In the third year of Chuping, September.

Nearly two years have passed since Cao Cao held his family dinner, and Cao Pi is about to celebrate his sixth birthday.

After the family banquet, Cao Cao set off to Yangzhou to recruit troops. What Cao Shuo was worried about still happened to Cao Cao. On the way back to Qiao County, Cao Cao took the Yangzhou tribe with him, but a mutiny broke out. After the turmoil, only a hundred soldiers were left in the tribe.

In the end, Cao Cao, with the help of Cao Hong, replenished Cao Hong's army, recruited soldiers from the Qiaopei area, and barely raised a team of 3,000 people.

At the beginning of the second year of Chuping, the Heishan bandits Yu Du, Bai Lao, and Sui Gu led a hundred thousand bandits to plunder the East County and Wei County areas of Yanzhou. Cao Cao, at the suggestion of the new counselor Xun Yu, led troops to defend the East County. Under the appointment of Yuan Shao

Became the prefect of Dongjun.

After a year of recuperating, Cao Cao led his troops to garrison Dunqiu County and lure Yu Du to attack Wuyang County in the east. Cao Cao then used the strategy of encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao, and raided Yu Du's base camp, greatly defeating Suigu and conquering the south.

The Huns were led by Yu Fuluo and won the unanimous approval of the common people and nobles in Yanzhou.

Not long after Cao Cao defeated the poisonous army, the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, claiming to have millions of troops, invaded Yanzhou. Even Rencheng and Dongping under Cao Cao's jurisdiction were lost one after another. Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, did not listen to the dissuasion of the people around him and gathered his troops in a short time to persist.

The Yellow Turbans attacked Qingzhou and died in the rebel army. Yanzhou became a land without one for a while.

After Cao Cao learned that Liu Dai had died in battle, he immediately led his army to counterattack the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans. The Qingzhou Yellow Turbans' attitude towards Cao Cao was quite interesting.

When the two armies were confronting each other, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban wrote a letter to Cao Cao. The letter stated that in his early years, Cao Cao was the prime minister of Jinan, cleaning up prostitution temples and eradicating corrupt officials. Under his rule, "politics and religion flourished, and the whole county was peaceful." It also said that Cao Cao and

Cao Song also respected the ways of Huang and Lao. The Qingzhou Yellow Turbans and Cao Cao should be a "family" that depends on each other for good and bad fortune.

After seeing the letter from the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, Cao Cao began to recruit them. In the end, Cao Cao used a combination of force and eloquence to recruit most of the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, and selected an elite force of 50,000 people, namely

The famous Qingzhou soldiers in history.

After Cao Cao annexed Qingzhou Yellow Turban, his strength greatly increased. Fortunately, he got help from Yanzhou people Cheng Yu and Chen Gong. The two tried their best to lobby the Yanzhou nobles. After weighing the pros and cons, the wealthy families chose to support Cao Cao. They elected Cao Cao as their leader.

The new governor of Yanzhou. Although Cao Cao did not get the approval of the Han Dynasty at this time, he actually had control of Yanzhou.

Compared with the war-torn world outside, Qiao County can be described as a paradise-like existence. Cao Pi has lived a very comfortable and fulfilling life in the past two years...

"Zi Huan, when do you think we can mount our horses and go to war?" Cao Zhen lay on the table and said to Cao Pi, who was staring at the sky in a daze.

Cao Pi was about to answer, but he could only keep silent after seeing Cao De's angry eyes. Since Cao Cao went to Yangzhou to recruit troops, Cao Pi and his brothers began to study and study under the supervision of Cao De. Cao De paid attention to everyone's requirements.

Very strict.

Cao Yun was unwilling to be alone and came to study with his brothers. Xia Houmao didn't know where he got the news from, so he hung out in Cao's house every day.

Every morning, everyone will read to themselves in the "classroom". If they encounter problems they don't understand, they can ask Cao De for help. But except for Cao Pi and Cao Shuo, the other brothers are obviously not material for reading. Even the youngest

The elder Cao Ang was always absent-minded, and was even scolded by Cao De several times for sleeping on the desk.

"That's it for today. Remember to ask me if you have any questions." Cao De said and walked out of the classroom. On the way back home, he thought of the strange sleeping positions of Cao Ang, Cao Zhen, and Xia Houmao, and he really doubted his original promise.

Was Cao Cao's decision to teach his brothers to study correct?

"Brother, brother, what are we going to do this afternoon?" Cao Yun trotted up to Cao Ang, with an expression of relief on her face and eyes full of anticipation.

"I will continue to teach you archery in the afternoon." Cao Ang just recovered from his drowsiness and patted his face and said.

"Why are you shooting arrows again? It's really boring. We haven't gone out to play for a long time." Cao Yun immediately fainted after hearing Cao Ang's answer.

"I don't dare to take you out secretly anymore." Cao Ang said with lingering fear. Cao Yun remembered Ding's last scolding of Cao Ang, and the words were still in her ears. She stuck out her tongue playfully and let it go.

Cao Pi looked at Xia Houmao, who had a crazy look on his face just after waking up, and thought that through his observations in the past two years, his original hunch was indeed correct.

After the brothers chatted some gossip, Cao Ang took the brothers to the "shooting range" in the backyard. He took several pairs of bows of different sizes and weights and dozens of light arrows with somewhat damaged tails. In Cao Ang's case

Under the supervision of Cao Yun, the brothers began to practice, and Cao Yun, who was bored, had to sit on the stone bench in the pavilion in a daze.

Cao Pi looked at Cao Ang with a serious look on his face and remembered the time when Cao Cao took Cao Ang, Cao Zhen and himself to the military camp. In the military camp, Cao Pi not only met Xia Houyuan, the fiery, heroic and rugged "General of the White Land", but also a short and unkind man.

Yue Jin, who spoke of words, and a Confucian general named Zao Zhi.

Cao Pi didn't know Zao Zhi very well, but Cao Cao trusted Zao Zhi very much. Cao Pi overheard the two of them talking about how to settle the fields and calm the people. He realized that this Zao Zhi was not only very talented, but also kind and caring for the people.

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Cao Ang has often been alone in a daze since that time when he went to the military camp. Cao Pi understood that Cao Ang was very eager to wear military uniforms, armor, and hold halberds and spears to relieve his father's worries. Especially since Cao Xiu, who was only a few years older than Cao Ang, already had his own

In this chapter, Cao Xiu can follow Cao Cao on the battlefield, while Cao Ang can only accompany his young siblings at home. This contrast makes Cao Ang's inner desire become particularly strong.

But what Cao Pi didn't know was that Cao Ang was actually very conflicted in his heart. Cao Ang believed that as the eldest son of the family, he had to take good care of his mother and younger siblings when Cao Cao was not at home, especially when all the younger siblings were still young. So Cao Ang

Always struggling between his responsibilities and ideals, he didn't know how to speak to Cao Cao for a while.

After practicing under the bright sun for more than an hour, everyone sat together in the pavilion to rest. Cao Shuo, who was already weak, had pale cheeks and was breathing heavily. He looked like he might faint at any time.

"It's too hot." Cao Zhen wiped the sweat from his face and drank a bowl of water on the stone table. "Let's take a day off tomorrow and find a place to play."
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"Brother, we will definitely not run around this time. I will listen to you in everything. Last time, it was all Zizhao's fault. He ran back too slowly." Cao Yun took over Cao Zhen's words and grabbed Cao Ang's sleeves.

He walked away and said in a pleading tone, "Just this time, just this time, I haven't gone out to play in a long time."

"It's obviously my sister, but you insist on asking the eldest brother to hunt a tiger. There aren't even hares in that poor place." Cao Shuo retorted dissatisfiedly, breathing heavily.

"Brother Zixiu, I suddenly thought of a place. It's in our Qiao County, not far from here. I'll take you there tomorrow afternoon."

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"Where are you going? Where are you going? Tell me." Cao Yun turned around excitedly, grabbed Xia Houmao's forearm and asked.

"You will know when I take you there tomorrow." Xia Houmao stammered as Cao Yun made her face turn red.

Cao Ang looked at Xia Houmao's statement and thought that it was not far from home anyway, and he hadn't taken his brothers and sisters out to play for a long time, so he agreed to Xia Houmao's suggestion.

Happy cheers erupted from the pavilion, which frightened the beggar who was talking in his sleep outside the courtyard wall and woke up from his sleep. He cursed in an annoyed voice at the wall.

After dinner, the breeze blew and the weather gradually became cooler. After Cao Pi finished practicing boxing in his room, he went to the courtyard to have fun playing chess and throwing pots with his brothers. Although two years have passed, Cao Pi's throwing skills have improved.

There was still no progress, but Cao Ang's follower Dong Da showed amazing learning ability. He could always hit four or five arrows in a row.

"Brother, I want Brother Zidan to be my big horse." Four-year-old Cao Zhang pulled Cao Ang's sleeve and pointed at Cao Zhen, who was competing with Cao Shuo in a throwing pot, and said angrily.

"Good boy Ziwen, my eldest brother will be your eldest son in a moment. You first recite the poem you learned today to my eldest brother."

After Cao Zhang hesitated for a while, Cao Ang looked helplessly at Cao Zhang, who was scratching his head, wondering how Zihuan and Zizhao could memorize so many poems...

After the brothers played around, they each went back to their rooms to rest. Cao Pi came to his mother Bian's room. Bian was nearly nine months pregnant. Cao Pi would come to Bian's room every day to accompany his mother.

Talk.

"Mom, how are you feeling today?" Cao Pi asked Bian with concern. Bian felt that the fetus in her belly had been making some restless noises recently.

"I don't know whether I will give birth to a younger brother or a younger sister for you this time." Bian touched her belly and looked at Cao Pi with pleasure, who was tucking herself into bed.

"I guess it's still a boy." Cao Pi thought that the baby in his belly should be Cao Zhi, so he said firmly to Bian.

"I would like to get a sister for you, and then I can find a good family to marry, and my whole life will pass by peacefully. It's not like now, where I have to worry every day." Ms. Bian said helplessly, her tone full of emotion.

It's sadness.

"Mom, don't worry. My father has his own destiny, and he will definitely be fine." Cao Pi knew that Bian was worried about Cao Cao's safety, so he comforted him, "Now the soldiers under my father are very brave.

With the help of a talented and virtuous celebrity like Mr. Xun Yu, there won’t be any problems.”

"What about you? I think you and Zidan will be like your father in a few years." Bian took Cao Pi's hand and said sincerely, "Ziwen is not a good character either. He clamors every day to become a general.

.If it were still a boy this time, I would never let him practice martial arts."

"Mom, we will all be safe, don't worry." Cao Pi understood Bian's worry and helplessness, and thought that he would have to be more cautious in front of his mother in the future, and he should worry less about her mother, "Mother, please rest early.

It’s not pretty if you go to bed too late.”

"You are the only one who can speak." Bian rolled his eyes at Cao Pi. After the two chatted for a few words, Cao Pi stood up and left.
Chapter completed!