Cao Cao was also a general with great strength. He raised thirty or fifty kilograms of things with one hand and was like playing. He used all his strength to hit Cao Ang’s two slaps, and they hit the same cheek. After the slap, Cao Ang’s left face swelled at a speed visible to the naked eye.

But he seemed to have not seen it and cursed: "I just want the country?

Who am I going to do for?

You keep saying that you are the son of the people in the world and want to fight for the people's prosperity and stability throughout your life, but you are making such a confused thing at critical moments?"

"Since the Yellow Turban riot, wars in the Central Plains have not stopped for a day. It has been almost twenty years since the battle, and the displaced population of the Central Plains has dropped sharply. Can't you see it?"

"If the world wants to be stable, it must be unified. Otherwise, it will fight every day, every year, and continue for hundreds or hundreds of years. In that case, there will be no prosperous era?"

"Your mother is seriously ill, do you think I'm not in a hurry? I wish I could put on my wings and fly back, but then, we were defeated by Yuan's army, and the two Qingyou states captured were lost, and we returned to the situation before the expedition?"

"How many people died in Yuan Jun after a few months, have you calculated how many people we died? These people were raised by their parents. If they die, I will feel sorry for them if they die. But there is no way. As soldiers, it is their fate to die on the battlefield, but you can't let them die in vain, and their blood flows out of nothing."

"Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety are difficult to achieve both loyalty and filial piety. Many times, you must make choices, especially you, you are the eldest son of the Cao family and the commander of the black-robed army. How can you be willful in everything?"

I have to admit that what he said was the truth.

Cao Ang's lips moved, and he wanted to refute but couldn't find the words. He simply looked at him and said hooliganly: "Then why did you massacre the city? There are 200,000 people in Linzi and 200,000 people. You can kill them if you say you want to kill them?"

The massacre of the city was always a grudge in his heart. Until now, he could still hear the wailing sounds of the 200,000 people in his dream at night.

I thought Cao Cao would feel guilty when he mentioned this matter, but this old guy said with confidence: "Do you think my massacre was just venting anger? No, at least not all, when you reach your position as you and me, any decision is carefully considered and has deep meaning. Don't you just look at the surface of everything?"

"Today I will tell you the benefits of massacre. First, in order to get more resources, the Battle of Changping lasted for three years, and both sides fought for the limit. In the end, Zhao State could not hold on and led to defeat. However, Qin State was already at the end of its strength. If he couldn't even eat enough, how could he have surplus grain to support the hundreds of thousands of surrendered soldiers of Zhao State?"

"The surrendered soldiers in Zhao State cannot be released. Once they are released, they will return to their motherland and take up weapons to fight against Qin State. They can't afford to support them. There is no other way but to kill them."

"And I also slaughtered Xuzhou back then. You were also on the battlefield. You should know how serious the food shortage of our army was. I was not able to support those excess people."

Cao Ang said dissatisfiedly: "But now our treasury is full and wet, why do you still want to massacre the city?"

"Listen to me first."

Cao Cao suppressed him with a loud shout and continued: "The second greatest benefit of the massacre of the city is to shock the enemy, the weapons are also weapons. The weapons should not have good reputations. Any army, the more fierce the reputation, the more feared the enemy will be. Just like a man who slaughtered Bai Qi, he heard that the generals of the six countries would rather resign than lead the army. This shows how fierce the god of killing has reached."

"Third, the massacre of the city can stabilize the rear. This time we go to war with Yuan's army. Any collapse of any battlefield will cause unpredictable consequences. Take yesterday's battle as an example. Do you know the consequences if we come back half a day later?"

"The Battle of Qingzhou is just the beginning and not the end. In order to support other battlefields, after taking Qingzhou, it is destined not to leave too many troops to guard it. If there are too many troops stationed, the strength to support other battlefields will be insufficient. If there are fewer troops, some people will easily have bad thoughts. You, my father and son have been in a military force for more than ten years. Is there still less loss to suffer?"

"Besides, Linzi, you are not there, don't know how tenacious Zhang Yun's resistance is. If you don't have enough food and grass, you eat human flesh. If you don't have enough water, you drink blood and urine. At that time, Linzi City went from Zhang Yun to the people and the people were crazy. Those people were more aggressive than wolves when they met people. Such people were not one or two but one city. Leaving them a threat to ordinary people who were dedicated to living. It was a serious threat. I don't have time to identify each of the urgent wars."

"Cao Zixiu, remember that the two evils are the least of the right. At any time, as anyone, the most taboo thing is hesitation. As the commander of the three armies, you must make a quick decision when encountering an emergency. Even if the decision is wrong, you cannot drag it out regardless of letting your subordinates see your cowardly side. Do you understand?"

"I do not understand."

Cao Ang said dissatisfiedly: "Even if you say that the sky will go to massacre the city, it will be wrong for you."

"You..." Cao Cao slapped again in anger. This time, Cao Ang was prepared and quickly turned his head and raised his arms to protect him.

Cao Cao was so upset by his reaction that he snorted coldly: "It turns out that you know you are afraid that your mother's first seven is coming soon. I'm going to hold another funeral for him. You can also prepare well. Also, come to the conference hall and let's discuss the next plan."

After saying that, he turned around and left the ancestral hall without looking back.

Cao Ang knelt on the cushion again as if he was angry. He looked up and saw that the wall was full of tablets of the ancestors of the Cao family. The top was the ancestor Cao Shen, and then it was passed down from generation to generation to Cao Cao's generation.

Cao Ang stared at the tablet of Mrs. Ding in the lower left for a long time, kowtowed three times, and sighed and stood up and left the ancestral hall.

Lao Cao was right. If the world wants stability, it must be unified. Otherwise, the princes will continue the war endlessly for their own selfish interests, and there will be no peace every year.

After leaving the ancestral hall, seeing Lu Xin waiting outside the door, Cao Ang smiled and said hello and quickly went to the conference hall.

When I went in, I saw that the civil and military officials gathered together. Cao Cao's subordinates and the Black Rou Army's direct descendants were all present.

It's not the time to be tempted, Cao Ang stepped forward, saluted everyone one by one, and then stepped aside obediently.

At this point, everyone arrived. Cao Cao looked at Cao Hong who was looking down at his toes and scolded: "Cao Zilian, I really let you defend Guandu with all your power. You actually let the main force of Yuan's army rush to the city of Xudu. What should you blame?"

What should be come can't escape.

Cao Hong stepped out of the line and knelt on the ground and said, "The war will not last be successful, so please ask the Prime Minister to punish him."

Everyone already knows what Guandu is going on, so there is no need to argue anymore. Moreover, Mrs. Ding just passed away, and Cao Cao is not angry now. The more he argues, the faster he dies. It is better to confess his guilt honestly.

Alas, for the first time I became a general who controlled 200,000 troops, I thought I was going to reach the peak of my life, but I didn’t expect the beginning to end, it was a big deal.

Seeing that he was so sincere in admitting his guilt, Cao Cao slapped the table and stood up and scolded, "Come on the way, Cao Hong's unfavorable battle led to the defeat of Guandu, Xu Du was surrounded. The crime is unforgivable, so I will drag it down and chop it down."

Two soldiers wearing heavy armor walked into the hall, dragged Cao Hong and left.

When Xun You saw it, he hurriedly stepped out and said, "Lord, it is not the fault of General Zi Lian, the defeat in Guandu is the only one who is wrong. I hope the Lord will publicly forgive his life."
Chapter completed!