Following Xu Chu in, Zhang Yan's height was more than half a head shorter than him.

Standing facing Cao Cao, Zhang Yan hugged his fists and bowed down and said, "The last general, Zhang Yan, has seen Cao Gong." ”

Looking at Zhang Yan standing in front of him, Cao Cao asked, "I heard that the general is stationed in Taihang, why did you come to me?" ”

"I heard that Gong Cao is going to have a decisive battle with the Yuan family, so I specially came to ask for battle." Zhang Yan raised his head and said to Cao Cao.

"The general is not my subordinate, how can he ask me for war?" Cao Cao said: "If the general is willing to fight the Yuan family, just send troops to go." ”

"I heard that Cao Gong is a hero in the world." Zhang Yan replied: "I have the heart to lead the Taihang people to serve the Cao family, and I also ask Cao Gong not to refuse." ”

"The general means that he intends to serve me?" Cao Cao asked.

"Exactly." Zhang Yan replied: "I have 100,000 troops under my command, and from now on, I wish only Cao Gongma to be the head." ”

After staring at Zhang Yan for a while, Cao Cao said, "If the general has the heart to serve, then I will give you a chance." ”

"Cao Gong, please speak." Zhang Yan said: "As long as Cao Gong orders, the last general will definitely die!" ”

"When the general came here, did he bring his subordinates with him?" Cao Cao asked.

"Back to Cao Gong, I didn't bring my subordinates." Zhang Yan said: "I don't know Cao Gong's intentions, I am worried that bringing the subordinates will cause misunderstanding, so I will surrender to Cao Gong first." ”

"Just now I was discussing with everyone about sending troops to the Yuan family, I don't know how long it will take for General Zhang to transfer troops here?" Cao Cao asked.

"Now that it's winter, the arrival of the army will definitely be affected." Zhang Yan said: "It is estimated that it will take more than a month to ......"

"Ladies and gentlemen." Looking around at everyone, Cao Cao smiled and asked, "How long is the New Year?" ”

"There are less than two months left." Xun Yu replied.

"We have besieged Yecheng many times, how about being in Yecheng this New Year?" Cao Cao asked everyone again.

Everyone looked at each other, and Guo Jia asked, "Does Cao Gong mean to ask General Zhang to lead the army to break through Yecheng?" ”

"It's not." Cao Cao's gaze fell on Zhang Yan's face: "General Zhang, if I want you to deal with Yuan Shang alone, what are your chances of winning?" ”

"Ten points." Zhang Yan said without thinking about it: "Yuan Shang is already at the end of the crossbow, but I have an army of 100,000, and it is only a snap of a finger to defeat him." ”

"Since General Zhang is confident that he will defeat Yuan Shang, I will be able to lead the army to attack Yecheng again." Cao Cao said: "Whether it is to take Yecheng or Yuan Shang's head, I will take credit for the general." ”

"Thank you Cao Gongcheng." Zhang Yan said: "I will go back to Taihang to prepare troops and horses, and come back to meet Cao Gong in a month." ”

Zhang Yan retreated and saw him walk out of the hall, and Cao Cao asked everyone: "Do you think Zhang Yan came to surrender to me, is it true or false?" ”

"It must be true." Jia Xu said: "Although Zhang Yan claims to have an army of 100,000, there are only 10,000 or 20,000 warriors, and the rest are old and weak women and children. Trapped in Taihang for a long time, Zhang Yan is also poor, once Cao Gong occupies Hebei, he will definitely send troops to encircle and suppress Taihang. This person knows some current affairs, and he didn't wait for Cao Gong to encircle and suppress him, he came to serve first. In this way, he will be able to preserve his strength and will not be exterminated by Cao Gong in the future. ”

"What do you mean?" Cao Cao asked the others again.

"Jia Gong is right." Guo Jia said: "I also think that Zhang Yan will not cheat, he has fought with the Yuan family for several years, and he has long formed a deep enmity with the Yuan family. Now that he has joined Cao Gong, he can protect himself first, and he can avenge the revenge of the Yuan family. For Zhang Yan, this is undoubtedly only good and not harmful. ”

Cao Cao nodded: "Since you all say so, then I will believe him once." ”

Yuan Shang's army besieged Nanpi, and Yuan Tan asked Cao Cao for help, but Cao Cao was waiting for Zhang Yan to lead Taihang's Black Mountain Army to arrive.

The situation in Hebei was extremely complicated for a while.

Compared with Hebei, Shouchun and other places are quiet at this time.

It has been several days since he returned to Shouchun, and Cao Shuo has been around the city every day except for spending time with his wife at night.

Sitting in the study, after listening to a fire dance report on the war in Hebei, Deng Zhan walked in from outside the door.

"Childe, General Cai asks to see you." Deng Zhan said to Cao Shuo.

"Cai Ji?" Cao Shuo asked, "When did he come back?" ”

"It hasn't been long since I came back." Deng Zhan said: "I am waiting outside the door. ”

"Invite him in." Cao Shuo commanded.

After Deng Zhan withdrew, Cai Ji walked in.

Seeing Cai Ji, Cao Shuo almost didn't dare to recognize him.

Not to mention the unshaven beard, the hair is also very messy, the bun is casually nested, hanging crookedly on the top of the head, and the armor on the body is also covered with dust.

"How did you get this way?" Looking at Cai Ji, Cao Shuo said: "You are not a general in Faqiu, and you don't have to drill holes and holes like the digging camp, how can you ruin yourself without a human form?" ”

Cai Ji grinned: "Gongzi asked me to be a road construction general, I thought, if I just give some orders for others to do it, I don't know what to do after all, so I looked around, every road had to be walked, and I had to check it, so I didn't pay too much attention to grooming my face as before." ”

"I'm really capable of doing something serious." Cao Shuo smiled and said, "Sit down and say." ”

Cai Ji thanked and sat down, and Cao Shuo asked, "How many roads are being built now?" How's it going? ”

"There are three roads that are currently being built." Cai Ji said: "Shouchun leads to Wancheng, Shouchun leads to Donglai, and Shouchun leads to Haixi. ”

"I came back from Haixi, but I didn't see the road you built." Cao Shuo said.

"Childe doesn't know." Cai Ji said: "The road we built is a new road, and Childe is on an old road, and the two roads are separated by more than ten miles, so Childe has not seen it." ”

"If there is an old road, why not follow the original road?" Cao Shuo said: "If you follow the old road to lay bluestone, it should save a lot of effort. ”

"Hui Gongzi." Cai Ji said: "Although it is labor-saving to lay bluestone along the old road, the road is much farther than the new road. And I also pondered that if I didn't move the old road and open up a new road, when the new road was built, the original road would still be walkable, so as not to affect the walking of pedestrians. ”

"You're reasonable." Cao Shuo said: "I have only been a road construction general for a few days, and I can think about it so thoroughly, which shows that I am not wrong." ”

"Who is Childe?" Cai Ji said: "If you want to talk about discernment, who else can there be in the world except for the son?" ”

"Yes, I'm a discerning pig." Cao Shuo said with a smile: "Just you, a pig, now you finally have a personal appearance, and you can do some real things." ”

Cai Ji was stunned for a moment, then understood what Cao Shuo meant, and said with a smile: "It wasn't because I was by Gongzi's side, so I didn't have to think about anything, of course I was as stupid as a pig." ”

PS: From zero o'clock to now, twelve chapters have been uploaded, seven of which are from yesterday, which means that there are still five chapters to be written today, but the time is not early......

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