After deciding that there was no need to send someone to defend Sun Ce, Cao Cao began to discuss other things, only to listen to him: "The Yuan family is from Runan, and there are many other parties in Yuzhou, although Li Tong and Manchu have been here for a little longer, but these clans have not endured, and it is difficult to eradicate, and now the decisive battle is approaching, and the wealthy clan of Runan will definitely rebel in support of Yuan Shao, and more precautions are needed, what do you think?" ”

Mao Jue said: "The wealthy clans of Runan are all small clans in the city and county, not the big clans of the world, but the rabble, even if they join forces in one place, it is a small trouble, Li Tong, the two of them are enough to calm this trouble, if the lord wants to fix it quickly, he can send hundreds of tigers and leopards to ride to support, and the thieves will inevitably collapse where the iron cavalry passes." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

As soon as Mao Jue finished speaking, Liu Ye then spoke: "I heard that the third prince took four hundred tigers and leopards to sweep the thieves in Runan when he was supervising the army in Runan this year, and he is familiar with this matter. ”

Mao Jue and Liu Ye obviously wanted Cao Zhang to be alone and make military merits, better than following the generals behind the buttocks during the war with Yuan Shao, during the war, Cao Pi and Cao Zhang were still young, so naturally they couldn't take charge alone, and even the raid on Zhenggu had to bring a battalion governor Shi Lian, let alone the big war, so take a small group of soldiers and horses to sweep the thieves, this military merit is more valuable than the war.

Mao Jue was Cao Zhang's first teacher, and he was the first to discover Cao Zhang's extraordinary, while Liu Ye had similar interests with Cao Zhang on the way back to Xudu and had no good impression of the wealthy family, so they helped Cao Zhang.

Cao Cao smiled at Cao Chang when he heard this: "In this case, my son should go to Runan again and set off in the spring of the next year." ”

Cao Zhang replied: "No! ”

Cao Cao then said to Cao Chun: "Zihe, after the discussion, you can allocate a tiger and leopard to ride to Zhang'er." ”

Cao Chun replied, "No." ”

Then Cao Cao said: "Our army retreated to the south bank, the strength is less than Yuan Shao, when the choke is to hold the important place, to wait for the work, Puyang Baima Zhenwu has sent the East County Taishou Liu Yan to garrison, another Wen Zeru in the spring to lead two thousand foot soldiers to guard the ferry Yanjin, a hundred miles west of the white horse. ”

Yu Ban replied: "No." ”

Cao Cao continued: "There is a small town in the north of Xudu, Guandu, located in the upper reaches of the chasm, on the verge of Bianshui, this chasm canal west of the Tiger Prison, Gong, Luo Yao Pass, east of Huaisi, for the north of Wangdu, is the barrier of the east, if Yuan Shao gets here, he can divide the army and take Luoyang, go south and attack Xudu, so I and the generals and generals are mainly guarding this town, and Baima, Yanjin into a corner, so that Yuan Shao can not move an inch! ”

"No!" All the generals agreed.

Cao Cao turned to Cao Zhang and said: "Zhang'er, now Zihuan wants to garrison Guandu with his father, but he is afraid that the big battle will be quite sinister, because he thinks that his father wants Zhongkang to protect Zihuan safely." ”

Cao Zhang said secretly: "Didn't Xu Chu already allocate it to Cao Pi, why did you say it today?" He replied, "But at the command of my father." ”

Cao Cao smiled at Cao Pi again: "Zihuan, your third brother gave Zhongkang to you, but his father is worried about his safety, because you are a brother, you have to cut your love." ”

Cao Pi was obviously confused, not to mention him, most people didn't quite understand what Cao Cao was talking about, only Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Xun Yu, Xun You, Cheng Yu, Liu Ye were smiling, obviously knowing what Cao Cao was going to say, and Cao Zhang also guessed the clue.

Cao Pi didn't react for a while and said: "If the third brother fancies anything about his brother, he will open his mouth." ”

Cao Zhang smiled: "Then thank you brother for cutting love!" ”

Cao Cao laughed: "In this way, Zihuan will lend Lord Yuezhang to your third brother, and let him protect the third brother!" ”

Everyone laughed when they heard this, Cao Cao had actually made this arrangement a long time ago, but he was afraid that Cao Pi and Lu Bu would have a deep affection for their son-in-law after they cooperated on the battlefield, so they gave Lu Bu to Cao Zhang and Xu Chu to Cao Pi, which also shows from the side that Cao Cao does not like his son to form a party for personal gain.

Cao Pi replied, "But according to my father's orders." ”

Cao Cao smiled: "That's very good, that's the end of today, let's do our own thing!" ”

After the generals agreed, they dispersed, and Cao Zhang and Cao Chun went to the barracks to convey the general's order, and when they arrived at the barracks tent, Cao Chun said to the guards: "Go and call Cao Zidan, and say that the cavalry governor and the third prince want to see him" The guards answered.

Cao Zidan? Isn't it Cao Xiu? A new partner... Cao Zhang said secretly.

After a while, the guards brought a young man in military uniform, this person was tall, already more than 190 centimeters, younger than Cao Xiu, his face was childish, his appearance was mediocre, he should only be seventeen or eighteen years old, and after coming in, he saluted the two of them and said: "Tiger and leopard ride Sima Cao Zhen of other departments, see Riding Governor, Third Son!" "It's like a bell.

Cao Chun said: "Zidan, the lord guesses that there will be bandits in Runan next year, so he ordered you to bring your subordinates and the third prince to Runan to suppress bandits in the spring next year. ”

Cao Zhen replied: "No! ”

Cao Chun smiled at Cao Zhang: "The third son, Zidan is the son of the lord's family, but the lord has always been kind and treats him like a parent. ”

Cao Zhang smiled at Cao Zhen when he heard this: "Then you have to say hello to your brother first." After saying that, he made a gesture.

Cao Zhen didn't dare to say anything, Cao Chun continued: "The order has arrived, if the third prince wants to find Zidan, he can ask someone to pass the message, and now Zidan lives in my mansion." ”

After Cao Zhang agreed, Cao Chun said again: "The third prince is all cavalry, and he will arrive in three days at full speed, and Runan has his own military rations, and the soldiers are expensive and fast, so don't bring heavy grain and grass, but it will be cumbersome, but you can go to Brother Boda and ask for three days of preserved meat and Hu Cake to carry with you!" ”

Cao Zhang knew that Cao Chun's Boda was a person named Ren Jun, who was also a veteran of the Cao army, and had led his clan to take refuge when Cao Cao was crusading against Dong Zhuo, and Cao Cao was also very kind to him, marrying his cousin to him, and Cao Zhang had to call him an uncle.

After Li Dian went to Huainan to become a taishou, Ren Jun took over the heavy responsibility of transporting grain, which shows Cao Cao's importance to him, but Ren Jun's greatest achievement is the specific implementation of Cao Jun's tuntian system.

After Zhang Miao's rebellion in the past year, Cao Cao realized the importance of grain and grass, and Mao Jue put forward the basic policy of "obeying the Son of Heaven by ordering not to obey, and cultivating and planting to accumulate military funds".

And the perfection of the tuntian system is a person called Zao, this person is the Dong'e County Order, when Zhang Miao rebelled, this person assisted Cheng Yu to defend the Dong'e key road meritorious, was named Yulin supervisor, assisted Cao Anmin to defend the imperial city, in Mao Jue proposed, after the general direction of cultivating and planting to accumulate military funds, Zao Yi distributed cattle and farm tools, recruited people to the tuntian, and placed the families of the sergeants, the people and their families together in the military manor, compiled into a military register, and provided stable soldiers and food The complete plan was proposed to Cao Cao.

As for the person who implemented this plan, he was Ren Jun, who was the first official to lead the tuntian, called Diannong Zhonglang General, who was responsible for planning the irrigation of farmland, compiling military registration, and managing the labor force of the manor, and this person contributed very much to the military resources of the rear of Cao's army.

Now Zao, who put forward the preliminary plan, has replaced Cao Anmin as the general of the five senses, so Ren Jun is in charge of this aspect of Tuntian, and now he is also responsible for transporting grain, and the status of Cao Jun can be imagined.

At that time, the military food was mostly coarse grains, and the Hu cakes and preserved meat were all high-grade goods, which were extremely precious, so Cao Chun asked Cao Zhang, the third son, to go and Ren Jun in person, otherwise if someone else went, Ren Jun might not give it, because everyone came to ask for Hu cakes and preserved meat, then Cao Jun would have died of poverty a long time ago.

Cao Zhang naturally understood what Cao Chun meant, and said with a smile: "I'll go to see Uncle Boda." ”