Hahahahahahahaha~

Arriving at the front hall of Cao's house, Cao Cao heard bursts of cheerful laughter and noise before he even entered the door. He knew that the room was very lively without even looking.

Entering the house, the whole family, old and young, young and old, ladies and children were all there, chatting and laughing. What surprised Cao Cao was that the person sitting in the middle of the crowd was not Cao Taigong, nor his second brother Cao Bin, but Cao Cao.

Cao Taigong and Cao Bin are both there.

Sitting in the middle of the crowd was Gan Yuniang, the sixth sister-in-law.

Cao Cao frowned slightly. All members of the Cao family were there, including the grandpa, but he let a woman with a foreign surname sit in the middle. There were increasingly no rules in this family.

"father!"

"Uncle!"

"master!"

"Uncle!"

When Cao Cao appeared, the people around him greeted him, and Cao De, the fifth eldest son of the Cao family, stood up and gave up his position as his younger brother.

Cao Cao waved his hand, indicating that he did not want to sit down.

"What are you talking about? Are you so happy?"

Cao Cao asked calmly.

"Dad, my aunt is pregnant with the baby."

Cao Jie, who was beside Gan Yuniang, said crisply.

"Haha, Lady Yu is pregnant. This is a big problem for our family."

"Isn't that right? Xiaoliu and Yuniang have been married for two years and there has been no news. Now I finally don't have to worry."

"When Lady Yu gives birth, our family will be even more lively."

Mrs. Ding and her sisters-in-law discussed lively.

"Sixth brother and sister are pregnant?"

Cao Cao looked at Gan Yuniang and then at Cao Ziyu next to him.

In the past, everyone urged Cao Xiaoliu to have a baby every day, but Cao Xiaoliu always refused, saying that he was not in a hurry and was not in a hurry.

A while ago, he just said that you can't lead troops to fight without a child. She's pregnant in less than two months? Is it so efficient?

"Is it true? Have you asked a royal doctor to check it out?"

"Aha! Don't be suspicious all the time. How can it be false if the doctor's pulse just passed?"

Taigong Cao scolded.

Cao Cao's face was so dark that he couldn't even ask?

"Forget it, let's eat, eat!"

Mrs. Ding smoothed things over with a smile.

Everyone got up and went to eat.

"Brother, let's go and have a meal."

Cao Xin smiled.

"Humph, even if your sister-in-law is pregnant, you still have to go to Huainan. You are needed to be in charge there."

"I know. I didn't say I couldn't go. Brother, aren't you tired of thinking about things all day?"

Cao Xin laughed and walked away with Yu Niang in his arms.

"Asshole!"

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After the first lunar month, the weather gradually warmed up in Xudu, so Cao Xin led the Langya army and set off southward, from Xudu to Chen State, Runan, and then to Huainan County.

It’s early spring, when the glaciers thaw and everything revives, it’s another season of vitality.

From the north bank of the Huaihe River to the south bank of the Huaihe River, you can see many figures busy in the farmland. Everyone is busy plowing and planting, and praying for good weather this year, less war, and more harvests.

"General, look, there is an eagle catching a rabbit."

Feng Juniang was lying on the car window wearing a white fox fur fur, pointing to a wilderness in the distance, where a black hawk was grabbing a little white rabbit and gradually flew into the distance.

Cao Xin took a look and saw that it was the Black Eagle from Tanma Camp. He was responsible for reconnaissance and was sometimes released to hunt to exercise the Black Eagle's abilities.

"Be careful, it's still a little cold outside."

Cao Xin took her little hand and warmed it, "Silk Girl, do you want to go home?"

"think!"

Feng Juniang nodded, blinked her watery eyes and said, "I also miss Sister Yu and Sister Li. General, when will we return to Xudu?"

"I'm asking about the Feng family in Huainan."

"I don't want to! The General's Mansion is my home. There is a General in the Mansion, Sister Yu and Sister Li, and you can play leaf cards and everything. It's so fun at home."

"Haha, when the weather gets warmer in a few months, let's go back to Xudu together."

"Okay General!"

Feng Juniang happily got into his arms and started coquettishly.

The convoy traveled on the road for five days, crossing the Huaihe River from Qiyang to Shouchun County.

Rumble~

Shortly after passing the Shouchun boundary monument, loud sounds of horse hooves could be heard in the distance.

Cao Xin sat on the Wuzui horse and watched a group of cavalry rushing over in the distance. There were about two to three hundred horsemen, wearing black leather armor, and the flag of "Xiahou" was held high in the team.

"General, it is General Xiahou who has brought people to greet the general."

Pei Yuanshao came over and said.

"It's too polite to come all this way to greet me."

Cao Xin laughed a few times, took Jia Xu, the chief historian, and Liao Hua to join the army, and the commander Pei Yuanshao rode forward.

"Ziyu, you are finally here."

Xiahou Dun, wearing a black eye patch, rushed over on a yellow gelding horse, carrying a large sword on his back.

"Yuan Rang, why are you so anxious?"

Cao Xin stepped forward and asked.

"Ziyu, there are too many things going on. It's such a mess. Look, my hair is turning gray."

Xia Hou sighed.

After taking Shouchun, Yuan Shu and his group did not give up and always thought about launching a counterattack to regain Huainan County and Lujiang County.

When Cao Cao and Cao Xin were there, Yuan Shu and his group did not dare to move.

After they left with their troops, Yuan Shu sent his generals and troops into Huainan to wreak havoc everywhere.

Sometimes in Hefei, now in Juchao, now in Chengde, some bandits from Huainan took the opportunity to fish in troubled waters and plunder the county town. Qiao Rui, the prefect of Lujiang County, also took the opportunity to take back the three original county towns in Lujiang County.

Xiahou Dun and Yu Jin led their troops to put out fires everywhere. They fought dozens of battles for two or three months in a row. Although they won almost all of them, more than 10,000 troops were consumed by more than 3,000, leaving only 6,500.

The soldiers and horses of the surrendered general Chen Lan also suffered nearly 2,000 casualties.

With so many casualties, Xiahou Dun and Chen Lan could only maintain the superficial stability of Huainan County and were unable to fundamentally deal with Yuan Shujun and the bandits.

In addition, there is another very serious problem, public sentiment.

"Damn you, I don't know what benefits Yuan Shu has given those people. The big families in Huainan County would rather support that idiot Yuan Shu than support us. They don't have any troops to recruit or food and grass, but they often secretly send food and grass to Yuan Shu's army.

They are simply a bunch of traitors.

Once when I got angry, I arrested and executed those big businessmen. Who knew that those people would dare to rebel and join forces with Yuan Shu's army outside Shouchun City to steal the city? If Yu Ban hadn't rescued him in time, Shouchun might have been killed.

Throw it into my hand."

Xiahou Dun waved his fist and cursed.

It was also during that reinforcement that Yu Jin led his army to leave Lujiang. Qiao Rui took the opportunity to steal three of the eight counties in Lujiang that were originally controlled by Cao's army. The loss was no worse than the loss of Shouchun City.

"Yuan Rang, how many large companies have you copied in Shouchun?"

"There aren't many, only about 120 households. Originally, I was going to copy more, and it would be best to copy them all, but that old man Yang Hong wouldn't let me.

Ziyu, I suspect that Yang Hong is colluding with Yuan Shu, and that Chen Lan, who often fails to do his job, and none of those surrendered ministers and generals can be trusted. Ziyu, you'd better be careful after you go to Shouchun, don't let those people take advantage of you.

Void."

Xiahou Dun said with a solemn expression.

Cao Xin nodded and asked some more detailed questions.

According to Xiahou Dun's description, the situation in Shouchun was like a house on fire everywhere. A heavy rain was needed to extinguish the fire, and he only had a few ladles of water in his hand.
To be continued...