The new year is a brand new beginning for Gao Chong.

Lu Ti's words opened a knot in Gao Chong's heart. To achieve his goal, sacrifice is inevitable. As a parent official who protects this people, what Gao Chong had to do was not only to fight against the powerful enemies that were watching over the attack, but also to be kind to the orphans of the fallen soldiers. Only by doing this can the soldiers work harder to fight bravely.

The concerns seem inconspicuous, but they are of great importance. Apart from Yuan Tan, there are no one else who can take on this responsibility! Through this battle with Liu Xun, Gao Chong saw Gu Yong's ability more clearly. It was really a Qucai who only made Gu Yong the priest of the school to engage in the position of Gongcao.

Since Hua Xin left, although Xu Jing, Xu Shao and Liu Ji have good talents, they have no such ability to govern the internal affairs of all aspects of the county.

No matter from any aspect, Gu Yong is the most suitable candidate.

While achieving military results, the early military farming and people-saving policy was gradually emerging after half a year of implementation. The arrival of a large number of refugees from both Huaihe Rivers guaranteed the scarce labor force in Yuzhang. Although the lives of the people are not rich, it is no problem to maintain food and clothing.

That's it. Compared with other prefectures and counties, Yuzhang has become a paradise on earth. Not only ordinary people come to each other with their families, but many wealthy families in Runan, Yingchuan and Lianghuai have moved south.

In fact, it is not easy to have a family give up their hometown and move to other places, unless it encounters a great change. Many wealthy families in the Huai River moved south by many factors, among which Yuzhang's prosperity, Gao Chong's military strength, and Yuan Shu's tyranny are all reasons.

There were He Yi and Liu Pi's Yellow Turban Yu Ke in Runan and Yingchuan area frequently causing trouble. In order to avoid the war, the wealthy families there had to move their families. In just this month, a large number of famous scholars such as Du Xi, Fan Qin, and He Qiao, the Xiping native of Runan, and He Kui, the Chen State, who came to Yuzhang.

Just when Gao Chong actively recruited talents to expand his strength, another person was planning his marriage carefully in the suburbs of Xudu, thousands of miles away.

On the eighth day of the first lunar month of the third year of Jian'an, Yiyou, light rain.

On the road leading to Wancheng from Xudu, an embroidered banner of "General Zhendong, Sikong Cao" danced.

Just under this banner, several burly generals with armor were all arrogant, obviously winning the battle. Among them, a short and strong man with five short stature was urged to be hugged. The man had a national-shaped face, a square mouth and nose, two eyebrows were inserted diagonally into his temples, and a few sparse long beards under his forehead were pitch black and shiny.

What reflects this face is a pair of eyes that flashes through the lights.

At a rough look, this man looked nothing surprising, but his majestic and upright face and bright eyes made him look so unique.

In front of me, dust is rising.

"Ming Gong, General Xiahou has arrived!" The counselor who spoke was very young and thin, and he looked a little weak when riding on the horse. Seeing that his face turned yellow, he showed a little sick look.

"Wangxiao, look at Miaocai's speed like a flash of lightning. I will definitely be captured by Deng Ji!" The person who spoke was not someone else, but General Zhendong and Grand Commander Cao Cao. This time, he led his troops to attack Zhang Xiu again since November last year, in order to report the pain of losing his son by Zhang Xiu in Wancheng last year. In December of the second year of Jian'an, Cao Cao's army captured Huyang, and now Xiahou Yuan has taken Wuyin City again, which can be regarded as a slight blow to Cao Cao's anger.

As Cao Cao finished speaking, a general arrived first. He saw the war horse neighing, and a whispered general with a helmet and armor flew off the horse and shouted: "Report to Minggong, Yuan has taken down Wuyin City and captured the guard Deng Ji alive."

After hearing this, Cao Cao burst into laughter and said happily: "Miaocai is a slight test, and winning in one battle is the first achievement!"

"It all depends on the wisdom of Ming Gong. Yuan refused to take credit. Zhang Xiu was severely injured by me and has now retreated to the old nest of Wancheng. Why don't we fight to pursue Zhang Xiu in one go?" Although Xiahou Yuan spoke humbly, his eyes showed confidence as if no one was around.

Yu Jin, the Pinglu School Captain next to Cao Cao, saw Xiahou Yuan stealing the limelight and advised: "Ming Gong, long-term battles will lead to fatigue, and fatigue will be useless to fight again. Now that our army has pulled out Huyang and danced in the Yin, Xu Du must be secured. It is better to return to Xu Du for the time being, and it will not be too late to conquer Zhang Xiu when the time is right."

Cao Cao nodded and said, "What the Marquis of Yishouting said is that although he took two cities this time, Liu Biao and Zhang Xiu were leaning against each other and connected together. If he wanted to break it, he had to make a long-term plan!"

Xu Du, Da Sikong, and Cao Cao, the residence of General Zhendong.

Cao Cao took off his military uniform and changed into the robe of scholars and scholars whom he usually wore. He was using his pen as if he was flying. On the silk and silk in front of him, he took a song "Songli Walk" with a stroke. And beside Cao Cao, there were two counselors, one old and one young, who were Cao Cao's two major think tanks. The older one was Xun Yu, and the younger one was Guo Feng.

And a little further away, there were still many civil officials and military generals who were staying in Xudu, including Cao Hong, Yu Jin, Xu You, Cheng Yu, etc.

"Ming Gong's talent, intelligence and passion are unmatched in the world, and he is very impressed by his writing." Xun Yu blurted out.

"Wen Ruo, Fengxiao and you all, have you ever seen the true meaning of my poem?" Cao Cao seemed to have not heard Xun Yu's praise. After finishing the last stroke, he turned his wrist and put it in the barrel, and then stood with his hands behind his back.

Everyone looked at each other, unable to guess what Cao Cao was thinking at this moment, so they had to whisper to each other, but did not dare to say it loudly.

Guo Jia thought for a while and stepped forward and said, "Mr. Ming, are you still worried about destroying Zhang Xiu?"

Cao Cao turned around to face everyone, sighed and said, "I am impressed by the filial piety. If Zhang Xiu in Wancheng is not removed, Xu Du is finally uneasy!"

Guo Jia said in a deep voice: "Zhang Xiu is so strong that he leans against Liu Biao and the two armies are in harmony, so he has been fighting several times but cannot go down. Now he can join forces. Why don't the wise ruler act according to this to defeat the lord?"

"What are the strategies for Guanxiao? You can speak frankly!" Cao Cao asked after hearing something from Guo Jia's words.

Guo Jia took out a self-drawn map from his arms, pointed to the point on the map and said, "If you want to break Liu, Zhang Hezong, the key is here."

Cao Cao looked at the place where Guo Jia pointed, but he was Yuzhang, a remote county south of the Yangtze River.

Guo Jia continued: "Does the wise master still remember the call of the prefect of Yuzhang Gao?"

Cao Cao asked, "But is the Gao Chong who asked Hua Xin to take the gift to the emperor?"

"It's this person. Ming Gong can tell: Just when our army was fighting fiercely with Zhang Xiu, Gao Chong and Sun Ce had a series of battles in the Wancheng area. On November 18, Gao Chong sent a surprise troops to capture Wancheng and seized the retreat of Liu Xun, the prefect of Lujiang. Liu Xun had to trap the Jiangnan region. The food and grass were not supported, and his troops were dispersed. On December 7, Gao Chong set up an ambush in the Wanhui River, beheaded Lu Meng, and defeated Sun Quan, causing the invincible Sun Ce army to suffer a secret loss. Three days later, Gao Chong fled and fled.

More than 20,000 people in Anhui City retreated to Songz. They fought fiercely with Sun Ce's main force in Baiya Mountain for a day and night, and blocked Sun Ce and Zhou Yu's 20,000 elite troops with less than a thousand troops. At the same time, his general Gan Ning even defeated Sun Ce's navy in Xiaogu Mountain, almost wiped out the entire army. After this battle, the situation in Jiangzuo had already shown a confrontation pattern of Sun Ce's residence in the east and Gao Chong's residence in the west." Guo Jia finished these words in one breath, and a pathological red tide appeared on his face.

Cao Cao knew that Guo Jia's narration had never been a trace of personal feelings, but this time Guo Jia used so many numbers to summarize the fight between Gao Chong and Sun Ce, which was enough to illustrate his inner shock.

After hearing this, Cao Cao's expression changed slightly. If things were as Guo Jia said, the military actions of attacking Huyang and Wuyin a few days ago were nothing to show off. Gao Chong achieved satisfactory results with the weak against the strong, but he had little effect on attacking the weak.

Cao Hong, who was standing aside, was a little disbelief and said, "With Sun Ce's courage, he can't defeat Gao Chong?"

Guo Jia shook his head and said, "In just one year, Gao Chong rose to Yu Zhang, first defeated Sun Ben invaded, and then took down the two counties of Jingnan. Even if Liu Biao dispatched 50,000 troops to attack Changsha, he would have lost the peace of retreating troops. This shows Gao Chong's ability."

Cao Cao narrowed his eyes, and a cold light flashed in his tiny eyes, saying, "When Fengxiao means, should we unite Gao Chong and fight against Liu Biao and Zhang Xiu?"

Guo Jia's eyes showed a look of joy and stepped forward and said, "Ming Gong Zhi, Fengxiao's thoughts cannot be hidden. If Ming Gong can join forces with Gao Chong, our army can send troops to Jiangxia and Changsha to restrain each other before attacking Wancheng, so that Liu Biao dared not rashly lead Jingzhou troops to the north. In this way, our army will attack Wancheng again. When Zhang Xiu saw that Liu Biao was not able to rescue, he would be rebellious. In this way, Liu, Zhang and He Zong could be defeated."

Cao Cao was overjoyed and said, "Peng Xiaozhen is my son's house."

At this time, Xun You stepped forward and advised: "Although the situation in Jiangzuo is as Feng Xiao said, it is a situation on both sides, in terms of strength, Sun Ce occupied the wealthy Wu County, Kuaiji and Danyang County, which undoubtedly had the upper hand. Gao Chong's Yuzhang was remote and remote, sparsely populated, and it was difficult to recruit troops. Moreover, after several battles with Sun Ce, he had already become a powerful enemy. Now he wanted to take the risk of being an enemy on both sides and break up with Liu Biao, which is unlikely!"

Everyone heard Xun You's analysis and it was very reasonable, and the heart that had already fallen was hanging again.

Xun Yu, who had not spoken for a long time, coughed lightly and said, "Donald Ming forgot that Gao Chong sent Hua Xin to Xu Du to talk about Xiang's affairs? Since Gao Chong had a court in his heart, why didn't Ming Gong issue an edict in the name of the emperor to express Gao Chong as the governor of Yangzhou and the general of power, how can the alliance be accomplished!"

Cao Cao frowned, pondered for a moment, and said, "I think Gao Chong is the governor of Yangzhou. Although it is good, it is just that in this way, there may be gaps in Sun Ce's side!"

Xun Yu showed a hint of undetectable smile on his face, and he said, "This is easy to deal with. When Ming Gong conferred Gao Chong as the governor of Yangzhou to the emperor, he could conferred Sun Ce as the general and the Marquis of Wu. Even if Sun Ce had any opinions, he would have nothing to say! In addition, Yu heard that Gao Chong was only twenty years old and had not yet taken a wife, why didn't Ming Gong choose a suitable woman in the inner room to marry south, and use the marriage to further consolidate the alliance with Gao Chong. In this way, Gao Chong must be grateful and give up his help!"

Guo Jia praised: "If the situation is successful, Ming Gong is in the north and Gao Chong is in the south, it can not only restrain Liu Biao from going north, but also restrain Sun Ce's rapid growth. This is a way to kill two birds with one stone!"

"Okay, I will follow Wen Ruo and follow the plan of filial piety!" Xun Yu's words dispelled Cao Cao's last concerns. After all, compared with the current urgent battle to fight against Wancheng, Sun Ce, who was far away in Jiangdong, could not threaten Cao Cao's safety for a while.

As for which woman to choose to marry south, in the eyes of everyone, there is no need to discuss it in the conference hall. Just go back to the mansion and be appointed by the inner servants.

In the end, the woman who was chosen to marry south fell on Xiahou Yuan's cousin, Xiahou Yun.

Yu Zhang and Xu are incomparable at all. In the eyes of most people, this time, marriage is no different from sending princesses to the Huns to marry. Therefore, among Cao Cao's relatives, although there are several suitable women, after choosing, Xiahou Yun is the only suitable person.

Xiahou Yun, who was entrusted to Xiahou Mansion, was Xiahou Yuan's cousin. Although he was also a member of the Xiahou family, he had a long relationship. In addition, his parents died early, and there were no brothers and sisters, and no prominent relatives came to talk to her about her.

All of this was decided.

If a woman's marriage can be used to achieve her own political goals, Cao Cao will of course do it. As for that woman's lifelong happiness, it is not worth thinking about it.

Xu Du, the Fenwu School Captain Xiahou Yuan’s mansion, and the back room.

Xiahou Yunjing sat in front of the dressing table, looking calm. Two days ago, after hearing rumors from his family in the mansion, his uncle had agreed to the marriage to Lord Sikong and gave himself Xu Pei to a county magistrate who was far away in Yuzhang. In a few days, he would go out to marry far away.

Xiahou Yun did not cry or resist this marriage without his consent, but accepted it very calmly. Perhaps for a weak woman like her, since she could not resist, she could only bear it calmly.

In any case, it is always a happy thing to be able to leave this place where you have been imprisoned for seventeen years.

I heard that there are constant wars outside.

There was also a tragedy of cannibalism in Sili area.

None of this could block Xiahou Yun's heart that longed for freedom.
Chapter completed!