Cheng Yu looked at Cao Cao and found that Cao Cao seemed to be in a bad mood.

Hurriedly stood up and looked at Cao Cao and said.

"Why is the lord worried?"

Cao Cao hid the thoughts in his mind and began to think about what to do next.

Cao Cao has been in the army since Chen Liu, and he is no longer the hot-blooded middle-aged man he once was, and power has slowly eroded Cao Cao's heart, and now he can't see what he used to be.

Any loyalty is fake, only if you are strong.

When you have a vast territory and many soldiers and strategists, you are a hunter in this world, and everything else is just prey.

"This Liu Bei was just forced by us to return in vain, if we come over today, what should we do."

Xi Zhicai saw that Cao Cao was worried, so he smiled and said.

"Don't worry, the lord doesn't have to worry, what if the son sends troops today, I have three strategies to retreat from the imperial court."

Cao Cao hurriedly stepped forward to ask for advice.

"How can the gentleman teach me?"

Since Xi Zhicai followed Cao Cao, he has made many meritorious contributions to Cao Cao, and Cao Cao also attaches great importance to Xi Zhicai, and now he is even more happy when he hears him say that there are three strategies to retreat from the imperial court.

Xi Zhicai said.

"The best strategy is to let the Son of Heaven transit."

"Oh?"

"The respect of the Son of Heaven is not a subordinate, different from Liu Bei, it can be said that it is logical, such as although he is dying today, but the hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff, if the lord is like Liu Bei forcibly retained, it will be attacked by the Quartet."

"On the contrary, if the lord allows the Son of Heaven to cross the border, he can protect himself to see the after-effects, plus General Cao Ren has 50,000 troops in Xiapi City, even if the Son of Heaven sends troops to attack it, he can't do anything about it, and he will not be able to fight for a long time with the grain and grass of the imperial court, and he will return to Beijing for a long time."

Cao Cao pondered for a moment and then said no.

"Zixiao is my younger brother, and now I have rebelled against the court because of me, how can I let Zixiao be attacked by the court? Although there were 50,000 troops in Xiapi City, although the Son of Heaven was cruel and tyrannical, he attacked the unparalleled,

Whether it is attacking Lu Bu or Han Sui, and then to the current Xiongnu, if they are allowed to attack Zixiao, they are afraid that Zixiao will be in danger, and if Zixiao dies, it will be like me breaking an arm. ”

Cao Cao shook his head and said.

"Although this plan can keep me safe and sound, it will cause my son filial piety to be in danger, this plan is very inappropriate!"

Xi Zhicai saw Cao Cao shaking his head and said again.

"The middle strategy is to delay the Son of Heaven as if it were to Liu Bei, although the Son of Heaven attacked Wushuang, but from Luoyang out of the Tiger Prison through Yanzhou to Xuzhou to Xiapi, the two places are thousands of miles apart, that is, the Son of Heaven can fight well, what can he do? Thousands of miles away is enough to drag it down! ”

After Xi Zhicai said something, Cao Cao nodded and shook his head.

What Xi Zhicai said is not unreasonable, the two places are thousands of miles apart, if the pass city is obstructed layer by layer, it is impossible for the Son of Heaven to come to Xiapi.

Seeing Cao Cao shaking his head, he thought that Cao Cao had concerns in his heart, so he stepped forward and continued.

"There are only 50,000 soldiers in the hands of the Son of Heaven who can fight, and there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers hired by the lord.

However, Cao Cao shook his head not to say that he had concerns, but that he still had a trace of awe for the Son of Heaven.

Now although the Han family is about to fall, the Son of Heaven was born, killing Dong Zhuo first and then driving Lu Bu, beheading Han and then conquering the Huns, one by one.

You can say that the Son of Heaven is tyrannical, or you can say that the Son of Heaven is unkind, but you must not think that the Son of Heaven is weak and can be bullied.

The Son of Heaven is prosperous, but I am afraid that even the ancestor of the past was not as strong as he is now.

If there was still a glimmer of hope, Cao Cao still didn't want to be an enemy of the Son of Heaven.

But now it's impossible, if he surrenders, all his men may live, but he won't.

Dong Zhuo's matter is in front of him, and the imperial court must not be able to accommodate a general who can control hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses.

"What's next?"

Xi Zhicai said.

"The next strategy is to ask the lord to fight with the Son of Heaven!"

As soon as Xi Zhicai said this, the atmosphere in the big tent instantly froze.

Now with only the strength on paper, Cao Cao is much stronger than the imperial court, and if the Son of Heaven wants to recruit Cao Ren again, it is also a strategy to go to war directly.

"This ......"

Cao Cao thought for a moment before speaking coldly.

"Don't talk nonsense! How can I, the Cao family, have received the grace of the king, so how can I do such a disobedient and disobedient thing? I have to mention this plan again! ”

After finishing speaking, he walked away quickly, and when he walked to the door of the big tent, he turned his face sideways and said.

"It's just that now there are often prisoners who enter Sizhou from the Tiger Prison, and Z asks Xiahoudun to strictly guard the vicinity of the Tiger Prison."

Everyone immediately understood what Cao Cao meant, and they all said in unison.

…………

Lin Mu returned from Bingzhou day and night, and when he returned to the capital, the time had already reached the beginning of spring.

When Lin Mu returned to Luoyang City, ten miles outside the city, both sides of the Luoyang road were full of people and ministers.

Yang Biao personally stepped forward to lead the horse for Lin Mu, and Wang Yun and Zhu Jun stood behind Lin Mu Ma to hold a bench for Lin Mu.

Jia Xu and Liu Bei led hundreds of officials to stand behind Lin Mu and walked towards the capital on foot.

Lin Mu rode on the horse without the slightest politeness, and after returning to the palace, the officials bowed down one after another.

Yang Biao stepped forward and said.

"Your Majesty's might, one person to destroy the Huns, this merit has never been done since ancient times, and the ministers congratulate Your Majesty!"

After some etiquette, it was already evening, and Liu Bei and Jia Xu stayed behind after the hundred officials left.

When the hundred officials left, Liu Bei knelt on the ground with a plop.

"The criminal Liu Bei pleases the guilt!"

Lin Mu looked at Liu Bei and said softly.

"What are you guilty of?"

"Minister......

"Did I say that anyone who stands in the way is a traitor?"

"Minister......

"Then Xiahoudun dares to stop you, why don't you kill it?"

"Your Majesty, now that the thief is strong and I am weak, the light war has put the court in danger, how can the minister be child's play?"

Liu Bei hurriedly defended himself, he was not defending himself, but wanted to remind Lin Mu.

Now that the enemy is strong and I am weak, how can I start the war so casually, once Lin Mu really starts a war with Cao Cao.

Winning also opened a reason for the princes of the world to rebel against the court, and if they lost, they would be looked down upon by the world, and then the surrounding warlords would take advantage of the defeat of the court to tear the flesh and blood of the court.

"Who told you that the enemy is strong and I am weak?"

Liu Bei looked up at Lin Mu, he didn't know what Lin Mu was talking about, isn't it on the bright side that the enemy is strong and I am weak?

"Your Majesty, now Cao Cao has 300,000 Qingzhou soldiers, and he has more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in his own headquarters......"

Before Liu Bei could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Lin Mu.

"So what?"

Liu Bei was a little speechless when asked by Lin Mu.

"This ......"

Lin Mu stood up and came to the jade steps.

"How dare Cao Cao be strong, and how can I be weak? I am the strongest person in the world, what if I mean that the enemy army has millions? ”

"I am now the emperor, who is the enemy in the world?"