After Yuan Huan completed his mission, he immediately set off and returned.

One month later.

Yuan Huan finally returned to Julu County and returned to Cao Cao.

After Cao Cao listened to Yuan Huan's report, he immediately said: "It seems that I can only fight this first battle."

Immediately, Cao Cao immediately summoned his ministers and told everyone the news that Yuan Huan had been brought back.

After hearing the news from Cao Cao, Sima Yi immediately said: "My lord, Sun Ce's request must be to seize the three counties of Jingbei. I thought that we would just use the plan to let Sun Ce and Wang Kai fight to the death. In this way, the three counties of Jingbei will definitely be defeated."

It fell into our hands."

After hearing this, Cao Cao agreed very much.

Immediately afterwards, Sima Yi spoke again: "My lord, if you want Sun Ce to fight Wang Kai with all his strength, I think we need to do one more thing."

Cao Cao became a little confused when he heard this.

Sima Yi immediately said: "My lord, now the Han Dynasty has existed in name only, but the influence of the Han Dynasty has not been completely eliminated. I beg Duke Wei to let the emperor canonize Duke Wu as King of Wu, so as to completely cut off the influence of the Han Dynasty."

Suddenly hearing what Sima Yi said, the officials and Cao Cao were stunned, because Sima Yi's advice was really treasonous.

After a while, the officials finally came to their senses, but no one objected because everyone also guessed what Sima Yi meant.

Immediately afterwards, Hua Xin took the lead and said: "My lord, I second the words of Sima's military advisor."

Upon seeing this, all the ministers agreed.

When Cao Cao saw this situation, he also understood what Sima Yi meant. Sima Yi's strategy would not only completely destroy the last influence of the Han Dynasty, but also allow him to get rid of his identity as a Han official and deal with future situations more freely.

After thinking through Sima Yi's suggestion, Cao Cao followed the wishes of his officials and agreed.

At this time, Hua Xin took the lead in advising Cao Cao to become king of Wei.

For a time, all the ministers also persuaded him to come in.

Seeing this, Cao Cao reluctantly agreed.

At the court meeting the next day, Cao Cao proposed to the emperor to make Sun Ce King of Wu.

After the emperor heard Cao Cao's advice, his face suddenly turned very pale, because the Han Dynasty did not allow people of the opposite sex to be kings, and Cao Cao's advice was to completely bury the Han Dynasty.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Xie said tremblingly: "Prime Minister Cao, our Han Dynasty has not had a king of the opposite sex for hundreds of years. Why do you recommend Sun Ce as the king of Wu?"

"Your Majesty, Mr. Wu has made outstanding achievements. He deserves to be the King of Wu. Please grant your permission!"

As soon as he finished speaking, all civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty proposed to Liu Xie to make Sun Ce King of Wu.

When Liu Xie saw that no one in the court could speak for him, he finally gave up.

'To think that I, the mighty Emperor of the Han Dynasty, have fallen to this level. I thought Cao Cao was a loyal minister, but he turned out to be a traitor comparable to Dong Zhuo. I thought Wang Kai was also a loyal minister, but he turned out to be a sanctimonious man. I have already issued a belt edict.

I haven't seen him attacking Cao Cao's thieves for a long time.'

Thinking of this, Liu Xie finally lost all hope.

Immediately, Liu Xie agreed to Cao Cao's proposal.

Immediately afterwards, Hua Xin took the lead and asked the emperor to canonize Cao Cao as King of Wei.

When the officials saw Hua Xin taking the lead, they also started to speak up.

Upon seeing this, Liu Xie no longer wanted to struggle, and he immediately agreed with the advice of the ministers.

After receiving the emperor's recognition, Cao Cao officially changed the Duke's Palace of Wei to the Palace of the Prince of Wei.

At the same time, Cao Cao also sent an envoy to Jiangdong to deliver a message to Sun Ce.

Another month has passed.

Sun Ce finally received the appointment letter from the emperor.

When Sun Ce learned that he had been named King of Wu, he was extremely shocked.

Soon, Sun Ce urgently summoned his ministers and told everyone the news that he had been named King of Wu.

The officials were also shocked when they learned that Sun Ce was named King of Wu.

After everyone calmed down, Lu Su immediately discovered the clues.

Immediately, Lu Su said: "My Lord, this is Cao Cao's treacherous plan!"

Upon hearing this, Sun Ce immediately asked, "Why did Zijing say this?"

"My lord, there has never been a precedent for a king with a different surname in the Han Dynasty. Once my lord accepts the title of King of Wu, he will definitely become the target of public criticism."

Sun Ce was indeed shaken after hearing this.

At this time, Zhou Yu said: "My lord, I think this is a God-given opportunity."

"Where did Gong Jin say this?"

"My lord, now that the three major princes in the world all have foreign surnames, the Han Dynasty has existed in name only. Cao Cao asked my lord to accept the King of Wu with the wishful thinking of completely eliminating the influence of the Han Dynasty. However, this matter is the general trend after all. Even if my lord accepts the King of Wu, it will

It won’t have any influence at all, but it will enhance the lord’s status.”

After Zhou Yu finished speaking, the other ministers agreed.

Sun Ce saw that most people believed that the advantages outweighed the disadvantages, so he finally agreed to become King of Wu.

Following Cao Cao and Sun Ce, Wang Kai, who was far away in Chang'an, finally received the news.

Immediately afterwards, Wang Kai immediately summoned his subordinates to discuss the matter.

"Everyone, according to the news from Jin Yiwei, Cao Cao and Sun Ce have been crowned kings one after another."

Hearing the news, Wang Kai's ministers were also surprised. After all, the Han Dynasty did not allow people of the opposite sex to become kings, and now two of them appeared at once.

When Wang Kai saw that the ministers were also surprised, he immediately said: "Cao Cao and Sun Ce successively appointed kings. It is not as simple as it seems on the surface. I think there must be a conspiracy in this."

At this time, Fang Qiao said: "My lord, if Cao Cao and Sun Ce are granted the title of king, I'm afraid they will join forces to attack us."

"It's not impossible. After all, it's rare to be crowned king, but now Cao Cao and Sun Ce are crowned king together. If they didn't collude, it would never be possible."

As soon as Wang Kai finished speaking, Gao Jiong also noticed another intention of Cao Cao.

"My lord, now that the Han Dynasty is in decline, Cao Cao took the opportunity to make himself the King of Wei and Sun Ce the King of Wu. I'm afraid he also has another purpose, which is to completely eliminate the influence of the Han Dynasty. Once Cao Cao succeeds, the belt edict that my lord has will be

A piece of waste paper, by then, I'm afraid the big man will split into three parts."

Wang Kai was quite shocked after hearing this and said: "Cao Cao's plan is really vicious. It can be said that it kills two birds with one stone."

At this time, Fang Qiao said: "My lord, now that both Cao Cao and Sun Ce have been crowned kings, it will be useless to dwell on this matter. I think we should take precautions in various places to avoid being caught off guard."

"Xuan Ling's words make sense. Let's all talk about how to attack if Cao Cao and Sun Ce unite!"

When the ministers saw Wang Kai asking questions, they all began to think about it.

Soon, Guo Jia spoke up: "My lord, although Cao Cao has the most borders with us, his most promising place to attack should be Nanyang County. After all, this is the only place where Cao Cao can extend his tentacles."

Wang Kai suddenly became thoughtful after hearing this.

Later, Du Ruhui also expressed the same opinion, because the geographical location of the three counties in Jingbei is very important.

Upon seeing this, Wang Kai asked other officials.

Most of the ministers also believed that the three counties of Jingbei were particularly important.

Wang Kai thought about it and immediately decided to send more troops to Xue Li, the governor of Jingbei.

After the meeting, Wang Kai immediately began to mobilize troops and prepare to send to Jingbei.

At this time, Cao Ren also received Cao Cao's message and began to prepare for war.
Chapter completed!