Most of these elite soldiers under Cao Cao were the Yellow Turban Qingzhou soldiers of the time.
The composition of these Qingzhou soldiers is, to put it bluntly, family members from the same hometown and county.
Later, Cao Cao selected some of them, father and son, and became soldiers one after another, forming a professional army with family units.
The soldiers here seem to be independent individuals, but you don't know who is whose relative or whose playmate. Because of this, in addition to the feelings of "comrades", these Qingzhou soldiers also have "comrades".
The bond of "blood". It is precisely because of the overlapping of these two relationships that the Qingzhou soldiers became a powerful army under Cao Cao and even in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.
Therefore, the lives of these soldiers are precious.
At least in this military camp, every life is precious.
He Yan squatted down and tried to help the other party up...
…
Well, it was a little heavy, so He Yan didn't help him up.
So He Yan simply knelt down and explained to the other party: "First of all, my name is He Yan. I am the Shenhou of the Han Dynasty. Now I hold the official position of Zhonglang. I am not called Duorouhou."
"Secondly, I was appointed by Sikong to be in charge of logistics. It is my duty to provide you with military rations. Even if you want to thank me, you should also thank Sikong and Xun Lingjun who is in the rear for transporting these foodstuffs to you.
The Cangcao sent Liu Ye."
"at last……"
He Yan put his hands on the soldiers' shoulders with great effort. After a moment of silence, he slowly smiled and said, "Keep going! If you win this time, I'll treat you to meat!"
“Real meat!”
The surrounding soldiers cheered again: "The Succulent Hou is mighty!"
"Thank you, Dorou Hou!"
"The meaty Hou! The meaty Hou!"
Come on!
Damn, these ignorant bastards...
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When He Yan came to Cao Cao's military tent amidst shouts of thanks that he didn't want to hear, he found that Cao Cao was looking at him intriguingly.
"Yu Lang is out of business, and he actually wants to treat all the soldiers in this military camp to eat meat? I'm afraid he will eat up all the meat in Yuzhou, right?"
He Yan's handsome face just now suddenly collapsed. He ran all the way behind Cao Cao and massaged Cao Cao's shoulders with both hands: "Isn't there daddy here?"
Cao Cao closed his eyes: "Do you want to use my money to do your own business?"
"What's yours and mine? What's the difference between father and son? After all, even I belong to my father!"
"..."
Cao Cao laughed and cursed: "You brat!"
"Forget it, if we really win this battle... we really need to celebrate!"
"But I didn't come here this time because of yesterday's military rations."
Cao Cao had a headache and motioned to He Yan to help him rub his temples: "Your sister is lost."
"Cao Jie is lost?"
He Yan almost couldn't breathe, but he still decisively identified the murderer: "I suspect Cao Pi did it! Should dad consider arresting him and interrogating him properly?"
"It's not Cao Jie."
Cao Cao was obviously troubled by this matter: "She is your uncle Miaocai's niece."
Xia Houyuan's...niece.
Lost it yet?
He Yan suddenly took a breath of air, obviously thinking of something.
Cao Cao turned his back to He Yan, but did not notice anything unusual about He Yan: "Your Uncle Miaocai is a loyal man. When I was implicated in a case and needed to be imprisoned for interrogation, he was the one who stood up for me."
"Later, there was great chaos in the Central Plains. Due to hunger and hunger, he had no choice but to abandon his young son and feed his deceased brother's niece. Now the one who is lost is his niece."
"Miaocai didn't want to bother me with this matter at first, but it was because I saw him looking restless last night that I asked him more."
Cao Cao stood up and looked at He Yan: "I really can't mobilize any manpower on this front line."
Cao Cao's army is completely stretched now. Cao Ren has served as the fire captain several times. Xia Houyuan probably knows this too, so he doesn't want to disturb Cao Cao.
"In addition, this is a family matter, so it will not easily alarm the soldiers. The most important thing is..."
Cao Cao lowered his voice: "It's best not to let your uncle Miaocai know about this, otherwise, given his temper, he might not want me to send people to spend all the time and effort to find his niece."
Speaking of this, He Yan knew something in his mind.
If nothing else, the niece that Xiahou Yuan lost should be the Xiahou family who was abducted by Zhang Fei in the future.
The daughter born later married Liu Chan and became the last queen of the Han Dynasty...
He Yan was also numb.
It's okay if it falls into Zhang Fei's hands, at least Zhang Fei still has his integrity.
But now that Zhang Fei has followed Liu Bei to Jingzhou a year in advance, who knows what kind of monsters and monsters his little cousin he has never met will encounter.
He Yan asked: "Father wants me to help Uncle Miaocai find his cousin?"
"Um."
He Yan heard what Cao Cao said and agreed decisively.
After all, even if you have never met, your cousin is your cousin, even if it is a cousin who has no blood relationship with you...
"Okay! Leave it to me!"
However, He Yan still didn't finish his words: "My child, I can only say that I tried my best. After all, the vast sea of people is like looking for a needle in a haystack. If you find it, everyone will be happy. If you can't find it..."
"I won't blame you if I can't find it."
He Yan was still a little uneasy after receiving the guarantee, and the intensity of the massage he gave Cao Cao was much lighter.
"I will send fifty cavalry to help you. In addition, Yulang, you are old after all. You will need retainers and personal guards in the future. I will give you two more tiger soldiers."
"This time your cousin was lost in her home in Qiao County. The two tiger warriors are also from Qiao County. With them around, it will be easier for you to find her."
The tiger warriors mentioned by Cao Cao are the knights who joined Xu Chu in Cao's camp in the early years.
These tiger warriors all made many military exploits in the future. Later, dozens of them were made generals and marquises, and more than 100 captains, captains, and lieutenants were made swordsmen.
With these people protecting He Yan, at least he would not have to worry about being decapitated when encountering small-scale conflicts in the future.
"Hehe, thank you daddy!"
He Yan knew that this was a disguised reward from Cao Cao.
The tiger soldiers around Cao Cao were the most trusted confidants. Now that they are assigned to He Yan, some of the significance is far greater than the actual significance.
"Don't worry, Dad, I will definitely get your cousin back this time!"
He Yan was immediately full of energy: "My child, we will set off immediately! I promise there will be no delay!"
"return!"
He Yan thought that Cao Cao had something important to entrust him with, so he quickly came back and stared at Cao Cao eagerly.
I saw Cao Cao with a serious face: "Why did you bring my father's share of food last yesterday?"
"Ah this..."
He Yan knew who inherited Cao Pi's petty ideas, but he didn't expect that Cao Cao would stop him and question him because of this matter.
And looking at Cao Cao's serious look, He Yan knew that Cao Cao took this matter seriously...
"Because... because the last pot actually has the strongest flavor, and doesn't this also show the soldiers that you worry about the soldiers first, and eat after the soldiers' food!"
Cao Cao squinted his eyes: "Does Yulang really think so?"
"You must think so!"
Cao Cao looked at He Yan several times and then waved his hand: "Okay, let's go down! Go to Qiao County to find your cousin!"
He Yan felt relieved and slipped out of the tent as if his feet were oiled.
But Cao Cao was pacing in the camp, saying to himself what He Yan had just said: "First worry about the generals' worries, and then eat after the generals' food... That's true, but the pattern is a bit small."
"Worry about the world first, this is the real big picture!"
Cao Cao stroked his beard proudly: "That's it! Come here! Spread the word about yesterday's events! Just say that I, Cao Cao, can't eat or sleep at night. I worry about the world first!"
He Yan, who had already slipped away, probably never dreamed that before he started plagiarizing poems, the ancients had already started plagiarizing...