The messenger of Zhaocheng headed in all directions.

Today, there are no less than twenty princes, large and small, including their vassals.

The first to receive a letter from Zhaocheng were naturally Yuan Shao from Jizhou, Cao Cao from Yanzhou, Zhang Yan from Qingzhou and Guan Hai from Hanoi.

Zhang Yan temporarily took refuge in Yuan Shao after Liu Bei retreated to Xuzhou, while Guan Hai oscillated between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, both independent vassals.

However, as Cao Cao mastered Emperor Liu Xie, Guan Hai gradually fell to Cao Cao, as a former Taiping army, Guan Hai was most afraid that someone would talk about his original identity, so he was quite concerned about the current Han official body and title.

Yuan Shao, who had just returned from the northern battlefield, happened to receive a letter from Zhaocheng.

The content of the letter is very simple, "King Su issued a decree on September 13, inviting Jun Zhaocheng to discuss the major affairs of Zhuxia. ”

He only thought for a moment and immediately said: "Start preparing gifts now, I will go to Zhaocheng in person, and bring Mi'er to Zhaocheng to have a look."

The matter of Jizhou will be handed over to the public and friends to decide together. ”

In person?

Hebei civil and military forces wanted to come forward to persuade, but Yuan Shao directly stopped and said: "This is the decree of King Su to destroy the Qin Dynasty, which has not been seen in three hundred years, what kind of grand event is this?"

You are all resourceful people, how can you not see Lowe's determination?

Besides, Zhaocheng is in Jizhou, if you don't dare to go to Jizhou, what else is there to fight for?

Cao Liu's grandson is eyeing my Jizhou, if the Luo clan is evil, the fall of Yecheng will be in the middle of the night, I will know. ”

Hearing what Yuan Shao said, everyone knew that they couldn't persuade him, so they only heard Yuan Shao say again: "Since it is the decree of King Su, this is a grand event in the world, inform the princes of the world, you can come to Ji, I Yuan Shao welcome you." ”

Yuan Shao said that, then left the court and came to the backyard of the house, Mrs. Liu came up to undress Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao asked, "How is Mi'er doing recently?" ”

Zhen Mi was already the righteous daughter of Yuan Shao who officially worshipped the ceremony a few years ago.

The Han law stipulates that in addition to the fact that the righteous son and the righteous daughter cannot inherit the title, they are even eligible to inherit the family property, which is almost no different from the formal children.

If he changed his surname to the genealogy, it would be like Yuan Shao inheriting his uncle.

For being able to have such a relative with the lord of Jizhou, Zhen is naturally very happy.

Although there are very few descendants of the Zhen family, the woman could not become the head of the family in the first place, and now the ending is also good.

Mrs. Liu smiled when she heard this: "Recently, Mi'er is learning to be a female celebrity, she is smart and smart, no matter what she learns, she is extremely fast.

But ......"

Yuan Shao raised his head when he heard this, and asked suspiciously, "But what?" ”

Mrs. Liu hurriedly said: "Husband, do you remember that after you took Mi'er from Wuji County to Yecheng, at the banquet, the scholar Liu Liang said that Mi'er's face is unspeakably expensive? ”

Yuan Shao's face became a little solemn, and some people in Jizhou suspected that he directed and acted in this matter, but he really didn't.

The most important thing is that the Xiangshi Liu Liang left straight after finishing speaking, he wanted to use gold and jade to make him say more, but he refused.

Thinking of these, Yuan Shao asked solemnly: "Remember, but is there anything wrong?" ”

Mrs. Liu recalled with a shocked look: "A few days ago, in the afternoon, the concubine went to Mi'er's boudoir, and outside the boudoir, she heard the sound of a big river running.

The next moment it was gone, and the concubine thought it was dazzled, and the matter was too strange to be told to anyone.

But in the past few days, Mi'er has been extravagant and awe-inspiring, and a little girl who has not yet reached the end of her life has a brilliant feeling, which is really expensive.

Thinking about it, maybe it wasn't an illusion that day, but the phoenix is the totem of the Zhou clan, and Mi'er is not the daughter of the Luo family, how can there be that miraculous appearance? ”

Yuan Shao was shocked at first, and then a look of ecstasy appeared on his face, he paced in the room, and then couldn't help laughing: "Okay!

Good!

Isn't this God helping me Yuan Shao to achieve great things? ”

Seeing that his wife was puzzled, Yuan Shao laughed and said, "Madam, don't you still understand?

It's expensive!

If a woman in this world wants to be expensive, she always has to rely on her husband, and Mi'er will definitely be able to marry a man with a very high status in the future.

Since ancient times, it has been rumored that Luoshui has a phoenix, and the ancestor of the Luo family, Lingjun, is the god of Luoshui, and it is rumored that he has the destiny of the phoenix of the Zhou family.

The vision on Mi'er's body happens to correspond to this legend, doesn't this mean that Mi'er was born with Luo's fate?

This time I went to Zhaocheng, and I was about to take Mi'er there, and now it seems that this is all God's will.

What is greater in this world than the will of Heaven? ”

Of course, Mrs. Liu always knew that Yuan Shao wanted to have a relationship with Luo's.

Yuan Shao has a reputation as a corporal in the world, and he will not refuse to come to those who defect to him as long as he is talented, but he actually has a strange psychology, and he has a kind of confidence in the children of Gaomen.

It was precisely the case that Rock's was the highest gate, so he had a deep reverence for Rock's.

He does not have Luo's subordinates under his command, and Luo's armed force is still in his heart, which makes him feel insecure, and he always feels that his foundation will be in danger all the time.

In fact, Jizhou Wenwu has proposed to Yuan Shao more than once to move to Jizhou, and even prepared to move directly to Jicheng after capturing Youzhou, away from Zhaocheng.

But they were all rejected by Yuan Shao, wouldn't it be obvious to guard against Luo's in this way.

Now that he has finally found an opportunity, how can Yuan Shao not be happy?

……

The envoys of Zhaocheng and Yuan Shao walked in all directions, and the princes who received the news were different.

Gongsun Chan naturally didn't go directly, how could he dare to enter Jizhou?

Yuan Shao's envoy was directly beaten by him after arriving in Youzhou, if Liu Yu hadn't arrived in time, I am afraid he would have died in Youzhou.

Although Gongsun Zhan was reluctant to go to Zhaocheng, Liu Yu was willing to go, "King Su issued a decree, this is a grand event in the world, whether it is true or not, if no one goes to Youzhou, it can be called self-isolation from the world." ”

Youzhou is not Gongsun Chan alone, even the Gongsun family has people who support Liu Yu and oppose Gongsun Zhan, so many Youzhou scholars are willing to follow Liu Yu to Zhaocheng.

This made Gongsun Chan aggrieved and angry, he didn't dare to go, and it wasn't that he didn't want to go, Liu Yu's words were like he didn't want to go, and recalled the cynicism he suffered after he was defeated and fled back to Youzhou, and he was even more resentful of Liu Yu in his heart.

So he couldn't hold back the yin and yang weirdness and said: "Yuan Shao once elected the prince as the emperor that day, but he pretended to refuse that day, but now he took the initiative to go to Jizhou, I really don't know what kind of mind An's thoughts, could it be that he regrets it now, and now he wants to please Yuan Shao and become the emperor again?" ”

Liu Yu, an honest man, was so excited by Gongsun Chan that he was about to draw his sword and face him, but in the end he just glared at him a few times, and went to Youzhou angrily, and the relationship between the two princes became more and more tense, and the two sides even saw that there was even murderous intent.

……

In Yanzhou, Cao Cao was busy preparing to attack Yuan Shu, but he didn't expect that there would be such a thing, he thought about whether to go, but he couldn't think of it.

So he asked the advisers: "Zhaocheng invited, judging from the letter, there should be a big event."

But Yuan Shu has been preparing for His Majesty to attack Yuan Shu for so long, if he puts it down like this, won't he lose the opportunity in vain? ”

There are two largest power groups under Cao Cao's command, one is the Yingchuan advisors, and the advisors led by Er Xun are basically the Yingchuan relatives and friends group.

The second is the clan military generals group, these people, including Cao Cao himself, were born in Pei County.

And Yingchuan County and Pei County both belong to Yuzhou!

Yingchuan County and Runan County are collectively called Ruying, which shows the close connection between the two, and the intricate relationship of interests has led to the confrontation between Cao Cao and Yuan Shu that cannot be delayed.

Cao Cao must go to war with Yuan Shu as soon as possible.

He has a lot of power in Yingchuan County and Pei County, as long as he can defeat Yuan Shu and capture Runan County, Chen County will most likely surrender directly.

It was precisely for this reason that Cao Cao was suspicious of delaying the war.

Although Cao Cao didn't directly express his concerns, who in the room didn't know where his worries were?

Both the Cao family and the Xiahou family said that Cao Cao was the lord, and as long as Cao Cao's power continued to develop, they would always be able to benefit as a clan.

Chen Gong and others in Yanzhou don't care about this, it is mainly the idea of Yingchuan's group of Henan scholars.

Xun Yu and Xun You glanced at each other a few times, both of them were strategists with a big view of the overall situation, and they would not only focus on the interests of the family, but on a higher world.

In fact, this is the difference between a first-rate strategist and a second-rate strategist, where is the difference in the wisdom of these top smart people sometimes so big?

What really makes them have a gap is thinking, and they only think about fighting between the narrow world all their lives, how can they have the momentum to swallow mountains and rivers?

Even if Luo's attribute ability is not as good as that of the courtiers outside, the ability he exerts is not inferior at all, just because Luo's son is from a high position and does not draw on personal interests.

People who have seen Xun Yu have praised him for his talent as Wang Zuozhi, and even the Luo family has praised him so much, precisely because he has amazing talent, and there is also a pattern that is rare for ordinary scholars.

Facing the embarrassed Cao Cao, Xun Yu clasped his fists and said: "Lord, there are priorities, some things may not be beneficial to participate, but not participating will definitely be harmful, and now Zhaocheng is exactly like this."

If the lord goes to Zhaocheng, and then chooses a person who is the main battle, leads the army, pretends to attack, and if Yuan Shu is not prepared, he will directly raid.

Such an act can still drag Yuan Shu in Runan, and he will definitely not go to Zhaocheng. ”

Cao Cao's eyes lit up, he would definitely not be able to take a few people with him when he went to Zhaocheng, and when he arrived at the border between Yanzhou and Jizhou, the army would definitely not be able to enter, and the military generals of Wenchen would also have to stay in Yanzhou.

Cao Cao's gaze fell on Xiahou Dun, and he smiled slightly: "Yuan Rang." ”

Hearing Cao Cao call out Xiahoudun's words, everyone was not surprised, as long as there was such a thing, Cao Cao had always asked Xiahoudun to do it.

Xiahou responded with a smile, and Cao Cao said with a smile: "Yuan Rang, go to Zhaocheng for your brother, and the foundation of Yanzhou will be handed over to you, and I order you to preside over the affairs of Yuan Shu, don't let your brother down." ”

Xiahou said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, the lord is determined to do his best." ”

Cao Cao and Xiahoudun looked at each other, and Xiahoudun understood that Cao Cao was asking him to be optimistic about Emperor Liu Xie, and he must not make a mistake in this matter.

Today's Cao Cao is a mess, not only people who come to him Cao Cao, if these people want to do something, it is still very possible.

……

Xuzhou East China Sea.

Regarding Zhaocheng's letter, Liu Bei was probably the least worried, and he smiled and said to Luo Qi: "Ziqi, is there anything big in Zhaocheng?" ”

Luo Qi shook his head with a smile and said, "Qi hasn't been back to Zhaocheng for too long, so naturally I don't know what the family wants to do.

But Xuande Gong, although Qi's uncle is not famous, and he is not as talented as Zhaogong in the history books, but he must not be underestimated.

The older I get, the deeper my wisdom becomes, and I am really a wise man with a long-term vision.

Since he invited the princes, it must be a real event, as the letter said, King Su issued a decree. ”

Liu Bei laughed loudly: "In this case, Ziqi is willing to go to Zhaocheng with me, and if he doesn't return home for a long time, he must be missing." ”

Luo Qi's eyes showed a trace of nostalgia, he really missed Zhaocheng, but he shook his head and said, "Xuande Gong, Qi will not go back."

Now Xuzhou is your cautious foundation, this place is the land of four wars, easy to attack and difficult to defend.

If both of us leave Xuzhou, Qi is worried that something will go wrong here.

Qi guards in Xuzhou for you, so that you can go to Zhaocheng safely. ”

Liu Bei was stunned when he heard this, and everyone in the banquet was a little stunned.

Behind Lozzy, a teenage boy was looking at him with sparkling eyes, as if he were looking at Tarzan.

Liu Bei was moved: "Ziqi, Bei really doesn't know what to say, please accept Bei's worship." ”

As he spoke, he bowed down directly, Zhang Fei drank a glass of wine in the banquet, and said in the same rough voice: "Son, my old Zhang is a rough man."

In the past, I was disdainful of the children of you wealthy families, thinking that it was just the kindness of your ancestors, and the descendants were not good.

But after meeting Wushuang Zhongwuhou and Gongzi, I Lao Zhang was really convinced, this is what the second brother said about loyalty and righteousness. ”

Guan Yu was guarding outside, Zhang Fei was able to say such a thing, even Luo Qi was quite surprised, in his impression, Zhang Fei was a rough man who would only follow Guan Yu and say "I am the same".

Luo Qi first returned the salute to Liu Bei, and then smiled at Zhang Fei and hugged his fists: "The third general has praised falsely, who can not admire the brotherhood between you and the second general and Xuande Gong?" ”

Zhang Fei smiled.

Luo Qi hugged his fist to Liu Bei again and said: "Xuande Gong, Qi's wife has not been to Zhaocheng since she got married, and she has never been to Zhaocheng since the birth of the child. ”

Liu Bei waved his hand and said, "No problem!" ”

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In the summer and May of the fifth year of Jian'an, Zhao Gong sent a letter to the heroes of Kyushu, saying: "King Su issued a decree to tell Zhuxia, September 13, Zhaocheng made an appointment, discussed for Zhuxia's plan, and waited quietly." ”

Since the Zhaosheng King descended, Zhaocheng met again, and the heroes arrived at six or seven out of ten, and Emperor Xiling had never seen this grand occasion. - "The Book of the Later Han Dynasty: The Family of Luo Zhaogong"

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