He had just returned to the residence and changed into casual clothes. Before he could go out, Guan Zhang was already waiting in the hall.
"Yun Changyi De, why didn't you go and celebrate after receiving the title? Instead, you want to see me?”Cao Cao was stunned. At this time, they should be drinking behind closed doors.
Thud!
The two of them knelt down on one knee in front of Cao Cao.
"Prime minister, in the past, I was deceived by the big-eared thief and misunderstood the prime minister. I even made things difficult for the prime minister.”
"If it wasn't for the Prime Minister explaining everything in front of His Majesty today, us two brothers would have died unjustly by the big-eared thief!”
"I, Guan, swear that from now on, as long as the Prime Minister has any military orders, I will obey them!”
"Prime minister, I, Zhang Fei, don't know how to speak, but you can rest assured that I will repay the prime minister's kindness with military merits in the future!”
Cao Cao hurriedly helped them up.
He even respectfully patted the dust off their knees.
Being able to take in these two was already an unexpected surprise, but he never expected Qin Chuan's plan to be able to subdue the two of them to such an extent.
A monstrous talent!
However, since they had all expressed their loyalty, it was time for him to express it.
"Come, the two of you, follow me."
Cao Cao didn't say much. He pulled one person with each hand and headed towards the training grounds.
When they arrived there, they blew a slogan and two black horses galloped towards them.
"Yun Changyi De, do you recognize these two horses?”
"Isn't this the Red Hare Horse of the servants of the three families?”
"As for this one, I don't know.”
Cao Cao laughed and said,
"The one on the left is indeed Lu Bu's Red Hare Horse. The one on the right is my mount, Vanishing Shadow.”
"Its endurance and speed are not inferior to the Red Hare Horse.”
"As the saying goes, a sword is given to a martyr, and a good horse is given to a hero. From now on, the red rabbit will belong to the cloud, and the shadow will belong to the wing.”
This…
The two of them could not believe their ears.
A red rabbit and a fine horse. Many heroes in the world dreamed of him.
As for Vanishing Shadow, although they had never seen it before, they had long heard of its name.
It was shocking to hear that after Cao Cao failed to assassinate Dong, he relied on Vanishing Shadow's speed and endurance to finally escape from Lu Bu's army.
Just based on this point, he knew that it was definitely not inferior to Red Rabbit!
"May I ask Prime Minister, the two of us are only surrendered generals in the end. Why would Prime Minister…"
Guan Yu was already sobbing.
A feeling of a thousand-li horse meeting a talent arose spontaneously.
"Yun Changyi De, during the Battle of Xu Prefecture last year, the two of you were trapped in the Breaking Ranks Camp.”
"However, I know that although the Breaking Ranks Camp is fierce, the two of you should be able to charge out. I guess it's because of the mounts that you can't use them, so you have to accept these two horses!”
The two of them felt as if they had been electrocuted, and their bodies went numb.
Cao Cao really understood him.
The Battle of the Breaking Ranks was indeed a bitter one because of the warhorses.
Even so, Liu Bei had never considered giving Lu to the two of them. On the contrary, Cao Cao was willing to give up. How could they not be moved by this trust?
"Prime Minister, I will die ten thousand times to repay your kindness!”
"Great, with this Vanishing Shadow, even if the big-eared thief is ten thousand miles away, I can still chase after him!”
"Hahaha, go. Go and see if you like your mounts.”
Under Cao Cao's urging, the two of them jumped onto their horses and ran happily on the martial arts field.
The two of them, who were itching to show off their skills, began to compete in front of Cao Cao.
A series of loud clanging sounds rang out as the two of them fought in full swing.
"Worthy of being a tiger general. What Younger Brother Qin said is right. The bravery of the two of them can really help me achieve great things. I can no longer fear Yuan Shao!”
"My lord is truly generous to gift Red Rabbit and Vanishing Shadow.”
At some point, Xun Yu had appeared behind Cao Cao.
Using two horses to capture the hearts of two tiger generals, Cao Cao was naturally happy with such a deal.
"My lord, please take a look at this declaration.”
Cao Cao stared at the two of them as they fought. He took the document and glanced at it, and the smile on his face froze.
"What happened? The price of salt rose five times in a day, and it was even more expensive than pork?”
"The frontlines have reported that Yuan Shao has already defeated Gongsun Zan. The four northern provinces have all fallen into his hands.”
Xun Yu sighed, his eyes filled with worry.
He understood.
The various provinces of Great Han had always used the sea salt from Qingzhou.
Now that Yuan Shao had unified the four northern regions, the next step was naturally to go south and fight a decisive battle with him.
However, he did not expect that he would start an economic war first and cut off his salt supply.
The salt sellers in Xuchang City were only selling what they had in stock. No wonder the price was soaring.
Moreover, if the situation continued to worsen, salt would eventually become priceless.
At that stage, the army's salt supply would not be able to operate normally, and even the people would not have any salt to use.
They had no choice but to move to the four northern states.
As time passed, the three states would become empty cities!
There would even be deserters in the army!
This move could be said to be pulling firewood from under the cauldron, subduing the enemy without fighting.
Thinking of this, beads of sweat rolled down Cao Cao's temples.
Yuan Shao, I really underestimated you!
Could it be that he had to go north immediately?
However, he did not have time to stock up his rations. If Yuan Shao avoided the battle, he would run out of rations in less than a month.
It was fine if he did not think about this question, but the more he thought about it, the more panicked he became.
Could it be that he had not lost to Yuan Shao's army, but to this mere salt?
Cao Cao recalled Qin Chuan's words.
In war, what mattered was not soldiers, cities, or generals, but national strength.
At this moment, Yuan Shao was using his national strength to consume himself.
"Order Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Cheng Yu, and the others to come to the residence to discuss the matter, immediately!”
"Yes!"
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