—179 A.D.——

"Then, Zhenji, Donqiu will be at your disposal."

Before the official expedition, Cao Cao handed over all the official seals, official uniforms, tokens, tiger charms and other items of the Dunqiu County Order to Cai Wan, who stayed behind, causing her to reward Cao Cao with a pair of white eyes while no one was paying attention.

This is also something that can't be helped, according to the tradition at this time, as the children of the big family, once out of Beijing, called the release of officials, in fact, to expand the power, if the children of a family have been the chief of a certain place for a long time, once they leave office, they will be immediately topped by others, then others will suspect that the family is either incompetent or has no money.

Not to mention the old Liu family who have been entrenched in various places, or the Yuan family outside the Guan, the Yang family in the Guannei, just the northeast of Dunqiu, located in Beihai in Xuzhou, where the children of the Confucian family, who are known as the descendants of Confucius, have been appointed as governors for generations.

Although Cao Teng's branch of the Cao family is not prosperous, Cao Teng's own family and the Xiahou family, where his stepson Cao Song was originally located, are also a big force...... Hehe.

Therefore, the conscription order given to Cao Cao did not mention the matter of letting him "go to work" at all, implying that as long as he could handle the internal affairs of Dunqiu when he went out on the expedition, the local court would not care.

In this way, it is the best choice to hand over Dunqiu to Cai Wan, she is inconvenient to go to the battlefield because she has to take care of Cai Yan, and she can take care of Cao Cao's wife, concubine and son who are also unable to take to the front line, and most importantly, she is superior in force, and she is Cai Yong's daughter, she can beat whoever she wants - Yuan Shao agrees with this.

Thorn - stab -

"It's ugly." Cai Wan explained casually, and unceremoniously cut the brand-new official uniform that Cao Cao handed over to her, Cao Cao could only pretend to be stupid, if he pointed out that "you are actually dissatisfied with my behavior and venting your anger", it is probably him who was "cut".

"There is another reason, that is, the beginning," Cao Cao Gu said about it: "He is the same year as me, and he is also a sister-in-law, but he has not yet married, if he continues to stay in Dunqiu to play, it will be troublesome...... Ahem, kid. ”

"You want to say 'little monkey', right?" "Stand-in" scoffed next to him.

Isn't it because you came back and laughed and said that the Yuan family told Yuan Shao, a male monkey, that he was a female monkey?

Cao Cao quickly glared at the "stand-in", and noticed that Zhen Ji's face was wrong, and hurriedly added: "Oh, men need to get married as soon as possible and pass on the lineage, women don't have to worry about this at all." ”

"Because I don't have their surnames when I give birth to children anyway~" "Stand-in" came again.

Where did he learn this way of speaking that chokes people to death? Isn't it going to be a series......

Cao Cao pinched the corners of his forehead with a little headache, and then found that the "stand-in" also frowned and pressed the same part.

"Hey, if you talk nonsense again and give me a headache in the future, I won't be better." Cao Cao took advantage of Cai Wan's stabbing and cutting official clothes again, and said quickly in a low voice.

"Hmph......" The "stand-in" seemed to have a serious headache, so he just replied casually.

In the end, Cao Cao took the Xiahou brothers, Dian Wei and Yuan Shao, and led 5,000 cavalry and hundreds of carts of baggage to leave Dunqiu for Luoyang.

Although the Cai sisters stayed behind, they also promised that if things were not harmonious, they would leave with Cao Cao's family, and Ding Yi, who was born in a beautiful girl, and Bian Aya, who was originally a singer, had nothing to help Cao Cao, but could only promise to teach Cao Ang well.

Cao Ang, who is only four years old, saluted decently and clearly said, "I wish my father a victorious return soon", which made Cao Cao very pleased.

Many families in Yanzhou breathed a sigh of relief, this cross-river dragon left, so that they don't have to worry about the Cao family's expansion of their sphere of influence every day, as for Dunqiu? Whoever wants to die will take possession.

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During a short break during the march, Cao Cao took the initiative to introduce his fighting style and "Wushuang" characteristics to the newcomers of the Xiahou brothers, in order to facilitate cooperation in future battles.

His own, naturally, is a "stand-in", he can transform into a "phantom" to fight on his own, and the longer it lasts, the more physical strength it consumes - Wushuang himself is self-aware, and he can run around regardless of distance restrictions, and he must not tell anyone.

Dian Wei's "Wushuang" is a "guard", you can select someone to be the target of the guard, any action for the purpose of protection will be strengthened, and its combat effectiveness will be further improved when it encounters danger, but because it is impossible to take the daily competition seriously, so it has not yet been tried to what extent his limit can go.

Yuan Shao skipped...... If anything, its negative effect must be a substantial reduction in intelligence.

The Xiahou brothers themselves came to assist Cao Cao, and they would not hide their secrets, but Xiahou Yuan seemed to have all his concerns and insisted on letting Xiahou Yuan say it first.

"Well~ My 'Wushuang' is called 'Tianfeng'," said Xiahou Yuan, who was dressed as an archer, but with strange heavy armor, "It can greatly extend the range of the bow and arrow, and the power is no different from just leaving the string, and the limit has not been tested yet, but because the distance is too far, I can't even see the target, let alone shoot." ”

Oh, so it's important to choose a high ground for him with a good view, if you want to use it.

"The 'Wushuang' under the name is 'Evil Eye'," Xiahoudun slightly lifted the blindfold, asking Cao Cao to put it back on after confirming that there was nothing special about both eyes: "As long as you cover one eye and shout exaggerated slogans when you act, you can get combat power enhancement - Miaocai?" ”

"Ahhh......h Really," Xiahou Yuan took a bow and walked towards an open position for a dozen steps, turned around and raised three arrows and pointed at Xiahou Yuan, and his tone changed: "[In the face of absolute power, you have no chance of winning, brother]"

As soon as the words fell, three arrows came out of the string.

"[My stupid brother-]" When Cao Cao and Dian Wei were surprised and ready to intercept them, with a loud shout, Xiahoudun had already swung his knife to cut off the three arrows in an instant, and the blade stopped firmly in front of Xiahou Yuan's throat, who had not yet lowered the longbow: "[You don't know anything about the power of darkness! 】”

"......" Cao Cao didn't know what to say for a while, and even the "stand-in" was stunned.

"Well, it's quite imposing." Dian Wei commented.

"You don't know anything about the power of the Fourth World and the Third Duke!" Yuan Shao brandished his saber in an attempt to imitate.

"That is, if you meet an opponent who likes to talk about it, Yuan allows you to easily defeat him?" Cao Cao tried to sum it up.

"I heard that there is a fierce general named 'Lu Bu' in Liangzhou, known as the number one in the world, and I am preparing to take this opportunity to meet him." Xiahoudun put the knife into the sheath and responded proudly: "[Look who is the first in the world]." ”

Is the last sentence a truth or a performance? Cao Cao looked at Xiahou Yuan, who was carrying a longbow and shrugging his shoulders to him, only to feel that his head was about to hurt again.

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This episode on the way was basically nothing special to the 5,000 cavalry, who were accustomed to having a "peerless" commander who made some noise from time to time, but it made Cao Cao discover a big problem.

He doesn't have a strategist on this team!

You must know that this group of conscripted troops is not going to exterminate the bandits or hunt down the wild bandits, they are about to carry out a counterinsurgency campaign involving more than 200,000 people, if there is no overall plan, only based on limited intelligence to see the moves, let alone kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions to Zhang Wen's face, it will be very difficult for these 5,000 people to protect themselves.

If you accidentally fall into a heavy encirclement and can't "break through", you will probably be wiped out except for these "unparalleled generals".

Although Cao Cao thinks that his wisdom is enough, but as the main general, it is impossible and no time to deal with those complicated information, so he can only take a detour to Yingchuan in the name of the Cao family and the Yuan family to "borrow" people, there is no way to solicit, he is currently just a small county order, but the "Xun Eight Dragons" has been famous for a long time, and it can be borrowed a small child to give them two faces.

Yingchuan is the capital of the ancient Xia Dynasty, which has developed to 17 cities so far, and has a strong style of learning, among which Yangzhai (di) and Yingyin have produced Lü Buwei and Zhang Liang, two famous people of the Qin and Han dynasties.

The famous "Yingchuan Academy" here is not "which", but the collective name of Xun's private school, it can also be said to be "every family", in addition to Xun's children, but also recruit talented students from all over the world, it is said that Xu Shao Xu Zi will come to Yingchuan, never spoke at all, folk rumors that he was frightened by the talent everywhere.

The Xun family's main family is in Yangzhai, but it will take a lot of time not to mention the detour, and the identities of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao alone are not enough for them to send people with status to receive them, so instead of going to talk about themselves, it is better to wander around Yingyin to see if anyone in the family side branches or cold families in those academies is willing to meet the world, after all, there are sages who said that it is better to read thousands of books than to travel thousands of miles or something.

Those students are very shrewd, even if they are replaced by Cao Cao, they can understand the purpose of this army passing by, and the identities of several main generals are also quite easy to check, then, there is no need to say anything on this trip, just visit the local academy one by one, hold a banquet or something before leaving, and those who are willing to go with will stay, even if no one is willing to go with them, because they do not understand the solicitation, it is not a loss of face for the family.

However, when Cao Cao settled the troops and was about to enter Yingyin City with the gift of visiting Mr. Academy, he met a half-year-old boy of about ten years old on the side of the road, he looked thin and weak, wearing cloth clothes, his hair was slightly yellow, and he was holding a three-year-old girl with a kitten mask in a corner, and said to Cao Cao, who passed by: "Go directly to Xun Chen Xun Youruo, others will not pay attention to you." ”

By the time Cao Cao understood what he was saying and turned around in shock, the boy and girl had disappeared into thin air.