"Zi Xiao——!" A long and mournful cry sounded, deafening, and lasted for a long time.
Cao Ren's body had already been buried by Xun Yu. At this time, Cao Cao was lying on his coffin and crying bitterly.
Seeing Cao Cao's grief-stricken appearance, the civil and military officials stood silently on both sides of his tent, and no one dared to speak out to comfort him.
"Quickly order the army to prepare. In seven days, I will mobilize 100,000 troops to wipe out the Sun clan in Jiangdong!" Cao Cao cried for a while, and finally said through gritted teeth, his tone full of endless hatred.
"Lord, you must not do this!" When Xun Yu heard that Cao Cao planned to attack Jiangdong within seven days, his face changed with shock, and he did not care whether he would make his lord unhappy, so he hurriedly said.
"No? Why not?" Hearing that Xun Yu objected to sending troops, Cao Cao looked obviously unhappy. This was because it was Xun Yu who spoke. If it had been someone else, Cao Cao would have gone crazy and cursed.
"Our army defeated Yuan Shao in the Battle of Guandu. This is the time when our military power is rising in the world! Looking at the Central Plains, who else dares to compete with me now! I have 100,000 troops to sweep across Jiangdong, why not!" Cao Cao lost Cao Ren.
When you are in constant pain, how can you easily listen to other people’s advice?
"Although Yuan Shao was defeated, his power is still there. With the power of Hebei, it is not difficult to force another 100,000 soldiers to come out. What's more, Xiliang Ma Teng, Han Sui and others are very ambitious, and they are by no means easy to deal with. This
Our army was at war with Yuan Shao, and Ma Teng and other troops happened to be busy quelling the Qiang rebellion. If it hadn't been for the Qiang rebellion, who knows whether they would have sent troops to attack Xuchang like Sun Jian? But now that their fate has been decided, if
Our army is going south regardless of everything, maybe Ma Teng and Han Sui will do something strange!" Xun Yu warned bitterly, "What's more, there is Liu Biao in the south. Although he has a gap with Sun Jian, his lips are dead and his teeth are cold. If the Lord mentions
When a hundred thousand troops invade the south, who can guarantee that he will not choose to join forces with Sun Jian out of fear? In short, it is far from time to send troops to the south!"
Cao Cao's face was ashen. Although he didn't like Xun Yu's refutation of him like this, there was no doubt that everything the other party said was true.
"Fengxiao, do you have any good ideas that can help me successfully conquer Jiangdong?" Cao Cao asked Guo Jiadao.
Seeing Cao Cao questioning him, Guo Jia could only smile helplessly. He was just a counselor, not a god. How could he come up with so-called good strategies regardless of objective conditions?
"I have no idea." Guo Jia shook his head and said calmly.
"Alas!" Cao Cao also knew that he was forcing others to make things difficult, but he felt stuffy in his chest.
"Why is it that Sun Jian can attack my city without restraint, but it is so difficult for me to attack Jiangdong?" Cao Cao asked looking up to the sky.
When everyone heard the words, they were all silent and looked at each other speechlessly.
At this time, an unknown civil servant stood up and explained to Cao Cao in detail: "My lord, Sun Jian has unified Jiangdong and has been in power for many years. There are no strong enemies around him. The only ones to worry about are Shan Yue and Liu Biao'er. However,
There are people living in the mountains and wilds. Although they can cause some trouble to Sun Jian, it is only a minor trouble after all. Liu Biao is old and his ambition has long been gone. After Sun Jian captured Jiangxia, he feared Sun Jian like a tiger and did not dare to move lightly.
.Therefore, Sun Jian was able to go north to attack Xuchang without any worries. However, the lord was different. He was in the heart of the Central Plains, with Ma Teng in the west and Yuan Shao in the north. They were both major dangers, so he could not easily go south in a hurry to prevent
Unexpected."
After the civil servant finished his talk, he showed a slightly complacent look on his face. Didn't the Lord just ask such a simple question? Why can't these famous counselors answer each one? It seems that I am quite talented.
Ah, I wonder if the lord will give me a reward or an official position because he is satisfied with my answer?
But he didn't know that at this time, whether it was Xun Yu, Guo Jia, or other advisers, they were all staring at him as if they were looking at a fool.
Oh my God, how on earth did such an extremely stupid person get into Cao Cao's employ?
Indeed, the principles that the man said couldn't be simpler, but wouldn't Cao Cao understand these principles and need others to tell him? This guy is still talking here and making a long speech. How much does he understand?
Does he look down on his master?
Cao Cao's previous question was just a slightly indignant exclamation. He didn't really want to ask why Sun Jian was able to fight but he couldn't. Everyone knew this well, so naturally they wouldn't stupidly come forward to answer.
.Unexpectedly, some of these colleagues were so stupid. They really thought Cao Cao was asking. This was obviously belittling his master's IQ!
This guy is miserable, everyone thought silently. Even if he is not miserable now, he will definitely be miserable in the future.
Even though Cao Cao was furious at this moment, he was not only slightly amused by this "serious" guy in front of him. Hey, what's his name?
Cao Cao did not immediately punish this blind guy. After all, he "asked" and was answered in a reasonable manner, so there was no reason for punishment. However, in the following decades, the unknown civil servant never received any promotion. In this
I stayed in this miserable position until I retired.
But in the end, after everyone's repeated admonitions, Cao Cao finally gave up the idea of attacking Jiangdong despite all his reluctance and unwillingness.
However, the fate that Sun Quan, who was captured by Yu Jin from the camp of Sun Jian's army, faced was extremely miserable. In Cao Cao's eyes, Sun Quan must die, and he wanted to use the life of Sun Jian's son to pay tribute to Cao Ren's heroic spirit.
Sun Jian valued his son's life very much, otherwise he would not have retreated to Wancheng. Xun Yu said that whether to release Sun Quan would have to wait until Cao Cao came back, so as soon as the news came that Cao Cao had returned to Xuchang, he immediately
Additional envoys were sent to discuss the release of Sun Quan.
Cao Cao simply ignored the envoy and didn't even see him.
At first, Sun Jian thought that the envoy was not powerful enough, so he assigned Lu Kang from the Lu family in Jiangdong to go to Xuchang as an envoy to ask for Sun Quan's return.
The Lu family is a famous family in Jiangdong. Among the four major noble families in Jiangdong, the Lu family ranks first. And Lu Kang is the current head of the Lu family. He is already 70 years old this year and is a famous scholar in Jiangzuo.
Lu Kang may not be famous in later generations, but his grandson is very famous, and that is Lu Xun of the Fire Company.
In Sun Jian's opinion, Lu Kang's reputation is big enough. Letting him discuss with you, Cao Cao, is a favor to you, and you should return my son to me.
Therefore, Sun Jian did not care about respecting the elderly and the virtuous, and directly ordered the seventy-year-old man to go to Xuchang to negotiate with Cao Cao.
How could Lu Kang, with his old arms and legs, be willing to go on a long journey? However, disobeying Sun Jian's orders may lead to some very serious consequences. Secondly, Sun Jian also promised that if Sun Quan is released, he will definitely treat the Lu family well.
In the end, Lu Kang had no choice but to reluctantly set off.