Han Song's questioning of Cao Cao's choice as the commander of the Southern Expedition immediately aroused the echo of many ministers in the DPRK and China. Watermark Ad Test Watermark Ad Test

"Cao Ang is only a weak champion, and he has never had the experience of leading troops independently, how can he take on this heavy responsibility?"

"I heard that there were as many as 60,000 rebels in Yuan Shu, and Cao Sikong sent only 3,000 troops to the south, so he wanted to quell the rebellion? I'm afraid I can't even take a county or a county. ”

"The defeat of the king is a failure, and the people of the world are afraid that they will laugh at the incompetence of the imperial court."

The ministers whispered to each other, shaking their heads and sighing as they spoke.

Most of these ministers were scholars, and most of them didn't know much about military and political affairs, but when they saw that the Southern Expeditionary Army was in a predicament and the Yuan Shu Rebellion could not be calmed down for a while, they stood up and blamed one after another.

Anyway, they are all standing on the moral high ground of maintaining the Han family, and it makes sense no matter what they say.

As for the practical difficulties, they don't care about them, and they don't have any countermeasures.

Listening to these guys' nonsense, Cao Cao frowned, although he was annoyed in his heart, he didn't say anything to these people.

He knew that these guys were all first-class masters when they sat down, and the black ones could be said to be white, and they could only bring shame on themselves when they reasoned with them.

What's more, these people are right, he sent this southern expeditionary army out, and he didn't report much hope, it was indeed just to make a show in front of the world.

In fact, Cao Cao at this time was far less domineering than in the later period, and in his heart he still treated himself as a loyal minister of the Han family, and in the face of the accusations of his colleagues in the court, he was unreasonable, and could only bear it.

At this time, a small yellow door suddenly came in and said, "Your Majesty, Xun Shangshu asks to see you." ”

"Xuan!" Liu Xie raised his hand.

Although Xun You is the emperor's personal Shangshu Zuocheng, he has always served in the Sikong Mansion, and does not participate in the court meeting if he has nothing important.

After a short time, Xun You ran into the court in small steps, bowed to the emperor and saluted: "Your Majesty, great joy, the southern expeditionary army has won a great victory, General Cao has led the army to conquer Runan, and is preparing to wave his army to the east to attack Shouchun ......"

Ministers: "......"

All the ministers were dumbfounded, and the air in the court seemed to freeze for a moment.

Just now they questioned Cao Ang's voice still in their ears, Cao Ang is young, has no experience in leading troops, and has few soldiers, it is difficult to lead the army to the south this time.

As a result, Cao Ang conquered Runan County in a blink of an eye, where did this put the old faces of their group of people?

"Good!" Liu Xie, the Son of Heaven, took the lead in breaking the tranquility and said excitedly: "Cao Qing conquered Runan with only 3,000 soldiers. ”

Although Runan is only a county, it is Yuan Shu's hometown, and conquering Runan is undoubtedly a heavy blow to Yuan Shu, and it also establishes prestige for the Han court.

Liu Xie stood up excitedly and said happily: "Cao Qing is really a minister who has contributed to the society, and he has passed on the decree and named Cao Qing as the general of Zhengnan and the Marquis of Yiting." ”

At this time, Cao Cao's eyes also lit up, and he asked Xun You: "How did the Southern Expeditionary Army break through the city?" ”

Everyone cared about this matter, and they all looked at Xun Yu in a daze.

It is not uncommon for the weak to defeat the strong in a decisive battle in the suburbs, but it is rare to conquer a city with a small number of cavalry.

"It was General Liu who used a counter-strategy, so much so that Yuan Shu wanted to kill the Runan guard Lei Bo, but Lei Bo was the first to find out, and led the army to abandon the city and flee, and the Southern Expeditionary Army took Runan County at his fingertips without spending a single soldier," Xun Yu patiently explained.

Cao Cao couldn't help but laugh loudly: "It's flat again...... It was General Liu who turned the tide again, and I knew that he would not disappoint me. ”

The news of the sneak attack was leaked before, and Cao Cao had no expectations for this southern expedition, and even gave Cao Ang an order to withdraw his troops, preparing to fight again in the spring of next year.

But he never expected that Liu Ping would use a trick to take down Runan City, so that this southern expedition could be described as a fruitful harvest.

After all, it is quite cost-effective to send only 3,000 cavalry to conquer a county town with a population of nearly one million.

Of course, Cao Cao also understood that what played a decisive role in this was Liu Ping's counter-intrigue strategy, which had little to do with the number of soldiers.

At this time, Han Song stubbornly bowed to Cao Cao and said, "The lower officials are short-sighted and speculate, which makes Cao Gongjian smile."

I hope that Cao Gong is magnanimous, don't mind. ”

Now the most embarrassing thing in the Manchu Dynasty is Han Song, after all, others were talking in a low voice just now, and he was the only one who accused Cao Cao of improper use of people in person, but the person he accused made great contributions, and the emperor did not hesitate to reward him, which inevitably made Han Song's face feel like he was slapped twice.

"Cao Ang, Liu Ping, one is my son, the other is my son-in-law, no matter what position the official residence is, after all, he is a junior, and there is no need for Han Gong to do such a small achievement," Cao Cao said with a generous smile.

Han Song felt even more hot on his face, Cao Cao's words sounded like modesty at first glance, but in fact it was similar to showing off.

……

Shouchun, inside the puppet palace.

Yuan Shu counted the days, and Lei Bo Chen Lan should also arrive.

He used Yang Hong's strategy to do not hesitate to appoint those two as hussar generals and chariot generals, and expected that even if the two surrendered to Xudu, they would definitely not be able to seal such a high official position.

He has invested so much blood, how can the two of them be unreasonable?

Suddenly, Huangmen ran in in a panic and said, "Your Majesty, it's not good, Lei Bo Chen Lan led the army to abandon the city and fled, and now ...... Runan has fallen into the hands of Cao Jun, and I heard that Cao Jun has released the news that he is about to attack my Shouchun......"

"What did you say?" Yuan Shu's eyes were cracked, and he roared, and then the sleeves of his robe were wiped on the table in front of him, and the pen, ink, scrolls, and books were scattered all over the ground.

It's no wonder that he is in a hurry, Runan is his hometown, and the ancestors of his Yuan family are buried there, and now it has fallen into the hands of Cao Jun, what if he digs his ancestral grave?

"Then Lei Bo Chen Lan is so hateful, what about Zhang Xun?"

"According to the soldiers who escaped, before Lei Chen and the others fled, they killed Zhang Xun first."

Yuan Shu's eyes darkened, his figure couldn't help shaking, and he said angrily: "Waste, it's all waste, is there no powerful person available around me?" ”

He glared at the military officials under him, "What can I do now, what can I do if it is?" ”

The group of civil and military officers below all bowed their heads and were speechless.

After all, they all know that His Majesty is suspicious by nature, for fear that if he says more, he will get into trouble.

After all, the example of Yan Xiang is still alive there.

"Your Majesty," Yan Xiang stood up again and said: "Cao Jun's soldiers are in full swing, if you pounce on me Shouchun, you must not guard against it." ”

"Cao's army is only 3,000 people, if you dare to come to Shouchun, you will let it come and go," Yuan Shu gritted his teeth and said.

At this time, he still had 30,000 military horses under his command, and there were 3,000 cavalry gathered, and there were brave generals like Ji Ling under his command, he was thinking about how to recover Runan, how could he be afraid that the Cao army would attack him Shouchun?

"The Cao army is elite, if the enemy is strong, even if it is annihilated, our losses will be great," Yan Xiang said: "Why doesn't Your Majesty ask for help?" ”

"Who can be the reinforcement now?" Yuan Shu looked at Yan Xiang in surprise.

For example, today's princes still regard themselves as loyal ministers of the Han family, and after he became emperor, it is equivalent to standing on the opposite side of the princes in the world, who can help him?