After drinking the chicken soup, Cao Cao still ate the two pieces of chicken ribs because he developed the habit of not wasting food.

After dinner, Cao Cao had a lot of insights and reflected on the battle in Hanzhong.

Cao Cao had long since given up on Hanzhong, but when things came to an end, he was a little reluctant.

In addition, this time he personally fought for Hanzhong, and suffered losses and failed to do so, which made him look very unfavorable, which made him hesitant.

Now Cao Cao has figured it out. If he really wants to destroy Liu Bei and devote his whole country to the fore, he will not be able to do it, but he will never have the energy to deal with Sun Quan.

Therefore, he also recognized the situation and was able to destroy Liu Bei or Sun Quan with his own strength, as long as possible, the premise was to make them turn against each other.

Although Cao Cao was old, he still had far-reaching thoughts!

He felt that retreating in this way and showing the enemy as weak could create the illusion that Liu Bei's army was strong, and it might not necessarily cause the Sun-Liu alliance to create a crack. Once Sun-Liu turned against each other, it would be time for him to gain profit.

Cao Cao decided to show the enemy that he was weak, so he no longer did useless things and made up his mind to retreat soon.

Although Cao Cao had made up his mind, he did not take it out with his counselors, and he didn't even reveal his words. Yang Xiu could guess his meaning so quickly, which made him a little strange.

Cao Cao called Yang Xiu over and asked him sternly:

"Master Yang, why do you say that I will withdraw soon?"

Although Cao Cao looked angry, it was not the first time Yang Xiu saw such a scene. He was fearless and still felt contented, and answered Cao Cao with a useless intention.

Cao Cao had long been determined to deal with him because he was afraid that Yang Xiu would provoke the fight between Cao Pi and Cao Zhi, but he could not find a suitable excuse. Due to Yang Xiu's talent and the mixed forces of the Hongnong Yang family, he endured it until now.

After hearing Yang Xiu's far-fetched explanation, Cao Cao laughed in anger, changed his previous way of laughing, but said furiously:

"Zhuzi, how dare you speculate on my thoughts and spread rumors and disrupt our morale! What crime should you blame?"

Seeing that Cao Cao was so angry, Yang Xiu knew something was wrong, and his expression changed and he was about to make excuses.

But Cao Cao was determined to kill Yang Xiu, so he would not let Yang Xiu tell the difference, and did not give everyone a chance to plead with him. He immediately took the knife and axe and slashed him, and ordered his head outside the gate.

Yang Xiu was talented and was born in the huge family of Hongnong Yang, and he was inevitably a little arrogant.

Cao Cao was able to use Yang Xiu as the main force. In addition to Yang Xiu's own talent, he also gave Hongnong Yang's family a face and gave all the aristocratic families the world to have.

The Yang family of Hongnong is different from ordinary aristocratic families. It is one of the counties of the Yang family and began with Yang Chang, the prime minister of the Western Han Dynasty.

Yang Chang's great-grandson Yang Zhen was appointed as the Grand Marshal during the reign of Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty and was awarded the title of "Confucius in Guanxi".

The widely circulated allusion of the four knowledges of "God knows, God knows, I knows, and Zi knows" comes from Yang Zhen, the "Innocence official".

Yang Zhen's son Yang Bing, Sun Yangci, and great-grandson Yang Biao were all able to inherit his legacy, and they all served as the Taiwei, and were famous "Three Dukes of the Four Generations" in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

At that time, marriage was about equality. The Yang family and another family of three generations of four generations were in-laws. Although Yang Xiu was young, he was Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu's cousin.

Yang Xiu had a family backing, and with his extraordinary talent, he often acted casually, which repeatedly violated Cao Cao's taboos.

Cao Cao once built a garden. After the incident, his subordinates asked Cao Cao to come and watch it.

After reading it, Cao Cao did not comment on praise or criticism, but only took the pen and wrote the word "来" on the door and left.

Everyone did not understand the intention, and the official in charge of the supervision asked Yang Xiu for advice.

Yang Xiu received other people's gifts and gave instructions:

"The movable character is added inside the door, which means the word "broad". The Prime Minister disliked the garden door."

Therefore, the supervisor asked the workers to build walls and renovate them, and asked them to watch them again.

Seeing that the garden was in line with his wishes, Cao Cao thought he had discovered another talent, so he asked:

"Who knows what I mean?"

The supervisory official replied: "It's the master of Yang Xiu."

Although Cao Cao praised him, he was a little disgusted with Yang Xiu showing off his talents everywhere.

Because he inspected the garden that day, he took a pen and wrote this problem on the door. It was originally intended to be used to select talents, but it was destroyed by Yang Xiu!

Another time, a box of tribute pastry was sent to Saibei, but there was no sign on the box. Cao Cao took a pen and wrote the three words "Yihe Pao" on the box and placed it on the desk.

Yang Xiu took someone to meet Cao Cao. When he saw the box on his desk, he opened it and picked it up, and shared it with everyone with a spoon.

Cao Cao was very disgusted with Yang Xiu's use of his own objects without voluntarily, but he could not blame him for this, so he asked why.

Yang Xiu knew Cao Cao's writing style well and replied:

"How dare you disobey the Prime Minister's orders on the box with a handwritten letter to each person with a mouthful of cream?"

Although Cao Cao laughed, he was dissatisfied with Yang Xiu showing off his talents and playing with words.

When Cao Cao was old, his suspicion became increasingly serious, fearing that others would secretly plot against him, so he often sent him to the nearby servants:

"I am so good at killing people in my dreams; whenever I fall asleep, don't approach me."

One day, Cao Cao fell into the tent during the day and fell on the ground. When a nearby servant panicked, he covered it. Cao Cao jumped up and pulled his sword and slashed it, and then went to bed. After a while, he got up and asked in surprise:

"Who killed my close servant?"

Everyone reported to the truth that Cao Cao shed tears in pain and ordered him to be buried with great pleasure.

Everyone thought that Cao Cao was really killing people in his dream, but Yang Xiu knew his intentions.

This close servant had a good relationship with Yang Xiu and often informed him of Cao Cao. Yang Xiu felt a little angry and sighed when the close servant was buried:

"The Prime Minister is not in his dream, but in his dream!"

After Cao Cao found out, he was very dissatisfied with Yang Xiu's unscrupulousness, but because Yang Xiu was very knowledgeable and understanding, he was very comfortable to use, and he also wanted to win over the Yang family, so he did not do anything to Yang Xiu.

Cao Cao's third son Cao Zhi admired Yang Xiu's talent and had a good relationship with him. He often invited Yang Xiu to talk about it all night long.

Yang Xiu gave Cao Zhi advice and competed for the position of prince.

Cao Cao always asked Cao Zhi about military and national affairs, and Cao Zhi answered it smoothly, which was very consistent with Cao Cao's intention.

But soon after, Cao Cao found out that these were not Cao Zhi's own ideas, but Yang Xiu gave Cao Zhi an answer in advance based on Cao Cao's preferences.

Yang Xiu's approach was suspected of deceiving the emperor, which made Cao Cao very disgusted.

Although he was afraid of the Hongnong Yang family and did not dare to use these things as an excuse to punish Yang Xiu, he had tolerated Yang Xiu's self-righteous behavior to the limit.

After all, these are trivial matters, and Cao Cao had no intention of killing Yang Xiu.

However, after Cao Cao promoted to the King of Wei and had established Cao Pi as the crown prince, Yang Xiu still had constant contact with Cao Zhi, and seemed to be still giving advice to Cao Zhi, which made him want to kill Yang Xiu.

Today, Yang Xiu was committing suicide and using military orders as a joke. Cao Cao happened to kill him on the crime of confusing the morale of the army.

The evidence for this matter is conclusive, and many people know about it. Even if the Yang family of Hongnong knew that Yang Xiu had died unjustly, they had nothing to say.
Chapter completed!