Chapter 208 You may gain blood, but I will never lose!

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Chapter 208 You may gain blood, but I will never lose!

At the foot of Dingjun Mountain, a hundred miles away from Hanzhong.

There are rolling waves of grass here, and with the arrival of winter, the grass has turned a little yellow.

A gentle river flows from the side, and there is a dense forest on one side of the river bank.

The sound of hoofbeats was like rain. Along the road at the foot of Dingjun Mountain, a cavalry team was galloping. The horses were like dragons and the people were like brocades. The two leaders were leading with gorgeous bridles and carved saddles, and their riding skills were superb.

When they reached the entrance of the Dingjun Mountain pass, the leader of the horse stopped first. He said in a serious tone: "Miaocai, I want to ask you. I am returning to the Central Plains alone. If the big-eared bandits come and station themselves here at Dingjun Mountain,

What should you do?"

It was Cao Cao who spoke.

After returning from Bazhong and learning about the current unfavorable situation in Xiangfan, he had decided to leave Hanzhong.

Of course, it was impossible for him to tell Xia Houyuan, Zhang He, Xu Huang and others that the purpose of his return was to go through the last few transfer procedures for Da Han, the "house owner", so that Da Wei could legitimately rule the world at any time!

In addition, Cao Cao also needs to choose the future successor of the Wei Dynasty to inherit the world.

——I have been busy all my life and struggled all my life!

——At the age of sixty, it’s time to think about how to replace the “big man’s house book”;

——It’s time to think about how to land smoothly.

Of course, leaving means leaving, and landing means landing.

Before leaving, Cao Cao was still worried about Xia Houyuan.

At this moment, it was Xia Houyuan who was riding behind him.

This brother has been following Cao Cao since he was a child. He is interesting enough, a brother enough, and a friend enough...

At that time, when Cao Cao committed murder and needed someone to take the blame, Xia Houyuan directly took the blame... went to jail for him and took the lawsuit for him;

Cao Cao entered the Imperial Academy to study, and Xia Houyuan also entered the Imperial Academy.

When Cao Cao married a daughter-in-law, Xia Houyuan also married a daughter-in-law. Cao Cao's mother's Ding clan was a sister of the same family. If Cao Cao married his sister, Xia Houyuan would marry his sister.

It is no exaggeration to say that these brothers broke their bones and connected their tendons!

Of course, you can also put it another way.

Within the clan, Xia Houyuan's branch was too poor, and he was afraid of poverty... If he didn't hug Cao Cao tightly, where would he make a living?

Do you have to be poor like this for the rest of your life?

Just because you are poor and have no food, you have to make a choice again and let your deceased brother's daughter and niece live?

Or let your son live?

Finally... until now, after decades of fighting, Xia Houyuan has grown from Cao Cao's little follower, that charming poor boy, to a leader who can take charge of his own role.

As the commander-in-chief of Cao Wei in the northwest, his rapid march and his "five hundred in three days, one thousand in six days" inspired Cao's army and frightened the enemy.

At this moment, Xia Houyuan observed the terrain of Dingjun Mountain and immediately replied: "Dingjun Mountain is just a little higher, and the Shu army cannot fly and cannot cross Yangping Pass. I personally stationed troops at Yangping Pass, which is enough to conquer this place."

Big-eared thieves block the country from entering."

Xia Houyuan said it quite confidently.

As he said, Yangping Pass is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the terrain is extremely dangerous.

When Cao Cao was fighting Zhang Lu here, he saw Yangping Pass and said this: "How can this monstrous country be regarded as existence or non-existence?"

After all, if God's will was not on Cao's side when he attacked Yangping Pass, and the elk helped disperse Zhang Lu's army camp, how could Cao Cao have defeated it so easily?

Now, according to Xia Houyuan's intention, this is a natural danger. As long as we hold on... the situation will be stable.

"You can't just defend." Cao Cao raised his hand and pointed to Chencang on the side of Dingjun Mountain, in the direction of Qishan Road, "If you let Zhang He guard here, Liu Bei will not be able to devote all his energy to attacking the key points. He will have to guard against the enemy at Beishan.

Raid.”

"If you find a good opportunity, you can also order Zhang He to cut off Liu Bei's food route along the Jushui River and drain the fuel from the bottom of the cauldron."

During this period, Cao Cao was hiding in the mountains. He was not just waiting, he was also observing and observing the terrain.

Thinking about how to attack?

How to keep it?

Now the strategy he left for Xia Houyuan was very simple.

——Brother, just stay stationed at Yangping Pass honestly.

——Zhang He, whose surname is foreign, made him stationed in Beishan outside Yangping Pass to disgust Liu Bei.

Of course, this will be very dangerous, but as long as you are disgusting, you don't care if it is dangerous or not? For people with foreign surnames, just put kindness aside, right?

In fact, if we follow historical deductions.

Even if Cao Cao didn't need to remind him, Xia Houyuan had never been kind to Zhang He in recent years.

In the past, Ping Ma was overdue and used Zhang He as cannon fodder. Later, outside Yangping Pass, Zhang He was sent to garrison "Guangshi". Zhang He went further and further on the road of becoming cannon fodder, and got deeper and deeper.

But if you can't stand it, you will be a hero in the sea.

Zhang He never complained and was very upbeat. Faced with such unfair treatment, he still achieved amazing results and even left a high prestige and military exploits in the army.

"Don't worry, brother, I've written these down..." Xia Houyuan kept Cao Cao's words in mind.

Cao Cao patted him on the shoulder, "You have been poor since you were a child, and you gave up your son because of food. I know that you are afraid of being poor, and I know that you have been helpless with me since you were a child. I know your temperament, and I can trust you.

As the saying goes, 'No Hanzhong, no Bashu', as long as you defend this place, the entire Wei Dynasty will be stable and there will be no chaos!"

Xia Houyuan felt deeply that he had a heavy responsibility and should have bowed his hands.

But...at this time, I couldn't help but advise.

"Brother, just don't worry about me. But this time on the battlefield in Xiangfan, Zijian got into a big disaster, causing Jiangxia to lose... Foolish brother..."

Before Xia Houyuan finished speaking, Cao Cao waved his hand and said, "I know what you are going to say. This time Xiangfan suffered such a big loss, and it is not just Zijian's fault. In the past two days, Gu has heard some rumors and said

It was Jingzhou that produced two great figures. All the civil and military officials in Cao Ying were fooled by these two men."

Speaking of this, Xia Houyuan said quickly: "Big brother is talking about Hong Qigong and Huang Laoxie, right?"

"Haha..." Cao Cao sneered, "Zixiao, Zihe, Gu's Manfujun, Gu's Tiebi, and Gu's son all suffered a lot from these two people. I want to meet them in person.

, let’s see who is the master between ‘Hong Qigong’ and ‘Huang Laoxie’? How capable can he be?”

Xia Houyuan sighed: "This is the reason why my eldest brother really withdrew from Hanzhong."

"There is one more thing." Cao Cao took out Xiahou Dun's letter from his arms and handed it to Xia Houyuan, who quickly unfolded it.

But when I saw the line of text above, I was shocked.

"This...this?" Xia Houyuan's voice was hoarse.

"Haha." Cao Cao sneered: "In the past three years since the death of Xun Lingjun, how has the capital of Xu been peaceful? This time, Yuan Rang actually found 'dead soldiers' in Rangshan Mountain and in Luoyang City. This is someone

We need to take a swipe at the cauldron of the Wei Dynasty! Someone is trying to put me to death!"

Speaking of this, Cao Cao's expression was angry...

Xia Houyuan asked back: "Is...his Majesty?"

"Although it may not be him, at least it has nothing to do with Han Ting?" Cao Cao's eyes narrowed, "I... I also feel that this matter may be related to the fight for the Crown Prince of Wei!"

The fight for the crown prince of Wei was mentioned.

Xia Houyuan couldn't help but ask again: "Which young master does the eldest brother have in mind for the selection of this heir apparent?"

"Haha..." This question made Cao Cao laugh out loud.

"Brother, why are you laughing?"

"Today Miaocai asked Gu, and Gu recalled that among all the officials in the Han Dynasty, only Xun Lingjun mentioned to Gu the matter of establishing a prince. Xun Lingjun suggested that I should establish a eldest son, but one person suggested that I should establish a virtuous person.

!”

After hearing Cao Cao talk about these secret things, Xia Houyuan quickly asked: "Who suggested that the eldest brother 'establish virtuous people'?"

"——The ink mark still exists. This person has passed away. What a pity for Fengxiao!" Cao Cao said with emotion: "Even now, I can no longer ask Fengxiao. He left the word 'Li Xian' to me. Who is it?"

This is ‘virtuous’!”

Xia Houyuan's eyes flickered, and he muttered: "When I was young, my eldest brother always taught me how to stabilize the country and the people and be a virtuous man. Among the eldest brother's sons, Zihuan, Ziwen and Zijian are the oldest and most talented. As for who is the most talented?

He is a true talent, and I need to investigate him carefully."

call…

Cao Cao took a deep breath and said loudly: "Zi Wen refuses to study. After all, he is just a general, not as good as Zi Huan. Zi Jian's writing and military strategy, Xiangfan's defeat, it seems that Zi Huan is more stable."

"When Ke Gu establishes his hegemony, there will inevitably be too much killing. After Gu, Wei should be lenient. From this point of view, Zijian is more suitable."

At this point, Cao Cao sighed and said, "If Gu Na Chong'er hadn't died young, why worry about having no savings to stand on?"
To be continued...