Peek at my diary, Cao Cao dominates the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 224 Drive away the tiger and devour the wolf!

After listening for so long, Cao Cao has understood.

Now that he has brought great benefits to himself by serving the emperor, he has also attracted many jealous eyes to himself.

Now, Cao Cao's most important person to guard against is not Zhang Xiu, Liu Biao, Yuan Shu, or Lu Bu.
Instead, it was his younger brother and most reliable ally in the past, Yuan Shao.

Sighing, Cao Cao asked: "Everyone, according to this point of view, Xuzhou can only slow down temporarily?"

Guo Jia nodded and replied: "Yes, let's take it easy in Xuzhou for now."

Xi Zhicai also replied aloud: "Just because we don't move, it doesn't mean that other people can't move!"

Xun Yu finally concluded concisely: "My lord, we can make a plan to drive away tigers and devour wolves!"

Xun Yu did not speak clearly, but gestured to Xun You with his eyes to explain how to implement this strategy of driving tigers and wolves away.

Xun You is a low-key person, he didn't care much about this kind of limelight.

But his own uncle signaled that he wanted to come forward, so he could only reluctantly stand up and speak.

Xun You stood up, bowed his hands and said:

"My lord, everyone of us must know what kind of person Yuan Shu is. Now that Yuan Shu has obtained the jade seal, I'm afraid he will leave."

Xun You said half of what he had said and couldn't continue.

In fact, in his heart, like Xun Yu, he was always loyal to the Han family and remembered the emperor.

Seeing that the Han Dynasty is about to suffer another heavy blow now, he feels a little uncomfortable in his heart.

Seeing that Xun You couldn't continue, Guo Jia simply explained for him: "Then Liu Bei claimed to be a descendant of the royal family, and was rewarded by the emperor to become Xuzhou Shepherd.

If the emperor issued an edict to Liu Bei to attack Yuan Shu, would he go or not? "

"Riding a tiger is hard to get off. If Liu Bei wants to keep his reputation, he has to go even if everyone opposes it! This is a conspiracy!" Cheng Yu made the final judgment.

Only accept benefits, not tasks?How can there be such a good thing in the world.

If Yuan Shu dared to proclaim himself emperor, and the emperor ordered Liu Bei to attack Yuan Shu, Liu Bei would have to go if he didn't!
At that time, Yuan Shao in the north will be stabilized first, and Yuan Shu will also fight Liu Bei. Then Cao Cao will have no worries, and he can directly send troops to attack Zhang Xiu and take Wancheng!

As for the reason for sending troops, do we still need a reason to wipe out the remnants of Xiliang?
"But when will Yuan Shu become emperor?" Xi Zhicai suddenly asked the aspirations of most people present.

At this time, Lu Dahushi, who cherishes words like gold, finally spoke again:

"After finding out that Sun Ce had gone south to Jiangdong, the shadow guards had already secretly spread the news that Yuan Shu was about to proclaim himself emperor, and even compiled nursery rhymes and various so-called auspicious signs. I believe that Yuan Shu's true nature will be exposed soon."

Surprise flashed across the eyes of Xun Yu, Xun You and the others, as if they were saying: "You are too bad."

Cheng Yu glanced at Lu Yan and then at Guo Jia, and asked, "Then, the day when Yuan Shu proclaims himself emperor is the time when I will raise troops to attack Zhang Xiu?"

"Exactly!" Guo Jia nodded in response with a slight smile.

Cao Cao, who was sitting at the top, saw that the general direction had been determined, he stood up, cupped his hands and said to Lu Yan and others:

"Since that's the case, then Cao will first go to the emperor to discuss the matter of changing his official position."

"Here!"

"My lord has been wronged!"

"Mr. Cao, please do what you want!"

The first year of Jian'an, February.

Cao Cao asked the emperor to change his official position to Taiwei on the grounds that he was not worthy of virtue, and at the same time gave Yuan Shao the official position of general.

Yuan Shao saw that the former younger brother knew his mistakes and could correct them, so he was quite sensible, so he ignored the objections of Xu You and others, and accepted the emperor's award.

The first year of Jian'an, March.

According to official history, Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor in February of the second year of Jian'an.

But amidst the nursery rhymes, rumors, and false auspiciousness deliberately spread by the shadow guards, Yuan Shu thought that he really had the destiny, so he disregarded the dissuasion of his resourceful men and brazenly proclaimed himself emperor in Shouchun!
Yuan Shu proclaimed the Emperor Jian Zhong's family name, took Jiujiang Taishou as Huainan Yin, set up all the officials, and worshiped heaven and earth in the suburbs.

His crazy move shocked the world!

Although the vassals attacked each other and always obeyed and violated the imperial edicts, but after all, everyone still respected the Han Emperor's court on the surface.

Although there was a Que Xuan who claimed to be the emperor before Xiapi, but in the eyes of the world, Que Xuan was just like playing a house, just playing around.

Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor, with his status and influence, it really wasn't a joke.

Although the big Han is precarious now, but it has been orthodox for 400 years, and most of the people in the world are still facing the Han Dynasty.

After Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor, he instantly became the target of the world's princes.

Originally, he had already settled in Yuzhou, watching Jiangdong and Jingzhou, but this time he became emperor, he really played a good hand of cards.

After becoming emperor, Yuan Shu not only attracted the attention and hostility of all the princes, even Sun Ce, who was attacking Jiangdong, completely separated from Yuan Shu under the pretext of Yuan Shu's arrogance and proclaiming himself emperor.

Knowing that Yuan Shu was proclaimed emperor, the emperor was so angry that he almost fainted.

You know, the two brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu who the Son of Heaven hoped most to come to greet him!
But your uncle, the person you value the most wants to be the emperor himself, do you think the emperor is angry?
The emperor was furious, and immediately ordered Cao Cao to lead his troops to attack Yuan Shu.

In the face of such a great deal of right and wrong, the officials of the imperial court and the officials of Cao Cao's family really twisted into one mind.

After obtaining the consent of the emperor, Cao Cao again in the name of the emperor,

An edict was issued to Yuan Shao in Jizhou, Gongsun Zan in Youzhou, Lu Bu in Qingzhou, Liu Bei in Xuzhou, and Liu Biao in Jingzhou, ordering them to attack the rebel Yuan Shu immediately.

However, it seems that except for Liu Bei, the shepherd of Xuzhou, who made some moves, the other princes all verbally promised to be happy, but in fact they remained motionless like old dogs.

Xuzhou, State Shepherd's Mansion.

Guan Yu asked anxiously beside Liu Bei: "Brother, this Yuan Shu can't beat him!"

Zhang Fei also persuaded from the side: "Brother, second brother is right, this is not the edict of the emperor, it is obviously that Cao"

Liu Bei didn't wait for Zhang Fei to finish, and stopped immediately: "Third brother, be careful with your words!"

"Brother. Sigh." Zhang Fei hesitated for a moment, but it finally turned into a long sigh.

Liu Bei saw that the two younger brothers were depressed, so he could only explain with a wry smile: "You two brothers, how can the eldest brother not know that this is Cao Cao's conspiracy?"

"Since you know, why are you being fooled?" Zhang Fei asked.

Liu Bei sighed, and said: "You must have seen that many officials in Xuzhou, except Mi Zizhong, who are close to us, have resisted to some extent."

Seeing Guan Yu and Zhang Fei lost in thought, Liu Bei continued: "Brother is a descendant of the Han family. If you don't respect the emperor's order, I'm afraid there will be no place for you in Xuzhou in the future."

Guan Yu's Danfeng eyes, which had been squinting slightly, opened suddenly, and said, "You mean, they will rebel?!"

When Zhang Fei heard this, it was okay, "Who dares to rebel? I'm going to stab him right now!"

"Third brother, don't be impulsive!" Liu Bei glared at Zhang Fei. After Zhang Fei calmed down, he continued: "If I want to win back people's hearts, I must set an example. Although this crusade against Yuan Shu is not small There are risks, but opportunities also exist!"

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei looked at Liu Bei with admiration, and asked, "We will all follow your advice on how to proceed!"

(End of this chapter)