Chapter 53: Cao Cao's Decision
Early the next morning, Xu Chu went listlessly to Sikong Mansion on duty.
Cao Cao saw that Xu Chu was mentally exhausted and looked weak, so he opened his mouth and said with concern: "Zhongkang, didn't you sleep well last night?" ”
Xu Chu shook his head: "Back to the lord, I slept very well last night, and I slept until dawn." ”
"Then I don't think you have any energy? Or is there something on your mind? ”
Xu Chu sighed: "Wasn't he troubled by that Wang Shaolin?" ”
"Oh?" Cao Cao raised his eyebrows, and finally reacted, "I heard that you invited that Wang Shaolin into your mansion yesterday to live temporarily, it seems that you have a good impression of him?" ”
Xu Chu pursed his lips: "Who did I invite him?" It's clear that he's a scoundrel, and he's obsessed with going to live at my house! ”
"Then you didn't say yes to him in the end?" Cao Cao smiled, "If you are really determined to refuse, no matter how much he cheats, he won't be able to live in your house, right?" ”
Xu Chu said with a look of grievance: "Lord, you don't know, Wang Shaolin's mouth is even more verbose than Mr. Fengxiao, I was really annoyed by him, so I had to take him back home." ”
"Ouch, no wonder I got up early in the morning and sneezed twice, I thought it was a cold, but now I know that someone is chewing the root of my tongue in front of the lord." As soon as Xu Chu's complaining words were finished, Guo Jia had already walked in and looked at Xu Chu with a smile.
said bad things about people behind his back, and was caught, the honest Xu Chu immediately blushed, but he wouldn't admit it, so he straightened his chest and pretended to defend strongly: "Who...... Who chewed the root of the tongue? ”
"Hey, I won't admit it as soon as I finish saying this." Guo Jia turned to Cao Cao, "Please also ask the lord to make the decision for me." ”
"Lord, I ......"
"Okay, Bong-hyo, you don't tease Zhongkang anymore." Cao Cao gave Guo Jia a suitable look, to be honest, Guo Jia's unruly and unruly personality usually gave him a headache.
Guo Jia is good at understanding people's hearts, and the way of advance and retreat has long been mastered by him, at this time, seeing Cao Cao speak, he smiled and stopped saying at the moment, which can be regarded as letting Xu Chu go.
Cao Cao nodded with satisfaction, turned his head and asked Xu Chu: "Zhongkang, let's talk about it, after your contact with Wang Shaolin yesterday, what kind of person do you think he is?" ”
Xu Chu sorted out his thoughts for a while, and said: "Wang Chong gave me a very strange feeling, when I first met outside Mr. Fengxiao's house, although I was a little reckless, but his attitude was also very tough, and he started with me without any scruples, giving me the feeling of being like a sharp sword, but later after contact, I found that he was actually a very easy-going person, talking a lot, very fond of laughing, and everyone was a familiar look, this feeling ......"
Xu Chu glanced at Guo Jia meaningfully when he said this: "It's like Mr. Fengxiao!" ”
Guo Jia smiled bitterly when he heard this: "Zhongkang, are you praising me or hurting me?" ”
Cao Cao laughed twice: "Dare to love this Wang Shaolin, and Fengxiao is still a fellow believer!" ”
"Actually, what I care about the most is this Wang Chong's martial arts." Xu Chu said with a solemn expression, "Lord, if you really want to meet this Wang Shaolin battlefield one day in the future, when our generals fight against him, you must be cautious, otherwise it is very likely to suffer a big loss." ”
"Oh?" The smile on Cao Cao's face gradually converged, "His martial arts are very high?" ”
"Well, it's not only high, but it's also weird!" Xu Chu nodded, "Yesterday, Mr. Fengxiao was afraid that I would hurt Wang Chong, so he deliberately stopped between us, in fact, he was not afraid of me at all!" ”
Guo Jia shrugged and said, "You can't see it on the surface. ”
"Don't be deceived by his scholarly appearance, in fact, before Mr. Fengxiao came out, I was kicked twice by him."
Cao Cao was silent for a moment: "Zhong Kang, how does his martial arts compare to you?" ”
"Last night, I had a formal fight with him in the martial arts arena, and in the end I only won a small victory!" Xu Chu paused as he spoke, "But he's still young, his potential is endless, and he's almost created a brand new martial art, if you give him a few more years......"
Xu Chu didn't continue, but Cao Cao and Guo Jia both understood, that is, maybe in a few years, even if he was as strong as Xu Chu, he might not be able to defeat Wang Chong.
Last night's scramble, the shock to Xu Chu was great, Wang Chong's strange marksmanship, almost subverted his perception of martial arts, after repeated temptations, even made him feel like he couldn't start, and finally the two of them held hundreds of moves, Xu Chu barely broke through Wang Chong's defense with absolute strength.
In addition, there was also that hand-to-hand fight that Xu Chu was very concerned about, at that time he was slapped a lot by Wang Chong, and he didn't feel it at first, but who knew that when he woke up, Xu Chu found that his whole body was sore and unbearable, and he almost couldn't get out of bed.
It was for this incident that Xu Chu was confused and absent-minded all morning.
Cao Cao didn't speak for a while, and only sighed for a long time and said: "I didn't expect this Wang Chong to be a genius with both civil and military skills, but it's a pity that such a person can't be used by me......"
Guo Jia saw Cao Cao's thoughts: "Does the lord want to change his mind and forcibly detain Wang Shaolin in Xudu?" ”
Cao Cao was noncommittal: "Fengxiao, what do you think?" ”
Guo Jia thought about it and said seriously: "Does the lord value Wang Shaolin too much?" After all, he was only a teenager under twenty years old. No matter how high his martial arts are, can he be higher than Lu Bu? So this alone is not enough to pose a threat to us, as for his ability in other aspects, it is not easy to judge for the time being, but with his age, whether it is experience or vision, it should not be much higher, does the lord still remember the conversation with Wang Shaolin yesterday? ”
"Of course I do." A flash of appreciation flashed in Cao Cao's eyes, "His theory of four victories, I still remember it vividly. ”
Guo Jia argued: "It is undeniable that Wang Shaolin is a genius, but he is arrogant, except for the lord, no one in the world can enter his eyes, what kind of eyes? If he faces Sun Ce with such a mentality, I am afraid that he will suffer a big loss! ”
Cao Cao nodded: "Fengxiao, I think I understand what you mean, do you think that with Wang Chong's arrogant temperament, even if I forcibly leave him in Xudu, he will never be able to work for me, rather than this, it is better to let him out and suffer some setbacks, let him see the reality clearly, and when he is discouraged, I will come forward to recruit him, and he will naturally be able to smoothly bring him under his command!" ”
"The lord is wise, Wang Chong's heart has been tempered, if he can become calm from now on, he will be able to add another handsome talent under the lord!"
Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard this: "Good! ”
If you look at it from a conventional point of view, Guo Jia's point of view is not wrong, it is normal for young people to be arrogant, but such people are often far from success.
Zhao Kuo during the Warring States Period, there is no doubt that he is a genius, he has been familiar with military books since he was a child, and when it comes to arranging troops, no one in the world can match him, but he is such a genius, the Changping War almost destroyed the Zhao State, and by the way, he also achieved the name of "killing God" in white.
It's a pity that Zhao Kuo died on the spot, if he could survive at that time, he who had experienced this lesson might really be an outstanding military strategist.
People have to go through setbacks to really grow, but this point does not seem to be suitable for Wang Chong.
Wang Chong's performance yesterday may seem arrogant to others, but in fact, he is really just confident, his mind has always been very calm, and he has never looked down on anyone, Yuan Shao will lose, Sun Ce will die, these are just real history.
Seeing that Cao Cao had adopted his suggestion, Guo Jia breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
In fact, there is a big flaw in Guo Jia's words.
First, no one knows if Wang Chong will really fail.
Second, who is sure that after Wang Chong's defeat, he will definitely defect to Cao Cao instead of choosing to make a comeback or submit to Sun Ce?
In Guo Jia's opinion, Wang Chong is still too young, he came to Xu Du this time, he should be low-key and low-key, but as a result, he chose to be sharp, so not only did Cao Cao have a jealousy of him, but yesterday in the hall, it seemed that even Cheng Yu had already killed him.
I don't know why, maybe it's because the two have similar personalities, or maybe it's because Wang Chong showed enough respect for him when they first met, Guo Jia always felt that he had an inexplicable appreciation for Wang Chong, and he didn't want Wang Chong to die in Xudu, so he would do his best to cover up something for him.
Of course, the reason why Guo Jia dared to do this was also out of absolute confidence in himself, in Guo Jia's opinion, the pattern of Huainan is too small and there is no danger to defend, even if Wang Chong really rises in Huainan, if he wants to destroy it, it is just an easy thing.
"That's all I can do to help you, and let me see how far you can grow!" Guo Jia muttered to himself in his heart.