At this time, although the princes of the world were dividing their territories, and their power was similar to that of the emperor, they were still nominally the assassins of the Han Dynasty, but Yuan Shu's actions as emperors were out of line, no different from rebellion, and he himself chose to stand on the opposite side of the princes.

In fact, since Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor, all the princes in the world have been watching the actions of the imperial court, or Cao Cao.

After all, Cao Cao has a monopoly on power, in the eyes of the world, he represents the Han court, and now some people choose to fight against the court, morally speaking, it is Cao Cao who should send troops to quell the rebellion.

But when they are all falling apart today, it would be quite unwise for Cao Cao to take the initiative to take on the task of countering the rebellion, kill you and Yuan Shu, and consume his own strength.

Liu Bei and Liu Biao in the south, and Yuan Shao in the north are probably happy to see that when the strength of the Cao clan is damaged, they can reap the benefits of the fishermen.

Such a situation can even be seen by Cao Hong and a martial artist, how can he not see it with Xun Yu's wisdom?

Xun You is the person who was called "my Chen Ping" by Cao Cao.

"General Zilian misunderstood," Xun You smiled slightly: "It's not that I persuade the lord to take the initiative to send troops.

At this time, Yuan Shu called the emperor, which was a great rebellion, and he had been cut off from the world, and the lord should go to the court and let the court issue an edict to beg for help.

At the same time, Liu Beibing was ordered to leave Xuzhou and Liu Biaobing to go out of Jingzhou to quell the rebellion. ”

"Gongda is a strategy to drive away the tiger and devour the wolf, which is not bad," Guo Jia next to him nodded with a deep groan, and turned to say with a worried face: "It's just that Liu Bei and Liu Biao are not without strategies, and there are many wise people around him, how can he not see through such a strategy?"

I'm afraid it's also in vain. ”

Xun You said with a smile: "I have long expected that Liu Bei and Liu Biao will definitely refuse to send troops, but if these two people do not obey the order, the lord can let the court issue an edict to reprimand, and then these two people will inevitably be pushed to the forefront, and the lord will be able to advance and retreat freely." ”

Everyone in the lobby suddenly realized after listening to Xun You's explanation.

Dare to go around in a big circle in order to divert the attention of people all over the world.

At this time, everyone in the world is focusing on the Cao family, and Cao Cao is not sending troops, nor is he not sending troops, so he will inevitably be in a dilemma.

However, Cao Cao asked the imperial court to order Liu Bei and Liu Biao to send troops to quell the rebellion, which was a righteous and bright move.

Although these two people can see through such schemes, if they choose to stand still, it is equivalent to disobeying the decree and sitting back and ignoring Yuan Shu's rebellion, which will inevitably usher in the condemnation of the world.

At that time, no one will just stare at Cao's family, which is equivalent to relieving Cao Cao's pressure.

"Gongda's plan is very good," Cao Cao slapped the table and stood up, and said with a happy smile: "If you want to be scolded, everyone will be punished together, and you can't put all the blame in the world on my head."

However, if I want to do it, I must do it, the edict cannot be limited to Liu Bei and Liu Biao, simply let the imperial court give a "rebellion edict" to all the princes, and call on the people of the world to work together to fight the traitors, wouldn't it be more beautiful? ”

Cao Cao issued an edict to each faction, calling on the princes of the world to jointly send troops to defeat Yuan Shu, as the official of the imperial court, it is also a responsibility, if everyone refuses to send troops, then no one is qualified to say whom.

There is a black pot on the back, and the accusations of the people of the world are scattered to the heads of the princes of every road, and Cao Cao naturally does not have to bear the accusations of ten thousand people alone.

"That's it, I'll go and meet the Son of Heaven," Cao Cao waved his hand, letting his subordinates disperse, and then impatiently entered the palace to meet the emperor.

At this time, the emperor had just received the news that Yuan Shu had been proclaimed emperor, and he was angry with the Manchu ministers.

The Yuan family was favored by the emperor, and Yuan Shu dared to be the emperor, and there was nothing more arrogant and rebellious than this.

Cao Cao went to ask for an edict calling on all the princes of the world to jointly send troops to quell the rebellion, and the emperor and all the ministers naturally accepted it gladly, and they all felt that it should be so.

In the final analysis, it is not the court's own business to seek the peace of Yuanshu, and it is precisely because of the appointment of the imperial court that the princes in the world have today.

This situation is somewhat similar to the original crusade against Dong Zhuo by the princes of the Eighteenth Road.

The imperial edict was soon forwarded to all parts of the world.

Xuzhou, where Liu Bei was stationed, bordered Yuzhou, was the first prince to receive an edict.

In the Assassin's Mansion, Liu Bei put down the incense case, respectfully led his subordinates to receive the edict, and the messenger of the Son of Heaven opened the edict and began to read it aloud:

"Fengtian carries the emperor, the edict says: Huainan Yuan Shu, do not read the Yuan family tired of eating Hanlu, Yuan Shu himself has also been rewarded a lot by the imperial court, and now he is sick and frenzied, and the emperor is built in vain, which is a great disapproval of the world.

Liu Bei, the pastor of Xuzhou, is a descendant of the Han Dynasty, and is loyal to the country, brave and loyal, and now orders Liu Bei to lead the army into Huainan to destroy Yuan Shu, all this loyalty.

Chin this! ”

"Minister Liu Bei, Leader, thank you!" Liu Bei said loudly, bowed down and took the holy decree from the angel's hands with both hands, and raised it above his head.

"Please go back to Your Majesty, Minister Liu Bei is grateful for Your Majesty's trust, and he will do his best to get rid of rebellion for the court."

"Liu Gongzhen is a loyal man," the angel praised, and then hurriedly took the person back to restore his life.

Liu Bei's subordinates all surrounded him.

Zhang Fei looked at the back of the messenger of the Son of Heaven, and sneered contemptuously: "Cao Cao's old thief also underestimated me too much, such a plan to drive the tiger and devour the wolf, thinking that others can't see it?"

He also expects us to send troops to quell the rebellion for him, I'm whew! ”

At the beginning, Zhang Fei was guarding Pengcheng County, but he was carelessly assassinated by Lu Qi and escaped with his life, but Pengcheng County was lost.

Although his injuries have healed now, he cannot escape the responsibility of losing the city.

Fortunately, Liu Bei has a deep relationship with him and often sleeps together, but he is not held responsible, but the self-blame in his heart is inevitable.

This time, the imperial court asked them to send troops to fight the rebellion, who didn't know that this was Cao Cao's idea?

It would be very good for them not to send troops to attack Cao's family, and it would be good to regain the two lost counties, and let them send troops to help Cao Cao quell the rebellion, which is simply wishful thinking.

"What General Yide said is extremely true, and this glance shows that it is Cao Cao's conspiracy," Mi Zhu said: "But this kind of strategy is too clumsy, isn't this a delusional attempt to use others as guns?"

It's too ridiculous to think that with just an edict, we will die for him. ”

The leaders of the noble clan next to them all laughed heartily, and the edict of the Son of Heaven was not as good as a fart in their eyes.

They assisted Liu Bei to become the lord of Xuzhou, that was for their own interests, not for the sake of the dangerous Han court, Yuan Shu said that he was not the emperor, and whether he crusaded or not, it was a matter of the imperial court, and it had nothing to do with them.

"Your lord's words are wrong!" Unexpectedly, Liu Bei shook his head slightly, and said righteously: "Everyone in the world knows that Bei is a descendant of the Han Dynasty and Miao, and the reason why the princes are welcome to be Xuzhou Mu is afraid is also because of this."

Since the beginning of the army, Beibei has always taken it as his responsibility to support the Han family and uphold the righteousness of the world.

Now that Yuan Shu openly established the emperor in Huainan, if he refuses to send troops at this time to quell Yuan Shu's rebellion, it will definitely make the world laugh. ”

After saying this, everyone around him looked at each other, staring at each other and standing on the spot, listening to Liu Yuanjun's meaning, he was really preparing to send troops?

Liu Bei's truth is right, if you sit and talk about it, anyone can say something more high-sounding than this, but because of these false empty slogans, it is too unrealistic to send troops to crusade against rebellion for the imperial court.

Moreover, at this time, Xuzhou had lost the second county of Pengcheng and Dongguan, and although there were still thirty or forty thousand military horses in his hands, he was far from being Yuan Shu's opponent.

You must know that at this time, although Yuan Shu's power is not as strong as before, there are at least fifty or sixty thousand soldiers and horses under his command.

"Lord, please make a decision after careful consideration," Mi Zhu looked at Liu Bei in confusion.

"Lord, don't easily move troops, if there is chaos today, the lord guards Xuzhou, can benefit the people of a state, has set an example for the people of the world, if it is easy to move troops, then Xuzhou will be lost, what should be good?"

"This is a plan for Cao Thief to kill people with a knife, since the lord can see it, why do you want to use his life for Cao Thief?"

All the civil and military forces around him came over to persuade him, but Liu Bei waved his hand, and said categorically with a frosty face: "You don't need to persuade again, I have made up my mind."

Yun Changyide, the two of you quickly ordered the army and horses, and I personally commanded the troops and immediately marched into Huainan. ”

"No!" Although Guan Yu and Zhang Fei couldn't understand Liu Bei's decision, they had always obeyed Liu Bei's words, and they would not discount Liu Bei's orders at all.

The two immediately went to the barracks to order troops.

When the time came, the soldiers and horses were all gathered, and Liu Bei really went into battle in person, not caring that it was getting late, he didn't dare to delay for a moment, and immediately led the army out of the city.

After walking for less than fifty miles, it was dark, and I could only set up camp.

The lights in the big tent of the Chinese army were bright, and Liu Bei called all the civil and military officers over.

"The so-called army has not moved, grain and grass go first, and our army's grain and grass are sufficient?" Liu Bei pressed the sword in his hand and looked at Mi Zhu with a solemn expression.

Mi Zhu listened to his question, and was dumbfounded, he was not appointed as a quartermaster, why did the lord ask him about the grain and grass?

Moreover, it is not a matter of two sentences for the army to prepare grain and grass, which often requires months of arrangement and mobilization.

They received the decree this morning, and the army had already left the city just after noon, and it was only two hours before and after, so where did he go to prepare food and grass?

"The lord sent troops in such a hurry, and the grain and grass could not be allocated," Mi Zhu said dejectedly: "And this year, many people in my Xuzhou have fled to Yuzhou, and the grain and grass are not very sufficient." ”

"That's ......" Liu Bei stared at the candle flame and muttered to himself in contemplation: "If there is a shortage of grain and grass, our army will fall into the danger of annihilation." ”

He suddenly condensed and said to Mi Zhu: "I heard that this year's Tuntian in Yanyu Erzhou has obtained a lot of grain, so I can put the current situation of our army on the imperial court and borrow 500,000 stones of grain from Cao Cao to serve as military food for the crusade against Yuan Shu." ”

As soon as these words came out, Mi Zhu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he had a feeling of sudden realization, it turned out that the lord was making a play.

As soon as they received the edict of the Son of Heaven, they did not dare to delay for a moment, and immediately led the army out of the city.

But it is also a fact that they are short of food, and they sent troops to crusade against rebellion for the imperial court, and it is not an exaggeration to borrow some military rations from Sikong Cao Cao, right?

Sensei said that it was borrowed, even if he asked the court to allocate grain and grass, it should be.

Of course, it is conceivable that Cao Cao could not give them military rations, but if Cao Cao did not give them, they would throw this burden back to Cao Cao.

Everyone knows that Cao Cao has a bumper harvest in Tuntian this year, and now he is as loyal as Liu Bei, sending troops to fight Yuan Shu for you, and you don't even give a grain of grain, how can you let others obey your orders?

"No! Promise! Mi Zhu showed a smile of understanding and agreed.

The corners of Liu Bei's mouth curled slightly, revealing a subtle smile, and continued to give the order: "The army will be stationed here first, waiting for the arrival of military rations before marching." ”

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In Sikong Mansion, Cao Cao was furious and angrily tore several letters in his hand to pieces.

It turned out that Liu Bei's borrowing of military rations from Cao Cao spread quickly, and the princes of the world almost didn't laugh and turned their backs after hearing about it, and they all followed suit, and led their troops out of the city for thirty or fifty miles to live, and asked the court to allocate grain and grass, and some asked for ordnance.

There were even people who wrote earnest letters to Cao Cao to borrow grain, venting their bitterness to Cao Cao.

Their move was precisely for the people of the world to see, to show that they did not want to obey the imperial edict, but were really short of food, so that they were powerless, Cao Cao had food in his hands but refused to borrow it, resulting in their various princes not being able to send troops to attack Yuan Shu, and they should pay the main responsibility for this.

"This big-eared thief deceived me like this, and he was really angry with me," Cao Cao was furious, blowing his beard angrily and glaring, thinking about it, but he didn't take Liu Bei and the others.

It is impossible for him to really provide grain and grass for the princes, and at this time he will inevitably become the target of the people of the world again.

In fact, he also understood that it was impossible to let this group of unprofitable guys send troops to help him exterminate Yuan Shu, it was just a circle and back to the original point.

Cao Cao glanced at the civil and military officials in front of him, suppressed his anger and said, "What should I do for today's plan?" ”

The atmosphere in the lobby was oppressive, and no one answered.

After a while, Cheng Yu sighed and said: "Yuan Shu did this rebellious thing, it can't be extinguished, at this time, the princes of the world will all blame us for such crimes, even if I wait for myself, I must exterminate Yuan Shu." ”

"There are at least 50,000 soldiers and horses under Yuan Shu," Guo Jia rubbed his fingers, shook his head with a sad face, and said: "If you want to exterminate Yuan Shu, you need to mobilize all the soldiers and horses, but if my army goes to Huainan, Xu Du will be empty, and what if Yuan Shao leads the army to take the opportunity to go south?" ”

At this time, Yuan Shao was in the north, was the biggest enemy of the Cao family, when the Cao family welcomed the Son of Heaven, it was already unhappy for Yuan Shao, if Cao Cao's army marched south to Yuan Shu, it was difficult to guarantee that it would not take the opportunity to sneak attack Xudu.

Zhong Wenwu was silent for a while, which seemed to be an unsolvable problem.

At this time, Liu Ping suddenly said loudly: "The little son-in-law has a method, I don't know whether to talk about it or not." ”

"But it doesn't hurt to talk about it," Cao Cao looked at Liu Ping, and suddenly gave birth to a glimmer of hope, he knew that this treasure son-in-law could always come up with good ideas in difficult moments.

"The son-in-law thinks that if he wants to exterminate Yuan Shu, he may not need to use the whole army," Liu Ping said tentatively.

"If you don't mobilize everyone, how can you defeat Yuan Shu?" Cao Cao was puzzled.

"Why don't father-in-law select the elite in the army, it's best to choose all the centurions or above, form an elite cavalry with a scale of three or five thousand people, and integrate all the generals of the Cao clan into it, and raid Yuan Shu, then great things can be accomplished."