Chapter 126 The First of Five Thousand Years of Long Rivers [Subscription Request]

In the stable at the backyard of Cao's mansion, Claw Huang twitched his ears and suddenly neighed softly.

Its leg muscles tensed and it exerted force, and the fence that tied it broke immediately.

Clawhuang ran out of the animal pen happily.

Servants were carrying things into the backyard and the door was open.

Claw Yellow left a trail of phantoms and ran out of the yard.

Some garrison soldiers wanted to stop it, but when they saw it was Cao Cao's mount, they hesitated for a moment and it ran away.

Outside the city, the sound of horse hooves was like thunder.

A team returned galloping, with more than a thousand riders, all riding top-quality war horses, looking very powerful.

This was the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry of Cao's camp, a force of three thousand soldiers, two thousand of whom had combat missions and had not returned.

The thousand cavalrymen who returned were Cao Cao's personal troops.

All members of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry wore black armor with reddish-brown armor lines connecting the armor plates.

These three thousand pieces of armor alone cost a huge amount.

Each Tiger and Leopard Cavalryman is equipped with two ring-handled swords, a powerful crossbow hung on his back, and a long spear hung on his horse.

At present, it can only do two-horse transfers, and has begun to develop the ability to run long distances.

This team was screened again and again from all the soldiers under Cao's camp. Loyalty, combat effectiveness, experience, and age were all used as selection criteria, and finally the top 3,000 were selected.

As subsequent battles increase, the fittest will survive.

This team will become stronger and stronger and become a real ace.

Cao Cao, holding a horse whip in his hand and riding on the flaming back of Red Hare, appeared in front of a group of black tiger and leopard cavalry.

Red Hare snorted and looked towards the city gate.

Its mortal enemy is here.

At the city gate, another powerful black shadow rushed out.

Claw Yellow jumped back and forth and came nearby happily.

It raised its hooves and stamped in the air, as if to remind Cao Cao that it had promised to ride it into the city when it returned, or as if to show off its power to Red Hare.

Cao Cao climbed onto Claw Huang's horse and immediately entered the city.

When they arrived at the gate of the governor's mansion, Xun Yu and the officials who stayed behind were waiting outside the mansion.

At the entrance of the inner courtyard were standing Yu Qing and others.

Cao Cao dismounted and asked, "Wen Ruo, you wrote to me saying that you had recruited someone. Is he your nephew or your good friend? Why didn't you make it clear in the letter?"

His nephew is Xun You, and his good friend is Guo Jia.

Both of them are talented and can be strategists in any faction.

Cao Cao's foresight meant that he was not in such urgent need of counselors to give him advice.

But if Guo Jia and Xun You were under his command early on, they could do a lot of things, not necessarily limited to offering advice.

And the more history changes, the greater the deviation of the trajectory, and some things are difficult to predict accurately.

Xun Yu: "The governor's horses are fast. He came back half a day earlier. The other party will arrive in the afternoon. We will know then."

Cao Cao smiled, not taking Xun Yu's keeping him in suspense seriously, and walked up the stairs into the mansion.

He asked all the ministers to wait in the study, then returned to the inner house, changed out of his dusty clothes, and met with his concubine.

Yu Qingxi looked leisurely and pretty.

The two chatted for a while and then Cao Cao returned to his study.

Xun Yu, Jia Xu, Xi Zhicai, Cheng Yu and others were all there.

"Jizhou and Youzhou, the war has begun!"

"Another thing is the bandits in Bingzhou and the unusual movements of the Southern Xiongnu. If Jizhou and Youzhou go to war, the bandits in Bingzhou may take the opportunity to enter our Yanzhou, or they may go to Jizhou to plunder!"

Xun Yu mentioned two things, both of which were closely related to Yanzhou.

Earlier, Bian Mei discovered that some craftsmen who were able to make armor were in Bingzhou and had been forced to become bandits.

Cao Cao put her in charge and provided a team of soldiers to bring back these craftsmen.

Bingzhou was considered a bitter and cold place on the border in the late Han Dynasty. It had not been much developed and was full of bandits.

The two largest bandit gangs are the Black Mountain bandits and the White Wave bandits.

The Black Mountain bandits who attacked Yanzhou East County before were not all of them.

Some of them were surrendered by Cao Cao, and the rest were killed, thus forming a feud with the Black Mountain bandits.

There were many Black Mountain bandits developing in Bingzhou this time, and they also claimed to have a million people. Their leader was Zhang Yan.

It is said that after Zhang Jue, there were few major bandits with the power to dominate the world.

He was full of covetousness for the wealth of Jizhou and Yanzhou in the east of Bingzhou.

The craftsman that Bian Mei went to rescue was captured by Zhang Yan's Black Mountain bandits and became one of the bandits.

"Did Bian Mei go there in person?" Cao Cao asked.

“No, she ordered someone to infiltrate the bandits, and after a period of identification and investigation, they quickly identified the craftsmen.

He also took advantage of the internal chaos of the Black Mountain bandits and the lack of leadership among them, and when they came out to attack and plunder, he split up the team of craftsmen, and replaced them two or three times."

Bian Mei's actions were directly connected to Xun Yu.

He said: "I am already on my way back to Yanzhou."

“I thought that was the end of it.

But a few days ago, Zhang Yan led the Black Mountain bandits and suddenly threatened that Yanzhou had robbed their people and wanted to attack Yanzhou. "

"There's something fishy going on."

Xun Yu said: "The Black Mountain bandits are just a bunch of thieves, they have no information system at all. Bian Mei did a very safe job and cleaned up the traces. The Black Mountain bandits were able to so quickly determine that it was my Yanzhou who kidnapped their people, and then openly gathered in groups to move to the northern part of Yanzhou. Obviously, it is not right."

Is there someone behind the scenes pushing the Black Mountain bandits to attack Yanzhou and create chaos?
At this stage, if a large number of bandits really attack Yanzhou, Yuan Shu will definitely take advantage of the situation to attack.

Cao Cao discussed the tea time with everyone, gave instructions, and others carried them out.

When most of the people had left, Xun Yu asked, "How is the war with Yuzhou going?"

"From Chenliu to the south, we have advanced more than 400 miles, and it is just right to occupy these places at present. Otherwise, the battle line will be too long, and the pressure of attack and defense will be too great.

Yuan Shu and Tao Qian will join forces to counterattack with all their might as long as they can stabilize Liu Biao's side. That's when the real war will begin."

After Cao Cao finished speaking, he suddenly saw Xun Yu shuddering and asked dumbly, "How long can you hold it in?"

Xun Yu shivered again, flicked his sleeves, and got up to go to the toilet.

Cao Cao glanced at Jia Xu who was silent:
"The matter of the Black Mountain bandits is not a big deal. Xun Yu will handle it well. He needs to summon me for my opinion. He also said that he had brought someone here, but he didn't say who it was.

I just realized that you two had secretly discussed and teamed up to trick me back from the front line?"

Jia Xu hurriedly said: "Nothing can be hidden from the governor.

Xu did not dare to act on his own or collude with other officials without the knowledge of the governor. It was Sima Xun who first informed me. We both felt that the front line was too dangerous.

Yuzhou and Nanyang had many soldiers and generals, and a counterattack could come at any time. The governor first sent hundreds of miles of Yuzhou as bait, like a pocket, waiting for the other side to enter the game.

There will be a bloody battle. It is impossible for the commander to rush to the front of the battlefield. The governor is the leader of our side and should command from the rear."

Cao Cao said: "Then you can come back with us, it will be much safer."

"Absolutely not. Xu is really considering the safety of the governor and the war situation. The governor is on the front line. If there is any mistake, Yanzhou will lose everything."

Jia Xu quickly passed the buck: "And it was Sima Xun's idea."

As we all know, Cao Cao liked to go to the battlefield in person and command the battles.

Cao's army suffered several defeats and Cao Cao was almost hunted down.

Looking at the battle situation, Xun Yu and Jia Xu both felt that Cao Cao's presence on the front line might determine the outcome of the entire Cao camp, so they wanted Cao Cao to come back.

"If you secretly ally with me again, I will send you to the front line battlefield to serve as a military advisor and lead the army in battles," Cao Cao said.

Jia Xu's forehead was suddenly covered with cold sweat. He was scared to death about going to the front line as a soldier.

"Then I'll go do my work." Jia Xu hurried away.

After he left, the study became quiet, and a huge tiger head suddenly poked in from the window.

A charming face appeared at the door, with lively eyes and implicit joy.

Diao Chan came in from outside.

She tied her long, cloud-like hair into a bun, with a few strands of hair hanging on her fair neck. Her black eyes were pure and clear, and her beautiful face had a gentle expression.

She was wearing an apricot-yellow Han-style skirt, with her plump breasts forming a round curve. Her legs were covered by the long skirt, but her graceful leg lines could be vaguely seen.

She was wearing silk shoes of the same color as her dress, revealing her delicate instep as white porcelain, with faint blue veins on it.

Diao Chan is so pretty... Cao Cao thought happily: This little girl is almost sixteen years old.

And behind Diao Chan, another woman came in.

Her delicate cheeks were flushed in the sunlight outside the window, her jet-black hair was tied up into a hairpin, and her skin under the dark blue Han skirt looked even whiter, as white as jade, charming and beautiful.

The woman put her legs together, and through the edge of her shoes, one could see the top edge of her white stockings and her slightly shapely calves.

Cai Yan.

Previously, there was news sent from Changyi to Cao Cao, saying that Wen Ji wanted to find something to do after she arrived, so Cao Cao let her be a female clerk.

This is something that suits her very well.

Wen Ji followed her father Cai Yong in being good at playing the musical instrument, chess, calligraphy and painting. Her talent and fame were well-known in her time and will be passed down through the ages.

Among women, few can match her talent over the past thousand years.

The female scribe is equivalent to a personal secretary. Her story overlaps somewhat with Diao Chan's, but is not exactly the same.

More and more things will happen in Cao Cao's study, and all the news in the world will be gathered here. Two people may not be enough to serve as clerks.

With Wen Ji and Diao Chan coming together, Cao Cao's configuration of having a personal clerk has reached the highest level in history.

The two women were responsible for organizing his manuscripts and scrolls and serving as his personal maids. There was no other pair like them in the 5,000-year history.

However, Cao Cao did not expect that Wen Ji would join the company so quickly. Before he came back, she had already become good friends with Diao Chan, otherwise she would not have come with him.

Diao Chan came near, and the faint fragrance lingered.

She picked up the inkstone next to her and helped Cao Cao grind ink, because when she came in, she saw Cao Cao writing.

There were names written on the paper from Marquis Cai: Xun You, Guo Jia, Liu Ye, Jiang Gan, Zhang Lu, Pang De, Li Dian, Xu Huang, Zhang He, Zhong Yao and so on.

Most of these names that have been passed down to later generations are veteran generals and celebrities who served in Cao's camp.

There were also a few people outside Cao's camp who Cao Cao thought were worth recruiting.

Some people haven't grown up yet, like Liu Ye, who is very capable.

But he is still young now, so there is no need to force his growth.

As for other people, there are a few who can be recruited in advance.

Cao Cao was thinking about things and doing things in the company of Diao Chan and Wen Ji. Before he knew it, it was afternoon.

A carriage arrived outside Cao's mansion.

A young man got off the car, yawned, and looked up at the plaque of the governor's mansion.

He is Guo Jia, Guo Fengxiao.

Guo Jia was born in Yingchuan and is twenty-one years old this year.

When he was young, he predicted that the world would be in chaos, so he chose to live in seclusion after he came of age. He rarely came into contact with the secular world and only interacted with a few friends, so not many people knew him.

Earlier, Guo Jia traveled north to meet Yuan Shao and served under his command for about ten days, observing quietly.

Half a month ago, he decided to leave Yuan Shao.

He didn't think highly of Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao didn't take him seriously either.

Two-way abandonment.

Before Guo Jia left, he said to his good friends and fellow Yuan Shao advisers, Xin Ping and Guo Tu:

"A wise person can carefully and thoughtfully weigh the pros and cons, so all his actions are very comprehensive and will not lose sight of one thing while focusing on another. Yuan Benchu ​​wanted to emulate Zhou Gong and learned to respect the wise and humble, but he did not know the principle of employing people.

He thinks a lot but lacks a method, likes to plan but lacks decisiveness.

It is really difficult to work with him to deal with the crisis of the current situation and create great achievements! "

Finished talking and left.

Yuan Shao didn't care when he found out.

He has quite a few good advisers under his command, so one more Guo Jia won't make much difference, and one less won't make much either.

If history had followed its course, Guo Jia would have left Yuan Shao and returned to seclusion.

I have been unemployed at home for five or six years.

In the first year of Jian'an, Xi Zhicai, who was under Cao Cao's command, died, and Xun Yu recommended a strategist who could replace Xi Zhicai.

It’s my good friend Guo Jia.

Cao Cao met Guo Jia and discussed current affairs with him. Cao Cao said, "He is the one who can help me achieve my great cause!"

Guo Jia was also overjoyed: "This is the demeanor of the heroic leader I admire!"

From then on, he became Cao Cao's military advisor, offering advice and suggestions and serving Cao Cao loyally.

It was not until Cao Cao's expedition against Wuhuan that Guo Jia died of illness at the age of 38.

The history books call him "a man of talent and strategy, a rare talent in the world."

Cao Cao praised him for his extraordinary insight and called him his "extraordinary assistant".

However, when Guo Jia arrived, Cao Cao did not come out to greet him.

He was in the study, being criticized by others.

Ps: Good luck to everyone taking the college entrance examination!

(End of this chapter)