Three Kingdoms: Cao Ying's mastermind, from nine to five

Chapter 333 I Bet, Bowen Won't Harm Me!

"The Prime Minister's army has been defeated! Cao's army has been defeated!" When they were patrolling in the private camp and walking together, one of them drove the crowd to Xu Zhen and sent back the news.

The prime minister's southern expedition failed without any accident, and it became a stepping stone for Zhou Gongjin in Jiangdong, and achieved his eternal name.

Such a big event shocked the world.

Looking at this person again, it was Cao Zhen who came from his own camp and shouted loudly that he wanted to go back.

Go back to Xudu immediately, that's why there is such a big fanfare.

Fortunately, during Xu Zhen's period of time, he has been continuously leading troops in the army, and he has trained thousands of elite warriors. Cao Zhen may not be a famous general through the ages, but he will definitely be able to be the commander of the army. Learning the art of war can be continuously combined and confirmed in the war, and no matter how much you think and learn, you will definitely be more sophisticated.

Xu Zhen was a little bit reluctant, but only a little bit.

"I already know," everyone was at the front, Xu Zhen looked down at Cao Zidan with his hands behind his back, this man deserved to die, but it was his kindness that allowed him to survive, otherwise he would surely die.

"What are your intentions?"

"me……"

Cao Zhen's face was dazed, he also wanted to ask himself this question, what else can he do now?If you continue to stay in Xiliang, you may be expelled from the Cao family in the future.

Back then, my father used his life to save the prime minister in exchange for his own future, but later because of something leaked, he was almost killed. Now that he is receiving kindness in Xiliang, he can't always try his best.

Now a choice must be made.

Che Qi is not a person who likes to be tweaked, and he can't tolerate being entangled.

"Won't the car and rider go back to Xudu, the army?"

Cao Zhen looked suspicious, and immediately got up to look at Xu Zhen, with a slight dissatisfaction on his face, "The Cao family was defeated, and we need to ride back to stabilize the army's morale. If we go back at this time, it will be the greatest kindness."

"I will guard the border of Xiliang, and prevent the thieves from disturbing the rear. Only the stability of the rear is the greatest achievement. At this time, the prime minister's return to the army is enough to make people feel at ease. Jingzhou? Jingzhou itself does not belong to the Cao family. Liu Biao is here. Jingzhou has guarded Jingzhou for many years, and he has gained countless reputations, his achievements cannot be buried, even if the dynasty changes, it is impossible to be forgotten, let alone only for more than a year."

Xu Zhen's words were forceful and clear, without any hesitation in his heart, he really didn't intend to go back at all.

After hearing these words, Cao Zhen already understood that it might not be possible for them to return to the original perfect match.

Perhaps it was really because of my own fault. If Zhang Liao hadn't leaked his flaws at that time, and Zhang Liao hadn't found out, there wouldn't have been any follow-up incidents.

Che Qi would not walk so resolutely, and only then did he understand deeply that he walked with great fanfare in the last move, and he was not worried about any follow-up troops.

He was looking at how many enemies Jingzhou had, how many people dared to attack him, and especially whether the Cao family would be involved.

Once you participate, there is no need for any explanation, and you will naturally take advantage of the situation.

"Alas," Cao Zhen finally sighed, his fists clenched tightly but hanging down weakly, looking at Xu Zhen a few more eagerly, knowing that there was no way to persuade him.

Having been with Xu Zhen for more than a year, he saw how Xu Zhen in Xiliang worked day and night, insisting on training troops and governing politics every day.

The real military and political talents, self-taught.

To be reasonable, Cao really realized that no matter the art of war or academics in this world, there is a family education after adopting him to the Cao family. Many of Shi's resources are open to him.

When he was studying, Cao Zhen was also eager to study and never slack off. After training soldiers in the army, he would continue to study hard to enrich himself, strive to learn from the battle, and continue to grow.

There is still family learning, there are ancestors to teach, and even the hero Cao Cao personally taught, but it is not as good as Xu Zhen.

What surprised him was that Xu Zhen didn't have a teacher, but he was able to accept Kong Ming as a disciple, and taught him to become a talent, and now he can be alone.

These are all things that Cao Zhen admires.

After this time, these news will of course also spread to Xudu for the generals to guard against.

However, now that he thinks about fighting Xu Zhen in the future, he will feel afraid, at least because he has a lot of fear in his heart.

At this moment, Xu Zhen saw that he was silent, so he didn't ask any more questions, and walked forward directly to watch the new cavalry and spear array with Ma Chao.

This is again on the basis of armored cavalry, instead of the previous ring-shoulders and long spears, directly create a powerful and heavy cavalry spear for charging into the battle.

I don't plan to go out for a while.

Cao Zhen had heard of the cavalry spear, but he had never dared to inquire about it in the camp, so he only existed in hearing and never saw it.

After burning incense, someone came to tell Cao Zhen that the soldiers and horses he led had been taken over by Huang Xu. Huang Xu was the son of the loyal general Huang Zhong, who had inherited Huang Zhong's sword skills, equestrian skills, and archery skills.

Inherited Xu Zhen's Ring Shou Dao, Zhao Yun's spear skills, Dian Wei's strength training method, and Jia Xu taught Confucian classics, together with Jia Ji and other young people.

And you can read books on the first floor of Wanjuan Building at any time. These alone are enough to make many nobles envy, and even feel jealous.

It can be described as a young man who is full of stars.

Knowing that it was him, Cao Zhen could only smile wryly. This is the successor he cultivated by his family. Huang Xu's life was saved by Xu Zhen, so he can be regarded as half of him.

So Cao Zhen left soon.

After learning about Cao Cao's defeat, Cao Chong seemed to have moved his mind, but he had read too many books on Confucian classics, and had been taught by many famous teachers in Jizhou, Youzhou, and Xiliang respectively, so he understood the importance of teachers, so it is inconvenient to mention them. I can continue to stay in Wanjuanlou to read books.

Xu Zhen didn't ask for the time being, but only knew his mind through Cao Jie.

During this period of time, Xu Du seemed to be afraid that Xiliang's troops would be threatened, so he never made a statement with Xu Zhen, but only issued a letter to commend Xu Zhen for allocating 20 shi from the land of the three states. When the army rations went south to help the army attack the city, they were rewarded with five hundred catties of gold.

There was no change in the title, and there was no mention of Xiliang's intentions. Even Cao Cao didn't send a letter, as if he trusted Xu Zhen in every possible way.

The last layer of window paper between the two has not been pierced.

At this time, Xu Du had nothing to do.

The only thing that can be done is to defend the south.

The only result that the Sun and Liu families can achieve is most of Jingzhou. Wancheng still has Zhang Xiu guarding it. This is not a master who is easy to retreat. He has been running Wancheng for at least several years. His people are deeply rooted and will not give up easily. , as long as one foot is still in Jingzhou, it will not collapse easily.

If there is no collapse, then this big defeat in Chibi will only become a turning point, a turning point for Sun Liu to have capital.

For myself, I got a lot of time.

Sun Liu chased Cao Cao very hard, but he was indeed unable to kill him, causing the situation to collapse.

After chasing and killing in June, since August, he had given up chasing and allowed Cao Cao to withdraw his troops. Xiahou Dun, who was replaced to guard the south, also understood very well.

Judging from his many years of experience in fighting vicious battles, as long as he defends the city, he can hold a line of defense and allow Sun Liu to fight for profit.

Because neither side will continue to chase and kill without any scruples and give up the siege of the city. Most of the land in Jingzhou will be given up to them first, and they will retreat to Nanjun.

It was the last military order Cao Cao gave before he left for the north.

Xiahou Dun is executing extremely solidly.

Sure enough, in less than a month, only Zhou Yu was still attacking Nanjun. He thought he could take advantage of the victory and pursue it, but he couldn't attack for a long time.

But Liu Bei turned his head to take the remaining three counties in the south, and his speed was faster than that of taking advantage of the victory to march without losing any momentum, which made Zhou Yu very angry.

The battle was fought with one heart and one mind by the army and the people of Jiangdong, and Jiangxia, where Liu Bei was located, was only supporting. Of course, the momentum set at the beginning was to threaten Cao Cao's troops from the side, but the success was too fast.

On this point, although Zhou Yu blamed Liu Bei and publicized his unpredictable thoughts, he had to respect this person in his heart. This was his only chance. If he didn't seize it, he would always be a little prince.

In this life, I can only give support to others, but fortunately, he caught it.

Hurry up and take down several counties.

For Xiahou Dun, abandoning many territories also stabilized the current situation, so the south now entered a rather strange balance.

It is not between Cao and Sun Liu that the real undercurrent is surging.

It is between Sun and Liu.

At this point, Cao Cao could finally take a breath of relief. After more than ten days of continuous headaches, he slowly eased down.

At this time, Xu Du experienced two assassination incidents, but nothing happened.

One was the dead men who were loyal to Liu Biao in Jingzhou, designed for Mrs. Cai and Liu Cong, and the other was the dead men who had not been completely eliminated in Ma Teng, Xiliang.

As for whether this has anything to do with Xu Zhen, Cao Cao did not pursue it.

But he understood that Xu Zhen really couldn't hold back this defeat.

Cao Ang came back from Jizhou at this time, specifically to report to his father Xu Zhen's various movements during the past few months.

It happened that Cao Song could no longer go to the field and was ill in bed. It was the first time among three generations that they were in the same room, and had a long talk about the future situation.

Of course, Cao Song could only listen and sigh.

Whenever Xu Zhen was mentioned, he would sigh more often, but when he talked about the situation, he just shut up and listened, mixed with deep worry.

"At least, before Chibi, I didn't see Xu Zhen go south to mobilize troops. He was just expanding outwards, guarding the Xiliang border, and preventing foreigners from having the opportunity to bully the border people."

"Relying on the Great Wall, dangerous mountains and other places, garrisoning troops for defense, and building roads to facilitate passage, so our defenses at the [-]-mile pass in Taihang, Jizhou have all failed."

When Cao Ang said this, he still sighed.

My heart hurts.

The Jizhou he took over was not as rich as it was when Xu Zhen was there, and this year's harvest was not good, far from the grandeur of three warehouses full of millet and mountains of cloth.

Even cotton can't be grown much, so they can only rely on the commercial road to welcome the riding merchants in Xiliang. Fortunately, Xu Zhen hasn't cut off the riding merchants, otherwise the prosperity of Jizhou will be completely destroyed.

Under such circumstances, it was necessary to prepare for a non-existent war, which cost huge sums of money, but failed to achieve good results. How can the master not regret it.

As for Xu Zhen, he couldn't guess where he was looking now.

"It's not a pity, there is no need to be so heartbroken," Cao Cao raised his eyelids, and wanted to blurt out some vulgar words, but thinking about his son's getting older, he gave up.

He thought in his heart, I was defeated by hundreds of thousands of troops, and was burned like this by a fire, which is a great shame, and I just slept for half a month when I got home, so what if you lose some military funds.

It’s nothing more than money and food. If you don’t have it, you can just save it every year. I occupy the land of the Central Plains, and I will be the biggest hero in the future. I can continue to expand the border and strive for progress in stability, but I can’t act rashly now.

"Now, the matter of entering Duke Wei will continue."

"My son thinks that it can't go on anymore. Father should be stable for a few more years, and first find a way to take back Youzhou. It depends on where Xu Zhen's plan is. If it is Jizhou, then within a few years, there will be war with Youzhou. "

"If he doesn't look at Jizhou, but wants Sichuan, Shu and Yizhou, then Youzhou will be far away, and we can take its inconvenience and replace it."

"If you enter Wei Gong, people's hearts will inevitably leave a lot of mourning. If the hearts of scholars have nowhere to go under the whole world, it's okay, but now that Xu Zhen is still here, isn't it just pushing people to him for nothing?"

"The Cui family has Cui Yan in Xudu, and Cui Lin in Xiliang."

"The same is true of Zhen's family, Ma's family, Pang's family, and Hongnong Yang's family. There are many books donated by Yang Xiu in his ten thousand volume pavilion called Tongque Terrace. How dare father act rashly."

Cao Cao remained silent, but this matter has been implemented to this point, and the three speeches have passed. If nothing is done, people will forget it in a few years, and there will be another three speeches.

The civil and martial arts under the command have a deep meaning of persuasion, and they just want to share their merits earlier, protect the territory with a defensive position, and gain decades of time. For them, who will belong to the world in the future does not seem to be a fatal matter.

As long as the family is still there, there is no enmity, and the clan can always survive. If it is not promoted at this time, the things that have been longed for for many years cannot be achieved, let alone let the son go again in the future.

Xu Bowen is powerful now, but he doesn't say he wants to attack.

Once he sent troops to attack me, he would be an unrighteous soldier, and how many people around him would abandon him.

Bowen is a person who pays attention to feathers. From his unwillingness to give up his quality of self-discipline and public service for many years, he can understand how a person who has not accepted any gifts for ten years and has never bent the law for personal gain would be willing to have his reputation tarnished.

And what about the separation of hearts?

"You don't understand Xu Zhen," Cao Cao said with a heavy face, crossing his hands and fingers in front of his eyes, his face unprecedentedly dignified.

"He will not come to attack me, at least not on his own initiative."

"If you want to attack, it is the best time to attack a few months ago. Otherwise, why would I want you to guard the main roads at the Jizhou Pass with heavy troops?" Cao Cao looked at Cao Ang confidently, with a teaching tone, "Watching people should be In terms of words and deeds, Xu Zhen has not changed over the years, and he will not let his heart collapse if he keeps his duties and disciplines like a day."

"It is imperative for me to enter the position of Duke. Xu Zhen will not take the opportunity to commit an offense. I am also forcing him. Anyway, my trip is not without precedent, and it is His Majesty's purpose to commend years of achievements. He Should be congratulated."

"If Xu Zhen objects, then it is self-reliance, so people's hearts will leave him. Don't forget, how many people around him are I recommended to go?"

"Once it falls apart, it will be a loss for both sides. He will not take this step."

In other words, he wouldn't let me be in such a dilemma.

Take a gamble, Xu Bowen will never hurt me cruelly!

Cao Cao gritted his teeth secretly at this time, but on the surface, he never let anyone see that he was modest.

This time there is indeed a gambling element.

But Cao Cao was right.

After the edict was issued, the emperor sent a messenger to send a message to Xu Zhen and asked for a reply, but Xu Zhen did not recover, and sent [-] armored cavalry to beat the Qiang Hu next door for more than a month.

(End of this chapter)