One night a few days later, Cao Cao personally led more than 10,000 elite soldiers to board dozens of ships transferred by Lu Renjian and disappeared into the waters near Nanpi at night. As for the command of the main force here in Nanpi, Cao Cao handed over to Cao Ren and Yu Ban, and ordered them to march into Shanhaiguan with great fanfare, so as to confuse the defenders of Yijing and prevent them from detecting Cao Cao's movements here. Just in case, Cao Cao also left Jia Xu and several other first-class strategists, but Guo Jia and Cao Cao took it with him.

In the summer, the southeast wind prevails on the sea, and dozens of large and medium-sized sea vessels of all kinds form a fleet of ships marching towards the back of Shanhaiguan. Cao Cao stood on the bow of the handsome ship in front of his head and looked into the distance, with Zhang Liao and Xu Chu standing behind him, and Guo Jia sitting a little dizzy. Guo Jia was not seasick, but drank a few more glasses happily for a while.

Looking at the boundless sea, letting the sea breeze blow his beard and cloak, Cao Cao suddenly had a feeling that he was like a drop in the sea......

A few days later, late one night, a fleet carrying Cao Cao's 10,000 troops arrived at Chrysanthemum Island. Taking advantage of the night, Cao Bing on the sea ship quickly landed, joined Zhang Xiu and Tian Chou, who rushed to meet them, and rushed to the village overnight to rest.

However, it was said that Cao Cao took a few staff members and more than 100 guards to rest in the village. Tian Chou Cao Cao has just met, but he has already heard of Tian Chou, so he naturally intends to get closer to him at this moment. As for Zhang Xiu...... Needless to say, Cao Cao was stunned for a while when he saw Zhang Xiu as soon as he got off the boat, but he quickly reacted. This Chrysanthemum Island must be a stronghold arranged by Lu Ren in the north, otherwise Zhang Xiu would not have stayed here.

After some politeness and inquiry, Cao Cao laughed and said, "Zitai (Tian Chou's character)." How long have you been here? In the past few years, Yihao has asked you to do business here without capital, right? Let you be here as a mountain outlaw and make a living by robbing homes and houses? ”

Zhang Xiu didn't react, because in his opinion, what Tian Chou did here seemed to be no different from robbing the house, but it was a little bit of a way to do the right thing for heaven, but Tian Chou frowned when he heard this, and his face was slightly angry. Cao Cao saw it in his eyes, and the light in his eyes flashed. Then he laughed and said, "Lost your words, lost your words!" Just joking, don't take it to heart. In fact, the **** in Beiping is unbearable. From time to time, Karasuma riders come here to plunder, and Yoshihiro and Zitai have many obstacles to Karasuma riders here, and they are really people who have meritorious service to the country. Well...... Lone has never sailed overseas, and this time he has been adrift at sea for a few days. It's a little delirious. Some gibberish, hahaha......"

Tian Chou's anger receded, and Cao Cao was invited to the village for a small banquet. After three rounds of drinking, Cao Cao replied and asked: "Now that I think about it, Yihao is really pervasive." Jingxiang, Jiangdong, and Hebei all have strongholds arranged by him, and what is even more unexpected is that he also made such arrangements in this extreme north. Zitai, Lone is very curious, so I want to ask Yi Hao what kind of business he is doing here in the North? Is it profitable? ”

Tian Chou and Zhang Xiu glanced at each other, and then Tian Chou answered: "Don't hide it from Cao Gong." Lu Servant's business here can be said to be only losing money and not making money. A few years ago, Tian led his people to Juyizhou to avoid the war, but because of Karasuma, Xianbei and other northern alien races, they plundered the people in the north. Chou was unhappy, so he asked for Lu Servant's shot, hoping that Lu Servant could provide some funding to help Chou repay these Hu tribes in the north a little. And Lu Servant Shooting has not cared about his own gains and losses, and the money, food, and combat equipment that he needs in the past few years have all depended on the supply of Lu Servant Shooting, otherwise it would be difficult for Domain to gain a foothold here. ”

Cao Cao narrowed his eyes again and said, "According to this, it is indeed only a loss but not a profit...... However, Yihao, he has not moved people from this area to settle in Yizhou, right? ”

Tian Chou nodded, but immediately responded: "Chou has been to Yizhou before, and I have seen with my own eyes what a peaceful life the war-torn people who moved to Yizhou live and work under the governance of Lu Servant. Lu Servant also said to Chou that he was a man who couldn't fight, and he couldn't afford to lead his troops to the north to help the people, so all he could do was to try to make the people he sheltered better as much as possible. Cao Gong, isn't the act of Lu Servant's shooting a benevolent and righteous act? But why did Cao Gong say that Lu Servant shot and acted for profit? ”

Tian Chou's words were actually a bit difficult for Cao Cao, and the people next to Cao Cao almost exploded when they heard this, but Cao Cao immediately raised his hand to stop his subordinates, and then nodded silently, but his heart was sour. Because once upon a time, Cao Cao also admired Wei Qing and Huo Quai, these famous generals who fought against foreign races, which is seen from the fact that Cao Cao claimed to want his tombstone inscription to be "the tomb of Cao Hou, the general of the Han Dynasty's expedition to the west", and in the end of Cao Cao's life, the alien races in the north did not dare to cross the Lei Chi half a step, and in the 20th year of Jian'an, even his own son Cao Zhang was also sent to fight Wuhuan.

However, people's experiences are often not something that can be mastered by themselves, and now Cao Cao is in his fifties, and he has not yet been able to achieve the dream of sweeping Wuhu in his youth, but Lu Ren has already done it in his own way one step ahead of him. Although it was not very good, it was undoubtedly a big blow to Cao Cao, and he even hated Lu Ren a little in his heart.

Maybe it has something to do with people's mentality? Just imagine, if you are a handsome and dashing young talent with a lot of money, and a person with good looks, talents, net worth, and everything is mediocre at the same time to pursue a girl, you have an absolute advantage in all aspects and finally lose to that ordinary young man, can you feel better (although this kind of thing seems to be unrealistic in modern times, just a metaphor)? Cao Cao is almost in this state of mind now.

Even Cao Cao recalled that after the landing, Tian Chou brought more than 5,000 parts to meet his army of over 10,000. It's not easy to say about combat ability, and it can't be said if you don't really fight a few battles, but this private army, which can only be called a trilogy at that time, is definitely stronger than Cao Cao's army in one aspect, that is, their weapons and equipment. This alone can make Cao Cao feel a little disgraced.

As we all know, the armor technology of the Han Dynasty has been very developed, but after all, because the production capacity and technology are relatively low, and the supply of minerals and raw materials is not sufficient, the cost of steel or iron armor is expensive, and the cost is relatively high. Generally speaking, those who can afford to use steel armor are either the children of wealthy scholars or high-ranking generals, or the heavy infantry horses deliberately created by some of the candidates. And the ordinary soldiers under the command of all kinds of candidates, it is very good that the general weapons and clothes can be issued. As for the armor, not to mention the steel armor, it is already a great thing to be able to send a large amount of leather armor and bamboo armor.

Lu Ren sent Zhao Yu to Nanpi to send a lot of rubber armor to Cao Cao twice, and then had a few trades with Cao Cao, before and after the sum of about 5,000 sets, and the quality is better than the first time, but the number of 5,000 sets is still too little for Cao Cao, who already has more than 100,000 troops, and on average, only one person in twenty people can wear it.

But in front of me, there is not much to say about the swords and weapons, they are all products that are mass-produced by the Zhen clan who are skilled in smelting with the help of Shirley, and even the crossbowmen have a light and good protective rubber armor. Cao Cao couldn't help but make a comparison in his heart, he and this well-equipped Tian Chou tribe selected two thousand people at the same time to fight head-on, who can win and who will lose is really his sister is a matter of unclear.

Cao Cao was in a daze there, and Zhang Xiu on the side was afraid that the atmosphere would be too embarrassing, so he took the initiative to chat with Zhang Liao. These two had previously been in Dong Zhuo's camp, and they were both surnamed Zhang, and they had a little friendship with the same clan, so it was quite speculative to talk about it after chatting.

Seeing that Zhang Liao and Zhang Xiu were chatting very speculatively, Cao Cao's heart suddenly moved, and he asked tentatively: "Zitai, it is not the right way for you to resist Hu Qi with the strength of your private army, and you are only going to make you a partial general, and after breaking the Karasuma, you will be officially issued a seal ribbon, and in the future, you can justifiably defend the northern frontier for my Han Town, but I don't know what the two of you mean?" ”

Tian Chou was stunned, thought for a while, nodded, and then left the table to thank Cao Cao: "Thank you for your kindness!" In the downward direction, he wants to serve the country, but he only hates suffering and has no good opportunity. It is a great relief to be favored by Cao Gong today. ”

Cao Cao was a little surprised that Tian Chou agreed to this, but he was suspicious in his heart, but he didn't bring out half a point on his face, and asked, "Zitai, are you...... Don't you need to ask what Yihao means? ”

Tian Chou replied eloquently: "Lu Servant once said to Chou that in the future, Cao Gong would like to get me as a helper, and I should be a good match." ”

Cao Cao let out an "oh", and he was quite satisfied in his heart, and he didn't think much about anything else. Originally, who didn't want to get ahead in that year? And Cao Cao's tricks of giving the other party an official position have also been tried and tested, so now Tian Chou agrees so happily, it seems that it is really not an uncommon thing.

It's just that Cao Cao didn't know that Lu Ren had already explained to Tian Chou that when Cao Cao was crowned an official position, Tian Chou had better not refuse, otherwise he might cause some unnecessary trouble. In fact, Lu Ren has a reference for historical materials and knows that Tian Chou actually doesn't want to be an official all his life. If there would be no problems according to the original process, but now that there is a self caught in this, if Tian Chou refuses Cao Cao's worship, then Cao Cao's heart will most likely have doubts in his heart, and the next things will most likely be affected by this. Out of this consideration, Lu Ren warned Tian Chou not to refuse. Tian Chou is a smart person, so he naturally understands what Lu Ren means, so he didn't refuse at this time.

Guo Jia said at this time: "My lord, everyone, the night is dark, this small banquet might as well disperse early and rest in peace." The so-called soldiers are fast, and when they are unexpected, our army should complete the rest and recuperation within two days, and then attack Shanhaiguan from behind. If something leaks, the opportunity will be lost, and we are afraid that we will be in trouble. ”

"Well, what Feng Xiao said is extremely true, and he is lonely! Come on, come on, Lone finally toasted the two of them with a cup of lunch. In the past two days, there will be Lao Er's lonely army to escort him. (To be continued.) )

PS: I can't adjust the time lately...... The college entrance examination is coming soon, and everyone understands it. Of course, it's not the bottle college entrance examination, but the niece of the bottle, the bottle has to help the old sister take care of the niece, and there are many messy things. Alas!