Chapter 10 Killing and descending unknown, accepting descending will be cold
Chapter 10: Killing and Surrendering Uncertain, Accepting Surrender Will Be Cool
"Mengde, Mengde..."
From a distance, I could hear the excited shouts of Xiahou Dun and Xia Houyuan.
Cao Cao raised his eyes, slightly surprised.
It seems that at this time, the two of them should be chasing the Yellow Turban thieves, right? Why did they return to Chenliu? Could it be that during the process of wiping out the Yellow Turbans, something unexpected happened?
Just when I thought of this, Xiahou Dun and Xia Houyuan had already broken into the pavilion.
Just as he was about to speak, he saw Xun Yu next to Cao Cao and hurriedly shut his mouth. It was a matter of military secrets, and logically speaking, no outsiders could hear it.
Cao Cao immediately understood what they meant, raised his hand, and introduced.
"This is Xun Wenruo, who will be our military advisor from now on. He is not an outsider. Yuan Rang and Miaocai have something to say, but it doesn't matter!"
Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan and Xun Yu bowed to each other, and they were considered acquainted.
Immediately, Xiahou Dun turned his head and said excitedly: "Mengde, the Yellow Turban thieves and their families total more than 300,000 people. They... they sent people to ask for surrender!"
Please surrender?
This is a good thing!
Cao Cao slammed the table and was overjoyed...
Sure enough, according to the sixteen-character mantra of Yi Xiaotian's "On Guerrilla Warfare", the Yellow Turban rebels were overwhelmed and surrendered. The Yellow Turban rebellion in Yanzhou was completely put down, and we can finally manage this land with peace of mind.
Good things come in pairs, hahaha...
Laughing loudly, Cao Cao laughed out loud immediately, Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan also laughed out loud...
Unexpectedly, laughter just emerged.
"Ming Gong." Xun Yu stood up abruptly, stretched out his hand to interrupt their laughter, and then said seriously: "Three hundred thousand yellow turban thieves, please surrender! This is a disaster, not a blessing!"
Hmm? Is it a disaster rather than a blessing? What is the explanation for this? The Yellow Turban thieves have surrendered? Yanzhou is at peace? Isn’t this happy to everyone? Where does it become a disaster again?
Cao Cao was a little surprised, and brothers Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan were also confused.
"Has Mr. Cao thought about how to arrange these 300,000 surrendered troops?" Xun Yu pointed out the key to the problem...
call out…
Suddenly, Cao Cao understood.
His laughter stopped suddenly, and there was even a faint sweat dripping from his forehead...
How to arrange the surrender of troops has always been a huge problem from the pre-Qin Dynasty to the Han Dynasty.
In the battle of Changping, Bai Qi killed Zhao and surrendered more than 400,000 soldiers; when Chu and Han fought, Xiang Yu killed Qin and surrendered 200,000 soldiers.
There is always a story in history about trapping and killing, and it is not without reason.
The reason…
The surrender of the Yellow Turban thieves, to put it nicely, means the surrender of 300,000 troops;
To put it bluntly, this is 300,000 mouths, and they are still mouths with criminal records. They have rebelled once, and I don’t know if they will rebel again in the future!
It’s easy to pay!
But what happens after surrender?
Yanzhou's grain stocks are likely to be emptied quickly.
What if this group of surrendered soldiers were dissatisfied again and it would be another mutiny if they were not protected! Although Xun Yu didn't say it explicitly, none of these things made Cao Cao worry!
So? Kill?
The so-called killing and surrender are unknown...
But in front of Yanzhou, which had insufficient food, and in front of Cao Cao, who was "under great pressure", what could he do?
call…
Cao Cao exhaled a long breath.
"Sir, do you have any good ideas?"
He placed his hope on Xun Yu, hoping that Xun Yu could come up with some clever ideas.
Xun Yu shook his head...
This is to be expected. There is a way to have both ends of the world. How can there be a way to surrender 300,000 soldiers and ensure Yanzhou's food supply? Xun Yu is not a god, how can he conjure food out of thin air?
For a time, Cao Cao was at his wits' end!
…
…
For two days in a row, Cao Cao made excuses and did not go to see the envoy of the Yellow Turban Thieves.
He didn't know how to reply.
Problem, this is a huge problem.
When the moth thieves were plundering everywhere, Cao Cao looked forward to their surrender every day to strengthen his army.
However, they really surrendered, and now Cao Cao was too scared to accept it.
Three hundred thousand mouths;
Three hundred thousand, unstable factors that may break out at any time;
What's more, the Yellow Turban thieves had a mortal feud with Cao Cao, and his good brother Bao Xin died under their swords.
Should they surrender? Or kill them? Or let them fend for themselves?
In the government office, Cao Cao fell into deep thought again...
rustle…
The wind blows the fallen leaves and makes a rustling sound.
The silence that can be heard when a needle drops wanders throughout the entire government office.
The atmosphere became more and more solemn...
But at this moment.
"Mengde...Mengde..."
The sound of stepping footsteps sounded, crisp and resounding...
The person who interrupted the silence in the government office was Cao Ren.
He got the Chang'an battle report sent back from Xiaozuo, and sent it to Cao Cao without stopping.
"What? Lu Bu was defeated?"
A trace of suspicion flashed across Cao Cao's face, and then, the suspicion turned into a look of astonishment.
Seeing the bamboo slips recording the information in front of him, Cao Cao couldn't calm down at all.
In the city of Chang'an, Lu Bu, who killed Dong Zhuo and controlled the troops of the Han Dynasty, was defeated in a battle with Dong Zhuo's remnants Li Jue and Guo Si! He abandoned his helmet and armor, and took the remaining soldiers with him like a bereaved dog.
Many of them fled without a trace, and even Situ Wang Yun died in the hands of the Xiliang army.
Phew...this?
Lu Bu, the unparalleled flying general, was no match for Li Jue and Guo Si? Has Chang'an fallen again?
This... is simply unbelievable!
Cao Cao wanted to say something, but found that his throat was even tighter and he couldn't say a word.
"Meng De." Cao Ren explained again and again: "To report in detail, Lu Bu was defeated by Xiliang Li Jue, Guo Si's counselor, a guy named Jia Xu. He laid out a clever plan to lure Lu Bu's army to go deep alone, ambush them, and attack them.
Lu Bu is surrounded by people, trying to catch a turtle in a urn!"
Phew...laid out a clever plan, this is the so-called "little plan", right?
Cao Cao suddenly thought of something...
That's right, it's Yi Xiaotian.
Just half a month ago, Yi Xiaotian had threatened that Lu Bu was brave and foolhardy, and a small plan was enough to make him return home in defeat! Chang'an City would soon change hands, and the emperor would begin a miserable life.
For this reason, Cao Cao also made a bet with him. The bet was a start-up fee for doing business.
Phew... I expected it again.
A trace of surprise flashed across Cao Cao's eyes, and he glanced at Cao Ren in shock, his eyes sharp, as if telling Cao Ren.
Compared with the incomparable brave Lu Bu, he returned home defeated;
Compared to the fall of Chang'an City again;
Compared with the Xiliang cavalry's rampage and the emperor's disaster, what shocked Cao Cao even more was... Yi Xiaotian.
Think of Yi Xiaotian's accurate judgment of the war situation in Kyoto, think of the strategy he proposed to himself to conquer the Yellow Turbans with remarkable results, and think of the current dilemma of Yanzhou surrendering the Yellow Turbans.
With a sound of "Bang!", Cao Cao slapped the document, and a sentence suddenly came out.
"I almost forgot that we have Brother Yi in Yanzhou who is very knowledgeable about things. He can definitely solve my current predicament!"
As he spoke, Cao Cao strode quickly out of the government office.
As he walked, he did not forget to give orders to Cao Ren.
"Zixiao, prepare your horses quickly, no... this time you need to prepare a carriage, and prepare some more coins and gold cakes. Let's go to a wine shop. I, Cao Cao, am willing to admit defeat!"
