"Your Majesty, the ministers are all for the Han."

Chen Gong knelt on the ground and hurriedly defended himself.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Chen Gong has no bad intentions, and I hope to forgive my sins."

Lu Bu begged for mercy.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Chen Gong is also very kind, all for the sake of my big man."

Cao Cao also begged for mercy for Chen Gong, who was dissatisfied with Cao Cao's acceptance of the Yellow Turban Thief and betrayed him, but instead welcomed Lu Bu into the master.

As a result, Cao Cao's lair almost fell into the hands of Lu Bu.

But now, the reason why he chose to protect Chen Palace was because Liu Xie's threat was greater than that of Lu Bu, and the two had to join forces.

"Since it's for the Han, then you shouldn't talk about sending troops again."

At this time, Zhu Jun also stood up, and he arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, Chen Gong's demonic words confuse the public, if you don't deal with it, there will be a miasma of smoke in the court." ”

"Your Majesty, the minister suggests that Chen Palace be beheaded."

Seeing this, Jia Xu directly saw the stitches.

"Mr. Jia is serious, Chen Gong's crime will not be to death."

Liu Xie coughed, he actually wanted to kill Chen Gong, but now was not the time.

Jia Xu said this just to bargain.

Liu Xie continued: "But the death penalty can be avoided, and the living crime cannot be escaped, drag Chen Gong out and draw fifty military sticks. ”

"Yes."

Two guards walked in and dragged Chen Gong out.

Lu Bu, Cao Cao and others could only watch, and no one dared to stop them.

Soon, Chen Gong's screams sounded outside.

Fifty military sticks, even if they are brave men, they can't stand it very much, not to mention that Chen Gong is just a scholar.

Although everyone in the Han Dynasty is martial, the power of this military stick is not a joke.

Not long after, the execution was over, and Chen Gong was already dying, so Lu Bu hurriedly asked Chen Gong to be carried down to rest.

And above the court, no one dared to threaten to send troops again.

"Your Majesty is too ruthless, Mr. Chen Gong actually said that he would fight and not give the lord face at all."

In Lu Bu's mansion, generals such as Hou Cheng, Wei Yue, and Zang Ba were indignant.

While Lu Bu was drinking, he was resentful and beat Chen Gong, but he really didn't give him face.

No matter how you say it, he is the emperor's future father-in-law.

"Father, in fact, I don't recommend sending troops."

Lu Lingqi walked out from behind the screen and said, "It is difficult for Yuan Shu to win quickly, not to mention that there is a Yuan Shao in the north." ”

"You know what!"

Lu Bu snorted coldly.

"Husband, have you been poured ecstasy soup by Chen Gong!"

Immediately afterwards, Yan came out from behind the screen and said, "You don't have to be a good ruler, do you have to be a warlord?" ”

"Don't you think that I don't know what your idea is, and you want to weaken the combat power of the Son of Heaven by attacking Yuan Shu?"

"Don't forget, Cao Cao is still watching from the side, otherwise, why would he help you speak in the court."

Yan's words made Lu Bu speechless, because he really thought the same way.

"Husband, when I was in the court, the people who persuaded the Son of Heaven to send troops were Cao Cao, Cheng Yu and others."

"Why didn't Your Majesty beat them, but Chen Gong?"

"Obviously, Your Majesty has murderous intentions towards Chen Gong and is also very dissatisfied with you, do you want to fall out with Your Majesty?"

Yan asked again.

"I ......"

Lu Bu hesitated a little, on the one hand, he was not satisfied with being pressed by the Son of Heaven everywhere, and wanted to stand on his own.

On the other hand, he didn't want to give up the title and status of "Guozhang" that he had now obtained.

Lu Bu, who was in a state of contradiction, began to hesitate.

"That's what Madame said."

's capricious personality made Lu Bu begin to lean towards the side of the Son of Heaven again.

Cao Cao's residence.

"Lord, what's the matter, has the Son of Heaven agreed to send troops?"

Seeing Cao Cao and the others coming back from the court, Xi Zhicai hurriedly greeted him and asked.

Cao Cao and the others did not speak, but their faces told Xi Zhicai that the matter did not work out.

"Why, isn't it that Chen Gong and Lu Bu didn't persuade His Majesty to send troops?"

Xi Zhicai asked curiously.

"Persuaded."

Cao Cao sighed, and then said with a smile: "Mr. Xi is like a god, and Chen Gong does feel the military threat of the Son of Heaven. ”

"It's just that because Chen Gong strongly recommended the Son of Heaven to send troops, he was almost killed by the Son of Heaven."

"How so?"

Xi Zhicai was shocked, even if the Son of Heaven refused to send troops, he would not kill anyone.

Didn't he want to entrap Lu Bu?

"Lord, the battle of Xuzhou, our army is here in vain, what should we do next?"

Cheng Yu asked.

"What's next?"

Cao Cao pondered deeply, before leaving for Xuzhou, His Majesty declared war on Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu at the same time.

caused the two to think that Cao Cao did it, and directly hated Cao Cao, and now that Er Yuan is eyeing him, he has no chance to continue to develop.

What to do next, Cao Cao suddenly became a little confused.

"My lord."

Xi Zhicai said: "Yuan Shao in the north, Yuan Shu and Liu Biao in the south, Xuzhou in the east no longer has our share, and now we can only expand westward." ”

"To the west?"

Cao Cao asked: "Yuan Rang, with Li Dian and Le Jin, led an army of 10,000 and is attacking Chang'an, are we going to defeat Chang'an?" ”

When Hongnong welcomed the Son of Heaven, His Majesty gave the Dao Holy Decree to Cao Cao to crusade against Li Dao and recover Chang'an.

But Cao Cao didn't want to go, and he couldn't refuse the Son of Heaven, so he asked Xiahoudun to bring 10,000 people to fight there slowly.

Now, the Son of Heaven will stay in Xuzhou for a while, just in time to recover Chang'an.

"I'm not talking about Chang'an, I'm talking about Wancheng."

Xi Zhicai hurriedly explained.

"Wancheng?"

Cao Cao and Cheng Yu were both curious.

"Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu's uncle and nephew left Li Dao and expanded to the south, but when attacking the city, Zhang Ji was killed, and his troops were collected by Zhang Xiu, so they stationed troops in Wancheng."

"As soon as it comes, Chang'an is in the northwest of Wancheng, and Xiangyang is in the south, which is an important place for war."

"Second, tens of thousands of troops under Zhang Xiu's command, as long as they can be absorbed, our army will be like a tiger."

"Therefore, the capture of Wancheng is of greater significance to our army than the capture of Chang'an."

Xi Zhicai analyzed.

"Haha, it's not bitter, Mr. Drama, I almost missed a big event."

At this time, Cao Cao also sobered up a little, in fact, Xi Zhicai also said that he missed a little, that is, Wancheng was easier to attack than Chang'an.

"Zixiao, immediately give the order, and the whole army will march towards Wancheng."

"In addition, repair a book and let Yuan Rang meet us in Wancheng."

Cao Cao turned to Cao Ren and said.

……

"Your Majesty, you seem to be very interested in Cao Cao and Chen Gong's proposal."

After going down, Jia Xu asked.

"If I can really crusade against Yuan Shu and recover Huainan, of course I am willing."

Liu Xie smiled bitterly.

"However, Cao Cao is indeed right, if Liu Biao, Liu Miao and others are really willing to join forces to attack Yuan Shu, maybe there is really a chance to conquer Huainan."

"Just ......"

Speaking of this, Jia Xu wanted to speak and stopped.

"It's just that the hearts of the people are not aligned, and even if they are allowed to act according to the holy will, it is just a false alliance."

"Just like the princes begging for Dong at the beginning, they returned in vain."

Liu Xie added.

"Exactly."

Jia Xu sighed, in fact, Yuan Shu is not difficult to deal with, he is only one mediocre, and there are few people under him who can be called famous generals.

However, the large territory, the large number of soldiers, and the abundant capital are the reliance of Yuan Shu.

"However, I do have a way to make Yuan Shu be discussed by the world, even Yuan Shao, I have to draw a line with him."

At this time, Liu Xie smiled slyly.