Chapter 80: Champion Hou
"Zhang was ordered by his father, and on August 25, the seventh year of Jian'an, the troops went out of Lulong to attack Wuheng. On September 5, he broke through the White Wolf Mountain, and beheaded more than 10 princes such as Yuan Xi, Lou Ban, and Arrived at Zhi, with 50,000 soldiers, and set up a Beijing Temple in Liucheng to threaten it. After taking Tian Chou as a cover, he personally led the fine cavalry around Changli, penetrated the medical Wulu Mountain and attacked Xiangping, Gongsun Du father and son were captured unprepared, and the officials under him were killed, and the famous people of Liaodong Guan Ning, Bingyuan, Liangmao, etc. were asked to take care of it. He also ordered Chen Geng to lead his army south to contain Sanhan. Chang led the rest of the soldiers and escorted 20,000 prisoners of war back to the Central Plains. ”
In October of the seventh year of Jian'an, Jieshi, Cao Jun camp.
Xun You was shocked, but in an impassioned tone, after reading Ye Ke's report, all the Wenchen generals in the big tent opened their mouths wide. Cao Cao's eyes widened and he took a hard breath.
Everyone was speechless for a long time, and there was only one thought in their hearts, "Crazy! Cao Ziwen is really a complete madman! Others have made a surprise attack once and made history shine, but he is good, he has made two surprise attacks, and he has won a complete victory!"
After a long time, Xiahou Yuan came back to his senses and was the first to come back to his senses, stepped forward to salute, and shouted: "The great victory in Liucheng and Liaodong is all thanks to the proper use of the people by the lord and the soldiers, and the courage to take the lead! Now that the north is unified, there is hope for peace in the world!"
"The lord is wise and martial, causing the triumphant song to be played!" Many civil and military generals were not to be outdone, and stepped forward together, the civil ministers bowed, and the military generals knelt on one knee and cheered loudly together!
Cao Fang laughed and said, "Zhongqing, this is a big victory." All rely on Ziwen's ability to command the troops, and all of you Aiqing are strategizing, and they are also the blessings of Lonely! Summoning Ziwen, let him come on a light horse, and Lone will set up a banquet in Jieshi, and treat my family's Qilin'er well!"
Soon Ye Ke was ordered, and immediately understood that Cao Cao's suspicion was committed again, and he knew all kinds of beatings from his father, but he didn't care about it.
As long as the world is in turmoil, as long as the major families still elbow Cao Cao's power, he will not snub Ye Ke.
What's more, Cao Zhang is his son-in-law, Cao Cao has not yet ascended to the throne of Wei at this time, let alone a son, not to mention Cao Pi's both civil and military skills, Cao Zhang's literary style, Cao Chong's young age but brilliant intelligence, although Ye Ke is brave and fierce, the crown of China, still does not form an overwhelming advantage in the issue of heirs. So Cao Cao's suspicions are only partial.
A few days later, Ye Ke galloped all the way with five horsemen and rushed to Jieshi.
Cao Cao grabbed the back of Ye Ke's hand, stroked his shoulder, and said with a smile: "Ziwen has worked hard all the way. ”
Ye Ke said with a smile: "Pacifying the border and plundering the Hulu and exterminating the princes who cut the land is to make contributions to the country, and with the support of my father behind him, I don't feel hard." ”
Cao Cao was overjoyed in his heart, and then feigned anger and said: "You dare to attack Liaodong with light troops without an edict, which is really bold." ”
Ye Ke hurriedly said solemnly: "Erchen feels that the general will not be affected by the order of the foreign monarch, after capturing Liucheng, it is only five hundred miles away from Xiangping, and after crossing the Yiwu Lu Mountain, it is a black soil and fertile field. ”
Cao Cao asked: "If Gongsun Du has a good plan and is strictly guarded, what can I do?"
Ye Ke said: "During the Zhongping period, the population of the four counties in Liaodong was only four or five hundred thousand, and now it is at most five or six hundred thousand, and the territory is sparsely populated, so there must be a lot of unpreparedness, Zhang grabbed a few guides, asked questions in detail, and judged that no matter how Gongsun Du is arranged, there will be more than 10,000 soldiers in Xiangping City at most, and they will be able to succeed in a battle!"
Cao Cao sighed: "It's worthy of my Qilin'er, 10,000 soldiers guarding the city, and they don't even pay attention to it." ”
After the banquet, Cao Cao pulled Ye Ke to the Jieshi Mountain, looking at the surging sea, Cao Cao was very happy, and chanted a poem:
The east is adjacent to the Jieshi, in order to view the sea.
The water is surging, and the mountains and islands are surging and the islands are shining.
The trees are overgrown and the grass is abundant.
The autumn wind is bleak, and the waves are surging.
The trip of the sun and the moon, if out of it.
The stars are brilliant, if out of it.
Fortunately, even ah, the song is a song.
Ye Ke listened to it and sighed heartily: "Father's literary talent is really the best in ancient and modern times, there is a stone of talent in the world, my father has eight buckets, Ziheng Zijian has a total of one bucket, and the world has a total of one bucket." ”
Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, then laughed, pointed at Ye Ke and said, "Ziwen, Ziwen, I thought you had always been honest, but I didn't expect you to be so tricky?"
Ye Ke said solemnly: "Whatever you want in your heart, you can say anything, where can you take care of so much." ”
Cao Cao was satisfied, and took Ye Ke's hand and walked down the hill.
After coming down the mountain, the news came, a few days ago, Guo Jia was not accustomed to the water and soil, and recuperated in Yicheng, because he did not work much, and the treatment was timely, and now he has recovered.
Cao Cao was even more overjoyed, and stayed in Youzhou for a long time, beheaded Gongsun Du and others, and determined the affairs of the Liaodong official office, so he led the whole army to return south.
This night in Jizhou City, Cao Cao suddenly had a gain, decided to build Tongque Terrace, so Cao Zhi and Cao Pi in Ye County to build a platform, so that Zhang Yan guarded the North Village. Cao Cao will get Yuan Shao and Gongsun Du's soldiers, a total of five or six hundred thousand, the class teacher returned to Xudu, and the hero was sealed.
Among them, Ye Ke was named the champion Hou, earlier Cao Cao ordered him to be stationed in Youzhou, responsible for training soldiers, and transferred Chen Geng and Gao Tao to assist, Ye Ke commanded three hundred elite cavalry, because of the significant merit, one hundred of them were transferred by Cao Cao to the tiger and leopard cavalry as a middle-level officer, and the other hundred were transferred to the Su Guard, which was led by Xu Chu.
By Ye Ke's side, there were only a hundred elite horsemen left.
At this time, there were only Ye Ke, Chen Geng and Gao Tao in the room, admiring the robes of the champion waiting, Ye Ke didn't speak, but Gao Tao couldn't help it, bowed down and saluted: "General, we are responsible for training soldiers, but there is still a chance to fight on the battlefield?"
Gao Tao was originally of medium stature, but after practicing the Xuanyuan Body Forging Technique, his bones were strong, his muscles were coiled, and he grew a lot out of thin air, and he was completely a tall and mighty giant man, with two thousand catties of strength in his arms!
Ye Ke glanced at him and said with a smile: "Naturally, there is a chance to fight, what's the matter, you can't wait to go to the battlefield?"
Gao Tao said proudly: "Since the last general met the general, he has been entrusted with heavy use, and the last general is also willing to follow the general to make meritorious contributions......!"
Ye Ke smiled indifferently and said, "Then do you think the rewards after the war are not enough?"
"The general's rewards and punishments are fair, and I don't worry about this. ”
"Since you're not worried about this, why are you talking about this?"
"General," Gao Tao stepped forward and said, "I know that the general is the most faithful, but the lord uses us as the vanguard in every war, and he transfers our soldiers again and again......"
"Gao Tao!" Ye Ke's tone was stern, not only Gao Tao was solemn, but Chen was also solemn. "He is my father and my lord, let me be stationed in Jieyouzhou, and entrust me with a heavy responsibility! As long as he gives an order, what if he takes all of us away?"
"General!" Gao Tao distinguished: "The last general naturally does not dare to separate the general's father-son relationship, but now that the south is not appeased, we are staying in Youzhou, which is obviously jealous of us." ”
"What is the south?" Ye Ke sneered, "We are all northern men, not accustomed to the river, only on the grassland is our strength, Xianbei, Xiongnu, Fuyu, Ding Ling, and Qianghu, are you afraid that there is no place to make contributions?"
Gao Tao said: "But the general ......"
Ye Ke stretched out his hand to stop Gao Tao's speech, and said: "When the lord is here, we have the opportunity to hire the north, even if I am not the son of the world in the future, with my martial arts, even if I start from scratch, can't I fight another world?"
Gao Tao and Chen Geng glanced at each other, and then they were overjoyed, and said, "As the general said!"