The atmosphere in the back garden was extremely awkward.
Xu Chu pulled out two stone stools and smiled foolishly."I didn't expect to have an acquaintance here. Hurry up and sit down. Xinzhi's barbecue is almost ready!”
"Thank you so much!"
Cao Cao hurriedly sat down.
Dian Wei's gaze landed on the barbecue grill.
Xiao Nan flipped the kebab skewers and said with a faint smile,""Sir is also in Juan City?"
"Yes, I am!"
Cao Cao's face stiffened. He smiled bitterly and said," Cao Prefecture Overseer's attack on Xuzhou was successful, and Puyang defeated Lu Bu. He could only retreat to Juancheng. Naturally, I had to follow him. I didn't expect Xinzhi to be here, so I came to visit!"”
"Is that so?"
Xiao Nan said indifferently.
Cao Cao took a deep breath and sighed." I'm afraid we'll have to part ways soon. Yuan Benchu has invited Prefecture Overseer Cao to Jizhou!"”
"Yuan Benchu?"
Xiao Nan said disdainfully," Back then, when the eighteen vassals attacked Dong, Prefecture Overseer Cao reprimanded him in front of all the vassals and publicly insulted them for being unworthy of their help. This trip to Jizhou will definitely be a hostage for his family. This is a humiliation!"”
"But he's still alive, isn't he?" Cao Cao thought.”
"Haha!"
Xiao Nan smiled faintly." Victory and defeat are common in military strategists. Didn't you see that in ancient times, Gou Jian endured the humiliation of Fu Chai, and Han Xin endured the humiliation of his crotch? Today, Cao Zhou Mu still has a city to defend. He will train his troops and accumulate food. Next year, he will fight against Lu Bu again. Naturally, he will be able to recover Yanzhou!”
"No food!"
"The army is unstable!"
Cao Cao said with a complicated expression.
Xiao Nan placed the roasted meat in front of everyone and said with a faint smile,""Food is a small matter. The army might mutiny, but they are still in the state of a general. If Prefecture Overseer Cao has the heart to serve the martial arts, he will naturally be united!”
"A small matter?"
Dian Wei bit on the roasted meat and said," Young mister, the army is not your Xiao Manor. The Cao family has raised tens of thousands of troops. A month's supply is ten thousand stones of grain!"”
"Don't panic!"
Xiao Nan smiled faintly.
"Xinzhi, do you think Prefecture Overseer Cao can take back Yanzhou?" Cao Cao asked curiously.”
"This is inevitable!"
"I still want to go back to the old mansion!"
Xiao Nan pushed a cup of green plum wine in front of Cao Cao and said with a smile,""Today, we won't talk about the world's affairs. We'll feed you with wine and meat. I've bought this house for a long time, and there's a lot of food in storage.”
"Please!"
Cao Cao drank the wine in one gulp.
After three rounds of wine.
Dian Wei and Xu Chu had already become close friends.
Both of them were generals, and they were straightforward people, so they naturally got along.
Only Cao Cao could not understand his sorrow.
Seeing this, Xiao Nan smiled lightly and said,"There will be a way out when the car comes to the mountain. There is no need to frown!"”
Cao Cao couldn't help but probe," If Prefecture Overseer Cao wants you to be an official, are you willing to be his strategist and help him take back Yanzhou, pacify the world, and bring chaos to the world?"”
"Sir!"
Xiao Nan's gaze was solemn as he said," The person standing in front of me today is you, not Prefecture Overseer Cao. If you let Wen Ce do it himself, if you invite him to be an official, then show the boldness of a ruler. The power of the world does not lie in the grass, nor does it lie in a prefecture. It lies in the battlefield, and in the people of the world!”
"Thank you so much!"
Cao Cao bowed.
Then, he led Dian Wei to the entrance of the manor.
Xiao Nan's eyes were filled with indifference, but he didn't stand up to send them off.
"Xinzhi!"
Xu Chu scratched his head and asked in puzzlement,"Why did they suddenly leave?"”
"I don't know!"
Xiao Nan grinned.
Not long after.
Cao Cao and Dian Wei returned to the manor.
Xun Yu, Cao Ren, Yu Jin, and the others gathered in the courtyard again!
"My lord!"
Everyone said respectfully.
Cao Cao stepped into the hall, picked up the letter on the table and tore it into pieces. He said coldly,"Wen Ruo, reply to Yuan Benchu and tell him that I, Cao Mengde, will take back Yanzhou within a year. One day, I will lead the army into Ye City and not use my son as a hostage!”
"Here!"
Xun Yu heaved a sigh of relief.
He was really worried that Cao Cao would not be able to withstand the pressure and would lose his heroic spirit by entering Jizhou to seek survival.
"Where are the generals?"
Cao Cao shouted.
"I'm here!"
Cao Ren, Cao Chun, Cao Hong, Yu Jin, Li Dian, Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Dun, and the other generals replied.
Cao Cao's eyes burned with a raging fire, and he said firmly,""Don't stop the rations and pay. Order the soldiers of all battalions to pay double the compensation for those who died in battle when I take back Yanzhou.”
"Here!"
The generals said resolutely.
Cheng Yu's pupils constricted.
He didn't understand why there was such a huge change in Cao Cao's appearance.
What was terrifying was that this kind of decisiveness was something that Cao Cao had never had even when he was at his peak.
Even the opera prodigy noticed this change and became even more curious about the gentleman Dian Wei mentioned.
"My lord!"
Xun Yu said worriedly,"Our army doesn't have enough food!"”
Cao Cao shook his head and said in a deep voice," There is no need to worry about this matter. Tomorrow, prepare a generous gift and follow me to meet a gentleman. If this person can enter my shogunate, all difficulties can be resolved. In the future, you must be more respectful!”
"Sir?"
"Are you finally going to show yourself?"
Xi Zhicai, Cheng Yu, and the others were puzzled, but they were looking forward to it.
For some reason, Xiao Nan's figure appeared faintly in Xun Yu's mind, especially the scene when he confidently said that Yanzhou was unstable.
"My lord!"
Cao Ren opened his mouth to ask.
Who knew that Cao Cao's eyes widened and he said coldly,""Don't use my identity as a relative to speak coldly to him. If I find out, I'll strip you of your position as a general and send all of you to escort my rations!”
"Here!"
Cao Ren, Xiahou Yuan, and the others agreed helplessly.
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