Hearing this voice, everyone turned their eyes to the side and saw a burly man standing up. Judging from his appearance, this man was only in his early twenties, but his face was covered with withered yellow spots.
Beard. When Cao Cao saw this person, his gloomy face showed a hint of relief. This person was Cao Zhang, Cao Cao's son.
Cao Cao has more than 20 sons, which is not unrelated to Cao Cao's lust and his many wives and concubines. However, the only ones who are most favored and close to Cao Cao are the sons born to Cao Cao's two wives. First of all, the first one is Cao Cao.
Mrs. Ding's original wife, Mrs. Ding, was the wife Cao Cao married before the rebellion, and she was also Cao Cao's only official wife. However, Mrs. Ding herself had no income. The maid Liu who came with Mrs. Ding to marry her gave birth to Cao Cao.
The two sons were the eldest son Cao Ang and the second son Cao Shuo. However, Cao Shuo died early and Liu died of illness as a result. Mrs. Ding adopted Cao Ang into her own name, so Cao Ang became the true eldest son.
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The second one is Mrs. Bian. Mrs. Bian was originally a singing prostitute in Luoyang City. She was favored by Cao Cao, redeemed her body, and married Cao Cao as his concubine. Compared with Mrs. Ding who never interfered with family affairs, Mrs. Bian
But she was even more scheming. She had already taken control of all matters in Cao Cao's backyard. In addition to her title, she was actually half the mistress of the Marquis of Wei Mansion. Mrs. Bian gave birth to four sons for Cao Cao, respectively.
They are Cao Pi, Cao Zhang, Cao Zhi, and Cao Xiong. Although Cao Pi is not the eldest son, he is usually polite and virtuous, and is deeply favored by Cao Cao, becoming a strong contender for Cao Cao's successor.
Among these five sons, Cao Ang has already been confirmed as the heir apparent, and is naturally the successor to Cao Cao's great cause in name. Moreover, Cao Ang has a lot of Cao Cao's inheritance in terms of both martial arts and martial arts. He is deeply loved by the Cao family and
The support of the Xiahou family. Although Cao Pi is not the eldest son, nor is he the son of Mrs. Ding, but with a scheming mother like Mrs. Bian, and Cao Pi himself is not much worse than Cao Ang, among the ministers with foreign surnames under Cao Cao's account,
Quite popular. Although Cao Pi still respected Cao Ang's status as heir, everyone could see that Cao Pi was secretly competing with Cao Ang!
Besides Cao Ang and Cao Pi, Cao Cao's favorites were Cao Zhang and Cao Zhi. Cao Zhang and Cao Zhi, one practiced martial arts and the other studied literature, especially Cao Zhang, who loved to dance with guns and sticks since he was a child.
, coupled with the yellow beard on his face, Cao Cao always jokingly calls Cao Zhang Huang Xuer on weekdays. And Cao Zhang’s wish is not to fight for any successor, but to become a general like Xiahou Dun who fights on the battlefield! Because of this,
Cao Zhang has been following Xiahou Dun to learn martial arts and military tactics since he was a child, and his relationship with Xiahou Dun is very deep. Now that Xiahou Dun died in battle, Cao Zhang is holding back his anger and wants to avenge Xiahou Dun!
"Ziwen!" Cao Zhang stood up and asked for a fight, but Cao Ang, who was sitting on top of Cao Zhang, frowned, glanced at Cao Pi who was sitting opposite, then turned to Cao Zhang and shouted: "This matter is important, you can't mess around!
Everything is still subject to father's arrangements!" Cao Ang's words are not really aimed at Cao Zhang, but Cao Zhang and Cao Pi are from the same mother. Although they are both sons of Cao Cao, there is still a difference in the closeness between Cao Ang and Cao Pi!
Although Cao Ang knew that Cao Zhang would not compete for the throne, there was no guarantee that Cao Zhang would not help Cao Pi against him, so Cao Ang could not just watch Cao Zhang make great achievements.
When Cao Pi saw Cao Ang speaking, his eyes narrowed. Not to mention, his expression was quite similar to that of Cao Cao when he was young. This is probably why Cao Pi was able to gain Cao Cao's favor. Of course, Cao Pi knew why Cao Ang did this.
But he smiled and said to Cao Zhang, who was about to get angry: "Ziwen! Brother is right, everything should be decided by the father, how can others decide? Don't be too impatient!" Cao Pi's words seemed to be obvious.
He was echoing Cao Ang's words, but the underlying meaning was that Cao Ang was too impatient and was suspected of overstepping his authority.
Cao Ang could naturally hear what Cao Pi meant. He looked at Cao Pi with a cold light flashing in his eyes. He hated his half-brother deeply, but he couldn't argue with Cao Pi in front of Cao Cao.
There was also a smile on his face and he said: "What the second brother said is very true! He has won my father's heart! Haha, for those who don't know, I thought that the second brother has become a roundworm in my father's belly!" But Cao Ang's words were:
He was mocking Cao Pi for flattering Cao Cao, even giving up his face for the sake of his position as heir.
The two brothers exchanged just a few words, but they were fighting with each other. The fight was so lively that the atmosphere in the entire meeting hall became more and more tense. Cao Cao did not say anything, and watched the two brothers fighting with cold eyes.
In fact, his head was getting more and more painful. As a father, Cao Cao was naturally very pleased that his sons were so outstanding. But similarly, how could Cao Cao not be sad when his sons were fighting so openly and secretly? But Cao Cao also felt sad in his heart.
It was very clear that even if he could stop them from mocking each other now, the actual problem could not be solved. The most important thing was that Cao Cao was still hesitant and unable to make a decision on who to appoint as his successor. He took a glance
With Cao Zhang still stuck there, Cao Cao couldn't help but sigh in his heart. It would be great if one of Cao Ang and Cao Pi could put his mind elsewhere like Cao Zhang!
But Cao Cao also knew that this was impossible. After a moment of pause, Cao Cao raised his hand and waved it. The brothers Cao Ang and Cao Pi immediately shut up! Cao Cao's attitude is related to whether they can defeat their opponents and become
They would not dare to make Cao Cao unhappy by taking over Cao Cao's hegemony.
However, Cao Cao didn't seem to pay attention to the two brothers' intentions. Instead, he said to Cao Zhang pleasantly: "Ziwen! I'm very happy that you have this heart, but this trip to Yangzhou is no ordinary battle. Besides, I'm still
There are tasks elsewhere that you need to complete. If this battle in Yangzhou does not achieve our pre-set goals, then the Western Qin Dynasty will most likely unite with Wei Yan in Youzhou to send troops to attack us at the same time, so I would like to allocate you an army of troops.
, go to Jizhou and beware of Wei Yan’s Youzhou army going south! This mission is extremely important, are you confident in completing it?"
Although Cao Cao did not allow him to participate in the battle going south, he also arranged tasks for himself. Cao Zhang was not dissatisfied. He even clasped his fists at Cao Cao and shouted: "Father, please don't worry! I will definitely defend Jizhou and not give the enemy any chance."
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"Well!" After hearing Cao Zhang's words, Cao Cao smiled for the first time today, stroked his beard, nodded and said: "With Huang Xu'er here, I have nothing to worry about! Okay, everything will be done according to this plan, no more
Objection!" After saying that, Cao Cao stood up directly, glanced at Cao Ang and Cao Pi, then turned and left the meeting hall.
Cao Cao's departure meant the end of the meeting. No one here dared to move first. Only after Cao Cao left did they dare to stand up and say goodbye to each other. Cao Ang slowly stood up, glanced at Cao Pi, and then
Then he turned around and smiled at Cao Zhang beside him: "Ziwen, what I did for my brother earlier was for national affairs. Ziwen, don't you want to be jealous of your brother?" After saying that, Cao Ang saluted Cao Zhang.
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Although Cao Zhang likes to fight and kill, he is not a brainless person. Seeing Cao Ang apologize to him, Cao Zhang immediately returned the favor and said: "What did the elder brother say? The younger brother acted impulsively. The elder brother gave me advice from the side. This is to the younger brother."
It’s good, how can I not know what’s good and bad? Big brother, please don’t say that again in the future!”
"That's so good! That's so good! Haha!" Cao Ang smiled and took Cao Zhang's arm, and said to Cao Zhang very affectionately: "This time Ziwen is going to go on an expedition, and it happened that my brother got a sword some time ago. As the saying goes
Swords are given to heroes, so I will give this sword to Ziwen as a brother. I wish Ziwen will be victorious in this expedition and make many great achievements!"
Since Cao Zhang was a martial arts practitioner, he naturally liked swords and sharp weapons. When he heard that Cao Ang was going to give him a sword, it was like a cat tickling his heart. It made him itchy and he wanted to do it right away.
Follow Cao Ang. Immediately, Cao Zhang put the unpleasantness in the meeting behind him, laughed and said to Cao Ang: "If the elder brother does this, the younger brother will no longer refuse! Thank you, elder brother, for making it happen!"
"Hahahaha!" Seeing Cao Zhang's appearance, Cao Ang was also very proud. He burst out laughing and said to Cao Zhang: "Brothers, why are you talking about being so different? Come on, come on! My eldest brother is free today, and we two brothers
Let's go out for a drink together, and I, as the big brother, can see Ziwen off!" With that said, Cao Ang pulled Cao Zhang and walked out.
As a military general, Cao Zhang was naturally a lover of wine. In addition, Cao Ang had just promised the sword, so Cao Zhang could not shirk anymore. He could only let Cao Ang pull him out. In the meeting hall, watching Cao Ang and
As Cao Zhang left, Cao Pi had a gloomy face and couldn't help but sneer. Cao Ang clearly did this to show Cao Pi. If even Cao Zhang, a brother from the same mother, defected to Cao Ang, then Cao Pi would be in trouble in the future.
There is really no way to compete with Cao Ang for the position of heir.
But even if he knew what Cao Ang was thinking, Cao Pi couldn't do anything about it for a while. He couldn't just pull Cao Zhang away and not let Cao Ang give him a sword to treat guests, right? Doing that would only make Cao Pi appear narrow-minded. If Cao Cao knew this
, his impression in Cao Cao's mind will also be greatly reduced. However, Cao Pi is not an ordinary person. He lowered his head and thought for a moment, then immediately raised his head, with a sneer at the corner of his mouth, flicked his sleeves, and turned around to walk towards the backyard.