Chapter 221 Zhuge Liang: Prime Minister Cao, my heart is with you...

Chapter 221: Zhuge Liang: Prime Minister Cao, my heart is with you...

If you can't even support Liu Bei, how can you support the Han Dynasty?

Are you also worthy of supporting the Han Dynasty? ! !
Every word of Cao Mengde's was like a knife, piercing Zhuge Liang's inner pain. He directly turned out the things that Zhuge Liang was most reluctant to face and least wanted to mention, in full view of everyone, and exposed them under the scorching sun.

Zhuge Liang's expression remained unchanged, but his hand holding the feather fan was getting tighter and tighter.

"I don't have time to talk nonsense with a country bumpkin like you..." On the carriage, Cao Mengde took a deep breath, his eyes never leaving Kong Ming: "Where is the King of Chu? Let him come!"

"King of Chu?" Zhuge Liang looked confused, as if he didn't understand what Cao Cao was talking about. "What King of Chu?"

Cao Cao looked gloomy: "Where is Liu Wu? Let Liu Wu come to see me!"

"I really don't know." Kong Ming became more and more confused: "The King of Chu is not in the army, and I have never seen the King of Chu."

Call ~
The autumn wind blew, raising a cloud of dust.

Cao Cao was stunned on the sedan chair, his eyes full of astonishment: "Liu Wu is not in the army?"

Zhuge Liang's reply caught him off guard.

I have been wary of Liu Wu's army for so long, sending scouts and scouts to investigate its movements almost every day. Now someone suddenly tells me that Liu Wu is not in this army?
Isn't this a huge joke?

Do not!
This must be an excuse Liu Zilie made up because he didn't want to see me.

The King of Chu is now in a hurry to rescue Han Sui, so naturally he has no intention of meeting and talking with me?
It would have been better if Zhuge Liang hadn't said anything. This statement made Cao Cao more certain that Liu Wu was in the army, but he just didn't want to show up...

What a good Liu Zilie! The more he doesn't want to meet me, the more he wants to rush to Tongguan to rescue Han Sui, and the more I can't let him have his way!
Cao Cao smiled coldly: "Oh, Zhuge Liang! I am the Prime Minister and the King of Wei, and I am here in person to face the two armies. Do you think Liu Zilie will let you use such an excuse to fool me?"

Xilulu~
Wei Yan rode up and looked directly at Cao Cao: "The King of Chu is definitely not in the army. He is currently..."

"We are in Tongguan."

At this time, Wei Wenchang actually dared to tease me!
How could Liu Wu be in Tongguan?

Cao Cao's face suddenly turned gloomy.

Wei Yan seemed to be recalling something: "That day, I received a letter from His Royal Highness the King of Chu, saying that the King of Chu was under siege by Prime Minister Cao at Tongguan..."

"However, the King of Chu is short of troops and is already showing signs of being overwhelmed, so he sent a letter ordering us, the Jingbei Army, to come to Tongguan as soon as possible to provide support! Prime Minister Cao..."

Wei Yan looked at Cao Cao in confusion: "You came from Tongguan, don't you know that my King of Chu is in Tongguan and is being attacked by you? Why did you ask me where the King of Chu is?"

The General Zhennan seemed very confused. If the King of Wei wanted to find the King of Chu, he could just go to Tongguan. Why did he come to him?
boom! ~
"Ridiculous!" Cao Cao slammed the armrest of the chariot, unable to suppress his anger any longer: "When did I ever fight Liu Wu? These days, I have indeed been besieging Tongguan..."

"But the ones stationed in Tongguan are Han Sui and Ma Chao, the Xiliang coalition forces!"

"What does this have to do with Liu Zilie?!"

It's fine that Han Wenyou used that confusing letter to trick me into withdrawing the army, but you, Wei Wenchang, also want to use such a ridiculous excuse to fool me?

After he led his army to Tongguan, he fought endlessly with the Xiliang coalition forces led by Ma Chao and Han Sui.

Even though Liu Wu's army later attacked from behind, at that time Liu Wu's army could only march thirty miles a day. How could a single soldier reach Tongguan?

Even if he wanted to attack Liu Wu, he couldn't find Liu Wu.

wow~
Under the canopy of the chariot, Cao Cao waved his sleeves and pointed at the dark mass of soldiers behind Wei Yan: "You soldiers, until today, have never marched to the city of Tongguan, and only today have you faced me in front of the army..."

"The so-called Liu Zilie was besieged by me, how ridiculous!"

Wei Yan's words were as confusing as Han Sui's letter, which was extremely ridiculous!
"But the King of Chu has been staying in Tongguan..." Wei Yan sat on the horse and spread his hands: "Prime Minister Cao has been besieging Tongguan, doesn't that mean he has been besieging the King of Chu?"

"joke!"

Cao Cao was almost laughing out of anger: "I am leading the army to guard outside Tongguan. Others may not know whether Liu Wu is in Tongguan, but don't I know?" "Could it be that your King of Chu flew into Tongguan?"

"Even if Liu Zilie really wanted to enter Tongguan, how could Han Sui and Ma Chao's more than 100,000 Xiliang troops be made of clay? Unless Liu Wu takes Tongguan, how could Han Sui let Liu Wu enter Tongguan?"

Cao Cao became more and more angry as he spoke, his face full of anger: "Wei Wenchang! You, the great General Zhennan, really think I am a three-year-old child!"

By the end of his speech, Prime Minister Cao was already filled with murderous intent.

The reason I came here was to talk to Liu Zilie in a friendly way and persuade him to withdraw his troops.

But Cao Mengde had already appeared in person on the battlefield of the two armies, but Liu Zilie not only refused to meet him, he even found Zhuge Kongming to humiliate him.

Now it's even worse. He's giving in to Wei Yan and using such a ridiculous excuse to prevaricate himself. No...how can such a ridiculous excuse be called an excuse?

He was too lazy to even prevaricate. Did Liu Zilie despise him to such an extent? !

"Prime Minister Cao!" Wei Yan's tone also turned cold and hard: "You may not know that the Liangzhou army has already surrendered to my king, and my king has already entered Guanzhong..."

"My king originally wanted to leave Tongguan, return to Jingnan, and report the war in Guanzhong to the emperor, but he was besieged by Prime Minister Cao's army at Tongguan for several months..."

"My king said, Prime Minister Cao led his army to attack Tongguan. The battles have been going on for days and the war has not stopped. Tongguan is in danger..."

"That's why the King of Chu ordered Wei Yan to lead his troops to rescue him!"

The Liangzhou army surrendered to Liu Wu?
Wei Yan's excuse was exactly the same as what Han Sui said in that fake letter!

Xun Gongda was right. Liu Wu and Han Sui had indeed been secretly colluding for a long time. Even the methods they used to deceive me were exactly the same. They must have secretly communicated with each other a long time ago.

"What nonsense! It's impossible... Don't you think I don't know? Liu Zilie is secretly colluding with Han Sui. He led the army here just to attack me from both sides with Han Sui!"

"What's impossible? My King of Chu is in Tongguan. Believe it or not, that's your business, Prime Minister Cao!"

"Haha, if Liu Wu doesn't want to see me, I can only use the army behind me to invite him to see me..."

"Prime Minister Cao, have you forgotten what happened outside Xiling City..."

In front of the two armies,

The two sides exchanged verbal attacks and threatened each other, but were both nervous.

The 30,000 elite Jingbei troops on Wei Yan's side were already exhausted. Moreover, the enemy's strength was far superior to theirs. If the two armies really clashed, it would definitely be this exhausted army that would suffer.

Cao Cao was also unwilling to go to war. Although the troops under his command were far superior to those of the enemy, he was now standing in front of the two armies. Perhaps Liu Zilie was hiding not far behind Wei Yan.

If a fight breaks out, if that guy suddenly breaks out on horseback and rushes straight towards me to kill me, I will have no way to escape.

"General Wenchang, King of Wei, please stop arguing for a while..." Zhuge Liang's voice suddenly rang out.

Rumble, rumble~
The four-wheeled vehicle slowly drove between the two people.

"This matter cannot be explained with words alone." Zhuge Liang waved his feather fan and bowed to Cao Cao: "King of Wei, Liang has come to seek refuge with King of Wei, so naturally I cannot ignore King of Wei's interests..."

"Prime Minister Cao, you have to believe that Kong Ming is loyal to you."

"Hmph!" Cao Cao snorted coldly and turned his head to the side.

When he heard Zhuge Liang's words about joining him, he felt very angry.

He's planning to snatch the position of prime minister from me, and yet he's still planning for my own benefit?

Zhuge Liang continued, "The King of Wei certainly cannot listen to General Wenchang's one-sided words, but it is unnecessary to send a large army to attack just because of a few quarrels."

"Why don't we just let Liang be the middleman and mediate between the two families..."

(End of this chapter)