"Say it."
Cao Cao urged, but Zhang Han was a little shy. After a moment of silence, he said: "Which one do you want to listen to first?"
"Tsk," Cao Cao snarled, looked at Zhang Han a little sullenly, and said gloomily: "Bad news."
"It's better to listen first," Zhang Han smiled awkwardly.
Then what do you want me to choose? You're going too far! ! !
Cao Cao almost screamed, his face twitched violently, he forced out a kind smile and nodded: "What's the good news?"
Zhang Han said: "Zhao Yun came to surrender, and he also brought more than 600 people who gathered on Woniu Mountain. They are all brave and good at fighting."
Cao Cao's face relaxed, and he couldn't help but feel happy: "Then what bad news is there? There is nothing better than this!"
"Where's the bad news?" Soon, he asked Zhang Han suspiciously, and his intuition told him that the bad news might not be simple.
Zhang Han licked his lips several times, with a suppressed expression, as if he had not shown any respect for several days, and then he said coyly: "The bad news, uh, the bad news is... he said he wanted to join me."
Cao Cao: "..."
He stared blankly at Zhang Han, his expression indescribably complicated.
Mainly still confused.
With your subordinates? ! What future will there be if I follow you? ? You will be a prime minister after you stand in the sky, and I am already a prime minister! !
Cao Cao remained silent for a long time, as if an angry wave was brewing.
Bo Chang is half a son after all, and he is loyal to me. Half of our great family fortune is due to his strategy and bravery.
Moreover, Bo Chang had no ambitions. He was free and generous, but he was often appreciated, favored and followed by others.
If Zhao Zilong follows him, he can also make contributions to me and be used by me.
Thinking of this, Cao Cao calmed down a little. Suddenly he smiled and said, "Bo Chang, with your status and momentum, it's easy to conquer Zhao Zilong."
"It must have taken a lot of effort, right?"
"The conscience of heaven and earth!" Zhang Han slapped his thigh, "I really didn't flirt with him! I asked Gao Shun to pass the order and leave immediately, just because I didn't want him to feel that we were forcing him."
"Anyone with the character of a gentleman will not be succumbed to power or greed, but will instead follow the virtues of a gentleman. In this way, he will be more devoted to Xudu."
"I thought so."
Zhang Han looked calm. He now went shopping with Dian Wei and Jia Xu every day after taking office, wandering on the streets, going to Lefang Yashe to drink at night, and after drinking, he went home to be with his wife.
Although there are no entertainment facilities, every day can be arranged in an orderly manner.
There are no beauties around me like Sorai, Aoi, etc. It is enough to live a leisurely life and accumulate achievements.
It is necessary to consolidate the position and fight together in the future to kill the enemy as much as possible. Then he can manage his family property in the capital and continue to accumulate wealth. In the past few years, he has studied fortifications and devoted himself to promoting the process of civilization. This is better than anything else.
Why should I go and rob Zhao Yun?
The more Zhang Han said this, the more he felt guilty, and he always felt that Cao Cao didn't believe it.
"Humph," Cao Cao smiled and walked down with his hands behind his back, and said at the same time: "Oh, you Zhang Junhou is well versed in the art of attacking the heart. You can learn it from me, especially better than Ang'er."
"Sending Gao Shun is also a clever move. Gao Shun has always been taciturn, doesn't like drinking, and is extremely strict in running the army. It can be said that the black-robed armored cavalry has its current reputation, which is half of your achievements and half of his hard work. "
"His temperament happens to be the kind that a gentleman likes best."
Zhang Han seems to be the kind of person that a gentleman hates the most. He is both annoying and invincible.
Zhang Han was stunned for a moment and started to speak: "Tsk, Dian Wei doesn't know the way! He can't read the map, who else can I ask to go?"
Dian Wei glanced at Cao Cao not far away, and immediately clasped his fists at Cao Cao and said: "Prime Minister, you are right, I have no culture."
Zhang Han: "..."
Cao Cao: "..."
When I heard that this sentence was taught by Zhang Han, Cao Cao smiled and said, "You taught me this, right?"
"The conscience of heaven and earth, I have only said one thing before, the dark plum blossoms smell the flowers again, the dark fragrance floats in the darkness of the moon and dusk, the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold, half desiring the dawn and half not yet clear, drunk smelling the flower scent and sleeping smelling the orioles smelling the flowers. "
"Ouch," Cao Cao glared, "So many poems in one sentence? Zhang Junhou is so talented. No wonder so many people are willing to be friends with you. I am willing to be the one to be defeated."
"Father-in-law, can you please stop talking like that..." Zhang Han complained helplessly. Faced with Cao Cao's strange aura, it was a bit difficult to resist.
"How about you just tell me how you can accept this bad news?"
"Well... half of those thousand precious horses have to be lost," Cao Cao said coldly.
"Okay!" Zhang Han gritted his teeth and nodded immediately, knowing that he was waiting here!
"Well, what's more... If Zhao Yun follows you, it will be inconvenient for me to dispatch you in the future. I have to ask you for help every time I call you. If I am in a good mood, of course it doesn't matter. If I happen to be in a bad mood, ...I'm afraid that I might have wronged Bo Chang emotionally."
"This..." Zhang Han Gang wanted to say that it doesn't matter if he feels wronged. After all, for a talent like him, Boss Cao is reluctant to punish him severely.
But then I thought about it, no, I am already a son-in-law now, that is half a son, and his daughter can contain me.
The key point is that our relationship is really good now. If there is a sudden verbal conflict, the mood will not be beautiful.
Boss Cao is adapting measures to local conditions.
Bah, how can I be a barbarian?
Zhang Han shook off these thoughts, looked at Cao Cao helplessly, nodded and said: "Well, what my father-in-law said makes sense, so how should we deal with it?"
"Alas, I have to lose half of it to feel comfortable. Recently, I got more than a thousand Xiliang colts from the northern horse dealer. They are all tall horses with extraordinary courage. The horse dealer drove them for me from the snow, and they passed without hindrance. .”
"I will give you two hundred and fifty horses."
"What a good number," Zhang Hanpi said in surprise with a smile, "Thank you, father-in-law."
Cao Cao smiled and said: "When Zhao Yun comes, he will command the cavalry of the guards for you. He will first serve as a personal guard. Later, he will go to the battlefield and then obey the orders and lead the troops in battle."
"In addition, I will combine the remaining more than one thousand war horses with 4,800 of the best horses in the country to make up a total of 6,000 cavalry. I will build another cavalry with excellent archery and horse skills and well-equipped swords and shields. A man is equipped with three armored horses, one wearing heavy armor and the other two for light cavalry.”
"You, Zhao Zilong, and Dian Wei are all responsible for training me."
"This cavalry army must be as powerful as the wind and the remaining clouds, and as agile as it can penetrate every corner. The three armored cavalry can carry sophisticated armaments and can attack hundreds or even hundreds of miles day and night!"
Cao Cao's eyes were quite sharp, and he revealed his true purpose while talking and laughing.
"Where do you choose soldiers?" Zhang Han also asked seriously.
"The elite soldiers of Qingzhou, plus the elite battalions of disciples of generals from various clans."
"Six thousand war horses, the master has moved to the bottom of the house."
"How can we not lose our wealth when fighting Yuan Shao? I have spies reporting that he has bought and raised war horses in Youzhou and Bingzhou, and has stepped up his efforts to build chariots and heavy troops."
"I want to use my superior foundation to enhance my prestige, but I mainly use light and heavy cavalry. I respond to it by roaming and fighting on the battlefield. If I encounter heavy armor or chariots, I will immediately overwhelm them."
No wonder the cavalry is needed to attack with long driving, dexterity and changeability. It is to use "oddness" to defeat the power of the sea-covering army.
In fact, he was poorer than Yuan Shao, so he could only use strange moves to fight. He would definitely not be able to fight against his family background. Not only did Yuan Shao control all the territory north of the Yellow River, he also had the support of all the families.
In the fight against Jizhou, the real opponent is not as simple as a warlord, but the entire land and the human race that has been raised on the land for many years.
"Okay," Zhang Han nodded solemnly. He also understood when to pursue pleasure and when to fight hard.
Therefore, this response is resounding, sonorous and powerful, and it is not against one's will at all.
"Haha, can Bo Chang give this cavalry a name?"
"Name..." Zhang Han lowered his head and thought for a moment, then said: "My lord said, the Shang horses came from the heavy snow and passed unimpeded, just like divine horses. We rely on the emperor to fight for the true dragon of the world."
"Then let's call him the Great Snow Dragon Rider."
Cao Cao: "..."
strange.
"OK."
After coming out of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Dian Wei approached Zhang Han and said coldly: "Junhou, have we suffered a loss?"
"Suffering a loss?" Zhang Han turned his head to look at him strangely, "Suffering a loss for what? The greatest favor my adoptive father has given me is called indulgence!!"
"Won't you give me back two hundred and fifty?"
Dian Wei: "As long as you are happy."
Wait, foster father? Not your father-in-law?
…
The spring rain is continuous.
After the snow melts, the climate becomes warmer, but it always rains in spring.
After the crops in the fields were grown, Zhang Han received the imperial edict and was also responsible for supervising the construction of weapons, bows and arrows in the army.
In Banshan City Mansion, a manor was built in the front garden. The yard already has lush vegetation, which is quite beautiful.
On the wooden balcony, Zhang Han and Zhao Yun were sitting on the floor, with a stove cooking wine in the middle. The table was filled with small plates of dishes, fruits and vegetables, and they were chatting quite animatedly.
"Brother Zilong, now that all your brothers in Wo Niu Mountain have been resettled, you have also begun to train elite cavalry. Can you tell me now? What do you like about me?"
Zhang Han's face was like a chrysanthemum, with wrinkles all over it. He stared at Zhao Yun and moved closer.
I can't forget it now. Because of you, after I concurrently served as an armament manufacturer, I also had the additional job of training cavalry and teaching marksmanship.
It's really outrageous that I have the head of a leopard. I was the first person to blame in my previous life.
"Your Majesty," Zhao Yun smiled elegantly and said calmly: "I heard that you can support your brothers and their families, and you can also lead your current brothers to do business. I know that you are very capable, generous, righteous, and able to make a living. The people around me.”
"Is it that simple?" Zhang Han's mouth seemed a little dry and he licked it blankly.
"Just, there is nothing... Because I am famous all over the world, I am the most righteous, my achievements and achievements are all well-known, I am a hero of the Han Dynasty, and I am famous all over the world, so I come to follow you because of my reputation. Is this the idea?"
"No," Zhao Yungang blurted out in surprise, and immediately changed his words: "Of course, there is."
Zhang Han looked at the handsome general with thick eyebrows and big eyes in front of him. He did not expect that Zhao Yun also learned to speak nice words.
"Sigh," Zhang Han scratched his head, "You are a real person. It's written all over your face, but you still look like a gentleman."
Zhao Yun smiled and said: "On the contrary, I would like to ask the prince, I yearn for the land of benevolence and righteousness. I want to follow the benevolent and righteous king and establish myself in the government of benevolence and righteousness. How did the prince and prince know about this ambition?"
"This was Zilong's ambition before he followed General Gongsun."
"The land of Youzhou did practice benevolent government in those years to settle the people everywhere, and the governor of the Liu clan was indeed a benevolent person."
"It's just that later General Gongsun and Liu Gong parted ways, and even went to war. I couldn't bear it. Many people left at that time..."
"Hmm..." Zhang Han lowered his head and thought for a while, then said after a long time: "Yes, Mr. Xuande told me."
"Oh?" Zhao Yun's face was stunned for a while, and then a smile appeared on his face, "Are you acquainted with Lord Xuande?"
"Well, when I got married, he came to have a wedding banquet. He used to say that I looked like you, but he stopped saying that later."
There was a smile on Zhang Han's face, and it wasn't just nonsense, but Liu Bei really expressed this intention, but he didn't say that Zhang Han and Zhao Yun were similar.
"Zilong does not dare to compare with the princes. At such a young age, he is already famous all over the world and has great military achievements. This is what Zilong wants in his heart, but he has not yet been able to achieve it."
"Who did you learn from Junhou's marksmanship?"
During this time, the two often competed in shooting skills at night, and they were on par with each other.
"Well, an old man who was a hero in the world, but he should be immortal now. He didn't give me a name at the beginning."
Zhang Han thought for a while, but this statement might not be convincing enough. He suddenly remembered a game called "Three Kingdoms Zhao Yun Biography" that he played when he was a child.
Then he sighed and said: "When I was a child, my family was poor, and the village was bullied and robbed by bandits. They often came to rob food during the autumn harvest and winter solstice, which made the villagers miserable. Every winter, some people died of illness and starvation."
"When I was young, I always wondered if there would be gods living on the mountain, so I went up to the mountain behind the village with a playmate."
"We found it on the mountain, and sure enough there was an old man with an immortal spirit..."
Zhao Yun listened attentively, sighing with emotion and exclamation from time to time.
When he first heard it, he found that Junhou's thoughts were very similar to his own when he was a child. At that time, he also thought about going to the mountains to learn skills from immortals, so that he could save the troubled world and have a heroic dream.
But in fact, the "old gods" and "heavenly soldiers and generals" in the legends in the countryside are just sages who live in seclusion in the mountains and forests to escape the world.
Perhaps, the king also met a hermit master who was really capable, and he just developed this skill.
This, this king...isn't he another me in this world...
So unknowingly, Zhang Han became more and more enthusiastic as he talked, and the two of them forgot about the passage of time...
After about half an hour, Zhao Yun exclaimed: "Is there really a divine horse transformed into a white dragon!?"
"Everything in the world has a spirit," Zhang Han said with emotion. "I couldn't find it at that time, so I had no choice but to leave. I once thought that the so-called white dragon turned into a horse was just a legend, and after I killed the bandit to avenge the villagers, , and had no place to live, so he stayed for a short time and then left."
"And now that I have Jueying and Red Rabbit, I understand that there really is a divine horse."
"It's true!" Zhao Yun stood up suddenly, his eyebrows dancing with joy, and his face was excited, as if he had found a confidant: "The white horse of the last general is very spiritual. He has been following it for several years, and they have the same mind. They can travel thousands of miles in a day. "
"The name is Magnolia White Dragon Colt."
"This horse is one foot long from head to tail, more than eight feet from hoof to back, big hoofs and seven inches thin wrist, bamboo skewer ears, knife-like mantis neck, dry club bones, open chest, like a joyful dragon."
"There is a mark on the left ear, which looks like a magnolia flower, so it is called Magnolia White Dragon Colt."
"And because the hair is silvery white, it shines like moonlight at night, so it is also called Night Shine Lion Jade."
Zhang Han raised the corner of his mouth and was extremely interested, saying: "Zilong takes me to have a look. I also want to see how such a divine horse compares to Red Rabbit, and how Ru Jueying compares!"
"Okay, okay!" Zhao Yun put down his wine glass, his face full of interest: "This is what the general has in mind!"
"Then, let's ride to Nanlin Mountain. I have a hunting ground there, where we can ride horses, shoot arrows, and compete in martial arts. Dian Wei's family has a lot of wine, so let him bring a hundred jars of good wine, and we can drink freely at night."
"No, Lord, this is not possible!" Zhao Yun felt itchy in his heart, but he did not dare to forget his duty, "What if I go to Nanlin Mountain and train troops and horses day and night?"
Zhang Han lowered his head and was silent for a while, then nodded in agreement: "What Zilong said makes sense, don't forget the business."
"Yes," Zhao Yun laughed sadly, "There will be opportunities in the future."
"In the future," Zhang Han said in a loud voice with high spirits and bright ears: "Build the training camp in Nanlin Mountain, where the school grounds will be big and comfortable!"
"Zilong, let's go!"
Zhang Han took Zhao Yun's hand and went out of the attic to call friends, preparing to pack up and move the camp to Nanlin Mountain for training.
(End of chapter)
