Chapter 34: In the Mountains to the North

After Cao De finished telling Cao Ren about his army arrangement plan, Cao De fell into a boring situation again. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info It's not that Cao De doesn't have something to do, it's that Cao De can't do it. Cao De needs to believe in Cao Ren's ability to do things. If everything needs to be done by Cao De himself, then needless to say, just one large and small affairs in Hanzhong County can make Cao De die young. In later generations, why Zhuge Liang was said to be tired to death, it was because Zhuge Liang did not dare to live up to Liu Bei's kindness, and he did everything himself, and he asked about all the big and small things in the entire Shu Kingdom. There's so much to worry about. Everyone's energy is limited, if you have to overload every day, then the first thing to collapse is the body, without a healthy body, then the person is finished.

Cao De is idle when he has nothing to do. He ran to the training ground alone and quietly watched the soldiers' training on the side. In order not to cause a riot among the soldiers, Cao De specially asked Cao Ren to give him an ordinary soldier's clothes. After Cao De put it on, he ran to the edge of the training ground and watched it from a distance.

Gradually, Cao De found that the training of soldiers today is very simple and boring. Most of them are holding weapons and practicing chopping, stabbing, slashing and other actions. Although the force of one person is not very important in large-scale legion battles, some necessary actions can save the names of many soldiers. So, Cao De quietly observed on the training ground for more than half a month. And then according to the scenes in the TV series that later generations watched. A new type of training mode slowly took shape in Cao De's mind.

Just as Cao De was preparing to improve his training methods, Cao Ren also completed the redivision of the army. So Cao De had to suppress his training methods and walked out of the camp with Cao Ren and a team of guards. And the affairs in the camp were handed over to Zhang Fei for supervision. After all, everything in the camp is already on the right track, just like a machine has been running, just need someone to keep an eye on it, no need to use your brain to think about other things, supervise this task, although Zhang Fei is rough but still competent. No matter how bad Zhang Fei is, he is drunk every day, as long as people are here.

Cao De took Cao Ren out of the camp and walked all the way to the north. Stopped on the south bank of the Han River. Cao De then sent men and horses along the south bank of the Han River to find ferries with three broken boats on both sides. In almost half a day, the return of the probe horse has been found. Cao De immediately followed Tanma to the ferry.

On the edge of the Han River, a dilapidated ferry port seems to have been abandoned for a long time. The planks on the trestle that stretch from the shore into the river are like spider webs, and dense holes are scattered all over the trestle. If anyone saw it, they didn't dare to step on it, for fear that they would fall. On the edge of the trestle, three more dilapidated boats floated crookedly on the water, and although the hull was very tattered, if you looked closely, the cables that held the hull to the boat looked like they had been changed not long ago.

The whole ferry presents a dilapidated desolation, and the appearance is lifeless. There is not even the sound of a water duck except the sound of the wind and the sound of the water. And the things that were thrown around on the edge of the ferry were as if they had gone through a great exodus of the victims.

And it was this dilapidated ferry, but today a team of more than 50 people suddenly came. Except for the two who were on horseback, the rest of the people all came on foot.

Before and after the group arrived at the ferry, the leader turned over and dismounted. First, I looked at the three small boats floating on both sides of the pier. Then the man waded alone to the side of the boat and watched carefully. Suddenly, the man's eyes lit up, and then he turned and commanded, "Erect a pole of three feet in this place, and hang a black cloth on it." ”

Another man on horseback answered the word "no" and immediately ordered his soldiers to do it. The man who had spoken earlier suddenly stood motionless in the water. Suddenly, I heard a commotion. In the water, the man had an extra fish nearly two feet long. "Haha, the game here is really good, there are such big fish, come on, send a few people out to catch some game."

As soon as the man in the water finished speaking, ten soldiers took off the bows and arrows they were carrying on their left shoulders and walked into the grass behind the ferry.

"Lord, come up, the water is cold down there." "Hehe, Zixiao. You see big fish. Today we have oral administration. Haha" It turns out that this group of people is Cao De and Cao Ren and his party.

Although the current time has entered the month of Layue, because Hanzhong County is surrounded by mountains, it is a large basin. Moreover, Hanzhong County is located in a relatively southern location. Although there are some snowflakes in the winter in Hanzhong County, as long as the sun shines, the temperature is not very low. Therefore, there is hardly ice to be seen in Hanzhong, let alone flowing rivers. Although the river water will be cooler, Cao De's physical fitness is still good after all. That's why Cao De has been standing in the water for so long.

In a short time, the guards brought back a lot of fat hares and other game. Soon, the game meat was roasted by the campfire and had a mouth-watering aroma. Cao De is not a very demanding person, and after arranging the shift, he let everyone enjoy the delicious food together.

Soon after the crowd had eaten. The soldiers on duty sounded the horn of vigilance. I saw four black shadows appear on the water at some point. The guards immediately put on a defensive posture. When the four black shadows approached, everyone realized that they were four small ships. And on the ship was a flag that no one had ever seen except Cao De. It was a white skull banner on a black background, with two crossed bones underneath the skull. That's right, this is a flag that was very well-known in later generations, the Pirate Skull Banner.

Cao De looked at the oncoming boat, several skeleton flags flying in the wind. The corners of Cao De's mouth couldn't help but appear with an intriguing smile.

Soon, the four boats gradually drove up, and at a distance of twenty or thirty paces from the shore, they stopped. Eight small boats were immediately released from the big boats. Eight small boats came to the surface and immediately rushed towards the shore. And on a boat at the forefront, a tall figure stood firm on the bow of the boat. Cao Ren fixed his eyes and saw that this was not Xiahou Yuan, who had been missing for a long time.

Wait for the boat to dock. Cao De first lifted the soldier's guard, and then patted Cao Ren, who was still stunned. "Let's go, get on the boat first. You'll understand it all when you get there. ”

Cao De immediately caught up with Xiahou Yuan, who jumped into the case. Cao De stepped forward and gave Xiahou Yuan a sturdy bear hug. "Miaocai, life in the mountains is not easy. Haha, I'm here to see you, haha, but I don't see you lost much meat. Cao De punched Xiahou Yuan's strong chest.

"Thank you for your concern, everything is fine. My lord, get on the boat first, and I'll talk to you about it on the boat. Xiahou Yuanhan said with a smile.