At night, at dusk, Cao Mao circled around the ashes of the bonfire.

Inside the ashes were hot, smooth river stones, most of them the size of bowls, and he chose two stones to bring to the tent.

In front of the tent, Cao Mao cut a goat's leg by himself, and the fresh lamb that was bled clean showed a light brown color.

Thin slices of meat smoke immediately on the surface of the hot stones, and the juice and fat overflow, filling the air with a strong fragrance.

Pick up the chopsticks, dip them lightly in a shallow dish of spices mixed with fine salt, black pepper and cumin, and serve it in a hurry when the lamb is hot.

Closing his mouth, the flavor of seasoning and fat catalyzed by the hot mutton, giving him a rich taste, and he chewed carefully and slowly felt the taste change.

At the same time, he put two slices of light brown mutton on the stone and roasted them, and he was at ease.

Cao Pi gradually came over, but did not attract Cao Mao's attention and vigilance.

Seeing that Cao Mao was so focused, what Cao Pi wanted to say was blocked in his throat and didn't say it, so he took it as a passing by and left directly.

The Cao clan is scattered, and Cao Mao annoys him again, and he is now the closest clan member around.

Cao Mao followed the hunt for a day, but he didn't like to eat dry food, so he ate some barbecue meat to fill his stomach hungry before he stopped.

I returned to the tent and took a pot of tea, turned it back and unscrewed the lid, and subconsciously poked my nose to smell the tea.

There was a slight smell in the fragrance of the tea, and Cao Mao lowered his eyebrows and saw a thumb wax pill in the teacan, so he couldn't help frowning, and looked back at the tent again.

He got up again and went to the tent, and when he came out again, he had a few dried dates, tangerine peel, two longans, wolfberries, a dried chrysanthemum, dried apricots, and other miscellaneous things.

On the other side, Cao Pi returned to the big tent, and the whole person stood in front of the screen, holding a pen in his hand to draw circles, boxes, triangles and other symbols on the screen, probably only he understood what each symbol meant.

In terms of the terrain around Luoyang, he was confident that he would block the enemy from the East Three Passes, so Zhang Fei used all the soldiers and horses of the four states in the east of the Guandong Province, and he couldn't break through the defense line of the East Three Passes of Luoyang in a hurry.

But there is another deadly checkpoint in the north of Luoyang...... Koheimatsu Seki.

When the Yellow Turban and the eight states were rising, it can be said that the state and county were erosive, and Emperor Ling set up the Eight Passes to guard Luoyang.

When the heroes were fighting against Dong, Yuan Shao once stationed troops in Hanoi; And it was Xiao Pingjin Pass that resisted Hanoi, and the governor of Xiao Pingjin Pass at that time was Jia Xu.

Xiao Pingjin is in Ping County, just on the edge of Mengjin.

Therefore, Xiaopingjin Pass has no steep terrain, but also controls several large official ferries in the north of Luoyang...... If it is lost, the whole world will be ruined.

When the heroes were begging for Dong back then, busy people like Cao Cao had to go to the blacksmith to forge weapons...... Where is the surplus manpower and material resources to build the Yellow River Naval Division warships?

Without a group of warships, it is naturally impossible for a water battle to break out in the areas of Xiaopingjin, Mengjin, and Heyangjin...... Without a water war, Jia Xu could naturally easily hold Xiaopingjin Pass back then, and Yuan Shao and Wang Kuang of the Tunjun Hanoi on the north bank could only stare dryly.

Now it's different, Zhang Fei has a Qingxu Navy in his hand and enough warships to cross the Tiger Prison Pass and attack directly at Xiaopingjin Pass in the north of Luoyang; You can also go to Luoshui and Yishui, bypass Chenggao, where the Tiger Prison Pass is located, and go up to Gongxian and Yanshi, and go straight to Luoyang!

This water was an important material transportation canal for millions of people in Luoyang back then, and large ships could go...... The naval division battleship can also go.

Therefore, Zhang Fei raised the troops of the four prefectures in the eastern part of the country and marched to Luoyang...... The core of the war is by no means the three eastern passes of Tiger Pass, Yuyuan Pass, and Yique Pass.

In the water battle of the Yellow River, although the own naval army is upstream, although it has an advantage, it cannot stand it...... Lack of experience in water warfare.

Therefore, Sima Manzhong, the Great Wei who commanded the Mengjin Naval Army, went to Guanzhong to exchange information, and also invited Luo Meng, the Shaoqing of the Ministry of Works, who was repairing the bridge in Fenglingdu, to Luoyang to serve as the governor of the navy.

With Luo Meng commanding the water division, he can resist the conventional tactics of the Qingxu water division and will not be defeated in the conventional confrontation.

However, limited by the quality of the soldiers and tactical drills, this is a naval division with only defensive ability. Luo Meng needs at least three months of running-in and training to make the Mengjin Naval Division have combat effectiveness, and half a year later, that is, in the spring and summer of next year, the Mengjin Naval Division will have the strength to attack.

So on the whole, in the face of Zhang Fei, Luoyang can only defend.

If you hold it for a long time, you will lose, and you must take other means to disturb the subordinates of the Han family.

Just as Cao Pi was thinking and weighing, Xu Chu came in step and stood in front of the tent: "Your Majesty, Zhongqiu Gong asks to see you." ”

"He? What happened? ”

"It's for His Royal Highness."

Xu Chu lowered his voice when he replied: "Duke Zhongqiu is willing to go to Jiangdu in exchange for His Royal Highness King Chen." ”

Cao Pi frowned when he heard this, what happened back then...... He knew very well that on the surface, the official records of each other showed that Cao Mao, who was out to investigate, was captured by the enemy general Deng Ai, because he was under Qin Lang's command, Qin Lang's half-brother Cao Lin took the initiative to redeem Cao Mao in order to reduce Qin Lang's guilt and use him as a hostage to protect Deng Ai's troops from retreating safely.

Brotherhood...... It sounds beautiful, but it's not like this at all, it's purely Qin Lang's slackness and wants to send Cao Lin to Guanzhong to seek a new development opportunity.

Cao Lin is the king of Great Wei after all, and his status is only lower than that of the crown prince Cao Rong. If such an important king wants to surrender sincerely, Beifu and the Han family will naturally accept it humbly and give Cao Lin a chance to reform himself.

Other Han generals and Beifu generals want to go to the battlefield and fight hard...... Cao Lin had already set a marquis and the position of future minister from the time he jumped over.

These are two different things at all, Beifu, the Han family, and themselves all know the details of Cao Lin.

Later, he sent Mrs. Du to Jiangdu...... But anyone who is smart should know that the ship in Luoyang is about to sink, and before sinking, he was trying to find all kinds of decent homes for the people on board.

In this case, Cao Mao, who acted strangely and unsocially, suddenly asked to go to Jiangdu to exchange for Cao Lin...... It's a weird request, which is in line with Cao Mao's behavior, but it is definitely unreasonable.

After all, Cao Mao is not a fool, he must know that he went to Jiangdu to perform some kind of brotherly drama, it is impossible to change Cao Lin back, and Cao Lin is not willing to come back.

But in this case, Cao Mao just came.

All this, as if it were a weirdness, a mistake.

What is the purpose?

Who is behind it?

What is his real motive?

Cao Pi thought about it a little and locked the good son with the simplest method of elimination.

Among the brothers, Cao Lin is the best-looking, and Cao Mao is the ugliest...... These two people seem to have a good relationship with their good son.

The friendship between Cao Mao and Cao Rong seems to be deeper.

I can't figure it out, but it doesn't prevent Cao Mao from sabotage.

For things like hurting others and benefiting oneself, the prince seems to have a deep understanding of the essence.