Chapter 441: March in the blink of an eye
Time flies, and in a flash, another three months have passed.
During these three months, many things have happened, and the most influential one was the battle between Yuan Shao, Hebei and Gongsun Zan of Youzhou. Qu Yi led his first-climbing death warrior to defeat Gongsun Zan's white horse Yicong at the Jieqiao! The remaining white horse Yicong was not one in ten, allowing this iron army that made the northern alien races frightened to disappear in the long river of history!
Of course, in this battle, Gongsun Zan lost not only the iron cavalry he spent more than ten years to build, but also his hegemony and ambitions!
The most elite army under his command and Bai Ma Yicheng were buried on the Border Bridge together. Such a huge loss made the bitter and cold place of Youzhou, where he was located, and he was very nervous, and he could no longer go south. The rest of his life could only be settled in a corner and survived!
No, it should be said that he couldn't even survive! Because Yuan Shao obviously had no intention of letting him go like this.
In order to completely eliminate his opponent as soon as possible, Yuan Shao even made every effort to promise a lot of benefits from the alien races that had been suppressed by Gongsun Zan, and prepared to attack the north and the south to completely eliminate Gongsun Zan's power in this world!
Compared with the north where wars continue, the south is relatively calm. Needless to say, Xie Feihong is assimilating and governing Yangzhou, preparing to restore the order it should have in the shortest time, from burden to source of wealth and soldiers.
Liu Biao and Liu Yao frequently exchanged letters, and at the same time, they also laid heavy troops at some important checkpoints bordering Xie Feihong's territory, and planned to watch each other at any time and jointly face Xie Feihong's tiger.
Liu Zhang, Sichuan, still lived his own life as usual, turning a blind eye to the outside world and only caring about the land under his feet.
No, it should be said that he couldn't even take care of the territory under his feet. For various reasons, Zhang Lu of Hanzhong directly proclaimed himself king and said that he would no longer accept Liu Zhang's management. Of course, Liu Zhang could not agree with the other party's request to split his territory, so a big war might be inevitable.
As for Liu Bei, he finally had a place to settle down, and it was a place to settle down with great potential for war, so he naturally had to firmly grasp it. Therefore, he has been busy collecting the hearts of the people and the morale of the army during this period, preparing to completely put Xuzhou on his mark and turn it into his territory.
But to be honest, it was not going well. Due to his way of taking over and his own personality, he could not use many methods for some people who disobeyed and resisted him, so the progress was quite slow.
This also hurt his mind.
Cao Cao is also very worried. As the saying goes, only a thousand days to be a thief, but there is no way to defend against thieves for thousands of days. Since Xi Zhicai took action against Xie Feihong, Cao Cao has been guarding against people on Xie Feihong's side to take revenge.
Therefore, including Cao Cao, there are a large number of good people in and out of the place where they go. When they eat and eat, and when they go to a strange place, they will also send people to conduct careful inspections to prevent accidents.
This kind of alert state of being strictly guarded is OK for one or two days. Over time, even Cao Cao can't stand it, so his temper becomes more and more popular.
"Damn it!" After arguing with the important officials brought by the young emperor Liu Xie, Cao Cao directly punched the case in front of him with a punch! He said maniacly: "It seems that I have been so kind to them all these days that I have forgotten who is the master of Xuchang!"
No wonder Cao Cao was so angry. It was because the little emperor and the people he brought couldn't see the situation clearly. It was only a matter of time before Cao Cao cleaned the court last time, and the little emperor and the others began to test on the verge of death and were preparing to interfere in the military power in Xuchang.
How important is military power in troubled times? As long as a normal-minded person knows how could Cao Cao let go? Not to mention that what the little emperor wants is the military power of Xuchang, the governor under his rule, let alone talk about it!
After all, there are countless examples in history that tell Cao Cao that once the powerful ministers who use the emperor to make the princes lose their military power, even if they are just a little bit, it will be quite dangerous. Therefore, Cao Cao directly politely rejected the little emperor's proposal, and at this time, it was not a life-and-death person who stood up. After quoting the scriptures and citing the classics, it directly choked Cao Cao, which almost made him unable to get out of Taiwan.
In the end, if it weren't for his subordinate Cheng Yu's rescue, he would probably not be able to escape until now.
"Don't be angry," Seeing that Cao Cao's face was red with anger, Cheng Yu quickly comforted him: "The left and right are just clowns, and it's not worth being angry about them. If the lord needs it, I will arrange it and ensure that these people will be handled seamlessly."
"...Forget it," it seemed that after venting, Cao Cao finally calmed down, pondered for a moment before shook his head at Cheng Yu and said, "I just processed a group of people not long ago. If I was going to kill at this time, it would be easy to attract criticism. At that time, we will be the one who is troubled."
"Lord is wise," Cheng Yu actually had no intention of dealing with the other party. Seeing Cao Cao's words, he went straight down to the side.
It seemed that he didn't want to mention this bad topic again, Cao Cao moved the topic to other aspects. Just as they hadn't talked for a few words, the sound of speeding in his ears suddenly came from the ears, which made them frown and wonder if something had happened again.
Without giving them too much time to think, they saw a personal guard who had been following Cao Cao for many years stepping in from outside the door.
"What happened to be in a panic? Is something wrong?" Without waiting for the personal guard to speak, Cao Cao, who had been a little angry over the past few days, was the first to speak.
"Go back to the lord, something is wrong, um..." The guard did not speak directly, but glanced at the left and right first, obviously not knowing whether he should have said it in front of so many people.
"It's all my confidants, there's nothing to say, I'll say!" Cao Cao said simply.
"Yes," said the guard: "Your Majesty was assassinated just now, and his life is in danger now!"
"What!" Cao Cao, Xi Zhicai and others stood up in shock by the news. After coming back to their senses, Xi Zhicai took the lead in asking: "What's going on? Explain it clearly!"
The personal guard also knew that the relationship was important, so he did not dare to neglect for a moment. He quickly explained what he knew in detail, and as he told him, Cao Cao and others' faces became increasingly ugly!
After he finished speaking all of it, Xi Zhicai asked again: "Where is the emperor? What is the situation now!"
"It's very bad!" said the personal guard truthfully: "According to the imperial physician, the assassin's weapons that were assassinations had wiped out the poison that could not be cured, so the emperor probably couldn't last long!"
"How long can I last?" Cao Cao asked impatiently.
“…One hour!”
Chapter completed!