"Da, da......"

The sound of horses' hooves was high and shallow, as if there was a feeling of weakness.

In the past, the majestic and high-spirited generals of the Cao Army were like frosted eggplants at this time, and they all felt sluggish.

Among the crowd, perhaps only Cao Cao, who was still sitting in the center, could still maintain his calm and not show a trace of anger.

"Stop! Set up camp and rest, then Wei Tao will not be chasing, and the other armies immediately check the situation of the soldiers under their respective commands. There is no need to worry, the old man has already ordered someone to carry grain and grass, and he will definitely be able to meet the grain team tonight and get food. The old man has several states, and he has not experienced such battles, so what are you panicking about? ”

Cao Cao raised his hand to stop the whole army, and after everyone's eyes were over, Cao Cao was calm, his words were as calm as ever, and he didn't see the slightest hint of panic, which suddenly made everyone's hearts feel at ease, and his eyes were also full of brilliance again.

"What's more, this time the old man is defeated, but how can Wei Tao feel good? Not to mention that our army also caused him a lot of losses, just counting the old man twice, let his food and grass run out. And the old man himself doesn't have much grain and grass to let him take it, even if he wins this while, within a year and a half, how can he get the old man? ”

I have to say that Cao Cao's words are very inspiring, not only those soldiers, but also many generals cheered up a lot after hearing this.

Only some strategists, especially the top strategists, showed a strange look in their eyes at this time, and Cao Cao could hide this from others. I can't hide these advisers.

However, Cao Cao's prestige was very high. And as Cao Cao himself said. Even in such a desperate situation, in fact, Cao Cao himself has not experienced it, so even if he is a top strategist, he can't help but have a bit of luck in his heart, and his heart is also uplifted.

Maybe what hasn't been reacted to is that Sima Yi is all in his heart.

This time, even such a vicious tactic was unleashed, and Sima Yi naturally had the confidence to win.

But in the end, it was such a general result, which really hit Sima Yi's heart hard, and Sima Yi was different from many generals and ministers under Cao Cao. Although he is in awe of Cao Cao, he is not yet at the point of worship of the five bodies, and he can still look at the problem from the side, which naturally means that he can better understand how slim Cao Cao's hope is.

Even so slim that Sima Yi didn't have hope.

However, that night, when Cao Cao gathered everyone, although Sima Yi's face was pale, he didn't show anything unusual after all.

However, Cao Cao didn't have the mind to pay attention to Sima Yi at this time, and said directly in a deep voice.

"Most of our army has lost half of this battle, and now there are only eighty or ninety thousand people who can follow me back, although these 300,000 troops are not all of our army. But it is the foundation of our army. Now that I am gone, I am afraid that there are people in my territory who are unstable. If so, what should we do? ”

Cao Cao's voice was very gentle, but when he heard it, he only felt a chill in his ears.

However, Cao Cao has led the army for decades, and his prestige in the army is incomparable, even at this time, none of the generals in the army have the intention of retreating, and then they all stepped forward and hugged their fists in response to peace.

"We are willing to die in the service of the Lord! If anyone dares to slander the lord and talk about himself, we are willing to kill him! ”

Hearing this, a smile appeared on Cao Cao's face.

"Good!"

With such a group of loyal and brave soldiers, coupled with Cao Cao's rule in several states, then no one can shake his foundation, and no one can shake Cao Cao's rule.

"It's not that I, Cao, am greedy for power, but that I, Cao Cao, still have something to do with the uncontested, and I can't let go of this right."

At this time, Cao Cao secretly said to himself in his heart, but his face was very calm and calm, and no one could see anything unusual.

And at this moment, Cao Cao's eyebrows slowly swept over, and the person who was about to speak suddenly had a jump in his heart, and for a while the tent was quiet and did not hear a sound.

"For our army, the defeat in this battle is a large number of generals, but for the world, it is our army that lost in this battle.

What should I do?

Hearing Cao Cao's self-question, everyone's hearts jumped suddenly.

Even a reckless man like Xu Chu was aware of Cao Cao's inner thoughts, not to mention others, but the previous things had spread all over the world, and he was speechless for a while.

"Huh? Is there no one who can answer no? Could it be that after this battle, you are all turned into waste? ”

Seeing that no one answered after a while, Cao Cao smiled coldly and said, seeing Cao Cao like this, everyone was even more frightened in their hearts, and they didn't know how to deal with it.

"The lord of Qiqi, the lord still has a few states, thousands of generals, hundreds of thousands of soldiers, how can he be defeated lightly?"

At this time, one person stood up, it was Sima Yi, who had not spoken before.

"Now that Wei Tao is indeed powerful, but there are also flaws, one is the continuous war, Wei Tao still needs to recuperate, second, although there is peace in the north now, but in fact it is a large-scale killing of foreign people, barely suppressed, face and unconvinced, but a large number of soldiers are needed to suppress, third, the small people seek peace, the scholars seek peace, in this case, even Wei Tao has to be safe, otherwise, there must be a lot of dissatisfaction under his command."

Hearing this, everyone nodded secretly, and at the same time, they secretly thought in their hearts that this Sima Yi was indeed extraordinary.

It's just that everyone didn't know that at this time, Sima Yi was also secretly complaining in his heart, it was Cao Cao's eyes that stayed on him, if he didn't speak, I was afraid that Cao Cao would have thunderous anger.

As for the three points that Sima Yi said, they are actually good, but Sima Yi and Cao Cao know in their hearts that with this big victory, those things are actually just small things, and there are more and bigger problems in Cao's army.

Cao Jun's defeat is already difficult to recover.

But Cao Cao re-boosted morale through Sima Yi's words, and deliberately introduced them into the army with this word.

In addition, the next day, grain and grass were transported from the rear, which alleviated the disaster of food shortage, at least at this time, the entire Cao army had already lost the extremely low morale before.

Then Cao Cao did not stay here for long, and immediately led the army back to Xuchang.

As Cao Cao expected, his defeat has spread all over the world in one day, even in his own territory, there are many instability, although there is no explicit assassination, but along the way, Cao Cao can already see a panic, and even some places have seen some signs of escape.

Faced with this situation, Cao Cao did not march in a hurry, but immediately ordered a garrison every time he arrived in a county, and then personally sat in the town to check the local situation.

If the local county official was found to have committed illegal acts, Cao Cao immediately punished him severely, which not only collected a large amount of wealth, but also turned the attention of the people back.

As for the panic caused by this, Cao Cao was stunned, if it was really someone who was dissatisfied, then Cao Cao would definitely not hesitate to forcibly attack and suppress it.

In this way, although the crowd is rolling, I have to say that the entire territory has been stable for a while.

Of course, all wise and resourceful people can understand that this so-called stability is actually just a surface, and those families who were suppressed by this, although it was silent for a while, but once there was an opportunity, it must be a full-scale explosion.

However, there are also people who believe that with Cao Cao's means and ability, as long as he is given a period of time, he will be able to turn back the hearts of the people in the territory.

"I didn't expect the situation to be so calm this time, it seems that the Son of Heaven has really become a puppet completely, and he doesn't even have the consciousness to resist."

Zhou Yu has already made people secretly spread rumors, but Cao Cao's series of methods basically did not have any effect, as for those small fights, naturally they can't get into Zhou Yu's eyes.

"Your Majesty, it seems that Cao Cao really wants to regret his words and doesn't want to surrender to His Majesty."

"Isn't this what Gong Jin expected?"

Although he was used to fighting, this kind of situation of being light and having nothing to do also made Wei Tao feel comfortable.

However, Wei Tao was not a plaything after all, and he quickly calmed down and asked directly.

"Gong Jin, how long will it take for me to attack Cao Cao?"

Fighting a snake does not die, but suffers from it, Cao Cao is not a snake, but it is more violent than a snake.

If this battle can't directly break Cao Cao in one fell swoop, so as to unify the Central Plains, then, once Cao Cao is really allowed to make a comeback, Wei Tao does not dare to guarantee that he will be able to win again.

This is Cao Cao, Cao Mengde.

"Your Majesty, these days, our army has suffered heavy losses, and there are only 100,000 soldiers who can fight.

Zhou Yu said slowly as soon as he gave his hand, but before Wei Tao could ask another question, Zhou Yu said again.

"Cao Cao's leading states, but Yangzhou is the most unstable, in the past, Jiangdong Sun had defeated Cao Cao, occupy Yangzhou, so under the partition, Yangzhou is the most unfortunate, if you send troops to, but there is no need for many, as long as there are 10,000 soldiers, you can occupy half of Yangzhou, and then Cao Cao is far away, contain Cao Cao, if Cao Cao is not prepared, you can enter in one fell swoop."

"That's fine, but the Koto Sun clan ......"

Wei Tao said that he was a little hesitant when it came to this, the Sun family was also reused after Sun Quan's surrender, but most of them were civil servants and adjutants, so it was too disadvantageous to become the commander of one side.

"Your Majesty, the Jiangdong Lu clan is originally a big family, and its foundation was also in Yangzhou, and Lu Boyan's wisdom is extraordinary, and he can be the boss of one party!"

Zhou Yu obviously had a plan, and immediately added.

"With the Lu and Sun families joining forces, and then supplementing the original Jiangdong ministers, it will definitely make Cao Cao difficult to sleep and eat!"

"What Gong Jin said, Miao Ye!" (To be continued......)

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