After a thunderstorm, the temperature seemed to have dropped a bit.
The night breeze is a bit cold.
Cao Peng sat blankly on the porch, with a stick of tallow wax as thick as an arm stuck on each of the two pillars. The long flames were dancing wildly and swaying in the night wind.
In front of him, there was a Fangtian painted halberd.
The halberd is pitch black, as thick as a baby's fist, and the blade is one and the same. It is obviously a one-piece forging method. The halberd is engraved with a coiled dragon pattern, and the dragon's mouth spits out a tic-shaped halberd head. The crescent twigs on both sides are not too symmetrical.
, one side is slightly higher and the other seems to be slightly lower.
However, when tested, these high and low branches can produce unusual power.
It can be said that this Fangtian painted pole halberd is a little out of shape compared to the ordinary painted pole halberd. Under the illumination of the candlelight, it reveals a strong murderous aura.
The halberd is named Long Tuntian, weighs sixty-two kilograms, and is about three meters long.
This fangtian painted halberd was no stranger to Cao Peng. It was the weapon Lu Bu used back then...
"Afu, you've been standing here for a long time, what are you looking at?"
"I was wondering what it meant that Duke Cao gave me this Fangtian Painted Halberd."
He didn't look back and knew who was speaking.
The faint body fragrance spread into his nose. Cao Peng turned around and saw Huang Yueying standing behind him handsomely, with a look of deep concern on her face.
"It's night, why don't you rest?"
"I just finished drawing the diagram of the overturning car. I'm going to find a craftsman to try it out tomorrow, and then I'm going to test it... But the design of your car that day was troublesome. I thought about it for a long time, but I couldn't figure it out. The ingenuity in it,
I’m afraid it won’t be possible to figure it out in a short time.”
"If you can't think of it, just let it go."
Cao Peng stretched out his arms and gently hugged Huang Yueying in his arms.
"It rained heavily again today. I hope the drought will be alleviated, so you don't have to worry."
"It rains heavily in Xudu, but it doesn't necessarily rain in Yuzhou; if it rains in Yuzhou, it doesn't necessarily rain in other places... The overturned car is not for one place, but for the benefit of the people. Ah Fu, don't worry, I will definitely come up with a sky car.
It's clever. But what will it be called then?"
"Moon Girl Car?"
Huang Yueying blushed and raised her head, "Is that okay?"
"Why not... Dad can make Cao Gongli, and my A Chou can also make Yuenv chariot."
"Bah, who is from your family..."
Huang Yueying lightly beat Cao Peng's chest and put the powder on Cao Peng's chest.
"Don't think so much! In fact, I don't think Duke Cao had any intention in giving you this Fangtian Painted Halberd. He just hopes that you can learn the skills well and make achievements in the future. You also said that Duke Cao intended to order
There must be a reason for you to return to your clan and recognize your ancestors."
"Um!"
Cao Peng nodded vigorously.
He let go of Yueying and walked down the corridor.
He grabbed Fang Tian's painted halberd in his hand, but he could hardly pick it up.
"It's not easy to draw a halberd!"
"oh?"
"It is made of fine iron. I don't know how the craftsmen who made this spurge worked to make it hard yet soft... It is so heavy that ordinary people really can't use it! Marquis Lu Wen can make such a spurge make a heavy weight seem light.
Sure enough, he is worthy of the name of Lu Bu among people. If he can make it well, he can control the world with his halberd. Now I understand somewhat the spirit of Marquis Wen when he holds the halberd."
Huang Yueying knows nothing about this.
But she could understand Cao Peng's complicated mood at the moment.
"Perhaps Duke Cao just wants you to gallop around the world like Marquis Wen, instead of competing for power?"
"ah?"
Cao Peng was stunned for a moment, and in a daze, he vaguely understood what Cao Cao was thinking.
Today, he said the right thing, the right thing that hit Cao Cao's heart...
People who can like me may not like me; people who like me may not like me.
Cao Cao probably doesn't want to get too close to the family! As a powerful Yingchuan family, the Xun family has a reputation that is too powerful.
Historically, Cao Cao did not tolerate Xun Yu, was it really just because Xun Yu was loyal to the Han Dynasty?
Among them, there is some fear of the entire Xun family.
To be a general who can conquer the world, rather than a powerful minister who is intrigued by intrigues. Could this be Cao Cao's true intention when he gave me the painted pole and halberd?
Thinking of this, Cao Peng held the halberd in one hand and danced in the air.
He had to admit that this painted pole halberd seemed a bit heavy for him at the moment. If he wanted to use it well, he would need more effort.
With a soft breath, he stood up holding his halberd and closed his eyes.
Fang Tian's halberd is probably the most difficult weapon to use. Before, he mostly used a knife. But later he discovered that the big knife may not be suitable for him.
On the contrary, when he stood with his halberd in hand, the scene of Lu Bu's shocking halberd would always appear in his mind.
Although things are different and people are different, one can vaguely feel Lu Bu's soaring arrogance. The painting pole halberd spun around in his hand and stabbed out. The halberd moved quickly and violently, tearing the air with a faint muffled sound. Maybe for ordinary people
As a person, Cao Peng was a good person, but in Cao Peng's view, he was still far behind.
Tomorrow, I'll go find Dian Wei and ask for advice.
There are not many people in this capital who are good at wielding a halberd, and Dian Wei is one of them.
He can use both long and short halberds, and he is also good at swordsmanship. Moreover, Dian Wei is the only person Cao Peng can think of now.
Early the next morning, Cao Peng was ready to go out.
Unexpectedly, before he could go out, he was blocked at home.
The person who blocked him turned out to be Zhang Liao. Now Zhang Liao's official worship is Zhonglang General, leading his troops and horses, and usually stationed outside the city of Xudu. Cao Peng returned to Xudu for a long time, but did not meet Zhang Liao. Unexpectedly, he
Instead of looking for Zhang Liao, Zhang Liao came to the door himself.
"Madam, they are doing well now!"
As soon as he entered the room, Zhang Liao asked impatiently.
The lady he mentioned refers to Lu Bu's family members, Madam Yan, Diao Chan and others. After Zhang Liao surrendered, he did not go to Haixi to see him off, and then hurriedly returned to Xudu with Cao Cao. Now that Cao Peng is back, he is naturally
I was anxious and a little impatient.
"Don't worry, General Zhang. When I left Haixi, Madam and the others had already landed at Jinchuankou."
"Where is Tsukawaguchi?"
"This is a seaport in Ma Han. According to the news, although Ma Han is a country, the country is extremely chaotic. There are also many princes and constant fighting. Jinchuan Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and Ma Han's military strength is also very weak.
Coupled with the assistance of local maritime merchants, it is not difficult for Madam to get established. I have eliminated more than 400 people, and with the help of two generals, Deyi Shulong, there is sufficient food, grass and baggage, so it will not be a problem."
Cao Peng first asked Zhang Liao to calm down, and then said: "I also ordered the Haixi side to try to strengthen the connection with Jinchuankou. If there is any problem, my wife still has a sea ship in her hand, and she can escape quickly. General Wenyuan, I will tell you at this time
Pay attention, you don’t need to worry too much.”
"That's good, that's good..."
Zhang Liao let out a sigh of relief as if relieved.
Suddenly, his expression changed, and he gritted his teeth and said: "I hate Guan Yunchang for sneaking a surprise attack on Marquis Wen... Guan Yu and I swear to be incompatible."
Historically, the relationship between Zhang Liao and Guan Yu was quite good.
Upstairs at Baimen, Guan Yu interceded for Zhang Liao; at Tuen, Zhang Liao conveyed three chapters of the agreement to Guan Yu on his behalf. The two of them could be considered sympathetic to each other. However, in this time and space, the appearance of Cao Peng turned Zhang Liao and Guan Yu into enemies.
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Cao Peng didn't know how to comment on this, so he could only smile bitterly in his heart.
"By the way, General Wenyuan, would you like to come in?"
"It's very good. I have nothing to do all day long."
Zhang Liao sighed and then smiled.
"But there's nothing we can do about it. If anyone asks me to surrender, it's normal for Duke Cao to not dare to use me."
Cao Peng's eyes rolled around.
"General Wenyuan, would you like to listen to me?"
"Um?"
"Do you really want to take care of Mrs. Good's family?"
"certainly!"
"Then from now on, please forget about Madam and the others..."
Zhang Liao was startled when he heard this, and immediately understood the meaning of Cao Peng's words.
Lu Bu is dead! You are serving Duke Cao now, and you should not always focus on that family far away overseas.
I am in Cao camp but my heart is in Han?
No, it should be said that I am in Cao Ying and my heart is in Lu.
You are always thinking about Lu Bu's family. How does this make your new lord Cao Cao feel embarrassed? In this case, does he dare to appoint you?
Zhang Liao was silent!
After a while, he stood up and said, "Youxue, thank you for reminding me."
"With the current situation, Duke Cao and Yuan Shao will have a battle sooner or later. I heard that White Horse needs to strengthen its defense now, but Duke Cao does not have a suitable candidate yet. If Yuan Shao fights with Duke Cao, he will definitely capture White Horse. If the general wants to succeed,
You might as well spend more time on it."
"Liao understands!"
Until this time, Zhang Liao finally showed his willingness to formally recognize Cao Peng.
Cao Peng also knew that Zhang Liao might not be willing to rely on him, but having a good alliance was undoubtedly of extremely important significance.
After sending Zhang Liao away, Cao Peng suddenly laughed!
Who guarded White Horse in history? He couldn't remember clearly.
But now if Zhang Liao is stationed at Baima, can Guan Yunchang still kill Yan Liang and punish Wen Chou?
ha!
It's exciting just thinking about it.
Cao Peng took a deep breath and walked out of the house.
Just as he was about to mount his horse, he saw Zhang Liao turning back again.
"General Wenyuan, is there anything else?"
Zhang Liao did not dismount and asked directly: "I heard that my lord gave you the weapons of Marquis Wen?"
"Oh...that's what happened."
Who is such a big talker? He just got Fang Tian's Painted Halberd yesterday, and now the news has spread? Cao Peng cursed secretly in his heart, but there was a smile on his face.
Zhang Liao thought for a moment, took off a bag from his body, and threw it to Cao Peng.
"Back then, when I first became a disciple of Marquis Wen, I wanted to learn a halberd from Marquis Wen. However, I later discovered that this halberd is difficult to learn, and Fang Tian's painting of a halberd is even more difficult to practice. The façade is the halberd technique that Marquis Wen taught me, and I have always brought it with me.
By your side. Since Fang Tian’s painted halberd fell into your hands, I will give you this halberd technique as well."
What are you thinking about?
However, Cao Peng could understand that Zhang Liao not only gave him the halberd technique, but also cut off the worries he had in the past. From now on, he will do his best to serve Cao Cao. As for taking care of Lu Bu's family
...If Cao Peng opens his mouth, if he can do it, he will never refuse. He just changed from the first place to the second place. He is now a general under Cao Cao.
Zhang Liao immediately raised his whip and left.
Cao Peng hung his bag on his body and got on his horse.
"Let's go to Huben Mansion!"
Xu had received instructions from Cao Cao, and Dian Wei had no objections to teaching Cao Peng the halberd technique.
However, when I heard that Cao Peng was learning the halberd from Dian Wei, Dian Man also became interested. He and Cao Peng excitedly learned how to use the halberd under Dian Wei's guidance every day. However, this halberd was really difficult to learn, and it only took a few days.
, Noriman became a little impatient. He had also practiced the halberd technique, but with double halberds. Although these double halberds and Fang Tian's painted halberd were both halberds, they were completely different things when practiced...
Cao Peng also had to admire Dian Wei for being proficient in using long halberds, short halberds and broadswords.
If it were in later generations, he would be a master proficient in all kinds of martial arts.
Noriman learned the double iron halberd, but he had trouble practicing the long halberd. After persisting for about five or six days, he decided to give up learning the long halberd.
The use of the long halberd is more difficult than that of the double iron halberd.
However, Fang Tian's training method of painting a halberd is more difficult than that of a long halberd.
Cao Peng had to sigh with emotion at the breadth and depth of China's cold weapons. This halberd alone can be divided into many types, and the training methods are also different. Dian Wei practiced a single-eared halberd, which is also an extremely popular long halberd.
He also had little knowledge of how to practice Fang Tian's halberd painting. So when teaching Cao Peng, Dian Wei mostly taught him the most basic halberd skills. As for Fang Tian's halberd painting...
Fortunately, Zhang Liao gave Cao Peng a copy of the halberd manual, which alleviated this embarrassment to a great extent.
Every day at noon, Cao Peng would practice calligraphy and writing and do some homework under the supervision of Huang Yueying in the afternoon.
In the evening, Cao Peng studied Zhang Liao's halberd genealogy.
The days passed like this, and in the blink of an eye, February was gone and March came.
Cao Chun and Cao Zhen led the tiger and leopard cavalry back.
However, as Cao Peng guessed, they failed to kill Liu Bei.
At this point, Liu Bei can be said to have inherited the skills of his ancestors, and his escape is absolutely top-notch. Cao Chun led the tiger and leopard cavalry to chase Liu Bei all the way to Qingzhou, killing Liu Bei until Liu Bei fled. However, he had Bai Qi under his command, so he fought to the death to cover him.
, finally allowing Liu Bei to escape.
In this regard, Cao Peng was not disappointed.
At the same time, Cao Ji also finished his official duties and returned home.
When father and son reunited, they were naturally affectionate again. Cao Ji seemed to have changed a lot compared to when he first went to the Xingyang River Workshop.
This change is not a change in appearance, but a change in temperament.
In other words, it is official!
"Dad, whether it's Zhu Ye's supervisor or Zhu Ye's captain, there are so many things to do in general. With Mr. Guo's help, you don't have to do everything yourself. I think you should take this opportunity to learn how to do it.
Be literate, read, and learn how to be a good official."
"Reading, literacy?"
Cao Ji suddenly frowned.
"Afu, it's not like you don't know how to read and write at my age."
"Learning does not distinguish between old and young. If you don't learn the truth in the morning, will you die in the evening? Once upon a time, there was a guy who was very brave and fierce all day long. He was called the three pests by the locals. There are tigers in the Nanshan Mountains, and there are Jiaos in the rivers. Fierce tigers are evil to Jiaos.
None of them are as good as one person. So someone planned to let the guy go to the tigers and dragons. As a result, the guy killed the dragon and the evil tiger. Everyone thought he was dead and celebrated. After the guy went home, he learned that he was also one of the three evils.
He couldn't help but feel guilty, so he went to visit a local celebrity, who gave him these six words as a gift.
Dad, let me tell you a story, not to say that you are bad, but to tell you the meaning of hearing the truth this morning and dying at night..."
"Husband, I think Ah Fu is right."
Zhang also agreed and encouraged Cao Ji.
Although Cao Ji felt embarrassed, he agreed.
However, this kind of literacy needs to be taught by a teacher. Cao Peng is too busy himself, so how can he help his father to literacy and study?
"Afu, you are really making things difficult for your uncle!"
Huang Yueying also blamed: "He is also the captain of Zhuye after all. Where do you want him to learn from? From the Cangjie chapter? It doesn't seem appropriate."
Cao Peng said: "If you want to read and write, you can ask Mr. Derun to do it for you.
But this textbook..."
He sat in the corridor all night, suddenly slapped his head and shouted: "I know, I know what to do!"
