Cao Cao was shocked when he heard that Sima Yi was assassinated by people sent by Liu Yu along the way to Xudu.

"Could this Sima Yi have a genius?" Cao Cao was puzzled. Sima Yi was so valued by Liu Yu and did not hesitate to send assassins to assassins several times, which made him extremely curious about Sima Yi.

In short, because of Man Chong's assassination, Sima Yi attracted Cao Cao's attention earlier than in history, and was also valued by Cao Cao earlier.

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Guanzhong, Chang'an City.

Liu Yu has been back from Yizhou to Chang'an City for ten days. The 290,000 soldiers who followed him were basically rested. The dead and injured Mo Dao Bing and Feilong Cavalry were also re-selected, making up for a total of 6,000 people, and the army can go on a war again at any time.

Man Chong failed to assassinate Sima Yi four times. He watched Sima Yi successfully enter Xudu. When he saw Cao Cao, he gritted his teeth but had no choice but to return to Chang'an City to apologize to Liu Yu.

"Lord, Chong failed to convince Sima Yi to surrender, nor could he kill Sima Yi. If you lose your lord, please ask your lord to punish him." Man Chong bowed to the ground and said.

Liu Yu said expressionlessly: "Go and get the thirty rods yourself, go down."

Thank you, I will go and receive the punishment.

The so-called reward for those who have made merits, and those who have made mistakes must be punished, and the reward and punishment must be clearly defined.

It is not considered a crime to not convince Sima Yi to surrender, but he failed in assassination of Sima Yi four times in succession. Therefore, the Qingyi Guards were killed and injured, and it would be unreasonable if they were not punished. It was already Liu Yu's kindness to the thirty rods.

"Sima Yi is very ambitious and refuses to come to Guanzhong to vote for me. This is not surprising. However, he avoided Man Chong's four assassinations, which is really unpleasant. It can be seen that Sima Yi does have a genius and a very smart person. He is worthy of being a confrontation with Zhuge Liang. It is not that easy to kill him." Liu Yu sighed.

On this day, Liu Yu discussed with the strategists about sending troops to attack Cao Cao. This was a strategy that was decided when he was in Yizhou. Now hundreds of thousands of soldiers have basically finished resting, and with just one order, they can immediately go to war.

Liu Yu said, "This time, you may either capture Luoyang, point your sword at Xudu, or plan to Hebei to expand the territory of rule. Take one of the two. What do you think should you do?"

Guo Jia said: "Although Luoyang is also important, he should focus on planning Hebei. Getting Luoyang is just a bridgehead that threatens Xudu. It is still not easy to directly attack Xudu, and the actual benefits are not great. But if Hebei is captured, then the elder brother can account for half of the world, and his overall strength is stronger than that of Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Sun Quan. By then, the elder brother will be not far from unifying the world."

Liu Yu nodded.

Guo Jia continued: "However, it is not a good opportunity to immediately move troops. Xu has heard that Cao Cao has recently planned to become the 'King of Wei'. This is a major rebellious move, and Xu Du will have some turmoil. When the turmoil occurs, he can use this as an excuse to send troops and feint attack Luoyang and actually plan to Hebei."

"What Fengxiao said is very true!" Liu Yu smiled and agreed.

He was not in a hurry to send troops. Anyway, Cao Cao might not be able to recover more strength after a month. If Cao Cao really advances to the throne as the "King of Wei", and there will be another turmoil in Xudu, if he sends troops again, he will be able to possess the righteousness, increase his morale, and also attack the morale of the Cao army. This is to exchange for profit for a while!

Xu Du.

Cao Cao said that he had just wanted to advance to the King of Wei recently. In fact, after he was defeated in the Battle of Chibi, he had the idea of ​​advancing to become king.

More importantly, in the defeat in the Battle of Red Cliff, Emperor Liu Xie and a group of loyal Han officials had no idea of ​​what they should have. I really thought that Cao Cao would be done after a defeat? He could not suppress a puppet emperor and a group of scholars and old scholars?

Cao Cao not only felt that he was qualified to be the King of Wei, but also wanted to take the lead as the King of Wei to shock the emperor and the loyal scholars and scholars of the Han Dynasty.

On this day, Cao Cao asked Sima Yi: "Zhongda, I want to advance to the throne as King of Wei, do you think I can do it?"

Sima Yi smiled and said, "Since the prime minister started his army, he wiped out many unjust princes, so that the emperor could have a place to settle down, and the prestige of the Han court can be continued. The prime minister's prestige in the world, what should we not be the only King of Wei?"

Cao Cao laughed: "What Zhongda said is very consistent with my wish."

Sima Yi said again: "Prime Minister, as Yi expected, the palace must be uneasy, so it is appropriate to take precautions."

Cao Cao narrowed his eyes slightly and asked with a smile: "Zhongda thought what should he do if this happened?"

Sima Yi said with a knife in his hand: "No matter whoever is, kill them all! If there is no one in the court to resist the Prime Minister, the Prime Minister will no longer need to worry about such things in the future."

"Okay, okay, hahahaha!" Cao Cao laughed and thought to himself that Sima Yi is really outstanding, there are many things!

Cao Cao's intention to be king is unstoppable, and he will follow this matter.

On this day, Cao Cao first asked Xun You, who had already become the Minister of the Central Secretariat.

Originally, in Cao Cao's opinion, Xun You had always been loyal to him and would definitely not object, but what surprised him was that Xun You directly opposed: "No. Even if the Prime Minister had just promoted Wei Duke and was awarded the Nine Tsings, the throne was already extremely high. Now he was going to be promoted to the throne again, which was inconsistent with reason, so it should not be done like this."

Cao Cao stared at him, and Xun You actually opposed him. He thought that Xun You was firm and loyal to him and would not object, but in fact Xun You made the right statement. Didn't Xun You know that his advance to advance to the position of Duke Wei to pave the way for King Wei? He did not object at that time, why did he object again now?

The more I thought about Cao Cao, the more angry he became. Finally, Cao Cao pointed at Xun You and scolded: "Do you want to imitate Xun Yu?"

This is accusing Xun You of his heart for his Han Dynasty rather than his Cao Cao.

As soon as such accusation came out, Xun You's face turned pale. Cao Cao accused him of following Xun Yu's heart to the Han Dynasty? He accused him of being unfaithful to him, Cao Cao... In short, Xun You was severely attacked by Cao Cao's criticism.

After returning to his home, Xun You became ill, because of Cao Cao's distrust and accusations, worries and anger.

When Cao Cao heard that Xun You was sick, he was not even more angry. He felt that he had seen through Xun You's heart today. When Xun You and Xun Yu came to join us, Xun Yu was in love with the Han Dynasty. How could Xun You be exceptional?

Anger was the only emotion in Cao Cao's heart. His mentality was like a wife who had been with him for decades and cuckolded him. He trusted Xun Yu so much back then, and how much he trusted Xun You so many years ago, but the uncle and nephew...

Cao Cao was even more determined to advance to the King of Wei, while Sima Yi gave advice to Cao Cao.

On this day, under Cao Cao's secret instruction, more than a dozen people came forward to kneel down in the court, and in front of the emperor Liu Xie, they directly expressed their hope that the emperor would issue an edict to promote Prime Minister Wei Duke Cao Cao as the King of Wei.

When other civil and military officials heard about it, more than 80% of the people did not hesitate and knelt down on the ground, calling for Cao Cao to be promoted.

Emperor Liu Xie was frightened silly, his face turned pale, his limbs were trembling, and he was extremely frightened, and he felt a cold air coming from the soles of his feet to his mind.
Chapter completed!