Chapter 216 Bet: Build 100,000 Arrows in Ten Days
"Punishment, please ask the Prime Minister to decide!" Cheng Yu said so sly.
On the one hand, he did not want to completely break up with Cao Peng.
On the other hand, I wanted to test what Cao Cao was thinking.
Did Cao Cao unconditionally trust Cao Peng, or did he intend to restrict Cao Peng?
This is something Cheng Yu wants to test.
Cao Peng nodded, "Very good, uncle, then please come and give Gan Ning a punishment!"
Cao Cao frowned, and he felt that this had caused him a difficult problem.
I was indeed a little confused.
After thinking for a moment, he tentatively said, "How about I let him build 100,000 arrows within 20 days?"
Twenty days, one hundred thousand arrows?
Such punishment will immediately make everyone have their own ideas.
Cheng Yu and Xun Rong couldn't help but laugh a little. They guessed it right, and Cao Cao did intend to let them restrict Cao Peng's development.
It is not so easy to build between 100,000 yuan, and it will definitely not be completed in 20 days.
In everyone's eyes, this was simply Cao Cao deliberately made things difficult for him.
The purpose is probably to stop Gan Ning, so I use this as an excuse to let Cao Peng retreat and not stand up for Gan Ning again.
After hearing this, Cao Peng looked a little strange, but said, "It's not appropriate..."
Everyone was immediately happy, and it turns out that you, Cao Peng, also knew that this was not feasible.
Since you know that it won’t work, then you can get out of the way!
However, Cao Peng just refused to let them do what they wanted.
"The so-called speed of soldiers is the most important thing. Training the navy has delayed us too much time. It would take another twenty days to build arrows. Isn't that a pity?" Cao Peng said.
"So, what does the general mean?" Cao Cao asked, he was a little confused about Cao Peng's meaning.
Cao Peng bowed and said, "One hundred thousand arrows can take up to ten days!"
Cao Cao frowned. He felt that 100,000 arrows could never be made in just 10 days.
Cao Hong, who was still kneeling on the ground, laughed wildly, "General, there is no joke in the army. What should I do if I can't make 100,000 arrows in ten days?"
Cao Peng returned coldly: "That's because I don't know what I know. I will kill Gan Ning with my own hands and then hand over all military power!"
This words and courage immediately suffocated Cao Hong's tone.
This is simply a crazy gamble!
Gan Ning, who was kneeling on the ground, turned red with excitement after hearing Cao Peng's words. He was originally a gambler, but what he saw today, he asked himself that his courage was not as great as Cao Peng.
Cao Cao frowned. It was not what he wanted to do to do so.
When I just proposed this punishment, there was something deliberately making things difficult for me.
He just wanted to kill Cao Peng's aura, hoping that Cao Peng could bow to him and bargain with him, and he would also be lenient for a while or lower some conditions.
Unexpectedly, Cao Peng, the guy, directly developed the matter to this level.
"Anmin, there is no joke in the army, do you know!" Cao Cao had to grit his teeth and sing his own play.
Cao Peng looked serious and bowed: "Don't worry, uncle, I am willing to issue a military order!"
Cao Cao was even more troubled when he heard this. How could this matter be more out of control?
Xun Rong, who was standing beside him, still felt that the popularity was not big enough, so he immediately asked someone to take it to write.
Then he personally delivered it to Cao Peng.
"General, please!"
Cao Peng took the paper and pen, without any hesitation, and made a military order after a few strokes.
If he cannot create 100,000 arrows within ten days, he will be willing to be military law!
In this hall, all the generals were impressed by Cao Peng's style.
They knew that they would never dare to do this if they were.
"Okay, the military affairs are busy, so I will say goodbye!"
After saying that, Cao Peng bowed to Cao Cao and left with Gan Ning.
The civil and military officials left behind, and Cao Cao was left with bitter face.
Cao Cao was already thinking, what if he really couldn't create 100,000 arrows by then?
It is impossible to really poke Cao Peng. How can I fight the Battle of Red Cliff like that?
He cursed inwardly, Cao Peng was really drifting.
...
After leaving the house, Gan Ning kept expressing his admiration around Cao Peng.
"General, I originally thought I was the number one gambler in the world, but I didn't expect you to be even more cruel than me!"
Cao Peng said angrily: "If you are not impulsive, how could you be in the current situation?"
When Gan Ning heard this, he felt like a eggplant beaten by frost.
"General, I was wrong. Why not just go to the Prime Minister to commit suicide now!"
"I must not be alone, but I will ruin the reputation of the general!"
Cao Peng smiled and said, "Do you think there is still any room for reversal when things have developed to this point? If you die now, my name will be broken faster."
Gan Ning frowned and said anxiously: "What should I do?"
It doesn't matter if he dies alone, but he has implicated Cao Peng, which really makes him not know what to do.
"What's the matter? I'll make those 100,000 arrows in ten days, and it'll be a knot!" Cao Peng said with a smile.
"Are you kidding this? Are you really sure of these 100,000 arrows?" Gan Ning asked.
Cao Peng smiled and said, "Of course, there is, otherwise, why would I make a military order?"
Gan Ning was originally a rough nerve, and he didn't think about what kind of solution Cao Peng had.
Instinctively believing in Cao Peng made him jump up happily.
"Long live the general!"
Cao Peng also smiled. He thought about what kind of expression would those people look like if they saw him really got 100,000 arrows in ten days?
...
Since Cao Peng issued a military order, Cao Cao was very concerned about Cao Peng's progress in making arrows.
Time was fast, three days after a year, Cao Cao could not help but take Xu Chu to a hill outside Cao Peng's camp.
"Zhongkang, go over and take a look. How many arrows did Cao Peng create?" Cao Cao said to Xu Chu at the camp in the distance.
Xu Chu took the order and left, and came back soon.
"How?" Cao Cao asked hurriedly.
Xu Chu looked strange and said in a buzzing voice: "Well, I didn't see any arrows in the tent..."
When Cao Cao heard this, he became anxious, "This is the third day. He hasn't taken action yet. In fact, he has given up a long time ago?"
Cao Cao now even doubts whether Cao Peng deliberately made the matter big?
His purpose is not to be a general again...
Xu Chu looked at Cao Cao's anxious look and couldn't help but curl his lips.
After all, isn’t you the one who forced Cao Peng to this point?
"Lord, although the last general did not see the arrow, he did find that there was something strange in the battle?"
Cao Cao frowned and asked, "Oh, is there something strange?"
"The soldiers under the general are busy making straw men..." Xu Chu said with a strange expression.
Chapter completed!