Cao Cao chuckled and said, "That's not true. It's not easy for you to face these tough bandits on your own." Then he laughed at himself and said, "At your age, I can't necessarily do that."
Got so good.quot;
Cao Zhi blushed a little. He relied entirely on modern knowledge and some combat experience a few months ago to come up with some clever ideas.
"It's just that some of the decisions made before the battle are a bit reckless. For example, it is very dangerous for you to blindly lead your troops down the mountain to meet the enemy or rush into the enemy camp alone. As the commander of an army, you must coordinate the overall situation and show off the courage of just one man."
"That's absolutely wrong." Cao Cao said leisurely.
Cao Zhi responded "yes". Needless to say, it was definitely Xia Houyuan's complaint. He also regretted not listening to Xia Houyuan and not leading his troops back to Cao Mansion earlier. If he had listened to Xia Houyuan, Cao Mansion would not be so weak.
, perhaps his brothers would not have suffered so many casualties.
Thinking of Xia Houyuan, Cao Zhi thought of Cao Cao's surprise attack on Qiao County. He took the opportunity to ask Cao Cao, "Who gave him the letter?"
Cao Cao said: "Xia Houyuan asked his brother Xia Houzhen to come to Chenliu."
Cao Zhi laughed and said: "No wonder, these few around me have been missing each other for a month or so. I wonder why you suddenly brought troops to help. It turned out to be a letter reported by Xiahou Zhang. Xiahouyuan is really relieved about his brother.
Is that kid fifteen this year?quot;
Cao Cao said: "Well, fifteen is not too young."
Cao Zhidao: "Brother, Xia Houzhang arrived a few days ago."
Cao Cao said: "Five days ago."
Cao Zhi thought about it, and it was the time when he rejected Xia Houyuan and Cao Ren asked Cao Cao for help. Unexpectedly, Xia Houyuan became more and more evil and started to "secretly attack Chen Cang". But in Cao Zhi's heart
He didn't mean to resent Xia Houyuan at all. On the contrary, he secretly rejoiced that Xia Houyuan was by his side. If he hadn't "secretly attacked Chencang" and notified Cao Cao this time, Cao Cao would have led his troops to kill him at the last critical moment.
It is still unknown who will win the battle.
Thinking of the life-and-death battle with the Shari Dogs, Cao Zhi couldn't help but feel wary and asked Cao Cao: "Were all the Montenegrin troops of the Sali Dogs wiped out?"
Cao Cao said: "No, one or two hundred people were captured in the end."
Cao Zhi asked: "How many men and horses do I have left?"
Cao Cao whispered with a slight embarrassment: "There are three or four hundred left!"
Cao Zhi sighed "Alas!" and immediately made a bitter face. He immediately thought in his mind that a battle that started well ended up with a tragic result of annihilating a thousand enemies and losing eight hundred to himself.
Zhi was so upset! The only blame was that he was too frivolous. He was complacent after achieving some results, and failed to listen to the correct opinions of Xia Houyuan and others and make appropriate deployment of troops, so that he almost defeated Chuicheng. Cao Zhi was completely responsible.
There is a chance of a complete victory, but this is the charm of war. The battle situation is fleeting, and if you don't pay attention, it may change drastically.
Cao Zhi couldn't help but feel a little frustrated, and continued to ask Cao Cao, "How to arrange the people and horses of Shali Dog?"
Cao Cao said: "Detain them for a few days first, and then collect them after a few days."
Cao Zhidao: "Oh, that's good. I was afraid you would kill them all."
Cao Cao chuckled and said: "Some people have said that, but I didn't agree. We are hiring people. Although these people are a bit gangster, with a little training, they can be good at fighting tigers and wolves."
Cao Zhi also recognized this very much. Although these Black Mountain bandits were bandits, they were battle-hardened and had strong individual combat capabilities. This was evident from their encounter with Cao Zhi's troops this time.
After a pause, Cao Cao continued: "In order to relieve the hatred of your remaining brothers, I agreed to have them whip the corpse. Your brothers hate the Black Mountain Bandits so much that they are itching to breathe."
"What whip the corpse? Whose corpse is whipped?" Cao Zhi asked anxiously.
"Sali dog!" Cao Cao replied.
When Cao Zhi heard that he was going to whip the corpse of the dog in the sand, he almost jumped out of bed. How could such a cruel thing be allowed? He waved his hands repeatedly and said: "No, no, everyone is dead, why do you still do such a thing?"
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Seeing Cao Zhi's excitement, Cao Cao walked to the bed and helped Cao Zhi sit up.
As a modern man, Cao Zhi could not accept such a cruel thing. After he regained his composure, he continued: "Brother, this Sali dog has killed many of us, but he is also a man. He can fight with me with real swords and guns."
Is it necessary to do this when everyone is dead in a decisive battle? This is too damaging to one's morality. "Cao Zhi doesn't have much affection for Sali dogs, he just thinks it's too cruel. Fighting with real swords and guns on the battlefield
, the dead and injured are all destined to live in peace, either you die or I die. But Cao Zhi cannot accept that the body must be whipped after death.
Cao Cao listened to Cao Zhi's words and nodded.
Cao Zhi continued: "Besides, it will also be a psychological obstacle for the Black Mountain bandits you plan to recruit."
Although Cao Cao didn't understand what "mental obstacles" meant, he understood the general meaning and felt that what Cao Zhi said made sense. In fact, he didn't want to do this, mainly to calm the anger of the public and to let the remaining soldiers vent their anger after Cao Zhi died.
Feeling privately angry, Cao Cao said "hmm" and said, "That makes sense. I'll discuss it with Xia Houyuan and the others later."
Cao Zhi saw Cao Cao nodding and said nothing more. The room was silent for a while.
Cao Zhi suddenly broke the silence. When he was thinking about the Sali Dog, he suddenly remembered the reason why the Sali Dog troubled Cao's mind. This question had never been answered. Now that he thought about it, he asked Cao Cao: "Brother, this
Did the Sal-Liu dog have any grudge against our family before? quot;
"No, I don't know him at all," Cao Cao said.
"Where is Zhou Xin, the governor of Danyang?" Cao Zhi asked.
"I don't know him, I just heard about this person in officialdom." When Cao Cao mentioned this matter, he was full of doubts and said puzzledly: "I have heard about this matter from Xia Houyuan and others, and I have thought about it."
It's puzzling. Even though my father has been an official for so many years, he has never had any grievances with anyone. Zhou Xin has never even met him this time. How could he collude with the Black Mountain bandits to attack our Cao Mansion, and they are so far away from each other?
far.quot;
Listening to what Cao Cao said, Cao Zhi was sure that the Cao family had never had any enmity or enmity with the Black Mountain bandits or Zhou Xin in this life. Others may still be unclear about things, but it is impossible for Cao Cao to be unclear about the Cao family's affairs. Of course, Cao Zhi should also know, but
The current Cao Zhi is no longer the original Cao Zhi. The current Cao Zhi has inherited the body of the original Cao Zhi, but not his thoughts and memories, so he has always believed that the Cao family may have some secret information that caused this disaster.
.But this idea can be basically eliminated now. Of course, Cao Cao may be hiding something. But judging from the relationship between Cao Zhi and Cao Cao during this period, Cao Cao should trust his younger brother extremely, and his affection even exceeds that of his peers.
The relationship between Cao Song and his son is now a whisper between the two. Cao Cao should not hide anything from Cao Zhi.
Both of them thought hard about this matter, but they couldn't find the result. Cao Cao laughed, patted his thigh and said: "Don't think about these annoying things. Are you tired? Our brothers are separated."
Let’s spend some days chatting about happy things.”
Cao Zhi said: "I'm not tired, brother, I was just going to ask you? How did you get out of Luoyang? How was the journey?"... Cao Zhi really wanted to know what happened after Cao Cao and Luoyang broke up.