Winter hunting was not a secret matter, so in just one day, Wei Kuo asked the specific situation clearly, and rushed back to Yuanyuan Village early in the morning of the third day.

I didn't expect Wei Kuo to come back so soon, and Huaxing was overjoyed.

A meeting was immediately convened, and the generals, lieutenants, and generals were all called to the command room to listen to Wei Kuo's information.

"Wei Hujun, how is it? Have you ever asked about the specific date of winter hunting? As soon as the people arrived, Zhang Liao was the first to ask.

"Back to the general, the last general has found out. The winter hunt is scheduled for January 27, which is said to be an auspicious day for hunting. Wei Kuo said with a straight face.

Today is only the seventh day of the first month of January, and there are still twenty days before the winter hunt, so there is plenty of time for them to make all kinds of preparations. After hearing this, Tang Sheng also asked:

"Have you figured out the location of the winter hunt? Is it still the same as last year, in the suburbs of Luoyang? ”

But this time, Wei Kuo's expression obviously changed, and he shook his head while frowning and replied:

"It's not. This time they changed places, and they changed farther. ”

"Huh?"

As soon as these words came out, I saw Lu Lingqi, who was dressed in men's clothes, said with confusion in her eyes:

"Wasn't it all in the suburbs of Luoyang in previous years? Why did you change places this year? Where's the change? ”

"I went to a hunting ground called Xu Tian." Wei Kuo replied truthfully.

"Xu Tian? In what place? Far from us? Zhao Yun, who has lived in Youzhou for a long time, is not very familiar with the situation in Yuzhou, so he was the first to ask.

"Oh, Xutian is 50 miles east of Xuchang, not very far, two days away from us."

"East of Xuchang?"

After listening to Wei Kuo's introduction, Zhao Yun was even more puzzled:

"Aren't there a lot of hunting grounds around Luoyang? Why did they go to Xuchang to hunt? ”

Whether it is the current emperor Liu Xie, or the previous Liu Wei or Liu Hong, they used to hunt in the suburbs of Luoyang in previous years, and rarely went to other cities.

So on the matter of changing the hunting ground, everyone was full of doubts, including Hua Xing, everyone looked at Wei Kuo and waited for his explanation.

"Well, the reason for changing to Xu Tian was not very clear at first, and many people didn't know about it after asking. Later, I found an old subordinate who was in charge of managing the royal letters, and I found out the real reason. After clearing his throat vigorously, Wei Kuo finally revealed the mystery:

"As early as a few months ago, Shengshang received an invitation from Xuchang Taishou, hoping to arrange this winter hunt in Xutian to show the friendship of the landlord. But the imperial court did not seem to approve of this move and never agreed. But just over a month ago, the saint suddenly changed his mind and agreed to the matter, and temporarily replaced the hunting ground with Xu Tian. ”

"Oh, so you were invited? Hehe, it seems that someone wants to get close to the saint? After shaking his head and chuckling lightly, he heard Zhang Liao ask for the second time:

"Huh? Didn't you disagree at first? Why did you say yes later? ”

"This ...... The last general is not clear. But listening to the grapevine, it probably has something to do with us! Wei Kuo said with a little mystery.

"What? Where does the saint go to hunt, it still has something to do with us? Old Wei, are you kidding? ”

"The last general will not dare! This was told to me by my former captain. Wei Kuo said with a solemn face, word by word:

"At first, although the imperial court received an invitation, it was too far away from Xu Tian, so the saint never agreed. It wasn't until Gongsun Chan lost to us that news soon came out from the imperial court that he would go hunting in Xutian this year. Although no one can confirm that these two things are related, many people speculate that the change of hunting grounds this time is mostly related to our Luoyuan Village. ”

Hearing Wei Kuo say this, most of the smile on Zhang Liao's face instantly dissipated, and he frowned and said:

"You mean, they went to Xu Tian this time to disadvantage our army? Ah! Could it be ...... Is he trying to take the opportunity to recruit himself? ”

"It shouldn't be!" Wei Kuo shook his head and replied:

"I've inquired, and like last year, they only brought a thousand guards with them. With this amount of troops, they will never dare to come to us for trouble. ”

"And what does he mean?" Zhang Liao was puzzled: "If you run so far, you don't just want to scare us, right?" ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw Tang Sheng, who was sitting on the side, suddenly patted his thigh, and suddenly realized:

"Oh, I see! It is likely that he wants to take the opportunity to win over Xuchang's army and deal with us! It's the same as Gongsun Chan before. ”

In contrast, Tang Sheng's statement was obviously more convincing, and as soon as he said this, everyone nodded in agreement.

"Alas, if that's the case, it's going to be troublesome......" After frowning and muttering for a long time, I heard Zhao Yun suddenly ask again:

"By the way, who is Xuchang Taishou? Isn't it amazing? ”

"I know that." Zhang Liao nodded and introduced:

"That person's surname is Cao Mingcao, the word is Mengde, and he once served as a lieutenant in the army. Later, he joined the anti-Dong coalition army and served as the general of Fenwu. ”

After hearing Cao Mengde's three words, everyone in the audience nodded one after another, obviously having heard of this person's name.

"He is now concentrated in the area of Chenliu and Xuchang, and in recent months he has been fighting with the forces of Dongjun. Judging from the military situation alone, Cao's army has a great advantage, and it should not take long to take Dongjun and enter Yanzhou. ”

Huaxing originally only wanted to meet Liu Xie with the help of the winter hunting incident, but what he didn't expect was that Cao Cao was implicated in this matter.

Although Cao Jun is still in his infancy at this time, he is not a super overlord, but with this person's ability and mind alone, if he participates, it will definitely make the whole thing more complicated and the difficulty will be increased, which is by no means good news.

However, in order to solve the matter of the ore vein, Hua Xing at this moment will not easily give up the opportunity to meet because of Cao Cao's appearance.

So after thinking about it a few times, although Hua Xing's face was sad, he finally nodded and said:

"Oh, it's him? That's it! Then let's even see Cao Mengde together this time! ”

……

After listening to Wei Kuo's report, it was already noon.

Considering that there were still 20 days to prepare, Huaxing did not rush to formulate a plan, but issued two military orders on the spot:

First, he sent all the scouts in the general, half to Luoyang, and the other half to Xuchang. Every day, there is a special person to pass on information and monitor the movements of both sides in real time.

Second, he gave Tang Sheng a strange task, asking him to find more soldiers in the army who could draw and come back.

In this regard, Tang Sheng can be said to be confused, and he doesn't understand what Huaxing wants.

But seeing that Huaxing had no intention of revealing the secret, he had no choice but to act according to his words, and selected more than 30 painting experts from the army to bring to Huaxing.

After a simple test, Huaxing left only twenty of them and gave them a special task on the spot......

Five days later.

After listening to the information sent back by the scout, Hua Xing first went to his "secret studio" and took a turn.

Although he had only been there for five minutes, he came out with a smile on his face, clearly pleased with the progress in the room.

Back in the command room, as soon as Hua Xing took his seat, a guard came to visit, saying that he had something important to see.