There are too many secrets involved behind such a big case.

Cao Cao asked Geng Ji and Sima Lang to investigate strictly according to the clues at hand, and a few days passed in a flash.

Helplessly, Zhuge Jin and Zhuge Liang brothers did a really good job of keeping the ring chain mail secret, so Sima Lang's line did not find any new evidence for the time being.

Until the second day of the second month of February, the day when the dragon raised its head, Cao Cao's latest information about the wire ring soft armor was only "Dong Cheng, Lu Bu, and Yuan Tan have this thing", that's all, and I didn't find out where it was produced.

Compared with Sima Lang's slow progress, Geng Ji quickly brought back some convinced news to Cao Cao along the way—but unfortunately bad news.

They sent people overnight to rush to Runan to chase Gao Shun, but they didn't catch up after chasing for two days, and it took more than a day to rush back to report the news.

Looking at the timeline, it was on the fourth day after Dong Cheng and Lu Bu attacked the palace at night, Cao Cao officially confirmed that Gao Shun had successfully escaped.

The day before the arrival of the pursuers, Gao Shun brought more than 100 personal guards, close attendants, scouts, and individual family members, and suddenly abandoned the army and left alone, ignoring the fact that the snow in Tongbai Mountain had not yet melted in winter, and directly plunged into the snow-sealed Xinyang Valley Road, looking at the direction should have fled south.

From Gaoshun's defense area, three hundred miles south-southeast can reach Xiling County, Jiangxia County, which is controlled by Liu Bei.

And this section of the mountainous area of Xinyang Valley of Tongbai Mountain, with at least half of the area and about a hundred miles in depth, is still controlled by the thief Gong Du of Runan! Gao Shun actually didn't take the main army, so he ventured directly to the enemy-occupied area!

After getting the news, Cao Cao naturally immediately discussed with Xun Yu Xun and Guo Jia.

The opinions of the three of them are very unanimous: of course Gao Shun can't go to Gong Du for a miscellaneous fish! So the only possibility is that Gao Shun really knew about Dong Cheng and Lu Bu's plan in advance, at least partially.

"Gao Shun is planning to vote for Liu Bei! He went south along the snow-covered Xinyang Valley, although he had to pass through the Gongdu jurisdiction for more than 100 miles, but as long as he walked through the most difficult section of the mountain road, the southern foot was Xiling County, Jiangxia County, controlled by Liu Bei! Guo Jia was the first to react.

Subsequently, Xun Yu and Xun Yu also reacted a little bit and discussed with each other in detail: "I have heard for a long time that the Zhuge brothers are extremely intelligent, not only the art of war is endless, but there are also many fairy rumors in recent years, in fact, they are just good at craftsmanship, and they are regarded as immortal arts by people who are stupid and short-sighted-

From this point of view, are those wire ring soft armor the whimsy of the Zhuge brothers? That's right! Not long before Dong Cheng's incident, Liu Bei seemed to have sent Sun Wei to Xu Du to visit! At that time, he also gave gifts to the noble ministers of the Qing Dynasty in the DPRK! Dong Cheng and Lu Bu's wire ring soft armor could not have been secretly given to them by Sun Wei at that time! ”

"Liu Bei dare! Lone didn't even see you! Cao Cao listened to Xun's uncle and nephew's analysis, and then he suddenly realized, and roared again and again,

"Send someone immediately to give Sun Ce a message! Let's just say that Liu Bei colluded with Dong Cheng and Lu Bu as internal responses, and rebelled against him, so that Sun Ce begged for thieves!

Tell Sun Ce that as long as Liu Bei is destroyed, the entire territory of Yangzhou can be sealed to him! No, don't wait, change Sun Ce to Yangzhou Mu now! Let Sun Ce fight Liu Bei to the death! Xuzhou can also be bounded by the Huai River and given him Guangling! If he has the ability to quell the rebellion against Liu Biao, Jingzhou will also belong to him in the future! ”

When Xun Yu Xun Yu Guo Jia heard this, he couldn't help but look at each other, and finally Xun Yu reminded him not to be angry and ordered: "Don't be reckless!" Ming Gong forgot that he had already given Sun Ce a secret decree before. ”

Cao Cao: "That's different! Next one! I didn't tell Sun Ce before that Liu Bei was a thief! Lone also personally and Sun Ce joined forces to flank Liu Bei, Sun Ce took Jiangnan, and Lone took Jiangbei ......"

Xun's uncle and nephew were finally taken aback by this idea, and hurriedly dissuaded: "Ming Gong must not!" Right now, Yuan Shao is the enemy! Regardless of whether Liu Bei participated in the edict or not, as long as the news of Xu Du's accident spreads, Yuan Shao will definitely immediately raise troops to the south, and hundreds of thousands of troops will overwhelm the border! At that time, it will be Yuan Shao's greatest threat!

It's a big deal that we will lie to Sun Ce, and we will send troops to fight Liu Bei with him, but in fact, we will make a false shot and rely on Sun Ce to resist by himself! Don't be reckless! ”

Cao Cao looked at Guo Jia, Guo Jia was also a little weak-hearted, and his eyes dodged.

In this life, Guo Jia didn't dare to be like when he was in parallel time and space, and when he heard that Liu Bei had stolen Xuzhou, he asked Cao Cao to immediately fight and make a quick decision.

After all, he also knows that the current Liu Bei has a deep foundation, and he has worked hard for three and a half years between Xu Yang, and he is still a relatively light way of ruling and gathering the hearts of the people.

If he really fought Liu Bei directly, I don't know how long it would take to get it, and his lair would have been wiped out by Yuan Shao.

Cao Cao was dissuaded by all the strategists and finally calmed down. decided not to mention Liu Bei's sins on the surface, but only mentioned it in Sun Ce's secret edict in private.

It's a big deal to sell Sun Ce in exchange for a stable back in the decisive battle with Yuan Shao!

Finally, Cao Cao also ordered that inside information about Dong Cheng's Lü Bu rebellion be blocked for as long as possible.

Even if the incident of "a mutiny occurred in Xudu" itself cannot be blocked, it is necessary to spread smoke bombs as much as possible, so that the princes of other towns will misjudge the scale and extent of the mutiny, and try to misjudge it as low as possible.

As for the subjective information about the nature and motives of the mutiny, it is necessary to focus on blockade and mislead the interpretation of the princes of other towns.

What words like "Dong Chengjiao's edict" must be sealed as much as possible for a period of time, and it is best not to appear the word "edict" from beginning to end.

Even if Yuan Shao would be suspicious, he would definitely send someone to Xu Du to spy and review and verify.

Considering that it takes time to go back and forth, Yecheng is seven or eight hundred miles away from Xudu, and it may take more than ten or twenty days to make a round trip for verification, plus the time for verification and decision-making.

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Cao Cao estimated that he could delay the incident of Xu Du's mutiny until more than ten days before Yuan Shao heard about it. And the inside reasons and motives of the Xu Du mutiny may be sealed for a month.

Liu Bei in the south, the news should be more well-informed than Yuan Shao. Because after Gao Shun escaped, it was possible to directly bring Liu Bei first-hand inside information.

Cao Cao still has one month left, and he will make preparations before the decisive battle, and when the time comes, as long as Yuan Shao confirms that there is such an "edict", regardless of the authenticity, Yuan Shao will definitely say that it is true.

Then, Yuan Shao, who has been looking for excuses, will get his wish, and hundreds of thousands of troops will immediately press south.

After Cao Cao gave instructions on how to block the news, Geng Ji and Sima Lang got up and took their leave, preparing to carry out this order.

But Cao Cao remembered a little more and shouted to them: "Wait! ”

Geng Ji and Sima Lang turned around: "What else does Sikong command?" ”

Cao Cao touched his beard: "Recently, I have tried my best to block the matter of Jiaozhao, and there is no need to mention this." But when the edict really can't be hidden, you should also be more accurate, and adjust the rhetoric in time, so as not to open your eyes and say nonsense and hurt the prestige of the imperial court.

When it is impossible to do anything, remember to spread this true news: persuade Gu to pretend to use Yuan Shao to enter the Kou, have to personally lead the troops to the Northern Expedition, go to Linwei Pavilion for two days and then kill a horse gun, and seduce Xu Du's ambitious people to come out by themselves, this strategy was thought up by Jia Wenhe. Lone will reward Jia Wenhe for this. ”

Geng Ji and Sima Lang shuddered slightly when they heard this, but they didn't feel that it was inappropriate - Cao Cao wanted to completely tie Jia Xu to death on his chariot, but he couldn't talk about letting his subordinates take the blame.

After all, Cao Cao did not blame Jia Xu, but rewarded Jia Xu for his promotion, which is still fundamentally different from Yuan Shao's pushing and angering his subordinates.

The plan to lure the snake out of the hole to kill Dong Cheng and Lu Bu was indeed Jia Xu's plan, and he was not wronged for this.

It's like many people in later generations said that "Zhao Kuangyin can't be as written in the official history, he was completely unaware of the Chenqiao Mutiny, and he was drunk and supported by his subordinates, because before Zhao Kuangyin sent out the army, the fake news of 'Khitan entering the Kou' was spread by his people."

Jia Xu's discussion that day and the enlightening effect on Cao Cao are almost equivalent to the guy who taught Zhao Kuangyin to forge the Khitan before the Chen Qiao Mutiny, and there is nothing wrong with saying that he is the "first hero of counterinsurgency".

In this way, Cao Cao sat on Jia Xu's historical position of "extinguishing the hope of returning the Son of Heaven twice", when Wang Yun and Lu Bu begged Dong Zhuo, and was finally instigated by Jia Xu to turn the tables. Now Dong Chenglu Bu is asking Cao Cao, and he was also turned over by Jia Xu's tricks.

Jia Xu is the only poisoner in the world who has successively established Li Dao, Guo Yan and Cao Cao, and he has no way to retreat in his life and can't get off the boat.

In this way, Cao Cao will use Jia Xu again in the future, and he will be able to use it with peace of mind, and he will never have to worry about the betrayal of this old Yinbi.

No matter whether it falls into the hands of Yuan Shao or Liu Bei, Jia Xu can't escape the fate of ten thousand knives and smashing corpses and dung, so he can only follow Cao Cao all the way to the dark.

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On the other side, the south of Runan, Tongbai Mountain.

Gao Shun temporarily escaped Cao Cao's pursuit, but his subsequent escape was not easy.

On the one hand, for a long time, he would be entrenched in the territory of the Runan thief Gong Du, and there was no way to immediately jump into Liu Bei's direct jurisdiction.

On the other hand, the snow in the mountains in winter, since it can prevent large armies from entering the mountains, will naturally pose a threat to the lives of small teams.

Gao Shun even had an awareness in his heart the moment he entered the mountain:

There may be a dozen or so people in his team, or even more. During these hundreds of miles of mountain trekking, he accidentally stepped on a snow pit, or fell off a cliff, or was accidentally killed or injured for other reasons, but he had no choice.

Especially those sent out as scouts to explore the way, the casualties must be the greatest.

After walking for two days, Gao Shun fell to death and injured five or six parts, and two were seriously ill with frostbite.

Gao Shun couldn't help but estimate sadly, if he continued to force the march, the casualties would only be greater.

In the end, he decided to find the station of Gong Dubu first, not to pursue a one-step climb over the mountain, and explained the situation to the other party, expressed his intentions, and was willing to go with the other party to oppose Cao Tou Liu and then leave.

In this way, as long as Gong Du was willing to take Gao Shun in his winter camp for a few days, he could wait until the weather improved before leaving. At the same time, after all, there are still some troops on Gongdu's side, and there are scouts, once they find out that Cao's army is coming to attack, they can still run away in advance.

Gao Shun estimated that after changing to a more secure new method, it would take him about half a month to cross the snow-covered mountains of Tongbai Mountain and enter Xiling County in Jiangxia County.

As long as you get to Xiling, the rest should be easy to do, with Liu Bei responding, you can get to Wuchang in a day or two.

According to this progress, Liu Bei could learn the inside story of the Xu Du Mutiny and the edict incident when he just entered late February.

Liu Bei then sent letters to his various territories, Zhuge Jin in Danyang, and Chen Deng in Guangling, which should be known at the end of February or early March. Other remote corners such as Yuzhang and the southern mountains of Huiji will be later, but that doesn't matter.

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