Under Cao Cao's personal farewell, Guo Jia boarded the carriage back to Xuchang.
After Guo Jia left, Cao Jun's situation not only did not improve at all, but also worsened rapidly.
The navy made no progress, and disease was rampant in the camp.
At least hundreds of soldiers fall down every day, and in the most serious cases, hundreds of people will die of illness!
Cao Cao sat alone in the camp, facing clueless difficulties and enduring the humid heat.
When Guo Jia is here, he can still have someone to discuss with.
Even though there is no progress, I can finally feel better mentally.
After Guo Jia left, Cao Cao also consulted with his subordinate Wen Wu for discussion.
But every time it ended in vain.
Not to mention that his mood was not relieved at all, Cao Cao's irritability and anger became even more rampant.
His subordinate Wen Wu was forced to become Cao Cao's punching bag.
Over time, the generals became afraid of Cao Cao like a tiger, and even changed their expressions immediately when Cao Cao summoned him!
In the midst of suffering and pain, time came to July.
After a month of training, the navy's training finally showed some improvement.
More than two hundred warships were also built.
But the combat effectiveness is almost the same as none.
After entering autumn, there is no intention of getting colder at all.
Cao's army was also on the verge of collapse in the hot weather.
Originally, an army of 150,000 men and Huang Zu's navy army of 10,000 men entered Wulin.
Two consecutive defeats resulted in the annihilation of the 10,000-strong naval force, and more than 10,000 casualties in the 150,000-strong army.
The casualties of more than 20,000 people were nothing to an army of 160,000.
However, after several months of peace, Cao's army suffered extremely heavy casualties, even more violent than during the war!
There are less than 140,000 people left, which has dropped sharply to less than 100,000!
Under the influence of hot weather, diseases that were originally caused by acclimatization have been transformed into diseases caused by corpses!
The entire Cao Jun camp was tormented by the disease.
There are too many dead soldiers!
Bodies also began to be buried in water instead of buried.
At least a hundred people are thrown into the Yangtze River every day to be fed to the fish.
Faced with this situation, morale has already fallen to the bottom!
Perhaps at a certain moment, military morale will completely collapse.
The soldiers were just one step away from collapse.
Cao Cao had no choice but to sigh in the camp.
The more casualties there are, the less willing he is to retreat!
From the time he went south to today, Cao Cao has not experienced a decent battle.
As a result, the casualties exceeded 100,000!
In fact, Cao Cao has long regretted his intestines.
If he had listened to Guo Jia early in the morning and declared himself the king of Ye Guang to accumulate grain, how could he end up in this embarrassing situation?
If you had listened to Guo Jia when he left and followed him to withdraw the troops, how could it have turned out like this?
Perhaps the only good news is that Jiangdong is still in a stalemate with Shanyue, and Zhou Yu is also being dragged tightly in Lujiang.
Cao Cao himself had to admit that he could no longer hold on.
When the news of Shanyue's defeat came, Cao Cao would be the first to collapse!
But today, Lu Xun, who was stationed in Chibi, once again sent an envoy to see Cao Cao.
In the commander's tent of the Chinese army, there was still a complete civil and military presence.
The purpose was naturally to show the Jiangdong soldiers the power of Cao Jun's advisers like clouds and fierce generals like rain.
Cao Cao freshened himself up and regained his energy.
He wanted the envoys from Jiangdong to see the majesty of King Wei!
In the commander's tent, the envoy was not summoned immediately.
Cao Cao has not held a parliament for a long time. He wants to discuss the situation with his subordinate Wenwu first.
"Everyone, we are facing a big dilemma now. I am afraid it is the biggest crisis in the past 20 years!"
"I know that you are working very hard, but I believe that we will overcome the difficulties and win Jiangdong and Jingzhou in one fell swoop!"
"Today, Lu Xun's son sent an envoy again! Do you think this kid has any evil intentions again?"
Everyone in the tent looked at me and I looked at you. No one dared to speak without permission.
Cao Cao has been moody in recent times, and has even killed innocent people indiscriminately.
Clan members like Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan and Cheng Yu are good friends. How dare other generals and commanders talk nonsense?
Even Zhang He didn't dare to appear in front of Cao Cao easily, for fear of being noticed!
The silence of everyone, coupled with the heat in the handsome tent, caused Cao Cao's anger to burst out instantly.
"Hmph! Are all of them mute?"
Then he pointed at Xiahou Dun below and roared.
"Yuan Rang, you are a general in the army, tell me!"
Xiahou Dun was startled, and his face suddenly became filled with sadness.
Now that we are in trouble both internally and externally, what else can we say?
Lu Xun must have sent people over again to laugh at him and severely damage his own morale!
"King Wei, I'm afraid that Lu Xun saw that we often dumped corpses in the Yangtze River on purpose... on purpose..."
"What's the purpose?"
Cao Cao frowned, his displeasure clearly written on his face.
"Sent people here on purpose... to ridicule us..."
"Didn't I tell you to wait until nightfall before throwing the body down? How did Lu Xun know?"
When Xiahou Dun heard this, he was immediately embarrassed.
There were so many corpses thrown away, and they were all floating on the Yangtze River!
Not to mention Lu Xun, even a blind person can see!
If Cao Cao doesn't go to the river, he won't know anything.
However, Xiahou Dun often patrolled and knew these situations clearly.
It doesn't matter if I explain it now, or if I don't explain it, I just stand there and don't know what to do.
This also angered Cao Cao again.
"Why, you're mute!"
"My eyes can't work, and my mouth can't work either!"
Xiahou Dun's eye was shot through during the battle, which was originally an extremely honorable thing.
Now that he was so humiliated by Cao Cao, he was furious.
"King Wei! Go to the riverside and see for yourself. Is there anything else besides corpses?"
"How many fish must be in the Yangtze River to eat meat as fast as we can throw corpses down?"
After saying this, Xiahou Dun turned his head to the side, not wanting to pay attention to Cao Cao anymore.
This sentence really made him sad!
Cao Cao suddenly realized what he said.
But based on his attitude of knowing his mistakes and correcting them without admitting them, he would naturally not admit his mistakes to Xiahou Dun in public.
Then he quickly changed the subject.
"Since you all don't know, I'll analyze it for you."
"The civil strife in Jiangdong has lasted for so long, Sun Quan may not be able to withstand it anymore!"
"Lu Xun, Zhou Yu is all restrained by us and cannot return to Jiangdong. Sun Quan is an incompetent person. How can he put down more than 100,000 rebels with 50,000 people?"
"Lu Xun must have realized that Sun Quan would be defeated sooner or later, and knew that he was not far away from being defeated and captured!"
"So Gu concluded that Lu Xun was afraid, so he quickly sent someone to inquire about Gu's tone and see if Gu could forgive him for his previous rudeness!"
Cao Cao said while holding his beard proudly.
It seemed that what was waiting outside was not Lu Xun’s envoy, but Lu Xun himself!
And he came to surrender!
The generals in the tent had different expressions, some felt it made sense, and some expressed doubts.
Mainly because the last time I was slapped in the face left such a deep impression!
Cao Cao waited for a while, but when no one wanted to comment anymore, he stopped waiting.
"Envoy Lu Xun!"
