Chapter 7 Wind and Thunder Stirring Section 3 In mid-February, Shanyang County, Yanzhou, Defective Hill City. Spring is cold, dead trees are springing, and occasionally a faint green can be seen dotted across the endless fields.

Cao Cao and Tian Kai walked side by side, followed by a team of iron cavalry guards. A few scouts came from afar to beat their horses,

"Lord Liu is hurrying over."

"Let's go, let's hurry up." Cao Cao turned his head to look at Tian Kai, raised his whip and said with a smile,

"This time, Liu Bei was able to give up his previous suspicion and shake hands with me, all of which are your credit."

"Where ......" Tian Kai shook his hand,

"Although I have a deep relationship with Liu Bei, he can come to Yanzhou to discuss major matters with us, not because of my face, but because today's situation forces him to come." Cao Cao smiled noncommittally, his face showing a deep sadness.

Ever since Cao Cao drove out Lü Bu and stabilized Yanzhou, he has faced a severe existential crisis.

Yanzhou has experienced war and is crumbling, while Hebei is thriving and its strength is getting stronger and stronger. Although Tian Kai and Yuan Shao supported each other on the east and west sides of Yanzhou, he was very sad under the front and back attacks of Li Hong in the north and Liu Bei in the south.

Fortunately, when Cao Cao was in the most difficult time, Li Hong rushed to King Qinzhong with the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army, and fought fiercely with Yuan Shao in Guanzhong and Guanxi.

In order to compete for territory, Liu Bei and Yuan Shu also fought in the areas of Guangling and Xiapi. Cao Cao thus got the most precious respite.

Then the weather was not beautiful, even heavy rain, the Yellow River overflowed, and Yanzhou and Qingzhou were about to suffer serious disasters.

At this moment of life and death, Cao Cao did not hesitate and ordered the northern embankment of the Yellow River to be dug up, allowing the flood to ravage Hebei.

Almost at the same time, Tian Kai also ordered the northern embankment of the Qingzhou section of the Yellow River to be dug up. He and Cao Cao not only have a good heart when it comes to harming others and benefiting themselves, but they even come up with the same methods.

The disaster of the flood was temporarily avoided, but the enmity with Hebei was also deepened. At this time, the strength of both people is not very strong, both of them are facing the attack of Hebei, and both of them have many common interests.

So they quickly came together and formed alliances to help each other. At the end of the previous year, when they heard that King Li Hongqin had succeeded, the pressure to survive suddenly increased.

While Yuan Shao was working hard in Guanzhong, Cao Cao also began to fully implement Tuntian and expand his army in Yanzhou, and Tian Kai also risked being attacked by the Northern Xinjiang Army, and could not wait to launch an attack on Kong Rong in Qingzhou in the south, trying to expand his living space.

In order to help Tian Kai, Cao Cao once placed troops at the border to contain Liu Bei's forces. Liu Bei used to be Tian Kai's subordinate, and once captured Qingzhou with Tian Kai.

No matter what the reason, Liu Bei is not good at sending troops to help Kong Rong. So Cao Cao's threat was just an opportunity for him to stand by and watch coldly.

Tian Kai drove away Kong Rong, took the entire Qingzhou, and completely turned his face with Hebei, and the next thing was to further deepen the cooperation with Cao Cao.

Because at this time, the prophecy that the Yuan family was about to replace the Han dynasty was circulating everywhere in the Central Plains, and Yuan Shao, whose strength had surged, also seemed to have this ambition, so the future situation became confusing and difficult to say.

Once Yuan Shao became self-reliant, he would definitely become the first target of Hebei, and because of the lack of Yuan Shao's favorable assistance, it would be more difficult for his people to survive.

Last autumn, Cao Cao and Tian Kai got together several times, and both of them felt that they were weak. Qingzhou and Yanzhou are on the south bank of the Yellow River, and if the Northern Xinjiang Army crosses the river to the south, the two states will bear the brunt, and it will be difficult to block the attack of the Northern Xinjiang Army.

The two were at a loss and worried. Tian Kai had considered forming an alliance with Liu Bei in Xuzhou, and the three states were huddled together, but Liu Bei and Hebei had always maintained a friendly relationship, and Cao Cao and the people of Xuzhou had a deep blood feud, and Liu Bei could not convince the Xuzhou officials even if he wanted to form an alliance.

But Cao Cao thought that this idea was very good, and he was confident that he would persuade Liu Bei to form an alliance with the three families. Cao Cao believes that he and Tian Kai are respected as today's sons, which is consistent with Liu Bei.

Second, Li Hong held the Son of Heaven hostage and plotted to stand up, and he was the enemy of the world, and Liu Bei would have to turn against Li Hong sooner or later.

As for the hatred between himself and the people of Xuzhou, Cao Cao thought it was not worth mentioning. He and Tao Qian have a grudge against killing their father, and now that Tao Qian is dead, hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban remnants have also been killed by themselves, and the grudge between them has been resolved, what hatred is there at all?

Now everyone's goal is to kill the rebels and rejuvenate the country, under this premise, what is this personal grudge?

Tian Kai thought about it, Cao Cao's words were very reasonable, so he came forward to invite Liu Bei to discuss the alliance.

In the past two years, under Liu Bei's careful management, Xuzhou's strength has recovered, but because Xuzhou has been repeatedly hit hard in the past few years, first the Yellow Turban Army was raging, and then Cao Cao continued to slaughter the city, Xuzhou has become full of holes, and it is difficult to recover to the past level in the short term.

In fact, Liu Bei is having a very hard time now, he has Cao Cao in front of him, and Yuan Shu who is haunting in the back, he is worried about Yuan Shu when he fights with Cao Cao, and he is worried about Cao Cao when he fights with Yuan Shu.

So when he heard that Cao Cao was willing to reconcile with him, he was very moved. Liu Bei discussed with his subordinates, and Jian Yong, Sun Gan and others all supported reconciliation with Cao Cao.

After forming an alliance with Cao Cao and Tian Kai, Yuan Shu did not dare to fight Xuzhou, Xuzhou was worry-free and could quickly recover his strength.

Zhuzhu, Chen Deng and other former Xuzhou scholars and officials also agreed to reconcile, because this kind of reconciliation can not only allow Xuzhou to win time for development, but also benefit the Xuzhou gate valve family.

The military generals from Xuzhou were opposed, especially Zang Ba, who was stationed in Langya County, and resolutely opposed it. Liu Bei hesitated, because once this matter spread, it would be tantamount to turning his face with Hebei, and it was difficult to predict what the result would be.

After thinking about it repeatedly, Liu Bei immediately adopted a middle way, not to openly form an alliance with Cao Cao and Tian Kai, but to maintain close contact in private, and to communicate with each other between the three states, first to gain time to develop strength.

Liu Bei immediately sent Jian Yong and Zhu Zhu, Tian Kai sent Guan Jing, Cao Cao sent Cheng Yu and Mao Jue, and the officials of the three parties basically reached an alliance and mutual assistance after frequent contacts in Yanzhou, Qingzhou and Xuzhou.

At this time, shocking news came from Hebei, the Son of Heaven died, and the infant son inherited the unification.

This news plus the proverb of the Yuan dynasty Han, plus

The deduction of "five virtues always say" immediately plunged the states and counties into panic. Li Hong was ferocious, first killed the minister, and then actually got the emperor to the sky, his rebellious heart has been revealed, and the next step is estimated to be to sweep the world.

Yuan Shao was originally the backbone of the fight against Li Hong and the hope of reviving the Han Dynasty, but at this time, he was also like Li Hong, who wanted to stand on behalf of the Han Dynasty.

It has become an indisputable fact that Hanzuo was severed and the country changed hands. Cao Cao, Tian Kai and Liu Bei had a premonition that the situation in the world was about to change greatly, and the three of them immediately made an appointment to meet to discuss the plan to get rid of the ** Xinghan Dynasty.

Liu Bei saw Cao Cao and Tian Kai who came to greet him from afar, and hurriedly dismounted to meet them. Cao Cao was a minister in the court very early, Tian Kai was a big official in Youzhou in the past, Liu Bei is far from them in terms of qualifications, and he is naturally more respectful in etiquette.

The three of them greeted each other very affectionately, and then shared a car. Cao Cao talked about Luoyang. Yuan Shao was impatient to usurp the Han Dynasty and stand on his own, so he secretly instructed his henchman Geng Bao to write a book, and used his words and five virtues to create momentum for his ascension to the throne.

However, there were many opponents in Luoyang, and the Northeast Frontier Army of Hebei Province deployed troops in the Yellow River, forcing Yuan Shao to give up the idea of Han and kill Geng Bao.

Yuan Shao's move exposed his original intentions, and many Luoyang officials were dissatisfied with him, and many people resigned for fear of causing death.

Recently, a Yingchuan man named Guo Jia came to Yanzhou, and these situations are what he said. After Yuan Shao's plot failed, he turned to the old path of rebuilding the imperial system.

But he was obviously unwilling and hesitated to re-establish the imperial unity. Now there is a question that deserves attention.

Yuan Shao tried his best to spread the Yuan dynasty everywhere, which shows that he was quite determined to change the dynasty.

If Hebei suddenly fell into chaos at this time, there was a mutiny like Chang'an, and the threat was eliminated, would he plot against the Han again?

Once Yuan Shao usurped the Han Dynasty, we would be in trouble. He and Li Hong got into a fight, who do we help? If we help Yuan Shao, we will be a Han rebellion, and the three of us obviously won't do it.

What about helping Li Hong? Li Hong's killing of ministers in Jinyang is suspected of killing the monarch, which is simply a worse rebellion than Dong Zhuo.

And even if we help him, who can guarantee that he will not usurp the society in the future? Won't kill us? If we don't help Yuan Shao or Li Hong, and watch from the wall, then once the two of them decide the winner, our disaster will come.

At present, the strength of the three of us together, we can compete with Hebei, and we can also compete with Yuan Shaoyi, but Hebei has an emperor and a court, which invisibly multiplies Hebei's strength.

Yuan Shao has the power of Yuan Valve and the Guanzhong, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. On the other hand, we are in the Central Plains, where we are in the land of four wars, and we have nothing to rely on.

In addition, we have a fatal flaw, we are an alliance of three companies, and we are prone to all kinds of problems.

Therefore, although we have the strength to compete with them, we do not have the capital to compete with them. In other words, we want to form a three-legged trend with Li Hong in Hebei and Yuan Shao in Luoyang, but it is not possible at present, and the alliance of the three has not yet reached this strength.

Liu Bei had a heavy heart, looked up to the sky and sighed,

"How can we save the Great Han? Is Dahan really going to overturn? ”

"No......" Cao Cao said with a smile,

"Xuande, don't be discouraged, we still have time and methods."

"What's the solution?" Liu Bei asked dejectedly.

"Rebuild the imperial system, immediately rebuild the imperial system." Cao Cao waved his hand vigorously and said in high spirits,

"As long as the imperial system is rebuilt, Hanzuo will not be broken, and we will be able to rejuvenate the Han Dynasty again like Emperor Guangwu."

"Rebuild the Imperial Throne?" Liu Bei immediately understood Cao Cao's intentions and asked in great surprise,

"Lord Cao has already decided?"

"That's right, Lord Cao's tiger and leopard rider is at the junction of Chenliu County and Chen Guo to greet King Chen Liu Pet." Tian Kai stretched out his hand and patted Liu Bei's shoulder, and said with a smile,

"As soon as King Chen arrives, we will immediately rebuild the imperial system and rebuild the imperial court." Liu Bei frowned slightly,

"King Chen, Liu Pet? He's in his fifties, and if ......"

"He has a seven-year-old grandson named Liu Mao, who is very intelligent, especially interested in calendars and arithmetic, and I heard that he has an excellent memory, and he is a genius." Cao Cao said,

"The stakes are high, so we didn't tell you in advance, please don't blame Xuande."

"Where...... Where ......" Liu Bei shook his hand again and again,

"It's just that if we rebuild the imperial system, how will Hebei react? Will the Northern Xinjiang Army take advantage of the situation and go down? In addition, we took the lead in rebuilding the imperial system, which is equivalent to seizing the opportunity, which is a heavy blow to Yuan Shao, will he turn against us because of this? ”

"Whether the Northern Xinjiang Army will cross the river and go south depends on Yuan Shao." Cao Cao said. Now Yuan Shao is secretly hiding the intention of usurpation, and is unwilling to rebuild the imperial system, if we can't make a decision immediately and gather the strength of the world to resist Li Hong, then the extinction of Han Zuo will be a foregone conclusion.

After we quickly re-establish the imperial line, we can strengthen our own strength, and we can gather all the forces to crusade against Li Hong.

One of the most important roles is to deprive Yuan Shao of the so-called

The edict of "undertaking the system" deprived him of the qualification to command various states and counties. Yuan Shao became very passive as a result.

His heart can only be buried in his heart, otherwise he will definitely be spurned by the people of the world, and he will be attacked by us and Li Hong, so that he will soon rebel and die.

If it weren't for today's much-publicized prophecy, even if we took the lead in rebuilding the imperial system, Yuan Shao would still be able to use his power to monopolize power.

It's a pity that he cocooned himself and tied his hands and feet, causing no one in the world to believe in his loyalty to the Han.

Having lost his prestige and without our support, Yuan Shao could not control his authority. But in order to win over Yuan Shao and unite Yuan Shao's forces, we must give some authority to Yuan Shao.

In order to avoid the disaster of defeat, Yuan Shao could only swallow his anger. Judging from the current pattern of the world, Li Hong of Hebei is an absolute enemy.

Luoyang Yuan Shao is a force that can be allied. Li Hong is the most powerful, he can beat Yuan Shao, and he can also beat us.

If Yuan Shao and we want to survive, there is only one way, to join forces against Li Hong. In this way, the three-legged momentum can be achieved.

If you want to prosper the Han, you must first destroy Li Hong, and if you want to destroy Li Hong, now is the opportunity. In the past few years, Li Hong's southern and northern wars, both in terms of military strength and financial endowment, have reached the limit, and if he waits any longer, it will be even more difficult for Li Hong to fight.

With Yuan Shao's strength, he must be the biggest hero to defeat Li Hong, and if he wants to stand up at this time, we will fight him together.

If he is willing to give up the usurpation and work together with us to rejuvenate the Han Dynasty, then he is the minister of the Han generation.

After listening to Cao Cao's analysis, Liu Bei pondered for a long time.

"Lord Cao, with Yuan Shao's talent and the strength he has now, he can fully manage the Kanto region with all his strength and wait for the opportunity to seize the world." Liu Bei said worriedly,

"He may not be as you say, just keep being passive and let us drive him to attack Hebei."

"Yes, you're right." Cao Cao nodded appreciatively,

"This is exactly what I just said about the three-legged momentum, Yuan Shao must want to become one of the feet of the three-legged tripod, in order to get rid of his passive situation and completely drag the Han into the abyss of defeat. But the question is, what does Li Hong think? Is he willing to own this tripod, or is he willing to be a foot of this tripod? Obviously, Li Hong, like us, wants to own this tripod. Since everyone thinks so, what are the consequences of Yuan Shao's own desire to become a foot of this tripod? It's just self-defeating. If he uses this stupid way against us, he is not trying to get out of the passive situation, but he wants to make it worse. Yuan Shao is a smart man, and he knows what he should do to get the most benefit. Liu Bei felt that Cao Cao was very reasonable, and he couldn't find the words to refute it for a while, but he was faintly very uneasy in his heart.

Is it really what Cao Cao said?

"I can't rebuild the imperial system by myself alone, I need the help of two adults." Cao Cao said earnestly.

After the three of them entered the city of Bianqiu, they rested for a while, and then immediately summoned the cronies of the three states to discuss the matter of rebuilding the imperial system and the imperial court.

The imperial throne was inherited by Liu Mao, the grandson of King Liu Chong of Chen, and there is no objection to this. The capital was set at Changyi City in Shanyang County, Yanzhou.

There was a certain dispute between the three parties about how to set up the official system, but Cao Cao, Xun Yu and others strongly advocated adopting it

The system of three princes and nine secretaries headed by the "prime minister, the imperial lieutenant and the imperial historian" completely deprived Shangshutai of his power, because it was easier to distribute power.

According to Cao Cao's plan, he himself became the prime minister, Tian Kai became the captain, Liu Bei was appointed as the imperial historian, Yuan Shao was appointed as the general, and Liu Biao was appointed as the hussar general.

But his plan was immediately questioned by Guan Jing. Yuan Shao would not agree to this method of distributing power, and he would not agree to place the capital in Changyi City in Yanzhou.

Luoyang is in his hands, as long as he strongly asks to move the Son of Heaven to Luoyang, the three alliances will have nothing.

Cao Cao laughed. First, the Son of Heaven did not dare to go to Luoyang, Yuan Shao was going to usurp the Han Dynasty and stand on his own, and the Son of Heaven dared to go to Luoyang to find death.

Second, Yuan Shao really wouldn't agree to this method, but we didn't expect him to agree, as long as we restored the fifth-class title system, we could meet Yuan Shao's needs.

Cao Cao's words surprised and delighted everyone. The restoration of the fifth-class title system, doesn't that mean that the land will be feuded and the princes will be established?

Liu Bei looked at Tian Kai, who was smiling, and finally understood why he had been vaguely uneasy. Cao Cao had ill intentions, he did not want to rebuild the imperial system, let alone rejuvenate the Han Dynasty, but to carve up the Han Dynasty with everyone.

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