Cao Ren's expression became gloomy and uncertain at this moment. Unlike the Xiahou brothers who didn't know much about politics, Cao Ren's mind was considered quite good among the Cao brothers, and he had a pretty good overall view, so early in the morning
Cao Ren realized that the foundation of his eldest brother Cao Cao's rule had been in turmoil, and this time the contradiction almost broke out.
In Cao Ren's opinion, what Zhang Xiu is saying does not really matter whether he is fighting Ardashir or withdrawing, but rather directly destroying Cao Cao's strategy and directly making a strategic mistake so that Cao Cao himself can maintain his power.
The foundation is in turmoil.
The basis for Cao Cao's current power to barely maintain his power is his ability. After all, no matter how dissatisfied Cao Cao's generals, commanders, civil servants, and lower-level soldiers and subjects are, they have to admit that Cao Cao's ability is trustworthy. That's why now, no matter how you criticize Cao Cao, there is no
Those who left have still not left.
But if Cao Cao makes mistakes at the strategic level and his abilities begin to be doubted, then Cao Cao's basis for rule will be disintegrated, and this is already Cao Cao's only basis for rule.
So when Cao Ren heard Zhang Xiu's words, his face turned ugly.
"If we withdraw now, even if Aldashir retreats to the previous highland camp, it is absolutely impossible to submerge us and others with water instead of troops. But if we continue to rush towards the Helmand River crossing, that is really not possible." Zhang
Xiu said very seriously, his brain is not very good, but there are some things that others can tell him. For him, after all, his background is here, can Lao Cao still kill him?
"On the other side of the Helmand River ferry is Ardashir's food route. If we fight there and cut off Ardashir's food route, the opponent will have no way of continuing to support us and will definitely be defeated without a fight." Cao Ren tried his best.
Suppressing his anger, he explained to Zhang Xiu.
"So, does Aldashir risk his own food supply and kill all of us?" Zhang Xiuyi raised an eyebrow and asked, "If we cut off Aldashir's food and grass logistics, we won't be able to use it for seven or eight years."
God, if Ardashir doesn't retreat, it will collapse. But if Ardashir uses the food channel of the Helmand River as bait to kill us, without our troops, we can still make Ardashir collapse.
Is there at least a few days left to find a way to supply food and grass? If things don’t work out, we can still withdraw. Where are the troops?”
Neither Cao Ren nor Zhang Xiu said anything about going to the highland camp in Ardashir to stop the attack. If they had united before, this kind of thing could still be done, but now is this what Zhang Xiu wants? No,
This is what a group of people mean.
To put it bluntly, the current army has actually been divided. Cao Ren is only the nominal commander, but how many generals he can mobilize depends on his ability.
"Bo Yuan, let's talk openly." Cao Ren took a deep breath. He felt that he couldn't get entangled with Zhang Xiu on this matter, because if he continued to get entangled, there would be no hope of executing the original plan.
Time is also a victory for Zhang Xiu. As for the time delay, what should I do if Ardashir is in place and the embankment bursts? Go up the mountain. Anyway, it is too late to march, so it is still too late to go up the mountain.
Zhang Xiu stared at Cao Ren noncommittally, while Xia Houyuan realized something at this time and turned to glare at Zhang Xiu.
"You nominating the crown prince now will only make the situation more corrupt." Cao Ren looked at Zhang Xiu with a gloomy face and said, "The power in Sikong's hands is not enough for the crown prince to challenge."
"If it is enough to challenge, there will be no such nonsense. If the crown prince can surpass Sikong in terms of real power, then there is no need to discuss these things. Cao Zixiao, please speak with your conscience. If the crown prince's power surpasses Sikong,
Whose position will you stand on!" Zhang Xiu sneered and said, what are you pretending to do? Cao Ang's replacement for Cao Cao has no loss for the Cao family and the Xiahou family, so why intervene.
"But not yet." Cao Ren gave an answer that shocked Xia Houyuan, and even shocked Xia Houyuan's brain.
"Now is the opportunity." Zhang Xiu said with an indifferent expression.
Just withdraw like this, slam the shit basin on Old Cao's head, directly make a mistake at the strategic level, and cast doubt on Cao Cao's ability, and the matter is won.
Zhang Xiu didn't care whether Ardashir returned to the mountain camp or sent a highly mobile main force to brave the rain to attract other people's attention. He led the main force to the ferry. It didn't matter to Zhang Xiu. Now this opportunity was enough for Cao Ang to take over directly.
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The combination of the immoral father, the corrupt Cao Cao, and the incompetent Sikong was enough for Cao Ang, who had already mastered a certain amount of power, to succeed directly to the throne.
"No." Cao Ren thought for a long time, shook his head and said.
"Then you go to the ferry and destroy the grain road, and I will take people back to Kandahar." Zhang Xiu made it clear to Cao Ren directly that this was a direct coup.
"Zhang Boyuan!" Cao Ren growled at Zhang Xiu. He had fully understood what Zhang Xiu meant. Now that the main force of the Cao family has been dispatched, if the troops are divided here and Zhang Xiu takes his people back, with his current attitude,
That's a coup, no, it's bringing order out of chaos.
"I said this is an opportunity." Zhang Xiu looked at Cao Ren very calmly and said, "This is not what I mean alone. I dare to say it, just because apart from the Cao family and the Xiahou family here, it can be said that,
I said this, you won’t die if you do this.”
The reason why Zhang Xiu has a calm mind is very simple. If he really messes up, he can just leave. The world is so big that there is no place for Zhang Xiu to survive. To put it bluntly, if he joins Congling now, at least he will be an heir.
, you are so scared, how many times can you fight in life, do it!
In the past, these generals with foreign surnames had never thought about bringing things right, because they didn't know who to look for or what to do. However, the appearance of Cao Ang unified this idea from a certain perspective. At least they had a leader.
Selection and guarantee.
Just like the Han princes who destroyed Zhu Lu, as long as they find a suitable successor in the end, their actions will naturally be just.
Now in the eyes of Zhang Xiu and others, this is an opportunity. Old Cao does still have troops in Kandahar City, but Cao Cao's core generals have actually been dispatched. The only one who can really make Cao Cao use his arms and fingers is Dian Wei.
and the Tiger Guards under his command.
Again, this thing is difficult to do, but it is not impossible. Zhang Xiu used his brain boiling to activate the legion's talent to the limit. With the extended penetrating spear, he was sure to defeat the Tiger Guards, and
Lao Cao's operation made many Tiger Guard soldiers very dissatisfied. Under such circumstances, as long as Zhang Xiu showed sufficient combat effectiveness, the Tiger Guard would most likely give in.
The only problem may be that Dian Wei and the real core Tiger Guards under his command are not very large, only one or two hundred people. These people are the real trouble. In theory, these people are trying to protect Cao Cao.
If you don't want to really kill Cao Cao, you may not be able to win it in a short time. And if things like putting things right are delayed for a long time, variables will inevitably occur.
Therefore, we must fight quickly. For this reason, Zhang Xiu is ready to self-destruct. Dian Wei, you are super strong, right? Come on, let me show you the power that can turn Lu Bu into a Mediterranean!
With this line of thinking, Zhang Xiu has clearly realized that now is the opportunity he has been waiting for. Facing the main force of the Cao family, these generals with foreign surnames may not lose, but with those people defending, they will definitely not be able to win in a short time, but
Without Cao's main force...
Zhang Xiu looked at Cao Ren quietly. He knew very well that in terms of friendship, the senior officials of the Cao family and Xiahou family would never give up on Cao Cao. However, when the family has developed to this extent, how can it be possible to act based on personal feelings? Even an immortal like Chen Xi
God cannot walk on earth based on emotions.
Therefore, no matter how angry Cao Ren and Xia Houyuan are and have the urge to capture Zhang Xiu, considering the actual situation, they must evaluate the possibility. In order to protect Cao Cao, they will fight with this group of people, and then both sides will lose and everyone will be harmed.
interests? Or just sit on the sidelines, go along with the flow, or even join them to continue your own interests.
After all, the biggest advantage of Cao Ang's ascendancy is that the Cao family and the Xiahou family as a whole will not suffer losses. Even if they suffer some personal losses, the interests of the family as a whole are preserved.
This is actually the logic of the princes in the early Han Dynasty who exterminated Zhu Lu. The clan surnamed Liu does not care about your extraordinary operations, but only cares about whether you can protect the collective interests of everyone. Even if some individuals lose a lot during this period, as long as the collective interests are gained
It is guaranteed that this kind of logic that is continued by the family will also autonomously suppress individual emotions and anger.
"No." Cao Ren thought for a long time and finally shook his head, "It's not that far yet."
Zhang Xiu looked at Cao Ren. If the other person could think about it for so long, it was definitely not because of brotherly love. After all, if it was for that reason, he should have blurted it out on the spot instead of thinking for a long time and finally giving the answer.
Apart from mathematics in this world, careful consideration in interpersonal relationships is actually about weighing the pros and cons!
"Okay, then you can do it on your own." Zhang Xiu turned around and left. Cao Ren's face darkened when he heard this, and he stretched out his hand to grab Zhang Xiu.
"Who is giving you advice?" Cao Ren didn't want to refute at this time. As long as some things are weighed, it means that it is possible to happen.
As long as something like loyalty is weighed on the scale, there is no need to consider loyalty. Failure to implement it can only be said to be insufficient chips.
Although Zhang Xiu didn't say anything further, he actually understood Cao Ren's current meaning after being prompted by someone, that is, the other party did not stand on Cao Cao's position unconditionally.
"Who knows, it's not a disaster at all." Zhang Xiu said calmly, "Anyway, I have said everything that needs to be said, and the rest is your business. Since you rejected my proposal, I believe Now is indeed not the best time. After all, you must know more than me, so I trust your judgment."
After Zhang Xiu finished speaking, he looked at Xia Houyuan, and then left quickly, leaving only Cao Ren with a heavy heart and Xia Houyuan with a gloomy look.
"Zi Xiao!" Xia Houyuan looked at Cao Ren and growled.
"Bo Yuan is not the will of one person, but represents the will of a group of people. Zixiu's previous performance was very good, which opened people's eyes to other possibilities. What's even more valuable is that Zixiu will not mess around." Cao Ren sighed. He took a deep breath and said, "Then what's the problem with helping Zixiu ascend to the top?"
The guards had been driven far away at this time, and they had special protection. Cao Ren didn't mind telling the truth to Xia Houyuan. Why did Zhang Xiu find Cao Ren, and said this in front of Xia Houyuan? To put it bluntly, it was Cao Ren. He has a brain and an overall view, and Xia Houyuan's son is Cao Ang's iron brother, plus he has enough political ability. Even if Xia Houyuan can't change his mind now and has no place to vent his anger, he will come to the same conclusion.
"It is impossible for us to fight with so many people." Cao Ren sighed and said, "If it is to fight against Ardashir, no matter how much we sacrifice, it will be meaningful, but if it is a civil war for the eldest brother, to be honest, It’s very difficult, just mobilizing your subordinates will cause big problems.”
Fighting to protect Lao Cao? Laughing to death, Ma Pin and the others couldn't have jumped on the spot. They could tolerate Cao Cao while fighting for the country, but now they were fighting for Cao Cao, so they had to quickly turn their guns and give him The entire Tianzhu country is a traitor!
"It's useless to inform the elder brother, because it can't be solved." Cao Ren sighed and said, "Actually, the hidden dangers have remained since the great purge the year before last. It's just that something happened in the middle, and Zi Xiu continued We managed to maintain the situation and did not break out, but in fact the fundamental problems were not solved, and after the big brother came back, these problems emerged again."
Although an organization does not require everyone to be absolutely reliable, it only needs to be relatively reliable when necessary. Even if half of an organization is a gangster, as long as the important positions are normal executors and can maintain operation, This organization can survive.
As for expecting the entire organization to be loyal and strictly implement orders, that is all nonsense. People are inert, and it is impossible for such extreme situations to occur. In a short period of time, relying on personal beliefs and collective shaping It's okay if the concept is anti-human, but in the long run it becomes pure nonsense.
In the same way, something as valuable as loyalty cannot be an unconditional and complete ideological seal. Most of the time, it is the result of a combination of various reasons.
The basis for maintaining Cao Cao's power from the very beginning was not universal morality, but ability and interests. The latter two are very important. Most of the time, as long as an organization can maintain the ability to be promoted and the mediocre to be eliminated, the interests will be distributed as fairly as possible.
, this organization can continue smoothly and prosper.
But maintaining this state does not mean that it will survive forever, because external morality will inevitably conflict with the policies operating within the organization, and universal morality, as the foundation, as the basis for social operation, will inevitably conflict with the organization.
There is one loser, and the general result is that the organization collapses on the spot.
Before the Great Purge, there were no major problems with the operation system of Cao Cao's power. Even if the generals and soldiers under his command were dissatisfied with Lao Cao, they would not do it because of the huge benefits that Lao Cao could bring.
Get hung up on the details.
After all, human beings have different requirements for monarchs. For example, Liu Bang's private morals can be described as vacuum and he is completely an old gangster. However, as a monarch, Liu Bang can be considered a loyal elder, while Xiang Yu's personal morals are
He is trustworthy, but as a monarch, he is considered to have unclear rewards and punishments, and is not a qualified monarch.
Even someone like Sima Qian, who was fond of Xiang Yu, had to agree that Xiang Yu was unqualified as a monarch.
This is also the basis for the existence of Cao Cao's power. After all, although the moral vacuum of the monarch is disgusting, it is still acceptable if the monarch has clear rewards and punishments. For things like massacre, the local people who were massacred have a lot to scold and are willing to fight back.
It doesn't mean that people in other places can have complete empathy.
After all, the late Han Dynasty was an era of cannibalism, so the people of Xuzhou were massacred. Only the people of Xuzhou remembered it. People in other places knew about it, but only two lines of words were left in the history books.
Who said that those who can master paper and pen are not ordinary people, and who said that illiterate people are not qualified to keep diaries.
However, those who were wiped out in the Great Purge of Kandahar were actually aristocratic families, and not many ordinary people were really affected. For example, the situation of Liang He and his wife taking their children back to their parents' home, and then the whole family died, was actually very rare, and the others were even more
Most of the time, all the family members of the mother-in-law are dead, and the family has nothing to do.
But these days, most people at the bottom who are used to seeing life and death can tolerate the death of their wife's natal family. After all, the person is dead, and there is nothing more to say. The grief and excitement are only temporary.
Yes, it will not cause continuous damage.
Of course, this is a theoretical situation. What really led to things developing to this point is actually propaganda. Chen Xi will not go out of his way to publicize it. It does not mean that the aristocratic family with the right to speak and interpret scriptures will not publicize it. It is just like the hunger in Africa every day.
There are tens of millions of people on the margins, and thousands of people starve to death every day, but you basically don't see this kind of thing in the mainstream media.
On the contrary, what kind of fun did the East Emperor and the West Emperor have? Even if no one died, you can see these things all over the world. Is it because the death of thousands of people is not enough to have fun?
In fact, no, it is because of words, because of the right to interpret moral and legal principles, and because these people are not included in the rules of universal moral construction.
Most of the families who died in Kandahar were scum. Except for the unlucky Jingzhao Du family, every other family died for their own reasons, but this does not prevent the surviving families from using their own right to explain the matter.
Use this weapon of criticism to lock certain people tightly so that you can enslave them!
Even though the number of people who died is far less than that of Xuzhou, how can the people of Xuzhou have time to stand up and debate the scriptures? The Zhuge family? Ha, it’s just a first- or third-rate family!
Everyone understands it, but I can’t help it if I don’t understand it. The importance lies in publicity when you can’t see it.
