At this time, Cao Cao had completely lost the momentum he had when he was the overlord of the country. His face was pale, and he was lying weakly on the armchair. His eyes seemed to be open. Only the rising and falling chest could prove that he was still alive.
In the meeting hall, there were many important ministers under Cao Cao. After listening to Xu Shu's words, everyone looked at Cao Cao. As if feeling these gazes, Cao Cao slowly opened his eyelids, which were a little cloudy.
He glanced at Xu Shu with his eyes, and then nodded gently, but it seemed that such a slight movement consumed a lot of his energy and made his breathing become faster.
Seeing Cao Cao nodding in approval, Xu Shu's face finally showed a hint of relief. However, those people next to him saw that Cao Cao and Xu Shu were acting like they were guessing riddles. They all had no idea, even Cao Ang was no exception.
Cao Ang first glanced at Cao Cao, and then hurriedly asked Xu Shu: "Master Xu, what you just said is..."
Xu Shu glanced at everyone, paused, and then said: "Now, there is no need to hide it anymore! Five years ago, I suggested to my lord that we should reorganize the heavy cavalry similar to the Western Qin Dynasty.
An elite cavalry! This cavalry has absorbed a large number of elite members of the White Horse Yi Cong, and is our last trump card to resist the Western Qin Dynasty!"
"What?" Xu Shu said this, and everyone jumped up in shock. Cao Zhen, the general of Cao Wei who was sitting opposite Xu Shu, looked at Xu Shu in disbelief and shouted: "How is this possible? I have never done this before.
I’ve heard about this!”
At this time, Man Chong, who was in charge of Cao Wei's intelligence, slowly stood up, nodded to Cao Zhen and everyone, and said: "This matter is true, but my lord and Master Xu specifically warned me not to publicize this matter.
So this matter was concealed!" Man Chong, as the intelligence chief of Cao Wei, said this, which can basically confirm the authenticity of this matter! Because only Man Chong had tampered with the intelligence, and Cao Wei would be allowed to do it.
The important minister knew nothing about this matter!
Xun Yu, who was sitting next to Xu Shu, looked at Xu Shu with a wry smile and sighed: "I asked why the military expenditure suddenly became so high starting from five years ago! It turns out that is the case!" Xun Yu was responsible.
Logically speaking, such important matters as Cao Wei's financial affairs and the formation of a new army could not be hidden from him! It was just that Cao Cao and Xu Shu deliberately concealed it. Even if Xun Yu had doubts at the time, he could not delve deeper into it. Now that he knows about it,
Xun Yu also felt sour in his heart. He did not expect that even he would be excluded from this matter by Cao Cao.
Xun Yu's tone also made Xu Shu aware of it, and he could only respond with an apologetic expression and said: "This matter is of great importance. You also know that Western Qin has a royal guard who is very capable of assassinations and sabotage!
In the past, my lord tried to form a new army several times, but they were all destroyed by the Jin Yiwei's killers. Instead, a lot of money and manpower were wasted! So this time, in order to avoid the Jin Yiwei's detection, my lord's intention is that the fewer people know about it, the better.
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Xu Shu's words also made everyone feel better. As Xu Shu said, after the battle at Hangu Pass, Cao Cao saw the power of the heavy cavalry, and Cao Cao also had the idea of forming a new army. But he started to do so several times in succession.
When a new army is formed, "accidents" will happen one after another. Later, Man Chong sent people to investigate and found out that all of this was a good thing done by the Jin Yiwei of Western Qin. Obviously, Western Qin did not want other forces to also form a heavy cavalry army with such power.
Huge army! Cao Wei can't compare with Western Qin. He doesn't have such strong financial resources to back him up. After several failures, this plan can only be abandoned. Everyone thought that Cao Cao had given up the idea of forming a new army, but he didn't.
To think that Cao Cao secretly formed a new army!
After listening to Xu Shu's explanation, everyone got rid of their initial dissatisfaction and doubts, and then became excited! Everyone has long known how powerful Li Duan's heavy cavalry is, and now they know that Cao Wei also has such a powerful heavy cavalry army.
Everyone was happy for it! Cao Zhang, who had just returned from the battlefield, was especially excited. He stood up and shouted: "Father! Mr. Xu! Where is this army? I will lead this army and drive the Western Qin army back together."
Go inside the pass!"
When Cao Zhang took the lead, many generals stood up and asked for orders. Even Cao Ang was eager to give it a try. However, Cao Cao was still looking sick and sick at the moment and had no way to respond. Xu Shu could only take his place.
Cao Cao said to the generals: "Generals, please be patient! This army is not in Dongjun now! Moreover, the commander of this army has been in place for a long time! We cannot change the general for the time being!"
"Ah?" After hearing the first half of Xu Shu's words, all the generals could understand. After all, if this army and horse were arranged in Dongjun, it would attract too much attention. If they want to avoid people's eyes and ears, they should naturally be placed elsewhere.
But after Xu Shu said the last half of the sentence, the generals stopped. Cao Zhang was the first to yell: "How can this be done? I don't believe it. When it comes to fighting, who else in the Wei army can compare with Cao Zhang?"
Everyone here! Even if you are better than me, there is Brother Zidan! Oh! By the way, there is also General Yu! General Yu, right?" As he spoke, Cao Zhang patted a veteran beside him with his hand.
, it is Yu Ban!
It's just that Yu Jin's appearance was a little strange before, as if he was absent-minded. Yu Jin was also startled by Cao Zhang's slap, but he quickly reacted and smiled awkwardly, but stopped talking and just lowered his head.
, I don’t know what I’m thinking about.
Xu Shu didn't seem to notice Yu Jin's strange reaction, but turned his head and said to Cao Zhang: "The commander-in-chief of the new army has been responsible for the command of the new army since its establishment. For the new army, no one in the world can compare with him.
We are more familiar with each other! So it is most appropriate for him to continue to lead the new army!" Xu Shu's words made Cao Zhang and others confused. They looked around and it seemed that all of Cao Wei's elite generals were here.
, who else can gain such trust from Cao Cao and Xu Shu? But seeing what Xu Shu meant, he didn’t seem to want to say it out loud, so the generals could only give up for the time being.
"Ah! That's right!" Cao Zhen suddenly seemed to remember something, frowned and asked Xu Shu: "Master Xu, what is the designation of this new army?" Since the end of Cao Pi's rebellion, Cao Zhen has become Cao Wei's army.
The highest-ranking generals in the Chinese military had to hand over military affairs to Cao Zhen for registration, so Cao Zhen also had to understand clearly the numbers of the new army.
Xu Shu turned his head and glanced at Cao Cao, but Cao Cao still didn't change much. Xu Shu couldn't help but show worry on his face, but soon Xu Shu turned around and regained his previous calmness and determination, and answered with confidence in his tone.
: "According to the Lord's wishes, the new army will be named: Tiger and Leopard Cavalry!"
————————————————Dividing Line————————————————————Outside Changyuan City, Zhang Fei’s army has already
It was stationed about five miles away from the city wall, facing the city wall in the distance. On the top of the city, Gao Shun and other generals looked at the outside of the city with heavy expressions, although they had long known that Zhang Fei led one hundred thousand Chu troops.
After arriving in Yanzhou, when Zhang Fei's army actually appeared in front of them, the generals could still feel the suffocating oppressive momentum.
Deng Ai, the youngest among them all, couldn't help but gasped and sighed: "This Zhuge Liang is indeed a genius in the world! If I remember correctly, although Liu Bei was in charge of two states ten years ago, he only had three soldiers and horses.
Only 40,000! It has only been ten years now, and Zhuge Liang has trained an army of more than 200,000 for Liu Bei! When I heard this information, I thought Zhuge Liang just hurriedly grabbed some strong men to make up the number, but now it seems,
The Chu army soldiers are all elite soldiers, even compared to our Western Qin army, they are not much different!" After Deng Ai finished speaking, other generals also showed the same look, obviously they were also impressed by Zhuge Liang's talent.
They expressed deep admiration. At the same time, there was something strange in their expressions. Before this, they were all the proud sons of the Western Qin Army, but now that they met such a talented person, they inevitably felt a little uncomfortable.
Gao Shun, who was standing among the generals, changed his usual silence and said in a deep voice: "Zhuge Liang is a genius in the world. Even my lord appreciates this! But there is no need for you to be so depressed. You are all from me, Xi Qin."
The lord also has high hopes for the future of the army! I just hope that you can work hard and don’t let the lord down!"
Although Gao Shun acted in a low-key manner, his influence among the generals of the Western Qin Army was not small. His words were worth a fortune, and the generals were shocked when they heard them. For a moment, even those behind them were shocked.
The morale of the soldiers has also increased a lot.
"Uncle!" Le Wei, who was standing on the left hand side of Gao Shun, was one of the few young generals who was not affected. He kept a calm expression from beginning to end and asked Gao Shun: "Now the enemy has already
How should we respond when we rush outside the city?"
"Huh!" Gao Shun snorted coldly, but it was not aimed at Le Wei. He stared at the army outside the city and said with a hint of coolness: "In the battle of Hangu Pass, even if it was against the coalition forces of the Kanto princes,
, I have never been afraid! How capable the Chu army in front of me can be! Fall into camp, set up defense formations, and defend the city!"
"Here!" After hearing Gao Shun's order, the generals clasped their fists and agreed. Gao Xiu and Le Wei immediately commanded the trapped camp to start setting up formations at the city head, while other generals also commanded the Yuzhou Army.
Cooperating with the trapped camp to deploy city defenses. While commanding the soldiers, Guo Huai and Hao Zhao took the time to look at each other, with a trace of worry on their faces. Gao Shun was right what he said before, and Zhang Fei is now
It is true that the army cannot compare with the coalition forces of the Kwantung princes who attacked Hangu Pass back then, but now the city defense of Changyuan City under their feet is far inferior to that of Hangu Pass, the first pass in the world! I am afraid this battle will be another tough battle.