Chapter 6774 Hope is just around the corner

Chapter 6774 Hope is just around the corner
Upon hearing this, Cao Xiu felt an inexplicable sadness. Why did their Cao family fall into such a situation for no apparent reason?

"I'm not sure if there will be such an opportunity in the future. If we don't seize this opportunity now, it will be too late even if there is a chance in the future." Cao Ang said softly.

"It's really disgusting!" Cao Xiu sat down with a muffled voice. He would go to the battlefield himself, even if Cao Ang didn't say so, he would go, but he was not willing to accept this kind of threat from the unruly people.

Even if Cao Ang didn't tell him about this, Cao Xiu would follow Cao Ang when he went to the battlefield next time. After all, he was also the backbone of the Cao family. Moreover, after so many years of treatment and with the arrival of technology for regenerating severed limbs, he finally recovered after his meridians were repaired.

But after Cao Ang spoke the matter openly, Cao Xiu became furious - you damned troublemakers, who do you think you are!

Seeing Cao Xiu sitting down, Cao Ang looked at the other people. Some had blank expressions, some looked indignant, and some avoided his gaze. But Cao Ang knew that most of his peers had already accepted the reality of going to the battlefield under his leadership.

Looking at the majority of young and strong men who were willing to follow him to the battlefield, Cao Ang breathed a sigh of relief. Even though half of these young and strong men did not actually understand his behavior and just purely believed in him, the fact that most of them were willing to follow him also made Cao Ang further understand the meaning of credibility.

Although he had not guaranteed anything and had gone against the interests of this group of people, most people were still willing to believe in him. And this was only the case for the Cao and Xiahou families. If he could expand this trust to the entire jurisdiction in the future, victory would really be a matter of time.

"Zi Lin, I'm sorry, now that most people have agreed, you must agree too. We agreed at the beginning that we are a team, and I will take everyone with me. As long as I don't fall, we must face the waves together." Cao Ang looked at Xiahou Mao very seriously and said.

What Cao Ang was worried about before was that there were too many people who opposed him and he could not suppress them. It turned out that there were indeed many people who opposed him, but among them, the group led by Cao Xiu, Xiahou Chong, and Cao Tai opposed Cao Ang's compromise with the unruly people. When Cao Ang insisted on his own views, although they were unhappy, they accepted Cao Ang's proposal.

As a result, with the support of the vast majority of young and strong men in the Cao family, partial support from the Xiahou family and other branches of the Cao family, as well as the young and strong men among the opposition who opposed Cao Ang's compromise but were willing to continue to follow Cao Ang, there were only about 30 young and strong men who really disagreed with going to the battlefield.

What else can I say? The minority shall obey the majority. Even if everyone has different opinions, but the proposal is finally passed, everyone must implement it. There is no such thing as division. As long as I, Cao Ang, am here, everyone must be on the same page. You can hold opposing opinions, but the collective resolution must be implemented!

Xiahou Mao's face turned green, but that was the meaning of the rules, and these people had always been united around Cao Ang. Now that the result was out, their long-standing habits left them speechless. Now that things had come to this, they just had to abide by the previous rules and follow them.

Seeing that those who opposed the plan were also lying down and pretending to be dead, and following the boss on the road, Cao Ang felt much more at ease. He had been mentally prepared that there would be more people opposing than those agreeing, and he had prepared arguments and methods, but he didn't expect that it would be passed like this.

"Everyone, follow me to the venue and wait for all the centurions under Cao's command to arrive." Seeing this, Cao Ang stood up and said to everyone, "I, Cao Ang, cannot guarantee that all the brothers, uncles, and nephews will survive this battle, but I, Cao Ang, can guarantee that if we work together, we will definitely be able to capture the northwest entrance of Kabul and lay the foundation for the future of Cao's family!"

At the hour of Chen, hundreds of men from various tribes had arrived at the venue one after another, and Cao Ang was already waiting here with all the young and strong men of the Cao family.

At about three quarters past three in the morning, Tian Zhong arrived at the venue. When he saw Cao Ang and the row of young and strong men behind Cao Ang, he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief. Damn it, it seems he has no choice but to fight for his life.

Before the hour of Si, almost all the officers and soldiers above the rank of centurion under Cao's command had arrived at the meeting place. All together they numbered about a thousand people. Cao Ang felt much more at ease when he looked at this group of people. Although his father had made many mistakes, he had a strong foundation left by his father. As long as he could exert his due strength, victory would not seem to be a difficult thing.

To put it bluntly, the soldiers of the Holy Death Knights fought single-handedly with the more than a thousand centurions here. Those who died could leave the arena, while those who survived could continue fighting. The one who survived must be the centurion here.

The emergency rescue system established by Chen Xi has retained enough backbones to a great extent. In terms of the quality, foundation and number of soldiers alone, this group of backbones under Cao Cao's command is superior to that of the Holy Death Cavalry.

It's just individual qualities, and the miracle of organization and coordination is there. If we really fight head-on on the same scale, it's basically like giving away our heads. But just looking at such a large number of elite backbones, Cao Ang has a feeling that as long as we work together, we will definitely win the battle.

[Although there have been many unexpected things, and my father has indeed made many mistakes, to be honest, the foundation is still strong. What is missing is a leader who can convince everyone present. I cannot be perfect, but I just need to do my best.] Cao Ang looked at the elite backbones who had gathered, exhaled, and no longer had any doubts in his heart.

"Everyone, I am Cao Ang, the newly appointed Marquis of Wei and General Pingxi of the Han Dynasty." After counting the number of people and confirming the actual number of people present, Cao Ang stood up and walked to the center. Looking at everyone in front of him, he spoke loudly, "From now on, Kandahar will be under my control."

As he was speaking, the projection of the secret mirror rose into the air, and the documents issued by Chang'an were magnified and projected onto the secret mirror. The details of the seals and talismans were specially played in three dimensions - you may not believe in us, the Cao family, but you need to believe in the seals and talismans issued by Chang'an.

All the centurions looked at the projection, memorized it deeply in their hearts, and communicated with each other to confirm the authenticity of the seal and edict. Cao Ang then read out the Government Affairs Office's disposal of Kandahar, and defined the unrest led by Cao Zhang in Kandahar as the people driving out the king in the official document, absolving all participants of their guilt and placing the root cause on Cao Cao.

To be honest, when Zhuge Liang wrote this official document, he was prepared to blame the incident on Cao Cao's tyranny, but he hesitated while writing it.

Because if this was entirely blamed on Cao Cao's tyranny, then Cao Ang would have to face the situation of Crown Prince Ji Jing, which was not in line with the foundation of the Han Dynasty's stability in Kandahar. So Zhuge Liang blamed the root cause on Cao Cao, and then criticized the soldiers who participated in the riot, but absolved them of blame.

However, if they did so, after acknowledging the justice of the soldiers in overthrowing Cao Cao and electing Cao Ang, they were actually also acknowledging the legitimacy of the Cao family, because those who were qualified to expel Cao Cao were the people of the Cao family, so those who did so would have to acknowledge the legitimacy of Cao Ang in the future.

However, Zhuge Liang was not very interested in exterminating the Cao family. His moral values ​​were very clear. Whoever committed the crime should bear the responsibility. Cao Cao was the monarch and he issued the order. Even if the order was magnified, it was still your fault, Cao Cao.

Because as a leader, if you cannot correctly understand how your management will execute your orders, then you are either bad or stupid!
Cao Cao is obviously not stupid, so he can only be a bad person.

There is no such situation that the upper level has all good intentions but the lower level just executes them incorrectly. If the upper level cannot even think of this, then they are either bad people or idiots. We need to think about this carefully. If they are idiots, then we need to think about how they got to the top.

Therefore, under a complete system, the probability of stupid people is far less than that of bad people.

"Everyone has confirmed the seal of the imperial edict. Please stand up." Cao Ang stood on the stage and after displaying the three-dimensional seal of the imperial edict, he spoke to all the officers above the centurion level.
"Greetings to Marquis Wei, General Pingxi!" Everyone stood up and saluted, acknowledging Cao Ang's absolute management authority over the Kandahar Military Region.

After seeing everyone bow and acknowledge his legitimacy, Cao Ang gave an order to the Tiger Guards at the door, "Close the main gate. Anyone who comes near without an emergency order will be expelled. Anyone who comes closer will be killed!"

The Tiger Guards quickly closed the gate of the venue. Cao Ang then looked at the officers present, took a deep breath, explained the current situation to all the officers, and then said, "I intend to lead all the young and strong backbones of the Cao family, and 10,000 elite troops of the most elite headquarters, to attack the Kabul Valley tomorrow. The 40,000 headquarters, led by officers from various departments, will follow and seize the northwest entrance of the valley!"

The whole audience was in an uproar. Lao Cao had never announced his plan to all the officers in this way, but Cao Ang directly told all the officers above the centurion level what he was going to do.

"Now I need 10,000 of the most elite backbones who are willing to participate in this battle. Participants, regardless of life or death, will first be given 120,000 coins for resettlement and be promoted one level of nobility. Those who have made achievements on the battlefield will be rewarded according to their military merits and promoted one level of nobility afterwards. Although this title cannot be used in the Han Dynasty, in the territory of our Cao family, everything will be paid out as it is." Cao Ang spoke directly, regardless of the uproar in the audience.

Why was 120,000 yuan given as resettlement allowance? Because what Cao Ang could mobilize now was the seal of Marquis of Zhuye Township, which could be used throughout the country and was redeemable even in Rome and Kushan. Only this much money could be withdrawn quickly. Cao Ang really didn't have more. After all, he was not Chen Xi, who could write by hand.

As for promoting the title to a higher rank, Cao Ang had to make a ruthless move. The titles of the Han Dynasty had to be approved based on merit before they could be awarded. After all, the first-level title represented too many things, especially the differences between the fourth and fifth levels, the sixth and seventh levels, the seventh and eighth levels, the eighth and ninth levels, and the ninth and tenth levels.

I won’t talk about the transition from level 4 to level 5, as this is the key to escaping the bottom.

There was no difference between level 6 and level 7 in the past, but now level 7 has pioneering documents. With this, it is a huge advantage to go abroad and establish fiefdoms.

For level eight compared to level seven, if you don’t go abroad, your land area will double.

Compared with level 8, level 9 has a fiefdom order, which is an advanced version of the development document.

As for the tenth level, if one stays in the country, the land area is three times that of the ninth level, and one can basically pick and choose official positions in county and prefecture governments.

As for the world after level ten, there is no hope for normal soldiers.

In fact, most soldiers could not reach the fifth level of nobility even if they fought on the battlefield for their entire lives. The conditions Cao Ang offered this time were equivalent to opening a back door, allowing those who participated in the war to be directly promoted to a higher level of nobility.

Even though there were not many people with titles above level five, the pressure on Cao Ang was very great to be promoted one level. However, the good thing was that if he accepted the title, it would be basically impossible for him to run away, because the Han Dynasty would not recognize such illegally promoted titles, but Cao Ang's subordinates would recognize it and would actually give him a higher level reward.

To put it bluntly, Cao Ang also used this method to completely tie this group of people to his own chariot.

When Xun Yu, who was sitting below, heard Cao Ang's words, his eyes lit up involuntarily. He looked at Cao Ang thoughtfully. This kind of thing was not something that the previous Cao Ang could figure out, let alone make up his mind about.

"All the young and strong men under Cao?" Li Jiong pressed his temple. He was actually quite excited, because the veterans over fifty years old present all knew why they were unwilling to fight desperately, and the most elite guys under Lao Cao were basically over fifty.

If the Cao family chooses to live and die with them, they really don't have to worry about this. After all, their lives are definitely not as precious as those of the Cao family. If the Cao family can die, there is nothing for them to worry about. At worst, they can die together. What is there to be afraid of?

"We don't need all the young and strong men." Tian Zhong stood up directly, "Because most of them will only be a drag on the battlefield."

Cao Ang was caught off guard. He looked at Tian Zhong, and then at the officers and centurions present. "I just suggested that even if most of the young people in the Cao and Xiahou families will lag behind, they will still go this time. At most, I will put them in the second wave of 40,000 people. As for the first batch, I will go to the front line with Zidan, Ziwen and others. This battle will determine the fate of our Cao family!"

"Those who are willing to join me in organizing 10,000 elite troops to go to Kabul, please stand up." Cao Ang said to all the centurions sitting in the meeting room.

Tian Zhong did not sit down, and then groups of centurions stood up. The centurions who couldn't stand Lao Cao had left long ago. Although those who stayed here had complaints, they still hoped that the Cao Group could become bigger and stronger so that they could get a bigger share of the pie. Now hope is right in front of them!
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