"I hope Zang Xuangao can return smoothly", watching Zang Ba leave, Cao Cao sighed secretly. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Soon after, I saw a person come to the tent and said to Cao Cao: "Lord, in the past few days, many officials in the capital have all rebuked Liu and Wei Ling Tianzi's behavior in unison, asking him to enter the city quickly to apologize to the Son of Heaven, and then lead the army to leave, no official has different ideas......"

"Wang Situ, I've worked hard for you these past few days." Cao Cao said emotionally to the visitor.

This person's name is Wang Lang, originally fled by sea after Sun Ce conquered Huiji, and later heard that Cao Cao coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, thinking that Cao Cao was the real hero, so he went to Xu Capital to defect to Cao Cao, and then soon fell into Cao Cao's co-optation, actively planned for Cao Cao's great cause, and became the backbone of Cao Cao's ministers, and was actually helped by Cao Cao all the way to the position of Situ, one of the three dukes.

After Liu He's arrival, Cao Cao, in order to control public opinion, ordered Wang Lang to investigate the words and deeds of all officials, and if anyone was found to have made disloyal remarks against Cao Cao, he would be arrested immediately.

It is precisely because of such high pressure that most of the officials in the city of Xu Du followed Cao Cao's words and angrily denounced Liu He's addition of troops to the imperial capital.

Cao Cao still did not have reservations about Wang Lang's absolute descendant, he told Wang Lang about the suggestion of Xi Zhicai and his secret dispatch of Zang Ba to Chengdu to find Zhuge Liang to help investigate the details of the enemy army, and also told the news that he was looking forward to Zang Ba's smooth return.

I saw Wang Lang smile and comforted: "Zang Xuangao is a strong martial artist, flexible and changeable, he is definitely the best candidate to go to Chengdu, Lang believes that he will definitely live up to his mission." Lord, in fact, for the matter of Liu He outside the city, the lower officials have an idea, this Liu He led the army to the city, but why didn't he attack Xu Ducheng? According to Xia Guan, the main reason is that this person cherishes his reputation and does not want to fall into the name of attacking the emperor and Weiling Tianzi, after all, this is also an excuse for him to raise troops against the lord, if he also does this, then he will be nameless, so it is impossible for him to attack us in the short term, in this case, can we persuade him in the name of righteousness to let him temporarily withdraw from the army? ”

"This, Liu He has always been cunning and shrewd, if you want him to withdraw from the army, I'm afraid it's not words that can be moved, right?" Although Wang Lang was very capable of doing specific things, this idea was so naïve that Cao Cao rejected it without any consideration.

However, Wang Lang did not give up, but continued: "Don't be busy refusing first, don't think about it. What is Liu He's excuse for going to Xudu this time? What is the real purpose? It is false to raise the banner of righteousness for the Son of Heaven, to take revenge for the father, and to get benefits is true, since this is the case, then we will do what he likes, first for Liu Yu to rehabilitate, and posthumously awarded the throne, and then in the name of the Son of Heaven awarded him the Duke of Qin, and rewarded a number of property, now Liu Bei and Sun Quan are fighting for Jingzhou, and his Xiangyang and other places are also threatened at the same time, so although Liu He looks very indifferent, but in his heart may not be in a hurry, we now give him a step down, I believe that he will know how to borrow the slope to get off the donkey, and lead the army to retreat, in fact, Lang thinksEven if it really doesn't work, we won't have anything to lose by giving it a try, and if it succeeds, wouldn't it be even more pleasantly surprised? ”

"You really have a point in saying this", Cao Cao was a little moved by Wang Lang's words, and thought silently for a moment before saying: "If Liu He really retreats from the army, even if he is named the Duke of Qin, what is the difficulty?" It's all in my words, as for the reward, it's even more nothing, anyway, there is something in the palace, so that's the case, then bother Wang Situ you to go to Liu He's camp, if this matter can be done, you will be rewarded heavily. ”

Cao Cao stood up at this time and bowed directly to Wang Lang.

Seeing this, Wang Lang hurriedly returned the favor and told Cao Cao not to forget to ask the Son of Heaven for the edict to canonize Liu He as the Duke of Qin.

Early the next morning, Cao Cao ordered Wang Lang to enter, handed over the canonization edict of the Son of Heaven to Wang Lang, and personally sent Wang Lang out of the city.

Wang Lang went out of the city, and came to Liu He's camp with great ambition, claiming to be an envoy sent by the Son of Heaven, and asked to see the general Liu He.

His own sergeant went in to report, and Liu He was immediately surprised when he heard the news: "Now we haven't taken the initiative to launch a war against Xu Ducheng, and Xu Du City should not be short of food, what is the purpose of the Son of Heaven to send people at this time?" Besides, the current Xu Capital City has already been tightly controlled by Cao Cao, how can there be any messenger of the Son of Heaven who comes to see me openly at this time? I think it must be Cao Cao's messenger coming, what did he do when he came to see me? Do you want to make peace with me? Hmph, the country hates family feuds, how can you talk about peace? If it weren't for the lack of troops, I would have entered the city and punished the old thief Ming Zheng, so why would I have been waiting outside the city? ”

However, Liu He still decided to meet him, he wanted to see what kind of conspiracy Cao Cao was playing?

After Wang Lang heard that Liu He had met him, the corners of his mouth immediately appeared full of smiles, he believed that with his eloquence and the benefits promised to Liu He, Liu He would definitely agree to withdraw the army, and when the time came, he would make great contributions in front of the lord, and once he achieved hegemony in the future, he would be a heavy minister from Long.

"Xiaguan Wang Lang has seen the general." Wang Lang saw that Liu He was nine feet tall and the jade tree was in the wind, and at first glance he was an elegant person, and he suddenly felt that he was more sure of today.

"Wang Lang? Are you the original Huiji Taishou, and the current Situ Wang Lang? I don't know what is important for Wang Situ Jianhe? Liu He knew that this person was of inferior character, although his attributes were fully qualified to be canonized, he did not have any intention of soliciting, but looked at the other party calmly and asked.

"It is the lower official, it turns out that the general has heard of the cheap name, this is really the honor of the lower official, do not hide the general, today is not the lower official to see the general, but the lower official was ordered by the Son of Heaven to canonize the general, the Son of Heaven edict said: 'The great general Liu He has been fighting for many years, sweeping away the murderers, and the hard work is high, and he is hereby named the Duke of Qin, and rewarded with thousands of gold and 10,000 horses, and he is hereby awarded 1,000 gold and 10,000 horses, and he is hereby honored.' General, no, Duke Qin, the Son of Heaven remembered that Duke Qin had worked hard for the country, and he specially awarded a knighthood and a bounty, which is really a great grace. ”

Wang Lang handed the edict in his hand to Liu He and said with a smile.

"Thank you for Your Majesty's grace, and I will definitely work harder to please the thieves in the future, calm the world, and restore the Han Dynasty." Liu He respectfully accepted the edict, and then bowed in the direction where the Son of Heaven was.

After thanking him, Liu He said to Wang Lang: "There is a trip to Wang Situ, but he is busy with military affairs, I am afraid that I don't have time to entertain Wang Situ, I'm really sorry." ”

Then Liu He casually took out an eridium from the thousand eridium gold brought by Wang Lang, handed it to Wang Lang and said: "A little courtesy, not a respect, please also ask Wang Situ to accept it with a smile." ”