After Cao Cao returned to Xuchang, when he heard Liu Xie say that all this was an edict issued by Yang Biao at the instigation of his back, he couldn't help but be furious, and immediately sent someone to take Yang Biao down, and handed it over to Xuchang Ling Manzhong for interrogation, so that he could confess the crime of collaborating with the enemy Wu Ming. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Cao Cao's order made Liu Xie suddenly lose his mind, how could he have thought that Cao Cao would be so resolute and directly send the country's important ministers to prison, without even his own permission, at this time he shuddered a little, because he suddenly thought of Dong Zhuo.

"Cheng, Cheng, Prime Minister, the fourth and third dukes of the Yang family, Yang Gong is an important minister of the country, and he once saved me, how can he be interrogated in prison without evidence? Please think twice! ”

"Your Majesty's words are ridiculous! I led the army of the Son of Heaven to conquer Wu Ming, Yang Biao was supposed to assist His Majesty in the court to repair internal affairs, prepare grain and grass for the army, but who knew that he used the words to confuse Sheng Cong, so that our army crusaded against Wu Ming fell short, lost a lot of money and food in vain, and lost soldiers and generals, which is Yang Biao's fault! What proof is needed for this? Your Majesty thinks that these are not worthy of condemnation? ”

"This war has not been fully successful, not the crime of one person, if Yang Gong's crime is determined by this, it will be difficult to convince the public, please think twice!"

Cao Cao attributed all the reasons for this defeat to Yang Biao, which made Dong Cheng on the side secretly scold Cao Cao for being shameless, but he still maintained a kind tone on his face, and said respectfully.

"Uncle Dong Guo! The Son of Heaven is young, and he is bewitched by adulterers, which is understandable; As an uncle of the country, you don't know how to advise from the side, but let others talk nonsense, and you should be guilty, I see that in the face of the Son of Heaven, you have not been held accountable, and you dare to make such wild remarks here, do you think that you dare not do anything to you? ”

As soon as Cao Cao's words came out, Dong Cheng's legs trembled, and he was relieved, Liu Xie saw that Cao Cao was angry and brought the disaster to Dong Cheng, so he had to persuade him with good words: "Prime Minister is angry!" Since the prime minister thinks that Yang Gong is guilty, then he will be handed over to Man Pet for interrogation, if he really colludes and colludes with Wu Ming, then let the prime minister dispose of it, otherwise please ask the prime minister to spare him this time for the sake of Yang Gong's loyalty! ”

"Humph!"

Cao Cao flicked his sleeves noncommittally and left. He naturally knew in his heart that Yang Biao would not collude with Wu Ming again, but he wanted to find some excuses for his defeat in this war, and even more importantly, to establish prestige in the imperial court, so as to achieve the effect of killing a hundred people.

After returning from the court, Cao Cao hurriedly sent someone to invite his group of advisers to come to the Prime Minister's Mansion to discuss matters, and the crusade against Wu Ming failed, and the army was lost, and he needed to formulate a new strategy to balance Wu Liren's development.

Guo Jia, Xun Yu, Xun You, Cheng Yu and Liu Ye came to Cao Cao's Mansion together, and at the same time, Yang Xiu also followed him to the Prime Minister's Mansion. Everyone knew that Yang Xiu was here for his father Yang Biao, but Cao Cao did not summon him, so he could only wait outside the mansion gate.

At this time, Liu Ye came over and patted Yang Xiu's arm, "Dezu, you better go back first!" Now that the crusade against Wu Ming has been defeated, the prime minister is angry, and now he comes to see the prime minister, he will definitely anger the prime minister, and I am afraid that he will add fuel to the fire, and then he will be burned and regretted too late. ”

Yang Xiu stubbornly stood in place, he shook his head, "Thank you, Mr. Ziyang, it's just that my father is in prison, as a son of man, how can I not do my part?" Even if he can't ask for much forgiveness for his father, he hopes that the prime minister can allow Xiu to be punished for his father, and I hope that Mr. Ziyang can say a few more kind words for his father in front of the prime minister. ”

Liu Ye sighed, shook his head, and walked in.

Everyone walked in together, Cao Cao hurriedly got up to greet each other, and after they took their seats, Cao Cao sighed, "The defeat of Xiapi is all a matter of overkill!" Now that the soldiers are losing their troops and the soldiers have no fighting spirit, what do you think? ”

"Back to the prime minister, Wu Ming's momentum has been achieved, and he can't plan it in his eagerness, if he first stabilizes the development of Sizhou and Yanzhou internally, and then calms Qingzhou externally, recovers Yongliang, and then tries to Jingxiang Xu Yang, it is the best policy." Xun Yu was still the first to stand up and admonish Cao Cao.

Cao Cao nodded, "Mr. Wen Ruo's words do have some truth, but Wu Ming is really my confidant, if he is not restricted, he may be even more fierce in the future." ”

"Prime Minister, Jia has a plan, but Wu Ming can't sit firmly in Jiangdong."

Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard this, "What is the trick of Fengxiao, come quickly!" ”

"I heard that Wu Ming took all Wu County, and Yan Baihu gave him the head, and now he is planning to meet the price. When the meeting is peaceful, I am afraid that the soldiers will be directed at Yuzhang County. And Yuzhang County is connected with the four counties of Jingnan, now the four counties of Jingnan are all in the hands of Sun Ce, the prime minister can first take the order of the Son of Heaven to seal Sun Ce as the history of Yangzhou Thorn, although Wu Ming occupies most of the counties in Jiangdong, but is only Xuzhou Mu, nominally can not occupy Yangzhou for a long time. And Sun Ce will be the door of the tiger, and now there are Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Kou Zhun, and Jiangdong Erzhang for his plan, and Wu has Gao Su, Zhao Yi, Xing Daorong, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, etc. as their minions, which can be described as full of talents. If he was to seal the history of Yangzhou Assassination, how could Sun Ce be willing to give up all the rich lands of the six counties in Jiangdong to Wu Ming? At that time, the two families of Sun and Wu must be incompatible, and the two tigers will fight, and the prime minister will be able to enjoy the benefits of the fisherman. ”

Guo Jia talked eloquently, which made the corners of Cao Cao's eyes suddenly stretch out, he stroked his palms and smiled: "Fengxiao, Fengxiao, this plan is very wonderful!" If you can break the Sun-Wu alliance and turn it into an enemy, it will really be better than an army of 100,000! ”

Everyone nodded and praised, this plan can indeed greatly restrain Wu Liren's development.

"Do you have anything to add?"

"Prime Minister, now that the general trend of Yuan Shu has gone, if the rich places such as Runan, Nanyang, and Jiujiang are allowed to be occupied by Wu Ming, then Wu Ming will be even more powerful, it is better for the prime minister to send a general, lead tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and take the opportunity to subdue Runan, Nanyang and other counties, first, to strengthen their own strength, and second, to inhibit the development of Wu Ming's power."

"Haha, Gongda's plan is also wonderful, Gongda's theory is exactly what I want, what do you think?"

The person who offered the plan was really Xun Yu's nephew, Xun Yu, and he was also an important adviser that Cao Cao relied on.

"I'm impressed!"

Cao Cao stroked his beard and said with satisfaction: "Today's theory, let Cao Cao see the sun like a cloud, with all the princes to help me, just Wu Ming, what are you afraid of!" ”

At this time, Liu Ye took a step forward and said softly: "Prime Minister, Yang Xiu is still waiting outside, I don't know if the Prime Minister wants to see him?" ”

"Hehe, Yang Xiu pleaded for his father, how do you think you should reply to him?"

Xun Yu hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Prime Minister, Yang Gonghai has a great reputation, if he kills him, he is afraid that he will be criticized by the people of the world, and his subordinates think that Yang Biao cannot be killed." ”

"Haha, Wen Ruo's words, how can I not know, this move is just to teach him a lesson, so that he can be honest. Since Yang Xiu came to intercede for his father, then I will give him an answer. ”

After speaking, he picked up the pen and wrote a sentence on a bamboo slip: Biao is a person in the soil, and then he handed this bamboo slip to Liu Ye's hand, "I heard that Yang Dezu is a smart person, Ziyang just give him this bamboo slip." ”

Liu Ye held the bamboo slip and was quite puzzled: just now he agreed with Xun Yu's words and wrote such a sentence. But he didn't want to say anything, so he went out and handed over the bamboo slips to Yang Xiu. When Yang Xiu saw it, his face couldn't help but change greatly, and he hurriedly asked Liu Ye, "Prime Minister, what do you mean by this?" Is it possible to kill my father? ”

Liu Ye said repeatedly: "Dezu don't be in a hurry, the prime minister just asked me to hand over the bamboo slips to you, and there may not be other meanings." ”

At this time, I saw Yang Xiu frowning, staring at the bamboo slip, and after a while, he suddenly laughed. (To be continued.) )