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"Governor, Great ...... Exultation...... Joy, great joy...... Yes! ”

Cao Zhen raised his head, and as soon as he heard this stammering voice, Cao Zhen knew that Deng Ai was coming.

Cao Zhen pursed his lips slightly. It's strange to come, although this Deng Ai is a stammer, but this stutter is always bursting. Every time he was discussing and arguing, Deng Ai stopped stammering, but when he was chatting on weekdays, Deng Ai began to stutter.

At this time, Deng Ai had already run in, and Cao Zhen asked, "Shizai, what is the joy?" Did your Deng Ai's daughter-in-law give birth? ”

"No...... No. It's okay...... Good...... For months. ”

"What's the joy of that? It seems that only your daughter-in-law is pregnant among the generals in the army. Cao Zhen was in a good mood, and then quipped.

"Dudu, Liu Bei is dead!" Deng Ai spoke.

Cao Zhen stood up violently: "This is true, is the news reliable?" ”

"Governor, this news should be true. The scout who had just come from Chang'an City reported that a white silk had been erected in front of the gate of Chang'an City, and the defenders were also wearing filial piety clothes. At this time, Deng Ai's speech became strangely smooth, without the slightest stammer.

"Liu Bei is dead?" Cao Zhen's face suddenly froze. Stagnant, while muttering incessantly, "Just dead?" Liu Bei just died......"

Liu Bei died, but Cao Zhen couldn't accept this reality for a while.

A year ago, Liu Bei was still high-spirited. Swift momentum captured Yongzhou, forced Cao Zhen back to Chang'an City, at that time Liu Bei was still personally in battle, Cao Zhen even remembered the confident smile on the face of the heroic man wearing gold armor and wearing a brocade robe under the emperor's honor guard in front of the Shu army, but this only a short year later, Liu Bei, the biggest enemy of Cao Wei, died like this.

It's so sudden! Cao Zhen shook it secretly. The tip of his tongue felt the pain, and Cao Zhen confirmed that he was not dreaming.

Could this be another Pang Tong's strategy? Then Cao Zhen shook his head again. The general should not joke about such a thing. After all, Liu Bei's death has a very great impact on the hearts of the Shu army and the people, so this kind of thing is deceitful, and the gains outweigh the losses.

It seems that Liu Bei is really dead......

Suddenly, Cao Zhenxian, in his subconscious, didn't want to. Liu Bei died, and Cao Zhen deeply felt that he even desperately wanted to recapture Yongzhou from Liu Bei.

"Opponents are hard to meet!" At this time, Cao Zhen suddenly felt that Cao Cao was in . What kind of mood was it when facing Liu Bei.

The sentence "The heroes of the world, only the king and Cao'er" contain Cao Cao's complicated feelings. Cao Cao is the person in the world who wants Liu Bei to die the most, but at the same time, he is the person who least wants Liu Bei to die, an opponent, it is not so easy to find.

Cao Zhen, who was hesitant, didn't feel that in this troubled era of the Three Kingdoms, which was full of heroes, it was not difficult to find an opponent, and this time Cao Zhen would face an opponent who was far more difficult to deal with than Liu Bei.

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Seeing Cao Zhen stunned, Deng Ai didn't bother Cao Cao, just stood quietly aside, and it didn't take long for the generals who got Liu Bei's death to come one after another, and after a while, a large number of people gathered in the hall. And Cao Zhen simply announced the discussion.

As the number one general under Cao Zhen, Zhang He was the first to stand up and said: "Dudu, the last general thinks that now that Liu Bei is newly mourned, the Shu army must be panicked and demoralized, and the last general feels that now is the best time to recapture Yongzhou." Looking at the capital to supervise Chang'an, Zhang He is willing to be the pioneer and pave bridges and roads for the governor! ”

Next to him, Guo Huai, Deng Ai and others glanced at Zhang He one after another. From Tongguan to Chang'an, as long as you go west along the Weishui road, it is only a day's journey to the full, such a short distance, where can you use to pave bridges and build roads.

Guo Huai then stood up and said, "Governor, the last general thinks that what General Zhang He said is extreme, but the last general thinks that it should be a two-pronged approach. Nowadays, there are many people starving to death every day along the Weishui coast of Yongzhou, and there are many vicious people who gather to rob, as long as these murderers are used a little, they will definitely become our help. We can use these murderers to disturb Yongzhou, so that the tail of the Shu army cannot be taken care of. ”

Cao Zhen nodded, and what the two said was exactly what Cao Zhen thought. Then Cao Zhen remembered that Deng Ai, who had always been very insightful, had not yet spoken, so he specially asked, "Shizai, what is your good plan?" ”

"Governor, what the two generals Zhang He and Guo Huai said is very good, but the last general thinks that there is one person in the Shu army who can influence the situation in Yongzhou. If this person helps, we will be able to recapture Yongzhou. Deng Ai said confidently.

"Who is Shizai talking about?" Cao Zhen hurriedly asked.

"Xiliangma!"

"It's the traitor of the Ma family!" Cao Zhen frowned slightly.

For horses, everyone in the Cao family has no good impression. At the beginning, Ma not only captured Chang'an, but also killed Cao Cao, who cut off his beard and abandoned his robe, and Cao Cao had never been defeated so humiliating in his life. Although this incident made Ma heroic, it has always been regarded as a shame by Cao Cao. Because of this, the people of the Cao family hated horses extremely much, so Cao Zhen directly called horses "traitors".

"Dudu, Ma was originally a prince, but later because of the situation, he surrendered to Liu Bei. Now that Liu Bei is dead, and Ma You happens to be in Liangzhou, Liangzhou is where Ma was the foundation back then, let's just say anti-Ma, the Yongzhou Shu army is subject to the east and west, and the internal and external difficulties will undoubtedly be defeated! ”

"What Shi Zai said makes sense, but this horse and the first emperor have a common enmity, if the horse gains power because of this, I'm afraid that my Yongzhou will never have peace!" Cao Cao and Ma Tongguan fought back then, and Cao Zhen participated in it, so Cao Zhen still remembers Ma's heroism vividly.

"Don't worry about the governor, the horse is just a brave man, and Lord Yang Fu broke the horse single-handedly, which shows that the horse doesn't have much resourcefulness, so there is nothing to be afraid of. Moreover, the governor may send a man to assist the horse and give advice to the horse. After we recapture Yongzhou, we will withdraw this person, and the horse is not at our mercy. ”

Cao Zhen nodded with satisfaction, Deng Ai thought very thoroughly, and Cao Zhen then asked: "Shizai, who do you think is good to send to Liangzhou?" ”

"Dudu, the people who go to Liangzhou must first persuade Ma to rebel, and then help Ma take Liangzhou. This person must be wise, good at change, and eloquent. If the governor does not give up, the last general is willing to go in person. Deng Ai replied.

"You're going in person? No, it's too dangerous! ”

"If you don't enter the tiger's den, you will get the tiger. Ma and the last general have never known each other, and have never fought with the horse on the battlefield, compared to the horse will have less hatred for the last general, so this matter is the most suitable for the last general, and the last general is rough in martial arts, even if the horse is not good for the last general, the last general also has the power to protect himself. Deng Ai replied.

Cao Zhen knew that what Deng Ai said was reasonable. In this big tent, only a few people can take on this heavy responsibility. However, Deng Ai was the only one who had never fought with the horse, and Deng Ai was not famous, so sending Deng Ai could not only eliminate the horse's vigilance, but also make it easier to gain the horse's trust.

"Shizai, it's very dangerous to go here, nine deaths, and you're about to become a father, I think you still have to think about it carefully." Cao Zhen is really a little reluctant to Deng Ai's talent.

"If a man should die in the wilderness, and his body will be buried in horse leather, how can he lie in bed in the hands of his daughter?" Deng Ai spoke.

Deng Ai's words were said by General Fubo Ma Yuan back then, and Cao Zhen also heard the resoluteness in Deng Ai's mouth, shook his head a little helplessly, and agreed: "Okay!" However, Shizai, you must be careful when you go, if you can do it, if you can't return it, it doesn't matter, everything should be left to be useful. ”

"The last general obeys!"

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Only Zhang He and Cao Zhen were left in the hall.

Looking at the back of Deng Ai's departure, Zhang He opened his mouth and asked, "Dudu, do you really want to send that stammering boy to Liangzhou?" How can the stammering fellow be able to move the horse, and the general will think that it is better to send a man who can speak well. ”

"General Zhang He, you also saw that Deng Ai didn't stutter just now, so it can be seen that Deng Ai still doesn't stutter at a critical time." Zhang He, as a good general of the five sons, is the same as Xiahou and Cao Ren and others, and is higher than Cao Zhen, the governor, according to his seniority, so Cao Zhen has always honored Zhang He as a general.

"That kid's stuttering is bursting, and it's hard to know when he'll get sick again...... Deng Ai, this kid has good martial arts, he is a manufacturable material, and he will become a general in the future, if he dies like this, it will be a pity. Zhang He said with a frown.

"General Zhang He, you are only half right, in my opinion, this Deng Ai is not only a general, but also a handsome talent!" Cao Zhen said.

"Handsome? Why did the governor let him go to Liangzhou, this is a matter of nine deaths. ”

"I didn't know that this was very dangerous, but I was a young man, and I always needed to go through some training. If he can come back alive this time, he will be able to lead the troops to defend the side alone. ”

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Adou's enthronement ceremony was very simple, but there were still some things that were unavoidable, such as the ceremony of worshiping the heavens and ancestors.

Ancestor worship should be placed in front of the heavens. According to those great Confucians, Adou inherited the Han Dynasty, so he first had to pay tribute to the ancestors of the Han Dynasty. The Han Dynasty began with Gaozu Liu Bang, inherited for 400 years, and went through dozens of emperors, inheriting such a long-standing dynasty, we must first comfort our ancestors, and after the consent and recognition of the emperors of previous dynasties, the ancestors agreed to Adou to inherit the throne before they could sacrifice to the sky and ascend the throne. Among these great Confucian thoughts, filial piety is even higher than the so-called "Heavenly Dao".

Of course, it is impossible for those Han emperors who have died to jump out of their graves to oppose Adou.

After worshipping ancestors, it is time to worship the heavens.

When the new emperors ascended the throne, whether they opened up a new dynasty or not, they had to sacrifice to the heavens. According to the provisions of the "Zhou Li", the process of worshipping the heavens is very cumbersome, not only to choose auspicious days and auspicious times, but also to build a special high platform in a suitable place. However, when this kind of pretending to be a ghost, Zhuge Liang is an expert, and Zhuge Liang even came up with a brilliant plan to cooperate with this heavenly sacrifice ceremony.