It has entered the early autumn season, Xuchang is gradually cooling, the air is fluttering everywhere, the ground is even more colorful, and the grass and trees in the city are gradually becoming yellow.

Sikong Province.

"The sun is pale, the white dew is frost, the so-called Yi people, on the water side. Tracing back to it, the road is obstructive and long. Tracing from it, it is like being in the middle of the water.

And the glow of the clouds, the white dew is not dawning, the so-called Yi people, in the water of the Mei. Tracing back to it, the road is blocked and climbing. Tracing from it, it is like being in the water.

And the glow of the cai, the white dew is not over, the so-called Yi people, in the water. Retrospectively from it, the road is blocked and right. Tracing from it, it is like being in the water. ”

In the main hall, with the melodious and continuous chimes of chimes, dozens of women in light clothes as thin as cicada wings are singing and dancing.

It is the age of cardamom, the soft waist, the skin that bullies the frost and snow, the soft and gentle clear voice, and the looming and undulating buds on the chest, which make the audience all pleasing to the eye, like entering the fairy town.

A red-robed official with thin eyes and a long beard sat in the middle of the hall, sitting in the beauty room, sitting in front of the golden bottle, and sitting among the strict guards around him.

Like the clear voice of the fairy country, the amber wine, the bright and feminine woman, and the wolf-like guard, show his dignity and extraordinary.

Although he had drunk too much wine, his eyes were still very bright, so bright that he dared not look at them, and there was no confusion at all. Whoever glances at him will feel a sense of majesty and domineering, even if he is smiling at you.

He is Cao Cao, the first prince of the Three Kingdoms in history!

He drank slowly, his eyes wandering around with the graceful dancing of the dancers in the venue.

It almost made people think that he was intoxicated by the singing and dancing there, but he suddenly turned around and turned to Xun Yu beside him: "Gonghe, Yuan Rang's army should have attacked Linzi City, right?" ”

Xun Yu hurriedly replied: "As far as the lower officials know, General Xiahou's army has entered the Qi State ten days ago, and the general should have arrived at Linzi City at this moment. ”

Cao Cao nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "With Yuan Rang's martial arts, how can Yuan Shangxiao'er resist it." ”

Cheng Yu, who was under Xun Yu, raised his bottle and said with a smile: "The Gongsun clan and Yuan Shao fought fiercely for seven years and failed to obtain Jizhou. As soon as the main soldiers and horses moved, Qingzhou was at their fingertips, which was really gratifying. ”

The generals around him raised their wines to congratulate Cao Cao, and Cao Cao did not refuse. The atmosphere was warm and cheerful.

After three rounds of drinking, Cao Cao gradually became drunk, holding the bee waist of the beautiful woman beside him, and he didn't feel full of smugness.

Now he has only one state. Under his command are strategists like clouds, good generals are like rain, and there is a political advantage over the princes by coercing the Son of Heaven.

A guard hurriedly rushed in and shouted: "Qi Qi Sikong, Jizhou urgent!" ”

Cao Cao suddenly woke up and said urgently: "Submit it!" ”

He took the urgent secret report handed by the guard, began to read it carefully, and couldn't help but change his face greatly. The letterhead in his hand fell on the desk.

Everyone was shocked and looked at Cao Cao in unison.

But he heard Cao Cao say dumbfoundedly: "Yuan Shao was forced to death by Gongsun Bai......"

As soon as this sentence came out, the audience was in an uproar, although it was a matter of time before Yuan Shao was defeated in the Heitan River, but as the fourth and third dukes, Yuan Shao, who was already famous all over the world at the age of twenty, was the leader of the Eighteenth Route Alliance, and at this moment he was still very shocked to hear that he died in the hands of Gongsun Bai, a hairy boy who had just passed the year of the weak crown.

Cao Cao's expression became very gloomy. With a little sadness, he muttered: "Yuan Shao and I, both captains of the West Garden, raised troops together to fight against Dong Zhuo. can be regarded as like-minded, but I can't imagine that now there is a separation of yin and yang...... Gongsun Ziming, he is not an idle person, he is afraid of trouble in the future......"

Xun Yu, Xun You, Man Chong, Cheng Yu, Liu Ye and other strategists looked at each other in twos, their expressions extremely complicated.

Everyone knew that sooner or later Cao Cao and Gongsun Bai would have a fight. It's just that this battle may be as early as possible, otherwise once Gongsun Bai controls the land of Bingzhou, Jizhou, Youzhou and Liaodong, and develops for a few years, if you want to take it down, I'm afraid it will not be so easy At this moment, although Cao Cao is surrounded by strategists and generals, he is fledgling, and at the same time he has to face the pressure of Yuan Shang, Yuan Shu and Lu Bu, if he starts a war with Gongsun Bai now, it is obviously a dead end.

Suddenly, Cheng Yu got up and said: "Gongsun Bai is a young man, and he is bound to be arrogant, because Yuan Shao plotted to kill Gongsun Zhan, and he was angry, so his momentum was like a rainbow, and he was able to take revenge on Yuan Shao." Now that its momentum is flourishing, why not report to His Majesty, praise his merits, allow his high-ranking officials to be generous, and then choose a beautiful woman who is good at singing and dancing to give it, paralyze his mind, and blunt his sharpness, he was originally born as a concubine, and he was rich, how can he not be drunk and slack? Once you slack off, you will be lost to everyone in time. ”

Cao Cao's eyes lit up, and he laughed: "This plan is very good!" ”

*

Royal Palace, Imperial Garden, Gazebo.

A sixteen or seventeen-year-old young man who was as rich as jade, wearing the crown of the Pearl Moyu Emperor and wearing the purple clothes of a hundred birds and a phoenix, sat in front of a yaoqin, and the sound of the piano between his fingers was like flowing water.

The two eunuchs beside him were diligently fanning him, and there were more than a dozen tiger ben standing behind him, one of them was eight feet tall, his face was resolute, his eyes were shining, and his whole body exuded an invisible sharp aura, which was daunting.

This handsome and extraordinary young man is none other than Liu Xie, the son of the Han Dynasty.

At the end of the song, Liu Xie held down the strings, looked thoughtfully to the east, and asked in a deep voice after a long time to an official behind the case next to him: "General Dong, what is going on over there Cao Sikong?" ”

This person is called Dong Cheng, the father of Concubine Liu Xie's concubine Dong Guiren. At the beginning, he was Dong Zhuo's son-in-law Niu Fu, because he escorted Liu Xie from Chang'an to Luoyang, and worshiped General Wei because of his merits.

Dong Chengdao: "Cao Sikong sent Xiahoudun to lead an army of 50,000 to attack Yuan Shang in Qingzhou, and now he has surrounded Linzi City, and it is expected that Qingzhou will be conquered soon." ”

Liu Xie nodded slightly, and sighed: "Now that the four seas are in chaos and the world is in turmoil, I hope that Cao Sikong can help me dominate the world and rejuvenate the Han Dynasty." ”

Dong Cheng looked at Liu Xie's face, and said disapprerovitically: "Now Cao Sikong only has the land of Yanzhou, and his wings are not full, if he can dominate the world, it may not be a blessing, and there must be a few more healthy people in the world to support Your Majesty." ”

Liu Xie's face was noncommittal, obviously he already knew it in his heart, but he just smiled and asked: "I heard that the acting prince Sun Bai has always respected the Taifu very much, and he obeyed his orders, I don't know what the result of the battle with Yuan Shao is now?" ”

Dong Cheng smiled knowingly: "Gongsun Ziming has sprung up. Megatron Northland, but he has always been loyal to Taifu, if he can win him over, His Majesty's control over the world's heroes. It must be greatly strengthened. ”

Liu Xie's face still showed a faint smile, perhaps because there were too many ups and downs and setbacks in recent years, which made the young emperor's joy and anger invisible, and he didn't answer Dong Cheng's question, but turned back to ask Wang Yuedao: "Mr. once had a relationship with Gongsun Bai. I don't know what about this person? ”

Wang Yue was stunned for a moment, thought carefully for a while, and said: "When the minister saw the Marquis of Dai, he was still the same age as His Majesty, and he was a young man, straightforward, looking at this person's appearance and grandeur, and now he has swept the north, but I heard that there is no disrespect for the Taifu, and he should not be a treacherous person." ”

Liu Xie nodded. sighed: "Such a young hero, as the champion of me, I really hope to meet him......"

Dong Cheng and Wang Yue glanced at each other, and said in unison: "Your Majesty is wise and martial, you should chase the ancestor Emperor Wu of the year, and the Zhongxing Han." ”

While he was talking, a small yellow door came in a hurry, and after saluting Liu Xie, he hurriedly handed over a brocade box and said: "Your Majesty, Youzhou is urgent!" ”

Liu Xie glanced at Dong Cheng lightly. Dong Cheng immediately took the brocade box, opened it and took out a secret letter of fire paint, opened it carefully, and hurriedly read it. His expression immediately became excited: "Your Majesty, Taifu has a letter, Gongsun Bai has broken through Yecheng, forced Yuan Shao to death, and occupied Jizhou!" ”

Liu Xie was instantly stunned, it was obvious that this little emperor was deep in the palace. I didn't know about the Heitan River, but after hearing the news, I suddenly got up and said excitedly: "Gongsun Ziming, this person is really not an idle person, even Yuan Shao is not his opponent, if he can help me, why worry about the world!" ”

At this moment, suddenly a few more small yellow doors rushed over in a hurry, and said urgently: "Your Majesty, Cao Sikong asks to see you!" ”

In an instant, Liu Xie's expression regained his composure, but there was a little more domineering in his expression, and he said loudly: "Pass!" ”

In the autumn of 197 AD, Gongsun Bai led a large army to attack all the way, entered Yecheng, and forced Yuan Shao to death, so that the war between Gongsun Bai and Yuan Shao finally came to an end.

Although Yuan Tan still controls the state and Qingzhou in Yuan Shang's hands, Gongsun Bai and the generals have long regarded these two people as dry bones in the grave.

However, what he wants to do now is not to take advantage of the victory to attack and annex the state, but to stabilize Jizhou.

Jizhou was originally a place of ointment, especially after the governance of Huangfu Song, the government had sufficient money and food, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, but after Yuan Shao's tossing in recent years, the people lived a heavy and unbearable tax, not to mention, but also captured a large number of elite labor to go to the war, which caused huge damage to the productive forces, as if it reached the misery of the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

Especially in the past six months, Yuan Shao has collected more than 200,000 troops, and almost half of the remaining elite in Jizhou has been sucked away, making a large number of fields barren and the people have no livelihood, thanks to Gongsun Bai's troops not burning and looting once they occupy the city like other warlords, otherwise the damage will be even worse, even so, if it is not for Gongsun Bai to dismiss a large number of Hebei troops to return to their hometowns, I am afraid that the wheat in the field may not be harvested in time.

However, for Gongsun Bai, Jizhou has a thick foundation after all, and for him, grain and grass are not a problem, after occupying Bohai County, the distance from Liaodong to Jizhou has been shortened by more than half, and grain and grass can reach Jizhou from Bohai Bay in just a few days, but no one will starve to death.

The real challenge is to calm the hearts of the people in Jizhou, after all, the Yuan family has been in charge of Jizhou for six or seven years, and many families still recognize the Yuan family.

However, Gongsun Bai's thick burial of Yuan Shao won the favor of Fu Zhu, Tian Feng, Ju Pei and others, although he did not worship Gongsun Bai, but he was assisting in governing and appeasing the people of Jizhou, so that Gongsun Bai's foundation in Jizhou was much more stable, and Gongsun Bai also reciprocated with a peach, and sent a letter to Liu Yu to report to the imperial court, appointing Fu Zhu as the history of Jizhou Thorn, Tian Feng was engaged in other driving, and the trial was engaged in the book Cao.

Just when the corresponding work was proceeding in an orderly manner, a piece of holy decree came from Xu Du, and the messenger was the Wei General Dong Cheng!

PS: I've been so busy flying lately, and I'm powerless to update, so please forgive me. The main reason is that the two generals under his command were sent to other places on a long business trip, and April is an eventful autumn, Ben Hou's official business is really busy, and after May Day, the two generals will return, and there will naturally be more more. (To be continued.) )