Chapter 557: Reading the Battle Report, Cao Cao was suspicious
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In the Hugaoguan meeting hall, Liu Zhang has moved every court meeting here, although many ministers cannot participate, but they all have a twist. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info to discuss countermeasures, it is enough to have a few strategists such as Guo Jia and Jia Xu. After dealing with government affairs, Liu Zhang began to deal with military affairs again, the work efficiency of the intelligence department was very high, and the battle report of Wuguan was sent to Tiger Prison Pass in only one day!
"Good!" Looking at the battle report in his hand, Liu Zhang said with a smile: "Kong Ming and Shi Yuan are really talented, and they actually made Cao Ying suffer a big loss. Ladies and gentlemen, our army has captured more than 100,000 prisoners under Wuguan, what do you think? ”
"Lord, now that our army lacks soldiers, and Cao Ying's soldiers are all elite soldiers, it is better to supplement these soldiers into the army!" Guo Jia pinched his chin and said the most common method used by all the princes.
"No!" Jia Xu said: "Fengxiao, my sergeants and soldiers are all carefully selected, and even after several selections. If these prisoners are allowed to join the army, it will definitely affect the loyalty and sense of honor of our army. Although it can solve a temporary crisis, in the long run, it will do more harm than good! ”
"Then be the people?" Guo Jia thought for a moment and said; "It's not very good, most of these Cao soldiers are family slaves, if they are ordinary people, they will definitely flee to Cao Ying's territory, which is tantamount to returning to the mountains! But we can't kill these people, and we ask the Lord to judge it! ”
"This matter is easy to hear, and it is to use these people as slaves!" Liu Zhang sneered: "These people are all family slaves, and they all have the blood of my soldiers on their hands!" Although they were repaid by blood, they were also forced by the pressure of the family to let them work and reform to contribute to the construction of the Han Dynasty! The higher the official position, the longer the time for reform, and ordinary non-commissioned officers are limited to five years, and they are promoted to one level plus one year. Five to ten years later, even if these people return to Cao Jun, they won't be able to do anything! ”
"This..."Jia Xu frowned: "If you really do this, I'm afraid it will be bad for the reputation of the lord!" ”
"Do I still have a good reputation?" Liu Zhang shook his head and said: "The people under my rule regard me as a god, and under the rule of other princes, I am more terrifying than the devil." Do you think that if I compromise, these families will compromise? No! They only think about the interests of the family, and they will never care about anything else! ”
"The subordinates are confused!" Jia Xu sighed: "Anyway, we are already enemies of the world's families, so let's fight all the way!" By the way, last time I captured Lu Yi and He Qi in Fuguansheng, the lord hasn't said how to deal with it! ”
It's okay not to mention it, but Liu Zhang was immediately furious when he mentioned it, he patted the handsome case, and said with a hideous face: "He Qi sent it to Chang'an to reunite with Sun Ce, Lu Yi was beheaded on the spot, and the head was sent to Cao Ying!" Wu Yi was demoted to a higher level and let him make meritorious contributions! ”
"This..."Guo Jia asked: "Lord, Wu Yi has a meritorious role in ambushing, how can you belittle his officials?" ”
"He dared to order him to be captured alive and not to release cold arrows, and for that alone, I would have to give him a long name!" Liu Zhang said very angrily: "The lion fights the rabbit with all his strength, who is Wu Yi when he is he?" Lu Bu? Huang Zhong? If he can capture Lu Yi with his own hands, I don't blame him, he actually lost our soldiers to capture a person who may not surrender! Don't tell me that a thousand dollars are easy to get, one will be hard to find, Lao Tzu doesn't eat this set, our soldiers are worth more than anyone else! The enemy generals who do not surrender, even if they are talented people or thousands of enemies, will be killed with arrows! I don't want to hear about enemy generals fighting in and out of our army and hurting our generals! ”
"Subordinates understood!" Listening to Liu Zhang's words, Guo Jia nodded. The achievements of the famous generals of the past are inseparable from the stupidity of the enemy. The most typical is Zhao Yun, the historical Cao Ying only used one sentence: "Capture alive, don't let go of cold arrows!" "It has achieved his prestige in seven in and seven out of Nagasaka Slope!
"Lord, will you make Wu Yi feel cold by doing this?" Although Wu Yi is a general of Yizhou, he really has no characteristics, and Jia Xu has never cared about him at all. Now that he has a problem, Jia Xu is a little worried!
"Tell him what I said, if he still dares to say that he is cold, there is no need to keep it!" Liu Zhang secretly said in his heart: "As my eldest brother, he doesn't understand me, he is not loyal to me, and it is useless to keep it!" ”
"Subordinates understood!" Jia Xu bowed and retreated, but a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes. Coincidentally, the cold glint in his eyes was captured by Liu Zhang!
"Wenhe, if Wu Yi really has the idea of betrayal, you can do it again, otherwise don't look for trouble!" Liu Zhang knew that Jia Xuning would not let go of the surname if he killed the wrong, he didn't want Wu Yi to be wronged, after all, Wu Yi was Wu Amaranth's brother!
"Don't worry, my lord, I won't mess with Madame's brother!" Jia Xu knew the relationship between Liu Zhang and Wu Yi, and when he saw that Liu Zhang was so nervous, he couldn't help but joke!
"You're getting more and more presumptuous now!" Liu Zhang shook his head, feeling a little helpless in his heart, he was too indulgent to everyone under his command, so that everyone was not very afraid of him, the lord! However, Liu Zhang never wanted to make everyone afraid, he didn't like to be alone!
"The subordinates know their mistakes, please punish the lord!" Jia Xu pretended to be wary and bowed his hand to apologize to Liu Zhang, that honor was really funny!
"Come on! Don't be weird here, let's talk about what we're going to do next? Liu Zhang waved his hand, don't say that Jia Xu is right, even if he is really wrong, he will not punish his right-hand man for this little thing!
"Lord, with the situation of our army, we should also focus on stubbornness!" Since he started to get down to business, Jia Xu didn't dare to mess around, so he hurriedly said his opinion!
"Wenhe's words are reasonable!" Liu Zhang nodded and said, "But our army can't always defend passively like this, otherwise wouldn't it be underestimated?" ”
Guo Jia said: "The lord can pass on the book to Pang Tong and let him harass Jingzhou and Yanzhou." Anyway, all of his subordinates are cavalry, as long as they leave as soon as they get wet, Cao Ying and Sun Quan can't do anything about him! ”
"Guerrilla warfare?" Liu Zhang's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help laughing: "Fengxiao's idea is very good, Shiyuan is from Jingzhou, and he should be very familiar with the terrain there, so it's best for him to disturb Jingzhou!" Come on, prepare pen and ink for me, I want to write to Shiyuan! ”
"Yes!" Hearing the order, a small colonel immediately presented a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and Liu Zhang picked up the pen and waved it. handed the letter to Jia Xu and ordered the Intelligence Department to send it to Wuguan, and Liu Zhang waited to see Pang Tong's performance!
In order to boost morale, Liu Zhang made public the information about Wuguan's victory. The morale of the Tiger Prison was high, and all the soldiers rejoiced. In the presence of great enemies, the effect of a good news is immeasurable. At the very least, Liu Zhangjun's military spirit has become more stable! However, some people are happy and some people are worried, the morale of the Tiger Prison is high, but the Cao army camp is gloomy!
"Rubbish, idiot!" Cao Junzhongjun's big tent, a hoarse roar, can show the anger in Cao Ying's heart. Failed to lure the enemy, but was copied by the enemy, Cao Ying was too disappointed in Sima Yi! What made Cao Ying even more angry was that Wei Yan took the initiative to shoulder all the blame, and even poured dirty water on himself, just to be able to pick Sima Yi out!
"The lord is angry, victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, why are you so angry?" After Cao Ying roared for a while, Cheng Yu stood up and persuaded Cao Ying, who was gradually getting angry, really couldn't help but give face!
"Zhongde, my heart is cold!" Cao Ying shook his head and said: "I have long reminded Sima Yi and asked him to pay attention to Zhuge Liang on Wuguan, but he is still defeated!" If it was just a defeat, he wouldn't blame him, even if he defeated all the 500,000 troops, what could he do? But this battle report made Benxiang have to have palpitations! ”
"What happened to the war report?" Cheng Yu looked at Cao Ying with a puzzled face, since the war report came, he hadn't seen it!
"See for yourself!" Cao Ying handed the battle report to Cheng Yu, Cheng Yu looked at it for a long time, and didn't find any problems!
"Prime Minister, what's wrong with this battle report?" Cheng Yu blinked his eyes and asked in confusion.
"No questions?" Cao Ying sneered: "Wei Yan is the main general, Sima Yi is the military advisor, and now that the two of them are defeated, Wei Yan has actually shouldered all the blame and didn't let Sima Yi bear a little!" Zhongde, if there is no problem, will Wei Yan do this? Under normal circumstances, Sima Yi and Wei Yan should blame each other, not one of them alone! ”
"This..."Cheng Yu said: "Maybe Sima Yi has a good relationship with General Wei?" ”
"Sima Yi is very ambitious, and the family has such strength, do you think the relationship between Sima Yi and Wei Yan is good, is it a coincidence?" A cold light flickered in Cao Ying's eyes, he was already afraid of Sima Yi, and now Sima Yi was in contact with the generals under his command, how could he not worry?
"Could it be that the prime minister suspects that Sima Yi is colluding with Wei Yan with bad intentions?" Cheng Yu's eyes showed a cold light, if Sima Yi really betrayed Cao Ying, he would be his enemy!
"I can't help but think about it!" Cao Ying smiled bitterly and shook his head, his face was full of loneliness, he was not ready to be betrayed!
Cheng Yu asked in a deep voice, "How does the lord want to deal with this matter?" ”
"Zhongde, what do you say you should do?" Cao Ying stared at Cheng Yu, his eyes were full of inquiry, but it made Cheng Yu embarrassed for a while! Whether it is Sima Yi or Wei Yan, there is no conclusive evidence that the two have the idea of betrayal!
"Prime Minister, if you are really not at ease, you can cut General Wei's military power and transfer Sima Yi back to his side!" In the past, Cheng Yu must have suggested that Cao Ying kill him quickly, but now is the time to employ people, Sima Yi and Wei Yan are both rare talents, and Cheng Yu is also a little unable to do it!
"Zhongde, this is not like you!" After listening to the suggestion, Cao Ying frowned, because Cheng Yu's idea was not as ruthless as it used to be.
"Prime Minister, I also want to be ruthless, but I really can't do it now!" Cheng Yu smiled bitterly: "If Sima Yi is killed, the prime minister will not only lose a great talent, but also lose the help of a group of big families." Now that the confrontation between the prime minister and Liu Zhang is in a critical period, how can there be another branch? Besides, General Wei, if you kill him, your personal safety will be in trouble. You must know that General Xu Chu, who is standing outside the door, is the third brother of General Wei! ”
Listening to Cheng Yu's words, Cao Ying's face was full of bitterness, and now it was the time to move his whole body, although he suspected Sima Yi and Wei Yan, he couldn't do anything, which made him feel very aggrieved. After being silent for a long time, Cao Ying suddenly shouted: "Zhongkang! ”
"What did the prime minister call me?" Xu Chu heard the call and walked into the study in a flash!
"Zhongkang, you go to Wancheng!" Cao Ying sighed and spit out a sentence, but Xu Chu was shocked.
"Prime Minister, what did Zhong Kang do wrong, you actually want to drive me away?" Xu Chu knelt on the ground and kowtowed, he has been with Cao Ying for a few years, and his feelings for Cao Ying are very deep!
"You didn't do anything wrong, you were wrong!" Bypassing the bookcase, Cao Ying helped Xu Chu up, and rubbed the redness and swelling on his forehead for him.
"Prime Minister, no matter what you do wrong, Zhongkang won't blame you, don't drive me away!" Saying that, Xu Chu was about to kneel down, but was stopped by Cao Ying!
"What if it's about Wei Yan?" Staring at Xu Chu, Cao Ying just wanted to see his attitude towards himself and Wei Yan!
"Second brother?" Xu Chu's inflexible head paused, and he said with some worry: "Prime Minister, did my second brother do something wrong?" If he really did something wrong, I will help him make amends to you! If you really don't lose your anger, you can call him and scold him, and beat him up! ”
"Zhongkang, if it is something that can be solved by beating or scolding, will this be so difficult?" Cao Ying looked at Xu Chu and said with some sadness: "Although I don't want to say it, I can tell you that General Wei may have betrayed his true appearance, and even plotted against his true appearance!" ”
"What?" Xu Chu exclaimed; "The second brother is still counting on the prime minister to avenge the eldest brother, how can he murder you, is there anyone who has slandered you, please don't believe it, our brother is loyal to you!"
"Zhong Kang, the prime minister knows that you are very loyal, but that Wei Yan... Alas..."Cao Ying sighed deeply, his face was full of loneliness, and Xu Chu was worried for a while!
"Prime Minister, when my eldest brother was alive, he always said that to be a man, you must know how to be loyal, filial, benevolent and righteous. If the second brother really betrays you, you just kill him, and I can't say anything! But after all, he is my second brother, I can't watch him die, I beg you, at the last moment, spare his life! I am a cow and a horse, and I will repay the prime minister's great kindness! Xu Chu exerted his strength and broke free of Cao Ying's hand, and he knelt on the ground and kowtowed. After a while, blood flowed from his head, and even the floor tiles were shattered!
"Zhongkang, get up!" Cao Ying really likes Xu Chu for such an honest man, he helped Xu Chu up and said: "As long as Wen Chang doesn't go too far, Benxiang will definitely spare his life." You also know that the sins of heaven are forgivable, but they are self-inflicted, and they cannot live. If he's too much, so is he..."
"Prime Minister, Zhong Kang is not an unreasonable person, if it is as the Prime Minister said, please ask the Prime Minister to keep the second brother's whole corpse and let him go more comfortably, I will be grateful!" Xu Chu knew that all the princes could not tolerate betrayal, and Cao Ying did not blame him for Wei Yan, which was already considered a grace. But he never wanted to watch Wei Yan have an accident, so he desperately pleaded!
"Zhong Kang is loyal and benevolent, and he loves his own appearance very much, you can rest assured, this prime minister will try his best to protect Wei Yan!" Looking at the honest Xu Chu, a cold glint flashed in Cao Ying's eyes, he understood that Wei Yan couldn't be killed by him, so he decided to borrow a knife to kill...
(To be continued)