Cao Pi listened to Xu You's words and was very pleased. looked at Xun Yu and asked, "Mr. Wenruo, what do you think?" Xun Yu pondered: "Ziyuan's strategy is very famous! However, Jia Xu, Zhuge and others under Lu Bu may not have expected it. The subordinates thought that they should make a big show of retreating to Yanzhou, and Cao Ren and Cao Hong should act on their side. Xu You hurriedly clenched his fists and said: "What Mr. Wen Ruo said is extremely true, this is a sound attack on the west, and it will be foolproof!" ”

Cao Pi was moved, so he prepared to give an order.

Xun Yu said again: "Lord, although the probability of success of this plan is very high, but those who are good at fighting will not think about victory before they will lose. We should be prepared to fail. First of all, remind Cao Ren Cao Hong, be careful, if the situation is not right, retreat immediately, second, although Xuchang's retreat is a bluff, it should also be actually prepared, if there is a case, immediately abandon Xuchang and retreat to Dongjun, so as not to be caught off guard. ”

Cao Pi nodded, "What Mr. Wen Ruo said is very true! That's it! ”

Xu You hugged his fists and said: "There is one more thing." The lord, Emperor Guan Yu and the imperial court, how to deal with it? ”

Cao Pi frowned and thought for a moment, and said with some disgust: "My father kept the emperor and the court, just to blackmail the Son of Heaven to order the princes. At the beginning, it really played a huge role. But today's court and emperor are just a burden, regardless of them, we will prepare ours. ”

Xun Yu hurriedly said: "The lord can't!" No matter what we say, we are still the courtiers of the Han Dynasty, how can we ignore the Han Emperor and the court? In this way, we are morally untenable! ”

Xu You sneered: "How useful can morality be? Today, there are only three princes left, the lord, Lu Bu and Sun Jian. How could Lü Bu and Sun Jian ever show the slightest sense of morality towards the Han Dynasty? They are so unethical, but they are becoming more and more rampant, and we preach morality, but soon after the first lord and immortal gone, we fell into a disadvantageous situation! It can be seen from this that morality or something is of no use in the slightest! It is never morality that determines the outcome of the victory, but strength and strategy! Without these two things, no matter how moral it is, it is useless! In terms of morality, how can we compare with Liu Biao, how can we compare with Tao Qian, and how can we compare with the rebellious Liu Bei, but these people are all defeated! Why? Not because they have no morality, but because they lack strength and strategy! People's hearts have always liked the new and hated the old, seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, and the small people of Shengdou will not care about who has morality and who has no morality, they only care about their own one-third of an acre. Whoever can give them such benefits will be their food and clothing parents! ”

"Besides, if you succeed, the prince will lose. Morality is always made by the victors. Once the lord is in the world, the morality of the world is on the lord's side! ”

Cao Pi thought so, "Ziyuan said it too well! ”

Xun Yu hugged his fists and said: "When the first lord was alive, he never turned his back on the Han, if the lord did this, I am afraid that it will make all the old ministers and veterans feel cold!" ”

Cao Pi was displeased, but he also felt that Xun Yu made some sense, frowned and thought: "I'll think about this matter again." Glancing at the two of them, "Let's do the important thing first." Ziyuan, you go and send an order to Cao Ren and Cao Hong, asking them to raid Nanyang immediately. Xu Yu clenched his fists and promised, and ran down. Cao Pi said to Xun Yu again: "Xun Yu, the retreat should be carried out immediately, and it should be known to everyone." Xun Yu hugged his fists and promised, and left.

……

The princess stood in the water pavilion of the harem, staring at the sky where luck was tumbling in a daze. It's been a long time since she left Chang'an, and when she thinks of her impulsiveness and anger at the beginning, she can't help but feel a little funny when she thinks about it now. Young and frivolous, I thought that the world was full of loyal ministers and martyrs, but after going through so much, I found that there are no loyal ministers and martyrs in the world, but they are just the ministers of whose family they eat. Liu Bei seems to be loyal, but in fact, he just wants to use the heavy status of the royal family to make up for the lack of his own strength, if he really sweeps the world in the future, will he return the throne to the emperor?

The princess shook her head silently. There is also that Sun Jian, who was known as the Loyal Martyr Tiger Minister when Emperor Ling, and now it seems that he is just a villain who does not care about Qiē for his own selfishness.

Looking back, only Lu Bu can be regarded as a hero! He may not have had much loyalty to the Han family, but at least he was not so selfish compared to the other princes. At least he could not hesitate to protect the people and the country, and even almost died in the army himself.

Recalling the plot that has been circulating among the people during this period of time about Lu Bu single-handedly killing thousands of troops, the princess couldn't help but feel excited. A thought suddenly rose in his heart, I'm afraid no one can make a hero like this surrender! He shook his head vigorously and smiled self-deprecatingly.

A slender palace maid walked over quickly, and Ying Ying bowed, "Your Highness, Your Highness has something to discuss." ”

The princess turned and walked out of the pavilion.

……

To the south, when the battle between Lu Bu's army and Cao's army was in full swing, a building ship with the banner of the envoy headed towards Nanjun. There is a red-faced general in armor and cloak standing in the boat, sassy and heroic, it is Sun Ren, she will be the envoy to Luoyang as an envoy. Sun Ren looked at the river bank that was gradually approaching and the fortress along the river of Lu Bujun, and couldn't help but feel excited and imaginative. Thinking of the scene when he went to assassinate Lu Bu, he couldn't help but blushed slightly and smiled stupidly.

Out of the cabin came a beautiful woman. She was dressed in a moon-white tunic dress, delicate and graceful, her body was graceful, her hair was draped behind her head like a cloud, her skin was seven pairs of snow, and her face was beautiful, like a Guanghan fairy, not like a mortal woman. This stunning beauty turned out to be Xiao Qiao, one of the two Joe! How could she be here? It turned out that Old Man Qiao came with Er Qiao and Sun Ren under the pretext of giving Er Qiao to Lu Bu for the benefit of Jiangdong. A family, father and daughter, didn't bring anything.

Sun Ren saw Xiao Qiao coming out, so he asked, "Why did Sister Xiao Qiao come out?" ”

Xiao Qiao said boredly: "It's very stuffy inside, come out and breathe!" He glanced at the fortress on the river bank in the distance and asked, "What is that place?" ”

Sun Ren said: "There is Hanyang Fortress, the gateway to Namgun. ”

"Hanyang? Hanyang, where Wuchenghou attacked Jingxiang before, is that there? ”

Sun Ren nodded and sighed.

Xiao Qiao said self-deprecatingly: "I finally understand why those women in the history books have so many emotions now!" Men in this world are negative men, no matter how affectionate you are to him, in his eyes you are just a tool that can be sacrificed! For the sake of the so-called great cause, he can give you to other men, and complete the previous vows! ”

Sun Ren said: "The general is not this kind of person!" ”