After Wang Yan fell asleep, she couldn't fall asleep after tossing and turning.

Listening to the movement of her turning over, Cao Shuo didn't fall asleep much.

Early the next morning, Wang Yan finally fell asleep, and Cao Shuo, who had not slept all night, got up and came outside the house.

"Call Weitu." He commanded the guards.

The guards answered.

It didn't take long for Wei Tu to run over: "Childe, what are your orders?" ”

"You go to Xudu and ask if there is any news related to Wang Yan recently." Cao Shuo said: "No matter how big or small it is, you have to come back and report it to me." ”

"Is something wrong?" After all, it is an old man who has been with Cao Shuo for a long time, and Wei Tu still dares to ask some things.

"Wang Yan didn't sleep all night last night, saying that she felt uneasy." Cao Shuo said: "Let you return to Xudu, if nothing happens, it can also make her feel at ease." ”

"Mrs. Wang is uneasy, how does the son know that he wants to go back to Xu Du to ask?" Wei Tu was still puzzled.

Cao Shuo said: "In addition to Xu Du, what else is involved with her?" ”

Wei Tu suddenly clenched his fists and said, "I'll leave now." ”

Seeing Wei Tu leave, Cao Shuo was about to return to the room, when Pang Tong came over quickly.

When he arrived, Pang Tong said: "The prisoners have been allocated, and a thousand strong men have been sent to our military camp. ”

"How many old and infirm?" Cao Shuo asked.

"Not too much." Pang Tong said: "According to Gongzi's instructions, there are less than two thousand old and weak. ”

"Prepare some dry food for each of them." Cao Shuo said: "Give another amount of money and let them go back to their hometowns to farm." In the past, those who had land allocated a few acres more, and those who did not have land were allowed to be allocated to the local government. ”

"When the county was breached, they definitely didn't expect such a good thing." Pang Tong said: "After a battle with our army, not only did no head fall to the ground, but there was a field house. ”

"The world is in turmoil for many years, and many villages have only women and no men." Cao Shuo said: "In some places, conscription, regardless of physical age, is taken away if it is a man. Villages without men lacked strong labor, and the fields were full of weeds. What we lack now is not the fields, but the people who farm them! Since they are not elite soldiers, why should I take them to the battlefield to die? If the place is strong, it needs not only soldiers, but also people! The withdrawal of troops and the return of farming is also for the sake of long-term prosperity. ”

"That's what Childe said." Pang Tong said: "In fact, in addition to the old and weak, there is another way, not only to increase the population, but also to cultivate more fertile land. ”

Cao Shuo asked, "What is Shiyuan's method?" ”

"Distribute fields to the soldiers, a village for 100 people, and build military households near Xudu." Pang Tong said: "Only the immortal camp is left by Gongzi's side. The rest of the soldiers are soldiers in wartime and people in their leisure time. ”

"I've thought about what Shi Yuan said." Cao Shuo said: "Although there are advantages, there are also disadvantages. For the people for too long, it will be a big problem for the soldiers to practice. ”

"As long as the allocation is moderate, it does not affect the practice." Pang Tong said: "Every day, the soldiers and villages practice on their own, and every ten days, the soldiers concentrate on the drills and evaluate the good or bad. Those who are excellent will be rewarded, and those who are slack will be punished. ”

"That's a good idea." Cao Shuo smiled and said, "If this is the case, if there are any more prisoners, I will dare to leave all the elites behind." Even if I have more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, no one will find out. After all, there are only 600 people around me. ”

"That's exactly what happened!" Pang Tong said: "Why not kill multiple birds with one stone? ”

"When you return to Xudu, you will start to do it." Cao Shuo said: "Let the soldiers start a family, they can also marry women and have children, and after sixteen or seventeen years, there will be several times more soldiers and horses under my command." ”

"That's what Childe said." Pang Tong said: "After years of war, now there are more women than men, even if they marry three or five women each. ”

"What Shi Yuan said is a method." Cao Shuo said with a smile: "In this way, the business of the West Tavern in Xudu City will probably be much worse." ”

"The woman in the tavern can't feed herself." Pang Tong said: "To establish a military household, at most sixteen or seven years, Gongzi can recruit the real elite." ”

"How?" Cao Shuo asked.

"After a long campaign on the battlefield, from the beginning of the establishment of the military village, Gongzi told the soldiers that their son would also go to the battlefield to kill the enemy in the future." Pang Tong said: "There are few parents who don't love their children, and they who have been on the battlefield, in order for their sons to survive, of course they will teach them the ability to fight from an early age." ”

After staring at Pang Tong for a while, Cao Shuo smiled and said, "It's still Shiyuan who has a lot of ideas, who do you think is the most appropriate person to handle this matter?" ”

"When it comes to the recruitment of soldiers and horses and the distribution of soldiers, it is most appropriate for Gongzi to handle it himself." Pang Tong said: "There are not many capable people under the command of Gongzi now, even if there are more capable people in the future, it is best not to assign military power." ”

Cao Shuo smiled slightly and did not speak.

Pang Tong also did not say anything.

Cao Shuo already understood what he meant, and there was no need for him to say it again.

"Who is currently carrying the recruited soldiers?" Cao Shuo asked.

"I've handed it over to the chief." Pang Tong said: "But I still feel that they should be dispersed. ”

"That's what I mean, too." Cao Shuo said: "Integrate them into our army, eat and live with the veterans, and it won't take long to be assimilated by the veterans." Although I have lectured them, I am too distant from the veterans, and if I do not obey orders when I go to the battlefield, it is likely to disrupt the deployment. ”

"I'll arrange it." Pang Tong retreated.

Seeing him leave, Cao Shuo returned to the room.

Wang Yan is still asleep.

Walking to her bed, Cao Shuo sat aside.

Although she was asleep, Wang Yan's reaction was still very keen, and she felt that there was someone beside her, and she opened her eyes suddenly.

"Why are you so alert?" Cao Shuo smiled at her: "There will be no one else." ”

Seeing that it was Cao Shuo, Wang Yan breathed a sigh of relief: "Childe......"

"Are you better now?" Cao Shuo asked, "That sense of uneasiness is still there?" ”

Wang Yan let out a soft "um".

She didn't tell Cao Shuo that the feeling of uneasiness was not only there, but it was even stronger than last night.

Cao Shuo attacked Sui County, and Cao Cao also returned to Xudu.

When he entered the capital city, he ordered everyone to be summoned to the front hall to discuss the matter.

Coming to the front hall, Cao Cao sat down and said to the people accompanying him: "Princes, please take a seat!" ”

Everyone sat down.

Cao Cao asked, "Do you think that Yuan Benchu is likely to send troops to Xudu?" ”

"Cao Gong!" Guo Jia got up and said, "I don't think Yuan Benchu will send troops. ”

"Since you won't send troops, why doesn't Fengxiao say it in Sui County?" Cao Cao asked him.

"At this time, there will be no troops, but it is difficult to say when our army is in Yuxian." Guo Jia said: "It was his staff Tian Feng, Fu Zhu and others who instigated Yuan Shao to send troops. Although these two people are talented, they are not reused in Hebei. Yuan Shao is indecisive by nature, and when our army is still in Yuxian, he may have this time. Cao Gong led his army back to Xudu, and he would definitely not consider sending troops south. ”

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