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Hua Xin thought for a while and said, "Xiahou Yuan's adopted daughter married Cui Lin's nephew, and Cao Zhi's wife is Cui Lin's daughter. There is such a close relationship between them, so it will naturally not be bad."

"I know this," Cao Pi said impatiently: "I'm asking, how is their relationship in Xuchang?"

"Weichen can't say whether they have met in Xuchang in private, but in public, they have met about four times."

Cao Pi pondered for a moment and asked again: "Do you think Xiahou Dun will support him?"

"This... I think Xiahou Dun supports Cao Zhi in his personal relationship, but he also knows that Cao Zhi failed to fight for the world and the possibility of becoming the leader is not high. For the future of Xiahou Yishi, he naturally would not get close to Cao Zhi and try to remain neutral. But if Cao Zhi has the possibility of becoming the leader again, Weichen believes that he will support him with all his strength."

Cao Pi nodded, "It seems that he is still waiting and watching, and has no selfish intentions."

After a pause, Cao Pi asked again: "What is his condition when Xuchang adjusts grain this time?"

"I don't know what kind of attitude Xiahou Dun is, but I know that several of his confidant generals were very dissatisfied with Shidu. They thought Shidu was unfair and suppressed Xuchang. They all shouted that they would not work hard for Shidu anymore. As a result, Xiahou Dun publicly beaten 50 military sticks. Perhaps this is Xiahou Dun's attitude."

Of course, Cao Pi knew that Xiahou Dun had to express his support for the Hefei Battle, otherwise his father would not forgive him. As for his true thoughts, who would know that Cao Pi couldn't help but snorted coldly, "He is quite good at being a human being."

"I don't know how the world is preparing to control military power" Hua Xin brought the topic back to reality.

Cao Pi temporarily put aside his speculation about Xiahou Dun and Cao Zhi, stood up and walked a few steps: "I plan to let Cao Ren be the chief general of the Hefei Battle. Do you think it is feasible?"

Hua Xin knew that Cao Pi wanted to control military power through Cao Ren, but this would destroy the military deployment of Duke Wei. You must know that Zhang Liao was the main general of the Hefei battle. Hua Xin pondered for a moment: "Xu Huang is the main general of Shouchun. In fact, Cao Ren can replace Xu Huang. In Hefei, the world can try to win over Zhang Liao. As long as Zhang Liao is willing to be loyal to the world, wouldn't this add a lot of help?"

Cao Pi shook his head, "Zhang Liao is only loyal to his father. He will never be loyal to me before his father goes. Such a person does not need to win over or suppress him. Just let it go. In fact, I plan to appoint him as the head general of Shouchun."

"Why did Your Highness ask him to be in charge of Shouchun?"

Cao Pi smiled sly and said, "Most of the Shouchun army is Xuzhou army, which is a subordinate of Cao Ren, but the Hefei army is the army of Jizhou and Yuzhou, which is the direct army of my father. What I need to control is this army."

Hua Xin suddenly realized it and raised his thumbs up and praised: "Your Highness is indeed brilliant."

Cao Pi smiled proudly with his hands behind his back, "If he knew the current affairs, I would give him a chance to be promoted, but if he didn't know the current affairs and refused to cooperate, then I could only leave him aside."

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The next morning, Zhang Liao arrived in Shouchun, and several cavalry guarded Zhang Liao and rushed into Shouchun City. The momentum was huge, and the city gate suddenly became chaotic. Cao Zhen, a general who was inspecting the city, ran up and shouted loudly: "The city defense area is important, how can the army enter the city? Let me go out of the city."

With his hand, more than a thousand Cao army soldiers rushed forward together, raised their crossbows and pointed them at Zhang Liao and his personal soldiers, blocking them. Zhang Liao had a feud with Cao Hong that year, which led to Cao Hong being beaten and demoted. Zhang Liao also offended the Cao faction. At this time, Cao Zhen saw Zhang Liao, so he naturally had no good attitude.

Zhang Liao was furious. He was the chief general of Hefei. A small Cao family dared to scold him rudely. He even dared to raise a crossbow to threaten him. However, he restrained his anger and said coldly: "This is just a city, not a Wei Gong Palace, so how can there be these rules?"

Cao Zhen had already gotten off the city and bowed: "If Governor Zhang only brought five followers into the city, I would not stop him, but there are a few cavalry behind you entering the city, which will threaten Shouchun City Defense. As the head general on duty in the city defense, I have the responsibility to prevent hidden dangers."

"Does General Cao Zhen think that I, Zhang Liao, want to rebel?"

"It's not my responsibility. All generals are treated equally. There is no special thing. Please ask Governor Zhang to let his subordinates wait outside the city. We will ensure Governor Zhang's safety."

Zhang Liao didn't want to make things worse, so he had to endure the disgust and turned around to the personal general and said, "You can wait outside the city, and I will come out soon."

The personal soldiers turned their horses and headed out of the city. Cao Zhen then withdrew the soldiers and asked Zhang Liao to take his famous entourage to the palace. As soon as he arrived at the gate of the palace, he saw several cavalrymen standing outside the palace. These were obviously not palace guards. He was stunned and whispered to the personal soldiers: "Go and ask who they are."

The personal soldiers stepped forward to ask, and came back for a moment and said, "Governor, they are all Cao Ren's personal guards."

Zhang Liao slowly pinched the hilt of the sword, feeling humiliated in his heart. There were no rules. Cao Zhen clearly made things difficult for him on purpose. He suddenly understood that it was the Cao family who took the responsibility for Cao Hong's death to him.

The guards had already gone in to report, and after a moment, a guard came out and said, "Governor Zhang, I have a request from the world."

Zhang Liao resisted the dissatisfaction and quickly walked into the palace. He followed the guards to the lobby. He saw Cao Pi and Cao Ren sitting in the hall talking about something. Zhang Liao quickly stepped forward and knelt down on one knee to salute Cao Pi, "I am humble in the position of Zhang Liao to see the world."

"Governor Zhang doesn't have to be too polite, please get up quickly."

Cao Pi did not get up to help him, and even Cao Ren did not get up to avoid him. He just sat aside and received a half-treat. Although Cao Ren had a smile on his face, this smile was obviously not out of sincerity.

Zhang Liao was humiliated repeatedly today, and it was not until this time that he had a clear understanding. Could it be that these were all Cao Pi's secret command and deliberately suppressing himself? Zhang Liao suddenly realized that Cao Pi's inviting him to Shouchun was definitely not as simple as discussing military affairs.

Understanding this, Zhang Liao immediately calmed down and no longer resented the rudeness of the Cao generals. He bowed and said, "I don't know what important military consultation is there when I come to find a low-ranking position in the world."

"Of course it is for the Han army to withdraw from Hefei, which is also a big deal."

Cao Pi looked behind Zhang Liao and asked again: "Why didn't General Zang Ba come?"

"According to the military regulations, the chief general and the deputy general cannot leave the city at the same time, so I ordered General Zang to defend the city without letting him come with me."

"oh"

Cao Pi said a long time and turned around and asked Cao Ren, "Uncle, does the military have such rules?"

Cao Ren smiled, "The rules are not up to date, but you must be more cautious during the war. Governor Zhang's approach is understandable."

Zhang Liao's face changed. Cao Ren seemed to be talking for him, but in fact he was putting some damage. He immediately said sternly: "Governor Cao is ignoring the facts. During the Battle of Guandu, Duke Wei issued ten military rules, the ninth of which is that the main and deputy generals are not allowed to leave the city at the same time during the war. Isn't this a rule?"

The smile on Cao Ren's face disappeared immediately, and after a while, he said coldly: "Of course I know very well that the ten military rules are only targeting the Battle of Guandu, and there is no need to give a comment. During the Battle of Chibi, Duke Wei issued another nineteen military rules, but without the main and deputy generals, he could not leave this at the same time. Why don't you say it again?"

"No matter when the military rules are not abolished, all generals must be implemented. If Governor Cao thinks that I am wrong, we can ask Duke Wei together."

"Hmph, Governor Zhang is threatening me?"

"I dare not threaten Governor Cao, but to the truth."

Zhang Liao and Cao Ren competed against each other, and the atmosphere in the whole lobby became very tense. Cao Pi intended to ease the atmosphere and smiled and said, "Everyone is an important minister, so there is no need to argue about this little thing. Governor Zhang please sit down."

Zhang Liao ignored Cao Ren and sat down on the other side. Cao Pi tried his best tone and said in a gentle tone: "I don't know what the situation of the Han army is now."

"Reporting to the truth, although Liu Jing evacuated Hefei, he did not go far away. He should be in Wuhu or Ruxukou now, luring us to pursue him and let us enter his trap."

"It's really interesting. How did Governor Zhang know that the Han army had not evacuated? Now the Han army should have not arrived at Ruxukou. Governor Zhang actually came to the conclusion. Could it be that Liu Jing wrote a letter to tell the Governor in advance?" Cao Ren asked in a sarcastic tone.

Zhang Liao shook his head, "It doesn't take any information, just infer it by common sense. It's the end of October, and there are only a few impeller ships. How did most of the Han army return to Chaisang, so I suspect that the Han army did not even leave Chaohu, and the army is inside Chaohu."

Cao Pi asked about the so-called military situation just to ease the atmosphere. His real purpose of summoning Zhang Liao to Shouchun was to replace the Hefei chief general and let Cao Ren go to Hefei to clean up the army, and through Cao Ren, he controlled the Hefei army in his hands. Therefore, he wanted to summon all the chief general Zhang Liao and deputy general Zang Ba to facilitate Cao Ren to take action, but now the deputy general Zang Ba is staying in Hefei, which undoubtedly increases the resistance to clearing the Hefei army.

Cao Pi was not willing to accept it. He could use the tiger talisman to transfer Zang Ba away and let Niu Jin serve as Hefei deputy general. Cao Ren was the main general. Cao Pi was about to mention the replacement of generals. At this moment, a guard rushed to the hall to report, "Report to the world, the emergency pigeon letter from Hefei came from, and the Han army showed signs of returning."

Zhang Liao was shocked and stood up and said, "The Han army returned to Hefei. The situation in Hefei is critical. I must rush back to Hefei immediately. Please allow the emperor."

Cao Pi and Cao Ren looked at each other meaningfully, and they thought almost at the same time that this must be Zhang Liao's arrangement, asking Zang Ba to send false news about the Han army's killing, giving Zhang Liao an excuse to return to Hefei.

Cao Pi waved his hand and said with a smile: "Don't worry, don't worry, listen to me finish my words. It's really hard to stay in Hefei for a few months. I want to stay in Shouchun as the main general of Shouchun. I think what is it?"

Zhang Liao was stunned. It turned out that Cao Pi wanted to transfer himself from Hefei. He pondered for a while and asked, "If I leave Hefei, I would recommend General Zang Ba as the chief general of Hefei. General Zang Ba is good at defending and confronting the Han army for several months. He knows the Han army well. He guards Hefei and can protect Hefei."

"I also plan to transfer General Zangba back to Shouchun. The chief general of Hefei will be the governor of the capital, and I will decide to let General Niu Jin take office."

Zhang Liao's passion suddenly rushed to his forehead, his face flushed red. He understood Cao Pi's intention, to let Cao Ren control the army in Hefei, Niu Jin as the deputy general, and the purge of the Hefei general was inevitable. Thinking that his subordinates followed him through life and death, fought with the Han army in blood, but in the end they became a sacrifice in the power struggle, Zhang Liao could no longer bear it and said with a hard neck: "The humble position is the chief general of Hefei and was appointed by Duke Wei himself. If you want to be transferred from Duke Wei, you also need the order of Duke Wei. Forgive the humble position, you cannot obey the order."

Cao Pi was furious and slapped the golden tiger talisman on the table, "The tiger talisman is here, how dare you not obey the orders?"

"Tiger Talis can only dispatch troops, but not change generals. To remove a low position, you must have a handwritten order from Duke Wei.

"Bold"

Cao Ren drew his sword and shouted loudly: "Zhang Liao, do you want to rebel?"

Zhang Liao took two steps back and pressed the hilt of the sword and said: "The state has national laws, the army has military rules. The humble position was awarded the commander of Hefei and the general of Zhennan last year. With the heavenly talisman in hand, even if Wei Gong is in charge of Shouchun, he cannot easily replace the humble position. If the world wants to replace the humble position, please first take out the imperial edict or the Wei Gong's order, otherwise, please forgive the humble position for the wrongfulness."

After saying that, Zhang Liao turned around and left with great strides. Cao Ren was furious and was about to call for the arrest of the person, but Cao Pi waved his hand to stop him. Cao Pi was very scheming. He knew that he could not turn against Zhang Liao. If he turned against Zhang Liao and arrested him, it would be equivalent to forcing his father's direct line to Cao Zhi, and he would not be worth the loss.
Chapter completed!