Chapter 267

It was clearly intended to make people uncomfortable!

Gongsun Zan didn't say a word.

But the expression on his face, which was as black as the bottom of a pot, had long since betrayed his true emotions.

If it weren't for the fact that he and Cao Cao were shouldering the heavy burden of acting as a feint at this moment.

I guess they would have already patted their butts and turned around to run away with the army.

But... the messengers were also very wronged.

They looked carefully every time before coming to report.

I didn't expect to be served with Cao Cao's slaps.

"Hoo..."

Cao Cao exhaled a long breath to relieve his bad mood that was about to explode!

"Brother Bo Gui, I think you and I should continue to let our soldiers maintain a combat-ready state."

"In case Hua Xiong really attacks, the consequences will be unimaginable."

Cao Cao said to Gongsun Zan.

The latter nodded in response.

Subsequently, the two ordered the entire army to maintain a combat-ready state again.

However... the hungry soldiers had already endured to the limit.

The veteran soldiers were relatively better off.

The new recruits were filled with longing for food at this moment.

If it weren't for the existence of military discipline and rules.

I'm afraid these soldiers would have already rushed up like hungry tigers.

Just like this.

Another half an hour passed.

A new round of messengers returned to report:

"Report!"

"Hua Xiong led the army and retreated back into Sishui Pass."

The voice fell.

Cao Cao and Gongsun Zan slumped to the ground together.

Being played with back and forth like this.

Let alone the ordinary soldiers, even they were hungry to the point of collapse at this moment.

They quickly picked up their rice bowls and ate a few mouthfuls.

Before Cao Cao could swallow the food in his mouth.

I saw several more messengers running over to report:

"Hua Xiong led the army to kill this way again..."

"Ahhhhhhh!!!"

"I am so angry!"

"Bang!"

In an angry state, Cao Cao was so angry that he directly smashed his rice bowl on the ground.

Gongsun Zan, who was on the side, also had his chest heaving constantly from anger.

"My lord, calm down, calm down!"

"Do not be deceived by the treacherous plot of that scoundrel Gu Linzhi."

Xi Zhicai and Cheng Yu, who heard the news, hurriedly came to persuade Cao Cao.

There were currently three military strategists under Cao Cao's command.

The one serving as the chief housekeeper of the Cao camp was naturally the head of the Yingchuan group, Xun Yu.

The remaining two were Cheng Yu, a local from Yanzhou, and Xi Zhicai from Yingchuan who came for his reputation.

(PS: Xi Zhicai is clearly recorded as being from Yingchuan, Yizhou, not a Yanzhou person as set in some other novels.)

As for Guo Jia, Xun You, Man Chong, Liu Ye, and others.

They had not yet joined Cao Cao's camp at this time.

The identity played by Xun Yu was similar to Li Ru.

When encountering war, naturally he needed to stay in the rear to coordinate.

Therefore, the heavy burden of offering advice for Cao Cao on the front line fell on the shoulders of Cheng Yu and Xi Zhicai.

Hearing the persuasion of Cheng Yu and Xi Zhicai, the expression on Cao Cao's face eased slightly.

But he was still getting angrier the more he thought about it!

He wished he could grab all the messengers and chop them up!

Seeing that Cao Cao was about to be blinded by anger.

The gentle and elegant Xi Zhicai said:

"My lord, this Gu Linzhi just wants to use such a strategy to crush the mentality of our army."

"Since that is the case, why not do the opposite?"

"Let the soldiers finish their lunch and then continue to enter a combat-ready state."

"Otherwise, I'm afraid the soldiers will not only be unable to raise any fighting spirit, but their hearts will also be filled with complaints."

After listening to what Xi Zhicai said, Cao Cao thought about it, and it was indeed the same principle.

Might as well be a bit bolder.

Let the soldiers finish their lunch first.

After finishing lunch, even if Hua Xiong really led the army to kill, the Gongsun Zan army and the Cao Cao army could respond calmly.

Thinking of this.

Cao Cao immediately ordered the soldiers to continue eating.

Little did they know.

This time, Hua Xiong was truly "the wolf is coming"!