Chapter 713: Wolf Flag
Three days is not long, it is not short, and it is not long. However, Cao De's army went out for more than 200 miles in the past three days.
Anyway, more than 200 miles, not much. According to the current courier, it will only be an hour away. But what can't be forgotten is that Cao De led an army of 90,000 people to walk more than 200 miles!
Such a huge scale, such a fast speed, is enough to go up to the speed.
Fortunately, Cao De has a lot of people. The trail of the march is very clear.
"Prime Minister, Wang Fang under Li Dian sent someone to see the Prime Minister!" Cao De was bored sitting in the carriage, drowsy, Pei Yuanshao disturbed Cao De's "sweet dream!" ”
"Wang Fang? Bring it here! ”
Soon, Pei Yuanshao led a knight to Cao De's carriage. "Meet Cao Gong!"
"Get up, what do you do with me?"
"This is a letter from General Wang to Cao Gong. Please also take a look at it! As he spoke, the soldier pulled out a letter from his mouth that was clearly torn from his clothes.
Pei Yuanshao took it and handed it to Cao De.
As soon as he opened it, Cao De's originally lazy figure immediately became straight. "Is what the letter says true?"
"Back to Cao Gong, yesterday the general met a Youzhou messenger who went to Luoyang to report the news on the way to the army. The messenger is covered in blood, and it can't be wrong. Please also ask Cao Gong to lend a hand! The soldier said eagerly.
"Prime Minister, what happened?" Pei Yuanshao, who was on the side, only needed to look at the soldier's face and guess that there might not be anything good.
"The Xianbei people are here!" Cao De sighed and folded the strips of cloth. "You go back and tell the king, so that he can get rid of the thief in peace. The Xianbei people are handed over to me! ”
Cao De only thought about it for a second, and he had already made a decision.
"Thank you Cao Gong, thank you Cao Gong!" The soldier was overjoyed when he heard this, and quickly kowtowed and thanked him.
"Let's go." Cao De waved his hand, and the soldier slowly retreated.
"Prime Minister, the Xianbei people are attacking Youzhou, what are we doing?" Standing on the same front as Cao Cao to attack the Central Plains, it will definitely be beneficial. But what can you get by going to the north to fight the Xianbei people?
"Pei Yuanshao, the Xianbei people killed the people of my Han Dynasty and robbed the money of my Han Dynasty. No matter how much I fight with Liu Bei, it's also my big man's business. Xianbei people want to take advantage of the civil strife in my Han Dynasty to fight the autumn breeze, how can it be so easy. ”
"The subordinate is wrong!" Pei Yuanshao said with a face full of shame. It turned out that the prime minister always had a big man in his heart. ’
"But, Prime Minister. The subordinates thought that there would be no falsehood in this matter. We've always been in touch with Cobi. Moreover, last year, Kobineng also sent a congratulatory gift. Will it be ......?"
Yes, many years ago, Cao De and Kobineng concluded a good friendship treaty for friendly development and common progress. Moreover, in order to prevent Kobi from going south to plunder when he was idle, Cao De also specially arranged for many Han people to go all the way to the grassland to teach the Xianbei people the techniques of planting crops. However, the Xianbei people still came. Therefore, Pei Yuanshao still has a strange feeling, could it be some ill-intentioned people who cheat.
"There can be no falsehood in this matter, go and give an order immediately, and the whole army will immediately turn around and go north to Youzhou." Cao De's current mentality is that he would rather believe what he has than what he doesn't.
You must know that if Cao De delays for one more day, the people of Youzhou will suffer one more day.
Now Cao De's most curious place is actually why there is no news from Black Pearl's side.
The reason for this is actually very simple. Cao De's expedition was too happy, from the time he made the expedition plan to the action of the army, it only took more than ten days, and Youzhou was also the weakest state of the Black Pearl. And the black pearl of Youzhou is not without news, but this news was sent to Chang'an instead of Jizhou.
Not long after Cao De's order was delivered, Lu Bu, Zhang Liao and others came over one after another. "Prime Minister, why did the army turn around?"
If there is any change in the plan, we have to know about it.
"Where is Ma Chao?"
Zhang Liao looked back and saw that Ma Chao was walking this way. "Meng is up!"
"Prime Minister, are you looking for a subordinate?" From afar, Ma Chao saw Zhang Liao waving to himself. Ma Chao hurriedly trotted over.
With the arrival of Ma Chao, the main generals of Cao De's Northern Route Army also arrived.
"Everyone, the Xianbei people have invaded Youzhou!"
"What?" The first to reflect was Ma Chao. Speaking of which, including Cao De, the entire Han Dynasty, the one who knows Xianbei people best should be Ma Chao. After so many years, Ma Chao suddenly heard the news that the Xianbei people were going south to fight the autumn wind again, and he couldn't help but be surprised.
"Shanggu and Yuyang have been looted." Cao De said in a deep voice.
"Prime Minister, then our army has turned around but is going to Youzhou to face the Xianbei people?" Zhang Liao looked at the north and said.
"Exactly!" Cao De nodded.
"Back then, Cheng was very generous to the grassland, and there were more rewards, but I couldn't imagine that these Xianbei people were wolf-hearted. Prime Minister, the last general is willing to be the vanguard of the army! "Among the generals present, the first to deal with the steppe people was Lu Bu. Moreover, Lu Bu has also been idle for a long time. Galloping on the grassland and being proud of the world, it is the pride of every peerless general!
"Don't be in a hurry. Don't use an elephant to crack a nut. I am the first in the world, how can I be a mere Xianbei person who can resist it. It is not indispensable to hand over the position of pioneer to Fengxian, but it is also too big and too useful. Cao De denied Lu Bu. Although Cao De did not designate the chief general of the Northern Route Army, if there was no Cao De, then this chief general would definitely be Lu Bu.
"Prime Minister. Then let the last future be the vanguard. Zhang Liao said with his fists clenched.
Zhang Liao was a young general guarding Yanmen Pass before he defected to Cao De. Yanmen Pass is basically the dividing line between the Han Dynasty and the grassland. Therefore, Zhang Liao also hated the people on the grassland. However, Cao De still did not nod.
"Meng Qi!"
"The last general!"
"Is the wolf flag still there?" Cao De suddenly asked thoughtlessly.
"Wolf flag?" Ma Chao was stunned for a moment, what wolf rides? Is it the wolf flag or the wolf rider or the Lang Qi?
Cao De kept smiling and stared at Ma Chao tightly. Ma Chao felt that Cao De's eyes were so penetrating.
"Prime Minister, what did Prime Minister say, Flying Wolf Wolf Banner?" Ma Chao asked tentatively.
"Not bad?" After being reminded by Cao De and Ma Chao, everyone remembered that Ma Chao had a title a few years ago, "Grassland Flying Wolf"!
"It's been too long, and my subordinates didn't take this flying wolf seriously, so my subordinates didn't keep the flying wolf flag." At the beginning, after returning from the grassland, Ma Chao never planned to go to the grassland again. Therefore, the wolf flag that Ma Chao brought back from his ancestors has become history.
"Hehe...... Chao'er doesn't have it, I have it!" Cao De smiled, his face full of "I knew it was like this".
As Cao De spoke, he pulled out a piece of red and white cloth from the corner of his carriage, and after Pei Yuanshao took it and unfolded it, on a brocade step with red trim on a black background, a white fierce giant wolf with wings flew in the sky.
When everyone's attention was on the flying white wolf, Cao De suddenly shouted, "The steppe flying wolf obeys the order!" ”
"The last general!"
"With your department, I immediately went to Youzhou. Remember, play the banner of the steppe flying wolf! ”
"No!" Ma Chao's department, in fact, is the warriors who followed Ma Chao into the grassland and then returned, and now a few years have passed, and there are only 100 people left.
"Flying wolf, don't worry. And you have to bring this flag! ”
Cao De grinned and took out a large flag from the carriage.