[Three Kingdoms] Seven steps into wetness

In late November, it was another cold winter day.

Cao Cao had led his troops to Guandu, and he took Cao Zhang with him when he left, and ordered Cao Pi to guard Xuchang with eight thousand old and weak.

No matter how tense the front line is, Cao Zhi's life is the same as before.

Study Wen with Yang in the morning and martial arts with Wang Qi in the afternoon.

A few days ago, another heavy snow fell in Xuchang, and the whole city became lazy.

Yang Xiu put the bamboo slips aside and said calmly, "You and I don't study Chinese today, let's talk about this battle."

Cao Zhi was stunned: "Ah?"

Yang Xiu laughed softly, his lips curled up, his hands were crossed on his legs, and his posture was elegant and proud: "Yuan Shao led [-] troops, [-] cavalry, and our army has a maximum of [-] elite soldiers. Chinese. I usually teach you literature and etiquette, but I never want you to only know these things, but not tricks and tricks."

Cao Zhi said respectfully: "Students are all ears."

Yang Xiu raised a finger and shook it: "No, no, no. I didn't say it, you said it."

"Uh?"

"It's just you and me now. I already know what kind of person you are. I want to hear how you view this war as Duke Cao's son."

Since that day when he said "Cao Zhi is different from the past", Cao Zhi no longer speaks out about those weird ideas.On the one hand, Yang Xiu expressed appreciation for his vigilance, but on the other hand, he also felt inexplicably displeased.

Cao Zhi's eyes slowly showed three points of innocence and seven points of confusion: "...the students don't understand..."

Yang Xiu raised the corner of his mouth: "Hehe."

"..."

"It suddenly occurred to me that Mrs. Bian would come to ask me about your study progress every three months. Tell me, how should I answer?"

Cao Zhi thought for a while, and continued to say in a naive tone: "The students think that we have Lord Xun, Lord Jia, and Lord Guo on our side, and we must win this battle."

"You said next time if the teacher tells your mother that you are stubborn, what will happen?"

Cao Zhi reached out and wiped the sweat that didn't exist on his forehead, and said, "What's more, what's more, my father is brave and invincible..."

"Stubbornness doesn't seem to be enough to describe it. It should be added with contempt and frivolous behavior."

Cao Zhi said with tears in his eyes, "I really don't know..."

Yang Xiu simply twisted his password: "You know what I know, and I also know that you know what I know. Fourth son, it's not good for you to be like this, and it has brought great trouble to the teacher."

Cao Zhi's expression was almost crying: "The students really don't understand..."

Yang Xiuding stared at him for a long time, then laughed: "You really don't want to say it, then let me say it."

……Uh?

Cao Zhi was about to throw a tantrum and deny it, when he suddenly heard this statement, he couldn't turn his head for a while, so he could only blink stupidly.

"Duke Cao has already cleared the obstacles for the battle with Yuan Shao. Now that Yuan Shu has died of illness, Zhang Xiu has surrendered, Liu Bei has fled, Liu Biao is neutral, and Sun Ce is defending Jiangdong, the situation is very clear."

Cao Zhi blinked, straightened his back and listened carefully.

"Previously, the imperial court hoped that the Lord and Emperor Xian would not fight, because of the huge gap between the two sides. But Princess Cao fought, and even fought urgently. I think you should have thought about what Guo Fengxiao asked for these few days, and you also have some doubts in your heart." Let’s count.”

Cao Zhi paused for breath.

In fact, he had been thinking about this for the past few days, but when Yang Xiu said it, it felt like a worm in his stomach... crawled out.

"Of course, I won't guess what's on your mind. Let me tell you about Emperor Xian. Does he think Duke Cao is determined to die, and then plans to give it a go?"

When Yang Xiu said this, he sneered.He took a sip of tea and moistened his throat.

Cao Zhi's heart beat fast.

A year ago, someone wanted to capture the Cao family brothers, but the plan failed.Later, Cao Pi found out that someone had talked with the person in the portrait, and vaguely remembered that the northern accent was thicker.He had guessed many times why Yuan Shao did this, but to no avail.It wasn't until a while ago that I realized it.

Yuan Shao is indeed very likely to deal with the members of the Cao family, but it is normal to kill the Cao brothers directly. It would be too ridiculous to arrest them and threaten Cao Cao on the battlefield!

Thinking about it, it was only others who blamed him.

As for the people who set the blame—Liu Biao, Gongsun Zan, Sun Ce, and others, how could they be so leisurely? The only suitable person is Xu Du.

As an aggrieved emperor, Emperor Xian was finally dissatisfied with Cao Cao's control and wanted to truly take power.The first step is to control the Cao family, especially the Cao brothers, and blame Yuan Shao; the second step is to secretly kill Cao Cao and regain power when Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are fighting each other; They stabilized Cao Ying from surrendering the generals, gave them the illusion that they could regain the power of Cao Jun, and then executed them. Wouldn't the power return to him?

It's just that no matter how good Emperor Xian's calculations are, he can't really tear himself apart with Cao Cao, he can only act in secret.

It's a pity...it's a big taboo to underestimate the enemy at the beginning.

——Who would have thought that Cao Pi and Cao Zhang didn't go out, and Cao Zhi was as slippery as a fish?

After Yang Xiu finished his tea, he stared carefully at the child's expression.Seeing that he was still listening carefully, he couldn't help playing with the teacup: "So the first battle must be the key. If Emperor Xian really joins forces with Yuan Shao to attack Cao Gong, the result can be imagined."

"Once our side is defeated in the first battle, it will be difficult for us to move forward afterwards, and even Xuchang will fall, it is only a matter of time."

"Now both Liu Biao and Sun Ce are standing still, probably because they want to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight. The two tigers die and the other is disabled, which is their favorite ending. Our defeat in the first battle was too fast, and neither Liu Biao nor Sun Ce wanted it. Because the northern forces Once everything falls into Yuan Shao's hands, not only will he not be crippled, but he will also replenish his strength. At this time, even Liu Biao and Sun Ce will be irresistible. Therefore, even though Yuan Shao is strong, it may be very difficult for him to win this battle."

Yang Xiu said this, and laughed again: "This matter seems to be so on the surface, but it is not in fact."

"I know this, and Guo Fengxiao naturally knows it too. He follows Duke Cao closely, so there is nothing to worry about on the front line."

The danger is on the front line, but so is the safety.It was Xu Chang who really had to worry.

With eight thousand old and weak left behind, Cao Pi is worried about the front line, and will definitely not guard against Emperor Xian.If Emperor Xian launched a disaster at this time, they would be the first to bear the brunt, so would their lives be safe?

Cao Zhi closed his eyes without changing his face.

He already knew what Yang Xiu was going to say.

Sure enough, the next moment, he heard Yang Xiu say, "And you, do you want to tell Second Young Master about this?"

The voice fell, and no one spoke.For a while, everything was silent, except for the cigarette smoke in the room, which blurred the vision.

Cao Zhi naturally wanted to tell Cao Pi.

People in the world often explain that it is easy to hide a spear and difficult to defend against an arrow. Although he already knows the role of Emperor Xian, Cao Pi still doesn't know it.

But what about Yang Xiu?

No matter how careful he is and how much he pretends, Cao Zhi still knows that there are certain places on weekdays to reveal that he is definitely not an ordinary eight-year-old child, so Yang Xiu should be suspicious.But what did he want to prove?

Cao Zhi took a deep breath, already thinking about it.

I'm afraid it's still...

Yang Xiu stood up and walked back and forth a few steps: "I told you this today, you must be very confused. But you don't have to guess the purpose, I can tell you clearly——"

When Yang Xiu said this, he was already standing in front of him.He leaned down, propped his hands on the table, and stared straight into the child's eyes: "If we win this battle, our army will unify the north, Duke Cao will definitely consider the matter of his son. And I hope that Duke Cao will inherit his great cause after a hundred years in the future The person—is you."

Cao Zhi's pupils shrank subconsciously.

"You are talented, I have already made it clear. At your age, your second brother is never so calm and rational in dealing with people."

Cao Zhi frowned.His voice was also very soft, very soft: "Father has long been concerned about it, sir, you shouldn't have said these things to me."

Yang Xiu said word by word: "I'm going to say it because your father has already been concerned about it."

"You show that you are unusual everywhere, and you hide it everywhere. Do you think we are all idiots?"

Cao Zhi blinked, and Yang Xiu could clearly see the child's slender and thick eyelashes trembling up and down in aggrieved gesture: "But didn't the master teach me all these?"

When Yang Xiu heard the words, he just smiled noncommittally.He straightened up and leaned in front of the child, his eyes meeting each other unavoidably, just like Guo Jia's movements in the past: "Speaking of these, I have a question."

"Excuse me, sir."

"Since I only taught you literary etiquette, where did you learn those differences?"

The child's eyes blinked quickly, obviously thinking about how to get over this topic.

Yang Xiu straightened up slowly: "It's okay if you don't say anything. I just want to tell you that this battle may take a long time, and you still have time to think about what I said. You can push all the extraordinary things on me, but never It is impossible to guess what your father is thinking."

Probably because what Yang Xiu said was too terrifying, Cao Zhi was in a daze all afternoon.As a result, when fighting with Wang Qi, the punch he should have avoided rubbed against his nose, causing nosebleeds.

The child lay on his back on the bed so that Wang Qi could help him deal with it.

Wang Qi stuffed a ball of cotton in the child's nostrils: "What's going on with you?"

"I've been a little annoyed recently..."

Wang Qi rolled his eyelids: "What's the trouble with children, besides, you just want to live."

"Yes, live. But what about after living? People are always greedy. After living, they want to live better."

Wang Qi was expressionless: "You can survive now?"

"Uh?"

"It's not about whether your father can survive Yuan Shao's army, but about you. Just now, as long as I thought about it, you would have died thousands of times." Wang Qi folded his arms, looked down at the white cotton stuffed in his nostrils, and sneered: "Which one? It gave you unlimited confidence, making you think you could live for a long time?"

"...After you said that, I have another illusion that I will die in an instant."

"Oh, it should be like this."

"..."

Regardless of whether the child is struggling under the torture of Yang Xiu and Wang Qi, or is respecting brothers and sisters with Cao Pi, another major event happened at this time.

After Yuan Shu was defeated in Chenzhou, he became more and more distressed and wanted to join Yuan Tan.After Cao Cao learned about it, he condemned Liu Bei and Zhu Ling to intercept at Xiapi.At this time, Yuan Shu died of illness, and Liu Bei took the opportunity to flee to Xiapi, killed Che Zhou, the governor of Xuzhou, and stationed his troops in Pei County.Cao Cao regretted it too much, and sent Liu Dai and Wang Zhong to attack Liu Bei, but they were unable to win.

A few days later, it was revealed that Dong Cheng, Liu Bei, Han Xiandi and others conspired to kill Cao Cao. Except for Xiandi and Liu Bei, all the accomplices were killed.