At this moment, the Cao camp was completely silent. No one spoke, and everyone lowered their heads silently.
Now, the important generals and strategists who followed Cao Cao south were all here.
Except for Xiahou Dun…
Cao Cao sat on the main seat, his long and narrow eyes constantly sweeping across everyone. From time to time, he would reveal killing intent, causing people to feel a chill.
It had been a long time since he had seen Cao Cao so angry.
How embarrassing!
This time, there were at least 200,000 Cao Cao soldiers chasing after Liu Bei, but Liu Bei, who had less than 10,000 soldiers, took the opportunity to run away.
If this were to spread, where would his face go?
This was his first battle in the south. Although he didn't lose, he didn't win.
This made Cao Cao very angry!
"All of you, look up..."
Cao Cao raised his head slightly and looked at the soldiers.
At this moment, the soldiers 'faces were covered in dust and they looked very miserable. When they met Cao Cao's gaze, they all trembled.
"Prime minister, it was my fault. Please punish me!”
Cao Ren was the first to kneel.
Cao Ren had almost made a huge mistake in Xinye. Fortunately, Chen Qun had advised him to chase after Liu Bei and kill his soldiers, causing them to flee in all directions. This could be considered as making up for his mistake.
However, at Changban Slope, Cao Ren didn't dare to go up to Zhang Fei, who was staring at him with wide eyes.
However, Cao Ren wasn't the only one who didn't dare to step forward in front of Zhang Fei.
Cao Hong, Xiahou Yuan, Zhang He, and the others immediately knelt on the ground.
"Please punish me, Prime Minister!"
Cao Cao took a deep breath and waved his hand." Forget it, forget it. The southern expedition has just begun. It's time to use people. I'll keep your heads for now and wait for you to atone for your sins!"”
Cao Cao had mastered the art of controlling people with both kindness and power.
"Thank you, Prime Minister!"
All the soldiers knelt on the ground.
Cao Cao looked around. All the generals were present, except for Xiahou Dun.
Cao Cao couldn't help but be suspicious.
Xiahou Dun…wasn't here again?
Could he have been killed in the rebel army?
Thinking of this, Cao Cao was shocked.
Then, Cao Cao shook his head. How could this be? He was too nervous. With Xiahou Dun's personality, he would never be killed in the midst of chaos…
Could it be that he went to play with the little girl again?
It was said that the young ladies in Jiangnan were much more beautiful than those in the north…
* Cough cough *
He had gone off topic.
Cao Cao coughed coldly and could not help but ask," Who knows where Yuan Rang went?”
Hearing Cao Cao's question, everyone realized a problem.
Everyone was there except Xiahou Dun.
Everyone turned to look at Xiahou Yuan. He was with Xiahou Dun this time, so he should know where Xiahou Dun went.
Xiahou Yuan, on the other hand, was confused and shook his head in a hurry.
It meant that he didn't know.
When he was in Xinye, he had separated from Xiahou Dun.
He had not seen Xiahou Dun's shadow until now. He really did not know where Xiahou Dun had gone.
Cao Cao's gaze also landed on Xiahou Yuan, and he asked impatiently," Miao Cai, have you seen Yuan Rang?”
Xiahou Yuan quickly shook his head, his face bitter." I've never seen him. When I was in Xinye, I was by the Prime Minister's side. Later, the Prime Minister pursued Liu Bei, and I've always followed the Prime Minister.”
Cao Cao thought about it carefully. It made sense. Xiahou Yuan had been by his side these past few days.
However, Xiahou Yuan continued," Before leaving Xinye, Yuan Rang said that he was coming to Dangyang County. However, I haven't seen him here.”
"Oh!"
Cao Cao nodded.
Suddenly, Cao Cao raised his head and frowned.
No!
There was a problem!
Why did Xiahou Dun come to Dangyang County when he was in Xinye?
Did he know that a war was about to break out in Dangyang County?
Not only Cao Cao, but everyone present felt that something was wrong.
They had chased Liu Bei all the way to Dangyang County, and they had just caught up to him. That was why they had started fighting in Dangyang County. And Xiahou Dun had known that a big battle was going to happen here a few days ago?
Was this a coincidence?
Or was Xiahou Dun a god? Had he expected all of this?
"Miao Cai, did you remember correctly?" Cao Cao did not believe it.
If this wasn't a coincidence, it would be too amazing.
At this moment, Xun Rong stood up and said," Prime Minister, I can testify for General Miao Cai. Yuan Rang was indeed coming to Dangyang. I felt that it was inappropriate at that time, so I came to look for you."”
"Thinking about it carefully, I only thought that Yuan Rang was crazy, but now it seems that Yuan Rang has seen through everything!”
Xiahou Yuan nodded in agreement.
The two of them corroborated each other.
Cao Cao's expression became strange. This was strange.
Otherwise, Xiahou Dun was a blind cat who had encountered a dead mouse.
Otherwise, Xiahou Dun would have been a scheming genius!
Guo Jia was dead. Could it be that the heavens had sent him another Xiahou Dun?
However, when he thought of Xiahou Dun's appearance, why did Cao Cao feel that something was wrong?
Not only Cao Cao, but everyone present was also shocked.
Xiahou Dun had expected Zhuge Liang to set Xinye on fire.
How could he have predicted the battle at Dangyang?
This Xiahou Dun had hidden himself well enough!
Just as everyone was deep in thought, Cao Cao's gaze landed on Jia Xu.
At this moment, Jia Xu was burying his head in his fat clothes, his hands crossed in his wide sleeves. His brows were tightly furrowed, and his eyes were slightly narrowed. Clearly, he was thinking about this matter.
Cao Cao had never underestimated Jia Xu. Whenever he encountered a thorny problem, he would think of Jia Xu at the first instance.
And when it involved people from Cao Cao's camp, Jia Xu was often able to make the most fair judgment.
Because Jia Xu did not have those complicated aristocratic family connections behind him.
For example, the Xun clan, Chen clan, Cao clan, and Xiahou clan were inextricably linked. There were some things that were inconvenient to say out loud, but Jia Xu could play a role at this time.
He did not belong to any aristocratic family, so his words did not involve the interests of the aristocratic families.
"Wenhe, what do you think?"
Hearing Cao Cao's words, Jia Xu opened his eyes and slowly raised his head.
Normally, he would not reveal his true colors. As long as other strategists thought of it, he would not say that he would give this opportunity to others and keep a low profile.
However, he did not expect Cao Cao to ask him directly.
Jia Xu was slightly shocked and shook his head. What do you think?
No matter how he looked at it, he did not believe that Xiahou Dun had come up with these strategies on his own.
Only a fool would believe that!
As for Xiahou Dun himself, he said that he had dreamed about it.
He only believed 30%.
Dreams could sometimes predict something, but it was a problem to predict it one after another.
But Jia Xu didn't dare to say what he was thinking.
Because he had no evidence.
Moreover, Xiahou Dun had a very high position in Cao Cao's heart. Jia Xu, who was wise and self-preservation, would definitely not jump to conclusions without figuring things out.
Jia Xu cupped his hands at Cao Cao." Prime Minister, I don't know!”
Cao Cao nodded and did not suspect anything. He turned to look at Cheng Yu." Zhongde, what do you think?”
Cheng Yu also shook his head hurriedly." I don't know either.”
But like Jia Xu, Cheng Yu's face was also filled with doubt.
As long as one wasn't a fool, they wouldn't believe that Xiahou Dun could have such a supernatural scheme.
If Xiahou Dun said that he had managed to get away with it the first time, they would not believe it the second time or the third time.
It was just that they did not have any evidence.
Not only Cheng Yu, Xun You was the same.
Looking at the other strategists who were lowering their heads and not saying anything, Cao Cao's expression was a little ugly." You guys don't know either, right?”
Cao Cao's eyes were filled with killing intent. Xiahou Dun limped over from afar, carrying a woman in his arms.
This scene stunned everyone present!
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