Chapter 682 (1/2)

Cao Xiu disdained: ”it is said that after Yuan Shao was defeated in the war and led the defeated generals back to Peiping, he became ill and entrusted the political affairs to Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi. He was afraid that he would not provoke the Liangzhou army.”

”Oh, you are wrong.”

Cao Cao said with a smile: ”Yuan Shao is broad outside, but he is afraid of inside. He will report any revenge. Besides, the two armies are cooperating in the attack. No accident will happen.”

”I'm afraid Yuan Shao is jealous that the prime minister didn't try his best to contain Liu Ye.”

”Well...” Cao Cao thought for a while and said, ”isn't he three sons? Yuan Shang is still a little boy. Marry two women in the clan to Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi.”

In this way, the yuan and Cao families became their relatives, and they had to send troops in both love and reason.

”Well, so and so will arrange it.”

Cao Cao waved his hand: ”OK, Zhongde, go.”

After Cheng Yu retreated, Cao Xiu suddenly remembered something, clapped his hands, and the soldier immediately came up with a tray.

Cao Cao doubted, ”Wenlie, is this?”

”Prime minister, this is the detailed work of our army in the battle field of Yecheng, which was hard to collect.”

Cao Xiu arched the way, then took the wooden tray and presented it to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao fixed his eyes and saw a ”U” shaped iron in the tray, as well as several iron thorns.

”Is this?”

”In the battle of Yecheng, the number of Wu Huan and Yuan Shao's troops totaled 100000, while the Liangzhou army was less than half of Yuan Shao's Wuhuan united army, according to intelligence. The reason why Liu Ye was able to win over many with less lies in the use of a new branch of arms. ”

Cao Xiu said, ”a, a, a, a, a, a, B.”

”Armour and riding gear?”

Cao Cao murmured a few words, and suddenly his eyes lit up.

”Is it not the armour and riding gear that the former Emperor used to march in Pingle temple

Cao Xiu solemnly said: ”that's exactly the case. Originally, tens of thousands of iron horses galloped out of Wuhuan, but Liu Ye suddenly gave an order and waved the flag. Ma Chao, under his command, led hundreds of armour mounted horses to kill them. It was like a wall, and dozens of people were in a row. When they were defeated, they were just like sharp knives breaking meat pieces. Wu Huan soldiers and Yuan Jun could not be brave.”

”Liu Ye's armour and riding equipment are mostly from the relics of the former Emperor of Jinyong City, so they are of a large scale.”

Cao Cao sighed: ”it's a pity that it's a thousand pairs of hardcover horse armor. It's only with the power of the whole country that the first emperor built it. It's cheap for Liu Ye.”

Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was a famous absurd monarch. He was addicted to pleasure, so he naturally needed a lot of money. Therefore, he tried to collect money to enrich his internal funds. Even ”selling official gruel”, the important task of the three magistrates of the imperial court and the local governors directly marked the price, which was really the most important thing in the world.

But even so, there are still many people who even borrow money to buy officials. Why? After they bought the officials, they were able to take office and scrape the land for three feet, and soon they could earn back the money from buying officials. Some of them were similar to the tax package system of the Mamluk Dynasty in Egypt.

The price of local governors is even higher than that of Sangong, which shows that Lingdi is not stupid.