Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 245 It's a pity that there is no extortion
"Mr. Ziyang, you and I must know whether this war in the Central Plains is right or wrong. The King of Wei wanted to design my lord, but he ended up stealing nothing. If he hadn't been lucky, today He has already been reduced to a prisoner. Now that Cao Pi is in the hands of my lord, it is a matter of killing or slashing. Right and wrong, we have our own opinions. Your Excellency is so strict about justice, do you want to start another war?"

In the peaceful voice, what was conveyed was extreme self-confidence.The current Zhao Feng is approaching his age, and he is no longer the frivolous boy he was ten years ago.When speaking, it is natural that there is softness and hardness, and softness and hardness.Liu Ye blushed from being choked by these words, but he still said stubbornly: "Uncle Liu Huang always prided himself on being the clan of the Han Dynasty, but now he invaded Xuchang, the former capital of the country. Tooth cold!"

"Huh!" Zhao Feng snorted coldly, and then sarcastically said: "Mr. Ziyang is so loyal. Your Excellency, as a member of the Han family, has advised Cao Cao all these years and threatened His Majesty for fear of not doing his best. When did you become so loyal and patriotic again?" ?”

"Don't ruin my reputation, I, Liu Ye, have always been loyal to the Han family!" Facing the naked ginseng rooster, Liu Ye was already furious.Zhao Feng watched his performance quietly, and waited for him to come to an end before continuing to sarcastically say: "It turns out that Mr. Zi Yang and Prime Minister Cao are both loyal ministers in the present. If that's the case, do you want me to show you His Majesty's belt?" To say that Zhao Feng's move was wicked enough, directly taking out the trump card of the Clothes Belt Edict, finally occupied the commanding heights of morality.Although loyalty is just lip service, it's just a war of words now, and whoever can say who wins will earn money!
"You?" Liu Ye never expected that this time, Zhao Fengfeng would make a fuss about the belt edict that had been dusty for more than ten years.After a while, Liu Ye sighed, "I don't know what Uncle Liu Huang's intentions are?"

"It's very simple. The year before last, Prime Minister Cao sent someone to dig the embankment of the Xiangjiang River, and hundreds of thousands of people in the land of Jingyang suffered for it. Now he raises troops for no reason. Fortunately, the law of heaven is clear. Now he is defeated, and even his son is left behind. In our hands. If you don’t pay the corresponding price, I’m afraid it will be difficult to explain to the hundreds of thousands of people in the southern country. Now my master is just raising his troops and marching north to take Cao Pi’s flag. If you want to give up, Prime Minister Cao can’t Show some sincerity!" Zhao Feng said leisurely, completely ignoring Liu Ye's already pale face.

"I don't know what conditions Uncle Liu Huang wants?" Liu Ye quickly asked after hearing what Zhao Feng said.

"It's very simple. First, give up all the land in Yanzhou and Qingzhou and Henan, and Prime Minister Cao's army retreats to the north of the Yellow River; second, as the old rule, leave all the horses of Prime Minister Cao's soldiers to me; The prime minister has usurped the king of Wei, and my lord, as a clan member of the Han family, has no choice but to ask the Duke of Qi to ask the prime minister Cao to play His Majesty Ming on his behalf, so as to be crowned king! Once these three things are over, my lord will definitely send Zihuan back to Hebei! "Zhao Feng said carefully.

These three conditions were also put forward by him after careful consideration. The first one was put forward on the basis of Lao Liu.At present, except for Puyang in Hebei, the rest of Yanzhou is in Henan, and only a part of Pingyuan County in Qingzhou is in Hebei. Although Zhang Fei has already captured Beihai, Linzi City in Henan is still under the rule of Cao Cao, so it is best this time. And blackmailed; needless to say the second condition, although Liu Bei won this battle, the horse lost a lot.In the battle with the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, the Fengyun Cavalry and Baima Yicong had a combined casualty of nearly [-]. If we don't take the opportunity to replenish the horses, when will we wait?As for the third one, Liu Bei's current title is slightly lower than Cao Cao's. Although this title is an empty title in Zhao Feng's view, the benefits that come with it cannot be taken lightly.If Liu Bei can advance to a higher level, they will naturally rise up, and their official positions will go one step further.Moreover, once the title is a bit short, it always makes people feel that Liu Bei is inferior to Cao Cao, and there are some lumps in his heart.

As soon as these three conditions were put forward, Liu Ye suddenly felt that his head was getting bigger.Rubbing his already aching temple, Liu Ye said shyly, "These conditions are too harsh. I'm afraid the King of Wei will find it hard to agree. I don't know if we can have a face-to-face meeting between Ye and the Duke of Qi?"

"My lord has entrusted Feng to be responsible for this matter. Mister Zi Yang can't trust Zhao?" Zhao Feng smiled, but he refused to budge.Liu Ye was stupefied for a while, and finally said: "This fact is beyond my control, take me to report to King Wei, and then deal with it."

"Mr. Zi Yang, please go ahead, but please reply as soon as possible, Prime Minister Cao!" Zhao Feng laughed.After sending away the depressed Liu Ye, Zhao Feng went to explain the matter to Liu Bei. Liu Bei nodded repeatedly, but when he heard the last condition, Liu Bei was also taken aback.

"Bo Tao, by doing this, don't you want Cao Cao to threaten His Majesty again?" Liu Bei said anxiously.Zhao Feng smiled slightly when he heard the words, but he said: "My lord, people with different surnames are already crowned kings. My lord, as a clan member of the Han family, how can I not be called? Besides, Feng believes that His Majesty is very willing to grant the lord the throne!"

"My lord, General Zhao's words are not bad. My lord's merits are in the country, so why not become a king?" Lu Su nodded again and again when he heard the words, Liu Bei still hesitated, but Zhang Fei was already excited He yelled: "Thieves Cao dare to presume to be king, not to mention that the elder brother is a member of the Han family? Don't say he is king, he is!" Before he finished speaking, he asked Guan Yu to cover his mouth.

"Third Brother, don't talk nonsense!" Liu Bei was still a little helpless with Zhang Fei's big mouth, but Zhao Feng noticed that when Zhang Fei was talking nonsense just now, there was indeed a flash of eagerness in the corner of Liu Bei's eyes.Seeing that everyone was persuading him, Liu Bei also sighed and said nothing, waiting for Cao Cao's answer.

In Dongjun City, Cao Cao gasped after hearing these three conditions from Liu Ye. "Liu Xuande, you are really ruthless!" Cao Cao gritted his teeth, this is simply to cut Cao Cao's flesh.Except for the third condition, there is no need to spend any capital, and even one of the first two is enough, let alone now they are added together.Even Cao Cao had to hesitate.

Looking at Cao Cao who hadn't spoken for a while, Yang Xiu, the director at the side, suddenly said, "King Wei, I have something to say, but I don't know whether to say it or not."

"De Zu has something to say!" Cao Cao waved his hand.Although he was somewhat disapproving of Yang Xiu's show off, but Yang Xiu had some whimsical ideas from time to time, and Cao Cao also wanted to see if he could come up with some bad ideas now.

"The reason why the lord is afraid now is that Mr. Zihuan is in Liu Bei's hands, and he is afraid of killing him. If it weren't for this, the lord would have already returned to Hebei, I don't know?" Yang Xiu smiled, with a hint of surprise in his tone Showing off, Cao Cao frowned slightly after hearing this, but still nodded.

"Since this is the case, then my lord need not worry about Mr. Zihuan. Liu Bei has always regarded himself as benevolent and righteous, so he would not dare to do anything to Mr. Zihuan. My lord can ignore Liu Bei's blackmail and withdraw the army to Hebei!" Yang Xiu laughed. .As soon as this conclusion came out, everyone was surprised and looked at each other in blank dismay.It can't be said that Yang Xiu's words are unreasonable, but it's really easy to say this kind of words!
"Master Yang, how can this be so? Wouldn't it mean that he ignored Mr. Zihuan?" Xia Houfeng, the captain of cavalry who was impatient but had a close relationship with Cao Pi, shouted first, and Cao Zhang on the side was also dissatisfied.However, Yang Xiu smiled calmly and said: "When Gaozu was fighting with King Chu in the past, King Chu threatened Gaozu's father's life, but Gaozu was unmoved, which made King Chu helpless. Today, Mr. Huan is no more It's the prince's son, why should the king be afraid of him?"

"Shut up!" A shout interrupted Yang Xiu, who was complacent, and everyone looked at him in astonishment, but it was Cao Cao who spoke out angrily.

"Zi Huan is my own son. To save me, I fell into the enemy's hands. If I ignore it, how will you let me, Cao Cao, see the world in the future?" Cao Cao seemed to be very excited, holding the hilt of the Yitian sword, cursing and shouting at Yang Xiu. forced to go.Yang Xiu was at a loss by Cao Cao's sudden scolding. Seeing that he was like a lion, he might kill himself at any moment, Yang Xiu was out of his wits.

"Hmph!" Cao Cao endured for a long while, but in the end he did not execute Yang Xiu on the spot.After pausing heavily, Cao Cao said, "Zi Yang, go and tell Liu Bei, I will agree to all his conditions!"

"No!" Although he was a little surprised that Cao Cao agreed so quickly, Liu Ye hurried to negotiate again.Glancing at Yang Xiu who was trembling in front of him, Cao Cao said: "Yang Dezu, you are so heartless and ungrateful, I am really disappointed! You don't have to do this master book, go home and read poetry and books, cultivate yourself!" Said After Cao Cao waved his hand, he left.

"Thank you, my lord!" Yang Xiu still had some difficulty accepting that he was demoted to a commoner for a while, but he could only bite the bullet and accept it.Jia Xu and Sima Yi, who were witnessing all this, remained silent for a long time. The latter came back to his senses after a while, and asked after everyone left, "Mr. Wenhe, why do you think my lord is so angry today?"

"Yang Dezu brought it upon himself!" Jia Xu sighed in a rare way.As Cao Zhi's best friend, it's not good to throw trouble at any time, but now is the time to pick it up. He was really clever but was mistaken by cleverness.Although Cao Cao has always put his feelings in the last consideration, this does not mean that he can completely ignore his son's life and death.

What's more, today's situation is too familiar. In Wancheng 12 years ago, Cao Ang also gave up his war horse to Cao Cao, and died in the chaos.Now it's Cao Pi, even if Cao Cao is hard-hearted, he can't bear to see another son of his die in the same way.What's more, Cao Pi was only captured, and finally there is still a glimmer of life that can make up for the regrets in his heart. Naturally, Cao Cao will not be indifferent now.

Correspondingly, Yang Xiu wanted to borrow a knife to kill people, and remove the biggest obstacle to succession for Cao Zhi.But how can his little abacus escape Cao Cao's eyes.Out of anger, Cao Cao was lucky not to kill Yang Xiu on the spot.

"I see!" Sima Yi understood after hearing Jia Xu's explanation.Of course, what they didn't know was that there was another reason why Cao Cao agreed to Liu Bei so eagerly.

"Yuan Rang, what's going on?" Cao Cao asked Xiahou Dun in a low voice in the back hall.The latter didn't say anything, but handed Cao Cao an unopened urgent letter.Cao Cao opened it and took a quick look, his expression changed immediately.

"Gongda came to report that many farmers in Hebei were rioting, and the rioters attacked the county government. Gongda has sent troops to appease the localities, but there are no generals in Hebei, and it will be difficult to calm down for a while!" Cao Cao whispered.The so-called Tuntian Ke refers to the Tuntian Soldiers in the Army Tunnel and the Tuntian People in the Hemin Tunnel.A large part of Cao Cao's army food comes from the fields cultivated by these farmers, and now they are rebelling.Even if you can't win any states and counties, it is enough to make your food turnover difficult.

"My lord took in these hateful farmers and gave them a bite to eat, but now they are going to rebel!" Xiahou Dun said angrily.As an expert in farming under Cao Cao, I have to say that Xiahou Dun is not in Hebei at this time, which is one of the reasons why these farmers dared to attack.

"The war in the Central Plains must be resolved as soon as possible!" This was Cao Cao's decision.At this time Liu Ye came back, so Cao Cao desperately agreed to Liu Bei's conditions in order to withdraw from the Central Plains war as soon as possible and return to Hebei to suppress the riots of the Tuntian Ke.Zhao Feng only found out about this later, and he regretted it a lot. If he had known that Lao Cao was in such a hurry, he should have knocked more!

"My lord, Cao Cao has already sent someone to bring the horses here. Moreover, Cao Ren of Chenliu has just led his troops to cross the Yellow River and let out the first county of Chenliu!" To hurry to report to Liu Bei.Liu Bei quickly dispatched Zhang Liao generals to take over these counties, and at the same time sent people to the river to prepare to meet the envoys of the imperial court.

Cao Cao's actions were quick, and Yecheng was not too far from Dongjun. Four days later, the envoys of the imperial court arrived in Liu Bei's camp.This time Cao Cao gave Liu Bei enough face, and the envoy he sent turned out to be the great Confucian Kong Rong.Of course, due to the rush of things, no seals, altars, etc. were prepared.Basically, it's the imperial court's intention to give him a title, and Liu Bei will just go to the altar to worship him in the future.

"Congratulations to Uncle Liu Huang!" After the edict was issued, Kong Rong also congratulated with a smile on his face, and then Liu Bei hosted a banquet to welcome the envoy, and at the same time celebrated his enthronement as king.During the banquet, apart from the brains of Liu Bei's group, even Cao Pi, a prisoner, was brought over to accompany him. Liu Bei was really spoofed enough.But Zhao Feng looked carefully, this kid Cao Pi is indeed a character.Although his expression has always been extremely humble, the occasional flashes of light in the corners of his eyes are enough to show that he is by no means the kind-hearted person he appears to be.

Two days later, Wei Xu and Song Xian, who stayed behind in Qingzhou, sent people to report that Linzi, Zhangqiu, Le'an and other cities had also been handed over.In addition to Xuchang, which has already been delivered, Cao Cao is currently in the south of the Yellow River. Except for Henan County, which belongs to Sizhou, the rest has been owned by Liu Bei.It should be known that both Hulaoguan and Luoyang are in Henan County, and Cao Cao is absolutely unwilling to hand over Henan County easily.Liu Bei didn't push too hard in order to prevent the night from having many dreams.

After the delivery of the entire Yanzhou was completed, all Cao's troops returned to Hebei. Only then did Liu Bei learn that one of the real reasons why Cao Cao was so busy retreating was because of the uprising of farmers in Hebei.

"In the past year, our army's secret operation network relied on the Mi family and the Zhen family chamber of commerce, but it was severely attacked by Cao Cao in Hebei! If it weren't for this, I could have made more plans when I knew the news earlier!" Chen Gong sighed, Everyone is very sorry.Liu Bei was noncommittal when he heard the words, but he said to Zhao Feng after a long while: "Bo Tao, you are the first to create this farm, but I don't know why after Cao Cao learned it, he ruled the farmer, but there are always people who rise up and make trouble?"

(End of this chapter)