Chapter 6768: Achieve Greatness and Establish Great Trust

Chapter 6768: Achieve Greatness and Establish Great Trust
"Organize centurions now?" Mao Jie frowned slightly when he heard this, but he already understood Cao Ang's idea in his heart. He chose Cao Ang after careful consideration. Apart from anything else, he still quite agreed with Cao Ang's character. Whether he was capable or not was another matter. He was different from Xun Yu. He did not have such great ambitions. He just had to do well in the present and then look forward to the future.

"Yes, we don't have much time, and I don't want to miss this opportunity. Now that Doctor Liu is on a diplomatic mission to Ardashir to facilitate the two sides to join forces to change the situation, this period of time is just right for us to sort out internal affairs and see if we can regroup." Cao Ang said with a bit of decisiveness.

"At this moment, Ardashir does not have any extra forces to cause trouble to us. If you want to mobilize all the centurions, now is indeed the opportunity." Mao Jie nodded slowly, "But, General, have you thought about what resources to use to convince these people?"

"Use the future." Cao Ang said slowly.

"Not enough. The construction plan endorsed by Lord Chen can indeed gain more trust from these centurions, but the construction will take at least ten years. This plan was not implemented when Sikong was still alive because it requires years of investment. It is destined to the future and can indeed enhance the endurance of his subordinates, but it must happen now." Mao Jie shook his head and said.

Mao Jie's wisdom is not weak. Maybe there is a gap compared to Xun Yu, but he is not weaker than Yuan Tan's strategist. At least he is on the same level, so he can see many things very clearly.

Given Cao's current situation, if he wants to summon all the centurions, he must announce something big that can stabilize people's hearts. The construction of the Sistan region is indeed a big thing and the future, but that is the future endorsed by Chen Xi's credibility, not the future that Cao can convince people of.

"Let's take a gamble. I can capture Kabul, or at least occupy the northwest or southwest entrance of the Kabul Valley." Cao Ang looked at Mao Jie with some heroism and said very seriously.

"If that's the case, I'm sorry to refuse." Mao Jie shook his head and said.

The reason why Xun Yu didn't come was because he didn't think highly of Cao Ang at all?
Although Cao Cao had many shortcomings, he had at least been through hundreds of battles and faced many tough opponents. He could continue fighting even in extremely difficult situations. Even if his soldiers had many complaints about him, they at least acknowledged his ability.

Didn't the Xiahou brothers and the Cao family know that Cao Cao had done many wrong things? The officers and soldiers from other families were even more resentful of Cao Cao, but why did they still follow Cao Cao? Wasn't it because they could make a comeback by following Cao Cao?

It can be said that Cao Cao’s current combat route is the only one, apart from Liu Bei’s forces, that can openly interfere with the princes in the Indus River Basin.

After all, as long as Cao can break through Kabul and cross the Khyber Pass, he will directly enter the Indus Plain. At that time, no matter how it is divided, the upper plains of the Indus River basin will at least be allocated to Cao. 200,000 square kilometers.

With these 200,000 square kilometers of fertile land and the dangerous mountains and rivers of Beigui, all of Cao's previous losses can be recovered. Even if the officers under Cao's command cannot catch up with the rewards under Liu Bei's command, it is enough to surpass other princes in an instant.

This is also the reason why Xun Yu worked diligently to maintain the Cao family, because no matter how bad the situation was, at least there was a bright future. No matter how badly they lost, as long as they won the last game, everything could be recovered. But after Cao Cao's downfall, Xun Yu saw no such possibility in Cao Ang.

Cao Ang is a good moral gentleman and an excellent king who maintains the status quo, but that’s all. This is not an era of maintaining the status quo, and Cao Ang’s attributes are not good enough to face this situation!

The rugged mountains and rivers of Kandahar and the Kabul Valley meant that under the strict defense of both sides, a possible victory could only be achieved by taking the initiative with an absolutely unexpected and risky strategy.

Did Cao Ang have the awareness to take such a risk? Xun Yu really couldn't see it.

In fact, after recognizing some things at this level, Xun Yu realized that he would never be able to defeat Chen Xi in his life. Chen Xi had arranged a bunch of people to Cao Cao's side at that time. On the one hand, he was suppressing Cao Cao's development, and on the other hand, he was probably trying to use regular troops.

The final result proved that the regular troops seemed hopeless due to the terrible terrain of Beigui, so they withdrew those officers and let Cao Cao play freely. In other words, they let Cao Cao take risks. During the Three Kingdoms period, there was no general who could take risks better than Cao Cao!

In other words, the Han Dynasty's arrangement of Cao Cao's forces seems unreasonable, but in reality, it is probably only Cao Cao who is suitable here, and only Cao Cao can achieve amazing results here. No matter who comes, it will be useless.

Even if Zhuge Liang was a god, facing this situation, if he could not seize the opportunity to break into the Kabul Valley and gain a foothold from the beginning, he would be exhausted to death by the terrain here.

Xun Yu did not see any possibility of this in Cao Ang. Cao Ang was not the kind of person who dared to take a gamble and risk his life. Without this awareness, facing Kabul defended by Ardashir, Xun Yu judged that the future was dark.

Even if you tap into your inner strength, build water conservancy networks, transform the environment, and practice inner strength, you cannot change the reality. In this era, if you take the development route, unless you have Chen Xi's ability, you will never be able to keep up with the pace of the times.

It's not that the development is bad, but that the development is too slow. Facing Chen Xi's surging momentum, if you want to keep up with the opponent and not fall behind, you can only choose to accumulate weapons and plunder the enemy. Other options are basically equivalent to chronic suicide, which will only make you weaker and weaker in the overall situation and have less and less say.

Xun Yu admitted that Cao Ang’s choice was correct, but the correct answer could not change the outcome. He could only face the sad future that was visible to the naked eye. Could it still be considered correct?
Mao Jie did not have such great ambitions, but he also did not think that Cao Ang would be better than Cao Cao, nor did he think that after Cao Ang took over, he would be able to do things that Cao Cao had never been able to do.

If Cao Ang was so aggressive and refused to listen to advice, Mao Jie would not mind switching to another clan.

"I'm not kidding." Cao Ang shook his head, and a spirit that was originally unobservable by others came out of Cao Ang's eyes. This is a special phenomenon that will appear when the spiritual power of top wise men is full. It is a portrayal of spiritual talent.

Mao Jie was shocked. He had thought of all the possibilities, but he had never thought that Cao Ang would have spiritual talent.

Cao Ang himself is the future, and his ability is the key to whether the Cao family can continue, or at least is considered to be the key to its continuation. A person with spiritual talent, who can hide under the noses of a group of top counselors until he ascends the throne and can even hide it from the extremely suspicious Cao Cao, will never be considered a weak person.

"This can serve as proof." Cao Ang looked at Mao Jie. He did not return his mother's spiritual talent because he really needed to show such a pillar in front of others. Moreover, the improvement of this planning ability was of great significance to his management and operation of Kandahar.

A bunch of speculations emerged in Mao Jie's mind, but they were no longer important. What was important was that Cao Ang, who was famous for his loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, righteousness, and unity among his brothers, but not for his ability, had already sat in the main seat without relying on his "ability".

"It's not enough." Mao Jie said slowly, but this time his tone was very different from before. Before, it was a complete refusal with no room for negotiation at all. It was the tone of a minister choosing his king, but now the refusal meant that the situation was not suitable and needed careful consideration to improve.

"There is an important backbone under Ardashir who can be used by me." Cao Ang threw out another chip. He also realized that his current approach was actually risky, but with the blessing of spiritual talent, Cao Ang, whose thinking had reached this level, also made the same judgment as Xun Yu, Xun You and others. Attacking Beigui would only be risky and there was no hope of winning.

"This backbone does not exist at all!" Mao Jie sneered, but then looked at Cao Ang seriously, "Indeed, this is also a pillar, even if this backbone does not exist."

"Indeed, even if this backbone does not exist, Ardashir will think about this issue when the situation is really critical." Cao Ang said slowly, "Uncle Chen did tell me about the existence of the backbone before he left, but he also said that it would only exist when Ardashir is about to lose."

"Next, we are still a long way from losing." Mao Jie looked at Cao Ang quietly. He now believed that Cao Ang was an old scoundrel. If he could see these things so clearly, then Cao Ang might have seen the previous things so clearly as well. For a wise man, it is indeed a battle of information acquisition.

"But Ardashir also has his guesses." Cao Ang said calmly, looking to the east, "So I'm taking a gamble. The timing is on my side, the terrain is on Ardashir, but neither of us has the people. No, I may still be able to struggle one last time."

"Who will stop Ardashir's Holy Death Knights?" Mao Jie stared at Cao Ang with great solemnity. "Although we all know that Ardashir dismantled the Holy Death Knights to form the backbone of the legion, and in the previous battle, Ardashir led only 800 Holy Death Knights. After a fierce battle, I'm afraid there will be only 500 to 600 left. However, General, with your current wisdom and strategy, you should be very clear."

"There must be a few hundred people in Kabul, but only a few hundred. It is impossible for there to be more than eight hundred. If Ardashir wants to control his officers and maintain the organization of his soldiers, he needs the Holy Death Riders." Cao Ang gave his answer as Mao Jie estimated.

"I will organize the people, and all the centurions will be gathered together tomorrow morning." Mao Jie was not very satisfied with Cao Ang's answer, but such an answer already gave him the capital to take a risk. After all, this point in time was the best opportunity for Cao to take a risk.

Xun Yu, Xun You, Chen Qun, Mao Jie, Cheng Yu and others had already prepared the plan. The reason no one mentioned it now was only because Cao Cao had fallen. Even Mao Jie, who had defected to Cao Ang, was not optimistic about Cao Ang's execution of this plan. It was not that easy to hold back the Holy Death Cavalry!
Taking risks is taking risks, not committing suicide. If you haven't reached that level, even if you have the opportunity, you can't use it!
This was the previous judgment of Cao's advisers on Cao Ang, but now Mao Jie saw some possibility of carrying out this plan in Cao Ang, and when he thought about if Cao Ang could successfully carry out this plan, Mao Jie trembled inexplicably.

"To eliminate the deep-rooted problems, only a new king can ascend the throne and directly complete the great cause that the previous king failed to accomplish in his lifetime. Only then can everyone realize the difference. Father, when you abdicated before, did you really think I could accomplish it?" Cao Ang said with a sigh, looking into the empty space.

If it weren't for Madam Bian's assistance, which allowed Cao Ang's cognitive thinking to reach its current level, there would be many things that Cao Ang would never have thought of, and even if he had thought of them, he would not have been able to do them. In Cao Ang's view now, his father's previous choices were like trying to make someone taller than a short person.

To accomplish great things, one must have enough credibility, and to establish enough credibility, one must fulfill big promises. But to fulfill big promises, one must accomplish big things, which is a cycle in itself.

As the new king, Cao Ang, after Cao Cao completely abdicated and could not even be found, was free from the previous constraints. He could actively promote this cycle and directly enter a positive era. The most suitable thing to accomplish now was to step into the Kabul Valley.

In the early morning of the next day, Liu Xian successfully arrived at the place where Ardashir was stationed in the upper reaches of the Helmand River with his son-in-law Lin He after hurriedly rushing all the way. Before they got close, they were discovered by soldiers patrolling in the heavy rain. Fortunately, Liu Xian had a seal as proof and was not stopped.

"Father-in-law, will we really not be captured directly?" Lin He looked at the Persian soldiers who were protecting them as they walked to the temporary camp with some concern, and whispered, "Two of these soldiers leading us are even stronger than me."

"Stop talking nonsense. I brought you here to brush up your qualifications. You performed very well before the prince came to the throne. Now you just need to follow me to complete this process. It's only a matter of time before you become a captain or a guard general." Liu Xian glanced at his stupid son-in-law. If he hadn't married one of his daughters to this guy, he wouldn't have wanted to help this idiot. What's the use of being able to fight? Use your brain!

In fact, when Liu Xian heard his son-in-law say that there were two Persian soldiers leading them into the camp who were stronger than him, he knew that there was a high probability that it would succeed.

Ever since his son-in-law climbed over the wall to tip off someone and was slashed by him without any harm, Liu Xian realized that his seemingly timid son-in-law was one of the best and most capable men under Cao Cao. All the men under Ardashir's command who were stronger than this guy were definitely Ardashir's backbone.

As expected, after taking a short rest in the tent and drinking a cup of hot tea, he saw Ardashir with a broken arm.

"Why are the Han army here?" Ardashir said coldly to Liu Xian and Cao Zhen.

"Make peace with the general." Liu Xianxian threw out an issue. Cao Zhen was slightly stunned. Didn't he say that there would be no peace talks, but only cooperation to change the weather and reduce rainfall?

"What a joke! Our army has the advantage and can attack or defend. How can we talk about peace with nothing?" Ardashir glanced at Liu Xian and said with a sneer. Liu Xian did not take it as an offense. After all, this was the answer he wanted. It was better to hear it from Ardashir than from the Han Dynasty.

"General, with such heavy rain, both you and I are in trouble. A ceasefire and disaster relief are the right things to do." Liu Xian sighed and said with a compassionate expression, but it was mostly fake, because he knew very well that the more he said, the less likely Ardashir would agree. Even if a ceasefire and disaster relief were the right thing to do, Ardashir would not take the initiative to choose a ceasefire.

"Disaster relief is indeed an important matter, but I don't think a ceasefire is necessary." Ardashir raised his eyebrows and looked at Liu Xian, "If the Han envoy has nothing else to do, please turn back."

"Since we can't stop the fighting, let's talk about disaster relief. Our army hopes to join forces with yours to change the weather and reduce rainfall at the same time." Liu Xian made a new proposal, as if he had to change the subject since Ardashir had refused the previous one.

"This matter can be discussed, but there are other matters." Ardashir did not give a reply and continued to ask Liu Xiandao.

Liu Xian was in deep thought. Seeing Liu Xian like this, Ardashir directly ordered the guards to take Liu Xian and his party to other tents, as if he wanted them to continue recuperating.

After Liu Xian left, Tavasdes came quickly.

"What do you mean Cao Cao abdicated?" Ardashir was shocked, and then he suddenly realized, "No wonder the Han envoy hopes that the two sides will cease fighting and then join forces to change the world."

"We cannot be sure of the exact situation now, but Cao Cao has definitely abdicated. His successor is Cao Ang. I have collected intelligence on this person. He is a good successor who can unite his subordinates and make them respectful to each other. However, he is not suitable for the current environment." Tavasdes briefly described Cao Ang's situation. "This is an opportunity for us."

"Should we turn around and fight back?" Ardashir suddenly said.

"The timing is not right. Besides, the soldiers under my command have been marching in the rain all the way. Even if they are well-trained, they will inevitably complain. If we can take Kandahar in one fell swoop, that would be great. But if not..." Tavasdes pretended to think for a moment before giving his suggestion.

"Indeed, what about the changing weather?" Ardashir looked at his left arm and thought about the heavy rain, and had to admit that it was true.

"There's nothing to say about the change in the weather. Both sides should work together to curb the heavy rain as much as possible. Even if we can't completely solve the rainfall problem, it will be beneficial to both sides if the rain is lighter." Tavasdes nodded and said that curbing the rainfall is already the top priority at the moment.

"Okay then, let's work together to change the situation." Ardashir explained to Tawasdes, "But it's a pity that Cao Cao abdicated. Kandahar should be in turmoil at this time. What a pity..."

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