July 197.

Nearly half a year has passed since the Battle of Wancheng.

One morning, hundreds of officials in the palace of Xudu went to court.

Inside the courtroom.

With the slight footsteps of 'stepping', when the civil and military officials came to the palace, they were also divided into two sides according to their respective official positions.

Zhao Zhou also wore a brocade robe today, came to the court hall, and stood directly in front of the military generals.

"Wuhou!"

"Sir!" When the civil and military officials saw Zhao Zhou coming, they also bowed.

Zhao Zhou also returned the favor.

also waited until the hundred officials stood in their respective positions, and Emperor Han Xian walked out of the hall and sat on the dragon chair.

Cao Cao stood at the bottom of the steps, and when he saw that the hundred officials were bowing to Emperor Han and shouting 'Long live, long live, long live', he did not bow down, but enjoyed the etiquette of the hundred officials kneeling.

Similarly, Zhao Zhou also closed his eyes to recuperate, secretly held his breath and exhaled, and the sound of breathing was relatively small, like ordinary people, grinding his heart. did not kneel and bow, even on the court hall, it was like no one else was practicing.

"Zhong Aiqing is flat."

Emperor Han Xian didn't mind this, and spread it with one hand and let the hundred officials get up.

At this time, Cao Cao seemed to suddenly wake up, saluted Emperor Han Xian, took the holy decree of Emperor Han Xian, and went to the hundred officials to bring together the wars of the past few years, as well as the gifts of various officials.

In the end, it was clear that he was going to attack Yuan Shao!

The news was also sent a month ago, and now Cao's army is preparing its troops and horses, and will start sending troops at the end of the month after the harvest is completed.

It's just that in the process of Cao Cao's clarification, Zhao Zhou sharpened his strength for a while, didn't know what he thought, turned his head slightly, and asked Xiahoudun, who was standing behind him: "I heard that Liu Bei is here?"

"Yes, sir." Xiahoudun's expression remained unchanged, and his lips moved slightly: "Liu Bei came to Mengde's Mansion yesterday, and it seems that he wants to ask for an official position and conquer the territory for the emperor of the Han Dynasty..."

Liu Bei took Zhang Fei and Guan Yu to Xudu yesterday, and directly found Cao Cao, wanting to go into battle to kill the enemy and open up the territory of the Han Dynasty.

When Cao Cao heard this, he wanted to ask Zhao Zhou to discuss, but it was too late, so he gave up, and did not agree to Liu Bei's request for the time being.

Equally.

This time, when the hundred officials went to the court, Cao Cao gave the hundred officials, and he did not read Liu Bei's name, as if he was going to hide him.

"Meng De said that Liu Bei has no merits to check, and he can't be can't be canonized as an official for the time being."

Xiahoudun whispered and brought Cao Cao's original words one by one.

"I know." Zhao Zhou nodded, and did not ask Xiahoudun how Cao Cao would arrange Liu Bei and the others next, but began to hold his breath and practice again.

It wasn't until Cao Cao finished reciting the seal and stood beside him that he spoke again and asked the main owner: "I heard that Meng De did not seal Liu Bei's official position, but I don't know how Liu Bei arranged it?"

"The morale of the soldiers is lofty, and the soldiers have been sent to Yuan Shao in the past few days." Cao Cao heard Zhao Zhou's inquiry, and also whispered back: "I heard about Guo Jia's plan again, and I am ready to let Liu Bei defect to Yuan Shao as a response for our army." With the reputation he has saved for his loyalty, he will definitely not really submit to Yuan Shao. And it can also make Liu Bei have some merits, so that he can be sealed. ”

Cao Cao said, and said again: "Liu Bei also agreed to this plan, and left Guan Yu in Xudu. Do you think so, sir? ”

"Let Liu Bei respond?" Zhao Zhou pondered for a while, and the first thing that came to mind was to ride alone for thousands of miles in a few years. Guan Yu rode the red rabbit out of Cao Cao's side, and killed all the way to Yuan Shao's side to find Liu Bei.

It's just that this battle of Guandu will be a few years earlier.

Similarly, this time it was also replaced by him Zhao Zhou guarding Xu Du, especially his own martial arts here, Guan Yu must be unable to escape, and it is delusional to kill Xu Du, let alone walk thousands of miles.

"This is a great good! Even if Liu Bei doesn't care about his reputation, he will care about Guan Yu's name. Zhao Zhou praised it. But he always felt in his heart that with Liu Bei's cautious mind, he would definitely not let others arrange him like this.

"Maybe Liu Bei has already run away..... When Cao Cao returns to the mansion, I'm afraid I'm going to be disappointed...."Zhao Zhou suddenly came to this idea, and he also felt that eight or nine were inseparable.

But Cao Cao didn't know what Zhao Zhou thought.

On the contrary, when he heard that Zhao Zhou praised his profound strategy, he was happy in his heart, and he almost laughed out loud in the palace.

"Sir, praise falsely! This plan is based on filial piety, and it is not all my strategy. Although Cao Cao was quiet, his voice was full of pride.

And Zhao Zhou ignored him and closed his eyes.

waited until the early dynasty, and in the various flattering words of the hundred officials, Zhao Zhou and Cao Cao discussed all the way out of the palace.

"Sir, Liu Bei is in the mansion now, let's go see each other together?" Cao Cao had a smile on his face all the way out of the palace.

"Yes." Zhao Zhou nodded, and while walking, he sharpened his strength, and did not expect anything from Liu Bei's idea that he was still in Cao Cao's mansion.

"Sir.... "It's also this time.

A middle-aged man who looked like a housekeeper hurriedly ran from the street and bowed to Cao Cao and said, "Master, Liu Bei and the three of them said this morning that they were going to eat some snacks from the capital, but they haven't come back yet.... The lord said that you should keep an eye on them. The villain also ordered people to look for them, but after searching all over Xu Du, they couldn't find their whereabouts..."

The butler said, with guilt on his face and a lot of uneasiness in his heart. Because anyone with a discerning eye can see that Liu Bei and the three of them secretly don't know where they ran away on the pretext of having breakfast.

"You...."Cao Cao was furious when he heard this, he had just told Zhao Zhou about Liu Bei's plan for the three of them, and the next moment he received bad news, and he lost his promise in front of his respected husband, how could he not be angry?

"I said that no matter where Liu Bei and the three go, they must send someone to follow!" Cao Cao's words fell, and he reached out and slapped the housekeeper, feeling that he had lost all his face.

"Mengde. Now you are commonplace, and this place is also outside the gate of the imperial city. Zhao Zhou's arm moved, smashed Cao Cao's numb tendons, and pushed the housekeeper away, "Even if Meng De sends people to follow, with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's martial arts, when they really come to the city gate, they suddenly attack, no one can stop them, but they will lose the face of the capital of Xudu." ”

can have such an accident, to be honest, Zhao Zhou is not surprised at all.

Because Liu Bei is able to speak well in history, fooling a few soldiers to walk to the city gate, this is a piece of cake.

Moreover, Liu Bei also ran around in the first half of his life in history, without soldiers and horses, and he could travel between various princes unharmed, relying on a very cautious mind.

After all, Liu Bei is not stupid, as soon as he came to Xudu the night before, he quietly inquired, and after grinding until Cao Cao had no loyalty to the Han, and knew that Zhao Zhou was also staying in Xudu, and did not worship in the court, and did not respect Emperor Han at all, where did the three of them dare to show revenge here?

Especially as Liu Bei's royal family, if they are regarded as people from Emperor Han Xian's faction, will they have a better life?

They couldn't help but wait until Cao Cao went to the early court, and then casually found a reason, and directly took his two brothers to dress up in disguise, and slipped into the ranks of merchants who went out of the city.

Similarly, Liu Bei will run, and Zhao Zhou has nothing to pity.

If Liu Bei stayed in Xudu, then Zhao Zhou felt rare and wanted to see if Liu Bei had been transferred.

"Now that the matter has come to this, Meng De doesn't need to think about the previous plan." Zhao Zhou also rarely comforted Cao Cao, and took the lead towards Cao Cao's mansion,"

"Thank you Wuhou...."When the housekeeper saw Zhao Zhou protecting him, he was also grateful to Dade, and said to Cao Cao for his crimes, and he was forgiven and led the way.

"Sir, let's stop the matter." Cao Cao said, ignoring the housekeeper who was grateful while leading the way, but said to Zhao Zhou, who seemed to have expected this time: "Did Mr. anticipate this?"

When the words fell, Cao Cao suddenly sighed, a little uneasy, and felt that he had been happy in the palace for a long time.

"Yes. I had already expected Liu Bei to leave. When Zhao Zhou saw Cao Cao's appearance, he also rarely quipped: "However, I saw that Meng De was in a happy mood before, so I didn't tell me, I want Meng De to laugh more and be less sad."

Cao Cao has always had headaches, and Zhao Zhou also helped him see it, but he is not good at studying medicine, and he can't see any way, so he can only let Cao Cao relax his mind and laugh when he can.

"This...."It's just that Cao Cao heard Zhao Zhou's joke, but he was stunned for a moment, and he couldn't help laughing: "It's just Liu Bei, this plan can't be successful, we still have the strategist Bai Yu, all kinds of clever plans can be used." How could I, Cao Cao, be so concerned about Liu Bei and worry about him..."

Speaking of this, Cao Cao was stunned, remembering that he was a good general and strategist, and after Zhao Zhou helped him, he suddenly laughed a few times, which caused passers-by to look sideways, put Liu Bei's matter behind, and began to tell Zhao Zhou some interesting stories when he traveled to various states and counties during the war.

Also along with the conversation all the way.

Zhao Zhou and the three came to Cao Cao's mansion.

At this time, there were more than 50 tables in a spacious lobby, on which there were all kinds of food and drink.

Moreover, Guo Jia and other strategists, as well as Xiahoudun and other generals, were already seated, and the table did not move at all, as if they were waiting for Zhao Zhou and Cao Cao to take their seats.

"Sir!"

"Mengde!"

"Brother!"

When Zhao Zhou came, various titles also sounded.

"Sit down, brothers." Cao Cao is also relatively approachable, so that everyone can sit down and sit at the head.

Zhao Zhou also sat next to Cao Cao and set up a banquet, there was no distinction between superior and left.

Afterwards, Cao Cao didn't say anything serious, and with a wave of his hand, he made the singer dance, and everyone started eating.

"Everyone!"

Wait until you're full of food and drink. Cao Cao saw that everyone was not drunk, so he began to talk about business and talked about how to attack Yuan Shao.

"Yuan Shao IV and the third duke, the reputation is far and wide, and the people who took refuge do not remember. At least 150,000 soldiers and horses can be warned! It's more than five times as long as I'm waiting! Now Yuan Shao has heard the news of the movement of our army and has begun to prepare..."

Cao Cao's face was solemn, he didn't talk about these things in detail when he was in the early dynasty, and now they are all his own people, so he came one by one, wanting to see if everyone has any strategies to break the enemy, otherwise the soldiers and horses with a five-fold gap still want to defeat Yuan Shao, this is a joke.

"Sikong, I have a plan!"

Also when Cao Cao's words fell, everyone looked at each other worried, or shook their heads and thought of countermeasures, Guo Jia stood up, walked to the hall and arched his hand and said: "Sikong will definitely win this battle, Yuan Shao has nothing to worry about!"

As he spoke, he saw that everyone was surprised or curious, and he was talking, and the old god was saying: "Sikong wins, it is better than Dao Sheng, righteous Sheng, Zhisheng Sheng, Du Sheng, Mou Sheng, Virtue Sheng, Ren Sheng, Ming Sheng, Wen Sheng, Wu Sheng.... And these ten victories, Yuan Shao has never had, so I said that Yuan Shao will lose ten times and will lose! ”

"That's right!"

"Yes, yes, although Yuan Shao is named the fourth and third dukes, there are many complaints about the soldiers under him, and the counties under his command are all shizi gate lords in power, and some people are also very troubled."

Everyone talked about it, as if they were affected by Guo Jia's pride, and felt that this battle was won before the battle.

Later, Guo Jia also carefully elaborated on the remarks of ten wins and ten defeats, which made everyone more confident in their hearts.

"Good!" When Cao Cao heard everything, he also praised it, looking full of confidence. But in terms of deeds, although he had a smile on his face, he knew in his heart that it was still a hard battle.

However, when these words of ten victories and ten defeats spread, it can also boost the morale of our army and the enemy's morale retreat, which is a good strategy to attack the heart.

Zhao Zhou also heard all of them, and felt that there was indeed a kind of arrogance, and the role of the strategists was about to sound the war drums.

"It's a brilliant plan." Zhao Zhou admired.

"This plan is the best thing to attack, spread it to all armies tomorrow, and then send spies to the enemy army to spread the rumors!" Cao Cao saw that Zhao Zhou had no objection, and also issued a military order.

And it was also at this time.

While everyone was thinking about preparation, Cao Ren suddenly stood up, came to Guo Jia's side and said, "Fengxiao, your ten wins and ten defeats are too complicated, and I have a plan to win!"

"Oh?" Guo Jia smiled, although he didn't know what the plans of Cao Ren, who usually only knew about training and fighting, had a lot of relationships, and his face was straight, as if he was asking for advice, and seemed to joke: "Zixiao doesn't know what the trick is, Jia, listen to it."

"That's right, Zixiao, if you have anything to say, say it well, I'll also let the soldiers take them out a little!" Xiahoudun stopped when he went out and looked at Cao Ren with a smile.

"Humph!" Cao Ren snorted lightly, ignoring the depressing gazes of everyone who relaxed the suppression of the war, and leisurely took out a blood book from his arms, first bowed it to Zhao Zhou, and then handed it to Cao Cao and said: "Brother, when our army was preparing to attack Yuan Shao in January, Yuan Shao put down a general, three lieutenants, fifteen lieutenants, hundreds of captains, and military marquises. I am willing to fight against Yuan Shao when our army is in battle! ”

Cao Ren said, and bowed to Zhao Zhou again: "It was also said in the blood book that as long as Mr. came to the front of the battle and shouted, as a code, they would lead their soldiers and swear that Mr. Yu would ride horses together to fight, not afraid of life and death, and get rid of Yuan thief!"