Chapter 11: Cao Cao enters Luo

A few days later, the news that Zhang Ji was going to attack Luoyang City slowly spread, the imperial court ordered to block the city gate in order to control the riots of the people in the city, but it was not allowed to enter and exit and selected strong men to supplement the army to fight to the death with Zhang Ji's army, but the ministers in the court knew that the Luoyang city defense was seriously damaged and had not been repaired, and the newly recruited thousands of strong men could not play any role on the battlefield, so a large number of corrupt Confucians began to persuade the emperor to abandon Luoyang City and retreat to Xuchang City in the southeast. And some main battle factions believe that Xuchang is Cao Cao's territory, how can the Son of Heaven go to the local warlords, and the best policy should be to hold on to Luoyang while sending people to summon the state pastors to lead the soldiers, and the king of Qinwang is the best policy.

Wang Ping has been thinking about persuading his master Wang Yue to go with them to find the fairy island at sea these days, so that they can avoid the attack of the war, but Wang Yue is loyal and unwilling to leave at this juncture, just approved the two of them to go to Xuzhou and he wants to stay by the emperor's side and live and die with Luoyang City.

Just when the court was in chaos, Luoyang City finally ushered in a big man who could save it, Cao Cao came. Cao Cao from Xuchang with 5,000 elite soldiers rushed to the outskirts of Luoyang overnight, his brother Cao Ren set up camp here, he only brought more than ten people to the city to meet Liu Xie, to the court, everyone heard that Cao Cao only brought 5,000 soldiers, and immediately complained that these 5,000 people are the opponent of Zhang Ji's 20,000 army, Cao Cao saw that the ministers accused him of not caring but a little happy, maybe he thought that the more these incompetent people, the more he could show his Cao Cao's strength.

Cao Cao ordered Xiahoudun, who was following him, to break Zhang Ji's camp in three days, and then bowed respectfully to Emperor Liu Xie before leaving under the pretext of being busy with military affairs. Cao Cao's official rank was not high at this time, and when the ministers saw him ignoring everyone so much, they angrily wrote to the emperor to impeach him. Liu Xie, who has been sitting on the throne for the past few days, has been worried, and now he has finally waited for reinforcements, his emotions have finally eased a lot, although Cao Cao's behavior is a little disrespectful, but he can't punish at this time, and he has to temporarily suppress the anger of the ministers, and said: "Since Cao Cao said that the rebels can be broken in three days, then I will wait for him to be punished for two crimes if he can't break them in three days." ”

It was just to the surprise of Liu Xie and the ministers that before it was three days, good news came from outside the city, the rebel leader Hu Zhen was killed in battle, and Zhang Ji led the remnants of less than 2,000 people to flee in the direction of Wancheng. The civil and military officials of the entire court were surprised and frightened when they heard the news, and the emperor hurriedly sent someone to invite Cao Cao to add him to the rank of knight, wanting to appease him and continue to serve the court.

After this turmoil, Luoyang City lifted the blockade, and gradually the city became lively again, Wang Ping and Zhao Yun saw that there was nothing to do recently, so they began to prepare for a trip to Xuzhou again. After discussing the matter, the two decided to set off the day after tomorrow, so they went to Wang Yue together to ask for his consent. The two of them arrived at Wang Yue's residence and found that there were already guests inside, looking at those people who were very unfamiliar, they had to give Wang Yue a salute first, and Wang Ping saw that the master was respectful to the person sitting opposite, so he paid attention to observe, this person was about seven feet thin, his eyes were long, and his whole body exuded a kind of aura of a superior person, so that people felt a feeling of suffocation before they got close, at this time Wang Yue pointed to Wang Ping and the two and said: "The apprentices are not hurry up to meet the new general." ”

When Wang Ping heard that this person turned out to be Cao Cao, who was canonized by the emperor as a general after repelling the rebels, how dare he slack off and hurriedly stepped forward with Zhao Yun to salute. Cao Cao just heard Wang Yue talk about the two of them at this time, and after seeing them in person, he sighed in his heart that the two were really young and handsome, so he smiled and told them to get up, pointed to the two strong men behind him and said: "These two are the fierce generals under my account, they are all masters of the late congenital stage, one is called Dian Wei and the other is called Xu Chu, I don't know if you two can match that?" Zhao Yun didn't move, and Wang Ping pretended to be surprised, and said that it couldn't be compared, but in his heart, he thought that my master was still a master of the God Realm, and there were two reckless guards who had nothing to boast about.

At this time, Cao Cao pointed to the two young men standing under his seat and said, "And these two boys are my dogs, Cao Pi and Cao Zhang, they are the same age as you, and you should get closer in the future." "To say that Cao Cao's vision is still very accurate, when he saw Wang Ping and Zhao Yun, he felt that these two people would definitely not be ordinary people in the future, and he still admired the skills of Wang Yue's disciples.

Wang Ping and Zhao Yun stood behind Wang Yue after saluting Cao Cao, Wang Ping took the opportunity to look at Cao Cao's two sons, one of them was handsome, his eyes were sharp, Cao Pi was the other, he looked a little younger, but his demeanor was powerful and strong, it was Cao Zhang, the two of them were extraordinary, and they were both dressed in wealth and envy. At this time, I heard Cao Cao say: "Recently, I heard that the people in the city are talking about the warriors on the Yuedan Commentary, and my son Cao Zhang is very yearning for these masters in the rivers and lakes, and I also ask the emperor to tell the dog about the people on the Yuedan Commentary." When it came to Yuedan, not only the two Cao Zhang brothers were very excited, but even the two strong men pricked up their ears and prepared to listen.

Wang Yue stroked his beard and said: "The Yuedan Commentary was founded by Xu Zijiang, a native of Yuzhou during the reign of Emperor Ling, and it has been more than 40 years so far. ”

Cao Zhang's young man asked curiously: "Who were the ten people on the god list at that time, and where are they now?" When the Yuedan evaluation opened, Wang Yue was only just in the year of standing, and now decades have passed, and the spirit of the year has long been covered by the white eyebrows and white beard on his face, he recalled with a little sadness: "The top three on the list of gods are Tong Yuan, Zhang Ling and Zhang Jiao, Tong Yuan is my eldest brother, ten years ago, he broke into Mobei alone, and after killing Shan Yu Qiangqu, he never showed up again. Wang Yue turned around and pointed at Zhao Yun and said, "My nephew Zhao Yun has been looking for his master for many years, but he has not found any clues, maybe the senior brother is really not in the world." As soon as Tong Yuan's master and apprentice were mentioned, the three of them fell into a short thought, and after a short pause, Wang Yue continued to speak: "Zhang Ling practiced Taoism and called himself a heavenly master, and once had a duel with my senior brother on the top of Huashan Mountain, after being defeated, he returned to Dongchuan to create a Zhengyi Sect, and he was bent on seeking immortals and asking if he was not out of the mountain gate; Although Zhang Jiao got the secret book of the immortals, he did something stupid and deviant, and he was already dead in the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and they all said that the ten people on the god list were all masters of the god realm, but they didn't know that these three people had already broken through the god realm realm, and any one of them could crack or even kill the seven people behind him. ”

As soon as these words came out of the house, everyone in the room was shocked, this martial arts master is divided into three realms according to the control of true qi, namely the acquired realm, the innate realm and the divine realm, to the peak of the divine realm, the human body has reached the limit of bearing, if the impact is broken again, the meridians will be broken inch by inch and become a wasted person, this is a well-known thing in the world, at this time, I heard from Wang Yue's mouth that there is still a higher realm above the divine realm, how can it not be surprising.

It's just that Wang Yue didn't explain much here, he continued: "The seven people behind the god list are not much different in force, namely, 'Mr. Shuijing' Sima Hui, Yuquan Mountain Pujing Monk, 'God Operator' Guan Yan, 'Desert Goshawk' Li Yan, Casting Master Pu Yuan, and Xu Zijiang, the founder of Yuedan Commentary, are still alive and well, except for Pu Yuan, who died of blood loss after creating two divine swords with his own blood, the rest of the people are still alive. After Wang Yue finished speaking, he glanced at Cao Cao, and saw him roll up his sleeves and smiled: "Master Pu Yuan is the deceased of my family, and the two divine swords he forged with essence blood are known as Yitian and Qingkong, which have been collected by me at home, and the emperor can go to Xuchang City to have a look if he has time." ”

Wang Yue's heart trembled when he heard Cao Cao talk about Xuchang City, and since Cao Cao was named a general, he has been persuading the emperor to move the capital to Xuchang, and the ministers of the court are afraid of Cao Cao's obscenity and dare not refute him.

Cao Cao came to see Wang Yue today and was also here for this matter, Wang Yue had a life-saving grace for the emperor, if he could persuade him, he would be able to affect the emperor's decision, and sure enough, Cao Cao changed his words and said: "I have an important matter to discuss with the emperor." At this time, Cao Cao exuded the aura of a king, and even an innate master like Zhao Yun was shocked by him, so he heard him say in a sharp tone: "I know that the emperor is a loyal and righteous person, but if there are thieves everywhere today, everyone can support the army and divide one side, and the Son of Heaven has repeatedly suffered and no one cares, just like the last time Zhang Ji attacked, if I didn't come to the rescue in time, I'm afraid that Luoyang City would have been ruined, just imagine what Zhang Ji would do with His Majesty today if he occupied Luoyang City?" Hehe, if that's the case, I'm afraid that the Han dynasty may not be able to continue. ”

Wang Ping didn't expect Cao Cao to say such a rebellious thing, and he was worried that the master would not be able to help but make a move, but Wang Yue was seriously injured and couldn't use it with all his strength, and if Cao Cao knew this secret, it would probably be even more difficult to deter him.

Thinking of this, Wang Ping wanted to step forward, Cao Cao defended, but was stopped by Wang Yue and said: "The tea in the general's bowl has dried up, why don't you hurry up and refill it." After speaking, he picked up the teapot and put it in Wang Ping's hand, Wang Ping did not dare to disobey the master's order and could only go to pour the tea, Cao Cao saw everything in his eyes and appreciated Wang Yue and said: "The emperor not only has a high martial arts realm, but also has an extraordinary bearing in his heart. ”

Cao Cao originally wanted to provoke Wang Yue to force him to do some radical behavior, so that he could use this to make it difficult for the emperor to withdraw his title of imperial teacher and drive him out of Luoyang City, after all, with Cao Cao's current strength, he could still force Liu Xie to submit.

At this time, Wang Yue asked Cao Cao quietly: "Although what the general said just now is excessive, there is a certain amount of truth, and now that the danger of Luoyang has been solved, I don't know what the general is going to do?" Do you want to learn from Dong Zhuo and He Jin or are you willing to be Lu Zhi and Wang Yun?

Cao Cao saw that Wang Yue compared himself to Dong Zhuo and his ilk, and he was not angry and laughed: "Dong Zhuo He Jin is a great rebel, how can the emperor compare me with him, and although Lu Zhi can lead the troops to eliminate the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he can't revitalize the court, Wang Yun is good at politics, and it is okay to eliminate traitors and kill people, but the rebels can't even hold Chang'an City, these two are loyal ministers, but they are too pedantic, and eventually lead the emperor to go into exile, what is the use of me learning from them?" ”

Cao Cao was already good at arguing that Wang Yue was his opponent for a while, and finally he could only give up resistance, sighed and said: "This Jiangshan Sheji is not something that I, a reckless man, can discuss and understand, please tell me what the general wants to do." Cao Cao saw that Wang Yue was not in a hurry to have a showdown, stared at him and asked: "I heard that the emperor killed 3,000 thieves and soldiers outside Anyi City with his own strength, such a record is indeed amazing, but I don't know if I can resist Zhang Ji's 20,000 army alone?" ”