The entire journey was silent.
After Cao Cao led his army to Xinye, he immediately summoned Xiahou Dun, Li Dian, Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue brothers and Huang Zu.
The moment he saw Xiahou Dun, Cao Cao was so angry that he rose to the sky.
"Come here, capture Xiahou Dun!"
The soldiers swarmed up and captured Xiahou Dun in an instant, and escorted him in front of Cao Cao.
After Guo Jia's persuasion, Cao Cao originally did not intend to deal with Xiahou Dun.
But the scene before him made it impossible for him to calm down his anger!
Everyone in the house, including the soldiers, were all neatly dressed.
Only Xiahou Dun's armor was messy and his hair was disheveled, as if he had just returned from the battlefield!
This was obviously because he was worried about being punished, so he deliberately put on such a pitiful appearance to pray for Cao Cao's forgiveness.
It's a pity that Xiahou Dun used the wrong target!
How shrewd Cao Cao is, these childish things will only make him furious.
Immediately, he took out the military order and threw it in Xiahou Dun's face.
"Here is the military order! Xiahou Dun, what else can you say?"
Xiahou Dun lowered his head, not having the nerve to defend himself.
He was the one who called Zhuge Liang a child, and he was the one who treated Liu Bei like a fool. He was the one who wanted to capture Liu Bei alive, and it was he who wanted to capture Zhuge Liang alive!
Now that things have happened, more than 50,000 soldiers have been killed and injured, and they have been beaten and fled in panic. What can be said?
"King Wei, I will never be ashamed of myself..."
Cao Cao pointed angrily at Xiahou Dun, his fingers trembling constantly.
"Since the military order is here and you can't say anything, I can only do business!"
"Left and right, pull him down and kill him!"
When everyone saw that Cao Cao wanted to kill Xiahou Dun, they all knelt down and begged for mercy.
"King Wei, General Xiahou was so eager to perform his service that he accidentally fell into Liu Bei's trick. Please show mercy to King Wei!"
"Yes, King Wei, General Xiahou has made many military exploits and is loyal to King Wei!"
"King Wei, if you kill the general before the battle, it will be detrimental to the army! Please calm down your anger, King Wei!"
"Please also ask the King of Wei to exempt General Xiahou from the death penalty and let him perform meritorious service for his crime!"
Cao Cao did not really want to kill Xiahou Dun, but after all, there was a military order here, so he had to go through the motions anyway.
Now that all the generals were begging for mercy, Cao Cao also softened his expression appropriately.
"Xiahou Dun, do you know your guilt?"
"The general will finally be convicted!"
How could Xiahou Dun dare to say no, so he had no choice but to knock his head to the ground.
"If the generals hadn't begged for mercy, I would have killed him without mercy today!"
Cao Cao was not trying to scare him, his words were really filled with murderous intent.
If the person kneeling on the ground is not a member of the Xiahou family or the Cao family, or even a slightly distant clan member, all he can do is have his head fall to the ground!
Xiahou Dun was both a clan relative and the person closest to Cao Cao. Unless he rebelled, he really couldn't be killed easily.
"Thank you King Wei for not killing me!"
Cao Cao waved his hand impatiently, and the soldiers restraining Xiahou Dun retreated one after another.
"Look at how decent you are like this!"
"Dressed like this, could it be that you can't afford to lose?"
Xiahou Dun said nothing, and Kuai Liang stood aside and looked at Cao Cao.
"King of Wei, General Xiahou has been leading his troops to guard the banks of the Han River all day since his return to prevent Liu Bei from taking advantage of the situation and advancing!"
"Thanks to the efforts of General Xiahou, Liu Bei did not dare to face Nanyang County."
Cao Cao frowned slightly and gave Kuai Liang a strange look.
Isn't Kuai Liang farting?
With Huang Zu's navy here, why would Xiahou Dun be needed?
However, Cao Cao could only pretend to be confused and accepted Kuai Liang's nonsense.
"Well, it's not so embarrassing as to be embarrassing!"
After simply scolding everyone, Cao Cao directly exposed the matter and got to the point.
"This time I personally led an army of 200,000 people to go south to Jingxiang. I have only one purpose."
"Completely destroy Liu Bei, the traitor who falsely claims to be a clan member of the Han Dynasty."
Xiahou Dun, Li Dian, Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue, Huang Zu and other generals all accepted the order.
"We are willing to obey King Wei's orders!"
"good!"
After experiencing a major defeat, Cao Cao was relieved that the soldiers were not seriously injured.
"General Huang Zu!"
"The general is here!"
Cao Cao first called the only commander of the navy under his command, Huang Zu, the commander of the Jiangxia navy.
"General Huang has commanded the navy for many years. I wonder if he has confidence in his navy?"
Huang Zu nodded without hesitation.
"Don't worry, King Wei. Although the navy under the general's command only has ten thousand people, they are all veterans who have experienced hundreds of battles!"
"Not to mention Liu Bei, even if Liu Zhang's Yufushui Army comes in person, the general will make it impossible for them to come back!"
Huang Zu really wasn't bragging. He had never really been afraid of anyone when it came to water battles.
Even Huang Zu was not particularly convinced by Chaisang Navy Master Zhou Yu, who had defeated him before.
The victory or defeat between the two is extremely unfair. There is a very significant gap in the number, quality and number of soldiers.
"General Huang, if we face the Jiangdong Navy, do you have confidence?"
What are you really afraid of?
Huang Zu was not afraid, but the equipment of the warships was really inferior to Jiangdong.
Especially the building ship 'Feiyun' carrying three thousand soldiers.
Driving on the Yangtze River is like a moving fortress!
"Reporting to the King of Wei, the general can only say that the Jiangxia navy is not inferior to the Jiangdong navy."
"But in terms of the number of soldiers and the quality of warships, the Jiangxia Navy is far inferior to the Jiangdong Navy."
"Especially Zhou Yu, the governor of Jiangdong, his ability in water battles is among the best in the world!"
Huang Zu was not afraid, but he didn't dare to talk nonsense.
If one day there is a duel in battle and Huang Zu is defeated by the Jiangdong navy, Cao Cao will have to kill him!
Cao Cao was not surprised by Huang Zu's answer and continued to ask.
"General Huang, if Zhou Yu does not participate in this battle, are you sure of defeating the Jiangdong Navy?"
After Huang Zu heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up.
The most elite Chaisang Navy in the Jiangdong Navy is commanded by Zhou Yu. His absence also means the absence of Chaisang Navy!
If other Jiangdong generals led some miscellaneous naval forces, Huang Zu would not be so afraid.
"As a warning to the King of Wei, the general can only do his best..."
"There are two large ships in the Jiangdong Navy. One is named Feiyun, commanded by Zhou Yu. The other is named Gaihai, built for Sun Quan."
"This kind of building ship can carry 3,000 soldiers, and it is almost invincible when traveling on the Yangtze River."
"If Sun Quan sends the Gaihai, it will be extremely detrimental to our army!"
However, after thinking about it, Huang Zu still didn't speak too fully.
On the one hand, the gap between the warships was too obvious, and on the other hand, Huang Zu had too few soldiers.
Almost every soldier Jiangdong pulls out can be used as a naval force.
Huang Zu only had a navy army of ten thousand people in Jiangxia, and one of them died, so there was no way to supplement it.
But neither this nor that worked, and Cao Cao began to become agitated.
Huang Zu was Cao Cao's support in the naval army. If he was not sure of his support, how could he fight this battle?
"Huang Zu, if Gu Ruo dedicates an army of 100,000 to you for training and fully supports you in building navy warships, can you fight against the Jiangdong navy?"
