At this time, the Cao clan did not have the power to unify the north in the future, and each brother of the Cao clan and the Xiahou clan was a unique figure at that time.

At this time, even Cao Ren was only in his thirties, and he had been fighting with his eldest brother since he started the army, and he had no experience in commanding troops independently.

For the general is different from being a coach, for the general only needs to obey the coach's arrangement and complete his own tasks.

Being handsome requires overall consideration, and any lack of thoughtfulness in the details may lead to a complete loss.

When Cao Ren heard that his eldest brother had let him command the battle of Pengcheng in his place, he couldn't help but be timid.

"Big brother...... Foolish Brother Dull...... I'm afraid it's hard to do such a big thing. ”

"Brothers in war...... Father and son soldiers, cough cough," Cao Cao said weakly: "Except for you at this time...... Who can take on this responsibility...... It's time for you to go through the experience, ahem......"

Now among Cao Cao's brothers, only Cao Ren and Cao Chun are in front of him, Cao Chun is too young and inexperienced, and only Cao Ren is the only choice.

Cao Ang told Liu Pingna even more unscrupulously.

Liu Ping pondered, looking at his father-in-law's appearance, he should have a severe cold, but unfortunately he has no antibiotics now, and he is helpless.

Otherwise, maybe a box of aspirin would have cured him.

It's just that I can only think about it, unlike a certain benevolent brother, who still carries a box of medicine when his soul is worn, and he doesn't know how to bring it.

"Ang'er, Ping'er, you two...... I need to help your uncle with all my heart...... Don't be reckless. ”

Cao Cao calmed down a little, and then said to the four: "You don't have to worry too much...... Even if this battle is lost...... I can afford to pay for Cao's...... The four of you...... There is no room for ...... mistakes."

After saying this, Cao Cao closed his eyes again and fell into a coma.

When Liu Ping heard this, he was a little inexplicably moved in his heart, and he couldn't imagine that such a person as his father-in-law cared about the four of them more than he cared about the 40,000 army.

Is he using the art of buying people's hearts? Liu Ping didn't look like it.

Although there are many derogatory connotations for him in the history books of later generations, saying that he is cunning and ruthless, a traitor and a traitor, in fact, most of them are the malicious smears of later Confucian scholars who stand on the position of the imperial dynasty.

In fact, he is not cruel to everyone, on the contrary, he is a little chattering about his family, mother-in-law.

This can be seen in his suicide note, which mentions that the concubines and geisha are usually very industrious and hard-working, and after their deaths, let them live in Tongquetai, and do not treat them badly.

And divide the rest of the incense, and let it not be sacrificed, lest it be wasted.

The women of each room are also idle, and they can learn to weave ribbons and straw sandals and sell them to make a living, and so on.

Before he died, he must have said the truth, all he thought about was trivial, and he didn't mention anything serious.

At this time, when he was seriously ill, what he said should not be false.

The four of them had slightly red eyes and hugged their fists together:

"Brother!"

"Father!"

"Father-in-law!"

"Do I dare to die?"

Although Cao Cao couldn't hear these words anymore, everyone said them very seriously.

……

When the four of them came out, everyone gathered around, wanting to inquire about Cao Cao's illness, but seeing that their faces were not good, no one dared to ask.

Cao Ren said with red eyes: "Go to the barracks!" ”

Liu Ping silently followed behind Cao Ang and went all the way to the barracks.

Although Cao Cao told Cao Ren that it didn't matter if he lost this battle, everyone knew the significance of this battle.

I don't know how many soldiers I have to lose in a battle, how much food I have to spend, who wants to lose a war?

What's more, this is Cao Ren's first time as a coach.

After arriving at the barracks, Cao Ren did not gather the generals, but the four of them discussed first.

"The key to this battle lies in Ang'er, you lead 2,000 troops and horses to defend Dongguan County to lure the enemy, Xiahou Yuan leads 3,000 troops and horses out of the city to ambush, you need to hold back the invading enemy for fifteen days, can you do it?" Cao Ren tried his best to imitate the tone of his eldest brother's speech and said in a deep voice.

"No!" Cao Ang hugged his fists and said: "Please rest assured, uncle, I will let the enemy come and go." ”

"Your task is to delay, not to go out of the city to meet the enemy," Cao Ren said sharply: "Your safety is more important than anything, understand?" ”

If it weren't for the established arrangement for Cao Ang to lure the enemy, Cao Ren wouldn't dare to let him go.

"No!" Cao Ang nodded in agreement.

"After Pengcheng sent troops, Cao Chun and I personally led an army of 40,000 to attack the city, and Cao Chun was in charge of the front line command, and we must take the city within ten days."

Cao Chun also clenched his fists and agreed.

Cao Ren then said: "Ping'er led a thousand military horses in his headquarters, and Ang'er commanded three thousand military horses, responsible for escorting grain and grass, guarding the baggage, and there must be no mistakes. ”

Cao Ang went to lure the enemy, and the 3,000 soldiers and horses under him naturally couldn't be used, and Le Jin was temporarily assigned to Liu Ping's men.

After all, Lejin's reputation is not small, if he is allowed to defend a city with 3,000 military horses, no one in the world dares to underestimate it, how to lure out the enemy of Pengcheng?

In fact, Liu Ping had already known that he was in charge of logistics, but he just asked Cao Ren to say it again.

Moreover, Cao Ren also handed over all the 3,000 military horses under Cao Ang's command to himself, which was to put himself in charge of the entire logistics supply line.

Liu Ping originally thought that in this battle, he could make a salted fish by his father-in-law's side, but now that his father-in-law is like this, it seems that the salted fish can't be done.

However, with so many military horses under his command, plus a Lejin, the entire logistics line should be foolproof.

What's more, the two spare weapons of destruction under his command are waiting for someone to come and rob the grain.

The discussion was decided, and Cao Ang was going to set off immediately.

Liu Ping walked out of the barracks with him.

"Big brother, you must be careful there this time, then Guan Yu is both wise and brave, and Zhang Fei is even more coarse and fine, these two are not easy to deal with."

"Don't worry, brother Xian, how can I be careless?" Cao Ang smiled and said: "You have to be careful yourself, you don't know how to ride and shoot, I will arrange for Lejin to protect your safety, you must not leave the army for half a step."

Don't forget, you still have to save your life, let's calm the world together. ”

"Thank you, big brother," Liu Ping smiled and said, "After arriving in Dongguan County, if you need help, you can feel free to find those gentry, and they will definitely help you."

You can also send someone to deliver a letter to Mt. Moon, where there are manpower. ”

"Oh? I almost forgot that you are the county guard of Dongguan. ”

Cao Ang patted his head, then shook his head and said: "The gentry and the people are all falling with the wind, whoever has a strong military will listen to whom, not to mention the newly laid territory of Dongguan County, how can the people be attached?"

Sensei is counting on them to help, and it would be nice if they didn't turn against him. ”

The gentry and the common people have no position, the Cao family has suppressed the gentry since the beginning, and it caused a rebellion last time, how could Cao Ang believe that the gentry would help him?

As for the people of Dongguan County, although they were eating Cao's relief food, if it wasn't for Cao's army attacking Dongguan County, they would not have fallen to the level of eating relief food.

Although Cao Ang knew that Liu Ping was smelting iron there, it was the labor assigned by him, the county guard, how could the people be grateful to Dade for the apportionment?

It's good not to hate him, the county guard, and you can still count on them to help you?