Three Kingdoms: I, the eldest son of Cao, a loving father of a great man!

After some discussion, Cao Ang and others improved some small details.

Afterwards, Cao Ang went on the offensive and asked Liu Bian for an edict to inform the world.

Originally, Liu Bian wanted to invite Cao Ang to reminisce about old times, but he missed Qin Meiren's coquettish voice, so he had no choice but to give up.

As expected, Cao Ang came to Queen Mother He's side.

"You, my little enemy, don't even know to come and see me when you come back." Queen Mother He threw herself into Cao Ang's arms, coquettishly.

When Cao Ang saw this, he smiled and said: "Isn't this busy with official duties? Look, I will come to you as soon as I have time."

Empress Dowager He gave Cao Ang a resentful look. Although she knew that the other party definitely didn't come to see her specially, as long as he came, she wouldn't have any demands.

When dry wood encounters a strong fire, it ignites instantly.

Outside the room, Tang Ji stood aside with her mouth covered, listening to the sounds inside the room, and finally ran away with a blushing face.

……

A few days later, Liu Biao, who was ready to go, received the emperor's edict.

Seeing the softness of the edict, Liu Biao was completely stunned and hurriedly called a group of counselors to discuss countermeasures.

"Everyone, you have also seen the content of the emperor's edict. The imperial court asked the rebels who escaped from Xiliang to surrender to the imperial court. In this case, we will not be able to use the embroidery!"

After everyone heard these words, they fell silent.

In the end, it was Kuai Yue who spoke first.

"My lord, as the saying goes, military orders will not be obeyed if the general is away. What's more, my lord, you are in Jingzhou. If I take refuge in you, I will take refuge in the imperial court!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Biao's eyes suddenly lit up and he laughed loudly and said: "Well said, this is reasonable. If you take refuge in me, wouldn't that mean you take refuge in the imperial court?"

Soon, Liu Biao continued to mobilize his troops and generals.

Zhang Xiu, who was stationed in Nanyang, naturally got the news of the emperor's edict.

So, he quickly found his adviser Jia Xu to discuss countermeasures.

"Sir, it turns out that the imperial court still wants us to join us, but why did Yu Jin lead his troops to attack us in the first place?"

Jia Xu frowned when he heard this and said: "This can only show that this edict is the recent decision of the imperial court. It is a pity that we have already defected to Liu Biao. If not, if we defect to the imperial court, we can become a big tree." It’s so cool down there!”

"Sir, what should we do now?" Zhang Xiu asked Jia Xu nervously.

Jia Xu shook his little fan and did not answer the question. Instead, he asked Zhang Xiu: "General, we have obtained the content of this edict. Presumably Liu Biao also learned the news. He did not write to you, General." Do you believe it?"

"I've written it. Please read it, sir!" Zhang Xiu responded, then took out Liu Biao's letter from his arms and handed it over.

After Jia Xu got the letter, he opened it and checked it.

The content of this letter is nothing more than what Liu Biao said. If Zhang Xiu took refuge with Liu Biao, it would be the same as taking refuge with the imperial court.

After reading the letter, Jia Xu laughed and returned the letter.

"Why are you laughing, sir?" Zhang Xiu asked in confusion upon seeing this.

Jia Xu smiled and said: "General, you must keep this letter. If it happens in the future because of our failure to defect to the court, the court will hold us accountable."

"As long as this letter is here, we can pass all the responsibilities to Liu Biao." Zhang Xiu nodded when he heard this. He basically obeyed the strategist's ideas.

"Sir, what should we do now?" Zhang Xiu asked Jia Xu again for his opinion.

Jia Xu thought for a while, and then said to Zhang Xiu: "That depends on your own thoughts, General."

"Oh? Where do you start talking about this?" Zhang Xiu was even more puzzled.

"General, if my prediction is correct, General, the fact that you have not surrendered to the imperial court will soon spread, and then the imperial court will definitely bring troops to attack!"

"If you, general, want to continue to work for Liu Biao, then fight to the death against the imperial army. However, such an outcome is likely to result in the destruction of the city and the death of people."

"Of course, General, if you don't want to die in such an unexplained way, then surrender directly when the imperial army comes to attack, then take out this letter and throw all the responsibility to Liu Biao."

After listening to Jia Xu's words, Zhang Xiu made a decision without even thinking about it.

"There is no need to think about it. If the imperial army comes to attack, I will definitely not be able to defeat it. If I lose my life by resisting, I might as well just surrender!"

Jia Xu was also very satisfied with Zhang Xiu's decision: "Yes, General, I am very pleased that you can think so!"

As early as when he was in Xiliang, Jia Xu could see that the imperial army, Cao's army, was quite powerful in combat.

Compared with the troops under the command of the princes, compared with Cao Jun's troops, they are simply like chickens compared to phoenixes.

The armies under the various princes had limited supplies of food, grass and baggage, and their armor was relatively light.

On the other hand, the ordinary soldiers in Cao's army were all wearing black armor, which was no worse than the armor of the generals of the princes!

And Cao Jun also has a big killer weapon, which is the extremely well-equipped tiger and leopard cavalry!

This kind of heavy cavalry is basically invincible as long as it is not attacking a city. It can run rampant on the battlefield, but what the hell!

After Zhang Xiu got the answer from Jia Xu, he left with satisfaction.

After sending Zhang Xiu away, Jia Xu couldn't help but sigh: "It would be great if I could join the Cao family earlier. Zhang Xiu and even Liu Biao are nothing in front of Cao Jun!"

……

At this time, Cao Ang also received news one after another that troops who had escaped from Xiliang had chosen to join the imperial court.

However, there was no news that Zhang Xiu also came to defect.

Half a month later, the autumn harvest was completely over, and the imperial treasury was filled again.

Cao Ang did not hesitate to write a letter asking for a fight.

"Your Majesty, you issued an edict before, requiring those Xiliang rebels to come to the imperial court after fleeing to Xiliang, otherwise they will be treated as rebels."

"I heard that the largest group of rebels who escaped from Xiliang was Zhang Ji's nephew, Zhang Xiu!"

"He did not come to submit to the imperial court, but went to Liu Biao in Jingzhou."

"I don't know why, but Liu Biao didn't send it back to the court."

"In this case, I want to invite a battle and lead troops to attack Zhang Xiu to wipe out this Xiliang rebel army to prevent him from harming the people!"

As soon as Cao Ang said this, some ministers stood up and wanted to object.

But before they could say anything, Liu Bian waved his hand and said: "Okay, since the major general has said that we will fight, then let's fight!" (End of Chapter)