Thank you for the reward of the mourning Wu Huaxia brothers!

"Hahaha, Ma Teng Xiao'er and others are also poor, knowing that my Tongguan is sinister and majestic, and today I use such a useless method to vent the anger in my heart, which is really ridiculous, ridiculous!"

Cao Cao's laughter interrupted the atmosphere that was still a little depressed, and Sima Yi behind him saw this, and was very cooperative with Cao Cao, and said with a smile: "What the king said is very true, if it weren't for Ma Teng and the others' poor skills, how could it be like this, when our army is repaired and goes out to fight, Ma Teng and the others will inevitably be defeated!" ”

"Well, what Zhong Da said is very true, Zixiao, you immediately send someone to clean up the scattered corpses, although it is useless, but if you don't clean it up, this Tongguan will really stink."

"No!"

Cao Cao's understatement not only made Ma Teng and others' calculation of wanting to hit the morale of the Wei army fail, but also made it seem that Ma Teng and others had nothing to do, so they in turn improved the morale of themselves and others.

When the Wei soldiers began to sort out their corpses scattered in Tongguan, Cao Cao, accompanied by Cao Ren and other generals, had already arrived in the central mansion.

Cao Cao, who had achieved the top priority, disappeared with a smile all of a sudden, and after a few shots, he glared at Cao Ren below angrily, and scolded: "Cao Ren, are you guilty!" ”

"Your Majesty, the last general will be convicted, and please punish the king!"

Looking at Cao Ren who was kneeling on the ground and bowing his head, the anger in Cao Cao's heart suddenly came out, and he pointed at him and said: "Cao Ren, Cao Ren, Lone believes in you, and orders you to command more than 100,000 troops, and even told you, Ma Teng and others are different from the past, and they need to be cautious, but you, greedy for merit, encountered the enemy's attack plan, resulting in heavy losses to our army, you say, how should Lone punish you!" ”

"No matter how the king punishes, the general will have no complaints!"

What Cao Ren said is not false, the defeat of Tongguan not only frustrated Cao Ren's confidence, but also put Cao Ren under huge pressure, if it weren't for Cao Cao's future, he was still the commander of tens of thousands of troops in Tongguan, maybe Cao Ren would not have wanted to pay attention to anything for a long time, for Cao Cao's punishment of himself this time, even if he killed himself, Cao Ren would not have the slightest resistance or intercession.

The generals of Zhao Yun on the side, although they were worried, but before Cao Cao's punishment was given, they didn't have much to say, so they could only watch quietly, hoping that Cao Cao's next punishment would not be too heavy.

"Okay, good, you are still a man, you are a person of my Cao family, in this case, in view of your improper command, resulting in the defeat of Tongguan, as many as 40,000 people died in the battle, Gu decided to take you into custody and be executed after the autumn!"

After Cao Cao's verdict was issued, Zhao Yun and the others hurriedly stood up and said: "Your Majesty, although General Cao's improper command led to the defeat of Youtong Pass, but in view of General Cao's years of hard work, please let the king be lenient!" ”

"Yes, your majesty, if there was no General Cao, Tongguan might have fallen long ago, not to mention, Tongguan could be stable, most of it was because of General Cao's attack, please think twice!"

Cao Cao stretched out his hand impatiently to interrupt what Zhao Yun and Le Jin were still about to say, looked at Cao Pi, who was silent on the side, and said, "Ziheng, what about you, what do you think, do you think your father's disposition is right or wrong?" ”

Cao Pi glanced at Cao Ren, as well as Zhao Yun who gave him a glance on the side, and replied with his fists: "Returning to my father, the child thinks that the responsibility for the defeat of Tongguan lies with General Cao, and it is normal to execute him after the autumn, but General Cao has worked hard for many years for my Great Wei hegemony, and the merits and demerits are offset. ”

"Your Majesty, killing a general before the war is a disadvantage, according to the minister's point of view, it is better to let General Cao make meritorious service, on the one hand, it shows that the king's rewards and punishments are clear, and on the other hand, it can make everyone understand the king's benevolence."

Cao Cao didn't really want to deal with Cao Ren in the first place, no matter how Cao Ren was a member of the Cao clan, in an era like this, the benefits brought by the generals in a clan were far greater than those brought by other foreign generals, not to mention, if he was executed because of a defeat, it would be somewhat unfavorable for the future.

Cao Cao's so-called beheading of Cao Ren after the autumn is just a necessary statement, obviously, Sima Yi and Cao Pi understand this, so they can intercede for Cao Ren without hurrying, because they understand that what Cao Cao needs is under a step.

Glancing at the four people who pleaded for Cao Ren, Cao Cao waved his hand as if he was persuaded by them: "Okay, in this case, according to what Zhong Da said, Cao Ren, Gu will not kill you for the time being, but I hope you can make meritorious contributions, do you understand?!" ”

"The last general understands, thank you for the king's grace not to kill!"

"Alright, get up!"

After waving his hand to let Cao Ren get up from the ground, Cao Cao began to deal with the second thing, that is, the corpse, compared to Ma Teng and others outside the pass, the disposal of the corpse is what Cao Cao is most concerned about, thinking of this, Cao Cao opened his mouth and asked: "How about the corpses in Tongguan, have they all been collected and cremated?" ”

Zhao Yun, who was in charge of this matter, clasped his fists and replied to Cao Cao: "Returning to the king, to this day, a total of half of the corpses in Tongguan have been collected, and half of the corpses are still scattered in Tongguan. ”

"Well, are these bodies cremated?"

Cao Cao was not satisfied with half of the corpses that had been collected in six days, but he was not dissatisfied, after all, Ma Teng and the others were not just waiting outside the gate, not to mention that although there were only half of them, but in the cremation of these corpses, the probability of the plague was further reduced.

"Back to the king, due to the problem of wood, the last general thinks that it is better to cremate the corpses after they are all collected."

Although Zhao Yun understands that the sooner these corpses are cremated, the better, but wood is also a problem, not to mention the problem of guarding, let's just say that if it is cremated at this time, then the wood needed for the next batch of cremation is a problem.

After all, at this time, it is not like the afterlife, cremation does not need wood at all, under the constraints of wood, Zhao Yun can only helplessly choose to collect the corpses, and then carry out cremation, and during the second period, first isolate it from the Wei soldiers.

"No, this can't work, in this way, let's cremate those bodies first, and as for the rest, let's wait until later."

Cao Cao obviously didn't think about this question for a while, and after frowning and thinking about it, in the end, it was the mentality of being on the safe side that prevailed, and let Zhao Yun cremate those corpses first. (To be continued.) )