Tong Guan did not stay in Xijing for long. The next day he sobered up and ordered the veteran Liu Yanqing to lead 10,000 troops to guard Xijing.
In order to prevent Tian Hu from sending a large army to fight, Cao Cao was left here to help defend the city.
Cao Cao's soldiers and horses, who were originally Chenzhou soldiers and Zhengzhou soldiers, all returned to Bianjing with Tong Guan and returned to their respective headquarters. As for the surrendered troops, they were still led by Cao Cao.
According to Tong Guan's private instructions, when the reward is decided, he will take this group of troops to Shandong as the foundation to form the Qingzhou Army.
As a result, Cao Cao's more than 20,000 men were suddenly reduced by nearly 10,000.
However, among the Chenzhou and Zhengzhou armies, there were some heroes who had no worries at home and admired Cao Cao as a man, so they voluntarily stayed. There were more than 400 people in total, including Li Dunzi, the former capital of Chenzhou and now the deputy general.
After hurriedly arranging the defense of Xijing, Tong Guan couldn't wait to lead the army back to Bianjing to report his merits.
As soon as Tong Guan left, Cao Cao took several large carts of copper coins to the Huaixi military camp, gathered 20,000 Huaixi troops, and said to them sincerely: "You are good people, but you are forced to become thieves and fight. On the field, after many life and death, it is not easy to live until now. This time I dedicated the city to kill the thieves, and I will pardon all your previous sins. Go home and become good citizens. Anyone who wants to go back, I will personally give you and others five guans. Travel expenses.”
As expected by Lao Cao - only about 3,000 people came forward to collect travel expenses, kowtow and leave, while the remaining 16,000 or so people all claimed that there was no one at home for a long time, otherwise they would not be determined to rebel. Now He has no home to return to, but he appreciates the kindness of General Wu and is willing to serve under his command.
Cao Cao was overjoyed and said quickly: "You should have heard about all the bad regulations in the army. However, under my command, there is no such thing as drinking the blood of soldiers or being oppressed. It is a great career for a man to serve as a soldier to defend his country. All my soldiers are treated as my own brothers. Anyone who dares to fight in the face of the enemy will surely succeed. If you are old in the future, I will divide the land and buy property for you and live in peace for the rest of your life."
As soon as these words came out, everyone cheered. Half of the more than 3,000 people who were about to leave refused to leave.
As a result, Cao Cao's troops and horses numbered thirty thousand again in an instant.
The best thing is that after his Chenzhou and Zhengzhou armies left, the soldiers under his command were originally mainly the Huaixi surrender troops. Now that more than 10,000 Huaixi people have joined, they are like rivers flowing into the sea, without any barriers.
Lao Cao reorganized these soldiers, divided them into several armies, and gave them to Lu Junyi and others to command respectively, and drilled them every day.
On August 5, an angel came to Bianjing to announce that Liu Yanqing was appointed the military governor of the three cities of Henan, and was in charge of the military affairs of Xijing, Zhengzhou, and Ruzhou. As expected, Cao Cao was granted the title of Qingzhou Jiedu Envoy and was in charge of the military affairs of the seven states of Qingzhou, Zizhou, Weizhou, Qizhou, Dengzhou, Laizhou and Mizhou.
Lu Junyi, Sun An and others were each given the title of defense envoy, regiment training envoy, commander, and military and horse supervisor according to their merits. Without exception, the areas under their jurisdiction were all one of the seven states under Qingzhou.
However, Lao Cao, who had officially obtained the official position, could not take up the post immediately - the court had sent people to recruit Yasuda Tiger. Once successful, Cao Cao could take up the post.
Cao Cao and Liu Yanqing entertained and sent the angel off. The two drank and discussed. They mentioned that food and grass were in short supply. They both laughed and said, "Even if Tian Hu comes again, there is no need for many soldiers and horses with a fortified city in hand."
Cao Cao turned around and ordered his officials to appoint Xu Guanzhong, the Qizhou regiment training envoy, Xiao Jiasui, the Zizhou regiment training envoy, Sun An, the Dengzhou defense envoy, and Zhu Jing, the Weizhou defense envoy. They led 15,000 troops and horses to return to Shandong first, most of them. He stayed in Liangshanbo for training, and the others selected some elites to take them to their posts.
Why choose these four? Just because Cao Cao originally had the plan of "Qingmi as the gate and Denglai as the house", which has been implemented for more than half a year, and Qizhou and Zizhou are located to the left of Qingzhou. Although Weizhou is small, it lives with Denglai in the same house. There was no arrangement before, so Xu Guanzhong, Xiao Jiasui, and Zhu Jing took office first. The methods they followed were the same as those of the four states. They were nothing more than gathering military morale, training the army, making friends with heroes, managing civil servants, and attracting business to support them. Doing things like swallowing.
As for Sun An's trip to Dengzhou, he was asked to meet Song Jiang and others and asked to advance the supervision of the construction of naval warships.
The four generals took the order and left, leaving only six generals Lu Junyi, Du Bo, Yuan Lang, Teng Shu, Teng Kan, and Liu Yuan beside Lao Cao. Except for Lao Lu, the remaining generals and soldiers were almost all from the Huaixi line.
After a few days of nothing, Cao Cao took six generals to practice military horses, and they ate and slept together. When Du Bo and Yuan Lang were under Wang Qing's command, they were both unruly people, but after getting along with Lao Cao, they became respectful. increase.
On August 10th, the Jinzhong Army suddenly made a move——
After Tian Hu received the Zhao'an document, he saw that the Emperor of the Song Dynasty wanted to make him the military commander of Taiyuan, which was insulting. He was furious, tore up the Zhao'an, drove away the envoy, sent 80,000 troops, and defeated Mengzhou in one day. Five thousand people were left to guard the city, and the rest crossed the river the next day and marched directly to Xijing City.
Liu Yanqing was shocked and looked for Cao Cao urgently to discuss countermeasures. Cao Cao silently counted the time with his fingers, and then smiled and said: "Old general, I think his army has come south and will not be able to return."
Liu Yanqing couldn't help laughing when he saw him shaking his head and acting like a street divination: "I didn't expect General Wu to have such ability? Could it be that Taigong Wang was reincarnated?"
Cao Cao smiled and said: "We will see clues in three days at the latest."
The two closed cities were tightly guarded, and the Jinzhong army attacked for one day, losing more than 2,000 people and returning to camp.
Another day later, thousands of boats were racing on the Yellow River. Warships of all sizes spread across the river, all flying the flag of the Song Dynasty.
Cao Cao saw it from a distance on the city wall, pointed and laughed and said: "Old general, what is the last plan? The Jinzhong army has no navy. Now that the river is in my hands, can the army coming from the south safely return?" "
That night, a figure climbed up the city wall, took the initiative to find the general who defended the city, and asked to see Cao Cao.
The general was frightened and angry, so he took him to the government office. Cao Cao stepped forward and hugged him, saying, "Brother, if I had known we would have been separated for several months, I should have taken you south!"
Who is this person? There is a poem that proves:
I am not afraid of the wall being a thousand feet high, I am only afraid of the beauty of big flowers. The little brother is not a crane in the clouds, but the hero is called a flea on the drum!
It is the time when "flea on the drum" has changed!
Shi Qian was excited, his eyes were red, and he complained: "If I didn't help my brother take care of the child, how could I stay in Bianjing? If I stayed for a few months, I would be bored to death."
Cao Cao smiled and said: "I don't believe this. You will definitely do countless interesting things in Bianjing."
Shi Qian couldn't help but laugh and said: "It's my brother who knows me! Apart from other things, it turns out that the official family will have daughters. In addition to the one where brother Shi Xiu has to go, there are also several little empresses, all of whom are beautiful and smart. If any brother wants to get married in the future, I will be a great matchmaker."
As soon as he said this, it can be seen that the emperor was confined in the palace and became a garden for him to play.
The two chatted and laughed, and Shi Qian said seriously: "The 'Dragon King of Hanzhong' from the previous episode came with a letter from my brother. I was worried that I would miss my brother's big event, so I hurriedly arranged for Wang Zuo's child, and immediately rushed to Liangshanbo on horseback. Please give me a picture." Heng, Tong Wei and Tong Meng took more than a thousand water-resistant people and hurried back to Bianjing. Unexpectedly, although there were many warships in Jinmingchi, no one had paid attention to them for a long time. Brother Wenren saw them one by one. It was said that it needed to be repaired before it could be used, so we waited two days after we arrived for the boat to be repaired, so my little brother followed the navy and came by boat."
He laughed again and said: "This road is also lively. Zhang Heng, the boy, was dissatisfied when he heard that Renshi Chong was the commander of the navy. Whenever the two of them reached dangerous places with deep water, they would enter the water to compete. Along the way, After competing seven or eight times, 'Chuan Huo'er' was willing to accept him. However, the methods of the two lieutenants, Hu Jing and Hu Xian, were only similar to those of Tong Wei and Tong Meng, and it was difficult to compare with Zhang Heng, so they were known to the world. Chong Ye admired him and made Zhang Heng the second in command of the Navy."
Cao Cao smiled and said: "Although Zhang Heng's methods are not bad, his character is not as good as that of his brother Zhang Shun. It is a good thing to be able to convince him if he is known to be respected in the world."
Shi Qian said: "It's just that people are destined to each other. The six of them fought fiercely at first, and then they were divided. They were as good as honey. They got a new nickname, called 'Six Evils of the Yellow River' .”
Cao Cao sighed when he heard this: "With such a name, he is not an upright and upright hero."
As soon as the navy of the Song Army arrived, the Jinzhong Army suddenly panicked and became more and more urgent to lay the foundation of Xijing as the south bank.
Early the next morning, under the Chen Bing City of the Jin Army, a group of generals lined up in front of the formation. One of them was particularly brave: wearing a phoenix-winged helmet, fish-scale armor, a brocade robe, a lion belt, and riding a green-maned horse. They went out into battle and galloped back and forth under the city.
He held an iron rod in his hand and pointed it at the city, shouting and cursing: "Hey! Is there anyone up there with eggs and courage who dares to come and fight us to the death?"
This is exactly what it is: the waves surge when the warships fly, and the camp is shocked. The Jin thieves were eager to break into Xijing, and the people in the city boasted about their generals' bravery.
Dead. .
(End of chapter)
