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Chapter 66 Yuan Shao: Request an imperial decree to commend Zhang Xiu as soon as possible!
Yecheng, inside the office hall of the official residence.

Guo Jia presented a pile of military reports on Yecheng that had been processed, and said, "Third Master, these are the military reports that have just been processed."

"It includes the allocation of food and fodder for the front lines, the statistics of casualties and post-mortems, as well as various expenditures and purchases for military equipment this year. I have already made annotations on it, please review it, Third Young Master."

As he spoke, Guo Jia placed all the reports on the table.

Yuan Shang picked up a report at random, flipped through it for a few seconds, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face. He looked at Guo Jia with appreciation.

"Sir, you are truly a man of great talent!"

"Without your help, sir, it would be difficult for me to handle such complicated military affairs, let alone handle them in such an orderly manner."

Over the past few days, Yuan Shang has deeply witnessed Guo Jia's abilities.

Not only was he extremely good at strategy, he was also very good at handling military and political affairs, and he was extremely efficient and handled them very well, which saved him a lot of burden.

He even earned praise from his father Yuan Shao!

Guo Jia smiled faintly and said, "It's good to be able to share the worries of the Third Young Master."

Yuan Shang felt even more satisfied after hearing this.

It is really rare to have an aide who is capable, outspoken, willing to work but not seeking credit, and able to give him advice.

This made Yuan Shang really confused.

Why has such an aide, whose wisdom and ability are outstanding, even surpassing those of Shen Pei, Ju Su and others, remained unknown?

"It seems that my father is not good at employing people."

Yuan Shang shook his head in his heart, thinking that his father was very lacking in the ability to employ and identify people, and had missed out on such a talented person.

But now it can be used by him.

Thinking of this, Yuan Shang smiled and said to Guo Jia: "Sir, you have worked so hard. I plan to host a banquet at my house tonight. I will prepare fine wine, beauties and delicious food to help you relax. Please do me the honor of coming."

"Thank you, Third Young Master."

Guo Jia readily accepted Yuan Shang's invitation.

While the two were chatting, Shen Pei hurried into the hall.

Seeing this, Yuan Shang smiled and said, "Mr. Shen, you have come at the right time. I was just planning to hold a banquet..."

"Third Master, something big has happened!"

Before Yuan Shang finished speaking, Shen Pei spoke with a look of joy: "News came from the front line that Cao Cao failed in his expedition against Zhang Xiu in Wancheng. Not only were all 30,000 troops wiped out, but even his general Dian Wei was killed in the battle!"

"Not only that, his eldest son Cao Ang and nephew Cao Anmin also died in this battle, leaving Cao Cao alone to flee in a panic!"

Upon hearing the news, Guo Jia was stunned for a moment.

Cao Cao actually failed in his battle against Zhang Xiu?

This shouldn't happen. How could we fail?
Yuan Shang, who was standing by, was overjoyed when he heard this, and then asked, "When did this news come? Did you know, father?"

"It has just been reported, and the lord is not aware of it yet."

"Okay! Hurry up and follow me to report this to father. Don't let your second brother get there first!"

Yuan Shang's eyes lit up and he got up and went out.

Shen Pei saw this and hurried to follow.

Guo Jia stood there, hesitating whether to go into the palace to report the matter to Liu Xie, but after thinking about it, he decided to go to Yuan's Mansion first.

"Let's find out what happened and then report to His Majesty."

Guo Jia thought to himself and followed him.

...Yuan Mansion.

"Is this serious?!"

After listening to Yuan Shang's report, Yuan Shao said with astonishment on his face.

Upon hearing this, Yuan Shang quickly gave Shen Pei a look.

The latter immediately understood and stepped forward to Yuan Shao and said, "My lord, this is absolutely true. Cao Cao was defeated and Zhang Xiu won a great victory!"

"Hahahaha-!"

After confirming the authenticity of the news from Shen Pei, Yuan Shao couldn't help but clap his hands and laugh, and he looked much more energetic.

"Cao Cao is truly incompetent! He led an army of 30,000 to attack a mere Zhang Xiu, but he was defeated miserably? Ridiculous, ridiculous!"

"Hahahahaha!"

Ever since Cao Cao used the emperor to control the princes, Yuan Shao and he had been on opposite sides; now that he saw Cao Cao being humiliated, how could he not feel happy?
More importantly, Cao Cao's expedition against Zhang Xiu was because Zhang Xiu disobeyed the emperor's edict, but the result was like this. Once the news got out, it was a great blow to the prestige of the emperor of Xu County and Cao Cao.

After laughing, Yuan Shao continued to ask: "How did Cao Cao lose? Zhang Xiu only occupied Wancheng, and his troops were just the remnants of the Liangzhou army. How could he defeat Cao Cao?"

"Could it be that Liu Biao has sent out his troops?"

To be honest, he found this quite puzzling, because logically it was impossible for him to lose, and Zhang Xiu had no ability to defeat Cao Cao.

Unless Liu Biao sent troops to help Zhang Xiu.

But given Liu Biao's weak character, it is unlikely that he would help.

“It was not Liu Biao who sent out the troops.

Shen Pei shook his head, coughed lightly, and then said, "I heard that Zhang Xiu had already left the city to surrender, but when Cao Cao entered the city that day, he was attracted by the beauty of Zhang Xiu's aunt Zou and forcibly took possession of her, which made Zhang Xiu furious."

"A few days later, Zhang Xiu got Cao Cao's guard Dian Wei drunk and had his halberds stolen. He then led his troops to attack Cao Cao's camp at night."

"Dian Wei died in battle to protect Cao Cao's escape. Cao Ang and Cao Anmin also died while guarding the rear. Cao's army was leaderless and was slaughtered by Zhang Xiu's troops. They fled in disarray."

After Shen Pei finished speaking, Yuan Shang and Guo Jia couldn't help but look strange.

The reason why Cao Cao was defeated... was actually because of a woman?
Even Yuan Shao, a shrewd man, couldn't help but burst into laughter after hearing the reasons for Cao Cao's defeat: "Cao Mengde, Cao Mengde! You...hahahaha!"

He hadn't been this happy in a long time.

Because the reason why Cao Cao was defeated was really ridiculous!
For the sake of a woman, Zhang Xiu, who had originally surrendered, rebelled in anger. Otherwise, his 30,000 troops would be wiped out, and he would even lose a powerful general, an eldest son and a nephew!
Such expensive prostitution fees are unique in history.

After a long while, Yuan Shao managed to stop laughing, and then said to Shen Pei: "Go and inform Gong Yu, and ask him to go to the palace to ask the emperor to commend Zhang Xiu!"

"This matter must be publicized! Let everyone in the world know about it!"

Yuan Shao's tone was full of sarcasm.

Cao Cao had made such a fool of himself this time, so he naturally couldn't miss such a good opportunity.

He wants the whole world to know about this!
The most important thing is to use this incident to damage Cao Cao's reputation!

He believed that after this incident spread, Cao Cao's authority as the emperor would certainly decline a lot, which would undoubtedly be very beneficial to him.

"Yes, my lord!"

Shen Pei nodded in agreement.

Yuan Shao was in a good mood at this time, and then asked: "What is the situation on the front line now? Are there any results in Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Lu Bu and Liu Bei's campaign against Yuan Shu?"

The three armies have begun attacking Yangzhou.

However, because he was recuperating at home, he didn't know the specific situation of the battle and needed to ask.

(End of this chapter)