"Call in!" Cao Ang was depressed, stood up, walked to the dripping eaves, and stood still with his hands behind his back.

After a short time, He Duwei and the four of them came in with more than a dozen old men.

As soon as the squires saw Cao Ang's aura, they knew that this was the eldest prince.

"See the eldest prince!" The squires bowed their hands in unison.

Cao Ang nodded expressionlessly.

"The eldest prince, the old man raised ten pigs, two donkeys, and fifty chickens in the grange, all of which were brought to the Grand Duke to work for the army," Old Man Qin said respectfully.

At this time, there was no large-scale breeding of domestic animals, and these were all he had.

When Cao Ang heard this, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, although he didn't know much about farming, but these seemed to be a lot.

This is not over, and the rest of the squires said: "I also have five pigs at home, and I don't know how many chickens there are, so I just got them all." ”

"I have more than 20 sheep at home, and I will send people to rush them all over immediately."

“……”

A group of squires scrambled to be the first, lest Cao Ang didn't want to.

Cao Ang felt that it was wrong, why were these squires so enthusiastic, he obviously didn't know them.

was hesitating, and suddenly another attendant ran in: "Eldest prince, someone from outside came to visit, and he said that he was a captain." ”

"Captain?" Cao Ang scratched his head, what a hell of a day today.

There are obviously four lieutenants under him, where did he run out of one?

So he put down the squires first and ordered, "Call in!" ”

Not long after, Yang Xing came in with Niu Da Niu Er, and knelt down on one knee at Cao Ang and said, "My name is Yang Xing, and I am ordered by Liu Fujun to make iron in Yueshan." ”

Cao Ang knew about ironmaking, but he didn't know that his father had made Yang Xing a captain.

Hearing him mention Liu Ping, Cao Ang asked, "What's the matter with you?" ”

Yang Xing was already the head of iron-making at this time, and he was no longer afraid of seeing officials like before.

He said with a straight face: "I heard that the eldest prince came here to guard, we can't help anything else, but there are many people, if the eldest prince is useful to us, we will call all the brothers over and help the eldest prince." ”

"Oh? How many people can you pump out there? Cao Ang was very interested, these people were just Liu Ping's people's husbands, who were serving labor every day, and they were able to offer to help, which was very surprising to Cao Ang.

"If needed, about 20,000 people can be drawn." Yang Xing is colorful.

At this time, the scale of iron smelting is getting bigger and bigger, and more than 30,000 people have gathered in the entire mining area, and Yang Xing has become a complete leader.

"20,000?" Cao Ang almost didn't fall off the steps.

Why is he here to lure the enemy, if there are 20,000 more young men in the city, more than the enemy army, and lure a fart enemy?

Cao Ang was a little pondering at this time, cleared his throat and asked him, "You are all here because of my brother Liu Pingxian, right?" ”

Yang Xing nodded and said: "Liu Fujun treats us like a mountain, and tens of thousands of people in our mining area have lived a good life because of Liu Fujun, and each of us is grateful for Liu Fujun's great kindness."

I heard that the eldest prince is the eldest brother of Liu Fujun, and the eldest prince is here to guard, how can we not come to help? ”

Cao Ang turned to a group of squires and asked, "That's why you worked in the army?" ”

Old Man Qin took the lead and said: "If it weren't for Liu Fujun, I'm afraid that we, the old people, would have died on the way to Xu County, let alone any farm and family business."

The eldest prince and Liu Fujun are as close as one person, as long as the eldest prince has anything to need, even if he empties our house, it doesn't matter, what does the little labor army count? ”

Cao Ang let out a long sigh, with mixed feelings, he turned out that this was the light that stuck to Liu Pingxian's brother.

When he left, Liu Ping told him that if there was anything he could ask the squire and the people for help.

He had inherent prejudices at that time, and he didn't believe what Liu Ping said, if it wasn't compulsory, how could the squires and people help?

Unexpectedly, the scene in front of him completely subverted his cognition, the squires rushed to work with the army, and the farmers were able to take the initiative to raise 20,000 people to fight.

This is the so-called return of all the people to their hearts.

When Liu Ping was the county guard of Dongguan, everyone thought it was a burden, but he didn't expect that in just two months, he would make the people like this, this guy is simply a genius.

Cao Ang smiled bitterly and shook his head, there are still many things where he is not as good as his brother.

The next thing was much easier, and Cao Ang gladly accepted the meat offered by the squires and distributed it to the barracks.

Meat was a very precious thing in this era, and it was difficult for ordinary farmers to eat it all year round.

Cao Ang had only 2,000 men under his command, and after greatly improving the food, the morale of the soldiers really increased.

However, Cao Ang declined Yang Xing's request for help, if so many people came, I was afraid that the enemy army would not dare to come.

……

According to the plan, Dongguan County first had to put on the appearance of the city's air defense, lure Guan Yu or Zhang Fei of Pengcheng County to attack, and then the Yanzhou army quickly dispatched to copy its rear road and capture Pengcheng.

It's just that at this time, the borders of the princes' territories are not so strictly guarded, the people can come and go almost at any time, and there are countless enemy scouts in various places, and it is impossible for the army to send out to keep it secret.

So after Cao Ang left, the only thing Yanzhou could do was to wait.

It was only after the scouts came to report that Pengcheng had already sent troops and walked a certain distance, and after they could not return for reinforcements in the short term, the Yanzhou soldiers could quickly rush over and attack the city.

After Liu Ping bid farewell to Cao Ang, he went to visit Cao Cao's illness in the mansion of the Assassin's Mansion.

When others came to visit, they could only go to the door, and they were blocked by the people sent by Mrs. Ding.

In the inner house, it is naturally Mrs. Ding, the heroine, who has the final say.

But Liu Ping was different, he was one of the last four people summoned by Cao Cao, and Madame Ding treated him almost the same as Cao Ang, so the people at the door did not dare to stop him.

Liu Ping went straight inside, and at this time, Cao Cao's condition was still good and bad, and he did not improve.

Mrs. Ding took Cao Jie's clothes every day to serve her, and everyone was much haggard.

Liu Ping looked at the appearance of the two of them, and couldn't help but say: "Mother-in-law, Jie'er, if you continue to stay up like this, you yourself will be sick, let me take care of it here for a while, and you go to rest first." ”

Mrs. Ding rubbed her eyes and sighed: "Your father-in-law is the heaven of our Cao family, he is lying here and has not woken up, how can we sleep?"

Ping'er, it's good if you have this heart.

You are about to go to war, the soldiers are in danger, the swords and guns have no eyes, you go back and prepare well, you don't have to worry about your family.

It's enough for me and Jie'er here. ”

"Yes, Brother Liu Ping," Cao Jie came to Liu Ping and said, "You are going to fight, it is much more dangerous than us, it should be that we are more worried about you, you go back and rest." ”

couldn't help but say, he pushed Liu Ping out, looked at no one on the left and right, and whispered: "Brother Liu Ping, be careful on the battlefield, Jie'er prays for you every day, and waits for you to come back safely." ”

The concern is palpable.

Liu Ping couldn't help but want to touch his little hand, thinking that his father-in-law was still unconscious there, so he had to give up.

He had no choice but to return to his house, and as soon as he entered the house, he heard the howl of killing pigs echoing throughout the courtyard.

"Tai Shi Ci, you lack great virtue."