CHAPTER XV
In just a few days, Camp A has undergone earth-shaking changes. The combat effectiveness of the army has been greatly improved, and the morale of the soldiers has also begun to rise, and they are all grinding their fists, preparing for the next time.
Six months passed quickly, and during these six months, Cao Zhen, with the assistance of Youzhou Assassin, continued to move the ethnic groups outside the Saiwai into the interior.
Able-bodied men from these ethnic groups were selected to join the army and form cavalry units. The most important thing, which Cao Cao appreciated the most, was that many horse farms had been established in the controllable areas of Youzhou to raise and train war horses.
Horses are an important foundation for the formation of cavalry, and with war horses, everything else is simple. It was the day of rest again, and Cao Er invited Liu Xu, Sun Dong, Yuan Da and others to Jufulou in Jixian County to drink.
As a large hotel, Jufulou has its own branches in the thirteen states of Dahan. , but the branches in different regions have their own unique style.
At the banquet, everyone talked and laughed, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious. After three rounds of drinking, Liu Xu came to Cao Er with the wine lord and toasted Cao Er.
"To Captain Cao!" In the past six months, Cao Er relied on his own tough means to organize the Jiazi camp neatly, and was responsible for the training of recruits in the entire Youzhou.
The official position has also been promoted from a small military fake Sima to a captain, and he can also be in charge of an army in wartime. Cao Er trained the entire Youzhou New Army as a captain, and his authority was not comparable to that of an ordinary captain.
"Captain Liu, it's too polite!" Cao Er replied to Liu Xu with a smile, and picked up the wine lord on the table as he spoke.
Liu Xu drank all the wine in the wine jue, then bowed and bowed, bowing for a long time. Seeing this, the room instantly fell silent.
Cao Er looked at Liu Xu, who was hunched and couldn't afford it, and still had a smile on his face, but the smile was a little stiff, and his eyes narrowed.
Yuan Da hurriedly jumped out to play a round,
"I see that Captain Liu has drunk too much, hurry up and get some strong tea to sober up Brother Liu!" Several generals who were good friends with Liu Xu also hurriedly echoed, they knew what Liu Xu was for, and they also knew Cao Er's temper.
Liu Xu wanted to reactivate Ding Hao many times, but Cao Er stopped him for various reasons, but he was afraid that Liu Xu must have come for this matter today.
"Thank you Brother Yuan for your kindness, I didn't get drunk. It's just that there are some things I want to ask for Captain Cao! Liu Xu said firmly.
Cao Er stepped forward to help Liu Xu up, pulled Liu Xu to sit down,
"Today is the day of rest, why not wait until tomorrow?"
"It's better to say it today!" Liu Xu did not go down the steps, but went up. Some generals sighed secretly, if this Liu Xu wasn't for his wife and brother, I'm afraid he wouldn't be a small lieutenant now.
Even Sun Dong, the chief of Wu back then, is now the head of the entire Youzhou New Army, and his position is much higher than Liu Xu.
A trace of unhappiness flashed in Cao Er's eyes, but he was quickly covered by a thick smile,
"Then, Captain Liu, but it doesn't hurt to say it!"
"My brother-in-law, Ding Hao, is still at home. After all, he has a military status, and the last general wants to reactivate him, I don't know what General Cao's advice is? Liu Xu's posture is very low, although Cao Er's authority is greater than him, but the official position is nominally the same level, he calls himself the last general, which shows Liu Xu's attitude.
"I can't talk about advice, the contemptible people have a little opinion, and I hope Captain Liu can listen to it." Cao Er scooped a jue of wine and drank it all.
"The last general will listen to you!" Liu Xu bowed and said respectfully.
"Virtuous people don't shy away from relatives, everyone can understand! Ding Hao, he still has the ability! Cao Er put down the wine lord in his hand and wiped the wine around his mouth,
But Ding Hao was too arrogant and too blind. Reactivate him, I'm afraid he'll still do it. Not only will he mistake himself, but also Captain Liu! Many generals nodded, and what Cao Er said was reasonable.
If it weren't for Ding Hao's wife and brother, why would Liu Xu stop there? Why doesn't Liu Xu know? It's just that Ding Hao is his brother-in-law after all, and he has a very close personal relationship with him.
Let him leave Ding Hao behind and get promoted and make a fortune by himself, he doesn't want to do this, and he won't do it. Cao Er's words are already very clear, that is, it is impossible to reactivate Ding Hao.
Sighing, Liu Xu picked up the wine lord full of wine and arched his hand towards everyone.
"Liu Xu is unwell, so retire for the time being!" Cao Er's face finally couldn't hold back, and he closed his eyes tightly. When he opened his eyes, Liu Xu had already left Jufu Building.
A general hurriedly came out to say a few good words for Liu Xu,
"General Cao, this Liu Xu is blinded by lard, and I hope that you don't remember the villain, and don't be like him."
"Yes, I hope General Cao doesn't have the same knowledge as him!" Several other generals chimed in. Cao Er laughed,
"Captain Liu is affectionate and righteous, how can I blame him?" Because of Liu Xu's departure, the banquet broke up unhappily.
Cao Er and Yuan Da shuttled through the streets, one after the other, without saying a word, and the atmosphere was slightly awkward.
"Ding Hao really doesn't use it?" Yuan Da cautiously tested. Cao Er sighed and nodded,
"With Ding Hao's personality, he will definitely pull Liu Xu into the water in the future." Cao Er attaches great importance to Liu Xu and wants to cultivate him, but Liu Xu always bites Ding Hao and becomes a knot between him and Cao Er.
"If you can't even settle this kind of thing, how can you bear the burden in the future?" Cao Er's tone was full of disappointment, those who achieve great things are not informal, but Liu Xu is just the opposite.
"Why don't you give Ding Hao an idle job?" Yuan Da took another step back for Liu Xu, he knew what Cao Er was thinking in his heart, and he also knew how much Cao Er valued Liu Xu as a person.
He has always wanted to ease the contradiction between Cao Er and Liu Xu, but as soon as he talked about Ding Hao, there was no follow-up.
"How much more can you be free? These days at home, what did he Ding Hao do, don't you know? Cao Er stopped, his face unkind.
Ding Hao has been idle at home these days, jumping up and down. contacted many people in the army who disobeyed Cao Er, kept looking for trouble with Cao Er, and even went to the bad people to anonymously report Cao Er.
Recently, he is still planning to deal with Cao Er. Cao Er understood these things clearly through night detectives.
If Ding Hao is reactivated, with Ding Hao's personality, I don't know what will happen to him.
That would implicate Liu Xu, and it would disrupt Cao Er's plan. Thinking of this, Yuan Da stopped talking, and just quietly followed behind Cao Er.
Because he knew that Cao Er's game of chess was very big, and if he made a mistake, the situation that he had finally opened would have to start again.
Cao Er laid a lot of hidden piles in the Youzhou New Army, and these hidden piles needed a leader, and Cao Er took a fancy to Liu Xu.