"Greetings, my lord."
Xu Zhen, who was carrying Cao Ren's saber, went into Cao Cao's main tent and stood in front of Cao Cao.
Clasping his fists in a sonorous and powerful manner, he had a determined expression on his face, as well as the vitality and spirituality of a young man.
He wore a black robe with a belt around his waist, and his tall and straight posture appeared quite agile.
Cao Cao couldn't help but take a few deep glances at him. When he first came to surrender, he only displayed outstanding martial arts. Now, looking at him again, he even had the ability to lead troops.
"Good, Yi Feng is indeed a talented person. This time, you led the army to attack the poison camp and won with a surprise attack, which is admirable. Now that the bandits in the territory have been pacified, the next step is to settle the surrendered soldiers and rebuild Yanzhou.”
"I'm afraid that the generals will still need to recruit people. It's inevitable that you will suffer some losses.”
After Cao Cao finished speaking, he put away the letter on the table and smiled at Xu Zhen.
In his opinion, even if Xu Zhen led his troops alone to wipe out Yu Du, his reputation would not be greater than the other generals.
His subordinates, Yu Jin, Xu Huang, Li Dian, and the others, were all famous rangers in the local area. Li Dian was even more famous and praised by others.
There was no need to talk about the other clan relatives. Since the beginning of the crusade against Dong, many generals had been following him to the south and the north. Their banners were enough to attract the people.
Therefore, Cao Cao couldn't help but remind Xu Zhen.
"Yeah, then what should we do?"
Xu Zhen's expression changed.
It was as if he had just been reminded and was a little worried.
Only Dian Wei stared at him again.
Was it starting again?
Cao Cao laughed and walked up to him with his hands behind his back. He patted his shoulder and said with a straight face,"Originally, I could have directly sent my soldiers into your camp, but because you disobeyed orders on the battlefield, although you have made a great contribution, I can't reward you greatly!”
Xu Zhen was immediately numb. Oh, so you were waiting for me here.
"Sigh…I was really helpless. The situation was urgent at that time. If I had reported it, it would definitely not have been allowed. However, if I had not charged, these moth thieves would have been riding on my head and pooping.”
Hmm, this description was quite interesting.
Cao Cao's expression tightened.
This child.
It was quite practical.
" Then, I think so." Xu Zhen felt bitter again. He looked left and right a few times with a little grievance and muttered,""We can't just punish people for their merits, right? It won't be good if this gets out in the future…"
Xun Yu and Xi Zhicai both laughed at his words. Then, they immediately put away their expressions and put on a straight face.
The young man was in his early twenties, but his words were quite sly. With this kind of attitude, he was not stingy.
It was not right for the lord to be angry, but it was not good to refuse if he did not get angry.
The generals beside him were different.
Cao Chun, Cao Hong, Yu Jin, Xu Huang, and the others were all very dissatisfied.
Disobeying orders in front of the battlefield, and you still have reason?
It's all thanks to such a great contribution. Otherwise, they would have been beheaded to enforce military discipline. How could they allow you to bargain here?!
For a moment, the generals looked at each other with dissatisfied expressions and some disdain for Xu Zhen.
" Humph…" Cao Cao chuckled." Don't worry. Since you've made a contribution, I won't treat you unfairly."”
"How about this, you can go and recruit all the moth bandits among the surrendered soldiers.”
"If you can find a way to settle down, I'll give you the corresponding armaments. How about it?”
"Really?"
There was such a good thing?
Xu Zhen immediately became excited, his expression pleasantly surprised.
"Absolutely. As long as you can recruit them and settle them down, I'll give you military equipment!”
These rebel soldiers probably wanted to immediately retire and become ordinary people after they finally left the battlefield.
It would be even more difficult to summon them to surrender…
Actually, it wasn't that Cao Cao was intentionally helping Xu Zhen.
He had also thought of it on the spur of the moment. He wanted to see if Xu Zhen's brain was really that useful.
It was easier said than done to sincerely recruit the rebel soldiers.
Xun Yu and Xi Zhicai were both having a headache over this matter.
300,000 surrendered soldiers, millions of women, children, old and young, how could it be easy to settle so many refugees?!
If they were not careful, they might mutiny. However, if they handled it well, it would be a great blessing for Yanzhou. The more people there were, the more people they could rely on, and the more soldiers and manpower they had.
Who wouldn't be willing?
"Then, my lord, I'll go now!”Xu Zhen immediately cupped his fists and wanted to bow. He felt that he had just come out of that dejected mood.
Cao Cao patted his shoulder again and smiled,""Alright, next time, you don't have to be so reserved in front of me!”
After saying that, he waved his hand." Go. Do your best."”
"Good! Then I won't be reserved. Thank you, my lord, thank you, my lord!”
Xu Zhen smiled at ease. He felt at ease after hearing those words.
The last time he saw Cao Cao, he was respectful. He had just joined Cao Cao's camp and was not familiar with him. Xu Zhen did not dare to reveal his true nature.
Now that Cao Cao had said so, there was no problem.
"Humph!"
After Xu Zhen left, Cao Chun, who turned around to look at him, snorted coldly.
"You really don't know the immensity of heaven and earth.”
"Who among these surrendered soldiers is willing to go with him? Moreover, he had killed Yu Du, so the grudge was probably still there. How could he be happy when he was boasting shamelessly here?!”
"Foolish to the extreme."
Cao Hong also laughed out loud, patting this clan brother's shoulder, and said in a relaxed manner,""Big brother lied to him to calm his heart.”
"This person can be killed by poison, which means that he is very brave in battle, but he is just reckless and brainless.”
"Giving such a reward is equivalent to giving nothing. The soldiers who surrendered are not stable now. Without seeing a way to settle them, how could they easily agree to enter the camp?”
"Hahaha!"
The few generals laughed. They felt that this young man was too naive. He actually stupidly went to surrender.
He was probably going to hit a wall.
An hour later.
Cao Cao was still looking through the reports of the various battalions when suddenly, a military officer walked in quickly, drenched in sweat. Seeing that many generals were present, he bowed from afar.
Then, he walked to Cao Cao and said,"" My lord, just now, General Xu came to me and asked for 3,000 sets of armor, 800 horses, 3,000 sets of weapons and military supplies…"
" We also received 800 shekels of rations, 1,500 shekels of fodder, six pigs, and twelve oxen…"
"He said that the lord personally agreed."
"This lowly one…I'm not sure, so I've come to report this to my lord.”
Cao Cao's mouth twitched.
He raised his head in a daze.
"Ah?"
A pig?
Not even letting a pig off?
"He said that the moth bandits have already recruited three thousand, and he wants eight hundred warhorses to build a cavalry battalion."”
"400 heavy armor is tiger, 400 light armor is leopard, called tiger leopard cavalry…"
"He also said that the remaining tens of thousands of surrendered soldiers wanted to join his camp. He was afraid that the lord would not be able to hold on, so he asked the lord to find another general to take them in.”
" Ah!!?!"
Everyone in the tent, including Xi Zhicai and Xun Yu, was dumbfounded.
The generals felt their faces burning.
Cao Cao's expression gradually became interesting.
In that case, those surrendered soldiers were willing to follow him?!
What method did he use?
How did they settle down?
Also, was he a bandit?! I already told you about the military supplies…how many pigs do you want to drag away?!
He also wanted cattle?
He really was hitting a snake with a stick…He didn't have any face at all.
However, it was still quite interesting…
"Give it to him."
Cao Cao's lips curled up. Although his heart was bleeding, he still smiled widely.
Even if his heart was torn apart, he would still carry out his words to the end.
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