In the Yuan family's camp, a new group of fierce generals from the Cao family's camp were added, and their strength was greatly increased.
Needless to say, Bai Xiaowen sent another general from the Cao family to surrender to collect the troops who had fled in the Anyang battle.
However, there were three other characters that Bai Xiaowen cared about, but they did not surrender.
Two of them were prisoners, Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai.
When Xun Yu went to persuade him to surrender, Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai had already heard the news that Cao Cao committed suicide at Changyuan. They coughed up several liters of blood and were bedridden.
Both of them actually felt guilty about themselves.
As a counselor accompanying the army, he used Cao Xiong as a bait to kill Cao Xiong, killing two birds with one stone. Guo Jia originally proposed it and Xi Zhi perfected it.
As a result, this strategy was discovered by the enemy, which directly caused Cao's army to lose the opportunity to plan and was defeated.
In comparison, the generals in Cao Cao's camp do not have so much psychological burden, especially Zhang Liao and others. They have only followed Cao Cao for a short time and have not yet formed the inherent concept of serving Cao Cao as their lord for life. In addition, they have already been in the war.
Try your best and of course you won’t feel guilty.
Guo Jia himself is very arrogant, and he is indeed a first-rate counselor, so he has extremely high expectations for himself. Such a huge strategic failure led to the defeat of the lord he was assisting. It is conceivable that the blow to them was huge.
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Not to mention, Cao Cao had a very good personal relationship with the two of them. This kind of relationship between emperor and minister and good friends has been a legend in ancient and modern times, but now, it only becomes more sentimental.
The two counselors firmly rejected Bai Xiaowen's solicitation.
Guo Jiatuo sent a message: "The two of us plan strategies, and what we rely on is this Fang Cun (Fang Cun: heart). Now Fang Cun is in chaos, and we are already useless. Even if we assist the Great Sima, it is useless. The Great Sima
If you want to kill the two of us to avoid future troubles, we will kill you at the first glance; if you don’t kill us, we will live in seclusion in the mountains and rivers and never care about the world again.”
Of course Bai Xiaowen would not kill Guo Jia and Guo Jia, mainly because they were both scribes, so killing them would be useless, but harmful.
After receiving the message, Bai Xiaowen stopped forcing it.
Guo Jia, a counselor like Xi Zhicai is too high-spirited and really cannot afford to lose. Note that the word "can't afford to lose" here does not mean that you will default on your debt if you lose, but that you cannot lose and dare not lose! An important moment
If you lose the plan, then you will have a lot of worries when you make plans as a counselor. Simply put, your self-confidence will be destroyed.
Bai Xiaowen asked himself, if he loses once, will he also have this kind of self-doubt?
It’s hard to say, because Bai Xiaowen has never lost before.
However, Bai Xiaowen hopes that his resilience can be stronger, and he can learn from the indomitable Cao Cao and Sima Yi. It is not terrible to lose one strategy, but the terrible thing is to lose confidence.
Guo Jiahe Xi Zhicai vomited blood and fell ill this time, which confirmed a saying: deep love will not last long, and wisdom will be damaged.
Bai Xiaowen could only ask the medical officer to take good care of Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai's bodies, and told the two of them that they would be left alone until they recovered.
As for another talent, it is Jia Xu.
Jia Xu's strategic skills are also top-notch in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Moreover, this guy has a strong desire for survival, and he has a feeling of "you will die, I will live on my own". If he can catch it, Bai Xiaowen will be 100% sure.
Being sure can allow Jia Xu to assist him.
However... Jia Xu ran away long ago!
After Bai Xiaowen's investigation, he found out that Jia Xu and Guo Jia followed Cao Cao's northern expedition. However, on the night of the decisive battle, Bai Xiaowen used a trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain. After he was transferred, Jia Xu ran away silently.
In the end, Nanda Camp was burned down, and Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai were both arrested, but Jia Xu was not caught.
Bai Xiaowen had no choice. He couldn't arrest Jia Xu. Otherwise, it would be troublesome to let this guy go to other camps if he was desperate.
It is also worth mentioning that another counselor of Cao Cao, Liu Ye, also disappeared.
The time of his disappearance was very intriguing, as it happened to be the same time as Richard, the leader of the Awakenings of the Divine Court, escaped from the Three Kingdoms plane.
Bai Xiaowen also couldn't figure out whether this Liu Ye disappeared by chance, or whether he was one of the awakened ones in the Shenting training camp who pretended to be one.
As for the other counselors of Cao's army, such as Cheng Yu and others, they are similar to Dong Zhao and have no special skills to assist their lord.
In Xudu, Bai Xiaowen met with the chief administrators of various states and counties in Henan, and asked them to return to their original posts. Among them, the outstanding ones, such as Zhong Yao, were rewarded and promoted, which quickly stabilized the people of Henan.
So far, the first phase of the main task has taken 13 days.
Bai Xiaowen then convened a civil and military meeting to hold a high-level military meeting again, using his authority to formulate national policies to find the next unification mission target for the Yuan camp.
This time, Tian Feng, Xun Yu and many other counselors all had the same attitude. They wanted to wipe out the bandits, rectify the internal affairs, and digest the fruits of victory.
One piece and one piece of relaxation, the way of civility and martial arts.
Bai Xiaowen also understands this truth. His fist must be withdrawn first and then thrown out to be more powerful. From a long-term perspective, if he has three months to half a year to rectify the internal affairs and connect Henan and Hebei into an iron plate, Bai Xiaowen will fight for world supremacy.
He is firmly in an invincible position.
Looking at Cao Cao after he also unified the north, he lost so miserably in the Battle of Chibi but still dominated the north. His strength was so strong that it required Sun and Liu to join forces to compete. You can see how terrifying the potential that Bai Xiaowen had at this time was.
It's one thing to know this.
But the rules of the spiritual world don’t admit it!
Counting Zhang Yan from Heishan, Qingzhou bandits, Bingzhou horse bandits, etc., they still failed to trigger the second main line of unification.
However, Bai Xiaowen was not in a hurry.
Thanks to the rapid defeat of Cao Cao's camp, the White Phoenix team now has nearly 30 days left to freely explore the world of the Three Kingdoms.
Just trigger the next main line of unification within these 30 days.
If it doesn't work, you can forcefully raise the goal, such as annexing Jingzhou, or annexing Yizhou, etc., and you can always trigger the second phase of the mission.
Therefore, after discussing with the camp's civil and military officials, Bai Xiaowen decided not to use troops to expand externally for the time being, but to conquer bandits, train elite soldiers, and save food and grass.
The Cao Group's defeated troops finally gathered more than 70,000 people.
The overall combat quality of these 70,000 people is quite good. The individual quality is better than the 60,000 elite soldiers Bai Xiaowen selected from Yuan's army of 120,000, and they can all be incorporated into the army.
However, Bai Xiaowen still ordered that 20,000 people be eliminated and used for farming and reclamation.
His concept is that soldiers are more valuable than more. One hundred thousand elite soldiers are enough to control the north. Like Cao Cao, who was so proud after unifying the north that he dispatched a million troops to conquer Jiangdong, Bai Xiaowen actually did not agree with it.
However, after only a few days of peaceful farming and training, something happened again.