In A Dou's impression, Deng Ai was a person who always caused trouble for Shu Kingdom. Jiang Wei attacked Wei several times, but was blocked by Deng Ai. Later, Deng Ai dared to walk the Yinping path around Jiang Wei's army and directly attack Chengdu. He walked more than 700 miles of paths, and finally arrived at the city of Chengdu, forcing the latter leader Liu Chan to surrender.

Thinking of Deng Ai, Adou felt a little confused. Although Adou had nothing to do with the surrendered True Liu Chan in history, Adou himself would never be able to surrender. But when he thought about this, Adou still felt uncomfortable.

Before he knew it, A Dou counted what Liu Chan did to himself. It was precisely because of this that A Dou had the intention to kill Deng Ai.

In history, Deng Airen was only valued by Sima Yi when he was middle-aged, and then slowly promoted him. Although Deng Ai was promoted very quickly, he was still in his sixties when Deng Ai attacked Shu. At that time, Jiang Wei had been an official in Shu Kingdom for forty years.

But now, because of the appearance of Adou, Deng Ai, who was only in his early twenties, is shining. If nothing unexpected happens, Deng Ai will definitely be valued after the battle in Runan. With Deng Ai's ability, his official position will gradually be promoted in a few years, and then it will be a major threat to Shu Kingdom.

Adou really wanted to kill Deng Ai before Deng Ai was promoted, but now it was a bit too late. If Adou had known that Deng Ai was in the ancient city before, he might have really led the Seven Evil Guards to attack the ancient city. However, Deng Ai's fame has become better now, and the entire ancient city is under the control of Deng Ai. Now, he has lost the best opportunity to lead the Seven Evil Guards to attack the ancient city.

"Young Master, Xu has news!" Jin Mo hurried in.

"But Cao Cao has returned to Xudu?"

"What the young master said is that Cao Cao has returned to Xudu now."

"What's wrong with Xu Du?" A Dou asked quickly. What A Dou is most concerned about now is when Cao Cao will die.

Jin Mo shook his head: "Now Xu Du is calm."

Adou nodded, Xu Du was calm, which means that Cao Cao was not dead yet, it seemed that he would have to be here for a while. However, now that Cao Cao has returned to Xu Du, he will definitely send troops to Runan to solve the chaos in Runan today. It seems that he has not given him much time.

It seems that Xu Du must be disturbed more and to gain some time. Thinking of this, Adou suddenly said, "I need to go to Xu Du alone and send a letter to Cao Cao."

Although A Dou's voice was not loud, everyone around could hear it clearly. Although no one knew what was sold in A Dou's gourd, everyone knew that going to Xu Du sent a letter to Cao Cao would be a life-and-death matter.

"Young Master, let me go!" The voice came from the side. Everyone looked up and said that it was Wang Xiaohu who was speaking.

"You're going?" several people in the tent asked in unison, all with a breath of indestructible death in their tone.

A Dou looked at Wang Xiaohu with interest. Wang Xiaohu probably didn't understand the situation, so A Dou said, "Xiaohu, what do you want to do when you go?"

Wang Xiaohu shook his head, then smiled honestly and said, "I will do whatever my master told me to do."

"Do you know that Xu Du is extremely dangerous to go to Xu Du, and maybe even die?"

"In the past, I heard that the two armies were fighting and not being killed, Cao Cao would not kill me!" Speaking of this, Wang Xiaohu smiled honestly again, revealing a mouthful of white teeth.

"Then why do you want to go?" A Dou asked.

"The people in this camp are better than me. I don't know martial arts, I can't ride a horse well, and I can't even read, so I can send a letter to the young master."

A Dou shook his head helplessly. He was such a single-cell guy. Wang Xiaohu grew up in the military camp in the military farm since he was a child. He has been farming for more than ten years, so he knows martial arts and has never ridden a horse. He only learned some martial arts and riding skills after following A Dou for more than ten days, but compared with the Qisha Guards who have been training for several years, the gap is not a little bit.

Although A Dou doesn't want this honest young man to go to Xudu, in comparison, it is indeed the most reasonable to let Wang Xiaohu go. The number of people in the Seven Evil Guards is not large, and everyone is very important in combat power, so sending combat power Wang Xiaohu is the best choice. Looking at Wang Xiaohu's honest smile, A Dou suddenly felt that perhaps sending Wang Xiaohu to go is a good choice. A honest person is often more trustworthy.

After Cao Cao returned to Xudu, Cao Pi immediately went to ask Cao Cao for his orders, willing to lead his troops to Runan to suppress the bandits. As Sima Yi expected, Cao Cao was very angry at Cao Pi for not caring about Runan, but after Cao Pi personally asked to fight, Cao Cao's attitude suddenly eased, and he also agreed to Cao Pi to lead the troops to Runan to suppress the bandits, and transferred Cao Zhen to Cao Pi to help Cao Pi with his help.

After receiving the order, Cao Pi ordered Yingchuan to strictly prevent the robbers who might roam in Runan south. At the same time, he calmly began to mobilize troops and prepare food and supplies, and began to delay time. For Cao Pi, as long as he waited for one month or half a month, Cao Cao died of illness, it was the most important thing to find a way to take power first.

Xu Du, Prince Wei’s Mansion.

Xiahou Shang ran in all the way, and saw Cao Pi just happened to be there, and immediately shouted: "Crown Prince, Runan's victory!"

"Runan's victory?" Cao Pi was stunned. Over the past few days, there had never been any good news from Runan. Now, when Xiahou Shang said that Runan's victory was a little uncomfortable.

Cao Pi looked at the document handed over by Xiahou Shang, and then asked: "Who is Deng Ai? He can defeat the 100,000 robbers with five hundred men."

In the victory document sent by Deng Ai, 80,000 robbers were written into 100,000. Nowadays, as long as you win a battle, it is normal to falsely report some battles, as long as you don’t exaggerate it. Even if an ordinary monarch knows that you have falsely claimed your military achievements, as long as you don’t report too much, you will turn a blind eye to it.

When he saw Cao Pi and asked himself, Xiahou Shang immediately replied: "Go back to the crown prince, I sent someone to check it out. Deng Ai is a bachelor of the military field commander in the ancient city."

Cao Pi tried hard to recall the position of the Ministry of Military Affairs and the Ministry of Civil Affairs was only remembered that the Ministry of Civil Affairs was just a three-point smaller than sesame and mung beans. Cao Pi was the prince of Wei, and all the officials he saw on weekdays were high-ranking officials. If Cao Pi had not personally supervised the matters related to military affairs, he might not have remembered what the Ministry of Civil Affairs and Social Affairs was.

"What did the Gucheng County Magistrate do? Why did he let a small military commander, the lieutenant, lead the troops?" Cao Pi asked.

"It is said that the magistrate of the Gucheng County was all fleeing before the robbers came, and the other officials in the ancient city also fled. At that time, the largest official in the city was Deng Ai." Xiahou Shang answered.

Cao Pi frowned slightly, obviously not satisfied with the escape of the county magistrate. However, Cao Pi then thought about it again that Deng Ai could fight against 100,000 robbers with 500 county soldiers and return with great victory. It was indeed an incredible thing. It was no less than Zhuge Liang's fire to Bowangpo.

Cao Pi also knew that there must be some water in the good news sent by Deng Ai. Killing 100,000 people, no matter who it is, it sounds incredible. However, Cao Pi felt that since he dared to kill 100,000, the actual result was 20,000 to 30,000. Even if five hundred county soldiers defeated 20,000 to 30,000, it would be a great victory. With this, Deng Ai was probably no worse than some famous generals.

"What is the news about Deng Aike from my father?" Cao Pi continued.

"The Prime Minister was frightened and was in trouble again. It is said that the Prime Minister had ordered that all matters in Runan be handed over to the Crown Prince to decide. I believe that the Prime Minister's messenger will come soon." Xiahou Shang continued.

"Yeah, okay!" Although Cao Pi answered this way, he began to weigh the pros and cons in his heart. Now Runan has become a mess, and Cao Cao has thrown the porridge to himself. If it were normal, Cao Pi would definitely do his best to do his job well, but now it is an extraordinary moment. Cao Cao is about to be out of place, so Cao Pi has no time to think about Runan. So the bowl of porridge in Runan tastes so hot.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, another important news is that it has come from the Prime Minister's Mansion. I heard that the Prime Minister intends to let the third prince come back." Xiahou Shang continued.

"Want to recruit the third brother to come back?" Cao Pi frowned after hearing this. At this time, Cao Cao recalled Cao Zhang. What was his intention?

"Report!" The school pulled Changyin and ran in. When he saw Cao Pi, he immediately knelt down and said, "Report to the Crown Prince. I just received the news that the third prince Cao Zhang has returned to Xudu and is now resting at the inn 50 miles north of Xudu City. I guess he will arrive in Xudu early tomorrow morning!"

"The third brother is here!"

Upon hearing this news, Cao Pi's heart skipped a beat, and the documents in his hand fell down without holding them firmly.

It was really raining all night, so you could come whatever you were afraid of. Now when Cao Cao was about to fail, Cao Zhang came to Xu Du to join in the fun again. Now for Cao Pi, this Cao Zhang is the biggest variable.

"How many people did the third brother bring?" Cao Pi asked hurriedly.

"When you go back to the crown prince, the third prince only brought five hundred cavalry."

"Hu..." Cao Pi breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Cao Zhang did not bring the army. If Cao Zhang brought another 100,000 troops over, Cao Pi really didn't know how to deal with it.

However, although Cao Zhang did not bring the army, it was a headache for Cao Pi. Originally, Cao Pi was sure to inherit Cao Cao, but Cao Zhang's arrival made Cao Pi feel a little bad.

Thinking of the current situation, Cao Pi's heart started to move involuntarily. Cao Zhang has been guarding Youzhou and will never come back once a few years. But this time, Cao Cao was about to say that Cao Zhang was recalled, and Cao Zhang had already appeared fifty miles from Xudu. Could it be that Cao Zhang heard some news? Or maybe Cao Cao and Cao Zhang deliberately played a double act?

At this moment, it is no wonder that Cao Pi thought too much. For Cao Pi, it is now a mistake, and it is a loss for everything. Even a small mistake will have a huge impact on Cao Pi. So what Cao Pi needs most now is stability. As long as Xu Du is stable, everything is easy to say, but if there are variables, it will be extremely unfavorable for Cao Pi.

At this time, Cao Pi suddenly had an impulse in his heart, that was, to kill Cao Cao immediately and then inherit Cao Cao's position. However, Cao Pi was just thinking about it. Cao Pi still had a deep sense of fear of Cao Cao. This sense of fear had existed for more than 30 years and could not be erased. Not to mention that Cao Pi had only 100,000 people in his hands at this time, even if there were one million people, Cao Pi might not dare to do such a ruthless thing.

Cao Pi took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down. Then he began to lower his head and think. At this time, Cao Pi felt that he should discuss it with someone. The old fox of Jia Xu must be unreliable. If he went to Jia Xu to discuss it, maybe Jia Xu would report to Cao Cao. Xiahou Shang was reliable in front of him, but Xiahou Shang's political sensitivity was worse than many officials in Xu Du, so it would definitely not work if he went to discuss it with Xiahou Shang. Now the only thing Cao Pi could rely on was Sima Yi.

Thinking of this, Cao Pi spoke to Xiahou Shang and said, "Send someone to invite Sima Yi here immediately."

"Yes!" Xiahou Shang replied, then changed his voice and asked, "Your Highness, what should I do about Runan?"

Cao Pi sighed helplessly. The troubles in Runan still had to be resolved. After looking at the emergency document sent by Deng Ai in his hand, Cao Pi said, "I ordered Deng Ai to be the cavalry commander, and I can send troops from all over Runan to order him to quell the rebellion in Runan."

Hearing Cao Pi's order, Xiahou Shang opened his mouth without saying anything, but Xiahou Shang felt that this was too difficult for Deng Ai. Although the position of the Cavalry Commander was not very high, Deng Ai was promoted several levels. He could fully dispatch troops from Runan, which sounded very powerful, but now there were so many soldiers and horses that Runan could mobilize. Those smaller cities had long been defeated by robbers, and larger cities could only hide in the city to protect themselves and wait for reinforcements. The bandits and robbers everywhere in Runan, and the ordinary three or five thousand county soldiers were not enough to stuff hundreds of thousands of robbers into the teeth.

Now that Xu Du is so complicated, Cao Pi clearly won't give Deng Ai a soldier, so Deng Ai can be said to have no soldiers, no generals, no food, no supplies, no supplies, no supplies and equipment. Although Deng Ai has risen and has power, he is just a commander with no soldiers, no soldiers, no generals, no food, no equipment, even if Sun Wu possesses him and Han Xin is reborn, he will not be able to fight this battle!

Cao Pi continued, "Tell Deng Ai that if he could quell the Runan Rebellion, he would be appointed as the Marquis of Guannei!"

Xiahou Shang was a little moved when he heard the three words "Guanneihou". You should know that Xiahou Shang still has no title at all. Generally speaking, he will be awarded a title unless he makes a great contribution. Moreover, the title of title seems to have exceeded Cao Pi's power. Only Cao Cao can have the power to award a title. Now Cao Pi dares to make such a promise to Deng Ai. It seems that Cao Pi is determined to have Cao Cao's position.

Cao Pi sighed slightly and sighed in a voice that only he could hear: "Now I can only treat the dead horse as a living horse. I hope this Deng Ai really has some skills and can hold back the thieves in Runan..."

After A Dou took Tian Pengzu's war horse, he released Tian Pengzu and told Tian Pengzu that Cao Cao was about to die. Tian Pengzu rushed forward and returned to Youzhou day and night.

After Tian Pengzu returned to Youzhou, he immediately told Cao Zhang about the news. After hearing this news, Cao Zhang did not care about the crime of losing Tian Pengzu's war horses, and immediately packed up and took five hundred people to Xudu on fast horses.

Cao Zhang went to Xu not to argue with Cao Pi, but was really worried about Cao Cao's safety. Speaking of which, Cao Zhang was a filial son, so when he heard the news that Cao Cao was seriously ill, he didn't care whether the news was true or not, so he went back to Xu Du first and then talked about it.

However, both manpower and horsepower are at their limits. After several days of travel, Cao Zhang could no longer bear the 500 people, so Cao Zhang would have a rest fifty miles outside Xudu City.

Cao Pi still had a slight estimate of the speed of Cao Zhang's arrival. If he was a normal marching, Cao Zhang would indeed have to arrive at Xudu the next day, but Cao Zhang was anxious about Cao Cao, and the fifty miles were not far away for Cao Zhang and other cavalrymen. So after a little rest, Cao Zhang immediately set off and continued to rush to Xudu, and finally arrived at the city of Xudu that night.

When the city gate guard saw that Cao Zhang was coming, he naturally did not dare to neglect it. He immediately opened the city gate and released Cao Zhang into Xudu City. After Cao Zhang entered the city, he returned home without caring about it and went straight to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

When he arrived at the Prime Minister's Mansion, Cao Zhang immediately turned over and dismounted and rushed into the inside. Because it was dark, the guards in front of the door could only barely see a black shadow rushing inside.

"Who is here?" The two Tiger Guards immediately blocked the door, but then they were easily pushed away by Cao Zhang. Only then did the two see clearly that it was Cao Zhang who came.

"It's the third young master!" Several people exclaimed, and Cao Zhang grabbed a tiger guard from his side and asked, "Father, you can be in the mansion."

"San Master, please wait, we will report immediately!" The few people in front of the door immediately ran in and reported to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao had already fallen asleep at this time. When he heard that Cao Zhang had returned, he got up from the bed again.

When Cao Zhang saw Cao Cao standing in front of him, he breathed a sigh of relief. However, Cao Zhang carefully looked at Cao Cao's expression and found that Cao Cao looked very haggard. Cao Zhang felt ache in his heart, and tears in his eyes were involuntarily rolling in his eyes.

"Ziwen, why are you back?" Cao Cao felt a little happy when he saw Cao Zhang. Then Cao Cao patted Cao Zhang on the shoulder and continued, "It's OK to be back, it's OK to be back."

"Father, as long as you're fine."

"Haha, silly boy, how could I have something wrong?" Cao Cao's face showed a kind smile.

After the father and son sat down, Cao Zhang told Cao Cao about the incident. From the time Tian Pengzu sent the war horses, it was not until Tian Pengzu was captured by Adou, and then met Adou. Adou told Tian Pengzu that Cao Cao was critically ill, so Cao Zhang immediately rushed back to Xudu.

"Is that Liu Chan again?" Cao Cao sighed softly. Now A Dou has become a major concern for Cao Cao, especially after the Battle of Jingzhou, A Dou's reputation has been resounding throughout the world. Both Sun Quan and Cao Cao have thorns in the eyes of A Dou's guards. Thinking about Liu Bei having such a powerful heir, Cao Cao and Sun Quan felt a little weak in their hearts.

Cao Cao had experienced A Dou's various strange tricks. Now Cao Cao was not surprised to hear that A Dou is in Runan, but A Dou became the leader of a group of robbers and attacked the military camp of the military field soldiers. This made Cao Cao feel a little puzzled. In addition, A Dou asked Tian Pengzu to tell Cao Zhang that he was critically ill. Cao Cao's first reaction was that A Dou had another conspiracy.

At this time, Cao Cao had realized that Runan had become so chaotic in a month, and it must be A Dou's fault. Judging from the literary and martial arts shown by Adou, Adou might really have the ability to mess up Runan. Cao Cao could understand after thinking about it for a moment that Adou was trying to restrain Cao's army in Runan and then find an opportunity to escape back to Shu.

But why did Adou take such great thoughts to transfer Cao Zhang back to Chengdu? Could it be that Adou also colluded with the aliens in the north of Youzhou? He wanted to support Cao Zhang and attack Youzhou, but when he thought of this, Cao Cao shook his head. Adou would never collude with those guys on the grassland.

If Sima Yi or Jia Xu and others were thinking, A Dou transferred Cao Zhang back to Xu Du to cause trouble for Cao Pi, but Cao Cao was the father of Cao Pi and Cao Zhang after all. The so-called authorities were confused, so it was normal for Cao Cao to not think of it.

Cao Zhang has never shown too much ambition. In Cao Cao's eyes, Cao Zhang is a very straightforward general. At the same time, Cao Zhang also possesses all the good qualities that a good general should have, but Cao Zhang is not suitable to be a monarch, so Cao Cao never considered letting Cao Zhang take over his position. In his subconscious mind, Cao Cao believed that Cao Pi and Cao Zhang were still very harmonious.

Cao Cao thought for a long time but couldn't figure out what Adou was going to do. Since he couldn't figure it out, he might as well stop thinking about it. Anyway, the generals came to block the water and soil, so Adou's style of doing things was too strange, so now he could only deal with the moves.

"What, use an axe to split the brain? Can this person still survive?" A shout broke the tranquility of the night. The Tiger Guards in front of the door looked inside and saw that it was Cao Zhang who was talking.

"Father, Hua Tuo clearly wants to murder you! This man splits his head and can survive. Let the child go and split Hua Tuo's head to see if he can survive!" Cao Zhang said angrily.

Cao Cao smiled slightly. He had known that Cao Zhang would have such a reaction. So Cao Cao began to explain to Cao Zhang slowly.
To be continued...