Three Kingdoms: Gou Shen I was overheard by Cao Cao

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This is not to buy Liu Bei's soldiers, but to buy him Xia Houzhe!

"Brother! I, Cao Cao, are willing to contribute a thousand dollars in exchange for a clever plan to attack the city!"

Xia Houzhe smiled coldly: "Am I this kind of person who is greedy for money? I have no interest in money! I have never touched money in my life!"

That being said, the two fingers were still rubbing together.

Cao Cao understands...the money is not enough for him to persevere...and the reason is not good enough!

"Cough! What I mean is, I see that my younger brother has been living a relatively poor life recently, and he has lost a little weight, so I, as an elder brother, am willing to take three thousand... Oh no! Ten thousand for my younger brother to replenish his body! "

Xia Houzhe smiled gratifiedly, and gave him a big hug. When his hands patted Cao Cao's back, he almost slapped his eyeballs out.

Cao Cao didn't know why this boy was so thin and so strong!

"Ahaha! Thank you brother for sending me [-] gold! With this money, I will be able to live a good life, without any worries, and my brain will suddenly become enlightened."

Cao Cao was in extreme pain, and smiled embarrassingly.

"Ahem... Brother, then this method..."

"There is a solution! Say... let's go and mock Liu Bei, saying that he is a traitor, will he jump?"

Hearing this, everyone nodded.

"Of course! He, Liu Bei, keeps saying that he is a member of the Han family. Now that he doesn't have Yuan Shu as his backer, he must try to create an image of a loyal Han! Otherwise, he won't be able to get along!"

Xiahou Zhezhi looked at them with his hands in his hands.

"Isn't this the end? Since he wants to be a loyal minister, then... let's do what he wants and let him be a loyal minister!"

Hearing this, everyone looked at each other with puzzled expressions.

"Yuan Yi! Then you make him a hero. We used newspapers to slander him before, isn't it a waste of effort?"

"Exactly! What's the point of our previous efforts?"

"Hehe! Of course it makes sense! That's to make him leave a bad impression in the hearts of the people, and it also gives us a reason to attack! But..."

Xia Houzhe narrowed his eyes, revealing an aura of wisdom.

"What I said next is to make him a loyal minister, but it's not so easy to be a loyal minister! You can't have both! Brother, write a letter immediately and ask Liu Xie to come over with an edict!"

"Just to admit his identity as the emperor's uncle, but the imperial court needs to establish an important town in the Jianghuai area, and ask Liu Bei to hand over Shouchun in the name of Liu Xie!"

"You said...will he take Shouchun to defy the emperor's order? Or will he give up Shouchun and become an uncle and a loyal minister?"

Hearing these remarks, the generals of Cao Ying gasped one after another!

"Damn! Taiyin is damaged! My Cheng Yu is not as good as you!"

"Yuanyi, you are not only cheap, but also so insidious! Cao Chun is convinced!"

Xia Houzhe's face darkened: "I'm so smart when I step on a horse! He wants to be the emperor's uncle, but also wants to take over the city. How can such a good thing happen? He has taken advantage of all the advantages in the world!"

"I'm avenging us! Let him grab the battle merit, and he won't be mad at him!"

"The title of Uncle Emperor is not as good as imagined. It has advantages and disadvantages! If Liu Bei dares not listen to Liu Xie, then he will be stripped of his status as Uncle Emperor! I believe Liu Bei will hand over Shouchun under the balance. .”

Cao Cao was overjoyed, this was no longer a conspiracy, but a naked conspiracy!

Fame and fortune, Liu Bei can only choose one!

After choosing a name, after Cao Cao got Shouchun, he naturally couldn't beat Liu Bei, so he could only let him go.

If he chooses Li, it means that Liu Bei disobeyed the emperor's order, and Cao Cao would have to break the city after several years of siege!

Immediately, Cao Cao sent someone eight hundred miles to send a letter to Chenliu urgently.

The distance from Shouchun to Chenliu is nearly [-] miles, and the [-]-mile express can only take three days at most to go back and forth!Cao Cao can afford to wait for three days!

Time flies, and three days have passed. During these three days, Liu Bei was full of doubts!

"Gongtai, what do you mean by Cao thief? Could it be that he really wants to besiege the city? But...why didn't he even smash the catapult? And what is their coffin?"

Standing on the city wall, Liu Bei looked at Chen Gong in confusion.

Chen Gong shook his head.

"My lord! I don't know what Thief Cao's idea is, but... I found out that coffin is called a steam car! It was developed by Xia Houzhe, and General Guan fought against him before!"

Hearing this, Liu Bei looked at Guan Yu sullenly.

"What? Yun Chang, have you ever fought? Then why didn't you tell me!"

Guan Yu spread his hands and looked innocent.

"Brother, didn't I tell you before under the city wall? I said it was a bit bad, but if you let me fight at ease, then I can only fight at ease!"

puff...

Liu Bei almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

Thinking of those words before, he felt that he was in a panic!

It turned out that it was my fault?

Just when he was depressed, Cao Cao took Xia Houzhe and several strong generals to the suspension bridge under the city at a pace that his relatives did not recognize.

Seeing them coming, Liu Bei suddenly felt something bad happened in his heart!

"Liu Bei! Come down to receive the order! Your Majesty has an order to let me, Cao Cao, build an important town in Yangzhou! And this important town...you need to give way to Uncle Liu Huang!"

"I think... as His Majesty's uncle, you will not disobey the emperor's order without sharing your worries for His Majesty?"

Hearing this, the faces of Liu Bei and his brothers changed drastically!

They naturally knew what Cao Cao's idea was, and it was not allowed, nor was it not allowed!

"Gongtai, what should we do? This Cao Cao is too shameless. He obviously can't beat him, so he uses this kind of conspiracy! I hate it!"

Chen Gong sighed: "My lord! We must accept the order! Unless...you want to be labeled as a traitor! That would be extremely detrimental to us!"

"This time, it's not all a bad thing. At least His Majesty has revealed your uncle's identity to the world! With this identity, Cao Cao can't touch us... Big deal... Let's leave with our troops and start over again!"

"Anyway... this is not the first time we've wandered! To be honest, since Cao Cao attacked us three days ago, I've thought of a better place than Yuan Shu!"

Chen Gong laughed mysteriously, and Liu Bei's eyes lit up!

Chapter 570: Shouchun was captured without bloodshed

"The new destination? Gongtai, where are you talking about...?"

"I'm really not willing to hand over Shouchun like this! We have spent so much effort..."

"But... the king's order must not be violated! What can I, Liu Bei, do? Sigh!"

Liu Bei sighed, his eyes full of struggle.

Chen Gong smiled mysteriously, with the light of wisdom beating in his eyes.

"My lord! When the time comes... you will know! I can guarantee that it will be an opportunity for us to rise! And it is far better than Jiangdong!"

"I thought about it carefully. If we expand to Jiangdong in Shouchun, we will need a lot of navy ships. We don't have any, which is not conducive to development!"

"Now Cao Cao is sure to win against Shouchun. If we stick to it, we will lose our troops! Cao Cao can afford to lose a lot, but we can't!"

"So it's better to find another way! The city may not be able to keep it. The most important thing we need to do right now is to keep the tens of thousands of gold."

"With money... we can rise better! We won't be like before, relying on others! As long as we have a small territory, I, Chen Gong, can change the situation of the whole big man for the lord!"

Hearing Chen Gong's words, Liu Bei's blood boiled, and he regained his confidence.

"Okay! I believe in the ability of the public platform! As for the money... I, Liu Bei, will definitely keep it!"

Liu Bei responded, stretched out his head and shouted towards Cao Cao at the bottom of the city.

"Prime Minister Cao! In the whole world, is it the land of the king! As the uncle of the emperor, I, Liu Bei, am loyal and patriotic. I am willing to obey His Majesty's order and give up Shouchun City!"

"But... all the money in my city is my own, Liu Bei's. Let me first explain that it is impossible to hand it over! If you agree, we will open the city gate and let Shouchun go."

Hearing this, Cao Cao's face was slightly happy. He didn't expect Liu Bei to care so much about the name of the emperor's uncle.

Brother Xian's plan really succeeded!

Cao Cao secretly gave Xia Houzhe a thumbs up, this is the only way to fight without bloodshed!

"My dear brother, attacking the heart is the top priority, and attacking the city is the bottom; fighting with the heart is the top priority, fighting with the army is the bottom! I have completely realized it, you are so smart!"

Xia Houzhe waved his hand indifferently, he knew how much Liu Bei valued reputation.

"Low-key and low-key, appearance and wisdom are directly proportional! So you quickly solve it, I want to go to the city to eat! And... I still have to find someone, I'm busy!"

He was still thinking about the pair of pretty Qiao sisters in Tweed. After Yuan Shu died, Qiao Rui and the others had no news, which made him a little puzzled.

Could it be... did he go to Lujiang Wan County?

It's a rare opportunity to die once in the Eastern Han Dynasty. It would be a waste of his status as an LSP if he didn't look at the beautiful woman who was passed down to future generations.

"Everyone, what do you say... After Liu Bei is tricked out, should we encircle and kill Liu Bei directly?"

Cao Cao's eyes were ruthless.

All the counselors under his command hold different opinions, some agree and some oppose.

Guo Jia and Cheng Yu were the ones who agreed: "Master! Liu Bei has always had great ambitions. Now that he has a chance to kill him, I think he should kill him!"

Xi Zhicai Lu Su frowned, and refuted what Guo Jia and the others said.

"My lord, don't do it! For the sake of Shouchun City, Liu Bei has become a legitimate uncle, and he has dedicated Shouchun to the imperial court. If we do something, I'm afraid we will be accused and insulted by the people of the world!"

"At that time, there will definitely be those who study Confucianism and poke at the backbone of the lord, thinking that Cao Ying is a man who broke his promise and became fat. Who will dare to surrender in future wars? Who will dare to dedicate the city?"

Cao Cao stroked his beard with a look of embarrassment on his face.

To kill or not to kill...it is really difficult for him to choose!

If you kill him, you will lose a great enemy, so you don't have to worry about Liu Bei becoming bigger, but... you will lose your reputation because of this, and you will be unable to move forward!

It is also difficult to gain the support of those aristocratic families, such a duplicitous, cunning and fickle person, who would dare to follow him?

Fighting the world is not a matter of one person, it is a group of people supporting a leader, and everyone fights together!So he also has concerns.

"My dear brother! What do you think? What everyone says makes sense, but I really can't make up my mind!"

Xia Houzhe smiled confidently: "Just this little thing has bothered you? Let me teach you a way so that you won't be hesitant in the future!"

Seeing his appearance, all the civil and military generals set their eyes on him, wanting to see what he would do.

I saw Xia Houzhe changed his backhand, and two notes appeared in his hand, and then he wrote the two options of killing...not killing on the papers.

He pinched the paper into balls of the same size and handed it to Cao Cao.

"Here! Grab one yourself, whether you kill it or not depends on God's will! In case of indecision, use lottery! This is the method I used to use in the five-year college entrance examination and three-year simulation! Tried and tested!"

Everyone's facial features twitched, and they all squinted at this guy.

What kind of clever plan did they think, it turned out... so sloppy!

Cao Cao took a deep breath, stretched out his hand and grabbed one: "Now there is no other way, it all depends on God's will!"

The paper was opened, and there were two large characters written on it... Do not kill!

"This...God's will! Brother, but I still want to get rid of Liu Bei, the great enemy, what should I do?"

Cao Cao was a little unhappy, he found that he was actually suffering from entanglement.

Xia Houzhe curled his lips: "Why are you panicking? How many soldiers do we have now? All forces add up to almost 30, right? How many soldiers does Liu Bei have? It's hard to say whether there are [-] or not!"

"How much money do you have in your account? Not to mention too much, 20, right? Now you have the whole of Yuzhou, and you already own four or five prefectures! Look at Liu Bei again... no fixed place! A social idler! "

"Are you the dignified chairman of the Cao Group, are you afraid of an idler? The most important thing is to strengthen yourself, don't panic about anything else! If you kill him today, you will be unable to move a single step in the future!"

"But if you increase your power to such an extent that the world is shocked, Liu Bei still dares to be your enemy? There will be opportunities to kill him in the future, so don't narrow the road!"

Hearing this, Cao Cao fell into thinking, constantly weighing the pros and cons.

I...seem to be really too nervous. Cao Ying is so strong now, why should he worry about Liu Bei?

Can he beat a steam car?Can you beat a tiger and a leopard?Comparing money, soldiers, and equipment to women, how can he compare with me, Cao Cao?

Cao Cao nodded: "Your brother is right! Then I agree with Liu Bei. Anyway, the elite he is proud of is just a piece of paper in my hands. I only need to develop technology vigorously, and I can become the strongest Princes!"

Cao Cao had confidence in his heart, so he looked up at Liu Bei and responded, he didn't like Liu Bei's money, how much could he have?

Three thousand five thousand?