Three Kingdoms: The identity of the financial master behind the scenes was exposed by Cao Cao

Sima Hui was stunned.

He was not surprised that Cao Cao wanted to kill him.

In order to defend his reputation as the Crouching Dragon Master, he was ready to die generously.

But he didn't expect that Cao Yuan would not kill him, but would cut off his ears and nose!

This was a great humiliation to him.

What a huge humiliation to Zhuge Liang!

Sima Hui immediately became furious and cursed:"Cao Yuan, you vicious little thief, how dare you humiliate me like this?"——"

"Humiliation?"

Cao Yuan smiled coldly,"This is just a small punishment for you and Zhuge Liang, a pair of masters and disciples who are seeking fame."

"Cao Yuan, you——"

"Someone come!"

Cao Cao interrupted sharply and shouted:"I will follow Ziyou's suggestion and cut off the ears and nose of this old thief who is just fishing for fame!"

The tiger guard stepped forward in response and pushed Sima Hui to the ground.

Dian Wei drew his sword and took action himself.

Sima Hui struggled desperately and yelled in the end:"Cao Cao, Cao Yuan, you two cruel dog thieves, you!——"

An extremely tragic howl sounded.

Dian Wei slashed three times, and Sima Hui's ears and nose were all cut off.

As soon as the tiger guard let go, Sima Hui covered his bloody face with his hands and fell to the ground, rolling back and forth in pain.

Cao Cao waved his hand and said coldly:"Leave this old thief free to me."——"

The words remained unspoken.

He rolled his eyes, another thought came to his mind, and he shouted:"Come here, bring a pen and paper!"

The generals looked at Cao Cao in confusion.

Cao Yuan also looked curious, wondering what Cao Cao wanted to do with pen and paper all of a sudden?

Hu Wei hurriedly brought paper and pen, and moved the case over.

Cao Cao sat on the ground and wrote a book with his pen.

Blow dry the ink.

Cao Cao put the handwritten letter into an envelope, wrote the word"invitation" on it, and stuffed it into Sima Hui's arms.

"Please send this invitation to your disciple Zhuge Liang as well."

"You tell him that I will hold a wedding banquet for our military advisor Cao Yuanda in Xiangyang City and take Huang Yueying as my concubine."

"If Zhuge Liang had the guts, he would come to Xiangyang for a banquet and a glass of wedding wine!"

Cao Yuan suddenly raised his head and looked at Cao Cao in surprise.

Did Boss Cao commit his addiction to matchmaking again? He took it upon himself to take a concubine for him without his consent!

This is not the first time.

Immediately , but Cao Yuan understood Cao Cao's intention.

Taking a concubine for him was only the next step.

Cao Cao wanted to use Huang Yueying to humiliate and punish Zhuge Liang. He wanted to kill Zhuge Liang!

What's more, the Huang family is one of the four surnames in Jingzhou, so let him come The daughter of the Huang family can also take the opportunity to show her support to the Huang family and gain the hearts of Jingzhou.

This is a plan to kill two birds with one stone!

Sima Hui, whose ears and nose were cut off, raised his head tremblingly, with anger clearly burning in his eyes, but he did not dare No matter how impassioned he was.

Cao Cao was too lazy to talk nonsense to him, so he ordered the Tiger Guard to find a few prisoners and send Sima Hui to Jiangling City.

Sima Hui, who was beyond recognition, was dragged away.

Cao Yuan then handed over his hand:"Your Majesty, this The matter of accepting Huang Yueying..."

"This is the king's edict, you must not disobey it, that's it!"

Cao Cao waved his hand to interrupt Cao Yuan, looking like he could not be questioned.

Cao Yuan did not dare to disobey, so he could only shake his head and smile bitterly.

…

Jiangling City.

Ten thousand remaining soldiers of the Han army, wearing frightened and exhausted bodies, silently entered the second most important town in Jingzhou.

The moment Liu Bei stepped into the city gate, he was finally relieved and breathed a long sigh of relief.

In the palace.

Liu Bei summoned the generals to count the battle damage

"Your Majesty, in the battle at Dangyang, our army lost half of its troops."

"The number of soldiers and horses that retreated to Jiangling this time was less than 15,000. Huang

Zhong said with a sad expression.

"Are there only fifteen thousand people?……"

Liu Bei secretly clenched his fists and frowned into a single line.

The 60,000-strong army was wiped out in just a few months, leaving only 10,000 remnants.

Cao Cao's 100,000-strong army will march to Jiangling soon. How can he defend the city with the few troops at hand?

"Your Majesty, don’t lose heart. We haven’t reached the end of our rope yet."

"I thought that I should quickly mobilize Gan Ning and lead the Xiakou army to Jiangling to obey the order."

"At the same time, people should be sent to Changsha, and the eldest son should be ordered to gather soldiers from the four counties in Jingnan and rush to Jiangling to meet up."

"In this way, with all our plans, we can still gather about 30,000 troops, enough to defend Jiangling City. Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan and presented Liu Bei with strategies.

Liu Bei breathed a sigh of relief and waved his hand:"What the military advisor said is true. Send people to transfer Feng'er and Xingba as soon as possible.""

The panic atmosphere in the palace eased slightly.

But Yi Ji said:"Although the soldiers in Xiakou are elite, they are mostly navy soldiers. The soldiers in the four counties in Jingnan are also mostly county soldiers, and their combat effectiveness is low. I thought that relying on these two alone The people and horses passing by are probably not enough to defend Jiangling."

Liu Bei's heart was shocked, and his face suddenly cast a shadow again. He looked at Zhuge Liang anxiously.

Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan and frowned silently.

After a long time,

Zhuge Liang sighed softly and said slowly:"At this point, we can only ask for help. Then Sun Ce, King of Wu, led the troops from Jiangdong to Jingzhou to fight against Cao's thieves!"

Sun Ce?

Liu Bei's eyes lit up.

"Sun Ce has been unable to attack Hefei for a long time, and I'm afraid he has no chance to invade Huainan again."

"In this case, why not convince Sun Ce and lead the Wu army to come to Jingzhou to help in the battle?"

"The combined forces of our two families are at least 100,000 strong, and they are on par with Cao's thieves. Even if they cannot severely injure Cao's thieves, they are still enough to form a confrontation with Cao's thieves on the Jiangling front line."

"Cao's thieves and Wei's troops are all from the north and are not used to the heat in the south. Once the stalemate continues, they will sooner or later be forced to retreat due to acclimatization."

Zhuge Liang pointed his feather fan eastward and offered another plan. He finished his words.

But Yi Ji quickly reminded him:"Sun Ce has been coveting Jingzhou for a long time. If he invites him to lead his army, he may lead a wolf into his house!"

Liu Bei nodded slightly, also quite worried.

Zhuge Liang said:"Although Sun Ce is a wolf, how can he be more ferocious than Cao Cao, a tiger? If we don't lure the wolf into the house, we will be eaten by the tiger first. This is a last resort. ah."

If Liu Bei realized something, he sighed helplessly:"What the military advisor said makes sense. Regardless of whether Sun Ce is a wolf or not, we can only get rid of Cao Cao's tiger first."

His words obviously agreed with Zhuge Liang's plan.

Yi Ji had no reason to object anymore, but he said:"But Sun Ce wants to capture Huainan. If there is no one who can speak eloquently, I'm afraid he won't be able to persuade him. Sun Ce led the army to attack Huainan and came to Jingzhou to help us repel the enemy."

"Your Majesty, Liang is willing to go to Jiangdong in person, and with his sharp tongue, he will surely persuade Sun Ce to lead his army to help!"

Zhuge Liang stood up and asked for the tassel happily.

Liu Bei's eyes flashed, and he was about to nod in agreement.

The personal guards entered the hall and reported that Sima Hui had fled to Jiangling and was asking for an audience outside the hall.

"The teacher is still alive?"

Zhuge Liang was quite surprised, and joy appeared on his face.

Liu Bei hurriedly said:"Quick, please come in Mr. Shui Jing."

Not long after,

Sima Hui, whose ears and nose were severed and extremely ugly, staggered in with the help of his personal guards.

Everyone in the hall was horrified.

Zhuge Liang turned pale with fright. He rushed forward to help Sima Hui. He was shocked. Asked:"Teacher, how did you become like this? Who did this?"

"Who else could it be? Of course they are the two thieves Cao Cao and Cao Yuan.~~"

Sima Hui burst into tears and fell into Zhuge Liang's arms in grief and anger.