[Three Kingdoms] Burning incense and sacrificial wine

In the battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao was completely defeated.

No matter how unbelievable Yuan Shao and others could not believe it, they had to recognize the reality when Cao Jun was under pressure, and fled across the river hastily and embarrassingly.

The news that Yuan Shao suffered heavy losses and was defeated and left soon spread everywhere.

The whole country was in an uproar.

The princes from all over the country sent people to inquire about the detailed process of the battle, with different ideas in their hearts.

Liu Zhang is based in Yizhou, and he is benevolent and weak.Yizhou was in civil strife, and Liu Zhang had no time to care about him. When he received the news of Yuan Shao's defeat, he just ignored it and forgot about it.

Liu Biao guarded Jingzhou, watched the changes in the world, took care of himself in the middle, and refused to easily get involved in disputes.He watched the battle of Guandu coldly and responded to Yuan Shao's request for help many times, but he refused to send troops for a long time.

When the news of Yuan Shao's defeat came, Liu Biao seemed to sigh with regret for Yuan Shao, but he was indifferent and even secretly relieved.

He has been allied with Yuan Shao for many years and has a good relationship, but this does not mean that he has no fear of Yuan Shao.

Yuan's family is a nobleman, and his disciples and old officials are widely distributed.Yuan Shao himself is quite outstanding, not only attracted many children from aristocratic families to join him, but also developed his strength to be extremely powerful in just a few years.

If Cao Cao is destroyed today and Yuan Shao occupies Yuzhou and other places, then Yuan Shao, who continues to grow, will become an invincible threat.

The next target of Yuan Shao is his Jingzhou.

Liu Biao suppressed his delight at Yuan Shao's defeat in his heart, and wrote a letter to Yuan Shao, pretending to comfort him.

……

Sun Quan of Wujun had not yet come out of the grief of the death of his elder brother, so he had to inherit Jiangdong at an age that was not yet a weak crown.Facing the turbulent situation, he reused the old department, recruited talents, and quickly put down the rebellion.

When he received the news of the war from the north, Sun Quan, who was only 19 years old, had a dignified face and ecstatic joy in his heart.

——This is a godsend opportunity.

He quickly sent someone to Xudu to praise him.

Soon after, the imperial court canonized Sun Quan as the general seeking captives and the prefect of Kuaiji.

Sun Quan thanked him and dealt with the matter of Soochow with peace of mind.

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Liu Bei, who left Yuan Shao and wandered alone in Runan on the grounds of asking for help, was also shocked when he heard the news.

He took Guan Yu, who escaped from Cao Ying and returned to him after beheading Yan Liang, all the way south and defected to Liu Biao.

Liu Biao treated Liu Bei generously because he was also a member of the Han family and had a good name.

A counselor beside Liu Biao whispered to him:

"I heard that Liu Shijun's life was hard, and he killed his parents, uncles, and several regular wives; whoever joins him will be unlucky...My lord, look at Yuan Benchu, who is so powerful, he was defeated in a mess, and was taken advantage of by Cao Cao..."

Liu Biao is a kind and gentle man, and he would not listen to such words.

He frowned fiercely, and rebuked him: "Don't talk nonsense. We are born in troubled times, life is like a mustard, and the world is impermanent. What does it have to do with Liu Bei? You don't know how to make faces, so don't make friends casually."

Even so, Liu Biao finally had a knot in his heart.

Seeing that Liu Bei had recruited many talents secretly in Jingzhou, Liu Biao became increasingly suspicious and threw Liu Bei in Xinye as his own defensive barrier.

The perspective returns to Cao Cao's side.

Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao with fewer victories and more victories. On the one hand, he was ecstatic and on the other hand he was a little sad.

He beat Yuan Shao away, but Yuan Shao's supplies did not escape.Cao Cao happily asked his soldiers to count the spoils, and it didn't take long before he got a report: There were many secret letters in Yuan Shao's account, more than half of which came from Cao Ying and Xudu, all of which were letters asking for service or secretly colluding...

After finally winning the battle in a thrilling manner, the joy in my heart was dampened by these letters.

He opened several letters, and saw Kong Rong's name in the first one, and immediately became furious:

"This person first persuaded me to surrender to Yuan Shao, and now he secretly sent a private letter to Yuan Shao behind my back. It's simply hateful!"

After reading a few other letters, I almost sat down without touching my heart.

At this time, a report came from outside the tent: Cui Song, the minister of the Ministry, wanted to discuss with the lord the matter of city construction after the war.

Cao Cao hurriedly asked someone to invite him in, told him about the letter, and asked him what he thought.

Cui Song can't remember how Cao Cao handled this matter in history, but he looked at the "secret letters" piled up into mountains, and he had a calculation in his heart:

"Before today, did my lord believe that I would be able to defeat Yuan Shao?"

Cao Cao heard the string song and knew the elegant meaning: "This is indeed the truth. Does Zi Cong have any suggestions?"

"In the past, Emperor Guangwu (Liu Xiu) punished Wang Lang and seized many letters from Wang Lang. These letters are secret documents of collusion between Emperor Guangwu's subordinates and Wang Lang."

The experience of Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, was similar to that of Cao Cao today: he also defeated the strong with the weak, and also found that a large number of subordinates were colluding with the enemy's secret letter after the victory.

"Emperor Guangwu's choice is: 'If you don't realize it, all the generals will burn it, and say: let the anti-side son be safe[1]'."

Emperor Guangwu didn't pursue it, and burned the secret letter in front of all the soldiers, telling them, you can follow me with peace of mind from now on.

Cao Cao understood, laughed and said, "It's exactly what I want."

So he followed the example of Emperor Guangwu and "burned" all the letters in front of all the soldiers and generals without any investigation.

Cao Cao's squadron returned to the court and was welcomed by the emperor.

Cao Cao knew that the emperor's move represented the "clothes edict" had been exposed, and he performed a "benevolent monarch, minister loyalty" with the emperor, each taking what he needed.

The imperial court rewarded the meritorious ministers, and the ordinary people saw that Sikong returned victorious, which saved them from the suffering of the war, and returned to their daily life with gratitude and peace of mind.

Joy lingers in the city, only a few people are addicted to the gnawing anxiety and cannot extricate themselves.

The relationship between Kong Rong and Cao Cao has taken a sharp turn for the past two years, and after the Battle of Guandu, it reached the bottom of the valley.

It is said that Cao Cao imitated Emperor Guangwu's wise move and burned the letters of collaborating with the enemy regardless of previous suspicions.But Kong Rong knew what kind of person Cao Cao was. In his eyes, Cao Cao was both magnanimous and vengeful.

If he is magnanimous, he can forgive the betrayal of his subordinates because he cherishes his talents and the overall situation; if he holds grudges, he can take the opportunity to kill a madman because of his offense, and say the words "I would rather blame others than others". Come on.

Kong Rong firmly believed that with Cao Cao's control, he must have read all the letters-on the surface he said "a write-off", but in fact he secretly kept accounts, treacherous and cunning.

This made Kong Rong, who had written the letter, a little restless.

Also fidgeting was Guo Han.

He was not highly valued in Cao Ying, and when he learned that Cao Yuan was going to war, he was not optimistic about Cao Cao, so he saw someone in the court secretly surrendering to Yuan Shao, and he joined it without even thinking about it.Unexpectedly, Cao Cao not only returned with a big victory, but also found all the letters of collaborating with the enemy.

On the one hand, Guo Han comforted himself that Cao Cao had already burned the letter, saying that he would not pursue it, and that he would not be able to slap him in the face, not to mention that there were many collaborators, and his official position was low-risk, so he would not attract Cao Cao's attention; Don't worry, with his reputation, if Cao Cao regards him as a typical example and holds grudges, what should he do?

Similar scenes happened in every corner of Xudu.

Those who are upright will be moved by Cao Cao's behavior of burning letters and become more loyal; while those who are unsure will doubt Cao Cao's intentions, feel restless all the time, and finally take risks and make mistakes again and again.

Cui Song was stopped by Guo Jia shortly after the Battle of Guandu.

"But what did Jia do wrong to annoy Zi Cong?"

Facing Guo Jia's focused and serious gaze, which seemed to contain a thousand words, Cui Song barely resisted the urge to run away, and sighed:

"There's nothing wrong with it."

"Then why is Zi Cong avoiding me these few days?"

Cui Song really wanted to say "I'm not, I don't have one", but he couldn't lie arbitrarily in front of Guo Jia.

"It's my problem. I don't know why these few days, seeing Feng Xiao, I feel a little flustered, I dare not look at Feng Xiao, and I want to turn around and run away..."

Cui Song told the truth, and the more he talked, the more he felt distressed, "I don't know what kind of strange disease it is, maybe it will be fine in a few days."

Guo Jia was stunned in place.

Seeing Guo Jia stunned, Cui Song thought to himself that his inexplicable "can't look at each other syndrome" really hurt Guo Jia. When ordinary people hear this situation, they will definitely think that the other party hates him and doesn't want to contact him.

He didn't want Guo Jia to misunderstand, so he grabbed Guo Jia's sleeve and explained that he didn't mean to hate and alienate him.

As soon as he pulled his sleeves, he felt that the other party stiffened imperceptibly.

Could it be that Guo Jia was annoyed and disappointed because of his inexplicable "alienation" and resisted his touch?

As Cui Song explained, he felt an inexplicable pain in his heart, and lowered his head to hide the confusion in his eyes.

Unexpectedly, before he could finish speaking, he was caught off guard by a pair of hands and pulled into his arms.

Cui Song's words came to an abrupt end, and he clearly heard a suppressed and determined murmur in his ear.

"I like you too."

……

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???

Cui Song's mind was blank, and all his thoughts were broken at this moment.

No.

What was his old man talking about just now?

Cui Song tried his best to recall what he heard a moment ago, but in the next second, his whole body was stiff and unable to move.

It seemed that he had stopped breathing, not daring to make any sound.

Cui Song, who was extremely confused in his mind, didn't notice that the person holding him was also stiff, maintaining a posture of not daring to move, holding his breath.

There was silence.

The two hugged each other stiffly and wordlessly for a long time, until Guo Jia was sore all over, then Guo Jia carefully let go of him, pressed against his forehead, and repeated in a low voice but firmly.

"Jia, I am happy with you."

When you first confess your love, do you feel moved?

Cui Song: I dare not move, thank you.

Cui Song still maintains a stiff posture, staring at the face that is close at hand.

Today, is it April [-]st?

...Even if it was, there was no April Fool's Day in ancient times.

He would very, very, very, very, very, very much like to book a fainting package if he could.However, fainting at this time will not only worry your best friend, but also embarrass your best friend if you are found to be faking it.

Cui Song didn't think about when his best friend had feelings for him. After a short period of confusion, he felt that his heart was beating like a fast-running beast, beating crazily, and was about to jump out of his chest.

Cui Song secretly thought that it was not good, could it be that the "cardiorrhea" disease is going to recur again?But although the sound of the heartbeat in his chest was mighty, it didn't give him any discomfort at all.

Just as he was puzzled, he suddenly thought of the word "Yi" that his best friend said for the first time..., and his eyes widened.

The author has something to say: [1] The 15 characters come from the official history "Book of the Later Han Dynasty".

small theater:

Bong Hyo: It's too difficult for me.

Xiao Song: It's too difficult for me.

Author: I am the most difficult. (Fall to the ground