Xun Yu shook his head, "The rain is too strong, and the carrier pigeon can't communicate in this kind of weather!" Your Majesty, you should immediately send a fast horse to investigate Zhang Duo's situation! ”

Cao Cao nodded, glanced at the door, and raised his voice: "Dian Wei! ”

Dian Wei immediately came in and hugged his fists and responded: "Your Majesty! ”

"Immediately send a few horsemen to investigate Zhang Duo's situation!"

"No!" Dian Wei promised and immediately ran out of the inner hall.

The next morning, when the rain stopped, a carrier pigeon flew into the Jiaozhou Governor's Office, and the book was immediately delivered to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao breathed a sigh of relief after reading the book, but another question arose, how to rescue this trapped army?

Cao Cao immediately ordered the troops left behind in Sanjiang County to build pontoon bridges as soon as possible, and the trapped troops came out.

In fact, at this time, the army remaining in Sanjiang County was doing this.

Five or six thousand troops and more than 1,000 local people rushed to the outskirts of the camp and immediately began to build pontoon bridges with wooden planks and boats.

At noon, just as the pontoon bridge was built, the rainstorm fell again, and the trapped soldiers crossed the river through three dangling pontoon bridges. Everyone stared at the three pontoon bridges sinking and floating in the rainstorm, and couldn't help but be nervous.

An hour later, there were only a thousand soldiers. All the people have breathed a sigh of relief, but at this moment, the top pontoon bridge finally couldn't withstand the impact of the torrent and collapsed, and crashed towards the middle pontoon bridge under the torrent. Before it was over, the wreckage of the two pontoons then crashed into the last pontoon, and all three pontoons disappeared when they landed, leaving only the wreckage of the pontoon rolling in the turbid waves.

"Quick! Hurry up and rebuild the pontoon! ”

Zhang Duo roared, and the county commander Wang Quan said with a bitter face: "There are no planks, no boats, and there is no way to build a pontoon bridge!" ”

Zhang Duo was stunned, looking at the higher and higher water level, looking at the nearly 1,000 soldiers who were besieged, Zhang Duo prayed that the torrential rain would stop, but this time God didn't seem to hear his prayers, the majestic rain kept falling, and in the evening, tens of thousands of soldiers watched nearly a thousand comrades drown in the torrent.

"Your Majesty!" Zhang Duo knelt down in front of Cao Cao with a plop, his face disgraced.

"As a general, I don't know the sky and the geography, so nearly 1,000 of my soldiers died in vain! Zhang Duo, what do you say I should do with you? Cao Cao said angrily.

Zhang Duo bowed his head to the ground, "Please punish Your Majesty!" ”

"According to the military law, take the position of commander of the Jingzhou infantry army, cut the knighthood by one rank, and stay in the Jingzhou army to be used!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Looking at the embarrassed general in front of him, he couldn't help but sigh, and said in a gentle tone: "You go down and rest!" "No!" Zhang Duo clasped his fists and retreated.

Cao Cao frowned and said, "I have long heard of the heavy rain in the southwest, but I didn't expect it to be even more amazing than the legend!" Wenruo, how long will this rainy season last? ”

Xun Yu replied: "According to the situation in previous years, such a rainy season generally lasts for five months! In such a climate, our army simply cannot march! ”

Cao Cao nodded. After thinking for a while, he said: "Since this is the case, then take advantage of this time to start forming the Jiaozhou Garrison!" It seems that this Jiaozhou still can't do without a garrison! ”

It is casually mentioned here that each state of the Great Wei Empire has its own local garrison, and the number is generally 100,000, but there is one local exception, that is, Jiaozhou.

Due to the intertwining of the barbarian tribes in Jiaozhou, and the fact that these tribes were still wary of the central part of the empire, Cao Cao and a group of advisers feared that the formation of a local garrison in the area would irritate the barbarian tribes, so they did not do what was usually done.

However, despite this, Jiaozhou is still firmly controlled by the empire, and the local administrative institutions are set up by the central government, and the local armed barbarian army is commanded by Zhu Rong, but now it seems that Jiaozhou still has a lot of hidden dangers.

"Your Majesty's words are extremely true! And it is the right time for us to form a local garrison now, and when such a thing happens, no one can question it! Xun Yu analyzed.

Cao Cao thought for a moment, "This matter will be decided after I discuss it with Zhu Rong!" ”

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Cao Cao returned to Zhu Rong's room, and now Zhu Rong was able to walk on the ground, and his complexion was much better than before.

As soon as he saw Cao Cao come in, Zhu Rong was just about to get up and stay, but was pressed back by Cao Cao, and Cao Cao said reproachfully: "Your injuries are not healed, don't move!" ”

Zhu Rong smiled slightly, and there was a taste of happiness in his eyes.

Cao Cao sat down on the edge of Zhurong's bed, took the soup bowl from the palace maid's hand, the soup spoon slid slightly, and a hot air mixed with the unique fragrance of mountain ginseng rose. Scooped a spoonful, blew it gently, and brought it to Zhu Rong's mouth.

At this time, Zhu Rong's eyes trembled and looked at the lover in front of him, his eyes flashing, revealing a rare look of tenderness and excitement.

Cao Cao smiled and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Zhu Rong came back to his senses, blushed, and looked at Cao Cao very boldly and said categorically: "Your Majesty, Zhu Rong will be your concubine for the rest of your life!" ”

Cao Cao smiled, "I can't ask for it!" We're going to have a lot of kids! ”

The palace maid and Zhu Yan who were standing on the side couldn't help but smile, and Zhu Rong nodded very seriously.

"Hehe, if you want to have a baby, you have to wait for your body to get better. Come, drink this bowl of soup! As he spoke, Cao Cao carefully fed a spoonful of ginseng soup into Zhu Rong's mouth.

Zhu Rong swallowed the ginseng soup, his beautiful eyes were misty, and after feeding Zhu Rong the ginseng soup, Cao Cao gently hugged Zhu Rong's slender waist and gossiped with her.

Zhu Rong suddenly showed a look of guilt, with a hesitant look, which was completely different from the image of the heroine who usually dared to act in a hurry.

"What's wrong?" Cao Cao asked softly.

"Your Majesty, I, I'm sorry for you!" Zhu Rong bit his red lip and whispered.

Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, and smiled indifferently: "What do you say? I believe in my concubine! ”

Zhu Rong raised his head suddenly, "I know whose people attacked me!" ”

Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, looked at Zhu Rong and asked, "Is it Meng Huo?" ”

Zhu Rong couldn't help but be stunned, "Your Majesty, you, how do you know?" A look of surprise on his face.

Cao Cao sighed and smiled, "You! Everything is written on his face, and he has no scheming like Yan'er! ”

Zhu Rong couldn't help but feel ashamed for a while, and asked unexpectedly: "Your Majesty, you, do you blame me?" ”

Cao Cao smiled and stroked Zhu Rong's hair, "What do I blame you for?" I understand your thoughts, you have always felt sorry for Meng Shu, although you have no feelings for him in the first place! You just want to take this opportunity to make up for the guilt in your heart! ”

Zhu Rong was excited and guilty. threw himself into Cao Cao's arms, and spun with tears in his eyes: "Your Majesty, I will never lie to you again in the future!" ”

Cao Cao hugged Zhu Rong and comforted him softly, and after a while, Zhu Rong finally calmed down. (To be continued.) )