Chapter 169: Changes in Yanzhou (4)

But he said that when Cao Cao learned that his father's death was caused by Tao Qian's pre-planned conspiracy, he couldn't help but swear angrily: "Tao Qian's old thief, I swear to kill your whole family to avenge my father!" ”

I can't help but sigh at this, this is really what is destined to happen. Speaking of which, that Tao Qian is really, there are bandits under his rule, can't he directly send troops to suppress them, why do you have to play the political method of "borrowing a knife to kill people"? Yes, I'll admit that you're playing pretty well. However, you must know that you can't rely on being smart enough to do a good job in handling political affairs, so don't you have nothing to do to make trouble for yourself?

After Cao Cao had finished the funeral in Huaxian County, Taishan County, he ordered his father's body to be sent back to his hometown for burial, and then he was ready to send troops to attack Xuzhou. At this moment, Allure and Zhang Jing suddenly came all the way from Huocun to find me, which couldn't help but surprise me.

"It's great, I've finally seen my husband again." As soon as we met, Zhang Jing ran up and hugged me, which caused Feng Xian and the others on the side to cough again and again.

I couldn't help but say, "Okay, don't be so sensitive, there's someone next to you." ”

She said, "Oh, it's all my own, who doesn't know that I'm your aunt." ”

At this time, Feng Xian hurriedly said: "Brother Xian, you and the two ladies will get together first, and I will call you again when we are about to go on the expedition." ”

I nodded and said, "Okay." ”

So, they walked out of the tent.

Immediately, Allure also walked up to me and snuggled up in my arms.

I smiled slightly and asked, "Did anyone recognize you on your way here?" ”

Allure shook his head and said, "No, I have a hat; What, are you going on another expedition? ”

I nodded and said, "Yes, I will send troops to Xuzhou in a while." ”

Zhang Jing couldn't help but beat me and said, "You have no conscience, you haven't sent a letter to your family for two years; I heard earlier that you were wanted by the imperial court and were hunted down by Yuan Shao, and my sister and I were about to die of worry. ”

Allure also said: "Yes, you fight outside every day, are you injured?" ”

I smiled and said, "I'm not fine, what do I have to worry about?" ”

Zhang Jing couldn't help asking: "By the way, I heard that the righteous brother led the brothers of the Black Mountain Army to fight with you; What the hell is going on, how can a righteous brother be your enemy? ”

I smiled and said, "Your brother-in-law also has the heart to dominate the world, and it is normal for him to be my enemy. ”

Zhang Jing couldn't help sighing: "Alas, you men think about dominating the world all day long, and many people die every time you start a war, and the people are really pitiful." ”

I couldn't help but smile wryly. Allure said: "Actually, it's no wonder that the husband and the gentleman are to blame, and if they want to blame, they can only blame the hearts of today's people who are too greedy for personal gain." ”

I nodded and said, "Yes, most people in the world feel that if they don't have this little interest in front of them, they can't live, so they will keep fighting; Survival is important, but it doesn't have to be a matter of competing interests, and coexistence is just as possible. ”

Zhang Jing couldn't help but say, "Oh, you told me these big truths again; I don't want anything now, I just want to be by your side, and I don't want to endure that pain anymore. ”

I nodded and said, "Okay, then you two will follow me in the future." ”

Zhang Jing immediately said happily: "It's really good! ”

Allure on the side couldn't help but be very happy, but she didn't show a very excited look like Zhang Jing.

In fact, it is also beneficial to let the families of the soldiers live with the army. First, the daily life of the soldiers can be taken care of; Second, they will also fight more bravely to protect their families next to them; Thirdly, if someone dies in battle, then his family will be taken care of by the soldiers of the whole army. And this form of life is the real socialist system, as long as it is a member of the team, it is a family.

When the Qingzhou army heard that their second lady was coming, they couldn't help but be very happy. Immediately, Guan Hai and some other generals came to pay their respects.

After that, the army marched from Huaxian County and entered the country of Langya. First captured the two cities of Yangdu and Linyi, and then attacked Kaiyang to the south. At this time, Zang Ba led his troops to garrison Kaiyang City, and when we pulled out to Kaiyang City, he did not fight with us, but directly surrendered Kaicheng. Cao Cao appointed Zang Ba to continue to serve as the minister of Langya.

Immediately, Tao Qian heard that Cao Cao had led his army into Kaiyang, and he was terrified, so he left Cao Hong to guard Tancheng, and he wanted to retreat to Xiapi to gather soldiers and horses. Unexpectedly, the minister of Xiapi turned against him, led the army to block Tao Qian, and did not let him enter Xiapi. Tao Qian had no choice but to retreat to Pengcheng again.

Cao Cao originally wanted to wave his army to capture Tan County, but Xi Zhicai suggested: "The city of Tan County is strong, and it is difficult to break through for a while; It's better to attack Pengcheng first, as long as Tao Qian can be captured, Xuzhou will be at your fingertips. ”

Cao Cao took his advice and marched south to attack Pengcheng. Along the way, he encountered a city that refused to surrender, so he directly led the army to break through it, and attacked until Fuyang County, north of Pengcheng, occupying a total of nearly ten cities. Tao Qian saw that he couldn't dodge, so he led his troops to battle, but he was defeated and retreated, and fled back to Tancheng.

At this time, most of the counties in the north of Xuzhou had surrendered, and only Tanxian, Xiangben and a few county towns east of the Donghai Kingdom were still dying. When the army came to the shore of Yishui in the west of Tan County, Tao Qian hurriedly sent Cao Hong to apologize to Cao Cao and said: "The death of Cao Taigong was not instructed by my Tao Gong, but it was actually the act of Zhang Min colluding with Que Xuan, and I hope that Cao Gong can find out; Tao Gong promised that if Cao Gong was willing to withdraw from the army, Tao Gong was willing to offer hundreds of millions of goods as compensation; I hope that the two families will be able to release their previous suspicions and get back together. ”

Cao Cao snorted coldly: "Who is rare with your stinky money!" Tao Qian had bad intentions and killed my father's whole family, and I, Cao Cao, vowed to kill his whole family to taste the blood debt! ”

Cao Hong couldn't help but be taken aback, and hurriedly said, "Gong Cao, please calm your anger; is the so-called forgiving and forgiving, although this matter started because of Tao Gong, but it was not for Princess Tao; I implore Cao Gong to distinguish between right and wrong, and don't kill a good person by mistake. ”

"Huh, good guy?" Cao Cao immediately sneered, but said: "He Tao Qian did such a shameless thing but didn't dare to admit it, and he is still worthy of being called a "good person"? If he Tao Qian can also be regarded as a "good person", then I, Cao Cao, am a "saint"; Go back and tell Tao Qian the old thief, let him go out of the city as soon as possible and die, otherwise when the army breaks through the city, the chickens and dogs will not be left! ”

Cao Hong hurriedly said: "Cao Gong, you are a member of the Cao family, and Cao Hong is also a member of the Cao family; Since we are all of the same lineage, why can't you distinguish between right and wrong? ”

Cao Cao immediately slapped the case angrily and said: "Cao Hong! ”

"The last general!" When Cao Hong heard this, he immediately stepped forward to answer.

Cao Cao looked at him and said, "I didn't call you." ”

"Oh." Cao Hong saw that he didn't call himself, so he retreated again.

Cao Hong couldn't help asking: "Is Cao Gong calling Cao Hong?" ”

Cao Cao pointed at him and said, "I tell you Cao Hong, you are willing to die for a hypocrite like Tao Qian, which is a shame among my people surnamed Cao; Go back and tell Tao Qian, I swear to die that I will let him repay this blood feud! ”

At this time, Cao Hong on the side couldn't help but muttered with a puzzled face: "My name is "Cao Hong", and his name is "Cao Hong", which sounds really awkward enough. ”

For Cao Hong's muttering, I couldn't help but chuckle and shake my head.

Cao Hong couldn't help but sigh, so he had to reluctantly turn around and plan to leave. At this time, Cao Hong suddenly shouted: "Hey, you guys go back and change my name for me, otherwise I will beat you up next time I see you again, do you hear?" ”

Cao Hong couldn't help but smile bitterly, nodded and said, "I know below; There is also a person named A Leopard below, and it is always okay to be called Cao Leopard in the future, right? ”

Cao Hong said, "Well, that's pretty much it. ”

In other words, there were quite a lot of taboos among the ancients, especially for the case of duplicate names. This is probably due to the fact that there was a person with the same name as Confucius's disciple Zeng Shen, who committed the crime of murder, causing many people to think that the murderer was Zeng Shen, and even Zeng Shen's mother escaped over the wall for unknown reasons. Probably similar coincidences have happened many times, so in order to avoid misunderstandings, people have developed taboos in this regard. Even later, this taboo became the preserve of the aristocracy, even if they had the same name and different surnames. (To be continued.) )