Two months later, the long-awaited potato harvest finally arrived. Under the expectations of Cao Cao and the civil officials, the yield was gratifying. One mu of land was close to 3,000 catties, and everyone was smiling from ear to ear!
"A divine item! A divine item!"
"This is a gift from the heavens!"
"With it, the people under my rule will no longer have to starve!”
"Thank God! Thank the heavens!"
All of them looked like they had gone mad. They were crying and laughing, hugging potatoes and kissing crazily, and kowtowing to the heavens with all their might.
Cao Cao was also overjoyed. Good! Alright! With this item, would he still be afraid of not being able to pacify the world?”
"But you're all wrong. This isn't a gift from the heavens, but the credit of my Liulang!”
The civil officials who had regained their senses knelt down in front of Cao Yu.
"General Shen Wei is a great man, we thank you on behalf of the people!”
Cao Yu smiled." Don't touch any of these. Use them all as seeds and distribute them to the counties to plant. The sooner the people in the county don't starve, the better."”
"General is benevolent and righteous, this is how it should be!"
Although it would take a long time to expand to the entire county, everyone was beaming with joy. There was still a lot of stock in the county, enough to last until the potato harvest.
"Report! A million Yellow Turban soldiers attacked. The provincial governor invited the prefect to discuss it!”
Everyone's expression changed. The damned scourge had come again!
Cao Cao's expression was solemn as he hurriedly brought everyone back to the meeting hall.
The position of prefect was given to him by Yuan Shao. Although the alliance army was disbanded, the name of the alliance was still there. Although Liu Dai hated it, he could not disobey Yuan Shao's orders. He could only helplessly accept Cao Cao's existence.
After some discussion, Cao Cao made his decision.
"Although the Yellow Turban bandits are heading towards the north of Ji Province, we have to guard against them at home. So this time, I will take ten thousand cavalry and ten thousand infantry with me, and the military counselor will accompany me.”
Looking around, Cao Cao couldn't help but laugh.
"General Cao Ren will be the leader, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Hong, and Li Dian will be the assistants.”
"Yes, sir!" they said.”
Cao Cao turned to the civil officials and said,"I'll trouble you with the internal affairs!"”
"I won't let my lord worry about me!"
Most of the civil servants in East County were still the same as before. Even the opera artist had rejected the position of chief historian and only wanted a chief clerk.
In his words," We've just arrived and shouldn't offend the old subordinates of East County. We have to win them over. Our position is just a title. As long as the lord works hard and conquers a large territory, I won't be afraid of not having a high position in the future."
These words moved Cao Cao and he thought to himself, You didn't let me down, I didn't let you down!
But even so, Cao Cao still could not let his chief strategist suffer. He added a virtual position of military advisor, which meant that he was the military advisor of the entire group. Although he did not have any real power, it symbolized his high status.
"Alright, the rest of the generals will gather their troops and follow me to the Northern Kingdom.”
Because the Yellow Turban's target was the frontier Jibei Kingdom, the provincial governor Liu Dai informed the various counties to go there for a meeting and crusade against the bandits.
Jibei Country was adjacent to East County, so it wouldn't take long for them to arrive.
When the Cao army arrived at Lu County, Bao Xin personally came out to welcome them.
"Meng De, you're here!"
"Yuncheng is in trouble, how can Cao Cao not come?”
The two of them were not just good friends. Bao Xin could be said to be Cao Cao's bosom friend. He had always believed that Cao Cao was the person who saved the world and had unreserved support and trust for him. Later on, he was also the one who recommended and strongly supported Cao Cao to become the Prefecture Overseer.
In history, Bao Xin died in the chaos of the army when he attacked the Yellow Turban army in Qingzhou. Even his bones could not be found. Cao Cao, who heard the news, cried bitterly. Even if he became rich in the future, he would often miss this confidant.
Bao Xin turned to Cao Yu.
"This must be General Shen Wei!”
"Yu greets elder brother!"
Bao Xin was delighted to hear him call him brother."Brother, please get up!"
Cao Cao smiled in satisfaction. This brat still gave me face.
"Yuncheng, how is the situation now?"
The group walked in and chatted.
Bao Xin shook his head." According to the scouts, a million Yellow Turban soldiers are marching in an imposing manner. Even if we know that their combat strength is limited, just this number is enough to make people tremble in fear!”
Cao Cao nodded." That's right. At that time, not only will the people be afraid, even the soldiers will probably stop moving forward."”
"That's why we can't attack this time. We can only defend!”
Cao Yu nodded his head from behind. A million was just a number, but if they really faced it, how many people would have the courage to charge forward?
Only elites like the Black Tiger Guards would not be affected!
After sitting down in the meeting hall, Bao Xin had a worried expression.
"Why is Yuncheng like this? Although the Yellow Turban army has a large number of people, the quality of their equipment is extremely low. As long as we avoid fighting, they will retreat when they run out of food and grass. At that time, the initiative will be on our side.”
Bao Xin shook his head." Meng De, I'm not worried about the Yellow Turbans. I'm worried about Governor Liu."”
"You're afraid that Liu Dai will order us to leave the city to fight?" Cao Cao frowned.”
"Yes! Liu Dai is headstrong and self-opinionated. He likes to make great achievements. He doesn't know the art of war. It's really not a blessing for Yanzhou!”
Cao Yu's eyes darted around. It seemed like Liu Dai was unpopular in Yanzhou!
"Brothers, if Liu Dai insists on fighting later, you must not make a mistake. If he wants to die, let him!”
Bao Xin lowered his head and thought. Cao Cao smiled and said,"He hates me in his heart, and I don't like him either. We're not people he can command.”
Bao Xin, who had his head lowered, suddenly raised his head and looked straight at Cao Cao. He said seriously,"Meng De, this might be an opportunity!”
"Yuncheng, you mean..."
Cao Yu laughed and clapped,"Brother Yuncheng, you're thinking the same thing as me!"”
The two of them immediately became interested and said to Cao Yu,"Brother, what do you think?"
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