Cao Ang actually hasn't figured it out until now.

Why did Dong Zhuo fall so quickly?

The change was too sudden!

Although when Luoyang City was in charge of the government, this guy was also rampant, burning, killing and looting, disregarding human life, and raging poison.

But at that time, he was still enterprising, and at the same time, he also controlled the army he relied on to survive very well, even if he starved himself, he would not starve the soldiers.

Until Cao Ang was named Marquis of Wei Xianghou and was about to go north to Jizhou, Dong Zhuo still had a very strong interest in the Central Plains.

However, more than half a year has passed.

Dong Zhuo's enterprising spirit, like ice and snow under the sun, disappeared without a trace, and was replaced by ultra-conservative thoughts.

I am no longer interested in the Central Plains.

There is a posture that from now on until the end of life, even if you die, you will die in Chang'an.

If that's all there is to it, that's it.

The key is that this big black fat man is so conservative that he is a little crazy, and even the soldiers under him have begun to exploit him, using bad money and big money to pay military salaries.

Isn't it dying fast enough?

It felt like it was quietly, Dong Zhuo's brain was eaten by zombies, and such a change was too abrupt, so Cao Ang had to think about it.

Of course.

At this stage.

Dong Zhuo doesn't die, and it has nothing to do with Cao Ang, I just hope he can die slowly.

After all, once he dies too early, the resources in Dong Zhuo's hands will fall into the hands of Li Dao, Guo Yan and other Xiliang generals, and it will be difficult to take them back.

It's best to wait for yourself to complete the three-step strategy, and after completing the first two steps, then another one will collapse and collapse, which will be better.

With such thoughts.

Cao Ang asked Wu An to run again.

The purpose of this time is relatively simple, quietly enter Chang'an City, and then send the reply letter he wrote to Lu Bu, even if it is done.

It's a pity that the carrier pigeon has not been trained yet, and the Cao family has no intelligence liaison station in Chang'an, otherwise there is no need to be so troublesome.

…………

It's night.

In the Cao family's mansion.

Cao Ang was walking between the courtyard corridors with a lantern in his hand, and this road led to the wing room of the west courtyard where Dong Bai was.

It was originally according to the schedule.

Cao Ang will mobilize the remaining soldiers and horses tomorrow, and immediately lead the army south to join Zhang Liao and others.

On the last night before leaving, he should spend the night with his wife's big room, that is, Zhen Jiang.

It's just that today, after all, I received news from Chang'an, and I learned that Dong Bai's grandfather, that is, Dong Zhuo, has now fallen into a half-dead situation.

Although Dong Bai didn't know about it.

But Cao Ang pondered and came over to soothe him.

Walked along the path for a while.

Soon came to Dong Bai's residence.

After giving instructions to the maids and maids waiting in the courtyard, Cao Ang walked to the brightest room in the entire courtyard.

Only when he came to the door.

But I was quite surprised to find.

In the past, the eldest lady who jumped out of the game actually crouched in front of the desk at this moment, looking at the few bamboo slips in front of her, making a familiar reading and thinking.

With a pen in one hand, he writes and draws on the bamboo slips from time to time, and I don't know what he is doing.

……

"My little white suddenly changed his temperament, in the dead of night, he actually read hard with a paper, which is really a bit unexpected for my husband!"

Cao Ang's voice suddenly sounded in his ears.

Dong Bai, who was immersed in the book, suddenly looked at the door as if he had just woken up from a dream.

After a moment of dazing.

The eldest lady suddenly came to her senses.

Then, like a spring, he got up on the spot with a "whoosh", and then a rabbit pounced, and the next second disappeared in place and hung on Cao Ang.

His hands wrapped around Cao Ang's shoulders, and his legs were tightly wrapped around Cao Ang's waist, and the whole person hung directly in midair.

So much so that Cao Ang had to hurriedly stretch out his hand and hold Xiaobai, for fear that she would not hold it and fall.

"Husband~"

Before Cao Ang could ask the reason, Dong Bai's sweet and greasy voice came from his ears.

Hiss!

Cao Ang couldn't help but feel a thrill all over his body, only to feel that his eardrum was sore, and his heart was also itchy for a while, so he couldn't hold it.

It's weird!

Xiaobai was not like this before!

Even after becoming one with herself, Xiaobai's arrogant eldest lady's temperament has been washed away a lot.

But how can it be so easy for people to go from one extreme to another?

The eldest lady just reduced the degree, but not became a little girl who was greasy all day long, the sugar content was excessive, and she was spoiled when she met.

So most of it was something going on.

So much so that Dong Bai would react like this.

Combined with the big and small things in the house during this period of time, as well as the appearance of Dong Bai sitting at the table before he spoke out, he was bitter about the book.

Cao Ang had a slight guess.

……

After a slight turn of thought.

Cao Ang held Dong Bai and put it on the table, then pinched her small round face with his hand, and then asked with a gentle smile.

"What's the matter, my eldest lady, did someone bully you, or did you suffer some grievances?"

"Or did you make some mistake and provoke Ah Jiang's punishment?"

The latter is Cao Ang's guess in his heart.

After all, since he came back, the only big change that the entire Cao family has made is that there is an extra hostess in the house, and Dong Bai is not good enough to touch the mold.

However, to Cao Ang's surprise.

Dong Bai shook his head very decisively.

Then he pointed to the book that was sitting under him with one hand, and said in a delicate voice: "I didn't make any mistakes, and Sister Jiang is also very good to me." ”

"But I'm worried, Sister Jiang is a little too good to me, I really can't bear it!"

Cao Ang: "? ”

A hint of doubt flooded over my mind.

"What kind of good method is it, you might as well tell me?"

Dong Bai nodded slightly.

He moved his small round buttocks and pulled out the book from underneath.

Then while handing it to Cao Ang, he explained in his mouth: "Didn't my husband ask me what I was looking at before, but I was watching this." ”

"It's not a subset of scriptures and history, nor is it poetry and songs, this is an account book given to me by Sister Zhen Jiang!"

Speaking of which.

Dong Bai paused slightly.

And then he smiled bitterly, and the whole person was full of helplessness and said: "Sister Zhen Jiang thinks that I am also a member of the house, so I should participate in taking care of the affairs of the house, and she clearly said that this is my right." ”

"But how does Sister Zhen Jiang know, I am obviously a lazy person, let me look at these accounts and take care of the affairs of the house, it will really be a bulge."

"So husband, just say it to my sister for me, let her take this errand back, I really can't do it!"

……

Dong Bai's narration.

Suddenly Cao Ang felt crying and laughing.

After a long time, it turned out to be like this.

Although I don't know what exactly happened.

But I think it's mostly Zhen Jiang, after mastering the power of the house, in order to appease the houses and courtyards, so the water policy is implemented.

This is essentially a perk.

After all, the concubine who can manage affairs in the palace and the concubine who is an invisible person have completely different power and status, and there is even no comparison at all.

Zhen Jiang is cutting the authority in her own hands and sharing the profits to Dong Bai, Diao Chan and others.

One thing to say, to be able to do this, Zhen Jiang can already be regarded as quite generous.

But it's time for the eldest lady.

The so-called welfare becomes suffering.

With Dong Bai's temperament, she is not able to sit quietly and read these accounts, and then command the people in the mansion to do this and that.

Compared with holding authority, Dong Bai may be more willing to spend the same amount of time riding a horse for a lap.

After understanding this.

Cao Ang's fingers were slightly bent and gently scraped twice on the tip of Dong Bai's nose.

Then he smiled warmly: "Your sister Ah Jiang is also a good intention, but since you don't like it, then I will say one or two for you in this matter." ”

……

Seeing Cao Ang take over the matter for himself.

Dong Bai suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

The big rock that had been hanging in my heart finally landed.

He quickly rolled up the account book and hurriedly put it back on the table.

Dong Bai then replied: "I also know that Sister Jiang is for my good, thinking that after I take charge of affairs in the mansion, the people in the mansion will not dare to neglect me." ”

"But the concubine thinks about it, with the love of her husband and the care of several sisters, I don't care about a penny, and no one will dare to be presumptuous!"

That's a nice thing to say.

So much so that Cao Ang couldn't help laughing.

was full of spoiling, and on Dong Bai's fair and delicate face, he took a heavy "poof".

His hands were even more vigorously supported underneath, and Dong Bai was transferred from the table to the bed.

Just as he got up and turned back.

Suddenly, I heard Dong Bai's muttering again.

"By the way, husband, and Sister Zhaoji, she doesn't like to get involved in the mundane affairs of the house, she only likes to play the piano and read books in the courtyard alone."

"Sister Yue'er is not good at this, she seems to be a little timid, she doesn't dare to associate with the living, and when there are many people around her, she is uncomfortable."

"Husband, don't you ask the two sisters what they mean, if you can, let them also unload their errands and rest."

What Dong Bai recounted is the truth.

Cao Ang still understands something.

In this regard, he could only secretly sigh in his heart that there were many Buddhist women in his back house.

It's a bit hard to think about this atmosphere if it's not harmonious!

However, these thoughts only wandered through my mind for a moment, and then quickly disappeared.

Cao Ang just chuckled and said, "What time is it now, don't worry about a few sisters, let's go to sleep with your husband and me!" ”

Let's talk about it.

Cao Ang closed the doors and windows directly, blew out the two candles, and then saw that in the night, the clothes of men and women were scattered into the air, and then hung sporadically everywhere.

………………

Early the next morning.

After entrusting the affairs of the county to Cheng Yu, who stayed here, and asking Lu Zhi to take care of it.

Cao Ang immediately led his soldiers and horses to the south.

This time, the winner was decided in one fell swoop.

The Cao family can be said to be pouring out.

Needless to say, his father Cao Cao, Xiahou Xuan, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Hong and other descendants of the generals, one is counted as one, and all of them are in the entourage.

This is especially true on Cao Ang's side.

The defense forces of Puyang County, the county seat, have been exhausted, and there are not a few left.

Now that Dongjun and Wei County are connected, the surrounding situation is stable, and all threatening forces have been eliminated or pressed.

Otherwise, Cao Ang really wouldn't dare to do this.

And in the process of going south.

As soon as Cao Ang crossed the border between Dongjun and Chenliu County, he was caught up by Cao Ren and Cao Chun, who were chasing from the rear, and the three sides of the army and horses would meet in one place.

The Cao Clan's legion was transformed into a complete body.

Although Cao Ang currently has no way to make detailed statistics on how many troops the father and son have dispatched, it is estimated that the total number is probably approaching the 50,000 mark.

This is not a numerical inflation like the Yellow Turban Grass Kou, but a real regular army.

Although the proportion of elites has been shrinking after successive water injections, even so, such a large army is enough to make people fearful.

……

Because the main force of the army is in the hands of his father Cao Cao and Zhang Liao, who acted in advance.

Cao Ang's side is a small detachment.

Moreover, there were more than 2,000 cavalry among them.

Therefore, the speed of the march can be described as not slow.

It's just that starting from Puyang County to Fugou County in Chenliu County, there is a distance of more than 400 miles, and even if you maintain a high-speed operation, it will take about ten days.

Cao Ang arrived at his destination at Cao Ang and joined Zhang Liao, who was stationed there.

Only then did he learn that Cao Cao had led his troops into the territory of Yingchuan County in advance, in order to show an attitude to Jingzhou, to show that Yanzhou was not untrustworthy, but approached Yuan Shu as promised.

on this.

Cao Ang could only find out that as soon as the troops led by his father Cao Cao entered Yingchuan County, they went all the way south to Xu County, that is, after Xuchang.

Chose a different path.

After all, my father's side has gone up, so I can take a step slower and straighten out the situation in Yingchuan County first, and then it's not too late to continue south.

And at this moment, at the beginning of Yingchuan County, Yanling County.

Cao Ang waited for Xun Yu Xun Gongda, who had entered Yingchuan first before he arrived, and now returned to report the situation.

……

"Gongda, you and Wen Ruo first entered Yingchuan County, and after running around for so many days, I don't know what we can gain?"

It is located on the city tower of Yanling County.

Cao Ang faced the summer night wind and looked at the silent black wasteland outside the city.

Quietly spoke, and asked Xun Yu behind him.

And after hearing Cao Ang's voice.

Xun You immediately stepped forward, and then reported the results of his uncle and nephew's efforts over this period of time.

"General Hui, Yingchuan is a county with a large population, and there are seventeen cities in the county, but the population is more than 1.4 million at the peak, and its density far exceeds that of Jizhou and Yanzhou counties."

"Although it has gone through the Central Plains Rebellion, it still has a good heritage."

"And such a county with a large population, although it nominally respects the imperial court, but the actual controller is mixed in the counties of the county, large and small, more than ten families."

Xun You didn't immediately say what he did.

Instead, he explained the current situation in Yingchuan County, and waited until he saw Cao Ang bowing slightly.

Fang Cai continued.

"Among these local clans, Xun, Chen, Zhong, and Han, who have produced the four elders of Yingchuan, have the strength of these four families as the strongest, and the rest of the large and small families are all headed by these four families."

"As long as these four families can be unified and unanimously support you, the general, then the entire Yingchuan County will be under your command in an instant."

"And the subordinates and Uncle Wen Ruo are from the Xun family in Yingyin County, Yingchuan County."

……

And so it counts.

Next, without waiting for Cao Ang to take the initiative to speak.

Xun Yu gestured and named them one by one.

"Among the four families, the Zhong family is the best to deal with, and after the subordinates are connected this time, they dare to pat their chests and vouch for it, and they will definitely respect the existence of the general."

"The reason why this is so is because the foundation of the Zhong family is in Changshe County, which is too close to Chenliu County, once our army sends troops, it will be able to reach the city of Changshe in a day or two, so the Zhong family does not dare to disobey your will!"

"And many of the children of the Zhong family are officials in the court, and now they have been coerced by Dong Zhuo to Chang'an, which makes them the weakest among the four."

Cao Ang, who heard this, nodded again and again.

Whether these families are strong or weak, to be honest, it is not enough to talk about it.

Wherever the king goes, they are all powder.

But he was worried that if these families joined forces and used the power of the literati clan to do things, it would not only be difficult, but also disgusting.

But now I listen to Xun Yu's description.

There has been a breakthrough among the four clans.

It's the best!

……

"Gongda, you go on!"

Raise your hand and gesture slightly.

Xun You bowed slightly, and continued to state in a calm tone.

"The situation of the Chen family and the Zhong family is similar, the Xu County where they are located is only one step away from Chen Liujun, and if they start from Chen State, they can also come to the city in an instant."

"And according to what you said, the route taken by Cao Gong is to go south through Xu County, and there must be a large army to deter him, and the Chen family will be much smoother."

"Therefore, even if the Chen family is strong, his subordinates only rank them in third place."

Cao Ang silently noted down this key order.

Then he paused.

to show that you know in your heart.

After getting feedback from Cao Ang.

Xun Youxin pointed his finger in the direction of the south.

"The remaining Xun family and the Han family are as difficult to deal with as their subordinates, and they can be described as equal."

"Among them, the Han family is rooted in Wuyang County, which is the southernmost part of Yingchuan County, close to Luyang County, and is deeply influenced by Yuan Shu."

"And the Xun family from which the subordinates are born, the problem lies in the fact that the situation in the clan is a little complicated."

For the Han family, Cao Ang didn't care too much.

This family is much weaker than the Xun family and the Chen family, and if the enemy only has this one, it will really break him with his eyes closed.

Secondly, geopolitics itself is a key factor affecting sides and factions, and the Han family made a fortune in Wuyang County, so there is no point in dwelling on this issue.

But the words of the Xun family......

……

"Gongda, what do you mean by complicated situation?"

I hear questions like this.

Xun You showed a little helplessness on his face for no reason, and then sighed lightly and responded leisurely.

"Don't hide it from the general, the reason why it's complicated is because there are too many branches of the clan lineage."

"Today, there are still four uncles and uncles, who are still alive, although they are brothers to each other, but in fact they have their own plans."

"For example, the father of Uncle Wenruo, who is known as the Xun Clan's Erlong in the world, must support the general, but the rest is really hard to say."

Hear that.

Cao Ang couldn't help frowning.

I think it's a bit tricky.

This situation is equivalent to that there are too many older generations in the family, who can speak and take ideas, and can count several people in a row.

And Xun Yu's father, Xun Yu, although he is still alive among the older generation, is the oldest and has the highest status.

But it is impossible for him to decide the direction of the entire family with his own words, especially if there are three younger brothers of the same generation as him, who are still alive.

This matter, the trouble is here.

……

It's just that for these so-called difficulties.

Cao Ang has always risen to the challenge.

Besides, Xun You only showed that there were still three old comrades whose attitudes were uncertain, but he did not say that they were necessarily against him.

Then you have to meet to find out the situation anyway.

After the face-to-face meeting.

When a consensus is reached, everyone is happy.

On the contrary, Cao Ang is not helpless, and perhaps it is not impossible to use some means.

Come to think of it.

Cao Ang immediately instructed Xun You: "Gongda, I have to bother you to take people away, invite the heads of these families to one place, and some things should be discussed in person, it is best to talk about them in person." ”

As soon as the words fell.

Xun You showed a smile on his face.

He said to Cao Ang quite easily: "General rest assured, this matter has already been done by his subordinates, and when I was going back and forth before, I had already invited them to meet in Yingyin County, and the Han family in Wuyang County had already sent someone to deliver the letter." ”

Before the leader could speak, he had already done things well and walked ahead of everyone.

This is the top strategist.

……

Cao Ang nodded with great satisfaction.

"This is the best, our army rested in Yanling County for a day, and then went straight to Yingyin!"

With a wave of his hand, a decision has been made.

It's just when it comes to this.

Cao Ang suddenly remembered something, and then hurriedly asked, "By the way, I don't know where Wen Ruo is now?" ”

Xun You bowed slightly and arched his hand.

"My uncle has made a lot of friends in the county, and he really knows some young talents, and he wants to take advantage of this great opportunity to return to his hometown to gather some of his former relatives and friends."

"After all, general, after you take Yuzhou, there will definitely be a large number of talent vacancies, and my uncle will do this for you."

"When we parted ways before, we made an appointment to meet in Yingyin County, and I think when you arrive, you should be able to see your uncle and everyone greet you."

After learning about Xun Yu's movements.

Cao Ang was even more emotional.

What a Xun Lingjun with a wide range of friends!

I have been waiting for a long time, and I finally waited for his circle of friends to open, which means that I can expand my top strategist again.

It's so pleasant!

……

At the same time, it has to be said.

That is Xun Yu, who can be regarded as doing his best for the Cao family, and took the initiative to run for Cao Ang to recruit literati and bachelors he knew well and had friendships with.

Cao Ang didn't even mention it.

Xun Yu has already taken the initiative to do things.

It can be said that the subjective initiative is brought into full play.

And he used his own face to seek practical benefits for Cao Ang.

This dude really doesn't have to say anything!

Xun's uncles and nephews are all masterpieces!

………………

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