In March of the fourteenth year of Jian'an (209), Cao Cao appointed his eldest son Cao Pi as the general of the five senses and repaired the Tongque Terrace.

In May, Cao Cao returned to Xuchang from Yecheng, made Zhang Liao and Le Jin guard Xiapi, and appointed Zang Ba as the assassin of Qingzhou, and stayed in Qingzhou to fight against bandits. There are countless bandits in Qingzhou, not only mountain bandits, but also pirates, and ordinary people can be eliminated. In the previous two years, Xiahou Yuan was in Qingzhou, and then the thieves were unfavorable, the thieves defected repeatedly, and Zhang Yi's navy often entered the army, and his whereabouts were uncertain.

When Cao Cao arrived in Xuchang, he reprimanded Cao Hong and the others, demoted and punished him. Then he began to gather the army, Nanyang's position was too critical, if he couldn't take it back, he really had to move the capital again. Although he has taken Yecheng for two years, Cao Cao has always regarded Yecheng as his own territory and does not want the court to get involved.

People are selfish, and Cao Cao must have it. The things in the court have given him a lot of headaches over the years, he wants to keep Yecheng so that he can hide quietly, and he thinks that his credit is very great, and he will use Yecheng as his fief in the future.

Cao Cao has always felt that he deserves a higher title, and he is already a very good minister in his official position, so he has to find a way to get a title. Cao Cao has never had too high requirements for the title before, that is because Cao Cao does not look down on any marquis at all, even if it is a county marquis. He was very generous to others, and the county marquis gave it when he said it, but he didn't have any title himself.

He compared himself to the Duke of Zhou, whose title was Duke, only one level smaller than that of King Zhou. And now the highest title is the emperor, and the highest title under his command is the king, and only the king can make him equal to the Duke of Zhou. But Cao Cao is now facing an obstacle, that is, the Han family has a rule that no one surnamed Liu can be crowned a king or a duke, and even if Cao Cao has great merit, he cannot be crowned a duke or a king under the existing regulations.

So now Cao Cao needs more credit, and attacking Nanyang is one of them!

Cao Cao summoned an army of 100,000 in Xuchang, and led the generals Xiahou Yuan, Xu Chu, Xu Huang, Gao Lan, Cao Chun, Cao Xiu and others to set out from Xuchang and go straight to Yexian County to support Yu Ban. The accompanying strategists were Xun You and Jia Xu.

The news of Cao Cao's southward journey soon reached Zhang Yi's side, and Zhang Yi was meeting with the people who had come from Yizhou.

"Thunder Copper, Force: 82, Strategy: 80, Strategy: 63, Internal Affairs: 69, Education: 65, Diplomacy: 58. Trait: Fierce General. ”

"Yan Yan, Force: 86, Strategy: 85, Strategy: 74, Internal Affairs: 75, Education: 72, Diplomacy: 64. Trait: Old. ”

"Wu Lan, Force: 83, Strategy: 79, Strategy: 64, Internal Affairs: 63, Education: 64, Diplomacy: 61. Trait: Fierce General. ”

"Wu Yi, Force: 81, Strategy: 88, Strategy: 82, Internal Affairs: 79, Education: 82, Diplomacy: 74. Trait: General. ”

"Congratulations to the host's forces for killing the historical celebrity Gao Pei and summoning the historical celebrity Xu Huiyan."

"Xu Huiyan, Force: 76, Strategy: 83, Strategy: 80, Internal Affairs: 76, Education: 85, Diplomacy: 74. Trait: Loyalty. ”

coincided with Cao Cao's attack, and Zhang Yi didn't have the heart to know more about them, so he directly sent them to Shouchun and sent them to study in the Academy of Martial Sciences. Zhang Yi led the army north to Nanyang, and Cao Cao personally led the troops to attack, how could he avoid it?

Zhang Yi went directly north to complete it, and went there to join Li Jing.

"How's it going?" Zhang Yi and Li Jing exchanged a few words before asking.

Li Jing took the map of Nanyang County and said to Zhang Yi: "Cao Cao has arrived in Ye County and sent heavy troops to garrison Duyang, but his people have not moved in Ye County. However, the forwards Xiahou Yuan and Xu Huang had already arrived outside Bowang City and were confronting the monks and apprentices. Cao Cao claimed to have an army of 300,000 this time, but I estimate that he only counted more than 100,000 people who transported grain and grass, and the scouts we sent took a look at it, and it would be very good to have 100,000 troops. ”

"100,000 is not a lot!" Zhang Yi chuckled and said: "Cao Cao has taken out all his family resources, and I don't know how well he has trained in Jizhou in the past two years?" Can there be a fight? ”

"Cao Jun should be very elite!" Li Jing said: "Although it can't reach the elite soldiers of our army, it should not be much worse." ”

Zhang Yi didn't care, "It's interesting to fight like this, and it's not interesting if it's always one-sided." ”

Now Zhang Yi does feel a little invincible in the world, and they all say how lonely it is to be invincible, Zhang Yi now understands that he is indeed very lonely. It is said that opponents are hard to find, and Zhang Yi has always wanted an opponent. But the person who can be called an opponent is nothing more than Cao Liu and Sun's three families, the Sun family has been kept in captivity in Shouchun, Liu Bei has been killed by him, and only Cao Cao is left.

But he fought with Cao Cao for several years, but Cao Cao never took any advantage, even beheading, Zhang Yi's side only lost a Jiao Zan, but Cao Cao's side suffered heavy losses, Xiahou died and Xu Chu's brother Xu Ding, Zhang Zhao, Qin Song and others were all killed by Zhang Yi.

The battle between the two sides has always been unequal, and they have always taken advantage, of course Zhang Yi will float.

Li Jing also saw that Zhang Yi was floating, and he said to Zhang Yi: "Cao Mengde is a hero, not a simple character. ”

Zhang Yi said with a smile: "Of course I know, but I always win him, I always feel that he is weak in my heart." ”

"My lord's idea is very dangerous!" Li Jing said with a smile: "No one is weak, we have to be cautious all the time in order to win all battles." The lord is on the "Strong Soldier Drill Code", but he said it well, bravery, military discipline, equipment, and prudence are the four magic weapons of soldiers, and the lord is a little imprudent now! ”

Zhang Yi also laughed, "This is why I want to position the "Strong Soldier Drill Code" as the highest operating standard, it is impossible for people to be cautious at all times, and I am the same." However, the system can, and as long as this system is conscientiously implemented, our army can continue to be invincible. ”

Li Jing thought for a while and said, "My lord, this is a far-sighted plan!" ”

"Always think clearly about what mistakes you will make if you are not sober in the future when you are still sober, and then leave a backup to prevent these mistakes from happening." Zhang Yi said: "Now I can't be as sober as I was then, so I need someone to remind me." ”

Li Jing said: "The lord needs a subordinate who dares to speak out, I remember that Pan Jun dared to admonish, it is better for the lord to transfer him to his side!" ”

"Pan Jun?" Zhang Yi thought about it for a while, the characteristics of this person are really admonishment, in fact, Zhang Yi has a better candidate, that is, Luo Yannong's younger brother Luo Tong, his brother-in-law. Luo Tong's characteristics are stronger than admonitions, and they are strong admonitions! However, Luo Tong is only sixteen years old now, and he still needs to grow up for a while.