Chen Guo was stunned, he suddenly realized something, put down the ear cup in his hand, got up and walked to the door and asked, "What nobleman?" ”

The second son whispered in his ear: "It's General Xiahou!" ”

Chen Guo was taken aback, General Xiahou was Xiahou Xuan, one of the two commanders of the Cao Army, and he actually came to visit him in person, and he asked urgently: "Where are the people now?" ”

"Wait in the Distinguished Hall!"

Chen Guo did not feel flattered at this time, but felt like he was on the edge of the abyss, he knew that he finally couldn't avoid the infighting in Yedu, although he had ten thousand unwillingness in his heart, he also had to bite the bullet to see Xiahou Xuan.

He sighed and said to his second son, "The best tea reception, I'll be here soon!" ”

Chen Guo changed his clothes, then hurriedly walked towards the guest hall, walked up to the lobby, and saw Xiahoudun and a black-clothed man wearing a hat sitting at the table drinking, he thought in his heart, who is this black-clothed man, who can sit with Xiahoudun, he is by no means an ordinary person!

He secretly scolded his son for not having eyes, and he didn't even tell him that he had another person, Chen Guo didn't have time to think about it, and knelt down and saluted, "Humble Chen Guo, see the general!" ”

Xiahou smiled and stepped forward to help Chen Guo, "General Chen doesn't need to be so polite, please get up!" Please! ”

At this time, the man in black also stood up and took off his hat, Chen Guo immediately recognized that this man in black turned out to be the third son, Cao Zhi, startled him, and hurriedly bowed down to salute, "See Gongzi Zhi!" ”

Cao Zhi came to see Chen Guo with Xiahou Xuan, at this time, he smelled the strong smell of wine, and saw that Chen Guo was rough and dark, so he didn't like it very much, but for the sake of Chen Guo's three thousand soldiers, he also had to put up with this rude soldier.

Cao Zhi hurriedly smiled and replied: "I have long wanted to visit General Chen, but it is not convenient to go out, so I didn't come until now, forgive me!" ”

Cao Zhi is telling the truth, he currently lives in the city, and the capital of Ye has been controlled by the tiger guards, Cao Zhi only has three hundred guards around him, although under the pressure of the government, Cao Pi does not dare to move him lightly, but he cannot appear everywhere in the city at will, it is easy to be in danger.

Xiahou next to him smiled and said: "Childe doesn't need to be so polite, General Chen is a cheerful person and won't care too much about etiquette." ”

Chen Guo woke up and hurriedly said, "The general and the son, please take a seat!" ”

The three of them sat down, Chen Guo was uneasy in his heart, bowed his head and said nothing, while Cao Zhi just drank tea calmly, as if he was just accompanying the guests, and the things he talked about had nothing to do with him, at this time Xiahoudun smiled slightly: "General Chen should know why we are here!" ”

"This. The humble position seems to understand a little, but he can't see through it, and he still hopes for the general's advice. ”

Xiahoudun sighed and said: "The fiasco of the Central Plains pushed Cao Wei to the brink of life and death, and the facts have proved that Cao Pi is not suitable to inherit the great cause of the Duke of Wei, including those of us who went to the soup for the establishment of Cao Wei, can not tolerate Cao Wei's demise, we have all unanimously decided that the great cause of the Duke of Wei should be inherited by the third prince, and I also hope that General Chen will join us." ”

Xiahoudun said very frankly, and directly made it clear that he wanted Chen Guo to stand in line, indeed, Chen Guo was only the lieutenant of Wei County, a humble position, with Xiahoudun's identity, there was no need to say too many subtle words, Chen Guo's face turned pale, seeing that the Han army was about to annex the world, he had already retreated, at this critical moment, how could he rush to the front line again.

"What, could it be that General Chen has already promised someone?"

"Not really."

"Then General Chen still has any questions?" Xiahoudun didn't give him a chance, and forced him to express his position.

Chen Guo was helpless, so he had to whisper: "Thank you for the general's love for the humble position, but the humble position is sick, and he is ready to resign tomorrow and return to his hometown, maybe." may have to live up to the love of the general. ”

Xiahoudun's face sank, this Chen Guo actually rejected himself, he glanced back at Cao Zhi, at this time Cao Zhi put down the teacup and asked gently, "Has General Chen already submitted his resignation?" ”

"I haven't finished writing yet, and I'm going to submit it tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

"Then did General Chen recommend a successor?"

After all, Chen Guo is more than fifty years old, and he understands the world very well, he understood the meaning of Cao Zhi's words, and immediately said: "There are no recommended candidates for the humble position." ”

Cao Zhi smiled and stopped talking, Xiahoudun also understood what Cao Zhi meant, so it was okay to hand over the three thousand city gate troops to his henchmen, and he was a little more relieved, so he nodded and said: "Since General Chen is ready to resign, we will not be reluctant, but please General Chen hand over the three thousand troops under him to me, and then there will be no matter of General Chen." ”

Chen Guo's heart fell, at this time, he couldn't take care of Cao Pi anymore, and hurriedly said: "There is no problem with this, I don't know when it will be handed over?" ”

"Right now, I'll go to the barracks with General Chen."

Chen Guo's heart sank, he actually wanted military power now, he wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and said, "Okay! I'll accompany the general with a piece of clothing, please wait. ”

He got up and walked out of the lobby in a panic, Cao Zhi looked at his back, and ordered the two personal guards behind him, "Follow him!" ”

The two guards rushed out and followed Chen Guo, and Xiahou said with a smile: "Don't worry, Childe, Cao Pi shouldn't have come to him yet." ”

Cao Zhi smiled faintly, "At this critical juncture, it's better to be careful." ”

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Chen Guo went out of the lobby and didn't go to get dressed, and when he found his son, he hurriedly said: "Something is going to happen, hurry up and pack up and go out of the city." ”

Chen Xi was stunned for a moment, not understanding what his father was saying, Chen Guo glanced at it, and saw two guards following behind him, he was so anxious that he waved his hand and slapped his son, and scolded in a low voice: "You idiot, don't go quickly!" ”

Chen Xi reacted at this time, covered his face and ran to the back house in a panic, Chen Guo looked up at the night, turned back to the two guards and said: "It's not very cold, so you don't need to add clothes, tell General Sù, let's go to the barracks." ”

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That night, a simple transfer of power took place in the camp of the Chengmen Army, and Chen Guo handed over the military power to Xiahoudun, who appointed his henchman Zou Lin to take over the Chengmen Army, and Chen Guo immediately left Yedu and returned to his ancestral home in Anyang.

The ownership of the 3,000 City Gate Army was not worth mentioning a few months ago, but at the extremely delicate moment of the situation in Yedu, the seizure of power by the City Gate Army by Xiahou Dun undoubtedly became the fuse for the intensification of the contradictions in Yedu.

Xiahoudun's army then entered the southern city of Yedu and quickly controlled half of the capital, Cao Zhi and Cao Zhang reached a tacit understanding, planting inside and outside, and Cao Zhang's army controlled outside the city.

The Hu Benwei, who were loyal to Cao Pi, retreated to the northern city, so that the capital of Ye was divided into two, with Xiahou Xuan's army controlling the southern city and Cao Pi's army controlling the northern city.

The situation in Yedu began to deteriorate rapidly, and in desperation, Cao Pi sent people to Qingzhou again, ordering Cao Xiu to lead the army back to Yedu, at the same time, Cao Pi finally agreed to Liu Jing's conditions, but before abolishing the Han Emperor, he hoped that Liu Jing could release Cao Ren first, and Hua Xin rushed to Chang'an overnight.

The atmosphere in the capital was extremely tense, the civil war was on the verge of breaking out, and the streets and alleys became deserted, this time not because of economic decline, but because of the internal strife of the Cao brothers, which caused panic among the people.

The Jucai Tavern near the west gate of Yedu was not searched by Cao Jun, and after Li Fu returned to Yedu, he still used it as an intelligence base for the Han army in Yedu, and Li Fu also received instructions from Sima Yi two days ago, asking them to find a way to persuade Cao Zhang to transfer back to Qingzhou's army.

The lights in the room were dim, Li Fu and several of his subordinates were discussing how to complete the task, Li Fu's subordinates were extremely capable people, although they also had a lot of ways, but Cao Zhang stayed in Youzhou for a long time, and there was no power in Ye, so they couldn't find a way for a while.

At this time, one of his subordinates sighed: "It's a pity that all the taverns are closed now, otherwise it would be a good way to spread the news in the tavern." ”

"Don't say such useless words!"

Li Fu interrupted the emotion of his subordinates, his face was very serious, and he said to everyone: "This task should be the decision of King Han, it is related to the overall situation, we must go all out, everyone think about it, not necessarily go directly to Cao Zhang's door, you can use a roundabout way to let powerful people persuade Cao Zhang." ”

Speaking of this, Li Fu suddenly remembered someone, and he secretly thought in his heart, "Maybe please ask this person to come forward, and you can say that Cao Zhang can be moved!" ’

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Although Cao Zhang supports Cao Zhi to replace his eldest brother Cao Pi, he also has his own selfishness, he hopes that the third brother can give Youzhou to himself, so that he can become the real king of Youzhou, not only the army is commanded by him, but the magistrates, people's livelihood, tax burden, etc., must be decided by him, that is, he will be the emperor of Youzhou, which is a compromise reached between him and Cao Zhi.

At present, Cao Zhang lives in the military camp outside the north of the city, the military camp is about ten miles away from the capital of Ye, it is one of the most important military camps of Cao Zhang, when the number is the largest, there were more than 100,000 troops stationed here, but now there are only 20,000 Youzhou troops, which are firmly in the hands of Cao Zhang.

In fact, according to Cao Zhang's idea, when Cao Pi went to Xuzhou to supervise the war, he could launch a coup d'état and overthrow Cao Pi's position, but Cao Zhi was resolutely opposed, and only when the Central Plains were defeated, he could seize Cao Pi's responsibility and force Cao Pi to abdicate.

Facts have proved that Cao Zhi is very far-sighted, the defeat of the Central Plains army has made the government and the opposition boiling, and the calls for Cao Pi to step down have been higher and higher, and even important ministers who have always supported Cao Pi, such as Guo Yuan, Dong Zhao, Xu Jie, Han Song and others have also expressed their neutrality.

Only then did Cao Zhang have to admire the foresight of the third brother, and it was this incident that made Cao Zhang think that the third brother was more capable than the eldest brother Cao Pi to gradually bring the weak Cao Wei out of the predicament, and Cao Zhang also willingly ceded the inheritance of the Duke of Wei to the third brother Cao Zhi.

However, Cao Zhang at this time had another worry, that is, his other 30,000 Youzhou troops were now in the hands of Zhang Liao, would Zhang Liao purge the generals in the army?

At the beginning, my father made it very clear that the 50,000 troops were used to defend Yedu and were still commanded by him, but the eldest brother forcibly handed over the 30,000 troops to Zhang Liao, which was undoubtedly to deprive him of military power.

Thinking of Zhang Liao's methods of leading troops, Cao Zhang was very worried, Zhang Liao was very likely to purge middle and high-level generals, so that his foundation in Youzhou would be shaken.

Just when Cao Zhang was worried, there was a report from the guards outside the tent: "Qiyu Governor, Wang Shizhong is asking to see him outside the camp." ”

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