There is a funny joke about Cao Cao.

With the war just around the corner, Cao Cao told a joke in the army, and even the enemy soldiers laughed. Let me introduce the relevant contents in detail for you.

There are still many controversies about the evaluation of Cao Cao by later generations. In fact, before the Ming Dynasty, because no one wrote The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, people read The History of the Three Kingdoms, which described Cao Cao positively and was a veritable hero. In fact, such Cao Cao was also a hero of his sergeant during the Three Kingdoms period.

In the sixteenth year of Jian 'an (AD 2 1 1), Cao Cao assessed the situation and thought that the alliance between Sun and Liu had become a climate, and it was impossible to make a quick decision, so he could only make it slowly and steadily. In order to "nip in the bud", he made up his mind to "explore Liangzhou in the west and eradicate the source of chaos", which led Zhong You, Xia, and others to deliberately approach Liangzhou. Cao Cao, who had crossed the Yellow River, was attacked by allied forces in Guanzhong and almost died at the hands of Ma Chao. Fortunately, Chu Xu, a tiger idiot, gave his life to protect the Lord, and Ding Fei, a captain, used his quick wits, but Cao Cao narrowly escaped. From then on, Cao Jun was on a roll, winning one after another, and making peace with the allied forces. Cao Cao adopted and used Jia Xu's "deviant plan", pretending to agree to the peace talks between the Guanzhong Coalition forces, taking the opportunity to alienate and destroy the mutual trust and covenant between Ma Chao, Han Sui, Yang Qiu and Cheng Yi, which caused the warlords of the Guanzhong Coalition forces to have ulterior motives, go their separate ways and become a mob.

After the "deviant plan" worked, Cao Cao and Han Sui met again in front of the two armies. The generals and foot soldiers of the Guanzhong Coalition have only heard of Cao Cao's reputation, but have never seen his "true face". They wanted to see it quickly, so they rushed forward and looked at Cao Cao before the battle. When Cao Cao saw this scene, he smiled proudly and said to the generals of the Guanzhong Coalition, "Do you want to see the evil of Cao Gong? I am still a Jew, but I have two eyes and two mouths, but I have many wise ears (do you want to see me Cao? Like you, I am a human being, not a monster with four eyes and two mouths, but I am smarter than you! " Everyone burst into laughter when they heard Cao Cao's words. The troops of Guanzhong allied forces are more crowded and want to appreciate the momentum of Cao Cao. Cao Cao ignored the "spectators" of the Guanzhong Allied Forces and was dissatisfied with the conditions of Han Sui's talks. Civil servants and military commanders in the account unanimously opposed it. So Cao Cao vetoed the peace talks and asked Han Sui and others to prepare for the decisive battle between the two armies.

A few days later, Cao Cao ordered the light cavalry to go to the camp of the Guanzhong Coalition forces and provoke the battle in the open space in front of the camp. Han Sui, Ma Chao and others knew that the morale of the allied forces in Guanzhong was low, but "they could not escape the first day, but the fifteenth day". Instead of doing nothing, they might as well take their chances. Han Sui ordered Ma Chao to lead the Guanzhong allied forces to battle. After the main force of the Guanzhong Coalition forces set up their positions, Cao Jun, who was ready to go, beat drums and drums, and screamed at the top of his lungs, advanced towards the Guanzhong Coalition forces. When he was close to the range of allied archers, Cao Jun's forward general ordered a charge. The infantry and cavalry of the two armies rushed in the rain of arrows that covered the sun, fighting hand-to-hand and fighting to the death. Cao Jun, with high morale, became more and more brave, while the Guanzhong Coalition forces were struggling and showed signs of decline. At this time, Cao Cao ordered the unstoppable tiger and leopard cavalry to divide into two roads, one left and one right, to attack the Guanzhong Coalition forces and wash away the front of the Guanzhong Coalition forces. The allied forces in Guanzhong area were in chaos and the whole line collapsed. Cao Jun pursued them, killed Cheng Yi and Li Kan, and won the "Battle of Weinan". It's a pity that Han Sui and Ma Chao ran away, leaving a small hidden danger.

After annihilating the allied forces in Guanzhong area, Cao Jun surrendered to Yang Qiu, overthrew Liang Xing, pursued Ma Chao, destroyed Han Sui, and the Qiang people joined in, and the conference semifinals were frightened, and the situation generally pacified Liangzhou. In May of the 18th year of Jian 'an (AD 2 13), Liu Xie, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, named Cao Cao "Duke Wei", established the State of Wei and made its capital. Cao Cao took another big step towards the peak of his life. Liu Beijun, who was invited to Shu, cooperated with Zhang Song and others to pacify Yizhou, developed and became another menace to Cao Cao. Hanzhong is the throat of Yizhou, and Cao Cao believes that Liu Bei will try his best to compete for Hanzhong. In order to seize the opportunity, in the twentieth year of Jian 'an (AD 2 15), Cao Cao led a great army to the west and conquered Hanzhong.

In March of the same year, when Cao Jun arrived in Chencang County and prepared to enter the territory of the Miao people from Wudu County, the Miao people tried their best to block and destroy the mountain road to prevent Cao Jun's army from harassing and robbing their settlement, but it backfired. Unbearable, Cao Cao ordered generals Zhang He and Zhu Ling to lead an army to attack the Miao people's settlements, killing every one of them. In April of the same year, Cao Jun stepped into Hechi County, and Wang Doumao of Miao nationality gathered more than 100,000 people. He clung to the danger and refused to surrender. Cao Cao didn't want to entangle too much with Miao people, but the marching route was blocked and the detour was not worth the candle. Cao Cao had to order a battle. This Miao people's army, which was no less than the mob, was no match for Cao Jun.

Zhang Lu, who is in Hanzhong, heard the military situation of Jun's attack and actively deployed combat readiness. He asked his younger brother Zhang Qian, general Yang Ang and others to keep Yangpingguan, and asked the defenders of Yangpingguan to build a wall more than ten miles long on a nearby mountain to prevent Cao Jun from climbing mountains and attacking the rear. In July of the same year, Cao Jun invaded Yangping County, and the defenders of Yangpingguan had already completed the reinforcement of the pass, the deployment of facilities and the construction of the city wall, which was impregnable. Cao Jun failed several times to fight against the storm and had to make other plans. Cao Cao had a plan in mind. While pretending to withdraw his troops step by step, he sent sentries to spy on Yangpingguan. The sentry returned that the defenders of Yangpingguan believed that Cao Jun had withdrawn. After the garrison slackened, Cao Cao ordered Xie Yu, Gao Zuo and others to lead the troops to attack Yangpingguan at night. The defenders of Yangpingguan were suddenly impossible to prevent and fled. Jun main force after entering the Yangpingguan, 56-point thrashing Wei Zhang Zhong Jun camp. Zhang Wei and others fought until late at night and fled overnight. Frightened Zhang Lu also led the army to flee into Bazhong County. In November of the same year, Zhang Lu stopped fighting and surrendered to Cao Cao. At this point, Hanzhong fell into the hands of Cao Cao.

After Cao Jun captured Hanzhong, Cao Cao also reached the peak of his life. In May of the 21st year of Jian 'an (AD 2 16), Liu Xie, Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty, conferred the title of "Wang Wei" on Cao Cao. He was nominally a courtier of the Eastern Han Dynasty, but in essence he was already an emperor. In the 22nd year of Jian 'an (AD 2 17), as Cao Cao expected, Liu Bei ordered Zhang Fei, Ma Chao, Wu Lan and others to invade Hanzhong. Cao Cao, who is old and busy with government affairs, no longer kissed the fire line, but retired behind the scenes and sent generals Cao Hong, Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu and others to resist Liu Beijun's invasion.

On the whole, Cao Cao is also a master of "entertainment war". Is his humor closer to the hearts of the people than other generals who are always on edge? If this is not his final victory, this battle is unfair.