"In addition, Cao heard that Liu Bei had not been granted the title of emperor to the emperor, or that Li thief did not grant him the position of governor of Xuzhou. Instead, he issued an edict to bury Tao Qian and reward Tao Qian's two sons with great importance, but he did not mention Liu Bei at all. In other words, although Liu Bei has taken over the six counties of Xuzhou, he is still the Pingyuan Order appointed by Gongsun Zan, and he has no official position or title except this.

As the saying goes: If the name is not upright, the words will not go well.

For the princes like Liu Bei who were promoted to a state, it would be difficult to get the recognition and support of the people of Xuzhou without the emperor's imperial seal. It would be difficult to convince the public by the Qingzhou Plain Order. At the same time, without the emperor's imperial seal, it means that Xuzhou is still a land without a master. The princes of all walks of life do not need to make excuses. As long as they have the strength, they can lead their troops to attack Xuzhou. After all, Liu Bei can occupy Xuzhou without name and division. Why can't the other princes in the world occupy Xuzhou?"

Speaking of this, Cao Cao smiled knowingly: "Now, Liu Bei has led the six counties of Xuzhou, and Tao Qian's recommendation before his death. Perhaps when he thought, Li Li would definitely grant him the imperial edict. Unfortunately, he underestimated Li Zhe and also despised Li Zhe's overlord status and strong confidence as the world's number one prince. When he took over Xuzhou, he did not pay tribute to Li Zhe, but wanted to wait for Li Zhe to issue his emperor edict to him. It was simply arrogant and delusional!

Li Tie is not Dong Zhuo of the past!

When Dong Zhuo was in power, he was devoted to enjoying wealth and living his old age. In the attitude of calming the affairs, Dong Zhuo followed the instructions of the princes in each town, and rarely rejected the memorials of the princes in each town. However, Li Zhe was young and unified the prefectures and counties of Xiliang at a young age. He firmly controlled the hundreds of thousands of Xiliang army and did not take the princes in the world seriously. Any princes in the world asked for official positions must be paid. They must pay enough money and grain, otherwise they would not expect to get any imperial title from Li Zhe. Even if they were a small county magistrate, they would not have to get it without any effort.

Therefore, in Cao's opinion, Liu Bei took the initiative to come to the alliance this time, rather than forming an alliance with us to fight against the Li thief, it is better to say that he took the opportunity to ask the Li thief for the imperial edict and the imperial edict instead of forming an alliance with us!"

"Huh?" Yuan Shao was stunned when he heard this. After thinking for a while, he nodded with consent: "What Meng De said is very true. Li thief has always been stingy and bullying the weak. He has never taken the princes of the world seriously. Liu Bei's experience today has also encountered the princes of all towns. If he wants to ask for an official position from Li thief, no one must pay a lot of money and food. Otherwise, he will not think about it. Therefore, Liu Bei's move is reasonable, but he is deliberately using our allies to build momentum. I am afraid that he may not really help us defeat Li thief. I wonder what Meng De has to do about this?"

"The leader of the alliance does not need to worry. If Liu Bei doesn't come, we will naturally be unable to do anything to him; but since he has come, he can't help him. What's more, Li thief is an easy person, and who in the world can threaten him to submit? Therefore, Liu Bei led his troops to come here by accident, but it was really a foolish move! Cao was sure that as long as the emperor was still in the hands of Li thief, Liu Bei would never have the imperial edict from the governor of Xuzhou in his life. Perhaps Liu Bei still wanted to let Li thief see his power, so he obediently gave him an edict and granted Xuzhou to him! Hahaha???"

While speaking, Cao Cao couldn't help laughing out loud, and Yuan Shao also laughed happily, obviously agreeing with Cao Cao's remarks.

In fact, when Cao Cao expressed the true intention of Liu Bei's alliance, Yuan Shao had already understood everything in his heart, and Cao Cao did not need to explain it in detail. But he enjoyed Cao Cao's respectful expression when he spoke. The more detailed Cao Cao said, the more loyal Cao Cao was to him. This was undoubtedly a good thing he liked to hear, so why not do it!

Because of this, Yuan Shao was drinking while listening to Cao Cao's long-form discussion. He accidentally caught the sun's westward and it was dark for another hour. So he slowly stood up, waved his hand to signal the personal soldiers to pack up the table and the wine cup, and chuckled at Cao Cao: "Meng De saw Liu Bei's real attempt at this trip very thoroughly. I guess he must have a good solution to it? Hahaha!"

While slowly going down the mountain with Yuan Shao, Cao Cao smiled and nodded: "That's true. But the leader has already been upright, how dare Cao show his ugly face?"

"Meng De is humble. What are his opinions? Why don't you say it straightforwardly and see if you and me coincide?"

"It's not a good idea. Before our Allied forces fought against Li Zhe, the strategy decided by the leader of the alliance did not need to be changed. He still let Liu Bei stay in Hedong and make a decision when the final battle was over. After a battle, even if Liu Bei wanted to escape unscathed, he could not help him. Before we completely defeated Li Zhe, he would not want to escape from the Allied forces and lead his troops to escape alone!"

"Hahaha!" Yuan Shao smiled and nodded happily, "Okay, as Meng De said, you and my brothers are really in harmony and coincidental! Since that's the case, we will temporarily assume that there are no princes in the ninth town. Tomorrow, the army will knock on the gate to explore the defense situation of Hangu Pass, and see with your own eyes whether the troops under Li Zhe gather together as the rumor said, and are invincible?"

"Hahaha!" After saying that, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao looked at each other and smiled. Then they turned over and walked onto the horse, stepped on the afterglow of the sunset, and returned to the camp along the mountain path.

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The next day, the sky was gloomy and the north wind was howling.

At three o'clock in the morning, the rising sun was not welcomed in front of Hangu Pass, but the army of 300,000 princes led by Yuan Shao was welcomed.

Standing at the top of the city, looking around.

But wherever you see, besides the towering mountains and rivers, there are hundreds of thousands of dense swords, guns, swords and halberds, iron armor, and war horses that resound throughout the sky.

Three hundred steps ahead of the pass, tens of thousands of Allied infantry carried hundreds of ladders, pushed the well railings, and raised catapults, with long bows and hard crossbows ready to wait; the rushing city car was carrying a huge iron-covered wood about ten feet long and four feet thick, facing the thick and ancient Hangu Pass main gate, with great momentum, tense swords and ready to move.

"I haven't seen such a mighty and spectacular scene for many years, which is really shocking!"

In the middle of the city tower, Li Li, wearing military armor, looked high from afar, and saw the sight of the princes and allied soldiers, with soldiers standing in a sea of ​​war, and flags flying. The soldiers were as powerful as prisons, with a magnificent aura. The murderous aura soared into the sky. This was the first time since he was reborn in the late Han Dynasty that he had witnessed such a spectacular war scene with his own eyes, facing the 300,000 siege troops. He could not see the appearance and expression of the allied soldiers wherever he looked. His eyes were full of murderous soldiers, which was dazzling and shocking.

Guo Jia and Jia Xu stood behind Li Li, one left and one right. After hearing Li Li's sigh, Jia Xu said softly with deep emotion: "What the lord said is very true. This is the third war in the Eastern Han Dynasty in more than a hundred years.

Ten years ago, the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, and the Yellow Turban Army of as many as one million people swept the world. In several months, the eight states of the Han Dynasty were full of war. Although the imperial army quickly wiped out the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Yellow Turban Army shook the whole world, shook the foundation of the Liu Dynasty, and opened the prelude to the arrival of the troubled times. It bewitched people's hearts, and thus led to the chaos of the princes today.

Five years ago, the eighteen princes attacked the Dong Xiangguo and assembled nearly 500,000 troops, which were huge and earth-shaking. In this battle, the princes and allied forces fought with our Xiliang army for a year. In the end, although the allied forces won, they were only famous. In fact, they did not shake the foundation of our Xiliang army. Instead, they prompted the Dong Xiangguo to plunder the eastern capital Luoyang. They carried the accumulation of hundreds of years of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the hundreds of thousands of people in Luoyang to move the capital to Chang'an. Therefore, the eighteen princes alliance was called to attack Dong Zhuo. In fact, they trampled heavily on the power of the emperor and pushed the Liu family to the brink of destruction.

Five years later, the princes of the Central Plains made a comeback and joined forces to form an allied army again. Under the banner of "striking the lord and clearing the lords", they gathered more than 400,000 allied troops to attack us. This time, the army of the princes was nominally to attack the lord and rescue the emperor, but in fact, they were trying to destroy our Xiliang army, and attempt to dominate the Central Plains and conquer the world.

In just ten years, three unprecedented wars were completely ignored, and the face of the Liu royal family disappeared, and the world would become more and more chaotic. Therefore, the emperor???? The emperor is no longer of use and is useless."

After a little hesitation, Jia Xu finally expressed his true thoughts, and the last sentence was actually to advise Li Li, vaguely revealing the intention of persuading him to advance.

Indeed, Jia Xu did not take the hundreds of thousands of princes in front of him seriously at all, and believed that he was sure to win. For him, after experiencing the battle of the eighteen princes in the 18-year-old princes in the battle against Dong Zhuo, he turned around and looked at the army of princes in front of him. It was like a group of clowns who jumped and posed, and it was difficult to enter the elegant hall and was not afraid.

At the same time, Jia Xu also knew that although the more than 300,000 princes in front of him did not seem to have an advantage in terms of number of people, it was far less than the many soldiers and horses when the Chenliu Alliance was in the past, but it was once and then. Now the princes allied troops in front of the Chenbing Pass have well-trained soldiers and have been tempered by war. The armor is sharp and the combat power is elite. Although the number of soldiers and horses is not as strong as that of the former Allied troops, the combat power is far greater than that of the former Eighteen-Road Alliance.

Therefore, although Jia Xu looked down on the surface of the princes and allied forces, he always said that the princes' army was not afraid, but in fact his true thoughts were exactly the opposite. In this battle, he not only did not have any slackness, but instead made every preparation for all wars cautiously, and paid much attention to the success or failure of the battle.

"Yes." When Jia Xu finished speaking, Li Li turned his head and looked at him, then nodded slightly, turned his head and looked forward without any objection, and looked at the army of princes in front of the array pass.

"I agree with what Wenhe military advisor said." Seeing Li Li silent, Guo Jia whispered: "With the lord's prominent position today, the emperor is not very practical. Not only can he help the lord achieve great things, but he will constrain everywhere, invisibly weaken the lord's reputation and reputation. However, since ancient times, those who have become kings and princes are defeated are the most important thing now is to win this battle. If you win this battle, all the entanglements will naturally be resolved, and the lord will become the overlord of the Central Plains. If you are defeated, it is best to maintain the status quo and not act rashly."

"Your words are very pertinent. Our top priority is to do our best to win this battle. As for other matters, let me discuss it later!" Li Li nodded and said without moving.

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PS: After finishing this chapter, I learned that today is the birthday of my friend Liutianxixinlong. I specially updated this chapter in the early morning of the 16th to express my birthday wishes.

There are no gifts and no happy birthday songs. Xiaoqi has a large readership group, so more book friends cannot wish their friends a happy birthday, but Hu Ben sincerely wishes their friends a happy birthday, always smile, everything goes well, and be happy every day!
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