Chapter 456: It's just about making a good show
At this time, Liu He was drinking and celebrating with all the soldiers in the camp, and suddenly saw the soldiers left behind in the north camp coming, and said loudly: "Lord, lord, something is wrong, the villain saw it outside the camp, Cao Cao led tens of thousands of soldiers, held the Son of Heaven and hundreds of officials hostage and left the camp and fled. β
"What?" After hearing the news, all the civil and military soldiers were stunned, and some people shouted loudly: "Cao Cao's traitor rebelled against heaven and earth, and even hijacked the Son of Heaven again, and begged the lord to send troops to chase and kill, don't let go of the traitor." β
Liu He nodded when he heard this, and then ordered to personally lead Zhao Yun, Zhang Xiu, Zhang Ren and other generals and 30,000 horses to chase and kill Cao Cao.
At this time, Wang Cang said: "Lord, although Cao Cao brought a lot of people, but most of them are hundreds of officials and family members, they will definitely not go fast, and the army will inevitably disperse in order to protect these people, and the lord does not have to chase it in person, just order these generals to chase it." β
However, Liu He said with a straight face: "If the Son is kidnapped and left today, how can I, as a courtier, not personally welcome back the Son of Heaven?" β
Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Xun You and others did not speak, as the people with the highest intelligence, they naturally knew that Liu He was doing this to make a good play and show his loyal image, but none of them said it, because they were all loyal to Liu He, and at the same time, they also longed to become the minister of Conglong one day in the future.
Soon after, after the army was assembled, Liu He led the army to chase Cao Cao, and ordered LΓΌ Meng to be the main general and lead the rest of the people into the city of Xu.
However, it was said that Liu He led the crowd to chase all the way, and within an hour he caught up with Cao Cao's big team, he led the crowd to stop the team, and then shouted that Cao Cao would let go of the Son of Heaven and be captured.
Cao Cao was immediately annoyed after hearing the news, scolded Liu He for not being trustworthy, and at the same time ordered all the generals to fight with Liu He to the end and swear to protect him to the death.
At this time, he saw Sima Yi come to his side, pulled his sleeve, and whispered beside him: "Don't worry, the lord, this is not that Liu He is not trustworthy, but deliberately shows his loyalty to the Han family, so we just need to let the Son of Heaven go to the front of the two armies, and clearly tell Liu He that the relocation is the original intention of the Son of Heaven, not persecution, in that case, Liu He will directly withdraw from the army." β
"Is that really the case? If one day repents and issues an edict against me in front of the battle, won't we all have to finish the game? Cao Cao looked worried and said to Sima Yi.
Sima Yi sighed secretly in his heart when he heard this, it seems that after this battle, even if Cao Cao barely saved his life, he would no longer be the wise and martial arts of the past, and he was not even sure of this little thing.
So Sima Yi said softly: "Lord, the current wife and children of the Son of Heaven are all under your control, as an emperor, even if he is ruthless, can he not want the queen, don't you even want a son?" You can rest assured, the Son of Heaven will honestly do what you ask. β
Although Cao Cao was suspicious, he could only do what Sima Yi asked at this time, and ordered Hua Xin to threaten the Son of Heaven and ask him to persuade Liu He to go back.
At this time, the Han Emperor Liu Xie saw that Liu He was chasing after him, and he was expected to restore the country, but he really couldn't bear to kill his wife and children because of his own reasons, so he forcibly resisted the urge to kill Cao Cao, rode a free horse and came to the front of the two armies, and asked calmly: "Which one is Liu Heqing's family?" β
"Weichen Liu He sees Your Majesty, may Your Majesty be prosperous for a thousand years and the dragon will be healthy." As soon as Liu He saw Liu Xie riding a free horse with an umbrella cover on his head, he knew that the other party must be the emperor, because at this time, Cao Cao would never dare to trespass the etiquette system, which was undoubtedly the way to teach the truth and take death.
"Aiqing is exempt, hehe, if it is calculated according to blood, Aiqing is still my imperial brother, you and I are my own family, there is no need to be formal", Emperor Xian smiled, and then said: "What's more, Aiqing rescued me from the clutches of Li Dao Guo Yan in Chang'an, so that I fulfilled my wish to return to the old capital of Luoyang, and it was too late for me to thank Aiqing." There is just one thing to ask Aiqing, I don't know why Aiqing led the army to besiege Xudu first, and then followed, why? β
"Back to Your Majesty, the reason why Weichen led the troops to Xudu, is because of the killing of his father Liu Yu and father-in-law Ma Teng and others, Weichen privately speculated, the minister's father and father-in-law have always been loyal to their duty, and will never betray the Son of Heaven, I don't know why they died tragically, so Weichen was courageous, came to Xudu to consult His Majesty, and thought that he had made a small contribution, and wanted to ask for the title of the general, so he brought them to Xudu, and asked His Majesty to watch the army and talk about martial arts, so that they could listen to the holy teachings, how could Cao Cheng have a lot of doubts about Weichen, and led his troops to attack several times, Weichen had no choice but to defend himself, But I don't know why Prime Minister Cao Cheng hijacked His Majesty to leave Xudu, Weichen was worried, so he led his troops to chase after him, and wanted to ask Prime Minister Cao Cheng to explain. β
"There is no need for Prime Minister Cao Cheng to come forward in this matter, I will explain it to you", although now he can't help but say that he doesn't want to go to Xuzhou, but just hopes that he can return to Luoyang, but thinking that the lives of his wife and children are in the hands of Cao Cao, Liu Xie had to compromise and prevent disasters for Cao Cao, and said sadly: "The matter between Ling Zun and Ling Yue is a pure misunderstanding, Dong Cheng rebelled at the beginning, but under the banner of me, Ling Zun Liu Yu Huang Uncle and Ling Yue Ma Weiwei were deceived by the traitor because of their loyalty to me, causing this unjust case, and later I found that the two of them were wronged, immediately ordered someone to find Prime Minister Cao Cheng and clarify for the two of them, but unfortunately, Ma Aiqing has been killed, and Uncle Tianxing is not dead, but the edict has been issued, and there is no evidence, how can there be any reason to regret it? In order not to cause confusion, Cao Cheng had an idea, and pretended to be the emperor's uncle to serve his sentence with a similar death row prisoner, and then returned the emperor's uncle to his innocence in the future, but the main witnesses were all dead, and it was not easy to collect evidence. β
Speaking of this, Liu Xie looked at Liu He with complicated eyes, and continued: "As for the relocation of the capital, I was not hijacked by Prime Minister Cao Cheng, but because I missed the land of Gaozu Longxing, so I wanted to lead the civil and military officials to worship, and then establish a palace there, live for a few years, and then lead the people back, as for safety, the imperial brother does not have to worry, because I have Prime Minister Cao Cheng here to lead troops to protect, there will be no problems, after I leave, Xu Du will be handed over to the imperial brother to take care of it temporarily, and I hope that the imperial brother will not live up to my expectations and take good care of it, Maybe one day on a whim, I will move back to Luoyang or Chang'an. β
"Even so, Wechen is relieved, if Your Majesty wants to move the capital to Luoyang or press the old capital for a long time, Wechen should be overjoyed, please rest assured, Wechen will definitely take care of the two palaces, and wait for Your Majesty at any time, Wechen will send Your Majesty."
Liu He's face was respectful and loyal to Liu Xie, no one could see that Liu Xie was actually a product that Liu He did not intend to receive, and all the officials of the Manchu Dynasty were amazed by Liu He's loyalty.
Then Liu Xie ordered Liu Yu to be released, and then drove straight to Xuzhou.