Chapter 495 Doing things, Lu someone is a professional!
Emperor Liu Xie entered the main hall from the side door, and the court meeting began.
After Liu Xie sat down, he glanced at Cao Cao who was sitting below him on his left. Seeing that his eyes were half closed and his face was still expressionless, Liu Xie sighed in his heart and said: "It seems that the war has not turned around yet...
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After the ministers had finished their salutes, Liu Xie said to everyone: "My dear friends, do you have anything to say today?"
The emperor spoke, and the ministers below him stood up step by step and told about their work or some discoveries.
Half an hour passed, and the ministers' reports were quite satisfactory, but they had nothing to do with the war.
When no one stood up, Cao Cao stood up, bowed to Liu Xie and said, "Your Majesty, I have something important to report!"
Liu Xie stood up slightly, supported Cao Cao and said, "Prime Minister, please speak!"
Cao Cao stood up straight, straightened his wrinkled clothes, and said, "I got information last night!
After former general Zhao Yun entered Runan County, he defeated Jiangdong's 20,000-strong army outside Zhaoling City. He not only solved the siege of Zhaoling but also captured three Jiangdong generals!"
As one of Cao Cao's most trusted advisers, Cheng Yu was recently recalled.
He was stroking his beautiful long beard and listening to Lao Cao reporting the war situation to the emperor.
But when he suddenly heard that the war was taking place outside Zhaoling City, he couldn't help but tremble, and he couldn't help but exert force on his hands, almost pulling off his beard.
Cheng Yu grimaced in pain, but he didn't care too much and stared at Cao Cao with his eyes.
At this time, it is different from modern times, where information messages are blocked and transmitted very slowly.
If Cao Cao hadn't mentioned it to the court today, Cheng Yu wouldn't even have known that Zhaoling, where his son was staying, was besieged!
"Okay!" When Liu Xie heard this, he immediately slapped his thigh and cheered loudly, "You are worthy of the ever-victorious general Zhao Zilong. It is really extraordinary to have him take action!"
Cao Cao waited patiently for Liu Xie to calm down, and then he continued to report: "Zilong mentioned a person in the military intelligence report sent back, saying that it was because of his persistence and tenacious resistance that Runan's last line of defense could barely hold on.
To the rescue of Zilong's army."
Cheng Yu's heart moved and he thought to himself: "That person isn't talking about my son, is he?"
Cao Cao turned around, looked at Cheng Yu, and said:
"That person is Cheng Wu!
Shangshu, the son of Cheng Yu and Cheng Zhongde, the governor of Jiyin!
Zhao Zilong's battle report stated that Cheng Wu was both civil and military, had an outstanding will, and had a calm and tenacious personality!
He led thousands of soldiers stationed in Zhaoling Tucheng, and actually blocked the violent attack of 10,000 elite soldiers from Jiangdong for half a month.
Not only that, Cheng Wu also offered Zhao Zilong a trick to lure the enemy deeper, causing Jiangdong's 10,000 reinforcements to fall into an ambush and be attacked from both sides. Unable to take care of both ends, they were eventually defeated by our army!
besides......"
Every time Cao Cao spoke, Cheng Yu felt as if he had drank the most delicious wine in the world.
When he finished speaking, Cheng Yu even felt a little drunk, as if he was about to float to the sky.
Who among you doesn't want your son to be successful and be in the limelight?
When Cheng Yu heard that his son not only defended the city, but also provided a strategy to defeat the enemy, he was countless times happier than if he had won the battle!
"Ah! I never thought that Zhongde's son could be so witty and brave!" Liu Xie couldn't help but exclaimed after hearing this.
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“It’s true that a tiger’s father has no dog’s son!”
"Lao Cheng gave birth to a good son!"
"May I ask Cheng Shangshu, has your son ever been married?"
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In the past two months, Cao Jun finally won a small but not small victory, and the atmosphere in the court suddenly became lively.
Cheng Yu was surrounded by colleagues who inquired about Cheng Wu's personal information. The words of praise coming out of their mouths almost lifted Cheng Yu to the ceiling.
Cheng Yu squinted his eyes and enjoyed everyone's compliments. Although he kept being humble and even deliberately belittled his son. But judging from his mouth that was about to burst with laughter, if it weren't for the main hall blocking him, he might not be able to do it now.
It has flown into the sky and is shoulder to shoulder with the sun.
"Ahem!" After a while of commotion and the atmosphere became lively, Cao Cao coughed twice and the hall quickly became quiet.
He continued: "However, although the siege of Zhaoling has been resolved, there are still 80,000 Jiangdong troops outside Pingyu County and 7,000 Jingzhou troops in Shangcai!"
Yes, although we won a small victory, the situation is still serious!
After hearing Cao Cao's words, the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became heavy again.
"After Zilong arrived at Pingyu, he found that Jiangdong Army's defense was very tight. Zilong tried to attract the enemy's attention from the periphery, but was unable to prevent the enemy from sieging Pingyu City."
"After more than a month of bloody battles, the eight thousand defenders of Pingyu City have been reduced to less than three thousand. The guards and servants of the aristocratic families in the city, the common people in their prime, and even the prisoners in the prison were all forced to defend the city wall.
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"The defense supplies have been exhausted... They tore down the door panels, retreated to the earthen wall, picked up wall bricks and threw them at the enemy!"
"The enemy stormed the city wall, and they used their own flesh and blood to block the enemy's footsteps... In one word, miserable!"
Cao Cao's voice was full of sorrow. After what he said, except for Guo Jia and Xun You, even the emperor Liu Xie in the entire hall couldn't help but blush slightly.
Just when the desolate atmosphere reached its peak, Guo Jia suddenly approached Xun You and said in a very low voice: "Watch out, Lao Cao is going to show off!"
"Pretending?" Xun You was stunned for a moment, then asked in a low voice: "What is pretense?"
Guo Jia did not explain the vocabulary he learned from Lu Yan. He just nuzzled his lips at Cao Cao and said, "You will understand after reading it..."
Sure enough, just when everyone was mourning the tragedy of Pingyu City, Boss Cao suddenly turned around and said to the ministers in the hall: "But do you know?! Just when Pingyu City was about to be destroyed and people were killed,
At this moment, Zhou Yu’s army suddenly retreated!”
"Retired??!"
"Why did you retreat suddenly?"
"I haven't heard of any reinforcements besides General Zhao?"
Sure enough, the hearts of the ministers and the emperor were suddenly lifted up again after they were stepped down by Lao Cao!
"Haha!" Cao Cao couldn't help laughing when he saw everyone's reaction.
"Come on, Lao Cao is going to start showing off!" Guo Jia reminded Xun He again.
"Not only did Zhou Yu retreat, but Sun Quan's army in Hefei also retreated!"
Cao Cao now put his hands on his back, looked up at the sky outside the hall, and murmured with a misty look in his eyes:
"I know that your Majesty and I, Cao Cao, have never misjudged him, and have never mistrusted him!"
"???"
"Him? Which him?"
"What on earth is going on? Lao Cao, you've confused me!" Liu Xie felt a little dizzy. What the hell was going on!
Cao Cao turned sideways, bowed to Liu Xie, and suddenly said loudly:
"General Hussars, Lu Yan! Lu Changsheng!"
"It was him! Regardless of the countless dangers, he personally led a hundred thousand naval troops from the Yellow River to the Bohai Sea and then from the sea to the Yangtze River!"
"It was him! He led a hundred thousand naval troops to attack Chaisang City, an important town in Jiangdong, and burned nearly half of the entire Jiangdong's grain reserves! He cut off the Jiangdong Army's food routes and retreat routes, forcing the Jiangdong Army to withdraw!"
"It was him! He defeated the 170,000 elite naval force that pursued Jiangdong, which Jiangdong was proud of! He completely broke Jiangdong's spine!"
In the main hall, except for Cao Cao's passionate voice echoing everywhere, it seemed extremely quiet, and the silence was a bit strange.
Even Guo Jia, who had already guessed that Lu Yan had done something wrong, opened his mouth into an O shape at this moment.
In his heart at this moment, he was shouting crazily,
"I guessed the beginning, but not the process or the end!
Chang Sheng’s ability to do things is really far beyond all of our imaginations!”