Three Kingdoms: Madam, I am a decent person

Chapter 724: An army of 500,000 men attacks Cao Cao!
Zhang Sui stayed at the General's Mansion for three days.

In those three days, he only went to the government office once to see Shen Rong's wife and children.

In front of all the civil and military officials, Zhang Sui promised to take good care of Shen Rong's wife and children.

Afterwards, Zhang summoned his father-in-law, Huang Chengyan.

Huang Chengyan is now in charge of the overall affairs of the college and holds the title of Doctor.

Zhang Sui instructed Huang Chengyan to take Shen Rong's son to study at the academy and to accept Shen Rong's son as his disciple.

They also sent a large sum of money to Shen Rong's wife and had it delivered to the Shen family mansion.

After finishing the trial of Rong, Zhang Sui did not leave the General's Mansion again.

During those three days, he spent the rest of his time polishing Shen Rong's skull fragments into a pendant and wearing it.

He would spend the rest of his time with these women.

Zhang Sui, along with Huang Yueying, Zhang Chunhua, and others, personally built a pool table.

Although it was a bit rough around the edges, the women quickly got into having a great time.

To make the girls more entertained and to make up for his guilt at not being able to spend time with them, Zhang Sui even made a crude shuttlecock out of thin thread, sheep intestines, and wooden boards.

Three days later, Zhang Suicai rushed to the government office.

All the civil and military officials in Ye City gathered in the main hall of the government office.

After learning about the daily affairs in the main hall of the government office, Zhang Sui formally discussed the matter of attacking Cao Cao with the civil and military officials.

This includes the route for attacking Cao Cao, the arrangement of soldiers, and the transportation of provisions.

After three days of discussion, all officials except for less than 10% who were dissatisfied with the campaign against Cao Cao were in favor.

After discussion, the following matters concerning the campaign against Cao Cao were discussed:

Commander: Zhang Sui.

The accompanying military advisors were: Tian Feng as the chief strategist, and Chen Deng, Chen Gong, Liu Ye, Xin Pi, Sima Yi, Xi Zhicai, and Xun Chen as assistants. Ju Shou was stationed in Ye City, assisted by Xin Ping and others.

Deployed soldiers:

Vanguard: The Third Army Corps, commanded by Zhang He, numbered 40,000 men, including 20,000 new soldiers and 20,000 Donghu soldiers.

The vanguard was led by Yan Rou, Xianyu Fu, and Gongsun Gong.

Central Army: Yan Liang's First Army Corps, with 4,000 cavalrymen, and nearly 20,000 remaining personnel from the Second Army Corps, which was originally under the command of Shen Rong.

Rear Army: Zhao Yun was the main general, commanding a total of 30,000 infantrymen from various routes.

Left Army: Gao Shun's Trapped Camp, Xu Rong's Flying Bear Army, and Chen Dao's White Feather Army.

Vanguard: Cheng Lian's 1,500 Flying Tigers.

The supervisor of grain transport was Sima Fang, the Director of Agriculture, and Yang Xu, the Director of Agriculture and head of the Taishan Mountain family, as his deputy.

Lu Xun, the grain transport supervisor originally appointed by Zhang Sui, joined the academy's talent team and followed Huang Yueying, Ma Jun, Qin Lang and other young talents of the academy to observe and learn from Zhang Sui in this great battle.

The generals who went on this expedition together included Gao Lan, Tian Yu, Chen Jiao, Lu Su, Wang Hao, Zang Ba, Sun Guan, Jiang Yiqu and more than 30 others.

The total number of troops exceeded 100,000.

Including the soldiers transporting provisions, the total number of troops sent south to attack Cao Cao exceeded 500,000.

Once the travel arrangements were finalized, Zhang Sui immediately instructed Chen Deng to announce the names of the expedition members to the entire world.

Since Cao Cao wants to fight, let him fight openly and honestly!

The reason we didn't fight you before wasn't because we were afraid of you, but simply to allow the people to recuperate and take care of their livelihood.

Now that everything is over, I'll play along with you to the very end.

At the same time, Zhang Sui also urged Chen Lin to write a proclamation calling for the attack on Cao Cao.

He also sent out messages instructing generals such as Gan Ning in Lujiang and Xu Dan in Guangling to prepare for a joint attack on Xudu!
The news that Zhang Sui was going to lead an army of 500,000 to attack Cao Cao spread quickly.

The entire territory of the Han Dynasty was shaken.

Xudu.

The residence of the Minister of Works.

At that moment, a series of clanging sounds came from the backyard.

But Ding was sitting in front of the loom, weaving with a blank expression.

Two figures stood beside her.

A short, stocky figure dressed in brocade robes—

Cao Cao, the Minister of Works.

At this moment, Cao Cao's brows furrowed.

The other was a beautiful woman in her forties.

This was Cao Cao's most beloved concubine.

Lady Bian. Cao Cao and Lady Bian stood side by side.

Cao Cao simply kept a gloomy face and remained silent.

Bian, who was standing nearby, said gently to Ding, "Sister, don't go back to Pei Kingdom."

"What will happen to your family if you go back alone?"

"The death of Zixiu is something my husband never imagined."

"Who would have thought that someone would be so audacious as to risk being hacked to pieces to assassinate Zixiu?"

"And this person is dead."

"The hundreds of men who surrendered with him were also hacked to pieces."

"The revenge has been taken."

"To put it bluntly, it was Zixiu's fate to die on the battlefield as her husband's eldest son."

“Isn’t my husband the same?”

“If it were a matter of life and death, I believe my husband would rather die himself than let Zixiu die.”

Ding then stopped weaving and looked at Bian and Cao Cao.

After a long while, Ding said in a hoarse voice, "Sister, Mengde, I don't blame anyone."

"I was helpless about Zixiu's death, but I knew that this was the end for him as Mengde's successor."

"However, even so, I cannot stay here any longer."

Looking around, Ding said with a pained expression, "I have no children of my own. Entrusted by Liu, I was asked to raise my son Xiu and Xian'er to adulthood."

"Now, I can only bury my child."

“Every day here, wherever I go, I seem to hear Ang’er calling me Mother.”

"If I could, I would rather die in his place."

When Bian heard what Ding said, she wanted to persuade her again, but the words got stuck in her throat.

If it were her sons who had died tragically, she probably wouldn't have been able to accept it either.

Cao Cao's expression softened considerably as he said, "I will find that brat and take my revenge."

"It was his men who killed my Ang'er. If I, Cao Cao, don't kill him, I swear I'm not a man!"

Ding looked at Cao Cao, a sad smile on her face, and said, "Ang'er and Xian'er are my only hope for survival."

“Ang’er is dead, but you still won’t let Xian’er go.”

"I know I can't persuade you."

"Hurry up and write the letter of resignation, then sign it for me."

"From this day forward, our marital bond is severed."

"Do whatever you want, and don't worry about me stopping you anymore."

Upon hearing Ding's words, Cao Cao flew into a rage and said, "My lady, don't think I dare not divorce you!"

"If you mention divorce papers again, I'll really divorce you and show you!"

"I, Cao Cao, hold the position of Minister of Works. How many women are there in the world? Do you really think I can't live without you, this old woman?"

Bian's expression changed drastically, and she was about to offer some advice.

But Ding shook her head, took out a scroll from her sleeve, and threw it at Cao Cao's feet, saying, "I know you, Cao Mengde, hold a high position and great power. For the sake of your so-called hegemony, your children are no longer a consideration for you."

"If you won't write the letter of divorce, then I will."

Whether you sign it or not, I don't care.

"Get out, I don't want to see you again."

"On the day you kill Xian'er, I will starve myself to death to accompany her."

Cao Cao picked up the scroll from the ground, opened it, glanced at it, and his beard trembled with anger.

Lady Bian was caught in a dilemma, unsure of how to offer advice.

Just then, hurried footsteps sounded outside.

Then, Xu Chu rushed over in a panic and said, "It's terrible, my lord! Urgent intelligence has arrived from Ye City. Lord Chen wants you to go there immediately!"

Chen Gong refers to Chen Qun.

The original owner of the Secretariat was Xun Yu, the Lord Xun.

After Xun Yu committed suicide by poison, Chen Qun temporarily took over Xun Yu's position and took charge of all affairs in the Ministry of Personnel, including intelligence.

Upon hearing Xu Chu's words, Cao Cao slammed the scroll at Ding's feet, turned and walked away, saying, "Do as you please, you old hag! If you have the guts to leave, don't come back!"

(End of this chapter)