The general's mansion is double happy, one is the traitor Huang Zu who caused trouble in Jiangxia, and he has been awarded the head in Echeng, and the second is ......

But it didn't come from Zhang Ling, after all, Chen Gong said that the matter of moving the Guyue tribe was just a "thought" and a good start, and there was no actual benefit.

And...... The next step is to devour the wolf and drive Baiyue to attack Wulingman in Jingzhou, which is not easy to say.

The real happy event is the reward of the imperial court for "awarding nine tin", and he came to Jinling for the fourth time!

Bai Tu has resigned three times before, and these four times ...... The will of the imperial court was so resolute, and there were dozens of letters sent by the people of more than 100 counties in Yangzhou, all of whom were persuading Bai Tu to receive Jiuxi.

Helplessly, Bai Tu, as a thin-skinned person, had no choice but to take it.

For the celebration banquet of Jiangxia's good news, it added a bit of joy!

At the same time, the envoy also brought news of the Prime Minister's Mansion to Cao Pi and Sima Lang - at this time, the puppet general Yuan Shao and the Prime Minister's Mansion had already transferred troops to Liyang and Yanjin respectively.

The two places are the important towns north and south of the Yellow River, and the great war between Hebei and the Central Plains...... It's on the verge of happening!

In terms of numbers alone, it even surpassed the Jingyang battlefield, Yuan Shao was located in the four states of Qingji and Youhe north of the Yellow River, Wuhuan and Liaodong had been beaten by Yuan Shao before, and half of the Black Mountain thieves had already gone out of the mountains to join.

There is also the prosperity of grain and straw, and the benefits of war horses, which can be described as powerful, and the army is known as one million and one hundred thousand iron horses!

Of course, it is only claimed, but in fact, with the population of the four states of Qinghai, Hebei and You, they have just experienced the dispute between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan, no matter how fat Hebei is, it is impossible to support more than one million people with troops, but ...... Five or six hundred thousand is likely to be there.

It is also necessary to count that Yuan Shao took over the four states of Hebei, so he naturally had to take on the Xiongnu, Qianghu, and Xianbei in the north to resist the Hetao, and Liaodong also had to watch Gongsun Du......

Although it may not be possible to do it in real time, and may even cooperate, it is ...... The premise is that there must be an army left to deter enough, otherwise there will definitely be a fight!

Just like Baitu now, some people must also be separated to stay in Yuzhang and Zhangling.

Those who can be pulled to the battlefield of the Yellow River are estimated to be "only" 300,000 - don't underestimate 300,000...... The more concentrated the army, the greater the pressure on logistics, counting the civilian men and foot forces that have to be recruited at the same time, in fact, the total number of people to reach one million is not necessarily impossible!

And there can't be 100,000 cavalry, but 30,000 is there - in the world of Chengji, an elite cavalryman needs at least two batches of good horses and four or five horses to be "trained".

It's like a real cavalry needs several horses.

Yuan Shao is definitely the most generous prince in terms of cavalry now......

As for Cao Cao, although he was strong and strong in Qingzhou and occupied Runan, he ...... If it is full, it can be used in the north, only about 100,000 troops, and only a few thousand cavalry.

It is slightly weaker than in history without the White Rabbit Effect - although the population of Runan is larger than the rest of history due to the disaster relief before Baitu, but ...... Xuzhou and Huainan are now not under Cao Cao's control.

But it is not too weak, after all, Xuzhou has been "slaughtered" by Cao Cao before, especially in the area of Pengcheng, which has long been overdrawn by Cao Cao, in fact, Liu Bei is the worst in recent years, Xuzhou has an empty population, but the manpower is seriously insufficient.

As for Huainan...... In history, Cao Cao's Huainan was originally Huainan with ten rooms and nine empty rooms after the drought, and after that, most of the people of Huainan moved south to Jiangdong, and when they competed with Yuan Shao, Huainan was just a vacant land!

So Cao Cao is not much weaker than in history, but ...... The potential is much weaker.

And at this time, Liu Bei had already come to Xudu alone under Cao Cao's repeated urging.

Liu Bei had also hesitated before, but under the current situation, Cao Liu did not join forces, and could only be annexed by Yuan Shao, and Cao Liu joined forces...... The gap between Liu Bei and Cao Cao is even greater than the gap between Cao Cao and Bai Tu!

On the other hand, Liu Bei was in Xuzhou, and he had also heard some rumors, saying that Cao Cao bullied the emperor of Han......

Liu Bei didn't have much confidence in Cao Cao's character before, but ...... In Liu Bei's eyes, or in the eyes of most people, slaughtering the city and treating the Son of Heaven are definitely two things of nature - the nature of the latter is much more serious!

Especially recently, the imperial court has repeatedly awarded Jiuxi to Bai Tu, although Bai Tu has been refusing, but people with a discerning eye know that this is "three resignations and three concessions......

For a while, Liu Bei couldn't fully believe in Bai Tu anymore - sure enough, he could only rely on himself for such a thing as Kuang Fu Han Room!

So, Liu Bei decided to go to Chaozhong to take a look in person.

Of course, Liu Bei is also a prince now, unlike during the Battle of Guandu in history, he was still sending people everywhere.

Although he came to Xudu in person, the second and third brothers were leading troops in Xuzhou, and Cao Cao did not dare to move him easily.

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The ceremony of conferring nine tins has been carried out in Jinling.

"Jiuxi", the etiquette on the "Zhou Rites", what the specific looks like, the Han Dynasty people actually don't know, before Wang Mang, the Confucian scholars of the Han Dynasty have only studied from an academic point of view.

The etiquette when Wang Mang gave Jiuxi can be said to be original to Wang Mang, and Cao Cao ...... I don't know if I don't have time to be original, or if I deliberately do things, at this time I completely copied the "awarding nine tin" at the turn of the two Han Dynasty!

However, Bai Tu didn't want to make any more extraneous branches, so he hastily cooperated with the honor guard of the imperial court and completed the process.

What Bai Tu didn't expect was that in addition to nominally getting rid of some of the suppression of the imperial court's righteousness, that is, Cao Cao gave up some of the advantages of Bai Tu's righteousness, there were actually some practical benefits!

Jiuxi refers to the nine kinds of royal gifts, from chariots and horses to clothing, most of which are only symbolic......

But it also includes 300 "tiger ben", as well as bows and arrows for "conquest of injustice", and axes for "punishing the guilty"!

Although it is only 300 elite soldiers, it ...... With the current situation, Cao Cao can't waste it, and besides, he is willing to send it, but Bai Tu is not willing to use it!

So in fact, all that is given is a name, or a quota.

However, this "again" gave Bai Tu's guards a chance to be promoted and strengthened......

As Bai Tu's personal guard, although it seems that the grade has not changed, but ...... From the personal guard of Yangzhou Mu, to the personal guard of the general of the chariot cavalry, and then to the personal guard of the general...... In fact, Bai Tu's personal guards also followed the "rubbing" rank.

Now, he has officially become the personal guard of "Chu Hou", and he is also a tiger ben given by Jiuxi in name!

The guards who have been subjected to the most brutal training by Tai Shi Ci and also have the best welfare guarantees of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, nearly half of the three hundred people have been promoted to gilded armor, and the other half are already close to the limit.

There are also "Tong Bow One, Tong Arrow Hundred, Xuan Bow One, Xuan Arrow Thousand", as a bow and arrow to fight against injustice.

Of course, it's just a symbol, eleven pairs of bows and arrows, enough to crusade against whom?

And Cao Cao didn't even want to give out eleven pairs of bows and arrows, and he also gave "quotas", as well as ...... One large and one small, two buckets of pink paint - brush yourself, the red one is the Tong bow and the Tong arrow, and the black one is the Xuan bow and the black one.

It's just that in the world of Cheng Ji, since it is the Jiuxi rewarded by the Han family, it has the luck bonus of the Han family, the Tong bow is about doubled, and the Xuan bow is about thirty percent - this is Lu Su's prediction.

Therefore, Bai Tu directly sealed this batch of "paint".

Okay, aren't you trying to save?

Then save ......

Isn't it true that the greater the power of the "arrow", the greater the blessing of the Han family's luck?

Well, that is, "double, a hundred times", "three percent, a thousand times"...... You have to think about it and tap the potential of the Han family!

Bai Tu didn't know that under the arrangement of Xi Zhicai, the luck of the Han family, especially the imperial court, had been transferred to Cao Cao's luck, and Cao Cao would ...... in the future I really regret this decision.

After all...... It's just a matter of you brushing a strong bow, you take it to brush the iron pimple, is it too much to say what kind of "Tongyi cannon" is?

That's the afterword......

Now in the Jinling General's Mansion, it is Cao Bang's favorite project - banquet.

Seeing that it is already summer, Jinling is getting hotter and hotter, but in the General's Mansion, the ice unicorn is enough!

What is an Ice Kirin?

Legend has it that the heavens were moved by Bai Tu's diligence and hard work, and lowered the white jade unicorn, so that Bai Tu had endless ice to relieve the heat, so ...... Desserts made with ice are also called "ice unicorns".

These are all allusions and plays!

For this kind of legend, Sima Lang scoffed behind his back - believe you a ghost! also lowered the white jade unicorn......

And this compilation is not reasonable, the unicorn is now, and the saint is out!

Co-authoring such a big vision, in the end, is to give you a few pieces of ice? It's too much for the unicorn!

It's just that Sima Lang was puzzled that he had specially inquired, but he never found out that the General's Mansion had mobilized people to mine ice in the middle of winter......

Could it be that they are all picked by the people of the General's Mansion themselves? Will that last that long?

Not only the general's mansion itself, but also the staff who send ice trucks to various government offices every day, and the staff who are valued by the white picture are also sent to every household day long.

"Boda, look at this ice unicorn, cold and cold...... In this hot summer day, does it smell? Cao Bang asked Sima Lang solemnly.

"It's indeed a rare treasure to relieve the heat, but ......," Sima Lang said, frowning.

With the more and more proficient in the boiling of sucrose, even in this regard, there is no broom to cherish, and now there is a folk sugar making process in Jiangdong......

Naturally, the grasp of "sweetness" is becoming more and more calm, and the taste of this "ice unicorn" is getting better and better.

It's just that Sima Lang still thinks that this kind of thing is a model of labor and money, arrogance and lasciviousness!

However, before his "but" could be finished, Cao Bang had already interrupted: "In that case, Boda, after the banquet, you can ask Bai Gong for some daily ice?" ”

"Huh? That's too abrupt, isn't it? Sima Lang was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then when he saw Cao Bang's eyes, he suddenly made a shy face.

Cao Bang's eyes seemed to say: [Isn't it abrupt for you? Aren't you good at that? 】

Sima Lang remembered the fear of being dominated by the glass cup again......

Cao Pi couldn't help but say at this time: "Anguo! Hugh is rude! ”

When Sima Lang heard this, he squeezed out some smiles at Cao Pi - it is still Pi Gongzi who hurts people.

"Before, the glass cup could be said to be Boda's second brother's favorite, but now Boda's second brother is not here, how can he be an excuse to ask for the ice unicorn...... Ahem, I mean 'reason'. Cao Pi reprimanded.

Sima Lang: ......