In the sixth year of Zhongping in the Han Dynasty, in the early morning of June 20 of the lunar calendar, Dong Zhuozun left the edict of the first emperor to abolish the young emperor Liu Bian, respected Liu Xie as the emperor, and changed the Yuan Yonghan. The young emperor of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bian, abolished the king of Chen Liu, because the new emperor remembered the old feelings, so he allowed Liu Bian, the king of Chen Liu, to live in Luoyang forever.

For a while, Dong Zhuo's actions can be said to have caused a shock in the world, although the prestige of the Han royal court has been weakening over the years, but Dong Zhuo is bold and reckless to depose the monarch under the banner of the first emperor. It's a pity that now Luoyang is in the hands of Dong Zhuo, and all the ministers who raised objections died in vain, and the people in Luoyang City were trembling.

In the Yulin Army camp, Cao Cao, who had been imprisoned for more than half a month, sat on the main seat with a lonely expression, looking at the holy decree in front of him. Seeing this, the four heroes of the Cao family comforted Cao Cao one after another, lest Cao Cao lose his life in vain.

"Brother Mengde, now Dong Zhuo is a self-proclaimed general commanding the soldiers and horses of the whole country, and he has also recalled Huangfu Song, Yang Biao and others, and the Luoyang Army has also been divided up by his subordinates, we are now equal to not a single soldier in our hands, in case of a fork, I can't say that I have to catch the Cao family, you must be calm!"

After Xiahoudun finished speaking, Cao Ren on the other side continued to persuade, "Now that the blood in front of the Beigong Gate has not dried up, we must not be making a head bird, since Dong Zhuo has promised you the post of Jibei Taishou, let's temporarily withdraw Yanzhou." Don't forget that there are also Long Ziyu and Yuan Benchu, as long as we unite them, we may not overthrow Dong Zhuo. ”

Hearing this, a plan appeared in the mind of Xi Zhicai, who was also imprisoned here, and then a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. The fourth generation and third duke of the Yuan family, the protégé is widely spread all over the world. Long Jun won a hundred battles for the dynasty and became famous all over the world. If these two people are united, it can be said that the literati and puppets of the whole world will come here, how will Dong Zhuo compete at that time?

But once these two people are united, Cao Cao, as the initiator, will inevitably be suppressed by the two in terms of reputation, and after thinking about it, Xi Zhicai said calmly, "General Zixiao's words are reasonable, but Zhicai has a plan, which can not only make the lord famous all over the world, but also overthrow Dong Zhuo, but I don't know if the lord has the courage of Long Jun!" ”

"Zhicai, will the plan be released?" Hearing that Xi Zhicai had a way to overthrow Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao's eyes lit up, and his originally lonely mood suddenly improved, and he stared at Xi Zhicai with burning eyes.

"Learn from Beihou, stab Dong Zhuo!"

"What? Aren't you crazy, are you? ”

"Let's not talk about Meng De's martial arts, Lu Bu alone can't pass that level, and the Cao family and Xiahou will definitely be implicated in this matter, what else will we talk about overthrowing Dong Zhuo at that time?"

As soon as Xi Zhicai's words came out, not only did Cao Cao be shocked, but the four heroes of the Cao family were even more angry, what is the difference between letting Cao Cao assassinate Dong Zhuo and sending him to death? also took the lives of the Cao family and the Xiahou clan for no reason.

Looking at the brothers who were arguing in front of him, Cao Cao took a deep look at Xi Zhicai, who was smiling and silent, took a long breath, and asked in a deep voice, "Zhicai wants me to earn the reputation of assassinating Dong Zhuo, and then call on righteous people from all over the world to oppose Dong together, and finally share the benefits equally with Long Ziyu and Yuan Benchu, right?" ”

"Yuan Shao came from the Yuan family of the fourth and third dukes, and the Long Jun army is very prestigious, these two must be the pillars of the Dong coalition army in the future, if the lord wants to occupy a place in the coalition army, these two people can't get around, not to mention that in today's world, how many people are really loyal to the Han family? Dong Zhuo's move to abolish the emperor is very likely to involve the ambitions of some people, if we are not strong enough at that time, how can we compete with this group of people? ”

Seeing that Cao Cao's expression was a little relaxed, Xi Zhicai continued, "As for the Cao family and the Xiahou family, we can take Dong Zhuo's kindness first, and then secretly send people back to Xuzhou instead of pretending to be snakes, and wait until the people of the two clans evacuate Luoyang, and the lord will not waste time in doing this." After all, it will take some time for the abolition of the emperor to be handed over to the thirteen states. ”

"Good! Then this matter is according to what Zhicai said. ”

From beginning to end, Cao Cao didn't care about the advice of the four heroes of the Cao family, for him, it was the duty of a courtier to appease the loyal monarch and filial piety of the world, if he retreated because of danger, then what qualifications did he have to stand upright, and what face did he have to face Long Jun, who entrusted Luoyang to him at the beginning.

At the end of September of the first year of the Yonghan Dynasty, it had been three months since Dong Zhuo abolished the young emperor and established the emperor. Cao Cao resigned from the post of Taishou of Jibei and asked Dong Zhuo for the position of Tang Yu on the grounds of loyalty to the new emperor. And Dong Zhuo also knew that Cao Cao was different from ordinary scholars, and he was afraid of making any waves, so he agreed to this position and returned the former soldiers of the military palace to Cao Cao.

At night, Cao Cao sat in the carriage back to the house, his eyes were aimed at the sharp blade he got from Wang Yun from time to time, and his mood was slightly agitated, thinking that Yang Biao, the chief lieutenant, and Sikong Huangfu Song were dissatisfied with him, but he didn't expect that Wang Yun, who Dong Zhuo used the position of the third duke, was actually very dissatisfied with him. Although the three dukes are now like decorations in the court, they are no different from the generals in terms of prestige, once the incident is supported by the three dukes, then Dong Zhuo will be scolded by the people of the world.

With excitement, Cao Cao slowly got out of the carriage and walked towards the mansion, now the Cao Mansion is empty, and even with Xi Zhicai and Cao's four masters, they have also left the city. Looking at the empty courtyard, Cao Cao told the groom to go down to rest, and then came to the study alone.

"I know that Cao Jun intends to assassinate Dong thief, this seven-star knife is my family's heirloom blade, so I hereby give Meng Dezhuer to kill the thief successfully! As for Lu Bu and his ilk, tomorrow I will invite Lu Bu to the mansion on the grounds of the birthday of my daughter, and at that time there will be no help from Dong Thief's side, Meng De must slash this thief to return the world to Qingming! ”

Looking at the slowly burning candlelight in front of him, Cao Cao's mind kept recalling what Wang Yun had just said to himself in the palace, and the originally agitated emotions slowly calmed down. Compared with Wang Yun's entrustment, Xi Zhicai hoped that he would fail in his assassination, and then use the matter to earn a great reputation.

"What should I do? If Long Jun were you, what would you choose? Talking about Long Jun in his mouth, Cao Cao brushed the surface of the Seven Star Knife with his hand, and his eyes continued to struggle.

At the same time, in the Dragon Mansion in Chang'an City, Long Junzheng was silent with the report sent by Bai Yu, although his situation is not very good now, but at least compared with Cao Cao, the Long family does not have to worry about Niu Fu's means.

Bai Yu said that all the people of the Cao clan had been sent out of the city by Cao Cao, and now in Luoyang City, Cao Cao is the only one. And Wang Yun's side also has the intention to help Cao Cao, so now it depends on how Cao Cao decides. ”

Gently put down the Luoyang report, Long Jun leaned back on the seat, put the news about Niu Fu's deployment on his lap, crossed his hands on his chin, and said slowly, "It's just success and failure, so what is the decision, but Xi Zhicai actually let Cao Cao take the risk to gain fame, which I didn't expect." originally thought that Xizhi would let the children of the Cao family replace him, after all, Cao Cao is the head of the family, and the Cao family still has many things to deal with in the future. ”

"There is no way, the lord and Yuan Benchu are famous, once the alliance of King Qin is formed, Cao Cao will inevitably be constrained by the lord and Yuan Shao. used the assassination of Dong Zhuo to gain fame, as long as Dong Zhuo is alive for a day, the world will not forget Cao Cao, who committed the assassination of the traitor. ”

"Forget it, don't study Cao Mengde, let Qu A inform Bai Yu, if Cao Cao has any difficulties in escaping, he will try his best to save him, and I can only bring about 10,000 people with 30,000 troops this time, and the captured Xiliang army will only have 5,000 soldiers and horses."

"Don't worry, my lord, although it is not easy to capture Chang'an, it is not difficult, it depends on when Niu Fu will make a move, as long as he dares to make a move, we will definitely let him come and go, and Chengzhen has secretly infiltrated Niu Mansion, he is not our opponent at all!"

"I hope so, I always feel restless these days, maybe it was the anxiety before the big war, or maybe the disappearance of Nanhua Gate made me stressed."

Seeing Long Jun mention the Nanhua Gate with an unclear attitude, Guo Jia smiled and said, "The Nanhua Gate is a problem of scabies after all, although Li Jin's martial arts are extremely high, and Nanhua's attitude is unknown, but compared with the Long Family's army, they are always the weak side, some time ago, the lord's subordinates who knocked on the mountain and shook the tiger felt extremely effective, at least until now, in the Jingzhao territory strictly controlled by Skynet, there is no news from the Nanhua Gate." As long as we take Guanzhong, Nanhua can only withdraw from Guanzhong, and won't it be the same for us where they go at that time? ”

Hearing this, Long Jun smiled heartily, Guo Jia's trick of using Nanhua to harm others, it is also excellent to think about it carefully! As a result, Long Jun, who was originally very depressed by Nanhua, was suddenly in a good mood.

One day later, in the Situ Mansion in Luoyang City, Wang Yun relied on the newly recognized righteous daughter to invite Lu Bu and some Xiliang generals to the mansion to celebrate the birthday of the righteous daughter.

Looking at the wine banquet that was getting better, Cao Cao, who had arrived here first, took a deep look at Lu Bu, who was stunned by beauty, and then quietly left the table and walked towards the General's Mansion.

Fortunately, the new palace was not far from the General's Mansion, and the Xiliang army that controlled Luoyang was also a lot slack, and Cao Cao easily infiltrated the Dong Mansion under the pretext of offering treasures. Replaced by the servants who had been prepared for a long time, Cao Cao evaded several waves of guards in a row, and finally came to the front hall of the Dong Mansion.

"Hahahaha, don't jump when you come on, come on, come on, don't jump, drink this wine with the old man!"

"Yes, General!"

Listening to the charming voice in the hall, Cao Cao took a deep breath, calmed down the agitated emotions, and followed the group of subordinates to bow his head and walk into the front hall. After standing still, Cao Cao raised his head and looked around at the situation.

There were no guards in the empty hall, and there were a few singers next to Dong Zhuo, who was bare-chested and bare-chested, except for these four handymen and two musicians around him. After calculating the probability of his successful action, Cao Cao finally decided to choose Xi Zhicai's plan.

So Cao Cao stepped forward with a food plate, making the miscellaneous servants and singers around him stunned, how could there be such a miscellaneous servant who didn't understand the rules? However, Dong Zhuo is not very human, and when he saw the people coming, he knew that this person was definitely not a miscellaneous servant in the house.

"Who are you? Someone came, someone stabbed him. ”

"The traitor Dong Zhuona is here!" Saying that, Cao Cao smashed the food plate in his hand at the other party, and then pulled out the seven-star knife in his sleeve and stabbed Dong Zhuo at a trot.

"Cao Mengde? It's you bastard! ”

"Suffer death!"