Cao Shuo only stayed in Yecheng for one night, and the next morning he said goodbye to Cao Cao and left with Chen Zhi and others.

Out of Yecheng, Chen Zhi said to Cao Shuo: "This time Cao Gong asked Gongzi to come back, I really don't know what he wants to do." ”

"Do what?" Cao Shuo said: "Except for arranging for us to fight Qingzhou, and asking Zihuan to apologize to me, there is nothing else." ”

"These two things don't seem to need to be specially rushed by Childe." Chen Zhi said: "I think what Gongzi said before is right, Cao Gong is using us as bait. ”

"That's what I thought before I went to town." Cao Shuo said: "But after entering Yecheng, I found that things are not so simple. My father didn't just use me as bait, but it depended on my attitude. ”

"Attitude?" Chen Zhi asked, "What attitude can Childe have?" ”

"The attitude towards the father, and the attitude towards the brothers." Cao Shuo said: "If I don't come to Yecheng, I will ignore my father's military order, how can my father have no problem with me?" ”

"Childe." Chen Zhi said: "There is a sentence I really don't know whether to say or not. ”

"Uncle Zhi is not an outsider, there is nothing that cannot be said." Cao Shuo said: "If you have anything to say, you just have to say it." ”

"When I followed Childe, although Childe didn't have many soldiers and horses under his command, I felt pure." Chen Zhi said: "Now that Gongzi has tens of thousands of soldiers, I feel that it is not as pure as before. ”

"Purely just when you're not strong enough." Cao Shuo said with a smile: "Once a person is strong, especially if he is strong too quickly, it will always attract all kinds of criticism. It only took me three or four years to hold two states and two counties in my hands, how many people in the world can do it? If you talk about the elite soldiers and horses, looking at the world, how many heroes can be better at fighting than my soldiers? ”

"Childe means ......," Chen Zhi asked.

"I'm strong too fast, and of course I'll cause some people to be dissatisfied." Cao Shuo smiled: "More importantly, I am the son of the Cao family, and I can have tens of thousands of troops, even my brothers are afraid of me." ”

Chen Zhi sighed and said: "The Yuan family is a brotherly rivalry, so we have today's situation, I didn't expect that the son would actually ......."

"We're not there yet." Cao Shuo interrupted him: "When the day comes, I will also take it seriously, after all, what should be mine is still mine, and whoever wants to rob it can't rob it." ”

"Did Childe ever think that once they fight, it is likely that the brotherhood will become enemies?" Zhao Yun interjected on the side.

"It depends on what my brother plans to do to me." Cao Shuo smiled slightly and said to Zhao Yun: "If they treat me as their eldest brother and just mess with me, I won't treat them like this." But if they want to kill me and then take my territory and destroy my army, then I will ......."

Speaking of which, Cao Shuo didn't continue.

There are some things that should not be said too clearly, and you can't say them too clearly, as long as the meaning is so clear that everyone understands it.

Zhao Yun and Chen Zhi clasped their fists together: "No matter what decision the son makes, I will follow him to the death!" ”

"That's enough for you." Cao Shuo replied, urging the mount to speed up.

failed to intercept Cao Shuo and folded Guo Tu, Yuan Tan walked back and forth in the house like an ant on a hot pot.

"Childe ......" stood in the room, watching him walk around for a long time, Xin commented and said: "It's not a solution to just worry......

"I failed to intercept Cao Shuo, and I killed him, which is already a complete rebellion against the Cao family." Yuan Tan stopped and said with a worried face: "It is said that Sima Yi has sent troops from Xuzhou, and Xu Shu is also leading the army to advance westward, and Qingzhou may not be able to keep it." ”

"As long as Childe can keep Nanpi, we still have hope." Xin Ping said: "Even if he can't hold it, Gongzi can go to Bingzhou and persuade General Gao to raise troops to counterattack the Cao family." ”

"If Gao Gan really had the heart to fight the Cao family, he would have sent troops a long time ago." Yuan Tan said: "An outsider is an outsider, although he is his father's nephew, he has no idea of protecting the Yuan family. ”

As he was talking, the voice of the guard came from outside the door: "Enlightened son, it's not good!" ”

"What's worth panicking about?" The mood was already very messy, and when he heard the guard say that it was not good, Yuan Tan was suddenly a little annoyed, and asked outside the door.

"Cao Cao ordered Cao Pi to lead an army of 30,000 and is heading to Nanpi to kill." The guard replied.

Yuan Tan sat down dejectedly, looked at Xin Ping and said, "Earlier, Cao Cao sent my daughter back, I knew that the big thing was not good, but I didn't expect him to be so impatient......"

"We didn't notice it before, but now that we think about it carefully, Cao Cao and Cao Shuo may have known that Gongzi would rebel." Xin Ping said: "Cao Shuo only brought 500 people from Shouchun to Yecheng, and it was no coincidence that he passed through the territory of his son......"

"You mean everything is the Cao family's bureau?" Yuan Tan asked.

"If you think about it, it is." Xin Ping said: "If not, how can you make sense of everything that happened before? ”

Yuan Tan was stunned.

At this moment, he realized that he had always wanted to pretend to serve the Cao family first, and then stab him in the back when the Cao family was unprepared, so as to achieve the goal of recovering the Yuan family in Hebei.

Looking back now, he realized that these ideas were simply childish and ridiculous......

From the beginning, the Cao family set a set for him to drill.

But he also sharpened his head, lest he be half a step behind and drill in......

"Childe ......" Yuan Tan sat there with a dejected expression, and Xin commented that "now in addition to preparing for war, I'm afraid there is only one way......

"What's the solution?" Looking up at Xin Ping, Yuan Tan asked.

"I'm going to see Cao Pi." Xin Ping said: "I will tell him that Gongzi did not mean to rebel against the Cao family, but Guo Tu used troops without authorization for his own selfish interests and did something to intercept Cao Zirong." ”

"If you say this to Cao Cao, he will definitely not believe it." Yuan Tan said: "Cao Pi is Cao Cao's son, I heard that this person does everything he can, and when he broke through Yecheng, he even killed Mrs. Liu......"

"Mrs. Liu is not the biological mother of her son." Xin Ping said: "Cao Pi has always been ambitious, he has always coveted Cao Zirong's status, if he uses it properly, it is likely that he will be willing to accept Gongzi's surrender." ”

"What do you mean......" Yuan Tan's eyes lit up.

"Promise Cao Pi to assist him in dealing with Cao Zirong." Xin Ping said: "As long as he is willing to agree, the Cao family has the possibility of withdrawing from the army." Cao Pi is young and will not see things so thoroughly, compared to Cao Cao and Cao Shuo, he should be easier to convince. ”

"When Gong Xin went to see him, I always felt uneasy." Yuan Tan said.

"There's no one else who is suitable but me." Xin Ping said: "Please also ask Gongzi for permission!" ”