It was October.
It was almost the end of the year, and Su Ran was almost being urged to get married. Dian Wei and Xu Chu would come every three to five days, saying that they wanted to bring their sister to see him.
Helpless, he simply hid in the military camp outside the city and trained the Wei Army every day.
The 10,000 Wei Army soldiers were screaming in pain.
However, the effect was also increasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
At the same time, he used Cao Cao's order to expand the army to recruit refugees from all over the country.
There were quite a number of people who did not have enough to eat these days. In addition, due to Yuan Shu's actions, many people had fled to Yanzhou and Yuzhou, allowing Su Ran's 10,000 soldiers to be filled up very quickly.
These 10,000 newly recruited soldiers were also incorporated into the Wei Army, but they were just extra soldiers and were in charge of coordinating with the 10,000 Wei Army.
And now.
He had a total of 20,000 soldiers under him.
Five thousand cavalrymen, five thousand infantry, and ten thousand extra attendants.
With the full configuration, it was enough to fight in all kinds of complicated terrains and deal with any strong army.
Two months passed.
Seeing that it was the end of the year and that all the places had stopped fighting, Su Ran gave the Bei Wei Army a seven-day holiday and allowed them to return home to visit their relatives.
Seven days later, he would return to the camp on time.
With this move, his reputation in the army rose a bit.
After disbanding the Bei Wei Army, Su Ran could no longer hide in the camp outside the city. He could only return to Xuchang City.
Fortunately, Dian Wei and Xu Chu were much more well-behaved and rarely mentioned the matter of their clan sister.
The others did not talk about the engagement either. Instead, they spent all their time on the New Year.
Along the way, Su Ran secretly went to Sikong Manor a few more times to teach the blushing girl how to write. Each time, it would take one to two hours. After getting familiar with her, he found out that she was Cao Cao's daughter, Cao Huan.
Moreover, she was Cao Cao's eldest daughter, and she was also born to Lady Liu like Cao Ang.
As the saying goes, love grows with time. In addition, Su Ran was good-looking, talented, and had countless poems, songs, and love stories in her mind.
As they interacted, Cao Huan was secretly in love with him.
However, after Cao Huan revealed his identity and revealed his true feelings, Su Ran no longer went to Sikong Manor.
As a result, Cao Huan suffered from longing.
Regarding this.
Su Ran understood but pretended not to know.
In his previous life, a master had said that if a woman wanted to be loyal to him, she must suffer from lovesickness.
The haziness of being at odds with each other was the most addictive and irresistible.
After all, the unattainable would always be in turmoil.
But in reality.
This was just Su Ran's excuse to comfort herself.
In fact, his foundation was not stable and he did not want to have too deep a relationship with the Cao Clan. Thus, he left to avoid suspicion.
After all, he came from a poor family and had no foundation to speak of.
If he were to be with Cao Huan at this moment, he would attract gossip and suspicion.
Even though he was Cao Cao's military advisor and had twenty thousand soldiers, all of this was nothing in front of the aristocratic families.
It was better to wait for Cao Cao to personally bring up these matters.
Furthermore, in order to have a sufficient reason to leave, he left Xuchang City after the New Year and went to various places to search for talents.
He already had 20,000 soldiers under him. Although he was able to command them with ease, it was impossible for him to do everything himself.
He needed a deputy general with extraordinary martial arts skills to take charge of the Wei Army.
Originally, he could have asked Cao Cao for a deputy general.
But…
He might not be able to use the people sent by Cao Cao to his liking.
The Wei Army was his everything, he had to firmly control them.
Even if there was an accident, he had the ability to protect himself.
Su Ran left behind a letter and rode out of Xuchang City alone, which made Cao Cao, who was secretly observing, a little anxious.
How could he not know that Su Ran had secretly come to the residence to meet Cao Huan?
However, when he thought of Su Ran, a genius, he felt that she was very proud.
If he were to directly bestow the marriage, he was afraid that Su Ran would not like it. Thus, he allowed the two of them to interact quietly. When their relationship was deep and the time was right, he would mention this matter to his wife and then bestow the marriage.
The result was good.
Su Ran actually left halfway, which made his good plans fail.
However, he did not force Su Ran to stay in Xuchang. Instead, he said to Guo Jia with some regret,"Yi An seems to be interested in Huan 'er. Why did he leave halfway?”
"Because of dignity." Guo Jia sighed and shook his head.”
"Yi An was born into a poor family and is alone. If he is on good terms with Miss Huan, my lord, think about it. What will those young masters and celebrities think of him?”
Cao Cao's eyes turned cold.
He was just thinking about the temperaments of those aristocratic young masters and celebrities.
He knew what kind of insults and contempt Su Ran would receive next.
He knew this very well.
Back then, he was looked down upon by countless descendants of aristocratic families because of his background as the 'descendant of a eunuch'. He suffered humiliation and rolled his eyes.
If it wasn't for the decades of hard work he had put in to obtain his current status.
How many of those scholars respected him?
"Not bad."
Guo Jia nodded and said," Furthermore, Yi An did this not for himself, but for his ancestors.”
"What do you mean?"
Cao Cao was puzzled.
"My lord, please follow me."
Guo Jia said.
He brought Cao Cao and left Sikong Manor.
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