Liu Qi, the eldest son of the Three Kingdoms

() "Zhongkang, why are you in such a mess!!!"

A middle-aged man with a height of seven feet, slender eyes and long beard, and short appearance saw that Xu Chu was covered in blood and stumbled into the barracks.

Xu Chu was ashamed, knelt down with a "plop", and pleaded guilty to the person in front of him, his lord Cao Cao, and said, "My lord, Chu reckless, wants to capture Bowang and set the head of the lord." Unexpectedly, he was defeated by the guards. There are 5000 troops, but the criminals only bring back [-]. Please punish the lord!!!”

When Cao Cao heard the defeat report, he was not as angry as Xu Chu imagined. He looked calm and asked, "You are reckless. I know that. Wenda is a meticulous person. I appointed him as your lieutenant general just to let him Dissuade you at the critical moment, why didn't he persuade you?" When speaking, his words were serious, his eyes shone brightly, and he stared straight at Xu Chudao.

Xu Chu was a little flustered. After all, he is a loyal man. One person does one thing and one person is responsible. He kowtowed and said, "General Li persuaded me, but I didn't listen. I insisted on storming this city. The fault is mine, not General Li!"

Cao Cao nodded, winning or losing is a common matter in military affairs, some mistakes can be made, and some mistakes can't be made in a lifetime, otherwise it will ruin your life once.Then let Li Tong come in and ask, and the answer was similar to that of Xu Chu. <Rui Jing Rui can't attack a small town with less than [-] defenders. "Although Cao Cao's face was not angry, he was still a little unhappy in his heart.

"My lord, the defenders in the city use a special crossbow, which is different from the three-shot crossbow commonly used by our army. It is a ten-shot crossbow, which can be shot continuously within a few breaths, and is extremely powerful. This crossbow is also bigger than ordinary Liannu, it seems to weigh about thirty or forty catties, and it can only be used on the city wall." It was Li Tong who observed carefully during the battle.

"Oh, how many are there? Will Liu Qi's army make a large number of them?" Cao Cao was a little curious about the new weapons, and saw the key to the battle at a glance.

"The general estimates that there are hundreds of them. As for whether the Jingzhou army has a large number of them, the general really doesn't know." Li Tong replied truthfully.

"Well, Wenda, you are innocent in this battle, so you go down." Cao Cao waved his hand and told Li Tong to go down.Seeing that the lord did not punish him, Li Tong was overjoyed. He looked at Xu Chu who was kneeling on the ground, showing a sympathetic look, but he could not intercede for Xu Chu either.

Xu Chu knew that he had caused a catastrophe this time, so he couldn't escape the punishment, so he kowtowed and said, "Xu Chu is wrong, please ask my lord to punish him!"

"Hmph, you still know that you are wrong! Because of your recklessness, I lost four thousand elite fighters in vain. I can't vent my hatred even if I kill you ten thousand times! Someone, drag me out and chop me up!" Cao Cao Cao was furious, jumping and shouting.

"promise".

The guard outside the tent listened to the order and came in to pull Xu Chu away.

"My lord, absolutely not!"

"Lord, wait a minute!"

The counselors and generals in the tent all dissuaded him, Guo Jia came out and said: "My lord, beheading the general before the battle is not good for the army!"

"That's right, Xu Chu is guilty, but he didn't die. He also tested the truth of the Jingzhou army, so that our army will be prepared for the next step. Please let him take the blame and make meritorious service." General Xu Huang persuaded.

"Yeah yeah!"

"Forgive him."

"Leave him alive and let him commit crimes and meritorious deeds!".

Cao Cao's remaining counselors Xun You, Guo Jia, Cheng Yu, Liu Ye, and generals Zhang He, Yu Jin, Man Chong, Gao Lan, Cai Yang, Cao Hong, Cao Chun, etc. also came out to persuade them.

In fact, Cao Cao is also acting as a show, so he won't be willing to kill his loyal confidant and beloved general in his heart.It's just for everyone to see. After all, the state owns the country's laws, and the army has military regulations. You can't act arbitrarily just because of Cao Cao's preferences.

As for being furious, Cao Cao didn't fake it, but was really angry, but not to Xu Chu, but to Liu Qi.Liu Qi is really treacherous to make such a weapon for defending the city.He also killed four thousand elites.I'm afraid that the strategists behind him deliberately gave Cao Cao a bad reputation here.How could Cao Cao not be angry.

Seeing everyone begging for mercy, Cao Cao had a step down, hesitantly said: "Well, everyone begs for you. I won't kill you either."

When Xu Chu heard that Cao Cao would not kill him, he was overjoyed and kowtowed repeatedly, "Thank you, my lord. Thank you, my lord."

"Don't thank me first. Capital crimes can be forgiven and living crimes cannot be pardoned. Because of your reckless behavior, I lost four thousand elites. Now you will be fined for one year's salary, stripped of your official position, and reduced to a pawn in front of the account. At the same time, you can stick thirty. Be a warning to others!"

This is the lightest punishment, so everyone did not continue to persuade.Seeing the poor Xu Chu being dragged down, Cao Cao felt very angry.Very angry, Liu Qi is too treacherous.In such a small city, two thousand elite soldiers were ambushed, and there were such sharp weapons for defending the city.The intention is to give me Cao Cao a blow.

"Looking at Liu Qi's actions, what do you think?" Cao Cao was only a little sorry for the loss of 4000 people, and he was really concerned about how Liu Qi's main force would respond.

A pale young man came out and said: "Jia thought that Liu Qi was going to fight our army. In a battle of more than [-] people, the role of the city seems to be very small. Especially in places like Jingzhou, most of the cities are built along the water. There is no such natural danger as a high mountain to defend."

Guo Jia coughed and continued: "Ma Teng's part is just working and not working hard. If the lord wins this time, he will attack with all his strength; if the lord is invincible or defeated, he will stop attacking immediately. General Xiahou will face the Yangtze River. Naturally, our army is not good at water warfare, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to cross the Yangtze River. The key to this battle is the battle between the lord and Liu Qi. So I thought that Liu Qi must concentrate his main force in Wancheng and fight our army decisively. Only Only by defeating the lord can Liu Qi resolve this crisis. Within a month, Liu Qi will definitely take the initiative to seek a decisive battle with our army."

Cao Cao nodded in agreement.Then there was a question, Cao Cao asked: "Then should our army fight Liu Qi?"

A dull-looking man with dull eyes came out and said, "My lord and Liu Qi have just experienced the war, and their strength has not yet fully recovered. But Liu Qi is different from our army. Jingzhou is rich, and Jiaozhou in the south has less experience of war. The population of food and grass has not decreased but increased. On the other hand, our army Yanzhou, Xuzhou, Qingzhou, and Yuzhou are all war-torn places. The recovery is not as good as Liu Qi. So the purpose of our army is to fight urgently."

"Gongda, what you said is true! The last time Yuan Shaoyu attacked my rear and let this kid go, I didn't expect to make this kid a fool. This time, he won't be so cheap."It turned out that that person was Cao Cao's mastermind, Xun You. This person was dull on the outside, but in fact he was hiding a strategy.Cao Cao commented that he is: stupid on the outside and wise on the inside, cowardly on the outside and brave on the inside, weak on the outside and strong on the inside, do not cut down on kindness, do not work hard, wisdom is attainable, and stupidity is beyond reach.

(Sorry for the dizziness today and tomorrow!)