Chapter 375 Cao Ying Has No Friends and Misses His Old Friends Every Night!

Chapter 375 Cao Ying has no friends and misses his old friend every night...his old friend!

Can you recruit 300,000 soldiers?

When Cao Cao threw out this number, Jia Xu shook his head, almost saying "you fart" on his face.

"It's come to a time like this. The Prime Minister can deceive the ministers, but he can't deceive the Guan family and his son, nor can he deceive the eyes of the world!"

"In the past six months, the Prime Minister's war has been unfavorable. He has suffered repeated defeats. He has successively lost General Cao Chun, General Wenpin, General Niu Jin, General Lu Chang, General Man Chong, and General Le Jin. He has lost more than 100,000 troops? General Li Dian was The prisoners, General Zhang He, who lost his arm, and General Hou Yin, all 20,000 Nanyang soldiers surrendered to Jingzhou! In this way, 300,000 soldiers... I'm afraid the Prime Minister can't recruit them!"

Sure enough, when Jia Xu spoke, Cao Cao frowned subconsciously.

It feels bad to be seen through...

But Cao Cao knew that at this time, there was no doubt that the truth... was the prerequisite for all plans, but Cao Cao still stubbornly chanted a new number.

"You can still recruit two hundred thousand soldiers!"

"Prime Minister, do you still want to hide this from me?" Jia Xu said sincerely, "General Xiahou managed to recruit 30,000 soldiers and horses in the Central Plains, but he didn't last even an hour on the battlefield, and he was killed by millions Crossbow arrow shooting... This incident caused a sensation throughout the Central Plains and the Northern Territory. Although I don't know how to recruit soldiers and horses, my eyes are not blind and my ears are not deaf. At this time, there is a "recruitment order", who Dare to join the army again? Prime Minister, please stop lying to me!"

"One hundred thousand!" Cao Cao said firmly this time, "I still have one hundred thousand soldiers and horses, led by me, Huang Xuer, in the land of You and Bing..."

"But those are the troops and horses used by the Prime Minister to conquer Xianbei..." Jia Xu directly exposed Cao Cao's background. "The Prime Minister's ambition since childhood was to be a 'General who conquered the West' like Huo Qubing. If the Huns are not destroyed, why do they call home? Now in the past The Xiongnu were divided into three, Wuhuan had been wiped out by the Prime Minister, and the Southern Xiongnu had always surrendered to the Prime Minister, but Xianbei..."

Speaking of this, Jia Xu paused for a moment, "The Prime Minister is willing to devote these 100,000 knights to the battlefield of Xiangfan? But he allows the Xianbei people to go south repeatedly during the winter solstice?"

this…

Sure enough, after Guo Jia and Xun Yu died one after another, Cao Cao thought that no one could understand what he was thinking.

But today's conversation with Jia Xu made Cao Cao realize...

There is still one person in the world who understands him best, and that is Jia Xu and Jia Wenhe!

"Wen He, you know Gu..." Cao Cao lowered his eyebrows and said, "From Gu's point of view, competing with Liu Bei and Sun Quan is a big thing, and unifying these chaotic mountains and rivers is also a big thing, but compared with pacifying Xianbei, it is no different. The latter is bigger.”

"The situation has changed, but Gu's original intention has not changed. What he yearns for most is to be a great general who conquers the West, and to achieve the great feat of "sealing the wolf and living in Xu" like the champion Hou Huo Qubing. Therefore, if there is only one Soldiers and horses, Gu will let them defeat Xianbei. In Gu's view, 'fighting foreigners' will always take precedence over 'securing internal affairs'!"

As soon as he said this, Jia Xu stood up and held his hands in his hands: "Prime Minister, you are righteous——"

But when he said this, he narrowed his eyes again, "But the old minister still said the same thing, Guan Yu is unparalleled in martial arts, and the wisdom and plan shown by Guan Lin, if there are not five times the enemy's troops, I am afraid that the old minister will not be able to implement it." This plan! There is no guarantee of victory in the second update!"

The conversation returned to the issue of soldiers and horses.

Guan Yu's "Juebei Road" used Guan's army. The Guan's army had a total of 30,000 soldiers and horses. Cao's army in Fancheng was no less than 50,000. If Jia Xu's plan is to follow Jia Xu's plan of five times the enemy's number of soldiers and horses, then there is still a shortage of 100,000 soldiers!

However, on the Huainan battlefield, Sun Quan was still waiting and watching, and Cao Cao did not dare to mobilize too many troops. As for Hanzhong...it was lucky to be able to block the Shu army from Yangping Pass, and it was even more impossible to support Xiangfan.

So…

Cao Cao frowned. He pondered for twenty breaths. As if he finally made a decision, he shouted loudly: "Where is Xu Chu?"

"The general is here!"

Xu Chu walked into the tent from outside the door and raised his hands towards Cao Cao.

As Cao Cao's personal bodyguard, he knew that Cao Cao would often call out at this time to dispatch him on extremely important matters.

"Pass an imperial edict." Cao Cao squinted, "Every county is ordered to recruit troops and horses within one month. All county magistrates and county guards who can recruit more than 3,000 troops and horses will be directly promoted to three levels in a row. County magistrates and county guards with more than 2,000 troops and horses will be promoted to one level; county magistrates and county guards who recruit 1,000 troops and horses will be rewarded. If they cannot complete even 1,000 troops, they will be dismissed directly on the spot, and the matter will be left to General Xiahou Dun. Responsible--"

"Besides, tell the five southern Xiongnu leaders to prepare 30,000 cavalry for Gu! Just say that Gu borrowed them from them——"

When it came to asking the leaders of the five southern Xiongnu tribes to prepare troops and horses, the word "borrow" in Cao Cao's mouth was particularly emphatic and domineering.

It’s full of demands from the superior to the inferior…

There is absolutely no room for change.

This is Cao Cao, and this is Cao Wei's attitude towards the surrounding foreign races.

tough--

Extremely tough——

Wuhuan refused, so he massacred Liucheng;

If Xianbei refuses to obey, then beat him until he obeys;

The Southern Xiongnu surrendered, and the Wei Dynasty needed troops, so the Southern Xiongnu had to prepare unconditionally for the Wei Dynasty.

Wei's attitude towards the foreign races around him has always been quite tough.

only.

this…

Xu Chu was shocked when he heard this, and went to recruit soldiers and horses in counties and counties. You must know that the total number of counties and counties under the Wei Dynasty was more than 200, and he had to borrow soldiers and horses from the Xiongnu.

——"How many soldiers are you recruiting, Prime Minister?" 』

——‘But such a forced conscription will probably greatly damage the popularity of the people! 』

Seeing Xu Chu in a daze, Cao Cao reminded him, "Did you remember everything?"

"Remember it." Xu Chu handed over his hand, "I will pass it on right now."

As he spoke, Xu Chu stepped back, and Cao Cao looked at Jia Xu faintly, "Wen He, you want 100,000 troops, I will give you 150,000 or 200,000 troops, I don't want anything else. I want to capture Guan Yunchang! I want to defeat Guan Yunqi! Can you do it?"

Cao Cao's tone was extremely decisive, and his actions were even more decisive. This also made Jia Xu realize that this sixty-year-old man was "burning the boat"...

——"The Prime Minister is so obsessed with helping Guan Yu and defeating Guan Yunqi..."

Immediately, Jia Xu calmed down and pointed his finger in the direction on the map, "There is Yancheng to the north of Fancheng. This city is only a hundred miles away from Wancheng. You can arrive in the morning and evening. To the west of Fancheng is Pinglu City. It’s less than a hundred miles away from Yancheng, and there is Xinye City in the northeast of Fancheng…”

When he mentioned the names of these three cities, Jia Xu's hand had already crossed the map and he drew a circle.

This circle completely covers the circle of Guan Yu's "Jue North Road". It is a larger, wider, and farther circle!

Jia Xu's voice continued: "My plan is as mentioned before. The father and son of the Guan family, the son can be civilized and the father can be martial. If the two are connected together, it will be extremely difficult to deal with both civil and military forces, but... if If you can widen the distance between them and separate them, then the father without literature and the son without force can defeat them all!"

"Then..." Cao Cao asked quickly: "Then how to distance the Guan family father and son and break the connection between them!"

Jia Xu's eyes were dark, "It depends on the Prime Minister, whether he wants to let go of these three cities... The so-called reluctance to let go of children will not lead to wolves..."

While talking, he once again tapped his hand in the direction of "Xinye City", "Pinglu City", and "Yancheng" on the map...

"This is a conspiracy, a conspiracy!"

"The conspiracy is Guan Yu's Juebei Road. The Prime Minister instructed the generals of these three cities to fake defeat to Guan Yu and lose the three cities of Xinye, Pinglu, and Yan, inducing Guan Yu to occupy them, and lengthen the front line of the 'Juebei Road'. In this way... Guan Yu's The location is closer to our army and farther away from the enemy’s army!”

"Whether it is Xinye City, Pinglu City, or Yancheng, these are all cities that are easy to attack but difficult to defend. As long as there are enough troops, they can be taken by force... When Guan Yu leads the Guan family's army into the three cities, the Prime Minister will besiege them with more than 100,000 people. Three cities, such a conspiracy has been punished..."

"After that, Guan Lin is the son of Guan Yu? Why not save him? The Prime Minister only needs to send a general to besiege the city for reinforcements... Guan Lin is also a fish in the net and cannot escape from the Prime Minister's hand!"

call…

As Jia Xu finished speaking, Cao Cao's pupils shone, and he once again experienced the viciousness and ruthlessness of Jia Xu's plan.

This is a countermeasure devised by Jia Xu based on Guan Yu's "Jue Beidao" method.

The poison of this plan is that Guan Lin is good at wisdom and strategy, so avoid his edge and don't play tricks with him. Instead, compete with his strength and courage, break the Guan family's army into pieces, spread them out...and then use absolute force siege…

The combat power that Dawei can muster in a short period of time is better than that of Dawei!

This is using one's own strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses!

What this battle is about is Cao's army's infantry combat and siege capabilities. What they are fighting for is that more than 100,000 people will flood the entire battlefield, and they will be able to surprise the enemy with a force that is absolutely superior to the opponent's.

What's even more perfect is that this battle pulled the battle line back and perfectly avoided water. It was completely the land battle and siege battle that the Wei army was best at.

It perfectly lengthened the Guan Army's front line, allowing Xiangyang City to rush for reinforcements later than Cao Army's attack.

This is to turn Guan Yu into a caged bird, trapping him and the Guan family army in these three cities.

"What a vicious plan -" Cao Cao couldn't help but sigh, "The only one who can plan this plan is you, Jia Wenhe."

Facing Cao Cao's praise, Jia Xu handed over his hand and said, "Prime Minister Miao Zan."

call…

At this time, Cao Cao finally let out a long breath, sweeping away the haze of successive defeats during this period, and his smile rose again.

"hahahahahahahahahaha…"

He is really happy.

It seemed that in just half an hour, the Xiangfan battlefield that he feared the most, and the Guan family father and son that he feared the most, all the problems caused by it were solved.

He even felt that Jia Xu's plan was worthy of his "last-ditch fight" and forced conquest at the huge cost of losing "popularity" and "popular support"!

"Hahaha…"

Cao Cao's laughter continued, but as he smiled, Cao Cao thought of two other annoying things.

His laughter stopped abruptly.

Jia Xu saw Cao Cao's state of mind and said, "Prime Minister, do you want to ask about the plan of guarding Hanzhong?"

"Don't be too busy talking about this plan." Cao Cao's cheeks became gloomy again, "Yangping Pass is fortified. You know how strong it is and how dangerous it is. You can't open this pass even if it is opened by one man. Don't say it." Even Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang can't get over this little Zhang Fei for a while, but... there is another thing that has made Gu Shen think about it for a long time, and he can't make a decision for a long time!"

"What's the matter?" Jia Xu asked curiously.

Cao Cao said truthfully: "It's about Zhang Wenyuan..."

Well…

Jia Xu did not hear the news about Zhang Liao. He asked curiously: "How can General Wenyuan make the prime minister think so much?"

"well…"

Accompanied by Cao Cao's faint sigh.

He said with emotion: "Wen He, please sit down, I will talk to you in detail about this matter -"

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Legend has it that there is an island on the sea northeast of Lingshan Temple in Jiaozhou, called "Guzi Island". There is a white winter-resistant flower on the island, as big as two hands surrounding it.

There are always people going to Guzi Island on rafts to pick flowers.

But most of them get nothing.

Lu Xun had already arrived at Guzi Island by boat. He only knew that Xu Shu lived in seclusion here, but he didn't know the specific location.

So I asked on the island.

By chance, Lu Xun picked this "winter-resistant flower". He thought it was a good sign, but after asking for another day, there was still no news about Xu Shu.

It was as if... Xu Shu was not living in seclusion here at all.

"Isn't it Jiaozhou? Is it Jiaozhou?" Lu Xun even questioned, "It's not Lingshan Temple, but...Lingshan County?"

Guan Lin judged that Xu Shu was here. In addition to the information provided by Liu Ye, he quoted the sentence "A guest is coming from the sea, and it is suspected to be Xu Yuanzhi!"

Guan Lin is not sure whether Xu Shu is here, whether it is Lingshan Temple or Lingshan County...

Sending Lu Xun this time is a big blind box.

"well…"

Just when Lu Xun was sighing, he suddenly saw an old man driving a boat, wearing mango shoes and Taoist robes.

Lu Xun quickly asked: "May I ask the old gentleman if he knows that there is a hermit here, his surname is Xu, his name is Shu, and his surname is Zhiyuan?"

When the old man heard Lu Xun's question, he raised his eyes and looked at him, "How do you know that Xu Yuanzhi is living in seclusion here?"

Lu Xun felt that something was wrong and said quickly: "A friend told me a poem called "Ode to Drums and White Winter Flowers." One of the lines says, "The frosty moon is full of Lin Gao, dotting the sky and earth. There are guests coming from the sea. , suspected to be Xu Yuanzhi. The clouds are falling in the sky, and it is beyond our reach. Xu Yuanzhi's name is mentioned in it!"

"Who are you?"

"I, Lu Xun of Wu County, have been ordered by Guan Yunqi, the fourth son of Guan Yunchang of Jingzhou, to pass on a message to Mr. Xu."

As Lu Xun opened his mouth, the old man stopped the boat and showed a little curiosity.

Of course, because of his age, Lu Xun did not regard the old man as Xu Shu himself.

The old man asked: "What are you talking about? Also, does Xu Yuanzhi know this Mr. Yunqi?"

Lu Xun answered truthfully: "Actually, they don't know each other. What Mr. Yunqi asked me to tell was also written by Uncle Liu to Guan Yunchang in the letter..."

Lu Xun talked: "Xiangyang City has been captured by General Guan, and the hope of the Han Dynasty's revival is already in sight. Uncle Liu Huang said in the letter that General Guan must attack Xinye City again, because Xinye City has a memory of Uncle Liu Huang. That was when Xu Yuanzhi left, he ordered people to cut down the woods on the road, but now...the woods have grown taller again. Uncle Liu wants General Guan to capture Xinye, just to cut down the woods again, because...these trees, When Mr. Xu Shu left, he blocked his gaze from Mr. Xu Shu!"

Lu Xun said everything Guan Lin told him to say.

Of course, in fact Liu Bei did not write this letter, it was all made up by Guan Lin.

But Guan Lin was sure that Xu Shu left Liu Bei, and he felt grateful and guilty in his heart. Otherwise, he would not have recommended Zhuge Liang to Liu Bei, nor would he have left a letter telling Liu Bei how to fight against Cao Cao.

It is precisely based on this that Guan Lin is certain that these words, especially Liu Bei's sentence "I want to cut down all the trees here" will definitely make Xu Shu's heart flutter!

At this moment, Lu Xun had a feeling that although the person in front of him might not be Xu Shu, he must recognize Xu Yuanzhi.

Sure enough, when Lu Xun finished speaking, the expression of the old man in front of him changed slightly and he pondered for a while.

"Old sir...dare I ask..." Lu Xun was about to speak.

The old man waved his hand, "I will bring your words to Xu Yuanzhi for you. If we are destined, you will meet each other..."

After saying that, the old man paddled away. There was no smooth wind or smooth water, but his boat rowed very fast and soon disappeared from Lu Xun's eyes.

At this time... a strong wind suddenly broke out on Guzi Island. The strong wind did not stop until Lu Xun discarded all the "winter-resistant flowers" that he picked!

When he returned to the shore, the experience of Guzi Island made Lu Xun a little confused.

I muttered in my heart.

——"Does the old man recognize Xu Yuanzhi?" 』

Over there...

The old man paddled away, and after traveling a long way, the ship stopped. The old man's expression was a little special, as if there were tears in his eyes.

At this time, an old woman slowly walked out of the cabin. She walked up to the old man and reached out to pick off the old man's beard and white eyebrows...

The old man who took off these beards suddenly turned into a handsome middle-aged man.

The old woman asked: "My son Shanfu, since you took me to live in seclusion, this is the first time you have been so lonely and sad... Do I think about what the young man said just now, or do you think about the woods outside Xinye City? "

call…

It is Xu Shu who has taken off all disguises and transformed from the image of an old man to the image of a middle-aged man.

He deliberately pretended to be an old man to avoid Cao Cao...

He originally thought that he should serve his mother here for the rest of his life.

But today, Lu Xun's appearance, Lu Xun's words, the words of the so-called "Master Yunqi" brought by Lu Xun, and the words of Duke Xuande that he had been thinking about, especially the words "I want to cut down all the trees here"...

The words that came out seemed to be imprinted on Xu Shu's heart.

This made him palpitate for a moment...it also reminded him of those glorious years when he followed Liu Bei, won consecutive battles, met his master, and knew each other well!

He also thought of the dangers along the way when he took his mother away from Cao Ying... The phrase that stuck in his mind - "Cao Ying has no friends, and I miss my old friends every night."

What he was thinking about more was, if he followed Liu Bei again, would my mother be invited to Xudu again by Cao Cao? Mom is getting older and can’t bear this kind of trouble anymore!

——I wanted to help you, but loyalty and filial piety cannot be balanced...

(Ps: Xu Shu’s mother did not jump into the well in "The Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms". The setting of "The Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms" is used here.)

"You don't speak...why don't you understand?"

Xu's mother seemed to see through all Xu Shu's thoughts with just one glance, "Mother can see that you are not thinking about the new fields and the woods, but you are thinking about the person who cut down the entire forest for you!"

At this point, Xu's mother's expression turned gloomy, and she blamed herself, "It's all my fault. If it weren't for me, you would still be Uncle Liu's military advisor, and you would still be a loyal soldier of the Han Dynasty... You would still be the hope of reviving the Han Dynasty. It’s Uncle Liu Huang’s humerus... It’s all my fault, it’s all my fault—”

Xu's mother wanted to jump into the water as she spoke.

Xu Shu grabbed her and said, "Mom, how can I blame you for this?"

Xu's mother's voice was faint: "How can you blame me? Since you ask, then I, as a mother, will naturally have something to tell you. I will tell you what I have been holding in my heart for decades."

"Listen carefully, everyone has his or her own destiny. What a mother hopes for...only for her son to achieve success, to be a noble righteous man, to be an able minister in governing the world, to face difficulties in troubled times, and to save all people from fire, water, and danger. Kuang helped the precarious situation and can still be praised by the world a thousand years later!"

"Yuan Zhi, you need to know that you have learned this lesson, served as Uncle Liu's military advisor, and defeated the traitor Cao Cao. Your personal safety, honor and disgrace involve the safety of tens of thousands of people, and the hope of reviving the Han Dynasty. But why did you do what you did back then? Abandoning the British Lord and... and joining Cao Ying to meet me, an old woman, is a stupid and pedantic move?"

Xu's mother's voice gradually turned cold and serious, "These years you have abandoned the light and turned to darkness, and I don't bother to talk to you. My face has no luster all day long, but don't you understand? Can't you see it? ? Up to now, the only thing you have done wrong is to abandon Uncle Liu and join the traitor Cao Cao!"

"If your mother lives, you are only burdened by the word 'filial piety', then why should I live in this world? If I die, you can return to Uncle Liu for the rest of your life to redeem yourself, then why should I die? There is no point in dying. Why complain?"

At this time, Xu’s mother’s voice had become trembling:

"Now that God has given me this great opportunity, you...you...you come back to Uncle Liu Huang. You get out of here quickly, otherwise...from today on, you are not my son, and I am not your mother! You...you stopped me from jumping into the river." , but can you stop me from seeking death for the rest of my life?"

Xu’s mother…

At this moment, Xu's mother showed only four words - sacrificing one's life for righteousness!

Since ancient times, China has never lacked such women.

——The mother calls her son to fight in the East!

——The wife sends the husband off to the battlefield!

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