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Chapter 637: Tiger and Leopard Riding (1/2)

In October of the twelfth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao returned to Xudu. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

On the day of Liu Biaotou's seventh funeral, Cao Cao ordered Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Xuzhou, and Sizhou to levy 200,000 conscripts and quickly assemble in Yingchuan and Runan counties. At the same time, he also ordered the guard generals Xiahou Dun, Henan Yin Xiahou Yuan, Yingchuan Taishou Zhong Xuan, Liang County Taishou Shi Lian, Chen County Taishou Lu Qian, and Chen Liutai Shou Sima Lang to lead their troops to enter Nanyang County first, and set up in Nanyang County to govern Wancheng.

On the same day, Cao Cao ordered again to order Mao Jue to be the Taishou of Runan County and take over from Li Tong.

Jia Xu took the post of assassin of Yuzhou, replaced him with Yanzhou assassin Shi Manzhong, and at the same time ordered that Nanyang soldiers and horses gather in Xinye and approach Deng County.

The Zhangling was broken, representing the opening of the eastern gateway of Nanjun.

Cao Zhen led 8,000 soldiers to set up in Baishui Township, eyeing Xiangyang.

On the second day of Liu Biaotou's seven funerals, Cao Cao ordered that Cao Chun, the governor of the tiger and leopard cavalry, lead his troops to Nanyang, and remove Cao Peng from his post as the Taishou of Nanyang County, and Cao Chun replaced him. Immediately, Cao Cao's second military order was issued, ordering Cao Peng to be the deputy governor of the tiger and leopard cavalry, and temporarily led the tiger and leopard cavalry......

As soon as this order was issued, countless people were shocked.

Everyone knows that the tiger and leopard rider is Cao Cao's personal soldier. Although the number of people is not too much, it is indeed Cao Cao's subordinates, the elite of the elite.

Since the eighth year of Jian'an, although Cao Chun has been the governor of the tiger and leopard cavalry, in fact, he is not in charge of the tiger and leopard cavalry.

Under the rule of the tiger and leopard cavalry, there is one deputy governor, three tiger riders, and three leopard riders, all of whom are under the jurisdiction of the deputy governor. In other words, it was the deputy governor who was really in charge of the tiger and leopard ride, not Cao Chun. Previously, the deputy governor of the tiger and leopard cavalry was Cao Zhen, and then Cao Zhen was transferred from the tiger and leopard cavalry, and the post of deputy governor was unresolved. During the conquest of Youzhou, the tiger and leopard cavalry was temporarily controlled by Cao Zhang. After the battle of White Wolf Mountain, Cao Zhang, as the general of Beizhong Lang and the captain of the guard Karasuma, resigned from the post of deputy governor of the tiger and leopard cavalry, and Cao Cao had not yet been appointed.

This time, Cao Cao made Cao Peng the deputy governor of the tiger and leopard horse, which seemed to be a pampering of Cao Peng in the eyes of ordinary people.

But many people felt another meaning of Cao Cao: Prime Minister Cao Cheng was suppressing Cao Peng.

The deputy governor of the tiger and leopard cavalry, the Taishou of Nanyang County?

It is difficult to say which is better or worse. But in terms of authority, one is a prince, who is too guarded by the county, in charge of military and political affairs, and has great power; What about the other? It's just Cao Cao's forbidden army, and he personally follows ...... In terms of power alone, it seems that Cao Peng's authority has been weakened, but in terms of status, it has improved. At the very least, his income has increased from two thousand stones to two thousand stones. Between the two, there is a difference of 50 per month. On the surface, the difference is not big, but the meaning it represents is very different.

If it's really two thousand stones, it's ten thousand stones.

If explained according to the military rank of later generations, Cao Peng's real two thousand stones are similar to a colonel.

If you are promoted again, you will enter the level of a general and belong to the core members. What did Cao Cao think? No one can guess.

It is said that on the night of Liu Biaotou's seventh day, Cao Cao summoned Xun Yu, Cheng Yu, Guo Jia and other confidants and discussed for a whole night. What exactly are you discussing? Nobody knows. However, on the second day, such an order was issued, and the significance was naturally extraordinary.

However, this matter has no impact on Cao Peng for the time being.

Cao Peng was in Xiangyang, and he was still bargaining with the Jingxiang clan. And in Nanyang County, with the promulgation of Cao Cao's order, many changes also took place. First of all, Lu Yu was requisitioned and ordered to return to Xudu, and was appointed as a subordinate of the Prime Minister's Mansion Dongcao Peng, responsible for preparing an organization of the Xiyuan Newspaper. Its institutional setup is completely based on the form of Nanyang Pravda. When Lu Yu left Nanyang County, he even took all the members of Nanyang Pravda with him. For Cao Cao's move, it was expected by everyone, including Lu Yu himself.

It is absolutely impossible for such a body responsible for the mouthpiece to be confined to one region.

Sooner or later, Cao Cao will pay attention to the benefits of public opinion...... At the beginning of the opening of Nanyang Pravda, Cao Peng and Lu Yu had a deep conversation.

According to Cao Peng's statement: The battle of Youzhou is over, and when the Yizi family returns to Xudu.

At that time, the capital you have obtained will inevitably be amazing, and it will be reused by Cao Cao. Now, it seems, it is. Cao Cao's conquest of Lu Yu also means that Lu Yu has officially entered the core of the Cao Group from an unpopular staff member, which is naturally extraordinary.

As Cao Cao issued a conscription order, the situation suddenly became tense.

Xu Xuan, the assassin of Xuzhou, ordered Zhou Cang, the captain of Jinghai on Tanglin Island, to lead the newly established naval army to go against the river and move closer to Hefei.

Dantu Chang Lü Meng tried to stop Cao's naval division, but was defeated by Zhou Cang at Dantukou. It's not that Lu Meng is inferior to Zhou Cang, but Zhou Cang has his back to Guangling, and with the help of Xu Xuan, Guangling's guard, he broke through from Dantukou. And Lu Meng's troops are insufficient, so it is naturally difficult to stop.

The close proximity of the Zhoucang Naval Division to Huainan County also caused chaos in Jiangdong.

Sun Quan quickly ordered He Qi to be the Taishou of the Lujiang River and responsible for resisting the Cao Army's water division. At the same time, he ordered Xu Sheng and Zhou Tai to lead the Jiangdong Navy Division to capture Luo County, Wuling County, occupy Bo Luoyuan, and coerce Dongting. Jingzhou was in turmoil, and although Liu Xian, the Taishou of Wuling, asked Xiangyang for help, he was far from quenching his thirst. He himself is not a good fighter, coupled with Xu Sheng Zhou Tai is brave and better at water warfare, the Wuling Navy was defeated, Liu Xian could only watch the Jiangdong Navy garrison in Luoyuan, but he was powerless to stop it. Fortunately, at this time, Jingzhou surrendered.

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Faced with Cao Jun's aggressive posture and Cao Peng's unremitting efforts in Xiangyang, Cai Mao finally couldn't support it.

The Kuai brothers said that the nine counties of Jingxiang are the nine counties of Jingxiang of the Han family. Now Liu Jingzhou has passed away, and he has returned to the imperial court. However, he proposed that Jingzhou must be governed by Jingzhou people, and the interests of the Jingxiang clan should be guaranteed from infringement. For this reason, after thinking about it for a long time, Cao Peng recommended Wang Wei as the Nanjun Taishou and Wen Ping as the Nanyang Taishou. Bao Cai Mao served as the governor of the Jingzhou Navy, but in the position of deputy governor of the navy, Cao Peng did not recommend Zhang Yun, but recommended Du Ji as the deputy governor of the navy. This arrangement has been approved by Kuaiyue.

As for Xu Du, there is no need for Cao Peng to bother.

He has received the news and has stepped down from his post as the Taishou of Nanyang County. Although Cao Cao ordered Cao Chun to take over Nanyang County, it was clear that it was just a transition. Cao Chun will enter the center sooner or later, and it is absolutely impossible to stay in Nanyang. Even, when Cao Cao entered Jingzhou, it was the time when Cao Chun unloaded Nanyang Taishou. Wenpin's prestige and talent are enough to serve as the Taishou of Nanyang County, and Cao Cao can also distinguish the importance if he wants to.

After Cao Peng promised two important positions, Wang Wei and Wen Ping were completely relieved.

Immediately, Cai Mao won the position of the governor of the navy, and he was also satisfied. As for Zhang Yun, he has always been Cai Mao's deputy in history. Now, although he did not get the position of deputy governor, he got Cao Peng's promise that he would get the position of one party's taishou, and everyone was very happy.

On the fourth day after Liu Biaotou's seventh day, Mrs. Cai was in the state party and ordered Liu Cong to worship Cao Peng as a teacher, which was also a matter of concern.

Although Cao Peng said that he would no longer be the Taishou of Nanyang County, the title of the deputy governor of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry did not seem to be much inferior to the post of the Taishou.

On the fifth day, Liu Cong officially succeeded to the throne in Xiangyang and took over Jingzhou.

On the same day, Liu Cong, in the capacity of Jingzhou Mu, presented a letter to Xu Du, and ordered people to withdraw from Xinye, Chaoyang, and Deng County, and assemble in Shandu, which was taken over by the Wei general Xiahoudun. At the same time, Liu Cong sent people to Jiangxia and Changsha to persuade Liu Qi and Liu Pan to stop resisting.

So far, Cao Peng's task has been successfully completed.

He could finally put his mind at ease and start dealing with Fancheng Liu Bei.

But on the day that Liu Cong announced his surrender to Cao Cao, Liu Bei suddenly led his troops to attack and capture Liqiu......

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For Liu Bei, Cao Peng didn't dare to underestimate him.

Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang!

When these two are combined, it is definitely a combination that no one dares to underestimate. In fact, after Liu Biaotou's seventh, Cao Peng has been trying to get Xiangyang to surrender as soon as possible. Because he knew very well that Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang would never give up and give up their ambitions for Jingzhou. They're bound to make moves, and they're going to be quick...... It's just that when Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang really took action, Cao Peng was surprised.

Capture Liqiu?

This Liqiu, only thirty miles away from Xiangyang, arrives in the morning and evening.

But Liu Bei's occupation of Liqiu seems to be completely meaningless. Could it be that he is preparing to storm Xiangyang?

"Unlikely!"

Lu Mao showed a deep expression and said softly: "Liu Biao is gone, although Xiangyang is chaotic, it is heavily guarded.

Wang Wei and Wen Ping are both good generals, if they attack Xiangyang, don't say whether Liu Bei's troops are enough, even if they capture Xiangyang, what can they do? ”

Lu Mao's consideration is very reasonable.

Now the three counties of Xinye, Chaoyang and Deng County have withdrawn, and the northern gateway of Xiangyang has been opened.

Not to mention that Zhang Ling was broken, Cao Zhen was stationed in Baishui Township, and it was only a day or two away from Xiangyang, so he could launch an attack at any time......

Liu Bei occupies Xiangyang, what can he do?

He did not have the support of all the Jingxiang clans, how could he occupy Jingzhou?

There is no danger to defend Xiangyang City, and once it is clashed, it is impossible to hold Xiangyang with Liu Bei's troops.

He occupied Liqiu, so he naturally had ulterior motives.

But the problem is that Liu Bei ordered Lu Ji to occupy Liqiu and threaten Xiangyang at any time. It's like a fly, not threatening, but disgusting. If you can't recapture Liqiu, there will always be a threat.

"Gongzi Cong's side, how to arrange it?"

"I heard that Gongzi Cong has given an order and ordered Wang Wei to lead his troops to recapture Liqiu.

Childe, why don't you send someone to Baishui Township and ask General Cao Zhen to send reinforcements quickly to solve the danger of Liqiu? It's just that Liu Bei won't have only this hand, he will have a follow-up move. I'm worried that this Liu Bei's capture of Liqiu is Xiang Zhuang's sword dance, which is intended for Pei Gong, and has other plans......"

Cao Peng nodded lightly, "I think so too."

It's just that the prime minister has not arrived, and there are still doubts about Jingzhou. If I ask for soldiers and horses at this time, I am afraid that they will have other ideas.

No, although Liqiu is close to Xiangyang, it is only a ringworm of scales.

The top priority is to stare at Liu Bei to death. I think that Liu Bei is very likely to evacuate Fancheng, and he wants to escape. ”

Escape?

This is very likely.

In fact, Lu Mao also thought of this possibility, but he couldn't be sure yet.

"In this case, you immediately go to see Wen Zhongye to see if you can borrow soldiers and horses from him.

I went to ask to see Mrs. Cai and Gongzi Cong...... After you visited Wen Zhongye, you will make another hard trip, please ask Mr. Zirou and Mr. Xenodu to closely monitor the movements of Fancheng. As soon as there is any movement in Fancheng, let me know immediately. By the way, let someone go to Deng County again and ask to see Uncle Yuanrang. He said, "I need soldiers and horses, and I ask him for support...... It's best to let Cao Taishou send me the tiger and leopard horseman. ”

"Whoa!"

Lu Mao agreed, and immediately turned to leave.

Cao Peng ordered Kou Feng to be in the post station and gather the soldiers and horses first.

After Kou Feng returned to Cao Peng, he could not make arrangements for the time being. When Huang Zhong rushed to Jiangling, Cao Peng asked Kou Feng to temporarily serve under him.

Xiahoudun has entered Chaoyang, but has not yet crossed Atou Mountain.

The reason for this is because Cao Cao has not yet arrived in Nanyang County...... To enter Xiangyang, Cao Cao must take the lead. So far, everyone believes that the battle for Jingzhou is over and there is no need to worry. Cao Cao was the first to enter Xiangyang, which is also a kind of respect......

Cao Peng was helpless about this.

After he let Lu Mao leave, he immediately rushed to the state capital.

visited Mrs. Cai and Liu Cong, and he proposed to be careful of Liu Bei's escape.

However, looking at Mrs. Cai's meaning, she didn't seem to care about Liu Bei's life or death. What she values more now is what arrangement Cao Cao will give her mother and son. As for Liu Bei, do you care if he lives or dies? Even if Liu Bei occupied Liqiu, it would not be a big problem for Xiangyang.

How many troops does Xiangyang have?

How many soldiers and horses does Liu Bei have in his hands?

This is not counting the soldiers and horses of the Cao army north of Atou Mountain and stationed in Baishui Township......

Why be afraid?

The top priority is to make proper arrangements for your future first, and other things are not important.

Therefore, Mrs. Cai and Cao Peng just coped with it, and then turned the topic to the future of her mother and son. According to Mrs. Cai's thoughts, it would be best if she could stay in Xiangyang. If you can't live in Xiangyang, it's best to go to Xingyang, which is said to be very good.

She even asked Cao Peng about the Western Regions trade route, thinking that it was for future planning.

But in the end, she still didn't take what Cao Peng said to heart. As for Cao Peng's request to her to borrow troops, Mrs. Cai was also a little hesitant. After thinking about it for a long time, he promised to transfer 3,000 soldiers and horses from Shandu for Cao Peng's use...... Nima, Shandu?

Shandu is at least two days away from Xiangyang.

Moreover, what is the use of you giving me 3,000 soldiers and horses?

You are in Xiangyang, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses have been stationed. Even if I am seconded from Xiangyang, it is not difficult to transfer 3,000 people...... Mrs. Cai was clearly refusing, or a little vigilant. She was worried that once Cao Peng gained military power, an accident would happen. This is by no means something that Mrs. Cai wants to see.

Cao Peng was very helpless and walked out of the state capital.

On the way back to the post station, Cao Peng was thinking about Liu Bei's actions.

His capture of Liqiu is definitely a trick. Its real purpose is probably to escape. As for the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it is unlikely to happen. Liu Bei and Cai's have already torn their faces. At this time, borrowing the road is clearly self-defeating and self-defeating.

But the question is, where will he flee?

Cao Peng couldn't help but wonder......

In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it is said that Liu Bei was withdrawn to Jiangxia.

But Lu Mao thought that Liu Bei was very likely to steal Jiangling.

Cause?

It's easy!

The grain and grass in Gangneung can be used for 100,000 soldiers and horses for three years. After occupying Jiangling, Liu Bei may have the confidence to seek more benefits.

Is it Jiangxia, or Gangneung?

Cao Peng couldn't make up his mind for a while......

Back at the post station, Cao Peng felt a little tired, so he was ready to lie down and rest for a while.

But just when he was about to change his clothes and rest, he saw Kou Fengxing rushing over, "Childe, the reinforcements from outside the city have arrived, asking to see Childe." ”