What did Cao Cao reward himself?

It's actually quite simple.

He is already the king of Wei, and he has come to the end of his title, and at this time he is not ready to let Liu Xiechan give it to him.

He is ready to completely unify the north and then engage in Zen concession, and then go south to pacify the state of Wu and crown Zhu Xia Zi, the procedure is legal, the merits are enough, step by step.

Now standing at the top of the Han Dynasty are the chief regent of the Kaifu Prefecture, the prime minister, the general, the Taiwei, Shang Shuling, the governor of the military affairs, the Liangzhou Mu, and the Wei King Cao Cao!

Wei State already occupies basically most of the territory of the Han Dynasty today, plus the regent title can directly bypass the emperor's seal and issue his own holy decree, the general, the captain, and the prime minister are the highest officials in both civil and military aspects, Shang Shuling is the real power, not handed over to others, of course the Guanzhong that has just been beaten down cannot be handed over to others, the six counties of Liangzhou must also be held in his hands, Liu Xie is still at ease to be the master of the Xuchang Palace, and don't think about coming out of the palace with a little power.

In the three-hundred-year-old Han Dynasty, this level of power can be ranked alongside King Luowen.

However, Cao Cao and King Luo Wen are two completely different models.

King Luo Wen is a false son of heaven, and the most important thing is the power of the legitimate deposed emperor with the endorsement of the first emperor, which is quite terrifying.

Cao Cao can also be called a false emperor, but this power is achieved because his own power is too large and he has completely overthrown the emperor.

King Rowan can land safely, but Cao Cao can only go further, which is the biggest difference between the two.

Things have come to this point, and what Cao Cao wants to do is completely self-evident.

……

Cao Cao's heart is known to passers-by!

Facing Liu Bei, who was angry and heartbroken, Luo Qi just said lightly.

Now that it is approaching the 20th anniversary of Jian'an, time is really rushing like flowing water, and Liu Xie's ascension to the throne is almost 20 years.

More than 20 years have passed since the Taiping Rebellion.

The princes of that year have all passed away, and the previous Zhao Gong passed away, and Luo Shu did not even receive the title but inherited the position himself.

Luo Qi, who was still a young man at the time, was already a middle-aged man, and Liu Bei was even more in the age of knowing the destiny of heaven.

Listening to Luo Qi's words, Liu Bei drank a glass of wine, and sighed a little confused: "Ziqi, I, Liu Bei, have been running around for decades, and now I have this foundation, I should be proud."

But watching the usurping Cao thief about to seize the world step by step, and watching the Cao thief take Luoyang Shendu as the capital of his Wei State, the pain in my heart is simply inexpressible.

Look at yourself, only the flesh is resurrected, only powerless, only vain sighing, I have to doubt myself, how can I say in a dignified manner, I want to take the road of Emperor Guangwu again?

Ziqi, do you think we can still revive the Han Dynasty and return to the old capital? ”

Luo Qi silently filled a glass of wine for Liu Bei, when life is always sad, when life is always low, at this time to express those negative emotions, he first accompanied Liu Bei to drink a glass of wine, and then comforted gently: "King, why can't you?"

Cao Cao is only half of the world, although he is strong, he makes enemies everywhere.

Now it is even more rampant to the extreme, at this time, it is our opportunity, his internal problems are vertical and horizontal, Guanzhong is newly attached, the governance is brutal, there is a lot of dissatisfaction in the territory, as long as there is a big defeat, he will spend the rest of his life in internal friction.

It seems to be powerful, but it is really unbearable, the king really doesn't have to worry, as many people support him, there are as many people as there are against him, as long as we can unite these people, Cao Cao's defeat is among them! ”

The value of Luo Qi in Liu Bei's camp can not be reflected at all with only cultural and martial arts, especially after Zhuge Liang began to fully grasp the political affairs of Chu State, because Zhuge Liang was too capable, Luo Qi began to be idle, but Liu Bei still trusted Luo Qi the most, and even trusted Luo Qi more and more, he told Luo Qi everything, especially when he was depressed, only Luo Qi could soothe his soul and make him cheer up again.

Just as the two were talking, Liu Ye rushed in and said, "King, there are people outside the door who claim to be honest and filial to the law in Guanzhong, asking to see him." ”

Fa Zheng!

Regarding Fazheng's reputation, it can only be described as no one in the world who knows the king, especially after Yanzhou pitted Cao Cao and helped Ma Chao almost take Guanzhong, he is one of the representatives of the world's wise and resourceful people.

Didn't Ma Chao surrender to Cao Cao?

Why did Fa Zheng come here now?

Liu Bei and Luo Qi glanced at each other, and they both saw the surprise in each other's eyes, this matter can't be fake, that Fa Zheng came to Qingzhou, there is only one reason, that is, to take refuge in Liu Bei!

Liu Bei's current strategists are far inferior to Cao Cao, and the biggest problem is that there is no top-level strategist like Xun You.

Liu Ye is a resourceful person, and there are really many problems to solve, but it is easy to fall into internal friction.

Compared with these top strategists, Luo Qi is still a few points behind, and his situation is similar to that of Chen Gong, and the general layout is okay, but he lacks urgency.

Zhuge Liang is too upright, not the kind of strategist who can disrupt the country with a word, and uses Zhuge Liang as a strategist, Luo Qi thinks that it is a pity that his ability to govern is not inferior to that of Duke Wen and Guan Zhong.

Liu Bei didn't have time to be sad all of a sudden, so he hurried towards the outside of the mansion, and when he arrived outside the mansion, he saw a rather down-and-out scholar, but his eyes were still proud, his head was held high, and his momentum was extraordinary.

Fa Zheng's heart was naturally full of anxiety, although he had Ma Chao's help and delay, but his way from Guanzhong to Qingzhou was still quite difficult, and there was no danger, but he had to avoid many passes, but fortunately, the result was gratifying.

As for why he didn't follow Ma Chao to surrender to Cao Cao, the reason is very simple, Ma Chao is a prince, and surrendering Cao Cao can still be reused, why do you surrender Cao Cao as a strategist?

How big was Cao Cao's group of advisors?

Xun You, Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, Chen Gong, Xi Zhong, Dong Zhao, Jiang Ji, Zhong Xuan, Sima Yi, Sima Lang, these are all in the first echelon.

With so many talents, did he go to Xun Yu and those people to be low?

He is dignified and filial, thinks he has a strange strategy, and ranks among the top three in the world, so he naturally does not want to be subservient to so many people.

Moreover, he was one of the leaders of Cao Pi's death, and if he stayed in Cao Ying, even if Cao Cao didn't kill him, the new king would definitely die a good death in the end.

As for the reason for not going to Soochow, it is even simpler, that place is now full of family entrenchment, and if you go as a foreigner, you must marry before you can be reused.

Only Liu Bei, who has both strength and lack of masterminds, is still the only prince who can have a chance to provoke Cao Cao in Fazheng's opinion.

Since you have offended the Cao family, let the Cao family die, this is Fazheng's truest thought.

Seeing that Liu Bei came out to see him in such a hurry, Fa Zheng knew that this wave was stable, Liu Bei was next to Gongzi Qi, this is the number two person in Chu State, Liu Bei is the respect of the princes and kings, but he saluted Fa Zheng and said: "Is it really Fa Xiaozhi in person?"

The widow is very fortunate to see filial piety in person! ”

Fa Zheng was born in a wealthy family in Guanzhong, quite a ranger, he helped him unify Guanzhong because of his relationship with Ma Chao, because of his grudge with the Cao family, he wanted to destroy the Cao family, and the emphasis was on repaying the kindness and the resentment.

Even if he knew that Liu Bei was buying people's hearts at this moment, Fa Zheng was still moved inexplicably, and bowed deeply and said: "It is Fa Zheng who does not dare to be the king so favorable, now Cao Cao is so powerful, he is brutal, trampling on the Han industry, Fa Zheng is unwilling to go out, the king is benevolent and righteous in the four seas, Fa Zheng admires it, and he has traveled here for two thousand miles, only hoping that the king can not be despicable with Fa Zheng, and receive it in the house, and Fa Zhengding will work together to help the king achieve great causes." ”

Liu Bei's heart was relieved when he heard this, he didn't care about the dirty body on Fa Zheng's body, he grabbed Fa Zheng's arm, and laughed loudly: "The world-famous Fa Xiao came straight to come, what is there to be reserved about the widow?"

Filial piety quickly enter the house, take a bath first, and then the widow will introduce me to the heroes of Chu for filial piety, and you should be the master of my Chu country in the future. ”

Fa Zheng is not an unknown person, but a person who is famous all over the world, and in this era, prestige can be regarded as a qualification for being an official.

Even if a person like Fa Zheng becomes a prime minister all of a sudden, no one will doubt his ability, at most he will doubt his loyalty.

Fa Zheng walked beside Liu Bei, and he could clearly feel Liu Bei's welcome and joy to him from the bottom of his heart.

This is a very sincere person!

As a top strategist, after only a short period of contact with Liu Bei, Fa Zheng had some basic judgments about Liu Bei.

No wonder Yinghou would choose Liu Bei to revive the Han Dynasty Sheji, no wonder Guan Yunchang would give up everything to follow Liu Bei, no wonder everyone who has seen Liu Bei said that he was a hero.

This is the opposite of Cao Cao.

This is a man who can achieve great things.

It's the right time to come to Qingzhou this time.

After Fa Zheng finished washing under the waiter of the palace, he changed into a silk robe, and when he appeared in front of Liu Bei, he was quite graceful and restored his demeanor as a noble son in Guanzhong.

Liu Bei beckoned Fa Zheng to sit down in the room, put down the wine bottle in front of him, Liu Bei laughed loudly: "Today's filial piety has entered my Chu country, which is the luck of the Han Dynasty, and we will drink this cup of wine together to congratulate our filial piety." ”

Fa Zheng raised his glass and drank the wine, and then wiped the wine stains on his mouth with a handkerchief, and said in a deep voice: "The king, since the ministers are now under your command, you can't eat white food, the ministers are from Guanzhong, and they are thinking about how to break the situation for the Chu State all the way, is the king willing to listen?" ”

Liu Bei didn't expect Fa Zheng to show his value so soon, his eyes lit up and he waved his hand and said: "Filial piety is straightforward, and few people are willing to hear it!" ”

Fa Zheng immediately said loudly: "King, now Cao Wei has a great momentum and is difficult to stop, but from the perspective of the ministers, although his momentum is strong, it is also weak.

Presumably, the advisors under the command of the king have set a plan for the king to unite the princes and discuss Cao Cao's strategy. ”

Liu Bei nodded, in this current situation, it is only right for the princes to unite to crusade against Cao Cao, otherwise they can only be defeated one by one.

This kind of situation must be very clear to the princes.

Fa Zheng shook his head and said: "Great King, with all due respect, it is difficult to defeat Cao Cao just by uniting the princes now, in the Bang Zhou period, there were many alliances of various countries, but when did it become a big thing except for self-preservation?"

Even the alliance led by the ancestor of the Duke of Qi, Luo, could only keep Qin Chu from invading, and could not attack Qin Chu in turn.

In Zheng's opinion, if the princes are today, the only one who can really unite with the king is the Wu Kingdom.

Luo Zichu, the lord of Wu State, Yuzhang County, has the talent to see the world, and he will definitely not sit idly by and watch Cao Wei sit big.

However, Cao Wei now has Nanyang, Jingzhou's way out has been cut off, and Wu wants to attack Shu and Hanzhong, but Cao Wei has a central relationship, and it is easier for Cao Wei to obtain Shu than Wu to attack against the trend.

In this case, it is very likely that the ministers of Wu will focus on defending the Yangtze River passes such as Yiling, and then set their sights on the Huaisi land that they have always wanted to capture.

Runan is the goal of the state of Wu, which is the basis of the union of the state of Chu and the state of Wu.

But Xuzhou is also what Wu wants to capture, if you are not careful, Wu will attack Xuzhou, our Chu State, it should be said that Wu will inevitably attack Xuzhou, and the battle of Wu and Chu is inevitable.

Wu and Chu can only unite for a short time in the capture of Yuzhou, and eventually they will definitely go to war, such an alliance is very unimportant, and it can't even be regarded as an ally!

Don't even try to rely on the relationship between Gongzi Qi and Gongzi Chu to maintain the relationship between the two countries, the king must know very well that national interests and personal preferences are different. ”

Good!

Luo Qi and Liu Bei couldn't help but applaud Fa Zheng's well-organized analysis, and they really deserved to be world-famous painting strategists, and explained the relationship between the two countries clearly in just a few words.

Seeing that Luo Qi and Liu Bei were both engrossed in listening to what they were saying, Fa Zheng was even more excited: "King, which piece of land does the Chu State need to acquire the most?"

It's Jizhou!

It's Yanzhou!

In other words, what the state of Chu had to do was to drive the forces of the state of Wei out of the east of Xingyang first, and drive them out of the three states of Jizhou, Yanzhou, and Yuzhou.

Then the second stage was to completely drive Cao Wei's forces out of Shandong.

This requires you to have a big victory in Jizhou, defeat Cao Cao's forces in Jizhou, and then take the power of a big victory to break Yanzhou and unite Wu to break Yuzhou.

In this way, Cao Cao's general trend of winning the world will be reversed! ”

Victory over Cao Cao in Jizhou?

How easy it is to say that!

Fa Zheng's eyes were full of brilliance and said: "King, only in Jizhou, you have a chance to win against Cao Cao, if you put it in Yanzhou, it is too difficult to win!"

The key to defeating Cao Cao is naturally to obtain the alliance of Yan State first, but this is not the key, the key is Lu Bu, the king of Jin.

Only by obtaining the full support of Lu Bu, the king of Jin, if he can descend from the sky from the Taihang Eight Paths at a critical moment, he will directly hit Cao Cao's tail.

Cao Cao is full of ambition at the moment, it must be a large army, and an army of tens or hundreds of miles will suddenly encounter an unimaginable horror when it encounters a surprise attack by Lu Bu's cavalry.

The army is large but not sophisticated, which is never a good thing!

The three generals under the command of the king, Guan Zhang and Zhao, are all unparalleled enemies in the world, and they are the best at destroying the enemy and breaking the formation, which is simply born for such a big war.

How can you be invincible? ”

Luo Qi and Liu Bei glanced at each other, and Luo Qi said slowly: "It is difficult to get the support of Lu Bu, the king of Jin, and it is not difficult, the minister can try." ”

Fa Zheng looked at Luo Qi with shining eyes, this plan can only be used with Luo Qi presence.

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The emperor said: "When I am dominant, I advance and retreat, and I have filial piety as the auxiliary wing, so that I can soar over, without filial piety, and there is no me today." ——"Ji Hanshu Zhuge Liang Fa Zheng Biography"

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