After Cao Su broke through and entered the realm of strength.
The big tent suddenly became lively.
Many colleagues from the military came to visit me.
Zhao Xi's waist was straightened up, showing the good appearance of a leader of soldiers.
Cao Su's reputation among the government troops rose rapidly.
All the soldiers in the government army have heard of Cao Su's legendary story.
When passing by Cao Su's military tent, the soldiers would glance inside from time to time to see what Cao Su looked like.
Some soldiers actually saw Cao Su from a distance.
The people of Cao Su are tall and powerful, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist.
Standing in the military camp, there was an inexplicable power. When the soldiers saw it, they quickly looked away and did not dare to look further.
It is said that Cao Su, the centurion of Lijing, was only seventeen years old.
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At the age of seventeen, Li Jing was born.
This ignited the discussion in Pingcheng. When it was learned that Cao Su was not yet married, the door of the Cao family compound was almost trampled to pieces. The various "relatives and friends" who came to the Cao family to give gifts made Cao's father and Cao's mother stunned.
But on this day, war news about the battle in Jiangning Mansion came from the outside world.
Jiangdong Road was full of uprising peasant armies, and Jiangning Mansion was a "must-take place" decided by the imperial court early on.
Previously, Jiangning Mansion was captured by Wanping Army.
Later, Lin Xiao, the tiger general of the imperial court, led an army of 100,000 to besiege Jiangning Mansion.
Wanpingjun was also unwilling to give up Jiangning Mansion, the thoroughfare of the Fourth War.
Therefore, we continue to invest troops here.
The military camps of both sides stretched for hundreds of miles, and they fought fiercely for many days.
I thought that when the heavenly army arrived, they would be able to capture the rebels.
However, the morale of the rebels was very high, and the large number of people allowed them to defend the city. They were able to defend Jiangning Mansion for less than half a month.
Then, the monks of the Wanping Sect and the monks of the Huben Army launched a battle to seize the "Golden Light on the Top of the Mountain" on Shangjing Mountain in Jiangning Prefecture.
Hundreds of monks fought fiercely, and in the end the monks of Wanping Sect narrowly won and captured the "golden light".
This "golden light" is a specialty of Shangjing Mountain. It takes a hundred years to bloom and bear fruit.
The greatest effect is that it can communicate with celestial phenomena and change destiny against the will of heaven.
But the useless thing is that the shelf life of "golden light" is relatively short. If it is not used for other purposes, it will automatically dissipate between heaven and earth in less than three years.
Wan Ping teaches chess better, seizes the "golden light", and regains the initiative on the battlefield.
Zhonglang General Lin Xiao had experienced hundreds of battles and knew that nothing could be done, so he took the initiative to retreat hundreds of miles to wait for the enemy to advance.
On the battlefield, retreating and advancing troops can be done in a matter of seconds.
However, some people in the court thought that this move was inappropriate and showed weakness to the enemy.
Wu Cao Shangshu ordered Guo Xiao to tell the emperor that he had joined Lin Xiao and "knows that the army is difficult to use and has no merit in making progress."
Some people spoke up to impeach Lin Xiao, while others spoke up to protect Lin Xiao.
Bao Linxiao's people used the beautiful words "advance and retreat with moderation, and act steadily and steadily".
The emperor is also very difficult, and what he says seems to make sense.
Then he went to seek the opinion of General Yang Ming. General Yang Ming said that the failure of the Tiger Army to exterminate the rebels was his general's fault, and he begged the emperor to punish him.
At this moment, the emperor understood.
The emperor walked down the steps of the general and issued an imperial edict.
In the imperial edict, Lin Xiao was reprimanded for his inability to suppress the rebellion, and Lin Xiao was asked to choose a day to march to Jiangning Mansion, so that the rebels must be wiped out south of the river.
The big river is the Qingluo River, which is also the most important waterway in Jiangning Prefecture.
Lin Xiao had no choice but to mobilize his troops and march into Jiangning Mansion again.
Unexpectedly, halfway through the journey, we suddenly encountered a strange strong wind.
The strong wind rolled up the Qingluo River, which was dozens of feet high, and poured water into the marching officer's road, flooding Lin Xiao's tiger troops along the way.
Hundreds of thousands of Huben troops were swept away by the white water of the river.
Two days later, Wan Ping's army marched north, defeated Lin Xiao's tens of thousands of remnant troops who had no fighting spirit, and successfully transitioned to the Jiangbei area.
At this point, Jiangdong Dao's army was almost wiped out, leaving only Pingcheng, an isolated city, still struggling to support itself.
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"Is this too outrageous?"
"Can it be said that the imperial army cannot defeat these rebels?"
"How decadent and decadent is this?"
Cao Su looked bitter.
Relying on the support of the imperial court to get promoted and make a fortune was a policy he had predicted early on.
But now it seems that the Wanping Army is attacking fiercely, and its power is rapidly expanding like a snowball.
The Wanping Sect is even more bizarre and unpredictable, and there are endless masters within the sect.
On the other hand, the imperial army was slow in dispatching, slow in marching, low in morale, and was defeated in a single battle.
In the short term, Jiangdong Road may no longer have an army available.
Wan Pingjun finally gained a foothold in the early stage.
The imperial court, which was unable to quickly quell the banditry with the force of thunder, suffered a loss of majesty.
Even a staunch "royalist" like Cao Su had such an idea, let alone other young men who had long wanted to fish in troubled waters.
On Jiangdong Road, where the mountains are high and the emperors are far away, the situation becomes more and more delicate.
Pingcheng, which is closer to Jiangning Mansion, is the first to be affected.
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Early April.
Falling flower season.
Wisteria hangs on cloud trees, and the flower vines are suitable for spring.
Pingcheng, which had regained some of its sparkle, fell into desolation again.
No one was seen on the street.
Cao Su, who was in a hurry, led his team back home.
The Cao Family Courtyard is now a well-known high-ranking family in the outer city.
One family has two fathers, and the family is wealthy.
Except that there are a few people, it looks like a prosperous upstart family in Pingcheng.
The family recently hired two servants and spent some money.
These are the servants Cao Su wants to invite.
According to Cao's father and Cao's mother's wishes, they were not willing to hire anyone to serve them.
However, now the two sons are becoming more mature.
Especially Cao Su, if he raised any opinions at home, no one dared to oppose him.
So I had no choice but to "accept his kindness" reluctantly.
Servants don't cost much. In today's world, if you can give them food, you can produce a lot of hard work.
Guards are really expensive, but the Cao family compound is not very spacious at present.
Even if the guards come, there will be no place to sleep.
When you move to a larger yard in the future, you may consider hiring a guard, but you won't need one at the moment.
Cao Su suddenly returned home, and his soldiers surrounded the courtyard.
The neighbors opened the door and took a look, just in time to see Cao Su, who was as tall as an iron tower, stepping into the door of Cao's house.
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Cao Su felt something in his heart and looked towards his neighbor's house.
The neighbor happened to look at Cao Su, and saw that Cao Su's eyes were fierce and cold, and he could feel the overwhelming evil aura even from a distance.
The neighbor was so frightened that he sat down on the ground and quickly closed the door.
Cao Su took long strides and walked into the courtyard.
In the yard, sister-in-law Liu Luan was packing the bedding. When she saw Cao Su walking in, she wiped the sweat from her forehead and showed a hint of surprise.
"When did uncle come back?"
Liu Luan is not tall, but after getting married, he has always taken care of his family and kept the house in good order.
Cao Su nodded with a smile and replied: "I came back if I have something to do. I will have dinner at home tonight. Is my eldest brother back?"
"My husband is on duty today and is resting at home."
The two people spoke loudly, and people in the room heard it and walked out quickly.
"Asu is back!"
Cao's father, Cao's mother, and Cao Xing were all present, and the three of them welcomed Cao Su into the back room of the main hall.
The light in the main hall was dim, so Liu Luan made a pot of tea for Cao Su.
The conditions at home are getting better and better, and the tea has changed from ordinary white tea to various scented teas and health-preserving teas.
My sister-in-law, Liu Luan, comes from a scholarly family. She has also done some research and study on making tea. She is very proficient and fluent in making tea for three elders.
The family sat around the Eight Immortals table.
Father Cao looked at his second son, who was nearly 1.9 meters tall, burly and mighty, and couldn't say his opening words for a moment.
It was Cao Su who took the initiative to speak.
"I admit, I was a little blindly optimistic before."
Cao Su took the initiative to take responsibility when he opened his mouth.
When war was about to break out before, Cao Su believed that the imperial court would win and the rebels would lose.
But now it seems that the climate of rebellion has become established. In the short term, it has become a foregone conclusion that the rebels will run rampant and dominate the Jiangdong area.
The imperial court was in a state of decay and was unable to exterminate the rebels.
If something goes wrong in the future, the entire dynasty will be even more precarious.
This was of course what Cao Su was thinking about, and no one else at the table could have thought of it this far.
Cao Xing said with relief: "This is not just your business. What's more, it is precisely because of the experience and growth in the army that our Cao family is now so prestigious."
Mr. Cao was deeply loved by Mr. Cheng and became Mr. Cheng's personal soldier. His martial arts realm also improved rapidly.
He is definitely incomparable to Cao Su, but he is much better than ordinary people.
He is now increasingly more majestic and speaks calmly and without leakage.
Father Cao was sandwiched between his two sons, but he still had nothing to say.
It took me a long time to hold back a famous saying I heard in a teahouse: "What can we do to deal with the current situation?"
If so, what should we do?
Cao Su has also been thinking about this issue. On the way back, he carefully reviewed the terrain around Pingcheng and felt that Pingcheng was undefendable. As long as a partial army attacked Pingcheng again in the future and cut off the supply of food roads to Pingcheng, Pingcheng would be defeated.
Unlike before when the army and the people were united and had strong morale, at that time Pingcheng had not experienced a war, the city had all the necessary supplies, Jiangning Mansion was not lost, and the people still supported the imperial court.
But now, Jiangning Mansion is gone, the imperial army has been defeated, and Pingcheng has no foreign aid, who still wants to defend the city?
As soon as this army of rebels arrives, Pingcheng will be completely destroyed in ashes?
Cao Xing asked tentatively: "So Asu, do you think we should shift our strategy?"
Cao Su looked serious.
I analyzed the current situation from a professional perspective and made a preliminary decision.
He directly denied the term "strategic shift".
"Although this statement is accurate, it is still not accurate."
"When our government troops handle affairs, we pay attention to what is right and what we say."
"Now that the bandits are coming, Pingcheng is like a small boat in the waves. It is in danger of capsizing at any time. If you defend Pingcheng, you will die."
Cao Xing was touched by Cao Su's words. He had recently read several military books and asked quickly: "What next?"
“So we must trade in-depth strategy for time.”
“What is depth strategy?”
"Break it into parts and contain it behind enemy lines to gain depth."
After Cao Su finished speaking.
Father Cao couldn't bear it anymore and blurted out: "Isn't this still running away?"