Just when Tian Jing was worried about the grain and grass, Liu Bei was setting off a fierce anti-Cao movement in Xuzhou. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Now that Liu Bei has recaptured Xiapi City, the assassin Shi Chexuan was slashed by Guan Yu in front of the battle, and most of the soldiers and horses in the city have surrendered to Liu Bei. The next step to consider is how to calm the people, and what is even more rare is how to resist Cao Cao's counterattack, to be honest, Liu Bei does not have much information about this.

On the same day, after Liu Bei and Chen Gong separated from Pingyu, they led their troops to chase after Yuan Shu and forced Yuan Shu to Xuzhou. Later, the soldiers under Yuan Shu scattered, and Yuan Shu did not dare to capture Pi again, so he withdrew to Guangling, wanting to attach to Chen Lan and Lei Bo. Liu Bei sent Zhu Ling to continue to lead the troops to pursue Yuan Shu, and he took Lu Zhao to Xiapi to meet the assassin Shi Chexuan.

On the way, Liu Bei asked people to tie up Lu Zhao, and said that he had won the secret edict of the emperor, and wanted to crusade against Cao Cao, and asked Lu Zhao whether he was willing to surrender or die. Lu Zhao timidly voted for Liu Bei, and Liu Bei took the opportunity to let Guan Yu and Chen Zhi take control of the army.

When he arrived at Xiapi, Liu Bei went to see Che Zhou. Lu Zhao saw that the territory of Cao Jun in Xuzhou had a rebellion, so he prepared a private meeting with Che Zhou and asked him to kill Liu Bei. Liu Bei will plan and let Guan Yu trouble in the dark, and when Che Zhou came to attack, he slashed Che Zhou with one sword. Liu Bei was supported by the soldiers and the people in Xuzhou before, so as soon as the chariot died, the city was taken peacefully, and the civil and military officials and the soldiers and the people all went far to serve Liu Bei.

Liu Bei now occupies the city of Xiapi, which makes people strengthen their defense. Let Guan Yu go north to attack Xiaopei, and Chen Zhi led his troops south to behead the southern counties of Xiapi County. At the same time, he wrote to Guangling Chen Deng, hoping that he could help him. He also ordered Zhao Yun to lead Chen Lan and Lei Bo's soldiers and horses to move closer to Runan.

After this series of things were done, Liu Bei was ready to rest, and when he thought about it, he called Sun Qian and Jian Yong again. Liu Bei asked Jian Yong to go north to Jixian County and persuaded Yuan Shao to send troops to attack Cao Cao; He also asked Sun Qian to go south to Jianye with heavy gifts to form an alliance with Sun Ce. Liu Bei arranged everything, and then he really relaxed. The heart said, I was able to get rid of Xu Du this time, get out of the cage, and get Xuzhou again, God really helped me. This time, we must occupy a good foothold in Xuzhou and play a piece of the world.

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Cao Cao of Xu Du is in a good mood these days, because after many discussions, it is a foregone conclusion that he will become the prime minister of the Han Dynasty. Today, the emperor will announce this. At that time, he will be a powerful minister under one person and above tens of thousands of people, and he is also the person with the greatest power in the Han Dynasty.

Although now he still has many enemies, such as Yuan Shao in Hebei; Liu Biao of Jingzhou and so on. But Cao Cao knew that he would definitely dominate the world, it was not just that he had confidence, but that he had enough strength.

Dedicated to the emperor's dynasty, Cao Cao came to the palace, the instrument was lofty, and he glanced around with his eyes, which seemed to have some meaning of contempt.

Although Emperor Xian is reluctant to go to court today, there is no way. had to be invited by hundreds of officials to crown Cao Cao as the prime minister of the Han Dynasty. After Cao Cao received the order, he bowed and saluted, and said a bunch of words that he would do his best to assist the emperor. When I returned to the class, although I didn't have any expression on my face, I was very happy in my heart.

The matter of sealing Cao Cao as prime minister was over, but there was nothing important to discuss, and Emperor Xian did not want to stay for a long time and announced his retreat from the dynasty. When Cao Cao went out, hundreds of officials saluted together before the festival, congratulated in unison, and shook the roof tiles. Cao Cao laughed when he saw this, but the voice was very harsh in Emperor Xian's ears.

Cao Cao had just walked out of the palace, and before he could control his joy, a cronie soldier ran over and said, "Lord, something is wrong. Liu Bei killed Xuzhou Assassin Shi Chexuan, the general Lu Zhao, and led Xuzhou Mu himself. also played the banner of crusading against the lord. ”

Cao Cao was shocked when he heard this, and he couldn't say a word for a long time. After a while, he said, "Go back to the house quickly, quickly, let Xun Yu, Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, Xun You and others come to see me." ”

In Cao Cao's mansion, all the strategists gathered together but were silent. Just because on the way here, there was worse news. It was after the little overlord Sun Ce took over the official position of the imperial court, not only did he not thank him. On the contrary, he honestly and unceremoniously announced in the name of rebellious generals that he would exterminate Yuan Shuyu's party. In this way, Zhou Yu, who was originally in Guangling, sent troops north to Huaiyin to threaten Cao Hong's soldiers and horses. Sun Ce, on the other hand, increased the garrison in the south of Jiujiang to 50,000 and announced that he would march to Lujiang to defeat Liu Xun. Cao Ren, the Pingnan general who guarded Jiujiang and Lujiang, was not taken into account at all. In this way, the form took a sharp turn for the worse, and the original good situation of the Central Plains was cleared suddenly became an enemy on both sides of Xuzhou and Yangzhou, how could Cao Cao not be surprised. At this time, if Yuan Shao wanted to move south, he would be in danger.

And it was Cao Cao himself who caused all this. Letting Liu Bei leave Xu Du was a tiger returning to the mountain, and giving an edict to reward Sun Ce was to put a stone on his own feet. Cao Cao suddenly wondered if he was wrong to be in a hurry to be the prime minister this time, and he really had some opposition from the world.

When Cao Cao saw that all the strategists had arrived, he asked, "Now that the situation is clear to everyone, what are the best strategies for solving the current predicament?" ”

Cheng Yu said first, "I said that Liu Bei is quite ambitious, and he can't be made to leave Xudu, and today I really said it." When he spoke, he had already seen the displeasure on Cao Cao's face, but he still insisted, "In my opinion, Liu Bei has a new Xuzhou and an unstable foundation; deceived and killed the car, Lu Zhao, and the people were not convinced; Langya has Zang Ba, Guangling has Cao Hong, it can be said that Liu Bei is surrounded by us. Cheng Ying took advantage of this opportunity, and the handsome army begged for it with the momentum of Mount Tai's crushing eggs, and Liu Bei was defeated. ”

Xun Yu said, "I agree with Cheng Yu's opinion, there is only one problem, that is, Liu Bei is the closest enemy to us, but Yuan Shao Jizhou is not far from Xu Du. If Yuan Shao sends a large army south to attack Xudu when our army attacks Xuzhou, our army will be in danger. ”

Cao Cao nodded slightly when he heard Xun You's words. That's what he's worried about.

Guo Jia said, "I think Yuan Shao will hesitate every time he faces a major event, and his three sons under the city are vying for the throne, and the ministers are not in harmony, so in my opinion, they will definitely not be able to make up their minds to attack Xu Du." By the time Yuan Shaozhen was ready to send troops south, we had already captured Xuzhou for a long time. ”

Xun Yu nodded after hearing this, "What Feng Xiao said is very true. ”

Cao Cao thought about it and felt that there was some truth, so he said: "Everyone thinks that we should concentrate on crusading against Liu Bei first, right?" You must know that Cao Ren and Cao Hong's soldiers and horses were restrained by Gongsun Ce, is it necessary to solve the problem of Gongsun Ce first, and then return to the division to eliminate Liu Bei. ”

Xun Yu said: "Most of our soldiers in the north are not used to water warfare. At this time, we will not only get no benefits from fighting with Sun Ce, but we may also be stalemate. Sun Ce is far away in Yangzhou, after all, it is a problem of moss, and the lord can order Cao Ren to retire to Shouchun County, and then let Cao Hong withdraw from Guangling to attack Liu Bei with all his might, Liu Bei is the problem of elbows. As long as Liu Bei is eliminated, it will be easy to attack Yangzhou in the future. ”

Guo Jiadao, "Wen Ruo said that Liu Bei is a problem of elbows and armpits, and we admit it. But what really worries people is not the elbow and armpit, but the pain of the heart. Now that the lord has become the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, Yang Biao's party in the DPRK and the central government has now become Dong Cheng's party, and he always tries his best to bring down Ming Gong. Whether it is coercion and temptation, or giving them official titles, they will not be loyal to Cao Gong. originally thought that if they moved to Yang Biao, they would be somewhat restrained, but now it seems that they are connected more tightly. Once the Ming Duke led the army to the east, it was difficult to guarantee that they would not cause trouble in the court. This point should be thought again. ”

Cheng Yu heard it but said, "Feng Xiao has always been the best at dealing with such things, how to be timid now, we just want them to jump out, and when the time comes, Ming Gong will catch them all." ”

The ministers discussed for a while, and Cao Cao clapped his hands and said, "I have made up my mind." Three days later, 100,000 troops were sent to the east to conquer Liu Bei. Xiahoudun led 30,000 troops for the vanguard and attacked Xiaopei first. I led the Chinese army by myself, with Xun You as the military advisor, Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Cao Chun, Cao Xiu, Liu Dai, and Wang Zhong as the generals, and the soldiers were sent to Pi. Cao Ren was ordered to guard Shouchun, and Yu Ban, Wei Xu, and Song Xian led 15,000 soldiers and horses to attack Xiaqiu, cutting off Liu Bei's way to flee south. Cao Hong abandoned the defense of Guangling and marched into Quyang. Let Yang Feng and Han Xian hold Runan, and don't let Liu Bei enter the Runan territory with one soldier, otherwise Emperor Xian will remove their official positions. "Cao Cao is obviously ruthless, so he will be like this.

Cao Cao paused and said to Cheng Yu and Xun Yu, "The affairs of the court will be handed over to you." Most of those who oppose me, except for Dong Cheng, have no military power, and they are not afraid of them making trouble. There are soldiers and horses of Wei Wei and Xu Dudu, and they can't turn against the sky. As for the four gates of Xu Du, they were all handed over to Li Dian, and once something happened, Xun Yu could directly command his soldiers and horses. My request to you is very simple, if they don't move, their fate will be great, and if they dare to move, I will be killed. Even if I stab the sky out, I'll carry it for you. In a word, it is better to kill by mistake than to misplace. Cao Cao said with a fierce look on his face.

The explanation was completed, and everyone retired. Only Guo Jia stayed in place and did not move. Cao Cao smiled, "Why didn't Fengxiao leave?" ”

Guo Jia said with a smile, "Duke Ming didn't let me join the army, nor did he let me deal with the affairs of Dong Cheng and his party with Cheng Yu and Xun Yu, so I naturally can't leave if I have to do something necessary." ”

Cao Cao said with a smile, "Feng Xiao knows my mind best." In fact, I'm not worried about the clowns who jumped off the beam in the court, I'm worried about the little tiger in Hedong. Don't look at the fact that he doesn't show hurtful teeth now, who knows if he will be desperate this time? ”

Guo Jia said, "Ming Gong is worried about Tian Jing. I think it's still about appeasing him now. After all, we cannot afford to go to war on both sides. Moreover, Yuan Shao will not send troops, we are just speculating, if we go to war on both sides, it may contribute to Yuan Shao's determination to make the south. ”

Cao Cao said, "It's true that because others think that I won't fight on both sides, I want to eradicate this hidden danger at this time, I have already regretted Liu Bei's matter once, and I don't want to regret it again this time." ”

Guo Jiadao, "Ming Gong, there are 50,000 soldiers and horses in Hedong now, and Ming Gong is invited to think twice about the war at this time." ”

Cao Cao said, "What I decided will not change again." To leave you behind is to negotiate a complete solution. Only you and I know about this matter, once the time is ripe, you will directly take my seal letter into Xiahou Yuan's camp, and I want him to take Hedong by surprise in this battle. ”