The Yuan Family of the Three Kingdoms I call the shots

Chapter 433 Three Smalls Compete for Treasure ([-])

When Cao Zhi looked up at that person, it was none other than his younger brother Cao Chong.

Logically speaking, Cao Chong, who was fourteen years old, should have passed away last year, but it may be the butterfly effect, or it may be that Zhang Zhongjing lived in Xudu these years to recuperate him. Although Cao Chong's body is still a little tired and weak, he is Survived through bumps and bumps.

Now that Cao Cao is dead, Cao Zhi is in a high position, and he attaches great importance to his brothers, especially Cao Chong, who has been known as a child prodigy since he was a child. Cao Zhi, like Cao Cao, loves and cherishes him very much. Let him broaden his horizons and learn a lot.

"Cang Shu..." Cao Zhi rubbed his chin, then turned to look at the people around him, his eyes full of questions.

Over there, Jia Xu understood what he meant, touched the white beard on his chin, and said slowly: "Mr. Cang Shu is smart and young. He is not an important person in Yuan Shang's heart, and can even be ignored. The prime minister can let Cang Shu Mr. Shu sent five hundred elites to escort him back to Xudu for medical treatment under the pretext of feeling cold when he went north with the army, so Yuan Shang must have no doubts."

Cao Zhi thought for a while, deeply understood Jia Xu's words, and said: "This statement is reasonable, Cang Shu, I will send five hundred elites to escort you back to Xudu. To chase the Son of Heaven, you must bring him back to Xudu, can you do it?"

Cao Chong arched his hands and said: "Fourth brother, since the death of father, among all our brothers, except for the third brother who went to the battle to assist the elder brother, the rest, the second brother resigned from office and hangs out, don't care about the affairs of the world, the fifth brother is not in good health. , unable to govern, the rest of the brothers are all too young to help the elder brother, and now the entire Cao family's affairs are all on the fourth brother's shoulders! The younger brother feels very disturbed, something big happened today, Brother just took this opportunity to help you share your worries, and you can count as doing your best for the Cao family!"

Cao Zhi stood up, went to Cao Chong's side, patted his head, and said in a low voice: "My good brother, you are really sensible, that's fine! This time it's up to you, I will send Xu Yi, the son of Huhou, and Du Weidian Man protects you to chase after them, these two are the heroic generals Dian Wei and Xu Chu, and they have a deep relationship with my Cao family, you must make good use of them, you know?"

Cao Chong was very happy when he heard this, his little face was flushed, very cute.

"Fourth brother, don't worry, little brother will live up to your high expectations!"
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On Cao Zhi's side, the brothers are united to face difficulties together, and on the Yuan family's side, brothers are also fighting together, not falling behind the Cao family.

After Yuan Shang thought about it, both sides of the negotiation brought elite soldiers and generals, but if there was any trouble, it would be a situation where the two sides were in conflict.

Now Hebei has a lot of important things to do, Yuan Shang doesn't want to fight Cao Zhi head-on because of an unwarranted incident in Cao Zhi's rear. It is not in line with Yuan Shang's personality to start before he finds out what is going on in Cao Zhi's rear.

Therefore, no matter what you say, you must send a smart and unknown person to Zhongzhou to investigate!
This can not only prepare for the next move, but also not easily arouse Cao Zhi's awareness.

Who should this person choose?
Yuan Shang thought it over and over again, and finally decided on his younger brother Yuan Mai and Deng Chang's son Deng Ai.

The two children have just joined the army, they are young and not well-known, so they are just available!

After deciding on this matter, Yuan Shang personally went to the camp where the two boys rested, and told them the specific method of doing this task and the things that need to be paid attention to.

The two boys were considered close friends and classmates, so after entering the military camp, they still lived in the same tent.

When I came to the camp where the two boys lived, I found that Yuan Mai was not there, only Deng Ai was sitting in the room reading.

Little Deng Ai respected Yuan Shang very much.Perhaps in his eyes, Yuan Shang may be more admired by him than his father Deng Chang.

Seeing Yuan Shang coming in, Deng Ai hurriedly got up from the ground and saluted respectfully: "Uncle Yuan...Uncle, you——you are here."

In fact, Deng Ai and Yuan Mai have studied and played together these years. They are considered to be of the same generation. Logically, they should follow Yuan Mai and call Yuan Shang "brother". Ai called him Uncle.

To be honest, because of Deng Ai's voice, the seniority of Yuan Jun's camp was messed up.

Deng Chang and Tian Feng, Jushou and other older generation of Hebei staff are commensurate with each other.

And this generation of veterans is also the same generation as the deceased Yuan Shao, so all the officials in Hebei are now regarded as Yuan Shang's uncle and Yuan Shang's elder brother!
When old Deng Chang was in Zhongzhou, he was the foster father of the dumb girl Xia Houjuan, and Xia Houjuan and Zhen Mi, Lu Lingqi and others were called sisters...

So strictly speaking, the three wives Yuan Shang married are also his nieces!And Xia Houjuan's uncle, Xia Houyuan, can be regarded as Yuan Shang's elder brother of the same generation.

At the beginning, after Yuan Shang understood the account of relatives, he went to Xia Houyuan who was captured alive by him and was idle in Yecheng, and kindly reminded him that he had another level of intimacy with him, and proposed that starting from the next day, one, three, five days a month He called Xiahouyuan his father-in-law, but he called him eldest brother.

After listening to Yuan Shang's suggestion, Xia Houyuan's face was very calm. He smiled and went directly to the back hall without saying a word. When he was young, he took out a stick as thick as a thigh, and asked Yuan Shang to get out politely and enthusiastically.

To put it bluntly, calling my father-in-law Taishan the eldest brother took advantage of the old man. Is there such an unreliable bastard in this world?
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"Xiao Ai doesn't need to be polite."

Seeing Deng Ai's courtesy, Yuan Shang asked him to stand up with a smile, then glanced at the letter in his hand, and said with a smile, "Is it "Spring and Autumn"?"

Deng Ai blushed and nodded: "Yes."

Yuan Shang found a mat in the tent and said, "I can't tell, but your taste is similar to Guan Yu's."

Deng Ai shook his head when he heard the words, and said: "I, I—how dare I compare with General Guan, Guan, General Guan—the god, the general, the hero of the world, although, although I am my opponent in Hebei, but I , I still have respect for him—he is very respectful."

Yuan Shang smiled slightly and said: "Deng Ai, actually I have never asked you, do you have ambitions in your heart? What do you want to do in the future?"

Deng Ai thought for a while, and said, "Wish, be willing to be a general!"

Yuan Shang smiled and said, "Why?"

Deng Ai's face suddenly revealed a look of fascination, and said: "For a general, he knows astronomy at the top, knows the location at the bottom, and understands harmony between people. Believe it. As a general, pay back the meritorious service to the public, return rewards as soldiers, as a general, enforce the law ruthlessly, obey the law first, manage the army well, lead the army well, inspire morale, inspire people's hearts, and make soldiers feel willing to fight to the death even if they know it , and never retreat in the face of difficulties. For the generals, recognize talents, use talents, make good friends, do the right way, win the hearts of the people, strengthen the hearts of the army, understand the righteousness, and control the world... This is the life I want most!"

Maybe it was because of being too excited, or maybe these words were often lingering in Deng Ai's heart, and Deng Ai didn't stutter even after talking.

After hearing this, Yuan Shang raised his eyes slightly, feeling quite relieved in his heart.

At first, I was a little worried that this little bastard who was hanging out with Yuan Mai would go astray and become as inconspicuous as his father, but the facts before him proved that this kid is still very ambitious.

A good onion is still a good onion, not bad!

Yuan Shang smiled and nodded, and said: "Xiao Ai, you are very ambitious and aggressive. Uncle Yuan will definitely help you realize your dream, but everything has to go through a process. If you want to be a general in command of the three armies, you must first You have to hone your skills and increase your experience in battle... Right now, there is such an opportunity!"

Deng Ai's eyes lit up immediately, and he hurriedly said, "Uncle Yuan——please, please, order."

Yuan Shang smiled and said, "I want you and Yuan Mai to lead five hundred elite soldiers across the river in secret and help me find out the situation behind Cao Zhi."

When Deng Ai heard this, his spirit was shaken, and he said: "Central, what happened to the Central Plains?"

Yuan Shang nodded and said: "There should be, but our spies in Xudu can't send any news at present, and we can't mobilize troops and generals at will during the negotiation, so I think of you and Yuan Mai, the two of you Tomorrow, I will lead [-] soldiers, together with Yan Yuan and Wen Tu, to sneak through Pingqiu and go to Zhongzhou to investigate, but you are not allowed to fight with the local guards. You only need to check the situation and return. I have my own arrangements, you know? ?”

Hearing this, Deng Ai seemed a little disappointed, and said, "Is it just, is it just an investigation?"

Yuan Shang smiled and said: "Know yourself, know your enemy, and win a hundred battles. Intelligence information is the most important task for a general. If you can't even do this well, you won't be qualified to be a general. Do you understand?"

Deng Ai thought for a while, nodded and said: "Ming-understood! Don't worry, Uncle Yuan, I-I will definitely not humiliate or humiliate my mission!"

Yuan Shang nodded in satisfaction, and suddenly changed his subject: "Where is Yuan Mai? Why didn't you see him? Where did he go?"

Deng Ai looked around, and said: "Say, say, go to Ziyou Village next to the camp to go, go, play, count the time, it should, it should be back!"

While he was talking, he heard Yuan Mai's brisk footsteps and shouts from a distance outside the tent.

"Deng Ai, Deng Ai! Where are you? I'm back! Come on, come with me!"

Deng Ai stood up and shouted suspiciously towards the outside of the tent: "I-I'm in the tent! It's-it's-it's late, what-what are you going to do?"

When the words fell, Yuan Mai lifted the curtain of the tent, and the thick round head fell into the eyes of Yuan Shang and Deng Ai in the tent.

"Stinky boy, you won't be afraid of suffocating yourself if you stay in a place that doesn't move for a day. Follow me to Ziyou Village. I found a very beautiful little widow in that village today. Let's peek at her washing..."

Before he finished speaking, Yuan Mai suddenly found that apart from Deng Ai, Yuan Shang was looking at him coldly in the tent besides Deng Ai. Still a bit witty, coughed twice and hurriedly changed his words, stammering: "Wash, wash clothes!"

Deng Ai was taken aback when he heard the words, then turned his head cautiously to look at Yuan Shang.

Yuan Shang sneered, strode forward, grabbed Yuan Mai's ear, and said with a sinister smile, "Washing clothes? That's ok, brat, you're getting better and better. This nonsense comes out as soon as you open your mouth. Please tell brother, whose little lady has to bother Mr. Yuan Si to run all the way to take a look when she does laundry? Hmm?"

With a bitter face, Yuan Mai grinned and grinned, "Third brother, I was wrong, let me go!"

Yuan Shang snorted coldly, let go of his hand, and then said to Yuan Mai and Deng Ai angrily: "Don't mess around, you two hurry to find Yan Yuan and Wentu, and prepare to go to Zhongzhou with troops and horses. Damn you... what are you doing in a daze, go!"

Yuan Mai shrank his neck in fright, not understanding what Yuan Shang said.

It was Deng Ai with sharp eyes who grabbed Yuan Mai and ran straight out of the tent to find Yan Yuan and Wen Tu.

Yuan Shang stared at the backs of the two little devils, snorted coldly, and then said to the outside of the tent: "Who escorted the fourth son to Ziyou Village just now? Come in for me!"

Outside the tent, a military guard rushed in, pleading guilty to Yuan Shang profusely with sweat, "I am here to report to my lord, I am here to protect the fourth son!"

Yuan Shang glanced at him indifferently: "Do you know where the fourth son has been in the village?"

"The subordinate has been with the fourth son all the time, and I know it."

Yuan Shang hesitated for a moment, then changed his tone, and said in a low voice, "Go and find Mr. Sima Yi and Deng Chang, and give them a message for me."

The guard didn't understand, so he raised his head and said, "What does my lord want my subordinates to say?"

Yuan Shang raised his head, looked at the sky outside the tent, and said in a low tone: "It's getting late, the night is approaching, the army is safe and sound, Yuan is empty and boring, and wants to do something elegant, help me to ask the two gentlemen , do you have leisure time to accompany Yuan Mou to Ziyou Village, sing songs about wine, recite poems and compose Fu, and enjoy the little widow washing... clothes by the way."

Guard: "..."

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The next day, Yuan Mai and Deng Ai led Yan Liang and Wen Tu with [-] elites to Zhongzhou to do the task Yuan Shang had given them.

A group of people went to Pingqiu and crossed the Yellow River.

After arriving at the border of Henan, Deng Ai immediately photographed the scouts of Shiqi first, and first went to Xudu to inquire about news.

Yuan Mai sat on the horse, rubbed his nose, and sighed: "There is something wrong, if we can't even send out our elite sentinels, then the city must be closed! The official news is blocked, we are here now, and we can What have you gained?"

Deng Ai thought for a while, and said: "Even though Xu Du is sealed—the city is closed, but Cao Zhi will definitely, definitely have something to do. I, let's go there in a hurry, and then, keep guarding, while watching Xu Du's actions." Things, while looking at Cao Zhi's actions again and again, I believe that there will be gains."

Behind the two boys, Yan Yuan and Wen Tu couldn't help nodding their heads when they heard this, secretly thinking that although Deng Ai stutters, he is careful and shrewd.

Sure enough, within a few days, the scouts did bring back a strange news.

When the second young general left Baima, on Cao Zhi's side, his younger brother Cao Chong suddenly fell ill because of his weak health, so he sent troops back to Xudu for recuperation.

This was not a big deal at all, and Yuan Shang and other civil servants didn't pay much attention to it after they knew about it.

But after Nacao rushed into the border of Yanzhou, he did not return to Xudu, but instead led a group of soldiers and horses to the east, not knowing what he meant.

After Deng Ai heard the news, he frowned and pondered for a long time, and said: "Cao Chong didn't, he didn't go back to Xudu. Instead, he ran eastward, and he must, must have been instructed by Cao Zhi! He must be Go, go do something important, important!"

Yuan Mai thought for a while when he heard the words, and said, "Then do you want to report this news to the third brother?"

Deng Ai said: "Of, of course, but the matter has not yet been clarified, we will send people to report back, and at the same time go east, east along the mouth of the river, track Cao Chong, and see what he is - what is he going to do, do what!"

(End of this chapter)