Cao Thief

Chapter 385 Three years later

A heavy snow hit, and the upper and lower rivers were covered with snow.

The heavy snow also ushered in the severe winter of the seventh year of Jian'an. The temperature dropped sharply, and many people had to stay at home and refused to go out.

Cao Peng stood on the edge of the school field, quietly watching the two teenagers who were fighting in the field.

One has slightly yellow hair, the other has big arms and round waist, and a big ax is flying in his hand, whistling.

Behind Cao Peng, Xia Houlan and Han De stood quietly.

Twenty black men stood on the sidelines, watching the confrontation between the two teenagers, whispering from time to time.

In a flash, it has been three years.

Cao Peng is 20 years old, and he looks more and more like his father Cao Ji.

Perhaps because of his years of martial arts practice, his complexion is bronzed.He is over eight feet tall, and his physique is particularly strong.When Cao Peng was a teenager, he gave people a feeling of frailty and frailty.But Cao Peng, an adult, is like a lion.As he grows older, his body shape gradually develops towards Hengli.Maybe it's because of the improvement of living conditions, so it looks quite Cao Ji's momentum.Majestic, tall, standing there, giving people a sense of oppression.

Even without speaking, Xia Houlan and Hande could sense the coercion on Cao Peng.

That's not just evil spirit, but more of a kind of upright coercion.It seems that as Cao Peng read more and more books, he became more and more imposing.Sometimes, Xia Houlan even felt that Cao Peng's aura was very similar to that of Cheng Yu.Standing next to him would always make people nervous, but they couldn't explain why.

The boy who fought in the field, Huang Xu'er, was Cao Cao's third son, Cao Zhang.

And it was Dianwei's nephew Niu Gang who fought against Cao Zhang.

For three years, Cao Zhang and Niu Gang practiced martial arts with Cao Peng, and made great progress.Especially Cao Zhang, who is born with great strength... After systematic training, his arms can split tigers and leopards. Cao Cao called him my yellow beard.

What about Niu Gang?
It is different from Cao Zhang.

He doesn't have Cao Zhang's savvy, so he doesn't enter the country as fast as Cao Zhang.

But in strength alone, Niu Gang is better than Cao Zhang.Even if he wrestled with Dianman, he did not lose the wind in the slightest.

Among the second generation of Cao, Niu Gang's strength ranks second.And the first one is Xu Yi, the son of Xu Chu.Of course, if Cao Peng is included, he may not be inferior to Niu Gang.But because of his status as Niu Gang's teacher, many people unknowingly included Cao Peng in the first generation of Cao, so there was no name of Cao Peng in the second generation.

Dianman ranked third and Diancun ranked fourth.

Cao Zhang, on the other hand, ranked fifth on the list of second-generation Cao powers...

I saw him holding a big gun and fighting with Niu Gang.The big gun swayed, fast as lightning, yet powerful and heavy.Niu Gang, on the other hand, was not in a hurry, flying the big ax in his hand, drawing arcs of light and cold light, defending so hard that water could not enter... Although Cao Zhang's marksmanship was fast and fierce, Niu Gang was determined to defend and wanted to win for a while. Nor is it an easy task.

Along the path, three boys came.

The leader is not tall, with a round face and a little baby fat.His face was flushed red from the cold, like an overripe apple.He hopped and walked ahead, and the two boys followed closely...

One, a little taller, looked solid.

The other is that the writing is weak and weak, revealing a bookish air.

"Teacher, here I come!"

The leading boy called out in a childish voice.

Cao Peng turned around and saw the boy, he couldn't help showing a smile, "Cang Shu, is your get out of class over yet?"

"Well, get out of class is over."

"What did you learn today?"

"At the beginning, Mr. Derun taught us the "Book of Filial Piety", then Mr. Guangyuan taught us "Guidelines for Disciples", and finally Mr. Shiyuan asked us to practice calligraphy. Teacher, Mr. Shiyuan also praised me today, saying that I wrote The words are very good."

The smile in Cao Peng's eyes grew stronger.

Three years later, Cao Chong still followed him as a disciple.

However, the people who taught Cao Chong, from the original Cao Peng Kan Ze and Huang Yueying, now have Pang Tong and Shi Tao.Shi Tao, a native of Yingchuan, a good friend of Xu Shu's, now works in the Taipu Temple, and teaches Cao Chong in his spare time.

In the sixth year of Jian'an, Yuan Shao raised his troops again.

An army of 20 forcibly crossed the river in June, and fought a decisive battle with Cao Cao at Cangting.

Cao Cao adopted Cheng Yu's strategy, leaned on the river, and fought Yuan Shao to the death.He set up an ambush on all sides and defeated Yuan Shao at Cangting, which caused Yuan Shao to retreat to Hebei again.After the Battle of Cangting, Cao Cao took advantage of the situation to cross the river and began to conquer Hebei.Cao Peng did not take part in the Battle of Cangting, and remained in the city of Xudu...

To him, the Battle of Cangting is a historical battle.

In other words, Cao Peng already knew the result before the battle of Cangting started.

In May of the seventh year of Jian'an, Yuan Shao died of depression at the age of 49.

In the battle against Cang Ting, Cao Peng really had nothing to say.In private, Pang Tong once said: After the defeat at Guandu, although Yuan Shao's vitality was severely injured, his foundation was still there.Cao Cao wanted to destroy Yuan Shao, and it took him ten years to do it all.It's a pity that he rashly started the Battle of Cangting, which completely shook the foundation of Hebei. The annihilation of the 20 army also made Cao Cao bound to switch from defense to offense... Yuan Shao is too ambitious.If he can lower it a bit, the outcome of this is yet to be known.

In this regard, Cao Peng declined to comment.

After Yuan Shao died of illness, it also indicated that Cao Cao had completely taken the initiative.

Shi Tao came to Xudu with Xu Shu after the Battle of Cangting in the sixth year of Jian'an.

Xu Shu received Pang Tong's letter, and when he read the Wandering Ziyin, he couldn't help but burst into tears...

Although Zhuge Liang and Meng Jian Cui Zhouping struggled to stay, but Xu Shu's heart was like an arrow, the three had to leave him with tears.

Shi Tao is Xu Shu's best friend.

Since Xu Shu wanted to go home, he didn't want to stay in Jingzhou any longer.

In August of the sixth year of Jian'an, the two first returned to Yingchuan.Xu Shu first visited Huang Xun, who was teaching at Yingchuan Academy, and then took Shi Tao to Xudu to visit Cao Peng.After some discussion, Cao Peng recommended Xu Shu to Dongjun as the Sima of Dongjun.In the sixth year of Jian'an, after the Battle of Cangting, Xia Houyuan was ordered to go to Hanoi to serve as the prefect of Hanoi... Cheng Yu served as the governor of Yanzhou, worshiped Deng Ji as his farewell, and was also in charge of Suanzao Order and Diannong Xiaowei.

Because of this, Xu Shu was recommended by Deng Ji and Cao Peng, and was worshiped as Sima by Man Chong, the new Dongjun prefect, and tied with Deng Fan.

Shi Tao stayed behind in Xudu and worked in the Taipu Temple.

Later, recommended by Cao Peng, he became Cao Chong's teacher.

In the past two years, Cao Peng has written "Disciple Regulations", which together with "Eight Hundred Characters" and "San Zi Jing" are called three articles, faintly becoming the standard enlightenment textbook for all private schools in the academy.Cao Peng also got the name of the Enlightenment Master because of this.

However, Cao Peng's reputation in Qingliu became more and more famous, but Cao Cao never made him an official.

Even Kong Rong stood up to speak for Cao Peng, but Cao Cao still dismissed it, thinking that Cao Peng still needs to continue to think about his mistakes.

In this way, it was the end of the seventh year of Jian'an in a flash.

Of the two boys behind Cao Chong, the frail one is Xun Yu's second son, Xun Yu; and the tall and strong one is Cao Peng's nephew Deng Ai.Deng Ai is one year younger than Cao Chong, but taller than Cao Chong in terms of size.Since the fifth year of Jian'an, they studied under Cao Peng's school together. Deng Ai, Cao Chong and Xun Yu have a very good relationship, and they often call each other brothers in private.

Cao Peng turned a blind eye to this.

On the corner field, Cao Zhang clashed with Niu Gang's big axe with a clang of his big gun.

The huge force made Cao Zhang's arms numb, and he retreated again and again...

"Ziwen, you lost!"

Niu Gang laughed loudly, and swung his big ax forward.

The giant wheel-sized disc ax roared, forcing Cao Zhang into a panic.After finally getting out of Niu Gang's big axe, Cao Zhang blushed, roared suddenly, pressed his body down, and the big gun trembled...

Following his trembling for a moment, only listening to his body, there came a strange sound that seemed to be there but not there.

"Tiger Leopard Thunder?"

Cao Peng's eyes lit up, and he nodded slightly.

It seems that Cao Zhang's kung fu has been practiced to a certain level, and his bones and muscles are crisp and firm.At this time, kung fu must go inside the body, that is, it must penetrate into the internal organs.Cao Peng also went through such a stage when he first practiced martial arts, so of course he knew the difficulty of this step.If you want to practice into the body, you need to speak out to guide.The sound is from the inside out, the strength is from the outside to the inside, and the inside should be combined with the outside.This is what later generations called the 'Tiger Leopard Thunder Sound' when practicing martial arts...

The so-called thunder is not a thunderbolt from a clear sky.

It's more like before it rains, there is a faint thunder sound in the sky, which seems to be absent, very deep.

Cao Zhang's ability to make tiger and leopard thunder sounds shows that his kung fu has reached a certain level.If we talk about before, Cao Zhang and Niu Gang were just as good as each other.So at this time, Cao Zhang's state is definitely not something that Niu Gang can resist.

Whether it is Cao Zhang or Niu Gang, they have been practicing martial arts with Cao Peng for several years.

No matter who is injured, it is not the result that Cao Peng wants to see...

But Cao Zhang is ready to go, and this energy has already gushed out.It was obviously too late to stop.

Cao Peng quickly shouted: "Niu Gang, back off!"

To Cao Peng, Niu Gang obeyed his words, without saying anything, and retreated.At the same time, Cao Zhang's big spear trembled, rushed towards Niu Gang and stabbed out.This shot was like a rushing thunder, with a gust of wind hanging from it, and there was a faint sound of wind and thunder.

Cao Peng's face was turned aside, and he jumped out.

Although he was a step slower than Cao Zhang in his attack, he came in late and blocked Niu Gang in front of him.

Seeing the big gun stabbing him, he stepped back, swung his hips and knocked Niu Gang away, and at the same time let the big gun go sideways, raised his hand like a knife and slashed on the gun shaft.Cao Zhang seemed to be struck by lightning, and the big gun fell to the ground with a clang.

"teacher……"

Cao Zhang also panicked, and hurried forward to kneel down.

"Ziwen don't need to worry, your shot just now was excellent.

In terms of marksmanship alone, you have reached a bottleneck.If you want to improve and break through again, you need a lot of actual combat.

Simply relying on practice, I am afraid that it is difficult to make much progress... Well, in this way, after my uncle returns this time, I will report to him and let you join the army.Now that the war in Hebei is not over yet, if you want to improve, go to the battlefield to fight for a year, and come to me when the time comes... This matter must be arranged early.By the way, who knows when Sikong will return? "

In the seventh year of Jian'an, that is, in September 202 AD, Cao Cao led his army to cross the Yellow River north.

Yuan Tan, who was stationed in Liyang, launched an attack, but found that Cao Cao was too powerful to resist, so he asked Yuan Shang for help.

Unexpectedly, Yuan Shang was worried that after dividing his troops to rescue Yuan Tan, Yuan Tan would seize the troops and not return them.

So he ordered the judge to be stationed in Yecheng, and personally led the troops to rescue Li Yang.But whether it is Yuan Tan or Yuan Shang, how can he be Cao Cao's opponent?Cao Cao's successive battles and victories made the Yuan family brothers close the city gates and dare not confront Cao Jun...

However, with the onset of the cold winter, Cao Cao's food supply was somewhat tense.

Since the fifth year of Jian'an, Guandu and Cangting have fought repeatedly.Although Cao Cao said that the treasury is full, it can't stop the consumption.Therefore, Cao Cao has decided to temporarily withdraw his troops and return to Xudu.Cao Peng also heard the news, but he didn't know the exact time when Cao Cao returned to the army.

When Cao Zhang heard this, he was nervous at first, and then overjoyed.

He is good at martial arts by nature, and he only loves military affairs. He has always hoped to be able to capture the flag for Cao Cao and become a great general beside Cao Cao.

It's just that he was young, so Cao Cao refused to let him follow.

This attack on Liyang, even Cao Pi went out with the army... This also made Cao Zhang feel even more unbearable.

If Cao Peng is willing to talk about Xiang, Cao Cao will definitely agree.In Cao Zhang's heart, he was envious of Cao Peng's illustrious military exploits when he was fourteen or fifteen years old.How could he miss such an opportunity now, so he nodded repeatedly.

Cao Peng just smiled and said nothing.

As soon as he turned around, he beckoned to Cao Chong and said, "Cang Shu, Xiao Ai, prepare yourself too...Zhu Er, take the two of them to change clothes. If you don't practice well, be careful that you won't have lunch. Xun Yu, you go too." , staring at them."

On the sidelines of the school field, behind Xia Houlan and Han De, a little girl turned out.

It was Zhu Xia entrusted to Cao Peng by Ge Xuan back then.

Zhu Xia has been in the Cao Mansion for two years, and she looks much plumper than before.She is responsible for serving Cao Chong and the others to study and practice martial arts on weekdays, so she is not unfamiliar.Hearing Cao Peng's order, Zhu Xia agreed and led Cao Chong and the others away.

Looking at their backs, Cao Peng scratched his head.

"Ziyou, you are here to help watch. I have something to do, so let's leave first."

"Here!"

Hande and Xia Houlan hurriedly stepped in to respond.

Cao Peng turned around and walked along the path. After passing through an arched door, he entered the main hall in the backyard.

"Son!"

Two maidservants came forward with smiles.

"Xiaoluan, Xiaohuan... How is Yueying today?"

"Madam Zhen is talking with Madam in the house, everything is fine...Young master, just rest assured, the old lady is ready. Mrs. Wen can come over at any time, and Mr. Xiao even closed the Huichun Hall, and lives in front, nothing will happen. of."

Mr. Xiao, that is, the non-famous gynecologist Xiao Kun.

Due to the attachment to the Cao family, Xiao Kun's Huichuntang is now a thriving business.In addition, Zhang Zhongjing and Hua Tuo often sit in Huichun Hall, which also makes the reputation of Huichun Hall very famous in Xudu City.Along with this, Xiao Kun's status has risen accordingly. For ordinary patients, his students are in charge, and he is more often just giving pointers.

However, Xiao Kun also knows the root of his current status.

Therefore, he is very concerned about the affairs of the Cao family, and this time he brought three steady wives with him, who live in the farm outside the Cao family city, and are always on call.

Cao Peng rubbed his nose and walked up the steps...

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The third volume begins...

The climax is coming.

(End of this chapter)