Eighty thousand grains and grass, plus a Yanzhou, were enough to exchange for Cao Cao's support.
In fact, we don't need 80,000 grain and grass, we only need Yanzhou. Cao Cao might agree to it, because the reason he wants the supplies is to expand his troops and capture the entire Yanzhou.
Now that he can win it without spending a single soldier, and it can also solve some serious problems in his heart, why wouldn't Cao Cao do it?
As for the current Jizhou where Cao Cao's friend Yuan Shao is in power, that is another matter.
Because the current conflict between Jizhou and Qingzhou is also in Cao Cao's interests.
Just like the conflict between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan in history, as long as they have no time to look south and allow Cao Cao to develop in the cracks, everything will be easy.
Therefore, no matter who is in power in Jizhou, they will not undermine Cao Cao's current actions. Just because Jizhou is now in the hands of Yuan Shao, he cannot worry about the friendship of his friends and hinder his own growth.
What's more, the current Jizhou is indeed too powerful. It has not suffered from civil strife in ten years. The state is rich and powerful. The population is almost the same as that of Qingzhou, Youzhou and Luoyang combined. The cultivated land area and various mineral resources are stronger than those of the three places.
Therefore, slightly weakening Jizhou and allowing Liu Bei Group and Yuan Shao Group to maintain a balance is what he needs most as a weak third party caught between them.
After reading the letter, Cao Cao pondered for a moment and said to Cao Ren: "Zixiao, help me get paper and pen."
Cao Ren asked casually: "Are you writing a reply to Chen Zigui?"
"no."
Cao Cao's eyes were deep, with a hint of melancholy flashing in his eyes: "I am writing a letter to Zhang Mengzhuo."
Zhang Mengzhuo?
Zhang Miao who betrayed Cao Cao and joined Wang Fen?
Cao Ren didn't understand what there was to say to him. Zhang Miao clearly supported his eldest brother when he was fighting against Dong. However, after fighting against Dong, his attitude became cold and now he betrayed Cao Cao. He should be punished.
However, when Cao Ren was about to ask why he wrote to Zhang Miao, he saw several counselors sitting there, saying nothing, neither admonishing nor speaking.
Cao Ren was confused for a moment, so he had to turn around and go out to get pen, ink, paper and inkstone.
"This Miao has a very fragile heart."
After Cao Ren left, Cheng Yu shook his head: "It's just a trivial matter, the reaction is too extreme."
"Mr. Zhongde, you can't say that."
Guo Jia smiled and retorted: "In the past, the King of Wei and Geng Lei were under the Beijing Tower. Geng Lei tried to use his bow to fly down the bird. The King of Wei said curiously: "But the shot can reach this far." Geng Lei said: "It is not me who can shoot it so far."
, so it is an evil bird. The king said: Sir, how do you know this? Geng Lei replied: It flies slowly and sings sadly. If it flies slowly, it is sore and painful; if it sings sadly, it has been lost to the flock for a long time. Therefore, the sore has not subsided and the shock has not yet arrived.
Also, hearing the sound of strings makes you fly high, so you die from sores."
"If a person is in a state of fear, uncertainty, and misery for a long time, his heart will inevitably be very fragile. At the slightest disturbance, he will be like this frightened bird, frightened by the sound of the bowstring, and fall from the sky. Zhang Mengzhuo is like this, he is in fear all day long.
If this evil bird is like a bird, it struggles and falls to the ground. Therefore, it is normal to have an extreme reaction."
As a master of psychology, Guo Jia can understand Zhang Miao's mood.
To put it simply, Zhang Miao had poor mental quality and lacked a sense of security. Zhang Miao had a conflict with Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao asked Cao Cao to kill him. Although Cao Cao did not do so, he did not reprimand Yuan Shao and remained friends with Yuan Shao.
Imagine that your friend is also good friends with another person who wants to kill you. They talk and laugh every day as if this never happened.
As a client, do you feel scared when you see that they have such a good relationship?
Just like Fu Jian's mentality after the Battle of Feishui, Zhang Miao would of course be very frightened. In addition, this misunderstanding continued to deepen and was never relieved. In the end, Wang Fen threw an olive branch to Zhang Miao and died.
The explosion is also a reasonable thing.
Xi Xian thought for a while and said: "Zhang Mengzhuo was the Eighth Chef. He was imprisoned by the Party in his early years and was wanted by the court. He fled everywhere like Duke Yuanjie. I am afraid that it was during that period that Zhang Mengzhuo lost his place among the group for a long time and had a hidden agenda.
Later, when he was fighting against Dong, Yuan Shao asked Ming Gong to kill Zhang Mengzhuo. Although Ming Gong did not follow Yuan Shao's intention, Zhang Mengzhuo was frightened and worried, so he defected to Wang Fen for peace of mind.
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Cao Cao pondered: "I see, this is all my fault. I shouldn't have been unable to understand Meng Zhuo's mood. If I could have written more letters to comfort him, maybe this wouldn't be the case."
"This cannot be blamed on Duke Ming. Since the rebellion against Dong, Yanzhou has been in turmoil for many times. The population has been lost, and people everywhere have been devastated. It is already very difficult for Duke Ming to survive, and he has no time to care about what Zhang Mengzhuo thinks."
Cheng Yu shook his head. Cao Cao was not Zhang Miao's father. He had to care about Zhang Miao's mental state all the time. Even parents are not so considerate.
Only Cao Cao smiled bitterly, he really regretted this matter.
As for whether he regretted not helping Zhang Miao get rid of his knot earlier, or whether he regretted not making up his mind to get rid of Zhang Miao earlier, leading to the situation he is in today, that is another matter.
But overall, Cao Cao still felt that he should be more careful and aware of it earlier.
He could feel the alienation from Zhang Miao after he challenged Dong. However, there were too many things going on in Yanzhou in the past two years. First, he attacked the Black Mountain Army, then Tao Qian and Yuan Shu attacked, and then Lu Bu, and all the princes took turns.
Going into battle, he really didn't have the energy to think about these things.
As a result, Cao Cao ignored his friend's feelings and made his friend feel frightened every day, which ultimately led to today's consequences.
Guo Jia sighed: "I thought I was only a small defeat before, but I didn't expect that I was killed by Chen Zigui. I was completely defeated."
"oh?"
Xi Xian was puzzled: "Why do you see it?"
Guo Jia shook his head: "I claim to have insight into people's hearts and know the truth, but I didn't discover Zhang Miao's heart. Instead, Chen Zigui discovered it. Isn't it a big defeat?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Cao Cao comforted him: "It's not Feng Xiao's fault. When he first challenged Dong, Chen Zigui followed him all the way. There was a rift between Meng Zhuo and Ben Chu, and Chen Zigui was
You know, but you don’t know? How can you guess Meng Zhuo’s heart?”
Guo Jia just smiled and said nothing, and inferred the reason for Zhang Miao's betrayal just from what happened when he challenged Dong Zhi. This battle was not unfairly lost.
Chen Gong said silently: "Yuan Shao is now the leader in Jizhou. There is a gap between Zhang Mengzhuo and Yuan Shao, so it is absolutely impossible for Zhang Mengzhuo to vote for Jizhou. He also voted for Wang Fen and was not tolerated in Luoyang. At this time, he has no choice but to return to the Ming Dynasty.
Gonghui, I have no choice."
"But, even if Zhang Mengzhuo returns to the service of Duke Minggong, will Duke Minggong really want to accept him?"
Cheng Yu added: "Not to mention that he has already defected to a foreign enemy once. Even if he has not defected, this person's heart is so miserable. Who can guarantee that he will not defect again?"
"Ming Gong."
Several counselors looked at Cao Cao.
Cao Cao stopped talking, his brows furrowed and his expression extremely serious.
yes.
A person with such a fragile heart.
If we continue to entrust him with important responsibilities and treat him as a friend, who can guarantee that he will rebel again next time?
What's more, those who betray once will be marked for life.
Cao Cao unconsciously narrowed his eyes, and a trace of sadness flashed between his eyebrows.
That trace of sadness seems to be mixed with a little regret, melancholy, loneliness, reminiscence, and nostalgia.
There was even a little bit of murderous intent flickering in the depths of his eyes.
more grown, more lonely.
The friends we had when we were young have now gone their separate ways and their lives have been divided.
There are fewer and fewer close friends around me, and the friends who used to dress up, get angry, and sing drunkenly together are gradually drifting away.
Yuan Shao, Zhang Miao, Xu You...
In the end, those close partners began to fight against each other and turned against each other.
Cao Cao couldn't help but look at the sky in the distance.
From the sky, snowflakes fell, falling into the world.
A lone wild goose was wandering around, chirping mournfully and mournfully.