With this roar, the room suddenly fell into silence.
Cao Cao, who had just been clamoring to kill Xiahou Dun, also calmed down and put down his sword.
Cao Ren and Xia Houyuan let go of Cao Cao and stood on both sides tremblingly, not daring to take a breath.
Unlike Xiahou Dun's status, the two of them did not have such courage.
After a long time, Guo Jia spoke to break the deadlock.
"King Wei, General Xiahou, the matter has come to this, we should all calm down first."
No one objected, no one refused.
Everyone chose to accept it silently.
Guo Jia walked to the door, gave some instructions to the guards, and then returned to the house and came to Xiahou Dun.
"General Xiahou, I know you are angry, but I can tell you clearly that you have been fooled."
"In other words, you fell into Liu Zhang's scheme!"
"Treacherous plot? Haha..."
Xiahou Dun sneered repeatedly, not believing Guo Jia's words at all.
"Military advisor, I, Xiahou Dun, have always respected your character and treated you with great courtesy! I never thought that you would be jealous of my great achievements!"
These words really confused Guo Jia.
"Jealous? I'm jealous of you?"
"Hmph, aren't you jealous because I easily bought 50,000 sets of heavy cavalry armor for Wei?"
Guo Jia sighed and shook his head.
He didn't expect that Xiahou Dun would still be obsessed with it.
"It's easy. General Xiahou has such a strong tone!"
"Three hundred and fifty thousand people, is it easy in your eyes? Three hundred and fifty thousand people, you can give it to me as you say!"
Xiahou Dun snorted angrily and glared at Guo Jia with one eye.
"Three hundred and fifty thousand people are nothing!"
"In troubled times, human life is the most worthless thing!"
"When King Wei raised his troops, millions of Yellow Turbans from Qingzhou attacked Yanzhou. How many did we kill?"
"When we attacked Xuzhou and massacred the city all the way, how many did we kill?"
"We fought Yuan Shao several times, how many did we kill?"
"The total number of these people is probably more than one million! Now you tell me that human life is valuable? Then why did you kill so unscrupulously?"
"Be bold!"
Cao Cao shouted loudly and raised his sword again to point at Xiahou Dun.
Fortunately, there was no intention of slashing.
Otherwise, Xia Houyuan and Cao Ren would not be able to react at all.
"Yuan Rang, you can't rebel if you want to!"
Xiahou Dun did not dare to openly confront Cao Cao, but he still looked indignant.
"King Wei, am I right?"
"Of course not!"
Before Cao Cao could speak, Guo Jia sternly refuted it.
"If the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans don't kill, how can they convince the people? If they don't massacre the city in Xuzhou, how can they frighten Xuzhou's soldiers and people? If Yuan's soldiers don't kill, how can they defeat Yuan Shao?"
"The previous killings were all done because there was no other way and we had to kill!"
"snort!"
Xiahou Dun did not open his mouth to refute, but he snorted angrily to express his disdain.
He was giving Cao Cao face, so he didn't have another dispute with Guo Jia.
"General Xiahou, do you think human life is the least valuable in troubled times? Yes, I don't deny that to a certain extent, human life is indeed worthless!"
"However, things often have two sides. In troubled times, people are the most valuable!"
Although Xiahou Dun was full of disdain for Guo Jia, Guo Jia still patiently explained the reasons for Xiahou Dun.
"General Xiahou, if there are no common people, who will grow food for us? If there are no common people, who will serve as our soldiers?"
After asking two questions in a row, Xiahou Dun finally changed.
"this..."
What Guo Jia said left Xiahou Dun speechless.
Without anyone, there is nothing!
"Military Advisor, I know what you are saying is reasonable, but a mere 350,000 people, what do they mean to our country of Wei?"
"Why..."
Guo Jia sighed heavily, full of helplessness.
"General Xiahou, 350,000 people? Do you know that Liu Zhang would not hesitate to launch a war to destroy the Huns for the sake of 300,000 people!"
"Now, he only used some dead things in exchange for 350,000 of our people. Do you really think it's a good deal?"
"What? What did you say?"
Xiahou Dun was full of surprise.
How come the elimination of the Xiongnu has anything to do with the people again?
Guo Jia looked outside the door. The person he was looking for hadn't come yet.
As soon as he had time, he told Xiahou Dun and others in detail about Wei Xi's coming to Yecheng.
The more Xiahou Dun heard it, the more shocked he became, and finally he was completely stunned.
"General Xiahou, believe it or not, Liu Zhang will turn against us for the sake of 300,000 people!"
"But, you handed over 300,000 people easily..."
"I..."
Xiahou Dun opened his mouth, but couldn't say a word.
This time, I was truly speechless.
He finally understood how stupid he was!
"Army...strategist...now...what to do!"
Xiahou Dun was afraid and could only ask Guo Jia for help.
"Wait a minute, let me think about it."
Guo Jia waved his hands impatiently and turned his back to think carefully.
At the moment, it's not just the issue of exchanging armor, but there are also many, completely countless questions.
But what made Guo Jia most suspicious was why Liu Zhang wanted to exchange these armors for the people.
I've looked at it and tried it, and there's nothing wrong with the armor.
Since Liu Zhang dared to let Xiahou Dun bring them back, it shows that these armors have no obvious flaws.
At least it can stand the test of Wei craftsmen.
Then, the ultimate purpose of these armors is to exchange for the people.
The Qin State is huge, will it lack these 350,000 people?
What's more, Liu Zhang just got more than 300,000 people not long ago, and I'm afraid they haven't settled down yet!
After thinking about it, it seemed that the only explanation left was the explanation given by Xiahou Dun.
The foreign tribes around Qin were all wiped out, and Liu Zhang felt that he would not need these armors for several years or even ten years.
Therefore, I don’t want to waste it and pile up the armor in the warehouse.
Guo Jia sighed and shook his head.
He would rather believe that he had not seen through Liu Zhang's concealment than believe this fact.
"Fengxiao, now... what should I do?"
After a long silence, Cao Cao couldn't help but ask.
Things can't stay here forever, there must be a way to deal with it.
Do you want iron armor or not? Should the people give it to you or not?
"King Wei, please wait a moment. I have already sent someone to inform you. It won't take long for you to arrive."
"Everything, let's wait until the test is done before making a decision."
Cao Cao suddenly realized that Guo Jia had planned it for a long time.
"Fengxiao, who did you ask the guards to summon just now?"
"King Wei, I asked my guards to go find the most famous person in Yecheng..."
Before he finished speaking, there was a rush of footsteps outside the door.
Not long after, he received a reply from the guard.
"Report to the military advisor, we have been brought here!"
Guo Jia did not bother to ask Cao Cao for instructions and gave the order directly.
"Let him in quickly!"
