Emperor Xian's first divine favor was so great, which also meant that Cao Zhi had surpassed any generals and ministers present, and could be used independently to mobilize troops and horses at will. Besides, those troops and horses were indeed his.
Holy grace! Although the ministers were accustomed to this kind of thing, because it happened so fast, their hearts could not help but be shaken.
At this time, when Le Jin probably started to gather his troops, and the sound of war drums could be heard in the county government, Dong Cheng, no matter how good the relationship between Emperor Xian and Cao Zhi was, he immediately stood up and questioned: "Your Majesty, at this time Li Jue,
Guo Si's troops and horses are not weak. At this time, General Cao ordered his men to go out to comfort the emperor...I think this move is inappropriate!"
Dong Cheng didn't know Cao Zhi very well before, but now he becomes more and more angry with him. Even if Cao Zhi and you had a good relationship before Xiandi became emperor, you have a good foundation. But you can't be so arrogant.
They were kneeling, but Cao Zhi was standing, and he was standing on the edge of the emperor's seat. Emperor Xian also held Cao Zhi's hand as if he was grasping his backbone.
All this made Dong Cheng furious. He was a close official of the emperor, and his family affairs were close to the royal family. Who was he, Cao Zhi? He sent troops to avenge him! Don't let Li Jue and Guo Si defeat him in one fell swoop!
When Liu Xie was reminded by Dong Cheng, he immediately showed a worried look. Li Jue and Guo Si's Xiliang Army were incorporated and jointly organized on the basis of Dong Zhuo's army. Their ferocity made Liu Xie here
In the past few years, I have been "deeply touched".
"Your Majesty, don't be anxious, let me start!" After hearing Dong Cheng's words, Cao Zhi smiled like an old god.
Liu Xie saw that Cao Zhi was not afraid of the strength of Li Jue, Guo Si and others' troops, and looked indifferent. He couldn't help but let go of Cao Zhi's hand, and said with a straight face: "Cao Aiqing, please speak!"
Cao Zhi slightly leaned forward and said slowly: "As far as I know, Li Jue and Guo Si have recently lost soldiers and horses and defected seriously. He has now mobilized all the troops and horses in Guanzhong, but they only have more than 20,000 people, and I have hoarded them in Hedong.
There are equal troops and horses in one place, and my brother has mobilized troops from Yanzhou to attack along the south bank of the Yellow River. Therefore, I thought that after receiving the military information, Li Jue and Guo Si would not dare to stay here longer and would withdraw their troops soon.
, return to Chang'an and defend! Otherwise, they will be surrounded by my...two troops, and it will be difficult for them to leave!"
Cao Zhi's words were both a demonstration and a way to appease Liu Xie. All the ministers secretly lamented that Cao Zhi's army was so powerful that he could fight against Li Jue, Guo Si and others alone. Dong Cheng heard that Cao Zhi personally admitted that there were 20,000 to 30,000 subordinates nearby.
At this time, they were startled and hurriedly looked at Yang Feng, signaling him to think of a solution quickly, as their status would definitely not be guaranteed if this continued.
"Oh! Cao Aiqing has tens of thousands of troops here, so I feel at ease!" Liu Xie could not care about the overt and covert fighting among his ministers at this time. He only knew that Cao Zhi did not let him down, and it would be great if he really had the strength to protect him.
At this time, Yang Feng came out to report: "I have something to report!"
"Yang Aiqing, please speak!"
After Yang Fengzhi stood up, he didn't say anything. Instead, he turned to Cao Zhi and said, "May I ask where the military intelligence of Cao Taishou, Li Jue, and Guo Si came from?"
"Uh..." Cao Zhi glanced unnaturally at Jia Xu, who was hiding at the back of the ministers. Cao Zhi knew what Yang Feng was going to say!
Before Cao Zhi could reveal the source of his military information, Yang Feng had already spoken, turned around and pointed at Jia Xu's figure and said, "I think Governor Cao learned about Li Jue and Guo Si's military information from this military advisor, Jia!"
Seeing that he couldn't hide it, Cao Zhi simply bowed to Emperor Xian beside him and clasped his fists, saying: "Your Majesty, I did learn about the military situation from Jia Xu, Mr. Jia. Mr. Jia is now..."
"Your Majesty, this Jia Xu should be well known to Your Majesty. This person is Li Jue's direct descendant! Your Majesty, not only is this person's words untrustworthy, but I also suspect that this person is using the prefect Cao to be unfamiliar with Chang'an's military and political personnel, and deliberately deceives him.
By the side of Governor Cao, he might be waiting to join forces with Li Jue outside the city!"
Yang Feng directly interrupted Cao Zhi's words, threw a heavy punch, and directly criticized his old colleague Jia Xu.
Everyone in the hall, including Emperor Xian, only then noticed that Jia Xu was also in the hall.
"Your Majesty, Mr. Jia is now my subordinate. He..." When Cao Zhi actively defended Jia Xu, another voice rose up.
"Your Majesty, the guilty minister has long since separated from Li Jue and fled with him when the emperor left Chang'an! The guilty minister is no longer Li Jue's military advisor. In addition to being a commoner, the guilty minister is also a man who only hopes that our emperor will regain his glory.
A good citizen who has achieved a thousand-year emperor career!"
Jia Xu's shrill voice suddenly became louder. Without being asked by others, he knelt on the ground and came to the hall. He defended himself first. As the most prudent person in the history of the Three Kingdoms, Jia Xu had already expected that he would be like this.
As soon as he appeared in the Han Dynasty temple again, someone would definitely make trouble for him. This was why he tried his best not to follow Cao Zhilai, but with his ability, he should have already had countermeasures to deal with it.
"Well......"
While Emperor Xian was meditating, Zhong Yao strode out and said: "Your Majesty, Mr. Jia...da is a very loyal minister. The Emperor can successfully escape from the clutches of Li Jue, Guo Si and others.
In fact, Mr. Jia has contributed a lot, even instigating General Yang to rebel and serve the emperor, it was Mr. Jia who facilitated it!"
Zhong Yao couldn't change his mind and called Jia Xu "sir" for a while. He spoke upright not because he had a good personal relationship with Jia Xu, but mainly because he couldn't stand Yang Feng talking about Jia Xu. This kind of behavior is despised: Didn't you Yang Feng not long ago?
Aren't you Li Jue's subordinates? Speaking of which, you and Jia Xu are from the same family, but now you have to step on your own people. What kind of behavior is this!
Yang Feng blushed when Zhong Yao said that he was also an old member of Li Jue. This was an indisputable fact.
When Yang Feng and Dong Cheng could not find any further evidence against Jia Xu, Emperor Xian suddenly spoke, "I remember that when Li Jue captured Tang Ji and wanted to force the emperor's sister-in-law to become his wife, it was Jia Shangshu who secretly reported this to me.
It saved Tang Ji from Li Jue's murderous hand, so Jia Aiqing should not be..."
Jia Xu's biggest life-saving foreshadowing turned out to be that he had already left a way out for himself for today's possibility.
When Emperor Xian was pondering how to judge Jia Xu, Cao Zhi stood up again and said at the right time: "I am willing to guarantee my life. Jia Xu is loyal to the emperor. He has entered my account some time ago to deal with Li Jue and others."
, with someone who understands their ins and outs like this, we will be able to get twice the result with half the effort!"
Cao Zhi's words are undoubtedly the most important. People who belong to Cao Zhi now, no matter how small their official position is, or even those who have no official position like Jia Xu, are all important ministers of the future court. To put it bluntly, Emperor Xian Liu Xie is going to do it now
Cao Zhi's people all want to see Cao Zhi's face.
After listening to Cao Zhi's words, Liu Xie nodded slowly with a smile, and then said to Jia Xu, who was kneeling on the ground and trembling: "Jia Xu, get up! I believe you are loyal to me. In the future,
You must follow Cao Aiqing and assist me, and please retreat first!"
"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness. The guilty minister will do his best to serve the Emperor until death!" After Jia Xu finished speaking, he got up, gestured to Zhong Yao, and then hurriedly retreated.
It is not difficult for those who are interested to hear and see that Jia Xu thanked Cao Zhi for a long time, but it seemed that he was the only one who failed to thank Cao Zhi, and even after saving his life, he did not even look at Cao Zhi.
A person like Jia Xu had to take three steps forward before taking one step. He might have predicted his life or death, but Cao Zhi stepped in and forced everyone in the court to know that he was Cao Zhi's man.
Secretly hating in my heart: "Well, you Cao Zhi, in front of the emperor and so many important ministers, just dragged me into your tent. Are you just trying to prevent me from escaping again?"
Cao Zhi didn't mind at all that Jia Xu didn't accept his favor, and he was secretly happy: "If I let you run away again, Jia Xu, Jia Xu, you will never be able to escape from the clutches of me, Cao Zhi, in this life!"
Liu Xie was comforting the frustrated Yang Feng and Dong Cheng, claiming that they were extremely loyal ministers and that they did not need to be discouraged if they made mistakes. After Yang Feng and others had retired, Liu Xie brought up the old matter again and asked whether he needed to leave Dayang.
Going to Anyi, which is safer?
No one can decide this matter now. If Liu Xie brings this issue up for discussion, it is actually equivalent to asking Cao Zhi.
Cao Zhi told Emperor Xian that he would definitely go to Anyi, but he must first repel Li Jue, Guo Si and others, so that he could live safely in Anyi. Otherwise, he would be chased by these people and it would be impossible to live in peace.
Liu Xie knew that Cao Zhi was currently in great military strength, and felt a little at ease. Moreover, Yang Feng and other military personnel from the regular army had analyzed for him that it was inappropriate to escape hastily. So Liu Xie agreed to wait until Li Jue and others were driven away.
Before leaving for Anyi, I did not mention my original plan to return east to Luoyang.
In fact, for Liu Xie, it is the same there. The key is that someone treats him as the emperor. Having good food, living well, and having a safe place is the most important thing now. The other things can be discussed later.
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The ministers discussed "national affairs" for a while in this simple hall, and Cao Zhi's messenger came to report that Li Jue and Guo Si did not wait for Yue Jin to attack, and took the initiative to retreat thirty miles overnight in Dayang.
They set up camp in the direction of Tianjin, as if avoiding the sharp attack of Cao's army and waiting for reinforcements from behind.
Emperor Xian and his ministers were overjoyed when they heard that Li Jue and Guo Si had withdrawn their troops. After Emperor Xian retired from the court, he even invited Cao Zhi to the study to hold candlelight talks at night, which showed his great reliance on Cao Zhi.
On the second day, Emperor Xian Liu Xie issued an order to reward ministers who had made meritorious service in escorting the troops. The most important ones were: Cao Zhi and Yang Feng were made generals of chariots and cavalry, and each of them was granted the title of marquis.
He was given the title of General of the Auxiliary State and was granted the title of Marquis. Fu Wan and other thirteen ministers who had made meritorious service in the escort were all granted the title of Marquis. Jujun, the captain of Shesheng School, was specially appointed as the prefect of Hongnong (this man was appointed as the prefect of Hongnong (this man was involved in the battle while guarding Emperor Xian when he left Hongnong).
die).
The most eye-catching among them is Xu Huang, who was also granted the title of Marquis of Duting, and was worshiped as General Tiger and Lieutenant Commander, in charge of the guards.