After Chang Diao repelled Deng Tong, he was ordered to rush to Luoyang to report on his work.

His good brother Cao Ren greeted Chang Diao twenty miles outside Luoyang City early, and when he saw Chang Diao, Cao Ren happily greeted him and held his brother's hand tightly.

"Giant Eagle, this battle is good, the foolish brother is really happy in his heart!"

Chang Diao rolled his eyes, almost thinking that Cao Ren was yin and yang.

However, considering that Cao Xiu fought like this, Xiahou Shang and Xu Huang were still captured, and he did play well.

"Thank you brother, thank you brother."

"Hey, we are brothers in life and death, why do we have to see each other like this?

Let's go and meet King Wei first, come to my house tonight, and my two brothers will talk about world affairs! ”

After that, Cao Ren also lowered his voice and said:

"You repelled Deng Tong in Xinye, and the king of Wei decided to worship you as the general of the expedition to the south.

In the future, I will use you to crusade against Liu Chan! ”

What?

What's that?

Chang Diao was suddenly stupid.

After Cao Pi ascended the throne as King of Wei, he worshiped Cao Ren as the general of the chariot and cavalry, and the Marquis of Chen.

General Zhengnan, who came out of Cao Ren's vacancy, was naturally prepared to keep it for his good brother Chang Diao.

Chang Diao was so frightened at this time that he almost sat on the ground.

Just last year, he was still a general.

Later, he was directly promoted to General Fenwei, and General Fenwei's ass was not yet hot and he was about to be promoted to General Zhengnan.

It's going up too fast.

No one thinks that they are promoted quickly.

But there is one thing that Chang Diao is very worried about-

As we all know, the general of the expedition to the south is to conquer the south.

The main opponent of his expedition to the south was the Guan Yu army, which had now crossed the Han River.

With Guan Yu's combat style, he is afraid that he will have to call people again when he attacks.

Thinking about the bandits all over the mountains burning their own grain and grass today and poisoning their war horses tomorrow, Chang Diao is really numb.

He is now deeply trusted by Cao Pi, and to be honest, he is no longer afraid of Guan Ping disgusting himself.

But he was still afraid of Liu Chan.

Chang Diao is sure that Liu Chan definitely has the help of the gods, and sooner or later he will be the master of the world.

And the son of the world is broad-minded and eclectic in employing people,

Yu Tuo, a useless scribe with no morality, a pure martial artist with no background like Ding Feng, and a mediocre talent like Zhuge Qiao who can't do anything actually played a huge role under his hands.

The previous appointment of Meng Da was even more of a genius, and he directly cried the famous general Xu Huang.

Of course, Chang Diao thinks that the best thing that Shizi uses is to discover the talent of General Chang.

As a loyal lackey of the prince, Chang Diao is reluctant to be prosperous and wealthy now, but he does not dare to face Liu Changang.

My previous performance was already very good, if I became a general of Zhengnan and fought with the prince again, I am afraid that I would not be killed by the son.

He heard that after Xu Huang and Wen Ping were captured, they were taken to Jiangling to farm, and they were laughed at by a group of barbarians.

I can't do such a thing.

"Brother, by all means." Chang Diao said with a wry smile.

"This battle has not been completed, how can you take on the big responsibility, this general of Zhengnan should let King Wei invite another master!"

"Hey, don't talk nonsense, Zihuan has always been a meritocrat,

You are loyal, brave in battle, and won the hearts of the army, even Zhang Wenyuan and Jia Wenhe have repeatedly praised you, who dares to chew your tongue more!

There is a foolish brother, you can rest assured! ”

Chang Diao: ......

Thank you.

No, no, I must think of a way, this general Zhengnan, I am absolutely inappropriate!

According to the charter, Chang Diao should first visit Cao Pi,

But Cao Pi was busy formulating the Nine Grades Official Law with Chen Qun, so that Chang Diao could wait for tomorrow with peace of mind.

So that night, Cao Ren invited a group of relatives, friends, and his lackeys to raise a glass and invite Chang Diao to drink together.

In addition to Cao Ren, there was also an important figure - Cao Zhang, Marquis of Yanling.

Cao Zhang received very high treatment after Cao Pi ascended the throne, and Cao Pi praised him for his eloquence.

It's just that Cao Zhang is not stupid.

There are some things that you just need to listen to.

If Cao Pi really trusted him, he should be in charge of commanding this sneak attack on Eastern Wu.

Instead of Cao Xiu, who has a violent personality.

Today, Cao Ren set up a banquet to entertain Chang Diao, but Cao Zhang couldn't shirk it, so he had to come to Cao Ren's mansion.

He sat on the side and poured himself a drink, gently cutting the roasted venison with his knife, completely unwilling to participate in the flattery of the crowd.

A few days ago, he received information about the Battle of Shiting, and he had both joys and worries in his heart.

Worrying about the land is naturally a big defeat for one's own side.

Although there were no heavy casualties in this battle, the sneak attack was discovered by Soochow, and it was almost impossible to take this road again in the future.

And this can be regarded as completely forcing Sun Quan to Liu Bei's side, and the pressure will be even greater in the future.

Cao Zhang, as Cao Wei's clan, has a great right to speak.

Jia Xu did not shy away from this person when he conspired with Cao Pi, and Cao Pi also pretended to invite Cao Zhang to participate in the plan of the southern expedition.

After all, he is a clan brother and a stable person who has led the troops for many years, Cao Zhang will never leak the news.

At that time, Cao Pi was still holding Cao Zhang's hand and said with emotion:

"Because my brother doesn't understand military affairs, I will ask Ziwen for more guidance in the future."

The real Cao Zhang thought that Cao Pi had changed his sex, but he was a little moved for a while, and actively participated in Cao Pi's planning.

Unexpectedly, Jia Xu's three-way army was defeated, and Cao Pi's face suddenly became extremely ugly.

When he went to see Cao Pi during the day today, although Cao Pi did not reprimand him, he asked a question that made Cao Zhang angry.

"Did Ziwen ever tell outsiders about Taiwei's plan?"

Listen, is this human language?

Where can Cao Zhang endure this suspicion,

He brushed his sleeves and left, secretly deciding in his heart that he might as well be an idle person in the future, and no longer care about the affairs of the court and the central government, which would arouse suspicion.

But looking at the battle report of the Battle of Shiting, Cao Zhang couldn't help but feel a little happy in his heart.

Ma Tan played extremely well in this battle,

He, an outsider, could actually guess the offensive line of Cao's army, and insisted on his own opinion, asked Wu's army to go up the mountain, and made the best defensive arrangements, until the main reinforcements of Wu's army arrived.

It's a childish thing.

If I can join forces with Youchang to fight outside the Saiwai, I will definitely be able to sweep Hu Qiang.

It's just that I don't have this opportunity in this life.

Seeing Cao Zhang pouring himself a drink, Chang Diao also smiled and came up to toast.

Cao Zhang has never liked Chang Diao's person, but this person's performance in this battle was very good, and he also saw through Liu Chan's conspiracy.

This made Cao Zhang a little impressed with him.

He raised his glass, drank it all, glared at the bull's eye and said:

"How did General Chang see through Liu Chan's strategy?"

Chang Diao already had a draft, and told Cao Zhang how he anticipated the enemy's opportunity and how to retreat skillfully.

As for abandoning Fancheng and sticking to Xinye, it was also General Chang's ingenious plan.

Speaking of the place of rise, Chang Diao also said proudly:

"Liu Chan has no plan, Ma Jian is less wise, even if he has the ability to do everything, how can he be the king of Nawei?"

This is said very Zheng Zhi correctly, and now Cao Wei basically says this from top to bottom-

This is to cover up Cao Xiu's shame, and deliberately raised Ma Jian to the same height as Liu Chan.

But Cao Zhang was in a bad mood today, and when he heard Chang Diao say this, he subconsciously felt that he was yin and yang.

Who didn't know that Cao Zhang and Ma Jian were good friends, and the two discussed military affairs together and admired each other.

You often carve yin and yang in front of Lao Tzu, because Lao Tzu can't hear it?

Cao Zhang slowly stood up and looked at Chang Diao with a sneer:

"I also said how capable General Chang is, but he almost survived in the hands of Liu Chan, threw down Wen Zhongye and fled for his life, and now he has become a hero of my country.

Wouldn't it make Wu Shu laugh shamefully? ”

Chang Diao's face instantly became extremely pale, he had no basis for advancing and retreating, and he didn't dare to get angry with Cao Zhang, so he could only smile helplessly, expressing his willingness to accept the teachings of Marquis Yanling.

Chang Diao didn't dare to be angry with Cao Zhang, it didn't mean that Cao Ren would be afraid of this nephew.

He snorted coldly and said solemnly:

"Ziwen Xiu wants to mess around, if you are drunk, please go back first!"

Cao Zhang was stunned, he never expected that Cao Ren would directly give him an eviction order, and his face was even more uncertain.

"Hmph."

He turned away, disappearing from everyone's sight in the blink of an eye,

Cao Ren's face was unwavering,

He waved his hand and said:

"The princes continue to drink and feast, and Hugh will take care of him."

Cao Zhang's relationship with Cao Pi is not good,

In terms of power, he is far inferior to the current Cao Ren.

The conflict between the two was soon placed on Cao Pi's desk, and Cao Pi was really happy to see it, and he faintly added a little hatred to Cao Zhang.

"Ziwen, Ziwen, I still treat you as my own flesh and blood, I can't imagine that you would do such a thing."

Cao Pi muttered to himself, and couldn't help coughing softly.

Not far from him, Chen Qun and Sima Yi exchanged a look, and finally Sima Yi spoke:

"O king, now that great things have not yet been accomplished, do not make extraneous branches,

The matter of Marquis Yanling, let's be patient for the time being! ”

Cao Pi also knew that now was a critical time, and there must be no problems within the Cao clan.

He nodded slowly and sneered:

"Of course I know—"

Wait.

After waiting for so many years, Cao Pi can't wait.

The rumors of the Jiupin Official Law have been released, and the wealthy families in Yingchuan, Runan, Nanyang, Fufeng and other places have seen the huge benefits brought by this move, and have expressed their absolute support for Cao Pi.

Cao Pi couldn't wait.