"Mr. Ziyang, this time the Central Plains fought in the army, right or wrong, I guess you and I know it in our hearts. King Wei wanted to design my father-in-law, but it turned out that stealing chickens and rice. If he hadn't been lucky, he would have been reduced to a prisoner today. Now Cao Pi is in the hands of my father-in-law, and if he wants to kill or chop, it is a matter of a knife. The merits are self-evident. Your Excellency is so righteous and strict, don't you want to start the war again? ”

In the calm voice, it conveys extreme self-confidence. Now Zhao Feng is standing in the near future, and he is no longer the frivolous teenager he was ten years ago. When it comes to speaking, it is naturally soft with rigidity, soft with hardness. Liu Ye was choked by these words, but he still said stiffly: "Uncle Liu Huang has always been personally criticized by the Han Dynasty, but now he is a soldier who has committed Xuchang, the former capital of the country, which is really a big rebellion. Such an act is really chilling to the people of the world! ”

"Humph!" Zhao Feng snorted coldly, and then sarcastically said: "Mr. Ziyang is so loyal, Your Excellency, as a member of the Han family, has been giving advice to Cao Ying all these years, coercing His Majesty for fear of not doing his best, when did he become so loyal and patriotic?" ”

"Hugh has ruined my reputation, I, Liu Ye, have always been loyal to the Han family!" In the face of the naked ginseng rooster, Liu Ye was already angry. Zhao Feng watched his performance quietly, and waited for him to finish before continuing to sarcastically: "It turns out that Mr. Ziyang and Prime Minister Cao Cheng are both loyal ministers in the world, in this case, do you want me to take out His Majesty's edict?" "If you want to say that Zhao Feng's hand is also lacking in morality, he directly took out the trump card of the edict of the clothes and belts, and finally occupied the commanding heights of morality. Although loyalty is just lip service, but now it's a war of words, whoever can say that he wins will earn it!

"You?" Liu Ye never expected that Zhao Fengfeng would make a fuss about the edict that had been sealed for more than ten years, and now he was completely blocked from the back road, so he could only blush and gasp for breath. After a while, Liu Ye sighed: "I don't know what Uncle Liu Huang thinks?" ”

"It's very simple, the year before last, Prime Minister Cao Cheng sent people to dig up the embankment of the Xiangjiang River, and hundreds of thousands of people in Jingyang suffered for it. Now he has raised an army for no reason, but fortunately, the heavens are clear, and now he has returned defeated, and even his son has fallen into our hands. If you don't pay the corresponding price, I'm afraid it will be really difficult to explain to the hundreds of thousands of people in the south. Now my lord is just and self-reliant, waving his army to the north, and taking Cao Pi's sacrificial flag. If you want to stop, Prime Minister Cao Cheng has to show some sincerity! Zhao Feng said leisurely, completely ignoring Liu Ye's face was already pale.

"I don't know what conditions Uncle Liu wants?" After listening to Zhao Feng's words, Liu Ye felt that there was a door, and hurriedly asked.

"It's very simple, first, give up all the lands of Yanzhou and Qingzhou Henan, and Prime Minister Cao's army retreats north of the Yellow River; second, it is still the old rule, leave me all the war horses under the command of Prime Minister Cao Cheng; Third, Prime Minister Cao Cheng usurped the King of Wei, and my lord was a relative of the Han family, but he had to be the Duke of Qi, and he also asked Prime Minister Cao Cheng to act as His Majesty to become the king! As soon as these three things are over, my father-in-law will inevitably send Zihuan Gongzi back to Hebei! Zhao Feng said carefully.

These three conditions were also put forward by him after careful consideration, and the first one was put forward on the basis of Lao Liu. At present, in addition to Puyang in Hebei, the rest of Yanzhou are in Henan, and only part of Pingyuan County in Qingzhou is in Hebei, although Zhang Fei has already captured Beihai, but Linzi City in Henan is still under the rule of Cao Ying, so it is best to extort it this time; Needless to say, the second condition is that although Liu Bei won this battle, the loss of the war horse was extremely heavy. In the battle with the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, the Fengyun Cavalry and the White Horse Yi had nearly 20,000 casualties combined. As for the third, Liu Bei's current title is slightly lower than Cao Ying's, although this title is an empty title in Zhao Feng's opinion, but the ensuing benefits cannot be taken lightly. If Liu Bei can advance to the next level, they will naturally rise to the top, and their official positions will go further. Moreover, once the title is a little short, it always makes people feel that Liu Bei is inferior to Cao Ying, and there are some pimples in their hearts.

As soon as these three conditions were proposed, Liu Ye suddenly felt that his head was bigger. Rubbing his already sore temples, Liu Ye said abruptly: "These conditions are too harsh, I'm afraid that King Wei will be difficult to agree, I don't know if Ye can talk to Qi Guogong face to face?" ”

"My father-in-law has entrusted Feng with full authority to take charge of this matter, doesn't Mr. Ziyang trust Zhao?" Zhao Feng smiled cutely, but he didn't give an inch. Liu Ye was sullen for a long time, and finally spoke: "This fact is not up to me, take me to the King of Wei and deal with it after I make it clear." ”

"Mr. Ziyang, please please, but please also ask Prime Minister Cao Cheng to reply as soon as possible!" Zhao Feng said with a smile. Sending away the depressed Liu Ye, Zhao Feng went to explain the matter to Liu Bei, Liu Bei nodded again and again, but when he heard the last condition, Liu Bei was also startled.

"Bo Tao, if you do this, don't you want Cao Ying to coerce Your Majesty again?" Liu Bei said with some trepidation. Zhao Feng smiled slightly when he heard this, but he said: "Lord, now people with different surnames have all been called kings, and the lord is a clan member of the Han family, how can he not be called?" Besides, Feng believes that His Majesty is also very willing to grant the lord this throne! ”

"Lord, General Zhao's words are not bad, the lord's merit is in the country's society, why not be the king?" Lu Su also nodded again and again when he heard this, Liu Bei's expression was still a little hesitant, but he heard Zhang Fei shouting excitedly: "Cao thief dares to arrogate the king, not to mention that the eldest brother is a member of the Han family?" Don't say it's king, that is! Before he finished speaking, he asked Guan Yu to cover his mouth.

"The third brother is talking nonsense!" Liu Bei was still a little helpless about Zhang Fei's big mouth, but Zhao Feng noticed that when Zhang Fei was talking nonsense, a trace of eagerness flashed in the corners of Liu Bei's eyes. Seeing that everyone was persuading, Liu Bei also sighed and didn't say anything, just waiting for Cao Ying's reply.

In Dongjun City, Cao Ying also gasped after hearing these three conditions from Liu Ye's mouth. "Liu Xuande, you are really ruthless!" Cao Ying gritted his teeth and said, this is simply going to cut Cao Ying's flesh. Except for the third condition, there is no need to spend any capital, and even one of the first two is enough to bear, not to mention that now it is added together. Even if it was Cao Ying, he had to hesitate a little.

Looking at Cao Ying, who had not spoken for a while, Yang Xiu, the chief bookkeeper on the side, suddenly said: "King Wei, the minister has a word, but he doesn't know whether to say it or not. ”

"Dezu has something to say!" Cao Ying waved his hand. Although he was a little unimpressed by Yang Xiu's showmanship, Yang Xiu had some whimsical ideas from time to time, and Cao Ying also wanted to see if he could come up with some bad ideas now.

"The reason why the lord is jealous now is that Zihuan Gongzi is in the hands of Liu Bei, and he is afraid of harming the son's surname. If it weren't for this, the lord would have already returned to Hebei, I don't know? Yang Xiu smiled, there was a hint of pretentiousness in his tone, Cao Ying frowned slightly after hearing this, but still nodded.

"Since this is the case, then the lord doesn't have to worry about Zihuan Gongzi. Liu Bei has always regarded himself as benevolent and righteous, and he will not dare to do anything to Zihuan's son. The lord can ignore Liu Beizhi's blackmail, and the army will withdraw to Hebei! Yang Xiu said with a smile. As soon as this conclusion came out, everyone was immediately surprised and looked at each other one by one. It can't be said that Yang Xiu is unreasonable, but when this kind of thing comes out, it's really easy to say!

"Master Yang, how can this be so, isn't this ignoring Zihuan Gongzi?" Xiahou Feng, the cavalry captain who was impatient but had a close relationship with Cao Pi, shouted first, and Cao Zhang, who was on the side, was also dissatisfied. But seeing Yang Xiu unhurriedly smiled: "In the past, when Gaozu and the King of Chu were fighting, the King of Chu used the surname of Gaozu's father to threaten each other, but Gaozu was unmoved, which made the King of Chu helpless. Now it is said that the prince of Zihuan is just the prince of the king, so why should the king be afraid of it? ”

"Shut up!" A break interrupted the smug Yang Xiu, and everyone looked at it in amazement, but it was the angry Cao Ying who spoke angrily.

"Zihuan is my own son, in order to save me from being in the hands of the enemy, if I ignore it, how will you let me Cao Ying see the world in the future?" Cao Ying seemed to be particularly excited, pressing the hilt of the Yitian Sword with his hand, and scolding angrily while pressing towards Yang Xiu. Yang Xiu was overwhelmed by Cao Ying's sudden angry scolding, seeing that he was like a lion, he could slaughter himself at any time, Yang Xiu was no longer possessed.

"Humph!" Cao Ying endured it for a long time, but in the end he still didn't correct Yang Xiu on the spot. After a heavy pause, Cao Ying spoke: "Ziyang, you go and tell Liu Bei that I will agree to all his conditions!" ”

"No!" Although he was a little surprised that Cao Ying agreed so quickly, Liu Ye still hurried forward to negotiate again. Glancing at Yang Xiu, who was trembling in front of him, Cao Ying said, "Yang Dezu, you are so unkind, you are really disappointed!" You don't have to do this master book, go home and read poetry books again, and cultivate your surname! After speaking, Cao Ying waved his hand and left.

"Thank you, my lord!" Yang Xiu was still a little difficult to accept that he was demoted to a commoner in an instant, but he could only bear the consequences. Jia Xu and Sima Yi, who witnessed all this on the side, remained silent, and the latter came back to his senses for a long time, and only after everyone left did he ask: "Mr. Wenhe, why do you say that the lord is so annoyed today?" ”

"Yang Dezu brought disaster upon himself!" Jia Xu sighed rarely. As Cao Zhi's sworn friend, when is it not good to fall into the well, but he has to pick the present, he is really smart but is mistaken by cleverness. Although Cao Ying has always put feelings in the last consideration, this does not mean that he can completely take his son's life and death seriously.

What's more, today's situation is too familiar, twelve years ago in Wancheng, Cao Ang also gave his war horse to Cao Ying, and died in the chaos. Now that it is replaced by Cao Pi, even if Cao Ying is hard-hearted, he can't bear to watch his other son die in the same way. What's more, Cao Pi was only captured, and he finally had a little bit of life to make up for the regrets in his heart, and Cao Pi would naturally not be indifferent now.

Correspondingly, Yang Xiu wanted to borrow a knife to kill people and remove the biggest obstacle to Cao Zhi's succession. But how could his little abacus hide from Cao Ying's eyes. In a fit of rage, Cao Ying didn't kill Yang Xiu on the spot, even if he was lucky.

"I see!" Sima Yi listened to Jia Xu's explanation, and then he understood. Of course, what they didn't know was that there were other reasons why Cao Ying was so anxious to agree to Liu Bei.

"Yuan Rang, what the hell is going on?" In the back hall, Cao Ying asked Xiahoudun in a low voice. The latter didn't say anything, just handed over an urgent letter that had not yet been opened to Cao Ying. Cao Ying opened it and took a quick look, and his face suddenly changed.

"Gongda came to report that many Tuntianke riots in Hebei, and the rioters attacked the county government. Gongda has already sent troops to pacify the place, but there are no generals in Hebei, and it is difficult to pacify it for a while! Cao Ying said in a low voice. The so-called Tuntian guests are the Tuntian soldiers in the military tun and the tuntian people in the people's tun. A large part of Cao's military rations came from the fields cultivated by these tuntiankes, and now they are rebelling. Even if you can't defeat any states and counties, it is enough to make your own grain turnover ineffective.

"These hateful Tuntian guests, the lord took them in and gave them a bite to eat, and now they are still rebelling!" Xiahoudun said angrily when he heard this. As a Tuntian expert under Cao Ying, I have to say that Xiahoudun was not in Hebei at this time, which is also one of the reasons why these Tuntian guests dare to make trouble.

"We need to solve the war in the Central Plains as soon as possible!" This is Cao Ying's decision. At this time, Liu Ye came back, so Cao Ye was desperate and agreed to Liu Bei's conditions, in order to withdraw from the war in the Central Plains as soon as possible and return to Hebei to suppress the rebellion of Tuntianke. These were also known to Zhao Feng later, and he regretted it, he knew that Lao Cao was in such a hurry, so he should knock more!

"Lord, Cao Ying has already sent someone to send the war horse, and the Tanma has just come to report, and Cao Ren of Chen Liu has also led the army to cross the Yellow River and let Chen Liu's county out!" Under the city of Dongjun, Chen Zhi hurriedly came to report to Liu Beiyu. Liu Bei hurriedly sent Zhang Liaozhu generals to take over these counties, and at the same time sent people to the river to prepare to meet the envoys of the imperial court.

Cao Ying's movements were very fast, and Yecheng was not too far from Dongjun, and after four days, the envoys of the imperial court arrived in Liu Bei's camp. This time, Cao Ying gave Liu Bei enough face, and the messenger he sent turned out to be the great Confucian Kong Rong. Of course, due to the rush of things, there were no seals, altars, etc. Basically, it is the meaning of the imperial court, give a title, and then Liu Bei himself will worship on the altar.

"Congratulations to Uncle Liu!" After the promulgation of the holy decree, Kong Rong also congratulated with a smile, and then Liu Bei held a feast to receive the wind for the envoy, and at the same time congratulated himself on becoming the king. In addition to the minds of Liu Bei's group during the banquet, even Cao Pi, a prisoner under the stairs, was also pulled over to accompany him, and Liu Bei was really spoofed enough. However, Zhao Feng paid attention to it, Cao Pi, this kid is indeed a character. Although his expression has always been extremely humble, the occasional gleam in the corner of his eye is enough to show that he is by no means the kind person he seems.

Two days later, Wei Xu and Song Xian, who stayed in Qingzhou, sent people to report that Linzi, Zhangqiu, Le'an and other cities had also been delivered. Coupled with Xuchang, which has already been delivered, Cao Ying is currently south of the Yellow River, except for Henan County, which belongs to Sizhou, the rest have been owned by Liu Bei. It must be known that Tiger Prison Pass and Luoyang are both in Henan County, and Cao Ying is categorically unwilling to hand over Henan County easily. Liu Bei didn't force too hard to prevent long dreams at night.

When the entire Yanzhou was handed over and Cao's army retreated to Hebei, Liu Bei learned that one of the real reasons why Cao Ying was busy withdrawing from the army was actually because of the uprising of Tuntianke in Hebei.

"In the past year, our army's fine work network has relied on the Mi family and the Zhen family chamber of commerce, but in Hebei, it was hit very hard by Cao Ying! If not, I can make more plans if I know the news sooner! Chen Gong sighed, and everyone was very sorry. Liu Bei was noncommittal when he heard this, but said to Zhao Feng for a while: "Bo Tao, this Tuntian was initiated by you, but I don't know why after Cao Ying learned, he ruled the Tuntian guests, but there will always be people who will raise troops to make trouble?" ”

(To be continued)