Three Kingdoms: Stealing the Tiger Talisman and forcing Yuan Shao to become a monk

Chapter 381 Ning Taught Me to Be Deceived by the World!
However, the sadness in Cao Cao's heart was only for a moment, and soon the sadness was replaced by calmness. He waved his hand and called Xu Chu.

"Prime Minister, what are your orders?"

Xu Chu's tone was very flat. Apart from the battlefield, Xu Chu was actually a very calm person in private, which was the opposite of Dian Wei.

Dian Wei is quite calm on the battlefield, his eyes are extremely cold, and he keeps waving the two iron halberds in his hands, letting the enemies fall in front of him one by one, as if the disappearance of life can't bring him any touch, even his own life.

But in private, Dian Wei's personality is quite rough and heroic, especially when he is drunk, he is a complete drunk cat. No, strictly speaking, it would be more appropriate to describe it as a drunk tiger.

But Xu Chu was just the opposite. Xu Chu on the battlefield was almost the same as the usual Xu Chu. His violent fighting style made him look like a bloody whirlwind on the battlefield.

It was this bloody whirlwind that caused heavy losses to Liu Bei's army in the Battle of Bowangpo, and Xiahou Dun's troops, which could have been wiped out in one fell swoop, were successfully rescued.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei worked together to contain Xu Chu's impact on Liu Bei's battle formation, but the results that could have been harvested were also reduced by more than half visible to the naked eye.

But Xu Chu is one of his own, and he is also his most trusted general, so when Xu Chu stood beside Cao Cao, Cao Cao didn't have the slightest fear in his heart, but a deep sense of calm gushed out instead.

It seemed that as long as Xu Chu was there, he could stand up again and again.

Failure is not terrible, what is terrible is that after failure, there is no courage to regroup.

Fortunately, Cao Cao does not lack this courage. Even if the price of regrouping this time is his closest and most important civil servant Zuofu, he will not hesitate.

"Go and summon a group of ministers, come to the prime minister's mansion, and discuss matters."

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This is the second day after Cao Cao convened important ministers to discuss the matter.

Cheng Yu and Jia Xu were not in their respective mansions, but chose a tavern at random in Xuchang City to sit opposite each other.

"My lord called a group of ministers to discuss matters, have you heard?"

Cheng Yu looked at Jia Xu, his eyes flickering, as if he wanted to catch the Xiliang poisoner who came from Xiliang and came to Cao Wei's forces after several lords, and wanted to catch what he wanted from his expression. message.

But Jia Xu's eyes were extremely calm, without any dissatisfaction or other emotions at all.

As the head of the prime minister's mansion, the prime minister called a group of ministers to discuss matters yesterday but did not inform Jia Xu. This incident seemed to have no effect on him at all. He just said indifferently: "I have heard about it, but I don't know the details. Why, join the army?" Are you laughing at me? Or mentioning me?"

Jia Xu's indifferent words did not shake Cheng Yu's emotions, but as expected, she shook her head, showing a smile that was not a smile, but her eyes were full of coldness.

After a moment of silence, Cheng Yucai continued: "My lord discussed matters yesterday and planned to hand over Zhang Lu, Liu Zhang, and Liu Biao. Together, we will attack the Yuan family and try to invade the four states of the Central Plains."

Cheng Yu slowed down, and seeing Jia Xu's face finally showing a trace of consternation, he felt a wonderful joy in his heart, but more of it was sadness and coolness, and he said the reason for his visit: "My lord ordered the sacrificial wine for The envoy, the three parties, communication and communication, the military officer Jijiu already left Xuchang last night and set off for Xiangyang."

There is only one military officer of the Cao Wei forces to sacrifice wine, and that is Guo Jia and Guo Fengxiao.

Jia Xu took a deep breath, he finally understood Cheng Yu's purpose for coming to him.

He knew about the news of the Prime Minister's Mansion's discussion yesterday, but he didn't care much about it. It's not that Jia Xu didn't care about Cao Cao's attitude.

It’s that he himself is in a relatively awkward position among the forces of Cao Wei. He may be said to be Cao Cao’s confidant counselor, but Jia Xu was under Zhang Xiu’s command before, and he calculated Cao Cao’s wave, which not only made Cao Cao lose his confidant general Dian Wei .

Even Cao Ang, Cao Cao's expected successor, was also destroyed in the fire of Wancheng.

If it weren't for Cao Cao's luck, I'm afraid even Cao Cao himself wouldn't be able to escape.

But Jia Xu's ability is there. Even Cao Cao has to admit that this Jia Xu is definitely a talent.

Although Cao Cao's tent is full of talents, Guo Jia is the only one who can be called a top strategist.

Even Cheng Yu was somewhat lacking in ability.

Only Jia Xu's resourcefulness and planning ability can compete with Guo Jia, but Guo Jia's physical condition is there. To put it bluntly, Guo Jia's situation is simply a state where he will collapse when a gust of wind blows.

Cao Cao had to plan ahead, and be prepared for the situation that after Guo Jia fell, there would be no more talents in his entrainment to use.

Make a good talent reserve in advance, at least there will be no shortage of people.

And Jia Xu is the talent reserve made by Cao Cao.

But Jia Xu has a criminal record after all, and it has only been more than two years since he was cast under Cao Cao's account, and less than three years. Naturally, Cao Cao's trust in Jia Xu can be imagined.

Jia Xu has long been used to being ignored from time to time.

It was not the first time that such a meeting of important ministers was held without him, Jia Xu, so Jia Xu didn't take it seriously.

Anyway, he had never expected to gain Cao Cao's trust since he joined Cao Cao's command.

What meritocracy, Cao Cao's careful thinking, Jia Xu had already seen clearly before he joined Cao Cao's tent.

It is said that it is meritocracy, but in essence it is still the set of nepotism, except that Cao Cao is better at pretending.

So from the very beginning, Jia Xu didn't put his bet on Cao Cao, but on the farther future, that is Cao Cao's current successor, Cao Pi.

Unlike Cao Ang, the heir carefully cultivated by Cao Cao, Cao Pi was completely free-range before and was suddenly promoted to the position of heir.

Even though Cao Pi inherited Cao Cao's wisdom, he still couldn't take it anymore. After all, a former dude wanted to get back on track.

Where is it so easy?
This also gave Jia Xu a chance. Cao Pi is now short of men.

To him, Jia Xu's refuge is like a blessing from God, of course he is overjoyed. As for Jia Xu's dark history?
For Cao Pi, these black histories are simply Jia Xu's innate votes!

If it weren't for the big fire planned by Jia Xu in Wancheng, what would happen to the heir of Cao Wei's power now?
So Jia Xu was accepted by Cao Pi as a matter of course, and the process in the middle was extremely smooth, without any stumbling blocks at all.

But now, although he has bet on the future, as long as he can wait until Cao Cao dies, Jia Xu, who will have no worries for the rest of his life, feels the chill for the first time.

(End of this chapter)