Chapter 3008 The price can be discussed again

Who will die...

No, who is asking to test it?

Cao Chun immediately thought of someone, the most suitable candidate, Xiahou Shang.

What surprised Cao Chun was that Xin Ping seemed to be seriously thinking about Cao Chun's "strategy".

However, Xin Ping quickly made an addition, saying that the candidate for testing could be Xiahou Shang, but the direction of testing still needs to be paid attention to.

For Cao's army in Yuyang, the biggest threat was not the unknown Hu troops that emerged from Gushui, but the Northern Region Protectorate in the west.

In fact, Youbei is still facing the threat from Liaodong...

However, because the Wuhuan people seemed to have no movement to go south, the Cao army has never taken the Wuhuan people seriously. Even before, Cao Cao played a fancy gun in the name of the Wuhuan people.

Among the forces faced by the Cao army in Youbei, the largest number of people is not the Northern Region Protectorate, but the Hu people. Whether it is the Hu people in Gushui or the Wuhuan people in Liaodong, the total number is more than that of the Northern Region Protectorate. But it is obvious that the number of people is not the only criterion that determines the victory or defeat of a war.

This was practiced by the six countries during the Warring States Period, and the feudal dynasties later continued to practice, and they emphasized that they had many people, large land and vast resources, and had the dream of the central dynasty.

In war, it is impossible to fight without blood and population, but it is difficult to fight with blood and population alone.

As for why the Northern Region Protectorate, which has a smaller number of people, is hard to fight and crack than the Hu people with more people. Xin Ping was tactful and did not say it, and Cao Chun had no intention of asking. This was almost tacit, otherwise he would not have heard that Zhao Yun would be replaced.

Cao Chun's idea was to attack these Hu people, especially those who appeared on Gushui. However, Xin Ping felt that the number of these Hu people was not large, so he could have urgent contact with the Wuhuan people and let these Wuhuan people attack these Gushui Hu people.

The enemy in the north is too deep and it is indeed difficult to fight.

The enemy in the west is based on Changshan City, which is long enough to be from Youbei. If the Cao army conducts an expedition, the Northern Region Protectorate of the Cavalry could not even fight head-on with the Cao army, but instead use the vast desert north to circulate. What's more, if we attack the Cavalry in the west now, wouldn't it give Zhao Yun a perfect reason to stay?

Cao Chun's eyebrows were almost rubbed into a ball at the center of his eyebrows.

Inducing the Wuhuan people out and killing people with a knife is indeed a way, but it will also cause more hidden dangers. What if the Wuhuan people come out and fight halfway through the attack, they combined with the Hu people from Mobei and took the initiative to attack while Cao's army was attacking the Northern Region Protectorate?

The Hu and Han people did a lot of things like this backfire. The key is where the price and the balance of harvest are tilted.

Xin Ping agrees with Cao Chun’s ideas.

Cao Chun remained in Yuyang, Youbei, and was an invisible deterrent to the Hu people. Before he could thoroughly understand the Cao army's attempts and march routes, neither Gushui nor Liaodong's Hu people dared to invest all their strength to give it a try.

However, Xin Ping also stated that even if he really wanted to attack the Northern Region Protectorate, the cavalry of Cao's army could not be fully dispatched. After all, he had to leave some to look at his hometown. The less the maneuverable force, the smaller the attack effect would naturally become smaller, and new changes might occur in the war. After all, behind the Northern Region Protectorate, there are two Mobei defense lines of the Cavalry.

Yinshan City.

Cao Chun nodded. Xin Ping's concerns make sense.

The Cao army's cavalry now needs to be dispatched and arranged in three directions, and the entire battlefield is still in the vast northern desert. It is indeed extremely difficult to win. But this battle is necessary, otherwise the Cao army would be like being buried in the soil. Not to mention blossoming and bear fruit, it would be difficult to grow branches and leaves!

But once a war begins, there will inevitably be a loss and a win.

Although Cao Chun is determined to win, he cannot guarantee that there are no mistakes at all, or that something unexpected happens, and once something goes wrong...

Just imagine the tragic and tragic scene of the great defeat in my mind, Cao Chun's hands seemed to tremble slightly because of overwhelming. He had to press hard on the table to avoid this tremor.

Xin Ping looked at Cao Chun and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, pondered for a moment, and said softly: "General... There is another strategy here... but it may be aggrieved General Xiahou..."

...

In the forward camp, Xiahou Shang was silent for a while before he said with difficulty: "Something...

As soon as he said that, Xiahou Shang was shocked. At some point, his throat became dry and hoarse, as if he was half dehydrated. At the same time, he felt the scorching heat in his throat. He quickly picked up the slurry beside him and drank it, but because he was anxious, he choked and coughed violently.

Tears and snot were sprayed out at the same time, and they were in a very embarrassing moment.

"Why is it someone!" Xiahou Shang wiped his face with his hand, but his red face and eyes made him feel a little cruel in his embarrassment.

"Why not?" Cao Chun stared at Xiahou Shang coldly, "Can you be safe and sound if you lose your troops and lose your generals?"

『Some..." Xiahou Shang also wanted to thrust his neck and shouted that I had bleeding for the great man and sweated for the prime minister, but thinking about it, I seemed to have sweated, did he shed blood... It seemed that there was no. Now I'm going to give myself a knife, I don't know if it's too late?

"But someone has been punished! Now he has lost his position as a general!"

Xiahou Shang still wanted to present facts and reason.

How can you be unreasonable?

He is so handsome and beautiful little fairy, uh, little fairy man, when he met a person with the opposite sex, he was confused for a while, confused his ideas, did some insignificant mistakes, and even apologized and fined him. What else do you want?

Cao Chun still said coldly: "Last time, last time, this time, this time."

"What last time..." Xiahou Shang's body shook for a moment. He felt his legs and feet weak, and he didn't care about maintaining any dignity. He sat down and pressed on the table, and cold sweat rolled in.

Isn't it just a small essay...

Bah, didn’t you just lose several times?

As a commander, how can I win every battle? And I still fight again and again after repeated defeats!

Shouldn't it be commended?

Why has this world become like this now?

Cao Chun walked to Xiahou Shang, reached out and pressed Xiahou Shang's shoulder, lowered his head, and lowered his voice: "No one else is worthy of trusting now, I can only believe you..."

『…』 Xiahou Shang wanted to cry without tears.

Please don’t believe me. I don’t believe myself, but Xiahou Shang also knows that it is true. After all, according to the relationship between the Cao family and the Xiahou family, Cao Chun can believe that he will never betray him at the moment, and it is indeed only Xiahou Shang.

Xiahou Shang suddenly looked up and said, "That's true! General, believe me, then how could they believe me? Isn't I going there seeking death?"

"It's not a dead end, but a way to survive." Cao Chun also sat down in front of Xiahou Shang, stared at Xiahou Shang and said, "You continue to command the army... How many times do you want to defeat? We can understand that you are defeated by the cavalry army, and we will not say anything... Then you were defeated by Zhang He and Zhang Junyi... Now you face the Hu people... You yourself say, if you continue like this, what's the way you have? Either die in front of the formation or under the gate!"

"This..." Xiahou Shang was stunned.

I have to say that Cao Chun’s statement is not unreasonable.

Military law is ruthless. If Xiahou Shang is always so favorable, how will the Cao army in Youbei govern the army? It doesn’t cost a war and can still be promoted and made a fortune. Then who would want to win the battle? Everyone will be staring at Xiahou Shang. How can Xiahou Shang be convinced if he doesn’t deal with it?

"If someone expected it was OK," Cao Chun looked outside the tent, "There must be a lot of discussion in the camp... but you didn't care about these..."

Xiahou Shang looked up at Cao Chun with a bitter look on his face, "It's true... Is that the only way? If it's someone... If it's...

Cao Chun said in a deep voice: "Do you know that the son of the cavalry in Guanzhong wants to replace Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong?"

『What?』 Xiahou Shang opened his mouth wide, 『This matter is serious?』

"In front of Xin's work, some things are hard to explain," Cao Chun patted Xiahou Shang's arm, "I guess the lord's plan to disagree with him has worked... If you come to the Northern Region, you should be kind to Xin, and at the same time, you should also make friends with Zhang Junyi..."

『Zhang Junyi?!" Xiahou Shang couldn't help but say, 『He is a traitor!』

Cao Chun sighed, "What exactly did Zhang Junyi mean... This matter is not important. What is important is that since Zhang Junyi defected once, why can't he defect for the second time?"

Xiahou Shang was in a mess, and he had mixed feelings, and he didn't know what it felt.

Cao Chun said that Zhang He had many contempt in his words.

That's right, no one will like traitors. Everyone thinks loyalty is the best quality of a person, so they will despise traitors and respect loyal ministers. Therefore, for Xinpi and Zhang He, most of them are not doing well under the cavalry. This is something Xiahou Shang could also imagine, but...

If Xiahou Shang now followed Cao Chun's plan and "rebelled" in the past, even if he could really complete the so-called spy, understand the truth, and fight for the great cause of the Cao family for life, would Xiahou Shang have to be the name of a traitor forever, and from then on they were despised and ridiculed?

This feeling is very bad.

When Xiahou Shang thought of this, he couldn't help but get angry, so his eyes changed a little, and his breath became heavier. He didn't know when his fist was pinched.

Cao Chun pressed Xiahou Shang's fist on the table, "Bo Ren... Think more about Xiahou family... You are not alone... Don't forget the oath you gathered under the lord's flag when you were in Qiao County... The lord needs to unify the great man. Is there no danger in this? Could it be that only the lord takes risks, and we can all live in the back and enjoy it safely?"

『…』 Xiahou Shang was silent.

"We had sent scouts in the Northern Region, but during this period, both inside and outside Chang'an, including the Northern Region, have been clearing and thoroughly investigating, and our personnel have been lost a lot... The news came out of the matter of the son of the cavalry's repelling the Protector of Zhao, and it was difficult for Cao Chun to whisper, "And we don't know whether this matter is true or not. If we... we can only have a chance of winning if we enter the Northern Region and inquire about the more detailed arrangements of the cavalry! "

Xiahou Shang was silent for a long time, and couldn't help asking: "Does he have to ask me to go? Change... I think the Cao army marquis in the camp is good..."

Xiahou Shang also understood Cao Chun's meaning. If Xiahou Shang wanted to investigate the situation in the Northern Region, if Zhao Yun was really replaced, there would inevitably be some shocks in the Northern Region Protectorate. At that time, Cao Chun led his troops to come, and then Xiahou Shang responded internally, and cooperated with the inside and outside, and could not say that he could directly overthrow the Northern Region Protectorate in one breath!

However, it is very dangerous to commit suicide by committing surrender and become a spy. If the other party discovers, there is no way out.

The other party doesn't need hundreds or thousands of people to siege, just a few soldiers and jailers to directly take Xiahou Shang's life. Moreover, the other party is not a fool. On the surface, he will treat surrendered people very favorably, but in fact he may be very vigilant and will not give him any chance to get in touch with the secrets.

Isn’t Cao Cao treating surrendered generals like this?

Cao Cao even went to Yuan Shao's tomb to dance, but wasn't the original old team members who used to surrender to Cao Cao later? The more famous those who surrendered to Cao Cao were, the more they were afraid of Cao Cao. On the contrary, some poor families who had no support were promoted to use it by Cao Cao.

Another point, is it easy to do spies?

Haven't you heard that there is Wenshi under the cavalry, who is full-time spies and spies, is it already famous?

This is definitely a high-risk and low-reward task!

Cao Chun wanted to let Xiahou Shang go, saying that this was trust in Xiahou Shang, a reuse, a bright future in the future, and a shortcut to gaining merits, but no matter how nice it sounds, it cannot cover up the dangers contained therein.

Could it be that for the sake of the Han Dynasty and the foundation of the prime minister, we should give everything without hesitation, including our own life? Xiahou Shang blinked and smashed his mouth. He wanted to express his swearing that he was following the crowd. Anyway, so many people gathered together, Wuyang and Wuyang shouted, "Whoever shouted, whoever knew whoever was known and who was not clear?"

Besides, did you swear to have evidence? Is there any image data preserved? Who can prove that I said these things back then? Who can prove that the witnesses were not telling lies?

Xiahou Shang thought he was not that noble yet.

The passion for going through fire and water for a word has gradually faded with youth. On the contrary, the idea that I have worked hard for the Han Dynasty and the prime minister's foundation for so many years, but now it is increasing year by year.

"General... Can you not go?" Xiahou Shang fought for it, "I really think the military marquis in the camp is good, young, loyal, and has the same surname as the general. If you say something, that's not..."

Cao Chun let go and held Xiahou Shang's hand, pondered for a moment, and said coldly, "You... are sure you don't want to go?"

Xiahou Shang coughed a few times and said sincerely: "I'm not afraid of being too dangerous...but this matter is very important. I'm worried that I can't do it well... I've missed the general's major event..."
To be continued...