The incident of Dengtuzi in Yuan's mansion the day before did not cause much movement, but Cao Qinghe firmly remembered it in his heart, thinking that he would ask Xiao Caojie when he had time, she always ran to Yuan's mansion like this, no problem when she was a child, and now she is in the girl's house, and it is not good to always be like this.

Just thinking about Cao Qinghe like this, she immediately understood one thing, when she was in time, didn't she also read Yuan Yun all day long, but now looking at Cao Jie, she immediately knew something, and this discovery made her happy for an afternoon.

After the Luo Lu incident, Yuan Yun found that he couldn't stay in the mansion these days, so he found an excuse to sneak out, naturally planning to go to Cao Ang to hang around, and now there are more and more news from Xiliang, and it is also developing more and more towards what they imagined before, so it seems that the day when the gunpowder army will go out is not far away.

Returned to Luoyang for more than a month, in addition to the news of Xiliang, Yuan Yun was most concerned about Hanzhong, Yang Aruo's current Xia Zhai has been very powerful, against the so-called regular army like Zhang Lu, still not lagging behind, they continued to destroy the fortifications established by Zhang Lu, and even once made Zhang Lu dare not continue to expand.

"I was about to send someone to find Yuan Hou, but I didn't want to meet him here." It was Zhong Xuan who spoke, and he was poking his head out of his frame at the moment.

Yuan Yun said hello through the window, and invited the other party into his carriage in an instant, Zhong Xuan was not polite, gave up his frame, and then got in, and when he arrived in the carriage, he was like Cao Ang, and began to take out the wine from the dark compartment.

Yuan Yun looked at Zhong Xuan's skillful appearance, and felt a toothache, after these people saw Cao Ang turning out the wine in his own frame, almost every time someone sat on his own frame, everyone would go to rummage through the wine jug in the dark compartment, and they were unlucky.

When Zhong Xuan saw a small iron kettle in his hand, he immediately smiled at the corner of his mouth and muttered: "Yuan Hou will still enjoy it, it is so wonderful in the frame." ”

Yuan Yunqian gave in a few words, and then said with a straight face: "Mr. Yuan Chang has just returned from Xiliang, is it really as lively as Li Li said?" ”

Zhong Xuan smiled, wiped the wine stains on his mouth, and said: "Li Li returned earlier, and the old man went to deliver the edict for the imperial court, and the latter is even more exciting, Ma Teng has now become the target of public criticism, and some warlords who were at peace with him before have also begun to loosen, and now Ma's life is not good, not good, hehe." ”

Zhong Xuan shook his head as he spoke, but his smile was very pleased, and after taking a sip of wine, he continued: "The Ma clan still has some family background, even if the nest was broken by Han Sui once, but later, with the assistance of the people of the whole city, it was easily taken back, and now the Ma clan has begun to recruit a large number of soldiers, down to the age of fifteen, up to the age of fifty, almost all of them have been listed, and the current scale has nearly 100,000. ”

Yuan Yun shrugged his shoulders disapprovingly, and said: "It's not enough to have more soldiers, General Zhang Liao said this before, he recruited everyone so indiscriminately, but it will affect those who are good at fighting."

I'm worried about Ma Teng's foundation in Xiliang, these people are so oriented towards the Ma family, it seems that even if we defeat it, it will still take a long time to govern, which is really a headache. ”

Zhong Xuan snorted, and then replied: "Why should Yuan Hou worry about this, if you take it anywhere, you always need to take care of it, I don't see Cao Sikong now sitting in Yecheng, it is not as stable as a mountain, as long as we use the right policy of decentralization at that time, it will naturally be stable, and the old man is not too worried."

However, the direction of Chang'an makes the old man worry about it from time to time, Duan Xuan is obviously in opposition to Luoyang now, and Ma Teng is surrounded by many forces this time, Duan Xuan even supported a lot of swords and soldiers and grain and grass on the other side, so that Ma Teng can quickly free up his hands to deal with it, and the relationship between the two parties is not simple. ”

Yuan Yun waved his hand, knowing whose order Duan Xuan received, naturally it was Cao Ren, but he didn't want Cao Ren to be so ignorant, if he could defeat Xiliang, this would be the greatest benefit, and now that Cao Ren asked Duan Xuan to support Ma Teng, it was tantamount to going the other way.

"Cao Sikong, doesn't he care?" Yuan Yun asked a question.

Zhong Xuan sighed and said: "Cao Sikong is paying more attention to the north now, as for the problem of Xiliang, he also feels that it is not the time yet, so he lets us go to target Xiliang, and also hopes that we can drag this side as much as possible, so that the north has time to breathe."

As for Cao Ren's request for Duan Xuan to support Ma Teng, he also recited the book from Cao Sikong, but he didn't want Ma Teng to retreat quickly, so that their forces would continue to pinch each other in the Xiliang area and continue to mess up. ”

Yuan Yun was silent for a moment, and then asked, "If we really beat Xiliang down, what will Cao Sikong say?" ”

Zhong Xuan laughed and said: "Naturally, it is a great thing, if we take Xiliang and get rid of the warlord forces over there, Cao Sikong is equivalent to removing a hidden danger in his heart, which is naturally a great achievement, if this matter falls on the prince, it will definitely be a great thing." ”

Speaking of this, Zhong Miao paused slightly, then looked out the car window, and then continued: "Cao Ren has already let Cao Pi enter the temple in Xudu, every time there is a court meeting, Cao Pi will participate, and the recent decree of the imperial court has been promulgated very decently, and the policy of Shang Tuntian alone has benefited many people, not only taking care of those nobles, but also allowing the common people to get benefits, which is indeed a very good policy, and this policy is proposed by Cao Pi's little son."

Now there are more and more voices in the court praising Cao Pi, and even Xun Yu often says a few beautiful words, Cao Ren's purpose is very obvious, now with the name of the Son of Heaven to help him, and these famous people in the court and Confucianism, he can be regarded as famous all over the world. ”

The corners of Yuan Yun's mouth twitched, where can Cao Pi have any decrees at such a young age, it is definitely Sima Yi's brain, and Cao Ren is really good at chess, Cao Pi's biggest obstacle is that he is not as famous as his brother Cao Ang, and he is still young, so he is almost not well known, but now it is completely different, his rapid rise will immediately make many people understand that Cao Pi has the strength to compete for the position of the future heir of the Cao family.

As a result, there will inevitably be many people who are willing to help, so that they can not only collect talents, but also collect property, which is equivalent to getting great benefits for nothing.

"We don't have the final say on the affairs of Xu Du's side at present, we still focus on Xiliang, as long as we defeat Xiliang and expel those warlords, this merit is not comparable to proposing a few decrees, military merit is supreme, so Yuan Hou doesn't have to worry too much." After Zhong Xuan finished speaking, he sent another sip of warm wine to his mouth, and then exhaled comfortably.

Looking at Zhong Xuan who looked so relaxed, Yuan Yun unconsciously relaxed a lot, but was impressed by the other party's ability, in fact, Cao Pi's gain in the court, Zhong Xuan must be the most uncomfortable person, because although he is now Cao Ang's staff, but he is also an official of the imperial court, and often needs to return to Xudu, in such an environment, Cao Ren will naturally wear small shoes, and now he is so relaxed, he just wants to give everyone a reassurance, tell everyone that he Zhong Xuan doesn't care at all.

The frame soon entered Cao Ang's mansion, at this moment Zhang Liao was assigning some things to Li Li, seeing Yuan Yun and Zhong Xuan enter the door, he immediately hugged his fists and saluted, Li Li was very knowledgeable, knowing that such an occasion could not be participated in with his current status, so he left the front yard of Cao Ang's mansion with a confession.

Li Li had just left, and Zhang Liao looked at the position of the door where the other party had left and said: "This person is very good, and his ability to train cavalry and command cavalry is also very outstanding, I wonder why Ma Teng put such a talent and didn't use it?" ”

Zhong Xuan followed Zhang Liao's eyes and glanced at the location of the door, and immediately smiled: "Because Li Li is Li Li's nephew, although Ma Teng seems to be generous, he will never reuse his former enemy, which the old man has seen through very early." ”

Zhang Liao nodded when he heard this, it seemed that he was a little worthless for Li Li in the past, because such a talented person, first under the kind of person like Li Dao, and then in Ma Teng's disambition, it was really a waste of many years, if he had joined his party earlier, his current achievements would definitely not be under him Zhang Liao.

Looking at Zhang Liao's face with regret, Yuan Yun smiled and said: "General Zhang doesn't have to be sorry, now Li Li is in the prime of life, and coming to Luoyang at this moment is the time to make great progress, and after going through so much, he is also more calm, which is very critical for the generals who lead the troops." ”

Zhang Liao shook his hand slightly, and said: "Li Li missed the best age to become a handsome talent, and now it is because he has experienced too much, so he is sophisticated, and it is difficult to break through. ”

As soon as Zhang Liao said this, Yuan Yun immediately thought of Zhao Yun, after this goods came to Luoyang, he drank in Yuan's mansion all day long, or he tried his skills and feet with those nursing homes, and he was almost a waste.

"No, I have to find Zhuge Liang to sum it up and get something to do for this thing, or Zhao Zilong, the gentian who has been recited through the ages, has become a great drunkard through the ages, then it is his Yuan Yun's fault." Bared his teeth, Yuan Yun secretly made a decision.

When Yuan Yun was pondering in his heart, Cao Ang had already walked out of the inner house, and naturally followed Jia Xu, Zhang Jaw, Gao Ran and others, and several people walked to the front hall and immediately sat down at a large round table.

Cao Ang sat down and smiled at Yuan Yun: "Brother Yun, this time we will go to Xiliang, you won't hide again, right?" ”

Yuan Yun pursed his lips and replied: "Last time, it was also released by Brother Cao Ang, so that I don't have to go to the north with me, how can I say that I am timid now?" ”

Cao Ang smiled again, and then said: "In short, since we are going to go out of Xiliang this time, we must show all our strength, I already have a plan in my heart, Gao Ran and Jia Xu are still staying in Luoyang, and I will personally take Zhang Liao and Zhang Jaw to the crusade, and Brother Yun will manage our logistics baggage." ”

Speaking of this, Cao Ang paused, then looked at Yuan Yun and said, "I heard that you have taken Mr. Kong Ming as a staff member, and also abducted Pang Shiyuan, a famous man in Jingzhou, since these two people are now in Luoyang, then Brother Yun must also take them with you." ”

Yuan Yun sighed and continued: "This time I went to Jingzhou and Hanzhong, the two places are bound to be in chaos recently, as soon as Liu Biao died in Jingzhou, Cai Mao was busy gathering power, Liu Bei was secretly supporting Liu Qi, and other forces were also surging, so they would definitely make trouble, as for Hanzhong, the Xia Zhai that we secretly supported in Luoyang before has now become a scale, and it is naturally not a problem to contain Zhang Lu, now they are doing very well, and Zhang Lu cannot jump out at this time to copy our back road, so take this opportunity, It was the perfect time for us to go out to the west. ”

Zhang Liao nodded and said: "The morale of the gunpowder army is very high, the first battle in the north did not let them vent at all, and now everyone is brave, but they feel that the military merits are too little, and I still suppress the matter of this crusade against Xiliang, and I did not let them know, but I can guarantee that once the news spreads, it will inevitably make the morale even more unprecedentedly high." ”

When Cao Ang heard this, he immediately clapped his hands and said, "Let's go to the study location first, the super large sandbox prepared by Brother Yun has not been used once, and this time is just an opportunity." ”