Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 447
This is what Cao Cao is worried about. Such a giant is a big killer when used in war.

"It is rumored that there is a country in the west named Persia, and they use war elephants as rides. The southern barbarians also often do this. When Emperor Guangwu conquered Wang Mang, Wang Mang once used a giant mac to drive a group of beasts as an enemy. It is said that the ride is an elephant."

Cao Cao's face changed suddenly, "Guo Wei has extensive knowledge, so it must be true."

"Don't worry, Mr. Cao. Although war elephants are fierce, they move slowly, which is not conducive to raids, and it is difficult to domesticate and even more difficult to adapt to the Central Plains."

"Well, even so..." Cao Cao sighed.

"All ferocious beasts are afraid of fire. If you attack them with fireworks, you will be defeated without a fight. Moreover, the frightened wild beasts only want to flee. They will help us defeat the enemy without distinguishing between the enemy and us. What is there to worry about?"

"Haha, Wei Guo really has a lot of knowledge, and I don't have any worries." Cao Cao's hanging heart finally fell. If he sent troops to Jiangdong and Sun Quan drove out a group of elephants, that would be enough for him. It seems that sending troops to Jiangdong At this time, we must prepare more fire starters.

Uh, if Zhou Cang knew what Cao Cao was thinking at this time, he would be ashamed. So the reason why he set fire to Chibi was because Cao Cao had prepared a large number of fire starters?Isn't this looking for fire by yourself?

Before seeing Zhou Cang, Cao Cao had been struggling.Zhou Cang's power is growing. Although Liaodong is sparsely populated and the climate is cold, it cannot compete with the Central Plains in a short time. However, the three cities of Jinzhou are like iron gates stuck in the throat. In another three to fifty years, I don't know how they will develop. To what extent, and Zhou Cang worked hard in Xuzhou, which always made Cao Cao uneasy.

Cheng Yu tried to persuade Cao Cao to detain Zhou Cang under house arrest, but Xun You said it was inappropriate for three reasons: First, it would cause Cao Cao's reputation to be bad. The biggest ones are Ma Teng and Han Sui, the two who were finally appeased will rebel again.The second is that Zhou Cang came here with only one old and one young, Xu Huang, Qu A and others held heavy troops, and Xuzhou soldiers and horses had already gathered at the border. Once war broke out and chaos in the Central Plains, Sun Quan and Liu Biao would be the ones who would get the most out of it.The third is that Zhou Cang has a son. Although he is young, it does not prevent him from being supported by his subordinates.

Cheng Yu believed that Xuzhou soldiers would be wary of detaining Zhou Cang; Xun You believed that Zhou Cang must have made arrangements if he could come, and put his own life and death aside.The argument between the two made Cao Cao undecided, so Cao Cao decided to talk after meeting.

After seeing Zhou Cang, Cao Cao expressed his thoughts on the sidelines. Zhou Cang's response showed that he had no intention of competing with Cao Cao, and Zhou Cang dedicated Zhang Kai to Cao Cao, and defended Cao Chong very wittily, which gave Cao Cao reason to believe that what Zhou Cang said was To be honest, this made Cao Cao finally determined to resolve the Xuzhou issue through peaceful means.

The so-called means of peace is to surrender without fighting.After Cao Cao prepared to go south to Jingzhou, he crossed the river to pacify Jiangdong, and formed a double-team against Xuzhou from the west and south, forcing Zhou Cang to abandon Xuzhou.Prior to this, Zhou Cang's troops had to be used to threaten Sun Quan, so that Sun Quan would either surrender or divide his forces. No matter how Sun Quan chose, Cao Cao would be in a favorable position.

That night, Cao Cao threw a large banquet in honor of Zhou Cang and Bu Zhi, and his words inevitably showed surprise in their attitudes. Although there were surprises in their identities, it also showed their arrogance and contempt for Sun Quan.Bu Zhi secretly called out that it was not good, Cao Cao was afraid that he would not be able to tolerate Sun Quan.

The strategy was decided, and Cao Cao was very happy, so he drank a few cups before he knew it.Suddenly, Cao Cao saw Dianman standing behind Zhou Cang, "Guo Wei, is this the son of evil?"

"Exactly, this son's name is Dianman."

"The tiger father has no dogs, and is a young general. I don't know if it is possible to drink?"

Dianman said loudly: "The last general does not drink alcohol when he is on duty."

Cao Cao laughed loudly: "Since you can drink, then drink a few more glasses. You don't need to be on duty in my house."

When Cao Cao spoke, someone naturally served the wine immediately.Dianman looked at Zhou Cang, and seeing that Zhou Cang did not object, he picked up the wine glass and drank it all. "Thank you, Prime Minister, for the wine."

All the generals looked interesting, and all of them came forward to drink with Dianman, holding back their anger. Dianman never refused to come, and his face did not change after a series of counting. The heart of fighting wine.

In Cao Cao's army, there are many people who are good at drinking, especially Xu Chu, but Xu Chu is young and does not want to get the reputation of bullying children, so he just looks on, and when he looks at it, he realizes that something is wrong. , Dianman is only slightly drunk.He didn't know that although Dianman inherited Dianwei's powerful genes, martial arts, strength and drinking capacity, Dianman drank a lot of strong alcohol in Jeju to test wine for Mi Fang, and now the taste of drinking these wines is similar to drinking water.

Cao Zhi did not join the ranks because of his status. Zhang Liao felt that he was outnumbered by his drinking capacity, so he pulled out Hou Cheng, who he had never been used to. Among Lu Bu's masters, Hou Cheng had the best wine, and was beaten by Lu Bu for making wine privately. Hou Cheng, Song Xian and Cheng Lian betrayed Lu Bu and joined Cao Cao. Song Xian and Cheng Lian died on a white horse.Finally had the opportunity to show his face in front of Cao Cao, Hou Cheng also went all out and drank to death, so he passed away after drinking two jars of wine, and Dian Man finally fell down on the ground with his head full of alcohol, and fell asleep soundly.

Seeing that he had drunk one piece, Cao Cao laughed and said to Buzhi, "You can see this scene from Zishan in Jiangdong?"

"All the generals are full of pride, and I, Jiangdong, only drink for pleasure." Buzhi said face-to-face, you are drinking too much, we are refined scholars and know how to measure, but we are also shocked in our hearts.Abu Zhi is not a pedantic person, although he can't understand the style of these generals, but this kind of harmonious atmosphere just reflects that these generals are very straightforward and very close, like when drinking, presumably they will also be like this when fighting.

"Hehe, Yiqing?" Cao Cao curled his lips, "I remember Weiguo once wrote a poem: Jun Moxiao, drunk lying on the battlefield, how many people fought since ancient times? This is the true nature of a general. It's been a long time since I saw Weiguo's masterpiece. Come on stage, Wei Guo must spare no effort to write and ink." After turning around, Zhou Cang was involved again: "Wei Guo once wrote a poem about going to Youzhou Terrace, so what should I do if I don't know how to go to Tongque Terrace?"

Uh, what do you think?Is it possible to plagiarize again?Before Zhou Cang could answer, Cao Cao got up, "Tomorrow there will be a martial arts competition, so please don't delay, hahaha." After saying that, he turned and left.

It was only then that everyone remembered that there would be a competition tomorrow, how dare they drink any more, they all put down their wine glasses and dispersed.Bu Zhi and Zhou Cang returned to the post house together, and their own soldiers carried Dianman back.

"Marquis of Liao, can you tell me?" Buzhi asked secretly.

"This is not a place to talk. Come to Rishan and return with me, let's discuss in Xuzhou." Zhou Cang was secretly happy, and Bu Zhi was in a hurry.Since Buzhi is in a hurry, he might as well wait and see for a while and put more pressure on him, so as to get more benefits from Sun Quan.

(End of this chapter)