My husband Zhuge Kongming

In the past three months, Cao Cao has continued to accept "gifts" from aristocratic families, and the number of additional soldiers alone has reached 50,000.

These fifty thousand are all young men. With a little training and armor, they can become an army.

And this is only for Jizhou and a small part of Yanzhou.

However, these soldiers have never experienced battle formations, so Cao Cao must be cautious in handling them.

If they formed an independent army, they would be easily defeated in one attack.

If they were incorporated into each army, the proportion of new recruits would be too large, which would easily affect the original combat effectiveness of each army.

As a commander who has been on the battlefield for more than ten years, Cao Cao is very aware of the pros and cons.

Therefore, even though he had decided to take action with Liu Bei after the summer harvest, he still hesitated.

Logically speaking, if the emperor wants to return the capital to Luoyang, he should send people to Luoyang in advance to make arrangements.

But he was also afraid. After all, Guan Yu was guarding the other side of Luoyang. If the people sent there were too weak, the soldiers and horses would be eaten directly.

If the people sent there are a little tougher, conflicts will be aroused and war will break out in advance.

As a result, he is now in a dilemma.

Thinking of this, Cao Cao sighed.

Half a month ago, he asked Xun You to meet Xun Yu, naturally hoping that Xun Yu could continue to be used by him. Of course, the result was not as he expected.

But he also knew that his and Xun Yu's paths were different.

Xun Yu had made great contributions to him, so it was impossible for him to really force Xun Yu.

"There are really too few people at our disposal. Someone, go and call Zhang'er."

The attendant quickly took the order and left.

Not long after, a young man with a yellow beard appeared in front of Cao Cao and saluted Cao Cao, "My child has seen his father."

"Ziwen." Cao Cao smiled and waved his hand, "Come here."

Cao Zhang, named Ziwen, nodded and took a few steps forward.

Cao Cao then looked at Cao Zhang carefully. This was his third son, Cao Pi's younger brother and Cao Zhi's older brother. Among his many sons, he was the bravest.

In the past, he liked to fight tigers and had excellent arm strength, but he was not good at writing.

When asked about his ambition, he said that he would like to be a general.

So since Cao Zhang said this, he asked Cao Zhang to study under Cao Ren.

There are really not many people he can trust nowadays.

Fortunately, he gave birth to enough sons. After giving birth to many sons, there were still a few who became talented, such as Cao Pi, Cao Zhi, and Cao Zhang.

If there is really no one available, you can send all your sons to take over.

"How have you been studying with your uncle these days?"

"Not as good as Uncle Eleven."

Cao Cao laughed loudly after hearing his son's self-effacing words.

He naturally knows how well Cao Zhang has learned.

From a theoretical point of view, Cao Ren said that Cao Zhang is enough to serve as a general, but if he wants to lead troops, he still needs to send a general to assist him.

"Huang Xuer," Cao Cao stood up and looked at the map hanging behind him, "Do you know that the Cao family is in crisis?"

"You know." Cao Zhang's face was stern, but his heart was filled with irony. He liked Cao Cao calling him Huang Xu'er very much.

As the son of Cao Cao, he is different from Cao Pi and Cao Zhi. He has been martial arts since he was a child and has never been a competitor to his other brothers.

Of course, he also envied the other brothers for being so talented, but he really couldn't read the Book of Songs or anything like that.

"After the summer harvest, the emperor will return the capital to Luoyang. What do you think?"

"Invite Liu Bei's troops and destroy his strength and morale, so that the Cao family can discuss the future." Cao Zhang replied in a deep voice.

Cao Ren had discussed these things with his generals many times, and he had been listening.

His father was defeated by Liu Bei's Zhao Yun in Xuchang and returned home seriously injured, even Xu Chu was crippled.

At that time, he had an intuitive understanding of the combat effectiveness of Liu Bei's troops.

It wasn't until Cao Ren's soldiers and horses began to be equipped with iron armor that he clearly realized that equipment could make up for a lot of things. Later he went to see Cao Pi. Cao Pi said that the workshop was now developing tougher armor, sharper weapons, and more powerful crossbows.

Cao Pi told him that if he wanted to defeat Liu Bei, in addition to catching up with the southern army's armaments, he must also quickly destroy its main force with the greatest advantage.

He agreed with this.

Originally, Cao Cao took over Yuan Shao's territory, and with the emperor in his hands, he was able to control the world.

But now, Cao Cao's territory is only a few states in the north.

Most of the land in Yuzhou was taken by Liu Bei.

On the other side of Sili, Luoyang was also captured.

Including the southern states and Xiliang, in terms of the land area of ​​the Han Dynasty, the two sides are already comparable.

As for the current advantages of the Cao family, one is that the emperor is in hand, and the other is the population.

He agreed with the strategy promoted by Cao Cao. Although he was not friendly to the major aristocratic families, in troubled times, this important code should be used.

Furthermore, many aristocratic families do not agree with their Cao family, so they naturally do not need to show mercy.

Moreover, the Cao family, Xiahou family, Xun family and other families are treated the same as other aristocratic families.

They also only left a small part of the land, registered all the tenants, and contributed thousands of soldiers capable of fighting.

Since everyone is treated equally, he doesn't think other aristocratic families have anything to lament about.

Cao Cao listened to his son's words and sighed, "Huang Xu'er has learned something."

Cao Zhang was silent, knowing that Cao Cao had been worried about this recently, "Father, I think that I should equip the most elite soldiers with the most elite armaments and seek opportunities to deliver a fatal blow to the enemy."

Cao Cao smiled, "Yes, but being a father now also has problems."

With that said, he told Cao Zhang about the new recruits.

Cao Zhang frowned, thought for a while, and said, "This part of the force should have been our advantage, but because they are new soldiers, it has become a disadvantage."

Cao Cao nodded, "So, how to arrange it?"

"The current 50,000 soldiers, and even another 50,000 soldiers in the future, will be directly added to the armies of each uncle. There are still several months until the war. Training will not affect the combat effectiveness of each army." Cao Zhang said, "After that, There was no time for the new recruits, so we had to use them as defenders in various places to rotate the current defenders."

Cao Cao squinted his eyes, this was a solution.

As defenders in various places, although their combat effectiveness is not as good as the elites under his command, they are still veterans and will be of much greater use on the battlefield than new recruits.

In addition, the generals guarding various places are all experienced generals, so they can naturally subdue the new soldiers and guard the place.

"If the number of people is still large, we can directly form a new army with tens of thousands of new soldiers."

"New army?" Cao Cao's tone changed somewhat, "Where is the new army?"

"people."

"Human?" Cao Cao was confused.

"The boy prides himself on his bravery and wants to choose someone who is equally outstanding in martial arts among these soldiers."

Cao Cao frowned.

Force must have a food foundation, and now, he is indeed not short of food.

Moreover, Cao Zhangde's request is not impossible. Some of the tenant farmers and private slaves in the aristocratic family are in good health. In addition, there are very few of them who are educated, so there should be no obstacles to choosing a new master.

"And I hope that the father will give the child a batch of money and food for the purchase of weapons and armaments and for training. When the time comes, the child will definitely give the father an elite force!"

We need people, money, and food to train a new army.

Cao Cao smiled happily, "That's right."

"Thank you, father!" Cao Zhang was delighted.

"Quan should be the reward for my son's advice just now." Cao Cao smiled and waved his hand, "Go ahead and receive your father's order and ask Zijian to draft a document for you."

Nowadays, Cao Zhi is also a general with five senses, equivalent to the deputy of the prime minister. It is no problem to ask Cao Zhi to write a document.

"No!" Cao Zhang chuckled.

As the title.