Chapter 20 When the child grows up, it’s time to have his own career.

Author: Zimu Feiyang

Chapter 20 When the child grows up, it’s time to have his own career.

The next day, noon.

The crossing of the Yellow River, the main tent of the Chinese army.

"General Su, the Prime Minister has arrived." Qin Qi, the defender of the Yellow River, came to report.

Cao Cao has arrived?

Now that Cao Cao is here, Su Ming has to go out to greet him!

Although I don't like this cheap guy, Su Ming has something to ask for now.

Now Su Ming can only use his abilities by finding a place near water and training his navy.

We need to discuss this with Cao Cao before we can appoint a county governor who relies on water.

I have something to ask for, so Su Ming must come to the camp to meet Cao Cao.

Su Ming came to wait outside the camp, and soon saw Cao Cao's army approaching.

Behind Cao Cao are two broad-shouldered generals.

Su Ming knew these two people, they were the two generals Cao Ren and Cao Hong.

"Good job, boy!" Cao Hong came up and punched Su Ming in the chest.

Cao Cao dismounted and said to Su Ming: "Boy, you did a good job. Come with me for a walk."

After that, Cao Cao signaled to the others that they did not need to follow him and walked towards the edge of the Yellow River on their own.

Seeing this, Su Ming hurriedly followed.

Cao Cao and Su Ming were walking by the Yellow River. In front of them was the mighty Yellow River.

After a long time, Cao Cao took the initiative and said, "I am sorry for your mother."

Cao Cao suddenly said this, which was a bit beyond Su Ming's expectation.

He would rather I betray the people of the world than let the people of the world betray me Cao Cao!

It was truly unexpected to have him say the words "I'm sorry" on his own initiative.

After being stunned for a moment, Su Ming said: "What happened in the past is in the past."

"You can't always live in the past, you have to look forward, right?"

Su Ming spoke so calmly, and seemed to be more open-minded than Cao Cao.

For a moment, Cao Cao didn't know what to say.

"You did a great job this time, and you gave me a lot of face."

"I always reward meritorious service, what reward do you want?" Cao Cao asked Su Ming.

Originally, Su Ming was still thinking about how to ask for an official position from Cao Cao.

Unexpectedly, before he could take the initiative to speak, Cao Cao mentioned this issue first.

Now that Cao Cao mentioned it, Su Ming was not polite.

"When the child is older, it is indeed time for him to have his own career!" Su Ming asked tentatively.

Su Ming's words showed his attitude.

That is, I have to have my own career. I can't stay in Xudu and stay with you.

This sentence shows Su Ming's attitude of wanting to go out and become an official.

Cao Cao was able to achieve this step and become a prince, so he could naturally understand the meaning of Su Ming's words.

"Yes!" Cao Cao responded softly.

Cao Cao responded lukewarmly, but Su Ming was a little confused as to what he meant.

Is this agreed or not?

So, Su Ming continued to say tentatively: "I used to be an official in Jiangdong. I am good at training naval forces and building ships. The prime minister is currently lacking a decent naval force."

"I would rather work for the Prime Minister in this regard."

After Su Ming said these words, he stopped talking and waited for Cao Cao's response.

In fact, Su Ming really spoke to Cao Cao's heart.

Cao Cao really lacks a decent naval army.

After Cao Cao captured Xuzhou and Huainan, Cao Cao had three offensive plans.

The best strategy is to take Jingzhou.

Jingzhou is rich, with abundant food and a large number of people. Moreover, Liu Biao in Jingzhou is weak and incompetent, and he is like a dog who defends the city.

The central strategy is to take Jiangdong.

Sun Ce was newly mourned, Sun Quan succeeded to the throne, and his position was unstable. Under such circumstances, it was a good time to go to Jiangdong.

Make the next move and have a showdown with Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao had just defeated Gongsun Zan and claimed to have an army of 700,000.

Although this 700,000-strong army is somewhat bragging, there is no doubt that Yuan Shao is the prince with the most troops under his command.

There is no doubt that for Cao Cao, going north to have a showdown with Yuan Shao is a bad idea.

But why did Cao Cao choose this worst strategy instead of taking the best and middle strategies?

In the final analysis, it was because Cao Cao did not have a naval army.

In fact, he couldn't even get the ships to send troops.

Whether it is the best strategy to take Jingzhou or the middle strategy to take Jiangdong, there is a prerequisite.

That is, you must have a navy capable of fighting.

However, Cao Cao's cavalry and infantry are very powerful, but he has no navy.

It was precisely because of this that he could only choose to fight Yuan Shao, the prince with the most power and the most troops.

At this time, Cao Cao was thinking, if my son had returned three to five years earlier, he would have trained a powerful naval force for me.

Why should I risk a fight with Yuan Shao!

If we take Jingzhou first and then go to Jiangdong, we, Cao Cao, will be in an invincible position.

However, there are no ifs or what-ifs in this world.

"I'll think about it all night and give you an answer tomorrow." Cao Cao considered it carefully and said to Su Ming.

"Okay!" Su Ming nodded and agreed.

After returning to the Yellow River Camp, Cao Cao did not go to see Guan Yu.

After learning that Su Ming defeated Guan Yunchang with three moves, Cao Cao no longer seemed so sure of winning Guan Yunchang.

Cao Cao still admired Guan Yunchang as a person, but he didn't think that Guan Yunchang's bravery was rare in the world.

After Cao Cao settled in the Yellow River Camp, he called Guo Jia to the camp alone.

After Cao Cao told Guo Jia everything about today's conversation with Su Ming, he came to the map and asked him: "Fengxiao, where do you think he should go?"

Guo Jia looked at Cao Cao. Cao Cao was looking at the Huainan area on the map.

This used to be Yuan Shu's territory, but after Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shu last year, it has become Cao Cao's territory.

Guo Jia came to the map, pointed to a location on the map, and said, "My lord, why don't you give this place to Master Su Ming."

Cao Cao: "??????"

Cao Cao was confused when he saw where Guo Jia was pointing.

"Fengxiao, is this Liu Biao's territory?" Cao Cao asked with some confusion.

The place Guo Jia refers to is Jiangxia. The county governor of Jiangxia is Huang Zu, who is nominally under Liu Biao of Jingzhou.

It was obvious that Cao Cao was about to have a decisive battle with Yuan Shao and did not want to start a two-front war and offend Liu Biao.

"Lord, do you know that killing a chicken to scare the monkeys is enough?"

"Jingzhou Liu Biao and Yuan Shao were flirting with each other, and beating Huang Zu was just to scare the monkeys and stop Liu Biao from having an affair with Yuan Shao." After saying this, Guo Jia paused and continued: "Jingzhou Liu Biao is old, but he is nothing more than a dog of integrity."

"Jingzhou and Yuan Shao's territory are completely separated by us. Liu Biao will never dare to go to war with us. Unless Jiangdong is willing to help."

"However, if we fight Huang Zu, Jiangdong will never help Liu Biao to become our enemy."

"Capturing Jiangxia is equivalent to driving a nail into Jingzhou. When we defeat Yuan Shao. By then, Mr. Su Ming will train his navy and we can defend and capture the entire Jingzhou."

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