Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 21 The Night
When the moon is high, night falls.

The servant brought a few candlesticks covered with white gauze lampshades, and placed them on a few tables by the wall, and the soft and bright light flowed quietly in the tent like running water.

Cao Cao buried his head in a few cases, his eyes seemed to be firmly absorbed by the words on the bamboo slips, and he groaned solemnly.

Xi Zhicai stood aside with his hands folded, also silent.

Only Xiahou Dun's eyes were red, his face was gloomy, and he panted from time to time, showing that he was anxious at the moment.

After a while, Xiahou Dun seemed unable to hold back any longer, and couldn't help but said:

"My lord, there are five thousand thieves, why do you need to think about it for so long?"

As he spoke, he directly asked for orders: "The final general only needs 500 troops, ten days at most, and the thief can be defeated!"

Cao Cao raised his head and looked at him when he heard the words, but refused directly without thinking: "You can't go."

"Why?"

Xiahou Dun was greatly surprised, and said eagerly: "Could it be that my lord thinks ten days is too long, if so, I would like to issue a military order, and the thieves will be destroyed within seven days!"

Cao Cao didn't pay any attention to him, just tapped on a few cases, and fell into deep thought again.

At this time, Xi Zhicai explained: "Now the lord is attacking Xuzhou, and the battle is imminent. At this time of employing people, how can a general like General Xiahou be wasted on mere yellow turban bandits?"

"What Zhicai said makes sense." Xiahou Dun was still not reconciled:
"But my son Xia Houmao's hatred."

"How can you kill a chicken with a sledgehammer." At this time Cao Cao said again: "Yuan asked you to step back first. Now that I know it, I have made my own arrangements."

"Lord."

Seeing that Xia Houchun was about to speak again, Cao Cao stared straight at him, and said in a solemn tone: "Miao'er is my own nephew, and I am also deeply saddened to hear this sad news. Don't worry, I will never sit back and watch him be murdered regardless of whether he is murdered or not." ask!"

As soon as these words came out, Xia Houdun finally didn't dare to say anything, so he cupped his hands, and then strode away unwillingly, leaving the camp.

Until he could no longer hear the footsteps of the other party, Cao Cao turned his gaze to the bamboo slips again, staring at them with a cloudy expression. After a while, his face suddenly showed anger, and he slammed the bamboo slips and yelled:
"No reason!"

A clatter.

The Lord humiliates the minister to death.

The lord was so angry that Xi Zhicai could no longer keep calm, and quickly bowed his head and knelt down, prostrate on the ground.

"My lord, calm down."

Cao Cao closed his eyes, held his head high, and took a deep breath while immersed in the deep darkness.

Inside the camp, there was a deathly silence.

a long time.

He opened his eyes again, looked at the kneeling scholar, suddenly smiled wryly, and sighed: "Why?"

Xi Zhicai looked at Cao Cao's gaze and acted as if he was listening.

"Zhicai, I have treated Qingzhou Yellow Turbans well enough, why do you say?"

"Why do they still turn against me?"

The words were full of deep melancholy and confusion.

"The thieves are hard to tame, it's not the lord's fault." Xi Zhicai spoke soothingly, "It's just a yellow scarf bandit, but the problem lies in the skin."

However, Cao Cao heard the meaning behind the words and understood what the other party meant.

The next sentence of "Illness lies in the spine" means that if you don't cure it, you will be afraid of death.

"Since chaos has arisen, quickly settle the chaos." He muttered to himself, his eyes became firm.

"My lord sees thousands of miles away." Xi Zhicai praised: "For these thieves and bandits, besides showing kindness, we need a demonstration!"

"It's very true"

Cao Cao nodded, raised his eyebrows, his face was murderous, his eyes were like knives, and he couldn't look directly at him.

"It's really necessary to sweep the acupoints in the courtyard to show our army's prestige."

"Five thousand thieves." He said to Xi Zhicai word by word: "We must kill them all."

"Not one left!"

under the same sky.

The same night.

When most Qingzhou people were full of expectations and fighting spirit, they dispersed.

Wang Zheng's mood was different from theirs. Although the cakes he drew were beautiful, it was not easy to make them round.

The light leaking from the outer veil of the lamp, against the backdrop of the four earthen walls, appeared a muddy yellow.

In the barracks.

Huo brought a few cups of hot tea, and nodded with a smile amidst the repeated greetings, then consciously closed the door and left.

She is a person who knows emotions and interests, and does not do things that are intrusive.

At this time, in the house, the first batch of management personnel of the Heavenly Army were all in place and participated in the first military meeting held by Wang Zheng.

Wang Zheng took a sip of his tea, looked at the crowd, and saw that even Wu Sheng, who was out of his temper, was sitting upright at this moment, with a restrained look that did not dare to breathe, he couldn't help laughing, and said with a smile:

"How did it get so serious?"

"Hey, brother said it was a military meeting, so... hey hey I'm a little nervous." Wu Sheng said with a smile.

It can be seen that you are really nervous.

Looking at the other party's unnatural smile and dry voice.

Wang Zheng smiled and pointed to himself: "That's troublesome, I don't know how to hold this military meeting."

"I still expect you to help me, now I'm in trouble." Wang Zheng shrugged his shoulders, showing annoyance: "All the feelings are caused by the big girl getting on the sedan chair.
"

He joked, "First time?"

Everyone was taken aback for a moment, staring wide-eyed for a while.

The straightforward Wu Niu couldn't help laughing.

Immediately, the hall burst into laughter.

Wang Zheng also laughed.

The laughter lasted for quite a while, and it was natural for Wang Zheng to see the crowd, so Wang Zheng continued:
"We have established the Celestial Army today. I think we need to discuss what to do next."

The tone was fixed, and everyone who was no longer nervous spoke one after another. Some said they wanted to seize more food, and some said they wanted to occupy more territory.

"Okay, so what do we face when we do these things?"

"fight!"

This is unanimous. After all, to be a soldier is to fight. The essence of the army is a war machine. This is common sense that no matter how vulgar people know.

"When you meet a war, do you want to win or lose?"

Isn't this nonsense, everyone wants to win.

Again, in unison.

"This is the council of war."

Wang Zheng spread his hands, looked at the people who were listening intently, and said in a deep voice:
"Its purpose is, how to win a battle, and how to win more battles!"

When he said the last sentence, he specially increased his volume.

After a pause, he continued:

"This is the common purpose of any army, any general, and any military meeting throughout the ages, and it is also the only purpose!"

"The importance of winning more battles is far greater than winning a certain battle!"

Hearing this, everyone's faces were thoughtful, and they fell into deep thought.

Seeing this scene, Wang Zheng showed satisfaction and took a sip of hot tea.

In the case of a shortage of talents, all I can do now is to let these people grow up as soon as possible.

Zhu Yuanzhang can make future generations feel that "Anhui has many talents and evils". Is it really the fate of the destiny, when he was reckless, he gathered all the generals and ministers around him?
Because he is Zhu Yuanzhang, he can achieve Xu Da and Chang Yuchun; not the latter to achieve the former.

Therefore, the real purpose of this military meeting is to first develop the habit of thinking for these people.

Wang Zheng also knows the truth that haste makes waste, and he knows that benefits can be shared but not alone, and planning can only be done with a few but not many.He didn't really think about counting on these humble people to help him plan big things now.

After waiting for a while, Wang Zheng spoke again:
"Whether it is to win one battle or many battles, the first thing to do is to make our army stronger. As I said the day before yesterday, our heavenly army must have rules."

"Rules are discipline and military discipline."

"The Heavenly Army was established for the first time, and the three prohibitions and nine orders of the military regulations are tentatively established."

"Those who break the order will be punished with whips and sticks."

"Those who violate the prohibition, beheaded."

"The first order is to practice without slack, the second order is to unite and not fight among themselves, the third order is to obey orders and prohibitions, and the fourth order"

"Three bans, one ban goes down and goes up, and those who don't listen to the command of the superior before the battle, beheaded!"

"The second prohibition is to communicate from the inside to the outside. Anyone who leaks any secrets of our army or colludes with foreign thieves will be killed!"

"Three prohibitions on selfishness over public, selfish desires, selfish interests, and harm to the collective interests of our army. Those who are in the overall situation, beheaded!"

Every time the word "cut" came out of Wang Zheng's mouth, it was accompanied by a cold killing intent.

As if turning into substance, it made the six people present feel cold all over their bodies.

After everything was finished, Wang Zheng looked around at the crowd:
"These three prohibitions and nine orders, you should keep in mind, and when you go back, pass them on to your respective troops, be sure to be exact, and not miss anyone."

He looked at Wu Yuan, Gao Xiong, and Lu De again, and specially instructed: "Especially your three divisions of Tianfu."

The three nodded quickly.

(End of this chapter)