Three Kingdoms: Starting from zero, a wealthy party

Chapter 222 The Eve of the Great War II

Cao Cao stood up, put his hands behind his back, walked into the main hall, looked up into the distance, and said slowly: "When I was 20 years old, I still admired Yuan Shao a lot, why? ?”

He paused, looked around, and said again: "Because his ancestors have four generations and three princes, and his disciples and old officials are all over the world."

"Compared with him, my story is very unfortunate. My grandfather was a eunuch, and I never had a student or anything. In front of him, I always feel ashamed and I am often teased by him. "

Cao Cao paced back and forth above the main hall, and continued: "When I was about 30 years old, the situation changed a lot. I became a minister of the same court with him. In front of everyone, I respect him very much, but I feel more and more jealous Not on him, why is that?"

"Because it was he who asked Dong Zhuo to lead the troops into the capital, which caused the chaos in the world. I told him about this a long time ago. If he did this, he would definitely be leading wolves into the house, and he would surely bring disaster upon himself."

After hearing Cao Cao's words, Chaotang Wenwu held their breath, and the atmosphere gradually became dignified.

Cao Cao has now come to the gate of the palace, he turned around slowly, and continued: "Around 40 years old, he is in Jizhou, and I am in Yanzhou. Why?"

"Because he is the leader of the people, but he is narrow-minded, has little knowledge, is lenient on the outside and taboo on the inside, and is stubborn and suspicious. Pride and unclear government orders."

"As a father, you allow your sons to support themselves and fight for the position of the eldest son. It's just stupid to use relatives and not virtuous ones!"

Before Cao Cao walked back to his seat, he turned around slowly and said, "It can be seen from this that whether I, Yuan Shao, is a father, a leader, or a commander, he looks dignified on the outside and extremely mediocre on the inside."

He deliberately paused, "I actually predicted this battle eight years ago!"

"We greeted the Son of Heaven one after another, destroyed Yuan Shu, fought against Liu Bei, captured Xuzhou, and gradually began to dominate the Central Plains. Sooner or later, we will have a final decisive battle with Yuan Shao!"

"So since eight years ago, I have been fully preparing for this battle every moment, every day and every night."

"Everyone here, listen up. I, Cao Cao, am here to say bluntly today. Eight years ago, Yuan Shao had 30 troops. I think I must have 20 troops to defeat him!"

"Three years ago, Yuan Shao already had 50 soldiers. I thought, no matter what, I need [-] soldiers to defeat him!"

Cao Cao became emotional, and said loudly, "Now, Yuan Shao has 70 troops, and he has four of the Zhou Commanderies all over the world. It can be said that his momentum is overwhelming!"

"But now I think, if I want to defeat Yuan Shao, I only need [-] elite soldiers!"

After these words, all civil servants and generals began to whisper, they were very puzzled, why Yuan Shao had more and more soldiers, but their prime minister had fewer and fewer soldiers to fight against him?
Xun Yu looked at the appearance of everyone present, and he knew the meaning of Cao Cao's words in his heart, but it still meant that everyone asked their questions.

Cao Cao looked at him and replied eagerly: "Because the soldiers are not many, they are fine, and the generals are not many, they are planning!"

"If I'm better than the soldiers, then I will never be Yuan Shao's opponent, but compared to being smart and resourceful, the three Yuan Benchu ​​tied together are not as good as me and Cao Mengde!"

After these words were finished, no one in the court made a sound, and everyone was conquered by Cao Cao's foresight and self-confidence!

Now their hearts are full of enthusiasm. Their prime minister is so far-sighted, how can they worry about the failure of the future!
Cao Cao looked at the appearance of all the people in the court hall and was very satisfied in his heart. He lowered his voice and said slowly: "Cao Ren, tell everyone about the soldiers and horses I prepared for Yuan Shao."

"promise."

From Cao Ren's words, everyone present understood that Cao Cao began to prepare for this battle eight years ago. He mobilized all the young and strong warriors from all over the country to Yanzhou to train day and night until today.

Now, they have [-] elite soldiers, all of them are warriors who have experienced many battles, and all of them are the bravest of the brave and the best of the best.

Among these elite soldiers are [-] iron cavalry, [-] spearmen, [-] heavy armored infantry, and the rest are crossbowmen and Thunderbolt chariots.

Cao Cao walked to the front of the table, respectfully took out his sword—the Qingzhi Sword, held it in his hand, walked up to everyone, stood the Qingzhi Sword on the ground, put his hands on it, and said : "These [-] fine armors are the heads of our swords and spears. Under heavy blows, they will definitely be able to pierce through Yuan Shao's three armies."

He raised his head, looked at everyone and continued: "You may ask, don't we still have an army of 20? What are they going to do?"

"Let me tell you, the 20 troops have only one mission, and that is to let them chase after Yuan Shao's army is completely defeated until they kill Yuan Shao's army!"

All the generals bowed their hands and said: "The last general obeys!"

Cao Cao raised his head again and looked into the distance. His eyes seemed to have penetrated the houses and buildings here, and he came to the Guandu area dozens of miles away. One battle, that is the first battle."

"If you win the first battle, Yuan Shao will be defeated like a mountain, and the world will belong to me. If we don't win the first battle, we will lose our families and homes, and we will die without a place to die!"

"So!" He directly pulled out the green sword and pointed it in the direction of the main hall, "All [-] fine armors must enter the first battle, and the first battle will determine the universe!"

After saying this, Cao Cao stabbed the Qingzhi sword to the ground, looked at everyone below with his tiger-like eyes, and the generals all bowed their hands in response.

Outside the pass, Cao Cao's [-] fine armors were all in place, waiting for Cao Cao to issue orders.

When Cao Cao came to the pass, he was accompanied by his son Cao Pi. He looked at Cao Pi and said, "Pi'er, I only gave you [-] old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers. I wonder if you can hold Xuchang? "

Cao Pi said confidently: "Father, don't worry, the boy will be able to defend, not to mention that the boy thinks that the eight thousand soldiers are too brave."

"Oh?"

Cao Cao became interested and asked him why.

"Doctor Xun said that Yuan Shao has no time to take care of his father's elite soldiers."

Cao Cao looked at Cao Pi, then looked at Xun Yu behind him, and said, "Okay, in the future, you must study hard from Xun Yu, so that you can become a master."

"My child remembered it."

Cao Cao knotted his sword from him and was about to get in the chariot and set off when Xun Yu stopped him.

(End of this chapter)