Xi Zhicai's words made Du Chen a little stunned, he had never thought about what Xi Zhicai had said, but such a question did exist, because such a thing had happened in history.

Imagine Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, when he was added by his subordinates in yellow robes, and finally became the founding emperor of the Great Song Dynasty.

Recall that he did have such a threat, and he did not form a party for personal gain, but whether it was Zhang Liao, who was already famous, or Xu Huang, who was also a good general of the five sons, and Xu Chu, the commander of the Qinglong Battalion, who was already famous for his own sake.

Moreover, these people have a good relationship with themselves, they have the grace of knowing everyone, and their own orders are definitely much better than Meng De's military orders, in addition, most of the military power of Cao's army can be commanded lightly.

For a long time, Du Chen thought that he was no threat to Cao Cao, but now it seems that his threat is greater than anyone else.

"Chen and Meng De are in-laws, and Chun'er is Meng De's son-in-law, so what you are worried about will definitely not happen." Du Chen comforted and said that Chun'er and Cao Xian had made a doll kiss, which made him a lot less threatening.

Xi Zhicai still shook his head: "What Si Lang said is good, but have you ever thought that this doesn't mean anything, to say a big disrespectful word, the lord is powerful, he can naturally suppress Si Lang you, but if the lord is gone, can Zi Yu suppress the powerful you?"

"It's not a question of whether you have ambition or not, it's really that you are an all-rounder, whether it's internal or military, Silang is proficient in everything, and whether it's internal or military, you have a lot of friends. If it is replaced by loyalty, loyalty will definitely not be at ease with such a person, after all, loyalty needs to think about the younger generations of loyalty. ”

Du Chen was shocked for a long time, he didn't know how he should answer Xi Zhicai, he had always been careful to manage, after all, he was very clear about the truth that a companion is like a tiger.

There have been many such things in history. Therefore, Du Chen knew that the first thing that every founding emperor dealt with was a subordinate of a very human minister, this kind of thing was not uncommon, and Du Chen naturally didn't want such a thing to happen to him.

"However, there are some things that are involuntary, and Chen once said to Meng De that as long as the world is unified, dust will return to the mountains and forests, and will not ask about the world." Du Chen said in a deep voice, although he had never thought about these things. But he still thought about his own way out.

"You do have such thoughts, but whether the lord's body can support the unification of the world, and what the real unification of the world is, this qiē qiē is unknown, or it is out of reach." Xi Zhicai's tone was still very pessimistic, but what he said was all for Du Chen's good.

Du Chen was silent again, a trace of doubt arose in his heart, and he was thinking in his heart. Zhicai came to find himself today, and it was Cao Cao who asked him to beat him. Or did he really care about himself and came voluntarily.

Seeing Du Chen's expression, Xi Zhicai patted him on the shoulder: "Zhongzhi Silang, you are a smart person, there are some things that you really don't need to tell you Zhongzhi, these are just reminders to you."

Du Chen stared at Xi Zhicai, and he found that Xi Zhicai's words today were indeed a lot. Through these words of Gu Gu Xi Zhicai, Du Chen realized that he was not just here to say goodbye, it was really simple.

Xi Zhi has only been in White Horse for a few years, as for talking about so many messy things.

Being stared at by Du Chen like this, Xi Zhicai felt a slight chill behind him, and Du Chen's eyes were indeed sharp enough. He found that Du Chen seemed to have noticed something, and he resolutely couldn't continue.

"I finally came to Si Lang's house today, and Zhong will travel to Baima in a few days, won't Si Lang invite me to have a drink." Xi Zhicai began to change the topic, he didn't want Du Chen to be entangled in this issue.

Xi Zhicai's words jumped quickly, which made Du Chen somewhat unable to keep up with the rhythm, he stared at Xi Zhicai tightly, and then asked in a deep voice: "Zhicai, do you have something to hide from Chen, why does Chen think something is wrong with you?" ”

"What can Zhong hide from you, with your wit of Du Chen, Du Silang, who in the world can hide in front of you." Xi Zhicai smiled, but this time, he smiled quite naturally, so that Du Chen did not doubt: "Besides, what is there to hide from Zhong?"

Du Chen frowned and thought for a while, this is true, everyone is a close friend who talks about everything, and there is really nothing to hide.

Seeing that most of the suspicion on Du Chen's face had gone, Xi Zhicai said again: "I don't know when I will come back to Baima, Zhong is also just expressing his feelings, if you are too long-winded, then Zhong Ke will leave." ”

Saying that, Xi Zhicai made a look of wanting to leave, and Du Chen hurriedly grabbed him: "Okay, it's the dust that is verbose, isn't it just begging for a glass of water and wine, can the dust still ignore you and let you go like this, God knows how you slander the dust?"

After appeasing Xi Zhicai, Du Chen ordered someone to arrange for the hospitality of Xi Zhicai, Cai Yan heard that Du Chen was going to drink again, she wanted to comfort Du Chen, but she would leave Xuchang City soon after Xi Zhicai, and she would not come back for a long time, so she was embarrassed to say anything.

Within a few days, Xi Zhicai and Guan Yu took people to Baima, while Du Chen continued to enhance his relationship with Zhang Fei.

On this day, Du Chen was checking the official documents in the mansion, and suddenly someone sent an order, saying that the prime minister had summoned him to discuss the matter.

Du Chen was somewhat suspicious in his heart, it stands to reason that now should be regarded as a period of peace, there is no war around, and the interior is thriving, Du Chen is somewhat suspicious, Cao Cao is looking for what he is doing.

Could it be that there is something wrong with the white horse, it shouldn't be! If there is really any problem with the white horse, he should know, after all, he has always paid attention to any move related to the white horse.

Although I don't know why Cao Cao is looking for himself, it is obvious that Cao Cao is not looking for himself because he is bored.

Du Chen appeared in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and after seeing Cao Cao, Du Chen asked, "Meng De, is there anything going on?" ”

"Looking at this situation, it is natural that there is something to discuss with you." Cao Cao nodded: "There is news from Huainan that there is a bandit there, the combat effectiveness of this gang of bandits is extraordinary, our army once sent troops to encircle and suppress this bandit, but it was defeated."

Hearing the Huainan bandits, Du Chen was slightly stunned, but hearing that the bandits in Huainan were able to defeat the Cao army's soldiers, Du Chen was shocked.

Although Huainan is not a place heavily defended by the Cao army, the Cao army there does not eat rice, and it is absolutely impossible to even defeat the bandits.

"Meng De, I heard it right, my regular army of Cao Jun can't defeat the bandits." Du Chen said in a lost voice.

"Cao was also quite shocked when he heard the news, but the fact is that our army was defeated, and the defeat was miserable, and it was repelled head-on by that group of bandits." Cao Cao said in a deep voice, he didn't expect that Cao Jun would be defeated by bandits, which was a great shame for Cao Cao.

The Cao army fought in the south and the north, and no matter how powerful the enemy Cao army was, it had been defeated, but now, a small bandit actually defeated the powerful Cao army, if this group of bandits was not completely eliminated, the Cao army would definitely lose its prestige.

"If this gang of bandits is not eliminated, our army will definitely lose its prestige, and it will make the heroes of the world look down on our army, so this gang of bandits must be eliminated." Du Chen said with a gloomy face, his voice revealed a little murderous aura, and it was obvious that he was very angry at this time.

", I think so, too." Cao Cao nodded: "However, with the current garrison in Huainan, I'm afraid it will be difficult for anyone to defeat this gang of bandits, so Cao wants to mobilize troops to exterminate this bandit, but I don't know who to appoint?"

Du Chen looked at the people present, there were Cao Ang and Cao Pi, and looking at Cao Cao's meaning, it was obvious that he wanted to find a commander from among the two to crusade against the bandits in Huainan.

Du Chen looked the two of them up and down, he naturally had his heart towards Cao Ang, but what surprised him was why Cao Pi was involved, whether this was Cao Cao's intention or Cao Pi's own meaning.

"What Meng De means is that he wants Zixiu and Zihuan to go on the expedition." Du Chen asked suspiciously.

Cao Cao smiled: "Cao's original intention was to let Zihuan take command of the expedition, but Zihuan said that he also wanted to go with him to see and learn, which is not a little difficult."

Du Chen nodded: "Zi Huan is the deputy commander of the White Tiger Battalion, and he has experience in leading troops to fight, but on the other hand, Zi Huan, he has never led troops, so Chen also hopes that Zi Huan will lead the troops to crusade."

Du Chen naturally has a heart for Cao Ang, after all, he is good friends with his uncle.

But at this time, Cao Pi made a move, he stood up, saluted Cao Cao and Du Chen, and then said in a deep voice: "Father, Lord Taiwei, it is precisely because he has no experience in leading troops that Pi wants to fight for this opportunity. ”

"Father and adults both think that Pi has no experience, but everything has a first time, and the elder brother is also the commander of the White Tiger Battalion, so why should the elder brother take action, killing chickens with a cattle slaughtering knife is not exactly this reason."

Du Chen frowned, listening to Cao Pi's words, he could see that he was obviously prepared, and his words were very reasonable, which made people have to be convinced.

"This gang of bandits is very human, so it is categorically not to be underestimated, Zihuan has no experience in commanding troops, so Chen is worried that there will be some mistakes here, you know, this battle is not allowed to fail, if this crusade fails, it will have a great impact on our army." Du Chen stared at Cao Pi and said in a deep voice.

From the bottom of his heart, Du Chen is still somewhat disgusted with Cao Pi, after all, the historical Cao Pi is Cao Cao's heir.

"Lord Taiwei rest assured, Pi has the confidence to win this battle, and if he loses this battle, his father can convict Pi." Cao Pi seemed to have expected Du Chen to say this, so as soon as Du Chen's words fell, he said it.

"Besides, my brother must not look down on those bandits, does he?" Cao Pi turned his head and said to Cao Ang beside him. (To be continued......)