[Three Kingdoms] Burning incense and sacrificial wine

Liu Bei knew that he would have to take a huge risk if he sneaked away.

At present, he is at a delicate balance point with Cao Cao and others.

On this balance point, Cao Zhuo wanted to get rid of him, but due to factors such as reputation and prestige, he had to suppress the true thoughts in his heart and show a friendly appearance.And Liu Bei, knowing that Cao Cao was waiting to catch his mistakes, pretended not to know, and maintained a false friendship with Cao Cao.

Once Liu Bei chooses to escape, this balance point will be broken immediately.

At that time, Cao Cao had both a reason to pursue him and a chance to get rid of him——

In the wild mountains, it is very easy to make a person disappear without anyone noticing.

Liu Bei knew the pros and cons, but he was still determined to escape.

Because, Cao Cao is like a guillotine hanging around his neck all the time.

Once the situation in the DPRK and China changes, this big knife will fall on his neck mercilessly.

Before Liu Bei successfully escaped, Lu Bu asked soldiers to come to him and asked him to go over to talk about the old days.

Lu Bu has been under house arrest for nearly half a year.At first, he squatted hopefully, feeling that he would soon be released, reunited with his family, and once again display his power on horseback.

But as time passed day by day, the daily supply of good food and drink was uninterrupted, but the news of the release did not come. Lu Bu became increasingly anxious, and the frequency of calling Liu Bei changed from once every two or three months to once a week.

Liu Bei was overwhelmed by the disturbance, he didn't want to travel across mountains and rivers to listen to Lu Bu's bitterness, and he didn't want to listen to Lu Bu's explicit and private requests.He told Lu Bu many times that he could not influence Cao Cao's decision at all, and he could not even protect himself.However, Lu Bu actually believed that Cao Cao spared his life because of Liu Bei's pleading.

Liu Bei has a hard time.However, Lu Bu still felt that he was not dedicated, and gradually there was more resentment in his words.

Liu Bei's heart was awe-inspiring, he knew that Cao Cao's net had been laid everywhere, and he would not escape.

So he tricked Lu Bu into giving him a red rabbit and horse as a gift.

Lu Bu was reluctant at first, but in the end, he was no match for Liu Bei's hard and soft tactics, and gave up Chituma.

Lu Bu's residence had always been guarded by many soldiers, and all of this naturally did not escape Cao Cao's eyes and ears.

Liu Bei's move can be called a conspiracy, but Cao Cao didn't mean to stop it.

Several of Cao Cao's confidants advised Cao Cao early on, asking Cao Cao to guard against and restrict Liu Bei.

These proposals can be divided into two categories.

One category is led by Xun You, Guo Jia, and Cui Song who advocated that "Liu Bei cannot be ruled out";

Cao Cao was originally more inclined to the former proposition.In addition to political considerations, there is also a bit of pity for talents.

But with the changes in the situation and the deepening of understanding of Liu Bei, Cao Cao inevitably came up with somewhat different ideas while adhering to the original proposition.

His attitude towards Liu Bei has gradually shifted from Xun You, Guo Jia, and Cui Song's "indomitable" to Cheng Yu's and Xi Zhicai's "should kill and never suffer later".

And if he wanted to kill Liu Bei, the escape planned by Liu Bei this time was just a golden opportunity that came to him.

Therefore, after gaining insight into Liu Bei's premeditated plan, Cao Cao not only refused to stop it, but also opened the door to convenience.

He wanted to release Liu Bei from Xudu and find a secluded place to kill him on the spot.

Regarding Cao Cao's plan, Guo Jia, Xun You and other advisers all showed a little worry.

Cui Song didn't quite approve of Cao Cao's decision either.

Although this strategy can solve Liu Bei quickly and effectively, there are too many variables.

Once any link is lost, Liu Bei who left Xudu is like a fish thrown into the sea, and he can never be caught again.

Cui Song then said to Cao Cao: "Liu Bei is brave and good at fighting, and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are two brave generals who will protect you loyally. Now I have a red rabbit horse and travel thousands of miles a day. If you let him go, I am afraid that the tiger will return to the mountain. Once he goes not return."

Cao Cao said: "A plan should be like a march - take risks, the most important thing is speed, how can there be no reason for failure?"

Cui Songdao: "I heard that when Liu Bei was in charge of Pingyuan, he encountered an assassin. The assassin took money from others, but he couldn't bear to kill him. Instead, he told Liu Bei the whole story. It can be seen that Liu Bei is very intelligent and can influence others with words."

Throughout the historical records about Liu Bei, this person's mind and speech skills are not terrible.Regardless of what he said to Zhuge Liang, "If you are not talented, you can take it yourself", which made Zhuge Liang devote himself to the Shu Han all his life; let's say that he was assassinated by an assassin, and Liu Bei was able to "influence" him with his "goodwill" The assassin even let the assassin betray him and sold his employer, which shows how terrifying Liu Bei's mind and speaking skills are.

In addition, "Dian Lue" also recorded Liu Bei's superb survival skills: falling to the ground and pretending to be dead.The ability to deceive the enemy's feigning death skills, coupled with Liu Bei's successful escape for many times, Liu Bei's ability to survive is really very strong.

This made Cui Song have to worry, Liu Bei, who possesses strong speech skills and hard-core escape skills, equipped with a legendary horse, the red rabbit horse, could he be killed by the assassin sent by Cao Cao?

Although Cao Cao was a little moved by Cui Song's words, he pondered for a long time, but still did not change his original thinking: "The chess pieces are halfway down, and changing the layout will easily hurt the muscles and bones. As the saying goes, 'the arrow is on the string, it has to be shot'. If we act according to the original plan, we can control Liu Bei's whereabouts."

Cui Song saluted and retreated.

He came outside, looked at the sky covered by white clouds, and looked like a huge jade under the smudge of the sun, thinking, maybe the so-called "historical process" really existed, and the trajectory would not be changed because of someone's intervention.

Liu Bei, a hero, will eventually show his ambitions and leave a legendary experience that has been passed down through the ages on the long scroll of history.

Cui Song was not the only one who spoke to Cao Cao because of Liu Bei's affairs, but none of them could influence Cao Cao's choice.

In the end, Liu Bei not only escaped successfully, but also took advantage of Cao Cao's attack on Yuan Shu, designed to kill Chezhou, the governor of Xuzhou, and occupied Xiapi.

When the counties and counties in the East China Sea heard the news, they turned to Liu Bei one after another.With tens of thousands of soldiers in his hands, Liu Bei formed an alliance with Yuan Shao to fight against Cao Cao.

Cao Cao: heart block.jpg.

In December, Yuan Shu vomited blood and died. Lujiang prefect Liu Xun and his clan relative Liu Ye came to vote, which comforted Cao Cao a little.

In the spring of the fifth year of Jian'an (200 A.D.), Cao Cao attacked Dong Cheng by means of an imperial edict, saying that he falsely preached the imperial edict and deliberately conspired against him.

Liu Xie was eating, and when he heard the news, he was so surprised that the pickles and dishes were dropped.

He was sure again and again, and when he learned that Dong Cheng had really made a fake dress behind his back, he was so angry that he couldn't say a word for a while.

Empress Fu walked behind him and stroked his back worriedly.

Liu Xie dismissed Xiaohuangmen, and said dejectedly:

"I knew he was stupid, but I didn't expect to be so stupid. He not only harmed himself, but also killed many loyal ministers."

Empress Fu was silent.

Liu Xie brushed off Empress Fu's hand and picked up the plate that fell on the ground: "That's all."

Then no longer say anything.

Even if Liu Xie harbored deep in his heart the desire not to be a puppet and to take over the imperial power, he knew that now was far from the time, and he had never thought about Cao Cao.All he can do is to secretly cultivate forces loyal to him. Even if he can't contain Cao Cao, he can still make Cao Cao take care of one or two, and he will not forget his original intention of "assisting Han".

He thought that no matter how stupid a person is, it is a sharp knife if he uses it well; but he didn't expect that the sharp knife shattered before it could be used, and cut his hand instead.

So far, Liu Xie had no choice but to take the initiative to draft an imperial decree to deal with Dong Cheng for the crime of treason, intending to resolve the matter before Cao Cao made a move, and express his opinion to Cao Cao.

Unexpectedly, what came back was the news that Cao Cao had executed Dong Cheng, Zhong Ji, Wu Zilan and others first.Not only that, the "clothes edict case" involved a lot, and many civil servants and guard commanders who had contact with Dong Cheng were sent to prison one after another, waiting for an attack.

In the early morning of the second day, Liu Xie dismissed all his officials, leaving only Cao Cao alone.

Cao Cao stood respectfully below, and he could somewhat guess Liu Xie's intention to leave him behind.

Suddenly, Liu Xie stepped down the steps, took off the crown on his head, and said to Cao Cao:

"If you sincerely serve me, you should respect me; if you don't want to help, I will leave."

What he said was so calm that he didn't even use the title "Zhen".

But Cao Cao was agitated all over, and immediately bent down:

"Don't dare."

In an instant, cold sweat soaked his back, and his forehead hung tightly, and it was extremely painful when it flowed into his eyes.

Liu Xie said: "Don't you dare? I want to ask Sikong: Dong Cheng has been put to death, and the rest of the people were deceived by Dong Cheng, and they made a big mistake just now. Why did Sikong discuss the crime together? If Sikong wants to investigate to the end, why not?" If I should be held accountable first, if not in my name, how could Dong Cheng use all his strength to do such rebellious things?"

The cold sweat on Cao Cao's back became more and more dense. He bent down on his knees and made a big gift to Liu Xie:

"Your Majesty, calm down. I beg your Majesty to forgive me for not being considerate."

So he bent down and walked backwards, and when he left the court hall, Cao Cao woke up when he was blown by the cold wind, and wiped off the cold sweat on his face, as if he was born again.

Soon, he released those courtiers who "suspectedly followed Dong Cheng to plot rebellion".

Those people returned to the court and returned to their original posts as officials, but within a short period of two months, they faded out of the court and the public due to various reasons.They were either criticized by political opponents, listed as criminal evidence, and imprisoned again; or they were relocated and removed from the center of power due to mistakes in their work.

Because of the conclusive evidence, Liu Xie did not exonerate these people, but the heaviness in his heart gradually accumulated, creating a growing rift between him and Cao Cao.

Cao Cao had no time to mend his relationship with Liu Xie.He was busy going out to attack Liu Bei, and broke it with his troops in a hurry.Liu Bei was defeated again and ran to Yuan Shao's place.

Soon, Yuan Shao, who got the news, led his army to attack Cao Cao in the name of "Yi Dai Zhao".

This caused Cao Cao to lose his hair crazily for several days, and also caused Xu Du to fall into an uproar.

The author has something to say: Cao Mengde: Going to bed early will not make you bald. (didn't say it)