376. Chapter Three Hundred Seventy-eight The Battle of Ye City Five
"She's gone!" Liu Lin walked out of the tent and asked quietly. Guo Jia and Chen Dao glanced at Liu Lin and nodded. Liu Lin sighed helplessly and said, "What's on her mind?"
Understand, I also like this girl very much, but she is still young now, and her grandfather..." After saying this, Liu Lin stopped talking. Guo Jia and Chen Dao both understood that now the Zhen family is trying to seize Jizhou and stabilize Jizhou with Liu Lin.
It plays a huge role, and now Liu Lin has married Zhen Mi before he has made any preparations, which will plant unstable factors for his complete control of Jizhou in the future. Neither of them knew what to say for a while.
something.
But none of the three of them noticed that Zhen Mi, who had thought they would enter the military tent later, came back quietly. She originally wanted to bring tea to Liu Lin, but after hearing Liu Lin's words, tears suddenly fell from her eyes.
Early the next morning, Zhen Mi left a letter and left the military camp with a few servants, heading for Wuji County. After Liu Lin learned about this, he was afraid that something might happen to Zhen Mi, so he sent Dian Wei to take him with him.
Five hundred sergeants escorted Zhen Mi home.
Cao Cao's army is stationed in Changle County, with 20,000 elite cavalry. It was formed by recruiting elite cavalry after Cao Cao wiped out the Yellow Turban rebellion in Dongjun. It is known as the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry. The general of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry was originally Cao Ren.
However, Cao Ren unfortunately died in Chang'an six months ago. This made Cao Cao extremely heartbroken. In anger, he ordered the entire Zhang Kai family to be killed. As soon as Cao Ren died, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry was handed over to Cao Hong. In order to facilitate Cao Hong to take charge of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, Cao Cao handed him over to Cao Hong.
Cao Cao also transferred the Xiahou brothers to the Hubao Cavalry as deputy generals to assist him. This time Cao Cao was invited by Yuan Shao to jointly attack Liu Lin, so Cao Cao personally led an army of 20,000 Hubao Cavalry to Changle County.
In order to be on guard against Liu Lin, Cao Cao sent his most capable general Xia Houyuan to check the situation. However, three days had passed and they had not returned yet. This made Cao Cao feel inexplicably upset. Xia Houyuan was different from the others.
A rare handsome man, I let him go out this time just in the hope that he can make some contributions so that he can stand alone in the future. Cao Cao held a copy of "The Thirteen Parts of the Book of War" full of thoughts, but he didn't read a word of it and looked up from time to time.
Looking outside the tent.
When Cao Hong saw Cao Cao like this, he said: "My lord, Miao Cai is superb in martial arts. In addition, the five hundred sergeants around him are brave men who can fight one against ten. It is impossible to defeat them without five thousand elite soldiers."
, Besides, now Miaocai is just going to spy on the military situation, there should be nothing wrong!" Cao Cao picked up the wine glass, took a sip, sighed and said: "Zilian, how can you understand my thoughts? Since Zixiao's death, I
I am worried that you will leave me again, thinking that I have already killed one of my generals before I started my business. Every time I think about this, my heart aches!" "Brother!" Cao Hong fell to his knees on the ground and cried bitterly!
At this moment, he heard a shout from outside, "General Xiahou is back!" Cao Cao was stunned, and immediately stood up. He didn't even bother to put on his shoes and ran out. When Cao Hong saw it, he quickly shouted: "My lord, your shoes."
, your shoes!" Cao Cao didn't even hear it and ran out of the tent.
"General Xia Houyuan pays homage to the lord!" When Xia Houyuan saw Cao Cao coming out of his tent to greet him, Xia Houyuan quickly got off his horse and knelt on the ground. Seeing this, all the soldiers also knelt down. Cao Cao strode to lift Xia Houyuan up, looked him up and down, and said:
"Thank you for your hard work, Miaocai!" Xia Houyuan hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "This is the responsibility of the last general, I don't dare bother my lord to worry about it!" At this time, Cao Hong walked out with Cao Cao's shoes, and Xia Houyuan realized that Cao Cao was not wearing shoes.
Immediately moved, he quickly took the shoes from Cao Hong's hand, knelt on the ground and said tremblingly: "My lord is worried about my general, who will be punished with death, and my general is willing to serve my lord to wear shoes!" Cao Cao nodded happily and said, "Then.
Thank you, General Xiahou!"
Xia Houyuan carefully put on Cao Cao's shoes, and thunderous shouts suddenly erupted in the military camp. Cao Cao put on his shoes, looked at Xia Houjuan who was wearing armor next to him and said, "How do you feel about Juan'er this time? Don't be so willful in the future.
Yes!" Xia Houjuan did not speak, but nodded silently. Cao Cao looked at Xia Houyuan in confusion, and Xia Houyuan quickly said: "My lord, Juan'er was a little frightened when she went out this time, she will be fine in a while!"
Cao Cao looked at Xia Houjuan, then at Xiahou Yuan, and said: "Let Juan'er go down to rest, and you and I will go to the military tent to discuss it! By the way, call the military adviser and several generals!" Xia Houjuan saluted to Cao Cao and others.
, then went back, and Cao Cao's messengers also went separately to convey Cao Cao's military orders.
When Xia Houyuan entered Cao Cao's Chinese army's tent, Xia Houyuan informed Cao Cao of what happened on the way, and asked Cao Cao for his sins: "My lord, the general did not complete the task of lord's envoy this time. It is a capital crime! I hope my lord will punish you!"
Cao Cao stared at Xia Houyuan closely, raised his head and glanced at Cao Hong, then stepped forward to help Xia Houyuan up and said: "Miaocai, I don't blame you for this incident. Liu Lin is quite capable of commanding an army. Even if he and
How can we take advantage of Yuan Shao's confrontation? It's really a blessing that you can escape this time!" Despite what Cao Cao said, Xia Houyuan still looked ashamed.
At this time, Xu Chu, the guard general outside the door, reported that the generals had arrived. Cao Cao motioned to Xia Houyuan to stand aside. When all the generals had arrived, Cao Cao said to the generals: "This is the news that General Xia Hou went out to explore. Liu Lin has already discovered it."
Now I want to ask the generals, should we continue to go north to fight Liu Lin, or should we return to Puyang before we have any trouble?"
The tent suddenly became extremely quiet. At this time, a general who looked very much like Xia Houyuan stood up and clasped his fists, saying: "My Lord, I don't think Liu Lin can be my opponent in the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry. I'm willing to do that."
Lead the troops to fight!" Cao Cao heard this and nodded with a smile: "I admire Yuan Rang's bravery. If I decide to send troops, I will definitely let Yuan Rang be my vanguard!" This person is Xia Houyuan's
His elder brother Xiahou Dun was famous for his bravery in the army. Xiahou Dun was very happy to receive Cao Cao's praise. At this time, Cheng Yu on the side bowed and said: "My lord, I think the opportunity has been lost. Now is not the time to fight Liu Lin.
My subordinates believe that the troops should be withdrawn immediately and returned to Puyang!"
"What?" Xiahou Dun was confused when he heard this. He was about to get angry when he saw Cao Cao's unhappy face, so he didn't dare to say anything. Cao Cao looked at his eldest son Cao Ang again and saw that he hesitated to speak several times, so he said:
"If you have anything to say, just say it. This is a military meeting, and we just want you to speak freely!"