Chapter 710

There was a suicidal Yellow Turban leader who insisted on bringing a team of soldiers to rob Cheng Yu's hometown.

This led the angry Cheng Yu to gather a volunteer army.

Under his leadership, that volunteer army finished off that Yellow Turban leader.

This example perfectly interpreted what it meant to "try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice."

It could even be written into books of negative examples.

And after that, the Cheng Yu in original history also once received orders to guard Baima during the Battle of Baima.

Blocking Yuan Shao's fierce attack.

The Battle of Baima could be seen as the prequel to the Battle of Guandu.

Therefore, during the commendation of the Battle of Guandu.

Cheng Yu ranked fourth.

The top three ranked before him were Xu You, Xu Huang, and Yu Jin.

From the above, it could be seen that Cheng Yu indeed possessed a certain talent for leading troops.

But... just this level was far from enough to block the fierce attacks of Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, and Zhao Yun.

Moreover.

The group of soldiers in Cheng Yu's hands were not elite soldiers either.

The elites of the Cao army had already been defeated long ago when Cao Ren supported Yuan Shao.

The fighting Cheng Yu finally persisted for three days and three nights before the city was breached and he committed suicide.

After he died in battle, Zhao Yun, Lu Bu, and Zhang Liao gave Cheng Yu a grand burial.

For such figures who died heroically in battle, the ancients mostly held an attitude of appreciation.

And this made the surrendered Zhu Ling appear quite awkward.

But as the saying goes.

Since you have already surrendered from the opposite side.

Then what human rights do you still want?

Therefore.

Whether it was Zhao Yun, Lu Bu, or Zhang Liao, none of them took Zhu Ling seriously.

With the fall of Lin Zi City.

The three important towns of Qingzhou were all declared captured by Zhao Yun and others.

And next was Cao Cao's old nest, Beihai City.

Inside Beihai City.

Upon learning the news of Zhu Ling's surrender, the cowardice of Xia Hou De and Xia Hou En, and Cheng Yu's death in battle, Cao Cao sat quietly in the study alone for a long time.

In his mind, Cheng Yu's slightly wrinkled old face appeared from time to time.

Was Cheng Yu a good person?

Of course not!

Undoubtedly, Cheng Yu was an extremely ruthless person.

He could even be ruthless enough to turn his own fellow villagers into human meat.

But for Cao Cao, was Cheng Yu a good person?

That was certainly yes!

In the late Han period, reputation was undoubtedly the most important thing.

But Cheng Yu?

He didn't take reputation seriously at all.

Compared to public opinion, he hoped more to assist Cao Cao in achieving a great cause.

So much so that in original history, the person who actually understood Cao Cao best in the end was Cheng Yu.

Perhaps before him, there was a Guo Jia.

But Guo Jia had never been in contact with Cao Cao in his later years; he had no such opportunity at all.

The person who replaced his role as Cao Cao's confidant was precisely Cheng Yu.

If Cao Cao knew about the things of later generations, he would definitely feel some regret about the matter of only heavily using clan generals from the Cao and Xiahou families.

After all.

People like Cheng Yu, who were neither born of the Yingchuan aristocratic families nor clan generals, actually had a very awkward position under Cao Cao.

If Cao Cao could really heavily use ministers of the type of Cheng Yu, Man Chong, and Liu Ye.

Actually, the aristocratic families might not have been able to seize power smoothly.

But history has no assumptions.

Any assumption does not really exist.

The Cao Wei regime in original history appeared extremely regrettable.

Now.

The Cao Wei regime was already completely impossible to appear.

But Cao Cao was also feeling regretful.

From Cheng Yu.

He felt an unprecedented feeling of "a scholar dies for his confidant."

This feeling, even other clan generals had never brought to him.