"Father!"

I saw the arrival of Cao Cao's team from afar.

Cao Ang shouted loudly.

The red rabbit horse under the driving seat soared all the way to Cao Cao.

One rolled over and jumped off the horse.

Then bow your hand in front and bow to the end.

"The child sees the father!"

Listening to his son's familiar voice, I saw him bow down in front of him.

Cao Cao was equally excited.

casually threw the horsewhip to the guards on the side, and then also turned over and dismounted, and rushed to Cao Ang in three or two steps.

"I'm up, I'm up!"

As he spoke.

Cao Cao held Cao Ang's elbow with both hands and helped him up.

After Cao Ang held his head high.

Cao Cao looked at his son's still handsome and heroic appearance, his eyes were full of relief, and he sighed in his heart.

The father and son have been separated for nearly a year.

It doesn't sound like a long time.

But you must know that in order to train his son Cao Ang into a qualified heir, Cao Cao often took him wherever he went.

Whether it is to take office in Luoyang or to become a local official, most of them are with them, and there are few situations like this that have not been seen for many years.

Therefore, meeting again in Yecheng today is a very happy thing for Cao Cao.

At the same time, it is precisely because I want to see Cao Ang.

Cao Cao still led his soldiers north when the crisis in Wei County had been lifted and all forces had chosen to retreat.

……

"Zixuan, I've heard everything that happened here in Wei County these days."

"You're doing a great job!"

"The big thieves, beheading the enemy, forcing the landing and harassing the ambitious people who invade the Koubian, all the forces in the north are shocked by you, and they dare not act rashly."

"This time, you are powerful all over the world, your reputation spreads far and wide, and even your family is honored, you didn't embarrass your father, you are worthy of being the unicorn of my Cao family!"

Cao Cao did not hesitate to praise him.

Cao Ang has been given the highest level of evaluation for his many feats during this time.

These praises are indeed from Cao Cao's heart.

After all, under the premise that the Yanzhou base camp was restrained by Yuan Shu and failed to give support, Cao Ang still did everything.

This is inherently inherently inherently incapable of being able to do so.

Even because of this time, the Great Melee in the Kanto Region that revolved around Wei County achieved quite rich results under the auspices of Cao Ang.

Even the status of the entire Cao family has been dramatically improved.

The families of the counties and counties in Yanzhou have increasingly supported the rule of the Cao family.

There are many people in the surrounding states and counties, and they have begun to secretly contact the Cao family's forces, including Qingzhou and Yuzhou.

So to speak.

In the Kwantung melee, Cao Ang won a brilliant victory.

directly prompted the Cao family to become the top force in the entire Kanto region, and even laid a solid foundation for further becoming the top force in the world.

……

And at this moment, after hearing my father's praise.

Cao Ang grinned, revealing a cheerful smile.

Then he replied: "This time, my father, together with His Royal Highness King Chen, won three battles and three victories, and the Yuan Highway that I fought was running away, and I only dared to flee from the wind. ”

"Our Cao family is now powerful, famous all over the world, and it is absolutely indispensable to your father!"

Cao Cao heard this.

I couldn't help but squint my eyes and sneer.

"You kid, you praise you for your father, but you still praise me, why do we praise each other so much!"

Cao Ang snorted.

I won't say more.

Just pointed in the direction of Yecheng.

"My father came from afar, and I was tired of traveling and driving, so please enter the city as soon as possible with the child, and I ordered someone to prepare a reception banquet in the county government to wash the dust for my father."

Cao Cao nodded first.

But with his chin, he gestured to the people who were waiting respectfully not far away.

"There's no hurry to enter the city for the time being."

"I'll go and meet your subordinate Wenwu first, and by the way, deal with those local clans in Wei County."

"After all, if you don't give you a town, it will be in vain!"

As the father and son so decided.

It's not too late.

I heard that outside the south gate, there was a burst of honorific titles such as "Fujun" and "Cao Gong" one after another.

…………

The banquet went very smoothly.

After all, Cao Ang's status in Wei County is already like a true god, and at this juncture when his prestige has reached its peak, no one will oppose him without opening his eyes.

What's more, Cao Cao is Cao Ang's father.

He is also the supreme controller of Yanzhou.

So it is not an exaggeration to say what kind of respect and respect the Wei County show to this Cao Gong who came from afar.

During the whole banquet, he was also singing praises, which did not reflect the "town and town" in Cao Cao's words.

And now in the ashram.

Father and son sit across from each other at the table.

Because he drank a few more glasses of wine, Cao Cao, who was full of red light, was holding a bowl of tea soup at the moment, chatting about it for sobering up.

After a few small sips.

Cao Cao put the tea bowl aside, then asked Cao Ang solemnly with a straight face.

"Ziyu, I came all the way for my father, and a lot of news about Wei County was also found on the road, and I still don't know a lot about the specific situation."

"Tell me, has the current crisis in Wei County been completely resolved, and are there any hidden dangers?"

……

It is normal for Cao Cao to be worried.

After all, there were five ways to attack Cao before.

The momentum was too big, and it really frightened many people, even if it was announced to the outside world that the crisis had been resolved, Cao Cao had to confirm it again.

Otherwise, he is not at ease.

In the face of such a deep concern for my father.

Cao Ang nodded with great certainty, and said categorically: "Father can rest assured!" ”

"The five forces that besieged our Cao family before will either collapse now, retreat, or raise troops to surrender to me."

"Except for Yuan Shu's side, the child has never been handed, and I can be sure that the other four roads have been solved."

I got a satisfactory answer.

Cao Cao couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Then he pointed to the side of the guide.

"Yuan Shu, you don't have to worry, this person has fled back to Nanyang County in a hurry now, and within a year and a half, he will never dare to fight our idea again!"

When it comes to this.

Cao Cao paused slightly.

Then a look of surprise flashed in his eyes.

Muttered in a slightly dreamy tone.

"Speaking of this, my father is still like being in a dream, it is the son of the Yuan family who was born in the fourth world and the third prince, a famous family in the world, and the Yuan family of Runan!"

"Being able to plot against Nanyang County proves that his strength is definitely not weak, at least the soldiers are well prepared, and there is no shortage of people under his hands who can be used."

"Before I hurriedly led my troops to Fuyu County, joined forces with His Royal Highness King Chen, and wanted to start a war with Yuan Highway, I was still uneasy in my heart."

"I just want to pay a certain price, even if I lose a considerable part of the generals, after a hard battle, I have to repel it, if I am not careful, maybe I will fall into the disadvantage and suffer defeat."

……

Yuan Shu's family background is really good.

After he escaped from Luoyang and became an independent force, his strength can be described as quite strong.

Even a strongman like Liu Biao relied on the land of Jingzhou and the alliance of Nanyang County to resist Yuan Shu's southward advance.

Moreover, Yuan Shao and Yuan were very familiar with Cao Cao, and he was definitely a masterpiece.

So Yuan Shu, who is from the same source as Yuan Shao, can't be any worse than he thinks?

This is precisely the reason why Cao Cao has scruples.

It's just that after the actual fight......

"It was only when this battle started that I suddenly realized that all the preparations for the bitter battle that I had done before were just extra effort."

"In three consecutive encounters, Yuan Highway didn't even play a decent match, if it weren't for him throwing away his armor all the way, fleeing in a hurry, and performing in embarrassment, I almost thought he was showing me weakness and luring me deeper!"

"That's really...... It's hard to put into words! ”

Everyone else is losing in doubtful life.

Only when he came to Cao Cao, he won a little doubtful life, but he felt full of unreality.

When it comes to winning, he is mentally prepared.

But this pressed Yuan Shu to fight.

It's still a little too outrageous!

It's just that at this moment, Cao Ang didn't care about these thoughts of his father Cao Cao.

Yuan Shu, that's it.

There are really a lot of resources, and the family conditions are so good that they are bursting, but the war is sparse.

The dry bones in the mound are really not called in vain.

……

Of course.

Cao Ang didn't need to point out how many dishes Yuan Shu had, he just smiled and arched his hand to Cao Cao, and then said with a wink.

"Neither nor not!"

"Father's words are ridiculous!"

"It's not that Yuan Highway is vulnerable, it's actually that your father is too strong, Yuan Shu is still a little fierce in front of others, but when you come here, you will naturally be beaten back to its original shape."

Cao Cao was simply amused by Cao Ang.

He didn't think he was so good at fighting.

Counting the Xiahou brothers under his hands, plus Cao Hong and other generals, at most they can only be regarded as middle and upper.

Anyway, when he was compared with a famous general like his son, he was compared in an instant.

But Cao Ang was so interrupted.

The confused emotions in Cao Cao's heart were also washed away in an instant.

I don't bother to think about it anymore.

Instead, he shifted his attention to another place.

"Ang'er, the one you said about raising troops to surrender to you should be that Zhang Yang and Yu Fuluo, right?"

"As far as I know, the combined strength of the two of them is 10,000, even thousands, and if you swallow them with a similar number of people, I'm afraid it will be a little unstable!"

Cao Ang couldn't help but nod slightly.

"What my father said is exactly what I am worried about, although under Wen Yuan's control, these two groups of men have been completely separated, and then scattered and mixed into our army."

"But on the premise that our army itself does not have an advantage, it is indeed very likely that there will be turmoil."

As Cao Ang's voice fell.

After thinking for a while, Cao Cao tapped on the table and said, "Since this is the case, then our father and son will exchange the parts under their hands." ”

"You hand over all of Zhang Yang's troops to me, and I will allocate another army of equal numbers to you, so that you can be safe!"

There is a background behind it, which is easy to do.

If you can't do it alone, it will become easy to leave it to Comrade Lao Cao to operate.

"Then according to my father's words!"

…………

Then I discussed a few more things.

Cao Cao saw that the hour was not early, and the father and son did not have much time to sit and talk to each other.

When even leaving aside other topics.

With a quick movement, he found a map on the table, and then spread it out in front of Cao Ang.

Then he retracted the smile on his face.

Quite seriously asked: "Ang'er, now that Wei County has completely fallen into your hands, plus the Qinghe Country and the nine counties of Jizhou that were agreed upon in the previous four-party agreement, our Cao family has already obtained the second." ”

"I don't know what you're going to do next."

"Do you continue to take root in Wei County and further plot the entire territory of Jizhou, or do you have other plans?"

This is a question of grand strategy.

It's about which way the Cao family will go next.

For today's Cao Cao, he is extremely trusted and valued, his only heir.

Cao Ang has proven his outstanding ability again and again, through practical actions, as well as the overall situation and vision far beyond ordinary people.

Therefore, in Cao Cao's heart.

The son's will and attitude can completely influence, and even influence, his own decision-making.

Cao Ang's next strategic plan can basically be copied word for word, and it can be used as the strategic plan of the entire big force.

……

And as soon as Cao Cao's words came out.

Cao Ang couldn't help but get serious.

He first turned the map slightly sideways, then pointed to the location of Bohai County and Hejian Kingdom, and shook his head at Cao Cao.

"The matter of Jizhou has come to an end for the time being, the child has now successfully occupied two counties, and Jizhou Mu Hanfu is also obedient to me, and the entire western part of Jizhou is basically under my influence."

"Even with the eastern part of Jizhou, Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao, under my secret plot, each regarded the other as enemies, and restrained and confronted each other."

"If I further plot the entire territory of Jizhou, then the above three parties will soon discover my intentions, and I am afraid that many of the efforts I have made before will be in vain."

"No matter how much Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan are enemies, when they know that I intend to be a fisherman, they will definitely be a hundred times more vigilant, and even join forces to kick me out."

"That's what you can't do!"

Cao Ang bluntly vetoed it, and at this stage, he was plotting for the entire territory of Jizhou.

After a short pause.

And then he went on to speak.

"On the contrary, if Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan are allowed to choke each other, so that the two of them are all trapped in the quagmire in the eastern part of Jizhou, no one can spare their hands."

"At that time, our Cao family can rest assured that we can boldly turn our eyes to other places and expand in the three directions of southeast, east and west, and no one will be our constraint at that time!"

Speaking of which.

Cao Ang may not have felt that was enough.

The whole person leaned forward a little again, and lowered the volume slightly.

"Let's just expand in the periphery, and when Yuan Shao and Gongsun Chan distinguish the winners and losers, or when we sense that something is wrong, our strength is far superior to them!"

"At that time, there is no need to make all kinds of plans, just clean up the past one by one with your strength!"

……

Cao Ang's words can be described as clear.

The reasons for suspending the Jizhou strategy were all clearly laid out in front of Cao Cao.

Cao Mengde nodded again and again.

If you continue to plot against Jizhou, the success rate is too small, not to mention, and it is easy to expose yourself.

For the sake of the territory of just one or two counties, resulting in becoming the target of public criticism, the loss is too great.

It is better to let Yuan Shao and Gongsun Chan lock up.

Our old Cao family is developing wantonly in the surrounding areas.

Isn't it beautiful?

Cao Cao is not an unscrupulous person, but after a little thought, he has already understood the key.

So, he asked.

"Since Jizhou doesn't care about it for the time being, then in the three directions of the southeast and west, where do you want?"

Cao Ang clicked in turn in the order of "Yuzhou-Qingzhou-Sili".

Then he explained to Cao Cao in turn.

"The area around Ha Lok is still dilapidated, except for Hanoi County, which is still a little popular, the rest are still in ruins."

"And Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang contributed a lot in the Kanto melee, even if I contacted him through Yuan Shao's way, I owe a favor to some extent."

"Therefore, if you expand westward, you will not get any real benefits, but only add a little bit of vain, and the gains really outweigh the losses, so you will be considered last."

For Cao Ang.

The only role of the land of Heluo.

It is connected to the Guanzhong area.

It's just that at the moment in Chang'an, nothing has changed, and Cao Ang's hand can't reach there, so it's useless for Heluo to take it.

The weights are the lowest.

……

And after the roll call of the west face.

Cao Ang pressed his hand on the Qingzhou area again.

"Qingzhou, as a place ravaged by yellow turbans, is in a slightly better situation than Heluo, but it is nothing more than between the two and the middle, and it is not superior."

"The only place that is better than the Heluo area is that it is in the middle of Yanzhou and the Bohai Sea, under the premise that Yuan Shao in the north has no time to look south, and Tao Qian's strength in the south is far less than ours, this place can be said to be at your fingertips."

"Therefore, the child ranks it before Heluo, if there is a good opportunity, we can take advantage of the situation and include it in our name!"

Cao Cao nodded again and again.

His eyes were staring at the Qingzhou area.

His eyes were full of brilliance.

Let's be honest.

He's a little tempted.

Heluo's side is too bad, let's not mention this, but although Qingzhou is broken, it is not broken to the point where it can't be wanted.

If you can.

Cao Cao was deliberately moving eastward.

When the time comes, Yanzhou, Qingzhou and the two counties in Jizhou will be connected, and the territory of the Cao family will really be regarded as a complete piece.

But come to think of it.

Cao Cao couldn't help but look under the map.

"Ziyu, do you think Yuzhou should be the first choice?"

……

Cao Ang bowed slightly.

Before giving an opinion, though.

He still found a piece of linen cloth first to cover Runan County, which occupied the main part of Yuzhou.

Then he spoke.

"There are a total of six counties in Yuzhou, of which in addition to Runan County and Peiguo, which is distributed in a long and narrow way, the rest of the counties are bordering our Yanzhou, and even Lu State is in the hinterland of Yanzhou, which can be obtained at your fingertips."

"If you want to take Yuzhou, the biggest opponent is Yuan Shu Yuan Highway, but he was defeated by your father this time, and fled back to Nanyang in a hurry, this is a good opportunity given to us by God!"

"We can take advantage of this opportunity to take down all the other counties except Runan County, and our strength will increase rapidly at that time!"

It is related to the great enemy Yuan Shu.

Cao Cao's expression couldn't help but become solemn.

But that's about it.

After all, he had only defeated Yuan Shu not long ago, not to mention that he was swelled and proud because of this, but he was far less cautious and cautious about Yuan Shu than before.

If it's a big deal, I'll fight again.

If you can win once, you can win a second time!

You Yuan Shu has Sun Jian under his hand who has not used it, and my Cao Cao still has a good son Cao Ang.

Don't be afraid of it!

……

And in the interval when Cao Cao's thoughts were flying.

Cao Ang said emphatically.

"Runan County is the foundation of the Yuan family, and its family is intertwined in the county, firmly controlling the forces of all parties, and the operation can be described as airtight."

"Therefore, in a place like this, the child is directly abandoned, but the rest of the counties and countries other than that, there is no difficulty at all, and even now the Chen country is equivalent to being in our power."

"Besides, Yuzhou is a prosperous state, and the population in the state is huge, although it has been ravaged and destroyed by the Yellow Turban thieves, the foundation is still here."

"It is not difficult to obtain such a place, and at the same time there are great benefits, it is undoubtedly the best choice!"

That's it.

Cao Ang picked up the tea bowl.

Moistened his mouth slightly, and said no more.

left enough space for his father Cao Cao to think.

Half a day later.

Cao Cao's eyes froze.

His right hand slapped violently on the table, and he made a decision immediately.

"As Ziyu said, our Cao family will next focus on Yuzhou, except for Runan County, we should strive to win the rest of the counties!"

"If Yuan Highway is not convinced and wants to fight again, then our father and son will accompany him to the end!"

I heard my father make a decision.

Cao Ang had a smile on his face.

Very good!

The father and son have the same opinion, which means that the Cao family, a big ship, will have the highest efficiency.

……

Now that you've made up your mind.

Cao Cao immediately found a blank bamboo slip, and then recorded many things he had just talked about, so as not to miss key information.

And so on and so forth.

He looked up and asked Cao Ang.

"Ang'er, since the next focus is on Yuzhou, then there is no need for you to continue to stay in Wei County."

"After dealing with the matter here, you can return to Dongjun with your people, and if you need to come forward at that time, you can respond faster."

Cao Ang nodded.

"Father, don't you say, I'm also preparing to return to Dongjun, after all, if we attack Yuzhou, we still need to be famous."

"After returning to Puyang, I will make some moves to get this name."

Cao Cao let out an "um".

Just as I was about to say something.

Cao Ang's voice floated in his ears again.

"In addition, there is another important matter to report to you, father."

"Oh? But it doesn't hurt to say it! ”

……

"The child is now in love with a woman, who is the eldest daughter of the Zhen family in Zhongshan, named Zhen Jiang, and I want to marry her as my wife, as my wife."

"Hmm...... Well?!! ”

In a word, it can be described as earth-shattering.

Cao Cao hadn't reacted at first.

When he woke up.

His eyes widened and he looked at Cao Ang with surprise, but after just a second, this surprise instantly turned into surprise.

"Good!"

"Good!"

"Zhongshan Zhen family, I have heard of this family a little, although it has declined now, but it is also a prestigious family that has been inherited for more than 100 years, and this family background is enough!"

"As for the woman named Zhen Jiang you mentioned, since she can be photographed by you, she is also a virtuous and virtuous person, and there is nothing to worry about being a father!"

"Of course, it's better if you bring me to have a look, to get a feel for her, and then I'll tell your mother about it when I get back."

Cao Cao said a lot in one breath.

Cao Ang, who was sitting across from him, could clearly perceive how excited his father's tone was when he said these words.

Even his mouth trembled.

He also knows why.

Mainly because this matter has dragged on for too long.

When she was in Luoyang City, her mother, Mrs. Ding, was already urging this matter.

Now, two years have passed since the beginning, which can be regarded as a long span.

……

In fact, young people like this era, men are generally married at the age of fifteen or sixteen.

And the reason why Cao Ang is different.

Or because in the middle of the days, I ran around with my father Cao Cao and was always taken with me, so I didn't have time to think about it.

As a result, I am not young until now.

Naturally, I began to be urged.

And Cao Cao is the father of Cao Ang.

That's even more urgent.

Passing on the lineage, this is a very important thing, not to mention a clan like the Cao family, even ordinary people, regard it as a top priority.

Therefore, Cao Ang has never officially married his wife, and there is nothing to do under his knees, which is a thing that Cao Cao is very worried about and talks about all day long.

At least in the state capital.

Mrs. Ding often whispered in Cao Cao's ear.

The husband and wife were in a hurry together.

It's just that compared with his wife, Cao Cao knows his son better and knows that he is a very assertive person.

This has been especially true in the past two years.

You can't rush it.

can only wait for Cao Ang to make his own choice.

Thankfully, though.

This time he went north to Yecheng, and finally waited for his son to talk about it, and it was also a knot in his heart.

……

"That's it, it's late today, and tomorrow you bring people."

"As long as this woman's appearance and temperament are passing, my father will absolutely respect your opinion, and my mother will also let me say it."

"Once this matter is settled, I will immediately send someone to send your mother to Puyang County, and she will take care of this matter at that time."

Speaking of which.

Cao Cao remembered something again.

hurriedly added: "By the way, this Zhen should be the Zhen clan you told me at the beginning, and you want them to trade in the whole territory of Yanzhou, right?" ”

Seeing Cao Ang nodding, it should be.

Cao Cao thought a little in his heart.

And he continued to command.

"If you tell me before, then this Zhen family is now attached to our Cao family, and it is a family that is ordered by our Cao family to manage business affairs."

"In this way, our Cao family can't despise them even more, so that others will listen to it and gossip, and our father and son are not such people."

"Who is the person in charge of the Zhen family at the moment, there are elders in the clan who have the final say, after meeting the woman of the Zhen family tomorrow, I will take a free time and see the person in charge of the Zhen family again."

……

Cao Cao's work can be regarded as leakless.

not only took care of Zhen Jiang himself.

With the Zhen family.

Cao Cao also did not because of his vassal attributes.

And there is any contempt and disdain.

Of course.

In the final analysis, this is still for Cao Ang's face, as long as his son likes it, then he, the father, basically supports it unconditionally.

Unless you really can't see it.

Otherwise, the next meeting will be nothing more than a formality and a little understanding in my heart.

What's more important is that the son gets married as soon as possible.

Then quickly spread the branches.

Produce a bunch of children and come out.

In this way, we can ensure that the family will not have no successors, and that it will be blessed for a long time.

…………

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ps. Dragon Boat Festival Ankang brothers!

It's a little late, but the main thing is that the thoughts are not broken, so I just finish writing in one go.

(End of chapter)