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Chen Gong’s envoy, Yuan Shao, returned and reported the situation to Chen Lang in detail. Finally, he said: "Yuan Shao has such an enthusiastic attitude and speaks badly about Cao Cao from time to time. I think he meant to provoke us to fight with Cao Cao! "

Jia Xu said: "Obviously, that's the case!" Then there was a mocking look on his face, "It seems that Yuan Shao, the famous sect, only wanted to destroy Gongsun Zan and occupy his Youzhou. This person's vision is better than I expected. Be short and shallow.” Then he thought: “According to the recent signs of Cao Cao, Cao Cao has already sent someone to contact Yuan Shao secretly. But Yuan Shao still insists on destroying Gongsun Zan, and hopes that we will fight Cao Cao. Look. The plan to come to Cao Cao failed."

Chen Lang nodded, "Mr. Wen He made a very reasonable analysis. But I'm afraid that Yuan Shao's suspicion will make us unprepared!"

Jia Xu smiled and said: "The lord is very worried. But his subordinates think that Yuan Shao did not make a statement. The reason is very simple. If Yuan Shao wants to make a mistake, he may have two performances. One is that he will use it. It is the host desk to show the sincerity and kindness to the lord, so he should be more enthusiastic when receiving the desk. He will find ways to make the lord feel his sincerity, so that the lord feels that he is really willing to further improve the relationship with the lord, even It’s not impossible for Yu to marry a loved one or a woman of relatives to relax the Lord’s heart. But in fact, Yuan Shao didn’t do that. The etiquette for receiving the public desk can only be regarded as ordinary, and Yuan Shao talks to the public desk. The content is not much, and then the counselor Xu You will be the receptionist, regardless of whether it is Yuan Shao himself or Xu You himself. Although the content of the speech is not the same, there is only one purpose, and that is to provoke a fight between the lord and Cao Cao. If Yuan Shao accepts After Cao Cao's proposal, it would never be the case."

"If Yuan Shao wants to unite with Cao Cao to deal with the lord, there may be another performance. He will humiliate the lord and use righteous words to show the image of their righteous teacher. But neither scenario Appeared. From this, it can be judged that Yuan Shao's real purpose is to provoke us to fight with Cao Cao, and he is so relieved to beat Youzhou.

After hearing Jia Xu's analysis, Chen Lang and Chen Gong nodded their heads because they felt very reasonable. Chen Lang asked, "So what will Cao Cao do?"

Jia Xu thought: "Cao Cao's generation of heroes, I am afraid that they are not under the master's wit. He is definitely not comparable to Yuan Shao! According to various signs, he has obviously regarded the master as his main threat! Uniting Yuan Shao can't do anything about it. , What will he do? Just stop here? I'm afraid it won't!" After a pause, frowning said: "It's really hard to predict what Cao Cao will do next!"

Chen Gong said, "Why don't I go to Cao Mengde again?"

Jia Xu nodded and said; "This is the best way. The public platform will test him, so as to judge his next move." Chen Lang nodded thoughtfully.

It is said that Xun You went to Jizhou as an envoy and returned to Xuchang and reported the meeting to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao frowned, looked at Guo Jia Xun You, and said, "Yuan Shao was very courteous to Xun You at first, but why didn't he say yes to him, so he hurled Xun You? Is it possible that Yuan Shao wanted to hit me?"

Xun Yu said: "The subordinates think it is very possible. Compared with Chen Lang, I am afraid that Yuan Shao is more suspicious of the lord. The possibility of him calculating the lord is very high!"

Guo Jia frowned and said: "I didn't expect Yuan Shao to be so short-sighted! Xun Yu was right. Yuan Shao was most likely to be suspicious of the lord, so he did not agree to the proposal to jointly attack Luoyang! But I think Yuan Shao will not be able to do anything to the lord in the short term. At the moment, his eyes should still look at Gongsun Zan! Until he completely wipes out Gongsun Zan's occupation of Youzhou, his eyes should not look south!" Xun Yu echoed: "I agree with Feng Xiao's judgment."

At this moment, an official rushed in and reported; "Master, Dong Zhuo's messenger is here."

Cao Cao was surprised, and immediately thought: "Dong Zhuo is here to unite me to deal with Brother Chen?" Then he said to the official: "Please come in, Dong Zhuo envoy." The official promised and ran down.

Guo Jiadao: "The envoy Dong Zhuo is here for Chen Lang. If the envoy makes a joint crusade against Luoyang, the lord may as well agree."

Xun Yu frowned and said: "But in this way, doesn't it make the lord's prestige accumulated earlier be wiped out?!"

Guo Jiadao: "Even if this matter spreads, we will not admit it and no one will believe it. We can say that we dispatched troops to Luoyang while Dong Zhuo and Chen Lang were fighting, defeated the rebels in one fell swoop, helped the building Yu Jiangqing, and rescued Your Majesty and the court. The lord will only be a great hero in saving the Han Dynasty, and will definitely not unite with the Dong thief."

Cao Cao and Xun Yu couldn't help nodding their heads. Cao Cao smiled and said, "We can also achieve our previous conspiracy by using Dong Zhuo." It turned out that Cao Cao had already thought about it when he planned to join Yuan Shao in the crusade against Luoyang. He didn't want Luoyang and Bingzhou, he only wanted the emperor and the court. This is Guo Jia's suggestion, the so-called tactics of holding the emperor in order to ruin the court.

The envoy of Dong Zhuo stepped into the hall and saw Cao Cao standing in the middle of the hall. He hurriedly said, "The lower official pays tribute to General Cao on behalf of the Taishi."

Cao Cao smiled and said, "Your envoys don't need to be polite. I wonder what the important task is for the envoys to come?"

Hearing Cao Cao's name, the visitor couldn't help feeling happy, and clasped his fist with a sad expression: "His Majesty was taken away by the rebellious Chen Lang not long ago. The country shook and the world changed color. As a national teacher, Taishi is really worried!" Having said this, the visitor took a peek at Cao Cao’s expression and saw that there was nothing special about Cao Cao’s expression. He continued: "The Taishi has long known that General Cao is the pillar of the country and a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, so he ordered his official to come here presumptuously. I hope General Cao can go to the country with the Taishi to fight against the national thief and rebellion! I wonder what General Cao wants?"

Cao Cao righteously said: "This general sees the Han Dynasty will be leaning forward, and Tai A is turning backwards. It is also heartbroken! When I don't know anyone who can fight against the national thieves with this general, I didn't expect the Taishi to have this idea too! Great! Up!"

auzw.com The people who came to auzw.com couldn't help being overjoyed when they heard these words, and hurriedly asked: "Does General Cao mean that he is willing to go to the country with the Taishi to fight against the thief?"

Cao Cao nodded and said, "As a Hanchen, it is a matter of supporting the Han Dynasty. Even if there is no Taishi, I also plan to go west alone to fight the country's thieves, save your majesty, and save the court!"

The visitor was moved and said, "General Cao is really a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty!" Then he said: "In this case, I don't know how many troops General Cao can send, and when will he be able to attack Luoyang?"

Cao Cao did not answer and asked, "I wonder what the Taishi's intentions are?"

The visitor was obviously prepared, and immediately said: "My grand division thought it should not be too late to crusade against the thief and save your majesty! Therefore, my grand division is going to launch an offensive against Luoyang in the spring next year! By then, the generals of the grand division will conscript, at least raise troops. Three hundred thousand!"

Cao Cao nodded and said, "If the Taishi can raise 300,000 troops, then I will also raise 300,000 troops." The visitor was overjoyed and said, "Such a big Han Sheji is hopeful!"

Cao Cao laughed, and said to him: "Then we have agreed to launch an offensive at the same time in the spring of the coming year."

The visitor happily clasped his fist and said, "In that case, I will immediately report back to Taishi."

Cao Cao said to Xun You: "Gongda, you go to Chang'an for me, visit Taishi, and show my heart." Xun You bowed his promise and went down with the envoy Dong Zhuo.

Guo Jia smiled and said: "Unexpectedly, the national thief became Chen Lang!"

Cao Cao laughed loudly, "The world is in chaos. National thieves are just a reason to send troops. It may not be long before someone will attack me Cao Cao in the name of crusade against national thieves!"

Early the next morning, Dong Zhuo's messenger and Cao Cao's messenger Xun You both disguised themselves as caravans and set off on the road. They will first enter the land of Jingxiang and then travel to Chang'an via Hanzhong.

Not long after Dong Zhuo's messenger and Xun You left, Cao Cao received a report that Chen Gong, Chen Lang's messenger, had arrived. When Cao Cao heard about Chen Gong's name, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion and murmured: "I didn't expect Chen Gong to be with Brother Chen!" Then he ordered the officials to invite Chen Gong in.

Chen Gong strode into the hall, saw Cao Cao, proudly clasped his fist and said, "Envoy of General Hussar, Chen Gong has seen General Cao!"

Cao Cao smiled and said, "Public platform, don't come here unharmed! I didn't expect you to abandon me, but followed the country thief Chen Lang!"

Chen Gong said loudly: "My Patriarch saved His Majesty and the entire court from Dong Thief. That is a great hero! Unlike some people, who seem to be loyal and good, in fact they are treacherous inside!" Cao Cao laughed and said, "The world is under heaven." Who doesn't hide treacherous! Those who don't hide treacherous have long been the food of his population!"

Chen Gong smiled and said: "This is also right, but I am pedantic." Then he said: "I am here today on behalf of General Huqi to convey the will of your majesty in Xuchang." Then he took out an imperial decree from his arms, Yang Said: "The imperial decree is here, kneel!"

Cao Cao immediately led the people under his hands to the imperial edict and knelt down.

Chen Gong unfolded the imperial decree and read it. After reading a lengthy ceremonial text, he said: "..., Your Majesty appreciates that General Cao is the loyal minister of Kuang and Fu Sheji, and he specially named General Cao as a former general to lead Yanzhou and Yuzhou affairs. Thank you for this."

Cao Cao shouted long live, stood up, took the imperial edict, and everyone else stood up.

Chen Gong smiled and clasped his fists and said, "Congratulations to General Cao." Cao Cao smiled.

Chen Gongxiao asked: "Why is General Cao laughing so ugly? Is it because he thinks his majesty's official position is not high enough?"

Cao Cao smiled and said, "How dare you! I am really grateful to your Majesty!"

Chen Gong smiled and said: "Your Majesty still has an oral message to convey to General Cao." Cao Cao was about to kneel down. Chen Gong quickly supported Cao Cao and said with a smile: "It's just a verbal warning, General Cao doesn't need to be like this." Then he said seriously: "Your Majesty’s verbal warning, order General Cao to go north to the border of Jizhou immediately to guard against Yuan Shao." Cao Cao was stunned, holding his fist to take the order. .