Cao Cao wrote an article "Let the princess know her story", which made it very clear. At first, I wanted to be a thief and contribute to my country. I wanted to be a western general. Then I wrote a tomb and said, "The tomb of Cao Hou, the general of the West, is from the Han Dynasty." This is also my ambition.

{Later, he was recruited as a captain, and then transferred to the imperial army captain. So he wanted to make contributions to the national thief, so he wanted to add the title of General Xi, and then wrote a tomb that read, "The tomb of Cao Hou, a general of the West, was recruited because of the Han Dynasty." This is also his ambition. And because of Dong Zhuo's difficulties, it is worthwhile to raise troops. It is time to combine soldiers to get more ears, but they often lose themselves and don't want more; Therefore, if there are more soldiers, it will be even worse to compete with strong enemies. So I fought thousands of battles in Bianshui, and then I went to Yangzhou to raise more money, but I couldn't recover more than 3,000 people, which was limited. }

Later, he was recruited as a captain and transferred to a captain of the Canon Army, hoping to make contributions to the national thief. I hope to get a title and become a general in the west. After my death, I will write an inscription on the tombstone saying, "The tomb of Cao Hou, a general in the west of Han Dynasty." This was my ambition at that time. But when Dong Zhuo rebelled, all localities rose up against him. At this time, I can recruit more troops, but I often cut back and don't want to expand; So this is because more soldiers are arrogant, and if they want to fight against strong enemies, they may cause disasters again. Therefore, in the battle of Bianshui, my men were only a few thousand, and then I went to Yangzhou to recruit soldiers, but there were still only three thousand. This is because my initial ambition was very limited.