In the blink of an eye, ten days had passed since the execution began.
This large-scale execution of twenty thousand people had lasted for seven days.
By now, more than three days had passed since the last head had been cut off.
But all of Xuchang City, and even the entire world, paled when they heard of this terrifying massacre.
No one was willing to remember the massacre. In the end, everyone would only look forward.
Bai Feng spent the last few days rather leisurely.
All of Xuchang was much quieter than when he had returned from the Xiongnu territory.
Not a single landowning household dared to provoke Bai Feng.
Even after such a major incident, all the landowning households were still fearful. Let alone Cao Cao, they all avoided Bai Feng as much as possible.
And Bai Feng did not go anywhere. He either went to the barracks to watch the Eighteen Steeds of Yanyun, Li Cunxiao, Li Yuanba, and Qin Liangyu train their soldiers or to visit Cao Jie at his residence.
It had been unusually quiet during this period of time.
Bai Feng could understand why other places were quiet.
But what made Bai Feng curious was that Cao Cao had also quieted down, so much so that it was frightening.
There was no movement at all.
There was not even a morning court session.
But Bai Feng knew that Cao Cao's time was not up yet, and he had not yet returned to heaven.
There was only one possibility.
Cao Cao was about to make a big move.
Right now, Cao Cao was only thinking of one thing.
That was to pave the way for the future generations.
Every sovereign who established an empire was actually paving the way for the future generations.
Establishing a dynasty was extremely difficult, but maintaining it was even more difficult.
The next successor, and every successor after that, had a high chance of changing the destiny of an entire dynasty.
Compared to the quiet Xuchang City, Jing Province was extremely busy.
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Jingzhou City, Liu Bei's residence:
Liu Bei's face was ashen as he looked at his officials and muttered, "Xuchang City has been talking about Xuchang City.
"Have you heard about what happened in Xu Chang recently?"
Jian Yong slowly stood up and said in a low voice,
"Traitor Cao has slaughtered nearly twenty thousand people in Xuchang. This matter is known to the whole world. The people are angry."
Liu Bei narrowed his eyes and said coldly,
"Well said. Traitor Cao's actions cannot be tolerated by the heavens. Everyone has the right to punish him!"
"I intend to go north to suppress Traitor Cao in a few days. What do you all think?"
Liu Bei had endured for such a long time.
Neither the battle of Xinye nor the battle of Xuchang at Red Cliff had made Liu Bei so angry.
Now that Cao Cao had slaughtered nearly twenty thousand landowning households, Liu Bei could no longer hold himself back.
These nobles were all nobles of the Great Han Dynasty. They were all loyal subjects of the Great Han Dynasty.
They had all been killed by Cao Cao.
Even women and children were no exception!
Extermination of nine generations!
How arrogant was this?!
Seeing Liu Bei's face filled with grief and indignation, Zhuge Liang sighed. In the end, he still stood up and cupped his hands.
"Master."
"Our army has only just occupied Jingzhou. There are still many things to take care of in Jingzhou."
"There might be Cao Army's henchmen and spies in Jingzhou. If we don't get rid of them, they might become a problem in the future."
"If we attack Cao now, there is no way out. It is very likely that we will fail."
At this moment, Zhuge Liang's expression was also unsightly.
His lord was good in every way, but he was too compassionate!
Right now, Jingzhou was still in a state of chaos. After occupying Jingzhou with great difficulty, he wanted to suppress Traitor Cao?
Just for those few landowning households?
Although those landowning households belonged to the Great Han Dynasty, they were all Cao Cao's subordinates!
In the past, whether it was Cao Cao recruiting soldiers or doing other things, these landowning households had contributed greatly!
Moreover, Jingzhou was surrounded by enemies on all sides. Cao Cao's cities were everywhere.
Right now, Cao Cao was busy with the war and political affairs in the north. It was already good enough that he didn't attack Jingzhou.
His lord actually wanted to take the initiative to attack Cao Cao?
Wasn't that the same as sending a lamb to the tiger's den?
Right now, the only thing the Shu army could do was to hide their strength and wait for the right time.
To defeat Cao Cao, they had to have all the advantages in order to have a chance of winning.
If Cao Cao were to attack, whether or not Jing Province would be able to defend was another matter.
Although Cao Cao's actions were indeed infuriating, the heavens could not tolerate it.
It was said that on that day, the sky was covered with dark clouds, heavy rain, and thunder.
When Liu Bei heard this, his expression was extremely ugly.
It was obvious that Zhuge Liang's words were not without reason.
However, sending troops now was in line with the will of the people.
Liu Bei felt that if they did not take the initiative to attack and passively waited for the Cao Army to attack, they would be waiting for death.
All of a sudden, the officials started to discuss these two ideas.
Zhang Fei, Guan Yu, and the others wanted to attack Cao Cao.
However, Sun Qian, Mi Zhu, and the others agreed with Zhuge Liang. They still needed to hide their strength and not be too eager for quick success.
Just as the situation became extremely tense, a hoarse voice sounded out.
"I feel that attacking Cao Cao is the best plan!"
"Blindly defending will only make our army more passive."
Hearing these words, everyone fell silent and looked towards the source of the voice.
That was because the person who spoke was not anyone else but Pang Tong!
No one dared to underestimate Pang Tong. Even Zhuge Liang was no exception.
However, the one who was the most shocked was Zhuge Liang!
Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong both learned from Pang Degong, Sima Hui, and the others.
Zhuge Liang knew Pang Tong's temperament very well.
Pang Tong had always stood aloof from worldly affairs but he was truly talented.
Furthermore, Pang Tong did not have any intention of fighting.
However, why did Pang Tong want to attack?
This did not fit Pang Tong's personality at all!
In fact, Zhuge Liang had already noticed that something was wrong with Pang Tong.
Ever since he found out that Pang Tong had been stabbed and escaped from the Cao Army, Zhuge Liang had already noticed it.
Pang Tong seemed to have a deep hatred for someone!
Was it because of this hatred that Pang Tong wanted to attack?
Zhuge Liang could not understand.
Liu Bei was also shocked.
Liu Bei had also done some research on Pang Tong's character and temperament.
However, this was also the reason why he had repeatedly asked the sleeping dragon for help.
After all, it was too difficult to ask Pang Tong to come out of retirement. He was a carefree person.
Liu Bei had already found it strange when Pang Tong came to join them.
Liu Bei originally thought that Pang Tong would focus on defense like Zhuge Liang. He did not expect that Pang Tong would want to attack.
"Shiyuan, could it be that you already have a way to deal with Traitor Cao?"
Liu Bei could not help but ask.
Pang Tong narrowed his eyes and coldly said:
"My Lord, Jiangdong has already appointed Lu Zijing as the Governor. Moreover, Sun Quan has also sent a letter saying that they want to form an alliance with our army."
"Right now, Traitor Cao is slaughtering people. Our army will definitely be supported by everyone."
"With such a combination of people and Jiangdong's allied forces, we might be able to fight that Traitor Cao."
Hearing this, everyone was shocked.
Zhuge Liang hurriedly cupped his hands and said:
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