Liu Ze secretly smiled bitterly in his heart, the young son of heaven was really full of spirits, unwilling to lie at Cao Cao's feet, presumably now Emperor Han Xian has done something to order his uncle Dong Cheng to conspire to overthrow Cao Cao, but with only a combination of a few civil officials and imperial doctors, it can be said that he is vulnerable in front of the powerful Cao Cao, and what Emperor Han Xian is eager to get now is the support of the foreign princes who are sitting on heavy troops.

However, in Liu Ze's opinion, Emperor Han Xian's actions were too naïve and superficial, and it would definitely not work to deal with a predator like Cao Cao with such simple means, no wonder Cao Cao was slightly surprised at first hearing, but immediately agreed. Now Cao Cao's strength can completely overpower Liu Ze's head, Liu Ze was edicted to lead troops into Beijing, and he may not be able to send all the troops in Xuzhou, Xu is in the hinterland of Yanyu, Liu Ze is so fanfare and quite led troops into Beijing, don't you understand Cao Cao's intentions unmistakably, once Cao Cao is prepared, Liu Ze will never gain anything, but will endanger the life of the Son of Heaven. If Liu Ze brings a small number of soldiers over, he will fall into Cao Cao's hands and throw himself into the net, and when the time comes, I will only be slaughtered by others.

Emperor Han Xian, Emperor Han Xian, you have a big problem for me! Liu Ze shook his head and sighed. His strategic idea is to defend the north and attack the south, when Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are contending, it is a great opportunity for him to expand his power, at this time to fight Cao Cao, the cheapest is undoubtedly Yuan Shao of Hebei and Sun Ce of Jiangdong. Due to the Huainan dispute, Xuzhou and Jiangdong have come to the opposite side. Hefei is a powder keg that may explode at any time, and what is lacking now is just a fuse, Sun Ce is not without the ambition to annex the entire Huainan, but he is still afraid of Xuzhou's strength, and once Xuzhou and Cao Cao start a war, Sun Ce will definitely stab Liu Ze in the soft underbelly.

Now the situation in the world is in an extremely delicate balance, and no one dares to act rashly, and if you make a wrong move, you will lose everything. Liu Ze understands better. This balance is about to be upset with the fall of Gongsun Chan. After Yuan Shao dominated Hebei, he was complacent, thinking that he would be able to dominate the world from now on, so he took the initiative to provoke the battle of Yuan Cao. An arrogant guy will never end well. Destined to be a stepping stone for others. So time is very tight for Liu Ze. How can you be invincible, and the only way to make yourself stronger before you don't have enough strength to destroy a powerful enemy. Now compete with Cao Cao. Liu Ze is destined not to be completely sure.

Chen Deng saw Liu Ze fall into deep thought, and cautiously reminded: "Lord, the angel of the edict will arrive later, although it is said that the Son of Heaven sent an edict to the lord to go to Xuchang, but Xuchang is Cao Cao's territory, Longtan Tiger's Den, how can the lord go to danger in person, according to the opinion of his subordinates, the lord does not prevent illness and will not obey the order for the time being." ”

In order to refuse the court's requisition, the celebrities of the Han Dynasty pretended to be sick and sold at a price, and Chen Deng's tricks to Liu Zezhi were very vulgar but also very practical.

"Longtan Tiger's Den?" Liu Ze smiled slightly, "Even if it's the Longtan Tiger's Den, what should it be?" ”

Chen Deng was stunned, in his opinion, the lord's trip to Xuchang is impossible to go, the lord is the governor of Xuzhou, is the backbone of Xuzhou, to Xuchang, there is Cao Cao's territory, Cao Cao has always been known for his deep scheming and ruthlessness, in case he is not good for the lord, or to add murder, or kidnapping and hijacking, for Xuzhou, it will be a catastrophe, so Chen Deng took the first step and passed the news of the edict of the Son of Heaven to Liu Ze, so that he could have a psychological preparation as soon as possible and think of a good way to deal with it.

Chen Deng wanted to say something more, Liu Ze waved his hand and said: "Since the Son of Heaven has sent an envoy to come, let's take the order first, whether I should go to Xuchang or not, and discuss it later." ”

The envoy arrived at Xiapi City near noon and read the decree at the governor's office. Liu Ze already knew the content of the holy decree, so there was no surprise, he took the decree, rewarded the messenger, and arranged the envoy to give the highest standard reception in the pavilion, and then Liu Ze summoned all the generals and strategists to come to discuss the matter.

This urgent meeting was naturally about the request of Liu Ze in the holy decree to personally escort the jade seal to Beijing to accept the reward, and all the high-level officials in the Xuzhou decision-making circle attended.

Liu Ze didn't talk nonsense, and told everyone about this matter straight to the point, so that everyone could talk freely, whether this Xuchang should go or not.

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and everyone immediately talked about it.

Sun Gan first said: "Now Cao Cao coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, if this edict was not from Cao Cao's instructions, it would not have been issued at all, and his subordinates thought that this was Cao Cao's plan to invite the king into the urn, and in the name of the Son of Heaven, he wanted to deceive the lord to Xuchang, and then take the lord as a hostage, he could order Xuzhou lightly, and the lord must not fall into his trap." ”

Mi Zhu continued: "Cao Cao is unkind, harboring evil intentions, for the sake of the goal, unscrupulous means, Xuzhou is close to Xudu, Cao Cao must be difficult to sleep, the side of the couch does not allow others to snore, Cao Cao is only afraid that he has already given birth to get rid of the lord, the lord is the lord of a state, how can he take risks lightly, foolishly think, this Xuchang will never go." ”

Jian Yong also said: "The gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, the lord is the body of ten thousand gold, and it is impossible to put it in danger, although the court has an edict, but the lord can completely excuse himself to be injured and sick, and he cannot go to Beijing under the edict, just send an envoy to escort the jade seal to Xuchang." ”

Almost all of them are unanimous and try their best to oppose Liu Ze going to Xuchang, after all, this risk is too great, in case Cao Cao recklessly kills the killer, the consequences are unimaginable, although there is a suspicion of disobedience to the decree, but who cares about the authority of that holy decree these days, not to mention who is the hand of this holy decree remains to be studied in detail.

Liu Ze smiled slightly, everyone's attitude was not unexpected, he turned his head to look at Jia Xu, the number one thinker was always the last to speak, but every time he said amazingly, Liu Ze said: "Wenhe, what do you think?" ”

Jia Xu said: "I communicated with Yuanlong in private just now, and it can be determined that it was not Cao Cao who summoned the lord to Beijing, but today, Cao Cao is not the initiator, at most he is just pushing the boat down the river." ”

Liu Ze's eyes lit up, it seemed that Jia Xu's sight coincided with his own, and he smiled and said, "Then Wenhe thinks why does the Son of Heaven give such an instruction?" ”

Jia Xu said: "Cao Cao's dictatorship is in power, he is good at prestige, and the affairs of the government are all up to him, although the saint is young today, he is smart and wise, and he is naturally unwilling to bow under his obscenity." The edict said that the lord can lead troops to escort the jade seal back to the capital, this wording is quite interesting, the lord goes to Beijing, bringing a soldier is also called leading soldiers, bringing 100,000 soldiers is also called leading soldiers, and the meaning of today is probably to the lord to escort the jade seal to Beijing in the name of leading troops to Xu Duqin Wang to ask for thieves, forcing Cao Cao to return to the king. ”

"Does Wenhe think this plan is feasible?"

Jia Xu shook his head and said: "No, since we can understand the true intentions of the saint, then Cao Cao is treacherous and suspicious, and he may not be unaware, the reason why Cao Cao dared to issue this edict is that he is completely sure that the lord will not dare to go to Xuchang in person, so he will act coyly, even if the lord really has to raise troops to go, Cao Cao is only afraid that he has already taken precautions, with the strength of our army, if he starts a full-scale war with Cao Cao, it will be difficult to win." ”

Guan Yu's face sank like water: "Why did Jia join the army to grow Cao Cao's ambition and destroy his own prestige, Cao Cao is just a certain view, the battle of confusing water, Cao Cao was defeated by Zhang Xiu, lost his division and lost his land, Cao Zi's generals all died in this battle, is it possible that we don't even have Zhang Xiu's strength?" ”

Jia Xu smiled and said: "The reason why Zhang Xiu won the battle was just that he surrendered first and rebelled later, although Cao Cao was defeated, he did not hurt his bones. In the name of escorting the jade seal, our army went to Xuchang with great fanfare, why Cao Cao would not be vigilant, there was no need to make effort, as long as the wall was clear, our army would definitely return in vain. What's more, Sun Ce is across the river, eyeing Xuzhou Huainan, how can our army not be prepared, can be sent to Xu Duqin King, it is difficult to have half of them, with half of the troops, and Cao Cao's entire army, I really can't see what the chance of victory is? ”

Guan Yu was silent, with the current strength of Xuzhou, it is indeed not strong enough to compete with Cao Cao, and now to attack Xudu, it is quite a bit of a taste of hitting a stone with an egg, Guan Yu also knows the way to transport troops, but he has always been arrogant and refuses to admit defeat, he is to argue with his previous words, but after listening to Jia Xu's reasonable analysis, he naturally has nothing to say.

Liu Ze said: "According to Wenhe's words, how should we respond?" ”

Jia Xu said: "Cao Cao's troubles are not in Xuzhou, only Yuan Shao in Hebei, although Cao Cao slaughtered the people in Xuzhou before, but since the independent princess ruled Xuzhou, Cao Cao has not invaded Xuzhou, although it is not ruled out that Cao Cao has the ambition to annex Xuzhou, but under the current situation of the enemy, Cao Cao may not be willing to fight with Xuzhou. And the lord set the strategy of defending the north and attacking the south, and the direction of our army's business was determined on the southern front, for us, it was not a wise move to start a war with Cao Cao at this time, both sides had a tacit understanding, and this battle must not be fought. The subordinates believed that even if the lord went to the meeting of Xudu in person, he would be safe, and Cao Cao categorically did not dare to make trouble with Xuzhou under the strong pressure of Yuan Shao. Taking advantage of this opportunity to shake hands with Cao Cao, maybe we can free up our hands to solve the threat in the south, expand our strength, and compete with Cao Cao in the future, that is, when the decisive battle between the world and the Central Plains is the time. (To be continued......)