In the days that followed, Cao Zhangdu stayed in the mansion to accompany the Bian family, but the tenth day of the ninth month arrived in a blink of an eye, so Cao Zhang took Cao Xiu and four hundred tigers and leopards to ride with two hundred Janissaries under Cao Anmin, and twenty female dependents who served the Son of Heaven to leave Xudu and go to Liyang. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Liyang is located on the north bank of the Yellow River, is already the boundary of Jizhou, is Yuan Shao's territory, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao fought together, first let Zang Ba and others attack Qingzhou, he quickly occupied Liyang, Yuan Shao was contained in the north of the Yellow River, got the first opportunity.

Cao Chang has been paying attention to a place along the way, that is, Wuchao, which is the key to victory or defeat, according to Cao Xiu, Wuchao is just a small place, because it is named after a lake called Wuchaoze, and this place is on the south bank of the Yellow River, Cao Zhang knew that he did not ask more in the future, he already knew the reason for Yuan Shaotun's grain Wuchao, because there was a water source.

After knowing the location of the black nest, Cao Zhang was chatting with Emperor Xian all the way, and now Emperor Xian is getting older, and he no longer likes some poker and spinning top gadgets, but he began to indulge in lust, but Cao Zhang's psychology is basically an adult, so he and Emperor Xian also said that he was very compatible, and the female dependents who went out to serve Emperor Xian were carefully selected beauties, and usually Emperor Xiandi did not dare to be presumptuous in the palace, but at this time, under the deliberate encouragement of Cao Zhang, Emperor Xian had a lot of fun, and made Emperor Xian feel that Cao Zhang was the favorite minister who knew his mind the most.

On this day, the army has arrived at the white horse on the bank of the Yellow River, which has been full of Cao camp, as the Cao army of the garrison in Liyang, the main commander of the camp will be Cao Ren, knowing that the Son of Heaven has arrived, he naturally came out to greet him, and then arranged to cross the river.

The so-called south ship north horse, the number of ships in the north is naturally not as good as the south, but it does not mean that there are no big ships in the north, the shipbuilding technology in the Han Dynasty has been very mature, and Cao Cao has issued a talent seeking order for a period of time, since there is no shortage of shipbuilding talents, so at this time there is also a ship about 30 meters high, more than 40 meters long, with four floors of cabins parked in Baima Port, and the others are requisitioned from the people and merchants of merchant ships and civilian ships.

This building ship can hold 2,000 soldiers, but also can ride horses on it, it can be seen how developed the shipbuilding technology of the Han Dynasty is, in the period of Emperor Wu, in order to crusade against the Dian Kingdom (Yunnan), Liu Che of the Han Dynasty Wu Emperor dug a lake in Chang'an for training the navy, this is the 'Han Xi Lou ship', at this time it is already the end of the Han Dynasty, after years of development, shipbuilding has been quite mature.

This allowed Cao Zhang to imagine how large the naval armies of Jingzhou and Jiangdong would be at this time.

When he arrived at the ship, Emperor Xian stood outside the cabin on the second floor and looked at the Yellow River because of his novelty, and said with a smile: "Cao Qing, speaking of which, it is the first time for me to take such a big ship." ”

Cao Zhang smiled: "It is also the first time for the minister to take such a big ship. Then Cao Chang smiled as if he was gossiping: "Your Majesty still goes to look for flowers and ask willows at night?" ”

Emperor Xian was stunned when he heard this, and smiled awkwardly: "It's not as frequent as it used to be, but I often let the middle man of the facial features take me out for a walk to relieve my boredom." ”

Thinking of Emperor Xian's pampering attitude towards Cao Xian, Cao Zhang smiled and said: "Your Majesty actually doesn't have to take into account the thoughts of the minister's sister, the sister is a person who understands the general situation. ”

Emperor Xian agreed: "What Cao Qing said is very true, I thought that Empress Fu was already the most knowledgeable woman I had ever seen, but now it seems that Cao Guiren is even better. ”

Don't mention Dong Guiren! Cao Zhang has already figured out the intention of offering the emperor.

At this time, the building boat docked, Emperor Xian and Cao Zhang got off the boat, Cao Cao has led the generals to meet in the port, and when he saw the emperor and the queen saluted together, Cao Pi was wearing a bright light armor at this time standing beside Cao Cao, and was squeezing his eyebrows at Cao Zhang, and Emperor Xian smiled: "All the relatives are exempt, Cao Sikong, I don't know when this worship will start?" ”

Cao Cao said: "The ministers plan to start today, this is a dangerous place for soldiers, and you can return to the palace as soon as possible to pay homage to Your Majesty." ”

Emperor Xian smiled: "It's very agreeable! After speaking, he got on the Luan car and left in the crowd, because Cao Cao and the generals were embraced, so Cao Zhang retreated behind everyone by himself, Cao Pi walked over and patted Cao Zhang and smiled: "Third brother, how about this armor for my brother?" ”

Cao Zhang glanced at it and smiled: "Yes, but no matter how long my brother is in the future, he will have to change again!" At this time, Cao Pi was only 12 years old, and he obviously had a long way to go.

Cao Pi smiled and said, "Third brother, tell you, I killed someone!" Haha, I killed a lot! ”

"Oh? Yuan Shao is already at war with his father? Cao Zhang asked.

Cao Pi replied: "Exactly, Yuan Shao has now organized his elite soldiers of 120,000 to send troops from Yecheng, and now the troops are stationed in Dangyin, a hundred miles away. ”

Cao Chang asked, "Will our army be able to take advantage?" ”

Cao Pi shook his head and said: "Except for the Tiger Guard Army and the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, the other sergeants are mostly at a loss, Yuan Shao's two turtle sons are very powerful, one is called Yan Liang, and the other is called Wen Chou, as long as they go out of the army, we will definitely be deflated, I think Liyang is almost unable to hold on, and our army should have to retreat to the south bank after worshipping the general." ”

No wonder Cao Cao was so anxious to let the emperor pay homage to the generals, it turned out that the war was already so tight.

At this time, Guo Jia also withdrew from the crowd and said with a smile: "Third son, don't come to harm?" ”

Cao Zhang smiled: "Very good, Mr. Lao is concerned." ”

Guo Jia said with a smile: "I am here to pass on the order of the lord and general, please follow Cao Xiu and his four hundred tigers and leopards to Hanoi by land, and the second prince will follow General Shi Jian with two thousand foot soldiers to Hanoi by boat, and the two sons will meet in Ji County, and then raid the garrison to shoot dogs." ”

Cao Piqi said: "Aren't you going to retreat to the south bank?" Let me take the building ship to raid Zhenggu, how can our army quickly evacuate? ”

Guo Jiadao: "Although Yuan Shao is suspicious and indecisive, if he sees that our army retreats directly to the south bank, he will inevitably attack our army with elite cavalry, now there are 10,000 soldiers in Liyang, and there are 40,000 people in Jiaminfu, and they will not be able to cross the river all for a while and a half, not to mention the baggage, if Yuan Shao is allowed to attack the rear of our army when crossing the river, I am afraid of heavy losses, but if our army breaks through the solids, Yuan Shao will inevitably think that we and General Xiahoudun, who is guarding Luoyang, will join forces in Hanoi first, and then attack its flank, At this time, Yuan Shao will inevitably find a way to win in stability, continue to garrison in Dangyin, and quietly watch the changes, when our army can calmly cross the river, as for the two sons, they will be picked up by General Xiahoudun and returned to Luoyang. ”

Cao Zhang asked, "I wonder when we will leave?" ”

Guo Jia said: "This is the best time. After speaking, he handed Cao Zhang a roll of plain silk and said, "This is a general order." ”

Cao Zhang took it and said, "So I'll go to Brother Wen Lie." ”

Guo Jia said to Cao Pi after agreeing: "Second son, let's go with me to General Shi Lian." ”

After Cao Pi agreed, the three of them went their separate ways.