On the way back to Guandu, Cao Shuo sent someone to escort Han Meng to Shouchun.

He took the two battalions of Flying Bear and Dragon Pattern to escort the grain and grass to Guandu.

The news that Cao Shuo brought back grain and grass reached Cao Cao's ears.

Overjoyed in his heart, Cao Cao took a group of staff generals out to greet him.

Seeing Cao Cao, Cao Shuo jumped off the horse and bowed: "I've seen my father!" ”

"How much grain and grass do you bring back?" Cao Cao asked.

"A little bit and a little bit, all of them were brought back." Cao Shuo replied.

"Leave one-third for Zirong, and give the rest to the quartermasters." Cao Cao instructed Xu Chu on the side.

Xu Chu was about to arrange for someone to take the grain and grass away, but Cao Shuo hurriedly stopped him.

"Father." Cao Shuo asked Cao Cao: "Didn't we say that I would keep half of it and give the remaining half to my father to dispose of?" Why did you only leave me a third? ”

"Seems right." Cao Cao twisted his beard and said, "I'm talking about leaving you half of me, isn't it just one of the three stops?" ”

Cao Shuo's head was suddenly covered with black lines.

I thought I had relied on Cao Cao, but I didn't expect this dad to be better than him......

"Father...... Such...... It's not okay......" Cao Shuo said with a bitter face: "We said okay......"

"I'm just doing what I said." Cao Cao said to Xu Chu: "Ignore him, just let the soldiers move." ”

Cao Shuo had an expression of eating flies, but Chen Zhi and the others who followed him felt very funny.

Childe's deflated food is really not small.

Hunting geese all year round, but today I was pecked in the eyes by the old geese!

"It's been a few days since you left, and the food and grass in the army have long been stretched." Cao Cao said to Cao Shuo: "Fortunately, you sent grain and grass over, but just like that, I'm afraid it won't last long." ”

When Cao Cao spoke, Cao Shuo was thinking about other things in his heart.

He suddenly said, "No, my father has to write me an IOU." ”

"What IOU?" Cao Cao was stunned for a moment and asked.

"I transferred grain and grass from Huainan, but I paid for it myself." Cao Shuo said: "In case my father refuses to admit it in the future, what will I use to support the soldiers of the three armies?" ”

Cao Cao glared at him: "He is so shrewd as a father, not a descendant!" ”

"My father obviously told me that the grain and grass would come back one and a half times." Cao Shuo said with a bitter face: "Why did you lose so many ...... me as soon as you came back?"

"How many soldiers are in my army, how many soldiers are in your army?" Cao Cao said angrily: "Is it possible to make my soldiers hungry and see that those people under you are full of wine and food all day long?" ”

Cao Shuo pursed his lips, and Cao Cao asked again: "How long will it take for the grain and grass from Huainan to arrive?" ”

"I guess it will take more than a month." Cao Shuo said: "It takes time to prepare grain and grass, and it takes even more time to deliver it, and I still have to think about who to deliver. ”

"Let Zhao Yun escort you." Cao Cao said: "It is said that he is strong in martial arts and thoughtful, so it is very suitable for such a person to escort grain and grass." ”

"Actually, that's what I'm thinking." Cao Shuo said: "I robbed the Yuan army of grain and grass, they will definitely retaliate, Zilong is still a little worried about going back alone." But I don't have a lot of people under my command who can use it......"

Cao Shuo suddenly grinned at Cao Cao.

"Don't laugh." Cao Cao hurriedly said, "It's probably not good to look at you like this." ”

"How so." Cao Shuo said with a shy face: "Father got so much more grain and grass from me, what did I say?" Filial piety is the norm, and a son like me will never do anything to pit his father. ”

"That's right." Cao Cao twisted his beard and said, "But why do I listen to it, it feels so strange? ”

"Father is thinking too much." Cao Shuo smiled.

"Tell me, what do you want me to do?" Cao Cao said: "With a personality like yours who have to grab a handful of mud when you fall to the ground, I don't believe that I have suffered such a big loss, and I don't want to ask for some benefits from other places." ”

"Actually, I didn't think about it." Cao Shuo said: "I just want to borrow a general from my father, someone to accompany Zilong to escort grain and grass, and it is much better for the two to cooperate than to deal with the enemy alone." ”

"The tone is quite big, and as soon as you come up, you will ask me to borrow a general." Cao Cao smiled: "No! ”

"Father, don't ......be like this," Cao Shuo said with a bitter face: "The generals that can be used in my hands, my father can't trust them now, if my father doesn't lend me someone, either I will send General Lu to go, or I will let Yan Liang and Wen Chou cooperate with Zilong." ”

Cao Cao has always distrusted Lu Bu, as for Yan Liang and others, they used to be fierce generals in Hebei, and now they want them to escort grain and grass, Cao Cao still feels uneasy.

"I think it's better to forget it." Cao Cao said: "I will lend Xu Huang to you, but when the escort comes back, he will have to go back to my command to listen to the tune." People only lend you temporarily, they don't give it to you! ”

"Just borrow me for now." Cao Shuo hurriedly said: "With General Xu accompanying Zilong, I am also a lot more relieved." ”

"There's some grain and grass right now." Cao Cao asked Cao Shuo, "When will your flying kite be ready?" ”

"A few days, a few months." Cao Shuo gave an uncertain answer.

"A few months?" Cao Cao pursed his lips and said, "I'm afraid that Yuan's army has crossed the Yellow River and started a decisive battle with our army." ”

"The flying kite is just a tactic of war, and my father shouldn't expect it too much." Cao Shuo said: "What really determines the outcome is the morale of both sides and the determination to win. Yuan's army was overwhelming, and the soldiers must have been careless, thinking that they had won. We have few soldiers, and if we want to survive on the battlefield, we must devote ourselves to fighting the enemy. Just the will to fight, our army won most of the battles, so why should my father care about flying kites. ”

"Are you making excuses for not being able to make a flying kite?" Cao Cao asked.

"I am my father's son, doesn't my father know me?" Cao Shuo said: "Excuses don't exist for me, if I encounter something, I will use excuses to prevaricate, it will no longer be my father's pride, but the shame of the Cao family." ”

"Then what do you mean by this......" Cao Cao looked at Cao Shuo suspiciously.

"We're going to win." Cao Shuo said in a very firm tone: "The grain and grass are about to run out, but the soldiers are not panicking, but waiting for me to snatch it from the Yuan army. With such an army, what does my father have to worry about? Won't you be invincible in the future, going straight to Yecheng? ”

"What you're saying is quite uplifting." Cao Cao sighed and said, "It's a pity that we are facing Yuan Benchu, not anyone else. Over the years, I have fought in the north and south, but I have never been as big as Yuan Benchu's family business. In front of others, I always say that we have won this battle, but in front of my own son, I really can't say such things. ”

(End of chapter)