After a pause, Xiahoudun pointed to the gray sky outside the tent: "Although it is a rainy day now, Sun Tianming got so much tung oil from nowhere, and he actually brought it with the army at any time, which is simply evil!" ”

Lin Ke was shocked, Xiahoudun was right, although it was a rainy day now, but if Sun Tianming really sent someone to quietly pour tung oil in the rain and light a fire, he was anxious, but he was afraid that many of his 30,000 children would have to fold here.

Tung oil that thing, mud all over the ground can not be seen, let alone smell, except for the lack of grain production is difficult to ignite, it is really better than oil.

But Link couldn't think of how Sun Tianming would have to use to unknowingly pour tung oil, which was enough to burn 30,000 horses to death, into his camp, even if he was in a hurry to fight with Ma Chao, and still had the opportunity to ignite it on a large scale.

After thanking Xiahoudun for his kindness, Link Ke saw that Xiahoudun actually showed an embarrassed expression, so he asked him, "Does Yuan Rang have anything else to say?" Between you and me, you don't have to be polite, just say it directly. ”

Xiahoudun rubbed his hands, and after a while, he said: "That's the case, the King of Wei has an urgent edict to our army, saying that it is for you and my two armies to merge into one, and nominally let me be the general of this army......"

As soon as these words came out, Yu Ban stood up as soon as he was calling, and even Le Jin widened his eyes.

Link was silent.

Cao Cao did this, almost no different from seizing his military power in battle, and he wondered in his heart who had come up with any tricks to arouse Cao Cao's suspicions again.

He is not afraid that Xiahou will seize his military power, now that the war is tight, even if Cao Cao has the heart to observe himself, he must stay in the army to serve and seize power in battle, which is easy to cause the army to mutiny, I believe that Cao Cao will not be so mentally retarded.

And what Link is most worried about now is what the conspiracy that came at him this time was aimed at.

Is it his position as the general of Zhenxi, or is it nonsensical and just wants to ruin his role in the southern expedition this time. If it was the former, Link felt that he should have a way to deal with it.

And if it is the latter, then it can be completely ignored, with Cao Cao's wisdom, I believe he will soon understand that this is another discordant plan of the enemy.

At this time, Le Jin said coldly: "I don't know what kind of traitor maliciously slandered the general in front of the King of Wei, and changed the generals in battle, this is a taboo for soldiers, even if the King of Wei doesn't notice it for a while, are the strategists on the left and right all eating dry rice?" ”

Xiahoudun's eyes rolled, embarrassed and really couldn't do it.

Link's heart moved, it seemed that Xiahoudun probably knew what was going on.

Yu Ban would not watch the army he brought up by himself be taken by others like this, unlike Link Ke, he, a general with a foreign surname, has a big gap with Cao Cao's clan generals.

Yu Ban walked out angrily and shouted: "I'll go to King Wei to ask me to understand, the big war is imminent, how could such a ridiculous edict be issued." ”

Xiahoudun's face flashed with anger, he was extremely loyal to Cao Cao, and he couldn't allow others to say that Cao Cao was not at all, but this time, Cao Cao's edict was indeed very problematic, and it hurt the hearts of these generals with foreign surnames too much.

Link hurriedly shouted to Yu Ban: "The text is slow-there must be something strange about this matter, Yuan Rang, you must know what's going on, right?" I don't want you to tell me everything, you just say, that's about what happened. After you take the military power, I will listen to it before I go to King Wei, and I believe that the truth will come out one day. ”

Xiahoudun slapped his thigh and scolded: "The younger generation doesn't understand big things, and they have fallen into the enemy's plan to divide them." ”

Link suddenly realized, Yu Ban and Le Jin scolded together: "King Wei led us to fight bloody battles on the battlefield, why is the prince so filthy to us generals with foreign surnames?" ”

Yes, this time to seize Linke's military power was the idea of Cao Pi, the son of King Wei who is now staying in Yecheng.

But the reason for slandering Link this time was not that he wanted to rebel, but that there were rumors in Yecheng that Link Ke's prestige in Guanzhong was too great, and once he was a little long and short, he was afraid that the 30,000 troops in Guanzhong would rebel and help Liu Bei fight Cao Cao.

But it is such a seemingly well-intentioned statement that makes Cao Pi, who is no less suspicious than his father, not help but consider it seriously. Moreover, Cao Pi and Lin Ke actually have a lot of contradictions, as early as when Cao Pi and Cao Zhi were competing for the position of the prince, Cao Pi wanted to hint at Lin Ke who was on the ruling side.

Link ignored it, he knew that some of his words could reach Cao Cao's ears, so he said, "I am the general of the King of Wei, but I am not a loyal servant of the Cao family. And who to appoint as the son, this is the arbitrary decision of King Wei Qiangang, how can I, an outsider, interfere? ”

Cao Pi then secretly hated Link.

At this moment, a letter suddenly arrived from the north, and Link opened it in the side tent to see that it was written by Cai Yan and sent someone to send it quickly.

The letter said that Cao Pi had recently gained several henchmen, one of whom came from the south, and that person had a very good appetite for Cao Pi, and told Cao Pi that Lin Ke had too much to do with Guanzhong, and that once he had an accident, Xiliang would inevitably have a big problem, and then the King of Wei would probably need to spend a greater price to pacify such a thing.

It must be Sun Tianming again!

Link crushed the letter, and Xiahoudun, who followed behind, opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything.

After all, the edict for Link to hand over military power was given by Cao Cao, and if it was issued by Cao Pi, Xiahou would not have ignored it.

Regarding the contradiction between Link and Cao Pi, Xiahoudun is deeply aware. At the beginning, Cao Pi and Cao Zhi competed for the position of the prince, it can be said that Cao Pi did everything he could, and Xiahoudun himself was a little unbearable. For a general like Link Ke, who has a heavy army and is trusted by Cao Cao, Cao Pi naturally did not give up the competition.

Under the persuasion of Jia Xu and Sima Yi, Cao Pi lowered his posture and wrote several letters to Link, asking Link to help him on this joint issue, but Link refused, and the refusal was unacceptable.

In this regard, although Cao Pi finally got the position of the prince of Wei, but he finally had a secret hatred for Link, there were so many times, Cao Pi blew the wind in Cao Cao's ears and said bad things about Link, and was criticized by Cao Cao at that time, Cao Pi saw that he could not shake the position of General Link Zhenxi, and there was persuasion from a wise man like Jia Xu, so he slowly did not continue to find Link's stubble.

Cao Cao was extremely appreciative of Link's approach, and in his letters to Xiahoudun, he said about it more than once, and praised Link as a real person who can be entrusted with great things.

But this time, Xiahoudun really couldn't guess what Cao Cao was thinking.

Clear-eyed people know at a glance that this is another slander on Link by someone with a heart, and it is understandable that someone with an average IQ suspects that Link is going to rebel, but Cao Cao's IQ is by no means an ordinary person, how could he follow Cao Pi's nonsense and deprive Link of the most important military power?

Could it be that this is another test for Cao Cao to Link?

Xiahoudun shook his head, and he denied this idea first.

Suddenly, Xiahoudun thought of something.

Once, when Cao Cao was gathering with these clan generals, he grabbed his white hair and sighed and said: "Cao Cao, who dominates the world, is still old after all, and it is not okay to refuse to accept the old, it seems that it is time to arrange the future." ”

Could it be because he wanted to pave the way for Cao Pi, so he pretended not to understand what was going on this time, and restricted Link in advance?

After thinking about it, Xiahoudun only thought of this one reason.

And it just so happened that Link also remembered that when he met Cao Cao, Cao Cao would sigh from time to time that he was old and would have to rely on his juniors in the future.

Link was even younger than Cao Pi, and Cao Cao would certainly consider him as one of the candidates to assist Cao Pi. Link himself also knows that compared to Jia Xu, a strategist who has no military power, once Cao Cao's tiger dies, Cao Pi's little tiger boy is still young after all, and with his own strength, he is fully capable of doing something that Cao Cao couldn't do when he was alive.

"This is the beginning of the arrangement?!" Link's face was gloomy, anyone who was treated like this would have to have a stomach full of anger, but what he didn't understand was that a man of such eloquence and strategy as Cao Cao would actually think of clearing his son's hands and feet when the war was imminent?

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