"Ming Gong, Guanzhong is urgent!"

Xu County.

Xun Yu, who got Zhong Xuan's secret letter, hurriedly came to find Cao Cao.

"Wen Ruo, when did you panic so much?" Cao Cao was eating, and when he saw Xun Yu's anxious appearance, he couldn't help but smile and asked.

Xun Yu was not in the mood to laugh with Cao Cao at the moment, and his tone was eager: "Zhong Yuan often writes letters, Zhang Miao and Lu Bu Chen Gong are abnormal, and strongly advise the Son of Heaven to move the capital to Chen Liu!" ”

Cao Cao's smile gradually froze, and the rice bowl in his hand also fell gently.

Immediately, Cao Cao got up and paced, and there was a little more coldness in his fine eyes.

"Zhang Mengzhuo is consciously unable to stay in Guanzhong, is he going to use the power of the Yanzhou clan to take charge of the power of the palace?"

"No, it's not. If Zhang Mengzhuo had this intention, he would not have delayed until now. ”

"What was the reason that made Zhang Mengzhuo make up his mind to move the capital?"

"Is it because of the drought in Guanzhong?"

Xun Yu also had doubts in his heart, but this was not the time to investigate the reason: "Duke Ming, the Son of Heaven must not move the capital to Chenliu, otherwise it will be impossible for Duke Ming to help the Son of Heaven destroy the great cause of the thieves." ”

The drought in Guanzhong is in the arms of Xun Yu.

However, Zhang Miao, Lu Bu, and Chen Gong uncharacteristically urged the Son of Heaven to move the capital to Chen Liu, but it was beyond Xun Yu's expectations.

If the Son of Heaven really moved the capital to Chenliu, it would be impossible to move the capital to Xu County in a short time.

Chenliu, that's the place of Yanzhou scholars.

Although Xun Yu can condense the strength of the Yingchuan scholars, it is difficult for him to go to Yanzhou to compete with the Yanzhou scholars.

Cao Cao also understood this truth, frowned and said, "If Wen Ruo has a good plan?" ”

Xun Yu said in a condensed voice: "First, the Duke of Ming immediately wrote a letter to the Son of Heaven to explain the disadvantages of moving the capital to Chenliu. ”

"Second, spread rumors in Chang'an, saying that Zhang Miao's proposal to move the capital to Chenliu was to take the opportunity to let Yanzhou scholars enter the court to take power, and the group of ministers who followed the Son of Heaven were worried that their interests would be damaged after moving the capital to Chenliu, so they would inevitably strongly oppose it."

"Third, immediately transfer the three armies, and Ming Gong personally escorted Gu Mi to Guanzhong to help the hungry people in Guanzhong and appease the people. Then instruct the generals to vigorously promote the wealth of Yingchuan, and if there are those who do not want to stay in Guanzhong, they can go to Yingchuan for refuge. ”

"Fourth, when the hungry people in Guanzhong are grateful for the grace of Ming Gong's life, Ming Gong can meet the Son of Heaven and invite the Son of Heaven to preside over the autumn festival of Yingchuan.

Xun Yu first stated the disadvantages of moving the capital to Chen Liu, and then intensified the contradictions between the former ministers of the court and the central government and Zhang Miao, Lu Bu, and Chen Gong.

Later, on the grounds of giving relief to the victims, he preached the wealth of Yingchuan, so that the hungry people in Guanzhong remembered Cao Cao's benevolence and longed to go to Yingchuan.

Finally, Liu Xie was invited to Yingchuan to preside over the autumn festival.

There is no mention of moving the capital to Xu County, but every step of the way is guiding Liu Xie to come to Xu County.

Cao Cao couldn't help but stroke his palms and laughed: "Wen Ruo's words are very good, as long as the Son of Heaven comes to Xu County, there is no possibility of going to Chen Liu." ”

After a pause, Cao Cao said again: "It's just that Zhang Mengzhuo reacted so violently, he couldn't wait to let the Son of Heaven move the capital to Chenliu immediately, he must have encountered some emergency." ”

"I originally guessed that it was caused by the drought in Guanzhong, but after thinking about it, it seems that it has little to do with the drought in Guanzhong."

Xun Yu said: "Duke Ming doesn't need to worry, if Zhong Yuanchang gets the news, he will be summoned immediately." The top priority is to first cut off the possibility of the Son of Heaven moving the capital to Chenliu! ”

Just when Cao Cao was actively dealing with Liu Xie's relocation of the capital, Xun Chen's reply was also sent to Linzi City.

"Brother Bogui still refuses to come to Qingzhou." Seeing the reply, Liu Bei couldn't help but sigh.

Although Xun Chen's reply was that Gongsun Chan did not trust Yuan Shao, so he would not abandon the city until his eldest son Gongsun Xu and his wife and daughter arrived in Qingzhou, but Liu Bei also knew Gongsun Chan quite well.

When Gongsun Chan said such a thing, it was tantamount to entrusting the future.

Liu Bei summoned Zheng Ping and Xun You to discuss the matter of the white-robed army going to greet Gongsun Zhan's family.

Xun You didn't speak, just looked at Zheng Ping quietly.

From the moment Zheng Ping went to Linji City to find Xun You and asked Zhuge Liang and Lu Xun to deceive Xun Chen, Xun You knew very well that Zheng Ping was already targeting Yuan Shao.

kindly reminded Xun Chen, that is, Xun You didn't want Xun Chen to get involved in this matter too much, so as to avoid falling into Zheng Ping's calculations.

Rescuing Gongsun Chan was a risky decision for Qingzhou.

Even if Yuan Shao agreed to Liu Bei's conditions on the surface, letting the white-robed battalion go to meet Gongsun Zhan's family was still in danger.

The two emperors were on the same day, and Yuan and Liu belonged to the two countries.

Yuan Shao and Liu Bei did not make a formal covenant, and even if Yuan Shao violated the agreement, Liu Bei could only be blamed for being too naïve.

However, with Zheng Ping's intelligence, it is impossible not to predict this!

Zheng Ping dared to offer Liu Bei this rescue strategy as if nothing happened, then there was only one possibility: rescuing Gongsun Zan was just Zheng Ping's plan to lure the enemy!

Gongsun Chan is a bait, Gongsun Chan's family is a bait, and even the white-robed camp is a bait!

This is by far the most likely inference that Xun You has made based on a small amount of information.

"Brother Gongda thinks that the white-robed battalion will go smoothly to greet General Gongsun's family?" Zheng Ping looked at Shang Xunyou's gaze and asked.

Xun You smiled indifferently and said without thinking: "If Qingzhou doesn't intervene, Yuan Shao can also attack Yijing City." ”

"Now that Qingzhou is involved in this matter, although it seems to give Yuan Shao a possibility to break through the capital of Yi quickly, on the other hand, this means that Yuan Shao is threatened by Qingzhou again."

"In the past, Yuan Shao, because of his weakness, could still endure the threat of Qingzhou; But today's Yuan Shao, gathering the momentum of three states, and with the help of Wuhuan and Xiongnu, how can he endure the threat of Qingzhou? ”

"Such a refreshing promise, it must be that I want to take the opportunity to quickly break through the capital of Yi and at the same time, intercept and kill the white-robed battalion and the family of General Gongsun."

"If it happens, Yuan Shao may also send a letter to the envoy to mock him to vent his hatred in the past."

Liu Bei was shocked when he heard this: "If Yuan Shao repents, not only will he not be able to save Brother Bogui's family, but the white-robed camp will also be in danger, how can this be good." ”

Xun You looked at Zheng Ping and said meaningfully: "Presumably, Master Zheng already has a perfect strategy. ”

Zheng Ping shook his fan and laughed: "Fortunately, Brother Gongda is working for the envoy, otherwise my strategy would not have succeeded." ”

Liu Bei saw the riddle-like conversation between Xun You and Zheng Ping, and was curious in his heart: "Xianmou, since there is a perfect strategy, why not talk about it in detail?" ”

Zheng Ping said slowly: "The envoy and Yuan Shao belong to the two countries, even if there is a written covenant, there is a time to tear up the covenant, not to mention that it is only a verbal covenant now." ”

"Yuan Shao and the envoy already have an old grudge, and now the envoy is repeating the old tricks, Yuan Shao will definitely not be able to bear it."

"I promised so quickly, it was nothing more than a plan, and I wanted to take the opportunity to destroy the white-robed battalion sent by the envoy to Yijing City."

"However, this trick is like a game, I take one step, and count the opponent's ten steps; In the same way, if the opponent takes one step, he will count me as ten steps. ”

"I can guess that Yuan Shao will definitely regret it, and the strategists under Yuan Shao's command will definitely guess that I will have a backhand."

"It's a process of stacking and counting each other."

"The competition is who can guess the opponent's response first, who can first see through the traps in the opponent's strategy and change the plan into a new trap, and who can lead to the opponent's flaws first."

"And the most important part: who can see through the other party's ultimate goal first!"

Liu Bei heard it in a fog, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Xianmou, what you said is the same as what you didn't say." ”

Zheng Ping chuckled: "Make a gentleman, use a game of tricks, that's it." Every response of the opponent is a different variable, and I need to calculate the most suitable countermeasures according to the different ways of dealing with the opponent. ”

"It's almost impossible to articulate a plan that has been in place for several months in a short period of time."

Months of planning?

As soon as he heard this, Liu Bei immediately put away his curiosity about the specific plan, and asked with a smile: "Can you tell me the ultimate purpose of your plan this time?" ”

The feather fan in Zheng Ping's hand paused slightly, and slowly spit out a few words.

And these words made Liu Bei and Xun You couldn't help but change their faces.

Long.

Liu Bei gasped, picked up the water bottle with a little trembling in his right hand, and took a sip of Bai Pingfu's agitated emotions: "I have to say that it is always difficult to guess what you think. ”

"What a crazy idea!"

Xun You also looked at Zheng Ping in astonishment.

Although Xun You had some guesses about Zheng Ping's plan, after hearing Zheng Ping's ultimate goal, Xun You suddenly found that his thinking was still too limited.

In terms of the way to solve the contradiction, Xun You has always pursued the most simple and direct way to solve the problem.

Even so, Xun You still underestimated Zheng Ping's boldness.

"Uncle Youruo, don't get involved in this matter, otherwise even if Liu Yuanjun doesn't remember the past suspicions, it will be difficult to save your life!" Xun You took a deep breath, and looked at Zheng Ping with a little more solemn eyes.

On the wide layout, on the ruthlessness of the strategy, on the tricks, no one in the world can be the right of Zheng Ping!

Liu Bei didn't ask again.

Zheng Ping is now a lieutenant general in the military division, and he is in charge of the military and political affairs of Qingxu and Yang.

Liu Bei has enough trust in Zheng Ping, and since Zheng Ping has been deployed for several months, there is no need to go into the details.

And Zheng Ping's ultimate goal really scared Liu Bei.

It also means that the less people know, the easier it is to succeed.

White Robe Battalion.

Sun Ce has been a pawn in the training camp for many days.

Originally, Sun Ce didn't understand why his own mother liked Zhao Yun more.

It wasn't until a few days ago that Sun Quan, who had not yet activated his talent, came to the white robe camp to meet his prospective brother-in-law, and Sun Ce understood that it was not his own mother who liked Zhao Yun more, but his own mother was worried that Zhao Yun, the prospective son-in-law, would be scared away!

But in this way, Sun Ce became even more depressed.

In the training camp, Sun Ce compared with Zhao Yun a few more times.

Although every battle is point-to-point, Sun Ce also understands that Zhao Yun has always been humble.

So Sun Ce, who was heroic, directly called Zhao Yun "Brother Zilong" in private, and regarded himself as a foolish brother.

"Brother Zilong" became a brother-in-law, and Sun Ce didn't know what to call Zhao Yun anymore.

"Ah Yu, I'm sorry for my brother." Sun Ce poured bitter water on Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu was also very helpless, Sun Ce came to complain every day in the past few days, which made Zhou Yu also tortured: "Brother, isn't it just a title?" How can that! ”

"Call General Zhao in the barracks, call 'Brother Zilong' in private, and as for the title of brother-in-law, forget it."

Seeing Sun Ce's tangled appearance, Zhou Yu couldn't help but say happily: "Brother, you can't beat General Zhao, so you want to call your brother-in-law to suppress General Zhao's prestige, right?" ”

Sun Ce flatly denied: "Ah Yu, Hugh has to talk nonsense!" How can he be the kind of person who can't afford to lose! ”

Zhou Yu became more determined in his guess, and said with a smile: "If it weren't for that, brother, with your previous mind, how could you care about a title?" ”

"It's just you and me here, and no one will hear the truth."

Sun Ce was suddenly deflated, subconsciously swept left and right, and lowered his voice: "Ah Yu, I won't tell you, I really want to call 'Brother Zilong' a few times brother-in-law." ”

"After all, Sun Shu is my own sister, so it's not too much for me to call my brother-in-law a few times, right?"

As soon as the words ended, a light cough sounded outside the tent.

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu hurriedly got up.

"Who is it?"

"Junzheng Xiahoulan."

Xia Houlan pushed open the curtain and looked at Sun Ce with a smile: "I heard, how many times do you want to call Zilong brother-in-law?" ”

Sun Ce laughed and covered up: "Junzheng must have heard it wrong. ”

Who knew that Xiahoulan's tone changed in the next moment: "Actually, I also want to hear you call Zilong a few times brother-in-law." ”

Sun Ce's smile stopped abruptly and looked at Xiahou Lan in amazement.

"Don't look surprised, Zilong is a person who is in awe of etiquette." Xia Houlan chuckled: "Since Zilong married your little sister, it is also in line with etiquette for you to call your brother-in-law, so you don't have to worry about it." ”

"Zilong is still strange, why have you been avoiding him recently, did you use too much force last time, and defeated you too hard, so that you don't even have the courage to lift a gun."

Sun Ce's neck snorted: "How can I not even have the courage to lift a gun!" ”

Xia Houlan's explanation, the awkwardness in Sun Ce's heart gradually disappeared.

Zhao Yun didn't mind these little things, so why should Sun Ce care too much?

Zhou Yu asked: "The army is looking for us, is there something important?" ”

Xiahou Lan said with a smile: "General Zhao wants to select five hundred white-robed battalion elite horsemen to go to Yijing City to escort Gongsun Zhan's family back to Qingzhou, and you both have to go together." ”

Sun Ce was stunned: "But I haven't been in the training camp for a year." ”

Xiahou Lan said: "This is an urgent task issued by Zheng Junshi, and I want you to go with you by name." ”

Zhou Yu was puzzled: "The white-robed camp entered Jizhou, didn't it become a turtle in the urn?" Yuan Shao is not a good stubble, I don't think he will let the white-robed battalion easily escort Gongsun Zhan's family back to Qingzhou. ”

Xia Houlan looked at Zhou Yu's eyes and appreciated a little more: "Your doubts, Master Zheng will solve your doubts." Let's go to the Shuai tent together, Zheng Junshi has been waiting for a long time. ”

Zhou Yu's heart sank.

Zheng Ping personally came to the white robe camp, and named himself to go with Sun Ce, this time going to Yijing City is not as simple as escorting Gongsun Zhan's family!

Zhou Yu and Sun Ce glanced at each other, and followed Xiahou Lan to the handsome tent.

I could only hear Zheng Ping's unhurried voice ringing in my ears: "Everyone is here, let's start." In addition to escorting Gongsun Zhan's family on this mission, you also have to act as a bait. ”

Bait.

Zhou Yu's expression froze, and he had a faint guess.

(End of chapter)