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

Chapter 499: Go north to Bingzhou to support Ding Yuan

Although Cao Ang was surprised, he still asked someone to bring the envoy over.

The envoy sent by Ding Yuan is the same person as the envoy who came to Cao Ang last time.

After Cao Ang saw the visitor, he couldn't help but asked, "Why is it you again? What's your name?"

"To tell you what the young general is saying, young Ding Ping is a fellow countryman of my lord."

Cao Ang nodded when he heard this, and then continued to ask: "Ding Ping, right? Didn't you come here a few days ago? Why are you here again today?"

When Ding Ping heard this, he looked a little embarrassed and said: "Major General, it's like this. I didn't tell you the truth when I came here before..."

Afterwards, Ding Ping told Cao Ang all about the current serious situation in Bingzhou.

After hearing Ding Ping's words, Cao Ang's face turned ugly. He couldn't help but snorted and said, "This Ding Yuan is really bold!"

As soon as these words came out, Ding Ping was so frightened that he fell to his knees and begged for mercy: "Major General, please spare your life. My lord was also afraid of causing you worries, Major General, so he chose not to tell you the actual situation."

"Nonsense! Worrying about the people, how can it possibly increase worries?" Cao Ang frowned, and he was very angry at this time.

Since the aliens on the grassland have already made some changes, then Ding Yuan can't solve it, so he should ask for help earlier, instead of asking for help now that the situation has become so serious!
When Cao Ang thought about those alien cavalry wreaking havoc on the land of China and trampling on the Chinese people, he felt very agitated.

So Cao Ang turned to look at Zhang Liao and asked, "Wenyuan, how is the war in Xiliang? Is there still civil strife?"

Zhang Liao nodded when he heard this: "Yes, Major General, when Wen Ze and I completed the handover, Ma Teng and Han Sui were still leading troops to attack Li Jue and Guo Si."

"Due to being unable to attack for a long time, Ma Teng and Han Sui specially transferred Ma Chao, who was confronting me on the front line, back. It seems that they are really planning to decide the winner."

When Cao Ang heard this, he pondered for a while, and then slowly spoke: "Since there is civil strife in Xiliang, let's ignore them for now. The most important thing is to send troops to merge with the state first and drive out those foreigners!"

No one had any objection to Cao Ang's decision.

Although now is the best time to lead a large army to attack Xiliang, the people of Bingzhou are being bullied by foreigners at this time.

Which one is more important is naturally obvious.

After making the decision, Cao Ang directly gave the order: "Wen Yuan, order you to lead three thousand sergeants to escort the grain and grass to Bingzhou and station in Taiyuan."

"I will then personally lead an army to Bingzhou and wipe out all the aliens who dare to invade!"

Following Cao Ang's order, everyone in Luoyang quickly took action.

Zhang Liao and Lejin escorted the grain and grass, and Ding Ping led the way to Bingzhou first.

Cao Ang, on the other hand, took Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong and led an army of 20 to Bingzhou to pacify the foreign tribes.

Originally, Cao Ang had prepared half a year's worth of food and grass for the 30-strong army, but considering that the people in Bingzhou were suffering from disasters, some of the food and grass transported there must be used for disaster relief.

Therefore, Cao Ang left 30 of the 20 troops originally mobilized to garrison Luoyang, and only took [-] to Bingzhou.

Before setting off, Cao Ang also found Cao Cao.

"Father, I am going to Bingzhou to annihilate the foreign tribes. You will suffer the consequences. Stay in Luoyang and help me raise food for disaster relief. After all, the people in Bingzhou have been robbed for a long time and may not have enough to eat." "If this is the case. If our court does not carry out disaster relief, I am worried that the people there will commit such a human tragedy as exchanging children and eating them!"

Cao Cao naturally knew the seriousness of the matter, so after listening to Cao Ang's words, he nodded seriously.

"I know that the current situation in Bingzhou is serious, and the imperial court's food reserves are no longer enough. I can only reach out to those wealthy families."

When Cao Ang heard this, he echoed: "Those aristocratic families are all supported by the common people. Now that the people of Bingzhou are suffering, they should contribute."

"In addition, I also need you, father, to ask for an edict from the emperor to support Bingzhou and attack those foreign races in the name of the imperial court!"

When Cao Cao heard this, he nodded and said, "Yes, we do need to support Bingzhou in the name of the imperial court, so as to prevent us from attacking the barbarians in Bingzhou and someone behind the scenes."

After hearing this, Cao Ang sneered: "I wish they would do something small, so that I would have an excuse to use troops against those with ulterior motives."

"After all, I don't take these barbarians in the grassland seriously."

In fact, Cao Ang despised these barbarians on the grassland from the bottom of his heart.

Nomads rely on cavalry when fighting.

When fighting on the grassland, cavalry is indeed useful, because the terrain is open and flat enough, which is conducive to cavalry charging.

This is also the reason why expeditions to the grasslands by the Central Plains dynasties in most cases returned without success.

After all, the infantry does not have an advantage against the cavalry, and its mobility is too poor.

Cao Cao looked at Cao Ang's appearance and couldn't help but remind him.

"Zixiu, don't let your anger go to your head. These grassland barbarians were beaten badly by the Gongsun family before. Before Ding Yuan was seriously injured, he often dealt with them, and Xiliang also did it from time to time. They will take action against them."

"This time, these barbarians on the grassland dare to attack Bingzhou blatantly. I guess they are well prepared. You have to be careful to deal with it."

When Cao Ang heard this, he nodded solemnly: "Don't worry, father, I will do it."

Two days after Zhang Liao's departure, Cao Ang took the emperor's edict and led an army of 20 people to set off for Bingzhou.

Cao Ang led the tiger and leopard cavalry equipped with divine arm crossbows, leading Cao Chun and Huang Zhong in front, while Zhao Yun, Xu Huang, Li Dian and other generals led an army of 20, following behind.

In the previous battle in Jizhou and Youzhou, Cao Ang obtained many fine war horses.

This time I went back for repairs and directly expanded the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry to six thousand.

Although this was a considerable expense, Cao Ang was confident that with only six thousand tiger and leopard cavalry equipped with divine arm crossbows, he could defeat the barbarians.

As for the 20 troops he led, they were basically used to garrison the counties in Bingzhou to prevent small groups of barbarian cavalry from crossing the front lines and harassing the people.

Just when Cao Ang led his troops north, all the princes also received Cao Cao's message to crusade against the barbarians in the name of the emperor.

(End of this chapter)