Chapter 18: The Decisive Battle of Cao Cao (I)

"The mourning family wants to see Li Xuan!" In the Dragon Garden, a delicately laid out manor, a roar suddenly sounded, and the voice was filled with endless grief and despair.

"Queen Mother." Jia Xu's eyes narrowed slightly, and he quietly waited for He Hou to vent frantically, and then said calmly: "The general trend has gone, and the change of dynasty is in accordance with the mandate of heaven. ”

"Your Majesty?" A sneer suddenly appeared on Empress He's face: "Mr. Wenhe's call for His Majesty is smooth, I'm afraid that Li Ziyang already has the intention of rebellion, right?" ”

When Jia Xu heard this, he shook his head and laughed, and was about to speak, but Liu Wei on the side spoke.

"Queen Mother, don't say any more." Shaking his head, Liu Wei looked at Jia Xu with a smile and said: "Mr. Wenhe, please tell Li Qing, I agreed, back then, if Li Qing hadn't appeared in time, I'm afraid that our mother and son would have already returned to the underworld now, this world, he beat it, if he wants, I have no reason to refuse, if I need to do anything, just ask, I will do my best to help, it should be, to repay Li Qing for his hard work and protection of our mother and son." ”

"Your Majesty's righteousness!" Jia Xu bowed his hand deeply and said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, my lord Li Xuan is a heroic man who has not been met in 10,000 years, since he promised to ensure that His Majesty's mother and son are rich and prosperous for a lifetime, he will not break his word." ”

"Well, I believe him!" Liu Wei nodded, with a pure smile on his face.

"Emperor!" He Hou looked at Liu Wei anxiously, and said angrily: "Why should you be so wronged by yourself, you are the king, he is the minister, and it is natural to protect us at the beginning, but now." What's he doing? He's usurping the throne of my Great Han! ”

"The throne?" Liu Wei shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Does the queen mother really think that the throne is still a big man?" ”

"Why not?" He Hou said angrily: "If he can't afford to be submissive and assists you with all his might, who dares to take your throne?" ”

"The queen mother also thinks that without Li Qing, it will be difficult for her sons to sit on the throne?" Liu Wei turned around. He Hou glanced deeply, and then shook his head a little tiredly: "Does the queen mother know that the son didn't want to sit in that position in the first place?" ”

"What?" He Hou looked at Liu Wei incredulously.

"Throne, hehe." Liu Wei said a little stunned: "If it weren't for this throne, the association would not have secretly sent someone to harm me, back then, in Luoyang, Erchen was worried all day long, and then my uncle was killed by Zhang Rang." I was displaced with Xie, at that time, I really thought that this life was over, at that time, it was Li Qing who came to my side like a god and protected me well, although Li Qing was very arrogant at that time. But it is precisely because of him that I can calmly face the princes of all sides. ”

"Later. Dong Zhuo abolished my throne, to be honest, the queen mother, at that time, the sons were really grateful to him, not in that position, you can never experience the helplessness and confusion of being in that position. There is no credible person around, and whatever you want to do, you will be stopped, and even, in the end. Even his dearest brother wants to harm himself secretly, his son is not his father, and he does not have the ability and strength to take on this broken country. ”

"Debate" He Hou looked at the tears overflowing from the corners ......of Liu Bian's eyes, opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say, it was the first time for him to really hear this son's heart, the hesitation and helplessness made her a little angry, but more, it was heartache.

Liu Wei wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, turned around, looked at He Hou and smiled: "Mother, do you know that although Longcheng is not as prosperous as Luoyang, in the past few years in Longcheng, it is the happiest time in my son's life, there is no deceit, no intrigue, everyone is working hard for the same purpose, and the direction they are working towards is the direction that Li Qing wants to reach!" ”

"Emperor, it's really not good to be a minister, although Erchen doesn't participate in politics, but over the years, the major important places in Dragon City have not prevented Erchen from entering, and in the dark hall, Erchen has seen some things about the association." Liu Wei looked at He Hou and said with a wry smile: "The association has not had a good time over the years. ”

"Humph!" When it comes to Xie, He Hou's appearance is not good-looking, he hasn't forgotten that back then, it was this vicious little who did the first thing he did after ascending the throne was to secretly send someone to pretend to be Li Ru and come to poison their mother and son. ”

"So, Erchen doesn't want to be like that." Liu Wei smiled and said: "From the heart, Erchen admires Li Qing very much, over the years, Erchen has also heard a lot of legends about Li Qing, with an almost abandoned town, all the way to triumphant, swept away the Hu people, Wuhuan, Xianbei, Xiongnu, now, the entire grassland has become the pasture of my Han people, where the sun shines, are all my Han people, the Han Dynasty for four hundred years, the ancestors of the past generations failed to do things, but he did it, and his foundation is just an almost abandoned county town, and two thousand soldiers, Even these armors were raised by himself, and my Han family never gave him any help, so he didn't owe us, but our mother and son owed him too much. ”

When he heard this, he couldn't help but be silent, is it really not owed? Thinking of all the things between the two, and then thinking about what Liu Wei said, He Hou felt a little complicated in his heart.

"Now, since Li Qing wants this throne, the minister will give it to him, and he will repay his kindness to us over the years." Liu Wei stretched his waist, and said with a happy expression on his face: "Some time ago, Sister Ruyan taught her son a set of methods for refining the body, and these days, it is actually remarkable, and the martial arts are wonderful, which is really incredible. ”

He Hou looked at the happy smile on Liu Bian's face uncertainly, knowing that her son was like a mother, at this moment, she could feel that her son was really happy, without a trace of disguise, and she couldn't help but feel a sense of relief in her heart, the Han family, the position of the emperor, was not only a huge burden for Liu Bian, the last king, but also for her.

"Jia Xu!" After a while, He Hou made a decision in his heart, and turned his head to look at Jia Xudao.

"The minister is here!" Jia Xu took a step forward and bowed.

"Tell Li Ziyang that we have granted his request, and tell him that the mourning family wants to see him!" He Hou snorted coldly.

"The queen mother can rest assured, the minister will definitely bring the words." Jia Xu's eyes flashed, he thought of something, but there was no expression on his face, the emperor's family affairs were not something that one of his courtiers should ask. Bowed slightly.

"Let's go down." He Hou waved his hand a little tiredly.

"Wechen retires!" Jia Xu bowed slightly to Queen He's mother and son, and slowly withdrew from the manor, and a faint sigh sounded in the quiet manor.

The year 197 A.D. is undoubtedly an extremely lively year for the world of China. Since General Zhenbei sent troops, swept all the way to Hebei, leveled Sanzhou, and killed Yuan Shao, who was in the middle of the day, it seemed to be a signal of the opening of troubled times, although the north gradually calmed down with Li Xuan's recuperation, but the Central Plains region was lively. 、

In the past, Lu Bu, the god of war who dominated the group under the Tiger Prison, was mighty. Cao Cao, who once became famous, fled in embarrassment, but in the end he was still driven out of Yanzhou by Cao Cao, and in desperation he went to Liu Bei, who had just sat on Xuzhou Mu and had his own base. He went into exile in Luoyang and sent a plea for help to the princes of the world.

It's a pity. At the beginning, Yuan Shao was busy with the endless battle with Li Xuan, and Yuan Shu obviously had a different mind, and he ignored the emperor's edict, and Liu Biao of Jingzhou was busy guarding against Yuan Shu, and it seemed that he was unable to go east, and in the end. However, Cao Cao, who was originally not favored by Liu Xie, led his troops to the north, won the Han Emperor back to Xuchang, and began the road of coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes.

Then, Lu Bu, who had just gained a foothold in Xuzhou. Also taking advantage of Liu Bei's expedition to Yuan Shu, he took the opportunity to send troops to seize power and seize the real power of Xuzhou in one fell swoop, Liu Bei had no choice but to defect to Cao Cao, but followed by Yuan Shu as the emperor, but for the already chaotic Central Plains, filled a fire, so that the eyes of the whole world focused on Yuan Shu, which was the first prince who claimed to be the king since the beginning of the troubled times.

However, Yuan Shu's imperial career obviously did not last long, first defeated by Lu Bu, and then defeated by Cao Cao, Yuan Shu's imperial career also came to an end, however, before Cao Cao could enjoy the harvest of this war, above the Dragon City, Liu argued that the emperor, in an instant, let Cao Cao's newly rising joy instantly fall to the bottom.

Xuchang, Prime Minister's Mansion.

Cao Cao sat on top of you, and on the left and right, Guo Jia, Xun Yu, Xun You, and Cheng Yu sat in turn.

Looking at the edict in his hand, Cao Cao shook his head with a wry smile and said: "Lone was still strange, with Li Ziyang's cunning, how could he let go of this huge benefit to the princes by coercing the Son of Heaven, now it seems that I am afraid that as early as the time when the heroes were begging for Dong, the abolished emperor and the queen mother may have been pinched in his hands." ”

Cheng Yu thought for a while, frowned, and said, "My subordinates suspect that there was a secret alliance between Li Ziyang and Dong Zhuo at the beginning?" Otherwise, with Luoyang's strict guards at that time, even if Li Ziyang had the ability to reach the sky, it would be impossible for him to welcome out the mother and son of the abolished emperor without alarming anyone. ”

Cao Cao glanced at Cheng Yu with some surprise, he didn't think about it, then frowned and thought about it: "I can't rule out this possibility." ”

Guo Jia shook his head and said casually: "Dong Zhuo has become ancient, even if this is the case, what can we do?" Yuan Benchu is dead, the former tiger prison was under the princes, and now there are a few people still there, instead of thinking about this, it is better to think about how to meet the next situation, uh...... Zhongde, I'm not targeting you. ”

When Cheng Yu heard this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head and said: "What Feng Xiao said is true, now that Li Ziyang sacrifices to the emperor, we coerce the Son of Heaven to make the advantage of the princes no longer exist, even if we issue an edict to the princes in the name of the Son of Heaven, the princes can also shirk it with the Son of Heaven in Longcheng, the Son of Heaven is in our hands, and there is the same as nothing!" ”

Guo Jia nodded, his face suddenly became serious, and he looked at everyone: "What Zhong De said is only one aspect, think about it further, since Li Ziyang has already obtained the abolished emperor, why is he unwilling to push it to the forefront, but only at this moment did he sacrifice the name of the abolished emperor?" ”

Cheng Yu glanced at Guo Jia a little depressed, and thought, "Isn't it to balance us in righteousness?" ”

"That's right." Guo Jia nodded and pondered: "But if you think about it at a deeper level, it's not that simple. ”

"Feng Xiao is ......" Xun Yu's face suddenly became a little ugly, and he looked at Guo Jiadao.

"Hmm." Guo Jia nodded, and said abruptly: "Although it is not yet certain, but judging from the results, Yuan Shu is the emperor, and the majesty of the Han family has been shaken, and now Li Ziyang has sacrificed the abolished emperor, although it is ostensibly to balance us, but for the princes of the world, the banner of the Son of Heaven has been equated with nothing, and the majesty of the Han family has been lost, and doing so will not be beneficial to him himself, but if he wants to be the emperor, it will be another matter." ”

"Emperor!?" Cheng Yu and Xun You both looked at Guo Jia in disbelief, and Cheng Yu shouted: "He's crazy? Yuan Shu has learned from the past, isn't he afraid of incurring the world's heroes? ”

"This is where he is smarter than Yuan Shu!" Guo Jia shook his head and sighed faintly: "The majesty of the Han family has been lost to this point, I am afraid that when he chooses to be the emperor, it will not be the heroes of the world who will be defeated, but the heroes will each claim the king, and at that time, for us, the Son of Heaven will completely become a hot potato!" ”

Xun You and Cheng Yu couldn't help but nod when they heard this, if that is the situation, the Son of Heaven in his hands, not only can he not play the role of commanding the princes, but he simply put a Buddha on his head, let it go, it seems inappropriate, kill it? The name of killing the monarch can be settled, and it feels like it's really a bit of a taste of stealing chicken and rice.

Xun Yu's face was filled with sadness.

Cao Cao's black and fat body sat on the bench above, this bench was still modeled after what Li Xuan did in the princes' camp that day, Cao Cao remembered that Li Xuan moved out of the bench and Yuan Shao to the south and north, so it was not majestic, so that after coming back, he also asked a craftsman to build one for himself, and that feeling was quite good, but at this moment, Cao Cao obviously also thought of these possibilities, and asked a little unwillingly: "Then Li Ziyang is not also facing such a dilemma?" ”

"Dilemma?" Guo Jia shook his head and smiled: "Although I haven't seen the abolished emperor, it is rumored that Jia has also heard some of them, and the lord thinks that which one is better to control between the abolished emperor and the one in the palace?" ”

Cao Cao couldn't help but be silent for a while when he heard this, an eight-year-old thought of killing his brother to consolidate his position, and then had a bumpy road, fighting with Dong Zhuo, fighting with Guo Yan, Li Yu, and now fighting with himself, such a puppet is really not easy to control, as for the abolition of the emperor, Cao Cao has also seen it at the beginning, in all fairness, it is really not the material to be an emperor.

"Therefore, there are no two days in the sky, there are no two lords in the country, and it is imperative that the lord should make a decision immediately, call on the princes, wave his troops to the north, and do not seek to defeat Li Xuan, but must welcome back the abolished emperor before Li Xuan is proclaimed emperor, or ...... him" Guo Jia said, making a gesture to wipe his neck, the meaning is self-evident.

"It's just that the rear is not quiet, rashly going on the Northern Expedition, I'm afraid it will ......" Cao Cao hesitated a little, at this moment he had just annexed Yuan Shu's territory, which had not yet been stabilized, and Jiangdong had Sun Lang's troubles, Xuzhou Lu Bu was also eyeing him, as well as Jingzhou Liu Biao, Wancheng Zhang Xiu, these are all princes bordering him, so how can he rest assured that the Northern Expedition?

"Jiangdong Lion is really difficult, but the lord does not have to worry too much, first, the lion has not yet unified Jiangdong, second, the lord can be named Lu Bu as Yangzhou pastor, and then secretly inform the Chen father and son, Lu Bu to attack Jiangdong, the power of the east is self-relieved, as for the west, Wancheng Zhang Xiu and Liu Biao are secretly filthy, just a piece of edict, Cai Mao is the Wancheng Taishou, our army rear, you can rest easy." Guo Jia Langsheng said with a smile.

"Good!" When Cao Cao heard this, he couldn't help but smile and said: "There is one person who is filial piety, which is enough to block 100,000 male soldiers!" Just according to what Feng Xiao said! ”

"Newspaper~"

At this moment, a hurried cry suddenly sounded outside the door, and then, a guard of the Prime Minister's Mansion hurriedly came in, bowed down and said: "Lord, just sent back the news, Yue Fei sent troops to Heshuo, and had fought fiercely with Xiliang Ma father and son a month ago, three battles and three wins, Ma father and son surrendered, and the famous man Han Sui died in the chaos, and now Yue Fei has gathered the Xiliang army of Ma's father and son, forcing Chang'an, coercing Si Li, General Cao sent a letter, and in the area east of the river, there are traces of Longcheng troops, and there are signs of crossing the river!" ”

"Do you know who led the troops in the area east of the river!?" When Cao Cao heard this, he was taken aback and hurriedly asked.

"The enemy coach is named Li Jing!" The guard said.

When Cao Cao heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, looked at everyone and smiled bitterly: "It seems that even if we don't want to fight this battle, Li Ziyang will force us to fight!" (To be continued......)