Cao Hong happily led 20,000 soldiers back to Guandu.

This time he can be regarded as complacent, the same army of 20,000, before Cao Chun and Xiahou Yuan joined forces, was killed by Gao Ran and returned, and now he is out of the horse, but Gao Ran is completely defeated.

Of course, the defeat of the Gaolan cavalry was secondary, but the main credit was to force the Yuan army to stop and buy time for Guandu to build fortifications.

By the time he led his army to Guandu, Cao Cao's illness had already healed for the most part.

Cao Cao's illness is very related to mood, when he is in a good mood, he has no symptoms, and when he is in a bad mood, he is so heavy that he can't get up.

At this time, hearing that Yuan Jun had been forced by Cao Hong to repair in the area of sour jujube and no longer march forward, he could calmly build fortifications, and his tense mood was of course relieved a lot.

"Zilian commanded modestly this time, and repelled Yuan's army, which really impressed me, and I will ask for credit for you." Cao Cao personally went out of the camp to welcome his brother back to the army.

Cao Cao only knew the result, and as for how it was fought, Cao Hong still needed to report it in person.

Cao Hong arched his hand slightly embarrassed: "Big brother, actually...... This time it wasn't my work, I just did it. ”

"Where's the beginning?"

"This time, I was able to stop the Yuan army, all because of these slaves sent by Ping'er for me......"

Immediately afterwards, Cao Hong explained in detail how Butu used the horn to mobilize Yuan Shao's horses, how Yuan Jun was in chaos, and how he took advantage of the victory to pursue.

"Oh?" Cao Cao looked at Butu with a puzzled gaze, he knew these grassland people, who were brought back by Liu Ping to raise horses, "Can you control the horses?" ”

"Returning to Cao Sikong," Butu Shili said, "the horses of the Yuan army are all robbed of Gongsun Zhan, and most of them are raised by slaves and maids.

Moreover, the original master had given the Yuan family a batch of inferior horses, which were sold by the slave maid's wife's clan, so the slave and maid could use such carving skills to make the horses mess up. ”

"So that's the case," Cao Cao nodded, and said with a smile: "It seems that this time Ping'er took the lead in the enemy, not only changed Yuan Shao's horse, but also dug a pit for him."

If Yuan Shao knew, he didn't know how to feel. ”

"So, this credit is Ping'er's doing, I'm just picking up people's teeth," Cao Hong said honestly: "If the eldest brother asks for credit, just ask for credit for Ping'er." ”

Cao Cao shook his head and said, "Since Ping'er handed over this grassland man to you, he will give you the credit together, and I don't want to be greedy for this credit."

Now among the brothers around you, you have not yet been appointed by the imperial court, you should not live up to Ping'er's good intentions. ”

Cao Hong thought about it carefully, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

It seems that this is indeed the case, Cao Chun, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren, including Cao Ang, all received a court reward like the generals of Siping and Four Expeditions when Liu Ping selflessly shared the credit, but he did not have it in front of Cao Cao.

Dare to love Liu Ping this time to make up for him.

Otherwise, if Liu Ping was greedy for this merit, he would have taken Butu into battle, why did he have to go around in a circle through his hands?

"Ping'er's arrangement is really ...... I don't know what to say as an uncle......"

After Cao Hong figured it out, he was naturally very grateful to Liu Ping, and he gave you the credit for nothing, if you didn't follow, it would be a bad idea.

"Well, I will go to the court and make you the general of Pingbei and give you the marquis of Guannei," Cao Cao said: "In this way, your brothers can sit on an equal footing."

But...... Your brother's office...... Ay...... Or not...... The general of Bi Qianshi is his own ...... after all"

Cao Cao has a toothache when he thinks about it, and others want to make a great contribution to it, but this great achievement is as easy as eating and drinking water for Liu Ping, and it can be sent as a favor, Cao Ren was like this at the beginning, and now Cao Hong is like this, not to mention Cao Ang.

In the end, Cao Cao was also ready to ask for a reward for Butu.

Although Butu is a slave, the credit he made this time is really not small, and it is nothing to give a Guannei Marquis who only has a food town and no title.

Immediately afterwards, Cao Cao commanded all the soldiers to start urgently building fortifications......

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Yuan Shao's garrison was sour and sick, as if he had eaten a fly.

This sour jujube was originally the place where he shined.

At the beginning, it was precisely because of here that he was elected as the leader of the crusade against Dong Zhuo by virtue of his identity as the family of the third prince of the fourth world, and then occupied the four states north of the Yellow River step by step.

However, when he went south with the most powerful military force of the present day, intending to unify the Central Plains, he suffered repeated setbacks.

Not to mention the loss of soldiers, the most important thing is to hurt the morale of the soldiers.

After all, the cavalry and horses on their side can run back at any time, so who is not afraid of their foot soldiers?

Deeply afraid of his cavalry, he doesn't know when he will fight back, and how will he fight?

So Yuan Shao would rather stop here, investigate the reason in detail, and find out the reason.

Otherwise, what happened last time would happen again, and no matter how many soldiers he had under him, the people's hearts would be completely scattered.

And so on, that is, four days.

"Ming Gong, the person sent to the grassland is back, just waiting outside," the judge picked up the curtain and entered the tent.

"Their words, can you be trusted?" Yuan Shao looked at the trial and asked in a cold voice.

Previously, he had sent people to the steppe to buy horse wranglers with a lot of money.

But those who can be bought by money must not have a good character, and their words are hardly credible.

In fact, as soon as this matter was said, Yuan Shao was angry, when Yuan Xi came back, Yuan Shao had sent someone to strictly interrogate Xu You and his entourage, and learned that he had taken the initiative to remind him that he had to bring a horse herder at the same time as buying a horse, but Yuan Xi and Xu You were smart and refused the kindness of going to humility.

In the end, half of the horses he bought died, and he also had a bad relationship with him, and now he can only go to the grassland secretly to dig people.

"Nature is credible," the judge said firmly: "There was a general in the grassland before, and Mo Ri was unfortunately killed by Qubei, and those people were all slaves who committed crimes because of Mo Ri, and they had a grudge against Mori, and they received money from us, if they dared to lie, they could be killed immediately." ”

"So, let them in," Yuan Shao waved his hand.

After a while, three or four men dressed in grassland clothes were brought in.

"Let me ask you, do you have the art of controlling horses on the grassland?" Yuan Shao asked, "For example, let the horses be frightened for no reason." ”

The man at the front nodded and said, "The steppe people herd horses and give orders to the horses with a specific horn.

There are also secret methods to frighten horses. ”

"Are you going to know this secret method?" Yuan Shao stood up excitedly: "If you can frighten Cao Apu's horses, I will reward you and other ten thousand households!" ”

The grassland people glanced at each other and shook their heads: "This kind of secret method is in the hands of the leaders of the major tribes, but ordinary people don't. ”

When Yuan Shao heard this, he was immediately depressed, and slowly muttered to himself: "It seems that Cao Apu has such a character in his hands, but I don't, how to enter?" ”

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