Chapter 795 Cao Cao's troubles
"I've never seen so many soldiers defect."
Cao Cao sighed, "The large army of tens of thousands of people defected overnight."
"On the second day, Yuan Shao failed to make up for the loss in time, but instead did some superficial efforts. His son who made a big mistake did not even punish the military stick."
"So the soldiers were completely disappointed and did not intend to fight for Yuan Shao anymore, so they fled another 50,000 people on the second night."
"After this rise and fall, when Lu Bu led the army to attack, there was basically no resistance, which could be said to be a natural result."
"Yuan Shao's 300,000 troops were completely defeated by Lu Bu without even resisting."
When everyone present was shocked when they heard Cao Cao's narration. For them, Yuan Shao was their top enemy before.
But now it was so simple that it was destroyed by Lu Bu, which made them feel very ridiculous.
It even felt very wonderful. While they were studying how to deal with Yuan Shao, the other party suddenly destroyed it.
This makes for an unreal feeling.
Cao Hong had an unexpected expression, and he said in shock: "Will that mean that Lu Bu alone occupies most of the world? If there is no doubt, they will definitely be enemies with us next."
Cao Ren also felt unreal. He thought for a while and said, "Who could have thought that the three-famous slaves who were once famous now play half of the world. It is really impermanent."
Many civil and military officials are talking about each other, discussing the current situation.
Only Cao Cao said angrily: "I originally expected that the original one would be able to delay for a year or two, and then make a decision with them after we rested."
"But I didn't expect that this father and son were so useless. Now that Lu Bu has greatly increased his strength in Jizhou, he must have a big battle with us."
"And now we have just attacked Xuzhou and have lost a lot of soldiers, horses, money and food. If we go to war with Lu Bu now, we will definitely not be able to defeat him."
Speaking of this, Cao Cao had a headache and scratched his head, "Do you have any good opinions? What should we do now?"
When everyone heard Cao Cao's question, they fell into deep thought.
Many civil and military ministers were divided into two factions, one faction in charge of the battle. They believed that the morale of the soldiers in Xuzhou had just been gaining strength and could take advantage of the victory and pursue it in one go.
The people who are in charge of the Lord believe that Lu Bu is the same now, and his morale is also shocked after defeating Yuan Shao, and the opponent's troops, money and food have more things than his own.
If you start a war with Lu Bu at this time, it would be like hitting a stone with an egg.
So they think they should avoid their edge and wait until they are recuperating before making plans.
At least we cannot provoke actively now, or attack Lu Bu.
Cao Cao listened to many people's opinions, but he didn't see Xun Yu talking, so he turned around and asked, "Wenruo, what are your opinions?"
Xun Yu did not hesitate at all when he heard Cao Cao's question, and directly stood up and said, "My lord, I think we should avoid his edge now and not proactively provoke Lu Bu."
Cao Cao asked with interest: "Why do you say so?"
Xun Yu stretched out two fingers and said, "First, the lord should have worked with Lu Bu and know what kind of personality Lu Bu has."
Cao Cao nodded and signaled Xun Yu to continue speaking.
"Lu Bu is extremely arrogant. Even if he didn't get Chang'an a few weeks ago, he didn't take all the princes seriously. So now he has gained such a large force, he must be very inflated and very proud."
"As the saying goes, arrogant soldiers will be defeated. We avoid their edge in order to give them time to brew. As long as Lu Bu continues to expand, we will have the opportunity to defeat him."
Cao Cao agreed with Xun Yu's point of view very much, and then signaled Xun Yu to continue speaking.
Xun Yu stretched out his second finger and said, "Point 2, although we have Xuzhou now, our soldiers are exhausted after a great war. If we start the war now, in the current state of the soldiers, we will definitely lose."
"So we are avoiding its edge now, not only to avoid Lu Bu's attack, but also to allow the soldiers to maintain their energy and fight better."
After hearing Xun Yu's analysis, Cao Cao agreed quite well, so he asked: "Since that's the case, how should we get along with Lu Bu?"
Xun Yu expressed his thoughts, "Isn't Lu Bu using the emperor to command the princes now? Then we will give a memorial to express the hearts of our ministers."
"We can suggest Lu Bu's desire to surrender. We will never be enemies with them and let them be our lords."
"I believe that with Lu Bu's arrogant arrogance, he will agree happily, and we can take this opportunity to let the soldiers rest and recuperate, cultivate military rations, and when we have the power to fight, we will fight against Lu Bu."
After hearing Xun Yu's words, Cao Cao laughed out loud, "Just as Xun Yu said, please write a commendation for me."
Speaking of this, Cao Cao suddenly stopped for a moment, then smiled and said, "Forget it, I will write it myself, after all, this will show my sincerity."
Cao Cao really went to write a commendation when he said this.
This is what Cao Cao is different from ordinary people. He can take it or let it go. It is a shame for others, but it is nothing to him.
Han Xin can tolerate the humiliation under his crotch. Although Cao Cao is not as good as Han Xin, he thinks he still has some stomach, so he is so happy.
In the past, many people scolded him, and many people hated him, but he didn't even take it in his heart, and he didn't even look at him directly.
This is the gap between the two sides. I believe that as long as someone with such a mind is not Cao Cao, he can do something.
Although Cao Cao's civil and military ministers did not do this like Cao Cao, there is no good way or method to stop Lu Bu at present.
Therefore, they could only let Cao Cao write this commendation, and they felt very humiliated about it, especially the general's attitude of retreating without fighting made them feel very angry.
Chapter completed!