Chapter 10 Westward Expansion
Cao Cao's sentence can be described as a very high evaluation of Lu Xun and Sima Yi. You must know that there are so many young talents who have come out of the academy over the years, and it is a difficult thing to be praised by Cao Cao in just a few words. And for the two fledgling imps, who showed their faces in front of Cao Cao today, it is estimated that they will become Cao Cao's right-hand men like Pan Zhang in the future.
It's just that in the face of Cao Cao's complaints, Gao Ye could only pout, as if he was embarrassed and sad, and quipped: "No way, how can I take care of such a big stall on the Western Front!" On the battle, I still have a follow-up around me, but when it comes to advice, the most powerful person around me is Fengxiao, and now he is still being caught by the lord and not letting go, really, I have no choice, I can only go to the academy to find these fresh blood. At the moment of the great enemy, you won't even let these two infamous guys come to help me, right? ”
As soon as Gao Ye's voice fell, Xun Yu, Guo Jia, Xun You and others in the lobby were all stunned. It's not because Gao Ye's words are shocking, it's just that everyone found out in an instant that the relationship between Cao Cao and Gao Ye seems to have changed significantly. Although the dialogue between Cao Cao and Gao Ye on weekdays is also hip-hop, full of ridicule and jokes, it has never been as relaxed and comfortable as it is today. Guo Jia even felt for a moment that Gao Ye and Cao Cao had returned to the days when they were under the Tiger Prison, equal, free, and casual!
Although I don't know what happened between Cao Cao and Gao Ye, such a change made everyone in this hall happy. Especially Guo Jia and Xun Yu, one is Gao Ye's sworn brother, and the other has served under Gao Ye for many years. But now Cao Cao and Gao Ye seem to have eliminated all the mustard in their hearts at once, and in the current situation of this great enemy, there can be such an unprecedented unity, which makes everyone more determined to win.
Cao Cao, who was in the first place, laughed and said: "Don't worry, the two of them are still young, and the days to come will be long!" Let the two of them follow you to experience the experience, and after learning the skills, wouldn't it be easier for me to use them? Wen Lie, Boren, and they followed you to deal with Yuan Tan in Qingzhou, and they were trained very well. I think these young people, it is still necessary to follow you to experience more! Zixiu is going to sit in Yingdu this time, but these boys can go north with me to deal with Yuan Shao! Let's take a look at the beginning, my Cao family is not idle! ”
For this, Gao Ye didn't want to comment. said that he wanted Yuan Shao to see his Cao family's ability, but in the end, didn't he just want to show off with Yuan Shao. Don't look at the fourth generation and the third prince of the Yuan family, it's a pity that in the generation of the head of state, only the two brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are left. Yuan Shu's rebellion has caused countless deaths and injuries to the Yuan family's nephews, before and after the official crossing, Yuan Shao's eldest son was captured, the second son was martyred, and the younger son was taken back to Yingdu by Gao Ye, leaving only Yuan Shang alone to accompany him. I don't know how sad Yuan Shao's heart is. Especially this time in the Yingdu Rebellion, the Yuan family was also involved, and Gao Ye estimated that Yuan Shao was going to send the white-haired people to the black-haired people again.
In this case, Cao Cao pulled his sons and nephews to show off in front of Yuan Shao, and Gao Ye estimated that Yuan Shao was going to vomit blood. I really don't know how angry Cao Cao was with Yuan Shao back then, and he was able to get him to this status today, and he didn't forget to mock his old friend.
The machine of war has been fully operational, and it has just experienced the battle of Guandu, and the soldiers are once again fully armed and ready to step into a new battlefield. Speaking of which, it is because these people really experienced the happiness of living people here in Cao Cao, so in order to "keep their own good life", these soldiers did not even complain when they set off! They are all people who have suffered from it, and no one wants to go back to suffering!
Zhang Liao led 10,000 troops, and as soon as the meeting ended, he set off overnight and rushed to Fuling. Although except for Gao Yezai, who wondered why Zhou Yu did not send troops, everyone else felt that Sun Quan's attack would not become a big climate, but everything had to be completely prepared, and the sooner Zhang Liao's reinforcements arrived in Xuzhou, the sooner the war in the south would be stable.
Lu Bu, who had complained to Gao Ye about the lack of a battle a few years ago, after receiving Cao Cao's military order, drove his horse straight to the barracks from home, laughing all the way, even the guards around him were at a loss, and he didn't know why his general was so happy. In the barracks, Xu Shu, Hou Cheng, Song Xian, and Wei Xu had already arrived and were reorganizing the army. Xu Shu is okay, the other three are Lu Bu's old generals, and now they can fight under Lu Bu again, which is also happy. Since Xuzhou, this is the first time, but it's a pity that Cao Xing, I'm afraid I won't be able to lead the army again in this life.
Although to this day, there has been no war report from the West, but Gao Ye still ordered people to immediately reorganize the troops and horses, and 5,000 cavalry under the leadership of Pan Zhang immediately set off and rushed to Wancheng to help Zhang Xiu first. As for the foot soldiers, Gao Ye ordered a death order, which must be prepared within five days and set off immediately.
Cao Cao, who wanted to go north, was also not slack, in his own words, "The battle of Guandu broke Yuan Shao's advantage over our army, and this battle will make Yuan Shao completely die!" For this goal, Guo Jia, Xun You, Cheng Yu, Jia Xu, Dong Zhao and other strategists all accompanied the army, and Xiahou Dun, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Yu Ban, Li Dian, Le Jin, Xu Huang, Zhang He, and other famous generals were all listed. After everyone set off, only Cao Ang was left with Chen Zhi and Xun Yu in the center. However, with Xun Yu's prestige, Cao Ang's name, coupled with the force of Chen Zhi and Lu Lingqi, Yingdu, who was cleaned by Gao Ye, has almost zero probability of chaos.
Although Cao Cao said that Gao Ye gave Gao Ye 30,000 elite troops, Gao Ye really took away the men and horses from Yingdu, but only 10,000, and the rest of the soldiers and horses had to be drawn from Yangzhai, Yingyang and other county seats. There are still 30,000 defenders in each city in the Sili area, but the political situation in the Sili area is quite complicated. Zhong Xuan, this guy, exhausted all means, so that Si Li could barely surrender to Cao Cao. As for these soldiers and horses, they are all soldiers left over from the original cities, and they are not elite. Gao Ye knew very well that if he really fought this battle, it would not be easy.
Pan Zhang had already left with the cavalry, but Gao Ye had returned to his home. The more time it is time to send troops, the busier the people below become, but a general of Gao Ye's level really doesn't have anything important to do. If even such a trivial matter as the departure of the whole army had to be handled by Gao Ye himself, Gao Ye felt that there was no need for the existence of this army system. If he wants to work in person, Gao Ye feels that dying of exhaustion may be his final end, after all, Zhuge Liang's experience is a lesson from the past!
Therefore, these times are more important for Gao Ye to spend more time with his family. This is the case in the war years, and the family and the country are always incompatible. Gao Ye still remembers a quote from "Death", which is called "If I don't have a sword in my hand, I can't protect you." If I keep holding the sword, I won't be able to hold you tight." Life is like this, and some things are always helpless. People living in peaceful times always yearn for war, because heroes come out of troubled times! But when it really came to the night of troubled times, now he longed for peace very much. I used to want to change the world, but now, Gao Ye's biggest wish is to accompany his wife and children and live a few days of peace. Thinking about it carefully, Huo Quai's "The Huns have not been destroyed, why should they be at home", not only expressed his determination to eliminate the Huns, but more importantly, Wei Qing's experience made him understand that with a home, there is concern, and with concern, the battle will not be easy to fight!
But the people who can be worried about Gao Ye, Cai Yan, Ying'er, who one in Gao Yefu doesn't care about him? Especially Cai Yan, since she married Gao Ye, her husband is either fighting or on the way to war. The sword has no eyes, who knows if there will be any accidents in the high night. A few days ago, I was outside Yingdu City, so I almost lost my name! Therefore, as long as Gao Ye is fighting, Cai Yan's heart has never been put down. I finally heard that Gao Yesheng Situ thought that the family could finally be reunited, but who would have thought that he had just escaped death and was going to lead the troops out again.
But even if they are worried, the whole family is still smiling, and no one wants to cause any psychological burden to the high night before the expedition. But what they thought in their hearts, how could Gao Ye not know. For three days in a row, after Gao Ye sternly rejected Gao Gao and Guo Huai's request to go with Gao Ye, the family was happy like this.
It wasn't until the fourth day, when the army was completed, that they bid farewell to Cai Yan and their high night, but they went out of the city gate with Cao Cao's soldiers and horses. Although half a horse was half a horse behind Cao Cao, Cao Cao's eyes were still staring at the horse under Gao Ye's seat, until the two walked outside the city gate, the army was marching in two directions, and Gao Ye and Cao Cao were also cherishing each other, Cao Cao suddenly sighed: "Mingxi, your horse, is much worse than the previous Absolute Shadow!" ”
Before Gao Ye could speak, Cao Cao turned over and got off the horse, patted his horse's head and said with a smile: "My wind shadow was bought back by Zizhong for a lot of money." Although it is not as good as Mingxi's good horse before you, it is also better than the one you ride now. Mingxi, you can ride this horse first. ”
Gao Ye hurriedly dismounted and arched his hand: "How can this be done?" I rode away, lord, what are you riding? ”
"Eh, I'll just ride you." Seeing that Gao Ye was about to speak again, Cao Cao waved his hand and said, "Mingxi is brave, how can he not have a good horse when he charges into battle." As for me, there are fewer and fewer times when I charge into battle, and this horse is just a means of transportation. It's a waste for such a good horse to follow me, so you don't have to excuse yourself. After that, he turned over and got on Gao Ye's horse, and then turned his head to look at Gao Ye who was about to step forward to stop him and smiled: "Okay, let's go quickly." But I don't give this horse for nothing, the war on the Western Front depends on you! ”