Cao Ren's expression became gloomy at this moment. Unlike the guys like the Xiahou brothers who don't understand politics, Cao Ren's mind is quite good among the Cao brothers, and he has a very good overall view. So early in the morning, Cao Ren realized that the foundation of his eldest brother Cao Cao's rule had already turbulent, and this time it was almost an outbreak of this contradiction.

In Cao Ren's opinion, what Zhang Xiu said now does not care whether to attack Ardashir or withdraw, but to directly destroy Cao Cao's strategy and directly create a strategic level error, which makes Cao Cao himself sufficient to maintain the foundation of his power and cause turmoil.

At present, the basis for Cao Cao to maintain his power is ability. After all, the generals, civil servants and lower-level soldiers and subjects under Cao Cao are not very satisfied with Cao Cao, and they have to admit that Cao Cao's ability is trustworthy. Therefore, no matter how much Cao Cao is scolded, those who have not left still have not left.

But if Cao Cao made mistakes at the strategic level and began to be suspected in his ability, Cao Cao's ruling foundation would be collapsed, and this was already Cao Cao's only ruling foundation.

So when Cao Ren heard Zhang Xiu's words, his face became ugly.

"If you retreat now, even if Ardashire retreated to the previous highland camp, it would be impossible for us to subdue us with water instead of the army. But if you continue to rush to the Helmand River Ferry, it would not be possible." Zhang Xiu said seriously. His mind was not very good, but others could tell him some things. After all, his background is here, can Lao Cao still kill him?

"There is the food route of Ardashir on the Helmand River Ferry. We killed him and broke Ardashir's food route. The other party could not continue to support him in the future. He would definitely be defeated without a fight." Cao Ren tried his best to suppress his anger and explained to Zhang Xiu.

"So, so Ardashir takes his own food channels as a bet. Will he suffer a loss to kill all of us?" Zhang Xiu raised his eyebrows and asked, "It will take less than seven or eight days for Ardashir to break the food and grass logistics of Ardashir to break up. But if Ardashir uses the food and grass channels of the Helmand River as bait and kills us, can we still let Ardashir collapse without the troops? At least how many days can we find a way to find a way, and if we are not good, we can withdraw our troops?"

Neither Cao Ren nor Zhang Xiu said that he would go to the Aldashir Highland Camp to block such a thing. If it were united before, such things could still be done, but now Zhang Xiu means what he means? No, this is what a group of people means. OK.

To put it bluntly, the current army has actually split. Cao Ren is only the nominal commander, but how many generals he can mobilize depends on his ability.

"Boyuan, let's talk about it." Cao Ren took a deep breath. He felt that he could not get entangled with Zhang Xiu in this matter, because he would have no hope of implementing the original plan. Delaying time is a victory for Zhang Xiu himself. As for what to do if Ardashire was in place and bursting the dam, it was just up the mountain. Anyway, there was no time to march, so it was still time to go up the mountain.

Zhang Xiu stared at Cao Ren without any objection, and Xiahou Yuan realized something at this time and turned to stare at Zhang Xiu.

"Your recommendation of the prince now will only make the situation worse." Cao Ren looked at Zhang Xiu with a gloomy face and said, "The prince is not enough to challenge the power controlled by Sikong's hands."

"If it is enough to challenge, there will be no such thing now. If the prince can defeat Sikong in real power, then we have to discuss these things. Cao Zixiao, tell me with your conscience. If the prince's power surpassed Sikong, who would you stand on the standpoint!" Zhang Xiu sneered, "What kind of pretending? Cao Ang replaced Cao Cao has no loss to their Cao family and Xiahou family, so why should you intervene?

"But not yet." Cao Ren answered the answer that shocked Xiahou Yuan, and even made Xiahou Yuan's mind shatter.

"Now is an opportunity." Zhang Xiu said with a cold expression.

Just withdrew, he directly hit Lao Cao's head, made a strategic mistake and questioned Cao Cao's ability, and he won.

It doesn't matter whether Zhang Xiu is going back to the mountain camp or sending the main force of high-mobile to attract the attention of others in the rain. It doesn't matter to Zhang Xiu. Now this opportunity is enough to let Cao Ang take the lead directly.

A moral father, Lao Cao, who corrupts people's hearts, and Sikong, who is not capable enough, is enough to allow Cao Ang, who has already mastered a certain amount of strength, to succeed directly.

"No." Cao Ren thought for a long time, shook his head and said.

"Then you go to the ferry and destroy the food route. I will take people back to Kandahar." Zhang Xiu and Cao Ren made it clear that this was a fucking coup.

"Zhang Boyuan!" Cao Ren roared at Zhang Xiu. He had fully understood what Zhang Xiu meant. Now the main forces of the Cao family have been sent out. If the troops are divided here and Zhang Xiu takes people back, with his current attitude, it is a coup. No, it is to make trouble.

"I said this is an opportunity." Zhang Xiu looked at Cao Ren very calmly and said, "This is not what I mean by myself. I dare to say it, just because except for the Cao family and the Xiahou family, I can say that, and I will not die if I do this."

The reason why Zhang Xiu’s calm mentality is very simple. If you really mess it up, just leave. The world is so big that there is no place for him to survive. To put it too much, he is at least an heir to go to the Pamirs. He is afraid of a lot of trouble. How many times can he fight in life?

These foreign generals and schools have never considered making things right before, because they neither know who to look for nor what to do. However, Cao Ang's appearance integrates this idea from a certain perspective, and at least they have a candidate and guarantee.

Just like the Han marquis who destroyed Zhulu, as long as they find a suitable heir in the end, their behavior will naturally be just.

Now, in the eyes of Zhang Xiu and others, this is an opportunity. Lao Cao does have troops in Kandaha City, but Cao Cao's core generals have been sent out now. The only ones that can really make Cao Cao point like an arm are Dian Wei and his Tiger Guards.

As I said, this thing is difficult to deal with, but it is not impossible to deal with. Zhang Xiu was so excited that the army's talent reached its limit. The extended penetration spear was sure to defeat the Tiger Guard. Moreover, Lao Cao's operations made many Tiger Guard soldiers very dissatisfied. In this case, as long as Zhang Xiu showed enough combat power, the Tiger Guard would likely give in.

The only problem may be that Dian Wei and his true core Tiger Guards are not very large in scale, only one or two hundred people. These people are real trouble. Theoretically, if these people are persistent in protecting Cao Cao, they may not be able to be taken down in a short time without actually killing Cao Cao. If they are to rectify the chaos, they will inevitably cause variables if they are delayed for a long time.

So we must fight quickly and decide quickly. Zhang Xiu is ready to self-destruct. Dian Wei, you are super strong, come on, I will show you the power that can turn Lu Bu into the Mediterranean!

Based on this idea, Zhang Xiu had clearly realized that now was the time he was waiting for. Facing the main force of the Cao family, these foreign generals may not lose, but with those guards, they would definitely not be able to win in a short time, but without the main force of the Cao family...

Zhang Xiu looked at Cao Ren quietly. He knew very well that if the senior leaders of the Cao family and Xiahou family were in terms of friendship, they would never give up Cao Cao. However, how could the family develop to this extent? Even immortals like Chen Xi cannot use emotions as the benchmark when walking on the earth.

So no matter how angry Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan were, they had the urge to take Zhang Xiu, considering the reality, they had to evaluate the possibility. In order to ensure that Cao Cao fought with these people, and then both sides were injured and harmed everyone's interests? Or do you still look at the wall, follow the flow, or even join them to continue their own interests.

After all, Cao Ang’s biggest advantage in getting to power is that the Cao family and the Xiahou family will not suffer any losses as a whole. Even if they personally suffer some losses, the overall interests of the family are protected.

In fact, this is the logic of the ruler of the early Han Dynasty to destroy the Lü. The Liu clan family did not care about your extraordinary operations, but only whether you could protect everyone's collective interests. Even if some individuals lost a lot during this period, as long as the collective interests were guaranteed, this logic of continuing with the family would independently suppress the individual's emotions and anger.

"No." Cao Ren pondered for a long time, and finally shook his head, "It's not that level yet."

Zhang Xiu looked at Cao Ren. If the other party could think for so long, it would definitely not be considered as brotherly feelings. After all, if it was for that reason, it would be blurted out on the spot, rather than thinking for a long time and finally giving the answer. In this world, except for mathematics, the careful consideration in interpersonal relationships is actually just weighing the pros and cons!

"Okay, then you guys will do it yourself next." Zhang Xiu turned around and left. Cao Ren's expression darkened when he heard this, and he directly reached out and grabbed Zhang Xiu.

"Who is giving you advice?" Cao Ren didn't want to refute it at this time. Some things can be weighed, which means that it may happen.

As long as things like loyalty are placed on the balance for weighing, there is actually no need to consider loyalty. Failure to execute can only be said that there is not enough chips.

Although Zhang Xiu did not say the following words, he actually understood Cao Ren's current meaning after someone's suggestion, that is, the other party was not unconditionally standing on Cao Cao's standpoint.

"Who knows, it's not a disaster in any case." Zhang Xiu said with a plain expression, "Anyway, I have said everything I should say, and the rest is your business. Since you rejected my proposal, I believe that now is not the best time. After all, you must have learned more than me, so I believe your judgment."

After Zhang Xiu finished speaking, he looked at Xiahou Yuan, and then left quickly, leaving only Cao Ren who was heavy in his heart and Xiahou Yuan with a gloomy face.

"Zi Xiao!" Xiahou Yuan looked at Cao Ren and growled.

"Boyuan is not the will of a person, but represents the will of a group of people. Zixiu's previous performance was very good, which made people see other possibilities. What's even more commendable is that Zixiu does not do anything randomly." Cao Ren sighed and said, "Then what's the problem with supporting Zixiu to the top."

The guard had been driven to a very distant position at this time, and had special protection. Cao Ren didn't mind telling Xiahou Yuan some truth. Why did Zhang Xiu look for Cao Ren? To put it bluntly, Cao Ren has a brain and a sense of the overall situation. Xiahou Yuan's son is Cao Ang's iron brother, and he has enough political ability. Even if Xiahou Yuan can't turn around now and has no place to vent his own son, he will come to the same conclusion.

"We can't fight with so many people." Cao Ren sighed and said, "If it was to fight Ardashire, it would make sense for us to sacrifice a lot, but if it was to engage in a civil war for the sake of our elder brother, to be honest, it would be difficult. Just mobilizing our subordinates would have big problems."

Fighting to protect Lao Cao? I was so laughed to death. Ma Pin’s group of people were not allowed to rebel on the spot. They could still tolerate this guy Cao Cao. Now he has become a fight for Cao Cao. He has to turn the guns and kill the entire Tianzhu!

"It's useless to inform my elder brother, because it can't be solved." Cao Ren sighed and said, "In fact, since the great purge of the past year, hidden dangers have been preserved. However, some things happened in the middle, and Zi Xiu succeeded to the throne and managed, they barely maintained and did not break out. But in fact, the fundamental problems were not solved. After the elder brother came back, these problems appeared again."

Although an organization does not require everyone to be absolutely reliable, it only needs to be relatively reliable at necessary moments. Even if half of an organization is a bastard, as long as an important position is a normal executor and can maintain operation, the organization can survive.

As for expecting the entire organization to be loyal to others and strictly enforce orders, it is nonsense. People’s laziness is there, and it is impossible to have such extreme situations. It is okay to rely on personal beliefs and collectively shaped ideas for a short time to be anti-human, but it is pure nonsense for a long time.

Similarly, loyalty is a rare and valuable thing, and it cannot be an unconditional and complete ideological stamp, which is mostly the result of combining it with various reasons.

The basis for maintaining Cao Cao's power from the very beginning was not universal morality, but ability and interests. The latter two were very important. Most of the time, as long as an organization can maintain the ability and the mediocre, and the interests are distributed as fair as possible, the organization can continue smoothly and prosper.

But maintaining such a state does not mean that you will continue to survive, because external morality and policies within the organization will inevitably conflict. Universal morality as the foundation and the basis of social operation and the result of conflict between the organization, there will inevitably be a loser. In terms of universal results, the organization will basically collapse on the spot.

The operation system of Cao Cao's power will not have any major problems before a major purge. Even if the generals and soldiers under his command are unhappy with Lao Cao, they will not be entangled in these details because Lao Cao can bring huge benefits.

After all, humans have different requirements for monarchs. Just like Liu Bang's personal morality is a vacuum, he is completely an old hooligan. However, as a monarch, Liu Bang is enough to be considered a loyal elder, while Xiang Yu's personal morality is trustworthy, but as a monarch, he is considered to be unclear rewards and punishments, and is not a qualified monarch.

Even if it is a bragging like Sima Qian, Xiang Yu has to agree that Xiang Yu is unqualified as a monarch.

This is also the basis for the existence of Cao Cao's power. After all, although the monarch's moral vacuum is disgusting, it is still acceptable if the monarch's rewards and punishments are clearly distinguished. If the massacre is something that the locals who were massacred have a lot to scold and have the intention to fight back, it does not mean that people from other places can have complete empathy.

After all, the late Han Dynasty was an era when people could only be killed, so the people of Xuzhou were massacred, and only Xuzhou people remembered it. People in other places knew about this, but only two lines of words remained in the history books. Who told the people who mastered paper and pen were not the people who were not the people who were illiterate to leave a diary?

But the Kandahar Purge was actually all aristocratic families, and not many people were actually affected. For example, Liang and the situation where their wives took their children back to their parents' home and their whole family died, but in fact, very few of them were the family members who died and their families were all gone.

Nowadays, most people who are used to life and death can be easily seen when facing the death of their wives' parents' family. After all, people are dead, and there is nothing to say. Grief and excitement are temporary and will not continue to hurt.

Of course, this is a theoretical situation. What really leads to this point is propaganda. Chen Xi will not promote it specifically. It does not mean that the aristocratic families who hold the right to speak and interpret the scriptures will not promote it. Just like Africa has tens of millions of people who are on the verge of hunger every day, and tens of thousands of people who starve to death every day, but you basically can't see such things in mainstream media.

On the contrary, the Eastern Emperor and the Western Emperor had some fun. Even if there were no dead people, you could see these things all over the world. Is it because the deaths of thousands or tens of thousands of people not as good as the ones?

In fact, it is not because of words, because of moral and legal interpretation, and because these people are not included in the rules for building universal morality.

Most of the aristocratic families who died in Kandahar were scum. Except for the unlucky ghost of Kyoto Du, the other family’s way of death was their own reasons, but this did not prevent the living families from using their own right to explain this matter, and using such critical weapons to lock some people tightly in order to facilitate their own enslavement!

Even though there are far fewer people who die than Xuzhou, how can the people in Xuzhou have time to stand up and debate? Zhuge family? Haha, a mere first- and third-rate aristocratic family!
Chapter completed!