Cao Cao garrisoned in Hanoi for several days, crossed the river to Xiaopingjin, and met with the generals at Mengjin, and learned that the Son of Heaven had entered Luoyang safely, so he led his troops to Xingyang. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The weather in July was hot and dry, but Xingyang at this time had a solemn atmosphere, Cao Cao and the generals looked around, only to see that everywhere they looked, they were barren and populated.

"Big brother, what are you thinking?" Cao Hong saw that Cao Cao looked preoccupied, so he stepped forward and asked.

"Think about a lot of things!" Cao Cao said in a complicated tone, "I think about this evil war that has caused the people to be separated and leave their homes, when this impermanent chaotic world will end, when I experienced the first defeat in my life here last year, and those soldiers who have been buried here because of my Cao Mengde's incompetence!"

Cao Hong's face also became solemn: "Big brother is really a strange person, sometimes very strict, sometimes very sad!"

"Really?" Cao Cao smiled bitterly and looked at Cao Hongdao, who was just in his early fifteenth year in front of him, "Do you remember that Brother Hong sacrificed his life here to save me?"

Cao Hong smiled: "Then I won't be afraid of anything, but now I think about it, I'm still a little afraid!"

"Hahahaha, it's good to be afraid!" Cao Cao looked into the distance again, "Sometimes I am also entangled in the two concepts of not being afraid of death and being greedy for life and afraid of death, in fact, whether it is alive or dead, it is the same, but the position is different, it will make people feel that it is shameful to die in battle, in fact, death in battle is a moment of glory, at the cost of life, although it is possible to sing and cry, but it is not necessarily shameful to escape, because you can survive and do more things that are beneficial to the country, society, including yourself!

Cao Hong nodded as if he didn't understand: "If I commit a crime in the future, as long as my eldest brother doesn't kill me, I will atone for my sin, right?"

"Hahahaha, Brother Hong doesn't have to curse himself!" Cao Cao laughed, turned around, and saw Xu Chu and Dian Wei also walking over, both of them were the same burly and stout, which was reassuring.

"Lord, what are you talking about?" Xu Chu said to Cao Gong, "Why can't I understand a word?"

Dian Wei patted Xu Chu's shoulder with his big hand: "You don't need to understand, our duty is to protect the safety of Cao Gong, that's enough!"

"That's natural!" Xu Chu patted his weapon and showed his muscles again, "Do you need to say this?"

"Well said!" Cao Cao walked over and grabbed the arms of the two, "With Dian Wei and Xu Chu here, I dare to go to any Longtan tiger's den now!"

Le Jin and Yu Ban finished the army and walked from a distance together: "Everyone is here, let's find it all out!"

Cao Hong quipped: "You still need to look for them, two mountains are here, you should see them wherever you go!"

Cao Cao asked Le Jin and Yu Ban: "Has the grain and grass arrived?"

Yu Ban replied: "Lord Qiqi, it has not yet arrived, General Cao Ren is afraid of being robbed of grain by other troops, so he has been sending scouts to constantly investigate the situation nearby, so he dares to march slowly with restraint, after all, now Yang Feng Dong Cheng Zhang Yang's army is not far from us, General Cao Ren does not dare to be careless!"

Cao Cao nodded: "Zixiao has always reassured me that he is the most suitable to escort grain and grass, anyway, our army still has surplus grain at the moment, and there will be no war in the near future, there should be no problem!"

Le Jin was puzzled: "But my lord, it's not a way for us to wait like this for a long time, I heard that now the power of the court is controlled by Yang Feng, and His Majesty has just canonized Dong Cheng's sister as a concubine in order to check and balance Yang Feng, but we are waiting in Xingyang empty, and we are wasting grain and grass in vain, what is the benefit?"

"Wen Qian is too impatient!" Yu Ban interrupted Le Jin's words, "The lord will have his own plans, we can just do our own thing!"

Cao Cao smiled meaningfully: "Hey, the open and secret battles are endless, since Your Majesty can think of using Dong Cheng to balance Yang Feng, he will naturally think of us!"

At this time, the herald Pegasus came to report: "Qi Yu Lord, there is a person in the Chinese military tent, claiming to be sent by His Majesty to comfort the lord!"

Cao Cao looked at each other and smiled: "As I expected, go!"

Cao Cao and the generals arrived at the Chinese army tent, only to see that Dong Zhao was already waiting there, and at this moment he was facing away from everyone and looking at a military map hanging in the tent by Cao Cao.

Cao Cao and Dong Zhao had only exchanged letters in the past few days, and had never seen each other, but when they saw that his eyebrows were clear and his eyes were beautiful, and his spirit was sufficient, he secretly thought: "Luoyang Great Wilderness, the bureaucrats, the army and the people are all hungry, how can this person be so plump alone? If he hadn't helped me many times before, I would definitely think he was a corrupt official!" So he stepped forward and said: "Cao Mengde has led the generals to meet the envoy!"

Dong Zhao turned around and saw Cao Cao and the group behind him mighty, he lost his mind slightly, and also saluted back: "I was ordered by the hussar general Yang to make Cao Cao the general of Zhendong and attack my father, the Marquis of Feiting!"

And they were overjoyed, and they all bowed down to the ground.

Dong Zhao picked up Cao Cao and said: "Cao Gong has worked hard from afar, you and I are not new acquaintances, why do you want to see the outside world like this?"

"No matter how good the personal relationship is, the etiquette law cannot be abolished!" Cao Cao Ping retreated from the generals, led Dong Zhao to take a seat, and asked, "Gongren respects his face and is full of dignity, why do you get here?"

Dong Zhao replied with a smile: "There is no other way, just eat for many years." ”

"I see!" Cao Cao nodded, and asked Dong Zhao again: "I don't know what Gongren's current position is?"

Dong Zhao replied: "No, the official is the right one!"

Cao Cao still had something to ask, but he didn't know what to ask for a while, so he had to look at Dong Zhao and smile.

Dong Zhao said: "Why is Cao Gong laughing?"

Cao Cao stopped laughing: "I can come here smoothly today, thanks to the power of Gongren, but I don't know what to do here? Gongren must have an idea, willing to teach me!"

Dong Zhao said with a smile: "Cao Gongxing's righteous soldiers are violent and chaotic, and they have entered the emperor and assisted the royal family. The generals under this time, people have different opinions, may not obey, now stay Kuangbi, the situation is inconvenient, only to move to Xingxu County. However, the court sows the more, the new returns to the old Beijing, and looks far and near, hoping to be safe in the first day. Now that he is returning to the car, he will not get tired of the hearts of the people, and the resistance that Cao Gong will encounter may be very unprecedented. But if you want to do extraordinary things, you can have extraordinary achievements, and I hope that Cao Gong will count them as many. ”

Cao Cao said: "This is exactly what I intended, but Yang Feng is close to Liang County, and when he hears his soldiers, I'm afraid it will become a burden to me, right?

Dong Zhao said: "With the aid of the young party, I will be the only one." The affairs of Zhendong and Feiting were all decided, and they were ordered to be bound by the book, which was enough to see the letter. It is appropriate to send an envoy to thank him for his peace of mind. Said 'there is no food in Kyoto, and if you want to drive a car to Luyang, Luyang is near, and the transfer is a little easier, but there is no worry about the lack of county. 'If you are brave and careless, you will not doubt it, and it is enough to make a decision. Besides, I had already written a letter to Yang Feng in the name of Cao Gong, in which he clearly stated that Cao Gong was willing to help him with grain and grass, so that at least he would relax his guard against Cao Gong, and then clearly told the ministers that there was no food in Beijing, and that he wanted to drive to Xu Du, near Luyang, and transport grain, so that there was no need to worry about lack of suspense. ”

Cao Cao was overjoyed and said: "Okay, I'll send an envoy to Yang Feng's place to get married!"

Dong Zhao said again: "Although Yang Feng is in power, he is actually a scheming person, Ming Gong is not worried, Ming Gong should really be wary of Yuan Shao!"

"Yuan Shao?" Cao Cao said suspiciously, "According to my report, Yuan Shao is encircling and suppressing Zang Hong at the moment, and he has not sent troops to Luoyang!"

"Cao Gong only knows one but doesn't know the other!" Dong Zhao said, "I am also a person who has been under Yuan Shao for a while, many of his advisers are attacking each other, forming several factions of their own, and Tian Feng's wisdom is not under Xun Yu, with their character, I am afraid that they have secretly sent troops to Luoyang quietly!"

Cao Cao was shocked: "Along the way, I didn't see the shadow of half of Yuan Shao's people, why did Gongren say that?"

Dong Zhao shook his head: "This is exactly the reason why I came to see Cao Gong in person this time, Cao Gong must not have paid attention to the waterway, right?"

"Waterway!" Cao Cao thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Impossible, it is now the flood season of the Yellow River, they want to go upstream, and they are a large army, and they still need people to be unaware, how can it be so easy?"

Dong Zhao said in a deep voice: "Cao Gong may not know, right? Tian Feng has recently secretly made people develop a batch of ships, which are flying against the current, and according to the days, I am afraid that they are already lurking near Luoyang at this time in places that we don't know!"

As soon as Dong Zhao finished speaking, a herald broke into the account and reported in a panic: "Lord Qiqi, I just got the news that the baggage troops escorted by General Cao Ren were attacked by unknown troops, and all the grain and grass were taken!"

"What?" Cao Cao was startled, looked at Dong Zhao on the seat, and muttered, "It seems that I miscalculated!"

Dong Zhao got up and said, "I should go back too, Gong Cao take care!"

Cao Cao stepped forward and clasped Dong Zhao's hand and said, "I will trouble Gongren in the future, I hope I will not hesitate to give advice!"

Dong Zhao got on the horse and was about to leave, when he suddenly turned to Cao Cao and said, "Has Cao Gong seen the celestial phenomena recently?"

"I look at it occasionally, what's wrong?" Cao Cao has always loved to write poems, and his so-called night observation of the sky is just a poem written at night.

Dong Zhao shook his head: "I'm not talking about poetry, but Tianziqi?"

"Heavenly Son?" Cao Cao vaguely seemed to know what Dong Zhao was going to say, but he was not sure, so he had to ask.

Dong Zhao said: "A few days ago, Zongzheng Liu Ai came to me and said that Wang Li told him that the celestial phenomenon has recently appeared again in the sky and the phenomenon of the golden fire rendezvous, and every time this appears, it must mean that there will be a new son of heaven." He also said that the number of Han Qi will end, and in the land of Jin and Wei, there will be those who will prosper, and the most important thing is that he has already told His Majesty this, saying that the Mandate of Heaven will go away, and the five elements will not always flourish. Substitute for fire. Those who have the world on behalf of the Han Dynasty should be in Wei. ”

Cao Cao's heart moved, and he was still puzzled: "Heaven is impermanent, this is common sense, but what does Gongren mean when he says this to me?"

Dong Zhao interrupted Cao Cao's words: "If I'm not mistaken, Cao Gong is a native destiny, right?"

Cao Cao: "......"

Dong Zhao rode his horse in the distance: "Gong Cao, don't go to see Your Majesty alone, beware of being killed!"