Zhang Han hurriedly came out of the tent and saw Cao Cao striding towards him with a hearty smile on his face and was about to enter the tent.
"See you, Prime Minister." Zhang Han hurriedly took the lead in saluting, and all the civil and military officials behind him bowed. Cao Cao returned the salute with a smile on his face, signaling everyone to get up.
"Bo Chang, I heard that you are rich and have more than 1,600 war horses."
"Who's snitching on me?!" Zhang Han felt numb upon hearing this and quickly turned around to look.
Cao Cao happily patted him on the back, "You are wronged, I have known it for a long time. You can keep 250 of these more than a thousand horses, and send the rest to the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry camp." .”
"What are you doing! Robbery!?" Zhang Han stared, "I worked hard to get this, and I hurt a lot of brothers!"
"Ten times the pension is a lot," Cao Cao smiled cheerfully, moved closer and said softly: "Besides, you transferred the camp privately without reporting it. This is a serious crime, a serious crime of treason... "
Zhang Han leaned back suddenly, widening the distance between him and Cao Cao, so that he could see his lord's ugly face clearly! !
"This, this is what you tacitly agree to!!"
Zhang Han's delicate face was clenched with wrinkles, and he felt bad all over.
"When did I acquiesce!?" Cao Cao smiled in surprise and stared at him with his hands spread out. "If I acquiesce to you today to move the camp privately, then everyone can do it tomorrow?"
"The conscience of heaven and earth!" Zhang Han clapped his hands, his blood surged up, and suddenly he began to feel red and warm, "You absolutely acquiesce, then when we move camp, the school officials will see it, and we will definitely go there as soon as possible Report!"
"Didn't you know this a long time ago?"
"Oh," Cao Cao blinked and looked up to the sky, as if he was remembering something, "I really don't know. I have been in the northern military camp during this period and just came back, so I just learned about the news. Now let me tell you ——”
Cao Cao smiled and said, "No."
"What a sin!" Zhang Han was so angry that he shook his hands and explained: "I can expand another black-robed cavalry camp. The two thousand cavalry will definitely be of great use in the future!"
"You have a cavalry army of two thousand in Dali Temple, so do I have to raise an army of ten thousand cavalry?"
"Yes, yes, with your prestige, it's not an exaggeration for you to form a hundred thousand cavalry and defeat the traitors of the Han Dynasty..."
"Don't do this," Cao Cao looked at him cheerfully, "How about it? Zhang Sizheng, are you interested in chatting about the private transfer camp?"
"No, I only keep two hundred and fifty riders, and send the rest to the northern camp."
Zhang Han said in a low voice, and glanced at Cao Cao several times unwillingly.
"You are really a thief," Zhang Han muttered, and winked at Dian Wei. His arms couldn't twist his thighs. "Even when you came back, you always pinched him to get the horse."
"Hey hey hey," Cao Cao said with a smile mixed with reverberation, and said seriously: "Oh, there is one more thing I must tell you."
"What's the matter?" Zhang Han suddenly had a very bad premonition.
"I have sent a message to Jingzhou about this matter. Their horses and goods have been robbed by bandits... Maybe after some time, an envoy from Jingzhou will come to ask for it. This matter is It was you, Bo Chang, who took over, and it will be up to you to negotiate when the time comes."
Zhang Han: "..."
Pooh! Cao thief! !
Are you waiting for me here? ! And how come your thoughts are the same as mine! ?
They all pushed it to the bandits and then ate it themselves. Could it be said that this is a common way for big men to make a fortune today?
Just when Zhang Han was about to act up, Cao Cao immediately slapped him on the shoulder and said: "I will select 500 horses from those Xiliang horses and transfer them to you. In addition to the promised horses before, um, how about a total of 800 horses. There are also Arms and military resources can be allocated.”
"Really?" Zhang Han turned from worry to joy, with a bright face, and he quickly laughed happily, "Thank you father-in-law! Father-in-law, please come and sit in the tent for a while. My son-in-law will arrange for someone to hold the horse first, and then Prepare food and drinks.”
Dian Wei: "..."
Zhao Yun: "?!!"
The way Zhang Han nodded and bowed shocked everyone present, especially Zhao Yun.
Junhou is simply at your fingertips... There is no lag between the changes, it is so natural.
In the evening, Cao Cao stayed at Nanlin Mountain and discussed many large and small matters with Zhang Han. At the same time, he determined some military orders for the accumulation of armaments.
Zhang Han put forward the suggestion of recruiting craftsmen to set up a workshop, just like the Medical Department did during the winter disaster last year to build an imperial workshop.
Mainly from a family of craftsmen, they recruit craftsmen with superb skills and advanced ideas to improve current military equipment and strictly build high-quality military equipment.
At the same time, Liu Bei, who lived in the inner city of Xudu, was greatly surprised when he heard the news of Zhao Yun's arrival. He rushed home from the military camp and at the same time sent someone to call Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.
After the three brothers met in the mansion, Zhang Fei was the most happy when he heard the news. He was forthright and forthright, and he liked to make friends. In addition to his two brothers, he had made friends with Jian Yong, Chen Dao and Zhao Yun in recent years.
It's just that Zhao Yun has been away for too long, and the three brothers never know his whereabouts.
"I thought we might never see each other again in this life!" Zhang Fei's eyes widened and he was very excited. He took Liu Bei's arm and said, "Although Zilong doesn't like drinking and is strict with himself, he is indeed an extraordinary general. , I, Zhang Fei, was born to meet heroes, so it’s time to go find him and have a drink with him.”
"We haven't seen each other for many years. He has to drink this wine even if he doesn't want to!" Zhang Fei said frankly what was in his mind.
But seeing that Guan Yu and Liu Bei were not too happy, and their expressions were quite indifferent, Zhang Fei looked around and said in confusion: "What's wrong? What's wrong with you? Isn't it worth drinking when Zilong comes to meet us?" ?”
"Haha," Guan Yu stroked his beard and smiled, his reddish face moved for a moment, patted Zhang Fei on the shoulder, and said softly: "Third brother, don't be so excited, Zilong did not come to join us."
"He was conquered by the Prime Minister and now lives under Zhang Han, serving as the commander of Su Wei."
After Guan Yu finished speaking, Zhang Fei's enthusiasm was reduced by half, his shoulders dropped slightly, and his face looked a little surprised, "Zhang Han?"
"Why did you vote for Zhang Han?" Zhang Fei couldn't figure it out at all. Once a person like Zilong found out about us, he would definitely vote for us as soon as possible.
His old master, Gongsun Zan, was dead, so it was impossible for him to surrender to Yuan Shao, because even if he was disappointed with Gongsun Zan, he still had the kindness to follow him, and it was impossible for him to surrender to Yuan Shao.
Otherwise, someone will poke his spine, and he will blame himself for the rest of his life.
Therefore, if you don't join Yuan Shao, you will naturally have the only way to go south. It is really not strange to be able to get close to Xudu.
But why did he suddenly go to work under Zhang Han? Even if he surrenders to the army, he should surrender to Cao Cao's camp.
"What happened to Zilong!?"
"How could he be with that little kid Zhang Han!" Zhang Fei looked unbelieving, "I'll ask him!"
He was about to go out, but Liu Bei grabbed him and said, "Third brother, don't make mistakes."
Liu Bei forced a smile on his face and advised: "There is no need to ask. People have their own way back. It's natural for Zilong to come if he wishes, but he must have a reason to follow Zhang Han."
"I heard that it was because the prime minister rescued Zilong's eldest sister-in-law and nephew and invited Xu Du to live there, so he recruited soldiers."
"After Zilong left Gongsun Zan, he was unable to live at home. His eldest brother had died of illness, so he only had his widowed nephew and his widowed nephew, who was unable to live at home. This is a favor that Zilong must repay."
"Oh," Zhang Fei was still a little annoyed. He lowered his head and fell silent. After a moment, he said, "Oh, I'm sorry I didn't find out this information. That guy Zhang Han is a nice guy, and he will treat Zilong very kindly. Okay, just follow him."
Liu Bei smiled and put his arms around his shoulders: "That's right, let's go together to visit Bo Chang and catch up with Zilong."
"Well, that's fine," Jian Yong said with his hands behind his back and smiled, "It's time to meet the lord. If Zilong misses his old relationship, he might follow the lord again in the future. After all, when we were together, Zilong was also Joy from the bottom of my heart.”
"Hahaha, it would be a good thing if this could be done!" Liu Bei did not shy away from these thoughts, because he did not consider this as a conspiracy to win over, but just to see Zilong's wishes.
"Hey, yes, yes, let's go!" Zhang Fei smiled again and hurriedly pulled him around to get ready to go out. "Let's go and have a look. We'll get closer to Zilong in the future. It's best if we can pull him away from Zhang Han."
"In this way, sooner or later our friendship will become stronger, and Zilong will know who to follow!"
He kept shouting and rushed out first. Liu Bei and Guan Yu also followed slowly behind, telling him to stop from time to time.
When they arrived at the gate in front of Zhang Han's residence in the inner city, Liu Bei went to ask for permission. The guard at the gate cupped his hands and said, "Come back to General Liu, my prince has been in the military camp for the past few months."
"The camp has been moved to Nanlin Mountain. If you want to pay a visit, you have to go to Nanlin Mountain to find him. However, there are secret orders in the camp, which is to train troops in secret. You also need to request a letter of recommendation from the Prime Minister's Mansion."
"Oh..." Liu Bei's heart thumped, and his calm mood that had not fluctuated for a long time suddenly thumped.
Secret military training, Nanlin Mountain...
That's Zhang Han's territory, and he's been there for several months. This is simply...
Liu Bei suddenly felt uneasy. Zhang Han was not guarding me, was he?
No, a gentleman should be magnanimous and should not speculate on others like this. It is not surprising that Zhang Han led his troops to the Nanlin Mountain garrison at a time when there was an emergency military training.
However, this is too coincidental.
Liu Bei felt it was a pity that he could finally meet Zilong. If such a talented person stayed with Zhang Han for several months, the more entanglements between the two of them, the harder it would be for him to come back to me.
I'm afraid, this is fate.
"Ah, thank you very much." Liu Bei nodded slightly, smiled lightly, and said, "If the prince comes back, please tell him that Liu Bei, the Marquis of Yicheng Ting, came to pay his respects."
"Okay, please, Mr. Xuande." The guard was very polite and bowed to see him off with a smile.
Liu Bei returned to Zhang Fei and Guan Yu. They both asked curiously. Liu Bei shook his head and said with a wry smile: "We are training troops in Nanlin Mountain and doing secret things. If we want to meet each other, we must obtain the Prime Minister's order." Passage.”
"Ah?" Several people were stunned, "Isn't this to guard against us?"
"Nonsense," Liu Bei laughed dumbly and looked at Zhang Fei pretending to blame, "Now Prime Minister Cao is preparing for the war with Yuan Shao in the north to regain the lost territory of the Han Dynasty. He had to train his troops in secret."
"How could you go to Nanlin Mountain to mobilize troops and horses for such a trivial matter?"
"That's right. Let's wait until they come back. Zilong can't run away anyway."
Zhang Fei sighed, his mood passed quickly, turned around and left first.
Liu Bei and Jian Yong looked at each other. They both felt helpless. They were a step too late and had to be controlled step by step.
"Alas, our intelligence information is too limited. We can't find out Zilong's information at all."
"Yes," Liu Bei also lamented, "In Xudu, I am restricted everywhere. Although I am comfortable, I can't grow strong. Although the prime minister treats me very well, I can't repay the great man as I wish."
"I have the intention that if I can make a contribution to Prime Minister Cao and repay the kindness I owe him these days, I should ask him to go to other states and counties first and govern the country, just like I did in Pingyang, Xiaopei, and Liang. .”
"That's right," Jian Yong sighed, smiled as if he was relieved, and looked at Liu Bei seriously, "My lord is a man of great achievements and cannot be restricted by Duke Cao."
"Xianhe, you can't talk about the Prime Minister like that."
Liu Bei always thought of Cao Cao's good qualities and could not bear to hear people say bad things about him.
"Stay for a while, wait until I see Zilong..."
…
A month and a half later, an envoy from Jingzhou came to see him, but it was Liu Xian who was not driving from Jingzhou.
After going to Xudu to meet the emperor, he reported all the events in Jingzhou last year and presented tribute, which also showed Liu Biao's support for the Han Dynasty.
On that day, Liu Xie received praise and awarded a number of Jingzhou civil and military officials.
Later, Liu Xian stayed at the Xudu Posthouse and never left. He visited many old friends from the gentry. Today, he came to visit the Prime Minister Cao Cao with heavy gifts.
The two of them were sitting in the garden of the Prime Minister's Mansion, setting up seats in the small pavilion and chatting happily.
"Prime Minister, in addition to paying tribute, my lord also has something to ask for help from the Prime Minister."
"Huh?" Cao Cao put down his wine glass and his expression gradually became serious, "Shizong said it's okay. If it's within my ability, I will help."
Liu Xian was thin, with a round face and a slightly long neck. He looked quite thin. With a slight smile on his face, he stood up and said with cupped hands: "Prime Minister, Jingzhou used the resources in the country to buy war horses with Liangzhou. They were batched and transported to Jingzhou to form an army."
"It should be delivered within a month or two after the beginning of spring. However, Jingzhou recently received news that all these merchants and horses were robbed, and nothing happened after that."
"I want to know, are those bandits still there? If they are, can you ask the Prime Minister to send troops to destroy them and return all the goods to Jingzhou?"
"Oh, this matter..." Cao Cao suddenly realized, patted his head, and laughed happily, "That group of bandits was destroyed by my black-robed armored cavalry as early as a month ago. Have you ever heard that Pass?"
"Black-robed Armored Cavalry, I've heard of it." Liu Xian was stunned for a moment, and for some reason he had a bad feeling. Cao Cao pushed the matter to the Black-robed Armored Cavalry, the commanders of Su Wei... Gao Shun and Dian Wei.
Dian Wei was the fierce general who captured Lu Bu alive, and was known as the unparalleled enemy of ten thousand men.
The most important thing is that Dian Wei is the king's bodyguard, and the two have been together since they became famous.
The real commander-in-chief of the black-robed armored cavalry is the prince named Zhang.
I heard that he likes money, treasures, beauties and wine. If you want to discuss this matter with him, I'm afraid you have to start by making friends...
(End of chapter)
