Tian Feng and Fu Zhu are willing to go out, Chen Mo is not too surprised, even if they are in the red dust, they are all mortals, the conditions he proposed seem to be relaxed, but unless they really don't care about anything, they can't jump out, even if Tian Feng and Fu Zhu know that Chen Mo is calculating them, they can only admit it and obediently do things for Chen Mo.

In June of the sixth year of the Han Dynasty, Chen Mo returned to Luoyang with Bao Geng's coffin and personally sent the coffin to Bao's house.

"Madam, Bao Geng has been fighting with me since the beginning of peace, and now he has died on the frontier, which is my loss." Chen Mo looked at the Bao family who were crying bitterly, and his heart was also inexplicably uncomfortable.

Bao Geng's wife was choked and speechless, and the old mother was already crying and fainting in front of the coffin, which made Chen Mo and the others feel unspeakably depressed.

After a while, Mrs. Bao choked up and said: "Fighting on the battlefield, the horse leather shroud is the wish of the husband in this life, the lord can avenge the husband, under the nine springs, the husband will not blame the lord, but the husband has fought in all directions in this life, and rarely returns home, and now he has not even been able to meet us for the last time, and the concubine is ......."

Is Chen Mo wrong? That's right, Chen Mo promoted Bao Geng to the general of the Karasuma at that time, which was a real powerful figure in the border area, and with the relationship between Bao Geng and Chen Mo, coupled with Bao Geng's ability, he stayed in the frontier for a few years, made some contributions, and could enter the court in a few years, three tolerances are a little bit, but with Bao Geng's qualifications, it is no problem to rank at the secretary level, and because of Bao Geng's death, Chen Mo directly slaughtered the Karasuma clan this time.

But no matter how many people die, what can they do, Bao Geng will not be able to be resurrected, and the pain of bereavement will not be weakened by the death of the enemy.

Chen Mo's eyes were a little red, he looked at Bao Geng's two sons on the side, stretched out his hand and touched it: "Bao Geng is my robe, now I am dying for the country, and it is a great achievement to raise my Han prestige, I have played to the court, posthumously awarded Bao Geng the Marquis of Xinxiang Pavilion, the position of this marquis ......"

Chen Mo looked at Bao Geng's two sons, the eldest son Bao Wen, and the second son Bao Wu, and thought for a while: "Let Bao Wu inherit it, Bao Wen is now at the age of becoming a scholar, it is better to enter the general's mansion first, and be a scribe first, I also teach carefully, after he completes his studies, he will experience it and then make arrangements, what does Mrs. think?" ”

Although the court's posthumous seal has not yet come down, since Chen Mo said it, it is basically settled.

However, although Chen Mo can call the shots, he can't seal it indiscriminately, if Bao Geng doesn't die, in another ten years, it is possible to seal the township marquis and even the county marquis, but now, the pavilion marquis is also because Bao Geng died in battle, otherwise the merit is not enough.

"The concubine is the first husband to thank the lord for his kindness." Mrs. Bao hurriedly bowed, two sons, one inherited the marquis, and the other entered Chen Mo's door, although Chen Mo did not promise any future, but as long as Bao Wen is not too incompetent, he can be said to have a smooth road on the official career, as for Bao Wu, inherited the position of marquis, even if he doesn't do anything in this life, he will not worry about food and clothing, Chen Mo treats the Bao family quite well.

Even though Mrs. Bao is in the pain of losing her husband, she hurriedly took her two sons to Chen Mo to thank her, in fact, there are more than two Bao Geng's sons, but Bao Wen and Bao Wu are born from concubines, and the others are born to concubines, if you want to be famous, you have to fight by yourself, this is the benefit of being a concubine, even if Chen Mo is born in the Shu clan, but after he really takes power, he has to follow the difference between his descendants and his concubines in this kind of thing.

did not take Bao Wen away, according to the Han etiquette, you have to keep filial piety for three years, in fact, it is not three years, but twenty-seven months, after the expiration of filial piety, you can enter the office.

"Lord, when are we marching into the Central Plains?" After leaving the Bao family, Dian Wei, who was following Chen Mo, suddenly asked.

"Who told you?" Chen Mo looked at Dian Wei in surprise.

"Do you still need to talk about this?" Dian Wei looked at Chen Mo puzzled: "Right now, the only things we can fight around us are the Central Plains, Jingzhou and Shudi, right?" ”

Jingzhou is not easy to fight, how powerful Lu Bu is, but in Nanyang for so many years, he has fought with Liu Biao many times, and he has not been able to cross the Han River, Dian Wei and Lu Bu have a good relationship, and the friendship that came out of the fight, I asked Lu Bu when I was bored before, Jingzhou soldiers are not very powerful, after the Han River, any person around Lu Bu can be pressed and beaten, but it is not easy to cross the river to Jingxiang.

As for Shuzhong, Chen Mo has been studying Shuzhong for a long time, if there is no change in Shuzhong, it will all depend on sending troops to fight, at least 70,000 troops, and it may not be able to capture it in three or five years, and even if it is captured, it will not help Chen Mo much, then the rest can only be the Central Plains.

"Yes, I can see the situation clearly." Chen Mo nodded, if the general trend is clear today, it is only a matter of time before Chen Mo and Cao Cao will fight a decisive battle.

"Next year." Chen Mo thought about it and said, he had just pacified Karasuma, although this time the troops were mainly based on the Jizhou soldiers, but there was also a loss, if the troops were sent immediately, it was one thing for the DPRK and China to oppose it, and the most important thing was that Chen Mo also needed to be fully prepared here, after all, Cao Cao was Chen Mo's biggest enemy, if he sent troops to the Central Plains this time, if he fought with the previous few times, no one would be able to help anyone, and finally the draw would end in a draw, it would be meaningless, it would only be a waste of troops, grain and grass.

How to attack, Chen Mo needs to discuss with a group of advisers, where to fight, how many steps to fight, all need to be deployed and planned.

"What? I didn't have a chance to shoot this time, and I couldn't hold it back? Chen Mo turned his head, looked at Dian Wei and smiled.

"The last general can't command the troops, so what can he do?" Dian Wei shook his head and said, "It's just that the last general also wants to use this ability to fight for his son's future." ”

Chen Mo nodded when he heard this, this is human nature, and Dian Wei's temperament has also begun to change, Dian Wei would definitely not say this before, but now that he is over forty years old, the golden period of physical strength is about to end, probably because of this, Dian Wei began to have this kind of concern.

"Don't want Man'er to continue to serve in the army?" Chen Mo asked with a smile.

"The last general has fought for half his life, the fight on this battlefield, no matter how big his ability is, I don't know if I can survive, if I have to hear that my stinky boy died on the battlefield one day, the last general doesn't know if he can stand it." Dian Wei remembered the scene of the old lady of the Bao family crying and fainting before, and he had relatives, if his son died in front of him, and the white-haired person sent the black-haired person, Dian Wei didn't know if he could bear it.

Chen Mo nodded, but Dian Man is quite talented in military generals, inheriting Dian Wei's strange power and martial arts, and learning military science is also quite fast, but if you want to be a county commander or too guarded or something, Dian Man is probably not good.

"Man's matter, see how he wants to go, you and I are fathers, children at this age, can't interfere too much, in this life, there are always things that can be done and can't be done, forcing will only make both parties uncomfortable." Chen Mo smiled.

As for the background, in fact, Dian Wei has no need to worry, he has protected Chen Mo for half his life, Chen Mo will naturally not let his old subordinates be wronged, even if he can't do anything, it is no problem for Chen Mo to raise him for the rest of his life, not to mention that with Dian Man's current performance, it is impossible to do nothing, after all, he is half a disciple of Chen Mo.

"I listen to my lord." Dian Wei grinned.

"Of course you'll have to listen to me." Chen Mo also smiled, although he was more than ten years behind Dian Wei, but in these things, Dian Wei's calculations were naturally not as good as Chen Mo's, with Chen Mo's arrangement, why should Dian Wei worry about this?

When the group returned to Luoyang, it was already evening, Chen Mo sent Dian Wei home to reunite with his wife and children, and after explaining some things, he asked the generals to leave before returning home.

"Welcome home." Cai Yan smiled and said.

"Why are you so polite today?" Chen Mo stretched out his hand to help Cai Yan up, motioning for the others to get up.

"The husband conquered Karasuma this time, and the prestige of the country was greatly promoted, and the concubine body was a woman, so she couldn't fight with her husband, so she could only talk about it to express her heart." Cai Yan smiled.

"It's all old husbands and wives, why bother with these false courtesies?" Chen Mo took Cai Yan's hand and led them back to the mansion, and asked with a smile, "Whose idea is this?" ”

"Concubines." Cai Yan replied with a smile: "I have prepared dinner for my husband, and my mother is waiting at home." ”

"Let's go, come with me to see my mother." Chen Mo nodded, and took a group of wives and concubines, as well as Chen Zheng and Chen Ming, to go back and visit his mother.

Chen's mother has lost a lot of weight, every time Chen Mo goes on an expedition, Chen's mother will worship God devoutly, because of Chen Mo's influence, now the whole Chen family worships the system immortals, although I don't know what god it is, but Chen Mo has worshiped since he was a child, as the head of the Chen family, everyone naturally worships with Chen Mo.

"Mother, why did you lose a lot of weight?" Chen Mo hurriedly stepped forward, and after meeting his mother, he helped his mother and said with concern.

"My mother can't eat well or sleep well these days." Cai Yan sighed lightly.

"Why should my mother worry? The child has fought in all directions over the years, but he has never been defeated. Chen Mo took his mother's hand and sat down with his mother.

"On this battlefield, the soldiers are in danger, Bao Geng's child, isn't it also ......" Chen's mother didn't speak when she said this, just a long sigh.

Bao Geng, as Chen Mo's old subordinate, did not come to visit Chen's mother in the past, and even before going to Youzhou to take office, he also came to say goodbye, Chen's mother is also very fond of this old subordinate who has followed her son to fight the world since the Xiyuan period, who would have thought that the last goodbye turned out to be a farewell?

In addition to being sad, he was worried that his son would suffer a loss on the Karasuma battlefield, after all, for Chen's mother, who was born in the south, the Hu people in the north were a little far away, and I didn't know how powerful they were.

"Mother, don't look too high at those black pills, if it weren't for the heavy snow blocking the mountain, and the remnants of the Yuan family to help, Bao Geng would not have this defeat." Chen Mo couldn't help but sigh when he thought of Bao Geng, and explained with a smile.

"Yes, on this battlefield, anything can happen, and sometimes the will of heaven is unpredictable." Mother Chen thought of Bao's mother's heartbroken appearance, and her heart hurt for a while.

"Eat, eat, mother, don't think about these things." Chen Mo hurriedly helped his mother pick up vegetables, and if he continued, he would have to be nagged to death by his mother if he didn't die on the battlefield~