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"Zigang, if 20,000 sailors are formed in the Lianghuai region, will money and food be tight?" The matter of the navy was passed, so it was natural to consider the supply of military rations, and I saw Cao Ying ask Zhang Hong, who was still standing there. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"No" Hearing Cao Ying's question, Zhang Hong replied without thinking: "Lianghuai has enough money and food, even if the army is expanded by 50,000, it will not be tight, but if too many young and strong are transferred, it will make a fault in individual areas, and his subordinates suggest that the lord order that these 20,000 young and strong people will be transferred from various counties and counties, and where there are fewer young and strong counties, there is no need to issue a recruitment order."

"Huh? Okay, this matter will be handled by you and Yuan Rang, and as for the general of the navy, Yuan Rang will act as the agent for the time being, until the general of the navy appears in our army. Cao Ying nodded, originally in Cao Ying's imagination, some counties with relatively few young and strong people did not think of issuing a recruitment order, after all, if all the young and strong people in a county were recruited, it would be equivalent to the end of the county.

"The last general, Xiahou Dun, takes the order!" Xiahou came out of the ranks, knelt on the ground in front of Cao Ying to receive the order, although they are relatives, but the etiquette that should be observed must be observed, otherwise in the two Huai officialdom, it will form a very bad influence.

"By the way, what are the recent developments in Yangzhou, it is rumored that Liu Bei is going to expand the army, is it true or false?" After solving the problem of expanding the army, Cao Ying returned to his original position, motioned for everyone to sit down, and then looked at Cheng Yu and asked.

In Lianghuai, Cheng Yu is not in charge of politics, but intelligence, for a force, intelligence is crucial, if there is no good intelligence system, on the battlefield, at any time, it is possible to suffer a big loss.

"It's true, Liu Bei said a few days ago that he ordered a recruitment order in Moling to expand the army by 30,000, and these 30,000 troops are exactly the same as the lord's thoughts, they are also water divisions, and they are responsible for the formation of Xiang Fei and Kong Yun!" Cheng Yu stood up and said to Cao Ying, although the intelligence forces in the Lianghuai region could not be formed, their capabilities were still good, and they were mainly distributed in the south of the Yangtze River to monitor every move in Yangzhou.

"Sailor?" Cao Ying's pupils shrank, and his right hand, which had just picked up the wine bowl, was tightened, who was Yangzhou's biggest enemy? It stands to reason that Shanyue in the south, after all, Shanyue has been a big disaster for the Han people for hundreds of years, but the formation of the water division and Shanyue has no half-dime relationship, Liu Bei's purpose of forming the water army is about to come out of the two Huai in an instant!

Of course, in five or six years, as long as Emperor Han Ling does not die, Liu Bei will never dare to make a move, just to recuperate, and Cao Ying, although he understands this, also does not dare to make any moves, because at this time, Emperor Han Ling still has enough deterrent power to completely suppress Cao Ying and Liu Bei, why? Because Emperor Ling of Han can also use Liu Tai in the north.

"Wolf ambition, hum!" Cao Ying's eyes turned cold, he snorted, glanced around at the people present and said: "Liu Bei formed a water army, the meaning is obvious, that is, he wants to get involved in my Lianghuai region, if a water army is formed, Yangzhou has a natural advantage, who can recover this disadvantage for Ying?" ”

The field suddenly quieted down, everyone looked at each other, and they didn't have any good opinions, after all, this is caused by geographical relations, and it is not one or two schemes that can be reversed, of course, Cao Ying wants a way, if everyone thinks of it, they will also say it.

"Brother, the best way is actually to be on the sailor general in charge!!" Suddenly, I saw a young general about eighteen or nineteen years old standing up, this young general looked very handsome, healthy wheat-colored skin, majestic body, powerful arms, blazing eyes, if you carefully identify, you can see a trace of Cao Ying's shadow, this person is Cao Ren! One of Cao Wei's great generals, Cao Ying's favorite general!

"Oh? What is Zixiao's opinion? Looking at Cao Ren, there was a smile on the corner of Cao Ying's mouth, although Cao Ren was Cao Ying's cousin, he was actually Cao Ying who grew up, because Cao Ying was twelve years older than Cao Ren! He is ten years younger than Cao Ren's father, Cao Chi.

Cao Chi is the biological father of Cao Ren and Cao Chun, the character Yuansheng, a native of Peiguo County, once served as a doctor in Taizhong, Sima, Changshi, Shizhong, and Changshui.

However, it is a pity that Cao's middle-aged general Cao Chi died at the hands of the Yellow Sect in 183, although there was no large-scale Yellow Turban rebellion in the world, but small-scale riots often occurred, especially in the Sili area, the outbreak was very frequent, in a campaign to suppress the rebellious party, as a captain of Changshui, Cao Chi was only 39 years old and died

Cao Chi's death brought great turmoil to the Cao family, originally Cao Song could not sit in the position of Tai Lieutenant, but because of Cao Chi's death, Emperor Ling felt guilty, and gave Cao Song a comfort, but Cao Song did not hold the position of Tai Lieutenant for too long, and returned to his hometown in a few months, perhaps because of the pain that his only brother died in the hands of the chaotic party.

Well, in fact, there is also hatred, hatred of Emperor Ling, Cao Chi suppressed the Yellow Sect many times, and reported to the Emperor Ling every time, but Emperor Ling didn't care at all, and he didn't deal with it, and let the Sili Huangjiao rise and rise, and then flattened, causing the Changshui Guards to be exhausted, and finally Cao Chi, who was the captain of Changshui, was also tired to death, resulting in being hit by the Yellow Sect thieves on the battlefield.

"Brother, have you heard of the Jinfan thieves on Poyang Lake? Gan Yun, the head of the Jinfan thief, not only has the courage of ten thousand people, but also the eight hundred Jinfan thieves under his command are also first-class, invincible and invincible in the area of Poyang Lake, and the Yangzhou soldiers who fought have no power to fight back, which is the biggest henchman of Yangzhou Mu Liu Bei, if the lord can talk about his recruitment" Cao Ren with a confident smile on the corner of his mouth, looked at Cao Ren and talked eloquently, all along, Cao Ren likes the news of the prominent characters around him very much, even if it is a thief, it doesn't matter, because Cao Ren understands that often those famous generals are all from Caokou, as the saying goes, Most of the heroes are dog slaughterers

"Ganyun?" Cao Ying's pupils shrank, as if he thought of something, but then shook his head and put this idea aside, after all, it was a bit unrealistic, when he heard Gan Yun, Cao Ying instantly thought of Zhang Jiao's general Gan Ning, Gan Ning also had eight hundred warriors under his command, all of them were good hands, but after being crowned king in Hanzhong, he fled from the pseudo-Jin country, and his whereabouts were unknown, Cao Ying believed that Gan Ning would never dare to come to Poyang Lake, and he would take people to fight against the court openly.

"Yes, it is Ganyun, Ganyun is Linjiang, it is said that he is a native of Jingzhou, and when the Yellow Turban disaster occurred, he took his fellow villagers into the Yangtze River Basin, and it was only in the past one or two years that he became famous in the area of Poyang Lake." Cao Ren nodded and said to Cao Ying.

"Huh" Cao Ren didn't say it's okay, as soon as he said it, Cao Ying's suspicion was even greater, the same eight hundred people, the same surname Gan, the difference is only the name and word, there is also a hometown is Yizhou, a hometown is Jingzhou, if this person is really the first general of the Yellow Turban who was famous all over the world, Gan Ning, then the matter is complicated, and whoever is infected will be unlucky.

Of course, Cao Yun was reluctant to let go of Gan Yun, after all, Gan Yun was very famous, and he still seemed to be the most lacking sailor general in front of Cao Ying, even if Gan Yun was really Gan Ning, if you don't say it, I won't say it, who can take Cao Yun What should I do? It seems that I can't see Gan Ning!

"Lord, although Gan Yun is against the government, but the money and grain he robbed are given to the four townships, and he is very famous among the people, if it is not for Gan Yun's refusal to expand the scale, I am afraid that it is not impossible to recruit tens of thousands of water thieves. Cheng Yu stood up and spoke to Cao Ying, Cheng Yu is the oldest courtier, and among many officials, his words are the most decisive for Cao Ying.

"Zhongde, do you mean to solicit too?" Looking at Cheng Yu, Cao Ying didn't believe that Cheng Yu couldn't think of Gan Ning at all, after all, there were too many connections between the two, and with Cheng Yu's ability, he should see it more clearly than himself.

"It's worth soliciting!" Cheng Yu didn't talk nonsense, and directly made up his mind for Cao Ying, in Cheng Yu's opinion, as long as there are useful generals, there is no need to care about their background or what they have done, and those who become big things are not informal!

"Okay, in a few days, I'll go to Poyang Lake in person!" Gritted his teeth, for the sake of the future admiral of the water division, even if he went to risk in person, it was worth it, after all, Cao Ying was also a bold person.

"It's better to be late than early, my subordinates suggest that the lord will leave tomorrow! Well, bring the two generals Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan to protect them! Cheng Yu spoke to Cao Ying again, originally Cheng Yu planned to let Cao Ying go alone, after all, this seemed to be much more sincere, but suddenly felt several dangerous rays of light coming from the opposite side, Cheng Yu suddenly changed his words, although Cheng Yu's idea was very good, but also pay attention to Cao Ying's safety, in case something went wrong, Cheng Yu would be the first to be killed by the Xiahou family and the Cao family.

"Heh" Seeing a sweat falling from Cheng Yu's forehead, Cao Ying suddenly noticed the small movements of Xiahou Yuan and others, couldn't help but smile, looked at Xiahou Yuan and said, "You can't wait to be rude, you are very sorry for your life, how can you not take you and others to go?" ”

"Brother, my brother and Gan Yun have correspondence, and they are a little friendly, I wonder if we can go together?" Cao Ren took a step out of the queue and said to Cao Ying, as an officer and soldier, it is really a bit speechless to interact with water thieves, but the officials here don't care about anything, after all, this water thief is likely to become a decisive sailor general in the future of the Lianghuai regime.

"Okay, Zixiao will also go with his brother, the government affairs of the two Huai will be taken care of, and the military affairs will be temporarily commanded by Zilian." Cao Ying nodded, looked at Cao Ren, the more he looked at it, the more he liked it, and it was a very good habit to be able to take the initiative to discover useful talents, as for what officers and soldiers interacted with thieves, hehe Cao Ying didn't care at all.

"No! Commanded by humility. An eight-foot man stepped out of the ranks, bowed to Cao Ying with a meticulous expression, and said, this person is Cao Hong, Cao Ying's brother, the general of the Cao clan, Cao Ding's stepson, Cao Ding is Cao Song's cousin, because he is not valued by the Xiahou family, he followed Cao Teng's surname, and he is also one of Cao Teng's righteous sons!

Cao Ding because of the change of surname Cao, in the early years by the older generation of eunuchs to take care of, with the end of the body of the river between the Xiang, Wu County Taishou, the highest into the imperial court as a scholar, in the year has passed away, because there is no child under the knees, Cao Hong's father will Cao Hong to Cao Ding. (Who is Cao Hong's biological father, I can't find historical records, I hope you can understand)

(To be continued)