Cao Cao treated Guan Yu to the extreme. He had a small banquet every three days and a big banquet every five days. Gifts of gold and silver were as frequent as daily life. In Xiahou Dun's view, although Guan Yu was good at martial arts, there were many generals with superb martial arts in Cao Cao's camp.
Even if he is gone, he may not be any worse than him. How can he, a mere Guan Yu, be able to receive such extra generous treatment?
However, this Guan Yu was so taken care of by Cao Cao, but he still didn't appreciate it and wanted to leave all the time. This made Xiahou Dun even more unhappy.
But now, Guan Yu dared to leave without leaving any sympathy for Cao Cao. One can imagine how angry Xiahou Dun was when he learned the news. It can be said that his lungs were almost beating fast.
He was furious. But this was an order issued by Cao Cao himself. Even the customs clearance documents and other documents had been sent to him. No matter how angry Xiahou Dun was, he couldn't think of any way to stop Guan Yu from leaving.
"Guan Yunchang has the courage of a thousand men and is a good general in the world. If he is allowed to leave, there will be endless troubles..." Guo Jia said to Xiahou Dun worriedly.
It has been a long time since Xiahou Dun disliked Guan Yu. When Guan Yu was in Cao Ying, Guo Jia thought that Xia Hou Dun was a bit petty, but now that Guan Yu has run away, Guo Jia is thankful that there is such a person in Cao Ying.
People who hate Guan Yu.
"What do you mean by the military advisor?" Xiahou Dun was very dissatisfied with Guo Jia's praise of Guan Yu. However, Xiahou Dun was not a fool, and he also heard some different meanings from Guo Jia's words.
"Guan Yu must be killed." Although he only said eight short words, Guo Jia's tone was extremely cold. At least in Xiahou Dun's impression, Guo Jia had never said such sinister words.
"Does the military advisor want to intercept Guan Yu halfway?" Xiahou Dun asked.
"Yes, if Guan Yu is let go, it will definitely be a big trouble in the future." Although Guo Jia's tone was less cold at this time, it still showed a bit of indifference, "However, when Guan Yu was serving under the lord's account, he and the others
I have many friends with the generals and asked others to intercept and kill Guan Yu. I was afraid that they might not agree, so I specially asked the general to discuss it, hoping that the general could eliminate this problem for Cao Ying."
"Don't worry, military advisor, I will go out of the city to intercept Guan Yu, and I will definitely take his head!" Xiahou Dun heard this, and without any hesitation, he took over the task of intercepting and killing Guan Yu.
Xiahou Dun also knew that killing Guan Yu was not Cao Cao's intention, but was Guo Jia's "arbitrary act". If he let Cao Cao know about Guan Yu's killing, he would definitely arouse his thunderous wrath. But for this,
Xiahou Dun didn't care anymore. Like Guo Jia, he took the expansion of Cao Cao's power as his primary duty. Even compared to Guo Jia, Xiahou Dun and Cao Cao were brothers when they were young, and they were more looking forward to Cao Cao's early peace than Guo Jia.
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Although he hates Guan Yu, Xiahou Dun does admit that Guan Yu is a big threat. Since it is a threat, it must be removed!
Xiahou Dun didn't take any action before, just because he didn't think of "hunting down Guan Yu". Xiahou Dun was loyal to Cao Cao, so he would obey Cao Cao's orders no matter how reluctant he was, without causing any trouble.
He had other thoughts. After hearing that Cao Cao let Guan Yu go, although he was angry, he did not have the idea of "it would be better to catch up with Guan Yu and kill him." However, now, after Guo Jia said this, the murderous intention in Xiahou Dun's heart was gone.
He was provoked, and since that was the case, he would not forcefully suppress this murderous intention.
"My lord did let Guan Yu go, but there was no order saying that the generals in Cao's camp could not pursue him after he left, right? So strictly speaking, killing Guan Yu cannot be considered a violation of the order." Guo Jia whispered in Xiahou Dun's ear.
Guo Jia also knew that killing Guan Yu would definitely anger Cao Cao, and both he and Xiahou Dun would be in trouble. Although he would not suffer any major sins, some punishment would definitely be inevitable. Guo Jia
To put it this way, he was afraid that Xiahou Dun would worry about Cao Cao's orders and give up in the end, so he first found a strong-worded reason to escape guilt so that he could feel at ease.
"What kind of person do the military advisors think I am, Xiahou Dun? If I go to kill Guan Yu this time, I am going against my lord's will, so why should I quibble about it? But even if it is against my will, so what, I will still kill Guan Yu!" Regarding Guo Jia's words
Xiahou Dun didn't take it seriously and retorted loudly.
Guo Jia smiled bitterly. He had underestimated Xiahou Dun. He had really made a mistake just now.
"How many troops will the general bring to pursue Guan Yu?" Guo Jia put aside the previous topic and asked Xiahou Dun a different question.
"Twenty tiger and leopard cavalry are enough!" Xiahou Dun said with high spirits.
Guo Jia frowned slightly, Xiahou Dun was overestimating himself. With Guan Yu's bravery, Xiahou Dun only took twenty men with him to intercept him. Was he going to kill someone or to die? Don't expect Guan Yu's head to be taken by then, Cao Jun
If everyone wants to attend to the funeral of Xiahou Dun, then they are really reaping the consequences.
"The general has fewer people. In my opinion, the general should lead at least a hundred people, preferably fifty cavalry and archers each. If possible, the general must find another general in Cao's camp to go forward with the general.
Just go."
"What does the military counselor mean by this?" Xiahou Dun knew that Guan Yu was powerful, but he was always conceited and believed that twenty tiger and leopard cavalry plus himself were enough to deal with Guan Yu. Of course, Guo Jia said this, which made him extremely unhappy.
Each of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry is an elite soldier worth ten. If he leads a hundred Tiger and Leopard Cavalry forward, he also has to recruit another general. Doesn't that mean that there is a huge gap between himself and Guan Yu?
"Yuan Rang...I'm not questioning your bravery. It's just that this time you are chasing Guan Yu, you must eliminate the root cause. You only bring twenty people. Even if you encounter Guan Yu, if he wants to escape, you may not be able to stop him.
You can hold him back." Of course Guo Jia knew Xiahou Dun's arrogance, and he naturally knew how to speak. At this time, Guo Jia did not persuade Xiahou Dun to see the gap between himself and Guan Yu, but looked for another reason to fool Xiahou Dun so that he could
Accept the idea of bringing in more people.
After listening to Guo Jia's words, Xiahou Dun pondered for a moment and finally agreed with the other party's statement.
Indeed, with Guan Yu's martial arts skills, it would be difficult to escape if he only wanted to escape, not to mention that he was riding a red rabbit horse.
Xiahou Dun's purpose was to kill Guan Yu. If Guan Yu escaped in the end, such a result would be absolutely unacceptable.