Cao Xiu sent someone to send someone to Xu Du to send the letter to Prime Minister Cao Cheng at noon yesterday only about five hours away, and the Hongmen Banquet Incident occurred in the evening, resulting in many deaths and injuries among his men, and also made Cao Xiu understand the power of future people, so after discussing with Master Zhang in the evening, he hurriedly repaired a letter to urgently arrange for the situation that happened at night to be sent to Xu Du overnight, and it is estimated that it can be delivered to Prime Minister Cao Cao at dawn.

As soon as it was dawn the next morning, the sixty-one-year-old Cao Cao came to the courtyard to practice the five fowl operas taught by Hua Tuo. So many years of strategizing and crusades have consumed a lot of his energy and physical strength; Now he often feels powerless, and his body is not as good as before, especially when the damn headache attacks are becoming more frequent and more severe, sometimes with splitting headaches and even unable to sleep.

In the courtyard, he danced lightly and slowly, calmly punching, suddenly fast as a whirlwind, suddenly fixed like a green pine, really flowing water, happy in it.

When he was dancing and felt his body sweating slightly, he suddenly heard someone outside the door loudly saying that there was an important letter to be handed over to the prime minister, and the guards guarding the prime minister's mansion were blocking him, saying that the prime minister was now exercising and could not meet anyone until the court.

"Who is outside the hospital who has something important to report? Cao Yu, go and have a look with me. Cao Cao said loudly to his nephew, who was standing beside him.

After Cao Yu heard the Prime Minister's instructions, he hurriedly came to the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and he found that there were four people outside the gate of the Mansion, two of whom knelt at the door, holding up a letter in each hand, saying that General Cao Xiu of the Hidden City had confessed that it must be handed over to Prime Minister Cao Cheng in person.

Cao Yu didn't dare to slack off when he heard about it, and hurriedly ran to the courtyard to report to Cao Cao, saying that Cao Xiu had an important letter that he had to hand over to the prime minister. So Cao Cao followed Cao Yu to the gate of the mansion, and after receiving the letter from the messenger, he asked the messengers to go back first.

Cao Cao took the basin with washing water brought by the servant, washed his face and wiped his body, came to a corner of the courtyard, and took the two letters from Cao Yu's hands. Judging from the handwriting, they are all the same person as Cao Xiu, and the date is also the same day, but one of them has a "urgent" mark written on the back.

Cao Cao hurriedly opened the letter with "urgency" written on the back and looked at it carefully, and then opened the other letter and looked at it, and immediately said to Cao Yu with a serious expression: "This matter is important, quickly send someone to send an order to Cheng Yu and Jia Xu and other civil servants and strategists, as well as Xu Chu, Zhang He, Xiahou Yuan and others, so that they can come to the Prime Minister's Mansion at nine o'clock, and the Prime Minister has important matters to discuss." So Cao Yu didn't dare to slack off, and immediately arranged for people to go to the mansions of various civil ministers and military generals to convey the will of Prime Minister Cao Cao.

Why did Cao Cao call these civil ministers and military generals to his home to discuss matters, in fact, this prime minister's mansion is also a pocket court, although Cao Cao is still nominally the prime minister of the Eastern Han Dynasty, but in fact, he has long stopped taking Emperor Han Xian in his eyes, and Liu Xie, the son of heaven, is just a puppet of his "coercion of the Son of Heaven to order the princes". In addition, Cao Cao is very scheming, although he is powerful, but he is not publicized, nominally he is still commensurate with the Son of Heaven as a monarch and minister, so he will not discuss some important matters in the court of the Son of Heaven, so as not to stimulate the Son of Heaven and cause unnecessary trouble.

When the time came, Cao Cao had already dressed up and sat in the middle of the lobby of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and those civil and military generals sat cross-legged at the long tables on both sides of the east and west. Everyone didn't know what to discuss today, and they all looked at each other and looked ignorant.

After the personnel sat down in Qidu, Cao Cao began to say loudly: "Zhong Aiqing, these are the two letters that I have just received, which are the letters written by Cao Xiu, the guard of the hidden city, and sent someone to send them to the hand of the prime minister. ”

So Cao Cao informed the ministers of the general contents of these two letters, and finally he said: "In the future, people will come here and claim that they can help me to pacify the two forces of Shu and Wu, and rule the world as soon as possible; I think that although there are only a few people, they actually have extraordinary artifacts, and they have entered the realm of no one in my Great Wei. In Yiyang, he was seriously injured and captured the guard Xiahou Shen; Fortunately, he had a benevolent heart and miraculous medical skills, and he actually released him after treatment, winning the favor of both the military and the people of Yiyang. It also has a treasure, which can walk on its own and resemble a turtle's car, with a hard shell, invulnerable, and extremely fast. This future is carried by this strange car, all the way north, bypassing the post city to the hidden city into the city, the guard general Cao Xiu set up a Hongmen banquet to test his strength, but was unexpectedly recognized by it; Cao Xiu's reprimanded killers were all slaughtered by him, and his condition was unbearable, which shows how strong his strength is. ”

After listening to the prime minister's talk about the situation of this future person, all the civil ministers and military generals sitting behind the long tables on both sides of the east and west were shocked and discussed, not knowing what to do.

At this time, Cao Cao's first strategist Cheng Yu (Xun Yu is dead, now he is Cao Cao's first strategist) first said: "There are such amazing people in the world!" A few people actually made it impossible for dozens of people to be ambushed on their left and right, and they also suffered heavy casualties; Such a powerful person is the military general of our Wei, Shu, and Wu Kingdoms today, and no one can match it, so we should come up with a perfect strategy. ”

The others immediately chimed in: "Yes! This future person has such magical things and weapons, we must not be careless! Then they exchanged words and talked to each other. For a time, the entire prime minister's hall was full of people, and it was very lively, and there were all kinds of bills put forward by everyone.

First of all, the general Zhang He said loudly: "Prime Minister: This future person has such a miraculous ability to break through many of my cities and injure many of my soldiers, the last general thinks that Cao Xiu and other generals are calculated by the thief because of the light enemy and poor preparation, and the last general is willing to lead 3,000 troops, and will definitely capture the future man and hand it over to the prime minister for disposal." ”

Cao Cao waved his hand and said, "This plan can't be, this plan can't be!" According to Cao Xiu's report, there was a magical weapon in the hand of the future, which sounded like a firecracker, and everywhere it was pointed, everyone fell to it, either dead or injured. And they all entered into a great disput.

The strategist Jia Xu stood up and said: "Prime Minister: We can set up an ambush under the city gate, and when the thief enters the city, the soldiers who are in ambush on both sides can be taken by surprise. ”

There are also many ministers of civil and military affairs who also put forward multiple plans, which were also vetoed by Cao Cao one by one. At this time, everyone fell into deep thought again.

At this time, Cheng Yu stood up and said: "According to Cao Xiu, this future person claims to have come to my Great Wei to help the King of Wei rule the world, if it is as he said, it is the great luck of my Great Wei!" With such a capable person to help King Wei, why can't he rule the world as soon as possible? ”

Cao Cao was overjoyed after hearing this: "Chen Aiqing is reasonable! If there are such miraculous people for my use, it is really a blessing for my Wei country. ”

He paused and said, "Why did the future people with such a magical weapon come to my Wei Kingdom alone? Is it really here to help me or is there something else going on? This is exactly what this aspect is concerned about. ”

Cheng Yu said again: "Prime Minister, does Cao Xiu's letter have anything else to say?" ”

Cao Cao said: "According to Cao Xiu's letter, the future people will send a person to ride Cao Xiu's horse out this morning, presumably to visit Xudu, and it is expected that they can enter the city of Xudu when it is dark." ”

Cheng Yu was overjoyed when he heard this: "Congratulations to the Prime Minister, God help me!" The minister has a plan to break this enemy. Cao Cao and everyone were pleasantly surprised, and Cao Cao shouted: "Aiqing, what is the clever plan, come and listen to Ben soon!" ”。

So Cheng Yu said: "The person who inquires must have entered the city tonight, and the horse he is riding is Cao Xiu's red rabbit horse, which is tall and strong, distinctive, and easy to distinguish; We can send four groups of four men each from the east, west, south, and north gates to investigate. Those who go out from the south gate shall wait in disguise for thirty miles; The other three roads only need to meet two miles in front of their respective city gates. If the horse is found, a person with a strong personality is accompanied by a person, and the two of them quickly memorize the appearance and characteristics of the person riding the horse and the clothes he wears and pass it on to the city, leaving the other two to follow him from afar. ”

Cao Cao and all the ministers suddenly realized: "This plan is very wonderful! Cheng Yu continued: "It is expected that the person who inquired will definitely find an inn outside the city to foster the horse into the city alone, and in order to ensure that his tracks are not leaked, he will not enter the city through the south gate, so the city gate is still the same as usual, tight on the outside and loose on the inside."

In addition, the prime minister can increase the manpower of the other three city gates, and strictly check the people who enter the city, and it is expected that the inquirer will run here for a long time, and then go around to the other gates to enter the city, he will already be exhausted, and will definitely find an inn to live and rest, and will only act tomorrow. The prime minister can send someone to spy on him, and then capture the person who inquires after he is asleep. ”

Cao Cao was overjoyed and said: "Cheng Yu Aiqing's plan is feasible, as long as the person who inquires is captured, you can know the true purpose of the future person's trip." ”

Cheng Yu then said: "The prime minister must not hurt this person before he finds out the true purpose of the future person's trip, if so, not only will he not be able to get the help of the future person, but he will also be a strong enemy." Thinking that the future people are also mortals, they all have seven emotions and six desires, and the prime minister might as well set up another plan, if he can buy this person to investigate, as an internal response, even if the future accomplices have any unexpected intentions, they can easily control it. ”

Cao Cao said loudly: "Just act according to Cheng Aiqing's plan!" So he ordered Xu Chu to arrange for men to go to the city gates to meet the people riding red rabbit horses, and ordered him to lead elite soldiers to guard the city gates, and all those who entered the city must be strictly checked; Immediately send someone to check and register all the inns in the city; In addition, all inns are arranged to have a person who pretends to be his partner undercover, and the young and strong men who stay after the time of the battle and the hour (from five to nine o'clock in the afternoon) are all reported; Then Zhang He selected a hundred elite soldiers with high martial arts skills to prepare to arrest this person in the inn, and in this way, an invisible net was quietly spread and prepared to welcome Liu Dahai's arrival.

This is exactly what the sea is solitary to probe the enemy, but the prime minister has already known about it

Cheng Yu took the initiative to dedicate the plan and only waited for the people to drill in