Jizhou, Wuji County, Zhongshan State.

Wuji is the official title, and the common people are illiterate, so it is called Wuji County, and over time, most of the people in the world only know Wuji County, and they are confused when it comes to Wuji.

Compared with the cold and warm Jiangnan, Hebei in mid-October is already cold, and after a heavy snowfall, thousands of miles of ice are covered with snow.

The armor was like a piercing ice on the body, and the sword was already difficult to unsheath, and the banner became solid after falling a layer of frost and snow, and although the cold wind was cold, it was no longer waving against the wind.

Under such extreme weather, Cao Cao decided to withdraw the main army to Yecheng, but the Hun cavalry was good at long-distance running, from Fanyang County, where Daxi Changru garrisoned troops, through the ancient Great Wall built by Zhao State, a day's gallop can drive straight into the hinterland of Zhongshan State.

"There are nearly 200,000 people in the entire Zhongshan Kingdom, and they are all the robes of my Cao Mengde, and I must not put them under the iron hooves of the Hu people." On the first night before the withdrawal, Cao Cao, who was a little older than a few years ago, muttered in a low voice.

As he spoke, his eyes swept to his growing second son, Cao Pi: "Zihuan? ”

"Listen to the order!" Cao Pi hurriedly took a step forward and bowed, "Listen to my father's teachings." ”

Cao Cao said loudly: "Zhongshan is an important frontier land, and you will be left here after your father's class returns to the court." You have to sleep at night, be conscientious, sharpen yourself, strive to become a great tool early, and don't lose your mind from playthings! ”

"The child obeys his father's command!" Cao Pi quietly agreed, but he was secretly happy in his heart.

Since he had a relationship with Miss Zhen half a year ago, Cao Pi has been thinking about it and salivating. It's just that Cao Cao repeatedly warned him not to act rashly, so as not to destroy the military plan. Cao Cao changed his mind. The refusal to send Zhen Mi to Jinling has made Liu Wei disgraced. If Cao Pi gets involved with Zhen Mi again, he will inevitably tear the only remaining trace of skin between the two sides.

Cao Cao left Zhen Mi with his own plans, firstly, to let his subordinates see that he was tough on the Eastern Han Dynasty, and he was by no means a house slave who let people call and drink, and he came and went as soon as he wanted. Second, it also let the Western Han Dynasty see its own attitude, and it is definitely not a vassal who only obeys Liu Wei's orders. But Cao Cao also knew that his actions had touched Liu Bian's bottom line, and if he went further, he could only completely turn against Liu Bian, when Temujin rose strongly and Li Tang's army was pressing. Cao Cao didn't want to come this far.

Knowing his son Mo Ruo's father, although Cao Pi pretended to be very calm, Cao Cao had already figured out the psychology of his second son, and Zhengse admonished: "After your father leaves, you don't want to provoke Zhen Mi, just send someone to put the Zhen family under house arrest, don't let the Zhen family secretly send Zhen Mi away." For his father, Zhen Mi is now a chess piece, and for Liu Wei. It's face, you must not come nonsense! ”

was poked by Cao Cao, Cao Pi's face turned red, and he bowed his head and said, "The child obeys his father's orders!" ”

Cao Cao stroked his beard and groaned. Said earnestly: "Zihuan, you are more than smart and wise, and you are also very decisive and capable in doing things." It's quite the style of being a father, but it's better than that of his son (Cao Ang). Lack of bloody justice. Don't learn to be a father, I am a tree planter. You are not afraid of infamy, and your brother is a man who takes advantage of the cold, so that you can establish your own image of benevolence and righteousness, so that the people will support you, so that the inheritance created for the Father can be further improved. Do you know that the infamy is borne by the father, and the fruit is picked by your brothers? ”

"The child understands!" Cao Pi bent over and kept nodding.

The next day, Cao Cao passed down the order, leaving Cao Bin, Wang Yanzhang, Xia Luqi, and Shan Xiongxin to lead 50,000 horses to continue to sit in Wuji County, and he and Guo Jia, Jia Xu and other strategists, led Dian Wei, Cao Wenzhao, Li Tong, Niu Jin and other generals, and led 100,000 horses to return to Yecheng.

Before leaving, Cao Cao specially summoned Cao Bin, Wang Yanzhang, Xia Luqi and others to the front and advised: "Although the weather is cold and the ground is freezing, we must also guard against the Hu people taking advantage of the situation, Zihuan is young, and it depends on your decision to make big things!" ”

"Obey the orders of the lord!" Under the leadership of Cao Bin, Wang Yanzhang, Xia Luqi, Shan Xiongxin and others surrendered their orders together.

With Cao Cao's horsewhip, 100,000 Cao troops left the Wuji battalion, which had been stationed for nearly half a year, leaving only 50,000 horses to continue to guard. The weather is getting colder and colder, and the thin tents can no longer keep out the cold, and the adobe barracks built by Cao's army in the past six months can only accommodate 50,000 people, and after the 100,000 troops are withdrawn, the soldiers who still live in the tents will not have to suffer from the cold in the cold night.

The army had just gone south, and Su Qin rode his horse to catch up with Cao Cao, and said: "Cao Gong, it has been more than half a year since he came to Hebei, and Cao Gong has been unable to make up his mind for a long time, so he can only go back to Luoyang to return to the Son of Heaven." ”

"Huh...... In the past six months, Cao has deeply admired Mr. Su's knowledge, and hates to meet Mr. Su late. Cao Cao looked regretful, and insisted on Su Qin's hand, "In terms of strength, except for the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Mou will not lose anyone, why don't Mr. stay and conspire with Cao?" ”

Su Qin hugged his fists and thanked: "Thank you Cao Gong for your love, but Su Bao is deeply favored by the Fufeng King, and he can't bear to repay it, and he can't bear to turn his back!" Cao Gong's love can only stay in the bottom of his heart, if there is fate, he will be able to meet again one day. ”

Cao Cao said regretfully: "It seems that Cao is not blessed to be assisted by Mr. Su, but please remember that the door of my Cao family is always open to Mr. ”

"Thank you Cao Gong!" Su Qin thanked him again, "Before leaving, Su wanted to ask, why can't Cao Gong make up his mind to join forces with the Western Han Dynasty and compete with the Western Han Dynasty?" ”

Listening to Su Qin's words, Cao Cao in the cold wind thought slightly, and then said loudly: "Cao also knows that after Liu Wei sits down, the life of the princes in the world will be even more difficult. However, the Hu army pressed the border, Li Tang was aggressive, for the people of the Central Plains, he should first fight outside and then settle inside, first resist external humiliation, break the Hu alliance, kill Li Tang, and then determine the lord of the Central Plains! ”

"I heard a rumor in the rivers and lakes that in the past, Cao Gong killed Lu Boyu by mistake, and once said that I would rather be responsible for the world than for the world to bear me. Su Luo was deeply impressed. Now that the Guishan army is pressing, Li Tang is menacing, if Cao Gongken takes the opportunity to attack, it will inevitably make Liu Wei fall into dire straits, taking care of one and losing the other. Why didn't Cao Gong show his heroic spirit and stab Liu Wei in the chest? If the power of the Eastern Han Dynasty collapses, who of the princes of the Central Plains can hope for Cao Gongxiang's back? ”

Seeing that he couldn't convince Cao Cao, Su Qin gritted his teeth and took out the rhetoric at the bottom of the box, poking at Cao Cao's privacy. After half a year, Su Qin was sure that Cao Cao would not turn his back on this trivial matter.

"Haha...... Haha......"

Cao Cao didn't laugh angrily, and his laughter was weird, which made everyone present feel a little creepy, "Haha...... It turns out that Mr. Su also knows the bad deeds of? Yes, if you dare to do it, I will not deny it. I, Cao Mengdening, am a real villain, not a hypocrite! ”

"Cao Gong is really temperamental!" Su Qin hugged his wrist and saluted.

Cao Cao's words changed sharply, and he said arrogantly: "In terms of personal grievances, Cao Mengde would rather bear the people of the world than let the people of the world bear me!" But in major matters, but I am not confused, how can I delay the nation for my own selfishness and become a sinner for the ages? To put it from the bottom of my heart, no matter who is in charge of the Central Plains, Liu Wei, Liu Xie, or even Liu Bei and Yang Jian, this is a dispute between brothers, but the Huns, Xianbei, and Li Tang are foreign races, and it is a foreign insult! Cao can accept the situation of the brother's wall, but he will never do anything to bully his brother with the power of the alien race, and if he wants to fight, he will retreat from the enemy first, cripple the alien race and fight it fearfully, and then come back to decide who will be the lord of the Central Plains. Victory is the luck of the, and defeat is the fate of the! ”

After listening to Cao Cao's words, all the civil and military forces led by Guo Jia and Cao Wenzhao praised together: "The lord is really a husband, I am willing to swear to the death to serve the lord, go to the soup and fight the fire, and never give up!" ”

Su Qin's face was full of regret: "Cao Gong's mind makes Su Zhuo admire, but I have gotten along very well with Cao Gong in the past six months, and I really don't want to compete with Cao Gong on the battlefield." ”

Cao Cao understood that Su Qin wanted a promise, thought for a while, stroked his beard and said: "Mr. Su, don't worry, unless the Western Han Dynasty court can't tolerate Cao Cao, Cao will never be an enemy of the Luoyang court!" ”

"I am very pleased to be able to get Cao Gong's promise, so I will say goodbye." Su Qin said goodbye to Cao Cao, led a dozen followers and went their separate ways, whipping away along the road to the west.

In the evening, when the cold wind was stronger, and the north wind howled and rolled up the dry grass into the sky, the soldiers of Cao Ying ended the drill early and hid in the barracks before sunset to keep out the cold.

Cao Pi, who had grasped the power for the first time, was bored and hid in the handsome tent and poured himself a drink, and suddenly the soldier came to report: "Qiyu Gongzi, Mr. Su Bao is back, and he is asking to see him outside the camp, saying that he has forgotten something." ”

"Mr. Sue?" Cao Pi didn't take it too seriously, "This day's kung fu has gone back and forth for hundreds of miles, what important thing is worth such a lot of trouble?" Let him in! ”

After a while, Su Qin, who was dressed in thick cotton clothes and wrapped in fur on the outside, walked into the handsome tent and bowed his hand to Cao Pi and said, "I'm really sorry, I left in a hurry and forgot my customs clearance documents." Without this thing, the soldiers guarding the pass didn't know Su, so they had to turn back halfway and get it! ”

Cao Pi thought that Su Bao had forgotten something important, and when he heard that it was a customs clearance document, his face was immediately disappointed: "Mr.'s tent shouldn't have been occupied yet, Mr. Go back and look for it yourself!" If you lose it, you can't do anything! ”

Su Luo instructed his subordinates: "Go back and look for it quickly, and see if it is still in the tent?" ”

After the entourage left, Su Bao came to Cao Pi's table to roast the fire, saw Cao Pi pouring himself a drink, and said with a smile: "Su met a wine merchant when he was really determined, and he could smell the aroma of wine a few miles away, refreshing people's hearts, saying that it was pure grain liquor purchased from Jinling at a high price, and Su bought a few jars. It's freezing outside, Su Bao won't leave tonight, stay and have a few drinks with his son, and leave tomorrow. I don't know what Childe thinks? (To be continued......)

PS: The second one is sent, and there is another one in the back, and I still ask for a monthly pass!