But Xu You, who was also drunk, immediately raised objections, saying that General Xu, you have only been fighting and killing all your life. If you kill this elephant, it will be dead. How can you show it to adults in the future?
The idea doesn't work.
Xu Chu was not happy when he heard this. He said that your military advisor Xu Chu was smart. Could you please tell me how to weigh this elephant?
Although Xu You was smart, he was not only a little drunk at this time, but also because his family was all killed by Shen Pei before Yecheng was destroyed, and he had never gotten over the grief. It was impossible to think of anything good at this time.
The idea came up, but I just kept arguing with Xu Chu and didn't come up with a feasible solution.
The two Xu continued to argue and quarreled until Cao Zhi and Guo Jia took Cao Chong and Yuan out of the banquet hall and came to the courtyard. Xu Chu, who had not taken advantage of words, had already argued with Xu You.
His face was red and his ears were red, and he almost started to fight.
When Guo Jia hurriedly stepped forward to break up the fight, Cao Zhi shook his head and paid special attention to Cao Chong's reaction.
It should be said that this age is indeed what Cao Zhi imagined. Cao Chong was holding Yuan Mai's hand. At this time, he was just curiously hiding behind Cao Ang, Cao Zhang and others, blindly looking at the elephants and other rare animals that he had never seen before.
, there is no point in coming up with the allusion of "Cao Chong weighs the elephant".
When Cao Zhi saw it, he was disappointed. He gently called several children and asked enlighteningly if there was any way to weigh the elephant.
The children scratched their heads for a while, but no one could come up with a solution. They all wanted to show off in front of their father, but at this time, a group of the smartest people in the country in the courtyard couldn't come up with a solution. In their opinion,
It's normal that they can't think of it.
After Cao Zhi inspired him by mentioning elements such as boats and stones, no one among the children could connect with the elephant scale. In the end, Cao Zhi had to personally ask someone to fetch a warship placed in the front hall.
Make a model of a ship and talk to everyone. First let the elephant get on the ship, then measure the water line, and then put the stones on the ship. When the same water line is reached, remove the stones from the ship and weigh them one by one.
You can get the weight of the elephant, right?
Cao Zhi's interception of the allusion "Cao Chong weighs the elephant" shocked everyone with his skill and attracted a lot of praise. At the same time, many people also asked, is Cao Zhi really so quick-witted and smart?
After Cao Zhi laughed, he turned around and prepared to return to the hall to continue the banquet. A waiter was standing on the steps behind Cao Zhi, holding a colorful pheasant in his hand.
This was also a tribute sent by Sun Quan. When the pheasant arrived at Cao Zhi's place, it was just a plaything for viewing. The waiter was afraid that it would run around and disturb the guests' interest, so he kept holding it and standing on the steps.
, for people to watch.
But when Cao Zhi saw this beautiful pheasant, he couldn't help but became very interested and asked the waiter to put the pheasant down. Then he turned again to the juniors of the Cao family who were following behind him and said: "Who of you can make the pheasant dance?
Great reward."
What Cao Zhi said was not only a test question for his nephew, but also an entertainment program for the guests. It could also relieve the bad anger caused by the quarrel between Xu You and Xu Chu just now.
Then, the younger members of the Cao family gathered around the pheasant with great interest. Cao Xiu used a branch to poke the pheasant several times, trying to make it spread its wings and dance. But the pheasant just dodged away in pain.
To go, he did not spread his wings and dance as he wished.
Then Cao Ang and others not only danced in front of the pheasant, teasing it to dance, but even played the piano to him, hoping that it would hear the sound and dance, but they could not do so.
Something that Ling Sui didn't expect suddenly happened at this moment. Xiao Cao Chong, who paid no attention to anyone, was watching his brothers try their best to make the pheasant dance, but all failed, and suddenly an idea came to him.
He asked the attendant to bring a bronze mirror and place it in front of the pheasant. An unexpected scene happened immediately. When the pheasant saw itself in the mirror, it flapped its wings and quickly began to dance. Even
The more I danced, the more excited I became, looking at myself in the mirror and dancing until I died of exhaustion.
But at this time, no one cared about the life and death of this pheasant anymore, because they were all deeply surprised that Cao Chong, a child of only four years old, was so smart.
Amidst the praise from everyone, Cao Chong stood out from all the brothers. Cao Zhi was even more surprised and felt proud. Any father would be proud to have given birth to such a smart son. Cao Zhi also felt proud.
I secretly believe that Cao Chong is indeed really smart.
In short, Cao Chong became a dazzling star at this birthday party.
######Some people are happy, while others are naturally sad!
In September of the sixth year of Jian'an, Yuan Tan, who was originally in a good mood, began to have bad luck. On the Double Ninth Festival, he and his wife and concubines had just drank the first glass of chrysanthemum wine when they received a letter from Cao Zhi. In the letter, Cao Zhi cursed
Yuan Tan betrayed his trust and wanted to cut off all contact with him and canceled the planned marriage of his children.
Cao Zhi's sudden rebellion made Yuan Tan unprepared and a little panicked. But he was not confused as to why Cao Zhi turned against him. Some time ago, while Cao Zhi was appeasing the soldiers and civilians of Jizhou, Cao Zhi did not press him any further.
At this time, Yuan Tan decisively annexed Ganling, Anping, Bohai, Hejian and other places, and even extended his power to Zhongshan. The prefects and captains of these places were originally hesitant to surrender to Cao Zhi. The middle man of the Yuan family
The timely appearance and annexation allowed them to see hope and a way out. During this period, Yuan Tan had been subduing these officials and annexing these regional forces and armies under the banner of an alliance with Cao Zhi.
To be honest, Cao Zhi never authorized Yuan Tan to conquer, annex land, power, and troops on his behalf. Logically speaking, these should all be done by Cao Zhi after Cao Zhi entered Jizhou and Yuan Shang announced the surrender of Jizhou.
People do it.
But Guo Tu saw the opportunity and let Yuan Tan take the opportunity to expand his self-protection capabilities. He used tricks to deceive the superiors and deceive the inferiors, trying to stand out from the cracks of Cao Zhi's powerful forces.
When Yuan Tan did these things in the early days, he was a little worried, fearing that Cao Zhi would find out and blame him. Because Yuan Tan knew that even with the troops he had cobbled together recently, he was not qualified to fight Cao Zhi.
.
But what is unexpected is that Cao Zhi has always adopted a resigned attitude towards Yuan Tan's merger actions. He has never blamed him or asked a question. It was not until Yuan Tan had reached out to Zhongshan that he suddenly stood up and wanted to fight with Yuan Tan.
Broken off.
What does this mean?
Yuan Tan, who had always been taking a chance, now realized that Cao Zhi's indifference to him before was actually a trap!
And with the arrival of the letter, Cao Zhi's army suddenly appeared around the plain on the Double Ninth Festival.
Yuan Tan hurriedly withdrew from the plains and retreated to Nanpi. Cao's army quickly occupied the plains and later annexed several surrounding counties.
It was during the first early snowfall of the year that Cao Zhi's figure appeared on the city walls of Pingyuan.
"Cao Zhi is here in person!"
This news once again panicked Yuan Tan, who had just retreated to Nanpi. On the next day, he asked Guo Tu to guard Nanpi, and then divided his troops to retreat to Longcuo.
With Yuan Tan's self-confessed "power of horns", he could withstand the rapidly approaching Cao army without any worries, and he also arranged himself in a relatively safe area. Although it was a bit unkind to let Guo Tu block the front line, but
Who let him, Yuan Tan, be the boss?
But on a snowy night, Yuan Tan's idea was shattered again. A cavalry unexpectedly attacked Longcuo at night, and Yuan Tan lost his helmet and armor. Yuan Tan had to retreat overnight again, and retreated into Nanpi.
Yuan Tan really couldn't figure out why Cao Jun should hit Nanpi first under his assumption. Why would Cao Jun's sword bypass Nanpi and swing at his head first?
Yuan Tan didn't think about it all the way through his defeat, and in the end he could only think that Cao Zhi's military skills were so magical that it was beyond the ability of an ordinary man like him to predict and understand.
In this way, Longcuo only fought once with Cao's army, and then abandoned a large amount of baggage and retreated. Cao's army also occupied Longcuo without much cost, captured a large amount of baggage, and formed an encirclement of Nanpi.
"We are defending according to the danger. Cao's army has been fighting head-on with our army for two consecutive days, and we have not gained much advantage. Depending on the weather, it may snow again tonight. The order is sent to the troops. The three armies are on alert and the police posts are increased by two posts.
To prevent Cao's army from sneaking into the city."
"It's an order!" Yuan Tan, the landlord behind Guo Tu, hurriedly wrote down Yuan Tan's order. Just after running two steps, his shoulders suddenly shook, and a huge force suddenly separated his whole body. In an instant,
In an instant, the man disappeared from people's sight without a trace.
"Boom!" Rubbles, smoke, dust, and flesh and blood flew all over the city defense where Yuan Tan and others were standing.
"The enemy is attacking!" Guo Tu suddenly fell down on Yuan Tansheng. His cheek was scratched by a low-flying arrow. At the same time, a huge pain came from his shoulder. He turned his head and focused his gaze.
Look, a powerful crossbow penetrated straight into his shoulder, shot out from the front, and the arrow from the back did not reach the feathers. Guo Tu couldn't help but groaned and fell to the ground.
Following Guo Tu's "enemy attack", Cao Jun started to fight as soon as he saw Cao Jun under the city. Yuan Tan picked up the injured Guo Tu and turned around to leave. At this time, Cao Jun, who was rapidly approaching Nanpi City, already had in his hands
The powerful crossbows were prepared, and the bows and arrows were fired in unison. A wave of more than 300 arrows hit this section of the city defense like rain on the banana trees, making a continuous sizzling sound. Many arrow stacks stood up inside and outside.
One piece was nailed, and more landed on the unlucky guards of Yuan Tan. A large number of the guards who had just stood in front of Yuan Tan screamed and fell down.
Then, stone bullets wrapped in kerosene were shot up the city wall and the city. As these fire bombs were ignited, balls of flame began to rise on the city wall and behind the city.
With the sound of "Boom!", Cao Jun's stone-throwing attack was launched in full swing. Countless stones, whether bright or dark, round or square, were bombarded inside and outside the Nanpi city defense in an endless stream.