Chapter 65: Alienation
In sight.
As Xu Churang went aside, a handsome figure in white clothes stood at the door.
An idea emerged in everyone's mind at the same time.
A gentleman is like jade!
Su Chen stepped into the gate and bowed to Cao Cao at the door.
"Su Chen, I've met the Prime Minister."
"Hurry and follow me in." This was the moment Cao Cao was waiting for.
Originally, he planned to go out to welcome Su Chen.
However, as a lord, you should have the majesty of a lord.
In the face of so many civil and military officials, if you act too special about Su Chen, it will easily arouse suspicion from others.
This point has a lesson from the past.
Guan Yu was once hated by all the generals of Cao's camp for this reason.
Cao Cao knew this well, so he naturally would not make the same mistake again.
When he arrived in front of the hall of the government office, Cao Cao faced the curious expression of everyone and said with a smile: "I will introduce to you that this is Su Chen in Nanyang, and it is also the famous scholar of Jingxiang who was willing to come out to help me after three invitations."
"Su Chen, whose name is Ning Yi, has met you all." Su Chen bowed and bowed to everyone.
Born in Nanyang again?
Everyone looked strange.
Because there has been a Mr. Wolong Zhuge Liang in Nanyang.
However, Zhuge Liangxu is famous and has been defeated by his lord's strange plan every time.
Looking at this, Su Chen in front of him seemed to be not very good.
This lord actually invited him three times?
Everyone couldn't help but shake their heads.
My lord is confused!
When Cao Cao saw the expressions of everyone, he knew what they were thinking and immediately laughed.
"I know you have a lot of disdain in your heart."
"But when I finish speaking, you will all know how powerful Ning Yi is."
Cao Cao pulled Su Chen and came to the front and faced everyone.
"Can you know why Xu You came to surrender in the decisive battle of Guandu?"
Um?
Isn’t it because Xu You and his lord were childhood friends, and Xu You was punished by Yuan Shao at that time, so he turned to his lord in anger?
Everyone said in their hearts.
"It was Ning Yi who counter-espionage plan that forced Xu You to surrender that I could lead the army to burn Yuan Shao's food and grass in Wuchao. It was Ning Yi who reminded me that he could defeat Yuan Shao in one fell swoop." Cao Cao said.
What!
That's true!
Everyone was shocked.
From this point of view, Su Chen in front of him was actually the key figure in their decisive battle with Yuan Shao.
If it weren't for Su Chen's plan, they would probably be the ones who lost.
At that time, with so many people here, how many people could survive?
After all, the decisive battle in Guandu is related to everyone's life and death.
Everyone still remembers that battle.
Especially Cheng Yu and other strategists.
At that time, I was so worried that I couldn't eat or sleep well.
I originally thought it was God's help, but now I realize that it was all Su Chen's credit.
That's just one point.
Su Chen deserves their respect.
Cheng Yu immediately stepped out and bowed his hand to Su Chen and said, "Thank you Ning Yi. If it weren't for you, we would have died under Yuan Shao's knife."
"Thank you!"
The counselors Zheng Keyou.
Many generals also left the list and bowed to Su Chen.
Even a drop of water can be repaid with a spring of water, let alone a life-saving grace?
At this moment, Su Chen was recognized by everyone.
Seeing this scene, Cao Cao nodded with satisfaction.
He focused on this matter, just to have such an effect.
Because with this point, Su Chen can convince everyone.
"You are kind to you."
"I'm just a lucky person. Besides, as a grain transport officer in the baggage battalion, it was a matter of sharing the worries of the prime minister. I should not be given such a great gift."
Su Chen solemnly bowed back to the gift.
The people in front of him represent most of the Cao camp forces and cannot tolerate him being solemn.
Grain transport officer?
Everyone looked at Su Chen with a strange look.
That counter-espionage plan alone is enough to be promoted. He is just a mere grain transport official?
"Haha, Ning Yi is used to being lazy by nature, so he stayed in the baggage camp and refused to leave."
"I also invited Ning Yi out of the mountain three times."
Cao Cao explained aside.
So that's it.
Everyone nodded.
"So I plan to let Ning Yi serve as the military advisor priest. What do you think?"
In the end, Cao Cao finally expressed his purpose.
Because after what happened just now, Su Chen was already convinced.
I think no one will be dissatisfied if he takes this position again.
"I have no objection!"
Cheng Yu first bowed and said.
"I have no objection."
"I will agree!"
"Address!"
All agree!
Although the military advisor is a close minister of the prime minister and is most trusted by the prime minister, he has no real power.
They will not threaten their status.
Su Chen has the merits of serving this position, so they naturally would not have any objections.
"Very good!"
Cao Cao nodded with satisfaction.
At present, Su Chen's first appearance was quite smooth, and his civil officials and military generals were not suspicious of Su Chen.
This is something he is happy to see.
"Okay, since everyone knows you, they will work together in the future, so you can get more familiar with it."
"Next, we start discussing the next important matter."
"Teacher returned to Xuchang!"
"But before going back, the military advisor told me some arrangements before. I think it makes sense. Please refer to it."
After Cao Cao finished speaking, he returned to his main seat and sat down.
Su Chen bowed to Cao Cao.
Then he looked at everyone and said with a smile: "Although our army failed to take Jiangdong in this battle, it also destroyed most of the navy troops in Jiangdong, and Jiangdong did not dare to fight again."
"So I suggest that the Prime Minister force Jiangdong to send hostages to Xuchang, in the name of Prime Minister Nanzheng."
After Su Chen finished speaking, Cheng Yu and others frowned and thought deeply.
Ask for hostages.
It seems to be just a simple little thing0 ..
But it is of great significance in politics.
After all, Cao Cao mobilized troops to conquer Jiangdong, and now he has not even been defeated. If he just goes back like this, how can he explain to the people of the world?
The uninformed people thought that Cao Cao had a fight for nothing.
It will have a great impact on people's hearts and morale.
But if you can get hostages from Jiangdong, the meaning will be different.
It can greatly improve morale and people's cohesion within the jurisdiction.
And another advantage is that Jiangdong took the initiative to send hostages to the Prime Minister, but in fact he admitted defeat to the Prime Minister in disguise. If the Prime Minister conquers Jiangdong again in the future, it will be much smoother.
After thinking it through.
Cheng Yu smiled and nodded: "Ning Yi's plan is feasible, and the person sent by Jiangdong must be a relative of the Sun clan in Jiangdong!"
He added another sentence.
"I'm going to discuss it." Chen Qun, Jia Xu and others did not object.
"Okay, since everyone has no objection, then I will talk about the specific methods." Su Chen smiled and continued, "I would like to ask the Prime Minister to transfer the troops from Jingzhou, the soldiers along the Yangtze River, and practice drumming every day."
"Then send an envoy to Jiangdong and ask for hostages."
Su Chen saw too many such methods in his previous life.
Why do those big countries have to conduct military exercises every special day? Naturally, it is to intimidate the surrounding sluts!
It can also enhance the cohesion of the country.
Su Chen asked Cao Cao to train troops by the Yangtze River, which was the same, mainly to scare Jiangdong.
At that time, Jiangdong will take a closer look at Cao Cao's troops preparing to cross the river again and go back to report to Sun Quan, what will Jiangdong react?
Don't think about it!
It must be a lot of panic.
At this time, an envoy was sent to tell Sun Quan that as long as he handed over his hostages, Cao Cao would lead his troops to the north.
Will Sun Quan hand over?
To be on the safe side, Sun Quan will definitely give it to him.
After all, even if Sun Quan doesn't want to, he can't resist his ministers' willingness.
These people were afraid that Cao Cao would go crazy and attack Jiangdong regardless of losses.
So this plan will be accomplished!
"Ning Yi thought, who can be an envoy?" Cao Cao asked in the throne.
Everyone looked at Su Chen.
This strategy was proposed by Su Chen, so the best candidate is naturally him.
But Su Chen didn't want to take this risk.
Although it does not seem to be a risk, what if someone in Jiangdong goes crazy?
Thinking about Cao Song, who was in a high position, was Cao Cao's biological father. Nothing happened in Xuzhou and was respectfully treated by Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian.
But he was killed by the old Yellow Turban general when he left the city.
It was too unfair to die.
Su Chen didn't want to follow Cao Song's footsteps.
Although he now has 94-strong force, it is easy to avoid hidden arrows with open guns and difficult to defend against.
Lu Bu was also tied up by his subordinates and gave it to Cao Cao.
Therefore, for safety reasons, please leave the envoy's candidates to others.
"Chen Changwen, the military officer of Prime Minister, can be an envoy." Su Chen said.
Chen Qun is a fair and strict person, always talented, and is a decent person. He looks like a decent face and is also the grandson of the famous scholar Chen Shi.
It is easy to convince Jiangdong.
It is most suitable to let Chen Qun go.
Hearing words.
Everyone was stunned for a moment.
Chen Qun was even more excited.
After all, he is now hostile to Jiangdong. If he goes on a mission to Jiangdong and takes back the hostages, not to mention the great merits, this matter is a beautiful story no matter how much he says.
Maybe it will be written into historical books.
The literati have this problem, and keeping a name in history is their lifelong pursuit.
Su Chen knew this well, so he knew that Chen Qun would not only not refuse, but would also be grateful to him in his heart.
really.
Chen Qun was excited for a moment and immediately stepped out and bowed: "I am willing to be an envoy and go to Jiangdong."
After saying that, he glanced at Su Chen with gratitude.
Su Chen smiled slightly.
Not only did he put himself in danger, he also gained friendship with the Chen family.
The best of both worlds.
"Then Chen Qun goes there."
Cao Cao agreed and decided on this matter.
“By the way.”
Su Chen suddenly spoke, and when everyone saw it, he smiled and said to Chen Qun, "If Jiangdong asks for Lu Su, don't agree to the long article easily."
Lu Su was Sun Quan's most trusted close minister and was close to each other.
Sun Quan would never miss any opportunity to redeem Lu Su.
After all, as long as Lu Su is present and Sun Quan is present in Jiangdong, the situation can be stabilized faster.
"I heard from Su Jijiu that he was planning to return Lu Su to Jiangdong?" Chen Qun asked.
If you don’t agree easily, it means there is room for negotiation.
Chen Qun is not stupid. When he saw Su Chen's expression, he knew that Su Chen had another good idea.
"good."
"It is best to drag Jiangdong for a few days, and then force Jiangdong to use shipbuilding techniques, sailor training methods, and shipbuilders to exchange them. In short, what is there in Jiangdong, but we don't have it. The long article is even though the lion speaks a lot."
"Of course, you can also give in time the long article, so that Jiangdong can know the prime minister's generous heart."
Su Chen said.
It is useless to stay in Cao's camp, so it is better to ask for some valuable ransom.
Even if he returns to Jiangdong, Lu Su can't change the overall situation alone.
On the contrary, if Cao Cao could obtain some confidentiality technology from Jiangdong, it would be a huge profit.
For example, it is rumored that Jiangdong has built a five-story building ship that can carry two or three thousand people.
Nowadays, Cao Cao and Jingzhou cannot build such a good ship.
hiss……
When everyone heard Su Chen's words, they couldn't help feeling their teeth a little sore.
Just so generous?
No need to think that with Chen Qun's personality, he will definitely argue with reason and get back many things from Jiangdong for the Prime Minister.
Thinking about how Lu Su can get back so many valuable treasures, everyone couldn't help but feel excited.
Especially those generals, this battle between 03 suffered all the hardships of Jiangdong warships and navy.
If they have the chance, they naturally hope to defeat the Jiangdong Navy head-on in the Yangtze River.
Show his military power.
"I remember Su Jijiu's words." Chen Qun nodded solemnly.
Now, even Cao Cao in the main position could not help but start to observe a moment of silence for Sun Quan.
"Okay, let's do this for now, it's noon tomorrow."
"At that time, Cai Mao and Zhang Yun lead the navy to train in the Yangtze River. Cao Ren, you can take away all the troops near Jiangling, gather a hundred thousand troops, and train along the Yangtze River. The bigger the momentum, the better."
"At that time, I will personally send the long article to Jiangdong, the predecessor of the long article."
Cao Cao waved his hand and said.
"promise!"
Everyone should go.
Cao Cao smiled with satisfaction, then took out a secret letter from his arms and said, "Yesterday, the prefect of Jiangxia, Gan Ning, wrote a letter saying that he had surrounded and killed Liu Bei, which was almost successful. Unfortunately, Liu Bei ran away in the end."
"but……"
Cao Cao paused for a moment and continued, "He captured Guan Yu alive, Zhang Fei."
What?
When they just heard the first half of the sentence, everyone was full of regret and sighed that the big-eared thief is so capable of running away.
Run from Xinye to Jiangdong, and then to Echeng.
Can't kill it no matter how hard it is.
But when everyone heard the second half of the sentence, they were stunned.
He even stared at Cao Cao in disbelief.
Captured Guan Yu alive, Zhang Fei?
No one here doesn't know who these two are.
Guan Yu passed five passes and killed six generals, and killed Yan Liang and Wen Chou. He was a famous general in the world and was deeply loved by the Prime Minister.
Needless to say, Zhang Fei shouted loudly, and he withdrew hundreds of thousands of soldiers.
Especially the generals Cao Ren and others who fought with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei knew the best of their power.
Unexpectedly, it fell into Gan Ning's hands.
Moreover, the three brothers Liu, Guan and Zhang have always lived and died together.
This time, Liu Bei actually left two brothers and ran away?
Cao Ren took the lead and asked excitedly: "What is the Prime Minister planning to deal with the two?"
He naturally hoped to kill two people to cut off Liu Bei's arm.
Zhang Liao in the crowd was a little worried.
He and Guan Yu were friends from childhood and once persuaded Guan Yu to surrender to Cao Cao.
Of course I don’t want something wrong with Guan Yu.
Cao Cao hesitated for a moment and was unsure of his mind.
He looked at Su Chen and asked, "Gan Ning's letter said that this merit was entirely due to the military advisor's advice and did not dare to express his merits. Since that is the case, how should the military advisor deal with the two?"
What?
Everyone widened their eyes and turned to look at Su Chen.
It's Su Jijiu again?
And they defeated Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong at the same time?
They don't know what to say.
There is only one thought left in my mind.
Su Jijiu's wisdom is probably not inferior to Guo Jia!
"Prime Minister."
Su Chen had a long time to make plans, so he seemed very calm when facing Cao Cao's inquiry.
"Guan Yu is unparalleled and brave, and there is no other Guan Yunchang Chang in the world."
"I want to ask the Prime Minister first, are you willing to kill Guan Yu?"
Su Chen asked.
"Hehe, of course I am reluctant to let it go, but unfortunately I can't conquer Yun Chang's heart. What's my regret?" Cao Cao shook his head, and had to sigh at Liu Bei's ability to win people's hearts.
It actually made Guan Yu and Zhang Fei so devoted.
"That's it. The Prime Minister wants Guan Yu to live, so I will talk about the solutions to let him live."
After asking Cao Cao, Su Chen continued, "It is precisely because Guan Yu is loyal and brave that we can take advantage of this. As long as we make good use of it, although Guan Yu will not be loyal to the Prime Minister, he can use it for the Prime Minister."
Chapter completed!