Guo Jia knows very well that it is definitely not a wise choice to play tricks with Cao Shuo.

It is rare for Cao Shuo to be generous once, and he did not say that he wanted to take most of it, of course Guo Jia will not question it again.

Tian Feng and Pang Tong also knew that only this method could satisfy both parties, so they didn't say more.

"Yuan Hao, you accompany Guo Gong to see Cai Mao first." Cao Shuo instructed Tian Feng: "Count the money he sent clearly, and not a single copper coin can be missed." ”

"Don't worry, Childe." Tian Feng responded, and then said to Guo Jia: "Guo Gong, please!" ”

Guo Jia and Tian Feng left the tent first, and Pang Tong asked Cao Shuo: "Son, don't you hurt if you get so much money and give it to Guo Fengxiao?" ”

"Still?" Cao Shuo said with a bitter face: "I'm dying of pain, it's all my little money......

"Actually, Childe could have bargained with him just now." Pang Tong said: "Give him 150,000, and he should agree." ”

"Give him 150,000, and I'll take 350,000." Cao Shuo said: "It seems to have taken a big advantage, and it won't be long before I have to vomit it all." ”

Looking at Cao Shuo suspiciously, Pang Tong asked, "Why did Childe say that?" ”

"When I go back from Jingzhou, before I can arrange many things, my father will ask me to return to Xudu." Cao Shuo said: "I deducted the money of my father's soldiers here, and when I arrived in Xudu, what do you think he will do to me?" ”

Pang Tong was stunned.

No wonder Cao Shuo was so generous, as soon as he opened his mouth, he gave Guo Jia 250,000 hanging money, it turned out that he had already prepared the way for returning to Xudu.

"When is Childe going to be a teacher?" Pang Tong asked.

"I promised Mrs. Cai that as long as I got the money, I would leave." Cao Shuo said: "Liu Biao is in a hurry to send the money, and he also wishes that we would leave Jingzhou immediately. ”

"Actually, I think Liu Biao is quite stupid." Pang Tong smiled slightly: "After giving so much money, Jingzhou won't be able to hold it in the future?" ”

"That's for later." Cao Shuo said: "Now we have to withdraw our troops. ”

"Do you want to go and see the money sent by Cai Mao?" Pang Tong said: "Cai Mao should also want to see Gongzi and ask for peace of mind." ”

"I just didn't want him to see him too early, so I let Guo Fengxiao and Tian Yuanhao go first." Cao Shuo said: "You accompany me for a walk in the barracks, and we will go back later." Let Cai Mao rest assured too early, Jingzhou may dare to be the enemy of our Cao family in the future. There are too many enemies in the north, and we can't open a front in the south at the same time. ”

Accompanying Cao Shuo out of the tent, Pang Tong said: "What Gongzi said is that in fact, some soldiers don't quite understand that we have obviously besieged Xiangyang, why don't we just take Jingzhou." ”

"It's normal for the soldiers not to understand." Cao Shuo said: "Tens of millions of people have thousands of ideas, as commanders, we have to look at the long-term beyond the soldiers. If you only care about the small profits in front of you, you will probably suffer big losses in the future. If there is no Jiangdong in the south of Jingzhou, and no Yizhou and Hanzhong in the west, I would like to take it now. ”

Pang Tong first nodded, and then asked Cao Shuo: "Does Gongzi really plan to march into the Xiongnu?" ”

"Do you think we can march on the Huns now?" Cao Shuo asked.

Shaking his head, Pang Tong said: "The north has not yet been pacified, the Xiongnu are fierce, and if you enter the Hetao too early, I am afraid that you will fall into a long war......"

"I'm just letting the soldiers know what they're going to do in the future." Cao Shuo said: "Taking advantage of the chaos in the Central Plains, the Huns came to our house to rob while the fire was burning, they killed our men, robbed our women, and burned our houses. When Emperor Wu subdued the Xiongnu, but did not let them be wiped out, so that later the Xiongnu took advantage of Wang Mang's rebellion to enter the Central Plains, and Emperor Ming took many years to defeat the Huns and divided them into two parts: the north and the south. The Southern Xiongnu even helped the Han to fight the Northern Xiongnu, but now? When the Han was tired, the Huns forgot the pain they had and came to make trouble with us again. ”

Sighing, Pang Tong said: "The Huns have always been the pain of our Central Plains people......"

"Those who are not of my race will have different hearts." Cao Shuo said: "When we were strong, they didn't dare to do anything. Once we have internal turmoil, they will be ready to move, in fact, it is not only the Huns, which of the surrounding alien races is not like this? Since they will not die in my heart of China, I will let them taste the taste of destruction first. ”

"What will happen if Gongzi really enters the Huns?" Pang Tong asked, "Kill all men, women, and children?" ”

"Murder?" Cao Shuo said with a smile: "To destroy a nation, just by killing people? ”

Pang Tong did not say anything.

At the beginning, Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty crusaded against the Xiongnu and killed a lot of people, and the Xiongnu not only did not perish, but also got the Hetao area to multiply.

"True demise is to be uprooted culturally, by blood." Cao Shuo said: "If you want the Huns to perish, killing people is only one of the ways. There is only one way to solve the problem fundamentally. ”

"Please also ask Childe to make it clear." Pang Tong asked with his fists clenched.

"Wait until we really go to the Hetao and plan to wipe the Huns out of the world." Cao Shuo smiled slightly and patted his arm: "Tian Yuanhao and Guo Fengxiao should be counting the copper coins, and we will also go over to take a look, at this time, Cai Mao has been waiting long enough." ”

Pang Tong answered, and accompanied Cao Shuo to the place where Cai Mao sent the copper coins.

When he arrived at the place, Cao Shuo found that there were many more Cao soldiers nearby.

The Cao army standing there was subordinate to him, and there were also Guo Jia's subordinates.

In addition to those vigilant Cao Jun, Cao Shuo also saw Xiahoudun, Lu Bu and other generals there.

Seeing Cao Shuo coming, everyone stepped forward to salute.

"Why are you here?" Cao Shuo asked with a smile: "When I heard that the money was divided, everyone felt very uplifted, right?" ”

"After so many years of fighting, I really didn't know that I could still make money." Xiahoudun grinned and said: "A small part of this money is left for the soldiers to share, and most of it is given to Cao Gong, but the Cao family's army has money to buy military rations and weapons." ”

"It's just a drop in the bucket." Cao Shuo said with a smile: "It looks like a lot, but when you really use it, you can't last long at all." ”

"When it's almost exhausted, Gongzi will take us to Jingzhou to fight again." Xiahoudun grinned: "Anyway, Liu Jingsheng has money, so if he has no money, he will come to beat him." ”

The generals were all laughing, and Cao Shuo found that Cai Mao, who was standing not far away and saluting him, was already as pale as earth.

He smiled and said to the generals: "How can there be such a reason, our army came to Jingzhou because Liu Xuande provoked trouble, how can we come to Jingzhou in the future because we have no money?" ”

Cao Shuo's words came out, and the generals' laughter was much lighter, and Cai Mao also breathed a long sigh of relief.

If it is really as Xiahoudun said, Cao Jun came to Jingzhou without money, will Jingzhou live in the future?

(End of chapter)