Cao Cao read the secret letter, and there was a helpless wry smile in his eyes. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Cao Rui was able to regain the trust of the Son of Heaven in this way, which made him, a veteran of officialdom who was good at scheming, feel a little incredible.

"It's my daughter." Cao Cao sighed, put the secret letter on the lamp and lit it, watching the letter curl up under the tongue of fire, Cao Cao's eyes gradually brightened with the firelight.

betraying the Son of Heaven, Cao Cao knew what the consequences would be, whether the Son of Heaven was Liu Xiu's son or not, offending the emperor was not a good thing to be comfortable about. Liu Xiu may have this confidence, but it doesn't mean that he Cao Cao has.

Liu Xiu is grateful to him now, but what about in the future? If the Son of Heaven is really Liu Xiu's bloodline, will Liu Xiu help the Son of Heaven get rid of him, a general with heavy troops, for the sake of his son's country?

Cao Cao hesitated, because he didn't know whether Xiao Tianzi was Liu Xiu's bloodline, if not, then the feud between Liu Xiu and Xiao Tianzi could not be resolved, he helped Liu Xiu fight against the Son of Heaven, and even helped Liu Xiu usurp the throne in the end, it seems to be a million benefits, but in fact it still contains great risks.

If Liu Xiu gets the country, he won't get rid of him?

Cao Rui's cleverness lies in the fact that she saw that Cao Cao's reaction at that time was a helpless decision. In the absence of long-term benefits, you can only choose between immediate interests, even if you know that this is not a wise choice. Now Cao Rui has redeemed the trust of the Son of Heaven with her intelligence, no matter how much this trust is true, it is better than keeping the Son of Heaven resentful.

But to ask him to hand over 10,000 fine horses to show his loyalty, Cao Cao was also a little reluctant. After thinking about it for a long time. Cao Cao consulted with several of his advisors, Cheng Yu, Mao Jue and Chen Gong.

The starting point of the three people is slightly different, but the result is the same: use Liu Xiu as a shield and reply to the Son of Heaven in a book. Liu Xiu handed over the cavalry, and we handed it over, anyway, if Liu Xiu's cavalry was going to Jizhou. He will also walk from our defense area, and then we will go with him. If Liu Xiu doesn't pay it, it won't be easy for the Son of Heaven to punish us, what if Liu Xiu pays it? Then we will also pay it, otherwise it will be tantamount to confronting Liu Xiu and the Son of Heaven at the same time.

As a result, this troublesome problem was transferred to Liu Xiu's hands.

Cao Cao received Cao Rui's secret letter in advance, and Liu Xiu also got Xun Yu's report in advance, knowing that Xiao Tianzi had used a new trick. It's a bit ridiculous. It's just that this excuse is not easy to find, fighting in Runan, Yuan Kui is defending the city, this cavalry is indeed of little use, and it seems to make sense to send it to Jizhou to deal with Yuan Shao. It's just that how could Liu Xiu hand over his personal guard iron cavalry and hand it over to his personal guard cavalry today. Will he be handed over to the Tiger Battalion again tomorrow?

You can't pay it, but how to find an excuse to make the Son of Heaven and Cao Cao have nothing to say, this is the key question.

"Daddy, this is not easy." Liu He handed over a cup of tea. Lying on Liu Xiu's back, he glanced at the secret letter.

"Really? What's not to do? Liu Xiu shook the letter disappreciatively and threw it aside: "Girl, give Daddy an idea, okay?" ”

"Oh, I can't." Liu He shook his head again and again, put his face on Liu Xiu's shoulder, and said with a smile: "I can't compare to him since I was a child, and now that he is the emperor, how can I be his opponent." ”

"The emperor can be a fart." Liu Xiu patted Liu He's little hand hanging on his chest: "Tell me, it's okay, you can't do it, there is still Daddy, I'm afraid of him." ”

Liu He hugged Liu Xiu's neck, his long eyelashes fluttered, and he thought for a while before saying: "You can't give it to you, if you even give it to him, then he will want something else in the future, will he give it or not?" ”

"Well, there's more."

"But if you don't give it, Daddy won't agree, then he will complain about Daddy, and Cao Cao will also coax him on the side, pretending to be a good person."

"Yes, my daughter is so smart. Then you say, does Daddy give or not? ”

"Hehe, according to me, Liangzhou has transferred 10,000 cavalry, which can be regarded as Daddy's, Cao Cao only has 10,000 elite cavalry in total, he can't give them all. Daddy just wanted to send three or five thousand people, and then forced Cao Cao to hand over the men and horses, if he didn't pay it, then he would be the one who was at fault. ”

Liu Xiu laughed, Liu He's method is also a way, give three or five thousand people a perfunctory, the most elite guard cavalry will not give one, it makes sense, but after all, it is a little soft, no matter how weak the cavalry is, as long as it is given, it is equivalent to opening an opening, this time to give three or five thousand, next time he will do ten thousand?

Seeing Liu Xiu laughing, Liu He had no bottom in his heart, tilted his head, pulled the beard under Liu Xiu's chin, and said with some shame: "I said I wouldn't say it, Daddy wanted me to say it, I said it, Daddy laughed at me again." ”

"No, Daddy didn't laugh at you." Liu Xiu said with a smile: "Daddy is just thinking, is three or five thousand too little, it seems that Daddy is small, girl, let's give him a big gift package, how about it?" ”

"Daddy, you don't want to give him all 20,000 cavalry, do you?"

"Twenty thousand? 20,000 is not enough. Liu Xiu stretched out his hand and pinched Liu He's nose: "Daddy gave him a big tribe." ”

"The Great Tribe?" Liu He's eyes rolled: "Daddy is saying...... The Minotaur Tribe? ”

"My daughter is just smart, and she thinks about it." Liu Xiu laughed.

"Great, I haven't seen Ah Niu in a long time. Hmph, this wild boy is crazy on the grassland, and he doesn't know how to come back to see his sister. When I see her, I'm going to spank him. ”

"If you want to fight, this wild boy who doesn't know how to go home should really fight."

The next day, the edict of the Son of Heaven was delivered, and the Son of Heaven said very tactfully, not about the cavalry, but just said that I was worried that Yuan Shao would sneak attack, he had Wuhuan people as helpers, and the number of cavalry was superior, what do you think of the hussar general? Liu Xiu was very happy, he said, to deal with cavalry, of course, cavalry is the most suitable, but I still have 20,000 fine cavalry, I have prepared another 30,000 fine cavalry for His Majesty, and I will stay in Youzhou. I will write a letter at once, they will obey Your Majesty's orders, and when the time comes, Cao Cao's elite cavalry will be in the south, and they will attack in the north and south, and Yuan Shao will be broken.

In front of the envoy, Liu Xiu wrote a handwritten letter, ordering Lu Bu and the Niutou tribe, a total of 30,000 horsemen who were fighting against King Xianbei and his company on the grassland, to immediately transfer to Youzhou and cooperate with Zhao Yun and Gongsun Zan to attack Zhongshan and Hejian. Let Yuan Shao not move.

When Xiao Tianzi received Liu Xiu's reply, he couldn't laugh or cry, Liu Xiu gave him 30,000 iron horses. But he didn't give any of what he wanted, and in turn gave Cao Cao an army. Liu Xiu can have a substitute. What did Cao Cao take instead? If you don't give it, what will Liu Xiu think, aren't they all aware of Liu Xiu's careful thinking?

Cao Cao was so angry that he gritted his teeth, but he had no choice but to order Cao Ren to lead 5,000 elite cavalry to Qingzhou and cooperate with Guan Hai to fight, which can be regarded as assisting the Son of Heaven to guard against Yuan Shao.

Xiao Tianzi didn't catch anything in the end. But then came the consolation. Han Sui, the cavalry general, arrived from Liangzhou with 10,000 elite cavalry to join the forbidden army camp of the Son of Heaven, and at the same time he also brought more than 10,000 fine war horses to solve the problem of the shortage of horses in the three cavalry battalions of the five schools of the Northern Army.

Everything was ready, Xiao Tianzi left Huangfu Song to lead Dong Zhuo and Yin Duan, a total of 10,000 cavalry to guard Liyang, and he led 20,000 cavalry into Yingchuan. After integrating the thousands of men and horses of Nanzhonglang's general Zang Min, the army entered Runan and attacked Dingying. Han Sui and Zang Min joined forces together, brazenly entered the gap between Dingying and Pingyu, and set up a position to block reinforcements. Then Xiao Tianzi surrounded Dingying County. Under the command of Duan Cheng, the army set up camp outside Dingying County, building siege equipment and shouting to Dingying County to persuade him to surrender.

The situation was suddenly tense, and anyone could see that this time the imperial court was really coming, and it would never easily retreat if it did not take the entire Runan. Yuan Kui was anxious, but he didn't dare to urge Yuan Shao to make a move. He must exhaust the strength of the officers and soldiers with his own efforts, so that Yuan Shao can have a chance to sneak attack and turn the tide of the battle.

Yuan Kui didn't know that Yuan Shao was more nervous than him at this moment, Yuan Shao couldn't lure the enemy, and lost Liyang in vain, Yecheng directly faced Huangfu Song's attack, and his pressure also soared. In order to stabilize the morale of the army, he transferred all the family members of his generals to Handan, and led the main force to hold in Yecheng, this tense situation is difficult to maintain, and in the end it will either collapse or slack, no matter which one, it is not acceptable to Yuan Shao. For this reason, he had to relieve the pressure on those generals every day without letting them relax too much, and the scale in between was very difficult to master.

Tian Feng came up with a clever plan, but unfortunately no one was fooled, now the elite of the imperial court is exhausted, and the gap in strength is getting bigger and bigger, and King Xianbei and Lian were beaten by the split wind of Lu Bu and the Niutou tribe, and repeatedly asked to withdraw the Xianbei cavalry that helped Yuan Shao to go back to help, Yuan Shao thought of countless excuses before dragging it down, but he also paid a heavy price. These Xianbei cavalry regarded themselves as reinforcements, not only had to eat and drink, but also often violated military discipline, which had caused great disgust among the people, and even the generals under Yuan Shao had no good impression of these cavalry. If the war can't be resolved in the short term and these plague gods are sent away, Yuan Shao will be a little unbearable.

In this case, the counterinsurgency army of the imperial court advanced into Runan and began to attack Dingying, opening the prelude to the great war, which was tantamount to a sigh of relief for Yuan Shao.

It's finally begun.

Yuan Shao immediately ordered the cavalry of Youzhou to rush to the area of Yecheng as quickly as possible, and the counties began to recruit the people, prepare for the harvest, and all the harvested grain was uniformly allocated, and those people were not allowed to disband and join the defenders of the counties.

With this order, the entire Jizhou became a large military camp, and almost all the people were forcibly dragged into wartime control, and from now on, they were no longer free people, but reserve forces on standby, not only to hand over their own food, but also to bear heavy labor, and if necessary, they might have to take up arms and fight for the destiny of the Yuan family.

At the beginning of July, after more than half a month of careful preparation, Xiao Tianzi, accompanied by the Taiwei Duan Cheng and the general Song Feng, ascended the command platform, and with an order, 20,000 forbidden troops launched a tidal attack on Dingying County. Above and below the city, the drums shook the sky, the arrows galloped, and a group of soldiers rushed to the city wall under the cover of the arrow array.

It's a pity that in front of the forbidden army of more than 20,000 people who have been recuperating for more than half a year, these garrison forces formed by more than 3,000 soldiers and a large number of Dingying people are completely vulnerable.

Dingying County was broken.

The Son of Heaven issued an edict ordering the hussar general Liu Xiu to attack Xincai and Shenyang, and the Wei general Cao Cao to attack Nantun to complete the encirclement of Pingyu. After receiving the edict, Liu Xiu immediately began to act, first ordering Xu Rong to lead Huang Zhong to surround Shenyang with 10,000 cavalry, and he led 30,000 cavalry to force Xincai.