"Gongsun Du lost more than half of his soldiers and horses in the first battle of Jinxi, and his vitality was greatly damaged, and he has been hanging up the war exemption card for many months after withdrawing to Xuanyu City. Jinxi is now led by Lin Langjun and Shanwei. However, Wu Huan's Bun Dun took advantage of Gongsun Du's retreat to send troops to Fuyu to occupy a lot of grassland. When Pang Tong said this, he took out a leather cylinder from his sleeve and handed it to Cai Jidao, "This is a letter from Badun to the Lord. ”

Cai Ji opened the sealing wax and took out the letter paper from the leather tube. I saw that the yellowish Donglai paper was full of dense fly-headed small characters. Although the words on the letter may not necessarily be written by Mudun, they certainly convey his attitude. Because the place where the letter was signed was stamped with the seal of the Liaodong subordinate government. So Cai Ji looked at it quite carefully.

In the letter, Shan Dun first reviewed the deep "friendship" he had formed with Jinxi City in the past two years, and then swore on behalf of the subject country of Liaodong and the three kings Wuhuan in the capacity of Lord Wuhuan that he was willing to serve Cai Ji as the master. Of course, between the lines, there is no less flattery of Cai Ji, the big man Qihou. It's just that at the end, he still reminded Cai Ji very enthusiastically that his cousin Lou Ban was cruel and cunning, and it was better to get rid of him altogether.

Cai Ji will not be complacent because of the flattery of the man, and he will not take the building class because of his few provocations. It is said that the oath between the same race is not necessarily reliable in these years, let alone a foreign race. But for now, Cai Ji is still very happy to accept the submission of Bunton. After all, Wuhuan began to accept the canonization of the Han Dynasty from the time of Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and stationed as a pastor in the five counties of Shanggu, Yuyang, Youbeiping, Liaoxi, and Liaodong, and represented the Xiongnu in the northern Han Dynasty. Among the Donghu tribes, it belongs to a tribe with a high degree of sinicization. In addition, at present, there are still some Wuhuan people outside the Saiwai who are attached to the Xianbei people who are also Donghu, and often help the Xianbei Koubian. If you can completely subdue the three kings of Wuhuan. In the future, it will not be a chess piece of the Northern Expedition.

So after reading the letter from Badun, Cai Ji immediately turned around and instructed Cui Lin, "Deru, go back and write a letter for Gu Xiushu to express Badun as a subject of Liaodong." ”

Before Cui Lin could respond, Pang Tong had already taken the lead to remind Cai Ji, "Lord, Liaodong's subordinate state Shan Yu has been appointed by Sufu Pill. It's better to seal the captain of Wuhuan. Captain Hu Wuhuan. The rank is more than 2,000 stones, and he supports the festival to supervise his people. And lead Xianbei. ”

Hearing that Pang Tong thought of Xianbei like himself, Cai Ji couldn't help but smile and said happily. "Good. Deru wrote according to what Shiyuan said. ”

"Whoa." Cui Lin gave up his hand.

In fact, she has the final say in the appointment of officials in the counties and counties under Cai Ji's rule. It's just that out of respect for the Han family, Cai Ji will still put every appointment on the court. As for whether the court agreed or not, it would not affect her appointment at all, and it was justified to agree, and it didn't matter if she didn't agree, just add the word "dai" before the official position.

And just after Cai Ji finished explaining the appointment of Badun, the curtain of the big tent was suddenly lifted. I saw Cao Pi, who was dressed in military uniform, holding a feather arrow tied with silk cloth, walked straight to the center of the big tent, and bent down to report to Cai Jiyu, "Hou Qi, a letter is shot out of Hejian City." ”

"Bring it in." Cai Ji said in his heart.

"Whoa." Cao Pi stepped forward and handed the feather arrow to Cai Ji. Then he lowered his hand and stood aside.

Pang Tong had long heard that Cai Ji took Cao Cao's second son with him to Jizhou after he got engaged. There are even rumors that Cai Ji used her fiancé as a groom attendant. The age, words and deeds of the young man in front of him made Pang Tong look at him a few more times, thinking that this son was most likely Cao Cao's second son Cao Pi. I don't know what the talent is, what the character is, but his demeanor is generous and decent, quite precocious.

Sure enough, Cai Ji's next words confirmed Pang Tong's guess. But after seeing Cai Ji take off the silk cloth on the feather arrow, he quickly glanced at it. Xiang Cao Pi instructed, "Zihuan, go and let General Zilong prepare, and leave the camp when he is lonely." ”

Seeing this, Cui Lin on the side couldn't help but lean over and ask, "Lord, what is this?" ”

Cai Ji put the silk cloth in his hand into his sleeve. With a slightly solemn expression, he said, "Yuan Xi asked to meet alone." ”

The setting sun shone on the miserable white banner with a dull afterglow, and Yuan Xi rode a horse and stood solemnly in front of the formation, and behind him Hejian City was like a sick old cow crawling on the plain. It is said that the Qi army has besieged Hejian for more than five months, and the grain and grass in the city have been exhausted half a month ago. Earlier, he had also fantasized that Yuan Shang would send troops to rescue him, or cover his breakthrough by encircling Wei and saving Zhao. But in the end, what I was waiting for was the news that Handan was besieged. Now facing the soldiers and civilians of Hejian City, who had already begun to dig wild vegetables and gnaw on the bark of trees, Yuan Xi knew that his road was at the end, so he was determined to make a break to this hopeless battle.

The sun quickly tilted west to the position of Xushi, but saw that the Qi camp on the opposite side suddenly sounded a loud horn, and then a group of cavalry rushed out from the gate, black armor and black horsemen, with the usual solemn aura. Only the first to ride, the white horse and green shirt, is Cai Ji himself.

"Qi Hou."

"Hee Gongzi."

The allies who used to fight side by side, but now they meet in this way, which makes Yuan Xi and Cai Ji feel that they don't know how to start. After a short silence, in the end, it was Yuan Xi who took the lead in breaking the deadlock and hugged Cai Ji with his fist, "Don't hide it from the Marquis of Qi, there is no food in Hejian City, Xi is willing to give up the city, so that the people in the city will not suffer from famine and military disasters." However, Xi also had two reluctant requests, and asked Qi Hou to fulfill them. ”

Yuan Xi's statement made Cai Ji couldn't help but take a second look at him. In fact, if it weren't for the previous incident of Lou Ban making trouble in Qinghe, Cai Ji would still have a good impression of Yuan Xi. Now that he is willing to surrender to himself, whether it is really for the people as he said or not, Cai Ji still feels that the second son of Yuan in front of him is a person with a bottom line. So Cai Ji immediately looked overwhelmed, and solemnly said to Yuan Xi, "Young Master Xi, please speak." ”

"Please ask Qi Hou Fangxi to leave Hejian City." Yuan Xiping looked at Cai Ji and said his conditions word by word.

As soon as Yuan Xi's words fell, a cold snort that was not light or heavy immediately sounded behind Cai Ji. However, Cai Ji did not laugh at Yuan Xi, but raised his eyebrows and asked, "Young Master Xi is going to rescue Handan?" ”

Yuan Xi nodded bluntly, "Yes." ”

"Handan is a dead land!" Cai Ji stared at Yuan Xi closely, as if he wanted to see through his heart.

But Yuan Xi smiled calmly. "It's the place of death, and Hee will also go to it."

Cai Ji and Yuan Xi looked at each other for a moment, and finally decisively clapped their hands and said, "Okay." Get out of the city between the rivers, and let you go. What else? ”

"Thank you, Qi Hou." Yuan Xi bowed gratefully to Cai Ji, then turned his head and waved behind him. I saw a young woman of twenty-five or sixteen holding a baby in one hand and a boy of five or six in the other. walked to Yuan Xi's side with small steps. Yuan Xi stretched out his hand and touched the baby's soft fetal hair with pity, bowed his head and begged Cai Ji, "Please ask Qi Hou to take care of your young son Qian and your younger brother to buy it." ”

"Don't worry. Fighting the world alone, it has never affected women and children. Cai Ji nodded happily. But when her eyes swept to Yuan Xi's wife and children, the young Yuan Mai was still so frightened that she hid behind Yuan Xi's wife, Mrs. Wu.

Seeing this, Yuan Xi couldn't help but persuade his younger brother. "Amai is not afraid, you have to listen to Qi Hou."

Yuan Mai nodded at his brother as if he didn't understand, and then poked out a small head from behind Mrs. Wu to look at Cai Ji. Facing Yuan Mai's big watery eyes, Cai Ji's heart couldn't help but soften slightly. Counting Gongsun Zhan's youngest son, Lu Bu's daughter, Yuan Tan's daughter, as well as Yuan Shao's youngest son and Yuan Xi's youngest son in front of him, the children he took in all the way were enough to form a group. However, whether it was out of humanity or the customs of the Han Dynasty, Cai Ji had to leave a bloodline for the Yuan family. After all, even Cao Cao treated Yuan Shao's wife Mrs. Liu and Yuan Shang's two sons Yuan Ying and Yuan Hua well in Yecheng. She is a woman who is deeply favored by the Yuan family. How can you kill the Yuan family.

Yuan Xi saw that Cai Ji showed kindness to his younger brother, and a big stone hanging in his heart finally fell to the ground. But he hugged his fists and promised Cai Ji, "Tomorrow, Xi will wait for Qi Hou at the west gate and hand over the city." ”

"Good! A gentleman's word. Whip the horse. Lonely tomorrow will come here to collect the city. After Cai Ji bowed to Yuan Xi, he asked his guards to give up their horses for Yuan Xi's wife and younger brother to sit on. And Yuan Xi took his subordinates without worry, turned around and returned to Hejian City.

Cao Pi, who was following Cai Ji, saw that the two sides parted ways, so he couldn't help frowning and muttering to Cai Ji in a low voice. "Qi Hou, aren't you afraid of deceit?"

"I believe that Gongzi Xi is a trustworthy person." Cai Ji replied without thinking. And the reason why she is so confident is that she really trusts Yuan Xi's character, and secondly, she relies on the internal response in Hejian City to be so supportive. In fact, with Cai Ji's strength, whether it is or relying on Tian Yi in the city, he can take Hejian City at a relatively small cost. However, in order to besiege the city and send reinforcements to lure as many Yuan troops as possible to Hejian and annihilate them in one fell swoop, Cai Ji has been besieging Hejian City for the past five months, and only sending troops to sweep the outer counties. It is no exaggeration to say that Yuan Xi's scattered soldiers and horses in Youzhou and Jizhou have long been shaved clean by the Qi army.

However, Cao Pi was obviously not as optimistic as Cai Ji, but he asked without stopping, "What if Yuan Xi doesn't go to Handan and goes to Youzhou?" Isn't that a return to the mountains? ”

Cai Ji listened to what Cao Pi said, turned his head and said with a proud smile, "Zhang Qing has taken Zhuo County, the capital of Zhuo County, three days ago. If Yuan Xiruo led his troops back to Youzhou, he was just throwing himself into the net. ”

Zhuo County is located in the triangle of Beijing, Tianjin and Bao in the later world. Zhang Qing's occupation of Zhuoxian undoubtedly cut off Yuan Xi's back road to Youzhou in the north. And this is also a big reason why Cai Ji is relieved to let Yuan Xi go. However, Cai Ji at this time is more interested in Cao Pi's attitude. She had the impression that Cao Pi had not been very active in discussions about government affairs and military affairs. Why is it so positive this time? With this question in mind, Cai Ji asked Cao Pi tentatively, "Then according to Zihuan's opinion, how should Gu deal with Yuan Xi?" ”

Cao Pi, who was concentrating on thinking with a serious learning attitude, immediately blurted out, "I will cut the grass and eradicate the roots to prevent future troubles." ”

Seeing the trace of anger in the eyes of the young Cao Pi, Cai Ji couldn't help frowning. She never expected Cao Pi to be a fuel-efficient lamp, but she also didn't want the young man in front of her to drill into the camp. After all, Cao Pi's identity is a proton, not her Cai Ji's advisor. And according to Cao Pi's current appearance, even if no one instructs, this precocious second son of Cao will still unconsciously delve into these things.

On the other side, Cai Ji's silence made Cao Pi suddenly react that he might have committed Cai Ji's taboo just now. So he hurriedly confessed to Cai Ji, "Pi is talking nonsense, and I also ask Qi Hou to surrender." ”

Cai Ji pursed his lips and looked at Cao Pi, who was respectful and cautious in front of him, and then opened his mouth to ask, "I heard Deru say that Zihuan has been quite diligent in practicing martial arts these days. ”

"I don't want to waste my time." Cao Pi replied truthfully.

Cao Pi's sentence "I don't want to waste my years" sounds simple and unpretentious, but it has a tenacity that does not admit defeat. At that moment, the thought of destroying the young man in front of him popped up in Cai Ji's mind. But this idea was only a flash after all, and it was vetoed by Cai Ji. Speaking of engagement, Cai Ji has not suppressed the young man in front of him mentally. If he were a child of another ordinary family, he might have been oppressed or furious or depressed by now. However, Cao Pi did not rise up to resist because of the damage to his self-esteem, nor did he give up on himself because his future was ruined, but took advantage of the conditions available to him to constantly enrich himself. Therefore, Cai Ji has reason to believe that even if she throws Cao Pi into the small black house in Longkou Pass now, this Pi Gongzi will still find a way to survive. After all, as long as you have the heart, you can chisel the wall and borrow light without lights. As the saying goes, it is better to block than to block, if "blocking" does not work, then there is only "guidance".

Thinking of this, Cai Ji changed the conversation and said, "Deru has found the place where Mr. Wei Chang has stayed. After the battle of Youzhou ended, Lone took you to visit Mr. Wei Chang. ”

Cao Pi didn't expect that Cai Ji would mention again after half a year that he would ask Xu Gan to go out of the mountain to teach him. Although Cai Ji found several masters for Cao Pi, Cao Pi was not very eye-catching. And the people he really admires, such as Jia Xu and Zhao Yun, all ignore him. But Beihai Xu Gan's talent is famous, and Cao Pi has admired it for a long time. So as soon as he heard that Cai Ji was going to take him to apprentice, Cao Pi immediately happily bowed and said, "Xie Qihou." ”

In fact, the reason why Cai Ji was so active in finding Xu Gan to be Cao Pi's teacher was that he had long admired the name of Xu Gan's seventh son of Jian'an, and secondly, he wanted to figure out Guò Xu Gan to guide Cao Pi on the road of literature. It is undeniable that Cao Pi is a talented and versatile person. In terms of martial arts, he can become a commander-in-chief; In terms of strategy, he can be a strategist; Essays, he can become an ink artist. But no matter how much talent a person has, he still has to specialize in one skill after all. In the original history of another time and space, Cao Pi's main business was an emperor, his side business was a writer, and he occasionally made cameo appearances as a pianist, swordsman, chess player, etc. And for now, what Cai Ji hopes most for Cao Pi is to be a writer. This is good for Cao Pi, for the literary world, and for Cai Ji.

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Little Phoenix: I've seen the little master.

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Little Phoenix O(n_n)O~: Pi Gongzi doesn't know? This is the Lord's "adopted son" ~~~

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