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When Cao Boss's coffin was sent back to Chang'an, the famous filial son Cao Ang cried on the spot and fainted in front of Cao Boss's coffin, and most of Cao Boss's other sons also knelt behind Cao Ang and cried in the dark, dead and alive, only Cao Pi and Cao Zhi were crying bitterly while supporting the coffin, while secretly looking at Guo Jia, Cheng Yu and Dian Wei and others who had returned from helping the spirit, looking forward to a miracle.

The miracle finally did not appear, not only did it not appear, after transporting Boss Cao's coffin back to Chang'an City for spiritual sacrifice, Xun Yu, who was dressed in white filial piety clothes, and Guo Jia, Cheng Yu and several other important ministers of the Cao army discussed it for a while, and knelt down in front of Cao Ang, who was crying incessantly, and said in unison: "The eldest prince, please rest and mourn, and discuss major matters." ”

The heartbroken Cao Ang still burst into tears, just looked up at Xun Yu and Guo Jia and the others, his eyes were quite puzzled, obviously not considering what was most important at the moment, Xun Yu, the chief civil officer of Cao Jun, arched his hand and said loudly: "The eldest prince, the lord of Xinxue, the world is shaking, and it is necessary to establish the lord of the gate as soon as possible to calm the hearts of the people." On the day of the death of the first lord, he made the prince the heir in public, and the ministers consulted, asking the eldest prince to be the heir in front of the spirit of the ancestor immediately, so as to obey the last order of the first lord. ”

Cao Ang cried and refused, saying that his father's bones were not cold, and he could not succeed to the throne in a hurry. Cao Pi and Cao Zhi were also anxious, and hurriedly glanced at their henchmen and henchmen, Cao Pi's friend Zhu Shuo and Cao Zhi's supporter Yang Xiu quickly stood up separately and said, "Everyone. This matter can also be discussed, the lord's new funeral, the bones are not cold, the eldest prince will also mourn for the lord, and the matter of the heir needs to be discussed in the long run. ”

"Shut up, two Qing talk about Confucianism, big things in the court, how can you talk nonsense!" Cheng Yu, the most vicious strategist under Boss Cao, opened his mouth and shouted angrily, and drew his sword in his hand. Cut off the sleeves of your robe. said sharply: "The enemy is now, the lord is the heir, if the eldest prince does not obey the orders of the ancestors, Guanzhong will be in danger!" That is, today I will ask the eldest prince to take the throne. There are dissenters among the officials. Take this robe as an example! ”

"Please take the heir of the eldest prince!" Xun Yu and Guo Jia and other important civil officials of the Cao Army chanted in unison. Kowtow to Cao Ang and plead.

"Please take the heir of the eldest prince!" Dian Wei and Cao Hong and other important generals of the Cao army also chanted neatly, kowtowed to Cao Ang and knelt down, and most of them were resolute and firm.

I can't stand the kneeling and begging of a cadre of civil and military ministers. In fact, Cao Ang, who didn't want to give up to his younger brother, finally accepted everyone's request, inherited the throne in front of Cao Boss's spirit, and took over Cao Boss's self-proclaimed Liangzhou Mu, Da Sikong and Si Li's official positions, becoming the new boss of the Cao army team who had reached the end of the road. Fortunately, Cao Ang is also reasonable, Xu Cao Pi and Cao Zhi and other brothers still call themselves elder brothers, and they did not force several younger brothers to be called lords.

Although he was forced to admit that Cao Ang inherited his father's power, Cao Pi still refused to give up, and just after the hundred officials knelt down and saluted, the twenty-year-old Cao Pi was the first to stand up and said to Cao Ang: "Brother, my father died at the hands of Tao Ying's traitor, this revenge is not avenged, I am ashamed to be a son of man, and now Tao Ying traitor is already a soldier in the pass, Zhong Yuanchang (Zhong Xuan) is trapped in the lonely city of Hongnong, how to break the enemy, how to avenge his father, and how to save Hongnong's danger, and please show my brother." ”

"Yes, brother, the second brother is reasonable."

Cao Zhiren, who was only fifteen years old, was a little ghost, and he knew the meaning of the song when he heard it, and immediately understood that Cao Pi's words were uneasy and kind, so he immediately stood up, choked up and arched his hand to Cao Ang and said: "Brother, my father was killed by Tao Ying's traitors, and my father's hatred is not shared, you are the elder brother and the heir of your father, you should take us to take revenge, otherwise, we will not be able to explain to our father's spirit in the sky." Although the younger brother is not talented, he also implored the elder brother to personally raise troops out of the customs to fight to the death with Tao Ying's traitors, and the younger brother is invited to be the vanguard of the front. ”

Cao Ang is in great difficulty, the remnants of the Cao army's team at the moment, not to mention that it is to avenge Cao Boss, that is, it is already a blessing to be able to hold the Tongguan Pass and the Yellow River defense line, Cao Angna still dares to be so confused that he leads the army out of the pass for a decisive battle? However, if Cao Pi and Cao Zhi's request were refused, Cao Ang's charge of unfilial piety would be immediately confirmed, which made Cao Jun's hardline faction dissatisfied.

Fortunately, Boss Cao also left Cao Ang with a lot of reliable Wenchen strategists, Guo Jia, who had long known that Cao Pi and Cao Zhi were not well-intentioned, immediately stood up, coughed and said: "Although the two sons are reasonable, but the military affairs are not child's play, and now the lord is just heartbroken by the unfortunate death of the first master, and his mind is disordered, how to break the enemy needs to be discussed in the long run, and the two sons do not need to be anxious." ”

"Mr. Feng Xiao is reasonable, revenge needs to be considered in the long run." Cao Ang nodded hurriedly, and said: "Besides, Brother Fool has already sent a letter to Liu Xuande, asking him to bring troops to help, Liu Xuande personally led the army to come to aid quickly in accordance with the covenant, and the army of Hanzhong will arrive in Chang'an in a few days. ”

"What?!" Guo Jia and Cheng Yu, who had just returned to Chang'an, were both taken aback, and blurted out to Cao Ang and asked, "Lord, have you sent a letter to Liu Bei and asked him to bring troops to help?" ”

"Exactly." Cao Ang nodded and admitted, Guo Jia and Cheng Yu were shocked, and quickly turned their heads to look at Xun Yu next to him, Xun Yu, who was left in Chang'an by Cao Boss to assist Cao Ang, nodded bitterly, admitting that there was indeed such a thing, and signaled Guo Jia and Cheng Yu with a look in his eyes that he would talk about this matter later, so as not to embarrass Cao Ang.

Because Boss Cao's coffin had just been sent back to Chang'an, the filial son Cao Ang did not hold any banquet to celebrate his succession, and immediately busied himself with the funeral after a simple succession ceremony. It was also at this time that Xun Yu took the time to introduce the situation to Guo Jia and Cheng Yu, explaining that Cao Ang was directly asking Uncle Liu for help behind his back, and said that Uncle Liu's reinforcements had arrived in Chencang and would rush to Chang'an in a few days, but Cheng Yu and Guo Jia were so frightened that they almost collapsed on the spot, and lamented together: "Eldest prince, you are luring the wolf into the room, luring the wolf into the room." Our army rejects tigers at the front door and wolves at the back door, and the situation is even more precarious. ”

After lamenting, Guo Jia reproached Xun Yu again: "Mr. Wenruo." Why didn't you persuade the eldest prince more, telling him that Liu Bei was a white-eyed wolf, and the first thing he did when he got there was to think about how to swallow the master with a guest and lead his army to Chang'an, which was tantamount to digging his own grave? ”

"I didn't persuade less, but there was no way, the eldest prince just didn't listen." Xun Yu said extremely depressedly: "I always thought that after the eldest prince succeeded to the throne, he should be able to get closer to Tao Ying's traitor, who would have thought that he would do such a thing behind my back and quietly introduce Liu Bei, a traitor, into Guanzhong." ”

"The wood is done. It's useless to regret it. Cheng Yu said with a depressed expression: "The plan for now." It should be to persuade the eldest prince to beware of Liu Bei's traitors as soon as possible, and we must not let the big-eared thieves gain a firm foothold in Guanzhong, let alone hand over our army to the command of Cao Thief. ”

"I have warned the eldest prince again and again about this, and the two gentlemen can also persuade the eldest prince again. lest he be confused again. Xun Yu nodded. Then he said, "Feng Xiao." Zhongde, I have an idea, I don't know if it can be done? ”

"What is Mr. Wenruo's plan?" Guo Jia and Cheng Yu hurriedly asked.

"Liu Bei has informed our army by letter. It is said that his army will arrive in Chang'an on the 15th of this month. Xun Yu lowered his voice and said: "Coincidentally, the eldest prince previously ordered Zhong Xuan to stick to Hongnong until the twenty-fifth of this month and then retreat to Tongguan to buy time for our army Tongguan. In terms of time, I just happened to be in time, so I wanted to use the excuse of Hongnong's urgency, let the army of the big-eared thief arrive in Chang'an, and immediately let his army go out of the customs to save Hongnong, not only to get rid of the big-eared thief with the hand of Tao Ying, but also to weaken Tao Ying with the hand of the big-eared thief, and increase the hope that our army will not lose the defense line of Tongguan and the Yellow River. ”

"Mr. Wenruo, you are whimsical in this point." Guo Jia smiled bitterly, coughed and said, "How treacherous is the big-eared thief, how could he do such a thing to send him to death?" Look at it, if we ask the lord to come forward and ask the big-eared thief to do this, the big-eared thief will inevitably find all kinds of excuses to refuse, while trying to preserve his strength, while annexing us by unscrupulous means. ”

"Exactly." Cheng Yu nodded vigorously, incomparably agreeing with Guo Jia's judgment of Uncle Liu Huang's character. Then Cheng Yu asked Xun Yu with great confusion: "Mr. Wen Ruo, doesn't such a superficial strategy seem to come from your style?" Do you have a plan to get the big-eared thief to do so? ”

"Zhongde really knows my heart." Xun Yu finally showed a little smile and said: "I think so, since the big-eared thief is clearly here to fish in troubled waters and to make up his mind to annex our army, then we simply openly break this matter and let the eldest prince promise to the big-eared thief that as long as the big-eared thief helps our army rescue the Hongnong team, and then helps our army hold Tongguan, and insists until Tao Ying retreats, then the eldest prince will surrender to the big-eared thief and hand over the army and the land in Guanzhong to the big-eared thief." At the same time, the eldest prince secretly ordered Zhong Xuan, so that he would not break through for the time being, and would not let the big-eared thieves enter the city to station, and let Tao Ying traitors and big-eared thieves fight outside the city, and then we will strangle the Tongguan natural danger and cut off the big-eared thieves to return to the road, and the plan can be achieved. ”

"If you do, maybe." Cheng Yuxi said: "As long as we can convince the big-eared thief that we are sincerely preparing to surrender to him, he is likely to accept the task of rescuing Zhong Xuan, which is not too difficult." ”

"It's worth a try." Guo Jia also nodded and said: "We will go to see the eldest prince tonight, and join forces to persuade the eldest prince to accept this plan, as long as the eldest prince agrees to adopt this plan, the three of us can come forward to deceive the big-eared thief." ”

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The plan must have been discussed, Xun Yu, Guo Jia and others went to the mourning hall that night, invited Cao Ang, who personally guarded his father's spirit, to the back hall, and alone told Cao Ang about the dangerous consequences of forming an alliance with Uncle Liu Huang, and then offered this plan, and volunteered together to secretly surrender to Uncle Liu, so that Uncle Liu believed that the important ministers of the Cao army were all interested in him. And after Cao Ang listened to the strategy of Xun Yu and Guo Jia and others, not only did he not immediately adopt it, but on the contrary, he was extremely surprised, looking Xun Yu and Guo Jia and others up and down, his face was full of doubts.

"Lord, what's wrong?" Xun Yu was a little flustered by Cao Ang, and almost misunderstood Cao Ang's thoughts, so he knelt down on Cao Ang's knees and said: "Lord, please rest assured, Yu has been blessed by the ancestor for a long time, and he only thinks about reciprocation, and he does not dare to have the slightest disagreement with the two generations of lords. ”

"Uncle Xun misunderstood." Cao Ang hurriedly got up, hugged Xun Yu with both hands, and then said in a low voice: "Uncle Xun, two uncles, the little nephew doesn't dare to deceive you, the little nephew is surprised, not worried that you will turn your back on the little nephew, but is surprised that your plan is exactly the same as the little nephew's plan." ”

"What?!" Xun Yu raised his head in surprise, lowered his voice and asked, "Lord." Are you ready to do this too? ”

"It's not a preparation, it's already a long time ago." Cao Ang said in a low voice: "At this point, the little nephew will not hide it from the three uncles, in fact, the little nephew asked Liu Bei for help behind your back Uncle Xun and invited Liu Bei to lead the troops north, in fact, it was to lure Liu Bei out of the customs to fight Tao Ying. This is the plan of Sima Yi, the little nephew's henchman, and Sima Yi has also been secretly ordered by me to secretly contact Liu Bei to deceive and surrender, and take the opportunity to act, and the little nephew did not dare to explain it to his uncle before. First, I was worried that my uncle would oppose my little nephew's risk. Second, I am afraid of leaking the news and deceiving the place, and I hope that my uncle will not mind. ”

"No wonder the timing is just right, it turns out that the eldest prince has been plotting like this for a long time." Xun Yu and Guo Jia and others looked at each other in surprise. Hurriedly surrendered to Cao Ang and pleaded guilty. admit that they underestimate Cao Ang too much. misunderstood Cao Ang's purpose of leading Uncle Liu, a jackal, into the Guanzhong. Then Xun Yu, Guo Jia and others asked Cao Ang to summon Sima Yi immediately, directly understood the progress of Sima Yi's secret surrender to Uncle Liu Huang, and carefully negotiated together how to win the trust of Uncle Liu Huang. Joined forces to set up a plan to drive away wolves and tigers, and did not disperse happily until late at night.

By the way, when they were leaving, Guo Jia and Cheng Yu wanted to tell Cao Ang Boss Cao's last words, that is, the words not to avenge Boss Cao, but when the words came to their lips and after thinking about it again, Guo Jia and Cheng Yu decided to hide this last word for the time being, because Guo Jia and Cheng Yu knew very well that once Cao Ang, who was already quite pro-Tao, learned of this, the self-army might never have a chance to avenge Boss Cao.

The strategy of killing Uncle Liu coincided, but when it was really implemented, Xun Yu, Guo Jia, Cheng Yu and others found that they still underestimated Uncle Liu, because Cao Jun on the side of Chen Cang suddenly sent news of the movement of Uncle Liu's army the next day, saying that after Uncle Liu's team went out of the pass, after arriving in Chencang, he changed his anxious mentality of traveling more than 60 miles a day, and stayed in Chencang for three consecutive days, and did not go further to Chang'an to the east!

"Three days in a row?" Cao Ang was shocked and said in surprise: "Why did Liu Bei stand still? Didn't he say in his letter to me that he would arrive in Chang'an before August 15? Today is already the seventh day of the first lunar month, plus our detailed delivery time, if he is still in Chencang today, how can he arrive in Chang'an before August 15? ”

"Oh no, I'm afraid I can't catch up in time." Guo Jia and Cheng Yu also complained repeatedly, Guo Jia said: "Zhong Yuanchang only has about 4,000 troops in his hands, and he promised to stick to Hongnong until August 25 and then abandon the city to break through, which is already extremely difficult. ”

"Lord, fight for it again." Xun Yu suggested: "The lord might as well send a fast horse to send a letter to the big-eared thief, and implore Liu Bei to immediately raise troops to the west with humble and anxious words, or he might as well show some intention of surrendering and induce Liu Bei to immediately raise troops to the west." ”

Cao Ang agreed, hurriedly picked up the pen, Guo Jia hurriedly said: "Lord, you should give Zhong Xuan an order, asking him to persist until the end of August before breaking through, Zhong Yuanchang is a person trusted by the first lord, and he is loyal to the old lord and you, and if he gets the order, no matter how difficult it is, he will definitely carry it out to the end." ”

Cao Ang hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded and agreed to Guo Jia's suggestion.

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At the same time, in the city of Chencang, our Uncle Liu Huang is leading Pang Tong and Zhang Fei and other henchmen to enjoy the scenery of the Qinling Mountains on the city wall of Chencang, talking about the past and the present, and saying that his ancestor Liu Bang was from here to enter the Guanzhong and lay the foundation of the two Han Dynasty for four hundred years, Uncle Liu Huang inevitably shed clear and pure heroic tears, lamenting that he is nearly half a hundred years old, but he has always achieved nothing, and the goal of reviving the Han family is even more hopeless, and then burst into tears and was emotional.

Pang Tong, who had never had much interest in reviving the Han family, was too lazy to look at Uncle Liu's coy behavior, and took the opportunity of Uncle Liu Huangshu to wipe away his tears and quickly diverted the topic, saying: "Lord, count the time, the news that our army has been standing still in Chencang should be sent to Chang'an City in the future, and the lord thinks, how should Cao Ang Zhuzi react to this?" ”

"It doesn't matter how Cao Angxian's nephew reacts to this." Uncle Liu Huang sighed and said: "The important thing is that Cao Angxian's nephew's deployment of guarding the pass is very problematic, Cao Pixian's nephew secretly reported to me, saying that Cao Ang ordered Guo Jia and Cheng Yu and others to leave 4,000 troops in Hongnong, so that Zhong Miao led the insistence on defending the city and bought time for Tongguan to defend it, if our army arrived in Chang'an as scheduled, Cao Angxian's nephew will definitely ask our army to go out of the pass to save Zhong Yuanchang, if our army agrees, how can it be the opponent of Tao Ying's traitorous tiger and wolf division?" If you refuse, you will hurt the friendship of allies, and it is a dilemma. ”

After that, Uncle Liu Huang sighed again and choked up: "In view of this situation, Bei has no choice but to lose faith in Cao Angxian's nephew once, and also let my soldiers rest for a few days to recuperate their physical strength, and wait until the pottery thief soldiers are confirmed in Lintong Pass, and then send troops to rescue Cao Angxian's nephew." (To be continued......)