Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 83 Rescue the Loving Father
Under the Jimo city, the city wall has been damaged everywhere, and the soldiers above and below the city are already red-eyed, and there is only one thought left, how to kill the enemy in front of them.

Seeing that it was getting late, Cao Jun had no choice but to withdraw his troops.

in the big account.

Sitting at the top is Cao Cao, with several advisers sitting on both sides, and at the bottom is Cao Chun, Xia Houyuan and the generals who were banned.

Cao Cao looked not angry but arrogant, and said to the generals under the tent: "Little Jimo, after five days of attacking the city, I still can't go down the city, I am very disappointed."

Cao Chun looked ashamed: "The cavalry are not good at attacking the city, but they have to guard against the Taishan thieves coming. It is really beyond their capabilities."

"Calculating the rations of our army now, it is not enough for ten days, and the morale of the army is also showing signs of instability."

Cao Cao snorted coldly, "That's why we want to attack Jimo and seize the food in the city!"

"Cao Ren sent an urgent report. The day before yesterday he took Cao Hong and captured Yangdu County of Langya Kingdom!"

"The army is divided into two groups, but we are blocked here, what a joke!"

Everyone dared not make a sound.

Cao Cao turned his head and asked the counselor beside him, "Zhicai, what do you think?"

Xi Zhicai, a native of Yingchuan, is a scholar of Yingchuan with the Xun family.

Seeing Cao Cao's questioning, he calmly said, "Minggong, it will be a day or two before the city is destroyed."

"It's about things after the city is broken, so we have to make plans early."

Cao Cao asked: "What is the best opinion of a talented person?"

Xi Zhicai immediately said: "Now that Yangping is broken first, it is not suitable for us to waste too much time in Jimo, so as not to miss the time to cooperate with Cao Sima (Cao Ren is the Sima of the other department at this time) and go south to capture Tancheng."

"So I think it's best to not waste time slaughtering the city after capturing Jimo, disperse the people, obtain food in the city as soon as possible, and step up the southward attack on Hua County, echoing Cao Simana all the way, so that Tao Qian can't divide his troops to resist. That's the best policy. "

When Yu Jin heard this, he couldn't help but raise his eyelids.

He could feel that Xi Zhicai didn't like massacring the city very much, and this strategy was clearly to give the people in Jimo a way of life.

Cao Cao snorted coldly, "I understand what it means to be talented, but what about the promise to Qingzhou soldiers if you only ask for food and don't take talents?"

"I, Cao Mengde, am I a person who doesn't believe what I say?"

Everyone lowered their heads even lower.

Seeing the stiff atmosphere, Xi Zhicai had no choice but to get up and said, "Duke Ming, there is one more important matter."

Seeing Cao Cao nodded, Xi Zhicai just said: "There is news from Tancheng that Tao Qian sent Zhang Kai to escort Cao Gong's family from Langya County to Taishan County, and it is very likely that they are in Huafei now."

"Ying Shao, the prefect of Taishan County, was sent by Duke Ming to meet him, but he marched slowly. I heard that he hadn't reached Fei County after half a month. If things go on like this, things might change."

As soon as Xi Zhicai said this, the expressions of everyone present were a little subtle.

The Cao Gong he said refers to Cao Song, Cao Cao's father, Cao Cao's brother Cao De, and more than fifty family members.

This big family is not easy to worry about.

Cao Song is the adopted son of Cao Teng, the Zhongchang servant.

Legend has it that Cao Teng served six emperors successively after Cao Shen, Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, and was especially appreciated by Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, who was named Fei Tinghou.

Cao Teng is very good at being a man, and has a reputation of being clean and honest. He has accumulated a deep network of contacts for the Cao family. Although he is an eunuch, he has become the leader of many nobles who entered official careers.

The master is equal to the teacher's parents. Although the gentry looked down on eunuchs, in order to be an official, they still recognized Cao Teng as the master by pinching their noses.

But his adopted son, Cao Song, is not like his father. He is a corrupt official.

Cui Lie before him only spent 500 million yuan to buy the Taiwei, which proves that Cao Song is really not short of money.

The later Chen Lin's "Yuzhou Wen for Yuan Shao" said: (Cao) Song, beggar (ie: beggar, referring to the eunuch Cao Teng) brought along with him, because of the stolen goods, he had a golden chariot and a jade, and the right to transport goods The door, the theft of the tripod, the overturning of the heavy weapon.

It means that Cao Song is the most corrupt in the world.

Having such a father actually made Cao Cao quite embarrassed.

In particular, Cao Song brought his family more than [-] people a day, and his family's wealth, such as gold, jewellery, jadeite, pearls and jade, was loaded with more than a hundred cars.

What made Cao Cao even more headache was that he was accompanied by Cao De.

Although Cao De is younger than Cao Cao, the ancients said that virtue comes before Cao, and Cao Cao must be ranked behind Cao De.

The reason for this has been kept secret by the Cao family, but the gentry are all guessing a possibility.

Cao Cao was either adopted or a bastard.

Cao Cao's character is Meng De, according to "Li Wei": "The eldest son is called Bo, and the elder is called Meng."

Moreover, Cao Cao's poem "Shanzai Xing" said: "I cherish my life in Bohu, and I suffer from loneliness. I have no three migration education, and I have never heard court language."

Said that his status was humble, and he had not been able to get upbringing from his parents since he was a child.

Sanyijiao refers to the teaching of the mother, which can also be explained by the early death of Cao Cao's mother.

Guo Tingyu was taught by my father, but Cao Song is still alive, why didn't he teach Cao Cao?
How could he be treated like this if he was a legitimate son?
That's why when Cao Cao was young, he was able to play well with Yuan Shao, who was also a concubine. The two of them were good heroes, similar to robbers, and today's street sneakers.

However, Yuan Shao was finally adopted as his son, and as time went by, he had the capital to compete with Yuan Shu. Of course, he did not forget Cao Cao later.

However, from the beginning of Cao Cao's military career, Cao Song never cared about his son from the beginning to the end.

Even when Cao Cao raised his army at the beginning, the money for recruiting soldiers and horses was supported by Wei Zi and Xiahou's family in his hometown, and Cao Song didn't pay a penny.

Some people say that it was Cao Song who came up with the idea of ​​finding Wei Zi. The key point is that Cao Song is very rich, but he sent Cao Cao to ask others for money. Is this reasonable?

Although his younger brother Cao De did not serve as an official, it is very likely that he will inherit Cao Song's position as Marquis of Feiting.

So on the surface, Cao Song and Cao Cao's father and son are kind and filial, but it's hard to say what they are like in private.

Now that Xi Zhi just brought up this matter, it's simply that which pot is not opened and which pot is to be lifted. Everyone knows that Cao Song brought Cao De here, and Cao Cao has to be constrained in everything, so is it still a big deal?

However, Xi Zhicai's face remained unchanged. As a counselor, what he had to do was to speak up for the lord when it was inconvenient. Cao Song's problems could not be avoided.

When Cao Cao heard this, he acted worried: "Young Tao Qian is very cunning, and his subordinates are all yellow scarf generals. They say they are escorts. Who knows what he has in mind?"

"Maybe my father has already been captured by him, and he has come to blackmail me!"

Cao Cao looked around at the crowd slowly: "If this is the case, tell me, what should I do?"

Do you ask us in everyone's mind?

Who wants to take the blame for this?
Xi Zhicai and other counselors all started to pretend to be stupid. This is Cao Cao's family business, why are you meddling in it?
They didn't speak, Yu Jin and other generals with foreign surnames would not be the first birds, they were all dozing off with their heads down.

Seeing this, Cao Chun stood up and said, "It's useless for me to attack the city with hundreds of cavalry. Otherwise, I will set off now and take Huafei to meet Duke Cao?"

Silly bird!

Several counselors scolded in their hearts at the same time.

Sure enough, if people charge on horseback for a long time, their brains will become stupid!

Xi Zhicai said: "General Cao's cavalry is indispensable for attacking the city."

"In case the enemy breaks through, how can they catch up without cavalry?"

"In my opinion, the city must be attacked, and Cao Gong's side must also be saved."

"It doesn't affect the siege, and the rescue of people cannot be delayed."

"How about this, gather all the soldiers who can't attack the city, make up two thousand, and set off tonight to meet Duke Cao."

"I think that Zhang Kai didn't have many soldiers and horses, which should be enough to suppress him."

"When Jimo is captured, the whole army will march towards Hua County to meet Duke Cao."

Everyone thought well, there are a bunch of wounded soldiers, and there are so many people gathered together, they are afraid that they will go too fast, right?

Cao Cao nodded and said, "This plan is very clever!"

"That"

At this time Cao Xiu said, "It's better for Miaocai (Xiahouyuan) and I to go."

Cao Cao's face turned cold: "You can't!"

"Miaocai, Wenze (Yu Jin), you two lead the troops!"

Yu Jin thought that enough is enough, he lowered his head and pretended to be asleep but didn't escape, the scapegoat really has to be blamed by our foreign surnames!

(End of this chapter)