmly believes that before the enemy and us have completely changed, Cao Cao will not do anything to him. On such a small issue, Cao Cao saw Ao Lie's unusualness and strengthened his determination to unite Ao Lie to fight against Yuan Shao.

Cao Cao is a man with lofty ambitions, and of course he will join forces with an extraordinary person. As Ao Lie strode, Cao Cao shook his robe and then greeted him with a smile. Then Ao Lie, Zhao Yun and Sun Ce entered his camp. The other ten elite blood killers, without Ao Lie's order, stopped outside the tent automatically, and then slashed the hilt of the sword according to the sword, ignoring the existence of the 50,000 soldiers of the Cao army, standing with their heads raised like a javelin. Fearlessness comes from his own powerful strength, and the actions of the ten blood killers made them thin again.

Cao Cao saw it, and once again made Cao Cao look at the elite level of the Blood Killing Army. Since the formation of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and the Tiger Guard Camp, Cao Cao realized that the formation of the elite troops was far less simple than that of ordinary soldiers. His weapons and equipment were far better than that of ordinary soldiers, and his training level was several levels higher. His military pay was three to five times that of ordinary soldiers. Even so, he compared his own Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, Tiger Guard Camp and Ao Lie's Blood Killing Army. Cao Cao still felt that the elite of the Blood Killing Army was far above his own elite troops.

Cao Cao really wanted to ask Ao Lie how he trained four elite troops under his command, but when he said that, Cao Cao forced himself to swallow it. Cao Cao knew that the method of training military has been highly confidential since ancient times, so Cao Cao thought that Ao Lie could not tell him easily. In fact, Cao Cao was wrong. Although Cao Cao and Ao Lie are not clear about their enemies and friends, Ao Lie will still tell Cao Cao about this. Anyway, Cao Cao can't learn it. What is Ao Lie afraid of? To put it bluntly, Ao Lie's

Therefore, in addition to being able to train four elite soldiers, in addition to being Gao Shun, Xu Rong and other soldiers under his command, the concept of military soul was the key to Ao Lie transplanting from later generations and successfully injecting them into his own troops, thereby training four elite soldiers. Military souls are the soul of a unit. With military souls, there will be faith. They will understand why they are fighting for. Unlike other soldiers without military souls, how can they become elite soldiers even if they have basic loyalty problems?

After entering the tent, Ao Lie found that there were only two tables in the tent. Obviously, Cao Cao meant to chat with him alone. People with insufficient status were simply blocked from this tent. Even important officials like Zhao Yun and Sun Ce or princes all the way, there was no place to sit in this tent.

Cao Cao first walked to a table, knelt on his knees, then stretched out his hand to Ao Lie and said, "My Lord, please!"

Ao Lie slowly walked to another table and sat cross-legged. In the Han Dynasty, people usually used the kneeling position in formal occasions, but Ao Lie was very unhappy about it. Not only was he uncomfortable to kneel, but his legs would become numb after sitting for a long time, and it was not good for his health. So since Ao Lie took charge of You and Gang, he abolished this sitting position. You, there were no famous families in the territory, and there were no gentry that could affect the overall situation. Therefore, Ao Lie's regulations were quickly accepted by people. After all, no one wanted to sit more uncomfortable than kneeling. He could change to a comfortable sitting position, so naturally everyone had no objection.

Seeing Cao Cao staring at him, Ao Lie smiled and said, "Cao Sikong, two years ago, the kneeling posture was abolished in Youbing territory. Sikong should not think that this marquis did not obey etiquette."

"Where is, in fact, Cao has been tired of kneeling down." As he said that, Cao Cao stood up, then sat down again as Ao Lie. After feeling it for a moment, he praised: "It's still comfortable to sit like this."

Ao Lie and Cao Cao looked at each other and laughed at the same time. From this detail, Ao Lie saw that Cao Cao and himself had surprisingly similarities in handling certain issues, both casual and open-minded. In the Han Dynasty, with strict rules, Cao Cao's character was very rare. Perhaps this was one of the factors that Cao Cao's later success.

After sitting down, Cao Cao ordered his guards to set up wine and food. Today's wine and food are very simple. Each person has only two meat dishes, two vegetarian dishes, one plate of green plums with water droplets, and a stall of west windy wine. Even entertaining Ao Lie is so simple. It can be seen that it is true that Cao Cao advocates frugality and opposes extravagance and waste.

After the wine and food were served, Cao Cao laughed and said, "June. There are no other wine and delicacies in the army, so I'm neglected." Ao Lie replied with a smile: "Sikong is so polite. The wine and food are just filling the stomach, which is already great."

Nodding, Cao Cao pointed at Qingmei on the plate, and said with a smile: "Agoing the New Year, when Cao was sent troops to attack Qingzhou by the emperor's order, the soldiers were thirsty on the way and were about to be unable to walk. At that time, even Cao felt that blue smoke was about to emerge from his mouth. Finally, Cao had a plan and pointed to the road ahead and said, twenty miles away, there was a plum forest. After hearing this, the soldiers were filled with saliva from their tongues, cheered and worked hard to move forward, and finally reached their destination on time." After a pause, Cao Cao smiled with a little self-deprecating smile, and then said: "I'm not hiding it to the Lord, in fact, Cao also relied on this method to comfort himself, and finally forced himself to not fall behind."

Ao Lie had already heard the story of "Looking at the plum blossoms to quench thirst" in later generations, but today he heard Cao Cao, the initiator, say it in person, and he felt it was different. He picked up the wine glass in front of him. Ao Lie raised his glass to Cao Cao and said, "Sikong is smart in dealing with things, and I respect Sikong for one cup, and I will do it first!" As he raised his head, Ao Lie drank all the wine in the glass in one gulp.

Cao Cao smiled and drank a glass of wine, and then asked, "It is rare for the Lord to be so open-minded. But aren't you afraid of being poisoned by the wine?"

Ao Lie laughed out loud and said with a smile: "It is not Sikong's nature to kill people with despicable methods like poisoning. If Sikong really does this, he will be a hero. Besides, the father and wife of this marquis were both severely poisoned, but they were rescued by the Wanzhu Zhu Lanpei who was wearing with him. I believe Sikong must have heard of these things. Since he knew that the poison was of no use to this marquis, would Sikong still poison it?"

After Ao Lie finished speaking, it was Cao Cao's turn to laugh. He gave Ao Lie a thumbs up and praised him sincerely: "The demeanor of the Lord is admirable! Just now, when the Lord said the word "hero". How dare you ask Lord, who can deserve the title of hero at that time?"

This is, to talk about heroes by cooking wine? Ao Lie thought in surprise. In history, Cao Cao once specially cooked wine in green plums to test Liu Bei's intentions, and he drove all the heroes of the world. Unexpectedly, because of Ao Lie's arrival, one of the protagonists of this matter was actually changed to Ao Lie! Ao Lie has learned about the process of the matter through the historical knowledge of later generations, but he did not want to be led by Cao Cao, so he asked in a direct manner: "Sikong thought, who can afford a hero?"

Cao Cao took a sip of wine and said slowly: "Today, the princes are in power, and there are not a few of them who control the strings under his command. The king and prince think that Yuan Shu, who died a few days ago, once had a man who had separatist Huainan, had sufficient soldiers and enough food, could he be a hero?" Cao Cao was the first to propose Yuan Shu, which was a purpose. Yuan Shu usurped over the emperor, which was a contempt for the imperial power of the Han Dynasty. No one who was loyal and loyal to the Han Dynasty could forgive Yuan Shu's actions. Therefore, Cao Cao hoped to judge from Ao Lie's answer how loyal Ao Lie was to the Han Dynasty.

Ao Lie shook his head, and his answer disappointed Cao Cao: "The dead are gone, so Sikong doesn't need to say anything more." Obviously, Ao Lie refused to comment on Yuan Shu on the grounds of being safe, and at the same time cut off Cao Cao's intention to test himself.

Cao Cao was obviously not satisfied with Ao Lie's answer, so Cao Cao spoke out a second person: "Yuan Shao, Hebei, four generations and three dukes, his disciples and former officials are everywhere, and now he is in half of Jizhou and Qingzhou. He has famous generals and advisers as many as clouds and rains. Can he be a hero?" Even if he could not test how loyal Ao Lie was to the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao changed his strategy. He wanted to learn from Ao Lie's mouth about Yuan Shao and test whether Ao Lie could join forces to fight against Yuan Shao.

Cao Cao knew that the hatred between Ao Lie and Yuan Shao had almost reached the point where the fire and fire were incompatible. From the beginning, Yuan Shao secretly instigated He Jin's false emperor's edict and summoned Dong Zhuo to Beijing, the conflict between Ao Lie and Yuan Shao had already been formed. Later, in the battle against Dong, Ao Lie and Yuan Shao competed with Yuan Shao for the position of leader of various coalition forces, which further intensified the conflict. In front of Hulao Pass, Yuan Shao made the conflict between the two public because he did not obey Ao Lie's orders. Later, Yuan Shao didn't know which of the gang was wrong, and was easily fooled by Wang Yun. He joined forces with several other princes in Sha County and ambushed 200,000 troops to try to kill Ao Lie in one fell swoop. Although Ao Lie survived in the end, Ao Lie's fiancée Sun Shangxiang was replaced by

Ao Lie blocked an arrow and almost died. With bloody killing, the elite of the Tiger and Ben army were injured in this battle, resulting in Ao Lie safely returning to Youzhou. He could only temporarily hold back this breath and implement a policy of rest and recuperation. This account was still not recovered until several years later. Later, in order to win over the Zhen family, Ao Lie sneaked into Yecheng and persuaded the Zhen family to serve, he also burned Yuan Shao's granary, forcing Yuan Shao to tighten his belt and spend more than a year saving food. In short, the hatred between Ao Lie and Yuan Shao cannot be explained clearly in just one or two sentences. Based on the hatred between the two, Cao Cao believed that Ao Lie should hate Yuan Shao very much, so Cao Cao was the second to tell Yuan Shao.

Ao Lie chuckled and said, "I heard that Sikong and Yuan Shao met since childhood and did a lot of sneaky things together. I believe Sikong knew Yuan Shao much better than this marquis. Why should Sikong ask?" In Ao Lie's words, a needle hidden in the cotton made Cao Cao confused again, while also making out the unethical things that Cao Cao had done in childhood. Cao Cao repeatedly tried Ao Lie, how could Ao Lie not know? Ao Lie was unwilling to be manipulated by Cao Cao, so he also wanted to try Cao Cao's bottom line and see if Cao Cao was displeased because of his words. If Cao Cao was so easy to get angry, it would be too disappointing Ao Lie. Since coming to this world, Ao Lie has known the three he will face in the future.

A great enemy: Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Sun Quan. Now, Liu Bei is like a dog that is lost, and Zhuge Liang was taken away by Ao Lie first. If Liu Bei wants to achieve great things, it will definitely be more difficult. In the short term, he will no longer be within Ao Lie's considerations; and Sun Quan, because of Sun Ce, Ao Lie and Jiangdong's civil and military affairs are now very good. As long as Sun Ce is in one day, Sun Quan will not become the leader of Jiangdong, so Sun Quan no longer within Ao Lie's considerations; then, the only one left is Cao Cao. In Ao Lie's subconscious, he hopes that Cao Cao can be strong enough to defeat such an opponent to have a sense of accomplishment. If the opponent is too weak, even if he can defeat him, Ao Lie will not feel any joy.

Cao Cao did not disappoint Ao Lie. He was not concerned about Ao Lie's mockery at all. He smiled and said, "That was just a stupid thing he did when he was young. I didn't expect that the king and the prince had heard of Cao's old things."

Ao Lie's smile on his face was very bright, but his conversation became even more sharp: "Sikong is in the third duke. I am afraid it is difficult for me to know. Not only did I know that this, I also knew that Sikong's eldest son Cao Ang was not born by Mrs. Ding, but by Mrs. Liu, the maid of Mrs. Ding."

Ao Lie's words immediately changed Cao Cao's face. Mrs. Ding is Cao Cao's original wife and the first wife, but Mrs. Ding cannot have children. Cao Cao tried hard again and failed. After getting drunk, he had sex with Mrs. Ding's maid, Mrs. Liu. Unexpectedly, she accidentally got pregnant with Cao Cao's child. After giving birth, she was still a boy, which made Cao Cao very happy. She named the boy Cao Ang. But Mrs. Liu was a maid after all.

He was unable to be Cao Cao's official wife, so Mrs. Ding adopted Cao Ang over and regarded him as his own. In order to conceal Cao Ang's identity, Cao Cao killed most of the insiders and issued strict orders to Mrs. Liu, forbidding her to tell Cao Ang what she really thought about. Until two years ago, when Cao Ang died, he didn't know that his biological mother was Mrs. Liu. Cao Cao had been secretly informing this matter and did a very good job of keeping the secret. Unexpectedly, Ao Lie told him in one word.

Now that Cao Ang is dead, there is no need to hide the truth about this matter. Cao Cao naturally won't change his color because of this reason. The real reason for Cao Cao's color is because Cao Cao suddenly felt that Ao Lie was terrible. He didn't know what Ao Lie used to know about this matter, but Cao Cao knew that Ao Lie must have formed a very excellent intelligence force, otherwise Ao Lie would not know what happened more than ten years ago.

With a far-fetched smile, Cao Cao said insincerely: "I didn't expect that Junhou still has a smooth ear. People say that Junhou has four elite troops under his command that are the best in the world. Today, it seems that it is a big mistake, and it should be five!"

Seeing that Cao Cao guessed the existence of the shadow, Ao Lie did not deny that the reason why he said this was to warn Cao Cao that any of your affairs and thoughts could not be hidden from me. Ao Lie! Now that the purpose has been achieved, Ao Lie no longer continues to force Cao Cao. Some things can be clicked. Let Cao Cao understand them by himself, which is much more effective than Ao Lie said. Ao Lie turned the topic back to Yuan Shao: "Yuan Shao is a harsh and bold person, stubborn, lenient on the outside, taboo on the inside, and is willing to make plans without decisions. He cherishes his own self-interest and forgets his righteousness when doing small profits. Not to mention heroes, from the perspective of the future, he is not worthy of carrying shoes to a real hero."

This is the first thing Cao Cao heard from Ao Lie since the banquet. He hid the shock in his heart in an instant. Cao Cao seemed to have forgotten about Ao Lie's elusive intelligence unit and asked with interest: "Junhou's evaluation of Yuan Shao is extremely incisive, and Cao also thinks that even Yuan Shao is not worthy of calling him a hero. Junhou thinks that Liu Biao, the governor of Jingzhou, is a hero? This person is named Ba Jun. He is so powerful that Jiuzhou."

As soon as Cao Cao said something, Sun Ce, who was standing behind Ao Lie, said angrily: "Liu Biao is a relative of the Han Dynasty, but he is carrying hidden arrows behind his back to hurt people. How can such a despicable villain be called a hero!"

Ao Lie turned around and gestured to Sun Ce with his eyes that he could not speak much. Sun Ce understood and snorted coldly and stopped talking. At the beginning, Sun Jian was killed by Yuan Shu and Liu Biao, but now Yuan Shu has been killed. He is still dead under Ao Lie's Chixiao Divine Sword, which can be regarded as avenging Sun Ce for half of his father's murder. As for his other half, Sun Ce decided to get it back from Liu Biao with his own hands!

Ao Lie turned his head and said to Cao Cao, "Sikong laughed. Bo Fu is upright and has a verbal and unintentional character. But then again, Liu Biao is just a nameless person and is trapped in Jingzhou. He really cannot be called a hero."

Cao Cao smiled distractedly and asked again: "So, can Liu Zhang, Yizhou and Zhang Lu, Hanzhong, be heroes?" Ao Lie said bluntly this time: "There are still shortcomings in maintaining success, so how can we talk about heroes!"

Cao Cao laughed and said, "The people listed by Cao were denied by the Lord and the Lord. I dare to ask Lord and the Lord, who is the hero in your heart?"

Ao Lie did not directly answer Cao Cao's words, and said leisurely: "The dragon can be big and small, and can rise and hide; if it is big, it will prosper and fog, and if it is small, it will hide in the form; if it is rising, it will fly between the universe, and it will hide in the waves. The dragon changes when it is successful, and it will traverse all over the world. The dragon is a thing, which is comparable to the heroes of the world. This is the only criterion for judging heroes." In these words, Ao Lie clearly framed the criterion for judging heroes: if it can bend, you can stretch,

Advance can be invincible, retreat can be a thousand miles away, and those who can achieve great things can be heroes. After saying a word, everyone in the tent was immersed in Ao Lie's words and figured out the meaning of these words. Among them, Sun Ce was even more thoughtful and had a kind of enlightenment to rise to his heart. Ao Lie has always advised Sun Ce that it was easy to break, so that Sun Ce should not be too strong. Now, Sun Ce vaguely felt the truth that he could bend and stretched to become a true hero.

Cao Cao carefully savored the meaning of each word in Ao Lie's words. After a long time, Cao Cao raised his glass of wine and said to Ao Lie: "Hearing a word from the Lord and the Lord is better than reading ten years. Until today, Cao only realized that the standard for judging heroes is not a temporary gain or loss. You are so proud of your opinion! Please drink this cup full of money."

Ao Lie raised his glass and drank a glass with Cao Cao. After putting down the glass, Ao Lie threw the topic back to Cao Cao: "Based on the standard of this marquis's talent, Sikong believes that how many people can be called heroes today?"

Cao Cao reached out and pointed at Ao Lie, then retracted his hand and pointed at him, and replied: "The only heroes in the world are the Lord and Cao's ears!"

Ao Lie smiled unanimously, pointed at Sun Ce behind him, and said, "Sikong underestimates the heroes of the world. Sun Bofu, a fierce tiger in Jiangdong, is young, but he is powerful in Jiangdong. If he can restrain his temper and become calmer in the future, he will be Sikong's very difficult enemy!"

Cao Cao laughed, poured a glass of wine himself, handed it to Sun Ce, and said loudly: "Work for Cao's future rival!"

Sun Ce took the wine glass and said firmly to Cao Cao: "I won't disappoint Sikong." After that, Sun Ce raised his glass and drank it all.
Chapter completed!