Chang'an.

Cao Zhi raised his hand. "Get up."

"Here." Han Long responded, stood up, and quietly looked at the expression on Cao Zhi's face. He rushed to Guanzhong to see Cao Zhi, just to ask about that. After hearing Cao Miao's doubts, Cao Zhi didn't say a word or the thought he wanted to say.

"You go back. If possible, let him go to Liaodong. If he is not interested, it doesn't matter." Cao Zhi raised his head and his eyes were calm. "He has done enough, worthy of the Great Wei and the Cao family."

"King..."

Cao Zhi raised his hand. "Don't ask, I won't give you any answers." He paused and said, "Sometimes, it doesn't matter what the truth is, what matters is what you believe in. What exactly is the truth? How many people can explain it clearly?"

Han Long was a little dizzy, but he didn't dare to ask more, so he had to retreat.

Cao Zhi sighed, crossed his hands and placed them in front of his abdomen, his eyes blurred, as if he was trapped in memories, thinking about someone or something.

"If I had known today, why should I have been there?" He sighed faintly.

Behind the house, Han Long stood quietly in the shadow of the corner of the wall. He only heard this sentence for a long time, and didn't know what to say specifically, which disappointed him. How did he explain to Cao Miao after returning to Jiangdong?

Han Long looked around and flashed back to the toilet not far away, pissed, picked up his pants and went out.

Outside the door, he saw General Cao Zhen slowly approaching. There were many people, with nearly a hundred knights alone. Han Long glanced and unexpectedly found that there were a few people inside. After a closer look, one of them was a school clerk who had followed Han Dong to Jiangdong.

Han Long's heart skipped a beat and he stood quietly aside.

He was wearing regular clothes and was not abrupt when he was watching the fun.

The team stopped, Cao Zhen got out of the car and panted. He was still very fat and felt tired after walking a few steps. He hadn't ridden a horse for many years and had been riding a car.

Cao Zhi, who received the news, rushed out. He glanced around and didn't see Han Long among the people? But he saw the school clerk in the general's honor. But he didn't react? He calmly withdrew his gaze? He bowed to Cao Zhen.

"What's wrong with the general? Just send someone to summon him. Why should I come in person?"

"This matter has a big deal? You have to discuss it in person with you."

Cao Zhen waved his hand and said, "I was talking inside." Cao Zhi turned around and led him into the room. The two of them said as they walked, and they arrived at the hall and took the seats.

The school clerk dressed as a knight stood at the stairs.

After saying a few scenes, Cao Zhen quickly got to the point. "How many times did Zhuge Liang commit invasions? He took my Yinping? His Majesty was deeply anxious. I plan to organize a counterattack? He attacked Hanzhong to boost morale."

Cao Zhi frowned. "How many troops will the general be using to attack Hanzhong? Which road should he enter? When will he send troops? What specific results will he achieve? Take Hanzhong all, or will he return with his troops?"

Cao Zhen waved his hand with a smile. "Your Majesty, please listen to me. Hanzhong is the gateway to Yizhou, and its importance is self-evident. When Emperor Wu fought with Liu Bei for Hanzhong, he gave up halfway, which led to Liu Bei's domination. Now Zhuge Liang is getting more and more aggressive? Aggressive? If he doesn't fight back, he is afraid that the day when his troops are in Guanzhong will be in front of him. It is still necessary to fight back moderately. If he succeeds and forces Zhuge Liang to retreat? It will naturally be better."

Cao Zhi looked at Cao Zhen, and was suspicious. This didn't look like the thoughts Cao Zhen would have, but it was a bit like Cao Xiu.

Could it be that Cao Zhen’s health is not good and affects his brain?

Cao Zhen said: "Speaking of all, this fighter shot was also fought by the king and his son. If it weren't for the Jiangdong between Yunliang's army, which aroused the struggle between the king and the minister of Wu and had no intention of using troops, the court would not have been able to attack Hanzhong."

Cao Zhi retracted his thoughts and said lightly: "Although Jiangdong is peaceful, Liaodong has the intention of using troops. The east and west are thousands of miles apart, and it takes more than a year to go back and forth. How many troops can the court have to support the general? Or should we use the general's headquarters?"

Cao Zhen laughed. "The king is worthy of being the one who has been fighting with Emperor Wu for half his life. He can see the key points at a glance. However, Your Majesty has made arrangements and is planning to use this illusion to win by surprise."

"illusion?"

"That's right. Using troops in Liaodong is just a suspicion of soldiers, which is to make Zhuge Liang feel that we are powerless to use troops in Hanzhong and relax our guard."

Cao Zhi thought about it and then said: "Even if this is the case, the Qinling Mountains are towering and the march is difficult, and it is not easy to win by surprise."

"So you need to investigate in advance to see if there is any possibility of using troops and which road can win unexpectedly." Cao Zhen pointed to the school officials at the ranks. "This is the school officials sent by Your Majesty. They will enter the mountain as the scout of the Guanzhong Governor's District to conduct investigations. Especially in Ziwu Valley, it is necessary to figure out the possibility of marching."

Cao Zhi blinked. "Since it was His Majesty's intention, and the general agreed, I have no objection."

"Can you ask the king to work hard?"

"I?"

"Yes, it's important. I'm not at ease with it. I wanted to take it personally, but look at my body? The king had followed Emperor Wu to conquer Hanzhong and was familiar with the situation. If you want to..."

Before Cao Zhen could finish his words, Cao Zhi nodded. "If you can serve, you will naturally have no choice."

Cao Zhen sighed, "The king is loyal and diligent in his work, and he is worthy of being a wise king. Since that's the case, then that's how it's settled?"

"Dare not obeying."

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Han Long watched Cao Zhen get into the car and slowly left, but he didn't see the figures of the school officials, and he felt uneasy.

After a while, a person walked out of the official hall and walked towards the market slowly. When Han Long saw that he was an acquaintance, he was happy and followed him. The two of them came to the market one after another and met in a restaurant.

The man smiled slightly and went straight to the point. "Your Majesty guess you will be around and I will specially send me to see you." As he said that, he took out a wooden sign from his waist. Han Long glanced at it and confirmed that the wooden sign was correct. It was Cao Zhi's personal token, and then nodded.

The man told me about Cao Zhen's intentional attack on Hanzhong and demanding Cao Zhi be responsible for pre-war reconnaissance. Overall, this matter is reasonable, but it is a bit abrupt to ask Cao Zhi to be responsible for this matter. Cao Zhi was a military supervisor sent by the emperor, not a subordinate of Cao Zhen. In theory, he could even command Cao Zhen himself. Cao Zhen arranged tasks for him, and it was not a reasonable task.

But if there is a school clerk, the nature of this matter has changed. This may be what the emperor means.

The emperor did not issue an edict to Cao Zhi, but made arrangements through Cao Zhen and banned the identity of the school clerk in the Guanzhong Governor's District. No matter how you look at it, it was not normal. Cao Zhi hoped that Han Long could not inform Cao Miao, pay attention to his safety and not accept similar tasks.
Chapter completed!