Cao Xuan did not rush to arrange hundreds of people to return to Luoyang or Jingzhou, but let them stay by his side temporarily, so as to promote their feelings and show off Cao Jun's strong muscles.

At this time, it is really flexing muscles.

100,000 Xinchu coalition troops, 50,000 Luoyang Cao army soldiers, 30,000 iron camels, eight banners of heavenly wolves, and 20,000 Xiongnu small and medium-sized tribe cavalry.

There were 200,000 regular troops, and the army did not move, and the grain and grass went first.

The logistics of the 200,000-strong army were so heavy that 100,000 auxiliaries and garrisons were dispatched to be responsible for the transportation of baggage.

The auxiliary soldiers and garrison soldiers of the Cao army are all trained, and they are not inferior to the warlords who have just been promoted such as Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, and the combat effectiveness of the main battle officers under their command is not lower.

It is therefore equivalent to an army of 300,000.

The main battle troops gathered together alone had already made the new followers speechless in shock.

I always look at the number of tens of thousands of people recorded in the military books, but now in front of the army, I know what the army of 10,000 means.

That is, no matter where you stand in the army, you can't see the end of the army at all.

The army of 200,000 is even more in the sky.

Cao Xuan looked at the army under his command, full of pride and ambition, and said to Xu Shu, who had become a personal companion on the side:

"Yuan Zhi, do you want to lead such an army to fight, or follow my side, direct the soldiers and horses in the world several times larger than those in front of you, and strategize?"

Xu Shuzheng's eyes widened, his chin drooped, his mouth opened slightly, and he listened to Cao Xing's inquiry, and hurriedly put his chin away with his hand, and replied without thinking:

"Commander! I want to command such a large army! ”

Cao Xing smiled and stroked the short beard that was already inches long on his chin.

Xu Shu didn't study literature for a long time, and he didn't have time to go south to Jingzhou, make friends with Sima Hui, Zhuge Liang and others, and he hadn't gone deep into the road of plotting the master, so it seemed that he was still more inclined to military generals and commanders!

In this way, there is nothing wrong with handing over the army to a person like Xu Shu who is filial and principled, and a person with great military talent, which makes him feel more at ease.

"There will be such a day, before that, can Yuan Zhi call me a lord? A word of lord, how about exchanging 10,000 troops? ”

Cao Xing, like an obscene uncle who abducted and sold Lori, gave a bait to Xu Shu.

Xu Shu did not hesitate, swallowed the bait in one bite, turned over and dismounted, flicked his long sleeves, and bowed his hand: "Meet the lord!" ”

Xu Shu's voice was extremely loud, as for Xun Yu, Xun Su, Xun Di, Xun Yuezhi, the four Xun and Xi Zhicai, Cheng Yu and others all heard it clearly.

None of them confessed the Lord.

Seeing Cao Xing's military strength in the world, and Xu Shu's recognition of the master, many people were moved.

Cao Xuan didn't have time to care about other people, and now in Cao Xing's eyes, there was only Xu Shu, who was important to him.

Cao Xing turned over and dismounted, and the reins of the horse were too late to be handed over to the groom, and the person had already moved forward quickly and helped Xu Shu up:

"If you can get the help of Yuan Zhi, you can win 100,000 elite soldiers!"

"Thank you, my lord!"

Looking at this scene of the lord's virtuous and loyal ministers, Cheng Yu walked to the front for the second time: "I don't know if I am worthy of 10,000 elite soldiers?" ”

Is this going to be a double happiness? Xu Shu, you are really my lucky star!

Cao Xing looked at Cheng Yu, who was famous for his ferocity in history, although this guy was the top mastermind, but he was fierce, but he wanted to kill people and eat meat, in history, when Cao Cao was the most depressed and lost the entire Yanzhou, and only three cities were left, one of which he kept.

In the face of Lu Bu's absolute superiority in troops, and when the city was out of food, he killed the rebel army in the city and took meat as food to defend the city.

The world is so big, and there are really a lot of places that are used so ruthlessly.

"Deserved, as long as Zhongde is willing, what about this kind of elite soldier now, with 10,000 and your commander?

As long as you stay in the guard camp for three months, and Yuan Zhi is too, as soon as the theoretical training of the three-month guard camp is over, each of you will be a captain, and each of you will command 10,000 troops! ”

Speaking of this, Cao Xing was afraid that the other party would think that he was making excuses, so he added:

"Military marquis above, you need to enter the guard camp to study for three months, this is the Cao army military regulations, every Cao army general has experienced it, the military regulations are steel, and look at Haihan!"

After saying this, Cao Xuan looked at Cheng Yu expectantly, and looked at Xu Shu on the side worriedly, Xu Shu was not unhappy, I think I had heard of this iron law in the past few days.

Xu Shu was relieved, and Cao Xing's energy was focused on Cheng Yu.

Fortunately, Cheng Yu didn't feel that he was being played, so he turned around and left, and he also threw his long sleeves and gave it up.

Seeing this, Cao Xing was excited, did the top plotters receive both at this time? This is also too exciting, just when Cao Xuan fantasized: to meet the lord in the next place.

Cheng Yu's words came out: "I am willing to recognize Mr. Huanglong as the master after commanding an army of 10,000!" ”

Ahem! This can also be done!?

The excitement on Cao Xing's face stiffened a little.

There is nothing wrong with this, if you can put forward the condition that the top mastermind will still learn for three months, it is also common sense to accept the other party's condition of recognizing the master after three months.

Cao Xing put on an excited smile again, pulling Xu Shu with one hand and Cheng Yu with the other: "Haha!" Zhongde, I have an army of hundreds of thousands, and your army of 10,000 is indispensable, and you can't run away from the master! ”

Cao Xing is fighting with Xu Shu and Cheng Yu here, and the army assembled over there has also officially started.

200,000 regular soldiers, 100,000 heavy soldiers, and the gathering of so many people and horses, the military rations consumed in one day are countless, and this is still because it is close to Jingzhou, the granary of the grain cantonment.

Of course, it's not as simple as flexing muscles.

Cao Xing first organized more than 100 new followers into the personal guard camp, regardless of whether they recognized the lord or not, and then waved his hand, and the commander army went to the northeast of Yingchuan and Chen Guo.

In the face of the might of Cao's 300,000 army, the cities along the way could no longer raise the heart to resist, and the whole city was trembling with fright, and they honestly opened the city to greet them.

For this reason, Cao Xing deliberately widened the horizontal of the army to collect more county seats, and then sent envoys to recruit the remaining county towns to connect the Yingchuan counties of Sili, Jingzhou, and Yuzhou.

Cao Xing is going to be swallowed.

When the army entered the state of Chen, the local environment, which was still a paradise, was broken.

In front of such a huge "war monster", it is difficult for the military and people of Chen State to mention the heart of resistance, and Changping County, west of Chen State, when surrounded by Cao's army, just had the intention of resisting.

Cao Xing sent an edict to the imperial court, and the county order immediately borrowed the donkey from the slope and opened the city gate.

After Cao Jun took Yingchuan County without blood, he also took Changping County of Chen State.

At the head of Chen Guo, Chen Wang Liu Zhong and Chen Guoxiang Luo Jun, the famous virtuous king in history, quickly reacted, gathered the most elite 3,000 crossbowmen of Chen State in Chen County, and gathered 5,000 foot soldiers from other counties.