After the end of the Central Plains War, the local officials of Yuzhou and Xuzhou counties heard the wind and expressed their allegiance to the Han State.

After the victory of the Han army in the Central Plains War, the army was divided into two routes, one led by the general Zhao Yun, who led an army of 100,000 to besiege Luoyang, and the other was commanded by Wen Ping, a total of 80,000 elite troops, deployed on the Yellow River line in Dongjun, eyeing the north of the Yellow River.

Huang Zhong was used as a backup to lead 50,000 troops to be stationed in Xuchang, and at the same time, he was also responsible for collecting 100,000 Cao troops, taking their young and strong, removing their old and weak, and reorganizing the 100,000 troops into 60,000 elite Han troops.

In the following two months, Liu Jing inspected the people's situation in various counties in the Central Plains, met with officials, appointed garrison captains, consolidated the Han army's occupation of the Central Plains, and stabilized the situation in the Central Plains.

The time gradually came to the beginning of September, the summer heat subsided, and there was a hint of coolness in the morning and evening, Liu Jing had already inspected most of the Central Plains, and the last stop was to inspect Dongjun, the reason why Dongjun was arranged as the last battle was because the strategic location of Dongjun was extremely important.

Dongjun is close to the Yellow River, the other side of the Yellow River is the Wei County where the capital of Ye is located, it is also the north gate of the northern army to attack the Central Plains in the south, when Yuan Shao attacked Cao Cao, the army crossed the Yellow River from Baimajin to the south, at present, Wen Ping and Liu Hu led 80,000 troops to camp in Dongjun, and advanced the Han Cao battlefield to the Yellow River.

On this morning, Liu Jing, the king of the Han Dynasty, accompanied by more than a dozen generals of the Han army, inspected the defense of the Yellow River in Baimajin, which is the ancient crossing of the Yellow River, and this area is the remaining vein of the Taihang Mountains, the mountains on both sides of the river are undulating, but they are not precipitous, and the water of the Yellow River flows eastward from between the large hills and mountains.

The high-ranking officials who accompanied Liu Jing to inspect the ferry port also included Xiangguo Sima Yi and Dongjun Taishou Cheng Rui, everyone stood on a mountainside platform, looking at the boats on the ferry and the rolling Yellow River from a distance, Liu Jing's eyes were even more distant, cast to the other end of the Yellow River.

Next to him, Wen Ping said: "Your Highness, the Cao army has only deployed 10,000 troops on the other side of the Yellow River, distributed in Baimajin and Yanjin, and the defense is weak, so I feel that this is an opportunity." ”

Liu Jing smiled and said to Wen Ping: "You can't eat too fast, otherwise it will be easy to choke, don't worry, let's take our time, stabilize the Central Plains, and then give the soldiers enough rest and training, and then we will send troops north." ”

Wen Ping showed a trace of disappointment on his face, he originally thought that he was preparing to cross the river north by stationing 80,000 troops in Dongjun, but he didn't expect that King Han had no plan to go north.

At this time, Sima Yi smiled again: "General Wen's mood is understandable, but Luoyang has not been taken yet, Qingzhou is still in the midst of confrontation, Qingzhou and Luoyang should be taken first, and then consider crossing the Yellow River to the north, and wait a few months!" ”

Wen Ping also felt that he was in a hurry, and said apologetically: "The humble position is only from a military consideration, and it is a little shallow, please don't blame Your Highness." ”

Liu Jing nodded, he didn't blame Wen Ping, he asked Taishou Cheng Rui again: "Cao Pi crossed the Yellow River from Baimajin twice, I want to know how he crossed the Yellow River?" ”

Cheng Rui hurriedly said: "Your Highness, when Cao Pi crossed the Yellow River, the water was relatively gentle, and he used a large raft, one raft can cross a hundred cavalry, and the momentum is quite spectacular. ”

"Sure enough, it's a raft!"

Liu Jing is a little vigilant, it seems that Cao Jun has done a lot of hard work in the technology of crossing the river on a raft, when Cao Cao used a raft to cross the Han River, it was a small fight, and now he can use a raft to cross the cavalry, and he underestimated them.

Liu Jing thought for a while and said to Wen Ping: "For the sake of stability, build a guard tower every fifty steps around the ferry to prevent Cao Jun from crossing the river on a raft to sneak attack." ”

"Obey the order!"

Liu Jing instructed Wen Ping a few more words, and then he ended the inspection of the ferry, returned to the barracks, and just returned to his big tent, a guard walked quickly and presented a piece of information to Liu Jing, "Your Highness Qiqi, Ye has urgent information sent!" ”

Liu Jing was really tired from the two-month inspection, so much so that he was too busy to inspect Baimajin today, and he couldn't keep his spirits up, but the urgent information from Yedu lifted his spirits, and he had been waiting for the information sent by Li Fu for the past few days.

Liu Jing hurriedly typed the information, read it in a hurry, couldn't help laughing, and immediately ordered the guards, "Quickly invite Sima Xiangguo to come over." ”

Not long after, Sima Yi walked into the big tent under the leadership of the guards, and said with a smile: "Your Highness is looking for a micro-minister for the affairs of Yedu!" ”

Sima Yi was in charge of the intelligence, and Li Fu's situation was given to him first, and then he wrote it and handed it over to Liu Jing, of course he knew that something big had happened in Yedu, and King Han would definitely consult with him.

Liu Jing invited Sima Yi to sit down, and ordered the guards to serve tea, and then smiled: "It's really unexpected!" Xiahoudun actually led 20,000 troops to Yedu, is this forcing the palace? ”

Sima Yi took a sip of tea and said unhurriedly: "Actually, this is also expected, Cao Cao has controlled the military power for too long, and it was a little late to give the military power to Cao Pi, and Cao Zhang has 50,000 Youzhou troops, Cao Zhi has the support of the Xiahou clan, Cao Pi can only rely on Cao Ren, this Central Plains War, Cao Ren's forces were annihilated, so that the power of Cao Pi's army was greatly weakened, how could Zhang Zhi and the two not take the opportunity to join forces?" Unless Cao Cao personally went out to clean up the mess, but according to the information I received, Cao Cao was already delirious, and it was difficult to stand up for Cao Pi again. ”

After a pause, Sima Yi said: "What's more important is that this Central Plains fiasco made Cao Pi's prestige fall to the valley, and also gave Zhangzhi and Xiahou a chance to make trouble, someone must come out to take responsibility, Cao Ren was captured, then all the spearheads are aimed at Cao Pi, after all, he is the mastermind of this Central Plains war, and he can't escape this catastrophe." ”

"Zhong Da is right, after the Red Cliff War, Cao Cao was secretly blamed by all parties, which made him silent for many years, Cao Cao is still like this, not to mention the unstable Cao Pi, this Central Plains fiasco, if he pushes the responsibility to Cao Ren, he will be spurned by the Cao family, and if he takes responsibility, I am afraid he will have to step down, no matter if, he will be sad to pass this hurdle."

Liu Jing took a few steps with his hands in his hand, and said slowly: "Now Cao Wei still has about 180,000 troops, Xiahoudun has 50,000 Bingzhou troops in his hands, Cao Zhang has 20,000 Youzhou troops in his hands, and there are 110,000 troops left, 30,000 are besieged in Luoyang, 30,000 are in Cao Xiu's hands, and 30,000 are actually Youzhou troops, which are temporarily controlled by Zhang Liao, and another 10,000 are deployed on the north bank of the Yellow River, and Cao Pi's directly governed army in Yedu only has 10,000 tiger guards, while Zhangzhi has 40,000 troops, it seems that Cao Pi's shape is not good!"

"His Royal Highness is right, Weichen feels that the key now is the 60,000 Cao army in Qingzhou, Zhang Liao is loyal to Cao Pi, but the 30,000 troops under him are Cao Zhang's Youzhou army, Cao Pi will never dare to transfer him back to Yedu, the only possibility is Cao Xiu's 30,000 army, this is Cao Pi's only force to balance Zhangzhi, Cao Pi ordered Cao Xiu to give up Xuzhou and return to the north, just to keep the 30,000 troops, Weichen boldly speculated that Cao Pi is likely to transfer Cao Xiu back to Yedu."

Liu Jing thought more about how to get the most benefit from the Cao family's civil strife, first of all, Qingzhou, and he smiled meaningfully: "If Cao Pizhen transfers Cao Xiu's army back to Yedu, then how will Cao Zhang respond?" Does Zhong Da think that Zhang Liao still controls the 30,000 Youzhou army? ”

Sima Yi immediately understood what Liu Jing meant, and he said excitedly: "Qingzhou is not Youzhou, Cao Zhang will not care about its gains and losses, he will definitely take back his military power from Zhang Liao, if we add another fire from the side, Weichen can guarantee that Qingzhou is at your fingertips." ”

Liu Jing nodded, "Qingzhou is just the first step, if we don't make good use of the infighting between these three brothers, it will be really stupid." ”

While the two were discussing, a personal soldier whispered at the door of the tent: "Your Highness, Cao Pi has sent a messenger to ask for a meeting." ”

"What?"

Liu Jing didn't hear clearly, and asked again, "Who sent the messenger to meet you?" ”

"It was Cao Pi, the prince of Wei, who sent a special envoy Hua Xin to ask for a meeting."

Liu Jing and Sima Yi glanced at each other, and both of them laughed knowingly, and actually sent Hua Xin as an envoy, which shows how strict the crisis Cao Pi is facing now.

"Bring him to me!"

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Hua Xin was led into the king's tent by the guards in a nervous mood, this was the second time he came to see Liu Jing, the last time was in Chang'an to seek the support of the Han State for Cao Pi's ascension, and this time, Cao Pi faced a crisis of trust in Yanzhòng, and he had to ask Liu Jing for help on behalf of Cao Pi again.

Even Hua Xin didn't expect that the defeat of the Central Plains would lead to such a strict consequence, Cao Zhang and Cao Zhi joined Zhong Xuan, Sima Lang and other important ministers to ask Cao Pi to explain the reasons for the defeat of the Central Plains and take responsibility, the lightest is that Cao Pi handed over military power and resigned from the position of deputy prime minister, and the strictest zhòng is that Cao Pi announced that he would give up the position of the prince.

With Xiahoudun leading 20,000 troops back to Yedu, Cao Pi was in danger of a military coup, and in desperation, Cao Pi had to secretly order Hua Xin to come to Liu Jing to seek Liu Jing's help, although the two countries were currently hostile, but Liu Jing married Cao Xian after all, and in some way, they still had room for peace talks.

Hua Xin saw Liu Jing and Sima Yi sitting on the seat, in this case, he couldn't stand and salute, he stepped forward and knelt down, bowed and said, "Wei Guohua Xin greets His Royal Highness the King of Han!" ”

"Excuse me, please take a seat!"

Liu Jing's attitude was very polite, he didn't put on a cold posture, of course he could talk, the key was what sincerity Cao Pi needed to show.

Hua Xin's heart settled for a while, sat down, and without waiting for him to speak, Liu Jing asked with a smile: "I still want to know, how does Hua Shizhong know that I am in Dongjun?" ”

"This ......"

Hua Xin hesitated for a while and said, "In fact, we have been paying attention to the movements of the Han army in Dongjun, and we happen to know that His Highness is in Dongjun. ”

The implication is that they deployed spies in Dongjun, in fact, Liu Jing also guessed that Cao Jun arranged spies in Dongjun, and it seems that this spies are quite effective. You have to unplug it.

At this time, Hua Xin was anxious and said: "This time I came to see His Highness on the order of the prince of the world, and I wanted to make an exchange with His Highness. ”

Liu Jing smiled faintly and said: "I'm just meeting with Hua Shizhong, as for specific matters, Hua Shizhong might as well discuss with Sima Xiangguo in detail." ”