Chapter seven hundred and eighty third seeking Xun Yu
After listening to Zhang He's words, the pottery merchant had nothing to say.
When it comes to defensive abilities, Hao Zhao is really good at defending the Shu Han Prime Minister in Chencang, leaving Zhuge Liang helpless.
Such a person actually appears next to Cao Ang now?
It seems that the city cannot be captured, but it can be said that it is reasonable.
It's not that Zhang He and the others didn't work hard, they did encounter an extremely powerful general who was good at defending this time.
"You guys have worked hard, go down and rest first," the pottery merchant told them.
After a while, the four generals went down. The pottery merchant looked at Chen Deng who had been sitting below: "Xun Yu and Cao Ren are quite powerful. They tightly defended these three cities, and they both have some skills... This matter is really...
It’s a little tricky.”
Chen Deng stroked his beard and said: "Chenliu, Xuchang, and Puyang occupy the key roads of the Central Plains. If we want to completely occupy the Central Plains, we must conquer these big cities. Otherwise, even if we capture other counties, we will not be able to conquer them."
The three cities are holding the main road like a chokehold, and we cannot secure this land in the Central Plains."
The potter closed his eyes, tapped the table gently with his fingers and said, "But you have to find a breakthrough point."
Chen Deng thought for a while and said: "Of the three cities, we should focus on the most difficult and important ones to open up the situation."
Tao Shang said: "In your opinion, which city is the most important?"
Chen Deng said very calmly: "Xuchang City, Xun Yu!"
"Why?"
Chen Deng said with a smile: "The reputation of the Xun family in Yingchuan is well-known throughout Yuzhou, and Xun Yu himself is even more outstanding. Now it seems that not only the hearts of Yingchuan people are attached to him, but also the hearts of the people in the Central Plains are mostly attached to Xun Yu.
Therefore, the top priority is to defeat Xuchang and capture Xun Yu."
The pottery merchant gently rubbed the bridge of his nose with his hand and said, "What do you mean, are we going to find a way to conquer Xun Yu first and capture Xuchang City?"
Chen Deng said: "This is exactly the reason. Didn't the Prime Minister also make some arrangements for Xun Yu back then?"
Tao Shang said slowly: "That's the truth, but the problem is that if you want to conquer Xun Yu, you have to alienate the relationship between Cao Cao and Xun Yu. The relationship between the two people is like a monolith. I did a lot of things back then.
We didn’t let Cao Cao completely give up on Xun Yu. Now that we are in such a hurry, can we succeed?”
Chen Dengdao: "The Prime Minister asked me and Guo Jia to take care of what happened back then. Over the years, I have also been paying attention to the affairs between Xun Yu and Cao Cao. In fact, Cao Cao was suspicious of Xun Yu back then, but for the sake of
The background and ability of the Yingchuan family behind him made him give up his power, but in fact, Cao Cao has been guarding him overtly and covertly over the years."
Tao Shang thought for a moment and said, "Back then, I used a little trick to separate Cao Cao and Xun Yu. How many years have passed? Is it possible that Cao Cao still has doubts in his heart?"
Chen Deng secretly asked, "Is that what you call a little trick? How much money you lost back then!"
Chen Dengdao: "Based on what I have learned about Cao Cao over the years, this man is a powerful figure in the world and has a very serious mind. He may not think about what happened back then, but as long as we operate correctly, we will definitely arouse his suspicions back then.
What's more... my subordinates have been sending people to inquire about Xun Yu's movements these years, but in fact, there is a knot in his heart."
The pottery merchant actually knew what Chen Deng was talking about. He thought for a moment and then said, "In that case, let's give it a try."
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The potter's soldiers and horses did not move this time, but stayed in Puyang City, and launched strong attacks on Puyang City at intervals.
After all, Tao Shang had many soldiers and generals under his command. Even though Cao Ang was assisted by Hao Zhao, he was still under great pressure in the face of such an offensive.
During the offensive and defensive battles between the two armies, Puyang City encountered several dangers.
Naturally, news of the situation in Puyang City reached Xun Yu and Cao Ren, but they did not take any action.
After all, the three of them had agreed when they were stationed in three important cities respectively that no matter what changes happened in the middle, they would not rush to the aid of the other side's city. They would just grit their teeth and wait until Cao Cao's army pacified Guanzhong and retreated to Zhongyuan.
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This is the only thing Xun Yu can do at the moment.
But soon, things developed in a direction beyond his imagination.
The special envoy of Emperor Liu Xi rode the special envoy's carriage and led the honor guard to the gate of Xuchang City.
They came to do a very simple thing.
The emperor had an edict, and Xun Yu opened the city to receive it!
This incident was like a bolt from the blue, which struck Xun Yu's heavenly spirit and could not be calmed down for a long time.
Although there are two emperors in the world today, they are both orthodox emperors in a sense.
Xun Yu never acknowledged which one was orthodox, but he never dared to deny the status and existence of any one of them.
Is this city gate open or not?
If you open it, how can you explain it to Cao Sikong later?
not open?
That is the edict from the emperor of the Han Dynasty, the eldest son of the late emperor!
He represents the Han Dynasty...although only half of it.
What made Xun Yu even more anxious was that the envoy sent by the emperor this time was actually his brother Xun Chen.
Is this city gate open or not?
Should the emperor's edict be accepted or not?
Xun Chen was not in a hurry. He just asked people to set up a simple tent for the emperor's envoys outside the city gate for shelter, and quietly waited for Xun Yu's reply.
Outside the city, except for Xun Chen and his party, there was not a single soldier of the Jinling Army.
The hesitation and contradiction in Xun Yu's heart for many years were completely exposed at this moment.
For him, Cao Cao is his lord.
But what he really wanted to serve was the Han Dynasty court.
Tao Shang and Chen Deng only used a very simple move to deal with this wise man of the world and forced Xun Yu into a corner.
It's not that Xun Yu was less resourceful than Tao Shang and Chen Deng, it was just the obsession in his mind that set up obstacles for him, preventing him from doing so even if he knew what was most beneficial.
For Xun Yu, this was tantamount to the greatest sorrow.
After some helpless thinking, Xun Yu finally opened the gates of Xuchang City and welcomed the emperor's envoys into the city.
The emperor's edict was very simple. Thinking that Xun Yu had made great achievements in regulating Zhongzhou over the years and was beneficial to the Han Dynasty, he was specially appointed to be a Situ.
Situ's title was already the same as that of Cao Cao. Of course Xun Yu refused to accept it and firmly refused.
Seeing Xun Yu's attitude, Xun Chen didn't say much, but handed the edict to Xun Yu without saying anything else.
Xun Yu wanted to hand the edict back to Xun Chen, but Xun Chen just said: "Brother, don't do this. According to the rules, if you don't want to be a Situ, you need to write the edict yourself and submit it to the court. I will take it back and give it to the emperor.
It can be taken back into life."
Xun Yu cursed in his heart that the emperor was less than five years old and could understand bullshit. Why should I write that stuff to him?
This was obviously the pottery merchant's plan to alienate each other, but Xun Yu couldn't explain it away.
"In that case, I will write a book immediately."
Xun Chen didn't seem to be in a hurry. He looked at Xun Yu quietly for a while and sighed: "Brother, I haven't seen you for many years. You are really haggard. How have you been in these years?"