Cao Cao couldn't figure it out, and Xiahoudun couldn't figure out why Cao Ang lost to the potter. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

In terms of deceit and resourcefulness, Cao Ang was by no means an opponent of the potters, and they all admitted this.

But now it is not a battle of commanding troops, using tactics and strategies, but fighting generals alone, purely competing in martial arts, and there is no trickery available.

Why did Cao Ang lose?

Could it be that in less than a month, that little thief's martial arts have advanced by leaps and bounds, and he has far surpassed Cao Ang, and has advanced to the point where he can be severely injured?

Xiahoudun's face was distorted and twitched, and his shocked eyes burst out with a bit of embarrassment.

Obviously, Cao Ang returned from his injuries, and then slapped him in the face fiercely, humiliating his confident judgment.

Cao Cao secretly clenched his fists, his face gloomy and discolored, both angry and disappointed.

"Father, my son is incompetent, and he lost to that thief, please punish my father." Cao Ang was also extremely ashamed, turned over and dismounted, and knelt down in front of Cao Cao with an injured body, looking self-ashamed.

Cao Cao let out a long sigh, and his sigh was full of helplessness and disappointment.

He was also powerless to reprimand Cao Ang, so he only waved his hand, "That's it, hurry back to the city, and go to treat your injuries first." ”

The soldiers on the left and right hurriedly rushed forward and helped the wounded Cao Ang into the city.

Cao Cao glanced back at his subordinates, his eyes were full of anger, as if he was holding back the fire in his belly, and there was nowhere to vent.

All the civil and military officers were busy bowing their heads one after another, fearing that they would crash into Cao Cao's muzzle and get on Cao Cao's punching bag.

"Jia Wenhe, Lone remembers that you have been obedient to Gu for a long time, but you have never taken the initiative to offer a plan to Lone, Lone is really a little skeptical, whether you are truly obedient to Lone."

Cao Cao fixed his eyes on the white-haired scribe hiding in the crowd, obviously, this poisoner was very unlucky and was about to become Cao Cao's punching bag.

Jia Xu didn't panic at all, and said lightly: "Xu's loyalty to Sikong can be seen by the sun and the moon, in fact, Xu has been thinking hard recently, and he has already made a plan for Sikong, but he has never had a chance to say it." ”

Cao Cao listened to his plan, and his face turned from cloudy to sunny in an instant, and there was even a trace of excitement in his eyes.

You must know that Jia Xu is a poisoner, and he doesn't open his mouth, but once he opens his mouth to offer a plan, it must be a bloody poisonous plan.

"Wen He's clever plan, don't come quickly." Cao Cao couldn't wait to ask.

Jia Xu asked rhetorically first: "I want to ask Sikong first, with Sikong's current strength, can he beat one of the potters and Liu Biao, and successfully ensure that the Son of Heaven leaves Wancheng and moves to Chang'an?" ”

Cao Cao was silent, and after a while, he replied "can't".

"Since you can't, the Son of Heaven will become a hot potato in the hands of Sikong, but a burden." Jia Xu obviously has something to say.

Cao Cao frowned, "Listen to what you mean, do you want Gu to give up the Son of Heaven?" ”

"Of course not, the Son of Heaven is where the righteousness lies, how can Xu persuade Sikong to give up." Jia Xu smiled, and a trace of strange light burst out from his sunken eyes, "What does it mean is that Sikong didn't take the initiative to throw this hot potato to Tao and Liu, and told them to fight for the Son of Heaven, kill you to the death, and the head will be broken and bleeding, and when they are both defeated, Sikong will come out again to clean up the mess, and at that time, ......"

Jia Xu stroked his white beard and smiled without saying a word, the meaning of his words could not be clearer.

Cao Cao's body shook violently, and a trace of light suddenly flashed in his eyes, as if he saw a glimmer of light in the darkness.

After pondering for a long time and weighing for a long time, Cao Cao smiled.

……

Three days later.

Wancheng, the palace.

In the slightly dim hall, the young Son of Heaven Liu Xie was finally able to straighten his waist, take out the majesty of the Son of Heaven, sit on his dragon seat, and let out a long breath.

Glancing at the earnest letter in his hand again, the corners of Liu Xie's mouth raised a sneer of disdain, and he threw the letter on the dragon case.

Cao Cao is finally gone.

At nightfall, Cao Cao led less than 10,000 Cao family troops, as well as Wenchen generals who were loyal to him, quietly left Wancheng and retreated in the direction of Wuguan.

Before leaving, Cao Cao presented Liu Xie with a handwritten table, claiming that Tao and Liu were two traitors, and their strength was too strong, and he Cao Cao had no choice but to go to Guanzhong in person to move the reinforcements of the Xiliang army, and asked him, the son of heaven, to stick to Wancheng and hold on until the moment when he moved to rescue the troops.

Of course, Liu Xie knew that Cao Cao was at the end of the road, and he knew that he could not compete with the princes of the pottery merchant Liu Biao, so in order to keep his remaining strength, he was forced to give up him, the son of heaven.

"Cao Apu, I was deceived by your false loyalty, I was deceived by you to Xu Du, and I have been your puppet for many years, I didn't expect you to have today, I finally don't have to look at your face anymore, it's really my Liu family's ancestors and ancestors, haha——"

The more Liu Xie thought about it, the more relaxed he became, the more he thought about it, the more he was happy, and after years of depression, he was finally able to vent, and he couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Your Majesty, although Cao Cao fled, there are two princes of Liu Biao and Tao Shang outside Wancheng, both of them are strong and strong, and Your Majesty only has a thousand Royal Forest Army, and he can't stop any of them from attacking at all, now is not the time to take it lightly."

Under the imperial stairs, Dong Cheng, who was still calm, saw that the young emperor was too proud, so he was busy standing up to remind him.

The laughter suddenly rose, and Liu Xie's brow, which had just let go, immediately wrinkled again.

Dong Cheng is right, there is a Cao Cao, as well as a potter and Liu Biao, these two can easily break through Wancheng and turn him into a puppet emperor again.

Liu Xie didn't want to be a puppet anymore, but he was helpless because of his bare-bones emperor, except for the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, there were not many soldiers and horses available under his command.

This means that between the two princes of Liu Biao and the potter, he must choose a dependency in order to borrow their strength to continue to maintain his existence as the emperor of the Han Dynasty.

Although Liu Xie knew very well that both of them could become the second Cao Cao, he had no choice but to choose one or the other.

"Then according to Dong Aiqing's opinion, do I choose to rely on the potter, or Liu Jingsheng?" Liu Xie's trusting eyes fell on Dong Cheng.

Dong Cheng pondered for a moment, and said slowly: "Although the pottery merchant defeated Cao Cao and was in the limelight, the Central Plains was also ruined by him, and it will be difficult to recover to Cao Cao's strength in a short period of time. ”

Liu Xie nodded slightly, thinking deeply.

As the son of the Han Dynasty, Liu Xie naturally harbored a deep hatred for Dong Zhuo, a novice, who pushed the Han world to the chaotic demon.

Hate to hate, but he still has to thank Dong Zhuo.

Because he, the emperor, was established by Dong Zhuo, without Dong Zhuo, he would not be able to ascend to the throne of the Ninth Five-Year Supreme.

Yuan Shao is different, when Dong Zhuo abolished the young emperor Liu Wei and made him the emperor, Yuan Shao made it clear that he was opposed, and even wanted to set up Liu Yu as the emperor of Youzhou, but because he was rejected by Liu Yu, he was not able to succeed.

Now that Yuan Shao is about to unify Hebei, the Tao Chamber of Commerce will not become the second Cao Cao, not to mention, once Yuan Shao waives his army to the south, the Tao Shang is defeated, he falls into the hands of Yuan Shao, can there be good fruits to eat.

I am afraid that with Yuan Shao's ambition, he will definitely be abolished, and he will also learn from Dong Zhuo to set up a new monarch.

How his elder brother, Liu Bian, was killed by Dong Zhuo, Liu Xie couldn't be clearer, he didn't want to follow in Liu Zhuo's footsteps.

Compared with being a puppet, of course, it is more important to save your life.

"One more thing." Dong Cheng's expression suddenly became solemn, "Wei Chen heard that when the pottery merchant destroyed Yuan Shu, a traitor, and captured Shouchun, the jade seal of the country also fell into his hands, but he did not offer it to His Majesty, but has always refused to take it for himself, which shows that this person is as ambitious as Yuan Shu, how can such a person be trusted." ”

At the mention of Yuan Shu, Liu Xie's brows suddenly furrowed, and deep disgust burst out of his eyes.

The princes of the world, although they fought for their own territory and did not take him seriously as the Son of Heaven, they all nominally regarded him as the Son of Heaven, even Yuan Shao, who had opposed him before, is the same now.

Yuan Shu, a bastard, was the first traitor to jump out and openly proclaim himself emperor, Liu Xieyan could not be deeply disgusted.

"This potter is rebellious, he really can't be trusted, he can't rely on the potter, so he can only rely on Liu Jingsheng." Liu Xie sighed helplessly.

Dong Cheng also nodded and continued to analyze: "Liu Jingsheng is a famous man in the world, known for his benevolence, righteousness and elegance, and he is a relative of the Han family, even if he will not assist His Majesty wholeheartedly, his attitude towards His Majesty is at least much stronger than that of Cao Cao's pottery merchants." ”

"Well, that's right, Liu Jingsheng and I are also connected by blood, they are the same clan of the royal family, and they are more reliable than others." Liu Xie nodded again.

"Besides, Liu Jingsheng sits on Jingxiang, the people are rich, the strength is strong, with more than 100,000 armor, the strength is far better than that of the pottery merchants, and Your Majesty can only rely on him to resist Yuan Shao's troops in the future." Dong Chengyang sprinkled his words and already expressed his attitude.

Give up the potter and take refuge in Liu Biao.

Liu Xie pondered for a moment and sighed lightly: "According to what Dong Aiqing said, it seems that only relying on Liu Jingsheng is the best choice, so what are you waiting for, I will immediately draw up a holy decree and announce that Liu Biao will enter Wancheng to welcome him." ”

"Your Majesty is not in a hurry yet." Dong Cheng changed his words again, "Your Majesty, think about it, if Your Majesty chooses Liu Biao and declares Liu Biao to enter the city, how will the pottery merchants react?" ”

Liu Xie was stunned, silent, and his thoughts were racing.

Then, he smiled disdainfully, "The pottery merchant will not sit idly by and watch me fall into the hands of Liu Biao, most of them will send troops to fight Liu Biao, but although he defeated Cao Cao, but now it is the end of the crossbow, and the soldiers and horses brought to Wancheng are only 20,000, but Liu Jingsheng has 40,000 soldiers, and he is backed by the rich land of Jingzhou, even if he starts a war with Liu Biao, Dong Aiqing thinks that he can beat Liu Biao?" ”

"Liu Jingsheng is strong, of course Wechen is not worried that he will lose to the pottery merchant, Weichen is still worried about Yuan Shao." Dong Cheng's words are meaningful.

"Dong Aiqing might as well have something to say." Liu Xie was at a loss again.

Dong Cheng said in a deep voice: "Liu Jingsheng and the pottery merchant start a war, even if he defeats the pottery merchant, in the future, Yuan Shao will go south, defeat the pottery merchant, and after all the two rivers, with a corner of Jingzhou, can he still be Yuan Shao's opponent?" At that time, Yuan Shao led the troops of the two rivers to attack Jingzhou, once Liu Jingsheng was destroyed, His Majesty would not still fall into the hands of Yuan Shao, but he was afraid that it would still be difficult to escape the fate of the young emperor. ”

Liu Xie's expression changed immediately, and he panicked: "Then according to Dong Aiqing's opinion, what should be done." ”

"Unless Liu Biao can quickly destroy the pottery merchants, let him capture the Central Plains in one fell swoop, and use the Central Plains states and the power of Jingzhou to compete with Yuan Shao." Dong Cheng cut the railway.

"Well, Dong Aiqing has a point." Liu Xie nodded, but said worriedly: "But the potter is also a powerful character, with Cao Cao's strength, he is not his opponent, let alone Liu Jingsheng, how difficult it is to let Liu Jingsheng destroy the potter quickly." ”

The corners of Dong Cheng's mouth raised a treacherous sneer, "As long as Your Majesty is willing to give it a try, Weichen has a clever plan here, and in a few days, he can call Liu Biao to kill the pottery merchant under the city of Wancheng." ”