Yet barely more than half a month had passed since the Son of Heaven sent troops to attack Bing Province, and Jinyang City had already fallen!
No one would believe it if word got out!
As Cao Cao read the urgent dispatch, the more he thought, the angrier he became. Unable to stop himself, he cursed, "How could Gao Gan be so useless! Even a pig leading tens of thousands of troops to defend Jinyang City couldn't fail to hold out for even a month!"
"Useless! An idiotic waste!"
He practically wanted to curse all eighteen generations of Gao Gan's ancestors, but no matter how much he cursed, he could not change the fact that Bing Province had fallen.
After venting his fury, Cao Cao flung the urgent dispatch to the floor and stormed out of the study, making his way to the rear garden.
The weather outside was still somewhat cold.
Breathing in the garden's icy air, Cao Cao slowly suppressed the anger in his heart and regained his reason, though his expression remained dark.
The fall of Bing Province was extremely bad news for him.
He had hoped Gao Gan could delay the Son of Heaven for as long as possible, but in the end, Gao Gan had failed to hold him off for even a single winter.
"With Bing Province lost, the Son of Heaven has completely unified the north. His next target will be my Yan Province, or even Yu Province!"
"Damn Gao Gan!"
Cao Cao clenched his teeth as an unbidden fire rose within him.
He dared not imagine what he could use to resist when the Son of Heaven's army and the Western Liang Army's hundred thousand iron cavalry marched south together.
It was all that useless Gao Gan's fault!
After standing in the