Who is not Cao Cao?

Chapter 194

"My mother..."

Cao Pi looked suffocated in Madam Ding's arms, how could he know Madam Bian's attitude towards Madam Ding?

Fortunately, the child Cao Pi is really small-minded sometimes, but he is not lacking.

After reacting for a few breaths, Cao Pi responded, "What is Aunt Ding talking about? It's all about old rotten rice. How can my mother still hold grudges?"

Mrs. Ding was noncommittal.

"In the past, I did do a lot of things that make me blush when I think about it now. How could your mother forget it so quickly?"

"I understand your mother. On the surface, she looks weak and weak, but the fortitude in her heart is probably not inferior to that of ordinary men. If she remembers, you don't need to hide anything."

Cao Pi: ...

For this difficult elder in front of him, Cao Pi was speechless to the extreme.

I said I forgot, so let this matter go, wouldn't it be good?
So Cao Pi looked at He Yan for help again... Huh?

He Yan didn't know what time it was, but he had already sat down to the side, drinking the candied fruit on the plate and watching the play leisurely!
"Damn it! Come and save me!"

"What's the rush? Auntie Ding wants to hug her, so let her hug her for a while! Do you understand respecting elders?"

"It's not you who hugged me!"

After the two finished talking with their eyes again, Cao Pi finally began to struggle a little, letting Mrs. Ding let go of herself.

Mrs. Ding held Cao Pi's hand reluctantly: "Pi'er, I haven't seen you in a few years and I've grown so big! In a year or two, I'm afraid I'll be as tall as your elder brother Zixiu."

Cao Pi did look a bit like Cao Ang in appearance, but he couldn't stand Mrs. Ding's repeated Wanwan Leiqing, so he replied with a fake smile: "My brother has a handsome figure and a heroic face, I still can't match it! "

"That's true!"

Cao Pi:? ? ?
Madam Ding watched Cao Pi for a long time, and finally realized that Cao Pi was not Cao Ang after all, and she became a little depressed again.

"Aunt Ding."

He Yan, who finally had the opportunity to speak, stated the purpose of this trip——

"My son and I came to fetch you back to Xuchang under the order of Sikong."

"Nowadays there will be chaos in the north, you and the Ding family staying here in Chenliu will make Sikong miss you more... Why don't you come back to Xuchang with me, so that it will be convenient for me to wait for the younger generation to give you a gift filial piety."

Madam Ding only noticed He Yan's existence at this time, and asked with some doubts: "Who are you? I don't remember that Meng De had such a beautiful child as you."

"Junior He Yan, in the past, he went to the Sikong Mansion with his mother Yin to avoid disaster. It is normal for Aunt Ding not to remember."

Mrs. Ding seemed to have some impressions: "I remembered, your child is called Yulang... When he was young, he was like a doll carved by Meiyu, but now he grows up and looks even better."

And then... well, no then.

Mrs. Ding continued to stare at him with eyes that made Cao Pi extremely creepy, and a stream of cold sweat came out of Cao Pi's back, soaking his clothes in an instant.

"Back to Xuchang? After all, he knows how to protect someone, but who can he protect?"

Madam Ding's longing for Cao Ang is true, but her resentment towards Cao Cao must also be true.

"In the entire Sikong Mansion, there are probably more people who want me to die than those who want me to go back. It is your father. Does he really want me to go back?"

He Yan and Cao Pi looked at each other when they heard this, they were both shocked by Mrs. Ding's words.

They originally thought that Madam Ding didn't go back because Madam Ding was still having a temper with Boss Cao, but now it seems... that's not always the case.

"Pi'er, wait a moment."

Mrs. Ding got up slowly: "I have something, and please help pass it to your mother."

Seeing Mrs. Ding leave, Cao Pi moved to He Yan's side, completely confused.

"He Yan, was that person just now Aunt Ding? Why do I feel that she is different?"

Cao Pi also speculated on his own: "When a person is about to die, his words are good. Do you think she suffered from some serious illness, which is why she changed her sex?"

He Yan gave Cao Pi a blank look: "Can't you just hope someone will treat you well?"

Looking back at the place where Mrs. Ding disappeared, He Yan said: "Aunt Ding is a smart person. She used to embarrass so many aunts in the Sikong Mansion. It may not be because of her nature... Now that she has no children, she has no reason to be with her again. We juniors are in a dilemma."

"This will be a gift for Aunt Bian, and it must be a gift to turn hostility into jade. You will accept it calmly later."

Cao Pi was puzzled: "Since we let it go, why didn't you go back with us? Why are there more people looking forward to her death than to her return... It's as if my mother is some kind of jealous woman!"

"She's also right."

He Yan turned his head and asked Cao Pi: "If Auntie Ding goes back and rekindles her old relationship with Sikong, she will give you a younger brother. Then who are you and him?"

"hiss--"

Cao Pi took a deep breath, but his focus was a little different from others——

"Are you sure you can still have a baby at her age?"

He Yan's head was full of black lines: "I said what to do in case!"

Cao Pi was also tangled at this time: "Are you sure that she, a woman, would think so far?"

"When it comes to the issue of giving birth to a concubine, women think more than you think!"

He Yan grabbed another piece of candied fruit and threw it into his mouth: "However, that's fine, as long as you and Cao Zhi and Cao Zhang don't die, Dad should never think about taking Auntie Ding back. This is a big question of right and wrong. I can understand it!"

Cao Pi also grabbed a piece of candied fruit, but he couldn't swallow it for a long time.

"He Yan."

"Ok?"

"This thing is unreasonable!"

"what happened again?"

"How can the elders be unable to return home because of the younger generation's problems?"

Cao Pi scratched his head: "If you say that Auntie Ding and Dad had a conflict, I can understand it, but if you say that Auntie Ding can't go home because of me... then I have committed a crime of unfilial piety?"

Everyone in the Han Dynasty is still very sensitive to "filial piety".

Originally, Cao Pi didn't care whether Mrs. Ding wanted to go back, but if Mrs. Ding couldn't go back to Sikong Mansion because of him, it would be another matter entirely.

"nothing dealing with you!"

Seeing that Cao Pi didn't want to eat it, He Yan snatched the piece of candied fruit from him quietly.

"Filial piety is essentially a matter between you, your father, and your mother. Why should it extend to others?"

"But……"

Seeing that Cao Pi still wanted to argue with him, He Yan asked directly: "Then you take Aunt Ding back home as your own mother and take care of her!"

Cao Pi swallowed back his words embarrassingly: "I just asked..."

While the two were chatting, Mrs. Ding also came out of the inner room and handed Cao Pi a box.

"Also ask Pi'er to give this item to your mother for me."

"Don't worry, Aunt Ding, she will definitely bring it."

Maybe Cao Pi was trying to fight for it again, so he asked Mrs. Ding: "Aunt Ding, are you really unwilling to go back with us?"

"No."

Madam Ding answered decisively this time.

However, when Mrs. Ding saw Cao Pi's eyes, she stretched her eyebrows and gave Cao Pi a smile: "The main reason is that I am used to staying here, and I want to be quiet. People come and go in Sikong Mansion, how many people come and go?" Some are not used to it... Every time your father is away, it is your mother who supports the Sikong Mansion. She must understand the difficulty of this, and you should be more considerate of your mother, and don't make her overworked. "

Seeing what Cao Pi wanted to say, Mrs. Ding waved her hand: "Go, go."

When Cao Pi saw this, he had no choice but to leave with He Yan who started eating candied fruit crazily after entering the mansion, but he had a sullen face on the way, and anyone who looked at him could tell that his heart was full of bitterness.

"He Yan."

"What again?"

"I still feel that I am the reason why Auntie Ding can't go back to Sikong Mansion."

He Yan sighed: "What exactly do you want? Is it true that you plan to take Mrs. Ding back?"

Cao Pi cast a very cold glance at He Yan: "This time, you don't understand."

"I think it must be because of me that Aunt Ding doesn't want to go back and have a conflict with my mother."

"Everyone has paid so much for me, overtly and secretly... Sure enough! I have to bear too many things!"

He Yan: ...

Pat Cao Pi on the shoulder: "I just like the way you are always full of motivation!"

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The two returned to Xuchang with Madam Ding's gift. Cao Pi went to Madam Bian on a business trip, and He Yan came to Cao Cao's place to tell Madam Ding what she had said.

"She's smart!"

Cao Cao sneered a few words, then closed his eyes, and told He Yan: "Since she doesn't want to come, then put the battlefield north of the river!"

"Let your soldiers get ready too, and follow me to Liyang to clean up those two juniors in the spring of next year!"

"Here!"

Mrs. Ding's refusal made Cao Cao's stubborn temper well up, and he planned to have a decisive battle with Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang next year after he was fully prepared.

For several days, Cao Cao gathered his staff together to plan a war against Hebei.

Guo Jia could see something was wrong with Cao Cao, but instead of asking Cao Cao, he touched He Yan and asked, "Did you mess with Sikong? Why does Sikong look so arrogant now?"

"I didn't mess with it!"

He Yan hurriedly threw the cauldron away: "It's not because of Mrs. Ding's matter that Sikong is in a hurry to use troops against Hebei, lest Yuan Tan suddenly kill him and hurt Mrs. Ding."

Guo Jia frowned: "Sure enough, it's emotional!"

"It's fine to use your emotions. Now Hebei actually needs some emotions."

He Yan asked Guo Jia, "Isn't it? The judges chose Yuan Shang as the leader, and the purpose was to let him stabilize the situation in Jizhou as soon as possible. If Yuan Shang is given enough time, maybe he can really reunify the north. In that case Yuan Shangke has become Sikong's formidable enemy!"

Guo Jia disagreed with He Yan's analysis.

"It's true that we can't give Yuan Shang time, but it doesn't mean we have to fight Yuan Shang head-on."

"The best situation for Sikong is to let the two brothers Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang fight and reap the benefits!"

He Yan yawned and nodded: "You are right, but this always requires an opportunity, doesn't it?"

"The best opportunity is to let them be defeated by Sikong once."

"As long as they can defeat them once, the people under Yuan Shang's command will naturally have their own careful thinking and give Yuan Tan an opportunity... Otherwise, Yuan Tan is not a fool, and he will not directly rush to confront Yuan Shang."

Guo Jia looked at the map, and patted his forehead with some regret: "I wouldn't have gone to fight Cangting before I knew it! Now that Yuan Jun's forces south of the Dahe River have been removed, if he really wants to win, he can only fight on the north bank of the Dahe River." Already!"

"It's definitely going to go to the north bank of the river, and it's best to win Li Yang."

He Yan tapped Li Yang with his finger: "Li Yang is actually not far from Ye City, and taking this place can cause instability in Hebei. Otherwise, how could Yuan Tan have enough reasons to do it?"

"Then Li Yang really has to fight."

Guo Jia touched the tip of his nose: "If you want to fight Hebei, you must not wait until the autumn harvest is over before you fight! At that time, the big river was in the flood season, and the water level rose, which was actually not good for our army."

"It's better to use troops in summer, when the water level is not high. If the weather is good, it can even be seen as day at night, which can reduce the probability of our army being discovered when crossing the river, and prevent our army from being attacked halfway..."

When it came to sending troops, Guo Jia began to chatter, and began to consider the feasibility of military operations from all aspects, and his whole body was like a tight instrument.

"Feng Xiao, do you want to be so tired?"

He Yan counted: "It's winter now, even if we send troops in summer, it's still half a year away!"

Guo Jia shook his head: "March and fight, half a year's preparation is actually very late."

"Let's not talk about food, grass, and supplies. Just finding out the terrain and transporting soldiers will take a long time to prepare. It's not too late to make plans now!"

"These things, you will understand when Marquis Shen personally leads the soldiers once!"

Guo Jia's leading the army is obviously not a small-scale battle like He Yan went to Lujiang to fight some bandits, or followed Xia Houdun, Yu Jin and other big men to gain experience.

What he was referring to was real legion-level combat!
Guo Jia pointed to the map and compared prices for a long time: "The biggest problem now is to beware of Yuan Tan in Liyang, and prevent him from coming to make trouble when the army is crossing the river. If this is solved, it will not be difficult for our army to capture Liyang !"

Before Cao Cao said that he saw Yuan Tan's plan to attack him halfway, and Guo Jia, as someone who has been with Cao Cao, must have seen Yuan Tan's plan.

He Yan, who was fishing beside Guo Jia, heard that Guo Jia had a headache, so he reminded him in a low voice, "It's better to use a chariot!"

chariot?

Guo Jia turned around and asked incomprehensibly: "Why is it a chariot? Could a chariot stop Yuan Tan from invading our army?"

He Yan dipped his fingers in ink and drew an extremely weird formation on the map: "Put the chariot at the outermost edge to form a crescent moon, so it can protect the soldiers at the pier?"

This formation, 200 years later, was used by Liu Jinu, the God of War, to break through the waterway coordinated warfare of the Hu people in the north - Yanyue Formation!

(End of this chapter)