54, Yan Yanming took advantage of the situation to retreat from the enemy (II)
Here, Cao Cao disregarded his prestige, squeezed his eyebrows, and his ugliness was revealed.
But as soon as Kong Rong heard that he was an envoy to Hebei and sent a message to Yuan Shao, the fearless momentum of the celebrity on his body burst out instantly.
Thinking that he could go to Hebei to stab the enemy and ask for his wife and children, he was like a proud fighting, ignoring Cao Cao's gestures and gaze, and vigorously went out to accept the order, and promised the Son of Heaven that he must not disgrace his mission and avoid the axe, and reprimanded Yuan Shao face to face.
Cao Cao saw that things were inevitable, his brows furrowed, but he could only give up, but his thoughts were chaotic, far less enjoyable than joking with Yan Xing outside the imperial tent before.
The discussion in the account continues.
The fourth political matter is to posthumously present Yang Qi, who died of illness, the assassinated Fu Jun and other courtiers, and add seals to comfort their families, the fifth political matter is to discuss the change of the Sili School Captain Department to Sizhou, the sixth political matter is to order the hussar general Yan Xing to supervise the three prefectures of Si, Yong, and Liang, and subtract the post of Lu Shang Shushi, and the seventh political matter is to restore some of the old Han system······
Cao Cao couldn't listen to it anymore when he heard it, and he was in a terrible mood, and after the monarch and ministers had discussed these things and retreated, he took his entourage to Wenwu and directly found Yan Xing, a hussar general who also quit the account.
"Yanming, you can hide today's events so deeply!"
Thinking of the situation not long ago, Yan Xing sent an envoy to reprimand Yuan Shao, which immediately attracted a group of ministers to second, Cao Cao couldn't help but hate itchy.
He knew very well what kind of predicament Yuan Shao would face after Kong Rong arrived in Hebei.
In the past, Yuan Shao announced to the outside world that the Son of Heaven was held hostage by Dong Zhuo, Li Dao, Yan Xing and other Xiliang army generals and military officers in the rebellious country, and the edict could not be issued, and the excuse that the Kwantung Prefecture and County should unite to clear the monarch and protect the society no longer worked, because the Son of Heaven had nominally been transferred to Yanzhou, and Yanzhou was a county of Kwantung Prefecture, and Cao Cao was a cadre of Yuan Shao's "party people".
In order to meet the Son of Heaven, Cao Cao and Yan Xing must recognize each other, so that Yan Xing, who was isolated before, can borrow Cao Cao's momentum through Cao Cao's meeting to welcome the Son of Heaven, change hands, turn the spearhead, and completely isolate Yuan Shao, who was originally the head of Guanasean.
Yuan Shao either didn't want Cao Cao, an ally, and blatantly tore his face with the Kansai and Kwantung forces at the same time, or he had to temporarily withdraw his troops, make an attitude of obeying the emperor of the imperial court, and write to himself to justify his "crimes".
Otherwise, Yuan Shao's majestic image of the leader of the alliance and the great voice of loyal ministers will collapse in the face of naked facts.
It is conceivable that Yuan Shao, who was forced into a corner by public opinion, would be extremely angry with himself afterwards if he could resolve it.
Of course, this matter was not without benefit to Cao Cao, at least this edict could make Yuan Shao, who was dominant in Hebei, submit to the authority of the imperial court he flattered.
And reshaping the authority of the Han dynasty is the rational choice of every force that flatters the Son of Heaven when it comes to the outside world.
Yan Xing just took the opportunity to catch Cao Cao's momentum.
"This matter of reshaping the authority of the Han family and offending people Cao Gong will do it sooner or later, so it is better to let Xing help Cao Gong do it today, anyway, in Yuan Shao's mouth, he is also a martial artist who is a thief and a rebel, hijacks the Son of Heaven, and intends to steal the country, so I don't worry about this time."
Cao Cao's face sank when he heard this, Yan Xing seemed to be himself before learning to enter the account, that kind of attitude of being cheap and obedient, if this is to help himself, then it should not be this time to send an envoy to Yecheng.
was taken advantage of, and when he saw Yan Xing's obedient appearance, Cao Cao was displeased, and he was about to turn around and leave, but after walking a few steps, he suddenly turned around, turned back, stared at Yan Xing, and asked menacingly:
"After taking advantage of the lonely situation and retreating from Hebei's soldiers and horses, what does Yan Ming want to do next?"
"Go west and recover Guanzhong." Yan Xing smiled and told him calmly.
"Okay, Lone also has to protect the Son of Heaven and move back to the east, but I don't know when I can see you again?"
"Hehe, it's three years in short, five years in length, I'll always see you with Cao Gong!"
"Three years? Five years? Hahaha, Guanzhong is broken, Han Ma is rampant, it's better to take five years! ”
Cao Cao pointed at Yan Xing, laughed heartily, and returned to his previous appearance of joking. Outside the imperial tent, he looked at the sun in the far sky, and then looked at the people and horses in Hedong, the soldiers in Yanzhou, and the young Yan Xing beside him.
"Lonely and good at music since childhood, climb high and look far, and will give new poems. Today, I was able to meet the Son of Heaven, and I saw a young talent like Yanming, which can be described as very fortunate. ”
After finishing speaking, Cao Cao ignored the presence of others, lowered his head and paced, as if immersed in the ocean of creation, regardless of his majesty, dancing with his hands and feet, squinting his eyes and chanting.
"For drinking songs, in peacetime, the officials do not call the door.
The king is virtuous and wise, and the prime minister is loyal and good.
Salty and courteous, the people have no disputes.
There are nine years of storage in three years of ploughing, and the barn is full of grain.
Ban Bai lives up to it. The rain is like this, and the hundred grains are used.
but they walked away from their horses, and dung their fields.
The prince and the marquis are male, and they love their people and dethrone the gloom.
The son is like a father and a brother. Violation of the law of etiquette shall be punished according to the severity of the punishment.
There is no selfishness left behind. The prison is empty, and the winter festival continues.
People are old and old, and they all have to die. Grace is wide and insects are widespread. ”
Cao Cao's dancing with his hands and feet, squinting his eyes and chanting may attract the sideways glances of others, or cause the surprise of those around him, but Cao Cao is still intoxicated and unaware.
Yan Xing, who was in it, was also shocked in his heart, and listened attentively, Cao Cao's poems were considered, and they should have accumulated the inspiration and good sentences on weekdays to a certain extent, just in time for this important moment, which burst out in Cao Cao's chest.
The cunning and cruelty of the realists faded away from Cao Cao's body at this moment, and the romantic colors of the idealists flashed colorfully.
Although Cao Cao was a member of the party, he was different from Yuan Shao, who was a heirloom of scriptures, he was good at music and rhythm, fortunately advocated excellence, was good at calligraphy, and acted very differently from scholars who adhered to etiquette and law.
Listen to his poems at this time, catchy, easy to understand, will be felt today, the heart yearns for an ideal rule of the world through the poems, although Yan Xing is vulgar, not good at Confucian classics, but Cao Cao's poems can still be roughly understood, which also makes him secretly sigh in his heart, this Cao Cao's talent, I am afraid that in the late Han Dynasty in the troubled times, should be the first person!
Cao Cao, as the Venerable, wrote poems on the spot, and everyone ignored them, and Cao Cao's poems were really learned, and after singing, Cao Cao personally admired them, and even Yan Xing had to express his admiration from the bottom of his heart.
In the admiration of everyone, Cao Cao was full of spirits, and he had the interest of describing his life's ambitions, he thought of something on the spot, and immediately looked back at his relatives and shouted:
"Wenhou, can you bring good wine with you?"
"Take it!"
As Cao Cao's personal servant, Ding Fei, a villager, was quite familiar with Cao Cao's temperament, and when he heard Cao Cao shouting, he immediately carried the wine bag he carried with him and handed it over excitedly.
Cao Cao happily poured a few sips of wine into his mouth, then happily wiped off the wine stained on his beard, exclaimed, and then saw the Hedong people who were still standing aside and not leaving, and laughed again, raised the wine bag towards Yan Xing, and asked with a smile:
"The battlefield is bitter, if you come back and have wine to wash away the dust, it is really a great joy in life! Yanming, do you want to come a little too? ”
Yan Xing looked at the wine bag in Cao Cao's hand, smiled indifferently, and politely rejected Cao Cao's good intentions.
"Let Cao Gong see and smile, the land of the three rivers promulgated a ban on alcohol, and the government of alcohol (official wine-making and wine sales) was carried out, from the pastoral guard to the Lishu, and no alcohol was allowed without a big drunken order. Although the line is good wine, today I dare not resist the law! ”
After listening to Yan Xing's words, the smile on Cao Cao's face gradually converged, he nodded, and said with deep sympathy:
"Although a good wine, I don't dare to resist the law! Orders and prohibitions and lead by example, it is because he understands that the Hedong Army is solemn! ”
He immediately turned his head and threw the wine bag back to Ding Fei, and said in a solemn voice:
"Wenhou, from today onwards, everyone must remind Lone not to drink again, and violators will be punished by military law!"
"No!"
Ding Fei saw Cao Cao's serious expression, and was so frightened that he hurriedly agreed, put the wine bag back away, and stood carefully behind Cao Cao, not daring to come out.
After this episode of Yan Xing's refusal to drink, Cao Cao stopped laughing, took his personal followers with a serious expression, and returned to the military formation with Yan Xing and others in Hedong.
The two sides are ready to return to their respective camps, tonight the Son of Heaven is still guarded by Hedong people and Dong Cheng and others, and when the two families part ways tomorrow, the Son of Heaven and hundreds of officials, harem family members and other chariots and horses, and then Cao Jun will welcome the eastward return together.
It's just that when he got on the horse, Cao Cao, who was actually still worried about what had just happened, suddenly shouted at Yan Xing again.
"Yanming, since you don't drink alcohol today, then wait until five years later, you will come to Xindu again, and you will be alone in the friendship of the landlord, please drink hard!"
Yan Xing had already turned his horse and was about to leave, but he didn't expect Cao Cao to refuse to let go of this matter like an angry child, the corners of his mouth raised, and he wanted to say something to fight back, but after thinking of the current situation, he laughed instead.
"Cao Gong, the turbulent times, the soldiers are chaotic, I don't know how many people want to be called the king, you will be assisted by the Son of Heaven next, and you are in the land of the four wars, work hard, don't just care about inviting me to this wine, I'm afraid that the two families will meet in Yecheng one day, and I can't even get the wine money for the drink, then it's really a pity in life!"
"Hahaha, no, no."
Listening to Yan Xing's words, Cao Cao was immediately happy, stroking his beard and laughing.
"If you and I both go to Yecheng, then there is still a lonely old friend to ask for a glass of turbid wine. Well, Yan knows that he is lonely! ”
"Cao Gong welcomes the Son of Heaven today, not only in the next Zhigong, but also in the world to know Cao Gong's ambition!"
Yan Xing replied, no longer repeated words with Cao Cao, chose to say goodbye and leave, and returned to the camp with the army, but Cao Cao was not in a hurry to leave, but put his hands on the pergola, looked at Yan Xing's distant figure, stroked his beard and smiled, thoughtful.
At this time, the civil and military forces of Yanzhou saw that Cao Cao was silent and silent, and it was not good to urge the unified army to return to the camp, so they could only wait patiently, but Guo Jia rode a docile mare, slowly paced to Cao Cao's side, raised his eyebrows, and also put his hands on the pergola, learning from Cao Cao's appearance, and laughed and said:
"Ming Gong never forgets it, what do you think this person is?"
When Cao Cao heard this, he turned his head to look at Guo Jia, who had learned his own posture, he smiled, and he didn't blame it, so he ordered the whole army to return to the camp.
Just turned the horse's head, and when he passed by Guo Jia's saddle, Cao Cao glanced at Guo Jia, who was clumsy and riding the horse, and said softly:
"You saw it right before, if you don't get rid of this son, you should be a big enemy!"