Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 763 Everyone has their own worries

Liu Xie himself didn't know why, but he felt inexplicable hostility toward Yuan Xi.

Unlike Cao Cao, whose ancestor was the great eunuch Cao Teng, although Liu Xie suffered a lot from Cao Cao, most of his anger towards Cao Cao came from the humiliation of betrayal by the descendants of his family slaves.

In Liu Xie's eyes, Cao Cao was just a eunuch no matter how much he danced around. What was there to be proud of?

So what if you usurp my position in the future, everyone in the world will laugh at you when they talk about your origin!

And Cao Cao seemed to understand this. Later, the house was mostly filled with people from lowly backgrounds. The Bian family who is now in charge of the house was from a wealthy family.

Therefore, Liu Xie looked down on Cao Cao deep down, but towards Yuan Xi, Liu Xie had a heartfelt fear.

Because he understood that the Yuan family didn't care about him at all, and they didn't care about Cao Cao, who wanted to hold him hostage. From the beginning, the Yuan family openly showed their ambition to usurp the throne. Both Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao, openly or covertly, wanted to seize the Han Dynasty. And self generation.

So the first time Liu Xie saw Yuan Xi, he saw the ambition in the other person's eyes. The reason for this was because Liu Xie understood that he and Yuan Xi were actually very similar.

Although Liu Xie is in the position of emperor, he has a grassroots ruthlessness, which seems to come from Yuan Xi's status as a concubine, and his strong desire to climb up at all costs, which brings about What comes here is the tendency to take risks and gamble. This trait can appear in an emperor, which can be said to be an anomaly.

Liu Xie was very clear about his position. He originally climbed up the ranks as a concubine. This position of emperor was not originally his.

The dead Liu Bian should be the one sitting on the throne of the emperor. It is ridiculous to say that Liu Xie ascended the throne with the help of Dong Zhuo, who was reviled by the world. This was Liu Xie's lingering heartache.

Although Dong Zhuo was killed later and Wang Yun came to power, everyone with a discerning eye knew who was behind Wang Yun. After all, everyone could see Wang Yun's loyalty to the Han court, and he was also the minister who was most willing to return power to Liu Xie.

At that time, Liu Xie thought that his own era was coming.

But the good times did not last long. Ever since Li Jue and Guo Si entered the capital, killed Wang Yun and drove away Lu Bu, Liu Xie seemed to have fallen into a deep quagmire. There was an invisible swamp in front of him, but his legs and feet were all restricted. Unable to move.

Under such circumstances, Liu Xie began to grow up and developed his own style of doing things, which allowed him to perform well in several major events from Anyi to Huaicheng.

But this also gave Liu Xie the illusion that he was good enough to fight against people like Cao Cao.

So after Cao Cao interfered in court affairs many times, Liu Xie lost patience and used the most violent means to resist. At the same time, because of his hidden jealousy and guard against Yuan Xi, Liu Xie carried out the edict without telling Yuan Xi.

However, the results showed that Liu Xie's plan was too immature and was vulnerable to Cao Cao. Under Cao Cao's thunderous methods, Liu Xie was defeated and his party members' arms were almost wiped out. In one day, he returned to the state where he was originally held hostage. status.

Liu Xie thought about the incident afterwards and said it was impossible not to regret it, but he asked himself, if it happened again, would he go to Yuan Xi for help?

Liu Xie thought about it for many days, and finally he discovered that if Cao Cao was defeated, Yuan Xi would be completely in power, and what he would do in the future would be no different from Cao Cao.

Therefore, it is not wrong for Liu Xie to adopt a strategy of mutual checks and balances. Whether it is Cao Cao or Yuan Xi, he will not trust these princes who betray him.

But without the support of these princes, how could Liu Xie achieve anything?

This was the most troublesome problem Liu Xie had to face. He thought about it and decided on his future strategy.

He sent someone to secretly contact Liu Bei and Liu Biao to make good friends and wait for the opportunity.

Of course, Liu Xie had no idea what these two people could achieve, but as members of the Liu Xing clan, they were much more reliable than those with foreign surnames.

Before that, Liu Xie could only tolerate it for the time being, and after the issue of the clothing and belt edict, he could no longer trust anyone around him, because the last leak made Liu Xie suspect that someone very close to him had done something. Sell ​​out your own business!

He had vaguely guessed something in his mind. Thinking that Cao Cao could bribe this person, Liu Xie became furious. This also made him fully understand how terrible Cao Cao was, playing like he was in the palm of his hand!

So after hearing that Cao Cao had suffered such a big loss, Liu Xie was extremely happy. At the same time, he also felt a hint of jealousy towards Yuan Xi. Why could the other party succeed? Could it be that he was luckier than himself?

Seeing Liu Xie's silence, Fu Shou said: "Your Majesty, the Yuan family has now launched an all-out war with Cao Cao. I think that if the Han court wants to deal with Cao Cao, the Yuan family's power is indispensable."

"Should we send someone to discuss with General Yuan to join forces to deal with Cao Cao's affairs?"

Liu Xie snorted coldly: "I am the emperor, how can I join forces with my ministers?"

"Cao Cao is so arrogant and domineering, can this fierce tiger be loyal?"

"Isn't he using me all the time?"

"If he has the same ulterior motives, wouldn't he have harmed the last of my confidants?" "What I have to do now is just to watch the fight between Yuan and Cao, and wait until both sides are harmed. I will have my own solution."

"Before that, it's not appropriate to cause too many troubles."

After hearing this, Fu Shou whispered: "Your Majesty, have you ever thought that it was your Majesty's attitude that caused Marquis Wen?"

Liu Xie suddenly felt angry and shouted: "Shut up!"

"By speaking for Xihu like this, is it because he bribed you?"

Fu Shou didn't expect Liu Xie to be so angry. He quickly fell to the ground and cried: "How dare I have such thoughts? Can't your Majesty see my loyalty?"

Liu Xie's face softened slightly, "What does a woman know about state affairs? Just do your part."

Fu Shou quickly lowered his head to accept the order. She raised her head slightly and looked at Liu Xie's unfamiliar face, wondering when did the two of them become like this?

Where did Liu Xie's unprovoked anger towards himself come from?

When Liu Xie and Fu Shou had a rift for some reason, the same thing was happening at Cao Cao's residence in the same city.

Cao Cao stood at the door of the house in embarrassment, and a cry of pain came from inside the house: "You know what you did!"

"You killed my son, don't you feel heartbroken?"

Cao Cao whispered to the inside: "I didn't want this. Didn't I almost lose my own life?"

"Do you think I want to kill Ang'er?"

The person crying in the room was Cao Cao's original wife, Mrs. Ding. Previously, Cao Cao was chased by Youzhou cavalry, and Cao Chun was seriously injured. Fortunately, Yu Jin arrived and rescued Cao Cao, and Cao Cao was able to escape back to Wancheng.

While Cao Cao was grateful to have survived the catastrophe, he quickly sent people to find out the whereabouts of the others, and the result was like a bolt from the blue.

Dian Wei, Cao Ang, and Cao Anmin all died in the battle that night, and their heads were hung on the top of Wancheng City for public display!

When Cao Cao learned about it, he almost spit out a mouthful of blood. Not to mention Dian Wei and Cao Anmin, Cao Ang was the successor he had vigorously cultivated. He had followed him since five or six years ago and was also well loved by Cao Cao's subordinates. Death!

Moreover, he also learned that the one who attacked him in Wancheng was the Youzhou Army led by Fierce Tiger. They sneaked all the way to Yin, Henan, raided Yuan Shu's south, and then attacked Cao's camp in Wancheng. This was an extremely risky long-distance attack. , Cao Cao didn’t expect it at all!

What's even more disgusting is that according to the news from the traitor afterwards, Jia Xu, who had secretly colluded with Cao Cao and betrayed Zhang Xiu, had actually defected to Yuan Xi. Therefore, it was only with the combined efforts of both parties that Cao Cao was caught off guard and suffered such a fate. A tragic defeat!

Cao Cao's hatred for Yuan Xi and Jia Xu reached the extreme, and he wanted to kill them both quickly!

But what bothered him even more was that he was already feeling very uncomfortable, but Mrs. Ding didn't understand him at all. She kept saying that she had killed Cao Ang and cried all day long.

What does this have to do with my secret acceptance of the Zou family? I didn't expect to be attacked in Wancheng, and it wasn't Zhang Xiu who made the move?

But no matter what, Cao Cao's losses were huge this time, and it seriously affected Cao Cao's future strategy. Now he was also losing his teeth and bleeding. Seeing Mrs. Ding in the room crying more and more, Cao Cao was also irritable and said: "You cry slowly, I'm leaving first!"

Cao Cao turned around and left. The faint voice coming from behind made him more and more irritated. The current situation had taken a turn for the worse for him. Although he was heartbroken over Cao Ang's death, what was more important right now was to defeat the Yuan family, otherwise he would Death without a burial place!

He now truly felt the threat of Fierce Tiger. The opponent was using all possible means to attack, and his style began to resemble that of Cao Cao. This made Cao Cao realize how difficult it is to deal with an opponent when they give up their bottom line.

Not to mention Sili, the assassination of Zhong Yao and others in Huaicheng, and the death of several important figures such as Ding Chong have completely shaken Cao Cao's foundation in Sili.

It's not that Cao Cao had never thought about assassinating Yuan Xi before, but there seemed to be capable people in Youzhou, so he was very careful about this. The assassins sent by Cao Cao several times never returned, so Cao Cao later gave up. Unexpectedly, the other party He used the same method on his subordinates!

Of course Cao Cao wanted to retaliate in kind, but he had no energy left now.

Ma Teng and Han Sui of Hedong were restrained by high-ranking officials, and he and Yuan Shang faced off in Guandu. Neither side could decide the outcome at once, but there was a fierce tiger who occupied Jianghuai and mobilized troops very quickly, coveting behind him.

Now Cao Cao has set his sights on Qingzhou, and he is also relying on Yuan Tan to completely divide and contain the Fierce Tiger's territory so that its outer sea routes cannot transport troops. Only then will he have a chance of winning!

Of course, Yuan Tan is also a white-eyed wolf. He can even betray his biological father, and he may not betray himself in the future, so he will have to deal with him sooner or later. However, he still has value, so it is not the time to do it.

The position of Qingzhou is also very important. Let it attack in three directions at the same time to contain Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang. Only then will you have the opportunity to plan!

While Cao Cao was thinking about it, he arrived at Mrs. Bian's room. She had been waiting for him for a long time. When he saw Cao Cao, he hurriedly came out, supported Cao Cao and said, "Thank you for your hard work, husband."

(End of this chapter)