Chapter 57: Prelude to the Storm
Whoever God wants to perish, he must first make him mad.
Today's Shouchun has fallen into madness inside and outside, and there are indulgent Cao soldiers everywhere. Ordinary Sergeant Cao is better, and he wiped his mouth clean after eating. But the Qingzhou soldiers, who have always been arrogant and domineering, do not have that quality, not only eat them all, but also ask the other party to stick them upside down.
I don't know which bachelor wants his daughter-in-law to go crazy, there is a small leader of Qingzhou soldiers who forced a businessman to marry him, and the young lady's father did not obey, this little leader just shouted a father-in-law in front of his mouth, but the back hand directly hacked the unknown businessman to death and forcibly married the businessman.
After hastily setting up the hall, the Qingzhou soldier directly picked up the master's style, and commanded the family to carry the goods of the mansion back to the barracks, saying that this was the bride price given by the father-in-law.
Somehow, this method became popular overnight, and there was even a commander of the Wuwei Battalion, who married several young ladies in one night, and loaded hundreds of carts of goods.
This high-profile commander of the Wuwei Battalion is surnamed Cao, and his name is Anmin.
Cao Cao actually had two guards, one was called the Tiger Guard Battalion, and the other was called the Wuwei Battalion.
The Tiger Guard Battalion, as the name suggests, is a personal guard unit composed of tigers and wolves. In fact, the composition of the Tiger Guard Battalion was indeed filled by the elite carefully selected by Cao's army.
Cao Cao was well versed in the truth that soldiers are not expensive, and paid great attention to the selection and training of elite soldiers. In fact, every once in a certain time, Cao Jun will select elite soldiers throughout the army, and the specifications selected are at least one in a hundred.
In the actual selection, most of the winners were centurions in the army. From the captain who was only in charge of four or five people, to the chief, to the duber, to the centurion who commanded the hundred-man team, these grass-roots officers basically came from the low-level soldiers step by step, and the ability to mix with centurions represented their quality as one of the best in the entire centurion.
Especially the centurion of the Cao army, he did not have more than a dozen enemy chieftains' lives in his hands, and he had not experienced more than ten major battles, so he was not qualified to be a centurion.
But the middle-level officers above the centurion, such as the Qu Chang, the Tooth General, and the Calibrator Lieutenant, are not positions that the big-headed soldiers from the mud legs can do. These middle-level officers involved personal command and command ability, and the big-headed soldiers from peasant backgrounds could only achieve the position of centurion with their blood and bravery, and they were the first to charge into battle in wartime. But to command hundreds or thousands of people, you have to rely on the children of the big family.
In this era, the Maison Gate Valve is in an irreversible upward period. The children of his subordinate clan are not like the wine bags and rice bags of the descendants and a group of straw bales. The vast majority of the children of the clan have some ability. This is also related to the education method since the Qin and Han dynasties, excellent educational resources have long been monopolized by the scholars, while public schools have poor educational resources, not to mention the heavy burden of education on civilians, and there is no way to participate in the official career.
Over time, the upper class was rich in literature and martial arts, while the lower class was poor and weak. This is especially evident in the current army, where there are very few children of the family among the lower-level officers, and very few of the middle-level officers are the children of commoners. The Jin Dynasty's performance of "the upper grade has no cold door, and the lower grade has no warrior clan" has been vividly reflected in the army of the Three Kingdoms.
The elite selected from a hundred miles, Cao Cao basically charged it to three places.
A man who is good at riding directly enriches the elite cavalry, tiger and leopard riding. Some of the men who are good at foot combat were sent to Xuchang to serve as the guards of the Son of Heaven - the Imperial Forest Army; The other part served as Cao Cao's guard, the Tiger Guard Battalion.
Compared with the meticulous selection of the Tiger Guard Battalion, the selection of the Martial Guard Battalion is much simpler. The soldiers in the battalion are basically the Cao clan, the Xiahou clan, and the children of the big families who support Cao Cao.
This group of people is uneven, there are high-quality children who have inherited the fine traditions of the family or the legacy of their parents, and there are also those who come to brush up on the sense of existence or pure gilding.
This group of young master soldiers, although many of them have never personally fought in battle, but they are very loyal. Not to mention the Xiahou family, which is related to the Cao family, the Ru Yingxun family, the Cheng family and other families who put their lives and futures on Cao Cao are also in a relationship of prosperity and loss. In their eyes, Cao Cao is their future!
Cao Anmin, since his uncle Cao Chun and cousin Cao Ang left the Wuwei Battalion to serve on the front line, they have naturally become the leaders of the Cao clan and the Xiahou clan of the Wuwei Battalion.
He doesn't have the superb martial arts of his uncle Cao Chun, and he doesn't have the Xuan Ang aura of his cousin Cao Ang. The position that allowed him to be Cao Cao's extremely trusted confidant was not entirely because he was Cao Cao's own nephew.
It's because Cao Anmin is very good at understanding people's hearts and is very refined in doing things.
Cao Cao's eloquence is probably Cao Anmin's understanding, but in addition to Cao Cao's other thoughts, Cao Anmin dares to say that he must understand, he said second, no one dares to say first. Even a wise man of Xun You's level didn't dare to say that he knew Cao Cao in this regard.
After all, the Cao clan has a huge number of people, Cao Cao's own sons alone have double digits, and there are countless nephews or something, not worse than him Cao Anmin, he Cao Anmin really relied on his "ability" to get Cao Cao's closeness.
For example, Cao Anmin always knew what Cao Cao would do subconsciously under what circumstances. For example, in the face of the majestic formation of thousands of troops, Cao Anmin will always personally hold the sword, as long as Cao Cao is surging on a whim, he can pull out the sword and point to the heavens and the earth.
In the face of majestic landscapes such as the Yellow River, the Yangtze River, and Mount Tai, Cao Anmin always prepares pen and ink to warm wine, and when Cao Cao's heart surges, Cao Anmin will use his back as a case, and let Cao Cao sway his ink!
When the army was boring, Cao Anmin even sent Cao Cao women with different charms in the middle of the night, and the devil knows where he found the beauty in the chaos.
There is even a saying in the army that Cao Cao can go out without Dian Wei Xu Chu, but he can't do without Cao Anmin.
Tonight's Chinese New Year's Eve, the illuminated Shouchun Palace, the Tiger Guard Battalion and the Wuwei Battalion are all in order. Cao Cao set up a banquet here, and Cao Jun should be the main civil and military personnel, and at the same time invited Zhang Xiu and his main civil and military personnel.
I have to say that the Shouchun Palace built by Yuan Shu at the cost of countless people in Huainan is very magnificent, at least in the eyes of Cao Jun, it is more than one grade higher than the newly built Xuchang Palace.
Originally, according to Xun You's suggestion, Shouchun Palace should be burned down after entering the city. On the one hand, it shows that the orthodoxy and majesty of the Xuchang palace are inviolable. On the other hand, it is to show the people of Huainan the frugal style of Cao Jun.
Cao Cao agreed, but ordered it to be burned again after the Chinese New Year. Their own soldiers are lacking a place to eat Chinese New Year's Eve, and they themselves lack a place to rest at night.
At the banquet, the generals of the Cao army gathered, such as the Xiahou brothers, Cao Ren, Cao Chun, Cao Cao's personal generals, Xu Huang, Li Dian, Lejin and other generals with foreign surnames, as well as Guo Jia Xunyou and other Cao army strategists, all of whom were not present. Zhang Xiu also took Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Ji Ling, Zhang Xun and other key generals and Jia Xu, Yuan Lian, Yan Xiang and other ministers to the banquet, but the personal generals disappeared Hu Che'er, to which Zhang Xiu explained that Hu Che'er was guarding his family in his mansion.
The atmosphere of the banquet was a little tense at the beginning, and Cao Cao said directly: "Wen Jin, this banquet is the same as a common meal, General Hu is inevitably lonely, I think it is better for Wen Jin to bring your family together, anyway, in addition to your aunt, there are only two children." Your subordinates can also bring their families, the New Year is naturally a good time for everyone to be together, Wenjin, you still have family to accompany you, we are people who have left their hometowns! Alas, originally I wanted you to continue to garrison Huainan to guard against Sun Ce in Jiangdong. But Your Majesty insists on seeing you and repaying you and your uncle for your protection of Your Majesty in Guanzhong. ”
As soon as Cao Cao finished speaking, Zhang Xiu nodded in agreement: "Thanks to the love of Ming Gong, we can still be with our family during the New Year." Zhou Cang, you go and do this right away! ”
The faces of Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and the others changed slightly, and Ji Ling and Zhang Xun looked even more blushing.
No wonder they reacted violently. After Sun Ce reported that Cao Cao was not a teacher after pacifying Huainan, he decisively stopped the pace of westward expansion. He even sent the grain and grass originally prepared to Danyang County and Yuzhang County to Cao Cao to get close to his cousin.
In addition, Cao Cao has already installed cronies in the entire Huainan and Danyang, so Boss Cao, who has other important matters, decided to return to Xuchang at the beginning of spring and carry out the next stage of strategic deployment. For example, arranging for the generals and officials of the feudal territories in various places is a big problem. Cao Hong had previously been sent by Cao Cao to replace Cao Ren to guard Wancheng and guard against Liu Biao. And Cao Ren, Cao Cao decided to let this wise and brave general exert greater light and heat, and the responsibility of guarding Huainan to prevent the expansion of Jiangdong in the future will be handed over to him.
The original Huainan advocated embroidery, and brought back to Xuchang with Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, and Ji Ling Zhang Xun. Of course, Hu Che'er, as Zhang Xiu's personal general, must be accompanied.
The reason why Cao Cao named Gao Shun, Zhang Liao and Hu Che'er to attend the dinner today knows it, after all, everyone is not blind, and they also know Cao Cao's heart.
As for Ji Ling and Zhang Xun, taking them away is nothing more than because their prestige in Zhang Xiu's army in the Yuan Shu army in the Central Plains is quite heavy, what if these two people incite rebellion if they leave.
Zhou Cang's face was very unnatural. Cao Cao spoke again: "Why didn't Chen Gongtai come again?" ”
This time Yuan Jian spoke: "It seems that Cao Gong has always been obsessed with Chen Gongtai, but I just want to ask if what Cao Gong wants now is a useless corpse, or a scribe who can't come out of the door?" ”
Yuan Lian's words were full of the arrogance unique to scholars, and even had a hint of contempt.
Fortunately, Xu Chudianwei and these big bosses couldn't understand the meaning of Yuan Lian's words, otherwise they would have to splatter blood five steps in the next second. People who can understand the sarcasm of Cao Cao's personality in Yuan Lian's words, such as Yu Ban Xu Huang, are unwilling to involve themselves at this time.
After all, when it comes to the scars that the boss doesn't want to touch, it's better not to know too much about being a subordinate.
Cao Cao is not the kind of person who is moody and temperamental, never has been. Dare to act and act arbitrarily is Cao Cao's style.
Imagine that a few years ago in Luoyang, which was full of Dong Zhuo's ears, Cao Cao, as Dong Zhuo's subordinate, dared to attend the royalist Wang Yun's dinner party in a grand manner, and loudly expressed his dissatisfaction with Dong Thief at the banquet. Such fierce people who only like to come by temperament.,I definitely don't like to hide my look.。
Even though he is now deeply immersed in politics, Cao Cao still does not like to hide his emotions too much.
On the spot, Cao Cao had an angry look, pinched the wine bottle tightly, and looked directly at Yuan Lian, who didn't know the height of the sky.
The atmosphere was tense to the extreme.
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