I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 417 Create Cao Cao's Nemesis

When Liu Bei heard the name Liu Jian said, he felt a little bit in trouble.

He grabbed another handful of grass from the ground and began to skim one by one to the side.

"Deran, why did you find such an opponent for me? Can't you change someone?"

Liu Jian looked at him with a half-smile: "Why, brother, I'm embarrassed to hit him?"

Liu Bei let out a long sigh: "You asked me to fight Cao Cao. I think there are two things that are inappropriate."

"Hey, it's interesting. It's the first time you can say more than a little bit of advice in front of me."

"Tell me these two points."

Liu Bei didn't care about Liu Jian's teasing, as if he didn't hear it.

He threw all the grass in his hands aside, cleared his throat at last, and said solemnly:
"The first point, as you know, the Cao family and I are related by marriage. You said that I went directly to the battlefield to fight against the Cao family. Isn't that a bit bad?"

Liu Jian laughed loudly and said, "Brother, brother, you naturally know what's going on with your relative. Are you really embarrassed to fight Cao Cao because of this marriage?"

"But I predict that Cao Cao will never be soft on you because of this marriage."

"When you married the Cao family, it was just that we and the Cao family left a final bottom line for each other."

"But the Cao family will not be relentless when encountering a collision of interests."

Liu Bei laughed and said, "Being a brother still needs some face."

Liu Jian turned his head and looked into the distance: "Then tell me your second reason."

Liu Bei said: "Actually, as you said, it is not a big deal to directly compete with Cao Cao on the battlefield."

"Although the Cao family is related to me, I, Liu Bei, am not someone who forgets public affairs for personal reasons."

"It's just the opponent you picked for me..."

"what happened?"

Liu Bei sighed: "It's a little too weak, don't you understand?"

After hearing this, Liu Jian didn't come up in one breath, and almost couldn't bear it.

"Who do you say is too weak?"

Liu Bei said very solemnly: "Of course that Cao Cao is weak, how can his ability be compared with my Liu Bei?"

Liu Jian looked at him in disbelief.

"Brother, why do you judge that Cao Cao is weak?"

Liu Bei spread his hands helplessly: "Is this not obvious?"

"Although Cao Cao has indeed made some achievements in the military over the years, he is only Yuan Shao's follower after all, and I follow you. Comparing the two, you are much better than Yuan Shao, right?"

"Could it be that the people you brought out are not as good as those Yuan Shao brought out?"

Liu Jian touched his head in surprise, thinking secretly.

It seems that... what he said really makes sense.

Although this reasoning is actually preposterous.

"Brother, if you don't want to fight Cao Cao, who do you want to fight?"

"In the territory of Luoyang, there are Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Lu Bu, Niu Fu..."

"Who do you think is worthy of being your opponent?"

Liu Bei cupped his hands and said, "Deran, you have to understand what it means to be a brother. Everything you do for your brother is to help you achieve great things."

"In your opinion, whoever poses the greatest threat to you should be dealt with as a brother."

Liu Jian laughed when he heard this.

He reached out and patted Liu Bei's shoulder.

"In this world, apart from my parents, the best thing to me is always you, brother."

Liu Bei smiled and said, "That's natural. Being able to share your worries and problems is the happiest thing in my life."

Liu Jian sighed: "Okay, if brother really has this thought, and really wants to solve my problems and bear the burden for me...then you can deal with Cao Cao."

Seeing that Liu Jian's words went around, and finally came around to Cao Cao, Liu Bei finally couldn't help but pay more attention to Cao Cao.

After all, Liu Bei knows how Liu Jian looks at people.

Since Liu Jian has a high evaluation of Cao Cao's ability, it means that Cao Cao must have his merits and should not be underestimated.

"It seems that, Deran, you recognize Cao Cao's ability very much?"

Liu Jian nodded: "If I hadn't valued Cao Cao's ability, I wouldn't have specially arranged for you to fight against him, brother..."

"Let's put it this way, brother, in the short term, Yuan Shao, Dong Zhuo, and Lu Bu are indeed a serious problem for us, but in the long run, Cao Cao is indeed a strong enemy for us. Assist Yuan Shao, he is our good opponent!"

"But at present, I still have to deal with Dong Zhuo and the Yuan family, so I can't control Cao Cao for the time being. I need to train someone to help me deal with Cao Cao and become Cao Cao's nemesis!"

"This person needs to understand himself and Cao Cao. He needs to understand Cao Cao's tactics, and at the same time optimize his own tactics against Cao Cao."

"On the battlefield, I can do my best to understand Cao Cao's intentions, and train my army against Cao Cao's army, so that my army can respond to Cao Cao's tactics at any time."

After hearing this, Liu Bei sighed with emotion.

"Since you value Cao Mengde so much, you should do your best for your brother..."

Liu Jian put away his smile and said seriously: "Brother, I believe in your ability, and I also believe that you are with me. As long as you accumulate experience and study hard, you will definitely become a famous general in our Han Dynasty sooner or later... just don't underestimate it." others! Especially that Cao Cao."

"Brother, from now on, you must not underestimate anyone, and treat everyone with a straight eye and a straight heart."

Liu Bei threw the dirt on his body, stood up, and bowed solemnly to Liu Jian.

"Be sure to remember De Ran's words. Don't worry, I will never underestimate anyone from now on! Especially this Cao Cao!"

Liu Jian looked at Liu Bei carefully, seeing his solemn face and firm eyes, he immediately felt relieved.

As a brother, Liu Jian knows his elder brother very well.

Although his elder brother is sometimes very flashy, he has an advantage that others can't match.

That is, he listens to people's advice very much and accepts advice with an open mind.

People who can listen to the opinions of others are generally people who can achieve great things.

Being able to listen to the opinions of others with an open mind proves that this person has a broad mind and has the greatest room for growth.

"Lord!"

As a call came, both Liu Jian and Liu Bei looked behind.

But Xia Houlan was holding Wang Kuang's head, and ran towards Liu Jian with an expression of excitement.

Liu Jian stood up and said to Liu Bei: "Let's go, brother! Today is a big victory, let's celebrate for them!"

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After Liu Jian entered Huai County, Zhu Jun and Han Hao also returned with their troops.

After Han Hao arrived in Huai County, he immediately gathered all the prominent families in Hanoi County, Haoyou, in the name of the Han family, and explained the cause and effect to them.

He told everyone that Wang Kuang accepted Yuan Shao's call to cut off Liu Jian's grain and road, and to murder Liu Jian and his [-] elite soldiers.

If Lu Zhi's letter hadn't come first, it would be understandable for Wang Kuang to do so, and it was barely acceptable.

But he used Lu Zhi's letters to deceive Liu Jian's trust, and Wang Kuang ignored the matter.

And no one can clean up Wang Kuang's case.

Because Wang Kuang has already led his troops to set up three camps on Liu Jian's grain road, which means that there is no silver 300 taels here.

In addition, Han Hao took the initiative to testify, and at the same time, he went to Wang Kuang's residence in person and found the letters of Wang Kuang's collusion with Yuan Shao as evidence.

Whether this letter is true or not, only Liu Jian and Han Hao know.

Of course, when things have come to this point, no one will care whether the letter is true or not.

Because all the evidence points to Wang Kuang's betrayal of Liu Jian, this matter is already a certainty.

Of course, even if anyone in Hanoi County has doubts or suspicions in their hearts, they will definitely not say it.

Unless they're stupid.

You know, Liu Jian is already the winner now.

Fighting against the victor for the sake of a dead man, no matter how you think about it, it's not worthwhile.

With the help of Han Hao, the turmoil in Hanoi County was suppressed by Liu Jian.

Moreover, in order to show his impartiality and selflessness, Liu Jian did not allow his subordinates to occupy Hanoi, or send someone to replace Wang Kuang.

He just called together the famous families in Hanoi to discuss with them how to arrange follow-up matters in Hanoi County after Wang Kuang's death.

During the meeting, Han Hao took the initiative to stand up and expressed the hope that Zhu Jun could take over Han Hao's position and become the prefect of Hanoi.

As for the reasons for recommending Zhu Jun as prefect, there are indeed quite a few reasons.

First of all, Zhu Jun's family has elite soldiers and strong generals guarding Hanoi for a long time, which can protect the safety of the Hanoi families.

In addition, Zhu Jun is also familiar with the situation in Hanoi County.

Moreover, Hanoi County is bordered by the Black Mountain Army in the east and the Baibo Army in the west, which belongs to a more dangerous territory.

Once something happens in Hanoi County, it will be easy to be targeted by bandits and looted. At that time, not only the common people will suffer, but also the famous families.

But now, Wang Kuang is dead, the Taishan Army has also been slaughtered, and the defensive strength of Hanoi County has been reduced by more than half.

Under such circumstances, if there is no good way to stabilize the situation in Hanoi County, the probability of the Black Mountain Army and Baibo Army calling will be very high.

To stabilize the military situation in Hanoi, the presence of the famous general Zhu Jun is very important.

Therefore, at this time, Liu Jian proposed that Zhu Jun be the prefect of Hanoi County, which is very in the interests of the people of Hanoi County.

And since Liu Jian was able to get Han Hao to raise this matter in public, it was inevitable that the people of all ethnic groups in Hanoi must agree.

Finally, after "consulting" everyone's opinions, Liu Jian decided to appeal to the imperial court, and named Zhu Jun as the prefect of Hanoi.

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The incident in Hanoi soon spread to the south of Luoyang, and Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Lu Bu, and Niu Fu all knew about it.

Now, these forces that were originally fighting in Sizhou territory became extremely tense.

If Liu Jian arrives in Sizhou, the situation in Sizhou will definitely change drastically.

This may not be good news for each of them.

(End of this chapter)