Chapter 35 Chapter 4 Dong Zhuo's Solo Court Cao Cao Recruits Soldiers (10)

The two laughed again, so they touched each other and drank it down in one gulp, warming the wine and heart, very happy. With the permission and support of Zhang Miao and Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, Cao Cao posted notices in the vast area of ​​Chenliu to recruit troops.Cao Cao clearly stated in the recruiting notice that the current imperial court's upside-down due to Dong Zhuo's occupation is a misfortune for the country and a catastrophe for the people.Today Guangwei is recruiting volunteers, with the aim of crusading Dong Zhuo, eliminating thieves for the country, and eliminating disasters for the people.

As soon as the notice came out, the repercussions were great. In the vast areas of Chenliu's urban and rural areas, all insightful people discussed this matter, saying that Cao Cao's recruitment of soldiers was a righteous act, and encouraged young and middle-aged people to apply for the recruitment.Therefore, the recruitment was extremely smooth, and within a short period of time, thousands of people were recruited. The recruiting office was very lively and the atmosphere was touching. Many brothers applied at the same time.Another pair of father and son requested to apply at the same time. The son was sixteen years old, and the father was not too old, only thirty-five or sixteen.But because they are father and son, the recruitment office will not register, but the father and son are firm.The person in charge of registration had to report to Cao Hong. Cao Hong was also embarrassed, so he asked Cao Cao for instructions.Cao Cao was of course very happy when he heard this, because from this we can see the extent of the people's response.It seems that his express wording in the notice was very correct, and the common people also hated Dong Zhuo for arrogating power and disturbing the government.The people think of governance and yearn for stability and prosperity. Cao Cao can only achieve great things if he conforms to the will of the people.

Although Cao Cao admired the enthusiasm and initiative of the people, he still did not approve of the simultaneous application of the father and son.He went to meet the father and son in person, and said to them: "Your father and son are so active in applying, I, Cao Cao, am very grateful. At the same time, I also appreciate and admire your righteous act of seeking rebellion. However, father and son joined the army at the same time. It is inappropriate. Everyone has old parents and wives and children. If there are too many males, will it not affect the livelihood? The country is called the country and the family. If the family is not prosperous, how will the country be prosperous? How will the soldiers be? powerful?"

Cao Cao said this in public at the recruiting office, and all the people present were moved.As a result, Cao Cao left a very reasonable and good impression on everyone. The news spread, and many people applied for this point again. Cao Cao stationed the troops he had recruited in Xiangyi near Chenliu, where he occupied a large area and began his arduous career of building an army. Before training soldiers, we must first build weapons.Cao Cao knew how to use people according to their talents. He first conducted a survey among the recruits to find out who had worked as blacksmiths, carpenters, bricklayers, etc.He mobilized all these people, and the bricklayers rushed to make bricks and tiles to build workshops; the carpenters made brackets, doors and windows.As a result, several rows of workshops for making weapons were built.

Paste dozens of stoves, make dozens of bellows, and pick dozens of blacksmiths from among the recruits, and the prosperous iron workshop officially started.The sound of forging is clanging, from morning till night.The red fire lit up that area.Bright and dark, flickering, very spectacular and beautiful. In the few rows of workshops where weapons are made, a short, stout and strong middle-aged man is often seen, wearing ordinary work clothes, sometimes in front of this furnace and sometimes in front of that furnace.Sometimes he helped to pull the bellows, and sometimes he swung a hammer to help forge.He worked so hard that sweat was dripping on his forehead and on his vest.His face was reddened by the fireside, his eyes were burned red, and his figure was projected on the ground, stretching out.

This person is none other than Cao Cao, the supreme commander of the entire army.Only a very few people know him, and more people don't know who he is, because he doesn't wear an official uniform, and he is short and ugly. It is not too much to say that he is a real blacksmith.Once, he was swinging a hammer in front of a furnace to help forge. Cao Hong found him, called "General Cao", and reported the matter to him.The two sluggish blacksmith apprentices were extremely surprised when they heard this, and when they found out that it was indeed Cao Cao, they were so moved that they burst into tears.

The story of Cao Cao taking the lead and building weapons with everyone spread among all the soldiers, and everyone who heard it was moved.As a result, the hammers in the blacksmith's workshop sounded more vigorously, and the speed of building weapons was greatly accelerated.Cao Cao then said to everyone: "It is necessary to forge the real steel fire of all weapons through repeated tempering. Only excellent weapons can make an army excellent. Excellent people with excellent weapons will be invincible in the world..." There was a man named Sun Binxu, who heard about Cao Cao and his soldiers making weapons together, shook his head and said, "It's not right! It's not right!" This person had always praised Cao Cao, but after hearing about Cao Cao But he didn't think so, so he came from Beihai to meet Cao Cao and said: "How can a person who has the ambition to conquer the world work with craftsmen?"

Cao Cao asked, "How do you say that?" Sun Binxu said: "Those who want to be small must not have great ambitions. Generals are known for their great ambitions, but now they are just like ordinary craftsmen. Over time, they will lose their grand ambitions!" Cao Cao said with a smile: "Those who like to have small beards refer to those who are only in love with small beards. Of course, such people cannot have great ambitions. However, people with great ambitions do not understand 'small beards', let alone some "Smallness" is closely related to big ambitions. If you don't "must be small" for this kind of thing, you don't have big ambitions! For example, building weapons, in my current situation, is it generally necessary to be small? Based on my current situation , if you don't know how to forge weapons, how can you be qualified to conquer the world?"

Sun Binxu pondered for a long time, and seemed to realize something, and sighed, "Cao Cao is indeed not an ordinary person with great ambition!" After a considerable part of the weapons were built, Cao Cao began to organize the training of recruits.He is also unique in training recruits. In addition to training his body, he also knows how to train his mind.The so-called mind training is to use the principles of the world to win the hearts of the soldiers.He talked about the turmoil in the capital, Dong Zhuo's arbitrary power, the safety of the country, the suffering of the people and how to live and work in peace.In the end, it comes down to how to train soldiers well so as to be conducive to crusade.This will naturally have a very good effect, and all the soldiers have a sense of justice.Then, it is necessary to use military style and discipline to make the entire army strive to develop in an iron-like tightness, firmness, and strength.

The story of Cao Cao's hard work in building an army in Xiangyi spread, and many people were moved.Many independent heroes in the Yuzhou area joined Cao Cao's rebel army in small groups.Therefore, in addition to recruiting, Cao Cao added a lot of troops.First of all, when Cao Hong went home to deal with the family property, he organized the servants.Cao Hong himself is a wealthy family and a warrior who is good at martial arts.Therefore, when he was at home, he raised and trained more than a thousand warriors.This time he went back to help Cao Cao deal with the family property, and he also disposed of his own family property, gathered more than a thousand young men who had been trained, and said to them: Cao Hong admires Cao Cao and vows to follow him forever.This time, if Cao Cao recruits new soldiers in Chenliu, he will send a message that all warriors are welcome to vote.So when Cao Cao was ready with weapons and was stepping up his drills, the more than 1,000 warriors came in a team.