Chapter 441: Unbearable pain
"Who is this?" Cao Cao was dazed, looking around and wanting to get some hints. The land of Yingru has always been a place where talents are produced, although Cao Cao has actually controlled Yingchuan at the moment, it is still impossible for him to know every famous person in Yingchuan.
Everyone was at a loss, only Xun Yu showed a thoughtful expression.
"What if you know this person?" Xun Yu has a lot of collars and is very comprehensive, but the most proud of the heroes is this leader who knows people, the world's celebrities, especially the talents of Yingchuan, there is almost nothing he doesn't know. Xi Zhicai's unexpected recommendation, only Xun Yu may be able to answer.
"I know." Xun Yu nodded, the look on his face was a little blank, and he didn't know if he didn't think about Xi Zhicai's recommendation when he was dying, or if he considered Guo Jia, who was recommended.
Cao Cao was not in a hurry to urge, but just looked at Xun Yu and consulted.
"Yu is rude, please forgive me." After a while, Xun Yu seemed to wake up suddenly, apologized to Cao Cao, and said: "Guo Fengxiao is a person who is also well-known in Yingchuan. ”
"Oh? Why is that? "Cao Cao is a man with great ambitions, and if he wants to achieve his ambitions, talent is the top priority. At this moment, although he was still immersed in the grief of losing his arm and relatives, when it came to the topic of talents, he still cheered up, and even talked with Xun Yu with great interest.
"First, he is a self-confident and high-minded person, although there are many celebrities in Yingchuan, but those who can enter his vision may not be one of the hundred, so he is not widely traveled, and his reputation is naturally not obvious." Xun Yu spoke without praise or disapproval. But the meaning is very clear, reputation is a thing that praises each other, Guo Jia has a high vision, and making friends has to be carefully screened, and there are naturally not many people who are willing to make a name for him.
"Secondly, he is still young, although he is talented, but ......"
"What is the spring and autumn of his people?" Cao Cao's brows furrowed slightly. Asked.
"Twenty has one ......" Xun Yu replied, the look on his face was somewhat embarrassed.
As soon as the words came out, the martial arts also looked at each other.
The ancients established things early, and at the age of thirteen or fourteen, they could be regarded as adults and could marry wives. Twenty-one is not too young, but as the successor of Xi Zhicai, his status is higher than Cheng Yu, and he is the head of the shogunate alongside Xun Yu, who also holds many positions, this age is really a bit too terrifying.
That's right, it's scary.
Age may not be an indication of ability, but it is the only way to accumulate experience. Without experience, how can we have insight into people's hearts and adopt appropriate countermeasures against both the enemy and ourselves?
Although Xu Shu of Qingzhou is very demonic, he looks at his use of troops and plans. That sharp momentum can't be concealed no matter what. Wang Yu did not leave him in the shogunate, but always let him take charge of all kinds of seemingly extremely difficult tasks, using his momentum. It's not a scheming or something.
Qingzhou Shogunate, the real treasure of the town government is not the young Xu Shu. It's Jia Xu, who is scheming and rarely shows up easily! The so-called good fighters have no outstanding achievements, what they are talking about is a person like Jia Xu, if it is not for this person to be in the middle of the strategy, Wang Yu uses troops to make plans, how can he be so accurate, so stable, and so ruthless every time?
In fact, the drama Zhicai, who has just passed the year of establishment, is a little unstable in his actions.
The plan to instigate Zang Ba's attack on Qingzhou does not require him to take action personally, let alone accompany the army counselor, it is enough to send a similar envoy to take a trip. It was his light travel that gave the enemy a chance to take advantage of, if he didn't know the importance and threat of Xi Zhicai, how could Xu Shu leave Zang Ba and other thieves alone, and chase the former to the end?
As a result, Xi Zhicai recommended a younger one, let a person in his early twenties serve as a military advisor, and entrust the future of Cao's army of 100,000 soldiers and millions of soldiers and civilians to a young man, which is simply too unacceptable.
The suffocating silence lasted for an unknown amount of time, and it was Cao Cao's deep voice that broke it: "Where is this person now, if you can recruit him for me?" ”
"This ......" Xun Yu hesitated slightly, refusing to answer.
Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, and then understood, it was obvious that Xun Yu was worried about whether his attitude of coming with such a move would be able to impress Guo Jia. After all, he was a very tall young man, and if Corporal Lixian's posture was not sufficient, I am afraid that he would not be able to satisfy the other party.
However, there are too many things to think about now, where can I have time to visit such a young man in person? God knows if Xi Zhicai was already delirious before he died, or he expected the impact of his death on the army, so he used such a helpless method.
All along, there have been contradictions within the army, but they have been well suppressed and have not evolved into conflicts, just healthy competition.
This time, however, these contradictions seem to have a tendency to erupt in a concentrated manner.
Cao Ren was killed in battle, and the generals of his relatives clamored for revenge. They believe that Wang Yu has been fighting in Hebei for so long, and there is a certain amount of consumption in strength, although the Cao army has folded Cao Ren, but the main force has not suffered much loss, plus the supplement after the annexation of Liu Dai, the strength should be better than before, as the so-called mourning army will win, and attacking Qingzhou under the banner of revenge is a godsend.
On the shogunate side, led by Xun Yu and Cheng Yu, they all advocated stability and should not rush into the army, so as not to follow in the footsteps of Yuan Shao.
The two sides have been arguing about this issue for several days, and even Cao Cao, the lord, has no way to force it. The death of Xi Zhicai poured a scoop of hot oil on this fire.
If it weren't for this matter first, no matter how angry Xiahoudun was, he would not have killed Xiahoujie in front of him. What he worries about is the damage to the face of the relatives generals, coupled with the change in the situation, which will eventually affect the decision of the revenge war.
Now if you are entangled in the recommendation of Xi Zhicai, you can divert everyone's attention from the revenge war, but the problem is that your own subordinate brother and subordinate son are not brave and unscrupulous, they may think that they are elbowing outward and do not take the life and death of their own family seriously.
If things turn out like that, it's a bad person, and the people are scattered, and the team can't be led. But at this juncture, there is no one who is resourceful and trustworthy to discuss, and the blessing is incomparable. Misfortune is not a one-way street, and the ancients were honest and did not deceive me.
Cao Cao shook his head and sighed: "Zixiao and Zhicai have passed away one after another, my heart is like a knife, and I can't be a director for a while. With that, he hid his face with his sleeve. Turn away.
Everyone was speechless, only Xun Yu's eyes flashed with a hint of unfathomable look.
As the person who has followed Cao Cao for the longest time among the senior staff, Xun Yu easily captured the almost imperceptible hint that Cao Cao passed on to himself when he hid his face and turned around-the lord. After all, he is the lord, and he is a hero who loves and thirsts for talent!
The successive bad news and disagreements over strategic decisions made the atmosphere in Cao Cao's shogunate tense. After the military conference was dispersed, the people were divided into two distinct groups, and then into several small groups within the brigade. Even when he whispered, he still looked solemn and the atmosphere was tense, if he didn't know. The quasi-general thought that there were foreign soldiers coming to the city.
Xun Yu's popularity is very good, whether it is the relatives of Cao and Xiahou, or a group of staff, or Le Jin and other foreign generals. They all have great respect for him, and some of them are impatient. It even clearly expresses the meaning of wooing.
Even if he was fine, Xun Yu would not get involved in this kind of internal dispute. For Xun Yu, the most important one is that we must not allow factional disputes to run rampant, otherwise, no matter how powerful the force is, it will fall apart and perish.
In this regard, Cao Jun has always done a good job, but no matter how perfect the group is, it is impossible not to have a flaw. When the situation is good, people will fight for power; In times of crisis, people blame each other, and everyone thinks that only they can turn the tide.
It's nature, and it has nothing to do with human character.
Right now, the figures of Wang Yu and the Qingzhou army are like giants covering the sky with one hand, shrouding the Cao army in darkness, either out of fear, or out of hatred, or whatever, in short, the whole army is a little out of order.
Xiahou Chun and other relatives clamored to attack Qingzhou while Qingzhou was exhausted for a long time, but they did not put forward any feasible plan, what was the target of the attack? What strategic goals can be achieved by attacking this goal? In order to achieve this goal, what sacrifices can you make, win over those allies, how to contain the main forces of the Qingzhou Army, and how to respond?
They didn't expect this series of problems, they just shouted to attack. If this battle is really fought like this, defeat is inevitable, not only defeat is so simple, according to Xun Yu's inference, this battle is more shameful than Yuan Shao's failure, and it will be like Yuan Shao being scolded to death, becoming a big joke that has been recited for generations!
On the other hand, those who advocate seeking stability and avoiding war cannot come up with any good solutions. Clear-eyed people know that Qingzhou, which has won a great victory in Hebei, may have a short period of weakness, and after that, the strength of the Qingzhou army will definitely swell violently, to the extent that people can't look sideways.
Unless the lord bends his knees on the other side, there will be a battle between the two armies!
Now it is not difficult to avoid the war, Wang Yu obviously did not have the intention of immediately raising the army, he put on a posture of recuperating and digesting the fruits of victory.
But what about a year or two later?
When the tiger in Qingzhou healed its wounds and slaughtered it with a more rapid momentum than before, how could the Yanzhou army resist?
Including Xun Yu himself, the aides who advocated avoiding the war had no good way, and could only emphasize over and over again that those development and growth were the best countermeasures.
The contradictions between the two sides, whether to fight or not, have arisen from this, and there is a tendency to expand. Xun Yu was worried about this, presumably the same is true of the lord, it is precisely because of this that the death of Xi Zhicai hit Yanzhou extremely hard, almost unbearable.
Xun Yu lamented in his heart, Xu Yuanzhi's decisive pursuit and killing really hit his own vital point!
Of course, the most terrifying thing is Wang Yu, he didn't even move the sword soldiers, but he came with a great victory, and the huge Yanzhou army suddenly had internal and external troubles, and there was a great tendency of wind and rain.
With a smile on his face, Xun Yu pushed away the invitations of many gangs and factions one by one without a trace, walked out of the Assassin's Mansion quickly, got into a long-awaited Wupeng carriage, and whispered a name.
"Go to Qingmei Lane."
"Yes." The coachman nodded and flicked his whip, and the carriage departed with the neighing of the horse.