Chapter 525: Cao Peng's Final Decision
"Rubbish! Rubbish! A bunch of rubbish! ”
In a large tent in the Yanjin camp, Cao Ren angrily threw the letter in his hand to the ground, and pushed all the bamboo slips on the handsome case to the ground.
A young general who was vigorous and vigorous opened the curtain and came in, and it was Cao Ren's beloved son Cao Tai. Seeing the mess in the big tent, his face suddenly changed: "Father, what happened to make you so angry?" ”
Cao Junmaojie, who came in closely, also shrank his eyes and said, "General, why is this?" ”
In their eyes, Cao Ren was completely an extremely calm person at all times, but he didn't expect to have such a tyrannical side in front of him, and something big obviously happened.
Seeing the two of them come in, Cao Ren calmed down a little, and sat on the main seat, still with an angry face.
Cao Tai picked up the letter on the ground and looked at it, his face was also ugly, and he gasped and said, "How can this Kou Feng be so strong? ”
Mao Jie's heart was strange, and when he took the letter, his face changed: "How can there be so many good generals under Liu Yong's command?" ”
As their identity, they naturally have access to very high-level intelligence, and they all know Kou Feng's identity very well, but they never knew that he had such a strong strength.
"Humph!" Cao Ren was obviously still angry, and said coldly, "So many men and horses are still inferior to Liu Yong, a personal guard general, I'm afraid it's not that the enemy is too strong, but that I don't need to die!" ”
In fact, Cao Ren has realized the strength of Kou Feng in his heart, thinking about Dian Wei and Xu Chu, he knows that since Kou Feng can be appointed by Liu Yong as the general of the guard, his strength will naturally not be bad, but he has been hidden by Liu Yong.
Although he didn't like Cao Peng's brother very much, he still recognized his ability, and the others were not bad, but he didn't expect such heavy casualties. Moreover, the key problem is that this cousin is still not dead, and what is even worse is that the retreat from Yan County was actually suggested by Zhang Rong, a fool.
If Cao Cao knew about this private dispatch of troops, I am afraid that he would also be punished, and he would not be able to push the matter on Cao Peng at that time.
"We must find a way to settle this matter, otherwise Duke Wei will be punished!" Cao Ren said to the two with a serious expression.
Mao Jie knew that Cao Tai and he were father and son, and once Cao Cao punished Cao Ren, then Cao Ren's anger would only fall on him, who joined the army, and he couldn't help but feel a little helpless.
Mao Jie's eyelids drooped, and he arched his hand and said: "According to the order, the general can immediately write a letter to Cao Gong, report the matter according to the truth, and attach Zhang Rong's letter, and ask for punishment by himself, according to Cao Gong's bearing, although he is angry, but with his trust in the general, he will only say a few words of caution, and the charges will all be put on the heads of this Zhang Rong and Cao Peng." ”
After hearing this, Cao Ren was overjoyed in his heart, and naturally understood what this "report according to the truth" meant, but there was no expression on his face, he glanced at Mao Jie coldly and nodded: "The matter has come to this, it can only be like this!" ”
When Mao Jie saw Cao Ren say this, he took his leave, leaving their father and son to speak.
A few days later, an urgent order from Yecheng came, and sure enough, Cao Cao was furious, but the punishment for Cao Ren was only a severe reprimand, and the salary was fined for half a year. Everyone knows that the penalty of a penalty is almost equal to no penalty at all. But the most severe punishment fell on Zhang Rong's head, and Cao Ren had to send Zhang Rong and Cao Peng's heads to Yecheng within ten days.
Cao Ren nodded slightly, thought slightly, suddenly his eyes flashed, and in a blink of an eye, he raised his pen with a cold expression, and in a short time, a letter written in bamboo slips was completed. Roasted slightly on the brazier, and when the water dried up, it was immediately encapsulated, and a personal soldier was recruited: "Send it to General Cao Peng of Yan County immediately!" ”
"No!" As a subordinate, don't ask what you shouldn't ask, don't say what you shouldn't say in order to live a long time, obviously this pro-soldier understands the rules, agreed, and silently took the order.
The letter was delivered quickly, and it arrived in Yan County in half a day, and the personal soldiers entered the city in a very low-key manner and visited Cao Peng alone.
After Cao Peng read the letter, he immediately sneered in his heart, and then said solemnly to his own soldiers: "The military envoy will rest first, and it will definitely be done for three days, and then go back to the Yanjin camp with the military envoy!" ”
Cao Peng, who had sent away Cao Ren's military envoy, sat in his position with a gloomy face, thinking hard.
In Cao Ren's letter, he said that Cao Gong was extremely angry at the defeat, and he also reprimanded him greatly, and wanted to cut off Zhang Rong's head and send him to Yecheng. He was also about to behead Zhang Rong within three days, and then led his troops back to the Yanjin camp to resume his life and abandon Yan County.
But Cao Peng knew in his heart that on this expedition, he Cao Peng was the main general, and there was no reason to behead Zhang Rong, a subordinate, and not him, the main general, Cao Ren was probably helpless to do so, and the most likely thing was that Cao Cao wanted the heads of the two of them.
But at this moment, he is in military power, so he can only let him behead Zhang Rong first. If you were someone else, I was afraid that I would believe Cao Ren's words, thinking that he was fine, and when he rushed back to the Daoyanjin camp, it would be the day when his head fell to the ground.
Cao Ren didn't dare to send troops to come, because then everyone would understand that he wanted the two of them, even if this Zhang Rong was someone Cao Ren trusted very much. For the sake of Cao Ren's own power, what is a subordinate to him, and this Zhang Rong is afraid that he knows a lot of dirty things behind Cao Ren's back, and he is worried that he will poke it out in front of him, so it is better to kill it with his own hands. Moreover, Cao Ren didn't dare to come in person, once the Yanjin camp was lost, it would be his Cao Ren's head that would not be guaranteed.
Combining these reasons, there is this letter in front of him, Cao Peng sighed deeply.
It's time to make a decision. Cao Pengti wrote a letter with a serious face on the pen on the table in front of him.
And at this moment, Zhang Rong is waiting for Cao Ren to send someone to recall Cao Peng, then he will be done and make a great achievement. At this time, he was full of confidence and joy, hugging a gorgeous woman to drink and have fun. He already knew from a small soldier beside Cao Peng that Cao Ren's envoy had arrived, and his good days were coming.
Late at night, a gap was gently opened in the city gate of Yanxian County, and a fast horse quietly went out of the city and galloped straight in the direction of the sour date.
A few hours later, Zhang Fei summoned Kou Feng and Zhou Cang, and several people sent good news to Liu Yong, and they all stayed in the sour jujube for the time being.
"What do you two think?" Zhang Fei asked with rare calmness.
Zhou Cangdao said calmly: "I have already heard of the matter between the Cao Ren brothers, it seems that this Cao Peng is also forced to be cornered, but this is also the general trend of the king, and he is still smart." ”
"The king has always been benevolent and loves the people and loves the sergeants very much, and Cao Peng Toucheng can also reduce the loss of life of many sergeants." Kou Feng nodded. I have been following Liu Yong for a long time, and I am much calmer.
Zhang Fei nodded: "But I need a warrior to assist Cao Peng, I don't know who is feasible?" ”
Just when a few people were thinking, Zhou Cang suddenly said: "Guo Huai! ”