Cao Thief

Chapter 710
As Cao Cao entered Xiangyang, Cao's army of 20 men marched into Jingzhou.

Cao Cao immediately ordered to use Zhao Yan as the governor and protect the army, and Cao Chun, Le Jin, Zhang He, Zhu Ling, Li Dian, Feng Kai and Lu Zhao seven soldiers and horses to advance to wipe out the remaining resistance forces in Jingchu.Xu Huang is General Fenwei, and Tunza Zhonglu is responsible for clearing out the bandits near Xiangyang to ensure the safety and stability of Xiangyang.

Cao Peng readily accepted this order.

Cao Cao did not give any rewards to him for his many meritorious deeds before.Perhaps in the eyes of others, Cao Cao's doing so has slightly neglected Cao Peng.But in Cao Peng's view, Cao Cao's arrangement is the greatest protection for him.This shows that the matter of Cao Peng privately arranging Liu Bei's family members was left alone.In case someone mentions it in the future, Cao Cao can use the four words "merit and demerit" to explain it.Moreover, being promoted to the governor of tiger and leopard cavalry was Cao Cao's greatest reward to Cao Peng.Not everyone can fill this position.

Even if he is as close as Cao Zhen, he was only a deputy governor back then.

And Cao Chun, who was previously the governor, is Cao Cao's confidant now.In other words, from this moment on, Cao Peng has completely integrated into the core position of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

"You mean, neither Mrs. Gan nor Mrs. Mi went back?"

As soon as he settled down, Zhao Yun came to report.

After a fierce fight in Changbanpo, Zhao Yun had no choice but to surrender to Cao Peng.In my heart, I really experienced a period of fluctuations, and even in the first few days, I didn't think about eating or drinking.But as time went by, Zhao Yun gradually calmed down.Cao Peng didn't give him any arrangements, but let him command the white camel soldiers and be in charge of the white camel soldiers' drills.Originally, this was the responsibility of Huang Zhong and Pang De, but after a trial in Nanyang, it was impossible for Pang De to stay with Cao Peng, and Cao Cao would give him a heavy responsibility sooner or later.

On this point, Cao Peng has already discussed with Pang De.

In Pound's heart, he was not very willing to leave Cao Peng, but Cao Peng persuaded Pound with reason and emotion.

If Pang De leaves, only Huang Zhong will be left beside Cao Peng.According to Cao Peng, he hoped to recommend Huang Zhong to Cao Cao, but Huang Zhong was not very willing.After Jingzhou surrendered, Huang Zhong seemed to become much more cheerful.Now, his greatest wish is to accompany Cao Peng to Liangzhou to make meritorious deeds in a foreign land.Therefore, Cao Peng followed Huang Zhong's wishes and kept him by his side...

Wang Shuang's troops have arrived in Xiangyang, and they are the generals of Cao Peng's own soldiers.

But Huang Zhong was a little uneasy, thinking that although Wang Shuang was brave, he was not enough to command the white camel.

Now Cao Peng can form an army of 1000 people with a salary of two thousand shi.And this pro-army is called the White Camel. The number of flying camel soldiers has not increased, but it will also be adjusted, and the number will increase to five hundred.In other words, in Cao Peng's hands, there are 8000 relatives, plus [-] tiger and leopard cavalry, the strength is nearly [-].Zhao Yun was temporarily in command of the White Camel Soldiers, but Huang Zhong had no objections.

After all, Zhao Yun's martial arts had already been recognized by him.

Zhao Yun came to visit Cao Peng after repeated consideration.

Before, when Mi Zhu came to him suddenly with Mrs. Mi and Mrs. Gan's mother and son, Zhao Yun was really taken aback.He took Mi Zhu and the others in, but he was always a little uneasy.After all, he had surrendered to Cao Peng, and it seemed inappropriate to take in the family of his former master.However, Zhao Yun couldn't refuse the old love.The reasons given by Mi Zhu made it even more difficult for him to refuse.

"If I return to Jiangxia, the emperor's uncle will be defeated."

With a bitter smile on his face, Mi Zhu explained to Zhao Yun: "The two ladies have considered for a long time before making such a decision. First, if they don't go back, the emperor's uncle will have no conflicts and can fight with all his strength; Come on, if the emperor's uncle loses, he can also leave a bloodline for the emperor's uncle."

Zhao Yun, I'm really embarrassed!

After thinking about it for a long time, he finally made up his mind and asked Cao Peng to explain the situation.

If Cao Peng can accept it, he will wholeheartedly work for Cao Peng; if Cao Peng...he will take Mrs. Mi and Mrs. Gan to the Western Regions and never return to the Central Plains.

After hearing Zhao Yun's explanation, Cao Peng helplessly shook his head.

"Zilong, you are embarrassing me... I let go of my wives back then, and it was already a serious crime of beheading. Now, if I take in two more wives, as well as that Mr. Adou... Anyway, send it to the Buddha Sending them to the west, I have no right to know about this matter. The two wives and Mr. Mi Zizhong died in the rebellion army. After a while, take them to Liangzhou, then go to Wuwei County and join Mi Fang.

That guy is in Wuwei and he's doing pretty well.

But if you have any disagreements, don't blame me for being cruel.

In Liangzhou, everyone is capable.I'm ugly to say before, once I find out that they have misbehavior, I will take his family's life. "

Zhao Yun quickly knelt down on the ground, "My lord is a great virtue, how dare Yun dare to repay you with all his heart?

Please don't worry, my lord, the wives are already disheartened, and Mr. Zhong Mi, Mi Zi, is a gentleman, and he is definitely not the kind of person who is good at plotting..."

When Cao Peng heard this, he laughed.

"But I don't know how Liu Bei got Xiapi when he was in Xuzhou back then?"

This is a story.

When Lu Bu was in trouble, Liu Bei took him in.

Later, Lu Bu captured Xiapi and drove Liu Bei away, and endless battles started from then on.Once, Lu Bu defeated Liu Bei and captured Mi Zhu and others.But Lu Bu did not kill Mi Zhu, but entrusted him with a heavy responsibility.Unexpectedly, when Liu Bei took Xiapi again, Lu Bu went out to fight. Mizhu suddenly rebelled and closed the city gate, which caused Lu Bu to be defeated and almost died.That battle has long since become a thing of the past.Cao Peng suddenly mentioned it, to tell Zhao Yun that Mi Zhu was not as gentle and refined as he seemed, and also had a deep scheming heart.

After Zhao Yun heard this, he gritted his teeth and pulled out the Jinghong Sword.

He cut off a strand of hair, and said in a deep voice: "Yun cut off his hair today and made an oath, if Mizhu dares to play tricks, even if it is thousands of miles away, Yun swears to kill him."

Cao Peng nodded, "It's good that Zilong is clear in his heart."

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In this way, a few days later, Zhao Yun led the white camel soldiers to Liangzhou to obey Cao Ji's appointment.

As soon as the white camel soldiers left, Cao Peng didn't think much of it.He ordered Wang Shuangzheng to recruit 500 soldiers, who were combined with the flying camel soldiers.Huang Zhong is the general of the guard army, commanding the flying camel soldiers, and Wang Shuang is the deputy general, assisting Huang Zhong.Three days later, Cao Cao ordered Pang De to be the lieutenant of Dangkou, to lead an army alone, and join forces with Le Jin to attack Wulin.Although Pang De was reluctant in his heart, he also knew that Cao Peng was thinking about his future.

In the past, Gan Ning followed Cao Peng for three years, and now he is the prefect of Huainan County.

Today, Pang De became an official again and led his troops to attack...

They all left a deep imprint of Cao Peng.He led the attack this time, not only to seek a future for himself, but also to represent Cao Peng's face.Just like Gan Ning did at the beginning, Gan Ning added glory to Cao Peng's face, and now it is Pound's turn to serve.

After Pang De left, Cao Peng immediately invited Cao Cao to appoint Huang Zhong as the deputy governor of tiger and leopard cavalry.

He will command [-] tiger knights, and the remaining [-] leopard knights will be assigned to Cao Peng as commander.After stationing in Xiangyang for a few days, Cao Peng received an order from Cao Cao to move to Fancheng to assist Xu Huang in suppressing bandits around Xiangyang and maintaining the stability and prosperity of Xiangyang.

In December of the 12th year of Jian'an, Liu Bei and Sun Wu joined forces to attack Wuling.

Le Jin Pound, immediately attacked, and fought fiercely with Liu Bei in Xiling County...

"Brother Gongming, do you mean that Liu Zhang has already sent an envoy?"

After arriving in Fancheng, Xu Huang came to visit.

In terms of official position, it should be Cao Peng who visited Xu Huang.However, Cao Peng's current reputation and qualifications are not inferior to Xu Huang's, and in terms of relatives and distance, Xu Huang is far from Cao Peng, and is valued by Cao Cao.

Now Xu Huang has made great contributions and has an extraordinary status.

After the Battle of Youzhou ended, Cao Cao rewarded his meritorious service and bestowed five sons of good generals, including Xu Huang.

These five good generals are Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Gan Ning, Le Jin and Yu Jin.Compared with the five good generals in history, the only deviation is that Zhang Xi failed to be selected.It's no wonder that Zhang Xi at this time is not the Zhang Junyi who was extremely feared by Zhuge Liang in history.However, Gan Ning's credit and reputation, including qualifications, are far beyond Zhang He's comparison.Especially after being stationed in Hefei, Gan Ning and Jiangdong confronted each other, and there were nearly a hundred battles, large and small.With more victories and fewer losses, the tranquility of Huainan was preserved, so that Sun Quan did not dare to peek at Hefei, and his reputation was resounding.

And he was recommended by Cao Peng, so naturally he was trusted by Cao Cao.

In addition, behind Gan Ning, Huang Chengyan, a rising celebrity in Yingchuan, spoke for him. In comparison, Zhang Yun was obviously lacking.

Xu Huang came to visit Cao Peng, firstly to get closer, and secondly, to hope that the cooperation in the future can be more tacit.

The two sat together, and unconsciously they talked about the envoy from Yizhou.

Before, Cao Cao had told Cao Peng that he was responsible for receiving the envoy from Yizhou.But in fact, Cao Peng was a little unsure about this matter.

Judging from Cao Cao's meaning, it seems that he doesn't like to see Yizhou come.

But the question is, in history, the envoys from Yizhou seemed to come after Chibi, so why did they appear now?

Cao Peng didn't know that the history he knew was the history in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, not the real history of the Three Kingdoms.

Xu Huang nodded with a smile and said, "Before the prime minister returned to Xudu, Liu Zhang secretly sent envoys to contact the prime minister. Later, the prime minister won a big victory in Youzhou and took the head of Yuan Xi. Baggage came to pay a visit... At that time, the prime minister had just returned to Xudu, and he was also very happy to see Zhang Su coming, so he named Liu Zhang General Zhenwei, made Zhang Su the prefect of Guanghan, and rewarded him with countless money and silk.

Unexpectedly, this Liu Zhang turned out to be greedy, thinking that the prime minister was afraid of him.

No, before the prime minister entered Xiangyang, he sent someone to tell the prime minister that he sent Zhang Song from another family to congratulate the prime minister, and at the same time, he also brought some supplies.

Last time, he used [-] broken carts to replace a general Zhenwei and a prefect of Guanghan.

At the same time, the prime minister rewarded him with almost three thousand pieces of gold.But this guy was not satisfied, and came to ask the prime minister for benefits. "

"You mean... Zhang Song?"

Cao Peng's heart skipped a beat, he raised his head and looked at Xu Huang.

"Yes!"

Xu Huang nodded and said: "I have inquired about it, it seems that Zhang Song, whose name is Yongnian, is a famous scholar in Yizhou.

By the way, the Zhang Su who came on an envoy before is the guy who was appointed the prefect of Guanghan, and he is the brother of this Zhang Yongnian..."

Cao Peng gasped in his heart.

Why did Zhang Song come to Jingzhou at this time?
Historically, Zhang Song should have been sent to Xudu after the Battle of Chibi.

Cao Cao was extremely dissatisfied with his unruly nature, so he took out "New Book of Meng De" to show off.I didn't want that Zhang Song to have the ability of photographic memory, so he memorized the entire new book of Meng De in an instant, and then recited it, saying that Cao Cao plagiarized others.It made Cao Cao destroy Meng De's new book.

Of course, even if Cao Cao wants to destroy it now, it is impossible.

As early as the beginning of the 11th year of Jian'an, "Meng De's New Book" and "36 Strategies" were printed by Cao Peng with movable type printing, and they were distributed and promoted.The first batch of 36 volumes of "Meng De's New Book" and [-] volumes of "[-] Strategies" have already been circulated on the market, so there is no need to worry about Zhang Song's opportunism.

What Cao Peng considered was the "Topographic Map of Xichuan" on Zhang Song and his contacts in Xichuan.

According to the information sent by Li Ru, Yizhou's current economy is extremely chaotic.With a large amount of bad money being invested in Yizhou, and since Cao Cao started to rectify the currency in Jian'an ten years ago, the market in Yizhou is flooded with a lot of bad money, making the price of goods five times higher than that of five years ago.Moreover, this situation is getting worse and worse. Although Liu Zhang is aware of it, he doesn't know how to deal with it.

Similarly, the Hexi Chamber of Commerce has transferred a large amount of wealth from Yizhou to Liangzhou through continuous transactions in the past five years.

These wealth, for Liangzhou, played a vital role.In the past few years, Cao Ji has spent a lot of money and silk to promote mulberry-based fish ponds, fruit-based fish ponds, and silkworm weaving on a large scale.Although the assistance of the middle-aged family is concerned, it is a drop in the bucket for the vast Liangzhou.According to the account books brought by Wang Shuang this time, in the past five years, Cao Ji invested nearly 370 million yuan in Liangzhou.The total amount of funds is even more than Xu Du's annual tax, and Liangzhou has undergone tremendous changes because of this.

The richness and prosperity of Liangzhou accelerated the further development of the Hexi Commercial Road.

This virtuous circle has made Liangzhou unlimited potential... Corresponding to it is the decline of Yizhou.

It is said that many people in Yizhou are dissatisfied with Liu Zhang.The veteran Yizhou scholars are relatively better, but the new generation of Yizhou scholars have developed a feeling of resistance to Liu Zhang.

According to the development of history, Zhang Song rebelled against Liu Zhang because of his incompetence.

Now that Yizhou is facing such a predicament, will Zhang Song feel dissatisfied with Liu Zhang?
In this regard, Cao Peng also has some ideas...

After sending Xu Huang away, Cao Peng took Wang Shuang to inspect the defense of Fancheng.The huge Fancheng has become much deserted after Liu Bei fled and relocated the people.Although later, Wang Wei led his troops to pursue Jiangxia Road and took back many people, but compared to the earlier prosperity and excitement, it was obviously not enough.Ascending the tower, Cao Peng had a bird's-eye view of the deserted city of Fancheng.

He couldn't help sighing in his heart, turned around and said to Wang Shuang: "If Liu Bei is not eliminated, it will be a great disaster for the country."

"Young master, now that the prime minister's army is here, why don't you take this opportunity to eliminate Liu Bei?"

"Eliminate Liu Bei?"

Cao Peng smiled bitterly: "It's not easy!"

Before Liu Bei got Zhuge Liang, he ran across the world.

Now with Zhuge Liang, it is even more powerful... To eliminate this person is by no means an easy task.It also depends on how Cao Cao will plan next... The Battle of Chibi, the Battle of Chibi!Cao Peng let out a sigh of relief, no matter what he couldn't let the Chibi reappear.

However, how should this matter be explained to Cao Cao?
Cao Peng was still a little hesitant in his heart... He couldn't go over and tell Cao Cao: You can't be tricked, you'd better be careful of that Zhou Gongjin.

After meeting Cao Cao a few times, Cao Peng could feel that Cao Cao was a little bit complacent now.

Later generations have various explanations for Cao Cao's failure in the Battle of Chibi.

Some said that Cao Cao was overwhelmed with complacency, while others said that Cao Cao's failure was due to the outbreak of the epidemic... Cao Peng remembered that Cao Cao once attributed the cause of failure to disease.He once wrote to Sun Quan: During the Battle of Chibi, he suffered from illness, and the lonely burning ship retreated, so Zhou Lang was given this name in vain.

It means: the so-called burning Chibi does not exist at all.

I was the one who lit the fire, but in the end it made Zhou Yu famous...

This is a fact?Or is it Cao Cao's evasion?

Cao Peng is not too sure.

But since he suddenly thought of this matter, Cao Peng didn't dare to take it lightly.

"By the way, send someone to Xiangyang tomorrow to ask Hua Tuo, Dong Xiao, Zhang Zhongjing, who came with the army.

The climate in the south is changeable, and the northerners may not be able to get used to it. You need to be careful of the outbreak of epidemics... In addition, you should immediately arrange for people to buy medicines for the treatment of epidemics. The more the better, don't worry about money!Well, at this time, let Congzhi come forward and join forces with Liu Cong to purchase in various places. "

"Here!"

Wang Shuang has followed Cao Peng for a long time, and will never have a doubt about Cao Peng's orders.

He is Cao Peng's retainer, but in terms of seniority, I am afraid that people like Xia Houlan and Zhou Cang back then are older than him.The rest are not as qualified as Wang Shuang.He knows when to ask questions and when not to.Although Cao Peng didn't say it in an orderly tone, Wang Shuang knew that he only needed to carry out this matter, and he didn't need to ask the reason.

After patrolling around, Cao Peng was going to return to the mansion.

When passing by the gate of the city, I suddenly heard a commotion...

"I'm not a spy, I'm not a spy!"

"what happened?"

Cao Peng stopped and looked up.

I saw the city gate, brightly lit.A group of soldiers formed a circle, not knowing what happened.

Wang Shuang immediately ran over to ask the reason, and after a while, Fu Yan escorted a man and hurried to Cao Peng.

"Fu Yan, who is this?"

"Reporting to the Governor, the last general was inspecting the gate of the city just now, and found this person sneaking around.

When I stepped forward to question him, I noticed that although this person had a Guanzhong accent, he had a Yizhou accent mixed in.When asked him, he refused to explain, saying that he wanted to meet the governor.The last general was about to take him down, and then informed the governor to know... I didn't want the governor to come. "

Cao Peng was startled when he heard this, and signaled Fu Yan to let the man go.

In the light of the fire, one can see that this person is about eight feet tall, and his body is slightly thin.

It seems that he is in his early thirties, with a dignified appearance and an extraordinary appearance.A pair of red phoenix eyes, two thick eyebrows, a straight nose and a square mouth, and a black beard under the jaw.

Dressed in a rough coat, but could not conceal that outstanding demeanor.

Cao Peng narrowed his eyes and asked, "Who are you and what do you need to see me?"

"who are you?"

"Bold... this is my family's chief governor in person.

Didn't you just say you wanted to see the governor?Why don't you see me now, but don't pay me a visit? "

"You, are you Cao Peng?"

The man stared at Cao Peng and asked in a deep voice.

Judging by his attitude, he is neither humble nor overbearing, and has a good bearing.

Cao Peng waved his hand, signaling the soldiers to retreat.He took two steps forward and bowed his hands towards the man: "This is Cao Peng, did you ask Mr. Gao's name?"

(End of this chapter)