Hey! Just when Cao Zhi was about to focus on him, Liu Bei seemed to notice that someone was paying attention to him, and quickly calmed down, a shrewd look in his eyes flashed, and then returned to his rough expression, sitting there stupidly,
Eat, drink and drink.
After eating the same meal all afternoon, Cao Zhi returned to Cao Cao's camp burping. When he stepped into the tent, the sun was already setting in the west.
Cao Cao has returned, with his hands behind his back and his back to the tent door, he is looking at the map hanging on the tent wall intently.
Cao Zhi felt the serious atmosphere as soon as he entered the camp. Cao An, who was standing beside him, saw Cao Zhi coming back and gave Cao Zhi a missionary look.
Without asking, Cao Zhi knew that Cao Cao must have suffered under Zhang Miao, and he might even have been scolded.
Cao Zhi called Cao An and asked a few questions softly. The situation was similar to what he imagined, except that Cao Cao was not angry with Zhang Miao alone, but was angry with many rebel leaders in Liu Dai's tent.
Cao Cao had actually noticed that Cao Zhi was back, and after he had finished muttering with Cao An, he slowly turned around, said "Hmm" and said leisurely: "You're back?"
"Ah! Brother." Cao Zhi hurriedly stopped whispering with Cao An and asked Cao An to rest first. Cao An ran away as if he had received amnesty.
Seeing that Cao Zhi was blushing and smelling of alcohol, Cao Cao complained a little and asked, "Where did you go today? Why does he smell of alcohol?"
Cao Zhi also looked embarrassed, and said hesitantly: "I went to visit Gongsun Zan, the prefect of Peking, and had lunch at his place."
"Oh!" Cao Cao just said, and suddenly stopped asking further, as if he was not interested in the matter, but still had a gloomy face.
Cao Zhi saw that Cao Cao was in a bad mood and asked with concern: "Have you had your meal, brother?"
"I've used it, I'm very full, I'm full!"
"Oh!" Cao Zhi heard something in Cao Cao's words. After Cao Zhi asked again and again, Cao Cao explained what happened today.
After Cao Cao broke up with Cao Zhi, he went directly to Zhang Miao's camp. He didn't meet Zhang Miao in Zhang Miao's tent. One of Zhang Miao's staff told Cao Cao, "The governor went to the governor Liu." Cao Cao thought about Liu.
Dai was originally looking for him, so he drove his horse back to Liu Dai's camp.
Not only did they find Zhang Miao at Liu Dai's place, but they also saw Qiao Mao, the prefect of Dongjun, Yuan Qian, the prefect of Shanyang, and Zhang Miao's brother, Zhang Chao, the prefect of Guangling. They were having a banquet in Liu Dai's military tent and having fun by throwing pots.
When Cao Cao entered the tent, the group was in the middle of a banquet, and the pot-throwing competition was at its climax. Everyone's eyes were fixed on the pot, so they didn't even notice Cao Cao's arrival.
The throwing pot was a very popular entertainment activity at that time. It used a large copper pot with a long neck and a big belly, and animal ears holding rings. The throwing arrows were made of dead wood or thorn wood, but in the army, arrows were usually used directly.
The rules of the game are to place the pot about nine feet away from the shooter. Every time a shot is made, it is a "count". Both parties in the game can gamble on this, and the winnings can be wine or money.
Cao Cao was a master of throwing pots when he was young. Not only could he hit the ears of the pot, he could even make the arrow bounce out of the pot, catch it with his hand, and throw it back and forth continuously, rebounding more than fifty times.
Cao Cao was not in the mood to play this game today, and he was really tired of these people drinking and having fun here and ignoring business.
But when Zhang Miao found out about Cao Cao, he went crazy with alcohol and yelled for Cao Cao to avenge him. It was obvious that Zhang Miao was drunk.
After playing several games, he was punished by drinking ten bottles of wine.
Cao Cao was heartbroken that his childhood playmate was so unprofessional, and he couldn't help lamenting, "The dead 'Weizi' was your general Zhang Miao, aren't you heartbroken at all?" Cao Cao was really angry.
But Cao Cao could only sneer, sigh, and said lamely: "You guys are having so much fun!"
Liu Dai, Qiao Mao, Yuan Qian and others also invited Cao Cao to the table. At this time, Cao Cao wanted to get angry, but he couldn't. Cao Cao, who suppressed his anger, put down the wine bottle handed over by Zhang Miao, took the arrow, and remained silent for a while.
Slowly said: "If I succeed in throwing the pot, I ask you to put the country and the country first, quickly march to Xingyang, capture Chenggao, go straight to Chang'an, and kill the Dong thief!"
When everyone heard this, they were very interested and clapped loudly, saying that they wanted to broaden their horizons. However, when Cao Cao said this, their smiles froze on their faces, and their applauding hands stopped in mid-air. The atmosphere was so embarrassing.
After Cao Cao finished speaking, he ignored their embarrassed expressions. He drained the wine in the wine bottle first, then rolled up his sleeves, looked at the pot sideways, and began to throw arrows into the pot. Hearing a whooshing sound, the arrow flew away from his hand.
The mouth of the pot, and the ampulla of the pot echoed again. In the blink of an eye, the arrow popped out again, drawing a beautiful arc in the air, and then returned to his hand. Repeatedly, the arrow really went back and forth in Cao Cao's hand fifty times.
, this superb skill is indeed breathtaking, so everyone cheered, laughed, shouted, whistled, and praised Cao Cao for being the "Master of Pot Throwing", but no one mentioned it.
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I returned to the Jujube Camp covered in dust and blood, and what I saw was that the princes from all walks of life in the camp were exchanging their friends among them at the "Hioki Wine Party, Not Trying to Make Progress".
Cao Cao could no longer bear it anymore and said angrily: "We have raised righteous soldiers to put an end to the riot, and the people have united. Why do you have any doubts? When Dong Zhuo, the envoy, heard about the rise of troops in Shandong, he relied on the weight of the royal family to seize the danger for two weeks and headed eastward to conquer the world.
Even if you act without moral principles, you will still be in trouble. Now the palaces are burned, the emperor is robbed, the sea is shaken, and you don’t know where to go. This is the time when heaven is destroyed. One battle will bring peace to the world, and it cannot be lost."
What this means is that we have formed such a rebel army and have united. What else do you have to doubt? Moreover, Cao Cao told everyone that now is the best time to eliminate Dong Zhuo. At this time, Dong Zhuo has already burned the city of Luoyang.
, and then moved the emperor westward to Chang'an. Cao Cao said that if Dong Zhuo had the emperor in his hands when he was still in Luoyang, it would not be reasonable for us to attack him; but now he has burned down our capital and destroyed it.
The emperor has been kidnapped, and the world has been shaken and unpopular. At this time, we only need to fight to the death with him, and the world can be settled in one battle.
As he spoke, Cao Cao took out a map painted on silk from his sleeve, which is the one now hanging on the wall of Cao Cao's tent, and explained his strategic plan one by one: "Suppose the governor of Bohai, Yuan Benzhu, moved the base camp from
Hanoi moved to Mengjin Ferry, and our Suizao army either advanced to Chenggao, or garrisoned Aocang, or guarded Zhuyuan and Taigu, while General Yuan Gongluo moved from the south to Danyang and Xi County, and then marched into Wuguan.
It will definitely shock the "three auxiliary" areas. If you do this, not to mention Chang'an, even all the states in the world will be shaken."
Mengjin, Chenggao, Aocang, Chuoyuan, Taigu, Danyang, Xixian, and Wuguan mentioned by Cao Cao. Cao Zhi also knew that these places were in dangerous situations and were strategically important places. What he never expected was that
The Danyang he conquered was also within Cao Cao's grand plan.
Cao Cao went on to talk eloquently, "For example, Mengjin is one of the eight major passes around Luoyang. King Wu of Zhou used to meet with the princes here when he attacked Zhou. Even Zhang Rang knew how to escape here with the young emperor. Chenggao has the world-famous Hulao
Pass, Chuoyuan is also one of the "Eight Passes of Luoyang". Aocang is a famous granary since the Qin Dynasty, where grain from the Central Plains is concentrated, and then transferred to Guanzhong. Wuguan is where Qin Zhao lured King Huai of Chu, and he flowed there.
This is how the state started and created the foundation of the Han family."