Cao Weiming made a decision, and his mood suddenly became relaxed in the next few days. According to his agreement with the boy, he still maintained his original attitude in the capital, neither taking the initiative to make friends with the powerful family nor deliberately close or alienated with Long Lingxiu. Anyway, everything was the same, just as if the boy had never been there.

Half a month passed, and Long Lingxiu finally summoned him again. The two met at the Princess's Mansion. Cao Weiming was still respectful to Long Lingxiu, and he crawled on the ground, showing extreme humility and humility.

Long Lingxiu stared at him with a narrow eyes. After a long time, she giggled and said, "General Cao, what are you busy at home these days? I heard that you are living in seclusion and don't see you going to contact other people. I want to ask you how you are now!"

Cao Weiming said: "Your Highness Princess, since Cao has agreed to You, he is ready to die generously! Lu Zheng and I have an irreconcilable grudge. This time I can lead troops to attack Hebei, there is nothing to say. I have to open up Lu Zheng's foundation and make Lu Zheng pay the price!"

When Cao Weiming said these words, he gritted his teeth and looked like he wanted to swallow Lu Zheng alive. I have to say that Cao Weiming's posture is very suitable for Long Lingxiu's spleen and stomach. However, Long Lingxiu arranged for Cao Weiming to go to war this time, of course she had hidden means in secret, and she immediately said:

"General Cao, your expedition this time is a lonely army. In order to make your army more combative, I have arranged two capable deputy officers for you. These two deputy officers are the two brothers Zhang Zheng and Zhang Yi. Come on, please come with the Zhang brothers!"

Long Lingxiu passed the message, and the Zhang brothers came to the hall with great enthusiasm. Look, they were both in their twenties, wearing armor, tall and proud, and they were obviously the leader of the younger generation.

Cao Weiming sneered in his heart, thinking that Long Lingxiu's actions were all within Lu Zheng's expectations. On the surface, Long Lingxiu asked Cao Weiming to lead his troops to fight, but in fact, Cao Weiming is more of a cover. The two people who really control the army are the Zhang brothers!

"Zhang Zheng, Zhang Yi pays homage to General Cao. From now on, we will be subordinates of General Cao, and we should obey General Cao's instructions!"

Cao Weiming laughed and said, "Your Highness Princess, you use me but don't believe me. Hehe, this is probably a way to cause trouble! Using troops in the Central Plains has never been a trivial matter. Why did Your Highness Princess make such arrangements? Does Your Highness Princess think that Mr. Cao really has to take on this job?"

After Cao Weiming finished speaking, he once again accepted his head and bowed down, saying, "Your Highness, Cao is not talented, I am afraid he cannot take on this great task. Please ask Your Highness to ask for another wise man!"

Long Lingxiu smiled "chuckling" and said, "Cao Weiming, don't misunderstand what I mean! This palace has no intention of letting the Zhang brothers undermine you. I have always hired people without doubt. Since you have activated you, then naturally this army will be dominated by you. Wherever you want to fight, who dares not accept the Zhang brothers and tens of thousands of soldiers?

But there is one thing that I must be careful about. After all, you first led a large army, and this army turned out to be the Tan family army. What should I do if there is a mutiny in the army? In this case, where can you do it if you don’t have a capable assistant?

The Zhang brothers are good players in the army and are loyal to this palace. Another thing is that I can guarantee that they will definitely obey your orders. What does General Cao think of this arrangement?"

Cao Weiming was originally a false outrage. Now Long Lingxiu explained to him so patiently, of course he went down the road and said, "Your Highness, Princess, what else should Cao say? Since that's the case, I have to share the burden of military affairs with them more! When I came to Hebei, I was only responsible for commanding the war. The military affairs logistics should be handed over to two of you. What do you think?"

The Zhang brothers looked at each other and Cao Weiming's statement was exactly what they meant. They followed Cao Weiming in fact just to monitor, because Long Lingxiu didn't completely believe Cao Weiming! In this case, Cao Weiming took the initiative to hand over all military affairs and logistics to them, but in fact he handed over the actual control of the army to them. How could they not be happy?

As for what Cao Weiming said about command in front of the battlefield, if Cao Weiming had the same meaning as them, they would follow it. If Cao Weiming had the same meaning as them, they could use various different tricks to shirk responsibility. They would still obey Long Lingxiu's orders. The army would definitely not fall into Cao Weiming's hands and become a tool in Cao Weiming's hands!

In this way, both the monarch and ministers reached a consensus, and Long Lingxiu was in a very comfortable mood. She immediately ordered more than 20,000 troops for Cao Weimingqing without hesitation. These troops were all the Nanfu Army conquered by Long Lingxiu. After training in the capital, these Nanfu Army had a little attitude. Of course, such an army was really a stunning person in front of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry who was good at fighting. It would be strange if such a stunning person could accomplish something in Hebei!

When the army went on a war, Long Lingxiu saw him off in person. Outside the capital, there were flags everywhere. At the grand ceremony, Cao Weiming wore the official uniform of a first-rank military officer, and his entire body was majestic. He held a long spear in his hand and sweared to the Tianmeng:

"I, Cao Weiming, lead troops to the Central Plains this time, and will never return unless you win. Your Majesty, please rest assured that Cao Weiming will definitely live up to the heavy burden in this battle and complete the heavy responsibility!"

Long Lingxiu laughed loudly and said heroically: "Okay! If General Cao can make achievements in this trip, I will celebrate your merits. At that time, I and Your Majesty will personally welcome your triumph in Fengtian Hall, okay?"

Long Lingxiu gave a promise from a bear, and the army set out in a huge way. Cao Weiming's army set out straight for Hebei. Long Lingxiu did not hesitate and immediately asked Tan Cheng to lead all other main forces in the capital to go on an expedition and directly attack Henan.

Long Lingxiu's goal in this battle was very clear. He wanted to occupy Henan, open up the passage between Henan and Jiangnan, and give Jiangnan's army the opportunity to enter the Central Plains, thus causing a joint attack on Lu Zheng from both the north and the south.

In fact, there is a huge loophole in Long Lingxiu's plan. This loophole is that once she sends troops, the capital will be completely empty. What if Lu Zheng wants to send troops to capture the capital?

If the capital is empty, it is easy to lose it. Once the capital is lost, where else can Long Lingxiu accommodate?

But Long Lingxiu also had her plans. Even if she was sure Lu Zheng would not give up on the Two Rivers, because the Two Rivers were much more important than the Gyeonggi geographical location. Lu Zheng occupied the granary of the Central Plains with the land of the Two Rivers. With this foundation, Lu Zheng could raise 100,000 soldiers.

Otherwise, Lu Zheng lost the two rivers and occupied the capital, and lost the watermelon and picked up sesame seeds. Lu Zheng would never make such a decision! Long Lingxiu thought she knew Lu Zheng, but in fact, Lu Zheng’s current troubles are indeed the case.

Lu Zheng just took a rest in the Central Plains area. The biggest trouble that Long Lingxiu was going crazy like this brought him to damage the agriculture and environment of the two rivers, which he was absolutely unwilling to bear.

It is precisely because of this that he thought of adopting Sun Bing's strategy, so Lu Zheng actually deliberately sold a flaw! Now the two sides need to fight wits and courage...

Speaking of which, Cao Weiming led 20,000 troops to Henan. After arriving in Hebei, he ordered the army to camp, and then he remained patient. The Sun brothers were young and energetic. They could still bear it for the first two days, but how could they bear it later?

Sun Yi immediately said, "General, this time we are in charge of Hebei, we have to cooperate with His Royal Highness the Princess to send troops. Why are our army slow to act now? How can we do it here if we are consuming it?"

Cao Weiming sneered: "You don't know the mystery. Think about it, as long as our army does not move, we can restrain the enemy. We have only a handful of major generals, only 20,000 people. If we rush forward like a fool, once the opponent breaks up with us and fights directly, what will we do after we have wiped out 20,000 people?

So, if we don’t move, it is actually the best deterrent to the enemy. Don’t you understand this principle?”

After Cao Weiming's statement, the Zhang brothers were speechless. Seeing this, Cao Weiming immediately passed on his concept in the entire army.

In fact, there are many smart people in the army. Many people know that this time the army may face huge dangers, even with the Cao Weiming expedition. Who is not afraid of death these days? But the military order is like a mountain. Even if you are afraid of death, there is no way. No one can violate it under the military order!

In this case, Cao Weiming's arrangement was undoubtedly very in line with the hearts of the people. Everyone supported this matter. As a result, the Zhang brothers were isolated. They were young in the army. Although they were Long Lingxiu's confidants, in the face of life and death, how could they care about what their origins were?

Cao Weiming did not kill him all, and occasionally some people below showed dissatisfaction with the Zhang brothers. Cao Weiming instead came forward to comfort them and made them generous and put on various preservation attitudes towards the Zhang brothers. In this way, the generals in the army looked at Cao Weiming again, and the Zhang brothers were further neglected.

In Cao Weiming's military tent, the boy sneaked in quietly. Cao Weiming looked at the boy before and smiled and said, "Sir, look at my methods? These two boys surnamed Zhang are ignorant of politeness. In front of me, there are five or six people. Now if I use a little trick, their status in the army will be greatly weakened!

It’s not me, Cao Weiming, that as long as I raise my arms and shout, I will definitely be able to respond to this army…”
Chapter completed!