Lao Cao finally appeared, asking for a collection recommendation

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Yongqiu, Cao Jun's camp. After Cao Cao defeated Lü Bu in the Battle of Juye in June, Cao's army moved to Yongqiu to fight the last force involved in the rebellion, Zhang Chao.

Yongqiu City is not big, but the city walls are very high, and it is a city that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. After Cao Cao's army came to Yongqiu, he attacked for a few days and suffered relatively large losses, so under the persuasion of the strategists, Cao Cao put down the anger in his heart and carried out the tactics of besieging Yongqiu without attacking.

The autumn harvest has just ended, but Yanzhou has been fighting almost all year round, and the loss of people is extremely serious, so Cao Cao's military rations are still the biggest test for him. He was in a hurry and wanted to end the battle quickly, but he couldn't withstand the huge losses of a siege.

In Cao Cao's big tent, there is a person in the position of the main general, this person has a somewhat dark face, small eyes and a god, three locks of slight beard, wearing a loose robe, and sits there somewhat casually. On the bookcase in front of him, there are many bamboo slips, and an incense burner is emitting green smoke. The man was holding a book in his hand, and was looking at it seriously, probably seeing the smugness, he stroked his beard with his left hand, smiled, and nodded slightly.

At this moment, some voices were heard outside the tent.

"Mr. Xi, are you here?" A gruff voice rang out.

"Ahem...... Hmm, Junming, ahem...... Is the lord in the tent? A weak and lacking voice replied, and in just one sentence, there were two coughs.

"Sir, my lord is here!" The voice from before rang out again.

"Okay, I'll go see the lord!"

At this time, Cao Cao in the tent shouted: "Is it Zhicai?" Come on in! ”

"Ahem, yes, lord!"

After a while, the curtain of the big tent was lifted, and a nine-foot man walked in with a sick and weak scholar. The scholar's face was very bad, gray and sallow, and he was about to run for a living before he fell seriously ill. And the big man has a face like pale gold, yellow light in the tiger's eyes, and his ugly face is terrifying, which makes people dare not face it.

At this time, Cao Cao had already stood up, he didn't even wear shoes, he walked quickly to Xi Zhicai's side, took his arm from Dian Wei's hand, and said: "Zhicai, your health has just deteriorated again, I told you, it's not a big deal these days, you don't have to come over, why don't you listen?" If something happens, and someone calls me, I'll go to you the same!" Well, now that it's getting colder, you need to pack extra clothes and stop typhoid fever! By the way, Junming, I got the new Shu brocade robe, you help me find it, hehe, I was thinking about giving it to Mr., you came! ”

Dian Wei agreed, turned around and went out.

Xi Zhicai listened to Cao Cao's heart-warming words, his heart was endlessly moved, he coughed twice, he said: "The lord does not abandon Zhicai because of his humble background and low skills, but puts his heart on Zhicai and entrusts him with important tasks, Zhicai is excited in his heart, even if he dies for the great cause of the lord, he is also willing!" ”

Cao Cao looked at Xi Zhicai's face, his eyes couldn't help but turn a little red, and he said, "Zhicai, you must get better!" If I don't have you in my army,...... I really don't know what to do! ”

Xi Zhicai smiled slightly and said: "The lord of the world, even if there is no talent, there will still be countless heroes to assist!" ”

Cao Cao sighed and said, "Don't talk about this, Zhicai, do you have something to do?" ”

Xi Zhicai nodded, and after coughing a few times, he said, "Lord, I want to ......"

At this moment, a hurried shout sounded outside the big tent, "Lord, lord, something is wrong!" Immediately afterwards, the curtain of the door was lifted, and a scholar with a height of eight feet and a face as white as jade broke in, and he hurriedly said: "Lord, something is wrong!" ”…,

Cao Cao and Xi Zhicai glanced at each other, they were very curious, Cheng Yu's psychological quality still didn't say, what could make him so flustered?

Cao Cao said: "Zhongde, what's the matter, so flustered? ”

Cheng Yu took two breaths, and when he saw that Xi Zhicai was also there, he hurriedly greeted him, and then said: "Lord, do you remember what Yu once said about Liu Ziyang and Lu Zijing?" ”

Cao Cao nodded and said: "Well, of course I remember, Liu Ziyang is known as the talent of the world, according to what you said, Lu Zijing's ability is still above Liu Ziyang!" Am I wrong? ”

Cheng Yu nodded again and again and said, "The lord is wise!" Yes, exactly! ”

Cao Cao nodded slightly and said, "What's wrong?" Could it be that something happened to them? ”

Cheng Yu said: "Lord, they ...... They actually took refuge in Liu Xuande! ”

Cao Cao and Xi Zhicai were shocked, Cao Cao grabbed Cheng Yu's hand and said, "Is this true? ”

Cheng Yu nodded hurriedly and said, "It's true! Lord, that Liu Xuande set up the left and right military divisions unusually, and appointed the two of them as the left and right military divisions! At this time, it has been spread all over Xuzhou! ”

Xi Zhicai was stunned for a moment, and asked strangely: "Military advisor?" Isn't his military advisor of the Xuzhou Army Tian Boguang, who is known as a national soldier? ”

Cheng Yu shook his head and said: "This matter is strange here, it is said that Tian Boguang himself gave up his position as a military advisor, saying that his talent is not as good as Zijing and Ziyang!" ”

Cao Cao was stunned for a while, the position of military advisor is the most important position in an army, Tian Fan actually took the initiative to let Xian, what was he thinking? In Cao Cao's opinion, Tian Fan's ability is very strong! Since last year's locust plague and refugee incident, Cao Cao realized that in addition to Chen Qun, Liu Bei had another great talent by his side; It is said that these were Tian Fan's ideas, so he imagined Tian Fan's talent as Xi Zhicai and Xun Yu, slightly higher than other strategists under his account; The appearance of the merit order made him feel like a confidant to Tian Fan.

Tian Fan, Tian Fan, what kind of person are you?

Ahem, Xi Zhicai's coughing voice woke up Cao Cao in thought, and he asked, "Zhongde, that Tian Boguang, what position does he hold in Xuzhou now?" ”

Cheng Yu's eyes showed a confused look, and he said, "Lord, he ...... His position is called the craftsman Zhonglang general! It is said that Liu Xuande was specially set up for Tian Boguang to manage craftsmen! However, how could a person like Tian Boguang be willing to mix with a group of lowly craftsmen? ”

Cao Cao and Xi Zhicai were also confused, and after a while, the two shook their heads at the same time, and Cao Cao said: "Zhicai, Zhongde, from now on, let the spies in Xuzhou fully understand everything about Tian Boguang, no matter what type of information, even if he has useless information for breakfast, he will find me!" ”

The two hurriedly agreed, and Cheng Yu said with some hesitation: "Lord, before, I had ordered the spies to know everything about Tian Fan, but ...... It's strange that everything in Tianfu can't be understood, our people can't get in, and even the people of Tianfu won't spread Tianfan's things at will! So far, all we can understand is some things that everyone knows, such as Tian Fan's lust, such as a few things he did! Tianfuzhong...... There should be a high person! ”

Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, shook his head, and said, "Don't be in a hurry about this, take your time!" By the way, do you understand the reasons for the expansion of the scale of autumn ploughing in Xuzhou? ”

Xi Zhicai coughed twice and said, "Lord, I have already inquired clearly!" The reason is that Xuzhou has recently adopted a new type of farming tools, as if it is called Xuande plow, as for the specific benefits of this plow, with less oxen, less people, easy to turn, but also to adjust the depth of the soil!! ”

Cao Cao nodded slowly and said, "Xuande plow, well, I don't know who invented this kind of thing?" ”…,

Xi Zhicai said: "Lord, it's Tian Boguang!" ”

"Why is it him again? He...... He is very good at farming, and I know a little about it, but I didn't expect him to be able to improve farm tools! ”

Cheng Yu nodded and said, "Lord, the specific inventor seems to be Fei Wo!" He is a disciple of Xiangyang Huang Gong Chengyan, who is proficient in the art of machine building and farming, according to some people, this person has Xiao He's talent! However, Tian Boguang is the one who specifically proposed the concept! ”

Cao Cao said hatefully: "Why did all such talents go to Liu Da'er? Hmph, don't worry about anything else, you find a way to get this Xuande plow over, let's try to imitate it! ”

The two nodded hurriedly.

Cao Cao said to himself: "Unexpectedly, I can't imagine that in less than two years, after he Liu Da'er took over the dilapidated Xuzhou from Tao Gongzu, he actually gained a firm foothold in a short period of time, and made Xuzhou's situation recover so quickly!" Liu Da'er, what kind of ability does he Liu Da'er have to let so many people I want but can't get to assist? Liu Da'er...... It seems that Liu Da'er will be my biggest enemy in life! ”

The two of them listened quietly, but neither spoke.

Cao Cao said again: "By the way, have you figured out the detailed rules of Xuzhou's agricultural reform?" ”

The two glanced at each other, and Cheng Yu said: "Lord, the people of Xuzhou are relatively strict in this regard, what we know is only some fragmented information, which is not comprehensive, but even if this fragmented information, once implemented, there are many benefits!" ”

Cao Cao nodded and said, "Okay, well, when we plough in spring next year, let the families of the Qingzhou Legion use it first, and if the effect is good, it will be fully implemented in Yanzhou in the autumn!" ”

The two agreed.

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside the big tent, and when the door curtain opened, I saw several people coming together. The first two big men were more than eight feet tall, with thick sword eyebrows, a resolute complexion, and a six-point resemblance in physiognomy, but one of them was a one-eyed dragon, which was Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Yuan. The other two are also burly men who are more than eight feet tall, one is slightly older, the other is slightly younger, and they also have some similar faces, which are Cao Ren and Cao Hong. The last three people, two are seven feet five inches tall, strong and powerful, and one is less than seven feet, but they are unusually stocky, they are Yu Ban, Li Dian, and Le Jin.

When the seven people saw Cao Cao, they all clasped their fists and saluted, calling them "lords", and then saluted the two literati respectively.

When Cao Cao saw that it was these seven people, he hurriedly said, "Everyone sit down and talk!" ”

Several people listened, and after bowing their hands, they sat down.

Cao Cao said: "Why did you come together?" But what is the plan to break through Yongqiu? ”

Cao Ren said: "Big brother, a few of us discussed it and felt that we had some ideas, so I came to tell you about it!" ”

Cao Cao sighed and said, "Come on!" ”

Cao Ren nodded and said, "Hehe, eldest brother, the idea was thought of by General Li Mancheng, let him say it!" ”

Li Dian listened, clasped his fists and saluted, and said: "My lord, Dian has discussed with several generals, we should not take too long in this battle, so we should fight quickly!" During today's inspection, I accidentally found that many soldiers in Yongqiu are always a little listless, and I guessed that their food may be running out! ”

Cao Cao thought for a moment and said, "Well, it's possible!" Originally, in the past few years, they could not have too much grain in stock, but this time we raided the other party and besieged the city before the autumn harvest, and let us collect all their grain...... Well, it's possible! Mancheng, what do you think, tell me! ”

Li Dian said: "Lord, in fact, it's nothing, just spread some rumors first, and when the people in the city are distracted, gather all the elites in the army of several generals and storm Yongqiu in one direction!" I have discussed with several generals, and at that time, all our personal soldiers will be under the command of General Wen Qian, and he will be the main attacker! "Lejin is short in stature, but his movements are extremely agile, and his martial arts are also very strong, and siege warfare is his strength.

After Cao Cao discussed a few words with Cheng Yu and Xi Zhicai, he nodded and said, "Okay, just do what Man Cheng said!" ”