Cao Thief

Chapter 535 The Battle of Liangzhou ([-])
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Cao Peng stood in the courtyard blankly, looking at the lilac flowers that covered the courtyard wall but showed a withered color, and did not move at all.

It's the third day!

The situation in Longyou changed suddenly, and Cao Peng got the news ten days later.

Wang Meng died in battle, and the whereabouts of Wang Mai and Shi Tao are unknown... Cao Peng seemed to be in a daze, and suddenly became at a loss.Ma Teng finally made a move. He clearly knew that such a situation would happen, but he couldn't change the ending.

What if he became a general?
What's the use if you can't even protect your own relatives!
Cao Peng didn't cry, nor did he shed tears.But it seems that he lost his soul all of a sudden, and he can no longer raise his spirits.

"Son!"

A timid voice sounded behind him.

Cao Peng turned around suddenly, and saw Zhen Mi standing not far away, with a trace of fear in his eyes.

"Sister Cai invites you to dinner."

It turned out that Geng Lin saw that Cao Peng was in a bad mood, so he immediately sent someone to Guzang.

Originally, Bu Luan and Guo Huan wanted to come over, but Bu Luan's body was already in serious trouble, so Guo Huan had to stay and accompany Bu Luan.After Cai Yan heard about it, she volunteered to come to Luanniao with Zhen Mi.Zhen Mi is still assisting Cai Yan in endorsing the classics, but the work has basically been completed. There are more than 530 classics, more than 100 more than in history, which can be regarded as a remarkable achievement... Next, they are copied and sent to Xudu.

However, Cai Yan no longer paid attention to these matters.

Zhao Ang's wife, Wang Yi, took the initiative to undertake the proofreading work.Cai Yan, who was free, also felt quite bored. Knowing that Cao Peng was a little bit abnormal in Luanniao, she didn't know what kind of mentality it was, but she ran over like a ghost.And what about Zhen Mi?I didn't want to come...but under the persuasion of my family, I still followed Cai Yan.

In Zhen Yao's words: My little sister went to Luanniao for no other reason, but to get more contact with the young master.

The Zhen family is not as good as it used to be. Without the support of Mr. Cao, there will be many hardships in the future.Look at that Su Shuang, she came to her house, but she has already established her foothold.And what about us?It's too late, you need to be more proactive...

In those words, it is almost clear!

But how could Zhen Mi be willing to lose face and take the initiative to seduce?
She is not the kind of active woman. Although the etiquette and defense are not so strict these days, she still has this sense of shame.But Zhen Mi also knew that brother was right!Today's Zhen family really needs a backer.

However, this does not mean that she is willing to sacrifice herself.

Follow Cai Yan, just to take care of Cai Yan.But when Zhen Mi saw Cao Peng, she was taken aback by Cao Peng's appearance.In Zhen Mi's impression, Cao Peng is a strong and burly young man who seems to have endless energy.

But now...

Cao Peng has lost a lot of weight, and his cheekbones are protruding.

His eye sockets were sunken, and his complexion was dispirited.

The most frightening thing was that his long black hair seemed to have grown a lot of gray overnight, so that people could not help but feel heartbroken just looking at it.

"I see!"

Cao Peng said indifferently: "Miss Anilao told everyone Cai that I'm not hungry."

"But……"

Before Zhen Mi could finish speaking, Cao Peng shook his sleeves and walked towards the study.

The circles of Zhen Mi's eyes turned red all of a sudden, and the eyes were glistening with water.She knew that Cao Peng was not targeting her, but she still felt very uncomfortable in her heart.Ever since she was a child, almost everyone surrounded her and supported her... Even after she married Yuan Xi and the Yuan brothers turned against each other, for Zhen Mi, there was not much change.

Since being kidnapped by Su Shuang, Zhen Mi felt as if she had fallen from the sky to the world...

The feeling of being surrounded by stars in the past seems to be gone forever.

She, like an ordinary girl, doesn't seem to have much to offer.Compared with Cai Yan's profound knowledge, Zhen Mi is inferior; compared with Bu Luan's gentleness, hardworking and tenacity, Zhen Mi is inferior; compared with Guo Huan's shrewdness, Zhen Mi is still inferior.Comparing with the girls around, Zhen Mi found that she seemed to be no match for anyone.

This sense of loss made her very uncomfortable.

But this time I was persuaded by my elder brother to come to Luanniao, but I didn't want to be a hot face with a cold ass.

Cao Peng seems to completely ignore her beauty and charm, which makes Zhen Mi feel even more sad.

Standing in the courtyard for a long time, Zhen Mi suppressed the urge to cry, returned to the back house, and told Cai Yan about the situation...

Cao Peng, standing in front of the sand table, holding small colorful flags in his hand, deduced the battle situation.

Ma Chao's recent behavior was very strange. After the soldiers retreated for twenty miles, they stopped doing anything.Said he was going back to Zhangye?Not like!Judging by his appearance, he has no intention of withdrawing troops.In fact, Cao Peng could vaguely sense Ma Chao's intentions.His purpose of occupying Zhangye County was to hold Cao Peng back so that he could not be distracted elsewhere.

This other place is naturally Longxi!
But I have to admit that Ma Chao's move really made Cao Peng very uncomfortable.

He intends to send troops, but he has to consider Ma Chao's threat.This guy is like a nail, firmly wedged in Cao Peng's heart, making Cao Peng choke and feel extremely uncomfortable... This is definitely not a trick that Ma Chao can come up with, this is a conspiracy.Even if Cao Peng knew about Ma Chao's intentions, he couldn't resolve them.Now, Ma Chao stationed troops [-] miles away from Luanniao. He could return to Zhangye County if he retreated, and he could attack Luanniao County if he entered.At the same time, the place where he was stationed was at a distance from Lushuitan.This made Cao Peng's previous arrangement all of a sudden come to nothing, making it difficult to achieve his goal.

Xu Shu and Yan Xing quietly settled in Lushuitan.

It was a good plan, but because of Ma Chao's unexpected withdrawal of troops, it suddenly became confusing.

Want to sneak attack Ma Chao?

some misery!

Ma Chao was heavily guarded and did not reveal any flaws.

What about attacking Zhangye County?It didn't seem possible either.Once Xu Shu can't quickly occupy Zhangye, he will inevitably face the situation of being attacked from both sides.Ma Chao's actions inadvertently caused a stalemate and anxiety in the battle situation of Luanniao.

He retreated for [-] miles, and his role was exactly the same as Cao Peng ordered Xu Shu to station at Lushuitan.

Standing in front of the sand table, Cao Peng continued to deduce, trying to break this deadlock.Unfortunately, he couldn't find a clue.

Lingju's Xiliang chief general is Cheng Yin, one of Han Sui's former eight generals.

In Romance, this is a secondary role.But in fact, Han Sui had eight divisions under his command, each leading an army.The fact that Cheng Yin was able to lead the army alone explained something about the situation.At least, this person is definitely not as incompetent as in the novel...

Beside Pang Tong, there are Pan Zhang and Han De, who repeatedly want to solve Cheng Yin.

But Cheng Yin is also very cunning...

When Pang Tong attacked, he retreated to Lingju to guard against death; when Pang Tong retreated, he immediately attacked.The attack distance of Cheng Yin's troops was not far away, and they moved within fifty miles around Lingju County.As a result, Pang Tong was also extremely uncomfortable.Pang Tong was in Cangsong, he could not advance or retreat.The situation faced by Cao Peng was surprisingly similar.

In Wuwei County, the pines and phoenixes are the corners.

And Jincheng County echoes Lingju and Zhangye County...

One side refuses to fight, and the other side can't fight.This stalemate made Cao Peng also feel helpless.

After deducing for a long time, Cao Peng suddenly became furious.

The small flag in his hand fell hard to the ground.

In today's situation, there must be a surprise soldier to destroy this balance.But where can this strange soldier be found?
Still no soldiers!
Cao Peng suddenly realized that he seemed to have made a mistake.

In this era, hundreds of thousands or even millions of troops attack at every turn, but he wants to take the route of elite soldiers... How big is the battlefield of the Three Kingdoms?Even if he has elite soldiers, he only wins on some battlefields, but he is always at a disadvantage in the overall situation.For example, during the Battle of Guandu, on the surface, it was just a battlefield in Zhongmou.But actually?Qingzhou, Yanzhou and even Yuzhou, the land of the three states, are battlefields everywhere.If it weren't for Lao Cao's sufficient strength, he would have been beaten by Yuan Shao long ago... Now, Ma Chao's troops stationed in Zhangye County just hit Cao Peng's weakness.

Insufficient troops...

Because of the lack of troops, Cao Peng was unable to attack in a destructive manner.

Because of the lack of troops, he had to divide his troops to defend.In this way, it has become a situation where there is more than enough defense and not enough offense.

But this is also impossible.

Hexi County is sparsely populated and mixed with Hu and Han, so it doesn't have many troops.

After swallowing Wuwei County, they had to appease the people, and there was a slight shortage of supplies, so naturally they couldn't recruit soldiers and horses arbitrarily.

What he needs is a stable Hexi Corridor, not a war-torn land full of refugees.

Therefore, the necessary recuperation was unavoidable, and it also made it impossible for Cao Peng to recruit soldiers on a large scale... What a embarrassment.It is definitely not a good thing for Cao Peng to continue like this!
Suddenly, there were soft footsteps outside the door.

Immediately afterwards, a burst of rice fragrance wafted in, bringing Cao Peng back to his senses.

It's dumplings!
He smelled it all at once, the smell was the smell of dumplings.Turning his head to look, he saw Cai Yan holding a tray, Zhen Mi and A Meiguai, one holding the wine jar and the other holding a cup, came in right behind Cai Yan.

"Sister Cai..."

Cao Peng looked at Cai Yan suspiciously.

Speaking of which, he and Cai Yan have also known each other for nearly two years.

From being strangers to each other at the beginning, until Cao Peng became Cai Di, that is, Adiguai's teacher, the two families gradually became acquainted, and they walked around more and more frequently.Cai Yan has no other support in Hexi, while Cao Peng is also unfamiliar with the place in Hexi.So the two of them were in constant contact, and Cao Peng changed Cai Yan's name after going back and forth.

When he was an outsider, he would still call Cai Yan "Master Cai".

But in private, he called Cai Yan "sister", which also made the relationship between the two families closer.

Cao Peng was also moved by Cai Yan's long journey to Luanniao.

It's just that he was mourning because of Wang Meng's bad news, so he seemed a little neglected.

Looking at the steaming dumplings, Cao Peng wanted to get angry, but he was really embarrassed...

"My younger brother is busy with military affairs and has done great things.

But take care of your body too, don't be too tired... You are a person with children now, and Xiaoluan's body is getting bigger day by day, so you need to take care of yourself even more.Don't want to end up with children alone, that is a tragedy. "

Said, Cai Yan placed the food plate on the small case.

A Meiguai walked over obediently, put down the cup, and said timidly: "Please eat, uncle."

And Zhen Mi stepped forward, put the wine jar aside, then stepped back, lowered her head, and didn't make a sound...

Cao Peng scratched his head and let out a sudden breath.

He also knew that his mood these days was so bad that many people were secretly worried about him.

Putting his hands together, he said to Cai Yan, "Sister, don't worry."

Then he glanced at Zhen Mi again, and said in a deep voice, "Miss Zhen, Peng was a little rude just now, please don't blame me, miss."

Zhen Mi's eyes suddenly turned red again.

The grievance in my heart, but with Cao Peng's apology, disappeared in a flash and disappeared.

"My lord, don't say that. It's because Zhen Mi is ignorant and disturbed my thinking just now. No wonder my lord."

"Okay, okay, don't be too polite."

Cai Yan graciously pushed Cao Peng to sit next to the small table, "Eat quickly, and put it down again, I'm afraid it will be cold."

Over there, A Meiguai obediently filled Cao Peng with a glass of wine, "Uncle, please drink."

The crisp voice echoed in Cao Peng's ears, making his heart move uncontrollably, and tears rolled in his eyes.Once upon a time, he also called Wang Meng like this.Now, Wang Meng is not here, and Wang Mai's whereabouts are unknown, which makes him even more worried... In the end, he took a sip of the wine cup and patted A Meiguai's small head.

"Ameiguai is really good. I don't know who will be lucky enough to marry a wife like Ameiguai in the future."

"Brother, stop talking nonsense."

As Cai Yan said, he picked up a dumpling and put it in the small bowl in front of Cao Peng, "Eat it quickly, or it will be cold if you don't eat it."

She was on the side, packing up the items on the table for Cao Peng.

And Cao Peng sat behind the small table, eating a dumpling, which was extraordinarily sweet.

"Brother, are you still worried about Jincheng's military affairs?"

"kindness!"

With his mouth full of dumplings, Cao Peng nodded vaguely.

When Zhen Mi heard Cai Yan talk about military affairs, she quickly led A Meiguai and quietly exited the study.For this kind of thing, Cai Yan can chat with Cao Peng as a parent, but she can't listen from the sidelines.This is a rule... After all, Zhen Mi is also from a wealthy family, so she knows this etiquette more or less.She is different from Cai Yan, she is a prisoner and has no right to intervene; while Cai Yan is well-known, and Cao Peng's respect for Cai Yan also made her less scruples.

"Sister also knows about military affairs?"

"I don't know about it, but when Senior Brother Yuan Tan was studying under my father's school, I heard them mention it occasionally."

"Brother Yuan Tan?"

Cao Peng felt that the name was very familiar.

Cai Yan smiled and said, "That's Gu Yong and Gu Yuantan from the Gu family in Wu County."

Gu Yong, is Cai Yong's student?

Cao Peng is really not very clear... If Cai Yan didn't take the initiative to mention it, he wouldn't even know that the two had such a relationship.

He has met Gu Yong!
However, that was many years ago.

At that time, he accompanied Xun Yan on his mission to Jiangdong, and unintentionally destroyed a conspiracy of Sun Quan, but the successful marriage between the Gu family and the Songjiang Lu family was considered a meritorious deed.Now, both Lu Xun and Gu Yong have become officials, while Lu Xun's younger brother, Lu Mao, is studying in the Imperial College in Xudu... After so many years, the events of that year are still vivid in his mind.

Cao Peng couldn't help laughing, and mentioned the acquaintance with Gu Yong back then.

It was also the first time for Cai Yan to hear Cao Peng talk about this matter, and he couldn't help being slightly moved, "Your brother actually met Senior Brother Gu?"

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