"You're here."

As soon as Xiahoudun pushed the car door, he saw Cao Cao sitting next to the bookcase in the carriage and reading a book.

Xiahoudun and Guo Jia walked into the carriage and greeted Cao Cao.

Cao Cao smiled, put down the book in his hand, and said to the two of them, "Sit." ”

After hearing this, Xiahoudun and Guo Jia sat down separately.

After the two sat down, Cao Cao said with a smile: "In the past two days, I have been in a mess, and my words and deeds have been out of shape, which has frightened you. ”

Seeing Cao Cao's natural behavior, Xiahoudun seemed to have calmed down, so he asked, "Meng De, are you really okay?" ”

Cao Cao smiled and said, "Do you think I have something to do now?" ”

At this time, Xiahoudun suddenly knelt down in front of Cao Cao and said: "Meng De, I came back from the front line to see you without authorization, and now that I see that you are fine, you can cure my crimes!" ”

This Xiahoudun is an upright man, he is loyal to Cao Cao, for him, even if he is charged with leaving his post without permission, he must confirm his safety, and now seeing that Cao Cao is safe and sound, he also happily put forward a request to punish himself, after all, the military order is like a mountain, there is impunity, how can he serve the public?

"Hahaha, Yuan Rang, you are still so impatient, don't worry, I won't open up to you because you are my brother, but now that the war is about to start, your sin will be counted after we finish the war!"

Xiahoudun looked at Cao Cao and said with a smile: "This is Meng De, you really cheered up!" ”

After hearing Cao Cao's words, Xiahoudun not only did not have the slightest worry because Cao Cao wanted to punish his own crimes, but was happy to see Cao Cao regain his former vigor.

"Bonghyo, what about you? Do you have anything to say to me? Seeing that Guo Jia had been silent, Cao Cao asked him.

Guo Jia asked, "What are the plans of the lord now?" ”

Guo Jia's question was very straightforward, although on the surface, Cao Cao had returned to his former appearance, but it was not clear what he thought.

Cao Cao smiled and asked Guo Jia rhetorically, "Then Fengxiao, do you think we should collect our troops and go home now?" ”

Hearing Cao Cao's rhetorical question, even Xiahoudun couldn't help but get nervous, this matter is very important, related to the future situation of Yanzhou and Xuzhou, and even the situation of the entire world war, if Cao Cao wins, he can annex Xuzhou and become a powerful force of great importance, directly deterring other princes, even Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu have to be afraid of three points, but if they lose, not only will their vitality be greatly damaged, but they will also be at war with Xuzhou, and become a sworn enemy of constant war, once they fall into attrition, the road to hegemony will become extremely difficult, you know, Now although Yanzhou has sent more than 300,000 troops, which has shocked all the princes of the world, this is already Cao Cao's family background.

In order to pay for the expenses of this army, it is necessary to use the material reserves of the entire Yanzhou, if it were not for Xun Yu and Guo Jia in the past few years to plan for the future war, and painstakingly run Yanzhou, even if the entire Yanzhou manpower is used up, it will not be able to support the expenses of this army for a month.

But even with the joint efforts of Xun Yu, Guo Jia, Zhong Xuan, Chen Qun and many other talented people, Yanzhou's money and food are only enough for 300,000 troops to consume for three months.

As a participant, Guo Jia couldn't be clearer in his heart.

I saw Guo Jia bow to Cao Cao, and said solemnly: "Back to the lord, now that the army is outside, it is like an arrow on the string, and it has to be sent, for today's plan, only to quickly take Xuzhou and end this war is our best choice." ”

Guo Jia's move violated the agreement he had promised Xun Yu and Liu Ye before he set out on the expedition, and the reason why he said that at the time was mainly to appease everyone's emotions, in fact, he had long known that since the army had set out on the expedition, there was no room to turn back

Guo Jia did this out of helplessness, Cao Cao in the name of avenging his father poured all the Yanzhou troops to expedition to Xuzhou, if he gave up halfway, he would be laughed at by the princes of the world, and his prestige would be lost, if their goal was just to protect themselves, it was nothing, but Cao Cao was a person with lofty ambitions and wanted to become a king, if he had no prestige in front of the people of the world and was laughed at, how to command the heroes in the future, based on the troubled times?

The army going out is not child's play, since the army has set off, then this battle must be fought if it is not fought!

Cao Cao smiled slightly and asked Guo Jia: "Then in the opinion of filial piety, how should this battle be fought?" ”

Guo Jia looked at Cao Cao squarely and said with a smile: "Guo Jia has a plan in his heart, if the lord can trust Guo Jia, please hand over the command to me this time, Guo Jia will definitely dedicate the entire Xuzhou to the lord." ”

Xiahoudun was shocked when he heard this, this Guo Jia actually wanted to ask Cao Cao for the command of the army, you know, Cao Cao personally went on the expedition, and all decisions depended on him, even if Guo Jia's status was high, if he wanted to override Cao Cao, he would inevitably be suspected of usurping power.

I didn't know that Cao Cao actually laughed out loud after hearing this, only to see him stand up from the side of the bookcase, take off the sword he was wearing, hand it to Guo Jia, and said: "Okay, then I will hand over this Yitian Sword to you for safekeeping, you hold it, everyone sees the sword as if they see me, from the general to the soldiers, all listen to your orders, if anyone dares to disobey, the power of life and death is up to you!" ”

Guo Jia took the Heavenly Sword and bowed to Cao Cao and said, "Guo Jia will definitely live up to the expectations of the lord!" ”

Cao Cao smiled and said, "Then I don't have anything to do now, I'll leave the rest to you, and I can sleep in." Cao Cao said, stretched, turned around and was about to go to sleep, suddenly, he added: "By the way, when you capture Xuzhou, remember to wake me up, I want to see the soldiers wash Xuzhou with my own eyes!" ”

Guo Jia was shocked when he heard this, and the Yitian Sword in his hand couldn't grasp it, and he fell.