Xu Du.

Outside the city.

"The last general Cao Zhen (Sima Yi), pays homage to the Prime Minister!"

Cao Zhen and Sima Yi, who had just returned from Bingzhou, got off the horse and came to Cao Cao and his group who were greeted outside the city. They knelt on the ground and held their fists to pay homage to the Tao.

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Prime Minister Cao let out a hearty laugh, stepped forward and helped the two generals up and said:

"Zi Dan, Zhongda, please get up quickly!"

When the two of them got up, Cao Cao patted them on their shoulders a few times and said with relief:

"This time the Qianghu attacked, Zidan and Zhongda wiped out 50,000 of their elite cavalry in one fell swoop, eliminated the border troubles of our great Han Dynasty, and made great contributions!"

"Prime Minister!"

Cao Zhen clasped his fists and said:

"This battle is mostly based on Zhongda's plan, and the first contribution is his!"

"I dare not take it as the last one!"

When Sima Yi heard this, his face turned frightened and hurriedly clasped his fists and said:

"This battle was the command and dispatch of the Grand Commander Cao Zhen. Yi was just from the side to assist and did not dare to take credit!"

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Seeing that the two were humble and pushed each other to make contributions, Cao Cao couldn't help but laugh and said:

"Don't let you both refuse. This time, you will be rewarded for defeating the Qiang and Hu, and you should reward them with great help!"

After a little talk, Cao Cao ordered Cao Zhen and Sima Yi to be the ones who were in charge to show his praise, so he returned to Xu's capital.

When he returned to Xudu City, Cao Cao immediately held a celebration banquet to invite the soldiers of Bingzhou this time, not only Cao Zhen, Sima Yi, Xu Chu, Cao Chun, Cao Xiu and other generals attended.

During the meal, Prime Minister Cao talked and laughed, and his heroic spirit soared into the sky. The generals were naturally excited and were happy to congratulate this Bingzhou victory.

No one noticed that Prime Minister Cao, who was sitting high and above, looked at someone from time to time from the corner of his eyes.

Sima Yi!

"Although Sima Yi is a man of humbleness, courtesy and diligent in his duties, he looks like an eagle and a wolf, and he has the ambition of a heroic spirit!"

While drinking, Cao Cao thought to himself.

"It will be difficult for such a person to live in the middle of a long time!"

He has seen countless people in his life, and he can see every time he sees people accurately. Although Sima Yi is very respectful, he still sees that he is not an ordinary person!

However, Sima Yi's talent is indeed quite good, which makes Cao Cao's mind quite complicated.

Last year, because the Western Liang Ma vacated troops to attack Chang'an, threatening the safety of Xudu. In addition, Gongsun from the northeast sent troops to Youzhou, it brought great pressure to him, resulting in the ravages of Bingzhou by the Qiang and Hu and the Southern Xiongnu.

Bingzhou and Youzhou have always produced good horses and are indispensable places for building cavalry, and Cao Cao attached great importance to it.

Therefore, despite his age, he personally led his troops to Bingzhou. At the beginning of this year, he finally drove the Qiang, Hu and Southern Xiongnu out of Bingzhou.

But because the northwest, northeast, and even the south had restrained too many troops under his command, he could only drive the Qiang and Hu out, and failed to seriously damage.

This winter, the Qiang and Hu went south again, and Cao Cao was in charge of Xu and was not easy to move him personally, so he used Cao Zhen as the main general, Sima Yi as the deputy general, Xu Chu as the vanguard, and Cao Chun led the tiger and leopard cavalry to help.

I originally thought that the best ending was just like last year, just to drive the Qiang and Hu out of Bingzhou.

Who would have thought that Sima Yi offered a plan to ambush Qiang and Hu in Shangdang County, annihilated 50,000 of his elite cavalry in one fell swoop, captured countless good horses, and achieved a rare victory!

Compared with this, Cao Zhen, the chief general who was originally favored by Cao Cao, performed in this battle without any special performance.

Moreover, Sima Yi's military general skills "Mu Lun Attack" and military advisor skills "Advanced Strengthening Soldiers" and "Advanced Encouraging Morale" also surprised Cao Cao.

Of course, in this battle, the tiger and leopard cavalry led by Cao Chun used cavalry to force the cavalry to suppress the Qiang and Hu cavalry, and the super fierce general Xu Chu broke into the enemy. The military general's skill "Eight-sided Fire" killed countless enemies, which was also remarkable.

But the most eye-catching thing about Cao Cao was Sima Yi’s performance!

The military general's skill is just a "Muhun attack", but the military advisor's skill is "Advanced Strengthening Soldiers" and "Advanced Morale Boosting".

There are many civil and military officials in the court, and there are many people who have chosen the gods, but not many have advanced military skills!

"Sima Yi's talent is not inferior to Wen Ruo, Gongda and others. He even has to win the skills of the gods and choose them. It is really a rare talent!"

Cao Cao thought to himself:

"It's just this mind and nature that is too difficult to grasp, and even I can't see through it thoroughly!"

"but……!"

Slowly drank all the wine in the bottle, Cao Cao thought again:

"Since this year, for some reason, I feel that my physical condition has improved a lot, and even the old problems of many years of headaches have been much easier!"

"As long as I am here, not to mention one Sima Yi, so what if there are ten? Well, Sima Yi's talent cannot be wasted, it is better to use it for the best use!"

The levels of civil officials and military generals in the world have only appeared for a short time, and now there are very few people who can reach level 2.

Therefore, even Cao Cao did not notice that as his level increased, his life span increased by three years!

But he still keenly discovered that since he improved one level this year, his body has been much better than before and full of vitality!

"Report, General Cao Ren of Xiangyang has a letter submitted!"

While everyone was having a banquet, the guards outside the hall came to report.

Everyone stopped drinking and chatting, and looked at the guards.

“Come on quickly!”

Cao Cao stopped thinking and ordered.

Later, the messenger from Xiangyang entered the hall and presented Cao Cao with a letter sent by Cao Ren.

"Um?"

Seeing the content in his heart, Cao Cao looked at him sideways and quickly finished reading the letter, and then handed it to everyone at the banquet to circulate it.

"What a good person, Xing Anmin, who actually broke through 300,000 for 50,000 yuan, won the land of Jiaozhou in one battle!"

Sitting on the upper head, remembering the words in the letter, Cao Cao sighed and said.

"Prime Minister!"

Xun Yu, who was sitting in the left hand, bowed and said:

"Xing Anmin got Jiaozhou, and it was against the weakness of Jiangdong, which would make Sun Quan and Zhou Yu restless. In my opinion, within three years, there would be a battle between the two!"

"What Wen Ruo said is true, I think so too!"

Cheng Yu also bowed and said.

Xun You followed suit and said that Jia Xu, who was the last seat, nodded secretly with his hands twisted his hands under his jaw, Sima Yi, who was sitting on the right, nodded slightly with his lips pursed.

For a moment, all the talented and intelligent people in the hall agreed.

"Yes, Jiaozhou falls into Xing Anmin's hands, Jiangdong will be unable to look at it!"

Cao Cao said with emotion:

"But, I didn't expect that the Lingling Prefect who was randomly enthroned at the time can now have such a foundation!"

"This is a good thing!"

Cheng Yu smiled and said:

"Xing Anmin has always had good friends with the Prime Minister. With him entrenched in the south, how could Sun Quan have the spare time to take care of my Jiangbei Central Plains?"

"It's not just Sun Quan. Although Liu Bei got Yizhou, he was in the south county of Jingzhou, so he had to be on guard against Xing'an people!"

"Xing Anmin is strong and has restrained the two major problems of the Prime Minister, Dongwu and Liu Bei. At least for now, it will be beneficial to us without any harm!"

"Um!"

Upon hearing this, Cao Cao narrowed his eyes slightly, stroked his hands with his beard, nodded slightly, and said:

"What the Lords say is exactly what I want!"

After saying that, he smiled again:

"Since this is the case, I will give my son Xiao and Wen Yuan a letter, so that they can stop moving their troops and wait for the two tigers in the southeast to fight!"

"The Prime Minister is wise!"

In the hall, all the civil servants and generals bowed their hands at the same time and praised loudly.

...

Jingnan Mu Guan Mansion.

The discussions of the crowd finally moved from Xing's origin and Xing Daorong's ancestors to the newborn little guy.

After all, although Zhou Gongdan’s direct identity is outstanding, it is not the time to promote it very much. First, let’s share the fun in the senior management of Jingnan, especially to see Xing Daorong’s reaction.

As for the descendants of Huangdi, this, ahem, I just have nothing to say, who else can do it?
To be continued...