Yecheng, Yuan Shangfu.

"Simbi, you're back?" As soon as Yuan Shangyi saw Xin Bi, his face showed joy, and now he very much hoped that Xin Bi would get things done.

"Subordinates, see the lord! My lord, what are you doing? ”

Yuan Shang waved his hand casually: "It's just a game, no need to be polite, how about it, what do you gain from going to Xudu this time?" ”

Xin Bi showed a look of guilt on his face: "The subordinates have disappointed the lord, and Cao Zhi is not allowed to ...... the title of General Sima."

Yuan Shang frowned when he heard this: "Sure enough, things are not as easy as you thought, what did the Son of Heaven say?" ”

Xin Bi replied: "On the side of the Son of Heaven, he agreed, but unfortunately he was afraid of Cao Zhi's power, so he didn't dare to make a decision...... However, after the abbot was finished, he sent someone to ask his subordinates to bring a letter back to the lord. ”

Yuan Shang raised his eyebrows: "Guozhang asked you to ...... Give me a letter? Say what? ”

"Guozhang Fu Wan said, His Majesty was trapped in Xudu by Cao Zhi, everything can't help it, I hope that the lord can quickly send troops south to King Qin, rescue the Son of Heaven, and he will start an incident in the rear of Xudu, and attack inside and outside, then the major events can be determined, and the title of General Sima can also be self-satisfied."

When Yuan Shang heard this, he turned his head and looked at Sima Yi: "What do you think?" ”

Sima Yi thought for a while and said: "As Yi expected, Cao Zhi is the prime minister, and the Son of Heaven is dissatisfied in his heart, and he wants to make some waves in Xudu." ”

Yuan Shang agreed: "What I said is that it seems that the Son of Heaven is a little unable to sit still now and wants to seize power, but he is worried that he has no chance, but he caught up with us to enter Xudu to worship important officials!" He's trying to take advantage of us...... You said that if we send troops, the Son of Heaven will play with Cao Zhi in Xuchang, what will be the victory? ”

Sima Yi smiled: "How much ability does the Son of Heaven have?" Cao Zhi's Guo Jia, Jia Xu, and Xun Yu can kill him if they draw out any of them, and there are also Chen Qun, Wang Lang, and Fu Zhao. Xi Xian, Liu Ye, Jiang Ji, Hua Xin, Man Chong, Mao Jue, and Zao Yi hold important positions in the court, and the affairs of the ban on agriculture and industry are all controlled by their equal power, in this situation, what is the authority of the Son of Heaven? Want to seize power? Hey. Joke! ”

Hearing this, Xin Bi hurriedly said: "Even so, if our soldiers and horses are overwhelmed, the Son of Heaven and us should cooperate with each other, and we will have a few chances of winning Xudu!" ”

Sima Yi shook his head and said: "Don't think that it is easy to take Zhongzhou, the Cao clan has deep roots in Zhongtu, and Xuzhou, Yanzhou, Yuzhou, and Huainan are all attached to the people. It's not just a matter of capturing Xuchang to be able to set the crown, Xuchang is captured, Cao Zhi will not move the capital? A place as big as Middle-earth, where is he not desperately refusing to defend? We have now just made up the plan for building a naval army, driving Tuoba Liwei, and marching westward. There are also three major events such as recruiting Xianbei Xiongnu to enter the country, how can I have time to go to pacify the Central Plains and several states? Even if it is pacified, how much inventory will Hebei have to spend on the follow-up work of security funds, pension expenses, and grain for raising the people? Divide the arable land and rebuild the city. What is not the matter of wooing the gentleman? It's too much involved, now is not the time! ”

Yuan Shang thought for a while and asked Xin Bidao: "Cao Zhi does not seal me as the Great Sima General." What can he seal me? ”

Xin Bi said: "Cao Zhi didn't let go of this, his subordinates spent money to inquire about it when they were leaving, and it is estimated that the general is his bottom line, but he seems to want to take the opportunity to negotiate some conditions with the lord." ”

Yuan Shang thought for a while and said: "Forget it, if you don't send troops, the general will be the general, it's okay, people can't eat a fat man in one bite, first determine the entry and settlement of Xianbei and the Huns, and then try to forge ahead in the future, besides, the Son of Heaven can't win Cao Zhi, why bother to make peace with him." ”

Sima Yi admonished: "If you don't send troops, you won't have troops, but you still need to negotiate, and the lord has to be a show." ”

Yuan Shang turned his head and said, "What do you mean?" ”

Sima Yi said: "The secret decree of the Son of Heaven, let us be King Qin, if we are not respectful, we will be suspected of resisting!" Yi pondered, the lord might as well transfer tens of thousands of his soldiers and horses to Liyang, practice martial arts, and pretend to look like he was going south, but in fact he didn't fight! This is the heart of the Son of Heaven, the second is to earn Cao Zhi to go north, ask him to talk about the conditions for canonization, and the third is that if the Son of Heaven takes the opportunity to make some noise in Xuchang, although it is not enough to subvert Cao Zhi's foundation, but he can be disgusting and disgusting. ”

Yuan Shang couldn't help but be happy when he heard this: "Your trick is a yin damage, and it is really a knife life!" According to what you said, let Zhang Yan, Ma Dai, Pang De, Jiang Qi, Zhao Rui, and Wei Yuanjin each lead 5,000 men and horses, first go to Liyang to station, practice martial arts to make a southward trend, and then let Wang Xiu write a book to Cao Zhi for me, and say that I will ask him to shoot and drink five hundred miles north of Baima, and discuss major events in the world. ”

"No!"

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"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

Today, Fu Wan used the name of visiting his daughter Queen Fu to enter the palace again to face the saint.

Liu Xie reclined on the soft couch, turned his head when he heard the words, and said, "Guozhang, have you done everything?" ”

Fu Wan nodded with a smile and said, "It's done, it's done!" The old minister first talked to Xin Bi a few days ago, and then sent someone to Xiangyang to secretly give Liu Bei a secret decree, asking him to prepare soldiers and horses and wait to pick him up at any time! Now that Yecheng has moved, Yuan Shang dispatched troops and sent people to practice martial arts in Liyang, and Liu Bei also replied, only saying that the soldiers and horses have been prepared, just wait for His Majesty to drive Xiangyang! ”

Liu Xie smiled slightly, and said: "Let him wait, and when Yuan Shang and Cao Zhi meet, let Liu Bei send troops to Yingchuan Runan to disrupt the defense in the south of Zhongzhou, and then I will go to Luoyang in the name of the eastern tour." ”

After hearing this, Fu sighed: "Your Majesty lied to Liu Bei that he was going to Xiangyang, but instead he ran to Luoyang, so that Liu Bei sent troops to attract attention for His Majesty's Majesty, won't he tear his face in the future?" ”

Liu Xie snorted when he heard this: "It's a matter of time before you tear your face, it's better to be a day late than a day earlier!" ”

Fu Wan hesitated for a moment, and suddenly said: "Your Majesty, the old minister has something to inquire about?" I wonder if Your Majesty can tell me? ”

Liu Xie said lightly: "What's the matter with the national abbot?" ”

Fu Wan coughed embarrassedly, and said: "Your Majesty, since Cao Zhi was named prime minister, every time Your Majesty summons his ministers recently, he is amazingly clever and full of wisdom, and this time he has calculated Yuan Shang, Cao Zhi, and Liu Bei in a few words...... Your Majesty, the old minister dared to ask Your Majesty the next sentence, behind Your Majesty, is there a master to help? ”

When Liu Xie heard this, the light in his eyes suddenly flashed.

"What? Can't these words be said by me myself? ”

Fu Wan smiled guiltily: "Of course I can, it's just ......"

"Just what, don't guess! Do what you have to do! ”

After Fu Wan, he saw that Liu Xie was angry, and hurriedly gave a salute: "Yes, yes, the old minister will go, this will go." ”

After saying that, he saw that he retreated respectfully.

After leaving, Liu Xiechang sighed and said to himself: "This is over!" Does that look like I'm that bad...... But this old man's eyes are quite thieves, and he can see that there are masters behind me...... But that's fine, it proves that he's not a mediocre talent! When I arrive in Luoyang in the future, I will be able to do great things with Fu Wan and that person to assist me! ”

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Xu Du, Prime Minister's Mansion.

"Check it out!" Cao Zhi shook a letter in his hand, and said helplessly: "This Yuan Shang is really domineering, I don't make him the general of the Great Sima, he actually increased his troops to Liyang, and also wrote to invite me, ask me to shoot together, and discuss the world's major affairs!" Isn't this a demonstration? ”

Xun Yu took the letter in Cao Zhi's hand, looked at it carefully for a long time, and said, "Then according to the will of the lord, Yuan Shang asked you to meet this time, to go or not?" ”

"Where to go!" has been dispatched back to Beijing, Cao Zhang, who worships the general of Xiaocai, got up and said angrily: "Yuan Shangxiao'er, if you want to fight, you will fight!" Why do you have to do that? Am I still afraid that he will not succeed! Don't worry, the prime minister invited 50,000 elite soldiers to cross the river north and take Liyang to solve this crisis. ”

Cao Zhi said with a smile: "Third brother, don't worry, let's see what the gentlemen say." ”

Liu Ye also sat down today, and said: "Prime Minister, according to the next opinion, Yuan Shang's move seems to have no malice, or he does not have too much malice, he will set up soldiers and horses in Liyang, practice and practice martial arts, but just put on a show, invite the lord to meet, and save his mind is just for the official position, the lord may wish to go over, there is no need to show weakness, and there is no need to show strength, just to discuss the canonization with him on the surface, in exchange for Xun You and others, how about it?" ”

Cao Zhang hurriedly said when he heard this: "It's too dangerous, Yuan Shang is scheming, and there is no morality at all." ”

Cao Zhi thought for a while and said, "It's okay, I'll go!" I haven't seen him for a few years, and I want to see if he is still as ...... as he was back then."

Cao Zhang hurriedly said: "Since this is the case, then I will go with you, and I will also bring the Jianzhang Cavalry Battalion and the Tiger Guard Army to protect me!" In addition, Xiahou Dun, Cao Ren, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Li Tong, Zang Ba, Cao Hong, Li Dian, Le Jin, Liang Xi, these foreign vassals will lead troops to the north and respond at any time in case of accidents. ”

Cao Zhi couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this: "Third brother, it's just a matter of seeing Yuan Shang, isn't it?" ”

"How not? Do you know how insidious he is? The arrow wound on my brother's body is still not good! ”

Jia Xu didn't speak, got up at this moment and said: "This is the first time the lord has seen Yuan Shang after he ascended the throne, he is old and talented, and he wants to go north with the lord to see this hero of the world, to be honest, the old man really wants to meet him for a while." ”

Guo Jia smiled when he heard this: "Old friends meet, can Guo Mouyan not go?" Please go with the lord on this journey! ”

Xun Yu sighed helplessly: "I want to go too, after all, the negotiation matter is related to the safety of my nephew, but you all ask for your life, what can I do?" Let's take care of the prime minister's house. ”

Cao Zhi nodded and said, "Since this is the case, then the matter of Xu Du will trouble Xun Lingjun, I will personally go north to meet Yuan Shang!" ”

After the first month of the fourteenth year of Jian'an, the snowflakes are still the same, and the spring has not yet arrived, Yuan Shang and Cao Zhi, the two great heroes, met at the northwest of Baima, took the junction of the two parties to meet, and made an appointment to shoot and hunt together, and talk about the world's major events. (To be continued......)