In Xudu, Cao Cao went out of the city for thirty miles to welcome the return of Cao Ren and Cao Hong, who had been absent for a long time.

Cao Ren and Cao Hong, under the leadership of Xiahou Dun, pleaded guilty to Cao Cao, saying that he had failed Cao Cao's trust.

Where could Cao Cao blame these two brothers, he quickly helped the two up, and the three of them hugged each other and wept, and went into the city to rest together.

In troubled times, it is a very lucky thing to meet again.

Although Cao Cao was worried about the war in Jingzhou, but the two brothers came back happily and couldn't keep their mouths together, and set up a family banquet that night, except for Wang Bi, everyone was either surnamed Xiahou or surnamed Cao, everyone was happy in bitterness, and when it came to the war in Jiangling, they all sighed Cao Ren's bravery, and ridiculed Wu Jun for being really incompetent, and the ability to attack the city was actually rotten like this.

Ridicule is ridicule, and there are still practical problems in front of Cao Jun.

The level of Cao Jun's water battle and the siege level of the Wu army are not to mention the second brother, if the Cao army wants to take revenge in the future, he has to practice and practice well, so as not to be beaten by the Wu army again in the later battles.

Cao Ren kept talking about the kindness of Le Jin and Xu Huang to save him, and asked Cao Cao to be sure to reward him, which made Xiahou Dun, who wanted to say bad things about Le Jin and Xu Huang, have been bowing his head and drinking stuffy wine, Cao Cao knew that Xiahou Tang had suffered heavy losses in the south this time, and he also folded Li Tong, but he did not mean to blame, but poured wine for Xiahou Tang in person, and tried his best to guard against arrogance and rashness in the future, and think in the long run.

"I've heard about your misunderstanding with Wen Qian. Don't think about it, drink well, rest well, and other things," Cao Cao didn't believe in the betrayal of Le Jin and Xu Huang in his heart.

It must be that Xiahoudun is too strong, these two are veterans who are not convinced, but fortunately they did not cause a catastrophe, which is already a blessing in misfortune.

Xiahoudun nodded silently, took a sip of wine, and said slowly:

"The matter of Jingzhou...... Hey, I don't want to say more, but there's a talent I'd like to recommend to Meng De - that's ......."

"It's Yunshan!" Cao Cao said with a smile, "Your previous letter was clearly written, if it weren't for you, I would almost think that Zilian had received the benefits of Yunshan." ”

"Poof." Cao Hong squirted a sip of wine far away, Cao Cao's ridicule made him cough again and again, and he quickly wiped his mouth and pleaded guilty.

"Prime Minister," Cao Ren frowned when he said of Yunshan, "I think this son still needs to be polished." ”

"Oh?" Xiahoudun was a little unhappy, "What does Zixiao mean?" ”

"No, it's nothing. I just think that this son was promoted too quickly, he was originally from an unknown place, and he only sat on the Taishou and the general in a few days, even if he was a talent, he always had to do something extraordinary to prove his ability.

Otherwise, I'm just afraid that other people will not be convinced. ”

As he spoke, he glanced at Cao Hong, and Cao Hong said weakly:

"Yes, I also heard that this person is Guan Ping, the son of Guan Yu......"

As soon as these words came out, the surroundings suddenly fell silent.

And the king arose and went out to the door, and drove away the maids, and shut the door again, and put his back against the crack in it.

Whew, it's so annoying, let people not drink well.

"Who said that Tanzhi is Guan Ping?" Xiahoudun's voice was cold and terrifying.

"Uh, uh, uh......" Cao Ren smirked, "I'm listening, listening to rumors in the army." Even if this Yunshan is not Guan Ping, he will have to go through some time to make meritorious deeds, and Yuan Rang wants Xian'er to marry him, it seems that it is a little early. ”

Cao Cao's daughter must not marry casually.

When Cao Cao heard that it was possible for Yunshan to be closed, his face immediately tightened. Xiahoudun slammed the copper slug in his hand on the table and said sharply:

"Zilian, what do you mean? I have already checked the identity of Tanzhi very clearly, I trust it with great things, you actually believe the rumors in the army, but you don't believe me?

Okay, did I also vote for Liu Beijun and want to rebel, you might as well make it clearer! ”

"No, no, no, no!" Cao Hong hurriedly waved his hand, "I, I just think, this, this Yunshan should kill some thieves, Fang, in order to prove his ability, right?" ”

Xiahoudun was silent, Cao Cao picked up the copper slab with a smile, refilled it with wine, and said with a smile:

"Who dares not to trust Yuan Rang? It's just that Yun Shan really doesn't have a lot of credit, so he has to be ......"

"Prime Minister!"

Wang Bi's anxious voice came from outside the door, which made Cao Cao's nerves tense suddenly.

"What?"

"There is an emergency military report from Jingzhou!"

Zhu Cao was silent again.

In the middle of the night, Jingzhou's emergency military report ......

Could it be that something has changed in Jingzhou, is it Zhou Yu's Northern Expedition or Lejin's rebellion?

"Quick, send in!" Cao Cao could feel the tremor in his voice.

Cao's army has been defeated twice in Chibi and Jiangling, and there is a small piece of Xiangyang as the center of the south of Hanshui.

The king opened the door and came in, and delivered a plain silk full of characters to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao's expression was complicated in front of him, Xiahou looked closely, Cao Ren and Cao Hong did not dare to step forward according to the etiquette, but both of them showed obvious anxious looks.

"How?"

Time passed minute by minute, and Cao Cao and Xiahoudun were still relishing, reading the text carefully.

After a long time, the two of them slowly raised their heads, Cao Cao's expression was unwavering, and Xiahou Tang was happy, which made Cao Ren and Cao Hong finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"What the hell?"

"Hahaha, hahahaha......"

Cao Cao's laughter was extremely hearty.

After this Chibi battle, he hadn't laughed so heartily for a long time, and Xiahoudun also looked up to the sky and laughed, the two of them supported each other's arms, and shook their heads lightly while laughing.

"Tanzhi is really a good match for Xian'er.

This will set up a name, let Tanzhi prepare the dowry, and marry his daughter to him when he has saved enough! ”

·

In June of the 14th year of Jian'an, Cao Jun had just finished the Battle of Jiangling, and Jiangxia Taishou Yunshan received news that Pan Zhang, a close confidant of Sun Quan and a captain of Mengwu, was about to cross the river and return to Jiangdong with a large amount of military supplies.

Yunshan took the initiative to attack, and annihilated Pan Zhang's 3,000 sailors before the support of the Guan Yu Navy in Xiakou, and obtained the first 300, Pan Zhang jumped into the river to flee for his life, and was captured by Zhang Yun, the captain of the Jingzhou Navy after going ashore, and was beheaded and sent to Xudu.

This battle was the first victory of Cao's army since the Battle of Chibi, Yunshan killed the enemy's general on the river, shattering the myth of the invincibility of the Jiangdong naval army, and was of great significance to Cao's army.

Other people's battle reports describe the battle scenes very simply, even if Guan Yu beheaded Yan Liang back then, there were only a few dozen words.

Unfortunately, Jingzhou now has two great writers in the romantic style.

Guan Ping's military newspaper gave the two brothers a share of the credit, saying that the battle was Cao Pi in the middle of the command, Cao Zhi personally went to Jiangxia to supervise the victory of the victory, the two brothers were originally in Xiangyang looked uncomfortable, and finally got the opportunity to fight.

The two of them each copied pen and ink, and according to Guan Ping's description, the pen walked the dragon and snake, one was heroic, the other was heroic, and the story of Yunshan killing Pan Zhang in the chaos was written.

As we all know, literati always exaggerate the facts a little bit, which is the category of artistic processing.

Cao Pi judged that Yunshan could win the first 300 at least 3,000 enemy troops, so he wrote down with a stroke of the pen that he commanded thousands of troops and horses to fight hard with Pan Zhang, and the warriors on both sides fought desperately in the water battle, and finally annihilated the strong enemy, the story is very heroic.

Cao Zhi saw his brother describe it like this, so he simply exaggerated it again - he wrote that Guan Ping led more than 100 sons and daughters to meet Pan Zhang's thousands of strong soldiers and dared to charge to the death, and his pride and ambition frightened Pan Zhang to abandon the ship and flee, and then Yunshan, who was covered in blood, stood at the bow of the boat and pointed at Guan Yu angrily with his sword, so that Guan Yu did not dare to step forward.

This paragraph is written as if I have seen it in person, although Guan Ping is described like a brainless and reckless man, but it can't stand the heroic bridge that everyone likes to watch.

Cao Cao and Xiahoudun watched it with relish, and they couldn't wait for them to swing their swords into the battlefield and fight the strong enemy together with Yunshan.

In the past, it was said that Yunshan did not win, but this time it is a real credit.

Cao's army was hiding in Xiangyang and did not dare to come out, Yunshan actually took the initiative to attack Pan Zhang, who was passing by, and also captured a large amount of military funds.

This kind of thing can't be faked, Cao Ren Cao Hong, who had previously suspected that Yunshan might be Yunshan, lowered his head in shame and didn't dare to say a word.

"I'm guilty." Cao Ren hurriedly self-examined, "I, I didn't see Tanzhi in Xiangyang, and I thought he was deliberately avoiding me, so I became suspicious, now take a look...... It turns out that Tanzhi is really planning big things. ”

Xiahoudun snorted:

"Frank is sincere, never willing to bend to meet the boss. Everyone else came to worship you, and he was the only one who was worried about the country, so he seized the fight.

That Pan Zhang came and went freely on the water, and he didn't take us in his eyes at all, after this battle, no one would dare to underestimate me and wait in the future. ”

The Cao army's fiasco this time was mainly because their water warfare ability was very ridiculous, and most of the northern soldiers only trained in Xuanwu Pool for less than half a year before rushing south, what kind of water warfare could this practice?

Now they have accidentally discovered Yun Shan, a genius of water warfare.

He set up a camp in Shiyang, which was so close to Liu Beijun's base camp, repelled Sun Liu's attacks several times, and was able to wait for an opportunity to kill a few generals in the Wu army like Pan Zhang, which shows his skills and abilities.

If such a talent refuses to be promoted and appointed just because he is so-called unknown, this will not push this person to the enemy's side in vain.

"I have to be frank, but I don't think about it." Cao Cao sighed and looked at the military newspaper carefully.

Although he was ready to publicize this heroic military report written by Cao Zhi to the world, he could also see that the two sons did not do anything in this battle, and only used pen and ink to fight openly and secretly.

Thinking that his son was so embarrassed in front of Cai Mao, Cao Cao was suddenly unhappy.

"Let Zihuan and Zijian not come back.

After a good experience under Tanzhi, I will let Tanzhi evaluate the two brothers. ”

"Huh?" Cao Ren and Cao Hong were shocked, they didn't expect Cao Cao's favor for Yunshan to come so quickly, and he actually asked him to evaluate the merits of his son.

"What's wrong with this? Tan Zhi is the husband of Xian'er immediately, and he is an orphan half-son, can't he be evaluated? ”

Cao Ren smiled bitterly:

"The prime minister has to summon Tan Zhi to meet him, so, so...... Not so good. ”

"No way!" Xiahou said angrily, "Tan Zhi killed Pan Zhang, can Sun Liu Yan not come to seek revenge?" The front line of Jingzhou is surrounded by strong enemies, and there is Cai Mao inside, if Zhao Tan comes before and the enemy hears the news and comes to attack, what is good? ”

Cao Cao's heart is also true, Xiahou Dun, Cao Pi Cao Zhi, Zhao Yan, Zhang Liao, and Le Jin have all seen this son, and they all say that he has great talents, and he is also relieved.

"State affairs are important, and state affairs are important.

He is alone in the south of the Yangtze River, so he can naturally see Tanzhi, but he is not in a hurry. ”

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