The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 471 Judgment Result
After Lu Su's narration, Li Yuan really understood Zhou Yu's situation with Cao Cao. No wonder Zhou Yu wanted to leave Cao Cao.

Zhou Yu and Zhou Tai came to the Governor's Mansion together, and saw that many people had already arrived in the hall. Cao Cao sat on the main seat with anger on his face, while Chen Wu and Cao Hong both knelt on the ground, and the people on both sides watched quietly. Looking at them, no one spoke, and the atmosphere was a bit dull.

When Cao Cao saw Zhou Yu coming, he stood up and said, "Gong Jin, you are here."

"Excuse me, General Cao, this is..." Zhou Yu has never called Cao Cao the lord, but called him General Cao. This may be one of the reasons why Cao Cao did not hide it from him.

"Zhou Tai should have told you that Zi Lian and Chen Wu are making trouble again. This time they went too far. Not only were the soldiers fighting, but both of them went into battle in person. Do you think I, Cao Cao, are doing this? Do you still care about military discipline?" Cao Cao's eyes were sharp, and he kept looking at Zhou Yu. Although he was blaming Cao Hong and Chen Wu, everyone could see that Cao Cao was deliberately talking about Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu sighed inwardly: "Cao Cao still favors Cao Hong. If he doesn't encourage Cao Hong, why would Cao Hong do this? His purpose of doing this must be to weaken my prestige."

Zhou Yu's heart fluctuated for a while, but his face was extremely calm. He couldn't refute Cao Cao in front of everyone, so he could only kneel down and said, "Zhou Yu is incompetent in disciplining his subordinates, and I ask General Cao to blame him."

Chen Wu, who was kneeling in front, was not convinced when he heard Zhou Yu say this: "This is not General Zhou's fault at all. It is Cao Hong who brought people here to provoke trouble. It is all Cao Hong's fault. If it weren't for him, how could we fight?" !"

"Zi Lie shut up, don't make a sound!" How could Zhou Yu know that it was Cao Hong who caused the trouble first, but the reality is that he can't speak out, and there is no way to do it. How can a person not bow his head under the eaves.

"But I..." Chen Wu continued.

"Stop talking!" Zhou Yu no longer gave Chen Wu a chance to speak. He looked up at Cao Cao, "General Cao has treated me with great kindness. He not only took me in, but also sent my soldiers to fight the enemy. The fault is all due to my ineffective supervision, and I ask General Cao to punish him!"

A strange look flashed across everyone's faces. They never expected that Zhou Yu would be so decisive and take all the blame on himself. In this way, Chen Wu's punishment could be reduced. If he really argued with Cao Cao like Chen Wu Definitely adding fuel to the fire.

"This matter has nothing to do with Gongjin and you. It is a struggle between Zilian and Chen Wu. Their struggle is not a one-day affair. How about this? , Chen Wu hits a hundred army sticks, as an example to others!" Cao Cao announced the result of the punishment.

Zhou Yu secretly cried out that it was not good. Cao Cao's sentence seemed very fair. In fact, Cao Hong had nothing to do. Although Cao Hong was demoted, as a general of the Cao clan, it was not up to Cao Cao to decide how many troops he would lead. So relegation is the same as no relegation, and Cao Cao will not send troops in the past few months, and will only send troops in the autumn, so Cao Hong's two months of not being able to lead troops is a punishment that has no impact.

But Chen Wu's punishment was different. Hitting a hundred army sticks was already a lot. If he deliberately used a cruel hand, he would hurt his muscles and bones, and he would even be unable to go to the battlefield again. Cao Cao's punishment was not vicious.Zhou Yu glanced at Chen Wu, he couldn't bear to let Chen Wu be punished like this, and said: "General Cao, I have a better proposal at the end, I don't know if it can be implemented."

"Just say it, if it's reasonable, I will accept it." Cao Cao asked Zhou Yu to speak out.

"General Cao Hong and Zi Lie have always had conflicts, perhaps because they have some grievances in private that we don't know about. Even if they are punished this time, there will be no next time. Instead of this, it is better to solve it at once, since they are both skilled in martial arts. General, why don't you let them fight, the loser will receive the punishment just now, and the winner will be exempted from punishment, and they can't make trouble for each other in the future, otherwise they will be dismissed from office and will never be hired."

Zhou Yu used this skill very cleverly. It not only completely resolved the conflict between Cao Hong and Chen Wu, but also killed Cao Cao's prestige if he won. If Chen Wu's movement was inconvenient due to torture, it would affect their evacuation, so he came up with this method.

Cao Cao was stunned for a moment when he heard the words. He didn't expect Zhou Yu to come up with such a solution. He was about to refuse, but Guo Jia suddenly came out and interjected: "Gong Jin's words are in line with my wishes. This will not only solve the conflict between the two generals , It can also boost the morale of our army. I believe that many soldiers want to watch the two generals compete, but I have a better suggestion. It's a success or failure in two rounds."

"Two wins out of three? Do you want them to fight three times?" Zhou Yu looked at Guo Jia who suddenly stood up in astonishment.

"Of course not. I've heard for a long time that there are many generals in Jiangdong. Gong Jin can send three people to fight. In addition to General Chen Wu, he can send two more. It's the same with us. What do you think, my lord?" Guo Jia suggested to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao knew that Guo Jia must have his intentions in doing this, nodded and agreed: "Okay, just do what Feng Xiao said, Cao Hong, Chen Wu, you all go back and prepare, we will have a competition in the barracks in three days, all soldiers must Go and watch together, let us have a glimpse of you."

Cao Cao had already opened his mouth, and Zhou Yu knew that there was no room for repentance, so he could only nod in agreement, and he asked again, "Will everyone who loses be punished?"

"Hahahaha, I, Cao Cao, are not so confused. The cause of this incident is Chen Wu and Zilian, so the punishment is only between the two of them, and no one else will be punished. I will give an extra reward of one thousand gold to the winner. , if Chen Wu loses to Zilian, but Gongjin and your other two generals win, then we will lose, and Zilian will still be punished, so I hope you will do your best and don't let me down." Cao Cao has not yet Stupid enough to punish even those who did not commit crimes. If he really wanted to do this, not only Zhou Yu would be dissatisfied, but even the people under him would be dissatisfied.

After Zhou Yu agreed to this matter, he took Zhou Tai and Chen Wu and left together.Cao Cao asked everyone to go back, leaving only Guo Jia, Xun You, and Cao Hong. After everyone had left, Cao Hong asked, "My lord, I really don't understand why you always ask me to provoke Chen Wu? "

Guo Jia smiled slightly and replied for Cao Cao: "General Cao Hong doesn't know something. Zhou Yu is an outsider with evil intentions. He wants to use us to deal with Li Yuanhe and make the Sun family rise again, so we can't fully trust him. At the time of Bingzhou, Zhou Yu won consecutive battles, and his prestige continued to increase. Even the soldiers assigned to him by the lord admired him, but after all, they were our own soldiers, so we must not let them have a heart of admiration for Zhou Yu, so we sent you Provoke Chen Wu, so that the lord will have a reason to punish them, thereby weakening Zhou Yu's power and prestige."

(End of this chapter)