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

Moreover, the Great Wall is the most solid fortification. For example, Hangu Pass and the Great Wall are the symbols of ancient times.

"May I ask, lord, does our army need supporting craftsmen?" Cao Cao asked.

"Well, of course. The Prime Minister can send skilled craftsmen to assist us in the construction.

In addition, we will allocate funds to the government offices of various counties and ask them to help recruit civilians. "Cao Ang said.

Cao Cao cursed Cao Ang in his heart for being treacherous. This caused heavy losses to the government offices of the counties. But there was nothing he could do, because they were the descendants of Cao Ang.

Cao Cao was very satisfied with the engineering project provided by Cao Ang, because he knew many craftsmen whose skills were very superb and enough for him to organize a large number of manpower.

Afterwards, Cao Ang expressed his welcome and blessings to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao also smiled and exchanged seals with Cao Ang.

Cao Cao returned to Xu Du with many civil and military officials.

After Cao Cao returned, he immediately summoned Xun You, Xun Yu and Chen Qun.

Xun You and Xun Yu were important ministers in charge of military affairs. They usually lived in Xudu and assisted Cao Cao in managing government affairs.

Cao Cao first asked about the content of the negotiations between Cao Ang and Lu Bu.

Xun You replied, "My lord has already discussed this with Meng Yan and is willing to surrender to our army."

"Really?" Cao Cao was a little bit unbelievable. He didn't expect Cao Ang to surrender so easily. Under normal circumstances, Cao Ang would have to entangle for a while before giving up.

Xun You smiled slightly: "Meng Yan said clearly that as long as the Lord agrees to his conditions and signs an alliance, he will withdraw from Jizhou."

Cao Cao frowned and said, "It's a pity that I agreed to his terms."

"Prime Minister, why is this?" Chen Qun was puzzled.

Cao Cao said: "The Lord has donated three million dan of grain, two hundred thousand gold coins, three hundred thousand silk cloth, and five thousand young men and women."

"What?" This time it was Xun You's turn to be surprised: "My lord actually proposed such harsh conditions."

Xun You knew the value of these things. Although Cao Ang was not short of food or money now.

But these things are necessary. Otherwise, the soldiers under Cao Ang will make trouble.

Chen Qun was also furious and said, "How can this be possible! This is simply too much."

Cao Cao said: "Meng Yan also said that if I agree to this condition, he will cede Jizhou to me.

I thought about it and felt that it was very feasible. So I agreed. "

"The Prime Minister is wise!" Xun You and others were full of admiration for Cao Cao.

Xun You said to Chen Qun: "Yuanlong, since the Lord is sincere, we should act immediately. Otherwise, we will have more troubles."

Chen Qun nodded: "Wen Ruo is right. We should implement it as soon as possible."

Cao Cao also felt that Chen Qun was right, so he ordered Xun You and Chen Qun to contact the aristocratic families active around Luoyang.

Cao Cao decided to pursue the victory and try to seize Yanzhou.

Cao Ang left Luoyang and returned to Xiangyang.

After returning to Xiangyang City, Cao Ang announced his will and appointed Guo Jia as the Inspector of the Imperial Guards.

He commanded all the troops in Yuzhou. At the same time, he appointed Li Gui as the General of Zhendong and stationed his troops in Xuzhou.

This series of changes immediately shocked the entire court.

Yuan Shao, Liu Yu and others sent people to Shouchun to request an audience with the emperor. The same was true for Yuan Tan, Yuan Shang, Feng Ji and others.

Cao Ang felt disgusted when he saw the faces of these people, so he simply avoided them.

Cao Ang's attitude of closing the door and refusing visitors left those people nowhere to be found.

Cao Ang refused to see anyone, which made Cao Ang's advisers feel relieved. When Cao Ang closed the door to visitors, these advisers were also worried that Cao Ang might be persuaded by Cao Cao to cooperate with Cao Cao.

Now the situation is fine. They don't need to worry anymore.

"Congratulations to Fengxiao, congratulations to Fengxiao!" Cao Ang raised his glass to celebrate.

Li Gui picked up the wine glass and drank the wine Cao Ang offered.

Li Gui was secretly delighted. The more Cao Ang valued him, the more power he would gain in the future.

Cao Ang then said to Guo Jia: "Feng Xiao, your task is to purchase timber in Jingzhou and build the Great Wall. I will give you three months, and you must get it done."

"I obey your command!" Guo Jia stood up and said.

Guo Jia is a person who cannot sit still. It would be torture for him to stay in one place without moving.

"My lord, I have something else to report." Li Gui suddenly interrupted.

"Go ahead." Cao Ang said lightly.

"My lord, I just received news that Cao Cao has mobilized a huge number of laborers from Yecheng to dig the Great Wall. This is a big event, and I hope you will come to supervise it in person." Li Gui said seriously.

"Oh? Cao Cao actually dared to do such a thing." Cao Ang was a little surprised.

Cao Ang knew exactly who Cao Cao was. He was a cowardly man who was afraid of death and had no courage to dig the Great Wall.

But at this time Cao Cao dared to dig the Great Wall. Was there some conspiracy?
"Fengxiao, is there a problem with the Great Wall?" Cao Ang expressed his doubts.

When Li Gui heard Cao Ang call him Fengxiao, he felt a little proud: "My lord, you are wise. There is indeed a problem with the Great Wall.

But this is not the crux of the problem. The crux is that after the Great Wall is built, we will have nowhere to go.”

Cao Ang hesitated for a moment and said, "Feng Xiao, please continue."

Li Gui added: "After the Great Wall was built, Cao Cao had an absolute advantage.

Even if the lord wants to fight back, it will be useless. After all, the lord only has 50,000 or 60,000 troops, while Cao Cao has 300,000 or 400,000 troops. "

"You mean to say that Cao Cao wants to use the Great Wall to restrict our development?" Cao Ang summarized Li Gui's words.

Li Gui nodded: "That's right."

"Haha, that's his wish. We have the Flying Bear Army and the Black Armor Army. The Great Wall alone can't trap us at all." Cao Ang snorted coldly.

Cao Ang disdained Cao Cao's strategy, and Cao Cao had no other choice.

Li Gui smiled bitterly and said, "My lord, Cao Cao has already taken precautions. He ordered his generals to lead two elite cavalry units to patrol the various passes.

Every night, beacon towers were set up at various passes. This way, unless the enemy could bypass their blockade or attack and destroy the Great Wall, it would be impossible for them to pass through. "

"These guys are so cunning." Cao Ang sighed.

"Not only that, Cao Cao's main force can invade our hinterland at any time." Li Gui added.

Cao Cao had many tricks. For example, Cao Ang did not consider that Cao Cao would send his main force to sneak behind him.

Cao Ang thought about it for a while, and suddenly he thought of a good idea. He said excitedly: "This is a good plan."

Li Gui, Jia Xu and others were stunned. Cao Ang finally came up with an idea.

Cao Ang said to Zhuge Liang: "Kong Ming, take my imperial edict and go to Yingchuan. Tell Sun Qian to organize people to build the Great Wall."

"My lord, this..." Jia Xu and others were very skeptical. Could Sun Qian do this job well?

Zhuge Liang knew that this was Cao Ang's arrangement, and hurriedly said, "My lord, I obey your order."

Cao Ang said to the others: "I have other things to do, you all can go away." (End of this chapter)