Chapter 230: The Year of Slaughter
Nine years of Jian'an passed quietly, and this year was a wonderful year for Cao Cao, because he had already obtained the vast Jizhong Plain, and his son Cao Chong actually cracked the thaumaturgy of Xiannong, and in addition to the eldest son Cao Zihuan, there was another son who could grow high-yield rice, which made him very happy. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Because in this way, he doesn't need to rely too much on his eldest son Cao Pi, Cao Cao always feels that his eldest son is getting colder and thinner as he grows older, so much so that he once wondered if Cao Ang's crying until he fainted was deliberately done by the eldest son of his ancestral hall. But on second thought, how old was that son back then? How can there be such a scheming?
In the end, Cao Cao chose to believe that Cao Pi was born in the midst of hardship because he had been in battle for a long time, and slowly became such a character, but fortunately, for his father, Cao Pi was obedient to his words, no matter how cold he was, he was still a filial son, right?
Thinking about this, Cao Cao also saw the usefulness of his two sons to himself, whether it was a hundred officials in the court or a strategist under his command, as long as the people of the Han family were concerned, they all preferred their smart and benevolent son Cao Chong, because if this kind child inherited his foundation, perhaps under the correct guidance, his good son would definitely be able to become the pillar of the Han Dynasty.
As for the eldest son Cao Pi, those old brothers who followed his birth and death, as well as those who took refuge in Cao Cao's reputation, all admired Cao Pi more, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren, Le Jin, Li Dian and even Xu Huang and Zhang He all believed that the eldest son Cao Pi was a figure who could calm the world, from his practice of entering Jizhou to defeat Yuan Shang, earning Yecheng, and entering Youzhou to slaughter the Wuhuan tribe, it can be seen that this young Zhijinwu not only has a strategy, but also ruthless enough, such a commander is very worthy of follow, Because the casualties under this commander are the fewest.
And Guo Jia, the military advisor he relied on the most, did not hide his admiration for Cao Pi, as well as Cheng Yu, the general of Fenwu who once saved Cao Cao's foundation, Mao Jue, who promoted Tuntian, and Shang Shuhuaxin, who is now highly appreciated by Cao Cao, all of whom appreciate Cao Pi very much. In this situation of clear Yangjing, Cao Cao felt that he could be left and right. For example, this time he transferred Cao Pi to Youzhou, and then asked Cao Zhang to follow him, implemented the method of dividing troops between the two brothers, and then ordered the accompanying sergeants to return for a year. In the eyes of those who support Cao Chong, these methods are clearly the practice of suppressing Cao Pi, but in the eyes of those who support Cao Pi, they are training Cao Pi.
How Cao Cao didn't know that the people who admired Cao Pi, especially the literati, were all people who strongly supported their own sharing of power with the imperial court, and if they wanted to share power with the imperial court, it was not only with the imperial court officials, but also with the Son of Heaven, but also with the Han Dynasty for 400 years of fighting the country, this group of people is optimistic about Cao Pi, naturally waiting for him Cao ** to come up by him Cao Pi to continue to deal with the imperial court, to be with the Han Dynasty for 400 years of the country, how can it not withstand a small suppression and experience?
Cao Pi went to Youzhou, and everyone was satisfied, so Cao Cao's garrison in Yecheng did not receive much resistance, neither in the court nor among his subordinates, but no one objected. Cao Cao feels very comfortable now, because he can use his two sons to balance the forces of all parties, as for who does he like?
He didn't know it himself, and now he was standing on the high-rise building of the former General's Mansion in Yecheng, and he only knew that Tongque Terrace was about to be completed. Cao Cao looked at the Tongque Terrace under construction and said to Xu Chu beside him: "Zhongkang, move the family here, in the future, we will celebrate the New Year in Yecheng." ”
Cao Pi was in the city of Tuyin City, this year he not only feasted his envelope of Youzhou officials and his family, but also set up a flowing water banquet to invite the officials and squires of the counties of Youzhou to get together, in order to thank these people for their support to their work, especially for the squire, Cao Pi is enough face, not only in the banquet to persuade them to thank them, but also sincerely invite them to send their nephews to the right Beiping, because here soon to build a new city, need a lot of officials, as long as you can come to read, if you are illiterate and know martial arts, you can also come to join the army.
The squires Cao Pi's attitude was very satisfied, and they all said that they would let their children come to Youbeiping to support Xinzhou Mujing Youzhou. At the same time, the squires also sent a lot of gifts to Cao Pi, and even Zhen's sister's husband's family also came and gave gifts, Cao Pi smiled unceremoniously and turned around and gave more than half of his own work, except for Lu Yu who gave most of the gifts to his subordinate officials who were engaged in Gongcao, everyone laughed.
The result of this kind of New Year is that Cao Pi was drinking and feasting in January of the entire fifth year of Jian'an. Cao Chang and Zhang Liao have not yet returned, one of them is in Daijun and the other is in Shanggu County to maintain the situation that has just stabilized, but they also gave their own gifts, Cao Chang sent a horse, and Zhang Liao gave ten orchids.
Different from the harmonious atmosphere in Cao Jun's territory, the county government of Yangle, the county seat of Liaoxi County, seemed quite deserted, and the entire hall was full of scraps that only others had eaten, and scattered rags on the ground, which were women's clothes on a closer look, as well as wine jars all over the ground and wine stains all over the place. There were only two people in the main hall, both of whom looked very young, one of them was pale and mediocre in appearance, and looked like he had kidney deficiency, and the other was heroic and tall, and even when he sat on the ground, he looked very large.
The pale-faced man opened his mouth and sighed: "Brother Xian, you can see how these Wuhuan people drink feasts, claws and cows drink, and directly arrest the singer and do things for men and women in the hall, what kind of system is this?" The squires who had followed us were all angry and left the table, and it was a ridiculous New Year. ”
The heroic man smiled: "Wuhuan people are not Han people, so they naturally don't understand etiquette, which is also a kind of frankness... It would be good for those big squires to appease them later, and when they came to this Liaoxi, the Wuhuan people helped them occupy all the good land, and most of the people were incorporated into their estates, why didn't they leave the table angrily at that time? They are all people who have left their hometowns, and they can't have temperament because they have land and people, these are all given to us by Wuhuan people. ”
After the man finished speaking, he put away his smile, his face sank and said: "Besides, it's no wonder that the Wuhuan people are venting here with you and my brother, but the second brother has heard about the things outside the gate?" ”
The pale-faced man said solemnly when he heard this: "I heard that the Wuhuan tribe inside and outside Yanshan has been vomited eight or nine times out of ten, and the water sources have been destroyed, and the only remaining Wuhuan tribe is afraid that Cao Pi will come again, so they have moved into Liaoxi County. ”
The heroic man smiled: "Shine! Let them go, you and my brother will also go, now he only has a thousand tigers and leopards to ride, but there are still more than 8,000 Wuhuan cavalry, plus you and my brother's sergeant, at least Cao Pi can be driven out of Youbeiping, if he can be killed, it will be better to frustrate the spirit of the Cao army, and wait until another year The Wuhuan people can recuperate outside the pass, and the Cao army can withstand me under the combination of inside and outside? ”
The pale-faced man said hesitantly: "Zhang Liao took five thousand sergeants to Shanggu County and hasn't returned to the division yet?" Will there be fraud? Cao Pi's son is treacherous and treacherous, and he is his father. ”
The heroic man said: "My brother still has a spy in Youbeiping, although he can't get military information, but he knows that Zhang Liao has not returned to the division, but he just sent someone to send a gift back, and then look at the situation in the spring, if Zhang Liao has not returned, it is a good opportunity for you and my brother, besides, Cao Pi has won many battles, maybe he has been arrogant, and it is expected that we will not dare to send troops, so I did not let Zhang Liao bring the elite soldiers back to the division to garrison. (To be continued.) )