What kind of absurd joke was this!
Xu Chu said, "The scouts just sent back a battle report. Yesterday, Sun Quan personally went to the battlefield to oversee the fighting. Zhang Liao seized the opportunity to lead eight hundred death warriors in a charge through their ranks, slaughtering countless enemies and capturing Sun Quan alive."
"At the same time, reinforcements from the Imperial Court arrived, and every soldier in Sun Quan's army surrendered."
Cao Cao stood rooted to the spot after hearing this.
He did not even notice the fish that had taken his bait dragging the fishing rod out of his hand and into the water.
At that moment, his heart was filled with shock.
Eight hundred had routed thirty thousand!
He had captured Sun Quan alive amid an army of thousands!
This was simply a tale from the Arabian Nights!
After the shock came fury. Cao Cao cursed through gritted teeth, "You Sun Quan brat, how could you be so utterly useless!"
Leaving aside how fierce Zhang Liao was for the moment.
Thirty thousand men-that was thirty thousand!
Failing to take a single city with so many troops was bad enough, but Sun Quan himself had actually been captured alive by the enemy on the battlefield. He was simply worthless, incompetent, and stupid!
"Zhang Wenyuan truly is a mighty warrior."
Xu Chu could not help voicing his admiration, either. As a military officer, he understood better than anyone how formidable Zhang Liao's achievement was. He had actually captured Sun Quan with a mere eight hundred men!
"And now you're admiring him?!"
Cao Cao was already furious, and those words only made his anger flare. "Get into the water and retrieve my fishing rod! If you can't find it, you're not eating tonight!"
With that, he stormed away from