"Haha, good, good!"

After listening to Pei Xuan's brief description of Cao Cao's handwriting, Yan Xing suddenly laughed, and said three good words in a row before he continued:

"Cao Mengde's pen is strong, the text is like his person, this handwritten letter is really worthy of an army of 100,000!"

Yan Xing's words were half admiration, half sarcasm. Admiration is naturally Cao Cao's talent and mind, this written article can be seen in his chest of the ravine, no wonder when going to the south of the Yangtze River, a letter can scare the Jiangdong monarchs and ministers.

The irony is, of course, the obvious coercion in Cao Cao's letter, whether there is an army of 100,000 in Yanzhou, and anyone with a discerning eye knows that Yan Xing will regard this letter as the 100,000 army in Cao Cao's mouth.

However, after talking about Cao Cao's penmanship, Yan Xing also sneered and continued:

"Cao Mengde said that I am forced to fight east and west, and I am trapped on both sides, don't I know that he is in the land of four wars, there are Liu Biao and Yuan Shu in the south, and Liu Bei and Lu Bu in the east, if he really dares to use troops in Henan, he would have led the crowd to come a long time ago, so why bother to make a few military generals bluff, and send Wang Bi to Beijing to deliver this handwritten letter."

Yan Xing said contemptuously and sneered, and the advisors under his command could only laugh twice, but when Xi Zhi laughed, he frowned.

He has been following Yan Xing for a long time and has already understood Yan Xing's style of doing things. The better the situation, the more serious he must be and dare not take it lightly. On the contrary, the more critical the situation became, Yan Xing was smiling and peaceful.

I'm afraid that Yan Xing also knows in his heart that Cao Cao's current situation is better than his own.

To the east of Cao Cao, Yuan Shu of Huainan, Lu Bu, who was mainly anti-guest, and Liu Bei, who was imprisoned in Pei County, the forces of these three parties were strong or weak, and they were all fighting openly and secretly in order to occupy the entire territory of Xuzhou, and they were entangled, so although these three families were enemies of Yanzhou, they would no longer pose a threat to Yanzhou and Yuzhou for the time being.

The remaining Liu Biao in the southwest, judging from the direction of the recent use of troops, seems to be more interested in the chaotic Guanzhong than in Runan County, where Cao's soldiers have already been stationed.

Xi Zhicai thought about it, but continued to rein in his spirit:

"As Cao Mengde said in his handwriting, Wang Bi came as an envoy this time, just to discuss the matter of welcoming the Son of Heaven and striking the army and making peace, I don't know what to do with the public opinion, and whether to talk about it with the Yanzhou envoy again?"

After listening to Xi Zhicai's words, Yan Xing nodded, turned to look at everyone and asked:

"Do you think you want to talk about it anymore?"

"Ming Gong, I think that if you invite you to talk, no matter how difficult it is, you must continue to talk with the Yanzhou envoy."

The talented and intelligent Pei Juan is not inferior at all in front of these adults who are over thirty years old, his eyes are bright, his voice is smooth, and he said loudly:

"At present, the reason why Cao Cao in Yanzhou is taking advantage of our army's westward expedition and the civil strife in Luoyang to send troops, and is also pretending to be Yuan Shao in Hebei, and is also repairing books to intimidate and send envoys to negotiate peace, all of which show his strong inwardness, thinking that he wants to take advantage of the weakness to enter, and welcome the Son of Heaven out of Beijing without a single soldier's effort."

"On the other hand, on the east side of my river, there are eight passes of solidity, there is the strength of horses, delaying time is extremely beneficial to my side of the east side of the river, as long as you promise verbally first, and the Yanzhou envoy is false and wrong, and after the Guanzhong Western Expedition army breaks through Ma Teng, the Ming Duke will free up his hand to deal with Yanzhou, try to see how Cao Mengde dares to be rampant!"

Pei Juan, as the youngest son of the Pei family, Yan Xing's brother-in-law, is the most talented one among the younger generation under Yan Xing's command, at this time, hearing Pei Juan's bold analysis and suggestions, although Yan Xing did not say anything approve, but his eyes were also full of smiles, obviously his wife's performance did not live up to his high expectations of taking him by his side to teach him personally.

However, Xun You, who had never spoken, still spoke at this time.

"Ming Gong, you once served as an official in the same dynasty as Cao Mengde, and I know a little about him. On the surface, he seems to be frivolous and undignified, but he is resourceful and decisive, open-minded and insightful, and far beyond ordinary people. ”

Xun Yu stopped at the point, but the meaning of his words was also very clear, although Pei Xuan's strategy seemed feasible, but it was too wishful thinking, and he believed that Cao Cao was a person who was strong and inward-looking, and thought that Yanzhou would only take advantage of the weakness to enter and pick up soft persimmons, but from the current specific situation analysis, although Yanzhou will not rashly attack Henan, but it is still possible to dispatch 10,000 or 20,000 soldiers and horses, if you only think about delaying time to solve the problem, I am afraid that it will fall into a greater predicament.

Xi Zhicai listened to Xun You's rebuttal, smiled faintly, and in order to avoid the embarrassment of the fledgling Pei Xuan, he took over and said:

"Well, what Gongda said is very true, but Pei Shuzuo's words are also reasonable, I might as well talk while pulling, first make some concessions, let the imperial court issue an edict to seal Cao Mengde, and allow him to control the military and political affairs of Yanzhou and Yuzhou, but do some pulling in the negotiation of welcoming the Son of Heaven, which not only makes the Yanzhou envoy unable to turn his face directly, but also buys a certain amount of time for the Western Expeditionary Army to break Ma Teng."

After listening to Xi Zhicai's words, Zhou Liang then echoed it, but Xun You didn't refute it at this point, he also nodded, which can be regarded as acquiescing to Xi Zhicai's compromise method that seems more appropriate at present.

It's just that after listening to the opinions of his ministers, Yan Xing smiled, turned around and walked back to the map, pointed to the location of Luoyang on the map, beckoned Xi Zhicai, Xun You and others to come forward and said:

"Have you ever thought about it, in fact, the civil strife in Luoyang, taking advantage of Hebei, and intimidation and coercion are all superficial tactics, Cao Mengde dared not move a single soldier, so he wanted to use the three-inch tongue of the envoy to welcome the Son of Heaven and the court, what did he rely on? It's not that the army of the Western Expedition gathered in Guanzhong, thinking that our Hedong is powerless to look eastward, and will inevitably give in under heavy pressure, so I can only agree to the conditions proposed by him Yanzhou. ”

Speaking of this, Yan Xing stretched out his finger and dotted the position of Zhongmu on the map, and continued:

"Therefore, we must use both soft and hard, two-pronged, not only to use the power and tactics of the temple, but also to use military means, to let Cao Mengde know that even if my Hedong army marches westward, his Yanzhou soldiers and horses, and the elite soldiers and strong generals left behind in Henan, it is still impossible to get benefits, and as long as we are aware of this, the Yanzhou envoy will be willing to put down their aggressive momentum and bargain with us again."

After saying his rough judgment, Yan Xing turned to face his advisors, stretched out two fingers and said resolutely:

"So I decided, talk and pull, fight and talk!"

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After Yan Xing set the tone of "talking while pulling, fighting and talking", the meeting in the military tent gradually came to an end.

The military generals of Hedong were ordered to devote themselves to the corresponding military and political affairs, Xi Zhicai had to rush back to Luoyang to continue the negotiations, and the other tyrants also had to prepare for the next military affairs, and only Zhou Liang remained in the military tent.

He rushed to Hongnong, and there was another important matter, that is, he had to ask Yan Xingyu to report the results of his subordinates' investigation of the three major cases in Luoyang at the end of May.

In the military tent, Yan Xing had already moved from the front of the map to the front of the case, stretched out his hand to open the file brought by Zhou Liang, and while carefully studying the investigation process record on the file, he asked Zhou Liang out loud:

"Let's talk about the results of the investigation around the Son of Heaven first!"

When Zhou Liang, who was waiting quietly, heard this, he immediately responded and began to say:

"The eunuch who plotted to assassinate the Son of Heaven, the school affairs have been carefully investigated, Jingzhaoren's family, the family is poor and orphaned, and he has been in the palace to serve the Son of Heaven for three years, and he is a servant of the Son of Heaven. Combining the torture of other eunuchs and the intelligence of our people around the Son of Heaven, this eunuch has never set foot outside the palace since he moved the capital to Luoyang, and there was no correspondence with the outside world in the three months before the incident, and there was no abnormality in his words and deeds. ”

"If there is really anything wrong with it, it is that the day before the assassination of the Son of Heaven, this eunuch was taken by the Son of Heaven for a whole day, and the Son of Heaven did not go to the sleeping palace of Queen Fu and Concubine Dong that night."

Yan Xing listened to Zhou Liang's words, and the finger that crossed the scroll paused on the words on it before continuing to ask:

"What about the assassination of the frustrated man?"

"Why do you want to go out at night? Is it a vendetta, or is it manslaughter? These internal information, the school affairs have also carefully interrogated Fu Jun's family and the slaves and maids in the house, but they are all unclear about the truth. However, the suspicion of the whole assassination case is that the school learned from the maid in Fu Jun's mansion that before Fu Jun went out at night, he had deliberately personally instructed his young son in his studies, but when he went out with his entourage, his face was dead and silent, and he was silent about where to go. ”

"At the scene of the stabbing, the four entourages were all fatally stabbed from the back and side, and the expressions on their faces were either painful or surprised, only the wound on Fu Jun's chest was a sword wound, and the sword was stabbed into the chest, and Fu Jun's expression was calm, and there was no panic and panic."

"Although the captain of the Northern Military Academy is now no longer a soldier to lead, Fu Jun himself is still quite brave, but when he was stabbed, Fu Jun did not gallop and shout, nor did he draw his sword to resist strongly, judging from the scene, he was more like calmly dismounting, and he was taken as a sword in his chest!"

When Zhou Liang said this, he subconsciously stopped talking, but Yan Xing, who was frowning, waved his hand and asked him to continue, so Zhou Liang had no choice but to speak again:

"The thief Cao Yishi of Henan Yin judged that Fu Jun and his entourage died at the hands of an acquaintance, and through interrogation and comparison one by one, the school affairs believed that Fu Jun had already had a will to die in his heart before leaving home, and the assassin and Fu Jun's retinue walked together on the street, and after attacking and killing Fu Jun's four followers on the spot, Fu Jun did not panic or flee, and dismounted and calmly died. This allowed the Assassins to retreat calmly after the assassination. ”

"In other words, these two assassinations were already known to the assassins in advance, and even the accomplices were voluntary, in order to stage a bitter plan for the Ming monarch and virtuous ministers, and point the spearhead of public opinion at the lonely body who entered Beijing, so that the loyal ministers and righteous men in the Kanto region would know about the civil strife in Luoyang City, and announce to the people of the world that the lonely man held the Son of Heaven hostage and manipulated the court's ambition!"

Yan Xing looked directly at Zhou Liang and smiled coldly.

ps: Pei's note "The Biography of Jiangbiao" contains Cao Gong and Quan Shu: "Those who are close to him are guilty of resigning, and Liu Cong is restrained." There are 800,000 people in the Imabari water army, and Fang and the general will hunt in Wu. "The right to get a book to show the ministers, Mo Buxiang was shocked.