In response to Liu Bei's letter begging for thieves, Yuan Shao expressed strong support. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info However, after the war, there will be nothing to do with you Liu Bei. As for Yuan Shu, because he was relatively close to Cao De, although Yuan Shu was ready to go to war, Yuan Shu had to wait until Yuan Shao and Cao De started a war before he dared to make some small moves.

At present, among the various princes of the Han Dynasty, the most powerful ones are Cao De and Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and Yuan Shu are on the second line, and Liu Bei, Liu Biao and Sun Ce have to lean back.

Therefore, Yuan Shao and Cao De are basically sure to pinch each other, and Yuan Shu is also perverted, helping his family to bully outsiders. Then, now Cao Cao's attitude is very important.

The combined strength of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu must be stronger than Cao De, which is also beyond doubt. In this battle, except for Cao De himself, no one is optimistic about Cao De at all, because the Yuan family brothers still occupy the righteousness, and there is Liu Bei who supports them.

However, Cao Cao and Cao De are brothers, which is also a well-known thing in the world. If Cao Cao and Cao De are on opposite sides. That Cao De can be said to be nine deaths and one life, just like Dong Zhuo back then; But if Cao Cao and Cao De are on the same front, then the outcome of this war is unknown. Therefore, Cao Cao's choice is very important; Therefore, Cao Cao's choice is related to Cao De's future.

And just after Cao Cao received Liu Bei's thief's article, he smiled and threw Liu Bei's thief's document to the ground. And Xun You, Cheng Yu and others, who rushed to hear the inquiry, happened to see Cao Cao's angry appearance.

Xun You casually picked up the bamboo slips on the ground and respectfully placed them on Cao Cao's table. "Why is the lord worried?"

"Liu Bei is ungrateful. I received him with kindness, and introduced him to the Son of Heaven, and eventually became a state pastor. Now that Liu Bei is slandering Anbang, how can I not be angry! Cao Cao said, and slapped the table in front of him fiercely, "I regret it at the beginning, why didn't I cut this shaft into two with one knife!" ”

"My lord, my subordinates once heard that when Liu Bei took office as the governor of Xuzhou, an elite force of more than 5,000 people suddenly appeared." Cheng Yu took a step forward and continued: "However, when Liu Bei participated in the fifteenth road princes' crusade against Dong Zhuo, he didn't bring a single soldier! ”

Cao Cao thought for a moment, "What does Zhongde mean?" ”

"Please think about it, Liu Bei participated in the Battle of Julu at the beginning."

"Oh," Cao Cao tapped his head, "yes!" ”

"Then why did Liu Bei refuse to bring a single soldier when he met the alliance, but only brought two righteous brothers and followed Cao Gong around." Cheng Yu continued to guide Cao Cao.

Cao Cao is a smart person, and Jing Cheng Yu's point suddenly understood. "Zhongde is saying that Liu Bei did it on purpose?" Cao Cao nodded at Liu Bei's essay on the thief and said.

"I don't know if the lord has read this thief document carefully." It was Xi Zhicai who spoke.

"Oh, is there a mystery here?" Cao Cao was surprised to open Liu Bei's thief essay again.

This time, Cao Cao finally found the problem. Here, Liu Bei listed Cao De's 28 sins. And among these twenty-eight deadly sins, many of them are impossible for outsiders to know if they don't get along with Cao De in depth. And that's exactly the problem.

"What do you mean is that Liu Bei has been living in Yizhou for the past few years to investigate Anbang?" Cao Cao asked tentatively.

Not to mention whether these twenty-eight sins are true or false, his subordinates guessed whether Cao Gong offended Liu Bei in something. And let Liu Bei be so open and secret. However, according to what is said in the text, Cao Gong's strength is far superior to Yuan Shao's. Xi Zhicai said

"However, now is not to discuss whether Duke Cao offended Liu Bei, but to discuss how the lord should choose." Cheng Yu interrupted Xi Zhicai's words.

After Xi Zhicai was interrupted by Cheng Yu, he was not angry, but continued: "According to what is said in the text, Cao Gongzhi's strength is far better than Yuan Shao's. And even if the Yuan brothers join forces, they are not necessarily Cao Gong's opponents. If Liu Bei is exaggerating, then the outcome of this war will depend on the choice of the lord. ”

"Exactly!" Cheng Yu bowed down and said when Xi Zhicai's voice just fell.

Apparently. Just now, Cheng Yu and Xi Zhicai were singing double reeds.

"However, his subordinates suggested that it would be more appropriate for the lord to put this matter in the court for discussion!" Xun You proposed.

The next day, the proceedings, which were supposed to take only an hour to conclude, were delayed for twice as long. And this time is to discuss Liu Bei's essay on the thief.

Now, the ministers of the court are almost divided into two factions. One faction is Cao Cao's cronies, and the other faction is Liu Xie's die-hard loyalists.

Previously, there was no information about how Cao Cao planned to do this document, so Cao Cao's diehards began to speculate. However, they don't have to spend too much brains at all. Is it necessary to think deeply about this, Cao De and Cao Cao are brothers, Cao Cao doesn't help Cao De, can he help Yuan Shi's brothers bully their own brothers.

Therefore, the opinion of the pro-Cao faction is that Cao De was wronged and Liu Bei was an ungrateful villain. Their reason is simple, Cao De has no bad record from beginning to end. People are good people who love their families, the party, and the country!

And the die-hard faction believes that Liu Bei is a relative of the emperor, and when he is the emperor's uncle today, he is the new Xuzhou pastor, how can he deceive the world and slander Cao De. And their reason is very simple, they don't know their hearts. People's hearts are separated from their stomachs, who knows if Cao De is a guy who is the same on the outside.

And there is a reason why they dare to support Liu Bei so much. As long as the Yuan Shi brothers killed Cao De, then they could take the opportunity to lure the Yuan Shi brothers into Luoyang and get rid of Cao Cao's control.

In their minds, Yuan Shi, a famous family of the fourth world and three dukes, must be more credible than Cao Cao. They thought that Yuan Shi would not have done such an act as Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao if he received such a heavy imperial favor.

Therefore, they were looking forward to Yuan Shao to rescue them. However, what they didn't know was that Yuan Shao didn't want to pay attention to them at all. Because, when Cao Cao welcomed Liu Xie back to Luoyang, Yuan Shao convened Wenwu to discuss this matter.

The final result they came to was that Liu Xie was a dispensable person. And if you put Liu Xie by your side and listen to Liu Xie, you will have no sovereignty, and if you don't listen to Liu Xie, wouldn't it be disrespectful. Since Cao Cao welcomed the Son of Heaven back to Luoyang, let Cao Cao have a headache himself.

In the court meeting, although the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were divided into two factions and quarreled for an hour, the final right to speak was still in the hands of Cao Cao.

And Cao Cao also had a headache after knocking nuts and drinking wine and listening to them quarrel for nearly an hour.

Alright, don't make any noise. Let your majesty decide this!

Since Cao Cao has spoken, let's listen to what the Son of Heaven says. And Liu Xie saw that Cao Cao gave the ball to him, and after a while, he said: "Cao Aiqing is loyal and good, and this emperor has already made a decision. And Uncle Huang is also dedicated to Han. In my opinion, there is some misunderstanding between them. Can the general be a peacemaker for me, and turn this matter into a small one. ”

Cao Cao smiled when he heard Liu Xie's suggestion. You kid really can't be offended on either side. However, Cao Cao still saluted and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has issued a military order to transfer 30,000 troops to be stationed in front of Hangu Pass, and another 20,000 troops to defend the Beijing Division!" ”

Look at what Cao Cao means, this is to stand on Yuan Shao's side!