At this time, Sun Ce was actively preparing, training day and night, and it was estimated that it would not take long to fight.

Zhang Yu had been preparing months earlier.

At the same time, Yuan Shu has also been preparing, and Yuan Shu's preparation is very simple, requisitioning food everywhere, and building weapons and equipment at the same time.

All three parties are preparing, and everyone knows that war could start at any time.

At this time, Cao Cao in Yanzhou was worried.

He has already retreated from Qingzhou, and this time he lost a lot of money in Qingzhou, and he was pitted by Zhang Yu, and he did not get the benefits, but lost more than 100,000 soldiers and horses.

At this time, he still had to face Yuan Shao's oppression, and Yuan Shao really focused his main attention on him.

At this time, Cao Cao convened a group of ministers to discuss things, and the discussion was not how to fight back against Yuan Shao, but to discuss matters related to Zhang Yu.

"This Liu Biao wants His Majesty to issue an edict to declare Zhang Yu a rebel, what do you think?" Cao Cao asked.

Cheng Yu came out and said: "Lord, since Liu Biao is playing, this proves that he has His Majesty in his heart, and His Majesty should respond no matter what." ”

Cheng Yu responded to the holy decree in order to maintain the authority of the emperor, but as for the content of the holy decree, he didn't care too much.

At this time, Man Pang came out and said: "Lord, this Zhang Yu is definitely a big enemy in the future, and it should be suppressed as soon as possible." ”

Xun You also felt that he couldn't underestimate Zhang Yu, so he came out and said: "Lord, Zhang Yu must be suppressed, but it can't be like Liu Biao's performance, Zhang Yu does not comply, it has no practical effect and will affect His Majesty's prestige, you can issue an order to reprimand Zhang Yu, and do nothing else." ”

Cao Cao nodded and said: "What several people said makes sense, now His Majesty's holy decree is greatly weakened by the princes' non-compliance, but the general righteousness still exists, but Zhang Yu's reputation is too bad, and no matter how bad it is, it will not affect him much, giving him the holy decree can add to his blockage." ”

After discussion, Cao Cao finally decided to say: "I ordered to reprimand Zhang Yu and ask him to apologize to Liu Biao, although he didn't say it explicitly, but it also indirectly explained that he did it when he entered Xiangyang City." ”

Cao Cao really couldn't swallow the anger of being pitted by Zhang Yu, and he couldn't retaliate for a while, but he happened to have Liu Xie in his hand, and Liu Biao played again to declare Zhang Yu a rebel.

So Cao Cao asked Liu Xie to issue a holy decree to block Zhang Yu.

When Zhang Yu arrived in Jiangdong for two days, the holy decree also arrived.

"Hmph, bullshit, Cao Cao is pulling the bias frame and deliberately blocking me." Zhang Yu shook the holy decree in his hand aside and said.

Zhang Zhao and Guo Jia also arrived in Danyang County to prepare for the upcoming battle.

Zhang Zhao said: "My lord, this Cao Cao really began to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and we have not lost any benefits in complying with the order or not obeying the decree this time." ”

If you don't obey the order, of course, it will be disadvantageous in the general righteousness, and if you obey the order, you will admit that you are the one who killed in Xiangyang City, which will also be disadvantageous in the general righteousness.

"Righteousness? It is very important to others, because it will lose the hearts of the people, and it will make many people who are still loyal to the Han Dynasty deviate from morality, but I do not have this situation, many of the talents under our rule are cultivated by themselves, not by the Han Dynasty, and the people are even more abundant and will not lose the hearts of the people. ”

"In that case, let us make good use of this decree."

Zhang Yu paced back and forth in the room, and after a while, he stopped and said: "Immediately draft a document to apologize to Liu Biao, and must clearly explain that he entered Xiangyang City, forced Kuai Yue to death, and kindly compensated 30,000 yuan." ”

"Poof~"

After Guo Jia heard this, he burst out laughing on the spot.

"Lord, as soon as your apology letter is written, Liu Biao is not angry."

Zhang Yu also laughed, he just did it on purpose, just to slap his face.

Apologize, okay, I'll apologize, and generously admit what I did.

He has entered Xiangyang City, that is, he comes and goes freely in Xiangyang City, what can you Liu Biao do.

The most important thing is that I apologize to you, or "apologize by order".

Yes, I apologized, that is, after the apology, there was no charge left.

Now that His Majesty has spoken, this apology will be fine.

In the future, Liu Biao will no longer be able to use this matter to talk about Zhang Yu.

Zhang Zhao also felt that Zhang Yu was shameless, this entered the city to kill people, and Zhang Yu explained to the whole world like an invitation.

Zhang Zhao shook his head and said: "Lord, I don't know if this Liu Biao will be angry, but Cao Cao must be very depressed, he originally came to disgust the lord, but he was disgusted by the lord." ”

"Haha, there are even more angry things waiting for them." Zhang Yu said proudly: "I did the case in Xiangyang City, and now Your Majesty has already sentenced me, and if you intercept and kill me outside Xiangyang City, we will admit Liu Biao's statement and do it for the bandits." ”

Zhang Yu sold a pass, pretended to be a little bit and said: "There are bandits outside Xiangyang City, then there must be bandits on both sides of the Yangtze River, as a patrol envoy of the Yangtze River, I have the obligation to get rid of these bandits, and immediately announce it to the world, saying that I want to raise millions of troops and sweep the bandits on both sides of the Yangtze River." ”

Qi Liu Biao was given to Zhang Yu by Cao Cao, and the reason for using the extermination of the bandits was decided by Zhang Yu a long time ago.

After Zhang Yu decided to take Kuai Yue's life, he had already thought about it.

He didn't know how to restrain Sun Ce at that time, and he thought of a way when Kuai Yue intercepted and killed him.

Threatening to send a million troops to sweep across both sides of the Yangtze River is only the first step, first to scare and scare others.

"Wonderful." After hearing this, Guo Jia clapped his hands and said, "Lord, so we can borrow from Yuan Shu, if Yuan Shu doesn't agree, we have a good reason to attack him." If he agrees, take the opportunity to sneak up on him. ”

Zhang Yu nodded, his target was not Liu Biao, he was far away, even if he laid down the territory, it would be useless, otherwise he would not sell Dongting Lake.

A few days later, Zhang Yu's apology gradually spread, and he announced it to the whole world, and dozens of heralds sent information in all directions.

"Eh, Zhang Yu apologized?"

"This apology letter is really domineering, it entered Xiangyang City, forced the Kuai family to death, and when it came out temporarily, I felt that it was time to repay the wrongs, so I put 30,000 yuan."

"Haha, Zhang Yu's trick is amazing, who in the whole world doesn't know what's going on with the 30,000 yuan."

"That is, it is estimated that Liu Biao is definitely more uncomfortable than eating when he sees the 30,000 yuan."

"Eh, Zhang Yu admitted to entering Xiangyang City, isn't this a rebellion, how can you write an apology letter and it's okay?"

"Zhang Yu admitted it, and he actually admitted it."

There are many people who understand that Zhang Yu's trick is too amazing, he admitted it, decisively, generously, and openly.

And I was afraid that others would not know, so I confessed it to the whole world.

If this is placed at other times, leading troops to kill a state governor, and forcing a big official to death, how can this be a big crime of rebellion and punishment of the nine clans.

But now, Zhang Yu admitted it, but instead admitted it to the whole world as if he had done something very good.