Soldiers come to the world

Hua Xin thought for a while and said, "Xiahouyuan's adoptive daughter married Cui Lin's nephew, and Cao Zhi's wife is Cui Lin's daughter. There is such an inextricable relationship between them, so naturally it can't be too bad."

"I know this!" Cao Pi said impatiently, "I'm asking, how is their relationship in Xuchang?"

"Whether they met privately in Xuchang, I can't say for sure, but in public, they met about four times."

Cao Pi pondered for a moment, then asked again: "Do you think Xiahou Dun will support him?"

"I thought that Xiahou Dun supported Cao Zhi emotionally, but he also knew that Cao Zhi had failed in the battle for the world, and it was unlikely that he would take over again. For the future of Xiahou's family, he would naturally not get too close to Cao Zhi , Try to stay upright, but if Cao Zhi has the possibility of being in power again, I believe that he will definitely support him with all his strength."

Cao Pi nodded, "It seems that he is still watching and has no selfish intentions."

After a pause, Cao Pi asked again: "What is his attitude towards Xuchang's grain adjustment this time?"

"I don't know what Xiahou Dun's attitude is, but I know that several of his confidant generals are very dissatisfied with the world. They think the world is unfair and they are suppressing Xu Chang. They clamored that they would not work for the world anymore. In the end, they were publicly beaten by Xiahou Dun. Fifty army sticks, maybe this is Xiahou Dun's attitude!"

Of course Cao Pi knew that Xiahou Dun had to express his support for the Hefei Campaign, otherwise his father would not spare him. As for his real thoughts, who would know?Cao Pi couldn't help but snorted coldly, "He's pretty good at being a man."

"I don't know how the world plans to control the military power?" Hua Xin brought the topic back to reality.

Cao Pi put aside his speculation about Xiahou Dun and Cao Zhi for the time being, got up and walked a few steps: "I plan to let Cao Ren be the commander-in-chief of the Hefei campaign, do you think it is feasible?"

Hua Xin knew that Cao Pi wanted to control the military power through Cao Ren, but in doing so, it would destroy Duke Wei's military deployment. You must know that Zhang Liao was the commander of the Hefei campaign. Hua Xin thought for a moment and said, "Xu Huang is the commander of Shouchun. We can let Cao Ren replace Xu Huang, and in Hefei, Shi can try his best to win over Zhang Liao, as long as Zhang Liao is willing to be loyal to Shi, wouldn't this be a big help?"

Cao Pi shook his head, "Zhang Liao is only loyal to his father. He will never be loyal to me until his father is gone. This kind of person does not need to be wooed or suppressed. Just let nature take its course. In fact, I plan to appoint him as Shouchun. Commander."

"Why did His Highness let him be in charge of Shouchun?"

Cao Pi smiled slyly and said: "Most of Shouchun's army is the Xuzhou army, which is Cao Ren's subordinate, but the Hefei army is the army of Jizhou and Yuzhou, which is the army directly under my father. What I need to control is this army. "

It was only then that Hua Xin suddenly realized that he gave a thumbs up and praised, "Your Highness is indeed brilliant!"

Cao Pi put his hands behind his back and smiled proudly, "If he knows the current affairs, I will give him a chance to be promoted, but if he does not understand the current affairs and refuses to cooperate, then I can only leave him alone."

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Early the next morning, Zhang Liao arrived at Shouchun. Hundreds of cavalry escorted Zhang Liao and rushed into Shouchun City. There was a huge momentum, and there was chaos at the gate of the city. How can you allow the army to enter the city, let me all leave the city!"

As soon as he waved his hand, more than a thousand Cao soldiers rushed forward and pointed their crossbows at Zhang Liao and his soldiers, blocking their way. Zhang Liao had a bad relationship with Cao Hong back then, which caused Cao Hong to be beaten and demoted, and Zhang Liao was also offended by it. Without the Cao faction, Cao Zhen naturally didn't have a good attitude when he saw Zhang Liao.

Zhang Liao was furious. He was the chief general of Hefei, and even a little Cao family dared to scold him rudely and threatened him with a crossbow, but he restrained his anger and said coldly: "This is just It's just a city, not Wei Gong's palace, how can there be such rules!"

Cao Zhen had already left the city, and cupped his hands and said, "If Governor Zhang enters the city with only three or five entourages, I will not stop him, but there are hundreds of cavalry entering the city behind you, which will threaten the defense of Shouchun city. It is the responsibility to prevent hidden dangers."

"Does General Cao Zhen think that I, Zhang Liao, are planning to rebel?"

"No! This is my responsibility. All generals are treated equally, there is no special situation. Please ask Dudu Zhang to let his subordinates wait outside the city. We will ensure the safety of Dudu Zhang."

Zhang Liao didn't want to make matters worse, so he had to endure the disgust, turned his head and said to his soldiers, "You can wait outside the city, I will come out soon."

The soldiers turned their horses and headed out of the city. Cao Zhen then withdrew the soldiers blocking the way and let Zhang Liao lead three followers to the palace. As soon as he arrived at the gate of the palace, he saw hundreds of cavalry standing outside the palace. It wasn't the palace guards, he was stunned, and whispered to the soldiers: "Go and ask who they are?"

The soldiers came forward to inquire, and came back after a while and said, "Captain, they are all cavalry of Cao Ren's personal guard."

Zhang Liao slowly clenched the hilt of his sword, feeling extremely humiliated. Where there were any rules, Cao Zhen clearly made things difficult for him on purpose. He suddenly understood that it was the Cao family who blamed Cao Hong's death on himself.

The guards had already gone in to report, and after a while, a guard came out and said, "Dudu Zhang, please!"

Zhang Liao held back his dissatisfaction, and walked quickly into the palace. He followed the guards all the way to the lobby, and saw Cao Pi and Cao Ren sitting in the hall talking about something. Zhang Liao quickly stepped forward, knelt down on one knee and saluted Cao Pi, " The humble Zhang Liao sees the world!"

"You don't need to be polite to Dudu Zhang, please hurry up!"

Cao Pi didn't get up to help each other, and even Cao Ren didn't get up to avoid it, but just sat aside and received a half-respect from him. Although Cao Ren had a smile on his face, the smile was obviously not sincere.

Zhang Liao was humiliated again and again today, and it was only then that he realized that Cao Pi secretly instructed him to deliberately suppress him. Zhang Liao suddenly realized that Cao Pi's invitation to come to Shouchun was not as simple as discussing military affairs.

Having figured this out, Zhang Liao immediately calmed down, no longer resenting the rudeness of Cao's generals, he bowed again and said, "I don't know the world to find a lowly post, why do you have important military affairs to discuss?"

"Of course it's for the withdrawal of the Han army from Hefei. It's a big deal!"

Cao Pi looked behind Zhang Liao and asked, "Why didn't General Zang Ba come?"

"Reporting to the world, according to military regulations, the chief general and the deputy general cannot leave the city at the same time, so the humble officer ordered General Zang to guard the city and did not let him come with him."

"Oh!"

Cao Pi let out a long sigh, then turned to Cao Ren, "Excuse me, uncle, does the military have such rules?"

Cao Ren chuckled, "It's not about the rules, but it's just that you have to be more cautious in wartime. Dudu Zhang's actions are understandable."

Zhang Liao's face changed, Cao Ren seemed to be speaking for himself, but in fact he was making trouble, and he immediately said sharply: "Coveral Governor Cao is ignoring the facts! During the Battle of Guandu, Duke Wei promulgated thirteen military regulations, The first rule is that the chief and deputy generals are not allowed to leave the city at the same time during a war, isn't this a rule?"

The smile on Cao Ren's face disappeared immediately, and he said coldly after a long while: "Of course I am very clear that the thirteen military regulations are only for the battle of Guandu, and there is no need to bring them up. During the battle of Chibi, Duke Wei promulgated another There are ten military regulations, but there is no master and deputy general who cannot leave this one at the same time, so why didn't Yuan say anything?"

"No matter when the military regulations are, as long as they are not abolished, the generals must implement them. If Governor Cao thinks what I said is wrong, we can go and ask Duke Wei for instructions!"

"Hmph! Dudu Zhang is threatening me?"

"I dare not threaten Governor Cao, I'm just telling the truth."

Zhang Liao and Cao Ren fought each other, and the atmosphere in the lobby became very tense. Cao Pi deliberately eased the atmosphere, smiled and said, "We are all important ministers, so there is no need to quarrel over such trivial matters. Governor Zhang, please sit down!"

Zhang Liao ignored Cao Ren and sat down on the other side. Cao Pi tried his best to be as gentle as possible and said, "I don't know how the Han army is doing now?"

"Reporting to the world, although Liu Jing withdrew from Hefei, he did not go far away. He should be in Wuhu or Ruxukou now, luring us to pursue him and let us fall into his trap."

"It's really interesting. How does Dudu Zhang know that the Han army has not withdrawn? The Han army should not have reached Ruxukou yet! Dudu Zhang actually came to a conclusion. Could it be that Liu Jing wrote to the governor in advance?" Cao Ren sarcastically asked in a tone.

Zhang Liao shook his head, "There is no need for any intelligence, common sense deduction is enough. It is the end of October, the wind is headed against the current, and there are only a few ships. How did most of the warships of the Han army return to Chaisang? So I suspect that the Han army does not even have Chaohu Lake." Leave, the army is within Chaohu Lake."

Cao Pi's question about the so-called military situation was just to ease the atmosphere. His real purpose in calling Zhang Liao to Shouchun was to change the chief general of Hefei, let Cao Ren go to Hefei to clean up the army, and control the army of Hefei through Cao Ren, so he wanted the chief general Zhang Liao He and the deputy general Zang Ba were all summoned to facilitate Cao Ren's actions, but now the deputy general Zang Ba stayed in Hefei, which undoubtedly increased the resistance to cleaning up the Hefei army.

Cao Pi was not reconciled, he could use the Tiger Talisman to transfer Zang Ba away, let Niu Jin serve as the deputy general of Hefei, and Cao Ren was the chief general. The next report, "Report to the world, there is an urgent pigeon letter from Hefei, and the Han army shows signs of coming back again!"

Zhang Liao was taken aback, stood up and said: "The Han army killed Hefei, the situation in Hefei is critical, the humble official must rush to Hefei immediately, please allow me!"

Cao Pi and Cao Ren looked at each other meaningfully, and almost at the same time they thought that this must be Zhang Liao's arrangement, so that Zang Ba sent false news that the Han army had returned, so that Zhang Liao had an excuse to return to Hefei.

Cao Pi waved his hand and said with a smile: "Yuan doesn't need to worry, just listen to what I have to say. It is really hard work to stay in Hefei for a few months. I want Yuan to change to Shouchun and become the general of Shouchun. What do you think?"

Zhang Liao was stunned. It turned out that Cao Pi wanted to transfer himself away from Hefei. He pondered for a while and asked, "If I leave Hefei, I recommend General Zang Ba as the chief general of Hefei. General Zang Ba is good at defense. He knows it well, he guards Hefei, and he can keep Hefei safe."

"General Zang Ba, I also plan to transfer back to Shouchun. The chief general of Hefei will be appointed by Cao Dudu, and I will appoint General Niu Jin as the deputy general."

Zhang Liao's blood rushed to his forehead suddenly, his face was flushed, he understood Cao Pi's intention, he wanted Cao Ren to control Hefei's army, Niu Jin was the deputy general, the purge of Hefei's generals would be inevitable, thinking that his subordinates would follow him through life and death, In the bloody battle with the Han army, he finally became a victim of the power struggle. Zhang Liao couldn't bear it any longer, stiffened his neck and said, "The humble general of Hefei was appointed by Duke Wei himself. Obedience!"

Cao Pi was furious, and slapped the golden tiger talisman on the table, "Here is the tiger talisman, how dare you disobey the order?"

"The tiger talisman can only transfer troops, but cannot change generals. If you want to remove a lowly position, you must get a warrant from Duke Wei.

"Bold!"

Cao Ren drew his sword and shouted sharply, "Zhang Liao, do you want to rebel?"

Zhang Liao took two steps back, put his hand on the hilt of his sword, and said, "The state owns the laws of the country, and the army has military regulations. Last year, the humble post was awarded to the Hefei coach, the general of Zhennan, with the Tianjie Talisman in his hand. Even if Wei Gong sits in Shouchun, he cannot be easily replaced. Despicable post, if you want to replace the humble post, please first show the imperial decree or Wei Gong's warrant, otherwise, please forgive the humble post for being rude!"

After finishing speaking, Zhang Liao turned around and strode away. Cao Ren was furious. He was about to give orders to arrest him, but Cao Pi waved his hand to stop him. It is tantamount to forcing his father's direct lineage to Cao Zhi, and he will lose more than he gains.

Cao Pi stared at Zhang Liao's figure in the distance, and then snorted coldly after a long while, "Since the toast is not eaten, he will be fined, I will let him go."