Hearing Ao Yue's words, Gungun truly did not know what to say.
Xiong Meng is a real bear genius, and you're a damned dragon genius too! You actually put Six Ears on the wanted list. If I were the Six-Eared Macaque, I'd do exactly what happened with the true and false Handsome Monkey Kings in Journey to the West: turn into you, cause trouble everywhere, then dump every last pot of blame on your head. Serves you right for being so shameless!
"Alas!" Gungun sighed at the thought, shook its head, and said to Ao Yue, "Brother, you're taking a page out of Cao Cao's book."
Ao Yue's face twitched. He knew what Gungun meant. Near the end of the Han dynasty, Yuan Shu had usurped the throne and proclaimed himself emperor. Cao Cao had received orders to campaign against him, but his provisions had run short, with only enough left for a few days. After obtaining Cao Cao's approval, the provisions officer had cut the soldiers' daily rations, hoping to stretch their supplies a little longer. Yet after just one day, the soldiers had ***, and Cao Cao had ordered the officer to bring out all the food so the soldiers could eat their fill and regain their strength.
Afterward, he had beheaded the provisions officer, declaring that the man had committed an unforgivable crime by reducing the soldiers' rations without permission. Seeing the officer who had left them hungry for a day meet his end, the soldiers had all hailed the Chancellor's wisdom. Cao Cao had then seized the opportunity to tell them that the camp really was running out of food, and their only option was to defeat Yuan Shu's army and take supplies from his cities.
Hearing this, the soldiers in Cao Cao's camp had rallied