"No, no."

Shiren's face was as pale as earth, and he kept defending himself: "The last general admires Prime Minister Huwei, and he is completely sincere and obedient."

"I'll believe it?"

Cao Cao smiled contemptuously, and a cold light appeared in his eyes.

Cao Chun also had no good impression of Shiren, and when he saw Cao Cao's signal, he immediately stepped forward, controlled Shiren on the ground with both hands, and the guards at the door also rushed to help when they saw this.

"What are you doing? Prime Minister, the last general's loyalty can be seen from the sun and the moon, don't listen to the villain's slander"

"Slander? The prime minister took his own idea, and pushed out this deceitful puppet to behead, and I want to use this person's head to pay tribute to Brother Deqi and the fallen naval soldiers. ”

"Yui."

Cao Chun nodded in sonorous reply, and then asked the guards to take Shiren away.

"What? It's not that they're none of my business."

Despite Shiren's loud defenses, Cao Cao was determined to kill people, and whatever he said was in vain.

On the way to the execution, endless remorse poured into Shiren's mind.

Why was I pressured to turn my back on the Lord in the first place? Is there a more benevolent and righteous lord in the world than Liu Bei?

When he came to his senses, Shiren's back was soaked with fear, and his whole body was like no bones, paralyzed in the hands of the escort guards, and his strength had left his body in advance.

Shiren was carried on the shoulders of the guards, dragged to the street outside the mansion like a dead dog and killed, and the execution scene happened to be bumped into by Man Zhong and Jia Xu.

In the past few days, the dead soldiers sent by Cheng Yu have arrived one after another.

As an intelligence refiner, Man Chong was angry at Long Xiang's poisonous trick in Linying, and he felt that Cheng Yu seemed to be in danger, so he pulled Jia Xu to find Cao Cao Jinyan and return to the army to save him.

The two entered with complicated feelings, and after saluting, they asked why they had beheaded the soldiers, and Cao Cao told the truth about the clairvoyant mirror, reprimanding Shiren for being disloyal to him, and it was Liu Bei who sent him to spy on the army, so he was so passive in the past two years of fighting.

Cao Cao's search for a scapegoat for the disadvantage of the war was equivalent to the intention of killing the grain officer Wang Yuan back then, and it was the most immediate way to stabilize the morale of the army.

Full Favor and Jia Xu saw through it without saying anything, and after glancing at each other, they all echoed and killed right.

"You came just in time, Long Xiang's fire is burning very strongly, you must send someone to extinguish the fire as soon as possible, it seems that it is not possible to go with fewer people, Cheng Zhongde is a lesson from the past, but at the moment Jingzhou is also very critical, Guan Yunchang controls the waterway, if our army draws too many troops to help, the land grain route will be affected, so he hesitates"

"Long Xiang, this thief uses a plot to damage, General Cheng is trapped in Linying for a long time, and the news of Xu Du has been cut off, and I don't know what evil things he will do, so I should make up my mind quickly."

After saying with an excited face, Cao Cao stared at Jia Xu and asked: "Wen He persuaded me to destroy Guan Yu first and then save Luoyang, and now there is the trouble of Long Xiang, can the public have a clever way to deal with it?" ”

"Amount"

Jia Xu bowed his head and saluted, and said in his heart I suggest concentrating on attacking the feathers, I didn't take into account that Long Xiang would rebel, and Xu Du was also surrounded by people, and his family was also trapped in the city, Xu Du Those who were loyal to the Han family, it is difficult to say whether they would take the opportunity to make trouble, so it is necessary to return to the army to rescue, but now the question is who will go back.

According to Cao Cao's practice of using the clan to command the army, Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan were left in the Jingzhou battlefield in addition to Cao Cao, but Long Xiang showed extremely high military quality, and even Cheng Yu was defeated by him, Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan may not have a chance of winning.

Jia Xu wanted Cao Cao to come back to help, but this move was contrary to his previous advice.

The most important thing is that Guan Yu's ability is stronger, Cao Ren was beaten out of temper in the previous battle, one more Xiahou Yuan may not work, and without Cao Cao, the Dinghai God Needle, the situation on the battlefield in Jingzhou is likely to be reversed immediately.

Jia Xu had thought of the reason before he came, so he calmly answered Cao Cao's question.

"Whether it is Long Xiang or Lu Su, they are all for Liu Bei and Guan Yu, as long as Sun Quan is willing to send troops to Jiangdong, these two people will definitely return to help, but Sun Quan is not a good type, Lu Meng's letter alone may not be able to move, the prime minister must send a general to return to help, only in the Central Plains to contain Long Xiang, Sun Quan will take advantage of the weakness"

"Sun Quan is an incompetent person, why does Wen He attach so much importance to him sending troops?"

Cao Cao frowned when he asked rhetorically, and said in his heart that Lao Jia had a lot of clever plans before, why did he say such a thing today? Then he added in a deep voice: "If I return to the army, I will not only clear the enemy who has entered the army, but also take advantage of the situation to go down to Huainan and set foot in Jiangdong." ”

"Prime Minister think twice, although Long Xiang is hateful, the threat is far less than here, don't forget that Liu Bei knocked on Hangu, used Sun Quan to contain Long Xiang, and the order of killing Liu Bei first cannot be messed up."

After listening to Jia Xu's reminder, Cao Cao's mind that was carried away by anger cleared up again, and he frowned and asked: "In the opinion of the public, who can help the general?" How many troops and horses should be allocated? ”

"It's up to the prime minister to decide, but"

Jia Xu suddenly changed his words, and reminded him euphemistically by retreating: "Before Long Xiang stuck to Hefei, everyone thought that he was only good at defending, but he rushed to Jiangdong and Xudu, and he used troops flexibly and not limited to ancient law and common sense, even General Zhang was defeated in his hands, and ordinary generals should not be competent;

General Zixiao is both wise and brave, he should be able to share the worries of the prime minister, in addition, Long Xiang's closure of the city in the Central Plains is a small matter, and it is a big matter to block the transportation of grain and grass to the front line, so he should send more soldiers and horses to help him quickly, otherwise the hundreds of thousands of soldiers on the front line should be in danger of running out."

Cao Cao nodded frequently when he heard this, and said in his heart that this is the Jia Wenhe I know.

It's just that he pulled Long Xiang extremely high, and the difficulty of the statement is so fatal, can Cao Zixiao really share my worries?

Jia Xu replied ambiguously, and Cao Cao also put a few question marks in his heart, only he can go back at the critical moment to be the most reliable, but what about the Jingzhou battlefield? Cao Ren is not Guan Yu's opponent at all.

After Cao Cao listened to Jia Xu's suggestion, his head was like a mess, and it took a while to clean up his mood and sigh:

"Guan Yunchang is the tiger general of the world, and Xu Yuanzhi and Liu Ziyang are planning for him, and now his naval army is very difficult to defeat, I am worried that if he returns with heavy troops, the pattern of Jingzhou will change again."

"The lord of Jingzhou is Liu Cong, although he was deceived by Liu Qi and Guan Yu to occupy Xiangyang, but most of the counties of Jingzhou are in the hands of Liu Cong, Liu Biao's general Wenpin is in Jiangling, and the four counties of Jingnan have not fought for many years, and they will be able to draw out a lot of troops to participate in the war, why don't the prime minister order him to send troops to capture Xiangyang."

Before Jia Xu finished speaking, Cao Cao stroked his palm and showed joy, he already understood the other party's intentions, so he interrupted and praised: "Wen He is worthy of being a master, I will immediately send someone to detour across the river." ”

Cao Cao did not expect the combat effectiveness of the Jingzhou soldiers, but many forces helped to temporarily contain Guan Yu, believing that the other party needed to spend energy to deal with the enemy in the south, and he could return to the Central Plains to deal with Long Xiang with confidence.

"Shicai has analyzed Long Xiang and penetrated into it, I still plan to personally raise the army to return to Xudu, and Lao Boning will quickly go to find Zixiao, and the military affairs here will still have to be handed over to him."

"Huh?"

Man Pet was stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help but look at Jia Xu, as if to say that you are talking in code?

Didn't you say that a general would be sent back for help? Cao Ren was not Guan Yu's opponent in the first place, why is he still rushing ducks to the shelves now?

(End of chapter)