Everyone who came here did not notice that behind the main hall, behind a dozen maids, there was a curtain. Behind the curtain, a middle-aged general in red robes was eating a bowl of rice.
He took a big mouthful of rice. Although there was only a small plate of cold dishes on the low table, he ate meticulously and looked attentive.
His red robe was shabby and looked dusty.
To his left, a nine-foot-tall one-eyed general stood coldly holding a gun, and to his right stood a middle-aged scholar in a long gown.
It was quiet inside the curtain. The general, who was lowering his head to eat, suddenly asked: "Wen Ruo, what do you think?"
The scholar was none other than Xun Yu and Xun Wenruo, who was known as the "talent of the king's assistant". After hearing the words, he thought for a while, leaned over and said in a low voice: "Ming Gong, all the officials here are here for the country. General Beifu ignored Mao and Cui, only I am afraid that Zhongda alone does not want the situation to escalate."
The person he called Ming Gong was naturally Cao Cao and Cao Mengde.
Cao Cao asked again: "Yuan Rang, where are you?"
Xia Hou Yuanrang, also known as Xia Hou Dun, moved his one eye and immediately said: "I will kill anyone who insults Xiao Wu."
Xun Yu was startled and quickly tried to smooth things over: "The Sima of Hanoi is quite powerful, so don't act rashly. Besides, I have also heard about this matter. It is General Beifu who has been looking for trouble for Zhongda. The fault is not Zhongda's, not the general's." in this way."
Xiahou Dun nodded and changed his words: "I will kill anyone who is shameless."
Xun Yu's expression froze, and even Cao Cao's rice bowl held in the air paused.
After a while, Cao Cao laughed loudly and said: "When hundreds of officials forced him, he easily resolved it by making jokes. It was not Sima Zhongda's fault. Sima Zhongda looked at Sima Zhongda as an eagle and looked down upon the wolf. He was definitely an unusual person. Pi'er also liked him very much. Just spare his life for now and help Pi'er in the future. As for these people..."
He circled his rice bowl and continued: "For the country, the country, and the country, everything is good. If anyone takes the opportunity to overstep their bounds, then kill them all."
When he said the word "kill", his tone was much more relaxed than Xiahou Dun's. It was said that there were dozens of high-ranking officials in the outside world, but in his eyes, they were nothing more than grassroots.
In Xun Yu's ears, it was also more important than a thousand pieces.
Xun Yu quickly bowed and did not dare to speak.
Cao Cao lowered his head and prepared to continue eating, but unexpectedly, he heard Cao Wu's words from outside, "I said this battle will be lost."
Cao Mengde, who said that killing hundreds of officials was easy, his expression changed drastically.
With a "bang", Cao Cao knocked his rice bowl upside down on the table.
This time, even Xiahou Dun remained silent.
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Outside, the officials who were looking at each other began to make noises.
"Children, stop talking nonsense!"
The furry crutches hit the ground.
"General Beifu, why do you say this?"
Cui Yan's eyes were burning.
Sima Yi heard the noise among the officials and immediately seized the opportunity: "General Beifu, do you know that if this battle is successful, the world will be settled?"
Cao Wu raised his eyebrows, but before he could speak, Sima Yi had already adjusted himself and tried to fight back.
"In June of this year, your Excellency will abolish the three princes and install the prime minister, and the affairs of the country will be settled in one."
"It's set in the north. In the seventh month, the army will leave the capital city, garrison Yuanyang City, and send troops to Nanyang."
"In August, Liu Biao was frightened to death, and Liu Cong asked to surrender. The army conquered Xinye, crossed Mianshui, and entered Xiangyang."
"In September, we took Jingmen and fought at Changban. Liu Bei went into exile in Jiangxia."
"In October, Jiangling was defeated, nine counties were surrendered, and Jingzhou was conquered."
"Now the Prime Minister is so powerful that eight out of ten people in the world have Liu Zhang offering sacrifices, Sun Quan shuddering, Zhang Lu is at peace, and Ma Teng is relatively safe. When we gather an army of 800,000 men, we will charge thousands of battleships, and our banners will point to the south, both on land and water. Go down and go straight to Jinling."
"It has been ten and three years since Sun Tiehu occupied the east of the Yangtze River. When Zheng Cheng marched all the way to the east of the Yangtze River, why did the general fail to say victory before he said defeat?"
The twenty-nine-year-old Sima Yi said these words in an emotional and contagious voice. All the officials agreed, and some even applauded loudly.
Even Mao Jie and Cui Yan, who are known as elders, were in shock.
Only Cao Wu snorted coldly and said calmly: "Sima Zhongda, stop pretending, I don't believe you can't see there is something wrong here."
Sima Yi frowned: "What do you mean by the general's words?"
Cao Wu sneered: "Since Dong Zhuo's rebellion, my brothers have been fighting in the Central Plains for 19 years. During these 19 years, the generals have conquered the east and west and made great achievements. But how many of them have fought large-scale water battles? Is it the Xiahou Cao, the good generals, or you, Sima Zhongda? Do you know when there are storms in the Yangtze River and what is the hydrology of the river?"
Sima Yi was startled and took a step back unconsciously.
"The Yangtze River is far more dangerous than the rivers, Huaihe Rivers, and Jiji Rivers. Do you know where the wind is blowing on the river? When is the east wind and when is the west wind? When do big ships collide? When do you shoot arrows? When do you tie strings? When do you jump into gangs? 1 The third question is, what kind of battle are we going to fight? There are no good navy generals in the north, so this defeat is due to one reason."
With every question, Sima Yi's expression changed. He tightened his heels and stopped retreating, but Cao Wu did not intend to let him go.
"If the generals don't know how to fight on the water, they must use people from the nine counties of Jingxiang. However, the nine counties are newly attached. Although each has its own reward, it is inevitable that they have different opinions. Cai Mao and Zhang Yun are in harmony with each other's appearance. The governors of the nine counties have their own thoughts. Wenpin is the last one. Surrender, the people's hearts are not stable. There are two reasons for this defeat."
Sima Yi was finally forced to take another step back, frowning and thinking.
"Ma Chao and Han Sui are wildly ambitious and often invade the border. Liu Zhang occupies the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and Fazheng and Zhang Ren are both civil and military. The weather is at hand. It is difficult to determine the rear. There are three reasons for this defeat."
"The expedition was launched in July, and now it is the beginning of November. The army has gone south, and the troops have been exhausted for the expedition. The soil and water are not suitable for them, and the terrain is completely unfavorable. There are four reasons for this defeat."
"Sun Shiwan...Sun Tuulu is young and vigorous, and will not surrender. There has been no war in Jiangdong for many years, and the people are attached to them. Da'er...Liu Yuzhou led the people across the river, and would rather give up Jiangling to save the people. But our army has just Occupying Jingzhou, the people did not know the great benevolence of the emperor in the north, and everyone was on the enemy's side. There are five reasons for this defeat!"
Sima Yi clenched his fists with both hands, and forced him to take three steps back.
"My brother left office when he was young and built a jingshe fifty miles east of Qiao. I was still young at that time. My brother read "Sun Tzu's Art of War" at night. He once said that executions should be carried out in accordance with the sky. Because of the four seasons of yin and yang, Sima Fa said that winter and summer are not the same. Raise the army. Although the Yangtze River is not flooded, the surface of the river is cold and the water is biting. How can there be any reason to go straight down the river in winter? Marching in winter is a taboo for military strategists and is a surefire place for defeat. Therefore, there are six reasons for defeat!"
"Sima Yi, you say that I talk about military affairs on paper. You were born in Hanoi. Have you ever seen the Yangtze River? You say that I talk eloquently. What does my brother's insights from reading military books at night mean? My brother also talks eloquently? You say that I am alarmist. Then what about this six-defeat situation? What’s the solution?”
After saying these words, Sima Yi's face turned pale and he had taken almost ten steps back.
Cao Wu moved out of Cao Cao, leaving him unable to refute.
Sima Yi hid his hands behind his back. If anyone pays attention, they can see that his hands are shaking like chaff, and the momentum he had just now has completely returned to zero.
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Behind the curtain, I heard Cao Cao, who was reading a section of the book of war at night and had his job turned upside down, chuckled.
"It's hard for Xiao Wu to still remember what happened back then. He has a point in not raising troops in winter and summer."
After that, he put the rice bowl level with the table, moved it with chopsticks, and put the rice back in.
He looked at the half-left rice in the bowl and murmured in a low voice: "It's just these, but it's not enough."
He continued to eat voraciously, but Xun Yu didn't squint his eyes, as if he hadn't heard anything.
Xiahou Dun had one eye and could not squint.
But a voice from outside made Xiahou Dun's eyes turn cold.
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It was a young man. He was wearing armor and was very conspicuous among the many civil servants.
At this moment, he stepped out of the crowd and said loudly: "When fighting a war, in the final analysis, we fight for the population and the city, we fight for the weapons and weapons, and we fight for the logistics and supplies. Sun Tzu said, surround the enemy with ten and attack it with five. , divided by times. Now our army has 830,000, and we also occupy Xiangyang and Jiangling, with smooth supply. Liu Bei only has 20,000, guarding Xiakou, and Sun Quan is far away at Jingkou. Zuo Chuan said, again and again, and again Weak and exhausted, our army conquered Jingzhou without a single blow, its morale is at its peak, and it is unstoppable. How can they resist our millions-strong army?"
Hearing this statement, Cao Wu thought of the joke in his previous life and sneered: "Eighty-three thousand versus twenty thousand, the advantage is mine?"
The young man in front of him naturally didn't understand what a joke was, and said proudly: "That's exactly what it means! How does the general understand this?"
