It was already dawn when Cao Zhi returned to the barracks. Cao An was loyal and stayed up all night, waiting in the barracks. He was very happy to see Cao Zhi back safely. Cao An said that a pair of imperial guards had returned to the camp. According to the pair of imperial guards,
Jun said he got separated from you in the palace, which made him worried for a long time. Later, the general sent a military order, asking all the guards who were stranded in the barracks to report to the Beigong.
Cao Zhi knew in his heart that his pair of imperial guards must have followed Yuan Shao's imperial guards to hunt down the eunuchs. When they came back, they lost their commander, and they separated for fear of being punished.
As soon as Cao Zhi heard that he was going to Beigong, he quickly asked Cao An to find a suit of armor for him to put on. He went to the armory to get a long-handled knife, mounted a war horse and ran to Beigong.
In the Beigong, Jian Shuo didn't sleep a wink all night, and all the soldiers spent the night in fear. Yuan Shao and Cao Cao's troops outside the wall had a good rest, and Cao Cao received a letter from the eunuchs Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong last night, saying
He was willing to cooperate and assisted the general to defeat Beigong as an internal agent. Cao Cao didn't waste any time and sent Pegasus to report to the general He Jin.
In the early morning of the next day, Jian Shuo and his men had just begun to eat some dry food when they suddenly heard the sound of war drums outside the palace wall. Jian Shuo threw away the dry food and climbed up to the gate tower. Arrows came from below like locusts, and Jian Shuo dodged the arrows.
, while ordering the soldiers to prepare spears and iron hooks to deal with the enemy's ladders. At this moment, they heard a sound like a tide coming from the direction of Xiyemen. When they turned around and looked, their hearts sank. It turned out that Cao Cao's army had rushed towards them.
Entering the Xiye Gate, they were rushing towards the Deyang Palace. He hurriedly ordered a captain to lead 300 people to the Xiye Gate to intercept them. Unexpectedly, at this moment, there was another shout like a collapse of a dike from the Dongye Gate.
The sound came over. I saw a flag embroidered with the words "Central Military Academy Lieutenant Yuan", rushing in with the rolling flow of people.
Cao Zhi arrived just as Cao Cao breached the Xiye Gate. Cao Zhi held up a long-handled knife and rushed in with the crowd. He did not encounter much resistance. From time to time, the Yulin Army and armed eunuchs led their troops to surrender or cleared the way for the Imperial Guards.
Lead the way.
Cao Cao led his Dian army to quickly take control of Deyang Palace. After joining forces with Yuan Shao, he ordered Cao Zhi to lead five hundred people to guard Deyang Palace while he and Yuan Shao led their troops to continue searching for the remnants of Jian Shuo's troops.
After Cao Zhi took the order, he arranged for soldiers to guard all the entrances and exits of Deyang Palace. He led a hundred imperial guards to search the Deyang Palace. Wherever he went, he saw groups of concubines and princesses, all of whom were panic-stricken or in tears.
The faces were full of blood, and the palace maids and eunuchs were so frightened when they saw the soldiers that they ran around. However, the nine-year-old second prince Liu Xie sat quietly on the throne, holding the imperial seal in his hand, quietly waiting for his fate.
Two days later, the meeting room of the Dian Army was full of laughter. Cao Cao and Yuan Shao both made great achievements in this imperial throne. They defeated the Nangong Palace so that the young emperor Liu Bian could successfully ascend the throne, and defeated the North Palace and beheaded the enemy Jian Shuo without hurting anyone in the North Palace
He was a relative of the emperor and the country. Yuan Shao thought that he took the greatest credit for all this because he was the main general in this battle.
Today, Yuan Shao came to Cao Cao's army to inspect military affairs as the future Qiaoqi Lieutenant (the highest officer of the Imperial Guard). Although it has not been officially announced, it has been rumored that General Yuan Shao will command the Imperial Guard, and there is also news that Cao Cao may
Become his deputy.
But after all, he has not yet been officially appointed, his name is not correct, and his words are not smooth. Yuan Shao knows that if he goes to other armies to intervene in military affairs, others may not buy his account, but he can't restrain his joy, so he came first.
Cao Cao did not disappoint him. Both Cao Cao and Xia Houyuan knew his temper, so they always followed his words, and even flattered them from time to time. Coupled with the flattery of his subordinates, only Cao Cao and Xia Houyuan knew his temper.
He was so happy that he almost didn't know who he was.
Cao Zhi remained silent. Cao Zhi already knew that the order to kill the eunuch was from Yuan Shao, and he ran away half to death. It turned out that it was thanks to Yuan Shao, but now he was so angry when he saw this Yuan Shao. Cao Zhi thought to himself
"Not counting being chased like a wild dog, my life was almost left in your hands."
Yuan Shao also noticed that Cao Zhi's face was not good-looking, and he smiled at Cao Zhi and asked: "Brother Zhi, why are you feeling unwell? I haven't seen you speak for a long time."
"No" Cao Zhi replied coldly.
After hearing Cao Zhi's answer, Yuan Shao was stunned. Cao Cao, Xia Houyuan and others suddenly looked a little embarrassed. Yuan Shao didn't expect Cao Zhi to treat him so coldly. After thinking about it, he laughed again and said to Cao Zhi: "
Brother Zhi, are you blaming me for not letting you participate in the battle against Beigong? That's an injustice to me. It was your brother's idea to let you guard the garden, I just gave it a favor."
Yuan Shao thought that Cao Zhi was having a child's temper because of this matter. He didn't know Cao Zhi's special experience. Cao Zhi couldn't tell them this ridiculous experience, but Cao Zhi couldn't make things easier for him, so he still wanted to give Yuan Shao some credit.
Just look at Cao Zhi with a forced smile and said: "No, no, these two brothers are protecting me. It's too late for me to be happy. Not everyone has the opportunity to visit this imperial garden. How can I be angry?" Cao Zhi
After he finished speaking, he looked around and everyone present looked much better after listening to his words. But Cao Zhi did not let Yuan Shao go and continued: "It's a pity that when I was admiring the flowers, I ran into a few soldiers chasing me.
A eunuch, those idiots, they chased me for a long time and let the eunuch escape. They ruined my interest in flower viewing, hum, hum, hum."
As soon as he finished saying this, Yuan Shao's face suddenly turned serious. The atmosphere in the entire meeting room suddenly became tense, because this was Yuan Shao's sore point. Yuan Shao hated eunuchs because all the scholar-bureaucrats and noble figures in the world
Hating eunuchs, eunuchs have been poisoning the Eastern Han Dynasty for a long time. Scholar-officials and noble figures all over the world want to overthrow the power of eunuchs, bring about a new atmosphere and new vitality in the government and the Eastern Han Dynasty. Yuan Shao wanted to be the person who turned the tide. He
If you want to kill all the eunuchs to achieve this and leave a name in history, your starting point may be commendable, but the method is stupid. How can you kill all the eunuchs? Besides, there are good people among the eunuchs, but Yuan Shao
Na Hui was aware of this, so when Cao Zhi said this, he was a little embarrassed.
Cao Zhi also didn't expect that poking Yuan Shao would make him angry. Judging from his expression, he might have the intention of turning against him. Cao Zhi is not afraid of turning against him, it will happen sooner or later.
Yuan Shao's face turned pale and blue for a while, then he looked up to the sky and laughed a few times, and then said mysteriously to everyone: "Humph, don't you think these geldings can still run and jump around now?
I will be able to kill them all in a few days, hey, hey..."
Everyone laughed a few times, but none of them understood what method was used to complete Yuan Shao's grand plan. Yuan Shao also saw that everyone was confused, but he deliberately picked up the teacup and blew the Jammu. He did not
I'm anxious to say it, waiting for you to ask.
Just as Xia Houyuan wanted to liven up the atmosphere, he immediately asked: "Brother Benchu (name of Yuan Shao), please tell us what a good way is so that we can learn a lot." After saying this, several people already used eager expressions.
He looked at Yuan Shao.
Yuan Shao also had enough airs and appetite. He leaned forward and pretended to be mysterious and said: "Seeing that everyone here is one of our own, I just said it. Please don't spread it everywhere."
Everyone nodded in response: "Yes, yes," "Of course then..."
Yuan Shao cleared his throat and said, "I have given advice to General He to summon generals from other places to lead troops to the capital to deal with these eunuchs, but General He has not agreed yet."
After hearing what Yuan Shao said, Cao Zhi spit out all the tea in his mouth, stood up from his seat, and asked Yuan Shao nervously and excitedly: "Dong Zhuo, is it Dong Zhuo?"
"Yes, yes, Brother Zhi is very knowledgeable," Yuan Shao replied proudly.
Cao Zhi was really on the verge of crying, "Not only was it your Yuan Shao who came up with the bad idea to kill the eunuch, but it was also you who brought Dong Zhuo to Beijing! You big fool!" Cao Zhi wished he could kill Yuan Shao now.
Just when Cao Zhi was thinking wildly, he saw a soldier running in outside the door and said: "Attendant Zhongchang, Duan Si, and Eunuch Duan are here."
As soon as everyone heard "Who", "Eunuch", "What are you here for", "We were chasing him all over the world two days ago", everyone's thoughts were suddenly interrupted by this unexpected visitor.
I'm guessing the purpose of this eunuch's visit.
Cao Cao looked around and said: "Please"
After a while, I saw a man with a sinister look walking in from the door, holding a yellow scroll in his hand, followed by two young eunuchs. Cao Zhi seemed to be an old acquaintance, having been at the Queen Mother's house two days ago.
The Duan Si I met was the one who escorted Cao Zhi out of the palace that night.
When Cao Zhi saw it was him, his heart skipped a beat, and he thought to himself, don't come here to find me. Although neither party dared to tell anyone about what happened that night, and nothing happened, she was the Queen Mother after all, so she wanted to play dirty for the sake of face.
It's possible. Cao Zhi thought about it after he came back and thought it was impossible. He could do it that night and didn't have to wait until now. Having said that, Cao Zhi wasn't afraid. The Eastern Han Dynasty was about to end. What a big deal.
Cao Zhi ran away and got into trouble.
Cao Zhi quickly sorted out his thoughts and felt a lot more confident. He turned to look at Duan Si and saw that Duan Si entered the meeting room and saw so many generals there, especially when he saw Yuan Shao glaring at him coldly, he trembled in fright.
Fortunately, the yellow shaft in his hand made him calm down, and he straightened up and said: "Uh-huh, hehe, General Yuan is here too!" Upon hearing this, Yuan Shao turned his face and ignored Duan Si.
Duan Si was annoyed and turned to Cao Cao. Cao Zhi continued: "The imperial edict has arrived. Cao Cao, the captain of the Dian Army, and Cao Zhi, the general of the stele, will receive the edict."
Cao Cao looked at Yuan Shao and others, and walked out of his seat in confusion. When he passed by Cao Zhi, he saw that he was still sighing and shaking his head, so he pulled him and walked out of their seats together. They knelt in front of the court and said: "The last general will receive the order." Cao Cao
Zhi is speechless.
Duan Si was not particular about it. He slowly unfolded the yellow scroll and read: "It is by God's decree that the emperor ordered that tomorrow morning, he will go to Cao Cao, the captain of the Dian Army, and listen to the seal in front of General Cao Zhi's palace. There must be no mistake. I admire this."
Cao Cao and Cao Zhi thanked the emperor for his kindness and received the imperial edict. After Duan Si completed the imperial mission, he flattered Yuan Shao and said, "General Yuan's edict has probably been delivered to you by other father-in-laws." Yuan Shao was not angry.
Say "Hmm".
After everyone heard this decree, everyone was puzzled. It was normal for Yuan Shao and Cao Cao to be granted the title because they had made military exploits. How could Cao Zhi also have a share?