Cao State is the Bo Kingdom of Cao Shuzhen, and the territory is not large, and it has always been cramped between Jipu. More than 100 years ago, because of Cao Gonggong's voyeuristic hobby, Chong'er was angered, and after the Battle of Chengpu, the Jin State was liquidated, and as a punishment, Cao was deprived of a large amount of territory. In recent decades, it has been repeatedly invaded by the Song State, and even the monarch Cao Miangong was imprisoned and died by Song Jinggong, which can be described as a great shame for the Cao State and the hatred of the Ninth Dynasty.

On the other hand, under this external pressure, Cao Guo led to the domestic aristocracy is not strong, but gave Cao Bo the opportunity to oversee the imperial situation, and in recent years, Cao Guo has taken the commercial route and developed Taoqiu into a commercial center in the Central Plains, which can be called rich and well-off. Now that the treasury is full, Cao Boyang's prestige has become higher and higher, but as long as he has a decision, whether it is to open an extravagant business, or to join the Zhao alliance to oppose the Qi state, as long as it is a matter approved by the monarch, the nobles in the country who are crumbling under the erosion of the status of merchants and goods can only bow down and obey.

Cao Guo's monarchy is so prosperous, Cao Bo can even remove the secretary at will and promote others to be the ruler! This was unimaginable in the past by the Lu, Song, and Jin dynasties of Shiqing.

Just three years ago, after the Song Rebellion, Cao Bo, who loved field hunting, met a cruising shooter named Gongsun Jiang during a chance hunt.

The so-called Yi is to shoot birds with arrows with ropes, Gongsun Jiang is very good at this, he was offered by the white goose, so that Cao Bo was overjoyed. In addition, this person was originally a literate scholar and regarded himself as a sage in the countryside, so he could speak well, so he was favored by Cao Boyang. was first promoted to Lin Zeyu, and then to the priest of the hunting team, and made a small contribution to Zhao Wuxian's war with Cao and Song to attack the defense of Punan two years ago. The position was like flying, and he jumped to the post of Xiao Sicheng and began to participate in political affairs.

Gongsun Jiang built a lot of construction for Cao Bo. On the outskirts of Taoqiu, five new towns were built, named Huangqiu, Yiqiu, Dacheng, Zhong, and Wei. And moved people from all walks of life out, and these five acropolises solved the problem of many people in the city that had plagued Taoqiu for a long time. As a result, he was promoted again. squeezed out the dying old Cao Guo and became the great secretary.

This is the road to promotion of Gongsun Jiang, climbing from a mere shooter to the ruling of Cao State, which is dazzling. The reason for this is that Cao Boyang and him have the same smell, a pair of monarchs and ministers hunt together in their spare time, and when they return to the palace, they talk about Cao Bo's favorite things about Qi Huan and Jin Wen......

Although this Gongsun Jiang's background is not high, his ambitions are quite unique, and he takes Guan Zhong, the chief minister of Duke Huan of Qi, the godminister Hu Yan of Duke Wen of Jin, and Wu Shen, the strategist of King Chu Zhuang as his life goals. After successfully mixing with the Cao State to govern, the fox's tail was revealed.

Just when Song Jun asked for a loan, and although Cao Bo agreed, he was worried about it, Gongsun Jiang saw the opportunity and entered the palace to meet Cao Bo, and Chen said that his "hegemonic plan"!

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"The king once praised his servants for being good at shooting, but the people who shot by the servants were nothing more than geese and sparrows. This is just a small path of shooting, and in retrospect, it is not worth saying to Jun Shangchen at all. Now Cao Guoguo is rich and strong, and he has three years of millet in Cangyu. The arsenal has three genera of armor, and the blades are sharp and indestructible. With the current Cao State. With the wisdom of the king, it is not just these small prey that will be shot. ”

Cao Bo already trusted Gongsun Jiang very much. He was a little confused, but also a little excited. "What should the widow shoot?"

"And listen to the statement of the servants to the king, in the past, the three kings shot the title of the world, and the five uncles shot the warlike country. Nowadays, looking at the princes of Kyushu, Jin, Qin, Qi, Wu, and Chu are like huge and flying birds; Lu, Song, Wei, and Zheng are small but not weak geese; Di, Xiaoyi, Ju, Teng, Xue, Manshi, Tan, and Pi are just birds. Compared with ordinary field hunting, this kind of fun is by no means an overnight joy, and the catch is by no means a wild duck and a wild goose, is it more worthy of hunting? "Hunter?" Cao Bo was stunned for a moment, this statement seemed familiar, it was five years ago, the Zhao family and the Marquis of Qi were about to have a decisive battle with Xilu in Pushang, and Duanmu Ci used this to tempt him to join.

The killing of hunting will seduce the ambition in the heart, not to mention the stimulation of Zhao Wuxian in the north who continues to expand his territory, isn't fighting just like hunting?

That adventure allowed Cao Bo to get the ancestral land west of Lishan and Razor, and it also won him great prestige, and at the same time, it also nurtured something called ambition in his heart.

In the following years, the development of Cao was extremely smooth, and he was involved in the Song Rebellion, regained several border towns occupied by the Song State, cooperated with the Zhao clan to attack the Wei Kingdom, and obtained the Punan Provinces. The country of Cao became strong and wealthy, and Cao Bo's was expanding day by day, and the greed and wild dance in his temperament were better day by day.

He has begun to check the map frequently these days, although the territory has increased by more than half, but among the scattered princes of the Central Plains, the Cao State still seems so small, only similar to Di and Ju, if only it could be expanded a little more.

Therefore, Cao Bo has been concerned about the war in Taihang, planning what to do to make Cao Guo stronger. The best direction of expansion was naturally to defend the country, but the Zhao army was menacing, and quickly cooperated with the Song army commanded by Chen Dingguo to capture the area except Diqiu. Among them, the Song people coincidentally occupied the cities separated by a river in Cao State, but the Cao army did not take any advantage, which was enough to make Cao Boyang indignant and unable to sleep and eat.

It is natural for Zhao Wuxian to favor the Song people in the division of interests, and the Song State has been sending people to support the Zhao family during the war, but the Cao State only provided some material help on the grounds that the Cao army suffered too heavy losses in the Song Rebellion.

Things in the world are not uneven, Cao Boyang will not understand Zhao Wuxian's difficulties, he already has the mind to abandon the Zhao family to work alone, and Gongsun Jiang, who has the same smell as him, is keenly aware of this, which is why he has today's advice.

After listening to Gongsun Jiang's words, Cao Bo asked him to take a few steps forward and sit down, shielding the left and right sides and asking, "Why don't you want to participate in the game of hunting the country, but how to shoot?" "Why don't you take the virtuous ministers as the bow and the warriors as the pay, and shoot them with a bow at the right time?" "I hope Sicheng will teach me!"

Gongsun Jiang's eyes were blazing: "If the king wants to ask for Bo Yu Sishang, he has to shoot down the Zhao family first!" ”

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Uncle Cao was shocked when he heard this: "What do you mean by this?" "The princes of the world, the one with the most momentum now is none other than the Zhao family, and the Zhao family is a big bird. The west side is backed by Taihang, and the east side faces the sea. Its right arm guards Taihang, and its left arm resists Qi State. He also hung his head in the hinterland of the Central Plains and attacked the country. The position of the Zhao clan occupies the entire Central Plains, spreads its wings and soars, two thousand miles from east to west, in a vain attempt to annex the world, and is the biggest hunter and the biggest prey. If the Zhao clan is successful, the monarch will not think about shooting and hunting on his own, except for picking up some scraps under Zhao Wuxian's beak and burning it coldly. Maybe, it will be given to Song Guo as a gift by the Zhao family. "This, I am very friendly with General Zhao, I shouldn't be like this......"

Gongsun Jiang disagreed, "Dare to ask your lord, for the Zhao family, who is Song Cao?" ”

Cao Boyang was speechless for a moment, needless to say, Cao Guo and the Zhao family are just entangled interests. But the Zhao family and the Song State are like a relationship between life and death, and there is also a marriage.

Cao and Song were mortal enemies, and it was only with Zhao Wuxian's force and Zigong's clever tongue that they could make do with each other. In the alliance of the Zhao clan and Cao and Song. Cao Boyang keenly found that his status was far inferior to that of the Song Kingdom, and this fashion was good. But if Cao Song conflicts again in the future, which side will the Zhao family stand on?

Gongsun Jiang made persistent efforts: "Ask your lord again." In the battle of Meng Zhu a few years ago, did General Zhao not hesitate to let the Cao people fill the ravine? “

It's good not to say this. As soon as he said this, Cao Bo became angry, and he even began to be dissatisfied with the partition of the Punan region by Cao Song presided over by Zhao Wuxian. His uncle Cao Mourning Gong's humiliation of seeing Song Jinggong being imprisoned and dying was also remembered by him again after the Song army entered to harass Cao Ren. "So if you want to make a difference, you must stand up before it's too late, open a big net with Qi Hou, and shoot Zhao together. Now is the time when the Zhao clan is in crisis, and the minister heard that the Han clan in the west has been defeated and has lost Pingyang City; To the north, the Chen clan invaded Handan; To the east, the Zhao soldiers were blocked by the defense of the country, and Xilu was also attacked by the Qi people, I am afraid that they will not be able to hold it, which is a good time for the king to join the hunt. “

Cao Boyang was already almost convinced, and narrowed his eyes: "Unite with Qi Hou?" But the widow has not had contact with the Qi State for several years. “

Gongsun Jiang said: "Bao Mu of Qi sent an envoy to contact the king, and it was in the servant's mansion. "The envoy of the Zhao family lured Zheng Guo to the Barbarian clan, the envoy of the Qi State is not a fool, Bao Mu sent people to run among the princes of Sishang, the unlucky monarch of the Xue State was reported by the Teng State for wanting to betray Zhao, and it had a relationship with the State of Qi, and Gongsun Jiang in addition to the life ideal of "assisting the overlord" in his heart, he also accepted the talent of the State of Qi to lead the Cao State to rebel against Zhao.

Cao Boyang still had a hint of hesitation, "Let's let the widow think again." "Your Majesty, let's make a decision quickly, the Song army is about to cross the border again." In the past, the king let a division of the Song people go to the Lu country, which disturbed the restlessness of the country, and now the 10,000 Song troops have passed through Taoqiu, in case they have evil intentions and covet the wealth of the city and the children...... "Gongsun Jiang began to be alarmist, talking about what Cao Bo was most worried about. "Then do you want to temporarily refuse entry to the other generation?" "No, now that the king has let him go, Taoqiu is in danger, and if he doesn't let him go, he will sin the Zhao family and the Song Kingdom. After the war, if the Zhao clan wins, he will definitely cut Cao Qiang Song. On the contrary, if the Son of Heaven and Jin Qi win, it will be like the liquidation of Cao State after the Battle of Chengpu, and let the monarch spit out all the territory swallowed, so the monarch, you can't hesitate any longer! “

Cao Boyang was originally a person who was easy to get emotionally up and easily believed words, and he suddenly recalled that before the Battle of the Snow Field, he and the Zhao father and son stood on the hill on the bank of Pushui.

At that time, after they had made a bloody alliance, Zhao Ying and Zhao Wuxian pointed to the starry sky and talked interesting stories about the Jin Kingdom. Cao Boyang was also looking at the sky, he glanced at the first stars, and suddenly felt an inexplicable tremor in his heart, he looked at the Zhao father and son in the high place again, and felt that they had a feeling of being invincible to the world!

He envied and longed to emulate him.

"If his father and son can do it, why can't the widow do it...... As Si Cheng said, now is the perfect time! Cao Boyang took the case and made a decision.

So, Gongsun Jiang, who has low eyes and low hands, and is full of ambition to be a master, and Cao Boyang, who thought that Cao Guoguo was rich and strong, and swelled to the extreme, drew up a bold, crazy, and incomprehensible plan for normal people......

Gongsun Jiang triumphantly concluded: "It is better for the monarch to shoot north of Shangqiu of the Song State with a bow, which can not only shoot and wound his right arm and avenge the revenge of Song Cao for a hundred years, but also cut off the road of Taoqiu, so that it cannot support the Zhao clan, then the Zhao clan will be defeated in the face of the attack of the Qi army and the Zheng people, and then the Cao State can take all of Punan, Jixi, and even further obtain Xilu." When the time comes, the king will become the savior and hero of the Marquis of Jin, the Marquis of Qi and the Son of Heaven, and he will definitely be able to gain great prestige. There is no uncle in the world, and the king may be able to dominate the river! ”

The next day, Cao Boyang, who had been confused by the "hegemony", issued an order to prepare for war urgently, kill the envoys of the Song State at the same time, and intercept the Song army in Guanyi......

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"That's how it happened?"

At the Diqiu office, long before Le Wei, Zhao Wuxian had already learned the news from the secret agent of the merchant who hurriedly came to report the news, and the Zhao army, which was already about to march eastward, was also delayed because of the incident in Cao State.

This matter is considered an emergency, there was no sign before, although there was a contradiction between Song Cao, it was far from the point of using a knife. This Cao Boyang is a normal person on weekdays, why is it as if he was caught in the head by the door this time.

What Zhao Wuxian didn't know was that in history, the "Historical Records. Guan Cai Shijia", recorded the absurd "hegemony" of Cao Boyang and Gongsun Jiang, and the Jin Dynasty attacked the Song Dynasty, which also led to Cao being destroyed by the Song Dynasty.

Zhao Wuxian naturally didn't remember the remote record, he was speechless now, and he couldn't find a way to express it, so he could only shake his head and say: "Ridiculous, this Cao Boyang and Gongsun Jiang are really a pair of ridiculous monarchs and ministers, the little Cao Guo, I also want to come to join in the fun, I really want to be Qi Huan, Guan Zhong wants to go crazy." ”

Yang Hu was ashamed and angry, the army was ready to pull out, but it was delayed by the incident in Cao Guo, which really made him angry, there was nothing about the accident, but this accident was too much to cry and laugh.

"What a grasshopper shaking the tree! The minister is willing to send a division of troops to the south to attack Cao, and cooperate with the Song army, so that the Cao State can be broken overnight. ”

Zhao Wuxian nodded: "In this case, then Mr. Ren will be the striker, and first pull out Cao Guotaoyi, which can be not only a springboard for Nandu, but also the only way for my army to enter Xilu in the east." ”

If the Song army was delayed in Cao State and could not advance north, with Zhao Wuxian's more than 10,000 troops, he rashly marched east to Xilu to fight a decisive battle with the Qi army, although he had the belief that he would win, but after all, it was not very safe.

"It has to be done quickly, and I hope to get rid of it by mid-May."

It would be good if there was a bold messenger willing to go to Taoqiu to find out, Cao Bo might just be hot-headed for a while, and it wasn't that he couldn't persuade him to come back.

Zhao Wuxian walked out of the tent, looked back at the south, and muttered to himself: "According to the itinerary, Zigong and his party should also go to Cao State......

PS: Five uncles, Kunwu is Xia Bo, Da Peng and Feng Wei are Yin Bo, Qi Huan and Jin Wen are Zhou Bo, and they are five uncles. There's something going on.,It's a chapter today.,Update tomorrow afternoon.。 (To be continued.) )