Cao Cao knew after seeing Zhang Liao's expression that he must have failed, Zhang Liao bowed deeply to Cao Cao before he could speak: "The last general is not in a good position, please punish the prime minister!" ”

Cao Cao sighed helplessly: "The three of you all failed today, I really didn't expect it." ”

"The three of you are my confidants, Cao Ren is still my younger brother, how do you say I should punish you?"

Xu Chu sighed helplessly: "It's that the three of us are not in a good position, I haven't even won a single Guan Yu, no matter how the prime minister punishes, I am convinced." ”

"The two of us are the same, let the prime minister punish us, and there will be no complaints."

Cao Cao glanced at the three of them deeply, and then waved his hand: "Forget it, you go back, the three of you have worked hard!" ”

These three people can be described as his right-hand men, and no matter which one he punishes, he can't bear it.

Moreover, these three people still have a certain prestige in the army.

If I really punish them today, I am afraid that it will be difficult to establish authority in the army in the future.

However, the three of them did not dare to have different intentions for themselves, which Cao Cao still knew.

After all, he is still a little more decisive than Liu Bei.

At this time, the guards outside suddenly walked in and said, "Back to the prime minister, Lord Xun Yu asks to see you." ”

"Xun Yu is here? Hurry up, please! ”

Then Xun Yu walked in, and Cao Cao immediately said to him: "Wen Ruo, please sit down!" ”

"The prime minister's face is not very good-looking, did he just have a liver fire?"

Hearing Xun Yu's words, Cao Cao smiled helplessly: "Wen Ruo, who knows me, was indeed a little angry just now, but when I saw you coming, my liver fire disappeared." ”

"I was going to go to the market just now, but I didn't expect to meet General Zhang in a hurry, and after some inquiry, I found out that the prime minister had just sent the general out."

"Yes, I just sent them out to do something, but it's a pity that the teacher is not good and has no success."

"The prime minister sent them out this time, it should be to pick up and kill Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang."

Xun Yu revealed the truth in one word, but Cao Cao didn't defend too much: "That's right, I did send the two of them out to intercept and kill these two." ”

"Why did the prime minister do this?"

"Liu Bei is pretending to be benevolent and righteous, on the surface, he wants to support the Han family, but in fact he just wants to occupy the mountain as the king, Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang, one is his right-hand man, and the other is his military advisor and think tank, if these two people can die here, it will be of great help to me to unify the Central Plains in the future."

Cao Cao didn't hide his ambition at all, but Xun Yu sighed helplessly: "But the prime minister's approach is too hasty, has the prime minister forgotten Ye Hui?" ”

Hearing this name again, Cao Cao's face became even more gloomy: "This is just a snob, last time I helped him become the assassin of Yuzhou, but he was unwilling to be loyal to the imperial court, and he actually set up his own door in Yuzhou, which is really annoying." ”

"I'm afraid the prime minister is angry and afraid of this person, this person is indeed quite a means, and now we are really not suitable to make enemies with this person, even if we can't be a guest, we can't push him to Jingzhou and Dongwu."

"It's not a secret, I just sent them to intercept and kill Zhuge Liang, and I already got a piece of news, Ye Hui is also on the list, probably preparing to go to Jingzhou with Zhuge Liang, his heart of betrayal has been decided, how can I not be angry?"

Xun Yu's face was not very good-looking, but after hearing Cao Cao's words, he laughed, but Cao Cao laughed.

After his laughter was over, Cao Cao said, "Why is Wen Ruo laughing? ”

"I laughed at the prime minister too quickly, didn't Ye Hui already send a message before, saying that he was going to travel the world to recruit disciples? Since Zhuge Liang has a lot of prestige in Jingzhou, he must go to Jingzhou as his first stop this time, why is the prime minister so nervous? ”

"But now that he is leaving, isn't it obvious that he is ready to help Liu Bei with advice? I have long heard that there has been an exchange of letters between Jingzhou and Eastern Wu, and it is likely that they are preparing to form an alliance, this time Ye Hui hurriedly went to the world to recruit disciples, and it is true to match the two alliances. ”

"This is not a concern, the prime minister might as well listen to my analysis."

"Ye Hui has three reasons why he won't help Liu Bei."

"What are the three reasons?"

"First, Ye Hui needs to think about himself, he has now become the assassin of Yuzhou personally canonized by the imperial court, this is already his fiefdom, and Xu Du is only a few dozen miles away from Yuzhou, even if he has the ability to make Yuzhou a monolith, once the prime minister is ready to raise troops to fight, Yuzhou is also in a catastrophe, as long as he is a smart person, he will not do it."

"Second, the Bowen Academy is in Yuzhou, although there are quite a few students in it, but these students are difficult to use, they have no power to tie the chicken, they can only move the pen, once the prime minister raises troops, then they are all in the bag, Ye Hui must also consider these disciples of his."

"Third, although the prime minister and Jingzhou Dongwu have become horns now, and the three are wrestling with each other and fighting endlessly, but now it is only a small-scale friction, and neither side dares to have a large-scale military deployment, even if the two of them form an alliance, they dare not easily attack, otherwise the prime minister can raise a righteous army and take advantage of the situation to crusade against Jingzhou and Dongwu, and they will not do it."

Xun Yu's analysis of these three points is very thorough.

Cao Cao's expression was originally very grim, but after hearing this analysis, he smiled.

"If Wen Ruo is a great talent in the world when he is serious, listening to your words is better than reading a book for ten years."

"Where, where. The prime minister is really falsely praised, I just don't want the prime minister to worry about this matter, and I don't want the prime minister to tear his face with Ye Hui because of this, you know, the most powerful in the world is precisely the pen of those who read. ”

To say that the most powerful thing in the world is the pen of those readers, Cao Cao knows this, he has experienced the verbal criticism of these readers before.

It is said that he likes women.

If it weren't for his good public relations work, I'm afraid his reputation would have been in disrepute by now.

But even if he has explained many times, his reputation in this world is still not very good.

And Ye Hui is still on the road now, and has already met the army sent by Liu Bei.

Before Zhuge Liang left, he had already sent a letter to Jingzhou, explaining that Ye Hui would go to Jingzhou with him this time.

Liu Bei was naturally unwilling to give up this opportunity to perform, so he sent an army to meet him a long time ago.