Standing on the high post, Ao Lie looked at the Wei army camp several miles away, carefully observing the layout of the Wei army. Every time there is a big battle, it has become Ao Lie's habit to observe the terrain in person. He is convinced that the devil is in the details, and that the more control and understanding he has about his enemies, the better chance he will get.

Behind Ao Lie, Zhuge Liang and Zhao Yun stood on both sides, and their eyes were also on the continuous camps of the Wei army. It's just that the thoughts in the hearts of the two of them are not the same, Zhuge Liang is inferring their strength and morale and other combat-related issues based on the arrangement of the Wei army; And the focus of Zhao Yun's attention was the closest camp gate of the Wei army to himself and others. He was observing the movements of the Wei army, after all, the distance between Ao Lie and the Wei army was too close now, and if he was discovered by the Wei army and sent heavy troops to encircle and suppress, there would still be a certain threat.

As if noticing Zhao Yun's gaze, Ao Lie chuckled and said: "Zilong don't worry, Cao Mengde is not a layman, even if he finds the figure of XX, it is unlikely that he will send troops out to encircle and suppress it, because he knows that even if the Northern Han loses XX, it is still extremely powerful, and it will not have a decisive impact on the entire battle situation." ”

Zhuge Liang also said with a smile: "Big brother is right, although Cao Cao is a hero, his open-mindedness is still commendable, and he will never be so petty." Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to stand out from the troubled times and survive until now, becoming the last opponent of the eldest brother. ”

Listening to Zhuge Liang's words, Ao Lie sighed and said in a low voice: "I think that at the beginning, when the sour jujube alliance, Cao Mengde and the late Sun Taishou, as well as Gongsun Bogui (Gongsun Zhan), were the three old people who supported a certain alliance leader, and now Sun Taishou's bones are cold, and Cao Mengde has become a fierce rival again, only Gongsun Bogui is still in the same camp as a certain one. The changes in the world are really embarrassing. ”

When Zhao Yun heard this, he said, "Senior brother, the past is over, don't mind." Defeating Cao Cao with dignity is the greatest respect for him. ”

Ao Lie nodded and said, "Zilong is right. The only way to pay tribute to your enemy is to defeat him once and for all! After a pause, Ao Lie continued: "Okay, we've seen everything we should see, let's go back to the camp." He said. Ao Lie jumped on the back of the snow dragon horse in the night first, and after shouting a light "disease", he was carried by the night and ran under the high post at a high speed. Zhuge Liang and Zhao Yun looked at each other and smiled, each stepped on their horses, and chased after Ao Lie's back.

After returning to the camp, Ao Lie came to the big tent of the Chinese army and gathered everyone under his command to discuss the military situation. After Zhuge Liang explained in detail what he had just observed, he made a concluding remarks: "According to Liang's inference. The number of soldiers in the Wei army's camp should be around 600,000, which is not as good as our army, but the morale is strong. It is not appropriate to confront it for the time being. Liang suggested sending out a detailed work to collect information from the Wei army, and wait for the situation to be clarified before making the next decision. ”

In the column of civil officials under Ao Lie, Li Ru stood up and said: "Prime Minister Zhuge Cheng's proposal is very reasonable. Since ancient times. Only by knowing oneself and knowing the other can one not be defeated in a hundred battles, and the minister seconded it. and implore the king of Yan to issue an edict. ”

After Li Ru, Jia Xu, Xun Yu and others also agreed. Seeing that all the advisers had no objections. Ao Lie nodded and said, "That's fine, anyway, our army has enough food and grass, and we are not in a hurry." Wen Wei, I will leave it to you to do the matter of spying on the news in the Wei military camp. Within five days, be sure to report the news of the spy to a certain person. ”

While Ao Lie and his subordinates were discussing the military situation, Cao Cao was also discussing the military with his subordinate civil and military officials. The result of the military discussion is almost the same as the conclusion of the Northern Han Dynasty, after all, this is a life-and-death war, both sides are not sure enough, no one wants to take the lead in opening the war, once the first battle is lost because of the risk, it will inevitably fall into passivity, and the subsequent battle will be more difficult to fight.

However, Cao Cao knew very well the power of the shadow members, and while sending out the scouting horses, he also focused on strengthening the internal defense, and ordered Xiahoudun to strictly supervise the patrol sergeants in the battalion, so as to ensure that there are no blind spots and all-round monitoring, and once a suspicious person is found, he will be captured on the spot to prevent the shadow members from penetrating his interior again and leaking the deployment of troops in the camp.

After the military meeting, Cao Cao dismissed his subordinates, and then turned around and went to the back tent. In the back tent, a young woman sat on Cao Cao's bed with her two children in her arms, her face full of dust. Simple clothes and dust can't hide her beautiful appearance. After hearing the footsteps, the young woman slowly raised her head and looked at Cao Cao, who was walking towards her. When her gaze and Cao Cao's gaze came into contact, the expressions on her and Cao Cao's faces changed somewhat, and her expression instantly changed from a mother's love to a child's dependence, with inexhaustible longing in her eyes. And Cao Cao's eyes also softened, at this moment, he was no longer the King of Wei who held the power of tens of millions of lives, but just a father.

"Xian'er, you've suffered in the past few years." Cao Cao said gently. Among the descendants of the Cao family, Cao Cao has many capable sons and nephews, but at the same time, he also has many daughters and nieces, and the young woman in front of him is one of them, and she is also Cao Cao's most beloved daughter in his life - Cao Xian.

When Cao Xian was sixteen years old, Cao Cao, who was in the official residence at that time, sent Cao Xian to Luoyang in order to gain more and greater power, and made Cao Xian Liu Xie's concubine. Cao Xian's appearance is outstanding, and she was soon favored by Liu Xie, plus she is very intelligent, and she is very knowledgeable, she never relies on being favored and oppresses other concubines, let alone asking for power and official positions for her father Cao Cao, and even sometimes writes to Cao Cao in a private capacity, advising Cao Cao not to persecute Liu Xie, the son of the Han Dynasty at that time, and Liu Xie is even more fond of Cao Xian.

Later, after Liu Xie died on the battlefield of Yizhou, when Cao Xian learned that Liu Xie left a testament and gave up the position of the Son of Heaven to Ao Lie, he took the two sons he gave birth to for Liu Xie incognito and lived a reclusive life, in order not to add trouble to Ao Lie. Cao Xian knew that if she didn't leave with her two sons, then Ao Lie would definitely not ascend to the throne of the Son of Heaven. And if she and her two sons stay, it is inevitable that some careerists will use the topic to prevent Ao Lie from ascending to the throne of the Son of Heaven, thus causing Dahan to fall into chaos again, in that case, she will be sorry for the dead Liu Xie. So she resolutely made the original decision. For the past few years, she and her two sons have been living in a small village in Yanzhou near Jizhou, which is the junction of the two forces of Ao Lie and Cao Cao, and the strength of both sides is relatively weak, so with the ability of the Shadow Members, they have not been able to find the whereabouts of their mother and son. If Cao Cao hadn't led his army to pass by that small village and found Cao Xian, maybe Cao Xian and his two sons would have lived there peacefully until they grew old.

"Father...... King. Cao Xian was not used to calling Cao Cao his father, after all, Cao Cao, the king of Wei, had not been recognized by Liu Xie. After a pause, Cao Xian then said to Cao Cao: "If the father is still concerned about the relationship between father and daughter, please let go of his daughter's two sons, don't let them stand up and suffer the pain and torture, the daughter has lost her husband and doesn't want to lose her sons anymore." It turned out that Cao Xian was afraid that Cao Cao would pull her two sons out and bring them to the cusp, so as to hit the morale of the Northern Han soldiers.

If the two young sons in front of him were not Cao Xian's sons, Cao Cao would definitely not hesitate to do what Cao Xian said, and before the war, he would be able to hit the morale of the Northern Han soldiers hard, and take the opportunity to cause chaos among the Northern Han courtiers, those old ministers who attached great importance to the inheritance, which was something Cao Cao was happy to see. However, looking at Cao Xian's two young sons holding one in one hand, Cao Cao hesitated, no matter what, they are Cao Xian's sons after all, and they are Cao Cao's own grandsons. Cao Cao had already sacrificed Cao Xian once for power, and now, is he still sacrificing his two grandsons together?

Maybe it's because of his old age, Cao Cao is no longer as ruthless as when he was young, or maybe it's out of doting and guilt for Cao Xian, and Cao Cao really disdains to treat his two young sons as political victims, in the end, Cao Cao nodded at Cao Xian and said in a low voice: "Xian'er, my father promised you." Father will not sacrifice your happiness again, let alone trade his own grandson for victory in the war. But until this great war is over, you and these two boys cannot leave the side of your father. Even if it's ...... Even if it's some compensation that your father made for being ashamed of you. ”

When the two countries are at war, the war will soon spread to all sides, maybe there will be bandits, horses and other grass robbers take the opportunity to fish the people, plunder money and grain, at this time if Cao Xian is allowed to leave, Cao Cao is really a little unbearable. He asked Cao Xian to stay by his side, on the one hand, because his daughter, who was reluctant to reunite after a long absence, left, and on the other hand, it was also to protect the safety of Cao Xian's mother and son.

With Cao Xian's intelligence, she quickly understood Cao Cao's intentions, and her heart was filled with warmth, and she bowed her head and said to Cao Cao: "Thank you father, Xian'er obeyed orders." After that, Cao Xian stretched out his hand and gently pushed each of his two sons on their backs, and said to them: "Maung'er, Dun'er, come forward to meet your grandfather, in this world, apart from me, he is the only relative you can rely on." ”

When Liu Maung and Liu Dun heard this, they took a step forward and fell to the ground in front of Cao Cao, and their childish voices sounded at the same time: "Liu Maung and Liu Dun meet their grandfather, and congratulate their grandfather on being a thousand years old." ”

Cao Cao took a step forward, stretched out his hand and pulled Liu Maung and Liu Dun up, looking at their little faces that were quite similar to Cao Xian, Cao Cao couldn't help but let out a long sigh, and then pulled the two little ones into his arms, hugged their brothers, and couldn't speak for a long time. (To be continued......)