Cao Cao's class teacher returned to the Xu Dynasty, and Dong Zhao wanted to play the emperor, and praised Prime Minister Cao Cao's merits to the sky, and Yi Zhou was out of reach, and it was appropriate to enter the throne.

Xun Yu admonished: "No! The prime minister is a volunteer soldier, Kuang Fu Han family, should be loyal and loyal, keep the festival of humility and retreat, and the gentleman loves others with virtue, which should not be so. ”

General Xu Huang also said no. Cao Cao was stunned and retreated.

Dong Zhao said: "Liu Ze of Zhuo County, fraudulently claiming to be the emperor's prince, separating himself from the throne, and not following the emperor's orders, can also be crowned King Jing, the prime minister swept away the murderers, Kuang Fu Sheji, the merit is greater than the sky, and he was promoted to the king, which is well deserved." So Dong Zhao and some ministers of the court and China jointly submitted a letter to the emperor, asking the emperor to be crowned as the king.

Emperor Xian did not dare to disobey, so Zhong Xiang grass edict, canonized Cao Cao as the king of Wei, Cao Cao pretended to write three words, three edicts were not allowed, Cao Cao was worshiped by the king of Wei, in Yecheng Daxing Palace, built a bronze bird platform, canonized Cao Pi as the son, since then the world.

Since Cao Cao was the king, he often thought of dominating the world, so he summoned his ministers to discuss.

Cheng Yu first said: "If the King of Wei wants to dominate the world, Jingxu Liu Ze, Jiangdong Sun Quan, Yizhou Liu Zhang, Hanzhong Zhang Lu, and Xiliang Ma Teng Zhulu Zhulu must be cut off one by one, and there are two adjacent to the King of Wei, Jing Xu Liu Ze in the south, and Xiliang Ma Teng in the west. ”

Cao Cao said: "In Zhongde's opinion, who should be recruited first?" ”

Cheng Yu said: "Guanzhong is the foundation of the emperor, the first emperor destroyed the six countries according to Guanzhong, Gaozu got Guanzhong and has the world, now Ma Teng Han made a rebellion, stealing Guanzhong, King Wei should first ask Ma Han, get the land of Guanzhong, as the foundation." After getting Guanzhong, you can follow the old road of the Qinling Mountains and take Hanzhong Yizhou in the south, then two-thirds of the world will go to the King of Wei, go out of the White Emperor in the east, and go south to Xiangyang, and the world will naturally be at your fingertips. ”

At this time, Guo Jia stood up and shook his head and said, "No." Ma Teng, Zhang Lu, Liu Zhang and other mediocre people, who are not the plots of the King of Wei, can be called the opponent of the King of Wei today. There is only Liu Ze, the king of Jing. Now Liu Zedi crosses Xu Yang Jingjiao, its strength is far from being comparable to the past, and the king of Wei should first conquer Liu Ze in the south, as long as Liu Ze is destroyed. The rest are doing nothing. Why is the world uncertain? ”

Xun You immediately objected. Said: "The king of Wei and Liu Ze have a five-year agreement, and the five-year period has not yet arrived, if the king of Wei raises troops in a big way." Or those who are afraid of losing their trust in the world, according to the opinion of the ministers, it is better to take the pass first, and wait for the expiration of the five-year period next year, and then it is not too late to raise swords. ”

The ministers discussed a lot, and there was no agreement, some supported Cheng Yuxun Yu to take the pass first, and some supported Guo Jia to attack Jing Xu first, so Cao Cao's head disease relapsed, so he had to postpone the discussion, and Cao Cao retreated to the back hall.

Cao Cao sat helplessly on the couch and rubbed his temples vigorously to relieve his headache a little. Zhen Mi appeared behind Cao Cao in a thin veil, gently beat Cao Cao's shoulder, and said softly: "Why is it so troublesome to King Wei?" ”

Cao Cao smiled, hugged this wonderful person in his arms, and took Zhen Mi away, Cao Cao felt that he had played so many women before and was really blind, there were such stunners in the world, which made people want to die, and ate their bones.

"Zhen Ji, you don't know, just now, the first southern expedition or the first western expedition, the ministers are arguing so much that it is not suitable to be happy, and it is a headache to be lonely." Cao Cao also concealed it from Zhen Mi, according to the truth.

Zhen Mi said with a smile: "The king is wise and powerful, with a flick of his fingers, the princes of the world will be wiped out, according to the view of the concubines, the king might as well send two teams of men and horses, all the way to the south, all the way to the west, won't the world be done?" ”

Cao Cao laughed and said, "My little beauty, this military affair, it's so simple." Fang is under the princes today, only Liu Ze can compete with Lone, but Liu Ze has a five-year agreement with Lone, and now the deadline has not yet arrived, if Lone rashly marches, it is untrustworthy and righteous in the world, with Lone's identity, it must not be so, but Liu Ze is getting bigger and bigger, if he is allowed to develop, he must be a big opponent of Lone, Lone is entangled in this, and it is difficult to make a decision. ”

Zhen Mi's eyes flashed with a strange look, which was fleeting, and Cao Cao didn't notice it at all. Zhen Mi still said with a smile: "The concubine doesn't understand military affairs, but the concubine knows that if there are weeds in the field, the farmers will remove them first. Liu Ze and the others, like weeds in the field, are harmless at first glance, but if they are allowed to spread and breed, they will definitely cause endless harm. As for the reputation, now the king is already a very popular minister, even if it is the ninety-five, it is also a matter of one step away, why should the king care about what the world says, as long as he can achieve the king's foundation, he will not hesitate to do anything. ”

Cao Cao slapped his forehead and said happily: "Zhen Ji is reasonable, your metaphor is very good, Liu Ze is a weed, it must be eradicated, and he must not be allowed to breed wantonly!" ”

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When Liu Ze arrived in Wuchang City, it was already the first day of the fourth month of the eighth year of Jian'an.

Liu Ze received a secret report from the northern branches of Jinyingwei, all the information pointed to Cao Cao, in recent times, Cao's army has been frequently mobilized, and a large number of troops began to assemble on the front line of Nanyang - Runan - Yanzhou - Qingzhou, according to reliable information, Cao Cao has come to Qian County in person, nominally to hold a ceremony to worship ancestors, but in fact, Cao Cao has been sharpening his knife Huo Huo, ready to launch an attack on the Jingxu Huai line.

Can a contract restrain Cao Cao's ambitions? Liu Ze has never thought like this, throughout the ages, people who believe in the treaty will eventually eat their own bitter fruits, in the real world, only strength and power can guarantee the legitimate implementation of the treaty, when Cao Cao signed a non-aggression treaty, Liu Ze is in line with the win-win purpose of mutual benefit, Cao Cao has Yuan Shao, a strong opponent and Liu Ze's direction is the land of Jingxiang, both sides take what they need, this treaty can be faithfully implemented. Now that the balance has been broken, how Cao Cao is willing to be bound by this piece of paper, tear up the contract, and brazenly launch a war has long been expected by Liu Ze.

It's just that what Liu Ze doesn't know is that from Xuzhou to Xiangyang, Cao and Liu have a long border line, and Cao Cao will choose the main direction of attack there, and Liu Ze is really hard to judge. No matter from that level, Xuzhou, Runan, Xiangyang, for Cao Cao, can be regarded as the key, Xuzhou is close to Qingyan, and Yanzhou is Cao Cao's birthplace, but also Cao Cao's largest base, Runan near Xudu, Xu Du can be Cao Cao's political core, is Cao Cao will never allow to be lost, Xiangyang near Wanluo, but also Cao Cao's biggest weakness, once Wancheng is lost, Liu Ze can force Xu Du in the east, and take Guanzhong in the west, which has a heavy impact on Cao Cao's strategic development.

Liu Ze has arranged heavy troops at these three points, the whole three legions, ready for battle, Guan Yu, Tai Shici, Gao Shun, can be called a general who can stand alone, but in the face of Cao Cao's cunning and fierce opponent, Liu Ze still feels the weakness of the strength, Cao Cao has now defeated Yuan Shao, sitting on Ji Qingyou and Yanyu Si Li seven states, he occupies more than half of the thirteen states in the world, strong strength, strong soldiers and horses, according to incomplete statistics, Cao Cao now has more than 500,000 mobile troops. 500,000, what a huge number, even if the entire strength of the Jing army is combined, it is less than half of it, and now Zhuge Liang is leading the main force to the south, and the third army and the fourth army must guard against the attack of Sun Quan in Jiangdong.

The construction of Wuchang City is nearing the end, Jian Yongmizhu expressed a warm welcome to Liu Ze's arrival, but Liu Ze seemed to be distracted, after a little settlement, Liu Ze immediately gave Guan Yu, Tai Shici, and Gao Shun military orders, asking them to immediately enter a state of first-level alert from now on, and be ready to fight at any time. The war has entered the countdown, but the decision of the war is not on Liu Ze's side, all Liu Ze can do is wait, wait for the storm to come. (To be continued......)