Chapter 155 Preparing for the Rain Before the Great War
Even if Guo Jia did not attend the huge hall, his position - the chief on Cao Cao's left hand was still empty. Changshi Xun Yu still knelt down on Cao Cao's right hand as usual. If he is engaged in Xun You, he will kneel down in his lower position. Zhizhong is engaged in Cheng Yu, Zhu Bo is engaged in Zhong Yu, and Gong Cao is engaged in Chen Qun in turn.
Opposite this group of civil officials and staff are Daxiahou, Cao Hong, Xiahou Shang, Cao Chun, Cao Zhen and other fierce generals. Cao Cao's two sons, Cao Ang and Cao Zhang, also appeared on a formal occasion for the first time. Cao Ren, who is brave with ghosts and gods, and Xia Houyuan, who is talented, are also training tiger and leopard riding in Bohai County, Qingzhou, hundreds of miles away.
Dian Wei, the bodyguard, stood majestically behind Cao Cao. He only paid attention to Cao Cao.
Cao Cao opened his eyes, put down the documents in his hand, and praised Cheng Yu, who was engaged in Zhizhong and said, "Cheng engaged, the documents you made are really refreshing..."
When Cheng Yu heard Cao Cao's praise, he bowed his hand and saluted humbly to express his gratitude. In Cheng Yu's view: Cao Cao has a broad vision and ambition. He adheres to the principle of "only talent" and is a down-to-earth state pastor, which is worthy of his admiration and his follow.
Cao Cao patrolled the crowd calmly, and then said in a low voice, "Today, I summoned you to discuss that this is a good opportunity to attack Zhangxiu in Wancheng. If so, how should we operate to ensure victory?"
As soon as Cao Cao's words fell, everyone fell into thinking. It is the same thinking, but the content and focus of each person's thinking are different: When Changshi Xunyu heard Cao Cao's words, he knew that Cao Cao had made up his mind to attack Wancheng, which must have been discussed with Guo Jia in advance. Don't engage in Xun You, he thought: Cao Cao and Guo Jia have made a detailed plan to attack Wancheng, and now Cao Cao proposed This proposal is just to strengthen everyone's awareness of attacking Wancheng through on-site discussion... And the super fierce general Daxiahou and other fierce generals here are very excited. They think that as long as there is a big battle, it's okay, they don't care who the opponent is. They are afraid of being idle. My idle arms and legs are sore.
According to the past practice, as long as Guo Jia is not present, Changshi Xunyu will preside over the meeting. As a long history, Xun Yu's responsibility mainly focuses on the logistics supply of the army. The overall plan is the strength of Cao Cao and Guo Jia.
"Cao Gong, according to the information held by the humble position, this is a good opportunity to attack Wancheng!" Xun Yu arched his hand and said modestly to Cao Cao, "Cao Gong, there is still one month left according to the noon harvest at this time. This is also a period of shortage of grain and fodder for the princes of all parties, and the grain and fod we store are enough to support a month and a half. In this case, we are going to attack Wancheng, and the Xiliang cavalry defending the city will definitely not notice it! Mr. Cao, if everything goes well, we estimate that we can capture Wancheng in ten days and eliminate the remaining Xiliang thieves! If we want to attack Wancheng in autumn, it is estimated that Yuan Shao from Yizhou and Yuan Shao from Huainan will join hands to suppress us at that time! At that time, we will encounter four dangers facing the enemy..."
When Daxiahou, Cao Hong and others heard Xun Yu's statement, they knew that the military operation to attack Wancheng was basically settled. They looked at Cao Cao eagerly one by one.
And he and Cao Cao are also a day and night. Xun You said his worries. He frowned slightly and said to Cao Cao, "Mr. Cao, the military action to attack Wancheng should be sooner or later. But before taking action, we must do it: know one thing and know the other! Mr. Cao, it is said that Jia Xu, the chief counselor of the Xiliang Army, has been stationed in Wancheng. Mr. Cao, who is known as the 'poisoner' Jia Xu is sitting in Wancheng. We must not take it lightly..."
When Cao Cao heard Jia Xu's name, he couldn't help but feel bored and worried: It was because of Jia Xu's existence that the Xiliang Legion finally turned the tide and successfully over the danger when it was about to die. It was also because of Jia Xu's advice that the weak Li Yu finally defeated the invincible Wen Hou Lv Bu. Drive Lv Bu out of Chang'an City...
Cao Hong, the Marquis of Daxia, and other fierce generals saw that Cao Cao, Xun You and others valued a weak staff so much, and suddenly looked disapproving. Cao Cao glanced at them, and then said resolutely, "Xun You are right. What you said is true. The poisoner Jia Xu is indeed not easy to deal with... But at present, it is the best time for us to eliminate the remnants of the remnants of Wancheng Xiliang. When it is intermittent, we will suffer from it. If we are not determined to destroy them at this time, if it will be everywhere in the future. We will definitely fall into an extremely passive situation! Therefore, I decided to gather 30,000 troops from now on and prepare the siege equipment. Tomorrow, the army will be launched, and the soldiers will point to Wancheng!"
"Ye!" The civilian generals present answered in unison. Everyone's face is resolute. The eyes are full of the belief of victory.
After unifying their ideological understanding, they knew that as long as they successfully occupy Wancheng and eliminate the remnants of Xiliang occupying the city, Cao Cao's side can complete the strategic intention of isolating Liu Biao in Jingzhou and Yuan Shu in Huainan, and complete the strategic purpose of encircling Lv Bu and Liu Bei in Xuzhou. It can complete Cao Cao's short-term development goals and lay a solid foundation for achieving the medium-term goals.
After the meeting, Xun Yuxun You, Daxiahou and other civilian military generals held their respective duties, and they were busy without stopping. Cao Cao himself was busy and watched Dian Wei and Xu Chu's martial arts competition in the martial arts arena of the mansion.
After the victory of Tao Qian in Xuzhou, Cao Cao recruited outstanding talents such as Cheng Yu and Chen Qun in Xuzhou City. When Cao Cao led his army back to the boundary of Gunzhou, Cao Cao recruited Xu Zhu, known as a tiger idiot, in a remote villa.
Xu Zhunai is a famous local warrior. He grew up drinking the milk of a female tiger. The local hunter found him after killing a litter of tigers. Xu Chu was very powerful when he was a child. When he was a teenager, he often held up the rolling stones to play.
A few years ago, robbers invaded the village, and the local hunters could not defeat the fierce robbers. Seeing that the tragic scene of the slaughter village was about to happen, Xu Zhu, who was stunned, pulled an old buffalo down more than 100 meters in front of the robber, which immediately scared off the fierce robber.
Since then, Xu Chu has become the local protector. Later, Xu Zhu led the villagers to repel the invasion of the Yellow Turban Army. In the melee, ordinary arrows and swords could not hurt Xu Chu with rough skin and thick flesh at all. From this, the villagers thought that Xu Chu was a god who came down to earth. Because Xu Chu has the ability to communicate with tigers and can tame fierce tigers, he calls Xu Chu a "tiger idiot" locally.
In troubled times, even remote villas can't avoid bloody battles. Through bloody battles, Xu Zhu, who is born with invulnerable magic power, has also accumulated a lot of skills and combat experience in killing enemies. He is a standard combat master.
When Cao Cao's army passed through the village where Xu Zhu lived, Xu Zhu saw that Cao Cao's army and the people did not commit any crime, and the army was neat and strict, so he had the desire to join Cao Cao's army. In order to attract Cao Cao's attention, Xu Chu deliberately held up a tiger to play in the field. Such a scene immediately attracted Cao Cao's attention. After a while, Cao Cao recruited Xu Zhu, and Xu Chu became his personal bodyguard.
Xu Zhu is a natural magic power. He is eight feet tall, has a wide waist and a round waist. He likes to use an iron rod weighing more than 200 catties as a weapon. His invulnerable body is not afraid of the heat and cold: in the cold winter, this guy is still wearing thin clothes, and his chunky muscles appear faintly through the thin clothes, showing his extraordinary power.
In front of Cao Cao, Xu Chu fought with Dian Wei, who was skilled in martial arts, and did not fall behind at all: Dian Wei's double halberd flew up and down, and the dark glare was like a meteor shooting at Xu Chu, but those dark meteors were easily blown away by Xu Chu's fine iron rods, but some dark gas hit Xu Chu's thinness. On the clothes, it is also itchy through the boots. It can't hurt Xu Chu's body at all.
Xu Chu is a born super fierce general: his strength is infinite, and his body hardness is comparable to the highest level of the golden bell cover iron cloth shirt. Ordinary swords can't hurt him at all. His mountain-like huge body moves faster than a cheetah; his attack and defense, one move, are all washed out of lead, return to the original, no fancy. The place. Pragmatic and affordable.
If Dian Wei's attack is like a colorful landscape painting, then Xu Chu's move is a clear intention in black and white. Xu Chu's attack, the weapon does not have any color of energy, that is, to fight against Dian Wei only with natural power and speed. A column of incense came down, and the two of them fought with each other.
Since Xu Chu followed Cao Cao to the county of Gunzhou, Cao Cao ordered Dian Wei to train Xu Chu in person, and at the same time taught Xu Chu various official etiquette and bodyguard duties. At the beginning, the young Xu Chu was not the opponent of Dian Wei, who had been on the battlefield for a long time, but three days later, the two of them were inseparable.
Xu Chu improves his combat effectiveness very fast, but his learning of official etiquette and bodyguard duties is much slower. Therefore, Dian Wei sacrificed his sleeping time, almost holding Xu Chu's ear and teaching patiently. What makes Dian Wei feel gratified is that Xu Chu's learning is slow, but once he understands it, it is the general rigorous implementation of textbooks, even if there is a suspicion of being rigid.
In a word, Xu Chu's combat effectiveness is no less than that of Dian Wei, but his mind is still in the stage of more than ten years old, simple, naive and cute.
Dian Wei and Xu Chu finished the fight. After looking at each other tacitly, they turned around and walked to Cao Cao side by side. Cao Cao looked at the two of them with a smile and said slowly, "Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Ming Nimeng Mu will lead a large army to attack Wancheng. According to the military deployment: You two must have one person to stay in the county... Well, Dian Wei will stay in the county to participate in the defense of the city. Xu Chu, follow Ben Mu!"
"Ouch!" The two of them bowed and answered in unison without any objection. In the evening, Guo Jia came to see Cao Cao in the spring breeze. For Cao Cao, who has a way to know people, when he sees Guo Jia, who is happy, he knows that Guo Jia has encountered a great happy event. What can make Guo Jiaxi, who has always been calm and calm?