Warriors

In [-], July.

Nearly half a year has passed since the Battle of Wancheng.

One morning, hundreds of officials in Xudu's palace went to court.

In the palace.

Following the light footsteps of 'Tatta', when the civil and military officials came to the hall, they were also arranged on both sides according to their official positions.

Zhao Zhou also wore a brocade robe today, came to the court hall, and stood directly in front of the ranks of generals.

"Marquis Wu!"

"Sir!" All the civil and military officials saw Zhao Zhou coming, and they also bowed their hands in salute.

Zhao Zhoutong returned the gift.

After all the officials took their positions, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty walked out of the hall and sat on the dragon chair.

Cao Cao was standing at the bottom of the steps. When he saw all the officials bowing to Han Xiandi and shouting "Long live, long live, long live", he did not kneel down, but enjoyed the etiquette of kneeling and worshiping.

Similarly, Zhao Zhou also closed his eyes and rested his mind, holding his breath in secret and exhaling for a long time, the sound of his breathing was relatively quiet, just like ordinary people, grinding his lungs.Without kneeling and saluting, even in the court hall, he still looks like he is practicing kung fu like no one else.

"Everyone loves to be flat."

Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty didn't mind this, and spread out his hands to make all the officials stand up.

At this time, Cao Cao seemed to wake up suddenly, saluted Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, received the imperial decree of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, and told all the officials one by one about the wars of the past few years and the awards of various officials.

In the end, it became clear that they wanted to attack Yuan Shao!

This news was also sent out a month ago, and now Cao Jun is preparing troops and horses, and will start dispatching troops after the crops are harvested at the end of the month.

However, during the process of Cao Cao's explanation, Zhao Zhou worked hard for a while, and thought of something, turned his head slightly, and asked Xiahou Dun who was standing behind him: "I heard that Liu Bei is coming?"

"Yes, sir." Xiahou Dun's expression remained the same, his lips moved slightly: "Liu Bei came to Mengde's mansion yesterday, and he seemed to want to seek an official position, to fight for the territory of Han Emperor Xian..."

Liu Bei brought Zhang Fei and Guan Yu to Xudu yesterday, and went directly to Cao Cao, intending to fight the enemy and open up the territory of the Han Dynasty.

When Cao Cao heard about it, he wanted to ask Zhao Zhou to discuss it, but it was getting late, so he gave up and did not agree to Liu Bei's request for the time being.

same.

This time when all the officials went to court, Cao Cao bestowed all the officials, but he did not read Liu Bei's name, as if he wanted to hide him.

"Meng De said that Liu Bei has no achievements to check, so he can't seal his official position for the time being."

Xiahou Dun whispered, bringing Cao Cao's original words one by one.

"I know." Zhao Zhou nodded, instead of asking Xiahoudun how Cao Cao would arrange Liu Bei and the other three, he began to hold his breath and practice strength again.

It was only when Cao Cao finished reading the conferment and stood by his side that he spoke again and asked the Lord, "I heard that Meng De was not granted Liu Bei's official position, but I don't know how Liu Bei will arrange it?"

"The morale of the general is high, and we will send troops to Yuan Shao in the past few days." Hearing Zhao Zhou's question, Cao Cao replied in a low voice: "I heard Guo Jia's plan again, and planned to let Liu Bei go to Yuan Shao as a support for our army. With his loyalty The fame under him will definitely not really submit to Yuan Shao. And it can also make Liu Bei some merits, so that he can be sealed."

As Cao Cao spoke, he paused again: "Liu Bei also agrees with this strategy and keeps Guan Yu in Xudu. Do you think it's okay, sir?"

"Let Liu Bei take care of it?" Zhao Zhou thought about it for a while, and the first thing he thought of was riding solo for thousands of miles in a few years.Guan Yu rode a red rabbit from Cao Cao's side and went all the way to Yuan Shao's side to find Liu Bei.

It's just that the battle of Guandu was a few years earlier.

Similarly, this time it was him, Zhao Zhou, who guarded Xudu, especially with his own martial arts here, Guan Yu would definitely be unable to escape, and it would be wishful thinking to kill Xu, let alone travel thousands of miles.

"This is a great plan! Even if Liu Bei doesn't care about his own fame, he still cares about Guan Yu's name, Anyou." Zhao Zhou praised him.But I always felt in my heart that with Liu Bei's cautious mind, he would definitely not let others arrange him like this.

"Maybe Liu Bei has already run away...I'm afraid I will be disappointed when Cao Cao returns to the mansion..." Zhao Zhou suddenly came up with this idea, and he also felt that it was almost the same.

But Cao Cao didn't know what Zhao Zhou was thinking.

Instead, he was so happy to hear that Zhao Zhou praised him for his profound strategy, he almost laughed out loud in the palace.

"Sir, it's absurd! This plan was proposed by Feng Xiao, and it's not all my strategy." Although Cao Cao whispered, his voice was full of complacency.

But Zhao Zhou ignored him, closed his eyes and rested his mind.

It was not until the early court, amidst all kinds of flattering words from the officials, that Zhao Zhou negotiated with Cao Cao all the way out of the palace.

"Sir, Liu Bei is in the mansion now, shall we go see him together?" Cao Cao raised his smile all the way out of the palace.

"En." Zhao Zhou nodded, walking and grinding his strength, not expecting Liu Bei to be still in Cao Cao's mansion.

"Master...Master..." It was also at this time.

A middle-aged man with the appearance of a housekeeper rushed over from the street and bowed to Cao Cao: "Master, Liu Bei and the others said this morning that they were going to eat some snacks in the capital, but they haven't come back yet... The master said , it is important to watch them. The villain also ordered people to look for them, but they have searched all over Xudu, but they have not found their whereabouts..."

The housekeeper said, with guilt on his face, and extremely uneasy in his heart.Because anyone with a discerning eye can see that Liu Bei and the three are secretly going to nowhere because they are eating breakfast.

"You..." Cao Cao was furious when he heard that, it was he who had just told Zhao Zhou about the plan of Liu Bei and the others, and the next moment he received bad news and broke his promise in front of his respected husband. Not angry?

"I said no matter where Liu Bei and the other three go, they must send someone to follow!" Cao Cao said, he stretched out his hand and slapped the housekeeper, feeling that he had lost all face.

"Meng De. Now you are Sikong, this place is also outside the gate of the imperial city." Zhao Zhou moved his arm, smashed Cao Cao's numbness, and pushed the butler away, "Even if Meng De sent someone to follow, with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's Wu Yi, when they reach the city gate, no one will be able to stop them when they suddenly attack, and Xu Duducheng will lose face instead."

Such an accident happened, to be honest, Zhao Zhou was not surprised at all.

Because Liu Bei was eloquent in history, it was a piece of cake to fool a few soldiers into the city gate.

Moreover, Liu Bei also ran around in the first half of his life in history, without soldiers and horses, wandering among the various princes, and was able to be safe and sound, relying on a very cautious mind.

After all, Liu Bei is not stupid. As soon as he came to Xudu the night before, he quietly inquired about it. Cao Cao didn't have a heart of loyalty, and he knew that Zhao Zhou was staying in Xudu, and he didn't worship at court. When they didn't respect Han Xiandi, how could the three of them dare to show revenge here?

Especially with Liu Bei's status as a member of the royal family, if they are regarded as people from the faction of Emperor Xiandi of the Han Dynasty, will they have a better life?

They couldn't help but waited until Cao Cao went to the morning court, found a random reason, and directly took his two brothers to dress up in disguise, and slipped away among the merchants leaving the city.

Similarly, Liu Bei can run away, and Zhao Zhou has nothing to regret.

If Liu Bei stayed in Xudu, then Zhao Zhou would be curious and wanted to see if Liu Bei had been transferred.

"Since the matter has come to this point, Meng De doesn't need to think about the previous strategy." Zhao Zhou comforted Cao Cao in a rare way, and took the lead to walk towards the middle of Cao Cao's mansion, ""

"Thank you, Marquis Wu..." Seeing Zhao Zhou protecting him, the butler was also grateful, and he sinned against Cao Cao, and was forgiven, leading the way.

"Sir, please let this matter go." Cao Cao said, ignoring the butler who was leading the way and thanking him at the same time. Instead, he asked Zhao Zhou, who seemed to have known what happened this time, "Did you expect this earlier, sir?"

When the words fell, Cao Cao sighed suddenly, feeling a little downhearted, feeling that he had spent a long time in the palace in vain.

"En. I expected Liu Bei to leave." Seeing Cao Cao's appearance, Zhao Zhou rarely joked: "However, I saw that Meng De was in a happy mood before, so I didn't tell him. I wanted Meng De to smile for a while. , worry less."