Cao Liang was overjoyed about Huan Fan's arrival, originally he was worried that Huan Fan would not be willing to obey the order, but he didn't expect Huan Fan to really come, and he came so quickly, even faster than the four battalions of the Northern Army, I have to say that this is indeed unexpected by Cao Liang.

Now Cao Liang's subordinates are full of talents, but Yanghu Du is the leading general, Pei Xiu and Fu Xuan can only act as a staff member, and what Cao Liang lacks the most is a top military talent like Guo Jiajia and Zhuge Liang.

Now raise your fingers to count, although the post-Three Kingdoms era is also a number of famous ministers and famous generals, but it seems that there is a lack of "think tank" figures, a mature army, think tank figures are indispensable, if there is no Guo Jia, Cao Cao may not be able to defeat Yuan Shao, unify the north, if there is no Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei is like a lost dog, displaced, how can there be a chance to cut off the southwest and call the king the emperor.

Cao Cao cried loudly after the Battle of Chibi, and others wondered why Cao Cao was so sad, Cao Cao soon said his true words, crying Guo Fengxiao alone, if Guo Fengxiao was there, how could he be so defeated!

Even Cao Cao realized that the reason for the defeat of the Battle of Chibi was not because of the number of troops, nor because of the geographical advantage, but because of the lack of top strategists on his side, and Liu Bei was the new Zhuge Liang, Sun Quan had Zhou Yu, and in the strategic contest, the strength of the two sides was one and the other, which finally led to the fiasco of Chibi and made Cao Liang's dream of dominating the world go up in smoke.

If Guo Jia hadn't died so young, then perhaps this political pattern of the Three Kingdoms would no longer exist.

Therefore, without the strategic vision of the top strategists to look at the overall situation, it may be difficult to do anything as a prince.

Cao Liang asked himself that his strategy had not yet reached the point where he could match Sima Yi, and the reason why he had achieved outstanding results was that he was a traverser, such as the control of the historical development context, which was partly Cao Liang's strength and partly due to luck.

But as the trajectory of history changes, Cao Liang's grasp of the future is getting weaker and weaker, in this parallel world, anything can happen, and Cao Liang's opponent is as strong as ever.

Therefore, Cao Liang has been looking for a heavyweight strategist, and the only one who is regarded as a think tank by Sima Yi in this era is only Huan Fan. Cao Shuang's subordinates have many strategists, but in Sima Yi's eyes, this group of people is just a group of wine bags and rice bags, and only Huan Fan is the one who is really feared by Sima Yi.

Even Sima Yi is afraid of people, that must have great wisdom, so Cao Liang has a soft spot for Huan Fan, and tries every means to summon Huan Fan to his tent.

welcomed Huan Fan into the mansion, and the house arranged by Cao Liang for Huan Fan was the best in this mansion, and even Cao Liang's current residence could not be compared. Cao Liang knew that Huan Fan was coming, so he naturally arranged the room in advance.

In the evening, Cao Liang set up a special reception banquet to receive the wind to Huan Fan, the specifications of the banquet were naturally the highest, Cao Liang and his generals and advisers and officials of Hedong County more than 400 stone all summoned, one is to show respect for Huan Fan, and the other is to facilitate everyone to know, and they can do better things in the future.

At the banquet, Cao Liang's attitude towards Huan Fan was respectful, naturally, others were also humble and courteous to Huan Fan, and the status of Huan Fan was incomparable throughout the banquet, everyone was vying to toast Huan Fan, and the atmosphere of the banquet was also extremely harmonious and harmonious.

Huan Fan, who originally came to Anyi with the attitude of trying it out, has a feeling of flattery at the moment, Huan Fan has been idle at home in recent years, and the door is full of birds, so that Huan Fan, who has a good face, is extremely disappointed, this time to Hedong, so that Huan Fan is back to the feeling of being in Qingzhou Yanzhou, a few glasses of wine, can't help but flutter.

The guests and hosts of this banquet were happy, Huan Fan was drunk, although he was not as arrogant as Ruan Liu Ling, but Huan Fan was also a profligate wreck, unrestrained.

In fact, Huan Fan has been idle at home because of negative anger these years, and he is still extremely depressed in his heart, because Huan Fan usually has few friends, and those concubines at home stay away from him because he has a history of killing his wife, which makes Huan Fan very lonely.

Although Luoyang is a prosperous place, for Huan Fan, it is like a dead city.

Originally, Huan Fan's personality was extremely strange, because of loneliness, his temperament was more depressed, and the court's attitude towards him was also exile, and he was never used again for five or six years.

In fact, the timing of Cao Liang's selection is still extremely appropriate, Huan Fan, who is at a low point in his life, still attaches great importance to this sudden career opportunity, and after considering various considerations, Huan Fan decided to come to Hedong to try, otherwise he will continue to stay at home, and he will have to stay sick.

When he first arrived in Anyi, Cao Liang did not have the slightest semblance of an official, and treated Huan Fan like a teacher, and the others were naturally respectful, which made Huan Fan regain the feeling he once had, and it was not uncommon to drink a little higher.

Cao Liang instructed his subordinates to take Huan Fan back to the room to rest, it was late at night, everyone was full of wine and food, and they dispersed.

By the time the sun was on the third day the next day, Huan Fan hadn't woken up yet, Cao Liang just smiled disapprovingly after hearing it, he was willing to sleep, just let him sleep, now in Hedong County, they still have some good days, and when they arrive in the state, the war starts, and I am afraid that it will not be possible to sleep peacefully.

At this moment, Cao Liang received the news that the fourth battalion of the Northern Army had arrived.

Huan Fan arrived, and the fourth battalion of the Northern Army also arrived, and the good news came one after another.

Cao Liang was overjoyed and ordered that the fourth battalion of the Northern Army did not need to enter the city, and there was a good camp outside the city, and they only needed to settle in according to the battalion.

After the recruitment was over, Cao Liang did not garrison troops in Anyi City, after all, if such men and horses were stationed in the city, it would inevitably disturb the people a little, and it was more convenient to arrange them outside the city, the city gate was flat and empty, which was also convenient for the army's drills.

Now the camp tents of the Yue cavalry battalion and the newly recruited soldiers are outside the city, and when Cao Liang set up camp, he had already set up the tents of the fourth battalion of the Northern Army.

The newly recruited army was unified and set up a separate village, and Deng Ai was responsible for training, but this situation must be temporary, because Cao Liang only had five battalions of the five schools of the Northern Army on hand, and after the other four battalions arrived, these newly recruited soldiers would be assigned to each battalion.

The arrival of the fourth battalion of the Northern Army means that the men and horses under Cao Liang's command have arrived, and next, it will be the time for the whole army to fight.