The first general of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 162 The Son of Heaven Summons
"This……"

Cao Cao was also a little hesitant, and Cao Cao didn't necessarily value Cao Bao.

However, Cao Cao's army took in a lot of Xuzhou soldiers. These Xuzhou soldiers surrendered after Cao Bao surrendered.

What's more, Cao Cao is also occupying Xiaopei in Xuzhou now. If there were no people from Xuzhou like Cao Bao sitting in the town, Cao Cao's army might not be able to gain a foothold based on Cao Cao's notoriety of slaughtering Xuzhou.

So Cao Cao is still quite fond of Cao Bao.

Don't look at Cao Bao's ability to lead the army, but he is very sensitive to this kind of thing, knowing that he is still useful now, but when the Xuzhou army is subdued, Cao Bao will definitely not be valued like this again.

So Cao Bao wanted to take advantage of this moment to quickly make friends with powerful figures in Cao Jun.

Cao Yuan's arrival naturally made Cao Bao see the hope of marrying the Cao family.

"Okay, since Cao Yuan came with me, she is going to leave with me. Brother Meng De, take your leave."

The previous conversation with Cao Cao had already made Wei Tao understand that he and Cao Cao were no longer the close relationship of the past, so Wei Tao was a little hesitant when he saw Cao Cao, so he stopped talking and said directly to Cao Cao. Cao Yuan said.

"Leave with me."

"Um……"

Cao Yuan has a weak temper, and at this time she has a kind of dependence on Wei Tao, and unconsciously walks behind Wei Tao and follows Wei Tao to leave.

"Ugh……"

Seeing this, Cao Cao suddenly let out a long sigh, and finally spoke.

"Ziyu, no matter what, if there is another chance to drive the Xiongnu north, please count it as a brother. On this point, I, Cao Mengde, will never change."

Wei Tao turned his head slightly, then nodded slightly, obviously Cao Cao understood it earlier than himself.

Cao Cao didn't care about this matter, and when he saw Wei Tao leave, he didn't stay any longer, but Cao Bao, who was next to him, didn't see it that way, and secretly ordered someone to inform Cao Chun.

Cao Chun and Wei Tao are not as friendly as Cao Ren and Cao Hong.

On the contrary, in the first battle in Xuzhou, Cao Chun was still defeated by Wei Tao's command, and even had to rely on two-on-one to maintain the tie.

For Cao Chun, this is indeed a big stain.

So even though he knew that if he showed up at this time, he would be used by Cao Bao, Cao Chun still stopped Wei Tao when he was about to leave Cao Jun's camp.

"This is Miss Cao, right?"

Seeing Cao Yuan for the first time, Cao Chun's eyes also lightened up slightly. For the young and beautiful Cao Yuan, Cao Chun's heart was also very hot, and his heart that was ready to compete with Wei Tao suddenly became more determined.

"General Cao Bao has prepared to betroth the young lady to me. Regardless of whether the young lady is willing or not, I would like to ask the young lady to give me another chance, a chance to prove it."

While speaking, Cao Chun had already turned his attention to Wei Tao. For Cao Chun, this was his main purpose.

"You want to fight with me? Well, let me see how you can lead the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry under Brother Mengde."

Wei Tao thought about it for a while and he could understand the other party's purpose, but Wei Tao didn't want to avoid it and just spoke directly.

"Okay! Come on, get two horses!"

Cao Chun and Wei Tao did not have a life-and-death feud, and it was more because of the fight in Xuzhou, so at this time Cao Chun was preparing to have a fair fight with Wei Tao.

Wei Tao was not too polite at this time, he took a halberd casually, jumped on the horse, and then pointed at Cao Chun and drank.

"bring it on!"

"it is good!"

As soon as Cao Chun clamped the horse's belly, he charged straight at him. He used the horsepower to attack directly, very fiercely. Obviously, Cao Chun's martial arts skills are not bad.

"Good come!"

Ordinarily, Wei Tao should also use his horsepower to fight Cao Chun when he borrowed his strength, but Wei Tao stood still, obviously not planning to use horsepower, but to rely on his own ability to fight Cao Chun It's a showdown.

Rao Cao Chun himself is also able to maintain a calm personality on the fierce battlefield, and he couldn't help but get angry at this time.

How dare you look down on yourself so much!

"kill!"

With a violent shout, the steel gun in Cao Chun's hand pierced Wei Tao's heart.

This attack was fast and fierce, and full of power. Even if an ordinary general knew where it was going, he might not be able to return in time.

"clang!"

But with a blow, it was only half of the point steel gun that was stopped by Wei Tao, only to see that Wei Tao remained motionless, even the hand holding the halberd did not tremble at all, that is, he could understand the two gap between people.

"impossible!"

Cao Chun still admires Wei Tao's ability to drive the Huns to the north, but the last battle in Xuzhou was basically fought by Wei Tao's subordinates. In Cao Chun's view, although Wei Tao's bravery even has the reputation of being undefeated against Lu Bu, But it should be that he is similar to himself, and there will never be such a big gap.

"Nothing is impossible!"

Having experienced a life-and-death battle with the Huns, Wei Tao already knew that his martial arts were more advanced. At least according to Dian Wei and Zhao Yun's words, if they really wanted to fight, they would not be sure of winning.

And once they use all their strength, it is often extremely difficult to stop, so Dian Wei and others did not fight Wei Tao at all.

Now that Cao Chun came to his door, it was just for Wei Tao to try his skills.

"Go!"

Wei Tao didn't care about Cao Chun's shock, he swung his halberd straight down.

"Clang clang clang..."

Fortunately, Cao Chun is indeed not an idiot. Although he was distracted, he still waved the steel gun in his hand to stop Wei Tao's halberd, but Wei Tao was invincible, and the halberd in his hand danced faster and faster. The shadow of the halberd fell straight down when he debuted, without giving Cao Chun the slightest chance to fight back.

After resisting only seven or eight blows, Cao Chun already felt that his arms were already paralyzed. If this continues, he might be beheaded easily.

"General, please stop!"

Just at this moment, a voice came, and at the same time a long knife was raised, apparently to separate Wei Tao from Cao Chun.

Although Wei Tao fought with Cao Chun, but as a general, he watched all directions and listened to all directions, so he naturally noticed that someone was coming.

However, the long halberd in Wei Tao's hand didn't stop, instead he took advantage of the situation and swept out, directly attacking the person who came to help him.

For Wei Tao's sudden attack, the man did not rush to change the long knife in his hand, and went straight to meet him.

"clang!"

As a huge force surged in, Wei Tao's whole body shook slightly, the strength of the person coming was not low.

Looking back, he saw a burly man wearing a scarf. At this time, the man also looked at Wei Tao in surprise.

"Good strength, who are you?"

Wei Tao immediately gasped in admiration, unexpectedly adding such a brave general to Cao Cao's command.

"Even the power of my general Dian Wei is nothing more than that, and he is named!"

"I am Xu Chu and Xu Zhongkang. Now I am serving as a captain under Master Cao. I have met General Wei. As for the name of General Wei under General Wei, Zhongkang has also heard of the name. If there is a chance, I will definitely compete with him!"

The burly man looked at Wei Tao and said.

"However, just now, my lord has an order to ask General Wei to forgive me this time. General Zihe just heard the name of the general for a long time and feels dissatisfied. I hope that there will be a lot of lord generals to bypass the general. once."

It turned out to be Xu Chu, no wonder he was as powerful as Dian Wei.

If it weren't for the wrong time and place, Wei Tao would have wanted to see how strong Xu Chu was, at least from the looks of it now, his strength would never be weak.

"In that case, let's take our leave."

Xu Chu was able to appear so well, but the other Cao Ying generals have not been seen until now, Wei Tao already understood in his heart, and said with a slight smile.

Then he brought the silent Cao Yuan back to his camp.

"My lord, there is an imperial decree."

As soon as he got back to the tent, before Wei Tao was ready to comfort Cao Yuan, Xun You and the others came out to greet him and spoke directly.

"Your Majesty has issued an order to let the lord enter the palace to have an audience. Now the imperial envoy is waiting in the camp. Please make a quick decision."

Hearing Xun You greeted him with such words, it really made Wei Tao feel a little bit dumbfounded, as expected, the majesty of the great man had been reduced to this point.

Of course, this is also inseparable from the events of He Jin being killed and storming the palace in the past.

After all, if you enter the palace to meet the emperor, you are not allowed to bring any weapons.

"It's okay, I'm entering the palace to meet His Majesty."

Although he didn't have time to comfort Cao Yuan, Wei Tao knew that although Cao Yuan was weak, she was still somewhat strong, so after arranging her to go down to rest, Wei Tao came to see her.

Unsurprisingly, the visitor was Wang Zifu again. After seeing Wei Tao's arrival, Wang Zifu was also unceremonious and ordered him to leave immediately and go to the palace with him.

Wei Tao didn't refuse at all, and immediately received the order and set off to enter the inner city.

At this time, the audience was naturally not in the main hall, but in the side hall. When Wei Tao arrived, Liu Xie was already waiting in the hall.

Today's Liu Xie is still relatively young. Although he is wearing the Nine Dragon Emperor robe, he does not show much threat anyway. On the contrary, it makes people feel that he is weak and can be bullied.

But Wei Tao wouldn't act like that at this time, and when he entered the hall, he immediately saluted Liu Xie.

"Chen Weitao pays his respects to His Majesty."

After getting up, Wei Tao cupped his hands again and asked directly.

"Your Majesty Hongfu Qitian has repeatedly escaped from the hands of thieves, which shows the protection of the heroic spirits of the great Han ancestors. I am a warrior, with a straight temper, so I dare to ask Your Majesty. I don't know why Your Majesty summoned me this time?"

Wei Tao simply asked Liu Xie directly.

It has to be said that what Wei Tao did was also a great disrespect to Liu Xie. During the few days beside Liu Xie, everyone including Wang Yun frowned quietly.

But I have to say that what Wei Tao did was quite in line with the image of a warrior in their minds, so after a slight frown, everyone didn't say anything.

"I have always known the loyalty of General Wei. If General Wei had been able to enter Chang'an in the past, I am afraid I would not have been imprisoned by Li Cui and others. If there is my will, General Wei will definitely do his best."

Although Liu Xie has experienced a lot of things, he is really not that old, and he is not as old and cunning as Wang Yun and others. Such an opening has already shown that his trust in Wei Tao is also limited.

Obviously, Wei Tao's refusal to transfer troops to serve the king at the beginning also made Liu Xie feel a little dissatisfied.

In Liu Xie's view, as the emperor, his safety is naturally above everything else, and Wei Tao's actions at that time did not put him in the most important position.

"As Your Majesty said, if there is something that a minister can do, he will naturally do it with all his strength."

Wei Tao replied with a calm expression, making it hard to figure out what Wei Tao was thinking.

At this moment, the scene froze, and after a while, Liu Xie finally spoke.

"A while ago, the general defeated the Xiongnu, and I know the victory report. How many soldiers are there under the general's command now?"

"There are less than [-] soldiers available for battle. If you want to go back to the previous long-term observation, you need at least a year."

"Hmm... I don't know if General Wei is willing to move to Jizhou Mu?"

"Jizhou Mu!"

Wei Tao was startled immediately, frowned, and immediately glanced at the people beside him, and found that Wang Yun and the others were all bowing their heads, looking silent and indifferent.

Today's Jizhou Mu is Yuan Shao, the fourth generation and third son of the Yuan family, who is very prominent. If Wei Tao accepts, it is almost a declaration that he wants to go to war with Yuan Shao.
Ordinarily, the status and status of the Yuan family should be valued by the emperor the most. Judging from the current situation, it seems that the emperor intends to cut off the wings of the Yuan family?
But no matter what, Wei Tao couldn't possibly answer.

"Your Majesty was joking. Now that Jizhou Yuan Benchu ​​has taken control of Jizhou, the people of Jizhou can be said to live and work in peace and contentment under his rule. How can minister He De replace him?"

"It's not a replacement. In fact, I asked Benchu ​​to come to Chang'an. With his merits, he can serve as the general of An Guo, guard the gate of Chang'an for me, and suppress the world."

Hearing Liu Xie's words, Wei Tao secretly took another breath, and finally understood what Liu Xie meant.

According to what Liu Xie said, it is actually asking Yuan Shao to lead troops into Beijing to defend the Quartet from the center.

If Yuan Shao wins the land of Sili, then relying on his foundation in Jizhou, it is not impossible to become the number one prince in the world.

Of course, if he agreed to the matter of Jizhou Mu, he would also become a threat to Yuan Shao and restrain Yuan Shao's strength.

"Coerce the emperor to order the princes. Hehe... It seems that even if there is no need to coerce, the emperor will use this method to order the princes of the world!"

As soon as Wei Tao straightened things out, he immediately understood that today, he is still preparing to balance the power of the world so that it can be used by him.

It has to be said that such a conspiracy can only be used by the emperor.

"I don't know what General Wei thinks?"

Seeing that Wei Tao never answered, Liu Xie asked again with a smile.

"If His Majesty has an order, I dare not disobey it. Everything depends on His Majesty's will."

After Wei Tao took a light breath, he said respectfully, no matter whether it is so or not, at least for now, Wei Tao is not ready to disobey the order of the Han Dynasty.

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