"Where did Xu Chu go?" Cao Cao looked at the crowd in confusion.
Everyone looked left and right, but they couldn't find Xu Hanhan…
"Hasn't Xu Chu always been the Prime Minister's guard?”Chen Qun asked doubtfully.
Boss Cao was dumbfounded. Where was Xu Chu?
He didn't see anyone!
A strange atmosphere spread in the arena.
Yesterday, Xu Chu had first advised Boss Cao at the banquet, but Boss Cao did not listen to a single word of his advice. He had even been forced to drink a belly full of wine…
Then, Jiangxia was attacked and the Poyang Lake water stronghold was destroyed.
Today, all the officials and generals had arrived, but Xu Chu was nowhere to be seen.
"Men, quickly find Tiger Marquis!”As soon as Boss Cao gave the order, his personal guards immediately went to carry it out.
For a moment, Xu Chu was suddenly not by his side. Boss Cao felt a little guilty.
He was the lord, the person in charge of the nine provinces of Great Han.
Ever since he entered Fan City, he had indeed been a little complacent during this period of time, so much so that he did not have any defenses against Dong Wu.
This was the cause of the disaster in Jiangxia.
Boss Cao was absent-minded and did not take Xu Chu's loyal advice at the banquet last night seriously…
Not only did he not take it seriously, but he even made Xu Chu drunk.
"Could it be that Tiger Marquis is angry?" Cao Cao guessed in his heart. Xu Chu had followed him for decades and had always been a straightforward person. His happiness and unhappiness were displayed on his face.
One day, when Boss Cao went to find another man's wife to have fun, Xu Chu realized that something was wrong around him and rushed into the room to lift the blanket…
Boss Cao flew into a rage out of humiliation. Xu Chu was too rude and wanted to beat him up.
Xu Chu was also punished with a clear conscience, and he did not have any intention of repentance.
He even said that being beaten up was better than dying.
Cao Cao did not understand.
Later on, Xu Chu said that he had learned his lesson and did not want to follow in Dian Wei's footsteps…
The disaster in Wancheng was an eternal pain in Cao Aman's heart. After the incident, he even rewarded Xu Chu with a lot of goods as an apology.
" Xu Chu must be unhappy…" Boss Cao was certain.
However, Cao Cao didn't care too much about it. Xu Zhongkang was so simple-minded that he was easy to fool!
……
In the meeting hall of the prefect's mansion.
The curtain slowly rose and Cao Mengde slowly stepped in. The counselor was on the left and the general was on the right.
A huge map was pulled open by the guard, showing the crisscrossed terrain of Jing and Jiang Dong.
Cao Mengde looked around and his gaze inevitably fell on Jiangxia City.
This important town controlled the river and had countless reserves, but Zhou Yu had burned them down…
If Jiang Xia was still around, just the provisions and weapons would be enough for the army to last for several years, and it would be much easier to attack Dong Wu.
However, Jiang Xia's group had burned everything down.
Cao Cao thought to himself, Jingzhou will definitely not be able to supply the rations that the army needs.”
"It seems that we can only ask Xun Lingjun to come over from the northern prefecture. It's just that I can't bring myself to write this letter.”
If he had listened to Xu Chu's words last night, would it have come to this?
Then, Cao Aman's gaze shifted from Jiangxia to the east along the meandering river.
Finally, his gaze stopped at a certain spot.
"Where is this place?" Cao Cao pointed.”
"Prime Minister," one of the strategists stepped forward,"this place is known as Red Cliff.”
" Red Cliff…" Cao Cao's eyes turned deep as he stared at the place called Red Cliff.
For some reason, perhaps it was predestined.
This place had a special attraction for Cao Aman…
Just as Cao Aman was observing Red Cliff, a guard reported from outside the hall,"
"My Lord, we haven't found General Xu Chu in Fan City.”
"Later, we went to ask the guards at the city gate. They said that General Xu Chu reeked of alcohol last night and rode out of the city in a hurry on a horse.”
"You left the city last night?" Cao Cao was a little surprised." He left on a horse alone and hasn't returned?"”
The guard nodded." Yes, he left in a hurry and hasn't returned yet."”
Many strategists in the tent looked doubtful. This Xu Chu was getting stranger and stranger!
Forget about those strange schemes from before, last night, he actually predicted the future and came over to remonstrate when Boss Cao was drinking.
In the end, Boss Cao was so drunk that he didn't even hear a word…
Then, a night passed, and Xu Chu's words came true.
The awkward thing was that Boss Cao had drunk too much yesterday and was drunk.
Xu Chu had left the city alone last night and had not returned yet. Could it be that he had run away in a fit of anger?
Many people present had the same thought.
After all, Xu Chu was a simple-minded person. He even flipped Boss Cao's blanket as he pleased. Recently, for some reason, he had become extraordinary in terms of military strategy…
Heroes were useless, loyal remonstrance was not accepted, and Xu Hanhan ran away in anger?
Was that even possible?
" My lord, Marquis Hu has been acting strangely lately. He has been offering me many good ideas…Marquis Hu is straightforward and straightforward like a child. Perhaps he was really angry last night and left in a fit of anger…" Xun You said.
" Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Boss Cao waved his hand and said solemnly,"Impossible!"
"I know too well what kind of person Xu Chu is. He will never betray me, let alone leave me!”
"I've been fighting for decades. If it weren't for Xu Chu, I wouldn't even know where my head would be!”
Xun You paused for a moment." Prime Minister, I only said that the possibility of General Xu Chu leaving in a fit of anger is higher. The current plan is to quickly find General Xu Chu and appease him.”
"That's true!" Cao Aman nodded.”
Boss Cao wasn't Yuan Shao. He wasn't so headstrong. He would apologize when he needed to and reward when he needed to.
At this moment, a guard suddenly reported,""Reporting to the Prime Minister, General Xu Chu has returned! Along with him was the Navy Viceroy Cai Mao.”
"Zhongkang is back?" Cao Cao was overjoyed and went straight to the hall to welcome him.
Jia Xu and Xun You looked at each other and whispered,""Why didn't Cai Mao train his navy?”
"I don't know. Xu Chu is the lord's most trusted general, and Cai Mao is the lord's most hated general. How could these two be mixed together? How strange, how strange…"
……
"General Xu!" Cao Cao jogged over. He had never been so polite to Xu Chu before."Why did you leave without saying goodbye last night?"
Xu Chu was dumbfounded.
For a moment, he did not know how to answer.
Boss Cao held Xu Chu's hand."It's really wine that makes one lose one's mind and delay things!”
"I regret listening to Tiger Marquis, causing Jiangxia to be destroyed and Poyang Lake to be burned!! I really regret it!"
"What?" Xu Chu was getting more and more confused. The Poyang Lake water village has also been burned!"
"That's right! He regretted that he should not have been complacent and let down his guard, resulting in this disaster!”Cao Cao continued to reflect on himself in front of all his strategists and generals.
"The people of River East are indeed bold. We haven't even made a move against them, but they actually burned down our River Summer City and Poyang Lake water stronghold!”Xu Chu was furious.
Boss Cao was still regretting his decision.
Xu Chu was still confused." I didn't know that the people from River East attacked the Poyang Lake water stronghold!"”
The surrounding civil officials and generals all looked at each other, feeling so awkward that their guts were about to come out.
This Hu Chi, why is he so unreasonable? Do you want the Prime Minister to hold your hand and apologize to you?
Xun You walked out and looked at Cai Mao, who was beside Xu Chu.
He didn't like this new Navy Viceroy, so he came up to pick on him and tried to change the topic.""Why didn't the Viceroy train the navy in the camp? Why did he come to Fan City?”
Cai Mao glanced at Xun You and did not take his hostility to heart at all. He just cupped his hands and bowed deeply to Boss Cao."Reporting to the Prime Minister, I am here to report the results of the battle.”
"Last night, Governor Zhou Yu led 10,000 Jiangdong elites, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Lu Meng, and other Jiangdong generals to attack Jiangxia.”
"By the time General Xu Chu found me, it was already too late to rescue Jiang Xia. He set up an encirclement near the Jing State navy camp and on the waterway that the Jiang Dong navy used to return to Jiang Dong!”
"The elites of River East successfully fell into the ambush, but they struggled with all their might and almost broke through the encirclement several times!”
"I commanded the various forces. General Xu Chu personally came to the battlefield and killed countless soldiers in Jiangdong.”
"The battle lasted for a night until dawn. Corpses were all over the river, and the river was red! Out of the 500 ships that came from the Jiangdong Navy, only 20 managed to escape. Almost all of them were wiped out!”
"Our army captured 1,400 ships, 400 of which were turreted ships of the Jiangdong Navy.”
"There are also more than a thousand ships that Zhou Yu plundered from Jiangxia. They are filled with money, food, and weapons that were originally stored in Jiangxia!”
"In this battle, we relied on the Prime Minister's kindness. General Xu Chu sent a message at night, and the Jing State Navy soldiers sacrificed their lives…"
Once Cai Mao opened his mouth, he couldn't stop talking.
As they listened, everyone gradually became stunned and then completely dumbfounded.
Why didn't Cai Mao train the navy in the camp and come to Fan City?
Because this matter was huge!
They were here to deliver good news!
The Jiangdong Navy that ambushed Jiang Xia was ambushed by Cai Mao halfway and was completely annihilated!
The huge amount of money, grain, and weapons that had been plundered were all taken back!
There were also more than 1,000 ships that were pulled away by Jiang Dong. Not only did they all return, but there were also more than 400 River East ships…
Everyone was completely shocked.
This was too bizarre.
Ambushing Jiang Xia's Zhou Yu's troops, they were ambushed on their way back in triumph…
"Good!"
Cao Cao was the first to regain his senses and said to Cai Mao,""The new Viceroy is indeed familiar with the Dark Navy! Zhou Gongjin, that brat from Jiangdong, dared to attack my Jiangxia. In the end, he was completely wiped out. Delightful!"
"It seems that Governor Zhou Gongjin is inferior to Governor Cai Mao under my command!”
Cai Mao hurriedly cupped his hands." I wouldn't dare. It was General Xu Chu who came to report at night. Only then could Cai Mao…"
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