The first general of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 318

"That's the end of this battle. Let Xingba take a good rest. This time is already thanks to him."

Wei Tao shook his head slightly, and said directly, just now the news has come, four hundred of the Bingzhou cavalry under Wei Tao's command died, and the rest were all wounded.

This also shows the strength of the tiger and leopard cavalry.

However, this point has long been expected by Wei Tao. Without this strength, Cao Cao would not have agreed to Wei Tao's words so easily.

Cao Cao is cunning, but not stupid.

"One defeat, one tie. If it were me, I would not fight anyone again. But this battle can be regarded as a good pressure on Cao Cao. Compared with Cao Cao, it can be said that he suffered even more, but it is not bad. It's gone."

Hearing what Wei Tao said, Zhou Yu and others beside him also nodded slightly. In fact, it was true. Cao Cao could not have been so easily plotted by others.

Now Cao Cao will definitely not give any more chances.

"Report! There is an envoy from Cao Jun coming from outside, hoping to ask to see the lord!"

While Wei Tao was discussing with everyone, someone outside the account came to report.

Hearing that it was the envoy of Cao Jun, Wei Tao was just a little taken aback, but then he was ordered to come in.

The person who came was just an ordinary official, not a counselor under Cao Cao's command. Obviously, what he wanted to talk about was not a major discussion.

"I have seen the general, and under the order of the prime minister, I came here to hand over this letter to the general. The general will know it at a glance."

Hearing this, Wei Tao was also a little curious, and immediately took the letter to read it, only to see that the letter contained words.

"Letter to Ziyu, I saw green plums hanging on the branches, the blue color is attractive, and it is ready to make wine, so I hope I can share it with Ziyu. The two armies are waiting for Ziyu before the battle, and Ziyu will not let me go home."

Seeing the handwriting on the letter, Wei Tao was slightly shocked, not by Cao Cao's courage, but by the fact that this happened.

Cooking wine with green plums is a hero.

I thought it would never happen again, but I didn't expect it to reappear now.

But Wei Tao thought about it carefully, who can be called a hero with Cao Cao today, who else is there for me?

However, with Cao Cao's temperament, it is normal to do such a free and easy and heroic thing. Even if it is not boiled wine with green plums, it must have other poetic and picturesque things.

"My lord, I don't know what happened to Prime Minister Cao?"

Seeing that the expression on Wei Tao's face seemed to have changed, Zhou Yu asked with some doubts.

"Haha...Brother Meng De is asking me for a while, it's not a big deal. If you are replying to Meng De, I will definitely come by then!"

Wei Tao just smiled, and then opened the matter, there is nothing to hide.

As for talking about traps and the like, it is even more ridiculous. What kind of tricks can be done by the two armies before the battle, this time is not a grand feast.

So seeing that Wei Tao had made up his mind, Zhou Yu and the others did not persuade him.

I have to say that Cao Cao was very interested. After getting Wei Tao's reply, he ordered people to build a simple pavilion between the two armies, which was quite a bit of picture quality.

Dian Wei and Xu Chu each led two guards and stood quietly outside the pavilion, only Cao Cao and Wei Tao were in the pavilion.

The cyan plums are rolling, and the aroma of wine is wafting out, making people salivate.

"Please!"

Cao Cao raised his glass to invite a drink, Wei Tao was also unceremonious, and Cao Cao let out a long sigh when the glass of wine was exhausted.

"Although there is good wine in the court, how can it be as delicious as it is now? Although Fang is chaotic today, there is a tendency to gradually unify, and I thought it was between Ziyu and me!"

"Oh? Why did Meng De say that? Xichuan Liu Bei, the hero of the world, has suffered repeated defeats and battles, and has an extraordinary tenacity. Like a dragon entering the sea, it is out of control.”

Hearing Cao Cao's praise, Wei Tao immediately said with a smile.

"There is also Jiangdong Sun Quan, who occupies a favorable location. Now Jiangdong's people have already seen his support. If he is allowed to occupy Jingxiang and join Jiangdong, he will have the opportunity to compete for the world! As for me? If it is not because the world is uncertain, then I will be ambitious Don't stretch, I really don't want to go here, with such an opportunity, wouldn't it be better if we could include the foreigners one by one?"

"Haha...Ziyu is still like this!"

Hearing what Wei Tao said, Cao Cao immediately laughed out loud.

"Liu Bei is indeed a hero among men. I have to admire his resolute temperament. He has a legacy of glory and martial arts! However, he is not in the right time. Now he is trapped in Xichuan. Although it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is also easy to enter it. It is hard to come to a conclusion. As for Sun Quan, although he has inherited the legacy of his father and brother, he can also be a hero. However, in order to gain a foothold in Jiangdong, he blindly favors the big families in Jiangdong, but contrary to his father and brother, he can live in peace. One place, but not all over the world.”

Wei Tao couldn't help sighing in his heart, Cao Cao deserves to be Cao Cao, with extraordinary eyesight!

But the Wei Tao of today is not the Wei Tao of the past. Hearing this, he immediately let out a long laugh.

"Haha... what brother Meng De said is also true, the only heroes in the world are Meng De and Tao Er!"

Hearing Wei Tao's words, Cao Cao also smiled from then on. With Cao Cao's temperament, naturally he would not dare to bear the name of "hero".

And Cao Cao agrees with this statement even more. Apart from Wei Tao and Cao Cao, who else can be called a "hero" today?

"What Ziyu said is true! The heroes of the world are Wei Tao and Cao Er! Haha..."

Cao Cao laughed boldly for a while, but soon his face paled again, and then he sighed.

"Although I would like to help the great man and bring peace to the world for the great man, my lifelong ambition is to expand the territory and establish a side for the great man. From this point of view, I am very envious of Ziyu's trip!"

"Hehe, if Brother Mengde can really bring peace to the world and return the big man to a bright future, that would be a great achievement, but I'm afraid the big man won't be able to tolerate traitors like me!"

Wei Tao smiled indifferently, if that day comes, Wei Tao also believes that the foreign enemy will have been eliminated by him by then.

"However, Fang Zi's experience today is very human, and his elder brother may not be able to gain his trust. If so, it is really not that easy to want the world to be peaceful. I don't know if my elder brother knows it now?"

"Although the Son of Heaven is right or wrong, he is still unable to take power personally. With the wisdom of the Son of Heaven, if he holds great power, it will definitely not be easy for people to do."

Cao Cao's words seemed to be said by Wei Tao, but also seemed to be said to himself.

"Fang, there are no heroes in this world other than Ziyu and me. If it's a private matter, I don't want to fight with Ziyu, but if it's a big man's matter, I naturally have to compete with Ziyu."

"So now Meng De is handing over Chang'an to the Son of Heaven? Meng De specially brought all his advisers with him. If there is a change, the Son of Heaven may only be able to make decisions based on his own ability. Is this Meng De's plan? The Son of Heaven has a criminal record, so Meng De is not afraid of turmoil in his rear, so Yanzhou will not be protected?"

Wei Tao already understood what Cao Cao meant, so it was no wonder that Cao Cao responded to the three fights so simply.

My main purpose is to suppress the morale of Cao's army and prepare for the first battle of Jingxiang, but Cao Cao's main purpose is to let the emperor go.

Wei Tao could imagine that after the emperor gave Cao Cao, Cao Cao also felt embarrassed by it.

Different from history, at least in history Cao Cao and the emperor still had a "honeymoon period" at the beginning. It was not until the outbreak of the "clothes belt edict" that they gradually drifted further and further away from the emperor, and finally the relationship between the two parties was almost irreparable.

Although Cao Cao never proclaimed himself emperor in history, in the later period of Cao Cao, the emperor was no longer a thing, and the power was monopolized by Cao Cao.

But today is different, although Cao Cao did not have a "honeymoon period" with the emperor, but also, there is no such thing as a "clothes edict", so Cao Cao still has a little expectation for the emperor that day.

But the same Yuan Shao's fate also reminded Cao Cao that this emperor is not talking about other aspects, but at least he is capable of all kinds of conspiracies and tricks.

If one is careless, it may bring huge losses to oneself, and even be taken advantage of by others.

In the past, Yuan Shao declined because of this, Wei Tao believed that with Cao Cao's temperament, he would not be unprepared for this matter.

But in the same way, Wei Tao has had several contacts with the emperor Liu Xie, and he also understands Liu Xie's desire and eagerness, but he doesn't know what the final result will be.

Cao Cao was Cao Cao after all, and he just smiled slightly at Wei Tao's words.

"It is true that my rear might catch fire, but the military power is superior to me and can respond to Xu Chang at any time. What's more, with the power of the emperor, it should not be possible to have enough manpower to replace all of them."

"So what? If the Son of Heaven is capable, is Meng De willing to return everything in his hands to the Son of Heaven? Then he will be a minister of the Son of Heaven? Helping the great Han and conquering the Xiongnu in the north, Meng De just doesn't want to do it himself?"

Wei Tao shook his head slightly, now Cao Cao's thoughts are the same as his own at the beginning, it is a good way to pin your hope on someone who can pin it, but unfortunately once things change, when the other party is not enough to pin it on, that is not a good idea something happened.

"Meng De's wine is very beautiful, but I can't drink too much. I don't think Meng De will fight our army anymore, so I will leave here. When it comes to Jingxiang, I must have a discussion with Meng De at that time High and low, when the time comes, we will have a drink with Meng De!"

Seeing that Cao Cao was lost in thought, with a struggling expression on his face, Wei Tao drank the fine wine in his glass in one gulp. He knew that his words would not have much effect and would be easily influenced by others, so he was not Cao Cao. up.

"Ugh……"

Wei Tao wanted to leave, so Xu Chu naturally wouldn't stop him, but stayed by Cao Cao's side wholeheartedly. It wasn't until a long time later that Cao Cao let out a long sigh, and then slowly got up. From the look on his face, it was impossible to see that Cao Cao had any hope , just on the edge of his mouth, finally a word flowed out.

"I hope that your majesty can do what I wish. I am willing to be a loyal minister of the great man and expand the territory for my great man. I hope that your majesty can understand the painstaking efforts of the minister. If it is..."

The voice became softer and quieter, and finally it only echoed in Cao Cao's heart.

(End of this chapter)