Cao Ang was overjoyed when Xun You changed his password.
Although Xun You's attitude only shows that he is willing to do things for himself, there is still some way to go before he can truly accept it.
But everything is difficult at the beginning.
As long as you successfully lure this kid to your own territory, the next thing will be much easier to handle under the influence of subtle influence.
Now, including Xun Yu, he has two top civil servants and counselors under his command.
Although according to the established historical trend, the uncle and nephew of the Xun family will also work for the Cao family in the future, but I recruited the two of them now, saving a lot of time and cost in the process.
It also removes many uncertain factors.
This is enough to ensure that the Cao family's power has a very high benchmark when it starts, and at the same time, it can be more efficient and faster when it accumulates strength.
This is the advantage of recruiting famous officials and generals in advance.
Perhaps it was because he was recovering from his injury. After talking for a few words with Cao Ang, Xun You soon seemed a little out of energy and troubled.
Cao Ang immediately sent him back to rest.
Then Zhang Liao was called.
"Wenyuan, I will lead a hundred men and horses to leave Luoyang City later. While I am away, you will have full command of the soldiers and horses of Huben Camp."
Zhang Liao just opened the door and came in.
Then I heard Cao Ang's instructions.
I couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
But then he reacted and vaguely guessed what Cao Ang was going to do, and immediately said with some concern.
"General, the situation around Luoyang City is currently uncertain. If you take hundreds of people out of the city, will it be unsafe?"
Cao Ang waved his hand.
With a smile on his face, he said in a relaxed tone: "It is precisely because there are few people that we are safe. If there are too many people, we will easily become targets of ambushes and targets. Besides, I will take General Dian with me to set off, so there will be no worries."
This is what my general said.
Of course Zhang Liao would not talk any more.
Just respectfully express understanding.
"General, don't worry, just leave the city. We will send people to guard the houses along the street. No other people will come to intrude. We are here to wait for your return."
Cao Ang nodded slightly.
Just when he was about to tell Zhang Liao to retreat.
Suddenly another question came to mind.
He hurriedly told Zhang Liao: "Send some brothers later to find a usable carriage in the city. It will come in handy when I come back."
This carriage was naturally prepared for Dong Bai.
It is not convenient for the eldest lady to show up in public, and if there is no carriage, traveling with the army will be very tortured.
Zhang Liao didn't ask why.
Just a silent promise.
…
After a hasty breakfast.
Cao Ang settled Dong Bai, signaled to everyone, and then led Dian Wei and more than a hundred people to leave Luoyang City and headed west.
At present, many large and small matters in the city have been almost solved. It is time to invite his father, Cao Cao, back.
It was a bit unsafe to let the old man chase Dong Zhuo there all the time. If he was there to escort him, at least he could guarantee that he would not have a head-on conflict with Dong Zhuo's Xiliang army.
And when leaving the city.
Cao Ang made a special trip to Dongcheng.
At this moment, outside the east city gate, more than ten princes' camps were connected to each other, and they were stationed there very safely. The soldiers were all taking a rest, and it seemed that there were no plans for the next step.
In response, Cao Ang could only shake his head.
In fact, these guys can leave after searching Luoyang City and making sure that there will be no other gains.
The reason why I haven't left until now.
It's just that they're afraid of telling the truth.
Previously, everyone did not go after Dong Zhuo. The excuse was that they needed to rest and make other arrangements to discuss later.
If you leave now, your reputation will not be good if this matter spreads.
So even if I sleep in the tent for five or six days, I still have to stay here.
When Dong Zhuo has almost run away and is unable to catch up no matter how hard he tries, he can then make an excuse openly and go home to find his own mother.
…
After leaving Luoyang City.
Cao Ang went straight to Gucheng County, and then followed the Gushui all the way to Hanguguan.
From Luoyang to Chang'an.
Hangu Pass is the only way to pass.
Moreover, the county towns along the way were all built on this horizontal line. It was easier to find his father Cao Cao's large army by following the route.
And since he left Luoyang City.
Cao Ang had already released the golden eagle into the air.
Always hovering and scanning the surrounding scene.
After long-term and continuous training day and night, this little guy is now very smart.
It can also emit chirps of different lengths and intensity depending on the number of people it sees and the level of threat it feels.
The wisdom is simply full.
This is also the key that Cao Ang uses to find people. Otherwise, if he relies on his hundreds of people to take the initiative to find Cao Cao, it is better to stay where he is and wait for him to come back.
After crossing Gucheng County.
After walking northwest along the river for some distance, the golden eagle that was soaring in the sky suddenly let out a scream.
"Bah!"
The sound is short but powerful.
This shows that it is a small team, but there are people in this team who make the golden eagle feel extremely threatened by its animal instinct.
See this situation.
Cao Ang couldn't help but frown.
Father Cao Cao, together with Bao Xin, led more than 10,000 troops to attack. This was a quite large army. Obviously the army that Jiujiu saw was not Lao Cao.
But it can also make it feel extremely threatened.
That's in this wilderness.
What kind of characters can meet the conditions?
Cao Ang wanted to go around.
But after thinking about it for a while, I felt that something was not quite right. Maybe I should go and take a look.
Maybe it was Dong Zhuo who stayed behind and ambushed Xu Rong from all directions?
If it was really this guy, then he would definitely capture him and take him back no matter what.
…
"A Dian, you and your brothers are about a hundred steps behind me. Don't show your head without my order. I'll quietly go over and take a look."
"Here!"
After Dian Wei accepted the order.
Cao Ang immediately patted the red rabbit horse's neck.
This is also a spiritual guy.
Immediately, as if he had received the order, the four hooves immediately put away their strength, became a little tiptoe, and suppressed all sounds.
Look at the wonderful performance of this good horse.
Cao Ang couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
If the big ghost had such a magical horse, would the robbery camp still need to be wrapped in armor?
While thinking wildly.
The red rabbit horse also passed through a large dense forest with its extreme speed of riding the wind and the fog.
Arriving at the wilderness on the other side of the forest.
Soon, Cao Ang saw a group of neatly dressed men and horses, all holding long soldiers and wearing light armor. Each one had a fast horse under his seat.
And the leader, Cao Ang, looked even more familiar.
It was Lu Bu and Lu Fengxian who fought with him for hundreds of rounds outside Yanshi County!
"Brother!"
"Good brother?!"
The two saw each other at the same time.
They couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise.
…
After returning, he signaled Dian Wei and others to stop where they were and not to approach them at will.
Lu Bu also drove away his soldiers.
The two came to the back side of a hillside, first looked at each other, then each saluted, and then laughed at each other.
"Why didn't my brother retreat to Chang'an with Dong Gong? Why did he suddenly appear here? Don't you know that Yuan Shao and others are stationed in Luoyang. If they are discovered, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to escape!"
Lu Bu bowed his hand to Cao Ang.
Then he said with some helplessness: "Xiang Guo's direct granddaughter has disappeared. It is inferred that she is probably still in Luoyang City."
"The Prime Minister asked me to lead a small force to quietly investigate. If there is anything we can do, we will bring him back. If he has fallen into the hands of the coalition forces, we will give up the operation."
Cao Ang was stunned for a moment.
He really didn't expect that it would be because of Dong Bai that General Lu Bu would take the risk to appear here.
Just when he was hesitating whether to tell Lu Bu that Dong Bai had joined him.
In my ears, I heard Fengxian continue to speak.
"Besides that, the Prime Minister has one more thing to say, and that is to let me meet you no matter what. He left Luoyang in a hurry and had no time to arrange many things. He can only ask me to find a way to meet you and convey his message. mean."
"Brother Yu, I thought before that I might lurk in your camp and meet you secretly, but I didn't expect that now we meet you halfway. It saves me a lot of trouble."
Lu Bu had a smile on his face when he said this.
Obviously he was satisfied with the reduced potential risk. After all, the level of danger in sneaking into Luoyang City was not the same as sneaking into the camps of the princes.
…
Lu Bu's words made Cao Ang raise his eyebrows.
Now he understood why Lu Bu was sent. Only a master and fierce man like this was qualified to carry out such a dangerous mission.
Cao Ang immediately raised his hands and clasped his fists and said, "I don't know what Mr. Dong has ordered, but I just say it's okay, brother!"
Lu Bu shook his head.
After groping for a while in my arms.
Then he handed Cao Ang a small bamboo tube.
"It's not an order, but the Prime Minister asked me to bring you something. You might as well take a look at it first before talking about it."
With some confusion, Cao Ang opened the sealed bamboo tube and took out a piece of cloth.
Expand it and take a look.
There are several lines of text written on it.
"This time I evacuated Luoyang, the coalition forces really did not pursue me. Zi Xiuzhen is a trustworthy person. If this trip can reach Chang'an smoothly, you can be said to have done a great job!"
"Now that Zixiu is acting as an internal agent in the coalition forces, money and food must be indispensable. I have nothing else but two boxes of gold as a gift. Before leaving, I ordered someone to bury them in Shanglin Garden. You can go on your own. take out."
Below this long paragraph.
It is a detailed location, recording the burial location of two boxes of gold.
After reading all.
The corners of Cao Ang's mouth raised slightly, and a faint smile suddenly appeared, but it quickly disappeared.
ha!
Fatty Dong is still a real person!
It's not in vain that we spent so much effort to fool him, and now we finally have something to show for it.
…
When I think about how I had helped Dong Zhuo recruit Lu Bu for a hundred catties of gold, and how he was trying to balance things out, it was very tiring.
Just like this, Dong Zhuo still hesitated, and the treatment was quite unpleasant, as if his flesh had been cut.
But now I just wrote a letter.
Dong Zhuo, who was able to deceive others by forcing some stories on him, took the initiative to give him two boxes of gold.
Cao Ang felt a little happy in his heart.
certainly.
Times have changed.
Compared with when he first came to Luoyang City, Dong Zhuo was not short of money at all now, and could even be said to be extremely rich.
These two boxes of gold were much more difficult for Dong Zhuo to obtain than the original hundred pounds of gold.
There is one more thing besides that.
That is, Yuan Shao and others stayed in Luoyang City and did not continue to pursue Dong Zhuo, which made Fatty Black believe what Cao Ang said in the letter.
It is believed that he is indeed working as an insider within the coalition forces.
And in order to make Yuan Shao and others stop, they tried their best, so that Dong Zhuo's Xiliang army could safely withdraw and return to Chang'an City smoothly.
Considering the difficulty of this matter.
And in Dong Zhuo's view, arranging Cao Ang to stir up trouble in the coalition forces was such an important task that it was worth his high investment.
In comparison.
Two chests of gold are nothing.
…
Carefully roll up the strip of cloth.
After putting it in my arms.
Cao Ang bowed his hand to Lu Bu, and then said with a smile: "I already know what Mr. Dong said, and I would like to ask my brother to thank Mr. Dong for me!"
Lu Bu nodded.
He also smiled back.
But the matter is not over yet.
After Lu Bu recalled it for a while, he then said to Cao Ang: "It is not easy for Zixiu to sneak into the enemy camp. I will not treat anyone who is willing to take risks and contribute to the great cause."
"These are the exact words of the Prime Minister. He asked you to ask for anything else besides the things on the cloth. Just put it forward and I will convey it to him when I get back."
Cao Ang's eyes suddenly lit up.
Dong Zhuo is so open-minded!
I also know that when sleepiness comes, I will give you a pillow.
Cao Ang was already very satisfied with these two boxes of gold. After all, with these start-up funds, he returned to his own territory and could freely recruit and train soldiers.
Being able to expand his strength to a higher level in the shortest possible time, directly increasing the combat power of his Huben Battalion several times, is all a matter of course.
Unexpectedly, other than that.
Dong Zhuo actually made some promises.
This time he was overjoyed.
Cao Ang is not a polite person. The current development of the Cao family's power requires a lot of things.
However, Dong Zhuo held the most important item in his hands, and it was also what Cao Ang needed most at the moment. Therefore, he only hesitated for a second before he spoke very readily.
"Then I would like to ask my brother to explain to Mr. Dong that the official positions of my father and subordinates are not suitable at present."
"If you want to continue to be a voice within the coalition and have the ability to influence the entire coalition, you must improve your official position."
"So I hope that my father's position as governor can be changed slightly. It is best to be promoted to the pastor of a state, so that he can compete with the two Yuan family sons."
"As for me, it's up to Duke Dong to make any arrangements, as long as we're still in Yanzhou."
Lu Bu nodded slightly.
Show that you already understand.
But while firmly remembering Cao Ang's appeal, Lu Bu couldn't help but feel a little sour in his heart.
The Prime Minister will most likely agree to Brother Cao's request.
In this way, Brother Cao's father will soon become the shepherd of Yanzhou, and he himself will be promoted again.
The Cao family is watching the rising tide lift all boats!
He is about to become a big boss who governs a state.
On the other hand, I was still fooling around under Dong Zhuo, being a boring lieutenant general.
There were countless generals from the Xiliang Army Headquarters pressing down on him. In terms of seniority, he didn't even know where he was.
There are not many usable soldiers under his command, and they are not even worthy of being ranked among Dong Zhuo's subordinates.
It's really tasteless.
Compared with the powerful state pastor, it is really far behind, which makes people feel unhappy!
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