Blood oath.
It was the most romantic spirit of contract in classicalism.
Before Sima Yi swore on the Luo River that he would treat Cao Shuang well, but in the end, he went back on his word and exterminated Cao Shuang.
Oaths were sacred and solemn.
From the Son of Heaven to the common people, they all believed that there was a god three feet above their heads and would not dare to swear easily.
Since he had made an oath, he had to do it.
If not for the sacred oath…
If Sima Yi hadn't sworn on the Luo River that had been flowing for thousands of years…
Cao Shuang would definitely fight Sima Yi to the death.
Cao Shuang understood that in a power struggle, one had to eliminate the root of the problem.
However, Cao Shuang chose to believe Sima Yi's oath.
Standing behind Sima Yi, the elders of Great Wei who had been used by Sima Yi also chose to believe in Sima Yi's oath like Cao Shuang.
As a result, with Sima Yi breaking his oath as the source, the order that China had established for a thousand years was completely destroyed. People no longer had a bottom line.
As a result, the continent sank, and China welcomed its darkest 300 years.
Cao Cao was not Sima Yi.
Cao Cao made a solemn promise to Chen Xuan.
The same is true of Chen Xuan.
……
In Cao Cao's tent, wine toasts and laughter sounded.
Tonight, he was indeed drinking fine wine.
"Little mister is really godly!"
"Even their shit is included. It's too wonderful!”
"I was wondering why Young Master wanted to let those Western Liang captives have a full meal. So that's why!”
"But what if Li Ru lets them go to shit?”
"Are you stupid? Then wouldn't it be easier for the 500 people arranged by Little Sir to set the fire?”
"Oh, right, right!"
"Do you think we will be recorded in the history books if we fight such a beautiful battle?”
"Eh, that's right!"
"I think there's a high chance that our names will go down in history!”
" Famous in history?!"
"How do you think the history books will write about this fire?”
The generals laughed.
"Such an unpresentable plan.”Chen Xuan smiled." If today's merits are really recorded in the annals of history, I only hope that this will not be recorded as well.”
Chen Xuan's words made everyone present laugh loudly.
"Ai," Xiahou Dun said,"I think we should write it this way.”
On February 11, a meteor several feet long fell into the water pass, causing a fire. Dong Zhuo's army was in chaos. Cao Zheng led 10,000 people west to seize the pass.
"How is it?"
Xiahou Dun was a little cultured. He even invited his teacher to the army so that he could learn in the army.
"Yes, yes, yes, write it like this!"
"Didn't Emperor Guangwu descend a meteorite in Kunyang and turn defeat into victory?”
Cao Hong said," No, no, how can Cao Zhengxi? I think our lord is the next Guangwu!"”
The generals laughed again.
Cao Cao's smile faded as he smashed his wine cup and shouted,""Disaster comes from the mouth, don't talk nonsense!
"If anyone dares to spout nonsense again in the future, I'll cut off his tongue!”
The generals laughed it off.
"I never expected that it would be so easy to take down Mushui Pass. The Western Liang army is only so-so!
"I think we should take down Tiger Cage Pass as soon as possible and go straight to Luoyang to take Dong Zhuo's head.”
"Look at what you can do. Don't you know what your own soldiers are like? A bunch of new recruits still wanted to conquer Luoyang.
"If it wasn't for the ambush and the fire designed by Little Mister, you probably wouldn't even be able to enter Mushui Pass.
"A toast to Little Sir!" Cao Ren took the lead and raised his cup to toast Chen Xuan.
"A toast to Little Sir!" The generals raised their wine cups and drank them all.
" By the way, Young Sir," Cao Chun asked," why did we release Xu Rong?”
Chen Xuan shook his head and smiled at Cao Cao.
"My lord, the battle report is done." Xi Zhicai walked in from outside the tent and brought a jar of wine.
"Du Kang!"
"Mr. Zhicai is actually so generous to be willing to take out this 20-year-old wine to drink with us today!”
Xiahou Dun and Cao Cao were very close. He knew that this was the only urn that Cao Cao had given to the opera prodigy.
" 20-year-old Dukang?!"
The generals looked at the wine jar again, their eyes wide open.
"I can't bear to drink it, so why would I take it out for you to drink?”
Xi Zhicai laughed." This is a celebration for the lord and Tai Ah. You don't have a share.”
After Xi Zhicai finished speaking, he filled a large cup for Chen Xuan, Cao Cao, and himself.
For a moment, the fragrance of wine spread.
"This victory is all thanks to the lord's strength and Tai Ah's talent.”Xi Zhicai raised his wine to congratulate Cao Cao and Chen Xuan.
The three of them drank it all.
"Thank you, Brother Zhicai, for giving up your precious wine.”Chen Xuankong raised his cup to show his respect to the opera artist.
The generals smelled the fragrance of Du Kang and were instantly resentful.
"Mr. Zhicai, why don't you drink with the lord and young master in private?
"The wine in our cups now tastes like water and wax.”
The other generals nodded in agreement, each of them frowning as they sniffed the wine in their cups.
Cao Cao, Xi Zhicai, and Chen Xuan looked at each other and laughed.
Under Cao Cao's instructions, Xi Zhicai began to read out the battle report,"
"Two battles last night and today.
"Our army has lost a total of eight hundred men, nearly seven hundred of whom died from flying arrows and stones during the siege.
"Captured 8,000 Western Liang soldiers and 4,000 slaves.
"High-grade Western Liang warhorses…
"Four thousand!"
The generals immediately looked sideways.
4,000 high-grade Western Liang warhorses?
An ordinary workhorse would cost ten to twenty thousand yuan.
The horses of Youzhou and Bingzhou are short and strong, about 30,000 to 50,000 yuan per horse.
The Western Liang warhorses were the tallest and strongest.
High-quality Western Liang warhorses were priced at 50,000 to 100,000 yuan, and they were definitely priceless!
Cao Cao was also excited by these 4,000 warhorses.
Warhorses were the most precious strategic resource in this war!
Weapons, armor, and food could be exchanged with money, but horses were absolutely forbidden to be traded during wartime!
Among the eighteen feudal vassals, Gongsun Zan was the only one who could form an army of more than two thousand cavalry.
Most of the other dukes from the Central Plains only had two hundred to four hundred cavalrymen. They were unable to achieve any strategic goals on the battlefield.
He originally had 1,200 cavalry, which was already the second most cavalry of the 18 dukes.
These were the horses bought from the northeast over the past ten years to stabilize the Cao, Xia Hou, and Ding clans 'influence in Qiao County.
Although the Cao family was of poor birth, in terms of wealth, they were definitely one of the best.
How many cavalrymen could these 4,000 Western Liang high-grade warhorses produce?
Most of the people in Western Liang were good at horsemanship. Eight thousand surrendered soldiers could train two thousand cavalrymen.
One person and two horses, that was two thousand riders!
Including the original cavalry, he had a total of 3,200 cavalry.
One horse can fight ten soldiers.
These 3,200 riders were enough to make him one of the top three dukes in terms of strength!
"There are also 8,000 sets of iron armor, 12,000 sets of leather armor, 20,000 podaos, 1,000 bows, 1,000 crossbows, and 100 jin of gold.”
"Where are the provisions?" Cao Cao suddenly thought of the problem of rations.
Now that they had captured so many people at once, they would probably only be able to hold on for another half a month without food.
"The provisions of Mushui Pass." Xi Zhicai said with a troubled expression.
"We only obtained less than ten thousand dans.
"According to the people who surrendered, before Li Ru escaped, he set fire to nearly 50,000 dan of grain in the treasury.”
"Only ten thousand stones left?" Cao Cao frowned.
"In this way, our rations can barely last for a month.
"It seems that I can only send a letter to my family to send more grain over.”
Xi Zhicai nodded and continued,
"It is said that he even ordered the cavalry to kill all the horses. However, at that time, there was already chaos in Mushui Pass. Everyone was running for their lives and no one listened to his orders.”
"Then why didn't they ride their horses away?”Cao Hong was the first to ask.
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