Although Liu Xie gave Liu Bei the right to take a holiday, Liu Bei has always been very subtle about Gongsun Zhan's attitude.

It stands to reason that after Liu Bei's fake festival, he should angrily denounce Gongsun Zan as a puppet emperor's rebel minister, and then raise troops to fight, but Liu Bei did not make a clear statement.

If Gongsun Chan is in trouble, whether Liu Bei will raise troops to rescue him has always been a mystery.

Cao Cao pondered for a while and approved Guo Jia's judgment.

Regardless of whether Yuan Shao saw through this rumor or not, he didn't dare to bet on Liu Bei's thoughts.

Although it is said that it is disloyal to Liu Xie, it can be understood that the alliance with Gongsun Chan to attack Yuan Shao can be understood as a tactical use: it is not that Liu Bei wants to tie up with Gongsun Zhan, but he just used a strategy in the process of eliminating Yuan Shao.

As long as Liu Yang is finally destroyed, it does not matter whether Gongsun Chan is connected in the process of destroying Liu Ye.

"It's amazing to be filial and good." Cao Cao did not hesitate to praise it, and said with a smile: "With my original personality, I will definitely hesitate because of the rumors. As long as you hesitate at the beginning, you are prone to stupidity. ”

Regarding Yuan Shao's personality, Cao Cao is too clear.

If no one mentioned the rumors to Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao would not care.

But if someone spreads the rumors to Yuan Shao, and then analyzes Yuan Shao for a while, Yuan Shao will become hesitant.

If you hesitate, you will lose your normal judgment.

Wang Jun took Cao Cao's letter and came to Linzi City again.

"Cao Yuzhou, do you want to invite this general alliance to crusade against Yuan Shu?" Liu Bei squinted, carefully scanned the letter, looked at Wang Jun again, and asked, "Cao Yuzhou can have a holy decree?" ”

Wang Jun shook his head: "There is no holy decree." ”

Liu Bei's eyes were deep, and he said slowly: "Since there is no holy decree, Cao Yuzhou is sending troops to Huainan without authorization." If the Son of Heaven was to blame, Ben Jiang and Cao Yuzhou would have to be questioned. ”

Wang Jun secretly said treacherous.

The Son of Heaven asks for sin?

The Son of Heaven wishes that Yuan Shu was destroyed, so how could he ask for sin?

Since the last mission to Qingzhou, Wang Jun knew that Liu Bei was not as harmless as he seemed on the surface.

In terms of power and scheming, Liu Bei is no longer weaker than the current Cao Cao.

"Liu Yuanjun, Yuan Shu is the prince of Jiujiang who was given the title by the puppet emperor Liu Yi, and now he has defeated Liu Xuan, the assassin of Yangzhou, and he is very arrogant."

"Cao Yuzhou deeply feels that the world is difficult, and the Son of Heaven has been held hostage repeatedly, if a traitor like Yuan Shu is allowed to go wild in Huainan again, wouldn't it be a provocation to the authority of the Han family?"

"Although there is no holy decree, Cao Yuzhou is willing to be punished by the Son of Heaven in order to recruit traitors for the Han Dynasty."

Wang Jun said it righteously and awe-inspiringly, and he almost portrayed Cao Cao as a selfless and loyal minister who did his best for the Han Dynasty.

Liu Bei knocked on the table quietly and did not speak.

The sound of percussion echoed in the government office, but Wang Jun seemed a little restless.

"What is Liu Qingzhou's thoughts?" Wang Jun muttered inwardly and secretly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

Long.

Liu Beicai slowly spoke: "Cao Yuzhou has no holy decree, how can he move troops without authorization?" Isn't that telling the truth? ”

"Cao Yuzhou's loyalty to the Han is admirable, but it is not necessary to send troops without authorization."

Wang Jun was suddenly a little anxious: "Liu Yuanjun, Cao Yuzhou doesn't care about the whispers of others, he just wants to kill Yuan Shu, a traitor, for the Han Dynasty." ”

"If Liu Qingzhou is unwilling to join the alliance, Cao Yuzhou will send troops alone."

Liu Bei smiled slightly: "Wang Zhi, you misunderstood." It is the duty of Yuan Shu to solicit Yuanshu. ”

"The general just said that Cao Yuzhou should not send troops without authorization to settle the truth, so as to avoid villains slandering in front of the Son of Heaven and making Cao Yuzhou suffer grievances."

Wang Jun was stunned for a moment, and he couldn't understand Liu Bei anymore: "Liu Yuanjun, you might as well speak up." ”

Liu Bei's tone raised slightly: "Cao Yuzhou can't send troops without authorization, but he can listen to the orders of the general." ”

"I will have the scepter given by the Son of Heaven, and I will have the right to send troops to quell the rebellion."

"I was busy with affairs in Qingzhou, so I won't go to Xuzhou to meet the alliance."

"Since Cao Yuzhou has the idea of conscripting Yuan Shu, he will send a message to Cao Yuzhou, and Wang Zhi will bring it back and order him to send troops to recruit Yuan Shu.

Won't be all?

Let Cao Cao send troops to recruit Yuan Shu on Liu Bei's orders?

Guan Yu's response?

Wang Jun was dumbfounded.

How could Liu Bei still have such thoughts?

If he brought the text back, Wang Jun felt that he had no face to see Cao Cao.

"Liu Yuanjun, Cao Yuzhou is the general of Zhengdong and Xu Hou." Wang Jun cautiously reminded.

Liu Bei's eyes suddenly became unkind: "What does Wang mean is that Ben General is just a small general of Zhenxi, and he can't afford to be a general of Zhengdong?" ”

"If that's what General Zhengdong means, then please go back."

"If you want to conscript Yuan Shu, you will order Qingxu's troops to conscript, and you don't need Cao Zhengdong to worry about it!"

Liu Bei accentuated his tone on the three words "Cao Zhengdong".

Seeing that Liu Bei was angry, Wang Jun hurriedly apologized and said: "Liu Yuanjun, Cao Yuzhou really wants to invite Liu Yuanjun to fight against the traitor Yuan Shu." ”

Liu Bei sneered: "But Cao Zhengdong refuses to listen to the general's orders!" ”

Wang Jun was suddenly a little overwhelmed.

This is different from the inferred scene when I came?

Whether it is Guo Jia or Xi Zhicai, they all think that Yuan Shu has a lot of soldiers and a lot of food in Huainan, and it is not something that Liu Bei can defeat alone.

As long as he knows the pros and cons, Liu Bei will definitely agree.

What Wang Jun didn't know was that Zheng Ping had already expected Cao Cao to send another envoy before he went south.

Zheng Ping gave Liu Bei an idea.

No matter what Cao Cao's envoy said, the topic must be shifted to "Liu Bei exercised the right to fake the festival and ordered Cao Cao to conquer Yuan Shu".

Zheng Ping's plan is as cunning as a ghost.

False Festival, ordered Cao Cao.

Then after defeating Yuan, Liu Bei is the first skill, and Cao Cao can only assist Liu Bei in defeating Yuan Shu.

Even if there is a reward, it will not be much.

Wang Jun was helpless.

Wang Jun can't make decisions about such a big thing.

Wang Jun could only retire temporarily, and then sent a letter to send his guards to Pengcheng as soon as possible.

And after Liu Bei left Wang Jun, he hurriedly summoned Tian Feng to discuss.

Fu Zhu and Zheng Ping are both in Xuzhou, and the only one around Liu Bei who can discuss major matters is Tian Feng.

After Tian Feng understood the reason, he pondered and smiled: "Sure enough, as expected, Lu Bu and Zhang Miao were strong and Qinwang, which made Cao Cao's general trend seriously provoked. ”

"So much so that Cao Cao gave up the idea of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, and decided to kill Yuan Shu first to make a war exploit in order to deal with the situation that is about to change drastically in the future."

"But Cao Cao knew that he was facing Yuan Shu alone, and the odds of winning were not great, so he wanted to discuss Yuan Shu with the envoy alliance."

"As long as the covenant is made, then whoever can make the first contribution to capture Yuan Shu will have to rely on his own ability."

"It's a pity, Cao Cao couldn't have imagined that he could use the power of the fake festival so that Cao Cao couldn't grab the first credit!"

Liu Bei faded away from the stereotypical expression he had when he saw Wang Jun, and was a little worried: "My attitude is tantamount to offending Cao Cao." What if he refuses to listen to my orders, but instead takes advantage of my conquest of Yuan Shu to do evil behind his back? ”

Tian Feng said with a smile: "Cao Cao is treacherous, and the strategists under his command are not good at stubble. ”

"Even if the envoy does not have this attitude, Cao Cao will be bad behind his back and calculating."

"Cao Cao and the envoy will only become opponents, and it is impossible to become friends."

"Since you are an opponent, why worry about offending Cao Cao?"

Liu Bei's worries decreased slightly: "Yuan Hao thinks, will Cao Cao agree?" ”

Tian Feng stroked his beautiful hair and analyzed: "Tao Qian is dead, and Cao Cao can no longer conquer Xuzhou on the grounds of avenging his father." ”

"If Lu Bu and Zhang Miao did not go to Guanzhong, no matter what reason Cao Cao used to conquer Xuzhou, Li Dao and Guo Yan would let the Son of Heaven give Cao Cao a title in order to win over Cao Cao."

"Now that Li Dao and Guo Miao are retreating, it is a foregone conclusion that Lu Bu and Zhang Miao will enter the main pass."

"If Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou without authorization, Lu Bu and Zhang Miao would never let the Son of Heaven give Cao Cao a title, but would order the envoy, Zang Hong and Liu Biao to attack Cao Cao together, and order the law of the Zheng Dynasty."

"Cao Cao also expected this crisis, so he hurriedly chose to attack Yuan Shu."

"Cao Cao, more than Yun Chang, you need to attack Yuan Shu's combat exploits!"

"Or, Cao Cao can only retreat to Yuzhou, watch the envoy first settle Xuzhou, and then settle Yangzhou, and then ask the Son of Heaven in Chang'an for a reward."

"Cao Cao, I don't have a choice!"

Tian Feng's analysis dispelled the last trace of doubt in Liu Bei's heart.

A feeling of joy arises spontaneously from the bottom of my heart.

Liu Bei laughed heartily: "This is the strategist's time, what is often said to be a yang scheme, right?" ”

"Even if Cao Cao knew my intentions, he had to take the initiative to choose the scheme."

"Because Yang Mou is used, Cao Cao has no extra choice!"

Tian Feng arched his hand and said: "Make you wise!" ”

Pengcheng.

Cao Cao looked at Wang Jun's reply and was stunned for a long time.

Suddenly.

Cao Cao slapped the letter on the table, got up and scolded: "Big-eared thief, dare to insult me like this!" ”

Thinking of Wang Jun's words in the letter that Liu Bei exercised the right to fake the festival and ordered him to conquer Yuan Shu, Cao Cao was so angry that he wanted to cut Liu Bei off with a sword.

Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai glanced at each other, and their expressions became solemn.

"Ming Gong, how does Liu Bei reply?" Guo Jia frowned and asked, vaguely, Guo Jia had a bad premonition.

Cao Cao's anger did not subside, and he pushed the letter to Guo Jia: "Fengxiao, read it for yourself!" The big-eared thief is so treacherous, hateful! ”

Guo Jia swept the letter, his pupils constricted suddenly, and then handed the letter to Xi Zhicai, and smiled bitterly: "Zhicai, you and I made a mistake this time." ”

Xi Zhicai picked up the letter and swept it, and his face was not good-looking: "Fake Festival!" Does Liu Bei really dare to exercise the right to fake festivals? ”

The holiday festival is the greatest power given by the Son of Heaven to his courtiers: if I am here!

However, such power is only useful when the imperial power is stable in the prosperous era, and in the troubled times, the heroes are divided and go their own way, who will really recognize the right of this false festival!

Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai didn't take Liu Bei's fake festival seriously.

You can fake the order, or I can listen to the tune and not listen to the announcement.

This power like chicken ribs has now stabbed Cao Cao to the core.

In normal times, Cao Cao can listen to the tune and not listen to the announcement.

And now, Cao Cao needs to kill Yuan Shu to make meritorious service!

As Tian Feng analyzed, Cao Cao could choose to return to Yuzhou and not ask about other state affairs, but not asking about other state affairs is equivalent to watching Liu Bei get Xuzhou and Yangzhou.

So south of the Yellow River, how can Cao Cao compete with Liu Bei?

Cao Cao also wanted to welcome the Son of Heaven and compete with Yuan Shao in the north to realize his ambition of determining the world.

If he goes back to be a Yuzhou pastor with peace of mind, Cao Cao might as well return to the mountains and forests and not ask about the world.

"It's Jia Liu's negligence, and he failed to calculate that Liu Bei would order Ming Gong in the form of a fake festival." Guo Jia made a mistake and admitted his mistakes, and did not refuse to admit his mistakes or be lost and decadent because of negligence.

If someone can use the plan, someone can dismantle the plan.

There is no absolute solution in this world.

Even if there is no last resort, it will only appear when there are different levels of resourcefulness.

When the two sides are on par with each other's strategists, it is more likely to see the moves and dismantle the moves, and the two sides repeatedly cycle and speculate on each other's countermeasures, just like playing a game of chess, until one side counts more and the other miscalculates to divide the winner or loser.

Xi Zhicai also pleaded guilty: "Ming Gong, Zhicai is ashamed and let Ming Gong be humiliated." ”

Long.

Cao Cao's anger also disappeared a lot.

Although he was angry by Liu Bei's attitude, Cao Cao was also very clear.

Now people are swordsmen, I am fish and meat, I have to endure!

"The right to fake the festival that Lu Zigan gave Liu Bei Mou before his death is really tricky."

"It's not so much that we lost to Liu Bei, but rather that we lost to Lu Zigan's last plan."

"Lu Zigan is a great Confucian in the sea, abandoning fame and deceiving Dong Zhuo, and finally completing the plan to punish Dong, and his strategy is far-reaching and admirable."

"It's an honor for me to lose to Lu Zigan."

Cao Cao found a step for himself.

A moment later.

Guo Jia thought of another plan: "Ming Gong, it's better to listen to Liu Bei's order for the time being, and work together to break Yuan's technique first." ”

"At the same time, I sent a letter to Yuan Shao, saying that Liu Bei was sending a message to order all states to crusade against Yuan Shu, if Yuan Shu was defeated too quickly, Liu Bei would definitely take advantage of the victory and morale to attack Yuan Shao in the north."

"If there are rumors spread by Jizhou before, Yuan Shao will definitely not dare to make Liu Bei too proud."

"As long as Yuan Shao sends troops to contain Liu Bei's forces, Ming Gongsheng will have a greater chance of capturing Yuan Shu."

"The key to this battle is, who can capture Yuan Shu alive!"

"If Ming Gongsheng captures Yuan Shu, with the friendship between Ming Gong and Zhang Taishou, are you still afraid that this work will be taken away by Liu Bei?"

The anger in Cao Cao's heart gradually subsided: "That's the only way!" ”

"The hateful big-eared thief, one day, let him be restrained by this general and listen to this general's orders!"

Cao Cao's compromise made Liu Bei feel very good.

"Sure enough, as Yuan Hao expected, Cao Cao chose to be restrained by me and listen to my orders." Liu Bei laughed.

How depressed Cao Cao was, how excited Liu Bei was.

Tian Feng slowly admonished: "Envoy, although Cao Cao has agreed for the time being, there must be other plans." Don't be careless! ”

"Recently, we can send more spies to Jizhou to investigate the abnormal movements in Jizhou."

"If Cao Cao wants to make it bad, the most likely thing is to lead Yuan Shao into the game."

Liu Bei nodded: "Yuan Hao's words, I will keep it in mind." I am also well aware of the principle that we should not be arrogant and arrogant in handling major military and political affairs. ”

"Immediately send a letter to Tancheng and tell Xianmou about Cao Cao's obedience to Yuan Shu's expedition."

There was a pause.

Liu Bei came to the map, looked at Huainan and the most conspicuous Shouchun City, which had been drawn in a large circle, and couldn't help but be angry.

"Yuan Shu, I couldn't capture you alive last time."

"This time, I'll see where else you can escape!"

"Master Lu's hatred, I haven't forgotten!"

Lu Zhi's death, Liu Bei was not able to let go.

And Yuan Shu, the culprit who caused all this, Liu Bei will not forgive.

(End of chapter)