As long as the lord is happy, what if he licks his face and becomes a beggar?

If the general wants to gain a foothold in Cao Ying, in addition to not being afraid of death and daring to fight, the most important thing to let go of is face.

Zhang Liao lived a transparent life compared to others, so he was also more loved by Cao Cao.

When the horse came to the city of Hefei, the barbecue activity on the city tower was nearing the end.

In this era, there was a lack of feed and food, and pigs were raised enough to be slaughtered much lighter than in later generations.

Half a fan of pork is only about 100 catties, and the meat quality is relatively concentrated in the wood, and the tiger guards only take turns to fragrant mouths.

Eating meat alone? It's really Long Xiang's big words.

Thinking that Cao Cao might send someone, after all, there is really not much meat for a pig's trotter, and finally saw his old friend Zhang Liao.

For Zhang Liao, Long Xiang didn't have too deep likes and dislikes.

It's not a sin to be tactful, on the contrary, this kind of emotional intelligence is worthy of respect, and he also has some friendship with Guan Yu.

It's not a bad thing to make friends.

At that time, there were two grilled ribs left, and Long Xiang wanted to bring them to Xiaoqiao to taste, but he thought that Qiao Ling and Chen's were not enough, so he simply gave them to Zhang Liao as a favor.

It is also worth it to send away Cao Jun's batch of 'plague gods' perfectly, and to kill a few pigs to barbecue to celebrate.

Now that there are two ribs, Zhang Liao and the two guards share one to eat, and leave one back to give to Cao Cao, so that the other party can have a good time.

Cao Cao is a master who will not let himself suffer, and once had a famous saying 'I would rather bear others than others'.

When there is only one rib, Cao Cao will not give it to his subordinates to buy people's hearts like Liu Bei, but take it in his hand and eat it calmly.

He thinks it's too fake to divide and divide, and it's better to kill a few pigs in Shouchun to enjoy it.

However, the people of Shouchun are scarce, and it is a problem for people to survive, and there are no people raising pigs at all.

Xiahoudun sent people to the nearby Xia Cai and Quyang to look for it, but still did not arrange a barbecue celebration banquet for Cao Cao.

Cao Cao was full of hope but failed, so he did not plan to stay in Shouchun and continue to go north, but the guard general Xiahoudun had not healed from the arrow wound at this time, and his command of the army was really not very good, so he had to choose a new general to stay in the town.

At that time, everyone thought it was Xiahou Yuan, but Cao Cao unexpectedly chose Zhang Liao.

Facing the strange eyes of the ministers, Cao Cao had to encourage Zhang Liao.

"This time in Huainan eliminated a lot of troops in Jiangdong, but also moved away all the people in the south of the Lujiang River, Sun Quan could not threaten Shouchun in a short time, Huainan now has some strength left only in Hefei;

Wen Yuan can get along with Long Xiang for the time being, as for Mei Cheng, who is entrenched in Lishan, he can suppress it, and if he can't, he doesn't care, as long as Huainan maintains the status quo, and when I defeat Yuan Shao, he will go south. ”

"Don't worry, my lord, Zhang Liao will do his best."

"You have the ability, just keep it up."

Cao Cao bowed slightly, and then looked at Liu Fu, the assassin of the history: "At present, the people's livelihood in Huainan is withering, especially the people on the front line of Huaishui, there is not even a pig household, this time I moved in tens of thousands of people from the south, just see how Yuan Ying recuperates with the people, now most of the cargo ships are burned, and it is time-consuming and laborious to transport grain and grass from the rear, you try to be self-sufficient." ”

"Yui." Liu Fu agreed.

Seeing this, Cao Cao nodded with satisfaction, he suddenly remembered something, so he stopped Zhang Liao again, with a solemn face: "This time, your troops suffered a lot of casualties, and there are only more than 2,000 people left in the headquarters, right?" ”

"Two thousand six hundred and seventy-three." Zhang Liao is accurate to a single digit.

"Hmm." Cao Cao affirmed: "It is true that the loss is greater than that of other battalions, except for the original 2,000 garrisons in Shouchun, I will not leave you more troops to defend, and you are allowed to recruit troops by yourself when conditions permit, and you will train during the period of recuperation." ”

Zhang Liao clenched his fists and replied sonorously: "The last general obeys the order, if there is a recruitment plan, he will inform Liu Tingshi in advance, and at the same time write a letter to the lord to report." ”

"Good. Let's all disperse, rest for the night, and we'll leave tomorrow morning. ”

Cao Cao was very satisfied with Zhang Liao's answer, and he was in a good mood, he waved his hand to signal everyone to leave, but secretly signaled Xiahoudun to stay.

Xiahoudun knew how to stay until the end, and only after everyone walked out of the hall did he look back and ask:

"Mengde, do you still have an explanation?"

"How is Li Mancheng doing in Shouchun?" Cao Cao suddenly asked about the general Li Dian.

Xiahoudun thought for a while and replied: "This person is steady, cautious, and likes to read, and has no other shortcomings except for being timid. ”

"That's good, isn't that?" Cao Cao immediately said: "You will tell him on my behalf that if you stay for Zhang Liao as a deputy general, you must ensure that Shouchun is foolproof." ”

"But Lu Bu attacked Yanzhou at that time, Zhang Liao helped Lu Bu kill a lot of Li family, Li Dian and Zhang Liao can be said to have a family feud, Meng De left him as a deputy general, isn't this Shouchun his own infighting?" Xiahoudun frowned and looked at Cao Cao.

Cao Cao smiled mysteriously: "I arranged it on purpose, Zhang Wenyuan's power is too great, and we can't take care of Huainan for a long time, leaving Li Pawn as the deputy general to check and balance." ”

"Hey, that's the case, I'll explain it right away."

Xiahou turned around and left, and just walked to the door of the hall and turned back to remind: "Don't worry, Meng De, I will tell them later, this is my suggestion." ”

"Good."

Cao Cao first nodded in affirmation, and when Xiahoudun's back disappeared at the door, he shook his head and sighed: "It's still reliable for my family, and I don't need to be reminded to know how to help me share my worries." ”

After sitting on the main seat for a while, Cao Cao got up and was about to return to the back hall to rest, when Cao Xiu suddenly hurried in again.

"Something?"

"Xuzhou Dong Thorn Shi sent an urgent report."

"Oh? Take me to see, could it be that there is another rebellion in Xuzhou? ”

Cao Cao took the small bag containing the silk book and unfolded it only to find that Dong Zhao's report had something else: Chen Deng was ordered to enter Guangling, and suddenly the old disease recurred and retreated back to Dongcheng, and when he heard that the condition was so serious that his life was endangered, Chen Qi not only hurried to Dongcheng, but also ordered someone to prepare for his funeral in Xiapi.

"I see!" Cao Cao suddenly realized.

Seeing Cao Xiu's curiosity, Cao Cao had to solve his doubts:

"Chen Yuanlong was riddled with a vicious illness and was already in danger of his life, so he withdrew his troops from Guangling in advance, which explained the source of Zhou Yu's reinforcements, it turned out that the Guangling garrison was transferred, and this guy really used his troops to leak."

Cao Xiu nodded and agreed: "If there is no Chen Deng to resist in the southeast, Zhou Yu may have broken through the front line of Guangling, and now that Chen Deng's condition is so serious, who can replace him in Dongcheng?" This county was specially set up by the lord for Chen Deng."

Cao Cao frowned: "I remember that Chen Qi also has a son, if Chen Deng unfortunately dies this time, he can only temporarily let his younger brother take over as Taishou." ”

"Is he okay?" Cao Xiu looked puzzled.

Cao Cao snorted coldly: "If it doesn't work, it can be done, the situation in Xuzhou is complicated, I can only reuse the Chen family, and others can't play at all, I will immediately repair the book Dong Gongren (Dong Zhao) and tell him to act with the camera." ”

The youngest son of Chen Qi in Cao Cao's mouth, that is, Chen Deng's younger brother named Chen Ying, was unfortunately taken hostage by Yuan Shu.

Just ten days after Cao Cao left Shouchun, Chen Ying was unfortunately detained by Tang Yu, who had just gained weight, and once again became a prisoner of the order.

(End of chapter)