Faced with Cao Pi's obviously reproachful inquiry, Cao Tai couldn't help but feel scared.

Although he is a relative of the Cao family, the person at the helm of the current Great Wei is not Emperor Wu.

When Emperor Wu was alive, he enforced the law very strictly, and he did the same to his subjects, but he always treated his clan relatives very preferentially.

If it is said that when Cao Pi was still the crown prince, when Cao Pi's attitude towards his clan was not clear, when Cao Pi succeeded to the throne and became the king of Wei and even the son of heaven, some clues were gradually revealed.

Cao Hong, as a clan relative with the same qualifications as Cao Ren, was named a hussar general after Cao Pi became emperor, entered the prince of the field, entered the 1,000 households, and the first 2,100 households, and was a special entry.

But that was just a means for Cao Pi to entrap the Cao clan.

Cao Tai had heard Cao Ren mention before that Cao Pi had expressed his dissatisfaction with Cao Hong in front of Empress Dowager Bian several times, and had repeatedly criticized Cao Hong's etiquette at court meetings.

These things have long been no secret in the officialdom of the Great Wei.

In particular, Cao Tai recently heard that before Cao Pi planned to drive the expedition in person, Cao Zhang, the marquis of Rencheng, had recommended himself.

But because of Cao Zhang's self-recommendation, Cao Pi decided to drive in person.

Cao Pi's move caused speculation from the government and the opposition in the Great Wei Dynasty.

If it is said that the relationship between Cao Hong and Cao Pi is not close and there were festivals in the past, but Cao Zhangna is Cao Pi's sibling.

Even his own siblings can't be fully trusted, let alone Cao Tai?

It's just that although he is afraid of being punished by Cao Pi, Cao Pi's series of measures after succeeding to the throne have already established his personal prestige.

So in the face of Cao Pi's questioning, Cao Tai finally mustered up the courage to tell everything he knew.

This point can't be hidden from Cao Pi, even if he doesn't say it, Cao Pi's henchmen Sima Yi and Jiang Ji will tell the truth everything they see.

When Cao Tai recounted everything in detail on the battlefield that day, when the ministers of Cao Wei present heard that Guan Yu's army had put on a kind of formation, their faces showed surprise.

And as Cao Tai continued to narrate, the battlefield situation of that day appeared in his mind, and the look of surprise on the face of Minister Cao Wei became more and more intense.

Is this so powerful as the Moon Array?

It will be difficult to make the cavalry army of the north with sharp weapons in the future, and it will be useless again.

But this was only the idea of most of the ministers of Cao Wei who did not know the soldiers, and the ministers who knew the soldiers at the scene realized that although the power of the Moon Array was great, it had great limitations.

The success of Guan Yu's Moon Formation largely depended on the special terrain at that time.

Otherwise, if there is no vast Han water as the backing of the Han army, once your own cavalry attacks the Han army from the rear, then this moon array is likely to be broken.

But what's the use of understanding all of this now?

Thousands of Wei cavalry had already died on the spot, and more Wei cavalry had fled in all directions, and it was impossible to recruit them to gather into an army for a while.

Cavalry forces are highly powerful, and they tend to run farther than the infantry.

It's just that under Cao Tai's narration, all the ministers understood that it was Xiahou Ba who took the lead in attacking the Han army's Qiyue array that day.

And it was also under his call that the Wei cavalry from all over the country gathered in one place.

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Xiahou Ba, who was kneeling behind Cao Tai, also knew that the current situation was not in his favor, so he immediately opened his mouth to defend himself.

In Xiahouba's opinion, the Wei cavalry had a great advantage over the Han army's foot soldiers before, so he was careless at that time.

Didn't Cao Pi hear the news and specially send 10,000 cavalry troops south to expand the results?

The thousands of cavalry led by Xiahou Ba were one of the 10,000 cavalry.

In Xiahouba's view, it was understandable that he, who was ordered by Cao Pi to go south to expand the results of the war, took the initiative to attack the Han army after seeing them go ashore as before.

As for the fact that he was the first to retreat at that time, Xiahou Ba was not stupid, of course he would not admit it.

The situation that Xiahou Ba said was known to the ministers of Cao Wei who were present.

But now looking at the overall situation, the Han army has been teased by the Wei cavalry before, and Guan Yu has never taken countermeasures, which is likely to be his arrogant strategy.

Because the combat style of the cavalry is, the people who can serve as cavalry generals in Cao Wei are all people with strong personalities, and they are the easiest to fall for this kind of strategy.

After all, before the appearance of the Moon Array in the past, it had always been Cao Wei's pride to have a powerful Northland Cavalry, and no one would have thought in advance that Guan Yu would think of this strange Moon Formation to ride with steps.

Under the narration of Cao Tai and Xiahou Ba, in order not to bear too many sins, they all tried their best to extract themselves from the responsibility of defeat.

Maybe what Cao Tai and Xiahou Ba said was not unreasonable, but Zhang Liao, who was here, sighed in his heart after seeing this scene.

Although Zhang Liao was appointed by Cao Pi to crusade against Mi Yang, the infantry army did not go like the cavalry army.

It will take a while for tens of thousands of infantry troops to prepare grain and grass alone, so Zhang Liao is still in Wancheng at present.

Zhang Liao surrendered to Cao Cao at the end of the third year of Jian'an.

At that time, although Cao Cao had already welcomed the Son of Heaven, exterminated Lü Bu, and became the overlord of the Central Plains, there were still many strong enemies around Cao's army at that time.

At that time, the power of the Cao army could not be compared with the current Great Wei.

But at that time, under the leadership of Cao Cao, all the generals of the Cao army were united, thinking about defeating the strong enemy.

Even if a general is defeated, his first reaction is to blame himself for his sins and reflect, and definitely not to blame each other.

Cao Tai and Xiahou Ba's ancestors Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan were like this, and their age at that time was not far from Cao Tai's and Xiahou Ba's.

After all, where in the world are there undefeated generals?

Under this good atmosphere, the Cao army was able to grow step by step under the leadership of the overlord Cao Cao, conquering Hebei in the north, destroying the heroes in the west, swallowing Jingzhou in the south, and finally achieving the foundation of the Great Wei.

However, this good atmosphere gradually disappeared after Cao Cao established the Duchy of Wei.

The aggressive spirit of Cao Jun's past has disappeared, and more and more of what remains is the idea of fighting for power and profit.

Anyone wants to take their place in the upcoming new dynasty.

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Since then, Great Wei has won fewer battles against the enemy and lost more than he has lost, which was unimaginable in the past.

If the Great Wei can restore the enterprising atmosphere of the past and not avoiding personal honor and disgrace, with the strong national strength of the current Great Wei, even if Liu Bei and Sun Quan join forces, what is there to fear?

Pity.

The pity in Zhang Liao's heart Cao Pi didn't know that he was now completely ignited by Cao Tai and Xiahouba's words.

Cao Pi kicked at Cao Tai, and then he roared at Cao Tai: "20,000 cavalry, 20,000 iron cavalry carefully cultivated by my Great Wei, because of your stupidity, you will suffer a big defeat. ”

"After the defeat, you don't know how to reflect, but blame each other, do you trust me?

Thousands of athletes died on the battlefield with anger, how can you still have the face to come back to see me! ”

Cao Pi's roar instantly resounded throughout the hall.

Under Cao Pi's angry roar, all the ministers in the hall were so frightened that they bowed down, for fear that Cao Pi would spread his anger on them.

But everyone can dodge, but Cao Tai, who is the chief general of the 20,000 Wei army iron cavalry this time, has no way to dodge.

Cao Pi's kick was kicked out to vent his anger, and Cao Pi was by no means a weak scholar.

So when Cao Pi's kick hit Cao Tai's chest, Cao Tai only felt a hot pain in his chest.

Even his body fell backwards because of Cao Pi's kick.

But even after Cao Tai fell, he still endured the pain in his body, got up from the ground with his chest covered, and then knelt under Cao Pi.

This is the sorrow of the ministers, thunder and rain and dew, all of which are the grace of kings.

It's just that Cao Tai's performance didn't make Cao Pi feel pity, and seeing Cao Taifu kneeling in front of him again, Cao Pi raised his foot and kicked it again.

When Cao Pi's feet landed heavily on Cao Tai's chest again, Cao Pi's angry roar came out again:

"What a hero your father is, why did you disappoint me so much!"

The reason why Cao Pi was so angry was not because the loss of 20,000 cavalry troops shook the national capital of Great Wei.

Victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, and of course Cao Pi knows this.

Cao Pi was angry that the defeat of the 20,000 Wei troops was too miserable and too aggrieved.

It can be said that if 20,000 Wei army infantry were defeated head-on by Guan Yu's army, as long as the defeat of the commander was excusable, Cao Pi was not unforgivable.

And now 20,000 Wei army iron cavalry were defeated by more than 2,000 foot soldiers, and Cao Tai and Xiahou Ba were still the commanders of the army appointed by him.

This battle was his first battle as a coach in the true sense of the word, which is why Cao Pi felt so angry.

This battle greatly damaged his face.

Unsurprisingly, Cao Tai was kicked down again by Cao Pi's foot, and when he got up again, there was already a trace of blood on the corner of his mouth.

In ancient times, there was a real precedent for someone to be kicked to death.

After the ministers present saw this scene, their faces were unbearable.

Although most of the ministers present were from the scholar clan, they had never dealt well with the Cao clan.

But the rabbit died and the fox was sad, Cao Pi was so ruthless to his relatives, not to mention others?

And some time ago, the scene of Cao Pi and Cao Tai's deep brotherhood is still lingering in the minds of the ministers.

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The comparison between the past and today is enough to reflect Cao Pi's current anger and his mean and unkind character.

But although Cao Tai was already injured under Cao Pi's kicking, he inherited Cao Ren's tenacious character.

Even when he was already injured, Cao Tai still struggled to get up and knelt in front of Cao Pi.

And Cao Tai's performance continued to anger Cao Pi invisibly.

Just as Cao Pi was about to continue to kick the third kick towards Cao Tai, the voice of an old minister came out in time.

"Your Majesty, General Anton is the eldest son of the late General Che Cai."

This old minister is none other than Jia Xu.

Because of his advanced age, Jia Xu sometimes participates in deliberations in Wancheng, and sometimes does not participate.

Today, because of the defeat of 20,000 Wei cavalry, Cao Pi specially invited Jia Xu to attend the meeting.

And even if Jia Xu participates in the deliberations, his character is that as long as he doesn't speak, then he will never say a word.

But in the current situation in the field, if Jia Xu didn't say anything again, he felt that Cao Tai might be kicked to death by Cao Pi in anger.

And when Cao Pi heard Jia Xu's reminder, he kicked Cao Tai's right foot and suddenly stopped in mid-air, and finally could only put it down weakly.

Jia Xu said the key.

Cao Tai is the chief general of the 20,000 Wei army iron cavalry, and he is undoubtedly mainly responsible for this defeat.

But Cao Tai's identity is not ordinary.

Cao Tai was not only a relative of the Cao clan, his father Cao Ren was also a Wei lord with significant prestige in the Wei army.

Although Cao Ren is now dead, the prestige that Cao Ren left behind is still there.

In addition, Cao Ren has just sacrificed his life for the country, if Cao Tai is kicked to death by Cao Pi in front of the public now, even if Cao Tai is innocent of death, the impact of this incident will undoubtedly be very great.

You must know that Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu are still alive, and the Cao family is not without talents.

Cao Pi's political skills are not bad, and under Jia Xu's reminder, he realized the seriousness of the matter.

Considering the seriousness of that matter, Cao Pi finally chose to put his foot down.

But Cao Pi doesn't want to see Cao Tai, Xiahou Ba, Sima Yi and others anymore.

He waved his hand to let Cao Tai and the others go down, and after Cao Tai and the others left, Cao Pi calmed down his thoughts.

He knew he couldn't mess around now.

After pondering for a while, Cao Pi turned his eyes to Zhang Liao and said: "Wenyuan, the current situation has changed, if there are no reinforcements to boost morale, Guan Yu is brave, and Fancheng is afraid of overthrowing." ”

"Now I plan to let you change the route to lead the army to support Fancheng, do you dare to go!"

Cao Pi asked Zhang Liao if he dared to go, but it was not an extra move.

Flooding the Seventh Army, but the moon victory, these two seemingly impossible victories have already made Guan Yu's personal prestige reach unimaginable heights.

For Guan Yu, even Cao Pi is afraid, so Cao Pi asked this sentence.

But after Cao Pi asked Zhang Liao, Zhang Liao hurriedly came out and bowed to Cao Pi and said:

"Your Majesty, don't worry, the minister is willing to go!"

When Cao Pi asked Zhang Liao to go to break Mi Yang, Zhang Liao replied that he would die, and now Zhang Liao answered that he was wishing.

Death can be understood as Zhang Liao's desperate will break Mi Yang for Cao Pi, which can be regarded as a kind of self-confidence.

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And the wish means that when Zhang Liao changed his goal to Guan Yu, even he didn't know what his future would be, so he could only answer a subjective idea.

Looking at Zhang Liao's brave appearance, Cao Pi's gloomy face showed a slight smile.

Zhang Liao can be regarded as his most important general at present.

After setting a new task for Zhang Liao, Cao Pi asked Zhang Liao to go down and prepare and set out as soon as possible.

The food and grass needed for the army had been almost prepared before.

After Zhang Liao retreated, Cao Pi asked the ministers in the hall to retreat one after another, leaving only Jia Xu alone.

After everyone left, Cao Pi even retired from his inner servant.

Then he walked slowly to Jia Xu, and moved a seat to sit opposite Jia Xu.

Cao Pi's move made Jia Xu's eyelids jump wildly.

The scene in the hall in front of him is very similar to the scene when Cao Pi privately asked him how to seize the crown prince's throne.