Cao Cao crosses Wu Dalang

Chapter 357

Everyone left Huanglong Temple, bought some wine and meat from a restaurant at random, and then went back to the post house, talking about the news that Pu Feng had revealed, all the brothers couldn't help but worry, only Cao Cao laughed freely and didn't care at all.

Even Xu Guanzhong, who has always been calm, couldn't help feeling a little anxious, and said anxiously: "Brother, younger brother knows that you are courageous and wise, but now it is the land of the Jin Kingdom, and his Wanyan family's monarchs and subjects are not as easy to deal with as the Zhao family. If you really intend to force brother to stay, not to mention whether there is any evil intention hidden, even if the envoys of the two dynasties communicate, why don't you spend a year? I can't afford such time."

Cao Cao smiled when he heard this, put his hand on his back and said, "Don't worry about Guanzhong. If he is really forced to stay as a hostage, how can I waste so much time with him? I have my own plan in my heart, and I might as well divide the army into two groups at that time." , all the way is Teacher Lin, Hua Rong, Ruan Sanxiong, and Sun Li brothers, you wait six, just follow Ma Zheng and return first."

As soon as these words were said, the faces of the few people who were pointed out suddenly changed, and they shouted: "What are you talking about, brother! I will come and come together, and we will walk together. Life and death are only with brother."

Cao Cao waved his hands and smiled: "Brothers are loyal, how can I not know? It's just why you point to you, but there is an argument! First, the envoy needs to cross the sea when he returns from the south, but he must not be short of brothers who know the nature of water and look at the scenery, so I want the three heroes of the Ruan family to go, as for the three brothers of you, they are all from military background, and they have a lot of strategy in their hearts. You have seen all the killing methods of the Jurchens and the Khitan people during this trip. Strictly training all the ministries under your command, this is a first-class important matter, if you practice one day earlier, our chances of winning will be one point higher in the future, this is the purpose of asking you to return first."

"As for Guan Zhong, Sun An, Wen Gong, Ting Yu, Fan Rui, Li Jun, Zhang Shun, Jiao Ting, Shi Qian, Zhou Tong, the Xie Family Shuangxiong, Meng Kang, and the Arichi brothers, you might as well follow me for a while. Stay for a while, so what can I do to play with him? You can't take me as a prisoner in custody, just wait for him to relax a little bit, hehe, a brother has his own rules, the dragon returns to the sea, the tiger returns to the mountain, and let the fellow go to himself first Surprised me."

Everyone listened and pondered for a moment, but it was Lin Chong who nodded first and said: "If you talk about it this way, brother Guan Zhong is a living map, proficient in languages ​​of various ethnic groups, brother Fan Rui has extraordinary magic skills, Li Jun and Zhang Shun are two water-like men, and Meng Kang Brothers build good boats, Xie brothers regard the mountains and forests as their homes...forget it, since elder brother has success in mind, how dare we not obey elder brother's orders?"

The Sanruan brothers were going to make a fuss, but when they heard Lin Chong say the word "general order", they suddenly remembered the stick that Lao Cao had hit on their and Zhou Tong's buttocks, and they all gritted their teeth and swallowed their dissatisfaction.

Cao Cao also asked everyone to pay attention to the geography and hydrology of this place. After some discussion, it was getting dark quietly, but Shi Qian and Jiao Ting came back first. She can walk like that, and Lao Jiao's good legs and feet have also been slipped by her."

After a while, Zhou Tong was carrying a shoulder resistance, the size of a mountain of burden, and he came back with a smile. Everyone looked at it, but they saw that they were completely new inside and out, but they were dressed just like the Jurchens. Seeing everyone's eyes were strange, and his old face blushed. , forced a smile and said: "It's that little girl Wu Lu who asked me to wear their clan's costumes, and then see if my nickname of handsome man is true, hehe, so the brothers are all there? share."

After that, he opened the packages one by one, but they were all Jurchen clothes made of tiger skin and leopard skin: "Every brother has them, so choose what you can wear."

Everyone stepped forward to check, but they saw that they were all of the highest quality leather, and their workmanship was quite exquisite, they all wondered: "Brother Zhou Tong is so rich today, are you going to bring me and others to marry Jurchen?"

Shi Qian said with a smile: "So that my brothers can know that this Princess of the Kingdom of Jin is a very bold and extravagant lady. She spent on Zhou Tong today, probably not less than two thousand silver! These tiger and leopard leather clothes , it was also the princess who specially bought it for him, and let him share it with my brothers."

Ruan Xiaoqi shouted: "This sister-in-law is so humane! I, Xiaoqi, are the first to approve of this marriage!" Regardless of his size, he grabbed a tiger skin dress and put it on. Watching the Jurchen pull up two locks of hair, he said, "Brothers, let's see, if Xiao Qi becomes a Jurchen, can he be considered handsome?"

Luan Tingyu put his arms around Zhou Tong, full of envy: "Unexpectedly, the women of Jurchen Kingdom are so generous and loving. Does this Princess Wulu have sisters? If not, then the unmarried aunt, the newly widowed aunt , my old Luan has no taboos."

On the next day, Princess Wulu wandered out of the palace again, and accidentally came to the post house, and happened to meet Zhou Tong.

The princess smiled and said, "Oh, Zhou Lang, didn't we meet by chance? Since that's the case, Wu Lu just knows a fun place, how about taking you to play for a while?"

Zhou Tong smiled and was about to take a step when his butt hurt suddenly. He turned his head to look at Cao Cao. Cao Cao shook his head and said, "Please tell the princess to wait a moment, follow me to the room to talk."

Immediately, he took him to his room, took a hundred handfuls of taels of gold, made a package for him to take with him, and said: "Since you are in love with this woman, as a brother, I naturally hope that you will go well. It's just the way of men and women. Well, it's great to have one. Although the princess is generous, we Han men should not be underestimated. If you see something good today, buy it for her as much as you want, and let her know that you love her."

Zhou Tong was moved to tears when he heard the words, and said: "Little brother has accumulated so many blessings in the previous life, in this life he has to be my brother's brother."

Cao Cao shook his head with a smile, and told him a few things about his experience with women before letting him go.

The remaining brothers, a group of three and a group of five, used the name of wandering around to observe and inquire about the geography of the place.

That night, Zhou Tong was the last to come back. Cao Cao and the bag of gold were still on his shoulders untouched, but he was holding two big bags in both hands. They are tied with moss and birch bark one by one, and the branches are all human-shaped; the other bag contains hundreds of northern pearls, the smallest of which is the size of a pigeon egg.

These two parcels were opened on the table, one was rich in ginseng fragrance, and the other was brilliant in precious light. Cao Cao, who is used to seeing treasures, couldn't help exclaiming: "What a princess Wulu, could it be that she turned over her father's treasure?" Treasure house? Interesting and interesting, if her father finds out, how dare she still let me wait here? If it delays for a while, the treasure house of the Kingdom of Jin should be named Zhou Ye."

Zhou Tong blushed, grinning and said: "My younger brother is not a stingy person who eats alone. Brothers have a share in these things. Brothers with ginseng will nourish their health. As for these pearls, those who have sisters-in-law will take them back to make sister-in-law smile." If you don't have a sister-in-law, you can also keep it. If you meet a woman who has closed eyes and give it to her, wouldn't you become a sister-in-law?"

As he spoke, he untied the bag of gold and handed it back to Cao Cao, grinning: "My little brother was rushing to spend money today, but he made Wu Lu burst into tears. I blame him for being heretics with her. The little brother told her that the brother taught me that the relationship between men and women Hello, I'm good, that's really nice. Unexpectedly, Wu Lu said that those are all hypocritical Han women. Their Jurchen daughters, whoever they fall in love with, just need to be nice to this person, cook for him, wash his feet, sleep and give birth to a baby. If you're in a bad mood, it's okay to punch a few times to vent your anger. This is what their Jurchens are good for. Hehe, I'm afraid my brother won't be able to use this bag of gold, so I'll keep it for now. Brother Ri Tingyu will find his sister-in-law later. Give him his expenses."

Luan Tingyu was furious after hearing this: "Little bully! You can't afford to look at Lao Luan like this? Hmph, Shi Xiu found the emperor of the Song Dynasty, and now you have a princess of the Dajin, brother, if I don't win the emperor Empress of Liao, I don’t know why you will be run over by you in the future!”

Xu Guanzhong said indifferently: "Brother Luan's family is very bold. I remember that Emperor Tianzuo was born in Xining eight years ago. Well, he is 45 years old this year. The Empress Xiao is five or six years younger than him, so he is 40 years old. She's in her mid-mature, charming, and not seven or eight years older than Luan's elder brother, which is a perfect match."

Luan Tingyu turned pale when she heard this, and murmured: "I don't want a 40-year-old mother-in-law who posted upside down the treasure house of the Liao Kingdom! Well, this is just my fart. I'll find a princess or emperor anyway..."

I don't know if it was because of Ah Gu Dazhen's love for the treasure house, but the next day, a Jurchen official came to the door with a few entourages.

This official is about forty years old, with a strong body, but a pretty face, and his manners are much more refined than ordinary Jurchens. When he saw Cao Cao and the others, he smiled and clasped his fists and said: "My God of Valley, my Chinese name is Wanyan Xiyin, Hehe, now I am serving as a servant in the court, and I am here today just to invite three envoys to the imperial city for my emperor, to discuss the alliance between your two dynasties."

After hearing this, Ma Zheng, Hu Yanqing, and Cao Cao lifted their spirits, and immediately confessed to their subordinates, ordering them not to leave the hall lightly, and then accompanied several officials to the imperial city.

When it came to the palace, there were not as many people as before. Except for Aguda, only Wu Qimai, Zacai, Nianhan, Lou Shi, Gushen, Yang Pu and more than ten people were all important officials of the Jin Kingdom.

After the ceremony was over, Agu smiled and said first: "You sent everyone to come here, which shows that the emperor of the Song Dynasty is sincere. Bi Khitan's anger and grievances are self-defeating. It is a matter of forming an alliance. After careful discussion, I generally agree. It's just that Yang Pu once told me that there is a saying in your Central Committee, which is called "everything is foregone, and if you don't forewarn, you will lose." I deeply believe in the truth of it, so I invite the three of you to come today. I have to ask, if our two countries form an alliance, we will each send troops, and the north and the south will respond together to attack the Liao Kingdom. This is naturally a matter of responsibility, but if the Liao Kingdom is destroyed, how should its land be distributed?"

Ma Zheng was overjoyed when he heard this, and quickly said: "What my emperor wants to seek is the homeland of the Han family, Youyun Sixteen Prefectures, which have been lost to Liao since the Five Dynasties. If Liao is destroyed now, they should return to our country. Others All the land belongs to your court.”

Cao Cao gritted his teeth secretly when he heard this, thinking that the sixteen prefectures are the bottom line, Zhao Ji, Tong Guan and his ilk don't know how to run a business at all, and small businessmen know that only by asking for a high price can they pay back the money on the spot, is this the way of negotiation? road?
A Guda remained calm, nodded and said: "Heh, Youyun Sixteen Prefectures... Anyway, I will allow the land you asked, Jin and Song to attack, whoever wins."

Ma Zheng became more and more happy, and was about to nod his head in response, when Cao Cao suddenly said, "Wait a minute, Doctor Ma!"

I thought to myself: Although I don't like that painter, but if I want to kill him, we should deal with it ourselves, but we can't let you be bullied by a foreign race. No matter how incompetent this guy is, he is also the emperor of the Han family. He doesn't value face, but Even Han people like us are underestimated!

Old Cao frowned slightly, looked impolitely at the benefactor, and suddenly smiled: "Your Majesty is the monarch of a great country, so he naturally speaks out of the law. Please forgive the lack of wisdom of the ministers. What His Majesty just said is that His Majesty is willing to The land we requested will be divided among the Song State, or will His Majesty send troops to attack the requested land with the Song State, and whoever fights will take as much as he wants?"

I will allow you to ask the land. (The rest of the land) Jin Dang and Song Dynasty will attack, and those who win will have it.

I will allow you: the requested land will be attacked by Jin and Song, and the winner will have it.

Ma Zheng is not an idiot either, he had preconceived ideas before, and at the moment Cao Cao beat him, his heart froze, he looked at Cao Cao in surprise, and then at Aguda, his eyes gradually became angrily: The majestic Emperor of Jin Kingdom, actually playing word games with me?
A Guda's little trick was exposed by Cao Cao. He felt that he had lost his face and was slightly angry: "Humph, that's naturally the latter! Don't you have a saying in the Central Plains that's destiny is impermanent, only the virtuous live in it." How can the land be outside? Could it be? Our country has laid down the land of Youyun, but it is also necessary to cede it to the Song State? Then how can I explain to the soldiers who are sweating and bleeding?"

Wanyan Sachoui also chimed in and said: "Wu Jiedu, my family's emperor is the most fair in dealing with affairs, since he has made plans, everyone should follow his orders."

Cao Cao shook his head with a smile and said, "If you say that, it would be better if each of the two dynasties fought their own way. Whoever lays the ground will belong to him. Wouldn't it be neat and tidy! If your country is strong, you will only see our country Incompetent, if our country is strong, beyond the clouds, we should get more land, this is fair."

Hearing this, Nianhan immediately jumped up and roared: "If you say that, you don't need to form any nonsense covenant. Thinking about my Dajin Kingdom, since the beginning of the army, it has been invincible and invincible. Defeated, I will destroy the Liao Kingdom, but sooner or later, why share the cup with your Song Dynasty."

He was defeated by Shi Wengong before, his face was slapped by Shi Wengong's halberd, now two or three days later, he was still bruised and swollen, at the moment his spittle was flying, he looked very hideous.

When Ma Zheng was yelled at, his heart was beating wildly, and he was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a while.

Although Hu Yanqing was a little more courageous, he couldn't help but put on a smile and said, "Why should you be angry when you speak well?"

Cao Cao stood up abruptly, raised his leg and kicked the cases in front of him, and roared in a voice twice as loud as Nianhan's: "If it doesn't end, it won't end! Tell you the truth, when I come The DPRK and China have already decided on two countermeasures. If the Kingdom of Jin is willing to negotiate and form an alliance, they will jointly attack the Kingdom of Liao, settle the century-old grievances, and take the sixteen prefectures of Youyun to pay back! If the Kingdom of Jin waits for me, in a few months, Another group of envoys went to see the emperor of the Liao Kingdom and asked him to cut off Youyun Sixteen Prefectures, and in exchange for our Great Song Dynasty to send 300,000 troops to help him put down the Jurchen rebellion!"

A Guda, Wu Qimai, Zacai, Nianhan, Lou Shi and others all changed their complexions in an instant. Except for A Guda who was able to secure the golden seat, the rest of the courtiers stood up in shock and looked at Cao Cao and the three in panic.

These Jurchen heroes are all tall and powerful, and Cao Cao's head only reaches the chest of these people, but he stands tall and magnificent, but he is as terrifying as a demon king who is two feet tall.

Hu Yanqing and Ma Zheng were full of fear at first, fearing that they would be killed by the Jurchens in a fit of rage, but seeing Cao Cao confronting more than ten people from the Kingdom of Jin, their hearts couldn't help getting hot little by little, and the two looked at each other. They glanced at each other, shook hands, got up at the same time, quickly kicked over the cases in front of them, and shouted: "Yes, if we don't form an alliance, we will wait for the Song and Liao coalition forces to quell the Jurchen rebellion!"

The powerful voice lingers around the beam.

There are different teachings: the heroes in front of the palace debate fiercely, and they only use the sword to show their pride.When you look at the majestic rivers and mountains, your head is full of edges and corners.

(End of this chapter)