Ten days later, Cao Cao's head disease was slightly better, and suddenly Pegasus from all over the country came to report. Xiahou Yuan, who was fighting in the state, sent someone to report.

"Newspaper!! Xu Yuan went straight to the northwest of Shi, Gao Boyi got his help, and General Xiahou was defeated in Merging Prefecture, lost his troops and surrendered to Jizhou!! ”

When Cao Cao heard this, his eyes widened, and his astonishment continued. There is also Shu Di carefully made a report in the account.

"Report !! Zhang Guyi, the governor of Xichuan, was defeated by Zhao Zilong, and his troops were defeated and defeated in Jinzhu, and he had retreated to Anhan!! ”

Cao Cao was struck by thunder, staggered a few steps, and fell to the seat. At this point, the three armies attacking the northwest, except for the troops led by Cao Cao, were all defeated and retreated by the northwest generals. Cao Cao gasped, angry, and the pain of his head disease came to his head again, and the pain made Cao Cao's facial features distorted, which looked particularly hideous.

The generals were worried in their hearts, Guo Jia sighed secretly, and was about to open his mouth. There is also Jingzhou to make a detailed account to report.

"Report !! Liu Jingsheng of Jingzhou died, and Liu Xuande, assisted by Zhuge Kongming, broke Cai Deqi's soldiers and horses, and captured the three counties of Xiangyang, Wuling and Jiangxia with lightning speed in successive days. Later, Cai Deqi surrendered to Jiangdong, and the Jiangdong Sun clan raised troops to rescue, but they were still defeated by Liu Xuande, and Liu Xuande was confronting Jiangdong soldiers and horses in Jiangling, Nanjun!! ”

Cao Cao listened to it and took a sharp breath, at this time, the great trouble of the Northwest Wen clan could not be eliminated, and Liu Xuande, who Cao Cao had always been afraid of, grew stronger again. Cao Cao's lingering was unfavorable, and his anger was so strong that it seemed to burn all over his body.

Cao Cao's face changed rapidly, his face changed from black to red, and all the generals under the tent did not dare to speak, and there was a dead silence in the tent. Suddenly, Cao Cao roared 'wow', blood spurted from his mouth, arrow sores erupted, his headache split, and he passed out on the spot.

Cao Cao's illness was repeated, and the war situation in the northwest was also unfavorable, and the people in the army were panicked. Xun Yu, who was stationed in Luoyang, heard about the incident in the northwest, sent people to report, advised the troops to retreat, and said that there were many Hanchen in Luoyang who were ready to move, and the situation was unstable. When Guo Jia heard the report, he was even more worried, and he didn't dare to report it to Cao Cao for the time being.

A few days later, Cao Cao woke up from his illness, thinking that he would be imprisoned for a long time, and wanted to enter the army, but Guan Yu refused to defend him and was not allowed to enter. The wars in Bingzhou and Dongchuan are again at a disadvantage. Cao Cao wanted to stop the war in the northwest, but he was afraid that he would be ridiculed by the world and lose his prestige. At this time, I was hesitant in my heart. The appropriate officials came to eat chicken soup to replenish Cao Cao's body. Cao Cao didn't know the taste of food, and saw that there were chicken ribs in the bowl, so he felt it. In the middle of the deep groaning, the jaw was opened into the account, and the slogan of the night was invited. Cao Cao sighed and said casually.

"Chicken ribs! Chicken! ”

Zhang Jaw didn't know why, but he thought that Cao Cao had a deep meaning, and ordered all the generals to call it 'chicken ribs'. Yang Xiu, the chief bookkeeper of the march, saw the word 'chicken ribs', pondered for a while, then smiled and taught the accompanying sergeants, packed their bags, and prepared to return to Luoyang. The soldier was puzzled, and someone reported that he opened his jaw. Zhang Jaw was shocked, so he asked Yang Xiu to the tent.

"Now that the war is imminent, the prime minister has no orders, and the soldiers of the old sect of Dezu pack up?"

Yang Xiu smiled brightly, and then said.

"The general doesn't know, and after listening to tonight's order, he knows that the prime minister will retire and return soon! The so-called chicken ribs are eaten without meat and discarded with taste. Today, the war in the northwest is difficult, the advance can not be won, and the retreat is afraid of people laughing, in this place for a long time, the food is consumed, the army's heart is shaken, and it is necessary to beware of Guan Yu waving troops to fight, it is useless, it is better to return early. According to Xiu's expectations, the prime minister must be a teacher. Therefore, the soldiers should pack their bags first, so as not to panic before leaving. ”

When he heard this, he was shocked, and at the same time he appreciated Yang Xiu's courage very much. It can be seen that Cao Cao's suspicion is serious, everyone knows that except for Guo Jia, no one under his command dares to speculate about Cao Cao's intentions, lest it cause Cao Cao to be jealous.

Zhang Jaw thought for a while, his face froze, and he suddenly persuaded Yang Xiu.

"Dezu is really the prime minister's henchman! However, the prime minister is a god in the world, if he knows what you mean, and he doesn't know whether he is happy or angry, Dezu should be slightly restrained. ”

When Yang Xiu heard this, he suddenly woke up, broke out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly bowed to his open jaw.

"The general's words are extremely good, and the cultivation party wakes up. After returning this time, he immediately taught the soldiers of the herald today to silence this matter. ”

Yang Xiu is smart and can understand everything. Zhang Jaw bowed slightly, and said to Yang Xiu again.

"I hope that Dezu will not blame Zhang for being troublesome. Zhang had heard of several deeds of Dezu in the past, although it was wonderful, it was not praised by the prime minister, so he persuaded him. ”

Yang Xiu listened, and immediately remembered the past in his mind. It turned out that Yang Xiu put da for life

g is uninhibited, indulgent, acts without scruples, and has committed Cao Cao's taboos several times.

At that time, Cao Cao had just defeated Yuan Shao, the power was the best in the world, and he had seen the garden in Yuan Shao's mansion, which was incomparably vast and magnificent, and was even beautiful in the backyard of the palace. Cao Cao disliked the lack of momentum in the Xiangfu Garden, and once ordered someone to renovate a garden. The garden was caused, and Cao Cao looked at it without praise or disapproval. Gardening officials, please Cao Cao nominated. Cao Cao took the pen and only wrote a 'live' word on the door. No one knew what it meant. Later, Yang Xiu learned and said to everyone.

"The prime minister's achievements are boundless, and the new defeat of Yuan Shao is overwhelming. The prime minister of Xiuwen was seen in Yuan Shao's mansion in Jizhou, and he once sighed at his magnanimity. Today, the prime minister has added movable type to the door, which is a wide word. The prime minister must have thought that this garden was just gorgeous and large, and it lost its dignity. After everyone listened, they woke up, so they built a wall again, built a large number of buildings, stationed in precious jade flowers and plants, renovated and stopped, expanded the garden enough to have three zhang, and asked Cao Cao to watch it. Cao Cao was overjoyed when he saw it, so he asked everyone.

"Who's going to do that?"

The left and right are about to tell Yang Xiu's words one by one. Although Cao Cao praised it in his mouth, he was annoyed in his heart that Yang Xiu's words were wrong. When he said this, if the ministers of the court learned about it, the meeting would be discussed. Yang Xiu didn't know what he was missing, and then one day, Saibei sent a box of crisps. Cao Cao saw that the people in Saibei dared to offer only a box of shortbread, he was angry, but he didn't want to have a seizure, so he wrote the words "Yihe Crisp" on the box and put it on the desk. When Yang Xiu entered the case, he actually took the spoon and shared it with the public. Everyone didn't dare, but Yang Xiu smiled.

"You don't need to be careful, this is the Prime Minister's heart. This Saibei alien race, who does not know the prestige of the prime minister, actually offers such a thin gift, which is really insulting to the prime minister. The prime minister had no intention of taking it, so he ordered me to share it equally. ”

After everyone heard this, they were relieved and took crispy to eat. Later, Cao Cao learned that he was very surprised and asked Yang Xiu how he could see his mind, and Yang Xiu replied.

"The prime minister doesn't like it, so he writes three words to a crisp, and when he disassembles the words, it is a mouthful of crisp for one person. Fix it and see it. ”

Although Cao Cao laughed when he heard this, he was even more disgusted with Yang Xiu's self-made clever behavior.

Besides, Cao Cao held Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty hostage, was the prime minister, and the power leaned towards the government and the opposition, and there were many people who were indignant and loyal to the Han Dynasty and assassinated Cao Cao. Cao Cao's side was heavily guarded, and none of the assassins succeeded. Cao Cao was jealous, fearing that others would secretly murder him, so he often paid left and right.

"I was born with a strange disease, I slept in my dreams, and I often used to kill people with my sword. But when I am asleep, do not come near, or it will kill you!! One day, Cao Cao was in his tent during the day, and suddenly turned over, fell to the ground, and was covered by a panic. Cao Cao heard the movement, his heart was shocked, he jumped up and drew his sword to slash, and after killing people, he woke up. The soldiers outside the tent heard the movement, rushed to visit, and were all shocked when they saw Cao Cao killing. But Cao Cao still pretended not to know and went back to bed. After a while, he suddenly shouted that the soldiers outside the tent entered and asked in surprise.

"Who killed my servant?"

Everyone told the truth. Cao Cao pretended to be in pain and ordered someone to bury him. At this point, everyone thought that Cao Cao had a strange disease and would kill people in his dreams. Yang Xiu understood Cao Cao's intentions, annoyed that he killed innocents indiscriminately, and sighed when he was about to be buried.

"You think that the prime minister is in a dream, but the person who is not in the dream is really the ear of the king!"

Everyone didn't know what Yang Xiu was referring to, so they told Cao Cao, and Cao Cao listened to it, and he couldn't help but feel a little murderous intent when he didn't know what to do with Yang Xiu.

Yang Xiu recalled the past, and knew that he had already offended Cao Cao, so he didn't dare to make another mistake, and replied to the soldiers who forbade them to talk about today's events. The soldiers were suspicious and talked about it in the tent.

Let's say that Cao Cao was disturbed that night, couldn't sleep steadily, and traveled privately around the village. Suddenly, he heard the soldiers discussing in the tent, Cao Cao was shocked after listening carefully, and hurriedly entered the account to ask the soldiers. The people did not dare to deceive, and immediately told them one by one. Cao Cao was furious, so he returned to the account and ordered someone to call Yang Xiu to ask him. When Yang Xiu heard Cao Cao's summons, he trembled with fright, and urgently ordered him to ask Zhang Jaw and Guo Jia to come to the rescue, and then dressed up and came to see Cao Cao quickly.

Yang Xiu entered the account, and after the salute was finished, he listened to Cao Cao's loud shout.

"Yang Dezu, you really have learned people, but you can predict the prophet, guess that I will have the intention of withdrawing the army!! Tell me, how can you guess!? ”

When Yang Xiu heard this, he immediately knelt down and said only as promised.

"The prime minister forgives sins, but he can't cultivate ordinary people, but the prime minister is a god in the world, how can mortals figure out the divine will. I can't listen to the prime minister's order tonight, think about it carefully, have a slight fallacy, if there is a mistake to respect the prestige, I hope the prime minister will be angry. ”

Cao Cao's eyes narrowed suddenly, and his eyes were full of murderous intent. If it weren't for the fact that Yang Xiu was quite talented, extremely intelligent, and a loyal minister, Cao Cao Xu would have ordered him to be executed earlier.

At the moment, Yang Xiu was quite restrained, Cao Cao's anger gradually subsided a little, and he said coldly.

"You know your fallacy, and this prime minister can rely on this to cure you for the crime of disturbing the morale of the army!?"

Yang Xiu was so frightened that he changed color on the spot, cried and knelt on the ground, begging Cao Cao for forgiveness. Cao Cao was thinking about it, and Guo Jia and Zhang Jaw asked to see each other outside the tent. Cao Cao heard the report and called the two to see him. Guo Jia and Zhang Jaw finished saluting, and Guo Jia said first.

"Yang Dezu committed the following crimes, figured out the meaning of the prime minister, offended the prestige, and it was not a pity to die. However, the current situation is unstable, and if this person is executed at this time, it will do our army more harm than good. The prime minister forgives his sins, watches his performance, and punishes him in the future. ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he had no intention of executing Yang Xiu in his heart, but he intended to suppress his edge, so he drank angrily.

"No!! This son does not know the general situation, and he is arrogant and arrogant, if he is spared. How does this prime minister command the hundreds of officials in the court!? ”

The prime minister was angry. Although Yang Dezu is proud, he has some knowledge, and his strategy is excellent. and is sincere to the prime minister. Why don't you keep it and use it for it!? ”