Chapter Fifty I Have a Plan

  Cao Xin did not expect that this time he would walk through the Ghost Gate. What's more, he didn't expect that Hua Tuo, who was famous in later generations, would appear in front of him, and he became his first living specimen.

  However, as the founder of surgery, Hua Tuo undoubtedly pioneered another medical theory, and this operation was understood by Cao Xing, creating a beautiful story for future generations, which was passed down by later generations as a classic anecdote, and will be remembered for centuries to come.

  All these are too far away, just some afterwords.

  Despite the opposition of many people, Cao Xin got out of bed and walked on the second day after surgery. However, after this battle, Cao Xin did not want to rest like this.

  "General, why don't you take a rest? If your wound opens up again, it won't be good."

  Cao Xin led a group of people into the city to inspect all around, while Hua Tuo accompanied him on either side, occasionally checking the condition of his injuries.

  "It doesn't matter, sir. I'm much better now." Although he was still in some pain, Cao Xin endured it and couldn't help but laugh.

  Hua Tuo nodded slightly at this moment, seemingly surprised by the other party's average physical fitness, secretly thinking that the other party's injury had healed so quickly.

  However, for Cao Xin, who had received professional martial arts training in the previous life, after crossing over, he was trained from a young age according to regular training patterns, and his recovery ability was naturally much better than that of ordinary people.

  "Zi Xiang, how many more days do you think our lord will be away?" Cao Xin asked while scanning the surroundings.

  Liu Yue thought for a moment and said, "According to my estimation, it should take less than two days to reach Yanzhou."

  "How much longer will it take for Master to arrive at Puyang?"

  "Within three days."

  After a moment of contemplation, Cao Xin suddenly let out a sigh of relief and said: "Time is not enough..."

  "Big brother, what are you talking about? After this battle, Lü Bu's luck has run out. With the troops in his hands and Gao Shun from Lu County, he has at most 15,000 men. Once a large army of 100,000 arrives, won't Lü Bu flee?" Zhou Yu said with a silly expression, but the people beside him, including Dian Wei, He Qi, and Xu Chu, all nodded in agreement.

  "Hmm, you little scamp have become a lot smarter!" Cao Xin couldn't help but say.

  He scratched his head and said humbly, "Haha, no matter how smart I am, I'm not as brain-damaged as you, big brother."

  *Thud* (the sound of a vein bursting on one's forehead)

  He glared at the other side fiercely, Cao Xin didn't bother with him again, just shook his head and said to Liu Yue beside him: "I understand Lü Bu, he won't give up so easily. Although Lü Bu's army has suffered greatly now, his main force is still intact. The 10,000 Pingzhou wolf riders led by Lü Bu himself are not ordinary, they are a well-trained and battle-hardened elite troops. And there's also Gao Shun's trapped array camp, which is the elite infantry... their strength should not be underestimated..."

  "General, Cao Gong is leading 100,000 elite troops and will arrive soon. Do you still want to fight against Lü Bu?" Hua Xiong couldn't help but interrupt at this time.

  Liu Yue nodded in agreement, "That's right, although Zhang Liao has been defeated for the time being, as long as we hold on for another three days, our lord's reinforcements will definitely arrive. At that time, even if Lü Bu is strong, he will know his limits and retreat."

  "No, we must retreat... to Puyang." Suddenly feeling a sharp pain in his chest, Cao Xin paused for a moment before continuing: "I am familiar with the terrain of Yanzhou. Although Lü Bu now has only 15,000 troops, if they capture Puyang City before our lord arrives, it will be difficult to retake it. The terrain of Dongjun is more treacherous than other counties, making it easy to defend but hard to attack. If Lü Bu's army occupies the line from Dongjun to Chenliu, he can retreat to the capital and advance to stabilize Dongjun. Even if our lord's 100,000-strong army arrives, I fear they will be unable to do anything about it. We can only watch as Lü Bu shares Yanzhou with us."

  "The adults are indeed far-sighted...... it was our oversight." Liu Xuan couldn't help but say silently.

  "What about General He? Will he retreat to Puyang and wait for death?" asked He Qi.

  He nodded and Cao Xin said, "We don't have much time left. We must make preparations before Lü Bu's army heads to Dongjun. Only then will the real war begin..."

  The crowd of generals suddenly understood and nodded in agreement.

  Wu Yan City has few civilians at this moment, most of them have escaped to Yanzhou in the east of Dongjun, Chenliu County is located in the west of Yanzhou and the east of Luoyang, while places like Rencheng State, Jibei State, and Dongping State are all small states under the jurisdiction of Yanzhou, consistent with counties.

  At this moment, Wu Yan City is a city in the territory of Dongping State, and it's not far from Lü County of Ji Bei State.

  These days, the brothers have been following Cao Xin to eat and sleep in the wind and rain, so Cao Xin also ordered the brothers to rest and relax here for two days. Fortunately, there are not many people left in Wuyan City, and it is unlikely that there will be any disturbance of the people.

  Before long, Cao Xin and his group chatted like this but inadvertently came to the farmland in the west of the city.

  Looking around at the desolate fields, there were strange cries coming from afar, which suddenly reached Cao Xin's ears.

  "Sparkle in one's eyes"

  Are there cows?

  Cao Xin subconsciously stared blankly, looking at the other generals, who also had a look of puzzlement on their faces.

  Listening again, the sound of cattle lowing in the distance seems to be still quite a lot.

  "Zi Xiang, what is this..." Cao Xin was naturally puzzled.

  Obviously, the other party was also confused, "This... I don't know either..."

  However, looking at the distant houses, it seems like someone is taking care of them.

  It was Cao Xin who reacted first and hastily ordered Xiao Xiao to go ask questions, while the group of people walked leisurely in the direction of Niu Jiao.

  "Li Zhen, a humble commoner, requests an audience with General Cao."

  A group of people had just arrived nearby, but were astonished to discover that the west side of the Saltless City was actually a vast cattle ranch. Looking at the yellow cows galloping in the pasture, it seemed like there were over three thousand heads. From afar, it was a magnificent sight.

  At this moment, a neatly dressed official rushed over and knelt down in front of Cao Xin with a fat and sordid steward beside him, extremely respectfully.

  However, Zhou Zhuang was the first to react and hastily called out: "Hey! Isn't that Old Man Li and Housekeeper Li?"

  Obviously, Li Zhen was shocked and suddenly looked up to see that it seemed familiar. At this moment, Li San was also somewhat crying and laughing, and he did not expect that the one who had been showing off his military power at that time would be so intimidated by Zhou Yu and Cao Xin, who were both wearing general's uniforms, that he dared not look straight at them.

  "Are you Li Zhen?" Cao Xin ignored all this.

  "It's just a commoner."

  "You're not from Xuchang, what brings you here?"

  When he heard this, Li Zhen couldn't help but smile bitterly: "It's also for business, I heard that Yan State is going to cultivate new fields, so I spent half of my family's wealth and wanted to go to various counties to make some money and silk. Who would have thought that as soon as I arrived in Wúyán City, the war broke out, and none of these were sold..."

  "Oh?" Cao Xin's eyes lit up, and upon hearing this, he suddenly had a plan in mind.

  "I've bought your cow!"

  "Really?"

  Li Zhen's face was incredulous, but Cao Xin didn't say anything. Instead, he walked to the fence of the pasture and gazed blankly at the cows running around, his mind suddenly clearing up.

  "Zi Xiang!" After a while, Cao Xin suddenly shouted loudly.

  "What's wrong with you?"

  However, before everyone could react, the former suddenly turned around, with an even more sinister smile on his face, and said with a smile:

  "I have a plan, we must capture Gao Shun of Lucheng alive!"

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