(Today's fifth watch, the second watch)

Xiahou Ling and a large number of children were kidnapped by Cao Cao from a very young age, deceived by various lies, began to cultivate killing skills from an early age, and forcibly brainwashed him, always loyal to him, ready to sacrifice their lives for Cao Cao at any time.

If it is calculated in this way, starting before the Spirit Emperor died, Cao Cao began to cultivate killers.

These killers are all orphans, some of their parents died in natural disasters, and some of the children were secretly killed by Cao Cao, and then coaxed with lies.

After the failure to assassinate Emperor Xian of Han, Xiahou Ling returned to Xuchang. And Cao Cao saw that his general trend was gone, and when he was anxious, he told the truth, which was a real-time situation that Xiahou Ling really couldn't accept.

In Xuchang, in the imperial camp of the Han army, Xiahou Ling not only told Liu Xie about it, but also provided him with a list of killers.

Xiahou Ling said: "I know that I am deeply guilty, even if Your Majesty wants to cut me with a thousand knives, it is not an exaggeration, and the list of killers can be regarded as my forgiveness for myself, but Cao Cao still has a secret list, I don't know, only he knows best." ”

Liu Xie nodded and said: "You can abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and from now on you can distinguish between right and wrong, very good." I ask you, are you willing to follow me, serve me, and serve the Han family? ”

Xiahou Ling said: "The grass people are willing to atone for their sins. ”

Liu Xie exchanged Wen Yin and said: "Yanyun, you are all women, this Xiahou Ling is just arranged under your account." ”

Wen Yin said reluctantly: "But Your Majesty, she is the one who wants to assassinate you, it is good if you don't kill her, why do you still arrange an errand for her?" ”

Liu Xie said: "If you know your mistakes, you can change them, and if you are good, don't care about the smoke and clouds." Xiao Lingzi, you will serve under General Wen in the future, and all actions must be arranged by Yanyun, and there must be no complaints, do you understand? ”

"If the criminal can see the light of day again, how dare he have the slightest complaint?"

Since then, even if Xiahou Ling has abandoned the darkness and turned to the light, she has returned to the Han family.

Won Xuchang and destroyed Cao Cao's army, Liu Xie was very happy, among the warlords, although Cao Cao's power was not the strongest, but his potential was the greatest, in the war to pacify the princes, he could be the first to destroy Cao Cao, Liu Xie was not happy?

He wanted to kill Cao Cao very much, but after careful consideration, he felt that he couldn't kill him.

Cao Cao has a large number of strategists and generals, if you want these talents to be used for your own use, you can't kill Cao Cao, not only can't kill him, but you have to give him good wine and food, but you can't give him freedom, you can only put him under house arrest.

After Cao Cao was captured, he first expressed his willingness to submit.

Liu Xie named Cao Cao as the Duke of Wei, a food and a good food, a hereditary title, a property of 200 square meters in the west of Luoyang City, with 100 Yulin Army guards, the action needs to be followed by the Yulin Army to protect, out of Luoyang need to be declared to the imperial court.

A house of 200 square meters is considered a big mansion in Luoyang, and Liu Xie's own bedroom is less than 50 square meters. As mentioned earlier, in order to open up sources and reduce expenditure, everything is simple, and Liu Xie controls the personal housing area of officials in his eyes.

No matter how big the house of the rich people is, the court will not intervene, because it is purchased by people with their own money, but as an official, the rules of the court must be respected.

Until now, there are still many first-class officials who live in the small official settlement area of Nangong.

Therefore, in that era, Cao Cao's house was very small, but under the policy formulated by Liu Xie, his house was very large.

For Liu Xie not only did not kill Cao Cao, but also conferred on him the title of real estate and the title of Yulu, many ministers expressed their incomprehension, and some people also said: "If this is okay, it will make many people rebel and return to obedience, wouldn't there be Luoyang real estate and title?" ”

In this regard, Liu Xie specially stipulated that for the princes who returned to obedience, only those who could play a major role in promoting the development of the Han family would be recruited.

Therefore, Cao Cao was within this range, and he was rewarded by Zhao'an.

For those who seriously confront the imperial court and the circumstances are heinous, they are not within the scope of this enjoyment. This also implies that Lu Bu will not be welcomed.

However, after subduing Xuchang, Liu Xie convened a meeting of the heavy military generals to discuss the next move.

Liu Xie said: "I plan to use Cao Cao's generals, and arrange what the opinions of the ministers are." ”

Zhao Yun said: "These generals surrendered after the city was broken, if they surrendered sincerely, they should go out of the city and surrender before the city is broken." Therefore, the ministers thought that they might not be able to surrender sincerely, and they might not be able to serve wholeheartedly. ”

Liu Xie said with a smile: "Although what Zilong said is reasonable, but Zilong probably doesn't know Cao Cao's treachery, these generals and strategists under him, their families are controlled by Cao Cao, they want to surrender but dare not surrender." Otherwise, when I broke Wancheng, why didn't I surrender them, but capture them alive, just to confuse Cao Cao and protect the families of these generals. ”

The crowd said, "Your Majesty is kind. ”

Liu Xie also said: "The world is undecided, the four seas are not peaceful, I need a large number of talents, these generals let them settle down in Luoyang now, and then requisition later." Next, let's see if you want to continue to fight against Lu Bu and the others, or go back to Luoyang to rest. ”

Zhao Yun said again: "The minister thinks that it is not too late to break Xuzhou Lu Bu first, and then return to Luoyang to rest." ”

There are also military generals who said: "Lu Bu has my advanced weapons in Luoyang, and it is difficult to figure it out for a while, so it is better to go and subdue Huainan Yuan Shu first." ”

There are also people who advise to accept Liu Biao first, there are also those who advise Yuan Shao to accept first, and there are those who advise to accept Zhang Lu first, and even worse, they actually advise to go directly to Jiangnan to subdue Sun Ce.

After some discussion, Liu Xie said: "I think I will subdue Lu Bu first, although Lu Bu has my Luoyang weapons, there are many soldiers. But Lu Bu is Xuzhou, who is clever and robbed.

"When Tao Qian was there, he was deeply loved by the people of Xuzhou, and now that Lu Bu has taken Xuzhou, he doesn't know how to govern with peace of mind, love the people, indulge in wine all day long, and he is unpopular with the people.

And Lu Bu also has one of the biggest certains, that is, he is stubborn and self-serving.

"So based on the above three points, Lu Bu is not difficult to break, and it will be much easier than breaking Cao Cao."

Guo Jia, as a general, was left by Liu Xie in the army when he came, and he played at this moment: "Your Majesty's words are timely, Weichen thinks that Liu Bei can be antong, thinking that it should be internal, and then contact Yuan Shao, Xuzhou can be broken, and Xuzhou should be sooner rather than later." ”

A military general said: "Then Yuan Shao held King Hongnong hostage, and he was originally working against the imperial court, can he help us besiege Lu Bu?" ”

Guo Jia said: "No, but it can play a role in deterring Lu Bu, and Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan have always had a disagreement, so Yuan Shao has always been entrenched in Hebei and does not dare to invade south, nor will it pose a threat to the imperial court, but it can play a role in deterring Lu Bu." ”

Another military general said: "But Xuzhou Lu Bu may form an alliance with Huainan Yuan Shu against the imperial court, so what can I do?" ”

(End of chapter)