Cao Thief

Chapter 580 Crouching Dragon Crying for a Guaranteed Monthly Pass at the Beginning of the Month! ! !
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Regarding the issue of the navy, Cao Peng can only touch on it.

Why don't you put a knife on Cao Cao's neck and let him form a navy right now?Anyway, what should be said has been said, as for how to make a decision, that is Cao Cao's business, and has little to do with him.After all, he, Cao Youxue, is still a prisoner, Gui Xin is three years old, and he has only been half a year old.

Not in his place, not seeking his government.

There are some things he can't control, and he can't control them. It's better to be honest and live in Xingyang.

As for Xu Du's side, Cao Peng has decided to put it aside for the time being.

Zhou Buyi was in the limelight, and he couldn't suppress it for a while.If he jumped out to deal with this guy at this time, he might end up with a reputation of being a bully, which is definitely not the result Cao Peng hoped for.And Zhou Buyi is a spy?Is he related to Liu Guang?It's still a guess.What Cao Peng has to do now is to observe silently, wait for Zhou Buyi to show his flaws, and then deliver a fatal blow.

Now, he has so many things at hand, how can he ignore Zhou Buyi despite his experience?
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Cao Cao stayed in Xingyang for two days, then set off for Jing County.

He came and left in a hurry, without any contact with anyone, but accompanied by Guo Yong, he visited the workshop without anyone noticing, and then observed the white camel soldiers and the ten Cao Pengs. The "Rui Shi" quietly left Xingyang after a contest in Mang Mountain...

The Mang Mountain here is located near Xingyang, not the Mang Mountain in Luoyang, which was born in Suzhou and Hangzhou in a narrow sense and was buried in "Bei Mang".

This Mang Mountain belongs to the remnant of the Qinling Mountains and a branch of the Xiao Mountain.

In a broad sense, Mang Mountain starts from the north of Luoyang and stretches along the south bank of the river to Guangwu Mountain in the north of Guancheng (now Zhengzhou City).

The place where Cao Peng trained his troops was in Guangwu Mountain.

In terms of affiliation, this place can also be regarded as the remnants of Mang Mountain.

Therefore, in later generations, Guangwu Mountain is also called Mang Mountain, which is a landscape in Zhengzhou.

Why did Cao Peng pull these ten 'ruishi' out for training alone?Cao Cao didn't know very well, and he didn't want to know.In his opinion, what is the use of ten sharp men?In the era of cold weapons, the right way is to fight with large armies, ten people... but a drop in the ocean.

It's just Guo Jia, but thoughtful.

When Cao Cao arrived in Xingyang, his car was light and unpacked, but he didn't bring a chariot with him.

When they left Xingyang, they took eight chariots, large and small, with them...

There are a lot of papers in the car, from the most expensive deer pattern paper, to the extremely rare cold gold paper on the market, fish roe paper, and sangpifu paper, etc., eight carts in full.Guo Jia was naturally smiling, and Cao Cao was very satisfied with Cao Peng's understanding.

Only Cao Peng, after sending Cao Cao away, was heartbroken for a long time.

"He came this time, I have to pay at least five thousand coins!"

Cao Peng cried and complained to Huang Yueying.

As for Huang Yueying and Xia Houzhen, they couldn't stop giggling.Of course they knew that Cao Peng did not lack these five thousand guan.This autumn, the tax in Hexi County is as high as 13 guan.Although Cao Peng couldn't see the money immediately, it belonged to his property after all.

"It is often said that the richer you are, the more stingy and hypocritical you are."

"Yueying, how can you say that about me."

"When the uncle of the family was leaving, he said that he would give money... I don't know who made the vow at that time, patting his chest to do a filial piety."

"That's right, the last time my uncle asked you for money, you paid for it."

Xia Houzhen pursed his lips and giggled.

Cao Peng was so angry that he was furious, "You women, how dare you ridicule me? Look at my husband tonight, the family law will serve me!"

Huang Yueying and Xia Houzhen blushed immediately, and ran out of the study screaming...

When Cao Peng was enforcing the family law at home, Cao Cao and Guo Jia were also on their way to Jing County, talking in low voices as they walked.

"In Ah Fu's words that day, he seemed to want me to form a navy?
How does Feng Xiao view this matter..."

Guo Jiadao: "What Ah Fu said is not unreasonable. If you want to take Jiangdong, you need a navy...but the cost of this navy must be extremely staggering."

Cao Cao nodded repeatedly, "I think so too.

Now the war in the north is still going on, and the barbarians outside the Great Wall are still eyeing.If a navy is formed, I am afraid that the war in the north will change.After thinking about it, I still feel that we should suspend the matter of slowing down the navy.Moreover, Jingzhou has tens of thousands of sailors, and when the time comes to win Jingzhou, it can be formed by itself. "

"But who can supervise this navy?"

"So..."

Cao Cao twirled his beard and couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

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In October of the tenth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao returned to Xudu.

After he returned to Xudu, Jiangdong soldiers retreated immediately.The crisis in Hefei was immediately resolved.

Just as Cao Peng said, Sun Quan was unable to annex Jiujiang... The reason why he sent troops was, to put it bluntly, to disrupt Cao Cao's plan and delay the war in the north so that he could calmly subordinate.Once Gao Yuan is destroyed, Cao Cao's next goal must be to send troops to the south.

Both Sun Quan and Liu Biao can see this very clearly.

After Cao Cao returned to Xudu, Sun Quan immediately died down.

But Cao Caobing did not ignore the existence of Sun Quan because of this.As his bridgehead in Huainan, Jiujiang County must be properly arranged.

Although Li Dian can stand alone, it is not enough to stop Zhou Yu and others.

If Cao Cao sends troops to the north again, Sun Quan will definitely dispatch again.If there is no reliable general out of town, it will be very serious after all.In case Hefei is lost, I believe Sun Quan will definitely occupy Jiujiang County and then station troops in Huainan.At that time, it will have to take a lot of trouble.Therefore, Hefei must not be lost!After Cao Cao returned to Xudu, he immediately summoned civil and military officials to discuss this matter.

There are also various controversies about the selection of Hefei's main general.

In everyone's heart, there is a suitable candidate. Cao Cao finally made up his mind after comprehensively considering the opinions of the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs.

However, his decision was unexpected by many people.

Cao Cao decided to divide the area south of the Huai River in Runan County, and then separated the six counties of Lujiang that had been occupied earlier from Lujiang County.Combined with the area governed by Jiujiang County, there are three counties in Huainan.They are Yiyang County, Anfeng County and Huainan County respectively.Recruit Li Dian to return to Xudu.Although Li Dian had a losing streak before, after all, he finally blocked the Jiangdong soldiers and horses, so he worshiped General Xunlu and stationed troops in Yecheng.

After that, Gan Ning was appointed as the prefect of Huainan County and the general of Dangkou.

For this appointment, basically everyone did not have much opinion.After all, Gan Ning has made many military exploits since Guandu.In the Battle of Liangzhou, he led the crowd to Lintao first and made great achievements.Therefore, Gan Ning's appointment was passed very easily, and he officially became the first general in Cao Peng's line to receive a miscellaneous title and serve as the prefect with a salary of two thousand stones.Everyone believed that the reason why Gan Ning was appointed was precisely because he came from Cao Peng's sect.The rumors that Cao Cao was very dissatisfied with Cao Peng, which had been circulated before, also disappeared with this appointment.It seems that Mr. Cao still trusts people like Cao Peng very much...

Later, Cao Cao ordered Yu Jin to be the prefect of Anfeng County, in charge of military affairs in Huainan, above Ganning.

And Zang Ba was the prefect of Yiyang County, a flank of Yu Jin, and was also responsible for quelling the riots of Mei Cheng and others, which was also a prominent position.

However, the fourth appointment is very confusing.

Ren Jinghai Xiaowei Zhou Cang, as the envoy of Jiangdong Zhonglang, led the navy and stationed on Dongling Island.All the supplies used were provided by Guangling County, and in the early stage, [-] Dendrobium grain and grass were provided for deployment in Zhou Cang.But the problem is... who is this Jinghai Colonel Zhou Cang?
Many people don't even know Zhou Cang exists.

Above the court, there are not too many people who know Zhou Cang

Of course Xun Yu is one, and then there are Guo Jia, Xun You, and Dong Zhao.Outside, Cheng Yu and Man Chong, including Deng Ji, did not exceed ten people.

At the beginning, Cao Cao appointed Zhou Cang as the captain of Jinghai, which was the official position Bu Zhi won when he left Haixi.

And what about Zhou Cang himself?

Except in the second year of Jian'an, after staying in Xudu for about half a year, he went to Haixi.After that, Zhou Cang never came back.

Therefore, when Cao Cao mentioned Zhou Cang, many people were at a loss.

Navy?

The point is, the imperial court is in the north, is there a navy?

And looking at Cao Cao's arrangements, it seems that he attaches great importance to this person.

Make Jiangdong Zhonglang general?This is definitely an official position that has never appeared since the Han Dynasty.There are Liaodong Zhonglang generals, and there are Xiongnu Zhonglang generals, but I have never heard of Jiangdong Zhonglang generals.This is a powerful official with a salary of two thousand shi.At the same time, [-] Dendrobium of food and grass... My god, even if it is to form an army, it will cost less than [-] Dendrobium.Who is this person?
Everyone looked at each other blankly, except for a few people, most of them were puzzled.

In Yang Qi's heart, it was a different feeling.

He saw the confrontation between Cao Peng and Cao Cao in Xingyang, and he learned more about Cao Cao's trust in Cao Peng.

But he didn't expect that Cao Cao trusted Cao Peng to such an extent... Two senior officials with a salary of two thousand shi, these are two positions with a salary of two thousand shi.Just because of Cao Peng's confrontation, it was easily won by Gan Ning and Zhou Cang.

Cao Peng, although he is dealing with crimes, is far away in Xingyang.

But he has been influencing Cao Cao's decision...

That night, Yang Qi wrote a letter and ordered someone to send it to his hometown in Taishan County.

In the letter, he talked about the relationship between Cao Peng and Cai Yan.He also asked Yang Xu whether he could take Cai Yan from Wuwei to Taishan County?
After all, Cai Yan's younger sister, Cai Zhenji, is in Taishan County.

Even if this matter is done, it is reasonable... If not, find a way to buy some property in Xingyang County and donate it to Cai Yan.A Cai Yan who stays in Wuwei County is not in the interests of the Taishan Yang clan; while a Cai Yan who stays in the Central Plains can help the Yang clan rise rapidly.This is an excellent opportunity. In the hands of the Yang family, they are holding an advantage that many people do not have...

As for the sheep continuation, how will it be decided?

Yang Fen is not clear!
But he believed that since Emperor Ling's time, his father, who had returned to his hometown due to strife, would never let go of such a great opportunity.

Not only for the sheep family, but also for the sheep, it is also a good opportunity.

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Time passed quietly.

In November of the tenth year of Jian'an, Gan Ning took office as the prefect of Huainan County, governing Hefei.At the same time, Xu Xuan, the prefect of Guangling, quietly ordered people to rest and reorganize Dongling Island, waiting for Zhou Cang to come to Tunza in the spring of the coming year.The establishment of the Dongling Island Navy is of great benefit to Guangling County.

Because Guangling and Dantu are across the river.

In the past few years, Lv Meng, the leader of Dantu, has attacked several times and crossed the river to violate the border, which made Xu Xuan very troubled.

There is no way, Jiangdong has the convenience of the navy, and Lu Meng has the support of Zhu Ran, the prefect of Linchuan County, to harass the Jiangbei area and has repeatedly succeeded.

Zhu Ran, whose real name is Shi Ran, is the nephew of Zhu Zhi, a general of the Eastern Wu Dynasty.

Zhu Zhi had no children under his knees, so he adopted his sister's son, Zhu Ran, under his knees.He and Sun Quan had a classmate friendship and were once the head of Yuyao.After Sun Ce's death, Zhu Ran was appointed Shanyin Commander, added Zhechong Xiaowei, and supervised the five counties, with outstanding achievements.Later Sun Quan divided Danyang into Linchuan County, and Danyang was Zhu Ran's ancestral hometown, so he was appointed as the prefect of Linchuan and awarded [-] soldiers.At the time when bandits were in full bloom, Zhu Ran sent troops to fight against them.It took less than a month to put down the banditry, which was highly praised by Sun Quan.

Guangling lacks a navy and can only defend passively.

This also allowed Jiangdong soldiers and horses to rely on the power of the water army to harass along the coast, making it impossible to defend...

Now, Cao Cao ordered Zhou Cang to be stationed on Dongling Island, which undoubtedly guaranteed Guangling County.And Xu Xuan and Zhou Cang are not strangers either.As early as when Cao Peng was in Haixi, the two had met each other.At that time, Xu Xuan was just a businessman, and his ancestral home was Haixi County.As for Zhou Cang, he is the captain of Haixi County, so it is impossible for him to be unfamiliar.Not to mention, Xu Xuan and Cao Peng had already become friends as early as the second year of Jian'an.

The humble room inscription back then came from Xu Xuan, Chen Jiao and others.

Although there are not many Yuzhou Shanshui troops, they are extremely powerful.

Xu Xuan used to suffer from lack of opportunity, but now with Cao Cao's order, naturally there will be no delay...

Anyway, it doesn't matter whether the people in the court know about Zhou Cang!The most important thing is that both Xu Xuan and the governor of Xuzhou, Xu Que, knew about Zhou Cang's existence.

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Thin snowflakes flutter in the wind.

Rather than saying it is a snowflake, it would be more appropriate to describe it as a icicle.At the end of ten years in Jian'an, Jingzhou ushered in a light snow.

The temperature dropped sharply, and it was also the coldest winter in Jingzhou in ten years.

Liu Bei walked out of the house in a daze, and the oncoming wind made him shiver involuntarily.He stood on the porch, watching the snowflakes fluttering one after another, he couldn't help showing a sad smile.In the eyes of many people, he seems to be living quite comfortably.

In Jingzhou, although they are under the fence of others, they have soldiers and generals, forming their own faction.

However, since the beginning of winter, as Liu Biao's body has become weaker and weaker, no matter whether it is Liu Biao or people from Jingxiang, the hostility towards him has become more and more intense.That kind of silent hostility weighed heavily on Liu Bei, making him a little breathless... The status of the emperor's uncle, which made him very proud, has also become a burden of hostility.He is now facing a huge trouble.

"My lord, the military advisor asks to see you."

A man walked in from outside the courtyard, wearing armor and looking extremely heroic.

He was around thirty years old and had an extremely handsome appearance.

Liu Bei was in deep thought when he heard his voice and looked up.

With a warm smile on his face, Liu Bei said softly, "Since the military advisor is here, Zilong... Hurry up and invite the military advisor to come to the study to discuss matters."

(End of this chapter)