In the middle of winter, the ice skates are like translucent crystal pillars, hanging on the eaves in rows, and the cold wind seems to be able to penetrate through the tiny pores on the skin and drill into every corner of the body. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Cao Cao stood quietly under the eaves of the Yanzhou Pastoral Office, staring silently into the distance, Cao Ren took out a soft hair and put it on Cao Cao, and whispered:

"Big brother, it's cold outside, let's go inside!"

Cao Cao sighed with emotion: "Zixiao, I think when we were still teenagers, where did we know the hot and cold? However, as I get older, the old injuries I suffered on the battlefield in those years have recurred frequently, and my body has long been much worse......"

Cao Ren's heart was sour, and he comforted:

"The eldest brother is prosperous in the Spring and Autumn Period, and now the new Yanzhou is the time to show his ambitions, why should he be lonely?"

Cao Cao smiled: "No way, I just bid farewell to Zhang Renfu on the bank of the Jishui River yesterday, and it is inevitable that there will be a sense of heroic twilight......"

Cao Ren was silent, Zhang Fan fought in the south and north at the age of a weak crown, collected Shanyue, defeated Lu Bu, broke the yellow scarf, and the soldiers pointed out, invincible, and invincible; Now he personally mentioned 50,000 Qingzhou soldiers to go to Yangzhou, and the noise was noisy, which made the world look sideways and the princes were frightened.

Cao Ren sneered: "Zhang Renfu is an outlier after all, and he can't be theorized; Maybe only the former Dynasty Wei Qing and Huo Qubing can be compared-"

Cao Cao said with emotion: "This person has martial arts, strategy, literary style, and bearing...... All of them are superb, which is really rare in the world! The act is even more sophisticated and spicy, unpredictable. I'm afraid that the death of Emperor Xian this time will have nothing to do with him-"

Cao Ren said in surprise: "Didn't Emperor Xian say that he died by Li Dao's henchman Li Rujiu?" Even if it's not Li Dao, maybe it's Guo Yan's secret instructions! ”

Cao Cao shook his head and said in a firm tone:

"No way. Who is Li Ru? Can he take a fancy to Li Dao and Guo Yan and others? I'm afraid the only one in the world who can convince him is Zhang Fan......"

Cao Ren was horrified and couldn't help but say:

"But Zhang Fan is almost a supreme minister now, why take this risk? Aren't you afraid that once the matter is revealed, it will ruin him in an instant? ”

"How cautious is Zhang Fan?" Cao Cao asked rhetorically:

"You see Li Dao digging three feet into the ground, have you found any clues about Li Ru?"

"Big brother is ......" Cao Ren made a throat-slitting gesture, "Li Ru is afraid that he has ......"

Cao Cao nodded silently and continued:

"For example, who today doesn't know that Zhang Fan is a loyal minister of the Han family, who would believe that Zhang Fan would instruct others to kill the king? Now that Li Ru is dead, even if you say that you will break the sky, no one will believe it anymore...... You're tight-lipped, so I'm only telling you this, and I don't have to spread it, after all, no one would believe such an outrageous thing. ”

Cao Ren nodded, and couldn't help but ask:

"Big brother, why did this sail give you the position of Yanzhou Mu?"

Cao Cao smiled slightly, and gestured: "This Yanzhou borders Jizhou and Qingzhou in the north; It is bordered by Yuzhou and Xuzhou in the south, and Sili in the west; Now Ji and Qing are Yuan Shao's territory, Yu and Xu have been taken over by Yuan Shu, and the Sili area is occupied by Li Dao Guo Yan; This Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao are already as powerful as fire and water, never dying, and Zhang Fan, who is sandwiched in the middle, can he still be as alone as before? ”

Cao Cao continued: "Yanzhou was not a rich place, but this time the Qingzhou Yellow Turban swept across the territory, and it was already full of devastation and holes; Then Zhang Fan migrated millions of yellow turbans to Jiangdong at once, causing the population to drop sharply, and ten rooms and nine empty rooms. This place didn't have much value to him anymore, so he naturally gave it up decisively—"

Cao Ren suddenly realized, "It turns out that Zhang Fan went to Jiangdong because he didn't want to get involved in the civil war of the Yuan brothers!" But doesn't that put us in danger? ”

Cao Cao shook his head, "We are in a different situation from him, this Yuan Shu regards me as Yuan Shao's eagle dog, and he is bent on killing me." Therefore, we can only temporarily attach ourselves to Yuan Shao, join forces to destroy Yuan Shu first, and then compete with Yuan Shao......"

Cao Ren said worriedly: "But Zhang Fan's relocation not only took away millions of yellow turbans, but also a large number of Yanzhou refugees, including captured iron ploughs, ploughing cattle, etc., we now have empty land, no one to cultivate, what should we do?" ”

Cao Cao couldn't help frowning, and after a moment of silence, he said:

"I plan to send troops to Chang'an in the spring tomorrow to sweep away Li Dao Guo Yan, and then move the people in the Sili area to replenish, and then borrow a batch of ploughing cattle and ploughing tools from Yuan Shao......"

Cao Ren hesitated: "But we have few soldiers, can we successfully sweep away Li Dao Guo Yan?" ”

Cao Cao said confidently: "Li Dao Guo Yan's perennial war has long been a big injury; Let's play the banner of avenging the emperor, and fight against the rebellion with obedience, and naturally we can succeed in a battle. ”

Cao Ren saw that Cao Cao had made up his mind, so he obeyed:

"No, yes."

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The north was covered with snow and the cold wind was expected to be steep, but when Zhang Fan and his party crossed the Yangtze River, the severe cold gradually disappeared, the snow had melted, and the biting cold wind eased.

Hurrying and hurrying, Zhang Fan finally arrived in Huanglongzhai ten days before Chinese New Year's Eve, and was able to rush back to his hometown for the Spring Festival, and the Jiangdong soldiers were still very happy, and Zhang Fan was also extremely happy.

A year has passed since the end of December last year. Returning to the place where it all began, it was like a lifetime away, and a thousand words came to my mind, but in the end I couldn't say anything......

Zhang Fan went to ask Zhou for peace first, and Zhou was already in tears, and scolded while beating Zhang Fan's shoulder:

"Little wolf cub, don't come back if you have a kind!"

Zhang Fan smiled with a shy face: "Mother, look at what you said, the world is big, and only your place is my home, how dare I not come back?"

Zhou burst into tears and laughed, and said angrily:

"If you are oily and smooth, you will say these witty words to coax your mother."

Zhou seems to be a lot older than the last time she saw her, she is only thirty-six or seventeen years old this year, but the burden of life in the early years has caused her to lose her former grace prematurely.

The deep fishtail marks at the corners of her eyes, the ripple-like forehead lines on her forehead, her rough and sallow skin, her gray and mottled hair, her thin figure, and her rickety back make people think that she is much older than her actual age-

The corners of Zhang Fan's eyes were slightly sour, and he couldn't help but say emotionally:

"Mother, you have to pay attention to taking care of your body!"

Zhou's face froze, and then he said angrily:

"If you really feel sorry for your mother, hurry up and give birth to a big fat boy, and let me hug my grandson before I die!"

Zhang Fan smiled: "No problem. But don't talk about death and that kind of thing, it's no problem for your body to live a long life! ”

Zhou scolded with a smile: "You will pick up good words." As the saying goes, life is rare for seventy years. It doesn't matter if I live long or not! Seeing that you are now getting ahead, glorifying your ancestors, I have nothing to ask for in my life. But if you can let me hug my eldest grandson for a while, then I will be able to smile at Jiuquan......

Zhang Fan promised: "Okay, don't worry, mother!" You're sure to get what you want! ”

Zhou smiled from ear to ear: "That's good......" (To be continued.) )