Three Kingdoms: Madam, I am a decent person

Chapter 751 Cao Cao's Dream

The three of them followed Zhang Suifei for a short while before they saw the captain of the personal guards, Zhao Qin, leading a soldier towards them.

The soldier was holding something wrapped in cloth in his arms.

The way they hugged it so tightly made it seem like they were holding some rare treasure.

Upon seeing Zhang Sui approach, the soldier hurriedly ran up to him and handed him the package, saying, "My lord, this is Xiahou Yuan's head. The strategist sent it to us."

"We fought hard all night, and Zhongmu has also been captured."

Gao Shun, Xu Rong, and Chen Dao exclaimed in unison.

Xiahou Yuan's head is another matter.

How could even Zhongmu have been breached?

It should be noted that there are more than 10,000 troops stationed in Zhongmu.

Xi Zhicai and Zhao Yuncai led 15,000 men over.

In the current situation, there is clearly no time to build trebuchets for siege warfare.

Firstly, it is time-consuming and labor-intensive.

Secondly, Cao Cao's army was in Xingyang, so it was impossible for him to just sit and watch the trebuchets being built.

It's truly unbelievable that Xi Zhicai and Zhao Yun were able to break through Zhongmu under such circumstances.

Zhang Sui was not shocked.

More than being shocked, he needed to confirm who was in the package.

They quickly opened the cloth bundle, revealing Xiahou Yuan's head inside.

Seeing Xiahou Yuan's wide eyes, his face filled with anger, resentment, and fear, Zhang Sui's heart finally settled down.

However, he also had some mixed feelings.

Historically, Xiahou Yuan was the official who suffered the greatest casualties on Cao Cao's side.

In this world today, Xiahou Yuan is, at least for now, the highest-ranking official to have died in Cao Cao's camp.

History's stubbornness far exceeded his imagination.

It is hoped that the cause of unification will not be slowed down by the stubbornness of history.

Zhang Sui immediately ordered his personal guards to summon Tian Feng, Chen Deng, Chen Gong, Liu Ye, and others.

The killing of Xiahou Yuan and the capture of Zhongmu were situations he had never envisioned.

After all, Zhao Yun and Xi Zhicai only took 15,000 men with them.

With such a small force, who would have imagined that the city of Zhongmu, which had 10,000 defenders, would be breached?
The group quickly gathered together.

When they saw Xiahou Yuan's head and heard the news that Zhongmu had been captured, they were all shocked!

The group quickly came up with a plan:

First, a trusted assassin would deliver Xiahou Yuan's head to Cao Cao, allowing Cao Cao to see Xiahou Yuan's head with his own eyes and feel the terror it caused.

Secondly, after nightfall, Gao Shun's Trapped Camp and Xu Rong's Flying Bear Army should immediately move from the rear towards Wuchao under cover of darkness to prepare for a surprise attack by Cao Cao's army.

Third, the main force outwardly made it appear as if it was heading to Zhongmu to garrison the area; in reality, it was preparing for a strong attack on Xingyang.

After agreeing on a plan, Zhang Sui immediately dispatched assassins to deliver Xiahou Yuan's head to Xingyang.

Meanwhile, the army began to devise countermeasures.

Xingyang City.

Government office.

Cao Cao's bedroom.

Cao Cao got out of bed at that moment.

Beside him, a naked young girl was dressing him.

The girl's body was covered in scratches.

Cao Cao finished dressing and waved his hand.

The girl picked up her torn clothes from the ground, quickly wrapped them around her body, and hurried away.

Cao Cao did not leave, but sat on the edge of the bed, staring blankly at the ground.

He just had a dream.

In his dream, Xiahou Yuan was killed, and he cried to him.

Cao Cao was somewhat dazed.

The way Xiahou Yuan cried in his dream was so realistic that he couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.

Just then, a series of footsteps sounded.

But it was Xu Chu who walked in. It turned out that Xu Chu had been sitting outside the door the whole time.

Seeing that the young woman had gone out but Cao Cao had not come out, Xu Chu went in to check on him, fearing that something might have happened to Cao Cao.

Thankfully, it didn't happen.

Seeing Cao Cao sitting on the edge of the bed, staring blankly at the ground, Xu Chu suddenly barked.

Cao Cao looked up, saw Xu Chu, and forced a smile, saying, "What's wrong with you this early in the morning?"

Xu Chu said, "I'm not having a relapse. I'm just curious what you're thinking, my lord. Is it because that woman didn't serve you well? I'll find you two older women tonight."

"Those who are too young have no experience and don't know how to serve people."

Xu Chu was about to speak when Cao Cao waved his hand and said, "That's not it."

"That woman was quite skilled; she made me feel very comfortable last night."

"I'm just reminiscing about a dream."

"Just now, I dreamt that Miao Cai was killed and ran to me crying and telling me."

Xu Chu laughed a few times and said, "That's it? My lord, dreams are always the opposite of reality."

"Although Xiahou Yuan is a bit of a blabbermouth and quite annoying, he is very reliable when it comes to actual battles."

"Xiahou Yuan made great contributions in suppressing Ma Chao's rebellion."

"Sometimes I envy him."

"I don't even dare to say anything boastful."

"Xiahou Yuan has brains, but I don't. All I know is how to fight."

Cao Cao was amused by Xu Chu's words, then stood up, patted Xu Chu on the shoulder and said, "Zhongkang, don't be anxious."

"You better protect me, and I'll give you a chance."

Xu Chu responded with an "oh".

The two left the room one after the other. Cao Cao had just arrived at the hall when Cheng Yu came up to greet him, saying, "My lord, you've come at the perfect time!"

Cao Cao looked at Cheng Yu with a puzzled expression.

Cheng Yu said, "A soldier just reported that the General sent an envoy with gifts for you, my lord. I was thinking of going to collect them myself since you were still asleep. Now that you are awake, how should we handle this?"

Cao Cao asked with some curiosity, "My good son-in-law is giving me a gift? What kind of gift could it be? That kid is definitely up to no good."

Despite saying this, Cao Cao still said to Cheng Yu, "Why are you running around for such a trivial matter? What are you afraid of? Just have the soldiers bring the messenger over directly."

"In my Cao Cao's territory, what can he possibly do to cause trouble?"

Cheng Yu responded and beckoned a soldier to bring the envoy over.

Cao Cao entered the hall.

Xun You, Jia Xu, Du Ji, Du Xi, Cao Xiu, Yu Jin, Zhu Ling, Yue Jin, Xu Huang, Cao Pi, and others were all present.

As Cao Cao walked to the head of the table and sat down, he asked, "Have you come up with any ideas these past few days?"

Everyone shook their heads.

Cao Cao did not ask any further questions.

Currently, there are generally two main opinions:
First, Xun You and Jia Xu advocated a steady and cautious approach, preferring to miss opportunities rather than blindly lose soldiers.

Second, Cheng Yu and Du Ji advocated that a large army could be dispatched to launch a surprise attack on Wuchao.

It was confirmed that Zhang Sui's camp at Guandu had been occupied by the Xiongnu.

They could also see with the naked eye the Xiongnu cavalry patrolling and training.

The spies also reported that the Xiongnu Chanyu Huchuquan and Wei Gu, the head of the Wei family in Hedong Commandery, were both at the camp.

In other words, it was previously confirmed that the attack on the child was true.

Wuchao was likely also a place for storing grain.

However, even Cao Cao himself couldn't make up his mind.

The situation is critical; one wrong step can lead to a series of mistakes.

He didn't want to take risks.

The hall was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

It wasn't until the soldiers arrived with Zhang Sui's messenger that the situation was resolved.

The messenger bowed to Cao Cao, then respectfully presented him with a cloth bundle, saying, "Minister Cao, this is the gift the General has sent you!"

Cao Pi obediently went up to take the package and handed it to Cao Cao.

(End of this chapter)