When Cao Cao woke up the next day, he could no longer remember what happened last night. After dressing up, he walked out of the room and saw that the sky outside was clear, the wind had stopped and the snow had stopped, the sun was shining, and he took a breath of cool air.
He just felt clear-headed. He refreshed himself and saw Ma Jiu leading a few government servants in the yard clearing the snow on the ground, so he called him to him.
Ma Jiu came to Cao Cao and bowed politely: "What are your orders, General Cao?"
Cao Cao opened his mouth and asked: "Where does your Marquis live?"
Ma Jiu replied: "That's the east wing."
Cao Cao glanced at the room opposite and saw that the doors and windows of the room were closed. He looked up at the sky again, estimated the time, and then continued to ask: "Has the Marquis ever gotten up?"
"My Marquis goes to bed late and gets up early. He should be on the west gate tower at this time. If General Cao wants to find my Marquis, I will call my Marquis back now."
Cao Cao waved his hand and said: "No need, I just want to see the scenery of Chencang. I can just go to the city gate myself."
As soon as he finished speaking, Cao Cao walked out of the county government office. After a while, he came to the west gate of Chencang and saw Gao Fei directing people to clear the snow. He waved to Gao Fei and shouted: "General Gao!"
Gao Fei got up early in the morning and had nothing to do, so he walked around the city casually. The army on Chencang Mountain Road evacuated, and the entire Chencang seemed empty and quiet. The Han army of 9,000 people was completely stationed in the city.
It didn't seem crowded. At this time, he heard someone calling him, so he turned around and saw Cao Cao walking towards him. He dropped the broom in his hand, walked up to him, and said with cupped hands: "Brother Meng De, wake up.
Already?"
Cao Cao returned the salute and then asked: "General Gao is the Marquis of Duxiang. He can just leave the snow clearing to his servants. How can the general do it himself?"
When Gao Fei heard that Cao Cao kept calling him General Gao, he felt a little out of place, so he smiled and said: "Brother Meng De, my courtesy name is Ziyu. Brother Meng De, you can just call me by my first name. You don't have to call me a general, or we should treat each other as brothers."
, it’s not a bad idea!”
Cao Cao smiled and said: "I was so smooth for a while that I can't change it. Brother Ziyu, when we were drinking last night, did I say any nonsense?"
Gao Fei shook his head and said: "No, Brother Meng De, everything is very quiet. By the way, Brother Meng De, do you have anything important to do with me?"
"Well, I want to discuss with Brother Xian about when to send out troops."
Gao Fei looked around and said: "Brother Meng De, this is not the place to talk. Let's go to the county government office to talk."
The two returned to the county government office together, and Gao Fei asked Ma Jiu to call Fu Xie and Gai Xun. The four of them sat in the county government office, exchanged a few words with each other, and then got down to business.
"Master Fu, Master Gai, everyone must be aware of General Huangfu's order. Let's not beat around the bush. I just discussed it with General Cao. We are preparing to send troops tomorrow, but the flags, drums, food and other supplies we need are still there.
I need to ask two adults to help." Gao Fei said straight to the point.
Fu Xie lowered his eyelids and thought for a moment, then asked: "How many troops and equipment does the general need to purchase?"
"At least 50,000!" Cao Cao stretched out five fingers and said, "The rebels must know the news that a hundred thousand troops pacified Liangzhou. The reason why the former asked Dong Zhuo and Bao Hong to have 30,000 troops here
The garrison was just a bluff. Now 30,000 troops and horses have been secretly transferred to the Eastern Front. In the eyes of the rebels, there should be 50,000 troops and horses in Chencang, so we pretended to be 50,000 troops marching forward to show it to the rebels.
According to the report from the scouts, there are only about 20,000 soldiers and horses left in Hanyang, and most of the rest are in Anding, with the intention of heading south from Anding after the beginning of spring, so this time we will attract the soldiers and horses from Anding."
After hearing this, Fu Xie felt quite troubled. The flags, war drums and other supplies stored in the treasury were insufficient, and his face looked a little solemn. He immediately said: "General Cao, General Gao, can you wait for three days before sending out troops?"
Gao Fei hurriedly asked: "Master Fu, are there not so many flags in the treasury?"
Fu Xie nodded and said: "Well, the supplies in the treasury were brought back from Hanyang. The 20,000 soldiers and horses of the Liangzhou Governor of Hanyang County's standing army did not store many flags. But please rest assured, two generals, as long as
Give me three days, and I will definitely be able to make the flags the two generals need."
Cao Cao glanced at Gao Fei, saw Gao Fei nodded, and said: "Okay, Master Fu, then we will postpone sending troops for three days. All the materials needed must be ready by then. If we send troops one day later, we will
We will capture Liangzhou one day later."
Fu Xie said: "Don't worry, General Cao, I will do my best."
Gai Xun said nothing. After Fu Xie finished speaking, he raised his hands and said, "General Cao, General Gao, I have something to ask of you. I wonder if the two generals can agree?"
It was the first time Gao Fei saw Gai Xun like this, so he asked: "Gai Changshi, if you have something to say, just say it, why are you hesitating?"
Gai Xun said: "Two generals, I want to send troops with you this time. I wonder if you two generals can agree?"
Cao Cao said: "One more person means more strength. What we lack in our bluff is manpower. I have no objection."
"Since General Cao has no objection, then I naturally have no objection either," Gao Fei said immediately.
Gai Xun said happily: "In that case, I will thank the two generals first."
After Gai Xun and Fu Xie left, Cao Cao asked: "Brother Gao Xian, didn't you say you have two thousand soldiers? There doesn't seem to be any extra troops in the city?"
Gao Fei smiled and said: "Brother Meng De, don't worry. When we send out troops, two thousand people will naturally join the team to give us momentum!"
In the next three days, Fu Xie only used two thousand people to make many flags out of worn-out Han army uniforms, and then delivered them to Gao Fei and Cao Cao as promised.
Gao Fei, Cao Cao, and Gai Xun immediately ordered the troops to move out. Each soldier carried a flag. Except for the 500 light cavalry and 1,000 infantry who walked at the front of the team, almost everyone carried it.
The flags marched westward along the mountain road in Chencang, forming a mighty long queue.
The troops walked forward for about fifty miles. Gao Fei, Cao Cao, and Gai Xun saw a neat black army waiting at the edge of the official road from a distance. The leader was Lu Heng, followed by Zhao Yun, Pang De, Hua Xiong, and Zhou.
Cang, Liao Hua, Guan Hai, Bian Xi, Pei Yuanshao, Xia Houlan, Li Wenhou and others lined up in a row, with soldiers arrayed neatly behind them.
Gai Xun saw the leaders of this army first and exclaimed: "General Gao, aren't these... aren't they the general's personal followers? How come they..."
Before Gao Fei could answer, Lu Heng walked forward, cupped his fists and said, "My subordinate, Lu Heng, please see the Marquis!"
Zhao Yun, Pang De and others said in unison: "We are waiting to see the Marquis!"
Cao Cao's eyes were also full of surprise. Looking at these black-clad and black-armored warriors in front of him, each of them was tall and burly, with a look of perseverance on their faces. He never expected that such a majestic army could actually be
Gao Fei's private soldier. In addition to admiration, he was even more envious. He couldn't help but cup his hands and said: "General Gao, this private soldier of yours is not simple!"
Gao Fei smiled and said: "These are the strong soldiers I carefully selected from Liangzhou and trained them. They made General Cao and Lord Gai laugh."
Gai Xun glanced around this black-armored army. Whether it was weapons or equipment, they were all impeccably sophisticated. To build such a private army was not something that could be done with simple money. His eyes suddenly stopped.
On the face of a soldier, he couldn't help but exclaimed: "You are not the king..."
Halfway through his words, he swallowed the rest of the sentence and said nothing more. Instead, he turned his face and looked at Gao Fei with a very strange look in his eyes, full of anger, confusion and admiration!
Cao Cao saw something unusual, but he didn't say anything. He only said softly to Gao Fei: "General Gao, since the army has arrived, let him join your team. One more person will add more strength."
Well."
Gao Fei hugged Cao Cao and said, "General Cao, please lead the way. I have a few words to say to them."
Cao Cao nodded and said: "General Gao, please help yourself!"
Gai Xun galloped his horse and clasped his fists towards Cao Cao: "General Cao, I need to relieve myself..."
Cao Cao smiled and said loudly: "Understood, Mr. Gai, please help yourself."
The army continued to move forward, following Cao Cao. Gao Fei stayed on the roadside and raised his hand. The Feiyu troops stood upright on the roadside, waiting for the army to pass by. Gai Xun came to Gao Fei's side.
Seeing this black-armored army, I actually found a few familiar faces in this army, but I also felt a little strange. There was a sense of indifference in everyone's eyes, and it was not difficult to see it on their bodies.
The kind of righteousness left behind after training.
"Master Hou, you hide it so well!" Gai Xun sneered, staring at Gao Fei and said slowly.
Gao Fei pretended not to know anything and asked, "What is Master Gai referring to?"
Gai Xun said: "We are all sensible people. Don't pretend to be confused because you know what I am referring to. It's natural for the Marquis to know what I am referring to. Since the Marquis doesn't want to admit it, forget it, but doing this is too disrespectful.
.I thought that during these days of getting along with Mr. Hou, we all became good brothers, but I didn’t expect that in Mr. Hou’s heart, I am still an outsider, even worse than the county lieutenant Ma Jiu!”
Gao Fei had long expected that it was only a matter of time before the Feiyu Troops surfaced, so he didn't care and just did it. He had safely deceived everyone. Now the deal was done, and the Feiyu Troops were only loyal to him.
Man, what else is there to be afraid of?
Gao Fei pulled Gai Xun aside and said slowly: "Master Gai, it's not that I intentionally deceived. I really had to do it. In order to be able to train a truly elite force, I made this move. And Master Gai
Both Mr. Fu and Mr. Fu are loyal and patriotic. If I tell the two adults about this matter, will they agree? I am not doing it for my own personal gain, but for the sake of the Han Dynasty. The rebellion in Liangzhou has made the people miserable.
As a Liangzhou native, I should have an unshirkable responsibility."
Gai Xun said: "Did the two of us ever betray the Marquis regarding the matter of the Liangzhou governor? The Marquis didn't discuss it with us before, how did he know that we wouldn't obey the Marquis? Now that the matter has passed, it's a done deal, and there is no further investigation.
It’s no use, but I just want the Marquis to know that I, Gai Xun, am not someone who doesn’t know how to adapt.”