January of the second year of Jian'an, Xuchang, Sikong Mansion

"Big brother, you can give Pi'er a table word", a young man with pink jade bricks hugged the sleeves of a young man and begged, he was about ten years old, and ordinary teenagers tied their hair into the shape of a total horn at this time, but this little boy had a small bun on the top of his head, with a Confucian costume, looking like a little adult, but it was slightly funny.

"Don't make trouble, you are still young, and it is not time to get the table words", the young man sat in front of the bookcase, on which a lot of bamboo slips were placed, obviously dealing with these. The young man gently rubbed his big hand on the boy's bun for a moment, and then explained gently to the boy, his eyes showing love.

"Pi'er will be crowned in three or four years, and the eldest brother will think of a word for Pi'er first", the young man did not relent, and snatched a bamboo slip that the young man was reading from the bookcase and hugged it in his arms, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, which seemed to mean that if he did not agree to him, today's young people would not want to do anything else.

"I'm going to tell my mother, my eldest brother is bullying me", the corner of the young man's eyes turned red, and his little black eyes were shining with a little crystal, as if he was about to cry immediately.

"Okay, okay, big brother think of one for you first, you go and ask your father and uncle if it's suitable", the young man took the young man into his arms, coaxed softly, and instructed the waiter on the side: "You go to the storehouse to get some Western grapes."

"The grapes of the western country are sweet and delicious, you love them the most, don't cry anymore", the young man gently wiped the corners of the young man's eyes with his sleeve.

"What's the word Pi'er?" When the young man heard this, he burst into tears and laughed, and hurriedly asked.

The young man groaned slightly for a while, the waiter had already put the grapes on a plate, the young man pinched one, gently peeled off the peel, put the juice and meat into the young man's mouth, and said with a little satisfaction: "I have a word, so Pi'er is a child."

The young man took the pulp in his mouth and asked vaguely, "What does Huan mean?" ”

"Huan is the pillar, and Pi'er is the pillar of my Cao family in the future," the young man said as he looked at the boy with hope and reluctance.

At this time, a Cao soldier quickly walked into the door, knelt on one knee and clenched his fists and said, "The eldest prince, the lord orders the eldest prince to go quickly."

When the young man heard this, he put the young man down from his arms and instructed the young man: "Father must have something important to do, and you will go back to study more after eating the grapes."

The young man grabbed a bunch of grapes, picked them one by one and put them on the plate, and when he heard the young man's instructions, he hurriedly replied: "Big brother, Pi'er knows."

When the young man heard the young man's words, he smiled at the corner of his mouth, got up and walked out quickly.

The young man is also Cao Ang, the eldest son of Cao Cao, the Han Sikong Yanzhou Mu. Cao Cao is now in the prime of life, but he has already intended to cultivate Cao Ang as his heir, in addition to handing over some military and political affairs to Cao Ang, if there is something important, he will summon Cao Ang to listen, and occasionally consult Cao Ang's opinion.

Now Cao's army is about to expand westward and take Wancheng to consolidate Xuchang. Now that he is in a hurry to order him to go, he must be about to send out the army. Cao Ang thought as he walked.

Cao Ang walked into the conference hall and saw that Cao Cao's subordinates had been divided into left and right, and Xun Yu, Xun Yu, Cheng Yu, Man Zhong and other scribes were sitting on the right. Xiahou and Cao's generals are standing on the left side, and Liu Bei's three brothers are also standing on the left side, but Cao Cao has already expressed Liu Bei as the pastor of Yuzhou, and Liu Bei has led an army to Yuzhou, which is no longer here at this time, but a new general has been added, which is Xuzhou Zang Ba Zang Xuangao.

Cao Cao saw Cao Ang walk in and bowed to greet the civil and military forces present, and the civil and military officers present also returned the salute to Cao Ang one by one, and couldn't help but be satisfied, nodding slightly, and Cao Ang stepped forward to salute Cao Cao and sat down on the small seat beside Cao Cao.

"Now is the time to rest in the old age, and I am still bothering you to be busy with military and political affairs, it is really hard for you, I have prepared some congratulatory gifts, and I hope to bring them when you leave", Cao Cao saw that everyone had arrived, and he arched his hand and smiled at Wenwu without shame.

However, Xu Tan has sent back the news that Liu Jingsheng of Jingzhou has no intention of sheltering Zhang Xiu. Wancheng is on the side of Xuchang, less than 100 miles away from the Son of Heaven, there is really an unforeseen danger to the Son of Heaven, Cao has decided to cut off Zhang Xiu, take Wancheng, and have ensured the safety of Xuchang", Cao Cao stroked the short beard under his chin with his hand, and said with a serious face.

"At this time, it is a good opportunity from heaven, Sun Ziyun: The soldier is fast. Cao decided to lead the army to recruit Zhang Xiu in three days", Cao Cao stood up with his hand and said sternly.

"Xiahou Yuanrang!"

"The Last General", among the generals, there is a fierce general with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, with a fierce face, a black and black blindfold covering his left eye, and the right eye reveals a trace of edge.

"I ordered you to camp outside Xuchang to train the Qingzhou soldiers a month ago, how is the camp now?"

"Back to Sikong, the 20,000 Qingzhou soldiers have completed their training and can go out at any time," Xiahoudun replied in a deep voice.

"Cheng Zhongde, is there enough ordnance and grass in the warehouse? How many months can it last? Cao Cao asked again to the list of ministers on the right.

"Back to Ming Gong, the armor equipment and money and food are still sufficient, but I still hope that Ming Gong will be flat and embroidered early, the situation is unpredictable, and now the embroidery is still sufficient, if there is a big war, the grain and grass may not last long", Cheng Yu stood up from the table and said in a deep voice.

Cao Cao nodded and said, "Zhongde's words are in my heart."

"Cao Ren, Cao Chun listens to orders", Cao Cao ordered.

"The last general", the two generals got up and responded.

"The two of you each led two thousand foot soldiers to capture Wuyin, Biyang and the two cities, these two are very important, if you can't go down, raise your head to see you", Cao Cao pointed to the map hanging on the screen, and said sharply to the two.

"The last general received the order", Cao Ren and Cao Chun were happy and took the order.

Seeing this, Zang Ba, the new entry among the generals, his face remained unchanged, and he couldn't help sneering in his heart, some time ago, Cao Cao had already told the generals in detail about the key points found out from Zhang Xiujun. Zhang Xiu's soldiers are outnumbered, all are the remnants of Xiliang, and Nanyang County is large, with ten counties under its jurisdiction, although there is Wancheng according to Nanyang, Wuyin, although Yang is the main road, Zhang Xiu can not divide the troops to garrison, only a few hundreds of foot soldiers occupy two counties, if there is an enemy attack, will abandon the county to defend Wancheng, capture the two counties, but just a gesture, has not yet started the war, Cao Cao has been the honor of the generals of the clan.

"Xiahou Chun, obey orders", Cao Cao said again.

"The last general", a yellow-faced general stood up in the last seat of the generals, with thin eyes and light beard, slightly short and thin, heard Cao Cao call himself, and quickly got up and shouted.

"Xiahoudun led 5,000 Qingzhou battalions as the vanguard, and served as his subordinate general in the forbidden territory, opening roads and stacking bridges for the army."

"The last general commands", Xiahou Chun, Yu Ban replied loudly.

When he sat down, he was happy, and he was not outstanding among the generals in the forbidden martial arts, but he was better than following Cao Cao earlier. Although it is hard work to open the mountain and stack the road, but there is always a pioneer merit, and the main general Xiahoudun has a strong temperament, brave and good at fighting, and will not order him to charge and take risks, so although he often does some hard work, but there is always a reward for merit in the war.

And Xu Huang, who was also a general with a foreign surname on the side, glanced at Yu Ban lightly, and there was a trace of envy in his eyes.

"Zang Ba listens to orders", Cao Cao glanced at the new general 'Taishan thief' Zang Xuangao, who had just been recovered soon.

"The last general", Zang Ba hurriedly got up, although Cao Cao had previously summoned himself to discuss the military, but could it be that Zhang Xiu had to be accompanied by himself?

"Xuangao led the troops to flank our Chinese army," Cao Cao ordered.

"The last general will take the order", Zang Ba replied in a deep voice, and there was something faintly inappropriate in his heart.

"Gongda, Fengxiao is sick, this time Zhang Xiu will not go out with the army, and recuperate in Xuchang with peace of mind", Cao Cao said to the two masters with pale faces on the side.

"Thank you lord, I hope the lord will be more careful", Xun You got up and bowed and persuaded him.

And a sick strategist on the other side of Xun Yu arched his hand slightly, "It's not difficult to cut Wan, and I wish the lord a triumphant victory as soon as possible."

"Sincere filial piety", Cao Cao smiled lightly.

"Zixuan, this time, you will follow me, military strategy is not something that can be learned on paper, and you can grow up only after a few battlefields", Cao Cao patted Cao Ang on the shoulder, and said with encouragement in his eyes.

"The child will live up to his father's expectations," Cao Ang said firmly.

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1. Cao Pi loves grapes.

2 Cao Ang died as a result of Zhang Xiu's rebellion.

3. Wei Youzai, Cao Pi forced Zhang Xiu to death.

4 All of the above is true.

5 Zihuan's explanation of Huan was made up by myself.