Gou writes entries in the Three Kingdoms

Xuchang Imperial Palace,

When Liu Xuan arrived, he saw a group of ministers kneeling and crying outside Weiyang Palace.

When they saw Liu Xuan coming, several upright ministers would get up and fight with Liu Xuan.
After being stopped by Cheng Hu and others, he still yelled and cursed.

"Liu Xuan, your majesty treats you so kindly, but you actually kill him. Where is your conscience?"

Liu Xuan impatiently stopped everyone's quarrel and said seriously,

"I did not kill your majesty. As you said, your majesty crowned me King of Huaiyang and was kind to me. I have no motive to kill your majesty."

An old minister stood up unsteadily, pointed at Liu Xuando and said: "Humph, the war in Xuchang was all caused by you. Since you dare to send troops to attack the capital, you dare to murder the emperor."

"If I kill the emperor, what good will it do to me?" Liu Xuan asked.

"Haha, of course it was to usurp the throne and establish ourselves. You and Cao Cao are both ambitious people. It's a pity that Your Majesty escaped from Cao Cao's clutches, but died at your hands in the blink of an eye."

The old minister seemed to believe that Liu Xuan was the murderer, and his words were logically consistent.

Liu Xuan said coldly: "It's a joke. Even if the emperor dies, the emperor still has heirs. You can support a new king, so how can you usurp the throne and establish yourself?"

Unexpectedly, when the old minister heard this, he became even more furious, "You thief, I'm afraid you have planned it long ago. Your Majesty's only two orphans have also been poisoned by you."

Liu Xuan was stunned when he heard this and turned to look at Cheng Hu.

Cheng Hu quickly whispered: "My lord, I have just learned that two of your majesty's heirs also died in the palace by poisonous hands."

"What a ruthless person!" Liu Xuan said secretly.

Even if he had no feelings for Liu Xie at all, he couldn't help but feel sad for Liu Xie when he heard the news.

The majestic king of a country, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, was strangled to death in his palace. Even the prince who was several years old was not spared.

This end was much more miserable than that of Liu Xie in history.

Who on earth dares to risk the disapproval of the world to commit regicide?
You must know that although the imperial court has declined, the emperor is still the emperor of the Han family. Even if Cao Cao coerces the emperor to order the princes, at most he would dare to go to court with a sword and force the emperor to issue imperial edicts.

There are still some etiquettes that should be expected of the emperor on weekdays.

Could it be Liu Bei?
Liu Xuan shook his head subconsciously. In his opinion, although Liu Bei was deeply scheming, as a member of a declining royal family, he had a particularly deep affection for the royal family. It was absolutely impossible for him to commit regicide.

For a moment, Liu Xuan had no idea. Seeing the ministers crying and crying all over the floor, Liu Xuan knew that no matter how much he argued, it was useless.

Only by finding out the truth can you clear your name.

Fortunately, these ministers have no real power and can only scold themselves.

Moreover, none of the ministers with any sense joined the team responsible for Liu Xuan. They also understood that Liu Xuan had no motive for regicide.

It is completely unnecessary. Xuchang has been captured and the emperor is about to take possession. At the worst, he can hold the emperor hostage like Cao Cao and order the princes. Why should he bear the charge of regicide for nothing.

"Everyone, I am also very sad that Your Majesty was brutally murdered. In short, I, Liu Xuan, was not responsible for the regicide. However, I, Liu Xuan, were favored by the emperor and rewarded me with the title of King of Huaiyang and made me the General of the Northern Expedition. I Liu Xuan is deeply grateful for your kindness."

"I hereby promise you that I will find out the real culprit who murdered His Majesty, so as to expose the royal family's deep injustice and prove my innocence."

After everyone heard what Liu Xuan said, they had no choice but to stop targeting Liu Xuan and started to get up and take care of Liu Xie's funeral affairs.

The news that the emperor was killed in the palace soon spread throughout the Central Plains.

Because no one knew the exact cause of death, rumors spread for a while, but in general, the most people criticized Liu Xuan.

There is no other reason. When the emperor died, it happened to be when Liu Xuan's army broke into the palace.

In addition, Liu Biao of Jingzhou did receive a secret edict from the emperor. What was written on it was Liu Xuan's intention to capture Xuchang and harm the court.

After hearing this news, Liu Xuan became more determined to find out the real murderer.

Speaking of which, Liu Xie was really good to him. Under Cao Cao's pressure, he still took the risk of summoning himself into the palace to give himself a chance to make meritorious deeds.
Then he bestowed the title of King of Huaiyang on himself, making him finally a legitimate descendant of the royal family.

Whether it was for Liu Xie or for himself, Liu Xuan decided to bring the murderer to justice.

[Notepad opens.]

[A.D. 203, Xuchang.You successfully conquered Xuchang City, and when you organized your troops to prepare for the attack, you found that Cao Cao and Liu Bei's troops had escaped from the city. Your troops broke into the palace, only to find that the emperor Liu Xie had been killed in the palace.Some ministers in the DPRK believe that you killed Liu Xie, and most people in the world also think so.In order to prove your innocence and avenge Liu Xie, you decided to find out the real culprit. 】

[Trigger Challenge Mission: The Real Murderer of Regicide]

[Mission details: Find out the real culprit who killed Emperor Liu Xie, bring the culprit to justice and tell the world. 】

[Task reward: entry*2]

After activating the task, Liu Xuan handed over the matter to Jia Xu and Cheng Hu and asked them to collect clues first.

He knew that it might be difficult to make progress in the case for a while. At that time, there was a fierce fighting in the city, and there were people from all sides in the city. In addition, the emperor did not have any real power, and the guards of the palace were all served by Cao Cao's soldiers.

Once Xuchang was defeated, Cao Cao had no intention of resisting, and everyone under his command wanted to flee. So when Liu Xie was killed, there were not many guards in the palace.

Only in Weiyang Palace were two chamberlains and a group of maids serving the emperor.

By the time Cheng Hu and the others entered the palace and found the emperor dead, the murderer had already disappeared.

Liu Xuan did not care about Liu Xie's funeral, nor did he pay attention to the rumors in the city.

The army captured Xuchang, and Cao Cao's troops fled north. Liu Xuan took advantage of the emptiness of Yingchuan County and divided his troops around to take Yingchuan County under his control.

In addition to the cities captured by Liu Xuan's army from Huaiyin, by the autumn of 203, Yingchuan County and Runan County in southern Yuzhou were both under Liu Xuan's rule.

From then on, Liu Xuan's sphere of influence started from Yangzhou, went north to Xuzhou, and connected to Yuzhou in the west, compressing Cao Cao's territory to Yanzhou and Qingzhou counties and northern Yuzhou.

Cao Cao led his army back to Qiao County in the north of Yuzhou, which was Cao Cao's hometown. Cao Cao's power was extremely stable.

Although Cao Cao lost southern Yuzhou and Xuzhou in the Battle of Xuchang, in fact, he lost not many soldiers and horses, and the generals suffered even fewer casualties. Strictly speaking, the heaviest losses among the generals were the Xiahou Dun tribe who attacked the Hetao Plain. ,

All the independent generals including Xiahou Dun, Li Dian, Han Hao, and several unknown generals after Han Hao died.

Liu Xuan took over such a large territory at once, and his troops were stretched thin.

After attacking Xuchang for more than a month, Liu Xuan also lost more than 3 people. Including injured and retired soldiers, only 10 of the [-] people were still fighting.

These 5 people have to maintain the security of Yuzhou and guard against Cao's army in the north of Yuzhou. They have more than enough troops to defend the city but not enough troops to attack.

Liu Xuan had no choice but to mobilize another 5 troops from Yangzhou to guard various counties in Yuzhou.

At the same time, Xuzhou and Yuzhou guards were ordered to recruit troops on the spot, and Yangzhou also issued a recruitment order again. . . .

Yuzhou, Qiao County.

Since Cao Cao was defeated in Xuchang and lost the great weapon of the emperor, he felt quite depressed.

Cao Cao knew that Liu Xie was definitely not killed by Liu Xuan's people, but now public opinion all over the world is pointing the finger at Liu Xuan. It is said that Liu Xuan had a headache because of this matter, and the recruitment of troops in Xuzhou and Yuzhou was not going well.

Therefore, it is naturally impossible for Cao Cao to help Liu Xuan clarify at this time.

Should Liu Xuan be allowed to solve these troubles so that he can free up his hands to fight himself?
Recalling this incident, Cao Cao, who was suspicious by nature, naturally thought of the foreigner Moss he saw in the palace that day.

This person behaved strangely and unpredictably, and the emperor was most likely killed by them.

In other words, Liu Bei was the real leader of the regicide.

Thinking of this, Cao Cao couldn't help but have a toothache.

It all started because Liu Bei encouraged him to attack the Hetao Plain.

Why would Cao Cao provoke Liu Xuan if nothing happened?
No benefit has been gained now.Xuzhou was lost, and so was southern Yuzhou.

And the [-] Jingzhou soldiers brought by Liu Bei only lost [-] to [-].

He patted his butt and returned to Jingzhou, but Cao Cao lost his troops, lost his territory, and lost the opportunity to hold the emperor hostage and command the princes.

Yuan Shao took advantage of the situation and invaded Baima, approaching Puyang in Yanzhou.

Thinking of all this, Cao Cao couldn't help but have a splitting headache.

I couldn't help but curse: "Liu Bei, what a fucking hypocrite."

Miraculously, after Cao Cao cursed this sentence, most of the unhappiness in his chest dissipated and his headache disappeared.

After scolding Liu Bei, Cao Cao gathered his thoughts and came to the meeting hall.

In the meeting hall, all the civil and military personnel under Cao Cao were present, but when they saw that Xiahou Dun, his most trusted general, was not there, he couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart.

"Everyone, I am to blame for the defeat of Xuchang. There is no need for you to blame yourself."

Cao Cao adjusted his mood and said as calmly as possible,
"Fortunately, although we lost Xuchang, we did not lose much troops and horses. Cao Cao, Yuzhou, Yanzhou and Qingzhou combined, still have 20 troops. It is worthy of a battle."

"It's just that because of this matter, we have enmity with Liu Xuan, and Yuan Shao from the north took the opportunity to attack Yanzhou. We urgently need a victory to boost the morale of the army. Do you have any good ideas?"

After Cao Cao finished speaking, he glanced at the people in front of him. Xun Yu, Cheng Yu, Xun You and others were all his advisers and confidants. Cao Cao still believed in them when planning things.

Xun Yu cleared his throat, stepped forward and said,

"Lord, our army is fighting to defend the city in this battle, and the supplies and food consumption are not large. Although Xuzhou and southern Yuzhou are lost, the remaining Yanzhou and Qingzhou are our main logistics bases, so there is still no problem in supplying 20 troops. .”

"With Xun Yu here, my lord, you can rest assured that there will never be civil strife in the remaining three states of our country. As for external warfare, this is not Xun Yu's specialty."

Xun Yu paused, with a mysterious smile on his face, "However, I have invited someone back for your lord, who will definitely relieve your lord's worries."

"Who is back?" Cao Cao's little eyes suddenly lit up, "But Fengxiao is back?"

"Hahahaha, it seems that my lord has never forgotten Guo Fengxiao." Xun Yu smiled and nodded.
"It is Fengxiao who has returned. At this time, the master needs Fengxiao's plan."

When Cao Cao heard this, he stood up with happy brows and said, "Why don't you please come in quickly?"

Xun Yu took the order and hurriedly whispered to the guards beside him. After everyone waited for a moment, they saw two guards pushing a wheelchair and pushing the door curtain in.

Sitting in the wheelchair was a thin man with a slightly pale face.

The person who came here looked sick, and the robes he wore seemed a bit loose.
But this man's eyes were black and shiny, looking deep and wise.

The people in this wheelchair are Guo Jia and Guo Fengxiao.

Cao Cao walked to the wheelchair in a few steps, grabbed Guo Jia's thin shoulders with both hands and asked with concern,
"Fengxiao, are you alright?"

When Guo Jia saw Cao Cao, he looked a little excited. A blush flashed across his pale face. He held the armrests of his wheelchair with both hands and stood up reluctantly.

"Thank you for your concern, my lord. Fortunately, Guo Jia is fine, but he is still a little tired."

"Okay, okay, just sit down and talk."

When Cao Cao saw Guo Jia coming back, the gloom on his face disappeared.

Guo Jiaben was introduced by Xun Yu seven years ago and joined Cao Cao's camp.

After that, he helped Cao Cao pacify Qingzhou and defeat Lu Bu to seize Xuzhou with his defiant tactics. Later, he made many ingenious plots in Guandu, allowing Cao Cao to defeat the weak and the strong, and defeated Yuan Shao several times.

Unfortunately, there was a sudden invasion of mutants later. Guo Jia happened to be on business along the coast of Qingzhou, and his skin was accidentally bitten by a mutant, and he was poisoned at that time.

Fortunately, Guo Jia was not in good health at the time. With a doctor by his side, Guo Jia barely managed to save Guo Jia's life.

However, due to excessive overdraft during detoxification, Guo Jia's body became increasingly weak when he returned to Yuzhou, and he could no longer support him in making suggestions for Cao Cao. As a last resort, Cao Cao had to allow Guo Jia to return to Yingchuan to recuperate.

Unexpectedly, when they withdrew from Xuchang this time, Xun Yu took Guo Jia out from Yingchuan.

Although Guo Jia was still weak physically, his spirit was no longer serious. Now was the time when Cao Cao needed advisers, so Xun Yu had no choice but to invite Guo Jia out.

Guo Jia did not exchange too many pleasantries and went straight to the point.

"My lord is right, our army still has 20 elite men who are worthy of a battle."

"And in this battle, our army only needs to face Yuan Shao, which is much easier than dealing with Liu Xuan."

Cao Cao asked seriously: "What do you mean by Feng Xiao? Liu Xuan and I have turned against each other since the battle in Xuchang. With his momentum in attacking Xuchang, he will definitely invade northern Henan."

"My lord, there is no need to worry," Guo Jia smiled confidently, "I have done a lot of research on Liu Xuan. He is not an adventurous person. In the battle with Xuchang, Liu Xuan suffered a lot of losses, not to mention that he had just won Xuzhou and In southern Yuzhou, so many counties and counties need to be reorganized, and it is impossible for Liu Xuande to start a war with our army now."

"Besides, although my lord and Liu Xuan have turned against each other, they may not become enemies. What Liu Xuan wants now is to let our army and Yuan Shao continue to fight, so that he can reap the benefits."

Xun Yu also nodded in agreement and said: "Feng Xiao's analysis is reasonable. According to the intelligence sent back by the scouts I sent out, Liu Xuan's troops have been stationed in various counties and counties, and there seems to be no sign of going out in a short period of time."

Cao Cao breathed a sigh of relief and said, "In this case, we still have a chance to breathe. If we can defeat Yuan Shao and obtain the land of Youzhou in Jizhou, Liu Xuan, a fisherman, may not be able to eat me."

Guo Jia nodded, with a confident light in his eyes: "That's right. Doesn't my lord urgently need a big victory to boost his morale?"

"Then let's start by defeating Yuan Shao." (End of Chapter)