Whether it is Jia Xu's battle report or Lu Yi's report, there are slightly exaggerated elements.

In fact, Cao Ren was indeed beaten badly, but after a few days, more than 8,000 people returned to Jiangling one after another.

Among them were some Jingzhou people who were reluctant to mix with Liu Beijun after being captured, such as the loyal Zhang Yun.

After Zhang Yun went ashore, he hugged Cai Mao and cried, telling that he was unyielding after being captured, fought with Liu Beijun to the end, and finally took advantage of the dark and windy night of a month to secretly snatch a boat and then escaped, and he had done a special job in terms of loyalty to Prime Minister Cao.

Cai Mao comforted Zhang Yun, who was crying pear blossoms with rain, and couldn't stop sneering in his heart, he said in his heart Zhang Yun is really stupid, if he doesn't come back, it's okay, if he comes back, it will make everyone very embarrassed, and it will be up to him what will happen in the future.

Cao Ren, who came back two days earlier than Zhang Yun, took off his shirt, carried a bundle of firewood on his back, and went to ask Cao Cao for his guilt.

He told Cao Cao that, as Lu Ji said before, Zhang Yun was actually Liu Beijun's spy and the biggest spy that Zhuge Liang had planted in Cao's army.

This person blindly commanded in the Battle of Xiakou, and let Guan Ping ambush him halfway, resulting in the complete destruction of the naval army commanded by Cao Ren, and countless people rebelled and fled.

After talking about a bunch of Zhang Yun's problems, Cao Ren made another self-examination, saying that he was impatient and arbitrary in his work, had a single study of water warfare theory, did not go deep enough into ordinary soldiers, and did not have enough combat guidance for soldiers and generals.

Cao Cao was furious, snatched the firewood and beat Cao Ren severely, Cao Ren was dying, and angrily scolded Cao Ren for shirking responsibility and causing a big defeat, which is simply worse than a pig and a dog.

Cao Cao is not stupid, if Zhang Yun is really an undercover agent, he will follow Cao Chun out that time, and if he goes out with Cao Ren this time, he can directly lead 30,000 people to Liu Bei, and hand over Cao Ren to receive the reward - all smart people can guess this matter, if Cao Cao also learns from Cao Ren to put all the responsibility on Zhang Yun, it is really stupid to be outrageous, stupid to breathe.

Chang Diao carried the dying Cao Ren back in fear, and kept beating the drum in his heart, for fear that Cao Cao would put Cao Ren in prison in anger, and easily cut down the guards around them to vent his anger.

Unexpectedly, the dying Cao Ren actually laughed non-stop along the way, Chang Diao thought that he had hit him in the head with a stick just now and beat this goods stupidly.

"Is the general alright?"

"Hmph, don't worry, some flesh wounds." Cao Ren sneered, "Giant eagle, you just put your heart in your stomach. If the prime minister is willing to beat me, it means that he has forgiven me.

If the prime minister really wants to deal with me, heh, then he won't beat me up in public. Don't worry, if there is a reward in the future, I will definitely not forget your life-saving. ”

Cao Cao beat Cao Ren in public, and dealt with Cao Hong harshly before, just to prove to everyone that he had no suspicion of the people of Jingzhou.

Now rumors are spreading in Jiangling, all saying that Cao Cao's southern expedition is to kill all the Jingzhou people through the hands of Sun Quan and Liu Bei, so as to achieve the effect of stabilizing Jingzhou.

In addition, there are rumors that most of the clans in Jingzhou have fallen to Liu Bei, as long as Cao Jun sends troops, they will die inexplicably and tragically, Cao Chun and Jiao Touch are the best examples, if it weren't for Chang Diao's death, even Cao Ren would have died.

People with a little bit of intelligence don't believe these rumors, but as we all know, most people love conspiracy theories, and the news began to spread rapidly, and continued to be replenished, more and more noses and eyes, so that the Jingzhou army and Cao Jun more and more separated from Germany, these days have broken out at least five or more major conflicts in a row, and the skirmishes between each other are even more constant.

When Cai Mao practiced the Northern Army's water warfare, some Northern Army soldiers would jump out and accuse Cai Mao of sending people to poison the food.

According to military law, Cao Cao should have cut down the rumor-monger, but that person was Cao Hong's personal guard, Cao Hong directly hid him in his big tent, eating and living in one place, and Cao Cao was helpless.

This hero has been fighting fiercely for many years, and it is the first time he has encountered this kind of scene, and he has deeply realized for the first time that the people's hearts are scattered and the team is not easy to lead.

There were more than 70,000 naval troops in Jingzhou, and more than 20,000 were lost in this battle.

Although Zhang Yun is not from the Jingzhou family, he still has a lot of prestige in the Jingzhou army.

As soon as he returned, all the lies Cao Ren had made up before were self-defeating. Although Zhang Yun didn't dare to accuse Cao Ren, the soldiers who escaped back had the backbone, and they accused Cao Ren of blindly commanding and not listening to Xu Shu's advice.

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Seeing that the matter had reached an uncontrollable level, Cao Cao had no choice but to gather his staff and call Cheng Yu, the general of Fenwu who hurried back to Jiangling, to discuss the future advance and retreat of Cao's army.

Cao Cao unfolded the letter from Lu Ji that had been "destroyed" and put it on the table and asked Cheng Yu to read it first, Cheng Yu frowned and looked at it for a moment, shook his head and said:

"Does the prime minister believe Xu Yuanzhi?"

Xu Shu tried his best to ensure that Zhang Yun was a loyal minister, and when Cao Ren just came back, everyone shouted at him and shouted at him.

But now that Zhang Yun has fled back, he has been called "Su Wu on the River" by the Jingzhou Army, and Xu Shu's reputation has also soared, and the faces of the people who scolded Xu Shu before have been swollen.

Cheng Yu put Xu Shu's Zheng Zheng advice and Lu Ji's blood crying confession together, Cao Cao looked sideways and vertically, and felt that his face was hot, so he could only shake his head slowly and said frankly:

"I don't believe it. At that time, I didn't believe that this letter was written by Lu Ji, but now I look at it, hey, it really is. ”

They are all his own staff, so Cao Cao naturally has no need to tell lies.

Xu Shu is not Zhang He, and he must do his best to deal with the paperwork that is not painful or itchy, but after surrendering, he will never be able to deal with his old master.

He admitted that his character weakness was caught by the enemy, whether it was Xu Shu or the so-called Lu Ji, he took advantage of this to make trouble repeatedly, causing tragic consequences and greatly affecting the unity of Cao's army.

Cheng Yu shook his head and smiled:

"Why isn't it written by Lu Ji? The sailors who came back said that fighting side by side with Guan Ping was a young general named Lu Yi, who was Lu Ji's own nephew.

I just received news from Jiangdong that after the Battle of Changbanpo, Guan Ping went to Jiangdong and was immediately summoned by Zhang Zhao. ”

"Zhang Zhao!"

Cao Cao took the case, and his cloudy eyes were full of fierce killing intent.

"What do you say? Zhang Zhao! ”

Cheng Yu slowly bowed his head: "Yes, I don't know what they talked about, but Guan Ping did go to the banquet alone and didn't bring Zhuge Liang with him!" Well, the man can testify! ”

Zhang Zhao has a strong reputation in Jiangdong, and the people who come and go are elegant scribes and moral masters, if he meets Zhuge Liang by the way, Guan Ping can be reasonable, but how can he invite a soulless martial artist who has just been beaten to a banquet!

Chen Lin also exclaimed:

"I heard rumors that Zhang Zibu intends to take refuge in the imperial court, is it all fake?"

Cheng Yu's gloomy gaze fell on Chen Lin's face, and he said with a smile:

"Naturally, it's fake."

"I finally understand one thing now, why Zhang Zhaoming often says that his heart is to the court, and he has not built an inch for so many years, and he frequently destroys the good deeds of the prime minister."

"He did everything he did when he was separated from Zhou Yu before, and he is the leader of the traitors in Jiangdong!

After Sun Ce's death, they had already begun to plot secretly. Prime Minister, we need to change our plans, and we can't believe Zhang Zhao's nonsense anymore! ”