Three Kingdoms: I, the eldest son of Cao, a loving father of a great man!

Chapter 306 With halo added, the battle in Qingzhou is imminent! [6400 characters please subscribe and ask for monthly ticket]

Boundless waters.

A bottomless stream of water.

And it is so flat that there are no waves, except for the faint light, there is no undulating water surface.

Cao Ang was standing on the bow of the big ship at the moment, with his hands propped on the side of the ship, and his eyes were scanning the surrounding water surface that exuded a faint silver-gray light.

He couldn't help but sigh in admiration.

I was even more surprised and happy.

Even though it is not the first time Cao Ang has seen the silvery waters connecting to the sky, compared to the shock and horror brought about by the last trigger, it has become much calmer now.

But still amazing.

When Cao Ang first boarded the boat, the surrounding waters were of an ordinary color, not much different from the rivers, lakes and seas outside.

And the reason for this change.

It was entirely because Cao Ang was appointed as Yuzhou Shepherd last time, and after being promoted again in the official position, the ship moved forward [-] meters.

It may be a qualitative change brought about by a quantitative change.

This time, he advanced such a long distance, which in turn caused substantial changes in the waters, and there was such a dazzling scene.

Looking at the silver waters in front of you.

Cao Ang's thinking couldn't help but diverge.

If the next time we advance 50 meters, or even [-] meters, will the color of the water surface become golden, or even colorful and colorful?
Is there any correlation between the change in the color of the water surface and the rewards that can be caught in the river here?
If the qualitative change continues.

Can the nature of reward items change?

These are unknowns.

Cao Ang is looking forward to it.

He believes that the day when he reveals the answer will not be too far away.

After all, now that the power of the Cao family has reached this point, the accumulation of strength is getting more and more fierce, the snowball has already rolled, and as one of the founders, the speed of improvement will be faster and faster.

If Zhou Mu goes further back.

It won't be long before it takes time!
However, there is another point worth thinking about for Cao Ang, that is, what kind of criteria should be used to judge the official position that triggers the ship to advance next.

After all, the state shepherd is already the actual leader of a state, and there are only thirteen states in the world. If you go further, you will go to the center to become a big boss.

And there are not many official positions in the center.

It's really hard to say which one is recognized and within the trigger range.

Of course compared to official positions.

There is also a system of titles.

I am currently only a township lord, and there will be county lords in the future. When the situation is unstoppable, I can continue to take the position of prince or even king.

It's also a fast track.

…………

After thinking for a while.

Cao Ang immediately pulled his thoughts back.

Instead, he picked up the golden fishing rod used for fishing, and then casually threw it into the river. Ripples suddenly appeared on the originally calm silver water surface.

I was able to board the ship this time.

It is because Ganmei has contributed a lot.

I hope that in this section of the river, I can be lucky, and once I get into my soul, I will come up with some good things!
Thinking about it in my heart.

While waiting quietly for about half a cup of tea.

Soon, the fishing rod tightly held by Cao Ang trembled slightly.

See this situation.

Cao Ang immediately exerted his strength and lifted the fishing line out of the water. In the next second, he saw a golden halo hanging from the end of the fishing line.

This halo has no entity.

It's a bit similar to a mythical boss, the halo hanging behind his head is floating in mid-air at this moment, emitting a little bit of golden light in all directions.

Under the direct gaze.

I felt a little dazzled.

Cao Ang just thinks with his toes.

I also know that this time it is really a good thing!
……

Because of the lessons learned when the skill was mastered before.

Cao Ang didn't touch the halo indiscriminately.

Instead, he chose to come to the stele.

I saw a few lines of clear text appearing on the tall stone tablet at this moment, clearly introducing the ins and outs of this halo.

"Item Name: Morale Halo

Function: After wearing this object, when serving as the commander-in-chief of the three armies, the troops directly under his command will not be affected by low morale, and the effect will not disappear until the last person in the battle, or the commander dies in battle.

Negative effect: The morale of the whole army is integrated with the commander of the three armies. When the morale drops beyond the critical value, it will cause huge pressure and burden on the wearer of the halo. Beware that the morale is not broken, and the person dies first!

Remarks: If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight! "

After reading the last line of text.

Cao Ang was stunned.

He wiped his eyes in disbelief, then read the words on the stone tablet again.

After confirming that all information is correct.

He couldn't help but take a deep breath.

What followed was a long silence.

"hiss!"

Good guy, call it good guy!
Although it had been expected that good things would be caught in this section of the river, but I really didn't expect it to be so good that it has already risen to the halo side!

Isn't this right to take off directly?

……

The so-called morale halo.

Its function has been explained very clearly.

As long as Cao Ang is integrated with the halo, when he serves as the commander-in-chief of the three armies, his direct troops, that is, the main force of the direct line, will not be affected by morale.

What an exaggerated effect this is!
We must know that in the era of cold weapon wars, morale is an invisible and intangible factor that actually affects the combat effectiveness of an army and the victory or defeat of a war.

Too many casualties, the loss of generals, the restraint of arms, and even the enemy's momentum is too large, all of which will affect the morale of one's own side, thereby reducing combat effectiveness.

When morale drops beyond a certain threshold.

It will cause panic and collapse.

resulting in the defeat of the war.

Cao Ang had fought against the Yellow Turban Bandits many times before, and he always won more with less, because he grasped the key factor of morale, and he was always able to beat the enemy to collapse before they could fight with real swords and guns.

The so-called elite teacher, the teacher of a hundred battles.

It doesn't mean that they can fight alone, one can fight three or five, but it means that the morale threshold of this army is high.

Even if there are a large number of casualties, they will not quickly enter a state of collapse. Instead, they can continue to stand firm on the battlefield, and even kill the enemy first.

And Cao Ang now has this halo.

It means that he can lock down the morale of any unit anytime, anywhere, so that the team that is on the verge of collapse can continue to maintain its combat effectiveness and shine on the battlefield.

This is definitely an ability that can turn the tide of battle!
…………

thought here.

Cao Ang couldn't help turning his gaze to the dazzling and fascinating halo that was still floating in the air, exuding a little bit of golden brilliance.

His eyes were full of approval.

Although he had won every foreign war before and never lost, he was known as a hundred victories.

But Cao Ang didn't dare to be arrogant because of this.

Fighting the refugees and fighting the regular army are completely different concepts. At the same time, because the enemy underestimated the enemy and was careless, he was lucky enough to defeat Gongsun Zan's Youzhou cavalry once, which did not prove anything.

Who can guarantee that he will not encounter bitter battles in the future?

Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao are both alive and well, and they are both powerful!
In the battles with these opponents, it is entirely possible for Cao Jun to encounter a bitter battle that was beaten to the brink of collapse, and even suffered a big defeat because of this.

But now it's different!

As long as Cao Ang locks down the morale, even if the enemy has great abilities, he must kill every single soldier under his direct line before he can annihilate the entire army.

……

of course.

The enemy can also take risks directly to take the life of his own general, but the difficulty of doing so will not be easier than destroying the entire army.

After all, Cao Ang himself is amazing in force.

And has a high defense blessing.

A group of people surrounded and beat him for half an hour, and it was still a question of whether they could break his defense.

The ability to not move like a mountain.

It is also used by Cao Ang for immunity and the negative effect of the halo. Once the morale falls below the critical value, the consumption will be borne by the coach himself.

Those with weaker physical fitness can't bear it, and they are likely to be crushed to death by the strong pressure.

But Cao Ang had no fear at all.

He only needs to sit on the horseback safely, or sit cross-legged on a four-wheeled cart.

At that time, unless mountains and seas attack and the world collapses, there is no way to do anything to him, the coach, before the battle is the last one.

This gives the feeling.

Like a war totem.

The ability to move is removed, but it is fully blessed in other aspects. The advantages outweigh the disadvantages. It can be said that it is too much!
…………

The tactility of the halo is wonderful.

Although there is no entity, but after starting it, I can feel a burst of coldness.

Cao Ang held the halo and looked around for a while, then carefully put it on top of his head.

next second.

The halo shines golden.

In an instant, it merged into Cao Ang's mind, replaced by the faint halo that slowly appeared behind his head.

And Cao Ang, who was closing his eyes and meditating at the moment.

Many pictures quietly emerged in front of my eyes.

When two armies are at war, one of them stands firm and never surrenders until every single soldier dies.

There were also defenders of the city who had run out of ammunition and food, were besieged to the end of the river and the sea, and ate everything that could be eaten in the city, but still chose to close the city gates.

A large number of scenes frantically flashed back.

Cao Ang seemed to have watched countless condensed movies in a few minutes.

"A lonely city thousands of miles away, poor white-haired soldiers..."

With a voice full of compassion, Cao Ang also woke up from the process of the halo's integration.

Move your limbs.

After confirming that there are no other abnormalities.

Cao Ang took this matter to heart for the time being.

This halo is only effective when commanding an army. Right now, there is only one person on board, so he has no chance to do an experiment to see the effect.

…………

After merging the halo.

Cao Ang was about to get off the boat.

But suddenly remembered something.

After groping in his arms for a while, he immediately took out a pair of scrolls, which were treasures he caught by taking advantage of an opportunity presented to him after he served as the state shepherd.

It just never came in handy.

After unrolling the scroll.

I saw a lot of content impressively displayed on it, and at the beginning of the scroll, there was a line of big characters written.

"Salt Mining and Purification Technology"

Speaking of fishing this thing up.

Cao Ang was extremely excited.

After all, things like salt are indispensable in daily life, no matter how rich or poor they are, they must be used in household life.

As long as you master the mature method of refining salt and the technology of converting coarse salt into refined salt, money will flow in like a river.

It can't be spent at all!

After all, the salt produced all over the world is mainly coarse salt, and it is a particularly coarse kind, which is not the same concept as modern people understand coarse salt.

First of all, in the way of salt production.

It is to extract salt crystals by boiling seawater, or introduce seawater into salt pans, expose to the sun, and naturally evaporate to obtain a large number of salt flowers.

No matter which of these two methods, the yield is low and the impurities are extremely high.

Even if the salt sent to the mansions of high-ranking officials and dignitaries, it will be filtered and screened to a certain extent, but the degree is limited.

It is still large lumps of salt, the overall color is light yellow, and it tastes bitter. The more impurities there are, the more bitter it is. Before using it, you need to use a mill to grind the salt into small grains.

Otherwise, you won't be able to eat it at all!
And just such coarse quality salt.

Its price is so expensive that it occupies an important proportion in the living expenses of ordinary people. The key is the same as food, and it cannot be eaten without it.

……

So it is conceivable.

As long as Cao Ang can improve the existing salt mining method, not to mention too advanced, as long as the production is slightly increased, it will be a leap forward.

At the same time, coarse salt is converted into refined salt.

When the output is small in the early stage, reselling high-quality supplies to the upper class in exchange for a large amount of money is definitely a profitable business.

In the mid-term, refined salt will be popularized to the middle and lower classes.

Improve the quality of life of the people in general, reduce the large amount of toxins produced by eating a large amount of coarse salt, and increase the average life expectancy of the population.

The price will be lowered later.

This is a complete set of chains.

As long as he can thoroughly understand this technology and turn the theory into practice, not only the Cao family's pocketbook will be enriched in an instant.

In the future, whether it is marching or fighting, or governing the local area, there will be a huge amount of money as a backup support.

It can also be after the change of dynasty.

Taking into account the people's livelihood in the world, taking into account the long-term stability and long-term rule of the dynasty.

This can be described as a feat in one fell swoop!
……

But no matter how well imagined.

It is currently not possible to put it into practice.

Because there are not many salt-producing areas in the actual ruling area of ​​the Cao family!

According to the actual situation of the Han Dynasty today, salt is mainly produced through four methods: sea salt, well salt, lake salt and mine salt.

Sea salt is the largest and most common method, but it can only be limited to coastal areas, central and inland areas, so don't even think about it.

However, well salt and lake salt both have relatively small yields and strong uniqueness. The salt production methods have quite specific conditions and are not universal.

Not to mention the last mineral salt.

This is the mineral area left over after the lake and the sea dried up. If you want to mine this kind of salt, you have to dig a mine at least two to 300 meters deep, and the output is only a little.

Count it down like this.

The Cao family currently owns Yanzhou, southern Jizhou, and northern Yuzhou, all of which do not meet the conditions.

Adding up these several places, there is not much salt produced throughout the year, and no matter how good the technology is, it is empty talk.

of course.

There is no salt-producing area at this stage.

It doesn't mean there won't be any in the future.

At least the Qingzhou area is a proper coastal area, and it is also an important salt production area in the Han Dynasty.

Cao Ang has been staring at that for a long time.

………………

The next morning.

Under the service of Gan Mei.

After Cao Ang put on his clothes, he took her to bid farewell to the old fox Ganping.

Throughout the communication, Cao Ang remained calm and even kept smiling, not revealing that he already knew that Gan Ping was making up a story yesterday.

And under such a strong disguise.

The old fox didn't know that he had been exposed.

Only when he got away with his superb acting skills, he thought that the day when the family would take off would be coming soon.

As long as Cao Ang looks at Gan Mei's face and leaks some benefits from his fingertips, it will be enough for a county family like the Gan family to eat their mouths full of oil.

After some "harmonious and friendly" exchanges.

Cao Ang left Gan's house.

In the next two days, he connected several other families in the county again to confirm that everything was under control, and then left Pei County.

Continue to lead troops northward.

Prepare to enter the border of Yanzhou, go straight to Changyi County in Shanyang County, and join the old father Cao Cao.

………………

And at the same time that Cao Ang led his troops forward.

It is located in Duchang County, Beihai State, Qingzhou.

Kong Rong, Prime Minister of Beihai, was anxious like an ant on a hot pot, fidgeting all over.

Gein's current situation in the North Sea State is extremely bad.

Do not!
To be precise, it was him himself, and the Duchang county where he was stepping on, the situation was extremely bad.

half a month ago.

The remaining Yellow Turban thieves in Qingzhou became active again, and they were very rampant in the counties and counties in the state, wantonly looting the places they passed.

As the Prime Minister of Beihai, Kong Rong, in order to maintain the stability under the rule and at the same time clear up the rebels to show his achievements, decided to send troops to crusade against the rebels.

However, the crusade failed, but the city was besieged.

Since the beginning of the dispatch of troops, not only have they failed to achieve an inch, but they have also been besieged in Duchang County by the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Bandit Qu Shuai.

Watching the food stored in the city decrease day by day.

But the thieves surrounded outside pressed on step by step, attacking the city every day without stopping at all, as if they had to break the city and capture him alive.

Such an urgent situation.

How could Kong Rong not feel restless?

"Oh! What a shame!"

"Zhengping, the enemy army is powerful now, with tens of thousands of soldiers under his command, while our army is only a few thousand, the difference in strength in this battle is huge, how can we win?!"

Righteousness is your balance and your righteousness.

After this master of trolls came to Beihai Kingdom with a letter of recommendation written by Cao Ang, he was warmly received by Kong Rong.

And after talking with Kong Rong.

The two successfully became close friends.

Now Mi Heng is already an extremely trusted friend around Kong Rong, who can talk about everything.

Facing the confusion thrown by Kong Rong.

When You Heng was about to say something.

Suddenly there was a rush of footsteps outside the house, and then a servant reported.

"Your Majesty, the strong Taishi came to see you!"

…………

Kong Rong was stunned for a second.

He hurriedly asked someone to invite him in.

Not long after, a burly, ape-armed, wasp-waisted, muscular young man with a long beard and beard walked in quickly from the outside.

"Ziyi, you came at the right time. I am worried about the enemy troops trapped outside the city. I don't know what to do. Do you have any good strategies to break through?"

A young man called Ziyi.

It's Tai Shici from Donglai.

He is well-known in the Qingzhou area. After Kong Rong heard about Tai Shici's deeds when he was young, he sent people to visit him many times.

This time, Tai Shici learned that Kong Rong was in deep siege, and came all the way to rescue him because of the good relationship he had formed before.

At this moment, I heard Kong Rong's inquiry.

Tai Shici didn't even hesitate, and said to Kong Rong without thinking.

"Your Majesty, although the enemy troops trapped outside the city are numerous and powerful, they are nothing more than a group of refugees with no roots to rely on. The mob is nothing to be afraid of!"

"I would like to personally lead an army and take the initiative to go out of the city to fight the enemy, and I will definitely show the prestige of our army."

"Even if we can't break the enemy's formation and make the enemy withdraw their troops, it will definitely make them fearful and relax their siege and attack on the city!"

……

As soon as Tai Shici came up, he asked to send troops.

This runs counter to Kong Rong's idea.

Compared to taking the initiative to go out of the city to look for opportunities, he still prefers to choose the conservative method, but the method of defending the city with a higher factor of safety, even if the enemy's siege is tight, at least relying on the city wall, he can still hold on for a while.

So after a moment of silence.

Kong Rong shook his head in refusal.

"The thieves and bandits are numerous and powerful, and their army strength can be described as massive, but there are only a few thousand soldiers in the city, and someone still needs to defend the city. Even if I give you an army, there are only two or three thousand people, what great things can you do?"

"Besides, although Ziyi is extremely brave, manpower is sometimes limited. If he is not careful in doing such an adventurous thing, he may lead to the rapid destruction of the city!"

After all, Tai Shici was not Kong Rong's general.

He just came to help.

So Kong Rong refused to listen and was unwilling to take the initiative to go out of the city to fight, and Tai Shici couldn't say much.

And just as the two were a little silent.

When I don't know how to solve the crisis.

Mi Heng, who was about to answer Kong Rong's question earlier, suddenly made a sound.

……

"If you take the initiative to leave the city, your safety is unpredictable, but if you are trapped in the city, there will be a day when the city will be destroyed."

"So in my opinion, the most urgent thing is to ask for help. If you can attract reinforcements, you will be able to solve this crisis!"

This is a time-honored strategy.

Kong Rong couldn't help but nodded approvingly.

But then another problem came to mind, and Kong Rong couldn't help frowning and asked.

"If you can ask for reinforcements, everyone will be happy, but who can be called for reinforcements in the surrounding areas of Beihai?"

Speaking of it.

Kong Rong suddenly remembered something.

Hastily pointed to the northwest direction of Beihai Kingdom with his finger, and then asked Mi Heng for advice.

"How about Liu Bei and Liu Xuande?"

"This person has a kind of benevolence and righteousness. I had a relationship with him at the beginning, and now he holds the position of Pingyuan Commander. I also came from the memorial."

"It's not far from Pingyuan County to Duchang. If he is willing to bring thousands of elite soldiers here, it won't take much time before and after, and the current crisis can be solved in the future."

……

However, after hearing this, Mi Heng.

But slowly shook his head.

"Wen Ju's words are wrong. Although Pingyuan County is close, Liu Xuande's strength is not strong. How many soldiers and horses can he mobilize, and how many of them are capable of fighting?"

"It's all unknown!"

"If we have worked so hard to send the request for help to him, but the soldiers and horses he leads have not been able to break the siege of Duchang, the city will be destroyed at that time, I am afraid it will only be overnight!"

A word out.

Kong Rong couldn't help but change color.

What Mi Heng said happened to hit the worry in his heart.

After all, Liu Bei is just a county magistrate, no matter how strong he can be, he is probably even better than himself, and he may not even be stronger than himself.

Ask him for help.

I know how many soldiers will come to rescue that day.

But don't let your own army defending the city join with Liu Bei's reinforcements, and the yellow turban bandits surrounded by the outside will be rounded up in one breath.

That would really be the laughing stock of the world.

……

thought here.

Kong Rong immediately bowed to Mi Heng.

Then he asked earnestly: "Then I don't know who can be cited as a strong support based on Zhengping's opinion?"

You Hengxin pointed to the west.

Then he said firmly: "In my humble opinion, Yanzhou Cao Mengde and Cao Zixiu father and son are the best choice at the moment!"

The voice just fell.

Kong Rong was immediately taken aback.

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