Han Shimou

Ten days later, Cao Cao's headache improved slightly, and suddenly there were flying horses from all over the country to report. (.) Xia Houyuan, who was fighting in Bingzhou, sent someone to report.

"Report!! Xu Yuan went straight to serve in the northwest, Gao Boyi got his help, General Xiahou was defeated in Bingzhou, lost troops and lost generals, and has returned to Jizhou!!!"

When Cao Cao heard the words, his eyes widened, his astonishment continued.There is also a detailed account report from the land of Shu.

"Report!!! The governor of Xichuan, Zhang Guyi, lost to Zhao Zilong. He was about to die, defeated by Jinzhu, and retreated to Anhan!!!"

As if struck by thunder, Cao Cao staggered a few steps and fell to his seat.At this point, the three armies attacking the northwest, except for the troops led by Cao Cao, were all defeated by the northwest generals and retreated.Cao Cao was gasping for breath, his heart was pounding with anger, and the pain from the headache hit his brain again, the pain made Cao Cao's facial features distorted, making him look particularly ferocious.

The generals could see that they were worried, Guo Jia secretly sighed, and was about to open his mouth.There is also Jingzhou's detailed work in the account to report.

"Report!!! Liu Jingsheng in Jingzhou passed away. With the help of Zhuge Kongming, Liu Xuande defeated Cai Degui's troops and captured the three counties of Xiangyang, Wuling, and Jiangxia. Later, Cai Degui surrendered to Jiangdong, Jiangdong The Sun family raised troops to rescue them, but they were still repeatedly defeated by Liu Xuande, who was now confronting Jiangdong troops in Jiangling, Nanjun!!!"

Hearing this, Cao Cao took a deep breath, at this time the Northwest Wen Clan's confidant trouble could not be wiped out, and Liu Xuande, who Cao Cao had always been afraid of over there, became stronger again.Cao Cao's lingering was disadvantageous, and his anger seemed to be burning all over his body.

Cao Cao's complexion changed rapidly, from black to red, all the generals under the tent dared not speak, and there was a dead silence inside the tent.Suddenly Cao Cao let out a roar of 'Wow', spurting blood from his mouth, arrow sores broke out, his headache cracked, and he passed out on the spot.

Cao Cao's illness was repeated, and the battle situation in the northwest was also unfavorable, and the army was panicked.Xun Yu, who was stationed in Luoyang, heard about the events in the northwest, and sent people to report and advise them to retreat. He also said that many Han officials in Luoyang were reckless and the situation was unstable.Guo Jia became more worried when he heard the report, so he dared not report it to Cao Cao for the time being.

A few days later, Cao Cao woke up from his illness, and wanted to garrison troops and stay in a tiger prison for a long time. If he wanted to advance, Guan Yu refused to defend him and was not allowed to advance.The battles in Bingzhou and Dongchuan were at a disadvantage again.Cao caoyu stopped his conquest of the Northwest War, and he was afraid of being ridiculed by the world and losing his dignity.At this time, I was hesitating in my heart.Shi Paiguan came to eat chicken soup and used Cao Cao to make up for himself.Cao cao doesn't know the taste of food, so he feels it when he sees chicken ribs in the bowl.While pondering, he opened his jaw and entered the account, asking for the night slogan.Cao Cao hissed and sighed, and said casually.

"Chicken ribs! Chicken ribs!"

Zhang Jaw didn't know why, but he still thought that Cao Cao had a deep meaning, and ordered all the generals to call him "chicken ribs".Yang Xiu, the master of the march, saw the word "chicken rib" in the pass, thought for a while, then laughed and taught the accompanying sergeants to pack their bags and prepare to return to Luoyang.The soldier was puzzled, and someone reported Zhang Jaw.Zhang Jaw was shocked, so he asked Yang Xiu to ask in the tent.

"The battle is imminent, and the prime minister has no orders. Dezu taught the soldiers to pack up?"

Yang Xiu smiled brightly and said immediately.

"The general doesn't know something. If you listen to tonight's order, you will know that the prime minister will retreat soon! The so-called chicken ribs, there is no meat to eat, but it is delicious to throw away. The battle in the northwest is difficult today. Staying for a long time will consume food, shake the morale of the army, and beware of Guan Yu's army coming to fight. "

Hearing the words, Zhang Jai was startled, but at the same time, he admired Yang Xiu's courage.It can be seen that Cao Cao is very suspicious, everyone knows that, except for Guo Jia, no one under his command would dare to speculate on Cao Cao's intentions, lest it will arouse Cao Cao's jealousy.

Zhang Jai thought for a while, his face froze, and he suddenly persuaded Yang Xiu.

"Dezu is really the prime minister's confidant! But the prime minister is a god in the world, if he knows you are thinking about his intentions and doesn't know your emotions, Dezu should restrain himself a little."

When Yang Xiu heard this, he suddenly came to his senses, broke out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly bowed to Zhang Jaw.

"The general's words are extremely kind, and Xiu Fang came to his senses. After returning this time, he will immediately teach today's soldiers to silence this matter."

Yang Xiu is a smart person who knows everything.Zhang Jai nodded slightly, and spoke to Yang Xiu again.

"I also hope that Dezu will not blame Zhang for being troublesome. Zhang has heard about Dezu's deeds in the past, although they were wonderful, they were not praised by the prime minister, so I have this advice."

After hearing this, Yang Xiu recalled the past in his mind.It turns out that Yang Xiuwei has a wild and unruly nature, indulges in talent, acts without scruples, and has violated Cao Cao's taboo several times.

At that time, Cao Cao had just defeated Yuan Shao, and his power was overwhelming. He once saw the garden in Yuan Shao's mansion, which was extremely spacious and magnificent, even more beautiful than the backyard of the imperial palace.Cao Cao disliked the lack of momentum in the Xiangfu garden, so he ordered someone to renovate the garden.When the garden was created, Cao Cao went to watch it, without praise or criticism.Garden officials, please nominate Cao Cao.Cao Cao took his pen and just put the word "living" on the door and went.Everyone didn't know what it meant.Later, when Yang Xiu learned about it, he laughed and told everyone.

"The prime minister's achievements are boundless, and Yuan Shao's new defeat is the top of the world. Xiuwen saw the prime minister in Yuan Shao's mansion in Jizhou, and once marveled at its magnificence. Today, the prime minister added movable type inside the door, which is also a wide character. The prime minister will definitely dislike this garden. But it's gorgeous and grand, and it loses its dignity." After hearing this, everyone came to their senses, so they built walls, built large-scale construction projects, and put in precious jade and flowers.Cao Cao was overjoyed after seeing it, so he asked everyone.

"Who wants to expand the garden?"

The left and right will tell Yang Xiuzhi's words one by one.Although Cao Cao praised it in his mouth, he was annoyed that Yang Xiu's words were wrong.If he said this, if the ministers in the court knew about it, there would be a lot of discussion in the meeting.Yang Xiu didn't know what was missing, and then one day later, Saibei sent a box of crisps.When Cao Cao saw that the people in Saibei dared to offer only a box of shortbread, he was annoyed, but he didn't want to get angry, so he wrote the word "Yihe crispy" on the box and put it on the desk.When Yang Xiu entered the case and saw it, he took a spoon and shared it with everyone.Everyone dared not, but Yang Xiu laughed.

"You don't need to worry too much, this is the prime minister's intention. This foreign race in Saibei, who doesn't know the prime minister's respect, actually insults the prime minister by offering such a small gift. The prime minister has no intention of taking it, so he asked me to share the food."

After hearing this, everyone felt at ease, and they all took crisps to eat.When Cao Cao learned about it later, he was very surprised, and asked Yang Xiu how he knew what he wanted, and Yang Xiu replied.

"The prime minister didn't like it, so I wrote the three characters of Yu Yihe Crisp. If you look at the characters, it means one person, one bite of crisp. You can see it after repairing it."

Although Cao Cao laughed when he heard the words, he was even more disgusted with Yang Xiu's smart behavior.

"I was born with a strange disease. I sleep in my dreams, and I often dance with swords to kill people. But when I am asleep, you must not come near me, or I will kill you!!!" One day, Cao Cao suddenly turned over in his nap tent. , fell to the ground, and a close waiter hurriedly grabbed it to cover it.Hearing the movement, Cao Cao was startled, jumped up and drew his sword, and slashed. After killing the man, he woke up.The soldiers outside the tent heard the movement and rushed to see him. They were all shocked when they saw Cao Cao killing people.But Cao Cao still pretended not to know, and went to bed again.After a long time, he got up, and suddenly shouted that the soldiers outside the tent came in, and asked in feign surprise.

"Who killed my servant?"

Tell everyone the truth.Cao Cao pretended to be in pain and ordered someone to bury him generously.So far everyone thought that Cao Caoguo had a strange disease and would kill people in his dreams.However, Yang Xiu understood Cao Cao's intentions and was annoyed that he had killed innocent people indiscriminately. Before the burial, he pointed to the corpse of the servant and sighed.

<ao听罢，对杨修这般不知好歹，不禁起了一分杀意。

Looking back on the past, Yang Xiu knew that he had already offended Cao Cao, so he didn't dare to do it again, so he replied that the soldiers were forbidden to talk about today's affairs.The soldiers were suspicious, and there were many discussions in the tent.

In addition, Cao Cao was disturbed that night and could not sleep soundly, so he went around the stronghold privately.Suddenly he heard soldiers discussing matters in the tent. After listening carefully, Cao Cao was shocked, and rushed into the account to ask the soldiers.No one dared to lie, so they told everyone immediately.Cao Cao was furious, so he returned the account and ordered someone to call Yang Xiu to ask him.Hearing Cao Cao's call, Yang Xiu trembled with fright, and hurriedly ordered Zhang Jai and Guo Jia to come to rescue him, then he dressed himself up and came to see Cao Cao quickly.

After Yang Xiu entered the account, he bowed and saluted, and then he heard Cao Cao sternly drink.

"Yang Dezu, you really have learned a lot from others. You can predict that I have the intention to withdraw the army!! How can you guess it!!?"

When Yang Xiu heard the words, he immediately knelt down and said obsequiously.

"Prime Minister forgives sins. I can't repair the ordinary people, but the prime minister is a god in the world. How can mortals figure out the will of the gods. I can't repair it after listening to the prime minister's weak orders tonight. If you think about it carefully, there is a little fallacy. If you make a mistake Honorable, I hope the Prime Minister will calm down."

Cao Cao narrowed his eyes suddenly, his eyes were full of murderous intent.If it weren't for the fact that Yang Xiu was quite talented, extremely intelligent, and a loyal minister, Cao Cao would have ordered him to be executed earlier.

At the moment Yang Xiu was quite restrained, Cao Cao's anger gradually subsided, and he said in a cold voice.

"Do you know your fallacy, the Prime Minister can use this to punish you for disturbing the morale of the army!!?"

Yang Xiu was so frightened that his face changed on the spot, wept and knelt down, begging Cao Cao for forgiveness.Cao Cao was thinking about it, while Guo Jia and Zhang Jai asked to see him outside the tent.When Cao Cao heard the news, he called the two of them to see him.After Guo Jia and Zhang Jaw made their salutes, Guo Jia reported first.

"Yang Dezu committed crimes below, trying to figure out the prime minister's intentions, offending the dignity, and death is not a pity. But the current situation is unstable. If this person is executed at this time, it will be harmful to our army. The prime minister will forgive his crime. For his performance, he will be punished later."

Hearing this, Cao Cao had no intention of killing Yang Xiu in his heart, but he deliberately suppressed his sharpness, so he drank in anger.

"No! This son doesn't understand the general situation, and he is arrogant because of his talent, if he is lightly forgiven. How can this prime minister command all the officials in the court!?"

"Prime Minister calm down. Although Yang Dezu is a proud man, he has a bit of knowledge, and his strategies and strategies are all excellent. He is sincere to the Prime Minister. Why don't the Prime Minister keep him and use it for him!?"