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In the big tent of the Chinese army, Liu Biao held the holy decree of the Son of Heaven in his hand, read it several times, sometimes got up and paced, sometimes muttered, and fell into hesitation.

In that holy decree, the Son of Heaven named Liu Biao as the Great Sima, and ordered him to lead the Jingzhou soldiers into Wancheng to escort him, replacing Cao Cao to lead the hundred officials and assist the government.

Liu Biao was well aware of the significance of this holy decree, which was that the Son of Heaven chose him between the potters and him, replacing Cao Cao as the new auxiliary minister.

Once he receives the order and leads the troops into Wancheng smoothly, he will become the third person to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes after Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao.

Liu Biao was very excited, but he was also very hesitant and hesitated to make up his mind.

"With the holy decree of the Son of Heaven, the lord can justifiably hold the Son of Heaven in his hands, and replace Cao Cao to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, this is a good thing, why is the lord hesitating." The strategist Kuai Yue was puzzled.

Liu Biao put the holy decree on the table, sighed, and said: "Yidu, I remember that when I was appointed as the pastor of Jingzhou, the strategy you gave me was to protect the Jiang Han and sit and watch the changes in the world, rather than coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, once the world is in my hands, I will become the target of the public, so I don't hesitate." ”

Kuai Yue also sighed lightly, and said lightly: "At this time, at that time, does the lord think that even if the Son of Heaven is not in the hands of the lord, in the future, after Yuan Shao waves his army south and captures the Central Plains, he will let the lord go?" ”

A rhetorical question stopped Liu Biao instantly, and he was speechless for a while.

Kuai Yue said slowly: "At the beginning, Yue set the strategy for the lord to protect Jiang Han and sit on the mountain to watch the tiger fight, because Cao Cao was strong enough to form a tug-of-war with Yuan Shao, as long as these two giant crocodiles could not hold each other, we Jingzhou could stay out of the matter and protect the peace, but now, the situation is different." ”

Kuai Yue stood up and gestured to the map with his hand, "Cao Cao has been driven out of the Central Plains by the potters, and although the potters have replaced Cao Cao and become the overlord of the Central Plains, they can't calm people's hearts and restore the economy without a few years of operation, and reach the same strength as Cao Cao at the beginning." ”

"Without such strength, he will be destroyed by Yuan Shao." Kuai Yue's tone was affirmative, "When the Central Plains barrier is lost, Yuan Shao's next step will definitely be to take Jingzhou south, at that time, does the lord think that with our land in one state, can we resist Yuan Shao's iron horse?" ”

Liu Biao's body was shocked and fell into silence.

Although he is not as good as Cao Cao, he is a generation of heroes, but he is also quite capable of judging world affairs, otherwise he would never have been able to sit firmly in Jingzhou for so many years.

He had understood what Kuai Yue meant.

In the past, Cao Cao was in the Central Plains, and he could check and balance with Yuan Shao, so he could be firmly divided in the south.

Now, the situation is different.

Cao Cao was driven away by the potters, and the potters were not Yuan Shao's opponents, and when the potters were destroyed, who could withstand Yuan Shao's troops for him?

There is no one but himself.

You must rely on your own fists to take down the Central Plains and use your own strength to fight against the behemoth Yuan Shao.

If you want to take the Central Plains, you must coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and you must hurry up before Yuan Shao goes south, use the fastest speed to destroy the pottery merchants, and sit firmly in the Central Plains states.

And if you want to destroy the potters quickly, you must use the secret plan of the Son of Heaven.

Liu Biao stood up and paced in the tent, his thoughts flipped like a tide, his mind was uncertain, and he fell into a choice.

After weighing it for a long time, Liu Biao took a deep breath and said resolutely: "The difference is reasonable, it seems that no one can rely on it now, we can only rely on ourselves, draw up a table for me and reply to the Son of Heaven." ”

"The lord is wise and decisive, and great things will be accomplished." Kuai Yue breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "This matter is very important, and it needs a competent cadre to carry it out, and the more I recommend Huang Han......"

"This matter must be trusted by a trustworthy person to take on this important responsibility, and Mao recommends my brother Cai Zhong to take on this important responsibility." Another confidant, Cai Mao, promoted his younger brother to take on this important task before Kuai Yue recommended Huang Zhong.

If he can kill the pottery merchant, it is equivalent to making an immortal contribution to Liu Biao, how can Cai Mao give up the credit to others, of course, let his brother take it off.

Kuai Yue's brows condensed slightly, obviously feeling inappropriate, he hesitated, but did not open his mouth to object.

Liu Biao started his family, mainly relying on the Cai Kuai two clans, the Cai family is in charge of the military, and the Kuai family is in charge, the two clans are equally powerful, and they are in charge of the civil and military power in Jingzhou, and they cooperate with each other to suppress the rest of the clans in Jingxiang.

Now Liu Biao wants to use force, it was originally a matter of commanding the army, Cai Mao has more right to speak, Kuai Yue does not want to destroy the atmosphere of friendship and cooperation between the two families, nor does he want to interfere in the military in charge of Cai Mao, so he naturally has to shut up.

Liu Biao pondered for a moment, and said happily: "You are right, this matter is very important, I am not at ease when I send someone else, so let Cai Zhong go." ”

"Thank you for your trust, please believe in my brother's ability, with him out of the horse, the pottery thief will definitely die." Cai Mao was full of confidence and patted her chest as a reassurance.

Liu Biao nodded slightly, expressing deep satisfaction, the corners of his eyes were already covered with crow's feet, he narrowed slightly, stroked his half-white beard, and his eyes revealed a trace of ambition.

In his trance-like eyes, Liu Biao seemed to have seen the majestic picture of himself entering the Central Plains and coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes.

……

A few days later, northeast of Wancheng, Tao Ying.

"Cao Cao's trick is a bloody one, he is trying to use the Son of Heaven as bait to lure me and Liu Biao to fight for your life and death, and when both are defeated, he will come to the fisherman to profit, enough yin ah......" The potter sneered and threw the information in his hand on the case.

In Wancheng, there was already Zhang Yi's detailed cover, and the news of Cao Cao's withdrawal from Wancheng in the starry night was delivered to him as soon as possible.

If Cao Cao fled with the Son of Heaven, of course the potter would not say a word, and directly sent troops to pursue, and would never let Cao Cao be wrapped in the Son of Heaven and successfully retreat to Guanzhong.

In this situation, the potter chose to stand still.

Judging from the current situation, it is no longer realistic to kill Cao Cao, his main goal has been changed to seize the Son of Heaven, since the Son of Heaven has not left, the pursuit of Cao Cao has lost its meaning.

The potters did not immediately send troops, captured Wancheng, and snatched the Son of Heaven into their hands.

First of all, it is impossible for Liu Biao to let him snatch the Son of Heaven, once he uses troops against Wancheng, it is equivalent to angering Liu Biao, and it is very likely that he will immediately fight him.

Secondly, the Son of Heaven is the Son of Heaven in the end, and he knows in his heart that he is going to rob it, but if there is no reason, he will openly launch an attack on Wancheng, which is likely to force the Son of Heaven to flee, and he will go directly to Liu Biao, but let Liu Biao pick up a big bargain.

With the existing strength of the pottery merchants, it is impossible to not only prevent Liu Biao, but also to besiege Wancheng to prevent the Son of Heaven from escaping.

Considering all kinds of pros and cons, the potters knew that Wancheng was already an undefended city, but they could only choose to stand still.

"It's not easy to get the Son of Heaven in your hands from under Liu Biao's nose, it's not easy......" Even the old drunkard shouted a headache at the moment, and he couldn't think of any clever plan for a while.

In the big tent, everyone frowned for a while, thinking hard.

"Report, a person outside the camp claimed to be the captain of the Yue Cavalry School, and he came on the order of the Son of Heaven to ask to see the lord." The soldiers outside the tent suddenly came to report.

Someone sent by the Son of Heaven!

Suddenly, the potter had a feeling that something was coming.

He didn't think much about it, and immediately sent an order to invite that kind of Ji to come and see him.

After a while, a middle-aged scribe calmly walked into the big tent, bowed his hand to the potter, and said with a smile: "Yue Qi Captain has long admired the name of Taozhou Muwei, and it is a blessing to see it today." ”

"The name of the school captain, Tao has also admired it for a long time." The potter also stood up, smiling and bowing his hand as a courtesy to the courtier.

With some politeness, the guest and the host sat down.

The potter didn't beat around the bush and asked straight to the point: "I heard that the lieutenant came to see me on the order of the Son of Heaven, but I don't know what the Son of Heaven will?" ”

The seed Ji coughed a few times, and said: "Cao thief dictatorship, the Son of Heaven has been dissatisfied with him for a long time, it is rare for Taozhou Mu to be loyal to the country, and he killed Cao Thief, a chaotic minister and thief, and fled, the Son of Heaven felt the loyalty of Taozhou Mu, and decided to appoint Taozhou Mu as the Great Sima, enter the court to preside over the government and lead hundreds of officials. ”

When these words came out, the Taojun Wenchen strategists left and right all showed excitement on their faces, and they were all secretly happy.

The meaning of the Son of Heaven is very obvious, this is the intention to take the initiative to rely on the potter.

Before, they were still worried, how to get the Son of Heaven smoothly, and they were still worried that the Son of Heaven would go to Liu Biao, but they didn't expect that the Son of Heaven would take the initiative to send it to the door, this is really a windfall, don't do it in vain.

The pottery merchant was also dazzled, but he still kept a little calm, and asked, "Does the Son of Heaven really want Tao to preside over the government?" ”

"You don't joke, this is the secret decree of the Son of Heaven." With a straight face, he took out a scroll of holy decrees from his bosom and offered it to the potter with both hands.

In order to show respect for the Son of Heaven, the potter also stood up, took it with both hands, and carefully opened it to read.

He added: "The Son of Heaven has the heart to rely on loyal ministers such as Tao Zhoumu for the country, but because Liu Biao is on his side, he is afraid of extraneous branches, so it is not good to make a big show and publicly issue the holy decree, so he can only send his subordinates to come with this secret decree." ”

The potter listened to his explanation while watching the decree.

As the seed book said, this holy decree did appoint him as the great Sima and take charge of the government, which means that he can justifiably welcome the Son of Heaven back to Xudu, replace Cao Cao, and blackmail the Son of Heaven to order the power of the princes.

The next kind of Ji continued: "The Son of Heaven has an edict, saying that in order not to startle the snake and alarm Liu Biao, please Tao Sima do not lead the army into Wancheng first, but bring thousands of soldiers and horses first, and quietly enter the city from the north gate tomorrow and night, and the Son of Heaven will personally go to the north gate to greet him, and then wait for the completion of Wancheng's defense, and then the Son of Heaven will publicly release the holy decree, at that time Wancheng has been solidified, even if Liu Biao has taken action, he is not afraid." ”

"Well, the Son of Heaven is thoughtful......"

The potter carefully read the holy decree several times, and pondered the words of the series repeatedly to see if there were any flaws, and then quietly glanced at Chen Ping, who was silently pouring wine on the side.

The drunkard took a sip of wine and nodded slightly to the potter, indicating that the potter should not hesitate to seize this God-given opportunity to accept the holy decree.

Just as the potter slowly stood up and wanted to take this holy decree, suddenly, another thought popped into his mind:

To be on the safe side, let's test it first.

"System Elf, scan me for loyalty to this genre." The potter Shang ordered with an idea.

"Tick...... The system scan is complete, and the loyalty of the target series is -30. ”