Cao Zhi's envoy Zhou Budo was ordered to come to meet Tuoba Liwei and analyze the pros and cons for him.

Tuoba Liwei pretended to be at first, and pretended to be a dog with Zhou Budo, not wanting Zhou Budo to say a few words, but only Tuoba Li was slightly stunned, and his heart was half cold unconsciously, but at the same time, he was also activated.

After being silent for a while, he finally heard Tuoba Liwei speak again and asked Zhou Budo.

"That being said, this king just wants to unite with you, but Prime Minister Cao Cheng is currently Yuan Shang's caged bird, trapped in Yecheng, what qualifications does he have, or what strength does he have, worthy of uniting with this king?"

Zhou Budo smiled when he heard this, and said, "Since Prime Minister Cao Cheng dares to send me to meet King Yan, he naturally has a certain degree of certainty, otherwise who would want to joke with his net worth and life?" At the beginning, Yuan Shang subdued the Cao family, in order to be able to quickly integrate Zhongzhou, appease the people's hearts, and left the Cao family, although on the surface it made the Central Plains quickly stable, but in fact it left endless troubles, just imagine the Cao family two generations of business, famous generals like clouds, ministers like rain, how can it be disintegrated overnight? Don't look at the prime minister who is now living in Zhanghe, but he has been secretly contacting the old department, intending to make a comeback, such as Cao Zhang, Xiahoudun, Cao Ren and other famous generals, although idle, but has always had the idea of recovering the situation, Xun Yu is still presiding over government affairs in Xuchang at the moment, Xiahou Yuan is supervising the army in Luoyang, all of them are in Yuan Ying's mind Cao, and Zhang Liao, Li Dian, Le Jin and other generals are under the command of Yuan Shang, but they can also say the old righteousness, as long as the king of Yan agrees to raise troops, then Cao Cheng will ascend to the top and shout, there will be many responders, even if he can't take the middle earth, but he will divide one side, but it is not a problem. ”

Listening to these names that can shock the world in Zhou Budo's mouth, Tuoba Liwei couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, if it is really as Zhou Budo said, once it is done, he can get out of Yuan Shang's control, and then Suo head will enter the Central Plains. It is by no means difficult to divide one side.

Tuoba Liwei weighed the pros and cons, turned his heart sideways, and said, "What is Prime Minister Cao going to do?" ”

Zhou Budo didn't answer, but said in a low voice: "King Yan asked me so, but agreed?" ”

"This king is willing to accept Prime Minister Cao's appointment."

"Okay."

Zhou Budo nodded and said: "In another month, it will be the Spring Festival, when the people's hearts are happy and the guards are relaxed, Prime Minister Cao Cheng sent me to the front." I have found someone to divination, on the first day of the first month, the dragon rises in the water, the wild Xuanhuang, then the prime minister of my family will start in Yecheng, and the king of Yan can lead his troops straight into the clouds, enter the territory of Hebei to respond, control zhì Yecheng, once Yecheng is decided. At that time, the troops will be divided to take Taihang, Handan, Lelang, Liaodong and other important towns. Big things can be decided. I don't know what King Yan wants? ”

Tuoba Li heard the words and thought carefully: "On the first day of the first lunar month, the wild Xuanhuang, isn't it this king?" It's just Hebei cultural relics, which are not easy to with. How to lightly yì the enemy? ”

Zhou Budo smiled and said, "King Yan looks down on them too highly, and now they include Yuan Shang and Sima Yi. But they are all in the Central Plains, watching the general trend in the south, even his several wives went to Zhongzhou some time ago, and now in Yecheng, only Yuan Shang's mother, as well as two daughters, and a son who has just been born, shows that they are weak. There are indeed a lot of heroes in Hebei, but unfortunately there are really capable people, such as Zhang He, Gao Lan, Fu Zhu and others are also in Xuchang, and although Tian Feng was in Yecheng some time ago, he is now also transferred to the disaster because of the Baoji break, and is not in the territory. Now still in Yecheng to get the old part of Hebei, Wenchen is mainly judged, Xiao Ji, Guo Tu, and the military general is the general Han Meng overseers of the army, these people are nominally Yuan Shang's important ministers, but in fact, they are more than one straw bag, all of them are mediocre, only Xin Bi and Xun Chen are considered to have some talent, but unfortunately they are also excluded by others, and one is seriously ill in bed. ”

"Good!"

Zhou Budo's words seemed to have a kind of demagogic magic, and the Tuoba Li who said it was slightly full of blood, and he couldn't help but get up suddenly, turned around three times in place, and said arrogantly: "Okay!" To have the opportunity to settle in the Central Plains and compete with Yuan Shangyi, what the king wishes is enough, and the opportunity to start an incident depends on the king's decision! ”

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After Zhou Budo agreed with King Yan, he immediately returned to Yecheng and secretly met with Cao Zhi and Yuan Shang, who commanded him, and informed him of the specific circumstances of the meeting.

After listening to Zhou Budo, Yuan Shang sat in place, his eyes closed, and his expression was indescribably weird.

"Brother Yuan, do you still have a bit of luck and think that Tuoba Liwei will reject my 'good' intentions? So to give him again, but also to give yourself a choice. ”

Yuan Shang shook his head and said: "Once the matter is agreed, there will be no change, even if he has an old relationship with me, but it is inevitable to turn against him, and there is no room for change." It's just that he has really helped me a lot over the years, and it's a pity to think about it. ”

Listening to Yuan Shang's words, Cao Zhi couldn't help but sigh and said, "I sometimes often think, how many times can I repeat my life in the world?" Whether it is because of one mistake, and making more mistakes over and over again, so that it is difficult to turn back. ”

When Yuan Shang heard this, he looked up at Cao Zhi and said, "It's not like you're talking about Tuoba Liwei again, but talking about Cao Pi again, right?" ”

Cao Zhi was noncommittal, but said lightly: "Do you have any news about him?" ”

Yuan Shang said slowly: "There is no specific news, but he should be in the southern part of the border." ”

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On the first day of the first lunar month, the Spring Festival.

According to the usual practice, the Spring Festival is celebrated all over the world, the government and the people are happy, after the Chinese New Year's Eve Chinese New Year's Eve, the streets of Yecheng are still full of laughter, as if last night's hot celebration did not make everyone happy.

The weather is sunny, although there is snow, but it is the warm sun floating in the sky, in such a good weather, the joy of Yecheng seems to be a little more festive, the peddlers and pawns are endless, the laughter resounded throughout the city, the common people carry lanterns in their hands, greet each other, and the whole world is happy.

On the edge of the Zhanghe River not far from Yecheng, Yuan Shang hid in the meantime, looking at Yecheng with a festive atmosphere in the distance, and couldn't help but take a deep breath, the turbulent strong current coming from the north will be surging behind this seemingly prosperous city.

Gentle footsteps sounded behind Yuan Shang, interrupting Yuan Shang's thoughts, and turning his head, but it was Zhao Yun who walked slowly and said: "Cao Zhi has used the name of celebration to invite Xiao Ji and Guo Tu to go to his village for a banquet in the evening, during which the two will be forbidden, as for Han Meng, there will be Guo Huai and Sun Likong zhì, and make a good article for Cao Zhi's trouble. ”

Yuan Shang nodded and said: "Let Cao Zhi quietly ventilate to Xiao Ji and Guo Tu and others, and tell them that this is the exercise I presided, don't end up with Tuoba Liwei not cleaning it up, scare these two goods to death first, and give them the coffin money." ”

Zhao Yun smiled when he heard this, and said calmly: "After the things here are arranged, I also have to go north." ”

Yuan Shang nodded when he heard this, and said: "You and Xiahou Yuan divide their troops to act, he is dark, you are bright, and you need to be more careful." ”

Zhao Yun laughed when he heard this: "I have been fighting for half my life, I have encountered countless enemies, and I have only a little topping power, what can I do?" ”

Yuan Shang shook his head and said, "It's better to be careful, don't be too careless, lest you turn over in the ditch." ”

Zhao Yun couldn't help but be a little curious when he heard this, and said, "Oh, when did you become so concerned about the safety of our subordinates?" ”

"It's not that I care, I'm afraid that if you accidentally die, you will have to pay for the coffin."

Zhao Yun: "............"

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On the second day of the first day of the first lunar month, the news of the chaos in Yecheng immediately spread northward, Cao Zhi rose up in Yecheng, snare the old letter generals, detained Yecheng chief Ji Ji and Guo Tu Han Meng, and imprisoned the three of them, in order to seize power, but the matter was not careful, but they had to escape from the trial, stick to Yecheng, and Cao Zhi and others in the Zhanghe River.

As soon as the news arrived, Tuoba Liwei immediately burst into laughter: "Prime Minister Cao Cheng is also a gentleman, and he really believes in his word!" ”

Subsequently, he immediately sent troops, went straight to Hebei, divided the troops, and took Yunzhong, Liaodong, Handan, Taihang and other important places respectively, and he personally led the elite of Suotou, and went straight to Yecheng to gallop to Huihe Cao Zhi.

The soldiers and horses headed straight to the interior of Hebei, and first went to Shanggu City in the interior, intending to open the gap and open the passage to Jizhou.

According to Tuoba Liwei's informant, Shanggu was too guarded by Liu Yuan, but he was an unknown general, and he also commanded the good and bad, with less than 3,000 people, and it only took one day to defeat Shanggu.

However, what I never expected was that there was a heavy mistake in the calculation of Tuoba Liwei.

The city of Shanggu was low, and there were not many defenders, and after the Tuoba force was weak, he did not even reorganize the soldiers and horses, and immediately sent the vanguard general Modu to lead 10,000 attacking soldiers.

I didn't want to attack the city for less than two hours, and Modu came back with a disgraced face, saying that although there were not many defenders in Shanggu, they were united as one, the guards were extremely strict, and the Taishou commanded properly, and their 10,000 siege troops were almost folded by more than forty percent, but they didn't even climb up the city gate.

Tuoba Li couldn't help but be furious when he heard this, and angrily whipped Modu fifty whips, and personally asked people to take this small city in the upper valley.

But if he knew that in the upper valley at this moment, Zhao Yun, who was the number one in the Yuan army, was already personally stationed, he was afraid that he would not be so careless to underestimate the enemy. (To be continued......)