Three Kingdoms New Emperor

Chapter 783

The young overlord's untimely death made everyone in the world sigh with emotion. However, many people expressed their admiration for Xu Gong's disciples' righteous deeds of not forgetting their old master-this kind of sentiment is admired in this troubled world.

Of course, not everyone in the world thinks so.

In a quiet thatched hut near Nanyang, the two sat opposite each other with two cups of tea.The older man asked: "Second brother, many people say that the assassination of the lord was the result of Cao Cao stabbing the tiger in Bianzhuang to take advantage of the opportunity. What's your opinion on this?"

The opponent was a young man who looked seventeen or eighteen years old and hadn't passed the crowning year. He smiled slightly at this, just shook the newly made goose feather fan in his hand and said: "Brother, you have already made up your mind on this matter, why bother?" Unnecessary?"

The elder sighed, and replied: "There is no evidence, the identity of the three assassins is indeed Xu Gong's disciples. It's just, just..."

"It's just that this crossbow arrow is not ordinary, is it?" The young man picked up an arrow with dried blood on it and said, "This arrow is two feet three inches long, the shaft is thick, and it is painted with a layer of dark gray paint—— This type of standard long arrow cannot be fired without a strong crossbow. Moreover, this type of standard is unique to the Han family..."

"What does the second brother mean?..." Hearing this, the elder frowned even more.

"Of course this was not done by the Son of Heaven. Although your Sun family has been disrespectful to the Han Dynasty these days, you still want to threaten the Son of Heaven to hand over Liu Jingzhou. However, the Son of Heaven's ambition is now in the southwest. If you assassinate your lord just because of this, It's too much of a joke. After all, you also know in your heart that there is no need for the emperor of the Han Dynasty to do this."

"Second brother..." The elder heard that the young man first pointed out the suspicious points in the case, and then denied the possibility, which made him even more puzzled: "Could it be that Cao Cao really did this?"

The young man's eyes dimmed for a moment, and he looked straight ahead, as if he saw a bohemian strategist in the east through the elders.After a while, he calmed down a little, and said: "Ce Xin merged with Jiangdong, and all those who are punished are heroes, who can win the power of death. However, the plan is light and unprepared. Although there are millions of people, it is tantamount to walking alone in the Central Plains." Also. If an assassin rises and falls, he will be the enemy of one person. From my point of view, he will die at the hands of ordinary people—this sentence, brother must have heard of it, right?"

The elders naturally understood who the boy was talking about, and the person who said this was the well-deserved No. [-] strategist: Guo Jia.

At that time, the Battle of Guandu had just started, and Sun Ce deliberately sent troops to the north, hoping to get a share of the Central Plains War.However, things changed too quickly, and then Liu Biao deployed troops to deploy defenses without authorization, which angered the emperor, and the three armies all came together to challenge Liu Biao.After hearing this, Sun Ce was overjoyed and said that now is the time to avenge his father's revenge.Immediately, disregarding Zhou Yu's dissuasion, he raised troops and wiped out Huang Zu in Jiangxia.

The elder couldn't figure out what this matter had to do with it for a while, but when he looked up and saw the determined face of the young man, he couldn't help but turn pale with shock: "Second brother, you mean that when Guo Jia was in Guandu, he wanted to assassinate him. My lord, have you wiped out my lord's intention to go north?"

The young man didn't try to show off this time, but said with some admiration: "If it weren't for that, you're just trying to show off his intelligence when you are Guo Fengxiao? If you said in the first half that your lord has made too many enemies in Jiangdong, it is easy to incur retaliation. If the analysis is on point, the second half says that your lord will definitely die at the hands of assassins, which is almost like a god's prophecy."

The old man's face was completely solemn, and he only realized it now, and he couldn't help but feel the cold sweat running down his back: He remembered that Zhou Yu had indeed carefully deployed additional protection for the lord, and strongly advocated raising troops to go north.It is conceivable that if Jiangdong participated in the chaos in the Central Plains at that time, no matter who wins or loses afterwards, the Sun family will definitely get Xuzhou, not just Jiangxia and the other four counties in Jingzhou.

Although it seems that the lord has linked the forces of the Sun family together, but if we really compare it.It is indeed not as good as when they went north to Xuzhou. You must know that after the war last year, the world pattern has been settled, and the Sun family has no chance to expand.And if they go north to Xuzhou, the Sun family can conscript Cao Cao who is empty and weak no matter whether they go north or west. Even after the Battle of Guandu, it is not impossible to destroy Cao Cao...

If that is the case, the power of the Sun family can already rival the Han family!
Thinking of this, the elder suddenly understood why Zhou Yu went to Ruxukou to train soldiers in anger after the lord refused to listen to Zhou Yu's words, and did not participate in the battle against Huang Zu at all.It wasn't until the lord asked three times that Zhou Yu returned to Wu County unhappy.

"However, we did not go north to Xuzhou in the end. Guo Jia will not directly assassinate the lord just because of a plan that has not been implemented, and bring up the old matter after more than a year?" The elder got it from the young man. There are too many conspiracy calculations, and I can't accept it for a while.After finally straightening out his thoughts, he brought the topic back to the original point.

But the young man couldn't help but smile solemnly, but then felt that his expression was too flamboyant, and immediately covered half of his face with a goose feather fan: "Since the plan has been carefully formulated, it is naturally very convenient to pick it up again. What's more, At this time, at that time, it was not used at the beginning, but because it was not necessary. Now that it is used at this time, it is naturally because it has to be used.”

The elder was shocked again, his train of thought couldn't keep up with the young man, and he couldn't help complaining directly: "Second brother, don't tease elder brother like this again, you'd better share your analysis one by one."

The young man was silent for a moment, dipped some tea with a goose feather handle, drew a simple map of the Han Dynasty on the case table, and pointed out: "Now the Han Dynasty is expected to rejuvenate, and two-thirds of the world has been collected. Liangzhou Han Dynasty Sui and Manhuang Jiaozhou are no longer a problem, and the only remaining princes in the world are your lord and Cao Mengde."

The elder couldn't agree with this, and interjected: "Yuzhou Liu Bei..."

"He claims to be the emperor of the Han Dynasty. If he thrives here, he will be trapped here. If the Han Dynasty completely collapses like it did back then, Liu Bei will be able to live in a corner, and even inherit the banner of the Han Dynasty. But now the Han Dynasty Shi Zhongxing is hopeful, and his uncle was supported by the emperor, you think he might escape the end of being attached to the Han Dynasty?"

The elder nodded again, seeing his second younger brother cherishing all the princes in the world, he couldn't help feeling deeply.

Speaking of this, the young man calmly slapped his goose feather fan a few more times: "Cao Mengde's idea of ​​governing the world is not in line with the world, but now the Han Dynasty is growing steadily. With such a situation, where else in the world can Cao Mengde show his ambition?"

"You mean, the purpose of Guo Jia's assassination of the lord is to allow Cao Mengde to go to Jiangdong, take advantage of the natural danger of the Yangtze River, and draw the river with the Han Dynasty to rule?" The ins and outs of the whole thing.

"Besides that, what explanation do you have?" The young man sighed, and he didn't know why he sighed.

The elder stood up in a daze, as if he wanted to digest the young man's remarks.But as soon as he stood up, he sat back and said awkwardly: "I came to look for you because I wanted to inquire about the future of the Sun family. Your shocking remarks have scared me away from my original intention of coming here." .”

But as soon as these words came out, a cold smile appeared on the young man's face: "Since Cao Mengde and Guo Jia made a move, everything must be ready. As far as I know, the Son of Heaven has entered Yangping Pass, deep into the mountains of Yizhou. You I also know that the road in the middle of Shu is difficult to get in and even more difficult to get out of, so Cao Mengde just wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of the emperor to attack Shu, and give you Jiangdong a heavy blow in one fell swoop!"

"This, this is impossible..." The old man's face paled immediately when he heard such terrifying remarks: "Jiangdong has the danger of the Yangtze River, has enough soldiers and food, and Zhou Langmeiyu is planning, Cao Cao wants to take advantage of this opportunity." It's not easy to overthrow me, Jiangdong!"

"Cao's army is here to attack, who will lead the army?" The young man didn't want to argue with his brother, so he asked the core point to the point.

"Of course it is Zhou Gongjin." The elder replied.

"Then who came to stabilize the rear again?"

"Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong are famous all over the world, well-read scriptures, and they rule well..." The elder hesitated, but finally gave an answer.

"That's exactly what Cao Mengde and Guo Jia were thinking!" The young man spoke quickly at this time, pointing Jiang Shan: "Xuzhou Chen Deng contacted Yan Yu and other bandits to rebel the party, but with all due respect, your master will just fix Jiangdong, Although it is very popular, it has offended many big clans. Moreover, Jiaozhou has been repeatedly bullied by people from Jiangdong, and the barbarians in Nanyue are also hostile to Han people. At that time, Zhou Gongjin was fighting against Cao Mengde on the front line, but there were riots and bandits in Jiangdong. Jiaozhou Nanyue is taking advantage of the situation to attack, how can you Jiangdong resist?"

The old man was sad and wanted to speak, but was blocked by the young man: "Don't tell Zhou Gongjin to sit in the back. If he is like this, who in the east of the Yangtze River can compete with Cao Mengde, who is like a soldier like a god, on the great river? Guo Fengxiao contends?"

"This, this?..." The elder didn't seem to expect the seriousness of the matter at all, and he couldn't help saying with a little luck: "Cao, Cao Mengde may not really have his heart in Jiangdong, right? After all, he came from an unknown teacher, and sending troops without authorization violated court etiquette." system."

The young man didn't even bother to answer this question.But at this moment, an order from outside the door hastily opened the door and said: "Master Zhuge Jin, Cao Cao issued a message in Chenliu, saying that Jiangdong is in turmoil, and he wants to take the place of the emperor. It is said that Cao's army has gathered [-] people and is ready to go south!"

(End of this chapter)