Chapter 103 He Yan’s role (fourth update, please subscribe for the first time)
Only then did He Yan understand Cao Cao's true intention of keeping Cao Hong.
"Being rich is unkind".
Although this statement is a bit extreme, Cao Hong can earn more property than Cao Cao on his own, so he is somewhat ruthless.
At least, like Xia Houyuan, he would never be able to starve his youngest son to death to feed his niece.
The Commander-in-Chief of Cao Ying, a ruthless man like this, would naturally not be merciful and would definitely make the best use of these wounded soldiers and materials to hold Yuan Jun back.
The same is true for Xun You.
It may not be obvious to say how vicious Xun You was, but the reason why Xun You overshadowed Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Dong Zhao, and Liu Ye and became Cao Cao's mastermind was because of his calm and ruthless attitude.
Xun You knew all the strategies he could think of. But because of this, every strategy he told was the one with the greatest benefit and the least risk.
Using these wounded soldiers to hold back the enemy is undoubtedly Xun You's plan.
Cao Hong and He Yan, one relies on toughness and the other relies on friendship, and the two of them use both soft and hard tactics, which is the best way to ensure the morale of the injured soldiers in Cao's camp.
He Yan stared at Xun You and thought of Xun Yu, whose face was somewhat similar to Xun You.
"Er Xun, what a great Er Xun! Your uncle and nephew will really surprise people."
While He Yan was talking, wounded soldiers were walking out of the camp one after another. When they saw He Yan, they all looked surprised: "Hou Rouhou? Are you here too?"
Before He Yan could speak, the soldier's voice attracted more wounded soldiers to gather around——
"Succulent Hou!"
"Is that the Duorou Hou who brought us fried food and noodle tea?"
"Succulent Hou is here!"
…
All the wounded soldiers who had not come out despite Cao Hong's three orders and five orders just now actually came out at this moment.
Some people even had their legs amputated, but they slowly walked out with the help of people around them, wanting to see what He Yan looked like.
When Cao Hong saw these people coming out, he sneered: "Can't they all come out? Why did you pretend to be dead before?"
"Everyone! Get your weapons! Go up the barrier and fight Yuan Jun!"
Cao Hong's order reached the ears of these wounded soldiers, and everyone looked at each other.
"Let's go, as long as we are in this barracks, we will still be soldiers."
"What's the point of being a soldier if you don't fight?"
"Even if it's just to repay Duorouhou's bowl of rice, it's time to take up the Changge and fight the enemy!"
…
More and more wounded soldiers no longer delay, and hurriedly grab their weapons and go up to the fortress.
If you don't have a hand, use a short sword.
Without legs and feet, he took the crossbow machine and loaded the crossbow arrows.
More people, even though their wounds were still oozing with blood and walking a little swaying, still took their weapons and lined up in front of the formation, staring at Cao Hong with one of their blind eyes, waiting for his orders.
"..."
He Yan took a deep breath and grabbed Xun You in front of him: "We don't have to fight this battle."
"No fight?"
Xun You pointed outside the camp: "Marquis Shen, please listen."
"Zhang He, Gao Lan and the others are already preparing to attack the city."
"At this time, are we the ones who say we don't want to fight?"
Xun You seemed to be used to people like He Yan, and he was particularly comfortable in comforting him: "Who wants to fight? Who wants those wounded soldiers to die?"
"But now, don't talk about them! It's you, me, Sikong, even Fengxiao, Ziyuan, these people are all fighting!"
"Compassion does not command troops, Marquis Shen must not waste Sikong's hard work!"
Xun You not only persuaded He Yan, but also revealed Cao Cao's intention to accept He Yan as the commander of another department.
If He Yan cannot pass this threshold, then it is estimated that Cao Cao will not let He Yan do certain things in the future.
This is both protection and restriction.
If He Yan wants to grow, he must first adapt.
If he can't adapt, then no matter how talented He Yan is, he is just a useless person.
He Yan grabbed Xun You's sleeve: "The battle can be fought!"
"But war is just a continuation of politics."
"If it can already be resolved through dialogue, why bother with a war?"
Xun You saw that He Yan was stubborn and seemed to have predicted He Yan's outcome, so he wanted to ignore him.
"Let me out of the camp and give me a chance."
"Give them a chance too!"
He Yan loosened Xun You's sleeves.
"If I don't come back after an hour, you will let them die again!"
"Is this feasible?"
When Xun You heard He Yan's words, he looked at the ridiculously handsome man in front of him with some surprise.
In his opinion, He Yan was definitely not the kind of person who would put himself in danger for others.
He Yan's upper limit is the second Xi Zhicai.
He will not grow into the second Xiahou Dun, nor will he grow into the second Xun You.
But now it seems that He Yan is He Yan...
Xun You's eyes moved slightly, as if he had returned to Chang'an back then.
That Chang'an where Dong Zhuo was tyrannical, but Xun Gongda stood up to punish the thieves!
In the sixth year of Zhongping,
He conspired with Yilang Zheng Tai, Changshi He Yong, Shizhong Zhongji, and Yueqi Colonel Wu Qiong to kill Dong Zhuo.
Xun You still remembers He Yong's willful and heroic posture: "My lords! Kill the thieves for the country!"
Unfortunately, because the plan was eventually exposed, people like He Yong also died of worry and anger in prison.
From then on, Xun You remembered that everything should be planned before taking action! And once he made a move, he should implement it resolutely and never act rashly.
but……
Xun You looked at He Yan, and He Yong's posture slowly overlapped with that of He Yan.
"The He family in Nanyang is full of strong men?"
Xun You looked at the sky and then focused on He Yan.
"Just think that Lord Shen is buying time for us."
"It's done now. Marquis Shen will leave his name in history."
"No, it's just one more withered skeleton."
Xun You finally gave in.
But his harsh words also came before him——
A withered skeleton also illustrates Xun You's attitude.
It would be impossible for He Yan to be taken hostage by Zhang He and used to blackmail him into opening the camp gate!
"nature!"
He Yan also understood what Xun You meant, and instead of being angry, he happily thanked him.
"Master He, I'm going too."
He Yan turned around and found Liu Ye following him!
"Brother Ziyang, why are you joining in the fun?"
"This is not like going to the enemy camp to collect news. There is a real possibility that you won't be able to come back!"
Liu Ye raised his wrist and shook it slightly, and a card appeared on Liu Ye's fingertips.
The number above is clearly the small 3 from before.
"Master He, have you forgotten what you told me?"
"What if you get four of them together and you become the emperor?"
He Yan struggled for a while: "That...that's not what I meant."
"almost!"
Liu Ye put away the cards: "It's just that Mr. He's words just now have too many truths. I can only realize this."
"Going together?"
"Let's go!"
Xun You looked at the two of them with a question mark on his face.
Emperor? Aren’t we fighting Yuan Shao? What does it have to do with the Emperor???