The Most Powerful Man in the World

If it is said that it can get rid of the five buckets of rice teaching, it is not unacceptable to the Zhang family of Tianshifu.

What really bothered Zhang Lu was whether Chu Yi would give him some pointers, and let him have a glimpse of the Tianzhu realm like Yu Ji, Nan Hua, and Zuo Ci.

Chu Yi looked at Zhang Lu's look of anticipation, and said slowly, "If Zhang Taishou has time, he might as well come and talk to Chu."

Hearing what Chu Yi said, Zhang Lu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he cupped his hands towards Chu Yi and said, "It is really an honor for Zhang to discuss with His Highness, and he will definitely come to visit in person in the future."

Speaking of Zhang Lu throwing away the distracting thoughts in his heart, he looked straight at Chu Yi and said, "This time Zhang has invited Master Zixu. If nothing else, Master Zixu has already entered Hanzhong..."

Daoist Nanhua stroked his beard, a bright smile flashed in his eyes and said, "Old Daoist Zixu is here too, so the poor Daoist goes to see fellow Daoist Zixu, and I will persuade him to return to the right path."

Chu Yi nodded at the Daoist Nanhua and said, "If that's the case, then there will be fellow Daoist Lao."

Watching Nanhua Daoist and Zhang Lu vacate, Chu Yi said to Yu Ji and Zuo Ci, "Two Daoist friends and return to Beijing with this king."

The capital city of Luoyang.

The news that hundreds of thousands of Liu Yan and Chen soldiers in Yizhou had been in danger in various places in Yizhou had already been passed back to the capital, especially Liu Yan even ordered the beheading of Xiaohuangmen, who had been sent by the imperial court to Chengdu to pass the decree. It was revealed that Liu Yan was going to rebel against the imperial court.

Above the court, many civil and military ministers clamored to send a large army to break through Yizhou and capture Liu Yan.

It's just that Chu Yi is not in Luoyang, the capital, and when it comes to the dispatch of the army, even He Miao, who is the general, dare not make a decision.

While He Miao was frowning in the General's Mansion, a servant walked into the study and said to He Miao, "General, the King of Chu has returned to the mansion.

He Miao stood up suddenly, with a look of excitement on his face: "What? The King of Chu is back?"

When Chu Yi left the capital, when He Miao got the news, Chu Yi had already left the capital. It had been a few days since he left, but He Miao was left without a master, as if he had lost his backbone all at once.

When He Miao appeared in Chu Yi's mansion, Chu Yi was just freshening up.

When seeing Chu Yi, He Miao said to Chu Yi with a happy face: "Your Highness, you are finally back!"

Glancing at He Miao, Chu Yi motioned for He Miao to take a seat, and said slightly surprised: "Oh, the general is in such a hurry, could it be that something happened in the court?"

When Yuan Shao and Han Sui were executed today, it can be said that the rebels who were entrenched on one side disappeared one by one, and there was no movement, for fear that the imperial court would turn their attention to them.

Nowadays, only Liu Yan, who is entrenched in Yizhou, is the only one who can be regarded as a disaster, and the court also has a countermeasure against Liu Yan. It is said that He Miao, as a general, should not react in this way.

He Miao hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness does not know, not long ago, news came from Yizhou that the Xiaohuangmen, who was sent by the imperial court to Yizhou to read the imperial decree, was beheaded by Liu Yansheng. The princes of the court did not dare to make decisions without authorization..."

Chu Yi raised his brows. After he left for a few days, Liu Yan killed the imperial envoy, but from Liu Yan's actions to encourage Zhang Lu, it could be seen that Liu Yan made up his mind and went all the way to the dark.

Therefore, Chu Yi was not surprised by Liu Yan's actions of killing the imperial envoy, nodded slightly and said, "It seems that Liu Yan will not turn his head if he doesn't hit the south wall. wish."

As he said that, Chu Yi glanced at He Miao and said, "The general will go back to dispatch troops, and the imperial court will dispatch a large army to attack Yizhou."

He Miao's spirit was shocked after hearing what Chu Yi said. He immediately clasped his fist towards Chu Yi and said, "I'll go back to dispatch troops and horses. I don't know who will be the head coach this time?"

I am afraid that hundreds of thousands of troops will be dispatched to conquer the Yizhou court. The commander of these hundreds of thousands of troops is naturally the top priority, and it is naturally up to Chu Yi to decide.

Chu Yi pondered for a while and said, "There must be Cao Mengde as the coach."

I thought that Chu Yi would call Huang Zhong or Lv Bu as the coach, but he didn't expect that Chu Yi would call Cao Cao's name.

Although it is said that Cao Cao has quite a position under Chu Yi, but in the eyes of quite a few people, Cao Cao's position is obviously inferior to that of Huang Zhong and Lu Bu.

Although he was surprised, He Miao naturally would not question Chu Yi's decision. Now that Chu Yi ordered Cao Cao's generals, he just communicated according to Chu Yi's intentions.

Cao Mansion

Cao Cao can be regarded as a success now. Whether it is a title or an official position, it can be regarded as a prosperous official fortune, especially when he was decisively standing on the side of Chu Yi. Although he is not comparable to Lv Bu and Huang Zhong, he can still be regarded as a subordinate of Chu Yi. Elderly.

It is for this reason that the Cao family has become more and more prosperous. According to such a posture, if there is no accident, their Cao family will definitely become stronger in the future.

On this day, Cao Cao was drinking with several brothers from the clan when he saw the old servant hurriedly approaching, and said from a distance: "Master, the angel is here, the angel is here..."

Cao Cao, Xiahou Yuan, and Cao Chun looked at each other, stood up suddenly, led by Cao Cao, and the brothers hurried to the front yard.

From a distance, you can see a team of yellow gates standing in the front yard.

The headed Huangmen saw Cao Cao's eyes lit up, with a smile on his face, he took a few steps forward and cupped his hands towards Cao Cao: "Master Wei, take the order!"

Weiwei is one of the nine ministers. The third prince and the nine ministers can be said to be the most honorable existences in the court. Cao Cao ranks among the nine ministers at his current age, which shows the honor of the Cao clan.

Cao Cao took a deep breath and stepped forward to pay homage and said, "My minister, Cao Cao, accept the order!"

Huangmenling slowly opened the silk and read out the imperial decree drafted by He Miao word by word.

Cao Cao was only stunned for a moment, but when he reacted, he took the imperial decree with extremely respectful hands, and then bowed down and said, "My minister, Cao Cao, has received the decree and thanked him."

After sending off Huangmenling and his party who read the imperial decree, only the Cao family was left in the Cao mansion.

In the courtyard, Cao Hong and Xiahou Yuan looked at the imperial decree in Cao Cao's hands with excitement in their eyes.

Even Cao Cao's hand holding the imperial edict was trembling, and his face was full of uncontrollable joy.

Although he said that he was very valued by Chu Yi, compared with generals such as Lv Bu and Huang Zhong who had made many meritorious deeds under the unified army, Cao Cao seldom made any meritorious deeds.

Sitting in the high position of Weiwei, one of the nine emperors, even Cao Cao himself felt a little uneasy. Now the court has appointed him as the commander of the conquest of Yizhou. Cao Cao knows very well that the commander of the conquest of Yizhou, except for Chu Yi, No one can be the master.

Now that Chu Yi has appointed him as the coach, Cao Cao is naturally very excited and happy. This shows that Chu Yi still values ​​him very much. Now that he is ordered to attack Liu Yan as the coach, why not give him a chance to prove himself? .

"Brother, congratulations, the king of Chu appointed you as the general of Zhengnan, which is very important to you."

Cao Cao and Xiahou were all overjoyed at Cao Cao, Cao Cao took a deep breath, suppressed his inner turmoil and looked at his brothers and said, "This time, the King of Chu valued him, and because my brother can get this opportunity, I must give it to him. The people of the world have proved that I, Cao Mengde, are not someone who has gained a false reputation, and this post of Weiwei is well-deserved by Cao.”

Xiahou Yuan shouted loudly: "Eldest brother is going to Yizhou to conquer Liu Yan's rebels, so we must bring our brothers."

When Xiahou Yuan spoke, Cao Hong and Cao Chun also spoke, clamoring to bring them along.

Cao Cao waved his hand and said with a smile on his face: "As the saying goes, brothers fighting tigers, father and son soldiers, our brothers naturally want to go on an expedition together, this time I also ask all brothers to help, so that everyone can know about my Cao family. One is also full of talents.”

The imperial court mobilized the army very fast, but it took only a few days to raise an army of [-] people, and even the necessary food supplies were prepared.

Cao Cao bid farewell to Chu Yi, and the high-spirited commander of an army of [-] went straight to Yizhou.

As the gateway to Yizhou, Hanzhong is an extremely important strategic location. If Zhang Lu hadn't occupied this place, Liu Yan would never have tolerated Hanzhong not being under his control.

The imperial army was approaching Hanzhong, before the tall city, Zhang Wei couldn't help swallowing while looking at the suffocating imperial army below, his eyes were full of fear.

At the same time, Zhang Wei was also secretly rejoicing in his heart. Fortunately, his lord made the choice to submit to the imperial court. Otherwise, with the strength of Hanzhong, if he really faced the imperial army, Zhang Wei was really worried about how many casualties his men would suffer.

Looking at the majestic imperial army below and the fierce generals who did not hide their suffocation, Zhang Wei just looked at it and found that at least a dozen generals were much stronger than him, and he was secretly shocked at the same time. He raised his hand slowly and shouted, "Your Excellency the Prefect, open the city gate and welcome the imperial army into the city."

A general sent by Liu Yan to help Hanzhong was standing not far from Zhang Wei's side. Hearing this, his eyes widened and he looked at Zhang Wei subconsciously and said, "General Zhang, what do you mean? …”

But the next moment he only felt a sharp pain from his vest, and when he looked down, he saw a blood-stained long sword piercing through his heart, but someone pierced it with a sword from behind.

"You...you..."

Zhang Wei glanced at the unrepentant Yizhou general, and said to the confused generals around him: "What are you doing, Liu Yan rebelled against the imperial court, how could our prefect lord help Zhou and not follow suit? This general is going to meet the imperial soldiers."

Soon the gates of the city opened, and the gates of Hanzhong opened.

Yizhou Chengdu Mansion, a group of elite soldiers patrolled above the high city walls. Since the imperial court dispatched troops, under Liu Yan's strict order, the entire Yizhou has been in a state of high alert.

A figure descended from the sky and fell into Yizhou City.

The mansion of the Han Dynasty was built after Liu Yan became king, and it could be described as luxurious. Now Liu Yan is sitting there with a gloomy expression, watching his subordinates.

Liu Yan glanced at Wu Yi and said, "How is the recruitment work? We must recruit another [-] soldiers and horses within half a month."

It could be seen that Liu Yan was a little panicked, otherwise, he would not have been in such a hurry to recruit troops.

"Report, report, Hanzhong Battle Report!"

Hearing the high-pitched voice of the messenger, in the originally dull living room, everyone's eyes turned towards the entrance of the hall.

I saw a figure walking quickly into the hall, bowed down there with a thud and said to Liu Yan, "Report to your lord, there is an urgent report from Hanzhong County."

Looking at the secret letter held high in the hands of the messenger, Liu Yan suddenly stood up, stretched out his hand, and the secret letter fell into Liu Yan's hands.

Liu Yan couldn't wait to open the secret letter, unfolded the letter with a flick of his hand, and stared at the letter, when he saw the contents of the letter clearly, Liu Yan's face suddenly became extremely ugly, and he banged. , I saw Liu Yan slapped the coffee table beside him with a slap, and at the same time couldn't help yelling: "God damn Zhang Lu, a villain who doesn't believe his words, this king will believe you only if he is blind! "

Naturally, what was said in the letter was the news that Zhang Lu had surrendered Hanzhong County to the imperial court. No wonder Liu Yan reacted like this. It can be said that Liu Yan was already strong enough to vomit blood without being angered.

The first thousand and 120 chapters of the aggrieved Cao Mengde

Wen Wu, who was standing in the hall at the moment, couldn't help showing a look of stunned expression when he saw Zhang Lu's annoyed appearance, but listening to Liu Yan's scolding, even if he didn't know what the letter was, he could still guess what was in the letter. Second come.

Zhang Lu was no stranger to the people present. Zhang Lu used to be regarded as their colleague. Later, he was sent to Hanzhong by Liu Yan. Originally, Zhang Lu was ordered by Liu Yan to go to capture Hanzhong County, while Zhang Lu It did not live up to Liu Yan's high hopes, not only did he successfully kill the Hanzhong County Governor, but he also firmly controlled Hanzhong County.

If it is said that Zhang Lu brought Hanzhong County to join Liu Yan, then Liu Yan's plan was not in vain, but the key point was that Zhang Lu was independent in Hanzhong and had no intention of returning to Yizhou.

If it wasn't for this time facing a common enemy, how could Liu Yan go to win over Zhang Lu and not send someone to attack Zhang Lu would be good.

Liu Yan sent someone to contact Zhang Lu, and everyone present knew the inside story. After all, facing the imperial court, Liu Yan had no idea in his heart, but he had to cheer up his subordinates, didn't he, so he encouraged Zhang Lu to go to invite Yu Ji and Zuo Ci. , Nan Hua, the immortals outside the world, were naturally told by Liu Yan about Chu Yi in order to inspire everyone's morale.

At this moment, Liu Yan's reaction made everyone guess. I'm afraid that something happened to Zhang Lu, and this change was not good for them. Otherwise, Liu Yan would never have such a reaction.

With a light cough, one of the generals could be heard saying to Liu Yan, "Your Highness, why is this so?"

The person who spoke was none other than Yan Yan.

Yan Yan can be said to be a veteran under Liu Yan. Before Liu Yan came to Yizhou, he led the army in Yizhou. Later, Liu Yan entered Sichuan, and it was with the support of Yan Yan and several others that Liu Yan was able to be in the army. In a very short period of time, Yizhou was in control, so for Yan Yan, Liu Yan has always been regarded as a confidant.

Yan Yan and Zhang Ren, they can be said to be Liu Yan's right-hand man. They have a very high prestige in the army, and it is with the help of the two that Liu Yan has been firmly seated as the shepherd of Yizhou. .

Hearing Yan Yan speak now, Liu Yan took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, glanced at Yan Yan, handed the letter in his hand to Yan Yan and said, "General Yan, look."

Yan Yan finished the letter and scanned the contents of the letter, her complexion suddenly changed, her brows furrowed, and her expression gloomy said: "Zhang Lu's child is really shameless, the lord should not have believed him in the first place, such a capricious little man, Sure enough, dogs can't change their shit."

Zhang Lu previously occupied Hanzhong County, and was regarded as a villain by many people. Now he originally agreed with Liu Yan to deal with the court together. As a result, he dedicated Hanzhong County to the court in a blink of an eye. This is not capricious. What is it.

Soon the letter was circulated in the hands of everyone, and everyone learned from the letter that the army sent by the imperial court had successfully occupied Hanzhong County, and Zhang Lu even surrendered to the imperial court with all his men.

Cao Cao originally led an army of [-] troops, but now he has tens of thousands of troops in Hanzhong. Not only did the troops not decrease, but they suddenly increased by tens of thousands.

That's enough, what really made everyone look ugly was the hidden danger brought by Hanzhong County falling into the hands of the imperial court.

As the gateway to Yizhou, Hanzhong is naturally extremely important to Yizhou. Zhang Lu was there before. In the eyes of everyone, even if the court wanted to win Hanzhong, it would take a lot of effort. Maybe the court defeated Zhang Luzhi. At that time, the successors were already weak. At that time, they could send troops from the middle of Sichuan, not only to defeat the imperial court, but also to take the opportunity to take back Hanzhong County, which was occupied by Zhang Lu. This would kill two birds with one stone. If they can achieve it, they have mastered Hanzhong County, coupled with the steep terrain of Sichuan and Shu, as long as they are united, they may not be able to resist the conquest of the imperial court.

It's a pity that all this came to nothing with Zhang Lu's surrender, so it's no wonder that everyone reacted so much.

Squeezing his beard, Huang Quan sighed and said, "Your Highness, the most urgent task at the moment is to quickly find a way to deal with the army of Cao Mengde entering Sichuan."

Even if they wanted to smash Zhang Lu's body into ten thousand pieces, the army of the imperial court had already entered Sichuan, and it was necessary to distinguish the importance of it.

Liu Yan nodded slightly and said, "Fortunately, there is General Zhang Ren sitting in front of him. I don't think the imperial army will want to break General Zhang Ren's defense."

Liu Yan said with a bit of worry on his face: "It's true that Cao Mengde has a lot of troops, and even if General Zhang sticks to it, it's a little dangerous."

Seeing that Liu Yan's eyes fell on the two generals, he said, "Wu Lan, Gao Pei!"

The two young generals immediately stood up and cupped their hands at Liu Yan: "The last general is here!"

Liu Yan said solemnly: "The two of you quickly lead an army of [-] troops to help General Zhang, and tell General Zhang that you must guard the gate of Chuanshu, and you must not let the imperial army step into Chuanshu for half a step, and this king will sit in the town. The rear, to provide a steady stream of support.”