Cao Bin had four adopted sons, and the two young emperors could not stay with him. The Zhang family's adopted son was too young, and the one he had the highest hopes for was Cao Zheng, Qin Xianglian's son.
This son has been inherited by Cao Zhen, and the minimum level of growth has been guaranteed.
So whenever there is a chance, Cao Bin will train and support him.
At this time, after hearing Cao Bin's order to command the battle, Cao Zheng was already eager to give it a try.
"Wear armor and prepare for battle!"
"Kill with me!"
The still young voice spread throughout the loess ravine, and he had already rushed out on horseback with an iron gun in hand. Seeing this, the sedan hurriedly followed, guarding him closely.
Gao Wang was worried and wanted to persuade Cao Bin, but he didn't know how to speak.
But when he saw the two armies intersecting, his worry suddenly turned into shock, and he didn't speak for a long time.
The two cavalry were not at the same level at all. When the horse bandits met the tiger and leopard cavalry, it was like butter meeting a hot knife. They were cut open and broken in an instant. They were not as slow as Si Hao and were extremely smooth.
Before he could sigh, Cao Zheng had already commanded the cavalry to turn around and start killing them wantonly.
Not even a quarter of an hour has passed.
"Father, my son has returned victorious and has come to give me orders."
"Five hundred and three horse bandits were captured in this battle, and our army suffered no casualties."
Another quarter of an hour later, Cao Zheng came to hand over the order with a face full of excitement, and his eyes were quite unfinished.
Cao Bin laughed and said:
"I'm really a tiger, okay!"
"Take the prisoners and follow the team."
After speaking, he reminded again:
"After setting up camp, don't forget to write a two-thousand-word essay on your experience and give it to your father for review."
Cao Zheng heard this. He suddenly stiffened and showed a bitter look.
After the mission continued to move forward, Gao Wang came to his senses and felt that the scene just now was like a dream.
Using less to defeat more, he killed nearly half of the enemy's people in less than two quarters of an hour. He had never seen this before in so many years of leading troops.
The key enemy is not an ordinary grassroots bandit, this is no longer something that can be described simply as an elite.
No wonder people can be promoted so quickly, I can’t help but accept it, and this method of raising a son is wonderful, I must learn it!
Just as he was thinking about it, a horse bandit leader suddenly shouted angrily:
"He's actually Marquis Zhongjing of the Song Dynasty? Why don't you raise a banner?"
"You guys don't follow the rules..."
Before he could finish shouting, his teeth were smashed by a soldier, leaving him speechless.
The government is suppressing bandits and still telling you the rules? When death is imminent, he still insists on keeping his face.
Seeing this, Gao Wang asked:
"Master Marquis, what should we do with these prisoners? We are short of money and food here..."
Cao Bin pointed at the prisoners, shook his head and smiled:
"If you want to learn to be flexible, aren't they the ready money?"
When Gao Wang heard this, his expression changed and he stammered and asked:
"Eat...eat meat?"
Hearing this, Cao Bin couldn't help but rolled his eyes, didn't bother to pay attention to him, and directly urged his horse to go ahead.
For Cao Bin, population is the most profitable resource, especially this kind of labor that has no cost, does not need to take into account the treatment, and can be used at will.
Animals must be cared for with care, not humans.
Digging media, farming, transporting goods...
People are much easier to use than animals.
Xixia is giving away human resources, how can it be wasted?
As for rations, it's easy to borrow them temporarily from Southeast Marine Merchant. As long as you get through the early stage, you will make a lot of money in the future.
In this way, Zhong Shiheng's city building project would have preliminary funds.
As for the imperial court, as long as he doesn't ask for too much money and food, the imperial court will easily pass his petition.
When the financial crisis of the imperial court is alleviated, Cao Bin will find a way to supplement the money and food for him in the later period... but he can first give him the distribution rights of Xixia Green Salt.
"Master Hou!"
"Zhong Ping, please get up quickly. No need to be polite."
If he had known that Cao Bin was coming, Zhong Shiheng, dressed in rotten silver armor and a red robe, personally took his eldest son to greet him outside the village.
His appearance did not look older because of his promotion and the number of affairs he was in charge of, but he was more energetic than the year before.
After talking about the family affairs, a banquet was held to welcome Cao Bin.
Unfortunately, his two sons were on duty in the capital and did not come with Cao Bin.
However, his second son and youngest son made a lot of contributions with Cao Bin during the Liao campaign. Not only were they promoted, but they also received titles, and their future was unlimited.
This made him even more grateful to Cao Bin.
Subsequently, Cao Bin stayed in Hengshan Military Stronghold for five days, and conducted on-site inspections with Zhong Shiheng, and determined the locations for building the city and stronghold one by one.
Hengshan Mountain has a geographical advantage over the "Ningxia Plain". As long as the Song army defends Hengshan, the main force of Xixia will not be able to break out of the desert.
But the Song army can march straight in. Once it crosses the Yellow River, it can directly threaten Xingqing Mansion, the royal city of Xixia.
This is equivalent to putting Xixia's neck under the sword of the Song Dynasty.
Five days later, watching the delegation slowly enter Xixia, Zhong Shiheng sighed:
"Marquis Cao is a man of great talent and great strategy."
As soon as Cao Bin arrived, he killed two birds with one stone and solved all the problems of banditry and lack of money and food in the northwest.
He asked himself whether he could learn from this understatement.
In fact, this is also the result of Cao Bin's efforts to lay a solid foundation in Jiangdong. Otherwise, even if Cao Bin comes up with a way, it will not be possible.
Because without the support of Jiangnan, the most critical link is missing.
Therefore, it doesn’t matter how complicated or subtle the strategy is. The more complicated it is, the more likely it is that problems will arise.
As long as one link fails to achieve the effect, no matter how elaborate the plan is, it will be in vain.
No one is a god, and it is impossible for him to have a clear understanding of people's hearts and qi. Even Zhuge Liang has his moments of killing Ma Su.
After hearing what Zhong Shiheng said, Gao Wang agreed:
"The situation of the general is still too small. It seems that I will never be able to lead the overall situation in this life."
As he spoke, he shook his head and said:
"My lord, I will listen to you from now on. I will do whatever you ask me to do."
"The general is too lazy to use his brain. I am not that material..."
Having said this, he seemed to understand why Sister Yang despised her son and insisted on entangled with Cao Bin.
If she were the eighth sister, she wouldn't look down on him either.
He scratched his head and felt that it was time to force his son to get married. He couldn't keep thinking about his eighth sister, there was no hope.
Hearing this, Zhong Shiheng couldn't help but smile bitterly and was speechless. This guy seemed to have been hit by Mr. Cao Hou.
But it's also a good thing to be able to impress such a strong general.
It's just that he has been serving under Yang Zongbao, and this time he was transferred to the northwest by the Privy Council without warning. It seems that someone in the court is causing trouble again...
The "Ningxia Plain" has a reputation of being blocked by the Yangtze River. It has Helan Mountain as a barrier to the northwest and the Yellow River to the east. There are also 72 consecutive lakes on the plain, which are like pearls from the sky falling to the world.
Xingqing Mansion is located in the northeast of the plain. It is large in scale and magnificent. Yuan Haoqiong spent his whole life to expand it.
Although this city is not comparable in size to Bianjing, it is also unique in style and can accommodate a population of 200,000.
"Finally home."
When Brother Wei Mingwei saw Xingqing City, he breathed a sigh of relief. He could finally get rid of the bastard Cao Bin.
I didn't dare to drink or urge him along the way, for fear of angering him and being beaten for no reason. It was so frustrating!
Just as he was thinking about it, Prime Minister Bu Zang Pang had already led the Xixia ministers forward, and he actually went out of the city to greet the Song envoys.
"Haha, Lord Cao, after so many years, his style remains the same."
"Today, the summer comes again and makes me shine. I have been looking forward to it for a long time."
"I've been neglecting you along the way. Please come into the city quickly. I've prepared a banquet."
After each saluted, Yupang Pang was so affectionate that he took Cao Bin's hand and invited him to the city.
However, Cao Bin did not follow him into the city. Instead, he grabbed Brother Wei Mingwei and smiled at Yipang:
"Why are you being negligent? King Yi Zheng has taken good care of you all the way and has the style of an ancient celebrity. Cao admires him very much. Let's invite him together."
This was the first time that Brother Wei Mingwei was treated like this by Cao Bin. He was a little confused and didn't know what he was planning.
However, why did I suddenly feel flattered in my heart?
Wu Zangying Pang had always ignored him, and he had already expected that he would use this mission to attack him for his incompetence.
I didn’t expect that Mr. Cao would be so generous, what a good man!
