"Yuan Shu took Yecheng?" Cao Cao stood at the head of Chaoge City and heard the news from the spies at first glance, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but raise a mocking smile, "Runan Yuan is really good at tossing." ”

"It is not surprising that the Yuan family has been abolished and has been in trouble today." The person who said this was the Wei County Taishou Gao Fan, who had just surrendered to Cao Ying. As a protégé of the Yuan family, Gao Fan witnessed the open and secret battles of the older generation of the Yuan family, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, and the brothers of the younger generation Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang. At present, at the time of Yuan's life and death, Yuan Shu staged a farce of his uncle and nephew seizing power. While Gao Fan was glad that he had escaped from Yuan's stupid gangs in time, he couldn't help but be a little worried about whether the Cao family would follow Yuan's old path. After all, Cao Cao has many heirs, and it is true that his eldest son Cao Ang is more than ten years older than the other heirs, but who can guarantee that after ten or twenty years, Cao Cao will not change his mind. You must know that Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang are also ten years apart, and Yuan Shao will not abolish Chang Liyu and lay the root cause for the Yuan family.

How Cao Cao couldn't hear Gao Fan's off-string sound. In fact, since Yuan Shao deliberately released his eldest son Yuan Tan, Xun Yu, Xun Yu, Cheng Yu and others have all told him openly and secretly about the importance of strictly guarding the inheritance of the family business by the eldest son. However, in Cao Cao's opinion, the worries of a conspiracy minister are completely superfluous, regardless of the identity of Cao Angyan's eldest son. His talent and appearance alone have made Cao Cao very proud. Let's ask him, how could Cao Mengde be as superficial as Yuan Benchu, judging people by their appearance. Of course, in order to appease his subordinates, Cao Cao still decided to make some substantive arrangements to show the importance he attached to Cao Ang.

"Yuan Shu forgot his righteousness when he saw profit, and stole Yecheng with treacherous schemes, and he would not be popular with the people in the city. Yuan Shang is newly defeated, and he will not respond to Yuan Shu because of reason. In this way, Yecheng has become almost a lonely city. Cao Cao, in front of a cadre of civil and military personnel, first analyzed the battle situation with his beard, and then turned around with great ambition and ordered Xun You, "Gongda, write a book for Gu, and recruit Zixiu to come to Jizhou to attack Yecheng with Gu." ”

"Whoa." Xun Yu didn't say a word and gladly accepted the order. The other Cao Jun civil and military beside him also showed joy. The reason why everyone has such a reaction is that they are united for the upcoming attack on Yecheng, and secondly, they are happy for Cao Ang. As Cao Cao said. Now Yecheng has both internal and external troubles, Yuan Shu is ambitious and talented, and Cao's army is like exploring a bag to get something. At this time, Cao Cao recruited Cao Ang to come to Jizhou to participate in the attack on Yecheng, and it was clear that he wanted Cao Ang to make his achievements gold-plated. In this way, everyone naturally no longer has to worry about the heir of the Cao family.

And at the same time as Cao Cao gave the order. Yu Banxin walked upstairs to bring the military information of Guanzhong to everyone. But he saw him report to Cao Cao with the battle report in his hand, "My lord, Ma Chao, the son of Zhong Xuan and Ma Teng, broke Guo Yuan's troops outside Pingyang City. Ma Teng's troops beheaded Pang De's formation, and the Southern Xiongnu surrendered to Huchuquan. ”

Hearing that the menacing Guo Yuan was beheaded, a cheer suddenly sounded on the city. Cao Cao received the battle report from Guo Ban's hand, and at the same time turned back to Xiahou Yuan and laughed, "Miaocai, Gu is not wrong." Zhong Xuan is the best candidate for Pingding Guanzhong. ”

Compared with the forbidden report, the account in the war report is more detailed. It turned out that Zhong Xuan was after joining forces with Ma Teng. In front of a big river outside Pingyang Pass, he set up a position with Guo Yuan. Guo Yuan was arrogant, and he didn't take the Cao and Ma coalition troops in his eyes at all, and directly led his troops to cross the river to attack. When Zhong Xuan, who had been waiting for a long time, crossed the river with Guo Yuan, Ma Chao led the army to fight together and broke Guo Yuan. In this battle, the Cao-Ma coalition army killed more than 10,000 Yuan troops, and according to the surviving prisoners of war, Guo Yuan died in the chaos. But Zhong Miao sent people to look for him for a long time, but he didn't find his nephew's body. It wasn't until Ma Teng's subordinate lieutenant, Pang De, a native of Nan'an, took out a human head from the bag containing the bow and arrows that Zhong Miao cried out loud when he saw it. It turned out to be Guo Yuan's head. Pang De didn't expect Guo Yuan to be Zhong Xuan's nephew, so he hurriedly apologized. Zhong Xuan said magnanimously: "Although I am my nephew, he is a national thief." Why apologize! ”

Cao Cao saw Zhong Xuan's collection of Guo Yuan's body, and he couldn't help but praise from the bottom of his heart, "Zhong Yuan is often so clear about public and private, and he is really the pillar of the country." ”

Xiahou Yuan on the side also nodded convincingly, "Yes, Yuan misunderstood Zhong Fu Jun before. ”

Xun You didn't know what Xiahou Yuan had misunderstood Zhong Xuan before, but it was clear that the victory in Pingyang would further demoralize Yuan's army and build momentum for Cao's army. So he hurriedly spoke to Cao Cao. "My lord, don't hesitate, we can pursue Yuan Shang with the momentum of Pingyang's great victory and destroy him in one fell swoop."

However, Cao Cao didn't seem to be keen on pursuing Yuan Shang, but he saw him waving his hand slightly and said, "Yuan Shang's new defeat is greatly damaged, and Yuan Shu is hindering him, so there is no need to worry about it now." But Cai Anzhen has any news there? ”

Seeing that Cao Cao asked about Cai Ji, Xun You took out a roll of battle reports from his sleeve and replied respectfully. "Back to the lord, according to the report from the spies, Cai Anzhen had taken Liyang two days ago, but failed to catch Yuan Tan and Guo Tu."

"Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang are quite capable of running." Cao Cao tugged at the corners of his mouth, and then said with a sigh, "Cai Anzhen's battle was smooth. ”

"Does the lord need to check and balance?" Xun Yu stepped forward and asked. The current offensive of the Qi army is obviously faster than that of the Cao army, and it is questionable whether Cao Cao can take half of Jizhou according to this trend. It's no wonder that Xun You wanted to secretly make a little stumbling block for Cai Ji.

"Not necessarily." Cao Cao raised his hand and vetoed Xun You's suggestion, then narrowed a pair of Danfeng eyes and said, "After Yuan Tan escapes from Liyang, he will definitely go north to join Yuan Xi." Lone heard that Cai Anzhen also had some power in Youzhou, and let him fight with the Yuan brothers. ”

After a few days of exploration, Cao Cao has already seen that Cai Jizhi is taking Youzhou, and has been planning for the attack on Youzhou for many years. In contrast, Cao Cao's side was not only ill-prepared, but also weak. Rather than reluctantly getting involved in Youzhou and Cai Ji against each other, it is better to simply throw Youzhou to Cai Ji and the Yuan brothers to fight for. And he can take the opportunity to go north from Guanzhong to merge with the state. As for the high-ranking cadres of the state pastor, Cao Cao did not pay attention to it at all. In his opinion, if Gao Gan had the courage and insight, he should have gone south to Jizhou to support Yuan Shang when Guo Yuan was attacking Guanzhong. Instead of watching in Luoshui, so that the fighter plane was lost. And once he took the state, it would block Cai Ji's westward advance, making it impossible for him to enter the rich Guanzhong.

Xun You'er heard that Cao Cao had the intention of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, and couldn't help but ask, "Then do you need Zhong Xuan's department to go north to Shangjun?" ”

Cao Cao saw that Xun Yu immediately figured out his intentions, and immediately smiled and said, "Pass the order, and order Zhong Xuan to temporarily lead Shangjun, and after Lone captures Yecheng, he will join forces with him to go north." ”

On this side, Cao Cao was ambitiously preparing to raise troops to besiege Yecheng, but Cai Ji was in the palace in Liyang City, concentrating on copying Sima Xiangru's "Changmen Fu". In the Han Dynasty, people generally began to learn literacy from enlightenment books such as the "Urgent Chapter". After accumulating a certain vocabulary, he began to learn poetry and fu, and then began to learn classics such as the Analects. Cai Ji's level said that Gao had read some "Analects", and said that he had only read the "Book of Songs" at a low level, and Fu had not had much contact. But Cha Cha Fu was the most popular literary style in the Han Dynasty, even if Cai Ji couldn't write it. At least I have to memorize the works of the four masters of Han Fu.

For example, the "Changmen Fu" copied by Cai Ji at this time is the most situational one of the two Han Dynasty Fu Fu styles. When he wrote about Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Empress Chen was deposed, living in seclusion in Changmen Palace, depressed, depressed and sad. Sima Xiangru, as a man, can express a woman's resentment to the fullest, which is not easy. But Cai Ji is not suitable for the length and rhetoric of the fu after all, so she copied the fu with the meaning of practicing the pen.

From not being accustomed to writing traditional Chinese with a brush at the beginning, to now being able to write a decent Han Li, Cai Ji spent six years practicing calligraphy. Of course, this does not mean that she has been practicing calligraphy like a calligrapher for six years. In fact, most of Cai Ji's practice time is squeezed out. For example, before going to bed, such as free time like now. Therefore, although Cai Ji's words are not ugly, they are according to the standards of literati in this era. Still can't get to the hall of elegance.

A gentle breeze swept across the pond outside the window, bringing a rustling of lotus leaves. Cai Ji put down the brush in his hand and looked through the pane, only to see that the lotus flowers in the pond had already bloomed, and the bursts of lotus fragrance were blowing in the breeze, which made people feel refreshed. At this moment, the house where Cai Ji is located is full of the feelings of a little daughter, with several paintings of flowers and birds hanging on the pink and white walls, and a pink light veil covering the show bed. A large porcelain basin rests on a sandalwood shelf in one corner of the room. A few colorful fish are swimming leisurely in the basin. But this qiē was not deliberately done by Cai Ji, just because the owner of the room was Yuan Tan's daughter.

It is said that on that day, Yuan Tan and Guo Tu pretended to be ordinary people and went out of Liyang City, but left their wives and daughters in the city. Yuan Tan's wife looks less than 30 years old, and his daughter is only 12 or 3 years old. Facing the soldiers who rushed into the mansion, the two women who were usually pampered were so frightened that they could only hug their heads and cry. It wasn't until Cai Ji appeased a few words that the two calmed down a little. To be honest, Cai Ji has long been surprised by the behavior of men in the Han Dynasty who lost their wives at every turn. Liu Bei is like this, Kong Rong is like this, and Guan Tong is like this. The same is true for Yuan Tan. It is said that after Cao Cao failed to assassinate Dong Zhuo, he also left his wife and son in Luoyang, patted his ass and ran away.

Although Cai Ji is extremely disgusted with this kind of behavior, he is helpless. After all, the custom is like this, even if she comes forward to reprimand, when those men encounter danger, they will still lose their wives and flee for their lives. The only thing Cai Ji can do is to take in the families of the women and children who have been left behind. Like Kong Rong, who ran to Xudu to become an official and settled down, he returned his wife and children. Whoever does not return for many years like a ruler shall take care of his wife and children for him.

As for Yuan Tan's wife and daughter this time, they were escorted back to Longkou by Cai Ji and handed over to Yuan Shu's wife, Mrs. Feng, to take care of. Mrs. Feng is now living in seclusion in Longkou with her son Yuan Yao, the monk and the young daughter. On Cai Ji's contact with them. Judging from the records in the history books, Mrs. Feng is a woman who understands righteousness. And Yuan Yao is completely different from his unreliable father Yuan Shu. Yuan Yao is not only humble, but also erudite, and can be called a humble gentleman. Therefore, Cai Ji believed that Yuan Tan's wife and daughter would be well taken care of by Mrs. Feng.

Cai Ji's tolerant attitude towards the family of her rival seems to have earned her a reputation as "generous". However, in this way, many opponents left their wives and children to Cai Ji without any pressure. Just when Cai Ji was considering whether to borrow Cao Sikong's famous quote "Your wife is raised by me, and you don't worry about it" as a signboard, Cao Pi walked in with a bowl of chilled lotus seed soup.

Seeing Cao Pi lowering his eyebrows and offering lotus seed soup, Cai Ji said a little embarrassed, "It's not in the army, why should Zihuan do such a trivial matter himself." ”

"Just now I passed by and met a maid delivering soup, so Pi brought it over." Cao Pi bowed his head and replied.

Cai Ji looked at the young man in front of him and opened his eyes and said nonsense, but he just smiled and took the small bowl, but did not break it. The chilled lotus seed soup is fragrant and refreshing, sweet but not greasy, and it is a good product to beat the heat. Thinking that there were ice caves and ice cubes in the small Liyang City, Cai Ji had to be amazed at the luxury of the Yuan family. You must know that Cai Ji can be regarded as a rich prince, but there is no ice cellar in the Longkou Qihou Mansion to store ice. Not to mention eating shaved ice.

Cai Ji glanced at Cao Pi, who was standing with his hands down, while drinking lotus seed soup, and suddenly said, "Gu is going back to Donglai once in the near future." After Zihuan goes back with Gu, he will stay in Longkou. ”

Cao Pi'er heard that Cai Ji wanted him to stay in Longkou, and his heart couldn't help but feel excited. But when he thought about it, Cai Ji had chained himself to his side for several months, making it clear that he wanted to watch himself, and how could he lightly keep himself away from her sight. I guess I'm tempting me. Cao Pi slandered in his heart. Although Cai Ji had promised before that he would not take Cao Cai to sacrifice the flag because of his rebellion. But Cao Pi still didn't dare to have any slack in front of Cai Ji. After all, the other party just said that he would not take his sacrifice flag, but he did not say that he would not take his life. Cao Pi knew very well that his life and death were completely in the hands of Cai Ji. So after weighing the pros and cons, Cao Pi immediately said, "Pi is willing to serve the Marquis of Qi." ”

Or lying. Cai Ji didn't even raise his eyelids, and he could already hear his duplicity from Cao Pi's tone alone. After this period of contact, Cai Ji has become familiar with the words and deeds of the young man in front of him, and can judge the truth of some words from some of his small movements. In Cai Ji's own opinion, lying is not a big deal, but she can't let Cao Pi think that she is easy to deceive. So Cai Ji decided to give the other party a little warning. I saw that she put down the small bowl, took the handkerchief, wiped her hands, and said indifferently, "If you want to stay, you can stay, if you want to leave, why flatter Lone Qu." ”

Cao Pi saw that his mind was pierced by Cai Ji, and immediately knelt on the ground with a thud and said, "Qi Hou forgives the sin." ”

"Does that Zihuan want to stay by Lone's side? Or do you want to stay in Longkou? Cai Ji leaned over and lifted the young man's chin and asked again.

Facing the girl's deep eyes, Cao Pi gritted his teeth and said with a mouthful, "Serve Qi Hou left and right." ”

With a snap, Cai Ji withdrew his hand, then stood up, glanced at Cao Pi indifferently and said, "Lone will choose a few masters for you." In this way, even if you stay alone, you will not miss Zihuan's studies. ”

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