Han Xiang

Chapter 378

As long as the lord is happy, so what if he licks his face and becomes a beggar?

The surrendered general wants to gain a foothold in Cao Ying. Apart from not being afraid of death and daring to fight, the most important thing to put down is face.

Compared with other people, Zhang Liao lived a transparent life, so he was more loved by Cao Cao.

When Da Ma came to the foot of Hefei city, the barbecue activity on the city tower was coming to an end.

In this era, there is a lack of feed and food, and pigs raised to be slaughtered are much lighter than later generations.

Half a piece of pork weighs about a hundred catties, and the quality of the meat is relatively concentrated, and the tiger guards only have to take turns to have fragrant mouths.

Feed on meat alone?It's really Longchamp's big talk.

Thinking that Cao Cao might send someone to come, after all, there is not much meat in a pig's trotter, and finally saw his old friend Zhang Liao.

For Zhang Liao, Long Xiang has no deep likes and dislikes.

It is not a sin to be tactful, on the contrary, this kind of emotional intelligence is worthy of respect, and he also has some friendship with Guan Yu.

Making friends is not a bad thing.

At that time, there were only two grilled ribs left, Long Xiang originally wanted to bring them to Daxiqiao to taste, but thinking about the fact that Qiaoniu and Chen's were not good enough, he simply gave it to Zhang Liao as a favor.

It is also worthwhile to send off Cao Jun's batch of "Plague Gods" perfectly, and kill a few pigs to barbecue and celebrate.

Now that he had two ribs, Zhang Liao shared one with the two guards, and kept one back for Cao Cao, so that the other party could have a good time.

Cao Cao is a master who will not let himself suffer. He once had the famous saying "I would rather blame others than others".

When there is only one rib, Cao Cao will not distribute it to his subordinates to buy people's hearts like Liu Bei, but hold it in his hand and eat it calmly.

He thinks it's too hypocritical to divide and divide, so it's better to kill a few pigs in Shouchun and eat them.

However, there are few people in Shouchun, and it is a problem for people to survive. There are no people raising pigs at all.

Xiahou Dun sent people to search for the nearby Xiacai and Quyang, but still did not arrange a barbecue celebration banquet for Cao Cao.

Cao Cao was full of hope but in vain, so he did not intend to stay in Shouchun and continue northward, but the guard Xia Houdun had not recovered from his arrow wound at this time, and his command of the army was not very good, so he had to choose another general to stay and guard.

At that time, everyone thought it was Xia Houyuan, but Cao Cao unexpectedly chose Zhang Liao.

Facing the strange eyes of the ministers, Cao Cao encouraged Zhang Liao.

"This time in Huainan, a lot of Jiangdong troops were wiped out, and all the people in the south of Lujiang River were relocated. Sun Quan was unable to pose a threat to Shouchun in a short time. Now Huainan has some strength and only the Hefei family is left;
For the time being, Wen Yuan can live in harmony with Long Xiang. As for the disease of Mei Cheng, who is entrenched in Mount Xun, he can suppress it as soon as he can. "

"My lord, don't worry, Zhang Liao will do his best."

"You have this ability, just continue to maintain it."

Cao Cao nodded slightly, and then looked at Liu Fu, the governor: "Right now, the livelihood of the people in Huainan is poor, especially the people along the Huai River, who don't even have a single household that raises pigs. This time, I will move tens of thousands of people from the south. How to cultivate and live with the people, now most of the cargo ships transported by water have been burned, and it takes time and effort to transport food and grass from the rear, you should try to be self-sufficient.”

"Wei." Liu Fu fully agreed.

Seeing this, Cao Cao nodded in satisfaction. He suddenly thought of something again, so he stopped Zhang Liao again, with a solemn expression on his face: "This time your trilogy has suffered a lot of casualties. There are only more than [-] people left in the headquarters, right?"

"Two thousand 670 three." Zhang Liao was accurate to single digits.

"Well." Cao Cao said with a stroke of his beard, "It is indeed a greater loss than other battalions. Except for the original [-] garrisons in Shouchun, I will not leave more troops for you to defend. You are allowed to recruit troops when conditions permit. It is just right during the recuperation period." train."

Zhang Liao clasped his fists and replied sonorously: "The general obeys orders. If there is a plan to recruit troops, he will inform Governor Liu in advance, and at the same time write a letter to the lord to report."

"Okay. Let's go, everyone, take a good night's rest, and we'll set off tomorrow morning."

Cao Cao was very satisfied with Zhang Liao's answer, and he was in a good mood. He waved his hand to signal everyone to leave, but secretly signaled Xiahou Dun to stay with his eyes.

Xiahou Dun decided to stay until the end, and only after everyone walked out of the hall did he turn around and ask:

"Meng De, do you still have an explanation?"

"How did Li Mancheng behave in Shouchun?" Cao Cao suddenly asked Li Dian.

Xiahou Dun thought for a while, and replied: "This man is prudent, cautious, and likes to read books. He has no other shortcomings except that he is a little timid."

"Is that not bad?" Cao Cao immediately said seriously: "You will tell him for me later, stay to be Zhang Liao's lieutenant general, and make sure that Shouchun is safe."

"Kebut Lu Bu attacked Yanzhou at that time, and Zhang Liao helped Lu Bu kill many Li family members. Li Dian and Zhang Liao had a family feud, and Meng De left him as a lieutenant general. Isn't this Shouchun fighting among himself?" Xiahou Dun frowned. Look at Cao Cao.

Cao Cao smiled mysteriously: "I made this arrangement on purpose. Zhang Wenyuan has too much power, and we can't take care of Huainan for a long time. Leaving Li Pawn as the deputy general can check and balance."

"Hiss, so that's the case, I'll explain it right away."

After Xiahou Dun spoke, he turned and left, and just as he reached the entrance of the hall, he turned around and reminded: "Don't worry, Mengde, I will tell them later, this is my suggestion."

"well."

Cao Cao nodded affirmatively at first, and when Xiahou Dun's back disappeared at the door, he shook his head and sighed: "My family is still reliable, and they know to help me relieve my worries without reminding."

Sitting blankly on the main seat for a while, Cao Cao got up to go back to the back hall to rest, when Cao Xiu suddenly rushed in again.

"Is something wrong?"

"Xuzhou Governor Dong sent an urgent report."

"Oh? Let me see, is there another rebellion in Xuzhou?"

After Cao Cao received the small pouch containing the silk book, he opened it and discovered that Dong Zhao’s report had something else to say: when Chen Deng was ordered to march into Guangling, his old illness suddenly relapsed and he returned to Dongcheng. Hearing that his condition was serious enough to endanger his life, Chen Gui rushed to Dongcheng also ordered people to prepare for his funeral in Xiapi.

"So it is!" Cao Cao suddenly realized.

Seeing Cao Xiu's curious face, Cao Cao had to explain his doubts:

"Chen Yuanlong was plagued by a serious illness and his life was in danger, so he withdrew his troops from Guangling ahead of schedule. This explained the source of Zhou Yu's reinforcements. It turned out that the Guangling garrison was transferred here. This guy's use of troops is really tight."

Cao Xiu nodded in agreement: "If Chen Deng hadn't defended in the southeast, Zhou Yu might have broken through the front line of Guangling. Now that Chen Deng's condition is so serious, who can replace him to garrison the east city? This county lord specially set up for Chen Deng."

Cao Cao frowned: "I remember that Chen Gui still has a son. If Chen Deng unfortunately dies this time, he can only let his brother take over as the prefect temporarily."

"Can he do it?" Cao Xiu showed doubts.

Cao Cao snorted coldly: "If you can't do it, you have to do it. The situation in Xuzhou is complicated. I can only reuse the Chen family. Others can't play with it at all. I will immediately revise Dong Gongren (Dong Zhao) and tell him to act according to the camera."

The youngest son of Chen Gui mentioned by Cao Cao, Chen Deng's younger brother named Chen Ying, was unfortunately taken hostage by Yuan Shu.

Just ten days after Cao Cao left Shouchun, Chen Ying was unfortunately detained by Tang Yu, who had just returned to Feifei, and became a prisoner again.

(End of this chapter)