During these ten days, in addition to staying in the mansion, Zhou Yang often visited Sima Yi and Li Yu who were brought back by He Rui.

Except for listening to Li Yu playing the Jiaoweiqin every day, Sima Yi showed a focused expression, and at other times he looked dumbfounded. It really makes people hard to believe that this son can become a great man. This also made Zhou Yang let go of the big stone in his heart. I hope Sima Yi will do this forever.

When Zhou Yang came to the barracks and learned military tricks from Xu Rong and Xu Huang and other outstanding generals, he found that no matter how much theoretical knowledge he mastered, he was still far from fighting a few real battles.

Sure enough, marching and fighting can only accumulate experience bit by bit in practice, and there is no possibility of reaching the sky at all.

Seeing his shortcomings in this regard, Xu Rong suggested that Xu Huang go with him.

"Is it really possible?" Zhou Yang was overjoyed.

"Chang'an has fallen into chaos and can't take care of itself; Zhang Xiu, Wancheng to the south, has just become independent, and the situation is not much better than ours." Xu Rong continued to analyze, "So Luoyang is basically safe, just pay attention to the Black Mountain Army in the Hanoi area."

Xu Huang also praised this and added: "With Peng Yiyuan's powerful intelligence team, there is no need to worry about this. Any movement of the forces can make us prepare military in advance."

Xu Rong said again: "Besides, there are Le Jin and Li Dian around you. They are all rare talented generals. As long as they are tempered, they will definitely become unique figures in the future."

It would be great with Xu Huang accompanying him, but Zhou Yang would not refuse.

However, the rest time always passes very quickly. If Xu Huang hadn't come to the prefect's house to remind him in person, he would have delayed his trip.

It turned out that he had relaxed too much and almost forgot that it was a long journey from here to Jiyin.

In desperation, he had to set off early, and even lacked time to find Zou to restore his appearance. He had to use this handsome face to continue being a human being. I hope that when he restored his true face in the future, it would not bring too many negative effects.

This time, in addition to Xu Huang accompanying him, Zhou Yang also brought Su Chen with him. The main reason is that if she is by her side, he always feels safe, just like Cao Cao always brings Dian Wei.

In the past two years, Xun Yu not only arranged many capable generals for the governance of Luoyang, but also recommended first-class talents such as Zhong Yao, Xun You, Chen Qun, Du Xi, and Guo Jia to Cao Cao.

When he thought about getting to know them, Zhou Yang was almost gone.

"Ao—"

The three riders were heading eastward, and a falcon jumped over the sky.

Looking back, I saw a rider in the back quickly catching up with him. The visitor was Cao Lin, who had changed into a light helmet. She shouted in a sharp voice: "Die Zhou Yang, you dare to leave him alone!"

Zhou Yang saw it and said in surprise: "Who told her?"

Su Chen told him on the horse's back: "It's no secret that you disguise."

Xu Huang smiled and said, "Besides, with her falcon, it will be very helpful for understanding the enemy's movements in the future."

Cao Lin, who has not seen each other for two years, may have obviously become much lighter because of her longing for Zhou Yang. Although her appearance has become a little more mature, her face still has a little childishness.

Behind that childishness, there seemed to be an indescribable smell.

Zhou Yang vaguely felt that this was related to Cao Cao's unwillingness to disclose it to the family, and that his relationship with her father and daughter should be related, but now he has no time to think about these trivial issues, because he was staring at this little girl a little uncomfortable.

Cao Lin pursed her lower lip gently, as if she was watching a rare object, looking at him up and down, and said strangely: "I have become handsome, don't you want to recognize me?"

Seeing that she was talking like a joke, Zhou Yang knew that she was not serious, so he just talked nonsense.

With such a little girl on the way, I won’t be bored on the way.

Anyway, it’s not very rush now. In order to keep a distance from everyone, the Red Rabbit Horse did not run with all his might. The four of them arrived at their destination in a few days.

From Jiyin to Dingtao in the south, it is easy to connect with food and grass; from Pucheng in the north, it is the best garrison for attacking Lu Bu.

Cao Cao had already stood on the bank of the Yellow River, facing the opposite bank, and behind him was a group of civil servants and military generals.

Zhou Yang and four others followed the soldiers to his side. Although they didn't know any of them except the majestic and handsome Xiahou Dun, they could guess a rough idea.

After he glanced around these characters, he finally set his eyes on a fierce man holding a pair of heavy double halberds in his hand, and couldn't help asking: "Is this Dian Wei recruited by General Xiahou not long ago?"

The man stood motionlessly next to Cao Cao as if he had heard nothing, like a tall bronze statue.

However, Xiahou Dun, who usually looks a little scared, may have been because Zhou Yang made a contribution and wanted to see him, so he gave him a brief introduction and said, "That's right, should the prefect Zhou discuss with him?"

Zhou Yang thought to himself that no one here knew better than me. Dian Wei was so fierce that he couldn't help but tremble and said dryly: "There's no need."

At this time, Cao Cao suddenly pointed to the other side of the Yellow River and said, "Look at this north, with such a fertile land, how much time does a person take to see it in his life?"

Zhou Yang shook his god for a moment and looked in the direction he pointed. Apart from the mountains and forests, there was only endless blue sky and white clouds. As for where the land was fertile, he didn't see it.

"Mr. Cao can see things that ordinary people cannot see, and he is far-sighted." Among the civil and military officials, a tall and handsome man with a beard responded, "Hebei is indeed an area with extremely strong developmental ability!"

"Reorganize the troops and set off immediately tomorrow." Cao Cao suddenly stopped sighing, grinned, and introduced Zhou Yang one by one the newly recruited talents.

And the beautiful man just now was in the future to offer Cao Cao ambushes and defeat Cheng Yu, who was defeating Yuan Shao's army.

When Cao Cao sent troops to conquer Xuzhou, it was Cheng Yu who stayed behind, blocking the army of Lu Bu and Chen Gong and saving the three cities. Otherwise, he would never be able to counterattack Puyang with force now, which would be another situation.

Zhou Yang could not help but nodded, and Cheng Yu accepted all Cao Cao's praise without being humble. It was precisely because of this wisdom and honest temperament that Cao Cao reused him.

However, during this expedition to Lu Bu, Cheng Yu and a group of advisers such as Zhong Yao and Xun You continued to stay in Chenliu. On the one hand, it was necessary to develop internal affairs and provide logistics supplies to the army. On the other hand, it was necessary to prevent Runan Yuan Shu from taking the opportunity to attack the rear.

Zhou Yang was always looking for Guo Jia, but he didn't see anyone sick from beginning to end. He couldn't help but think that it was Cao Cao's adviser Xi Zhicai who had just passed away, and Xun Yu recommended Guo Jia to replace him. Cao Cao immediately greeted him ten miles away, took him into his tent, and discussed the major affairs of the world together.

It is said that the first meeting between Cao Cao and Guo Jia was no less important than the later "Longzhong Confrontation" between Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang.

In this era of heroes, having a wise strategist will play a crucial role for all princes. How could Guo Jia's shiny pearl be buried?

However, I immediately thought that Guo Jia had just joined Cao Cao's camp and had not made any substantial contributions, so he was only valued by Cao Cao. If he could not be of the same level as the generals of the Cao family, Xiahou family.

In fact, I am not the case. I took such a big risk and almost died several times, but the result still requires real military merits to be truly promoted.

There are records in the almanac that almost no top strategists like Xun You, Jia Xu, and Cheng Yu had more than one thousand households; and even worse, Dong Zhao, Zhang Ji, Jiang Ji, and Jia Kui, the number of civil servants in the group of internal affairs was pitifully few, with only three or four hundred at most.

Among civil officials, only Xun Yu can be called a big family, with a maximum of 2,000 households, but he is still not as good as Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Cao Xiu, and Xiahou, who are more than 2,000 tribes.

Zhou Yang actually understood this point. After all, most people with literary meritorious people are smarter. If you give them a little less, they can understand it. The generals think that they are more important than civil officials in the battlefield.

It can be seen from this that in this era of war, military achievements are obviously more important than literary achievements.

It was precisely because Cao Cao regarded him as a member of his tribe that he hoped that he would make more military achievements so that he could control the real political power for him in the future, just like Xiahou Dun and Cao Ren.

A few days later, Cao Cao personally led a large army to Puyang and stationed the camp on the north bank of the Yellow River.

Zhou Yang knew very well that Chen Gong was a man who knew how to use troops. It was because of this person around Lu Bu that he had the courage to secretly occupy Puyang when Cao Cao conquers Xuzhou.

But what he wanted to know more was why a righteous and upright person like Zhang Miao betrayed Cao Cao, who was closely related to him, could not have no reason for this.

On the first day after Cao Cao's army arrived in Puyang, he immediately ordered the entire army to rest so that the city would be attacked in the future.

At night, Zhou Yang was in a state of ease and knew that Cao Cao would be defeated in this battle. He kept asking Cao Lin's falcon Tianxiang to reconnaise in this area. At the same time, Su Chen, who was good at exploring the terrain, chose a hill nearby to closely monitor Lu Bu's movements.

Xu Huang couldn't help but praise him: "I didn't expect that Zhou Taishou would be so nervous when he participated in the war for the first time. It really made Mo Jiang deeply admire him."

Zhou Yang smiled bitterly and said, "I can only do so much. If I really want to lead the army, I have to rely on General Xu!"

After a quick humbleness, Xu Huang said, "The last general thinks that Cao Gong is not such a careless person."

Regardless of whether Lu Bu will conduct a night attack on the camp, it is impossible for Cao Cao to not even have the most basic night defense measures. Zhou Yang was worried that Cao Cao would be re-enacted by underestimating the people around Lu Bu.
Chapter completed!