The topic may have been a little too heavy, and for a moment the three of them fell silent again. Or maybe Gao Ye's pretending to be relaxed, which made Guo Jia and Zhao Yun feel very concerned. A generation of famous generals is now mixed to the point of relying on self-pollution to save their lives, which can be said to be a kind of sadness. In fact, everyone understands in their hearts that Gao Ye went to Qingzhou without any family members, speaking of which was because Qingzhou was in danger of fighting and Gao Ye was unwilling to let his family take risks. But in fact, Gao Ye's family is in Yingdu, and there is no hostage. Now that the war is over, Gao Ye immediately asked to be transferred back to Yingdu, saying that he wanted to accompany his wife and children, but in fact, he did not put himself in Cao Cao's eyes and let Cao Cao feel at ease with himself.

The three of them were silent for a while, and even the atmosphere of drinking was much more solemn. This is often the case when someone needs to change the subject. Therefore, Gao Ye drank all the wine in the cup in one gulp, and said with a smile: "Okay, life is not satisfactory, ten or nine times around, this little thing is nothing." It's Zilong, you guard Yecheng, the responsibility is heavy, and the pressure is not small. Now the lord has only left you 20,000 soldiers and horses, how about it, do you have any plans? ”

Zhao Yun also drank the wine in the cup, shook his head and said: "I am not familiar with the situation in Yecheng, I plan to send someone to find out the terrain of dozens of miles around Yecheng first, and then make every effort to build a city defense equipment, and prepare to defend the city." The rest can only be blocked by soldiers, and the water will come to the earth. ”

Gao Ye nodded when he heard this: "How to fight, how to defend the city, you don't need me to teach you." However, Mencius said that 'the time is not as good as the place, and the place is not as good as the people', which is very reasonable. ”

Gao Ye said this, but Guo Jia on the side smiled, drank the wine in the cup and said: "Actually, this matter is that you and I don't talk about it, presumably Liu Ziyang will also tell Zilong, big brother, you don't have to worry about it." Seeing Zhao Yun's inquiring gaze, Guo Jia took another drink, and then said: "Zilong, you just need to remember that whether it is the Yuan army's soldiers or the elite of our army, as long as they are treated equally, Yuan Jun's soldiers will be grateful to Dade." As for how to gather the people's hearts, there is no problem in listening to Liu Ye's opinions. Let's not worry about it, let's drink well! ”

Gao Ye and Zhao Yun both laughed when they heard this, and the three of them drank it all as soon as they clinked their glasses. The atmosphere eased slightly, and everyone naturally didn't let it fall again, Guo Jia no longer mentioned any political or military topics, and began to talk about interesting things about Yingdu, especially the things in Yingchuan Academy. There is no way, after all, in this turbulent era, those who are officials must be conscientious, those who are generals must practice day and night, and those who serve the people also need to bear the burden of forced labor, or farm and build embankments to make a living. How many interesting things can happen to these people who are almost as busy as machines every day? On the contrary, the children of the academy are not only studying but also learning every day, and the curriculum of the academy has been mixed with many modern courses. After Gao Ye put forward the physics principle of "theory guides experiments, experiments verify theories", simple physical experiments have hardly been interrupted. Even a group of students took the plan to the college to apply for funding, designed it themselves, and established the first real physics laboratory in the college.

Speaking of the development of the academy, Gao Ye will be happy, and when he talks about Xun Jing's death, Gao Ye will also sigh. Guo Jia knew that although Gao Ye had rarely had the opportunity to care about the affairs of the academy over the years, the academy was really Gao Ye's hard work. It can be seen from the fact that he moved all his books into the academy, personally went to the academy to teach, personally planned the future of the academy with Cai Yong and Xun Jing, and even spared no effort to fool those talents who did not want to be officials to teach in the academy. Today's academy is moving forward according to Gao Ye's vision, and even if there is a big haze in Gao Ye's heart at this moment, it will disappear in front of the academy.

When the three of them talked about the children of the high night, the atmosphere was even more enthusiastic. Speaking of the three of them, only Gao Ye, who is a father, has not seen his child with his own eyes, which can't help but cause Gao Ye to smile bitterly. However, under the jokes of Guo Jia and Zhao Yun singing and harmonizing, the boredom in Gao Ye's heart has also been reduced a lot.

The cups and plates were messy, and the three of them drank from night to the edge of the sky. It's a happy thing for brothers to see each other, and it's not an unexpected thing to get drunk when you're happy. Fortunately, everyone is preparing to go home these days, and there is nothing important to discuss, otherwise with the current appearance of the three of them, there may be a lot of delays. The matter of going home is so intensively prepared, and the army has been fighting abroad for more than a year, what could be more important and inspiring than going home?

But when Gao Ye really stood at the gate of Yingdu, there was an indescribable feeling in his heart. After all, this city has been built and inhabited by Gao Ye for more than ten years, and Gao Ye has worked hard in it. Now that they are reunited after a long absence, Gao Ye even has a feeling of "leaving home as a young man and returning to his boss". However, the others were all immersed in the grand welcome ceremony at this time, and the defeat of Yuan Shao could be described as a big victory, so big that all the officials were at the city gate to welcome the returning soldiers, so big that even the emperor had to go out of the palace gate to welcome the triumphant army.

Cao's army is weak and Yuan's army is strong, Cao Cao can achieve such a victory, I have to say that it is still very unexpected by Liu Xie, and even beyond the expectations of the old ministers of the court. Just as Liu Xie personally walked out of the gate of the palace, it was beyond Cao Cao's expectations. Originally, Liu Xie didn't want to do this, but when Cao Cao returned victorious, the most angry person in his heart was probably Liu Xie. Since the hunting in Yingjiao, Liu Xie's dissatisfaction with Cao Cao has risen to an extremely high level. After all, Cao Cao was extremely arrogant that day, as an emperor with no power in his hands, and was oppressed by the ministers to this point, how could he not think about how to fight back?

But it's not easy to fight back, so I secretly wrote a pair of edicts, handed them over to my uncle Dong Cheng, and asked him to plan, but more than a year has passed, but there is no movement. He called Liu Bei the emperor's uncle, and named him the position of general of the left, thinking that he would leave Yingdu like a fish into the sea and a bird in the sky. But who would have thought that in the land of Xuzhou, even Cao Cao's son could not be dealt with. This also made Liu Xie rush to a trace of despair. Fortunately, Yuan Shao, a behemoth, will eventually have to fight with Cao Cao, according to Yang Biao's ideas, the Cao army is elite, and the Yuan army has many soldiers, and if you fight, there is a chance that you will lose both. Liu Xieshen thought so, and waited for the snipe and clam to fight, so that he could profit from it. But who would have thought that Cao Cao would be such a hearty victory, which made Liu Xie in the dormitory, scolding Yuan Shao for being incompetent.

The impact of this battle is multifaceted, at least at this moment, Taiwei Yang Biao already has the idea of turning to Cao Cao's side. On the one hand, it is because of Cao Cao's ability and the prestige of returning from a great victory; On the other hand, it is also because Liu Xie has no one under him, and he will not use people. It is said that Fu Wan and Dong Cheng are both national rulers, and the wise and loyal Emperor Fu Wan does not rely on it, but reuses a talented and ill-intentioned Dong Cheng, which makes Yang Biao deeply feel the fact that Cao Cao will inevitably gain power and Liu Xie will inevitably lose power. If he wants to stand tall in this troubled world, standing on the right team is the top priority. What is loyal to the country, what is loyal to the Han family, in the face of family interests and survival, they are not even farts. It is precisely because of this that Yang Biao strongly advised Liu Xie to greet Cao Cao in accordance with the highest etiquette of the army's triumph.

Although Liu Xie was reluctant, what Yang Biao said was reasonable. Liu Xie naturally understands that now that Cao Cao has returned from a great victory, his prestige is incomparable for a while, if he still wants to plan calmly with Cao Cao, he can't make the relationship too stiff at this moment. Although he went out of the palace to greet Cao Cao in person, he was quite reluctant in his heart, but now he can't help but let himself come. The relationship should be eased, maybe after the relaxation, Cao Cao's surveillance of himself can be relaxed, and he himself will be more careless, in this way, doesn't it give himself an opportunity? Liu Xie, who figured out the pros and cons of this all night, issued an order on the second day to meet Cao Cao. Of course, there is also a secret message to Dong Cheng, and the content of the letter is also concise and to the point, that is, that he Dong Cheng speed up the pace of killing Cao Cao and return the power to Liu Xie's own hands as soon as possible.

However, Liu Xie's weak performance did make Cao Cao very useful, at least outside the palace gate, the scene of the two monarchs and ministers getting along made Gao Ye nauseous. Gao Ye knew very well in his heart that the two of them had their own calculations in their hearts, but I had to admit that the two of them had done enough to save face. If it weren't for Gao Ye's clear mind that the contradiction between the emperor and the powerful ministers could not be alleviated at all, Gao Ye would almost believe that the scene in front of him was true.

Speaking of the famous cloth and belt edict incident in history, it has not happened until now, which also makes Gao Ye feel a little strange. Although there is a lot of controversy in history about whether this incident was the emperor's plan, after all, "Three Kingdoms" and "Zizhi Tongjian" both say that Dong Cheng himself claimed to have a secret edict to beg thieves, but if there is no emperor's approval, how can he Dong Cheng dare to go against Cao Cao, who is in full swing? However, in history, the leakage of the edict was really the first month of the fifth year of Jian'an, but now Cao Cao sent troops to meet Yuan Shao at the end of October of the fourth year of Jian'an. However, now that there is an espionage department, Gao Ye feels that even if Dong Cheng really makes any moves, he can't escape the eyes of the espionage department, Guo Jia, and Jia Xu.

Gao Ye was cranky for a while, and the lengthy performance of Cao Cao and Liu Xie ended with great difficulty. Since Liu Xie was ready to show weakness, he naturally had to prepare a full set, and at the end of the ceremony, he ordered the whole army to unload his armor, and ordered Cao Cao to draft a reward for meritorious people, so as not to chill the hearts of the soldiers.

Liu Xie didn't know what he thought about this in his heart, and the final result was that all the soldiers who went out had their own rewards. Among the generals, Zhao Yun, Xu Huang, Yu Ban, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren and others were all named Pavilion Marquis, and a number of ministers were also added to the ranks. And Gao Ye is the position of the general after the dismissal, and he is named Situ, and he is called the Marquis of Yangzhai County. didn't catch up with the high night of the wanton marquis when he returned to the Han Emperor, and now he finally has a marquis.