Chapter 122: Walk in the Darkness and Serve the Light! (4000 chapters, first update)
Commander of the Heroic Army......
These five words instantly reassured Wu Liang, and there is no doubt that from now on, the Qiangren Army will be his hall!
As for Cao Yu, he will definitely be able to get what he wants and leave the Wanren Army to lead the troops to fight, but what kind of official position will be given to him, and how many soldiers and horses will be given to him, it still depends on what Boss Cao wants.
But this is not under Wu Liang's control.
"Thank you to the envoy, the last general will live up to the trust of the envoy!"
Wu conscience was overjoyed and thanked him.
However, Cao Yu didn't understand what Boss Cao meant, and when he heard that Wu Liang had been promoted to be the captain of the Golden School, he immediately kept squeezing his eyebrows at Wu Liang on the side, and looked at Boss Cao with a blank look in his eyes, his eyes were full of "I, me, me!" And me! He was afraid that Boss Cao would accidentally forget him.
"An Min."
Boss Cao glanced at him, and finally gave a happy word, "You have also made some merits this time, and you have shown great courage in the battle with Zhang Liao, but your qualifications are still shallow, from now on, you will temporarily belong to the sub-army, and give him a good general experience, and I will make other arrangements when you have enough qualifications." ”
"Thank you, uncle, I will definitely follow Brother Ziyu's good life experience!"
Cao Yu's spirits lifted, his eyes widened a little, his joy was already overflowing, and he almost laughed and said this sentence, this thing wants to lead the troops to fight, even if he wants to go back to the army, he can't ask for it, not to mention the general who is second only to Cao Ang?
Remember in a second
"Use dim sum, use your brain more in case of trouble, there is still a long way to go in the future, and you, as his general, must also be strong and progressive, so as to make contributions."
Boss Cao rarely pressed Cao Yu's shoulder quite closely, and said earnestly, the deep meaning of which is self-evident.
But this is definitely not just for Cao Yu alone.
On this occasion, this tone is a very heart-to-heart private sentence, since Xi Zhong and Wu Liang are both present, this is also said to the two of them.
It can be seen that this time Wu Liang really entered Boss Cao's heart, and the trust he gained is no longer the same.
"Yes! The nephew will be indignant in the future, and he will not dare to live up to his uncle's expectations! ”
Cao Yu hurriedly responded.
“……”
Although Xi Zhicai and Wu Liang did not speak, they also bowed to Boss Cao in unison.
Seeing that Wu Liang was in agreement with him, Xi Zhicai glanced at him sideways after giving a salute, and then a knowing smile appeared on his face, which officially regarded him as a colleague......
"Hmm."
Boss Cao patted Cao Yu lightly on the shoulder twice, turned around and looked at Wu Liang again, and said with a smile, "Youcai, now the Xuzhou War has not completely ended, and the Yanzhou rebellion has not been completely quelled. ”
"It's a pity that it's already winter, and I'm afraid that this war will have to be temporarily postponed, and I will make plans at the beginning of spring next year, and the extra tens of thousands of soldiers and horses are tens of thousands of mouths to eat."
"Although there is still some surplus in food and salary, it should be okay to survive the winter, but when we fight again next year, I am afraid that we will be stretched thin again......"
Speaking of which, Boss Cao's meaning is already very obvious.
The Hsm-people Army, the Hsm-Man Army, Captain Wu, the Captain Wu, there is not much rice in my bowl, and there is not much milk in the Cao Army, how much? Not much more!
Ask for milk, ask for milk, milk me in advance!
"The last general is willing to share the worries of the king!"
Wu Liang resolutely bowed.
"Oh? Do you already have a plan? ”
Boss Cao perked up and immediately asked.
"Do you know that Yuzhang County once had a sea dusk country?"
Wu Liang asked.
"I know that it was the territory of Liu He, the abolished emperor of the former Han Dynasty, and this person was deposed after only 27 days as the emperor, and later was moved to Yuzhang County to be the Marquis of Haidu, but unfortunately it didn't take long for the Hailun Kingdom to have no successor, and he was removed from the country by the imperial court."
Boss Cao is a well-informed person, and as long as Wu Liang mentions it, he can tell a thing or two about the reason.
"Exactly, the last general had heard that the deposed emperor Liu He was not reconciled after being deposed, and secretly conspired with the Taishou called Sun Wanshi at that time to restore the throne, so he prepared a lot of property in advance, but unfortunately he was told the incident later, and he died not long after, and those belongings may also be buried in the tomb with him."
Wu Liang said half-truthfully.
"I know a little bit about this, if this is the case, as long as there is talent and some hardship, our army will fight with Lu Bu, Zhang Miao and others in the next year, and there will be no worries!"
Boss Cao's eyes flashed with a gleam, and he said immediately.
"May you share your sorrows with you!"
Wu Liang immediately straightened his chest and responded.
"But this Yuzhang County is far away, how many soldiers and horses do you plan to bring, but what support do you need me to provide you?"
Boss Cao thought about it and asked again.
"The army of the people marches in the darkness to serve the light, and it is easy to be exposed if there are too many people, and there are many disadvantages in the action, so this time the last general only plans to bring a hundred people, and carry the 'flying slaves' with him, and if he encounters special circumstances, he can also send the news back to Juancheng in time to ask the envoy for help, and ...... in addition."
Wu Liang pondered for a moment, and finally bowed down and said to Boss Cao, "...... The last general had the courage to ask the envoy to borrow from Hou Zhu, and the army of the people had to enter the underground where they could not see their fingers, and sometimes the underground environment was special, and they could not use open flame lighting, so Hou Zhu became an indispensable lighting thing, which could greatly increase the success rate of the operation. ”
This is also something that Wu Liang has thought about a long time ago, and Hou Zhu also comes with a person who follows Zhu, and he must come back.
Wu Liang was willing to give Suihou Zhu to Boss Cao, and he wouldn't even feel distressed, but Suizhu people couldn't do it, and it was a rare treasure in Wu Liang's eyes.
"Good! A good 'walk in the darkness and serve the light,' and this 'light' will be handed over to you for the time being, take it! ”
Boss Cao was even more generous than he imagined, and without thinking about it, he rewrapped the Suihou Zhu that he had just put aside, handed it to Wu Liang and said, "Although Suihou Zhu is a treasure, it is only useful to me at the moment when it is announced to the world, as long as you bring it to me at that time, what does it matter if it is used by the Wanren Army at the rest of the time?" ”
Don't say anything else.
Wu Liang's sentence "I only plan to bring a hundred people" can make Boss Cao feel 10,000 hearts.
The most suspicious thing in this era is that his generals come to borrow troops when they travel far away......
Liu Bei is one of the best, as the most treacherous cattle man in the history of the late Han Dynasty, whether he borrowed soldiers or borrowed territory, this goods have never been returned, and the famous old man of the Three Kingdoms is not just talking.
Why should people return what they borrowed based on their ability?
"Thank you for your trust, and I will be grateful!"
Wu Liang was overjoyed and thanked.
Tonight, he came to Boss Cao to offer pearls, but he didn't dare to let Bai Jingjing know, in case this girl had to come with her, not to mention whether she would be caught by Boss Cao for breaking into Cao's mansion, in case Boss Cao even took the beads together, it would be a big loss.
But.
Bai Jingjing is not a wife yet, nor is she a woman of the scholar clan, and she may not be able to enter the eyes of Boss Cao, anyway, take precautions.
Especially after something happens to Bai Jingjing in the future, you must strictly guard against it!
"I wonder when you plan to leave?"
Boss Cao pondered for a moment and asked again.
"In a few days, the general still needs to make some preparations before leaving, and he is ready to leave as soon as he stops."
Wu Liang said.
"Don't worry, I'm going to hold a celebration banquet these days, and call all the generals who have made contributions in this battle to celebrate, you, as the biggest hero in this battle, must drink a few glasses of wine with the banquet, and then I will pick a few achievements that can be made public and tell everyone to listen, and also tell these people not to underestimate you and teach you to be wronged!"
Boss Cao shook his head with a smile and said again.
Although Boss Cao is not a leader who is easy to serve, if you carefully study history, you will find that as long as you are sincere enough to gain his absolute trust, and you have enough ability to be used by him.
He is a rare leader who protects his shortcomings.
For example: Guo Jia has three major criticisms of greed for money, drinking, and lust, and his life is very disorderly;
Another example: Cheng Yu became a stubborn old man with a rigid nature when he was old, and he often had conflicts with others;
Another example: Xiahoudun was kidnapped by Lu Bu and lost face to Cao Jun, every time he fights, he loses more and wins less, and he can't lobby a friend for Boss Cao by patting his chest;
Another example: Dian Wei was born badly, and every time he eats and drinks, he is like no one around, regardless of the occasion, regardless of the image.
These people often have officials come to Boss Cao to complain, but Boss Cao never takes it seriously, how to condone and how to connive, and sometimes even punish the complainant when he is in a hurry.
So Boss Cao's move is also reasonable, whether it is popular or not, he has always done a good job in this regard.
"Thanks to the great love of the envoy, the final general will do his best to do things for the envoy."
Wu Liang thanked him again.
"You don't have to thank me, I'd rather thank you, hahaha."
Boss Cao laughed heartily, and while laughing, he brought up the sentence that Wu Liang had just said, and praised the drama Zhicai beside him, "I can't imagine that there are talented people at a young age, and there are some poetic talents, this sentence 'walking in the dark and serving the light' really won my heart, and won my heart......"
……
Since coming out of Cao's Mansion, all of Wu Liang's ideas have been successfully realized, and he is in a good mood.
So when he returned home, Fu Lotus called Dian Wei, Liu Jinshui and others together, cooked meat and drank to celebrate, and tossed until midnight before returning to visit and rest.
When he woke up the next day, another flash of inspiration flashed in his mind.
So he got up at once, fetched charcoal and linen, and sketched for a long time, and then took the drawings and went to the city to find a cobbler's shop.
"Master Jun, what is this? Why do you look like a grimace? ”
Holding the drawings brought by Wu Liang, the cobbler looked at it for a long time and didn't understand what it was.
Wu Liang smiled, pointed to the drawings and said, "Don't care what this is, you can help me make it, the reward is indispensable to you, by the way, the position of this grimace near the mouth is hollow, look carefully, don't make a mistake for me." ”
"Okay, how much?"
The cobbler asked again.
"Let's have twenty pairs first, and I'll come back to you if I need to."
Wu Liang thought about it for a moment and said.
He is actually a gas mask now, and in case he encounters a tomb with bad air and even the use of poison gas for burglarization, it will come in handy.
Of course, also limited by the materials and technology of this era, Wu Liang could not make such a sophisticated gas mask in later generations.
But the slightly simpler ones can still be tried, and they can always make a difference.
For example, he designed the position of the "grimace" near the mouth to be hollow.
When the time comes, all you need to do is burn some charcoal, then crush it, wrap it in linen, and stuff it into the hollow grimace, so that if you wear it on your face, you can still resist the invasion of poisonous gas as much as possible in a short time.
And the charcoal bag can also be taken out and replaced, and reused.
Looking back.
Unknown use of small drums, Luoyang shovels, sapper shovels, Suihou beads, Yin and Yang stones, flying tiger claws...... Now there's another gas mask.
The tools of tomb robbing have become more and more comprehensive, and this is officially on the right track.
……
Three nights later.
The interior of Caofu is brightly lit, and a lobby has been transformed into a banquet hall after a simple transformation.
Wu Liang came to Cao's Mansion with a very formal invitation made of bamboo chips, and was soon invited into the hall and arranged in a central position.
Boss Cao also has a heart.
When he first arrived, he was not allowed to sit too far forward, so as not to cause dissatisfaction among others.
He wasn't allowed to sit too far back, lest others despise him as an inconsequential character.
At this time, there were already some people in the banquet hall.
Although these people dare not say that they are all Boss Cao's henchmen, most of them should also be generals who can be named in history.
Pity...... Just looking at his face and not knowing his identity, Wu Liang couldn't recognize any of them.
These people were originally chatting with each other, but when they saw Wu Liang being brought in, they sat in the center position, and they also showed curiosity.
There were even people whispering, without thinking that they must be discussing who this new face was?
How can he sit in this position?
Especially some people who were placed under Wu Liang, in addition to curiosity, seemed to be slightly dissatisfied on their faces.
Wu Liang didn't take the initiative to talk to them, but he was a little uncomfortable stared at by these eyes, so he simply closed his eyes and recuperated.
A moment later.
"Captain Wu, don't come unharmed?"
A familiar and somewhat ridiculous voice sounded, and it was Cao Yu when I heard it.
Wu Liang opened his eyes and saw that there was not only Cao Yu standing in front of him, but also a young man with eyebrows like swords and a cold and arrogant temperament, who was the same age as Cao Yu.
This person is none other than Boss Cao's eldest son, Cao Ang Cao Zixuan.
When Wu Liang first met Boss Cao in the camp on the outskirts of Tanxian County, he had a relationship with Cao Ang, but at that time, he just made a brief face-to-face and didn't even say a word.
"Captain Wu."
Cao Ang clenched his fists and signaled to Wu Liang, although he was still a little raw, but he should already know his identity and what he did, so he showed more respect.
"I've seen the eldest prince."
Wu Liang also stood up and bowed.
Seeing this scene, everyone was undoubtedly more puzzled about Wu Liang's identity, and the curiosity in their eyes was even greater.
Cao Ang only felt these gazes with his peripheral vision, then leaned closer, and whispered to Wu Liang: "Captain Wu, you'd better prepare a few toasts in advance, you will definitely be able to use them later......"