Loyal servants are honorable! Although it was Yuan Shao who was loyal and refused to surrender even if he was captured by Liu Xie, Liu Xie was not embarrassed by this. In addition to restricting the freedom of movement, there has never been a shortage of food, clothing, housing and transportation, anyway, now the Han also has some family resources, and it is still affordable to raise an idler.

Liu Xie is reluctant to kill, of course, this is for the Han people, if it is a foreign race, then Liu Xie will not have the slightest hesitation. Talents of foreign races, hack one to death and one less to kill. As for frustration, Liu Xie wants to achieve the effect of the city's horse bones and show the world his attitude of cherishing and loving talents.

Nowadays, there are many pillars supporting the Han Dynasty, Xun Yu, Xun You, Fa Yan, Zhong Xuan, Jia Xu, Li Ru...... None of these people are worse than Fu Zhu, as for rookies like Pang Tong, Sima Yi, and Xu Shu, what they lack is nothing more than a little actual combat experience, and it can be of great use if they accumulate for a while longer.

Frustration is dispensable for Liu Xie, and Liu Xie's treatment of frustration is not so urgent. After Fu Zhu rejected Liu Xie's offer, Liu Xie was ready to wait for the destruction of the Yuan clan in Hebei before arranging Fu Zhu. It's a big deal to arrange for frustration to go to the frontier to educate foreigners, and it is also idle to be idle, and it is also good to give full play to the residual heat. Unexpectedly, when Liu Xie returned to Chang'an, he took the initiative to find him.

Liu Xie was quite happy at first, but he finally opened up this unknown wood. But when Fu Zhu said that he suggested that Liu Xie and Yuan Xi of Hebei join forces to deal with Cao Cao, Liu Xie's heart couldn't help but feel cold, where did this Fu Zhu figure it out, it was clear that he wanted to use himself to fill in the spiral in order to protect the old master's inheritance.

As a prisoner, he is not qualified to know that Liu Xie is preparing to attack Cao Cao, so that is to say, what he said about Lianyuan to fight Cao Cao was his own idea. At present, a fierce war between the Yuan clan and Cao Cao in Hebei is about to break out, and it is not a good time to join at this time. The Han army sent troops at this time, only to force Cao Cao to collect troops to defend the Central Plains, so that the crisis of the Yuan clan in Hebei was lifted, taking advantage of Cao Cao's efforts to defend the Han army, Yuan Xi could unify Hebei and run Hebei into an iron bucket, and the Han army wanted to kill Cao Cao for the Central Plains.

Looking at the loyal face of Fu Zhi, Liu Xie had the urge to kick the past. I don't blame you for your refusal to work for me, everyone has their own ambitions and can't be forced, but you can't treat me like a fool!

"I have written down Mr. Fu's suggestion, and I will reply to you after I have discussed it with the officials of the DPRK and China."

"Lord, don't miss the opportunity, if you lose it, please make a decision as soon as possible."

"Well, I know, sharpening the knife is not wrong for the woodcutter, the army is moving, it is inseparable from the coordination of all the departments of the DPRK and the central government, if I don't convince them, I will delay the dispatch of troops. Mr. Fu went back to his residence first and waited for good news. ”

Seeing that Liu Xie insisted on not letting go, he had no choice but to return to his residence and wait for Liu Xie's decision. After the frustration left, Liu Xie's face suddenly sank, and Jia Mu, Xun Yun, and Lu Yu on the side couldn't help but wonder when they saw this. As Liu Xie's newly promoted cronies, he knew that Liu Xie planned to attack Cao Cao. Fu Zhu proposed that the imperial court join forces with the Yuan family, but it could indeed play a certain role in containing Cao Cao, and I don't understand why Liu Xie's face was so pale.

"Lord, why are you unhappy?" Xun Yun asked curiously.

"You'll know in a while, go find your father and Pang Tong." Liu Xie didn't answer Xun Yun's question, but just ordered Xun Yun, and then ordered Jia Mu and Lu Yu to find someone separately.

Xun Yun and the others saw that Liu Xie was in a bad mood at this time, and they didn't want to continue to touch their heads at this time, so they were ordered to leave. After waiting for about a stick of incense, everyone named by Liu Xie arrived. Liu Xie is different from the previous emperors, he doesn't like the various departments to be too far apart, thinking that it will affect the efficiency of work, so after Xun Yu served as Situ, Liu Xie gave up the front hall of the palace as the office space for each ministry. Although this move was criticized by some old ministers in the DPRK and China, this kind of thing is not a big deal.

Xun Yu and the others had already listened to Xun Yun and others on the way here, and they also had a little understanding of why Liu Xie was in a bad mood at this time.

"Why should the Holy One be angry? I don't know what to do, that's because he has eyes and no beads, and it's really not worth being angry for this. Pang Tong smiled and comforted Liu Xiedao.

"There is relief from Lao Shiyuan." Liu Xie nodded, shrugged his shoulders and said: "He is unkind, then don't blame me for being unjust, I want to use me to solve problems for his Yuan family, I want to make his bamboo basket empty." ”

"The lord can rest assured, although the unification is not talented, the lord will get what he wants."

Fu Zhu didn't know that his true thoughts had been seen through by Liu Xie and others, and as Yuan Shao's diehard loyalist, his loyalty was worthy of admiration. But admiration is admiration, but this does not mean that Liu Xie and others are willing to be cheated by him. Enterprising the Central Plains is the next goal of Liu Xie's group of monarchs and ministers, but how to enter the Central Plains requires careful thinking. Liu Xie didn't want to lose too much for the Central Plains, and returned to the pre-liberation period in World War I.

Pay the least price and achieve the greatest gain, this is what Liu Xie and others are willing to consider. As for the life and death of the Hebei Yuan family, it is not within the scope of Liu Xie's consideration, to put it mildly, if the Hebei Yuan family is really half-dead, Liu Xie may not be able to take advantage of the situation to directly take Hebei down.

He wanted to use Liu Xie's advance into the Central Plains to force Cao Cao to retreat, so as to preserve his strength for Hebei. But Liu Xie and the others are not stupid, after seeing through the tricks of the frustrated grant, what they have to do is naturally how to use the frustration to make the war between Yuan Cao more tragic.

Frustrated hope that Liu Xie could send troops now, but after discussing with Xun Yu, Pang Tong and others, Liu Xie agreed that the Han army must not move lightly until Yuan Cao did not decide the winner, and even in order to ensure that Cao Cao could confidently and boldly fight with Yuan, the Han army also needed to take the initiative to find something elsewhere, so as to create the illusion that Cao Cao had no time to take care of anything else.

Of course, this plan cannot be told to the frustrated. In order not to let Fu Zhu see through the true intentions of the Han army, Fu Zhu became a special envoy of the imperial court and was sent to Hebei to be responsible for the mediation of Yuan Cao's two families.

Frustrated and didn't know the plan, he never dreamed that Liu Xie's monarchs and ministers would deceive him together, and hurried to Hebei with the holy decree issued by Liu Xie. Since Yuan Shao used the Qing monarch's side as an excuse to make it difficult to the imperial court, the imperial court took back all Yuan Shao's official honors. And Fu Zhu knows very well that the fundamental reason for the civil strife in Hebei is that the three sons of the Yuan family are not convinced by anyone, and now Yuan Tan has no hope, and Yuan Shang has fallen into the fate of a betrayal of relatives because he obeyed Xu You's bad idea, only Yuan Xi has most of the strength in Hebei, and only he is qualified to inherit the inheritance left by Yuan Shao.

After personally sending Fu Zhi out of the city, Liu Xie immediately ordered people to spread the news to the Central Plains that the Han army was about to send troops to the Central Plains. When the fake is true, it is true and false, and when it is true and false, it is better for the Han army to do it himself. When Cao Jun learned that the Han army intended to send troops, he would definitely order someone to investigate, and in order to paralyze the Cao army, Liu Xie would also order someone to notify the Han An army in Shuzhong to cooperate and make the illusion that the southern barbarians had invaded the territory, and then the Han army left in Chang'an would make a gesture to go to Shuzhong to quell the rebellion.

When Cao Cao knew the "true intentions" of the Han army, and then heard the news spread by the frustrated people, even if he was alert, he would show a little carelessness. What's more, although Cao Cao is cautious, not everyone under him is like him. Since Liu Xie had the intention to attack Cao Cao, he naturally knew something about the two generals that Cao Cao left behind to defend the Central Plains Portal.

Cao Ren and Cao Hong have nothing to say about Cao Cao's loyalty. But both of them have a fatal weakness, Cao Ren is stubborn, Cao Hong is greedy for money, Liu Xie only needs to prescribe the right medicine, it is not difficult to break these two people, and as long as there are no two people, Cao Cao's Central Plains will open its arms to Liu Xie.

……

Frustrated, who was anxious to fly back to Hebei overnight, finally rushed to Yuan Xi's side, but what greeted him was not wine, but imprisonment. Liu Xie was very dissatisfied with the behavior of frustration and deception of himself as a fool, so after frustration left Chang'an, the flying pigeon passed the book lurking in the eyes and ears of the imperial court in Hebei, and while spreading the news that the imperial court was about to send troops to the Central Plains, it also spread the "inside story" of frustration and surrender to Han.

History is always somewhat strikingly similar, Fu Zhu was not imprisoned when Yuan Shao sent out the army, but Yuan Shao's son was imprisoned at this time.

"Gong and ......" heard a familiar voice in his ears, and Fu Zhu, who was sitting in the corner of the prison, hurriedly looked up, and when he saw the people outside the prison, Fu Zhu hurriedly got up and said, "Yuan Hao." ”

"Gonghe, why bother coming back?" Tian Feng looked at the embarrassed appearance of the frustrated professor, sighed and asked.

"Yuan Hao, if you give Yuan Gong the grace of knowing the encounter, you must repay it."

"Hmph, since you say that you know the grace of encounter, why do you turn your back on the Lord and join the enemy?"

"Yuan Hao doesn't know, now that the court is powerful, if Yuan Cao is allowed to fight, I am afraid that it will be cheaper for outsiders in the future, so how can you and I have the face to see Yuan Gong after we die?"

"Hugh wants to mention Yuan Gong again, Gong He, you and I are colleagues, and I won't hide some things from you. The second prince is very dissatisfied with your betrayal of the enemy and surrendered to the enemy, but you brought the holy decree issued by the imperial court and let you go, you better go. ”

"What? Walk? No, I can't go. Yuan Hao, please take me to see the second son, I still have something to say to the second son. ”

“…… What's the matter? Can you talk to me? Tian Feng asked.

"Yes." Fu Zhi nodded, "Yuan Hao, now the imperial court is sharpening its knives against the world's heroes, and they are looking for targets to attack, one of them is Cao Cao, and the other is our Hebei. You haven't seen the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, so you don't know the reality of the imperial court's soldiers and horses, and in good conscience, the imperial court is now more difficult to deal with than Cao Cao. And I also understand why Yuan Gong insisted on weakening the imperial court in the first place. ”

“…… Gonghe, do you mean that the imperial court is now difficult to cope with with my Hebei Yuan family alone? ”

"Yes, the imperial court is now both civil and military, Xun Yu, Jia Xu, and Fa Yan on the side of the civil ministers are all resourceful and decisive, and Zhao Yun, Pang De, Zhang Liao, and Xu Huang on the military generals also have the qualifications of generals, and their subordinates are also good at fighting. On the other hand, I Hebei, as soon as Yuan Gong went, Hebei was divided into three points, and there was constant infighting, although the second prince had the image of unifying Hebei, but Hebei had no confidence to independently confront the imperial court. The current battle with Cao Cao has made the situation in Hebei even worse. Yuan Hao, cranes and mussels compete, fishermen profit, the court just wants to play the role of a fisherman at this time, you must persuade the second son to be careful, don't be quick and ruined Hebei Yuan's family. ”

"Then in your opinion, what is the way to break the court's plan?"

"You can join forces with the imperial court to fight Cao, of course, this is just a statement on the surface, but in fact, it is to lead Cao Cao's spearhead to the imperial court, and I, Hebei, take this opportunity to rectify the interior and recuperate."

“…… So along the way, you ordered people to spread the news that the imperial court was about to send troops to the Central Plains? ”

"Exactly, only by alerting Cao Cao first can he dispel his eagerness to fight a decisive battle with my Hebei. As long as Cao Cao and the imperial court hold on, then I Hebei still has hope of dominating the world in the future. ”

“…… Gonghe, I will reply to the second son, but whether the second son will believe it or not, then I can't say. Tian Feng pondered for a moment and said to Fu Zhu.

"Yuan Hao, you have to believe me, I am a person of the Yuan family, and I am also a ghost of the Yuan family in death, and I will never turn my back on the Lord to seek glory in this life."

……

"Mr. Tian, do you believe what Fu Zhi said?" After Tian Feng relayed the words of the frustrated teacher to Yuan Xi, Yuan Xi was silent for a long time before he opened his mouth to ask Tian Fengdao.

Tian Feng was silent for a long time when he heard this, "The minister and the frustrated prince have been friends for many years, and I also know his temperament quite well. ”

"How true is what he said?"

"In good conscience, what I said is indeed a good choice for me in Hebei. Lord, the only remaining princes in the world at the moment, only Cao Cao in the Central Plains and the court of Chang'an can be compared with my Hebei. Liu Biao of Jingzhou is very old, and once he dies, Jingzhou will be in chaos. As for Sun Ce of Jiangdong, although the little overlord is brave, how can the population of Jiangdong be difficult to compare with the Central Plains, and it is okay to be in a corner of peace, but it is extremely difficult to achieve domination of the world. Tian Feng paused when he said this, giving Yuan Xi time to digest his words, and when he saw Yuan Xi nodding and looking at himself, he continued: "Therefore, the one who can calm the world in the future is nothing more than three candidates, today's son, Cao Cao in the Central Plains, and my Hebei Yuan family." ”

"Mr. Nada, who does he think is more likely to be greater?" Yuan Xi asked.

"If what Fu Zhu said is true, then it is most likely the imperial court of Chang'an. The Han family is in decline, but it is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people after all, as long as the son of today works hard, the virtuous people who are committed to the Han family will not refuse to serve the orthodoxy. And if my Yuan clan wants to achieve a hegemony, the effort required must be several times or even dozens of times more than that of the current imperial court. Hebei is the foundation of my Yuan's hegemony, and there is no room for error. ”

“…… What does Mr. Tian mean, believe what Fu Zhu said? ”

"Exactly, what Fu Gong said is for the sake of my Hebei Yuan family everywhere, so it can't be believed. However, the heart of defense is indispensable, and the minister suggested that the arrangement of frustration and public affairs should be left unused, and a decision should be made after observation for a while. The most important thing at the moment is to avoid competing with Cao Jun and maintain strength. ”

Yuan Xi's trust in Tian Feng was as good as ever, and when he saw Tian Feng say this, he nodded and agreed to Tian Feng's suggestion. On the one hand, he asked people to release Fu Zhu from the prison and assist Tian Feng in handling government affairs, and on the other hand, he sent people to Cao Ying, hoping that the two families would negotiate peace and not use swords. In order to persuade Cao Cao, Yuan Xi can be said to have shown sincerity, as long as Cao Cao is released to Yuan Tan, Qingzhou can be owned by Cao Cao.

……

As the old saying goes, if you are not afraid of no good things, you are afraid of no good people. For the sake of the Yuan clan in Hebei, he did not hesitate to bear the infamy of betraying the lord and seeking glory, but Tian Chou, the envoy sent by Yuan Xi to Cao Ying, was a person who was not in the Yuan clan in Hebei. Fu Zhu is in Han Ying's heart is in Yuan, while Tian Chou is in Yuan Ying's heart is in Cao.

The main reason why Tian Feng couldn't tell Tian Chou to let him go to Cao Ying to seek Yuan Cao's peace was that he was worried about making the fishermen of the Chang'an court profitable, so Tian Chou, who was ordered to go to Cao Ying, naturally had his own opinions. In Tian Chou's view, the Yuan family in Hebei is not Cao Cao's opponent, and as soon as Yuan Shao dies, the third son of the Yuan family will be destroyed by Cao Cao sooner or later. So for the sake of his own future, Tian Chou threw a wink to Cao Cao who was far away in the Central Plains early. This time, Tian Feng asked him to go to Cao Ying, which was in the hands of Tian Chou, but he did not go to strike for the sake of the two families, but to persuade Cao Cao to do it.

When Cao Cao learned that Tian Chou had come to ask for a meeting, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and smiled at Cheng Yu beside him: "Okay, as soon as Tian Zitai comes, half of the Hebei Yuan clan will be defeated." ”

"Lord, Tian Zitai forgets his righteousness when he sees profit, he is really a villain, and he can't be reused." Cheng Yu shook his head and persuaded.

"Zhongde rest assured, a certain self-aware of the severity. Stand down, lest thou be indignant in a moment, and ruin some great thing. Cao Cao commanded with a smile.

"Yes, the subordinates retired." Cheng Yu also knows that his character is not to rub sand in his eyes, and he still needs to use the villain Tian Chou at the moment, so it is better not to see each other.

After leaving Cao Cao's tent, Cheng Yu called someone and asked, "Where is Guo Saijiu?" "I didn't see Guo Jia when Cao Cao was promoted, so Cheng Yu asked this question. The eyes of the person who didn't want to be asked flashed, and he replied to Zhiwu, Cheng Yu, who knew Guo Jia's temperament well, immediately guessed the probability, his face couldn't help but sink, and he snorted and walked towards Guo Jia's camp.

Before entering the account, Cheng Yu smelled a faint aroma of wine, the whole army banned alcohol during the war, thinking that Guo Jia knew the law and broke the law, Cheng Yu's face became more and more ugly, and when he opened the tent and went in, he saw Guo Jia lying on his back on his low couch and sleeping.

"Wow~" A basin of cold water splashed Guo Jia's face, Guo Jia opened his eyes in a daze, looked left and right, and said to himself: "It's raining?" When did my tent get a hole? ”

"Humph!" There was a cold snort in his ears, Guo Jia noticed that there was someone next to the couch, and after a closer look, he suddenly woke up halfway. In Cao Ying, Guo Jia's popularity has always been very good, he has a witty temperament, can speak well, and can play together. But Cheng Yu is an exception, just like the brine points tofu, one thing drops one thing, Cheng Yu is Guo Jia's nemesis in Cao Ying, as long as Cheng Yu stares, Guo Jia is honest.

"Cheng Gong, why do you have time to come here? It's a pity that alcohol is forbidden in the army at the moment, otherwise you have to get drunk with Cheng Gong. Guo Jia said to Cheng Yu with a hippie smile.