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In Tan County, Xuzhou, when they heard that Cao Cao was coming with his army, officials at all levels showed deep concern. Some even asked Zhang Xi to write a letter of apology to Cao Cao quickly, and sent people to investigate Cao Song's whereabouts to avoid triggering war.

Looking at everyone's reactions, Zhang Xi couldn't help but sigh.

No wonder you are being massacred by Ah Man. This attitude of not daring to resist is wrong. When Cao Cao comes, shouldn't you quickly train your army to fight him?

You know, the work in Youzhou is almost finished.

If he doesn't fight with Cao Cao quickly, Mao won't even be able to catch one when General Yuwen comes.

Another person with the same idea was Zhang He. He led an army of fifteen thousand, with cavalry and infantry all wearing new armor. He came all the way from Hongnong, and he didn't just want to hold a military parade.

Now that Lao Cao is here, let's go sword to sword and gun to gun to hone his new army.

Although he had been a prefect for more than half a year, Zhang He still preferred to command large armies in battle and be a pure soldier.

Chen Deng’s father, Chen Gui, raised his hand and suggested:

"When Cao Cao's army attacks, it would be better to move the headquarters to Xiapi, away from Yanzhou, to avoid fighting with Cao Aman."

Xiapi is Chen Gui's base camp. After moving there, the power of Donghai County will be greatly reduced, and the Chen family will become the number one family in Xuzhou.

As the general of Donghai County, Cao Bao did not agree with this strategy:

"Zang Ba, the Taishan thief, is causing trouble for Taishan County and Langya County. He can be recruited as a general to help us resist Cao Cao."

Zhang He: "..."

No wonder Zhang Fei looked down on you in the original work. He was a military commander, but he didn't dare to go to the battlefield. Instead, he was ready to outsource the task of resisting the invasion. What's the difference between this and a big company looking for temporary workers to take the blame?

Zhang Xi asked:

"Where is Cao Ah Man going to send his troops from?"

Captain Zhang Kai (kǎi), who was in charge of intelligence, bowed his hands and reported the intelligence:

"Shanyang County in Yanzhou is currently training troops. We should go east from Shanyang County, from Lu State into Xuzhou, and then follow the route where Cao Song disappeared."

Cao Song took more than a hundred vehicles with him and set off from Langya County, heading west, intending to pass through Linyi, Feixian and other places, cross Taishan County and reach Yanzhou to join his son Cao Cao.

Cao Song was the adopted son of the eunuch Cao Teng. This is where Cao Cao became infamous after being eunuched.

As the adopted son of a eunuch, Cao Song's official career was smooth. He successively served as Sili Xiaowei, Honglu Qing, Da Sinong, and was ranked among the ninth ministers, a high-power position.

Before the Yellow Turban Uprising, Emperor Ling sold off his officials and titles. Cui Lie donated five million yuan to obtain the post of Situ, and was later promoted to Taiwei. Although the celebrities all laughed at him, Cao Song was very jealous. After Cui Lie was dismissed, Lao Song Cao quickly raised money and replaced Cui Lie as the Han Taiwei.

He had been wandering among the Nine Lords before, and every time he was just one step away from being the Third Lord, so this time he ignored everyone's ridicule and chose Stud.

It's just that Cao Song was a bit unlucky. As soon as he became the Taiwei in charge of the world's troops, he encountered the Yellow Turban rebellion and was dismissed before his butt was even hot.

However, he was able to become a Taiwei, but he felt regretful about it. He simply chose to become an official and returned to his hometown of Qiao County to recuperate.

After Cao Cao raised troops in Chenliu, Cao Song was worried that he would be liquidated by Dong Zhuo, so he took his wife, children and a group of concubines from Qiao County to Langya County for refuge.

After safely surviving the Yellow Turban Uprising and Dong Zhuo's riot, Cao Cao also occupied Yanzhou, and Cao Song had the idea of ​​reuniting his family.

When I arrived in Yanzhou, I built a big yard and moved all the treasures I had collected over the years into it. If I worked harder, I might be able to add a few more new members to the Cao family.

In this way, Cao Song set out, but something happened on the way. This made Cao Cao very dissatisfied, and immediately sent troops to attack Xuzhou to avenge his father.

Zhang Xi looked at Zhang Kai and asked:

"Based on the normal speed of sending troops, how long will it take for Cao Ah Man to enter Xuzhou?"

Based on the intelligence analysis of troop mobilization, Zhang Kai felt that it would take at least half a month.

Zhang Xi felt relieved when he heard that there was still so much time.

Half a month is enough for Yuwen Chengdu's cavalry to rush to Yanzhou... Since Cao Cao has led an army to attack Xuzhou, let Yuwen Chengdu lead his cavalry to quickly go south and occupy Yanzhou.

In the original work, Lu Bu took advantage of Cao Cao's attack on Xuzhou, joined forces with Zhang Miao to enter Yanzhou, and dealt a fatal blow to Ah Ma from behind.

Now that such an opportunity has arisen again, history must naturally repeat itself.

However, before informing Yuwen Chengdu, Zhang Xi decided to confirm one thing first. He pulled Zhang Kai aside and asked seriously:

"Cao Song's disappearance was caused by you?"

The reason why Lao Zhang asked this was because in the original work of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Zhang Kai led people to kill Cao Song and his party, then plundered all the treasures Cao Song brought and defected to Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu was very fond of such generals who brought money into the group. Not only did he accept him as a subordinate, he also asked Zhang Kai to assassinate Chen Guo's Prime Minister Luo Jun and King Liu Chong during his ascension to the throne. Zhang Kai successfully completed the task and thereafter He disappeared and is never seen again in the entire book.

There are many mysterious minor characters in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", such as Qu'a, the young general who fought against the twelve generals of Jiangdong alone, Ma Zhong, the famous killer of Jiangdong, and Zhang Kai, who single-handedly provoked the Battle of Xuzhou, are also on the list.

Originally, Cao Song passed through here, and Tao Qian not only deliberately made friends with him, but also sent someone to escort him. Unexpectedly, Zhang Kai, who was in charge of the escort, was born in the Yellow Turbans and could not stand the luxurious life of the upper class. Song, his concubine and Cao Cao's younger brother Cao De were all killed.

After arriving under Yuan Shu, he successfully completed the assassination mission assigned by Yuan Shu. He can be said to be a little expert in assassination.

Now Zhang Xi has arranged a plan. If it is really Zhang Kai who did it, he will change his strategy and arouse Cao Cao's anger. This will make Yanzhou's defenses more empty and it will be easier for Yuwen Chengdu to attack.

Facing Zhang Xi's inquiry, Zhang Kai was a little confused:

"This was not done by a villain. If it had been me, I would have killed him directly to let the world see the consequences of bullying the people... If I had known that the envoy had such an attitude, I would have taken the initiative."

Zhang Xi:? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

If you want to kill people, don't get involved with me. As a member of the noble clan, I always safeguard the fundamental interests of the major families... Well, regarding extreme incidents such as robbing the rich and giving to the poor, I will definitely condemn it immediately and strongly!

Zhang Xi was not at ease and moved Zhang Daoling's statue out and made Zhang Kai swear an oath. It turned out that it was not the assassination expert.

He thought for a while and said:

"Now Ah Man probably doesn't know that the governor of Xuzhou has been replaced, so he dared to come here with great fanfare... Zhang Kai, I will give you a reconnaissance team. You go with them to investigate in the State of Lu. If you see Cao Cao's men, report them to me. ”

Zhang Kai raised his hands and asked:

"How to report? Do you still need a fast horse?"

Zhang Xi took out the walkie-talkie:

"If you have this thing, I will ask Jun Yi to teach you how to use it later... You must first swear an oath to the statue that you will not betray the Han or His Majesty in the future, otherwise I will not be able to tell you some secrets."

Zhang Kai did not swear immediately, but asked a question:

"In the past few days, everyone has said that you will bring a good life to the poor. Is this true? Will those wealthy families really distribute the land under their names to the poor?"

Zhang Xi smiled and nodded:

"It's true. No one is hungry in Guanzhong now, and the new food production is very high... As for the land, it will all be nationalized in the future. If the aristocratic family dares to seize the land, it will be against the imperial court."

Zhang Kai then asked:

"What if they occupy the land and don't hand it over?"

"You young man has a strong prejudice against aristocratic families. In fact, aristocratic families are very open-minded. Just wait and see, soon they will take the initiative to donate the land in their name to the court. If they don't accept it, they will commit suicide."

Zhang Kai didn't believe this at all and always felt that Zhang Xi was telling lies.

According to his understanding of the aristocratic family, no matter what comes into the hands of the aristocratic family, don't let them return it. Population, land, treasure, food...

Whatever the aristocratic family likes, they will take it for themselves.

"Your Majesty, can I see the changes you mentioned within five years?"

"Don't worry, aristocratic families will start donating land within five months. If what I say is wrong, you can make whatever conditions you want. I will agree to anything."

When Zhang Kai heard this, he swore to the statue and waited for the big drama of the family donating land.

When the city defense began to be deployed here, Yanzhou ruled Changyi, and Cao Cao was also arranging the manpower to go to Xuzhou. He was worried that his father would just be detained by Tao Qian, so he planned to pay homage first and then attack, asking what was going on first, and then fighting.

In order to prevent the hot-tempered Xu Chu from shouting and killing and intensifying the conflict between the two parties, Cao Cao said:

"Zhongkang took people to Dong'a to take charge of the situation to prevent the troops from Jizhou from sneaking attacks. Remember, don't take the initiative to attack or provoke the imperial army."

Xu Chu was not very satisfied with this arrangement, but he finally accepted the order and said:

"Don't worry, General, I won't mess around."

After arranging for Xu Chu, Cao Cao was worried about the Taishan bandits lingering in Mount Tai and Langya:

"Write a letter to Zang Ba and ask him to lead his bandits to the south, threaten Tancheng, and put some pressure on Tao Qian so that they have no time to distract themselves."

In addition, he also asked the person who sent the letter to inquire carefully to see if his father was kidnapped by the Taishan bandits.

After arranging these, Cao Cao began to ask people to collect food from everywhere to prepare for the departure of the army.

Xia Houyuan said:

"I heard that there is so much food in the Guanzhong area that we can't eat it all. The army can set off as soon as it is assembled. There will be no pressure on the rear for food. Compared with them, our gap is getting wider and wider."

Cao Cao also heard this rumor, but always felt it was unrealistic.

The output of grain is so low, and we have to take into account both production and ministers' salaries. How can the people have enough to eat?

He wanted to say that this was false and that the court was deliberately promoting it, but the reality was that more and more refugees were running to Guanzhong, and even areas under the jurisdiction of the court such as Luoyang and Hanoi had become targets of refugees.

In order not to affect production, Yanzhou even set up a patrol team to guard major official road intersections and prevent people from fleeing.

As for the army's expedition, all the generals' subordinates must take the lead in collecting food. The food collected must be carefully kept, otherwise it will be eaten up before the army can gather and set off.

As for after going on an expedition, you basically rob whatever you fight. If you can't grab food, you have to allow the soldiers to massacre the city, otherwise they will defect.

Cao Cao once used the method of looking at plum blossoms to quench thirst to make his soldiers persevere.

Women, food, wealth, etc. are also the "green plums" that inspire the army to fight and are a booster for them during the battle.

After his generals and officers left, Cao Ang offered Cao Cao a cup of tea and asked respectfully:

"Father, what will happen if a large army comes to attack Yanzhou?"

During this attack, Cao Cao did not plan to take Cao Ang with him, but asked him to stay in Changyi with his adoptive mother, Mrs. Ding.

After hearing his son's request for advice, Cao Cao took the teacup and said:

"If the imperial army comes, surrender immediately and expose me to the imperial court as a traitor, so that you and your mother can get preferential treatment... Lu Fengxian used to be my brother. Regardless of whether he was present or not, he would call me uncle. If he fails, If I don’t understand etiquette, they will laugh at me for not teaching my son well.”

When Cao Ang heard this, he quickly knelt down and said:

"How can a child expose his father if he doesn't reveal his faults? Please forgive me for not being able to obey!"

Cao Cao pulled him up with a smile on his face:

"You are only a teenager, and you are almost as tall as me. Ang'er, I asked you to do this not only to keep you alive, but more importantly, to allow our Cao family to continue... I had known that Fengxian could succeed. , I am determined not to leave Luoyang that day to organize the eighteen princes, but will wholeheartedly follow Fengxian, get rid of the national traitors, and return the government to Your Majesty. Unfortunately, now that the arrow is on the string, I can only move forward bravely. "

On the day that the news came that Yuan Shao had died, Cao Cao warmed a pot of wine under the apricot tree in the yard, served two side dishes, and paid homage to his childhood friend.

He had read the articles written by Kong Rong; he was aware of the trend of the nobles in various places; and he was already aware of the imperial court's intention to deal with Liu Yu.

But the most painful thing in the world is that all the meanings you read are aimed at you.

The imperial army was overwhelming in Jizhou. Gongsun Zan, the most powerful general in Youzhou, led his army to Jingbian at this time, obviously to give the imperial army a chance.

After the imperial court swept through Youzhou, it was time to send troops to Yanzhou.

Cao Cao knew very well and knew that the imperial army was unstoppable, but now besides going to the dark side, what else could he do?

Cao Ang advised:

"Since the court is right, why don't you surrender, father? With your talents, you will surely gain a place in the court."

Cao Cao smiled bitterly:

"I am a traitor and a traitor. Even if they give them a chance, they will probably do it to show to other princes. What's more, these people under my command all chose me for the sake of their future. If they want to defect to the imperial court, why bother coming here? It's not like they don't know where Chang'an is... What a pity, it's a pity that I once determined to help the Han Dynasty, but in the end I came to the opposite side of the Han Dynasty, time and fate! "

Cao Cao sighed and patted Cao Ang on the shoulder:

"My child, our family depends on you. Remember, no matter what grievances you suffer, you must believe in your Uncle Lu. He and the court are not our family's enemies."

"Yes, father!"

In the real world, Diao Chan ate the breakfast made by Li Yu and muttered:

"I have to go to school again in the afternoon. I feel like I have to go to school as soon as I get home. It's not good to go to school."

After saying that, she picked up a piece of crispy shrimp cake with her chopsticks and took a bite. The worries in her heart were immediately diluted by the delicious food:

"Wow, this shrimp cake is delicious, I want to eat a few more."

When he came back from shopping last night, Li Yu met a wholesale aquatic product vendor in the village and ordered some river shrimp from him.

After it was delivered this morning, he cleaned it up, rolled it in batter, spread it out in a pan, and fried it into crispy and delicious shrimp cakes.

There is some leftover, put it in a wok at noon, stir-fry until the shrimp shells are crispy, and then roll them in lotus leaf pancakes to eat.

Li Yu brought a plate of seafood vinegar with a lot of ginger paste and placed it in front of Diao Chan:

"If you feel tired, you can dip it in some ginger vinegar. This will taste better."

"Thank you husband, you'll be welcome!"

Mu Guiying looked at this scene and couldn't help but curl her lips:

"Don't forget to show your affection after a meal. Sister Zhou and I are both proud of you...Sister Zhou, I invented a game that replaces the mouse whack-a-mole with a picture of Fairy Cicada. It's very fun to play. It’s fun, do you want to give it a try?”

Zhou Ruotong said with a smile:

"After breakfast, don't forget to go to the cold storage and transport some meat to Muke Village."

Mu Guiying waved her hand and said:

"We don't want it anymore. Let my junior brother eat the meat. Muke Village has no combat missions now, so we won't compete with them for food."

Li Yu held a piece of shrimp cake and took a bite:

"Are you sure? You're not planning on getting new meat, are you?"

Mu Guiying chuckled:

"The people over there haven't eaten fried steak yet. When the meat arrives, I want everyone to experience it... I have secretly placed an order for a ton of black pepper and large sea salt. If it doesn't taste good, we will march westward." "

Diao Chan held up the porridge bowl with both hands and took a sip of milk oatmeal porridge:

"How to correct it?"

"Every time you go to a city, give it half a year. Anyone who can't steam buns will be killed. Anyone who can't roll noodles will be killed. Anyone who dares to secretly bake bread and eat fried beef is the Yi tribe!"

Li Yu's mouth twitched:

"There is no need to be so extreme. Food and beverages are all integrated. We don't need to beat them to death with a stick. We just need to change our culture and beliefs. We can slow down in other aspects."

Compared with living habits and dietary patterns, culture and beliefs are the foundation of a nation.

Only by changing culture and beliefs can an ethnic group be completely wiped out.

In Li Yu's vision, in the book world of the future, no matter where on the earth, everyone must speak Chinese, wear Han clothes, and perform Chinese rituals... This is the global village in the standard sense.

While eating, Li Shimin came.

The little guy first served himself a bowl of milk and oatmeal porridge, then picked up each soft steamed bun, put two pieces of shrimp cakes in it, and took a big bite:

"Hey, it's still carbs, just carbs. It's fun to eat them."

Mu Guiying asked:

"Little Taizong, has the court attacked you?"

Li Shimin shook his head:

"No, the rebellion forces in various places are getting more and more active, especially Zhu Can in Nanyang, who is making a big fuss. The court should send a large army to attack. As for Taiyuan, it should be because of the presence of several old ministers that the court thought there was nothing going on here... If they don't attack, we can't just sit there and wait. Mr. Yaoshi plans to take Shangdang first, seize the initiative to attack the Central Plains, and then start to attack Hebei and officially start the army!"