Three Kingdoms: The identity of the financial master behind the scenes was exposed by Cao Cao

Wancheng, Zhang Mansion

"Cao Mengde, you are really good at winning people's hearts!"

Zhang Xiu hit the table with his fist and gritted his teeth secretly.

Since his return one month ago, Cao Cao has kept passing by him and giving banquets to his generals, which are always generous rewards.

Now his army's generals, every time they mention Cao Cao , they were all full of praise and gratitude.

Cao Cao was worried about him and wanted to divide and win over his generals. Zhang Xiu finally realized it.

"The major general holds 6,000 Xiliang warriors and is in Wancheng, but he refuses to hand over his military power."

"It is expected that Duke Cao was worried about the general and wanted to deprive him of his military power."

Beside him, Jia Xu, who had all white hair and beard, said calmly.

Zhang Xiu frowned and snorted:"If I hand over my military power, I will lose my support. How will I stand upright in Cao Ying in the future?"

The words just fell.

Footsteps sounded, and Hu Che'er hurriedly rushed in.

"Report to Major General, something big happened, Mrs. Zou was kidnapped by Cao Cao!"

Hu Che'er said anxiously.

"What?

Zhang Xiu was startled and asked:"Tell me again, who did Cao Cao steal?" Hu

Che'er said hurriedly:"Just now, Cao Cao's nephew Cao Anmin brought more than a hundred troops into the city and forcibly took Mrs. Zou away. He said that Cao Sikong wanted to take her as a concubine!""

"Cao Aha! Zhang

Xiu slapped the case and stood up, angrily saying:"You dare to take my aunt as your concubine, you are going too far!""

Although Zou Yu'er is younger than him and is not actually married to Zhang Ji, she is his aunt in name only, and he always respects her on the surface.

But now, the aunt he respects has been snatched away by Cao Cao to be his concubine.!

How could Zhang Xiu endure such humiliation!

"This Cao Mengde, he wants to use Mrs. Zou to marry our Xiliang army and win people's hearts. This method is really clever."

Jia Xu sighed while stroking his white beard.

"Jia Xu! Zhang

Xiu glared at him angrily and asked,"You persuaded me to surrender to Cao Amo, but he wants to seize my tribe and humiliate my aunt. What else do you have to say!""

A layer of cold sweat broke out on Jia Xu's forehead, and a hint of shame flashed between his brows. After thinking for a long time, Jia Xu gritted his teeth and said,"Cao Cao dares to steal his wife openly, which shows that he must be arrogant at the moment and has no warning against you, Major General. Then Let's take him by surprise and give him a counterattack!"

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Cao Ying.

Cao Cao looked at the wine glass in his hand and was in a daze, still wondering who intercepted Zou on the way.

"Sikong has been reluctant to take charge of the army for a long time. Recently, he has summoned Zhang Xiu's subordinates alone many times and offered generous rewards."

"If Jia's conjecture is correct, could it be that Sikong was worried about Zhang Xiu and wanted to divide his tribe and reduce his military power?"

Guo Jia finally figured out what Cao Cao meant.

"Fengxiao, you finally understand my painstaking efforts. Cao

Cao smiled bitterly and sighed:"The people of Xiliang have always been capricious, focusing on profit but not righteousness. Zhang Xiu can betray Liu Biao easily today. If my decisive battle with Yuan Shao is slightly unfavorable tomorrow, can you guarantee that he will not see the favorable situation and turn to Liu Biao?" Come and betray me?"

Guo Jia was stunned and realized something.

"Sikong was rightly worried, Wancheng was too close to Xudu after all!"

"In the future decisive battle with Yuan Shao, if Zhang Xiu turns against us at a critical moment and stabs us in the back, the consequences will be disastrous."

Guo Jia realized that Cao Cao was helpless.

He finished his words.

Cao Ren entered the account, cupped his hands and said:"Meng De, that Zhang Xiu sent people to bring a lot of wine and meat, what should I do with it?"

At this time, Zhang Xiu sent wine and meat for the fifth time in nearly half a month to reward Cao's soldiers.

Cao Cao didn't think much about it, and ordered Cao Ren to distribute the rewards to the soldiers as usual.

"Zhang Xiu is not a fool. He should be able to sense that Sikong is trying to win over his generals."

"Knowing this, he not only had no grudge against Sikong, but also offered him food and wine several times?"

"This is a bit unreasonable."

Guo Jia seemed to see something fishy.

Cao Cao was shocked, recalling the conversation with Cao Yuan that day.

He suddenly became alert again

"Zixiao, has Zhang Xiu behaved abnormally recently?"

Cao Cao asked

"There is nothing unusual. In addition to often sending wine and meat into the camp to reward our troops, some soldiers and horses were moved out of Wancheng and camped in the southeast."

There was no doubt in Cao Ren's eyes.

"Southeast?"

Cao Cao frowned and said in a deep voice:"Isn't that facing our Chinese army camp! Guo

Jia noticed that Cao Cao had an abnormal expression and asked hurriedly:"Is Sikong worried that Zhang Xiu may have a different intention?""

Cao Cao retreated from Cao Ren, leaving only Guo Jia and Dian Wei in the tent.

Only their three principals knew about Cao Yuan's existence.

Cao Cao then told him what Cao Yuan said to him when he visited Cao Yuan as the chief clerk that day. Words, Tao and Guo Jia

"Cao Yuan said that Zhang Xiu would surrender and rebel again, but I didn't fully believe it at the time."

"Now that Zhang Xiu is offering wine and meat, and is setting up camp directly opposite the main camp of our Chinese army calmly, I am wondering, could it be that Cao Yuanyan has really fallen in love with him?"

Cao Cao expressed his worries in a solemn tone. Guo Jia also looked solemn, nodded slightly and said:"This Cao Yuan's ability to see into people's hearts is extraordinary. From this point of view, it is very likely that he has been right again."

At this time,

Dian Wei rolled his eyes and said hurriedly:"I have remembered it. In addition to sending wine and meat to the camp, Zhang Xiu also sent more than a hundred jars of good wine to the Huwei camp. Hu Che'er also invited me to Let's drink together tonight."

Cao Cao looked stern.

The Tiger Guard Camp was his direct lineage, dedicated to protecting him.

Dian Wei was also his personal bodyguard, always inseparable.

Could it be that Zhang Xiu wanted to make Dian drunk? Wei and the Huwei camp, so that he can take advantage of the opportunity to attack the Chinese army camp, and give him a way to capture the thief and capture the king first?

Guo Jia said anxiously:"Sikong, Zhang Xiu's behavior is too suspicious, we must guard against it, and Hu Che If you invite General Dian for a drink, he will probably take action tonight!"

"Send the order!"

Cao Cao stood up quickly and shouted:"Order the commanders of all battalions to immediately strengthen their vigilance and be on standby at all times!"

"promise!"

Dian Wei took the order and left.

Cao Cao breathed a sigh of relief, but Cao Yuan's warning kept echoing in his mind.

"This person is really smarter than Zhang Liang and has no clues. I really shouldn’t question him....."

Cao Cao murmured to himself, with a look of shame and self-blame on his face.