Cao Shan is pregnant with a child.
It has become the most important and happiest event in the Chen family now.
This matter soon spread to the Cao family. When Cao Cao heard that his daughter was pregnant, he was so happy that he drank wine all night and had people send a lot of health supplies to the Chen family.
Although the doctor said that Hua Mai does not necessarily mean pregnancy, it still needs to be observed for a period of time.
However, Cao Shan's behavior was no different from that of pregnancy. Some more experienced maids came to see her and assured her that it must be a sign of pregnancy, which made Chen Zhou's family extremely happy.
Cao Shan became the key protection target of the family.
Not only did Cao Cao send some small gifts, but Guo Jia and others who were close to Chen Zhou also came to congratulate him one after another.
Chen Zhou has been staying at home to accompany Cao Shan, and at the same time, he has been working very hard to continue creating humans, hoping that the second child will appear as soon as possible. However, the creation of humans has not yet come to fruition, and another expedition against Yuan Shao is about to begin.
Last year, they were worried about not having enough food, so they simply fought back Yuan Shao instead of pursuing the victory.
After an autumn harvest, the food supply is sufficient.
The loss in winter is not very big.
Cao Cao felt that he was really good, and his confidence came back. Not long after the snow melted in the spring, he began to plan to attack Yuan Shao again. This time it was a formal cross-river battle, and he would fight to Yecheng.
Cao Cao was now confident about reaching Yecheng.
After the great victory in Guandu, he no longer had any scruples about Yuan Shao.
When the snow melted, Cao Cao began to prepare for war. He continued to prepare until mid-March. All the armament and food supplies were ready, and he could go north to cross the river at any time.
When they went out to fight Yuan Shao for the second time, Cao Cao and the others had discussed that they would not cross the river at Baima, but at Cangting, because Yuan's army must be on guard at Baima and other places. It would not be easy to cross the river, and they might be blocked.
Cangting is located in Yangping County, Jizhou.
Cao Cao and the others crossed the river from Jibei to Cangting.
Of course, Chen Zhou also went to the battle with the army. He was still worried if he didn't fight this battle. He was worried that it would be difficult for Boss Cao to capture Yecheng.
After the New Year, Cao Shan found out she was pregnant. By mid-March, her belly swelled and she was sure she was really pregnant. Before Chen Zhou left, he gave them various instructions.
At this time, Chen Zhou was already among the army heading north.
"Wat it!"
Xu You also followed them. After hesitating for a long time, he finally decided to talk to Chen Zhou and asked, "Did you really analyze that Yuan Shao's food and grass are in Wuchao, and it's not some trick?"
After surrendering to Cao Cao, Xu You was hit by Chen Zhou in Cao's camp, and the idea of making great achievements was abandoned. He couldn't be arrogant without merit, and he no longer relied on his talents and arrogance.
But he was very curious about Chen Zhou.
I also heard a lot of rumors about Chen Zhou.
"yes!"
Chen Zhou was also a little surprised that Xu You came to him, and he admitted it directly.
It cannot be said that he is a time traveler and has foreknowledge of history.
Xu You was surprised to see how powerful Chen Zhou really was, and said with admiration: "When I work with my lord in the future, please give me Duozhi's advice."
He had seen how powerful Cao Cao was.
I also saw that there were many counselors under Cao Cao, including myself.
Therefore, the arrogant Xu You no longer existed. He became humble and respectful, and was willing to call Cao Cao "Lord."
This change surprised Chen Zhou. He thought that Xu You was not the kind of person who had no brains at all, so he said: "Then I can give you some advice now. What you did in Yecheng before is best done by the Lord's side." Stop doing that, accepting bribes, corruption, etc., put them all aside, and be a civil servant and counselor normally and low-key, it will be more beneficial to you!"
Xu You is just too arrogant.
No discipline at all.
He even dared to shout Cao Cao's nickname, Cao Ah Man, and his head was chopped off by Xu Chu. When he died, he didn't even know how he died.
"This is...why?"
Xu You asked puzzledly.
Chen Zhou didn't explain, but just told him that if he didn't believe it, just give it a try.
The army set out in mid-March, and when it arrived at the edge of the Yellow River in Jibei, it was already early April.
Chen Zhou followed Cao Cao to the river.
I saw that the river was full of ferries.
Cao Cao's method of crossing the river was for the vanguard to go first and the food and fodder to follow. This was because he was worried about being attacked by Yuan Shao. At this time, he asked: "Do you think this battle is a good one?"
"good!"
Chen Zhou quickly recalled what happened after the Battle of Guandu, and continued: "It is easy to defeat Yuan Shao, but it is more difficult to defeat Yecheng."
Cao Cao agreed: "Ye City is a big city. Yuan Shao gets Jizhou and strengthens the city walls. It is really difficult to fight! Can we predict the crossing? What is Yuan Shao's next move?"
"This is easy!"
Chen Zhou said casually: "Yuan Shao will definitely send troops to resist in Cangting when he learns that we are crossing the river to fight. Before we fight in Liyang or Yecheng, we must also fight in Cangting."
It is inevitable to fight in Cangting.
As long as Yuan Shao is not stupid, he will send troops to Cangting to intercept, and will not give Cao Cao a chance to break into Wei County and march to Yecheng.
"Then send the order to cross the river first!"
Cao Cao said loudly: "The whole army crossed the river, defeated Yuan Shao at Cangting, exhausted his troops, and finally attacked Yecheng!"
Under his command, the army across the river moved quickly.
There are more and more pioneers crossing the river.
There was an endless stream of ferries on the water. When half of the vanguard army had passed, Cao Cao and the others crossed the river and boarded the ferries together to set off to the other side.
Chen Zhou and Cao Cao crossed the river on the same trip, and when they reached the other side of the river, they unexpectedly found that there were local people eating pots of pulp to welcome Cao Cao's arrival.
Cao Cao saw a few old men with white beards and hair, and asked them to be brought to them. He met them in person and said a few good words. The old men also said, "Cao Cao has raised righteous soldiers and attacked Yuan Shao, and the people will be in peace."
Cao Cao was overjoyed after hearing this and ordered the three armies: "Anyone who goes to the countryside to kill chickens and dogs will be guilty of murder!"
So the army and the people were in uniform, and the army was in good order.
Now that we have arrived at the north bank of the Yellow River, we can drive towards Wei County and reach Yecheng.
"There are two beautiful ladies in the south of the Yangtze River, and Zhen Mi is pretty in Hebei!"
"Er Qiao is at my house. Do you want to go see Zhen Mi again?"
Chen Zhou thought this and quickly glanced at Cao Jun.
Boss Cao did not take Cao Pi with him on this expedition.
Now that Cao Ang is still alive, there is no need to bring Cao Pi to gain experience. Moreover, Cao Ang was not even brought with him in this battle. He was asked to stay at home and create a child. Cao Cao wanted to have a grandson.
"Without Cao Pi, wouldn't Zhen Mi be at hand?"
Chen Zhou was thinking so confidently.
In this way, no one can compete with him for Zhen Mi.
Thinking of this, Chen Zhou felt excited and hoped that Cao Jun would be faster and attack Yecheng as soon as possible.
"Lord!"
At this time, a scout ran back and said: "Yuan Shao's army was found on the front line, less than fifty miles away from us."
Yuan Shao discovered the movement in Cangting so quickly and made preparations!
Upon hearing this, Cao Cao ordered the entire army to be on alert. While on guard, he urged those behind him to cross the river as soon as possible.
