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    Chapter 172 "Replying the Book of Cao Cao"

    Pang Tong smiled and said: "What Tong means is that Cao Cao can sit peacefully in a warm house and watch us struggling in the ice and snow with a smile. 1 (1)"

    Li Hui, who had been silent, said: "Let them huddle in the house while we sweep away Cao's scattered troops outside? This is a good idea!"

    Pang Tong shook his head and smiled: "How can anything be so cheap in the world? Cao Jun is here to settle accounts, not to enjoy the blessings. How could he let us run rampant outside while they huddled at home? He would not let us at his most careless.  Escape is beyond his control. He raised more than 300,000 troops. If he didn't eat our 20,000 cavalry, would he be able to sleep? There is no need to think about such a fantastic thing. "

    Liu Jia and Xu Shu, who had just thought they had figured out Pang Tong's thoughts, fell silent again: they wanted Cao Cao's morale to be high, they wanted Cao Cao to know the overall battlefield situation clearly, and they also wanted Cao Cao to stay in a warm house with peace of mind to recuperate.  The benefits of accumulating force have been taken advantage of by Cao Cao. What benefits can we get?  Isn¡¯t this sending oneself to the execution stand?

    Obviously Pang Tong¡¯s ultimate goal is not like this, but what is it?

    "Shiyuan, just tell us clearly, what do you want to do? Tell us clearly, please. Jia was confused by your words." Liu Jia looked at the smiling Pang Tong and said.

    Pang Tong said: "Haha, Tong's purpose is to clearly tell Cao Cao our current situation: Facing the severe cold and facing Cao Cao's army who cannot avoid fighting, we have nothing to do. We can only make a desperate move. We can only make one last move.  struggle!"

    Li Hui opened his eyes in shock and said tremblingly: "Is thisthisok? Cao Cao, who knows the real situation, may call in reinforcements from all over the country. He will be more conservative before the decisive battle, leaving us no chance to take advantage of it."  . If this is the case, not only will we not be able to save General Ma Chao and the others, but we will also fall into a self-dug trap and be unable to escape. In this case, what will happen to us? Our morale will definitely plummet. Originally, we only lost 20,000 cavalry.  It is possible to bury the heavy losses of all our more than 200,000 troops! If this is the case, it is better to resolutely abandon Ma Chao's 20,000 cavalry and retreat first. Wait for a good opportunity in the future"

    When Li Hui spoke impassionedly, Liu Jia, Pang Tong and Xu Shu did not speak.  They didn't even listen to what Li Hui was saying, but the three of them had different expressions:

    Pang Tong became more and more confident, and the smile on his face became thicker and thicker. His eyes swept back and forth on the faces of Liu Jia and Xu Shu, observing the expressions on their faces.  There was no expectation or inquiry in his eyes, just confidence.  It¡¯s clearly written on his face: You can¡¯t possibly disagree!

    Xu Shu had a little doubt on his face at first, but it was soon replaced by excitement. His head nodded faster and faster. Then he glanced at Pang Tong with a smile, and finally, like Pang Tong, his eyes fell on Liu Jia's face.

    Liu Jia was still thinking, frowning, and slowly began to smile. After a long time, he raised his head and glanced at Pang Tong and Xu Shu.  Seeing the two of them staring at him, he nodded heavily.  Seeing that Pang Tong and Xu Shu were about to speak, Liu Jia said first, "I will start writing a letter to Cao Cao now!"

    Hearing Liu Jia say the word "my king", everyone in the tent knew that Liu Jia's self-confidence was growing and he was about to start planning new actions.  Except Li Hui who was still stunned.  All three people laughed in unison.

    Cao Cao stood by the window for a long time. The goose-feather-like snow outside the window kept falling. The white snowflakes covered the whole world with a big quilt, and there was silence in the distance.  Outside the house stood several rows of guards who were as still as nails. The snow covered them. They were like trees in the field, their whole bodies covered with snow. Only the white steam exhaled from their nostrils could be seen.  They are living people.

    People are constantly coming in and out of the house, whether they are soldiers, generals or counselors, they are all in a hurry. This is not only to show the best leader here - King Cao Cao of Wei - how loyal he is to his duties.  This is even more forced by the military emergency.  I can't tolerate you walking calmly.  Every word here, even every tiny action, determines the behavior or lives of many people.

    There was a big charcoal fire in the house.  Several generals and counselors were sitting around the fire, all silent.  Some low-ranking officers or counselors stood quietly in the distance, no one came over, and further away there were busy people. They were soldiers delivering letters and low-level civil servants processing documents. They only had a busy life, even in this cold  When others are resting, they have no rest time.

    Everyone knows that Cao Cao is in a bad mood. Not only did he fail in his so-called "use of tactics" last time, but he also lost more than 30,000 soldiers. Among them, nearly 20,000 soldiers were lost when Cao Hong attacked the Shu army camp. The most egregious one was himself.  The land loves generals, is young and has both civil and military skills.??Hong was captured by Zhao Yun.

    When the news came, Cao Cao's face turned pale and he didn't say a word for a long time, which made his civil and military officials worried for a long time.  It wasn't until Cao Cao slapped the table and scolded his mother that these officials felt relieved.  He first scolded Xu Huang for not saving his life, then scolded Li Dian and Le Jin for being cowardly and incompetent, and then turned to scold Jia Xu, who first proposed the strategy of "taking advantage of the enemy."

    It wasn¡¯t until I got tired of scolding and realized that I was being too rude that I stopped cursing.  And he soon returned to his usual daring demeanor of a man, first writing a letter to comfort Xu Huang, Li Dian, and Le Jin in person, and then comforting and even praising the gray-faced Jia Xu next to him.  I don't know how Xu Huang and others are feeling, but the look on Jia Xu's face is indeed much better. If it weren't for Cao Cao's mood, Jia Xu would be in high spirits.

    Indeed, the situation would have been even more serious if Jia Xu hadn't seen through the Shu soldiers' plan and proposed this strategy of taking advantage of the situation.  Xu Huang, Cao Hong and others are surrounded by Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan and Ma Dai. Even if Cao Hong is not captured, it is hard to say how many of the 50,000 forward troops will be left. The forward barracks may also fall into the hands of Shu soldiers.  inside.  Relatively speaking, the current losses are much smaller, and Shu soldiers also lost tens of thousands?

    A person as smart as Cao Cao will naturally not be confused all the time, so when Jia Xu was scolded, he just looked gray and didn't worry too much.

    Even so, Cao Cao still felt a little depressed afterwards and sighed often.  Now that everyone sees him standing by the window for a long time, staring at the wild, no one tries to persuade him, and no one bothers him. After all, his side is mainly avoiding war. Unless the Shu soldiers start to attack, the situation will become urgent. As long as  As long as the Shu troops did not move, the battle situation was delicately balanced.  Besides, everyone now knows that after the last battle, the Shu soldiers no longer took the initiative to attack, and the abuses were reduced a lot.

    At this time, a rush of footsteps came from outside, and a soldier covered in snow came in.  He did not walk to the other side like others but walked this way. The counselors and generals surrounding the fire turned to look at the soldiers coming over.  A few people even turned their faces and secretly looked at Cao Cao, and then at the messenger who came in.

    The messenger suddenly panicked. He had never encountered this scene before.  The originally heavy and rapid steps relaxed and slowed down, and my eyes looked around uneasily.  But he soon stabilized himself, walked a few steps quickly and said loudly: "Report! A letter from Liu Jia, King of Shu!"

    "ah!"

    "oh!"

    "It's him?"

    ¡­¡­

    Several people opened their mouths in surprise, and even Cao Cao, who was standing by the window, turned his head to look at the messenger who was covered in snow.

    Jia Xu reached out to take the letter and was about to wave the messenger out when Cao Cao said: "Where is the person who sent the letter?"

    "Report to the King of Wei! He is waiting outside the city gate, saying he is waiting for a reply from the King of Wei!" the messenger replied calmly.

    "Okay, let's arrange for him to stay first." Cao Cao said kindly, and then waved his hand.

    Seeing that Jia Xu was about to deliver the letter to him, Cao Cao pointed to a few cases and said softly: "Put it there first!"

    ???????????????????????????????????????????????????: ????????????????????????????????: ???????????????????????????????????: My feet are a little numb from standing for a long time.  He glanced back outside the window, suddenly laughed and said: "It's really a heavy snow, a good snow!"

    Everyone also echoed: "This snow is really heavy!", "If it snows like this, I'm afraid it will be a foot deep today!"

    Cao Cao left the place where he was standing a little reluctantly, came to the fire, opened his hands to toast, and added: "It would be great if the snow keeps falling like this, haha"

    "yes!"

    "Ha ha!"

    "Isn't that true? It's really big!"

    ¡­¡­

    Several people echoed, and some also laughed.

    At this time, Cao Cao asked Yang Xiu seemingly casually: "How many people froze to death yesterday?"

    Everyone was stunned: Why did you say it was snowing just now, and now you ask how many people froze to death?  Is this turn too fast?

    Yang Xiu immediately opened his mouth and came: "Report to the King of Wei! Thirteen soldiers froze to death, 65 requisitioned migrant workers froze to death, and 142 people in the city froze to death."

    Cao Cao nodded and said: "Okay! Good! Not bad! Not bad!"

    No one agreed this time. Besides, no one knew whether the words "good" and "not bad" meant that it was good to freeze people to death in the heavy snow or that Yang Xiu was doing well by opening his mouth, so he didn't say anything.

    Seeing that everyone was silent, Cao Cao smiled and said, "What's wrong with you guys? Don't you think it's snowing well?".

    "That's good, but"

    "The king of Wei is for the sake of the soldiers and the people."Heart"

    ¡­¡­

    Cao Cao looked at Yang Xiu who was deep in thought after the report and said, "Can you tell me about this freezing snow?"

    Yang Xiu said firmly: "Okay!"

    Cao Cao laughed when he heard this and said: "You are a man of great temperament! Those who do big things don't stick to trivial matters, that's good!"

    Chapter 172 "Replying the Book of Cao Cao"
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