He took the triumphant army around the city and attracted attention. Only then did Cao Cao return to the palace and head straight to the Tai Chi Hall.

Cao Cao didn't even change his clothes. He walked onto the dragon chaise in his armor and sat down. He leaned his sword on the ground and put his right hand on the hilt of the sword, just like a tiger in the forest who was powerful without anger. All civil and military officials stood on both sides to salute.

After the ceremony, Cao Cao said, "Dong Zhao, tell me about our material reserves."

When talking about this, Dong Zhao was full of bitterness and bowed to him: "Report to Your Majesty, this battle consumed nearly 2 million stones of food and grass, millions of bullets, more than 600,000 artillery shells, and countless medicinal materials. The imperial court's years of reserves were almost wiped out."

Cao Cao frowned and said, "I can understand why guns and ammunition are consumed so much food?"

Now the roads are smooth, trucks and trains are used together, and the transportation of supplies is countless times faster than before and saves countless times. It is really unreasonable to consume so much food.

Dong Zhao smiled bitterly and said, "The Han army's spies have been raging in the territory and have blown up many granaries in various places. The army actually consumed not much, but the Embroidered Uniform Guards destroyed as many as one million stones. Of course, the Jinyiwei was not idle either, and also destroyed many granaries of the Han army. We did not suffer any loss."

Cao Cao's personality is that he will lose it if he doesn't go out. He felt uncomfortable when he learned that his granary was blown up by the embroidered guards. He sighed and said, "In this battle, our army almost drove the pseudo-Han forces across the Yangtze River. It has achieved an unprecedented victory, but the world has not yet been unified. You must not relax. If you have cultivated for three years, you will fight again. I will definitely completely annihilate the big-eared thieves and unify the land of China."

"Here."

After receiving the order from the ministers, Guo Jia came out and said, "Your Majesty, when Qin destroyed Chu, he used a total of 600,000 troops, and the pseudo-Han occupied two rivers, Bashu, and his national strength was far better than that of Chu. It was easy to defeat but difficult to destroy the country. I think that the court would need to use at least 500,000 troops to completely annihilate the pseudo-Han, and we must recruit soldiers again."

When it comes to recruiting soldiers, everyone has a headache. Those who recruit soldiers are young and strong. The main labor force in the family will summon these people to the army to serve. It will inevitably affect production. This is something that everyone is unwilling to face.

Cao Cao smiled bitterly and said, "Then let me recruit you, and I will recruit another 300,000 yuan. According to the population allocation quota of each prefecture, county and county, urge them to complete it as soon as possible."

Three hundred thousand seems to be a lot, but it cannot withstand the vast territory of the Great Wei Dynasty. It is not too much pressure to assign tasks to various counties.

Cao Ang had a different opinion and went out to worship: "Father, the government recruited soldiers forcibly, which could easily arouse the people's rebellious mentality and be unfavorable for future training and combat. Therefore, the son-in-law felt that he had to be voluntarily in his army. The best way was to attract and let the people join the army voluntarily."

Cao Cao raised his eyebrows and said with interest: "Do you have a way?"

Cao Ang smiled and said, "On the way to the city, I had a flash of inspiration in my mind. I really thought of a good idea. We are not careful to come to the military parade and invite all the people from the pseudo-Han and the Holy See. If time allows, we can also invite envoys from the countries of Caozhou to show everyone the military power of our Great Wei. This is one of them. The second one is not a young man who is eager to fight on the battlefield to make achievements. Let them see the military power of the Great Wei, and then use other means to attract many young people to join the army."

Cao Cao laughed and said, "Meng Jin is interesting to watch the troops."

The military parade of Mengjin was a large-scale military parade held by King Wu of Zhou in Mengjin a thousand years ago. It was designed to test the attitudes of the various vassal states. The military parade gathered eight hundred princes, but several large vassal states did not come. King Wu of Zhou then withdrew his troops and continued to accumulate strength and wait for the opportunity.

Guo Jia said: "I thought I could try it. The sword hanging above my head was the most terrifying, because I don't know when it will fall. Although we have not completely wiped out the pseudo-Han Han in this battle, we have also become afraid of Wei. Another military parade will definitely strengthen the determination of the pseudo-Han lords to seek peace with the faction and also hit the confidence of the pro-war faction. To put it bluntly, it will brighten the muscles and let everyone know how powerful we are."

Cao Ang gave a thumbs up and praised: "Shangshu Guo understood it thoroughly, that's what he meant."

Cao Cao asked with a smile: "What do you guys think?"

This is a good thing, everyone agreed, but Dong Zhao and Wang Lang were not very happy. The military parade costs money. The court had just fought a big battle and the finances were a little nervous.

But this is not something Cao Cao should consider. If you don’t have money, you can find a way, otherwise what will you do?

Cao Cao said: "The prince is responsible for the military parade and recruitment. I want to see what tricks you can play."

"Here."

Cao Ang happily accepted the order.

After discussing for a long time, Cao Cao announced his retirement after learning about the recent major events in the court.

Cao Ang returned home as if he was so eager. He left the hall and took his two sons to the East Palace. From a distance, he saw Lu Xin taking Cao Tong, Cao Xu and Cao Xuan waiting outside the palace gate. A warm current suddenly surged in his heart.

It feels great to have someone waiting for you.

Cao Ang took two steps at once and quickly came to Lu Xin. Before the couple could speak, Cao Tong cried and said with a grievance: "Dad, you are finally back. I have been in jail for half a year. You have to make the decision for me."

"Uh..." Cao Ang asked in surprise: "What's the situation? Who dares to catch you in Chang'an City?"

Cao Tong glared fiercely at Cao Sheng and Cao who was hiding behind Cao Ang, and returned to tears without saying anything. The crying monk Cao Ang was in a daze and kept urging: "Do you say that, if you don't tell me who is the father, how can you vent your anger for you?"

Lu Xin said, "I'm locked up. Your two baby sons ran away from home. I'm afraid she will follow her and never give up the palace."

After saying that, he looked at Cao Sheng and snorted coldly, "You two guys dare to come back, let's see how I deal with you."

The two brothers felt distressed. The two tigresses in their family were offended at the same time, so I am afraid that there will be no good life now.

Cao Ang touched Cao Tong's head and smiled, "Stop crying, how old you are, you still cry. Are you not afraid of your two brothers laughing at me."

"Dare they?"

Cao Tong turned around and glared at Cao Xu and Cao Xuan. The two of them hurriedly turned around and pretended not to see him. Cao Tong then came up and took Cao Anghe's arm and complained, "Dad, you don't know. After they left, I was locked in the room by my mother. Not to mention the door was locked, even the window was nailed. If it weren't for the emperor's grandmother's plea, I wouldn't know when I would be locked. Later, although I left the room, I didn't let me leave the palace. I also asked my grandmother to learn to play the piano and dance. I also asked the emperor's grandmother to learn how to play the piano and dance. Look at what my hands are tied."

Cao Ang looked at the pinhole in her hand and smiled, "Isn't this a good thing? You're always right in your skills."

Empress Bian is a talented woman, she is proficient in both piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Others have no chance to learn with her. This stinky girl is not happy.

Cao Tong felt more and more aggrieved, Cao Ang had to comfort him and made a lot of promises to stop Cao Tong's crying.

After sending a few children back to the room, Cao Ang was so heartbroken that he wanted to hug Lu Xin in his arms, but Lu Xin pushed him away and said angrily: "Cao Zixi, you bastard, why are you pretending to be dead on the battlefield? Do you know how heartbroken I feel when the news of death is sent back?"

Cao Ang disappeared some time ago. In order to prevent the big-eared thief from finding Cao Cao to announce his death directly, the Ministry of Rites cooperated to select a site to build the prince's tomb. The foundation was laid. It was estimated that Cao Ang would be allowed to move in within half a year. As a result, Cao Ang lived again a few days later, and the ups and downs were simply too exciting.
Chapter completed!