Gaoyi County is located in the central area of Changshan Kingdom.
The distance from Quliang County is as long as 250 to 60 miles, plus several cities need to be detoured along the way for supplies, so the distance between the two places has become longer.
It took Cao Ang eight full days to cross this long distance.
The main reason why he is going to Gaoyi County now is to rendezvous with Han Fu. There is no urgent military situation, so there is no need to waste the physical strength of the soldiers on a rapid march.
Just keep walking thirty to forty miles a day.
In the early morning of the ninth day.
Cao Ang arrived at Wucheng Mo, Qianqiu Pavilion, located south of Gaoyi County, about seven miles away.
After passing here, Cao Ang can reach his destination in less than half a morning.
At this moment, Cao Ang passed by the core area of Qianqiu Pavilion, riding on the back of a red rabbit, stretching his neck and looking not far away, at the altars and various stone statues that were still well preserved after more than a hundred years.
His expression was slightly complicated.
Then he suddenly turned to Xun You and asked, "Gongda, this must be the place where Emperor Guangwu ascended the throne, right?"
As a walking encyclopedia.
Xun You nodded without hesitation and explained to Cao Ang.
"The general clearly saw that Emperor Guangwu ascended the throne as emperor here in the first year of Jianwu. At that time, Gaoyi County was still called Ha in ancient times."
When Cao Ang heard this, he nodded slightly.
After thinking for a while, he then ordered to the left and right: "Give me the order, the generals will dismount, and we will pass here on foot to show our respect to Emperor Guangwu!"
Although the Han Dynasty is now dead in name only, no one can accuse Cao Ang of anything wrong even if he is racing horses in Qianqiu Pavilion.
But as a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty recognized by the world, Cao Ang must always remember to maintain his character.
It only takes a few steps to show his respect for the Han Dynasty and the Han Dynasty with the surname Liu. This is a favor and a free thing.
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As it gradually approaches the location of the mandala.
The appearance of the stone statues on the altar became clearly visible in Cao Ang's eyes.
Look at these elegantly arranged things.
A thought suddenly popped into Cao Ang's mind. When he passed through this place today, did he also have a sense of handover with the big man?
The Eastern Han Dynasty was established by Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty, and this is where he ascended the throne.
And it is basically a certainty that he will replace the Han Dynasty in the future and establish his own unified dynasty.
Think about it this way.
It really felt like Liu Xiu personally handed the baton of the times into his hands.
certainly.
If Liu Xiu were standing in front of Cao Ang at this moment, he would never dare to reveal these thoughts.
After all, no one knows whether the son of the plane, the great mage Xiu'er, will point his fingers to the sky and the ground, and then summon a bolt of thunder that will kill him instantly.
As thoughts raced in Cao Ang's mind, the large army quickly passed through 50% of the road. At this moment, Cao Ang suddenly heard Zhang Liao's voice in his ears.
"General, it seems that Lord Han is coming to greet us!"
As soon as this statement came out.
Cao Ang immediately woke up from his thoughts.
Looking around, it turned out that the leader in front was Han Fu, and behind him was a large group of people, most of whom were wearing official uniforms and seemed to be officials affiliated with the state capital.
The form is quite formal and solemn.
Such a situation suddenly flashed a light in Cao Ang's eyes, although Cao Ang cared more about the actual benefits than these formal courtesy.
Judging from the attitude shown by Han Fu and the sincerity shown to Cao Ang, he was still very satisfied.
After all, Han Fu is the state shepherd of Yizhou.
Cao Ang is now just the governor of Kezhou County, and his general Cao Ren is nominally under the jurisdiction of Han Fu.
It can be said that the Korean Festival was able to achieve such a level and receive it with a high standard five miles out of the city, which was a great honor to Cao Ang.
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"Zixiu, you really made it easy for me to wait. Ever since you entered Jizhou, I have been thinking about it day and night, waiting hard for your arrival."
"Now I've been waiting for you!"
"Hahahaha, please get up, please get up quickly, you and my uncle and nephew don't need so many false gifts!"
As soon as the two parties met, they met.
Cao Ang had just paid his respects to Han Fu as a junior. Before his back could bend any further, he was already being helped up by Han Fu, who had quick eyesight and quick hands.
And I heard Han Fu's hearty laughter and words full of all kinds of intimacy.
Cao Ang couldn't help but smile.
"My uncle's words are serious. My nephew is just a junior. Why do you bother to mobilize so many troops? It's really frightening to my nephew!"
Listening to the excuses and politeness in Cao Ang's mouth.
Han Fu laughed even louder.
In front of many officials in the county behind him, he said in a loud and clear voice: "What do you mean by mobilizing troops and mobilizing people!"
"With your current achievements, Zixiu, and your elite troops coming to help, my uncle originally planned to go twenty miles out of the city to meet you, but due to the large number of people, he finally changed it to five miles south of the city!"
After some pleasantries.
Han Fu has successfully placed Cao Ang in a very high position, while he himself took the initiative to face him with a low profile.
In fact, the reason why Han Fu behaved like this was.
It's not just that Cao Ang's existence is needed to maintain the identity of Jizhou Mu.
Another purpose is to boost the confidence of officials in Jizhou Prefecture by elevating Cao Ang's reputation.
Let those state officials who are panicking because of the recent chaos in Jizhou know that we have a powerful helper, not a small fish!
Facts have proved that this method is quite effective.
Many of the officials following Han Fu had excited emotions on their faces.
…
Because there was such a large group of people coming to greet him.
It would be inappropriate to let everyone follow the army slowly.
Therefore, Cao Ang ordered Zhang Liao to lead the army behind, while he, Xun You and others followed Han Fu ahead to Gaoyi County.
On the way to the county seat.
Han Fu successively introduced several of his confidants to Cao Ang, including Changshi Gengwu, Biejia Minchun, Zhizhong Li Li, and Jushou Jugongyu, whom Cao Ang was more concerned about.
After meeting these people one after another.
Cao Ang then focused his attention on Jushou. He was wearing a formal crown and scribe's uniform, and his appearance looked quite upright.
When it comes to the talents that Cao Ang wants to recruit most in Han Fu's team, this guy is definitely on the list.
In the vast and chaotic era of the late Eastern Han Dynasty, Jushou was a relatively high-level civil servant and counselor.
He has a vision, has a view of the overall situation, and is very good at formulating grand strategies. Xu Tu's strategy of slowing down progress is definitely something.
…
certainly.
This guy is not easy to dig out right now.
Because Jushu also has the attribute of loyalty.
Unless Cao Ang absorbs Han Fu as a whole, it will be difficult to recruit Jushu alone, which is what Yuan Shao did.
After Jushuo defected to Yuan Shao and was defeated in the Battle of Guandu, and was captured by his father Cao Cao, he would rather die than surrender. Before he died, he thought about sneaking back to Yuan Shao's territory.
One can imagine how difficult it is to recruit.
Arrangements for this talented person.
Cao Ang's plan was to either take the opportunity to deceive Han Fu from him, or to keep it in Han Wenjie's hands for the time being, and to absorb Han Fu as a whole in the future.
Anyway, as long as Han Fu is immortal, no one else can abduct the talent that he cannot abduct.
Except for Ju Gong and others.
Han Fu also had two generals, Zhang Jia and Gao Lan, under his command. These two men did not have high official positions in the state capital and were in the ordinary ranks of military commanders.
As long as it works properly.
It is not difficult to recruit, so Cao Ang does have some ideas, but now he and Han Fu have just met and are ready to start in-depth cooperation.
This kind of poaching thing can only be discussed later, and we can't lose the big by being small.
…
Used Jie Feng Yan.
Many officials from the county government dispersed.
Cao Ang, at Han Fu's invitation, went to his study alone for a secret meeting.
After driving all the surrounding servants to other courtyards and asking Dian Wei to guard the outside, no one was allowed to approach.
The door closed tightly with a bang.
The footsteps outside the door gradually faded away.
The originally calm and indifferent expression on Han Fu's face disappeared in an instant, and was replaced by a look of wild joy.
After laughing silently for a while.
Han Fu couldn't wait and made a gesture of praise to Cao Ang, and then said with heartfelt praise in his tone.
"Zixiu, tall, really tall!"
"One move to divert disaster to the east not only allowed Yuan Benchu's so-called fisherman's plan to benefit, but it was all in vain in an instant."
"It even successfully rescued Jizhou from danger, held back Gongsun Zan, and caused both Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao to lose troops and generals."
"It's really a brilliant move that can accomplish many things with one stroke!"
Han Fu may have been holding these words in his heart for a long time, so that when Cao Ang came, he couldn't help but pour them out.
After all, as the eye of the Jizhou storm, Han Fu can be said to be a very important role on the entire chessboard, but he has hardly played any good cards in many previous incidents.
It's completely watching Cao Angxiu's operation.
However, Cao Ang, as a new chess player who had just joined the chess game, was able to manipulate and fool the two behemoths in the palm of his hand.
How could this not make Han Fu amazed?
Now that I have met him, I naturally want to praise him to express my attitude.
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Regarding the praise in Han Fu's words.
Cao Ang accepted it calmly without any scruples.
After taking a sip of the tea soup that Han Fu served him, he asked with a faint smile.
"My nephew has been busy traveling for the past half month, and it has been very inconvenient to collect information. I wonder if my uncle has the latest developments of the Gongsun and Yuan families?"
Han Fu nodded hurriedly.
Then he rummaged around on the table and soon spread out a bamboo slip in front of Cao Ang.
"Please see my dear nephew, this is the frontline military information that was just delivered yesterday. Gongsun Army and Yuan Army have already marched towards Nangong County. Logically speaking, they will arrive in the vicinity a few days earlier than us."
"It's just that according to the intelligence, these two families were worried that the other would take the opportunity to attack, so they both chose to take a long way around. So if I set off tomorrow, we should arrive in Nangong County with them."
When Cao Ang heard this, he nodded slightly.
Then he waved his hand nonchalantly and said, "Even if it's a few days late, it won't be a big deal. As my uncle said, these two families are afraid of each other."
"Neither Yuan Shao nor Gongsun Zan will allow the other party to leave a secret hand around Nangong County."
Han Fu also nodded.
He naturally understands this truth, but it's just a matter of a few days earlier or a few days earlier. Of course, in this case, there is no need to say it now.
…
And when turning over the information.
Han Fu suddenly remembered something, and then quickly took out another bamboo slip, then pointed to the words on it and said to Cao Ang with some regret.
"This is the casualty situation of the two armies detected on the front line. Yuan Shao's army suffered a total of thousands of casualties. If you include those who returned from injury, the loss may be just over half."
"And Gongsun's army was even worse, losing less than 2,000 troops."
"Both sides can only say that their vitality was slightly damaged, but their muscles and bones were not damaged. It is really a pity!"
In Han Fu's opinion.
If Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao could take advantage of such a God-given opportunity and fight each other to death, and both sides would lose thousands or even tens of thousands of people, that would be a beautiful thing that would make him laugh out of his dreams.
After all, once the casualties reached this point, the morale of both sides would drop sharply, but he and Cao Ang were still intact.
I'm afraid that Jizhou's momentum will change its offensive and defensive shape!
It's a pity that we can only think about these now. Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan are still the two powerful dragons on the land of Jizhou. They can crush local snakes with just a roll.
I heard Han Fu's regretful words in my ears.
Cao Ang shook his head with a smile, and said in a relaxed tone: "Uncle, you will always be contented!"
"To put it bluntly, these two families are competing for interests. Even though Gongsun Zan lost a disciple, this alone is not enough for him to dominate all the troops."
"It's very satisfying to be able to fight like this, to make them fear each other and hold each other back from seizing Jizhou!"
"Besides, the main purpose of my setting up this plan is to keep them in check with each other, so as to maintain the current situation in Jizhou. Otherwise, I will make more money!"
Cao Ang's plain and straightforward words.
Han Fu couldn't help but laugh.
Then he nodded in agreement one after another.
…
The two sat in front of the desk for a long time.
After discussing some details about the negotiations in Nangong County, the atmosphere suddenly became lively.
I sensed that the time was almost here.
Cao Ang immediately tapped the table with one hand.
Interrupting Han Fu's slightly excited thoughts about the future, he then changed his gentle smile that he had always maintained before.
It turned into a solemn look.
Then he said to Han Fu seriously and without a smile: "Since my uncle plans to set off tomorrow, there are two things that my nephew must discuss with you first, so as not to ruin the plan after arriving in Nangong County!"
Seeing Cao Ang acting so serious.
Han Fu didn't dare to neglect.
He quickly sat upright as well, staring at Cao Ang, as if he was listening with his ears pricked up.
"My dear nephew, it's okay to say so!"
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