Chapter 166 Cao Ah Concealing the Emperor
More than a month later, the battle in Luoyang was concluded.
Cao's army went straight to Shangdang County through Hulao Pass, while Shangdang only had a group of small warlords led by Zhang Yang, and the total number of troops was only 20,000 to 30,000. How could it be the opponent of Cao Cao, who was strong and powerful? Therefore, Emperor Xian of Han, Liu Xie, naturally fell into Cao Cao's hands again.
Cao Cao used the emperor to achieve the goal of ordering the princes, so he took Emperor Xian of Han Liu Xie and went to his base camp Xudu together.
Cao Cao didn't know what Li Chen did as Cao Pi, and Emperor Xian of Han Liu Xie was also afraid of Cao Cao at this time and always avoided Cao Cao. Therefore, Cao Cao was not clear about these things, but Emperor Xian of Han dared not say them. So, Cao Cao was kept in the dark and brought Emperor Xian of Han Liu Xie back to Xudu.
Two words were spoken, each showing one branch. Cao Cao achieved his goal, and Li Chen naturally achieved his goal.
Huayin Duan Wei defected to Li Chen and led his army into Luoyang by supporting Li Que. After the two merged into one place, they quickly defeated Guo Si, Zhang Ji, Guo Si, and Zhang Ji died in the war. After solving Zhang Ji and Guo Si, Duan Wei took the opportunity to sneak attack Li Que and cut off Li Que's head with his own hands.
In this way, Luoyang completely fell into Li Chen's hands. Luoyang City is an enclave, not far from Xuzhou, but not close.
Li Chen attacked Xuzhou and transferred Yu Qian, who was a good guard. Because Qian was responsible for military and political affairs in Luoyang, and in order to balance the surrendered Xiliang army, Li Chen also specially appointed Li Ru as Yu Qian's deputy.
As for Hulao Pass, Li Chen still handed over to Xu Rong to guard the principle of not using people and not using them.
In this battle in Luoyang, Li Chen made a fortune. He first successfully obtained the imperial seal, and then used the strategy of being a king to break Cao Cao's strategy of holding the emperor to command the princes, and finally obtained Luoyang and Hulao Pass.
Xu Rong's 30,000 troops in Hulao Pass, 10,000 troops in Huayin Duan, Li Le's 3,000 troops in Li Quei and Guo Si's surrendered troops. In this battle, Li Chen collected a total of 50,000 or 60,000 troops in front of him, and now his troops have exceeded the 200,000 troops.
Yanzhou, Xudu.
The bright moonlight scattered on the ground like white frost. Cao Cao and Guo Jia walked in the garden. Cao Cao's shadow seemed particularly tall under the moonlight.
The strategy of using the emperor to order the princes was set up by Cao Cao's counselors for him. Whether this matter can determine the development of the Cao family in the next ten years or even decades.
Now Cao Cao controlled Emperor Xian of Han Liu Xie in his own hands as he wished. Although Cao Cao didn't say it at this time, he was still somewhat proud in his heart.
The bright moonlight shone on Guo Jia's face, making Guo Jia's already pale face look even more pale.
Although Guo Jia is young, he is not afraid of alcohol and sex all year round, so his health is particularly poor. Let’s put it this way, he is addicted to alcohol and also addicted to B.
Guo Jia had a blood-faced face with a little sad look, as if he really couldn't figure out something.
Cao Cao seemed to have seen that Guo Jia was worried. He narrowed his eyes and looked at Guo Jia for a long time. Guo Jia did not notice that Cao Cao was looking at him at this time.
After a long time, Cao Cao asked, "Fengxiao, are you thinking about it?"
Guo Jia has always made perfect plans. Cao Cao rarely sees Guo Jia like this. In Cao Cao's opinion, there should be nothing in the world that can stump him, Guo Jia and Guo Fengxiao.
When Cao Cao spoke, Guo Jia came to his senses. He took a breath and then said to Cao Cao: "Lord, I just feel that this trip has been going too well."
Cao Cao stared at Kazilan's big eyes, his expression a little incredible: "Fengxiao, isn't this success good enough?"
Cao Cao thought, isn't it good to do something smoothly? Could it be that you have to do something like this? You have to do something that is exhausted and you have to achieve your goal. Why, you have experienced life through this?
Guo Jia looked up at Cao Cao at this time, and he found that Cao Cao didn't seem to understand what he meant. He explained here: "Lord, it's logical that we were blocked by Xu Rong in Hulao Pass for so long. However, there were only small people like Zhang Yang next to Emperor Xian of Han. Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Sun Jian, Gongsun Zan, Ma Teng and others did not send troops."
"Lord, it's really a bit abnormal, even Liu Bei didn't send troops." Guo Jia said with a puzzled look on his face.
It is understandable that Guo Jia is not sent to others, but it is really hard for Guo Jia to understand that Liu Bei did not send troops. You know, Liu Bei called himself the emperor's uncle, and his nephew was in trouble, so he, the uncle, was not rescued.
Of course, if all forces really compete for Emperor Xian of Han, Liu Bei is not qualified to enter the finals. However, sending troops is an opportunity to gain fame. Liu Bei, who has always paid attention to fame, cannot say that he will not send troops without sending troops.
However, in fact, when Cao's army arrived at Shangdang, there were only two or three big fish led by Zhang Yang next to Emperor Xian of Han.
After Guo Jia's analysis, Cao Cao felt that there was indeed some problem. Even if Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and others did not have such a powerful think tank as he could not think of a plan to use the emperor to command the princes. However, the emperor ordered troops to be sent to serve the king, which was a great opportunity to gain fame.
Even if you don’t want to send troops, you should send a side army of thousands of people to the emperor to show your face. Not to mention anything else, if you send troops, the emperor will give you some rewards in the end.
Cao Cao was also puzzled when Guo Jia said this, but Cao Cao even couldn't understand something that even Guo Jia could not understand.
Since he couldn't figure it out, Cao Cao simply stopped thinking about it. Instead of guessing it blindly, it would be better for soldiers to block the water and soil to cover it up.
Cao Cao took a deep breath and asked Guo Jia: "Yongxiao, it's logical that it has been more than a month since Xu Du, and Your Majesty's reward should have arrived."
Since Cao Cao welcomed Emperor Xian of Han Liu Xie back to Xu Du, he treated Emperor Xian of Han Liu Xie better than his son. Among them, he gave the best house in Xu Du to Emperor Xian of Han as a palace. Not only that, he also ordered Xun Yu to build a new palace for Liu Xie.
In Cao Cao's opinion, I have done my best to treat you like this. Logically speaking, you should repay me and seal off the reward you should give me.
When he arrived at Cao Cao, he had strong soldiers and strong horses, and had enough money and enough food. The reward Cao Cao wanted was not money, but what he wanted was a name and an official position. Just a little man like Zhang Yang, Emperor Xian of Han also gave him a great sage, but he did not mention Cao Cao's reward for Emperor Xian of Han.
Chapter completed!