Chapter 766: Cao Cao woke up from his dream (first update)

"Let me inform you and wait for a moment."

The gatekeeper's face calmed down slightly when he heard this, and he clasped his fists and said.

"Thank you, sir." The Knight naturally did not dare to object and said with his head down.

Not long after, the chief clerk of Cao Cao's camp came out. The chief clerk was originally calm and composed, but after a few words of a hurry to talk to the knight who came to report, his face immediately changed drastically.

"Come with me." After saying this, the chief clerk shook his sleeves and asked someone to prepare a carriage and take the two knights to Cao Cao's central camp.

What should I do if something big happened?

You know, Cao Gong only inspected the Yellow River today and selected a place to cross the river. But unexpectedly, such a thing happened.

Such a big thing happened behind.

On the carriage, the chief clerk's heart was in a mess.

Not long after, the chief clerk brought the chief officer among the knights to the outside of the central army's tent.

"Prime Minister, the battle report in the rear has arrived." The chief clerk whispered outside the big tent.

In the central army's tent, Cao Cao was still talking to Jia Xu, looking very happy. After hearing the sound from the chief clerk outside the tent, he couldn't help but frown.

The voice was too low, and it seemed to be deliberately suppressed. In Cao Cao's opinion, this chief clerk was a little too afraid of him.

However, he was in a good mood at the moment. Cao Cao also tried to make conspiracy about this little thing. He couldn't help but say, "Please bring it in."

As for this rear war report, Cao Cao didn't care much.

In Cao Cao's opinion, there were 50,000 elite soldiers guarding the city of Xu, and Zhu Ling's 20,000 elite cavalry as support. The food road and Xu should be very safe.

If Zhao Yun's cavalry dared to emerge, they would immediately attack them and lay down.

In fact, this was just Cao Cao's fantasy, but he was speculating in his heart that the cavalry of Chu would not appear in the Central Plains. Who would foolishly take out 30,000 cavalry that had just been established for a year and pounce on the Central Plains?

There are Zhu Ling's 20,000 cavalry that can wipe out the invading enemies at any time.

"promise."

Outside the door, the chief clerk replied and walked in with a roll of bamboo slips. Behind him, he followed the knight.

"Prime Minister, this is the battle report from the rear." After coming to the central army's tent, the chief clerk did not dare to say a word, but just took a few steps forward and handed the battle report to Cao Cao.

The knight behind him was also very well-behaved, and even lowered his head in fear.

How should we bear the prime minister's anger?

These two people are one of the chief clerk and the other are knight. They have different official positions, even very different people. However, they are worried in their hearts at the same time.

"How is this possible? How is this possible? Is Zhu Ling a good meal? Twenty thousand cavalry and 20,000 cavalry were actually defeated by Kou Feng's 30,000 cavalry. I want to break up his nine tribes and nine tribes."

The above is the report written by Xun Yu himself, Zhu Ling was killed and hundreds of thousands of horses in the horse farm were robbed.

When opening the bamboo slips, Cao Cao's expression was very natural, relaxed, and even a little slow. However, after opening the bamboo slips and seeing the content recorded in it.

Cao Cao's face changed instantly.

From relaxed and natural to sudden change to red, red, just like pig liver.

Then it was blue and white. Then it became white and black, and then it became red again.

It's like watching a light, changing.

The expression on Cao Cao's face was also so changeable, shocked and angry, incredible, and overwhelming hatred.

The war and the losses mentioned in Xun Yu's report were full of shock and anger, and they were unbelievable. They had great hatred for Zhu Ling's failure.

What was lost was not only the elite cavalry who could compete for battle, but also the tens of thousands of war horses they rode on. This was the most direct loss.

The indirect loss is the 200,000 war horses of various colors. Without them, the supply capacity of Cao's army's war horses would be reduced by one third.

And with them in the Chu State, it is equivalent to a continuous supply of war horses.

How can this not make Cao Cao frightened and angry?

All of this is attributed to Zhu Ling's mistake. In Cao Cao's opinion, his 20,000 cavalry against the 30,000 new heads of Zhao Yun of Chu State, would definitely be able to win a great victory.

Even if you cannot win big, you should have a small victory. It is impossible to have any mutual victory or defeat, or even a big defeat.

All of this was because of Zhu Ling's command mistakes.

He was really a good idea to kill the nine tribes of Zhu Ling.

Cao Cao rarely gets angry, not to mention that his face changed so many times, and his tone of speaking was so angry.

The chief clerk who had been following Cao Cao for a long time trembled all over and quickly lowered his head.

The chief clerk was so unbearable, let alone the knight who sent the message. He was trembling all over and sweating heavily.

Even Jia Xu, who was always happy and angry, was not surprised by honor and disgrace. If he didn't speak, others could treat him as a candle, couldn't help but open his eyes and look at Cao Cao's changing face, showing a hint of surprise.

What exactly is it that makes this overlord of the Central Plains so incompetent?

He also threatened to kill the nine Zhu Ling clans? Although Cao Cao was easy to kill, he had even done a lot of things like massacre in his life. However, he treated his subordinates mainly to win people's hearts.

Some minor mistakes can be turned a blind eye. Even if Cao Cao betrays Cao Cao, surrenders, or even submits, Cao Cao can let go of some people.

It’s not that Cao Cao is so generous, but because he can win people’s hearts.

Because Cao Cao knew that talents were the most important in troubled times. Therefore, Cao Cao would not kill nine subordinates. Especially those who were meritorious ministers like Zhu Ling were also people who died in state affairs.

It must have been a huge thing that made Cao Cao so angry, so uncontrollable and tolerant.

Jia Xu opened his eyes, and the chief clerk and the knight were still nervous. But neither of them spoke.

In the central army's tent, only Cao Cao's heavy breathing sound was left. It was not until a long time later that the breathing sounded, but Cao Cao's expression did not change back.

It's basically a blue-white color.

Seeing this, Jia Xu asked, "What happened in the rear that made the Prime Minister so angry?"

Cao Cao was so angry that he was so disobedient just now. At this moment, the anger in his heart gradually subsided. However, his whole aura became decadent.

He smiled bitterly, and then Cao Cao said to the chief clerk, the knight: "Send official documents to Xun Yu to make him feel at ease. Let's go down."

"No." The chief clerk, the knight, was overjoyed and immediately agreed to the promise.

Their clothes had already been wet with sweat, and they were afraid that Cao Cao would kill them in anger. Now that Cao Cao asked them to leave, he naturally walked very quickly.

Turn around and leave.

Looking at the panicked look of the two people, Jia Xu felt even more thoughtful. I'm afraid the matter is really big, big.

"What else can I talk about in the management of Yongliang? Now I have been robbed of my nest. In a blink of an eye, it may be the disaster for Yuan Benchu ​​at that time." After the chief clerk and the knight left, Cao Cao smiled bitterly and handed the bamboo slip in his hand to Jia Xu.

Jia Xu stood up and bent over to take it.

When I saw it, my eyes changed.

"Kou Feng's cavalry is so powerful?" Jia Xu said in a lost voice. This was impossible to happen in the past, but it did happen at this moment.

It was Kou Feng's cavalry that broke the tradition. Everyone knew that cavalry training was the most difficult. If an army, the most basic spear soldier, would be enough to train to become an ordinary elite.

The elites of a hundred battles need to fight bloody battles to be trained. The cavalry can take at least two years, and at most three or four years. It will take at least three or four years to become Zhu Ling's 20,000 cavalry.

Add dozens of wars.

Now Zhao Yun's cavalry has been established for less than a year, and most of them are newcomers who do not have the energy to survive any war. Why did he kill Zhu Ling?

Nowadays, the turbulent times have changed suddenly. What happens most often is unexpected things.

When Yuan Shao was in power in Hebei, when Cao Cao was the weakest, he even had the idea of ​​handing over his family to Yuan Shao as a proton. Who would have thought that more than ten years later, Cao Cao became the overlord of the north?

But that's a trace.

Cao Cao's ruler and all the civil and military officials under his tent were also extraordinary people, so he could naturally defeat Yuan Shao.

But Kou Feng's cavalry was left without a trace, and he just got up and defeated Zhu Ling's 20,000 cavalry so smoothly. Jia Xu could not remain calm even after seeing this kind of thing.

Too much stimulation.

"It's still Wenhe's steady mind." Cao Cao smiled bitterly again when he heard this. When he first looked at it, he thought that Zhu Ling was incompetent and was defeated. But he calmed down and thought it was impossible.

Cao Cao didn't like Zhu Ling's personality very much. However, he was a good player in war and was second only to the five good generals. He was equally matched with Li Dian and others.

The cavalry battle is also very simple and straightforward. According to Zhu Ling's ability, he should not be caught or be subjected to any conspiracy.

It is conceivable that Zhao Yun's cavalry must be too powerful, beyond expectations, so Zhu Lingcai was in a state of hatred.

He was shocked and angry just now and threatened to kill the nine Zhu Ling clans, which was too Meng Lang.

"It is basically impossible for Chu State to have powerful cavalry. But now the facts are right in front of you, so you can't help but believe it. Chu State has powerful cavalry, and with the hundreds of thousands of horses plundered this time, the cavalry of Chu State will become even stronger. This is inevitable. In the future, there will be a lot of hands and feet to fight." Jia Xu sighed and said.

"What decision does the Prime Minister have in his heart?" Jia Xu asked solemnly again.

The situation now is not in Cao Wei, but in Chu State. It is really hard to leave.

Cao Cao couldn't help but feel silent when he heard this. Then he sighed to the sky and said, "I really had a long and beautiful dream this time. Unfortunately, dreams are always dreams, and now it's time to wake up."

This is Cao Cao's admission that he had just discussed with Jia Xu in managing Yongliang, conquering Hanzhong, and thus competing for the might of Shu with Kou Feng, all the strategies he made in his dreams.

Flowers in the mirror and moon in the water.

It's hard to achieve now.

When Cao Cao sighed, he also regretted Jia Xu's plan. It was a pity that Jia Xu, a peerless adviser, came up with a plan.

Can differentiate Ma Teng and Han Sui.

But it's not here with me at the time.
Chapter completed!