Xudu, Cao Cao went out of the city thirty miles to welcome the return of Cao Ren and Cao Hong who had been away for a long time.

Under the leadership of Xiahou Dun, Cao Ren and Cao Hong apologized to Cao Cao and said that he had let Cao Cao down.

Cao Cao could not blame these two brothers. He quickly helped them up. The three of them hugged each other and shed tears, and went to the city to rest together.

In troubled times, reunion is a very lucky thing.

Although Cao Cao was worried about the war in Jingzhou, the two brothers were still happy to get married when they came back. They set up a family banquet that night. Except for Wang Bi, everyone was either Xiahou or Cao. They were having fun in pain. When talking about the war in Jiangling, they all sighed about Cao Ren's unparalleled courage, and mocked the Wu army for being incompetent. The ability to attack the city was so bad.

No matter how ridiculed, there are still real problems in front of Cao Jun.

Cao's level of water battle and Wu's siege level, let alone the second brother, if Cao's army wants to avenge revenge in the future, they have to practice well so that they will not be beaten by the Wu army again in the subsequent battles.

During the meal, Cao Ren kept talking about the kindness of Le Jin and Xu Huang and the others saving him, and asked Cao Cao to give him no stingy rewards. This made Xiahou Dun, who wanted to say Le Jin and Xu Huang, unable to speak ill. He kept bowing his head and drinking. Cao Cao knew that Xiahou Dun had suffered heavy losses this time, and even lost Li Tong, but he had no intention of blame. Instead, he poured wine for Xiahou Dun himself, trying to avoid being arrogant and impetuous in the future, and made a long-term plan.

"I have heard of your misunderstanding with Wen Qian. Don't think about it, drink well and have a good rest. Other things," Cao Cao would not believe Le Jin, and Xu Huang and the other betrayal.

It must be that Xiahou Dun was too strong. Both of them were dissatisfied with the veterans. Fortunately, they did not cause a disaster, which was already a blessing in disgrace.

Xiahou Dun nodded silently, took a sip of wine, and said slowly:

"The matter in Jingzhou... Alas, I don't want to say much, but there is a talented man who wants to recommend it to Meng De Haosheng--then..."

"It's Yunshan!" Cao Cao said with a smile, "You have written a clear letter before. If it weren't for you, I almost thought it was Zilian who won the benefits of Yunshan."

"Puff." Cao Hong squirted out a long sip of wine. Cao Cao's teasing made him cough repeatedly, and he quickly wiped his mouth and apologized.

"Prime Minister," Cao Ren frowned when he said of Yunshan, "I think this guy needs to be polished a little."

"Oh?" Xiahou Dun was a little unhappy, "What does Zixiao mean?"

"No, it's nothing. I just think that this boy is promoted too fast. He is an unknown person. He has become the prefect and general in just a few days. Even if he is a talented man, he has to do something extraordinary to prove his ability.

Otherwise, I'm afraid that others will not accept it."

As he said that, he winked at Cao Hong, and Cao Hong said weakly:

"Yes, I've heard that this person is Guan Ping, the son of Guan Yu..."

As soon as this said, the surroundings suddenly became silent.

Wang Bi stood up and walked out of the door, drove away the maid, closed the door, and pressed it against the crack of the door with his back.

Huh, it's so annoying. I won't let you drink well.

"Who said Tanzhi belonged to Guan Ping?" Xiahou Dun's voice was so cold that he was afraid of others.

"Uh, uh, uh..." Cao Ren smirked, "I'm listening to the rumors in the army. Even if this Yunshan is not Guan Ping, he will have to practice for some time to make contributions. Yuan Rang wanted Xian'er to marry him, and it seemed a bit too early."

Cao Cao's daughter must not be able to marry anyone casually.

When Cao Cao heard that Yunshan was actually possible, Guan Ping, his face tightened. Xiahou Dun threw the copper trunk in his hand on the table and said sternly:

"Zi Lian, what do you mean? I have already checked Tanzhi's identity very clearly. I trusted the big news, but you actually believe in the rumors in the army, but you don't believe me?

OK, did I also surrender to Liu Bei's army? If you want to rebel, you might as well make it clearer!"

"No, no, no!" Cao Hong waved his hand quickly, "I, I just think that Yunshan should at least kill some thieves, so that he can prove his ability, right?"

Xiahou Dun was speechless. Cao Cao smiled and picked up the copper dumpling, filled it with wine again, and said with a smile:

"Who dares not trust Yuan Rang? But Yunshan really has no credit for his contributions, so he has to... "

"Prime Minister!"

Wang Bi's anxious voice came from outside the door, which made Cao Cao's nerves tense up.

"What's the matter?"

"There is an emergency military newspaper in Jingzhou!"

The Cao Cao was silent again.

In the middle of the night, the emergency military newspaper in Jingzhou...

Could it be that something happened in Jingzhou? Was Zhou Yu's Northern Expedition or Le Jin's rebellion?

"Hurry, send it in!" Cao Cao could feel the trembling of his voice.

Cao's army passed through the Red Cliff and Jiangling was defeated twice. There was only a small piece of Xiangyang as the center south of the Han River. If anything happened, I was afraid that a group of old Han officials would shout to return the emperor.

Wang Bi opened the door and sent a plain silk full of words to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao was spreading in front of him with a complicated expression. Xiahou Dun looked closely at the lamp. Cao Ren and Cao Hong abide by the etiquette and did not dare to go forward, but both of them showed obvious anxious expressions.

"how?"

As time passed by minute by minute, Cao Cao and Xiahou Dun were still enjoying themselves and carefully reading the text on it.

After a long time, the two of them slowly raised their heads. Cao Cao's expression was unpredictable, and Xiahou Dun looked happy, which made Cao Ren and Cao Hong finally breathe a sigh of relief.

“How is that?”

“Hahahahahahahahahaha…”

Cao Cao's laughter was extremely cheerful.

After the Battle of Red Cliff, he had not laughed so happily for a long time. Xiahou Dun also laughed to the sky. The two of them supported each other's arms, shaking their heads gently while laughing.

"Tanzhi is indeed Xian'er's good match.

Then set a name and let Tanzhi prepare a betrothal gift. After saving enough orphans, he would marry his daughter to him!"

·

In June of the 14th year of Jian'an, the Cao army had just ended the Battle of Jiangling. The prefect of Jiangxia, Yunshan, received news that Sun Quan's confidant, the Fengwu Captain Pan Zhang, was about to cross the river and return to Jiangdong with a large amount of military funds.

Yunshan took the initiative to attack and wiped out 3,000 Pan Zhang's naval troops before the support of the Guan Yu navy in Xiakou, and obtained 300 armored heads. Pan Zhang jumped into the river to escape. After he got ashore, he was captured by Zhang Yun, the commander of the Jingzhou naval army, and had been beheaded and sent to Xudu.

This battle is the first time that Cao's army has won since the Battle of Chibi. Yunshan killed the enemy general on the river, smashing the myth of the invincible Jiangdong Navy, which is of great significance to Cao's army.

Other people's battle reports describe the scenes of the battle. Even Guan Yu killed Yan Liang in the past, there were only a few dozen words.

Unfortunately, Jingzhou now has two great writers with romantic styles.

Guan Ping's military newspaper shared the contributions to both brothers, saying that this battle was commanded by Cao Pi and Cao Zhi went to Jiangxia to supervise the battle. Both of them seemed uncomfortable in Xiangyang, but now they finally got the chance to fight.

They each picked up their brushes and ink, and according to Guan Ping's description, one was heroic and the other was heroic, writing the story of Yunshan killing Pan Zhang from the chaotic army.

As we all know, literati always exaggerate the facts a little bit, which is the category of artistic processing.

Cao Pi judged that Yunshan could win 300 armor heads with Cao's army, and at least 3,000 enemies could be wiped out. So he wrote with a big stroke of his pen to command thousands of troops to fight against Pan Zhang in the rebellion of Guanping. In the water battle, the warriors on both sides fought to the death and finally wiped out the powerful enemy. The story was very heroic.

Seeing his brother's description, Cao Zhi simply exaggerated it again - he wrote that Guan Ping led more than a hundred men to charge against Pan Zhang's thousands of powerful soldiers. His heroic ambition scared Pan Zhang to abandon the ship and escape. Then Yunshan, covered in blood, stood on the bow of the ship and pointed at Guan Yu with a sword, making Guan Yu dare not come forward.

This joke is written like a person. Although Guan Ping describes it like a brainless reckless man, it cannot resist everyone's favorite viewing of such heroic scenes.

Cao Cao and Xiahou Dun watched with relish and wished they could also swing their swords to enter the battlefield and fight against the powerful enemy with Yunshan.

I used to say that Yunshan did not make any achievements, but this time it was a real contribution.

Cao's army was silenced, hiding in Xiangyang and not daring to come out. Yunshan actually took the initiative to attack Pan Zhang who was passing by, and seized a large amount of military capital.

This kind of thing cannot be faked. Cao Ren and Cao Hong, who had previously suspected that Yunshan might be Yunshan, lowered their heads in shame and dared not say a word.

"I'm guilty." Cao Ren saw it and quickly reviewed himself. "I, I didn't see Tanzhi in Xiangyang, and I thought he was deliberately avoiding me, so I became suspicious. Now look... It turns out that Tanzhi is actually planning a big thing."

Xiahou Dun snorted:

"I am sincere in my heart and never want to please my superiors. Everyone else comes to worship you, and only he is worried about the country, so he seizes the opportunity of the fight.

Pan Zhang came and went freely on the water and did not take us seriously at all. After this battle, no one dared to underestimate me anymore."

The Cao army's defeat this time was mainly because their water battle ability was ridiculous. Most northern soldiers only went south in less than half a year after training in Xuanwu Pond. What kind of water battle can they train?

Now they accidentally discovered Yunshan, a genius in the water battle.

He set up camp in a place so close to Liu Bei's army base like Shiyang, repelled Sun and Liu's attacks several times, and was able to wait for an opportunity to kill several generals like Pan Zhang, which shows his ability and ability.

Such a talent would refuse to be promoted and appointed just because of his so-called unknown origin, wouldn’t it be in vain to push this person to the enemy?

"I have to be calm, but I don't think about the long clouds." Cao Cao sighed and looked carefully at the military newspaper.

Although he was preparing to publicize this heroic military newspaper written by Cao Zhi, he could also see that his two sons did nothing in this battle and could only fight secretly with their pens and ink.

Cao Cao was immediately unhappy when he thought of his son being so embarrassing in front of Cai Mao.

"Let Zihuan and Zijian not come back first.

After that, I will ask Tanzhi to evaluate which of these two brothers is better."

"Ah?" Cao Ren and Cao Hong were shocked. Unexpectedly, Cao Cao's favor for Yunshan came so quickly, and he actually asked him to evaluate the pros and cons of his son.

"What's wrong? Tanzhi is immediately Xian'er's husband, and he is an orphan. Can't he be rated?"

Cao Ren smiled bitterly:

"The Prime Minister at least has to call Tanzhi to meet him, so, so... it's not good."

"I'm sure you can't do it!" Xiahou Dun said angrily, "Tanzhi killed Pan Zhang, can Sun Liu Yan not come to seek revenge? The strong enemy on the front line of Jingzhou is surrounded by Cai Mao. If Tan comes before and the enemy comes to attack after hearing the news, what should we do?"

Cao Cao thought to himself that Xiahou Dun, Cao Pi, Cao Zhi, Zhao Yan, Zhang Liao, and Le Jin had all seen this son, and he was relieved to say that he had great talents.

"State affairs are the most important, and state affairs are the most important.
Chapter completed!