Xiaoguangong

Chapter 156
In Xudu, Cao Cao left the city for thirty miles to welcome Cao Ren Cao Hong, who had been away for a long time, to return.

Under the leadership of Xiahou Dun, Cao Ren and Cao Hong pleaded guilty to Cao Cao, saying that he had failed Cao Cao's trust.

How could Cao Cao blame the two brothers, he quickly helped them up, the three embraced and wept, and went to the city to rest together.

In troubled times, reunion is a very lucky thing.

Although Cao Cao was worried about the war in Jingzhou, the two brothers were still happy from ear to ear when they came back. They set up a family banquet that night. Except for Wang Bi, everyone was either Xiahou or Cao. Everyone had a good time and talked about the war in Jiangling. Cao Ren's bravery was unparalleled, and he laughed at Wu Jun's incompetence, and his siege skills were so bad.

The ridicule is all ridicule, and there are still real problems in front of Cao Jun.

Cao Jun's level of water warfare is the same as Wu Jun's siege level, let alone the second brother. If Cao Jun wants revenge in the future, he has to practice hard so that he will not be beaten again by Wu Jun in the subsequent battles.

During the banquet, Cao Ren kept talking about the kindness of Le Jin and Xu Huang for saving him, and asked Cao Cao to reward him generously. This made Xia Houdun, who wanted to say bad things about Le Jin and Xu Huang, very speechless, and kept drinking with his head down. However, Cao Cao knew that Xiahou Dun had suffered heavy losses this time, and even defeated Li Tong, but he didn't mean to blame him. Instead, he poured wine for Xiahou Dun himself, and tried his best to avoid arrogance and impetuosity in the future, and make a long-term plan.

"I've heard about the misunderstanding between you and Wen Qian. Don't think about it, drink well, rest well, and other things," Cao Cao said in his heart, he would not believe Le Jin and Xu Huang's betrayal.

It must be that Xiahou Dun was too staunch. Both of them were veterans who were dissatisfied. Fortunately, they did not cause a catastrophe. This is already a blessing in misfortune.

Xiahou Dun nodded silently, took a sip of wine, and said slowly:
"The matter of Jingzhou... Hey, I don't want to say too much, but I would like to recommend a talented man to Meng Dehaosheng—then..."

"It's Yunshan!" Cao Cao said with a smile, "You wrote the letter clearly before. If it wasn't for you, I almost thought it was Zilian who took advantage of Yunshan."

"Pfft." Cao Hong spit out a mouthful of wine far away. Cao Cao's teasing made him cough again and again, and he quickly wiped his mouth to apologize.

"Prime Minister." Speaking of Yunshan, Cao Ren frowned, "I thought this son still needs to be polished."

"Oh?" Xiahou Dun was a little unhappy, "What does Zixiao mean?"

"No, it's nothing. I just think that this son has been promoted too quickly. He is a person with unknown background. He has been appointed as the prefect and general in just a few days. Even if he is talented, he must do something extraordinary. Things to prove their own ability.

Otherwise, I'm just afraid that other people will be dissatisfied. "

As he said that, he winked at Cao Hong, and Cao Hong said weakly:
"Yes, I also heard that this person is Guan Ping, the son of Guan Yu..."

As soon as this remark came out, there was a sudden silence all around.

Wang Bi stood up and went to the door, chased away the maid, closed the door again, and put his back against the crack of the door.

Huh, it's so annoying, let's not let people drink properly.

"Who said that Tanzhi belonged to Guan Ping?" Xiahou Dun's voice was cold and frightening.

"Uh, uh, uh..." Cao Ren smirked for a while, "I'm listening, listening to the rumors in the army. Even if this Yunshan is not Guan Ping, it will take some time for him to make meritorious deeds. Yuan Rang wants Xian It seems, it seems a bit early to marry him."

Cao Cao's daughter must not marry casually.

When Cao Cao heard that there was a possibility of Guan Ping in Yunshan, his face tightened immediately.Xiahou Dun slammed the bronze goblet in his hand on the table, and said sharply:

"Zi Lian, what do you mean? I have already checked Tan Zhi's identity very clearly. I entrusted him with a big matter, but you actually believe the rumors in the army, but you don't believe me?
Okay, did I also vote for Liu Beijun and want to rebel, you might as well make it clearer! "

"No no no no!" Cao Hong quickly waved his hands, "I, I just think that this, this Yunshan should kill some thieves anyway, Fang, so that he can prove his ability?"

Xiahou Dun was silent, Cao Cao picked up the copper goblet with a smile, refilled the wine, and said with a smile:
"Who dares not to trust Yuan Rang? It's just that Yunshan really doesn't have credit for it, so he has to..."

"Prime Minister!"

Wang Bi's anxious voice came from outside the door, which made Cao Cao tense up.

"What's the matter?"

"There is an emergency military report from Jingzhou!"

Zhu Cao was silent again.

In the middle of the night, Jingzhou's emergency military report...

Could there be another change in Jingzhou, Zhou Yu's Northern Expedition or Yue Jin's rebellion?

"Quick, bring it in!" Cao Cao could feel his voice trembling.

After two defeats in Chibi and Jiangling, Cao’s army left only a small piece of Xiangyang in the south of the Han River.

Wang Bi opened the door and came in, and handed a piece of plain silk full of characters to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao spread out in front of him with a complicated expression, and Xiahou Dun took a closer look with the lamp in his hand. Cao Ren and Cao Hong followed the etiquette and dared not go forward, but both of them showed obvious anxious expressions.

"how?"

As time passed by, Cao Cao and Xiahou Dun were still reading the above words carefully.

After a long time, the two people slowly raised their heads. Cao Cao's expression was calm, while Xiahou Dun's expression was happy. Cao Ren and Cao Hong finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"How is it?"

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha……"

Cao Cao's laughter was extremely hearty.

After the Battle of Chibi, he hadn't laughed so heartily for a long time, and Xiahou Dun also laughed with his head up, the two supported each other's arms, and shook their heads slightly while laughing.

"Tan Zhi is indeed a good match for Xian'er.

Let Tanzhi prepare the dowry, and if he saves enough money, he will marry his daughter to him! "

·
In June of the 14th year of Jian'an, Cao Jun had just finished the Battle of Jiangling. Yunshan, the prefect of Jiangxia, received news that Pan Zhang, Sun Quan's confidant and Captain of Mengwu, was about to cross the river and return to Jiangdong with a large amount of military supplies.

Yunshan took the initiative to attack and wiped out [-] sailors under Pan Zhang before the support of Guan Yu's navy in Xiakou. , has been beheaded and sent to Xudu.

This battle was Cao Jun's first victory since the Battle of Chibi. Yunshan beheaded the enemy's general on the river, shattering the myth that the Jiangdong navy was invincible, which was of great significance to Cao Jun.

Other people's battle reports describe the battle scenes very simply. Even Guan Yu and Yan Liang only had a few dozen words.

Unfortunately, Jingzhou now has two great writers with romantic style.

Guan Ping's military newspaper gave credit to the two brothers, saying that the battle was won by Cao Pi who was in the middle and Cao Zhi went to Jiangxia to supervise the battle. Got the chance to compete.

The two of them picked up their pens and inks, and followed Guan Ping's description. One was heroic, the other heroic. They wrote the story of Yunshan beheading Pan Zhang in the midst of the rebellious army.

As we all know, literati always exaggerate the facts a little bit, which is the category of artistic processing.

Cao Pi judged based on Cao Jun's armor rate that Yunshan would have to wipe out at least [-] enemy troops if he could capture the first [-], so he wrote with a swipe of his pen that he commanded thousands of troops and horses to face Pan Zhang head-on during the chaos in Guanping, and in the water battle The warriors on both sides fought desperately, and finally wiped out the powerful enemy. The story is very heroic.

Seeing his brother describe it like this, Cao Zhi simply exaggerated it again—he wrote that Guan Ping led more than a hundred sons to face Pan Zhang's thousands of strong soldiers and charged to the death. Shan stood at the bow of the boat and pointed at Guan Yu angrily with his sword, making Guan Yu dare not go forward.

This passage is written as if I saw it with my own eyes. Although Guan Ping is described as a fool without a brain, it can't help that everyone likes to watch this kind of heroic plot.

Cao Cao and Xiahou Dun watched with relish, wishing that they would also swing their swords into the battlefield and beat the powerful enemy together with Yunshan.

In the past, it was said that Yunshan did not win, but this time it was a real contribution.

All of Cao's troops were silent, hiding in Xiangyang and not daring to come out. Yunshan attacked Pan Zhang who was passing by, and seized a large amount of military supplies.

This kind of thing can't be faked. Cao Ren and Cao Hong, who had previously suspected that Yunshan might be Yunshan, lowered their heads in shame and dared not say a word.

"I'm guilty." Cao Ren looked at it and hurriedly reviewed himself, "I, I didn't see Tanzhi in Xiangyang, and I thought he was hiding from me on purpose, so I became suspicious. Now look...it turns out that Tanzhi is really plotting Big deal."

Xiahou Dun snorted:
"Tanzhi is a sincere person, never willing to flatter his boss. Everyone else came to worship you, only he was worried about the country, so he seized the opportunity.

That Pan Zhang walked freely on the water, and he didn't pay attention to me at all. After this battle, no one would dare to underestimate me anymore. "

Cao Jun's disastrous defeat this time was mainly because their water warfare capabilities were ridiculous. Most of the northern soldiers rushed south after training in Xuanwu Pond for less than half a year. What kind of water warfare can they practice?
Now they accidentally discovered Yun Shan, a genius in water warfare.

He set up a stronghold in Shiyang, so close to Liu Bei's base camp, repelled Sun Liu's attacks several times, and was able to wait for an opportunity to kill Pan Zhang, one of the few generals in the Wu army, which shows his ability and ability.

Such a talent, if he refuses to be promoted and appointed just because of his so-called unknown background, wouldn't it be pushing this person to the enemy's side in vain.

"I have to be frank, but I don't want to think about it." Cao Cao sighed, and looked at the military newspaper carefully.

Although he was going to announce this heroic military report written by Cao Zhi to the world, he could also see that the two sons did nothing in this battle and only fought openly and secretly with pen and ink.

Thinking of how embarrassing his son was in front of Cai Mao, Cao Cao was suddenly unhappy.

"Tell Zihuan and Zijian not to come back.

After a good experience under Tan Zhi's command, I will let Tan Zhi comment on which of the two brothers is better. "

"Ah?" Cao Ren and Cao Hong turned pale with shock. They didn't expect Cao Cao's love for Yunshan to come so quickly, and let him judge his son's merits.

"What's the matter? Tanzhi will soon be Xian'er's husband, the orphan son, can't he be judged?"

Cao Ren smiled bitterly and said:
"The prime minister has to call Tan Zhi to meet him anyway, so, so... not so good."

"No way!" Xiahou Dun said angrily, "Tanzhi beheaded Pan Zhang, how could Sun Liu not come to seek revenge? The front line of Jingzhou is surrounded by powerful enemies, and there is Cai Mao among them. What should I do?"

Cao Cao thought the same way, Xiahoudun, Cao Pi, Cao Zhi, Zhao Yan, Zhang Liao, and Le Jin had all seen this son, and they all said that he was a great talent, so he was relieved.

"National affairs are the most important, and national affairs are the most important.

In the future, when I go to the south of the Yangtze River alone, I will naturally see Tanzhi, but there is no rush. "

(End of this chapter)