72 Talking with Cao Cao final part

Yun stopped laughing and looks at Pang Tong remembering why he called him again and says, "Right, I forgot about it from imagining our recruits pissing themselves."

Yun placed the map on the table and Pang Tong looks at Yun waiting for him to speak when Yun points at Xiapi and says, "I talked with Xun Yu today. He came with a friend who I didn't expect but it made things easier for me and them."

"It was Cao Cao," says Pang Tong as Yun nods making Pang Tong look at the map.

"So what did he say about surrendering Puyang to you until he conquered Xiapi?" asks Pang Tong as Yun sighs.

"He wasn't pleased with it and asked for a day to rethink everything that we talked about," says Yun as Pang Tong sighs as well.

"It is quite ambitious but I know why you want Xiapi. If we ever needed to run we just needed to go south and meet with the Sun Family that is right now in Wu," says Pang Tong being well-informed about everything in the land.

"And we had enough space between us and Cao Cao so he can't get accurate information about us," says Yun as Pang Tong smirked at it.

"We should be able to take Xiapi in less than a year if Cao Cao sends you to deal with Tao Qian," says Pang Tong as Yun shakes his head.

"He won't send me to finish Tao Qian. He will most likely send his most trusted men while I make sure that nothing attacks his rear," says Yun as he takes all the chess pieces and places them on the map.

"We will be defending Xuchang and all the other cities while Cao Cao and his trusted men try to take Tao Qian's territory. Or so he thinks," says Yun before putting a pawn in the way of Cao Cao and Tao Qian.

"Who is that going to be?" asks Pang Tong curious since Yun already placed the piece for Lu Bu on the map.

"Do you remember that I used to have a small squad which used to make trouble the whole day?" asks Yun as Pang Tong knew right away who Yun was talking about.

"Liu Bei and his brothers," says Pang Tong as Yun nods.

"They will take over Tao Qian's territory before Lu Bu takes it from them and Cao Cao helps Liu Bei recovering it trying to recruit Guan Yu in the meantime," says Yun with a smile on his face.

"Cao Cao will be quite sad since Guan Yu won't change sides," says Pang Tong smiling as well.

"But it will give us plenty of opportunities to get Guan Yu on our good side by doing so," says Yun knowing that getting Guan Yu to his side was an undertaking that will take a long time.

"So we are going to try to be on his good side until Buddha knows when?" asks Pang Tong confused since Yun wasn't someone who never had a plan in the back of his head.

"You will see it coming," says Yun as a servant knocked on the doorframe.

"General Huang is looking for you, my Lord," says the servant as Yun looks at the door.

"Sent him here," says Yun as the servant leaves to get Huang Zhong.

Hang Zhong entered the room with a bright smile as Yun asks, "What happened for you to be this happy, don't tell me that Huang Xu is awaiting his second child?"

"Of course not, I am so happy because one of my students seems to be a genius with the bow," says Huang Zhong as Pang Tong looked at him confused.

"I haven't seen you on the training field for a long time since your son is training your troops. So which students are you talking about?" says Pang Tong confused.

"Which one of the three is that talented with the bow?" asks Yun knowing about who Huang Zhong was talking about.

"It is your daughter, Zhao Mulan. I could see that she comes from a talented family as does Zhao Fang who is quite talented as well as is our little Lu Huixiu," says Huang Zhong as Pang Tong looked at Yun.

"I thought you were going to train the three," says Pang Tong as Yun smirks.

"I can't have Cao Cao see Mulan or the other children so he doesn't get any wrong ideas or it will be difficult to work with him," says Yun as he didn't want to get tied to Cao Cao because he offered him one of his sons or daughters to marry one of his.

"That's why I have Huang Zhong train them at the moment until or deal has been sealed," says Yun as he turns to Huang Zhong and asks, "How good was she?"

"She hit the target on her first try, not like the other children. Most children can't correctly assume the range and put too much or too little strength on the string. But her aim got better after every arrow she shot at the target," says Huang Zhong as Yun smiles warmly proud of his daughter's achievement.

"Let them rest for a while since they are at it since they have eaten breakfast," says Yun as Huang Zhong nods.

"Of course, they are still growing," says Huang Zhong as he leaves away quite happy when Yun turns to Pang Tong.

"Who out of all the strategists would be the best to teach my children about tactics not including yourself since you are my main strategist and I need you to be ready at any moment," says Yun as he puts his hand on Pang Tong's shoulder since he would have let the education of his children with Pang Tong.

"I would recommend either Sima Yi, Guo Jia, or Zhuge Liang," says Pang Tong when Yun began to think about who he should choose to teach the children when Yun found a better idea.

"I want the three of them to teach them. Sima Yi will teach them in the morning before Huang Zhong's training. Guo Jia will teach them after eating and Zhuge Liang will teach them before they go to sleep," says Yun as he looked at Pang Tong.

"The routine will begin once we leave Zhending either to join Yuan Shao or Cao Cao. Also, tell the men to gather their things since we will be leaving Zhending permanently," says Yun as Pang Tong nods while Yun was already looking into the future.

The next morning Yun was eating breakfast with Cao Cao and Xun Yu while Snowflake was laying beside Yun trying to get Yun's attention. Cao Cao was seeing the big cat behaving like a kitten beside Yun.

"Have you decided on what will be your choice?" asks Yun plainly as he enjoyed his rice.

"I decided that it would be beneficial for both of our sides to walk on the same path instead of different ones," says Cao Cao which told Yun enough to know that Cao Cao accepted the deal.

"When can you ready the army to march towards Puyang?" asks Cao Cao curious as Yun puts his bowl on the table.

"We can in two weeks. If you want you can stay here since we are now allies and we will leave together for Puyang," says Yun as he looked at Cao Cao.

"I would like that but I am needed in Xuchang. I am preparing my army to march towards Tao Qian to deal with the person responsible for the death of my parents," says Cao Cao as Yun smirks at him.

"I will be in Puyang before you leave Xuchang," says Yun with confidence that he and his men wouldn't need that long to get to Puyang.

"Then we will meet each other in Puyang. Xun Yu, you will stay here and make sure that our new ally makes it to Puyang," says Cao Cao as he stands up.

"Shouldn't I go with you, my Lord?" asks Xun Yu confused with Cao Cao's decision.

"I won't need you to mobilize the army and it will be faster to travel with Xiahou Dun alone," says Cao Cao since Xun Yu wasn't fast enough since he rarely rides a horse.

"I get him safely towards Puyang," says Yun as he called a servant to help Cao Cao out before he continued eating his breakfast.

"Aren't you going to order your men to prepare to march?" asks Xun Yu nervously as Snowflake was hugging Yun from behind or at least it looked like that.

"You are as playful as ever," says Yun as he pets the White Tiger before saying to Xun Yu, "My men were already informed yesterday to prepare themselves for the march towards Puyang."

"You knew that my Lord would accept?" asks Xun Yu as Yun shakes his head.

"No, but I had to prepare for the departure from Zhending since I would have to join Yuan Shao if Cao Cao wouldn't have accepted my offer," says Yun while thinking that Gongsun Zan would be the other Warlord he would help before Yuan Shao.

"Anyway, I should get you to the guest room since I have a ceremony to attend," says Yun as Xun Yu remembers that Yun was holding a competition at the moment.

"How many have passed your exam?" asks Xun Yu curious about it since they could be useful for his Lord.

"Those that are still standing on the practice ground. They will all receive employment from me and will begin to train with the commander I tell them to work with," says Yun as he finished his breakfast by pouring water into his bowl before drinking it to clean his bowl completely leaving no rice behind.

"And how many do you think are they?" asks Xun Yu as Yun smiles.

"It seems you want to see it for yourself," says Yun as he grabs the tiger and puts him on his lap before playing with its fangs.

"If I could?" asks Xun Yu as Yun laughs.

"You are allowed since you won't be seeing much of our training at the moment as everyone is preparing to leave for Puyang," says Yun as he stopped playing with Snowflake before standing up and telling Xun Yu to follow him.