There is a row of old Cui Wei trees on the west side of the courtyard, slightly blocking the sunlight, leaving a mottled light and shadow in the courtyard.

The courtyard was extremely large, but there were only a few subordinates waiting in it: the heads were the deputy prime minister who arrived from Xu Du, Cao Pi, the general of the Five-Secret General Cao Zhang, the general of the Cavalry Commander Cao Hong, the general of the Zhe Chong, the general of the Fen-Magic Power, and the general of the Taizhong Doctor Jia Xu. In addition, there was only Xu Chu, the general of the Wuwei who was routinely served by Cao Gong.

Xun You has been traveling around Jingbei in the past few days, arranging to accept various defeated soldiers from various routes, and urging the generals of Xiangfan to reorganize the defense line. This is his duty as a military advisor. Since Cao Gong has been denied a director recently, he has been particularly busy.

Cao Xiu and Cao Zhen were not there. In the past few days, the Jingzhou army gradually moved north and pulled out many camps and strongholds set up by Cao's army in Jingxiang Road one by one. The Cao army also continued to provide support with small elite cavalry. Often, within a day, small-scale fierce fighting between the two sides would occur more than ten times, with hundreds of casualties. Cao Xiu and Cao Zhen, as the commander of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, all fought at the forefront.

Now that these people are there, that's enough.

Cao Cao shouted: "Everyone knows it. Our army was defeated in Hanzhong!"

Everyone nodded silently.

Cao Cao walked slowly under the eaves and pondered: "I asked Xiahou Miaocai to go to Hanzhong before leaving. Before leaving, I specifically told him that when generals are cowardly, they should not rely on their courage. Generals should take courage as the basis and act with wisdom; only know that one can be brave, a man will be able to fight against him. Who knew that Miaocai was negligent in this way!"

Everyone looked at each other and didn't know what to answer. Xiahou Yuan was a brave general with great military achievements. This time, in Hanzhong, he used a small number of Cao's main force to drive Liangzhou's troops with different ambitions to fight against the 100,000 troops led by Liu Bei. Even if he failed, it was not a crime of war. All the warriors present asked themselves, and it was hard to say that anyone could do better.

Cao Cao sneered, took the military newspaper from Xu Chu and threw it to Cao Pi: "You all take a look!"

Cao Pi opened the military newspaper and glanced at him. Cao Zhang came over and stood beside him.

Cao Pi coughed twice, finished reading the ten lines at a glance, and passed it to Cao Zhang.

"What did Zihuan see?"

Cao Pi hesitated for a moment: "The child is stupid, really... I really don't see anything special."

Cao Cao sneered.

Cao Zhang held the military newspaper and suddenly said, "Father, according to the military newspaper, when Huang Zhong led his army to attack, Uncle Miaocai was summoning his subordinates to appease the Central Army, and explained to them the battle situation in Jingzhou and arranged the steps for retreat..."

"That's right!"

Cao Zhang looked at his father's expression and continued, "I remember that military tactics are full of military tactics. The general's affairs are quiet and quiet, and the righteous are governed, which can fool the soldiers' eyes and ears and eyes and make them ignorant. How can such secrets be known to all the military academys? This is not... In this way, our army will be in chaos without fighting!"

"Well said it!" Cao Cao nodded: "Huang Xuer has been training in the army recently, and she has made some progress!"

"Father!" Cao Pi suddenly shouted.

"Um?"

Cao Pi bowed and said, "Uncle Miaocai is a long-time general, how could he not be able to understand military tactics? He must have a reason to do so."

"It makes sense." Cao Cao nodded again: "Then what is the reason?"

Cao Pi's forehead was sweating, and he lowered his head and said, "The forces of all parties in Guanzhong are mixed. The forces unified by Uncle Miaocai are also pieced together... According to the child's speculation, the news of Jingzhou's defeat may have spread before his uncle took some measures. Perhaps, many people have no intention of fighting and are eager to withdraw. They just took this opportunity to create momentum, and this action created an opportunity for Liu Bei!"

Cao Cao sighed heavily.

The civil and military officials were quiet for a moment, and seeing that his expression did not seem to be against him, they all said, "What the Deputy Prime Minister said is extremely true!"

Cao Cao stepped down the steps and looked at his two sons.

"Since Zihuan has such insights, let's go to Guanzhong for me! You are stationed in Chang'an as the deputy prime minister, the military affairs of the three states of the governor, Liang and Yi. Within two or three years, you will be the foundation of invincibility first, wait for the foundation to establish your strength and then make progress."

Cao Pi never thought that he would suddenly get this important task and was stunned for a moment.

"In the Guanzhong area, there is a former military advisor, the Sili Clerk Zhong Yuanchang. This is Xiao He now. You must regard him as a commander and respect him! Xiahou Boren should not do any more facial features and literature, and will be transferred to Sima today and also go to practice. In addition, Guo Huai, Sima Yi, Zhao Yan, Yan Xing, Cheng Gongying and others, although they were defeated, were considered to be aware of the enemy situation and could be appointed as the ones." Cao Cao emphasized his tone and continued: "But you also need to be in power, and don't let the people be good at it... Do you understand?"

Guo Huai and Sima Yi are both old teams of Cao Pi. Xiahou Boren is Xiahou Shang. He is the son of Xiahou Yuan. He is known as both civil and military in the Xiahou clan. He is also Cao Pi's friend and old friend.

Cao Pi bowed his head deeply and said in a deep voice: "I understand!"

Cao Cao patted Cao Pi on the shoulder and pointed at Cao Hong who was standing behind, looking at his nose, looking at his nose, and speaking without moving: "Zi Lian!"

"The last one will be here!"

"Hanzhong has been defeated; in Liangzhou, Ma Chao is raging and restless day and night. At this time, a sufficient warrior must go to take charge to ensure the stability of the situation in Guanxi. I decided that you will be the general of the Western Expedition, lead 50,000 troops, and stay in Chang'an with Zihuan."

Cao Hong hurriedly bowed and said, "I will obey the order!"

"When Liu Bei's army is powerful, it cannot be defeated. When you arrive in Chang'an, you must urge the army to protect the border with deep ditches and high barriers. In the next two or three years, if anyone is greedy for military merits and defeats without authorization, I will kill you first!"

"Yes! Yes!"

"Then it's Jingzhou..." Cao Cao walked back.

Cao Zhang was about to say something, and Cao Cao stood in front of Man Chong.

Man Chong was the magistrate of Xu County and later served as the prefect of Runan. After the Battle of Chibi, he became General Fenwei. This king was known as a cruel official in office. He had killed Cao Hong's guests and tortured the former Grand Marshal Yang Biao. In terms of status, he was actually a little inferior to Le Jin and was not qualified to come here. But he came, and Cao Gong seemed to have arranged this long ago.

"Boning!"

"exist."

"I heard from the defeated soldiers in Jiangling that the reason why Guan Yu won was because the Jingzhou naval army went up from oil and water, and walked around the upper reaches of our army's floating bridge. This old path of Wushui was opened several years ago and was used by many local merchants in Jingzhou as a channel for transporting goods. For their own selfish interests, they had never informed us of this channel. Was it?"

Man Chong said: "I have already found out that there is indeed this matter."

"I heard again that many local tribes and wealthy families in Jingzhou colluded with Jiangling. Some secretly sold southern goods for profit, and some leaked military information to Jiangling, right?"

This is a crime that is wanted to be accused, so there is no need to worry about it. The scholars of Jingxiang and Jiangling in the south have the same lineage. They have always been close to each other, and most of them are contacts with relatives and Maria. With Man Chong's means, it is easy to find a group of people.

Man Chong bowed slightly: "It's true that the Prime Minister said."

"So, have these traitors arrested?"

"More than 3,000 people have been arrested, because the case involves Jingzhou Governor Fu Qun and chief clerk Yang Yi, and they still need to be tortured."

Cao Cao said without hesitation: "What are you tortured? All the people involved have been arrested."

"Affect the order."

"Remind me back and send someone to meet Liu Bei. If Liu Bei is willing to return Xiahou Yuanrang, Zhang Junyi and others, then use them as an exchange. If Liu Bei doesn't want to, you behead them all."

How to deal with the lives of thousands of people was decided by Cao Gong's casual orders. There is no doubt that the deaths of Cao Zixiao and Xiahou Miaocai made Cao Gong really angry.

But Man Chong's expression remained unchanged and he responded: "As for the order."

"Although Guan Yu won, his own losses were quite a few. I don't expect him to do a big move. Jingxiang defense still entrusted Le Wenqian. He sent someone to give him a generous gift to the Jinzhu to tell him about his great achievements in defeating the Jingzhou navy."

Le Jin was overjoyed and choked and said, "Prime Minister, I will stick to Jingxiang and will never allow Guan Yu to step north!"

Cao Cao nodded.

"Although Ziwen has a defeat, his courage is commendable. From now on, he will serve as the general of the cavalry, commanding the tiger and leopard cavalry, the trunk cavalry, the infantry, Yue cavalry, Changshui, and Shooting. You are ready to prepare your troops and horses. After a while, you will follow me to Xudu and meet the emperor and all the wise men in the court!"

This sentence is simple, and the content is rich. Cao Zhang grinned and looked at his brother, and he was about to laugh out loud: "Okay!"

"Then it's the Jianghuai area..."

Just now, Cao Cao was allocated his subordinates without hesitation. It was not until this time that he slowed down a little: "That child Sun Quan is still attacking Hefei?"

Cao Hong was the general of the capital, and was most familiar with military generals from all over the country. He immediately said: "Jiangdong is not good at land warfare. With Zhang Wenyuan in Hefei and Yu Wen in Shouchun, there will definitely be no trouble."

Cao Cao shook his head: "The Sun and Liu families echo each other. If it continues in the long run, it will be a problem after all."

He suddenly asked, "Wenhe has a great theory?"

Taizhong doctor Jia Xu is very old and has gray hair. He has stood under the sun for a long time, but he is not energetic, with thin eyebrows and long eyes half open and half closed, and he doesn't know if he is sleeping or what he is doing.

After hearing Cao Gong's inquiry, he bowed slowly: "Just leave him."

"How to get rid of it?"

Jia Xu touched his beard: "Previously, the Minister of State Order Dong Gongren suggested that it is appropriate to build the ancient and cultural feudal fifth grade. I think this is a good idea."
Chapter completed!