"The military advisor is afraid that you might make a mistake, so he specially ordered me to lead my army to support you!"
Zhao Yun's words made Cao Xiu and Cao Zhen stunned.
Yang Ling actually asked Zhao Yun to come over earlier to support them?
"military adviser!"
"Meet the military advisor!"
While Cao Xiu and Cao Zhen were in a daze, the soldiers not far away saluted one after another. It turned out that Yang Ling was coming!
They came to their senses and hurriedly saluted Yang Ling.
"Meet the military advisor!"
"No need to be polite."
Yang Ling waved his hand and glanced over them,
"Are you guys okay?"
"Thank you, military advisor, for your concern. The general only suffered some superficial injuries."
Cao Zhen quickly cupped his hands and said.
"That's good."
Yang Ling nodded.
Seeing that he had no intention of pursuing the matter, Cao Zhen couldn't help but said,
"Military strategist, what happened today was that the general was too confident, and I hope the strategist will punish him!"
When he talked about this, he looked guilty and remorseful.
Today, Yang Ling ordered an ambush on Yuan Jun, and the plan was perfect.
But just because he wanted to fight, he almost failed!
Even if others don't say it, he still feels guilty in his heart.
"Military advisor, Zidan is young and energetic, so he will inevitably make mistakes. I hope you will forgive him this time."
Cao Xiu on the side quickly interceded for Cao Zhen.
"How can you be called a young man if you don't have a lot of energy?"
Yang Ling smiled slightly,
"If he lets Yuan Jun escape today, I will definitely punish him severely as a warning to others. But fortunately, nothing went wrong, so I won't punish him today."
"But if there is a next time, don't blame the warlord for being ruthless!"
Cao Xiu breathed a sigh of relief and quickly said to Cao Zhen,
"Why don't you thank the military advisor!"
"Thank you, strategist!"
Cao Zhen said gratefully.
"Okay, take him down quickly to treat his injuries."
Yang Ling said with a smile.
Seeing Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu, Xia Houshang and others leaving with great gratitude, Zhao Yun, who was standing behind Yang Ling, suddenly laughed.
"Brother, I finally understand why you chose Dai Zidan and Wen Lie instead of General Gao and General Wenyuan."
When Yang Ling first defected to Cao Cao, he only wanted to make suggestions in secret and win the world's balance.
But he didn't expect Zaohua to be so funny, and he was eventually forced to come to the stage.
In this case, in order to avoid becoming a victim of the power struggle, Yang Ling could only choose to make friends with her own network.
Nowadays, including Xia Houyuan, Xiahou Dun and other clan generals, as well as Zhang Xiu, Gan Ning and others, it can be said that most of the high-ranking generals in the army have good relations with Yang Ling.
If the second generations like Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu are impressed again, and Yang Ling's friendship with Xun Yu, Guo Jia and others is added.
Cao Pi should think twice if he wants to touch him in the future!
The way to convince Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu and others is also very simple.
Since they were military commanders, they attached great importance to military merit.
As long as you defeat them on the battlefield, they will naturally be convinced.
This is why Yang Ling chose to take them with him.
"The one who understands me is Zilong!"
Yang Ling and Zhao Yun looked at each other and smiled, saying nothing!
Of the 20,000 Yuan troops, thousands died in the battle, and more than 2,000 fled. The remaining soldiers all surrendered with Lu Weihuang.
After Yang Ling collected the surrendered soldiers, he was too lazy to deal with the surrendered generals Lu Weihuang and Han Juzi.
Just wait for Cao Pi to lead his army to Guqiu and leave it to him.
After Cao Jun finished cleaning the battlefield, Yang Ling led his army back to Guqiu and reported the victory to Cao Pi in the rear.
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The mighty Cao army marched on the official road, throwing up dust that almost covered the sky and the sun.
"I don't know what the situation is like at Yang Ling's side."
Cao Pi was riding on a tall horse and chatting with Sima Yi beside him.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince overestimates Yang Ling. It only takes one day. No matter how powerful he is, he may not be able to capture Guqiu City, right?"
Sima Yi smiled disdainfully.
"That's exactly what Zhongda said."
Cao Pi nodded.
At this moment, suddenly a war horse galloped from a distance.
After seeing Cao Pi, the cavalry on horseback immediately shouted,
"Your Majesty, your Royal Highness, the military advisor has sent you good news!"
Cao Pi and Sima Yi were both stunned and looked at each other subconsciously.
Be good.
Yang Ling couldn't really capture Guqiu City so quickly, could he?
Cao Pi quickly took the battle report from the messenger, read it carefully, and was immediately stunned.
Seeing this situation, Sima Yi on the side couldn't help but said,
"Your Highness, what's wrong?"
"You...see for yourself."
Cao Pi handed over the battle report.
Sima Yi took one look and was immediately dumbfounded.
Is this Yang Ling still a human being?
In just one day, they not only captured Guqiu City, but also took the opportunity to ambush a wave of Yuan Xi's reinforcements.
Looking at the series of achievements in the battle report, Sima Yi felt a burning pain on his face.
He was looking down on Yang Ling just now, but he didn't expect that the slap in the face would come so quickly!
Cao Pi's mood was also extremely complicated.
On the one hand, he hopes to defeat Yuan Xi and achieve military exploits, thereby consolidating his position as the heir apparent.
On the other hand, he didn't want Yang Ling to be in the spotlight and have too much prestige.
"Zhongda shouldn't be surprised, it must be that Yuan Jun is too useless and incompetent!"
Cao Pi comforted Sima Yi, but he didn't quite believe what he said.
Even if Yuan Jun is too incompetent, he can achieve such brilliant results in one day, which is enough to prove Yang Ling's power.
Sima Yi recovered from the shock, pursed his lips, and said nothing.
As long as Cao Pi can succeed Cao Cao, no matter how good Yang Ling is at leading troops in war, so what?
After learning that Yang Ling had captured Guqiu City, Cao Pi ordered the march to be accelerated.
Finally, they arrived at Guqiu City before dark.
"Your Majesty, it's really hard for you to travel all the way."
Yang Ling greeted Cao Pi with a smile.
"The military advisor is wrong. How can I work harder than you?"
Cao Pi also responded with a smile.
"I can win this time because the prince is behind me. I feel confident."
"The military advisor is so humble!"
After the two people with ulterior motives exchanged business blows, Cao Xiu stepped forward, cupped his hands and said,
"Your Highness, I don't know how to deal with Lu Weihuang and other surrendered generals?"
Cao Pi rolled his eyes, looked at Yang Ling, and said with a smile,
"In the opinion of the military advisor, how should we deal with it?"
"It's better to be kind to them. In this case, Yuan Xi's people will rush to join him first when they know about it."
Yang Ling replied.
"Yes, what the military advisor said is very reasonable."
"Deserves preferential treatment!"
Cao Xiu, Cao Zhen, Xia Houshang and others all nodded in agreement.
However, Cao Pi smiled and said,
"If these two people surrender directly, I will spare their lives."
"But they only surrendered when they saw that there was no hope of escape, so they must not be tolerated!"
"Come here, behead them both and send their heads back to Yuan Xi!"
As soon as this statement came out, everyone was stunned.
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's inappropriate to do this!"
Sima Yi hurriedly advised.
