The servant brought several candlesticks covered with white gauze lampshades and placed them on several tables by the wall. The soft and bright light flowed quietly in the tent like flowing water.
Cao Cao buried his head in several cases, his eyes seemed to be firmly attracted by the words on the bamboo slips, and he solemnly pondered in silence.
Xi Zhicai stood aside with his hands clasped, also silent.
Only Xiahou Dun's eyes were red, his face was gloomy, and he gasped from time to time, indicating that he was anxious at the moment.
After a while, Xiahou Dun seemed to be unable to hold back any longer and couldn't help but say:
"My lord, there are only five thousand thieves and bandits, why do you need to think about it for so long?"
After saying that, he directly asked for orders: "The general only needs 500 men and horses, and it can take up to ten days to defeat the thieves!"
When Cao Cao heard this, he looked up at him and refused directly without thinking: "You can't go."
"Why?"
Xiahou Dun was greatly surprised and said anxiously: "Could it be that my lord thinks that ten days is too long? If so, I would like to issue a military order to defeat the thief within seven days!"
Cao Cao ignored him, just tapped a few boxes, and fell into deep thought again.
Only then did Xi Zhi explain: "Now that my lord is attacking Xuzhou, the war is about to begin. At this time of employment, how can a general like General Xiahou be wasted on a mere yellow turban bandit?"
"What Zhicai said makes sense." Xiahou Dun was still unwilling:
"But my son Xia Houmao's hatred..."
"You can't kill a chicken with a bull's knife." At this time, Cao Cao said again: "Yuan Rang, please step back first. I already know this and have my own arrangements."
"Lord..."
Seeing that Xia Houchun wanted to say more, Cao Cao stared at him and said solemnly: "Mao'er is my nephew. I am deeply saddened by this sad news. Don't worry, I will never sit back and watch him being murdered."
ask!"
As soon as these words came out, Xiahou Dun finally did not dare to say anything more, so he had no choice but to cup his hands, and then reluctantly strode away from the camp.
Until he could no longer hear the footsteps of the other party, Cao Cao turned his attention to the bamboo slips again, staring at it with a gloomy expression. After a while, he suddenly showed anger, slammed the bamboo slips, and shouted:
"That's unreasonable!"
There was a crash.
The Lord humiliates his subjects and dies.
The master was so angry that Xi Zhicai could no longer maintain his composure and quickly bowed his head and knelt down on the ground.
"Lord, calm down."
Cao Cao closed his eyes, held his head high, and took a deep breath, immersed in the deep darkness.
Inside the camp, a deathly silence fell.
a long time.
He opened his eyes again, looked at the kneeling scribe, suddenly smiled bitterly, and sighed: "Why?"
Xi Zhicai looked at Cao Cao and made a listening gesture.
"Zhicai, I have treated the Qingzhou Yellow Turban well enough. Why do you think so?"
"Why are they still rebelling against me?"
The words were full of deep melancholy and confusion.
"The thieves are refractory, it's not my lord's fault." Xi Zhicai reassured him, "They are just yellow turban thieves, but their fault lies in their incoherence."
However, Cao Cao heard the underlying meaning and understood what the other party meant.
The next sentence of "Disease lies in the body" means that if it is not cured, it will be fatal.
"Since chaos has arisen, calm it down quickly." He murmured to himself, his eyes becoming firm.
"My lord has a clear view of thousands of miles." Xi Zhicai praised: "For these thieves, in addition to showing kindness, we need to demonstrate!"
"It's absolutely true..."
Cao Cao nodded and raised his brows, his face showed murderous intent, his eyes were like daggers, and he could not look directly into them.
"We must plow the courtyard and sweep the holes to show the power of our army."
"Five thousand thieves..." he said one word at a time to Xi Zhicai: "We must punish them all."
"Leave no one behind!"
.........
Under the same sky.
The same night.
When most of the people in Qingzhou were full of expectations and fighting spirit and dispersed.
Wang Zheng's mood was different from theirs. Although the cake he drew looked good, it was not easy to make it round.
The light leaking from the outer gauze of the lamp appeared turbid and dim against the backdrop of the four earthen walls.
In the barracks.
Mrs. Huo served a few cups of hot tea, smiled and nodded amidst the polite greetings from everyone, and then consciously closed the door and left.
She is a person who understands emotions and interests and does not do anything that is an eyesore.
At this time, in the room, the first batch of managers of the Heavenly Army were all in place and participated in the first military meeting held by Wang Zheng.
Wang Zheng took a sip of tea and looked at the crowd. He saw that even Wu Sheng, an out-of-character person, was sitting upright at this moment, looking so restrained that he didn't dare to breathe. He couldn't help laughing, and said with a smile:
"Why have you become so serious?"
"Hey, brother said it was a military meeting, so... hehe... I'm a little nervous." Wu Sheng said with a smile.
It can be seen that you are indeed very nervous.
Looking at the other person's unnatural smile and dry voice.
Wang Zheng smiled and pointed at himself: "That's troublesome, I don't know how to hold this military meeting."
"I still expected you to help me, but now I'm in trouble..." Wang Zheng shrugged, with an annoyed look on his face: "The relationship is all about the big girl getting on the sedan chair...
"
He joked: "This is your first time?"
Everyone was stunned and stared at each other for a while.
Wu Niu, who has a straightforward personality, couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Immediately, the whole room burst into laughter.
Wang Zheng also laughed.
The laughter lasted for a while, and seeing that there were more people around, Wang Zhengcai continued to speak:
"We established the Heavenly Army today. I think we should first discuss what we should do next?"
The tone was fixed, and everyone who was no longer nervous spoke one after another. Some said they wanted to seize more food, and some said they wanted to occupy more territory.
"Okay, so what will we face when we do these things?"
"fight!"
This is unanimous, after all, being a soldier means fighting, and the essence of the army is a war machine. This is common sense that no matter how vulgar people know it.
"When there is a war, do you want to win or lose?"
Isn’t this nonsense? Everyone wants to win.
Again, in unison.
"This is a military meeting."
Wang Zheng spread his hands, looked at the people who were listening attentively, and said in a deep voice:
"The purpose is to win one battle and win more battles!"
When he said the last sentence, he emphasized his voice specially.
After a pause, he said again:
"This is the common purpose and the only purpose of any army, any general, and any military conference throughout the ages!"
"Winning more battles is far more important than winning a certain battle!"
Hearing this, everyone looked thoughtful and fell into deep thought.
Seeing this scene, Wang Zheng looked satisfied and took a sip of hot tea.
With the shortage of talents, the only thing I can do now is to let these people grow up as soon as possible.
Zhu Yuanzhang can make future generations sigh with emotion that "Anhui has many talents and evil". Is it true that he was destined to return to his destiny, and he was surrounded by generals and ministers when he was in a rough time?
Because he is Zhu Yuanzhang, he can achieve Xu Da and Chang Yuchun; not the latter can achieve the former.
Therefore, the real purpose of this military meeting is to first develop the habit of thinking in these people.
Wang Zheng also knows that haste makes waste, and he also knows that interests can be shared but not alone, and that the plan can only be achieved by a few but not by many. He did not really think about counting on these people with a humble background to help him plan big things now.
After waiting for a while, Wang Zheng spoke again:
"Whether we win one battle or many battles, the first thing we need to do is to make our army stronger. As I said the day before yesterday, our heavenly army must have rules."
"Rules are discipline and military discipline."
"The Heavenly Army has just been established, and the military regulations are tentatively divided into three prohibitions and nine orders."
"Those who violate the order will be punished with whips and sticks."
"Those who violate the prohibition will be beheaded."
"The first order is not to slacken in training, the second order is to unite and not fight within oneself, the third order is to obey orders and prohibitions, the fourth order..."
"Those who have three bans, those who have one ban and go against the top, and those who do not obey the superior's orders in battle, will be beheaded!"
"Anyone who leaks any secrets of our army or colludes with foreign thieves will be killed!"
"The three prohibitions are personal and public, those who have selfish desires and selfish interests, and are detrimental to the collective interests of our army and the overall situation, beheaded!"
Every time the word "cut" blurted out from Wang Zheng's mouth, it was accompanied by a cold killing intention.
It seemed to have turned into reality, sending chills all over the six people present.
After everything was said, Wang Zheng looked around at everyone:
"You must remember these three prohibitions and nine orders. When you return, you must pass them on to your respective troops, and make sure that no one is missed."
Then he looked at Wu Yuan, Kaohsiung, and Lu De, and said specifically: "Especially your Tianfu Division."