Chapter 759 Cai Yong Enters Luoyang
After returning to Changyi, Cao Cao immediately began to train his elite troops. With the financial support from Donghai County, Cao Cao had more money on hand. At least his goal of 20,000 heavy infantry and 10,000 tiger and leopard cavalry could still be achieved.
In fact, Cao Cao was not well-off before he captured Xuzhou. You know, Yanzhou was swept by the Yellow Turban Army twice, and then the various princes of Yanzhou fought several times, and the money and food of Yanzhou were almost all gone. When Cao Cao took over, he picked up a mess.
And he didn't have the luck of Huangfu Chaobo. He first got millions of gold from Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong's mansion in Luoyang, and then sold horses and weapons on a large scale. Yuan Shu also sent him so much money, food and heavy armor. In addition, Huangfu Chaobo had several good allies, and he could get support from them.
This is also the reason why Cao Cao had to go to Xuzhou several times. It was because it was too poor, and Xuzhou was a little kid holding a golden egg. Who else would he attack if he didn't attack Xuzhou?
It can be said that his strategy was very correct. After he captured the richest county in Xuzhou in this battle, he was really relieved.
So Cao Cao is now like Huangfu Chaobo's Sizhou, concentrating on practicing internal skills.
Not only him, many people in the world are like this now, such as Xuzhou Ye Lai Xiang, who is now concentrating on training troops and preparing for war.
The same is true for Cao Charlie, the Taishan governor appointed by Cao Cao. After being appointed by Cao Cao, Cao Charlie first selected and supplemented the Tiger Guard Army from the troops of Dongping State, and then quietly entered the Sheqiu County of Jibei State.
Cao Charlie led Xu Zhu, Liu Ye and others to train troops in Sheqiu County with peace of mind, while constantly sending people to collect intelligence on Zang Bajun in Taishan County. When the time is ripe, he will send troops to attack Taishan County, at least occupy one or two cities in Taishan County first, so that his army can have a place to stay.
The early heavy snow this year also made Huangfu Chaobo feel relieved. Old man Lou Gui had made another fortune telling some time ago, saying that if the heavy snow could come earlier this year than in previous years, the drought next year should be alleviated a lot. It seems that the old man guessed it right again.
The heavy snow in winter can also allow Huangfu Chaobo's Sizhou Army to reorganize the army with peace of mind, without worrying about when someone will lead the army to attack again.
Chang'an, Cai Mansion, Cai Yong has been dismissed and idle at home. Since the death of Dong Zhuo, Guo and Li have controlled the court. Unlike Dong Zhuo, they tolerate Cai Yong. Because of his uprightness, he offended many Xiliang army generals when Dong Zhuo was in power. When Dong Zhuo was there, no one dared to do anything to him. Now that Dong Zhuo is dead, Guo and Li have no scruples. Although they dare not kill him, they directly dismissed him and drove him out of the court.
On this day, Cai Yong was compiling the history of Han Dynasty in his study as usual, when suddenly his family reported outside the door: "Master, Captain Sun came to visit."
This was Sun Ping's fifth visit in a few months. During these months, he had been firmly carrying out the tasks arranged by Huangfu Chaobo, and came every now and then to persuade Cai Yong to move his family to Luoyang.
Originally, Cai Yong was reluctant to see military generals like them, but after Cai Yong was dismissed, his life in Chang'an had become very inconvenient, especially since many ruffians often came to make trouble. After Sun Ping discovered this situation, he came forward to punish the ruffians, and then sent a lot of shadows to guard around Cai's mansion to protect the safety of Cai's mansion, so that Cai Yong could compile his history of Han Dynasty in peace.
So every time he came to visit, Cai Yong had to meet him in person, and every time Sun Ping persuaded his family to go to Luoyang Academy. At the beginning, Cai Yong was reluctant, but as the number of visits increased, Cai Yong's inner thoughts also wavered a little.
This time, Sun Ping met with Cai Yong, and after a brief greeting, he said, "What do you think, Mr. Cai? I have thousands of volumes of books in my Luoyang Academy, and with the help of Mr. Lu, General Huangfu, and General Zhu, wouldn't it be better for Mr. Cai to write a book?"
In fact, Cai Yong's heart had been shaken.
Sun Ping's last sentence finally moved him. Yes, Generals Lu, Zhu, and Huangfu were famous generals of the Han Dynasty, and they were all great Confucian scholars, especially Lu Zhi. With the help of the three of them, it would definitely be of great help to Cai Yong in compiling the history of the Han Dynasty.
But, is it so easy to go from Chang'an to Luoyang?
After a little hesitation, Cai Yong slowly said, "You can ask me to go to Luoyang, but the thousands of volumes of books in my home must all be transported to Luoyang. Does the captain have any ideas?"
Sun Ping was overjoyed and said quickly, "Please rest assured, Mr. Cai, I will definitely transport all these volumes to Luoyang. Mr. Cai, just go with peace of mind."
"No, I must look after these volumes. There are still many rare copies in them. If I don't look after them in person, what if they are lost by your careless hands?" Sun Ping was interrupted by Cai Yong before he finished speaking.
Sun Ping was stunned. Originally, they wanted to send old man Cai Yong back to Luoyang first, and then transport these volumes back by water. You know, although the Mi family has already taken refuge, the Mi family's caravans are still traveling in various states of the Han Dynasty, and there are also caravans coming from Chang'an. At that time, it is not difficult to transport them back to Luoyang by caravans.
But if old man Cai wants to go with the fleet, it will be bad if he is discovered by the Chang'an Yongzhou navy. Of course there is a solution, but Cai Yong needs to disguise himself as an ordinary old man in order to deceive the Yongzhou navy.
Sun Ping tried to tell Cai Yong about his idea, but unexpectedly, he readily agreed with his opinion. In Cai Yong's view, as long as he could be with his books, it didn't matter if he dressed up as an ordinary old man.
After the two discussed some details, Sun Ping left Cai's house and returned to Shadow's base in Chang'an. He had to report this to Luoyang and wait for Luoyang to arrange ships to come to Chang'an for support.
Luoyang soon responded and arranged for a caravan ship to go to Chang'an for support within ten days.
In the next few days, Sun Ping arranged for Cai's house to sort out all the books, and then quietly sent all the books to a warehouse outside the Weishui Wharf outside Chang'an. It took three or four days to transport all the dozens of books out of the city. Now we just have to wait for the caravan's ships to come to Chang'an for support.
A few days later, a fleet from Jizhou arrived in Chang'an. After they hurriedly unloaded all the goods to the wharf, they stayed in Chang'an for only one day, then loaded up the goods and left Chang'an, heading east along the Weishui River.
No one noticed that among these ships, there was one that, apart from a small portion of cargo, was filled with all kinds of books, and there was an old man with several young male and female servants on the same ship. These were Cai Yong and his daughter and servants who were leaving Chang'an for Luoyang.