Seeing that Xin Ping was talking about him, Cao Cao was also a little unhappy. After talking about official duties, he let Xin Ping go.

He couldn't help but think of Xi Zhicai. If Xi Zhicai was still alive, he would be much easier. Fa Zheng and Xin Ping shared Xi Zhicai's affairs, but could not cooperate sincerely and even broke each other, which made him very troubled. He didn't need to check it out, and Xin Ping must have hidden Fa Zheng's news and refused to report it. It was not until today that he said that he just didn't want Fa Zheng to make contributions. This person's mind was a little narrow-minded. No wonder Xin Pi was as famous as Chen Qun and others, but Xin Ping was not in the same way. The gap between their brothers may not be as big as Liu Yao and Liu Xun, but it should not be ignored.

Cao Cao paced back and forth on Feilu, thinking about how to find a more suitable candidate to share or even replace Xin Ping's affairs. There were not many candidates to choose from. First, there were not many talents in Shu, and second, he had to balance the interests of different factions, especially to ensure the interests of the people in the Central Plains. After all, he was also a native of the Central Plains. Without the support of the people in the Central Plains, he would sooner or later be overshadowed by the people in the Shu.

After thinking about it, Cao Cao felt that he would learn from Sun Ce's experience and use young people more. Young people have strong aspirations and few prejudices. They are not only easy to accept new knowledge, but also easier to accept him as an outsider, and they will not have such serious local concepts.

As soon as the idea came out, Cao Cao couldn't help but sigh again. After saying that, he still had to learn from Sun Ce, but he couldn't learn well. If this continues, how can he defeat Sun Ce and reorganize the country? He thought of Cao Ang. After Cao Ang left Yanzhou and came to Yizhou, the father and son communicated many times. Cao Ang insisted not to be enemies with Sun Ce, saying that he was keeping his promise, but Cao Cao always felt that he had defeated his confidence by Sun Ce and did not dare to fight against Sun Ce.

He left Cao Ang in Chengdu and stayed in the rear, hoping that Cao Ang would recover after a while. But he had another feeling that Cao Ang might never be able to recover his confidence. Whether he could defeat Sun Ce depends on himself. He is 46 this year, how many years can he live? Do he have time to build a country for Cao Ang's brothers?

What if the Queen of Wu gave birth to a legitimate son?

Cao Cao was upset. Cao Ang came to Yizhou, and on the one hand, he enhanced his strength. Chen Gong, Yu Jin, Le Jin and others were all rare talents, and on the other hand, it also increased a lot of trouble. The Wu brothers were very vigilant and were even more eager to give birth to a legitimate son. The Queen of Wu and Cao Ang were about the same age as Cao Ang, so it was impossible for Cao Ang to regard her as her mother. Giving a legitimate son to give birth to her own legitimate son became the best choice. It is said that Wu Ban has been very close to Qingcheng Mountain recently, and it is very likely to seek the way of Guangsi, or to seek the support of Tianshidao and prepare for the future struggle for legitimate son.

When Cao Cao thought of this, he felt a little regretful. If he had not married Wu, but asked Cao Ang to marry this woman, he might not have had the trouble now. If he was careless for a moment, there would be endless troubles.

"King, there is a boat there, maybe it was from Lou Guan." Peng Xu, who was beside him, suddenly reminded.

Cao Cao followed Peng Yi's hand and saw a small boat going upstream on the wide river surface, at a very fast speed. Now it was the northwest wind, the boat did not raise its sails, and it used oar power and the wind was against the current. Although the sailors worked very hard, the speed was not fast.

"Yongnian, have you found the secret of the Wu army's warship?"

"No." Peng Yan shook his head. "Wu Jun saw it very tightly and did not let anyone get close to their warships. Xun You was very insidious. The information we received was fake. It looked good. It took manpower and material testing, and none of them could be used."

Cao Cao smacked his lips. He knew that Xun You, although he didn't talk much, was a very smart person. With him hosting information for Zhou Yu, even if Xi Zhicai didn't take advantage of him when he was alive, Xin Ping was even worse. There were no excellent craftsmen in Shu, so it was not easy to imitate new technologies based on the rough information he saw in detail.

Originally, Li Zhu was a suitable candidate, but unfortunately he was one step late, so Li Zhu and his son moved their family to Nanyang.

In Cao Cao's regret, the boat approached the water camp, and a messenger went up the stairs to report to Xin Ping. Not long after, Xin Ping came up again, holding a piece of information in his hand. As Peng Yu expected, the information was from Louguan. Louguan was a newly built pass, built on Loushan, on the banks of Anleshui (Chishui River). A hundred miles south was the county of Xi County (now Zunyi) in Jingke County where Zhou Yu stationed. More than a hundred miles south was the garrison of Zhou Yu's army, which was the only place for Zhou Yu to go out of the mountain and enter the plains, guarded by Xiahou Dun, Zhang Ren and others. This news was sent by Xiahou Dun.

The content of the news is very simple. Zhou Yu is gathering troops and there is a possibility of sending troops to invade. I hope Cao Cao can be prepared to respond.

Cao Cao was holding a thin paper, but his mood was heavy. Time was so coincidental, could Zhou Yu feel something and he had to take the initiative? If so, Cao Ren might be in danger. It is obviously easier to defeat Cao Ren who took the initiative to attack in the jungle battle than to defeat Lou Guan, which Zhang Ren guarded.

"Contact General Annan and let him be careful not to fall into Zhou Yu's plan."

Dazhushan.

Looking around the mountains, the dense bamboo forest stretches from the ridge to the valley. The gurgling stream flows through the bamboo forest and forms a small river, flowing rushing towards the valley in the distance. In the rice fields on both sides of the valley, the newborn rice seedlings are green and swaying in the wind. On the hillside, a few cows are eating grass leisurely, raising their heads from time to time, and mooing twice.

The sound of the piano was faintly heard in the open space by the stream. Zhou Yu was wearing a white casual outfit and sat on a big green cloud. His slender fingers plucked the strings of the piano, and the cheerful sound of the piano flowed out like a stream. A group of half-aged children sat in groups, some swaying with the sound of the piano, some humming softly, and some did nothing, just staring at Zhou Yu in a daze. He was teased by his companions and blushed and refused to move away for a moment.

These are children from nearby mountains and rivers. They study and practice martial arts in the school established by Zhou Yu. When Zhou Yu is free of charge, he will come to the school, either teach them to study, teach them to practice martial arts, or play the piano and sing with them. He is handsome, both civil and military, gentle and free, and is deeply loved by the children. Even the children who don’t like learning the most will try their best to come in the past two days.

Today he played a song adapted, which was sung by a Miao girl. After he adapted it, the original mountain song not only remained simple, but also became more grand, as if a mountain girl had learned to put on makeup and became more beautiful. She stood in the bamboo forest shyly and happily, waiting for her lover to meet her. The children were fascinated by listening to it, and the girls who were older and had just fallen in love were even more moved and could not do it themselves.

Wei Yan walked quickly from a distance, and saw this scene, and stopped from afar to prevent Zhou Yu from playing the piano. Even if he was not interested in piano art, he knew that such an opportunity was rare and everything was ready. When the war was about to begin, Zhou Yu was about to go to war. Maybe half a year, maybe a year, or maybe he would never come here again. There are really few opportunities for these Miao children to hear Zhou Yu's piano sound in the future.

Zhou Yu saw Wei Yan, but said nothing and continued to play calmly.

At the end of the song, the sound of the piano was endless in the bamboo forest. The children were motionless and immersed in the sound of the piano and could not extricate themselves.

Wei Yan let out light steps, walked behind Zhou Yu, leaned over and attached himself to Zhou Yu's ear, and muttered softly. Zhou Yu nodded and laughed loudly, "Children, let's dance after listening to the piano. We are about to go to war, so I'll give you a farewell dance, okay?"

"Is the general leaving?" The children were a little panicked and looked at each other, unable to believe their ears.

"General, will you come back?"

"Yes, I will definitely come back, but I don't know how long it will take, maybe half a year, maybe a year, maybe ten years. But it doesn't matter, the school will continue to run, you can study hard, go to Chengdu and Luoyang in the future, I will wait for you there. If anyone of you want to join the army, maybe we can still fight side by side."

"I want to join the army, I want to join the army now." A black and half-aged man rushed to Zhou Yu and said loudly.

"You are still young, at least you have to be as tall as him so that you can go into battle to kill the enemy." Zhou Yu touched his head and pointed at Wei Yan and said with a smile. "Xiao Hei, study hard, and be a guard next to me like the brother of the Wei family in the future, okay?"

"General, how do you know that my name is Xiao Hei?" Xiao Hei's eyes shined and he tightly grabbed Zhou Yu's sleeve. He was only seven years old and had just reached school. He signed up and had not started studying yet, but he was mixed with a group of students and often came to listen to Zhou Yu playing the piano. Because he was afraid of being driven away, he kept hiding far away. Unexpectedly, Zhou Yu not only saw him, but also knew his name, and was very happy.

Zhou Yu laughed, and the child next to him laughed. "Xiao Hei, if General doesn't know you, can you sign up today? Do you think this school is easy to enter, and so many older than you didn't sign up, but you just signed up. These are all the places that the general thinks you are pitiful and leave for you."

Xiao Hei shyly touched his head. He didn't know these things yet. However, he knew what his friends were saying was true. He thought that there were many people studying in the school and that the school could not accept so many people. He gave priority to those over ten years old and could take care of his own life. Logically speaking, he had no chance.

"Okay, you are all older than Xiao Hei. We should care about him and help him more in the future." Zhou Yu said goodbye to the children one by one. The children were reluctant to leave, and went up to greet Zhou Yu one by one. The brave one even hugged Zhou Yu. The tears of reluctance wet Zhou Yu's chest. Although it was only half a year, they had fallen in love with this handsome young general. Suddenly they were about to part again. Many people couldn't accept it and cried loudly.

A girl clapped her palms, took steps, twisted her waist, and sang a song.

"The mountains are green, the birds fly high, the streams are rushing, the fish are swimming, the road is long, the horses are neighing. Dear general, you are about to travel far away. My sister's heart is so empty that it hurts..."
Chapter completed!