After learning that Liu Xie was already in Li Yang at this time, Yuan Shao, who had finally escaped from the sorrow of Yuan Mai's assassination, began to hesitate again, which made many of the advisers under the tent anxious. Whether it was Xu You, Guo Tu, who had previously taken charge of the war, Tian Feng and Ju Su who advocated a truce, they all thought this was a great opportunity, but Yuan Shao's hesitation was very likely to cause great fighter jets to be lost in vain.

In the military discussion, the civil officials and generals put a lot of psychological pressure on Yuan Shao, which made Yuan Shao gradually begin to compromise with the party sending troops.

Although he had already begun to waver, he was still not determined to send troops south to take Liyang in the end. He only announced the anti-thief manifesto written by Chen Lin to show his determination to attack Cao Cao, and asked Yan Liang to lead the cavalry to gather in Dunqiu, and Wen Chou stationed his troops in Fanyang, and made an attitude of being ready to invade the south at any time.

In fact, the strategists didn't know what Yuan Shao was really planning...

As early as one night before the military discussion, Yuan Shao specially found Xun Chen, who was one of the "Eight Scholars in Yingchuan" and known as "smart argumentative scholars", to discuss that the reason why he had so many was that Xun Chen was not involved in the party struggles between Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi, and had always been a neutral faction and was deeply trusted by himself.

Xun Chen also knew exactly what Yuan Shao was trying to find him at this time. He explained to Yuan Shao the disadvantage of attacking Li Yang at this time:

"There are three disadvantages for the lord's attack on Liyang. First, we disregard the emperor's advancement, Liyang is disrespectful to the emperor, and it is said that it will lose the etiquette of the monarch and ministers; second, we were originally attacking Cao Cao in the name of killing, and the emperor lost our reputation as a disciple for no reason; third, if Cao Cao used this matter to make a big fuss and ordered the princes to attack us in the name of the emperor, we would be unable to argue."

After hearing Xun Chen's words, Yuan Shao felt that his previous insistence was correct, but it seemed that he was inappropriate to do nothing at this time, so he continued to ask Xun Chen what to do next.

"It is not very difficult for the lord to change such a situation. Now that Cao Cao is in Xuzhou, he will probably find it difficult to return to Liyang quickly in a short time. The emperor is alone in Liyang. If he wanted to retake the emperor in the past, it was very difficult, but at this time Liyang is close, we might as well send a reliable person to secretly lead a small group of people into Liyang to infiltrate the emperor to Yecheng."

Yuan Shao, who was already full of sorrow, slapped his thigh hard and suddenly realized:

"Oh, why didn't I think of it? The sir said this and I suddenly realized, but this candidate..."

"Lord, don't worry. General Zhang just returned to Yecheng and was on standby. I believe Cao Cao didn't know yet. With his skills and abilities, he is the best candidate to perform this mission."

Considering Zhang He's ability, Yuan Shao naturally knew how efficient he was, but out of fear of Zhang He, he fell into hesitation. However, at this time, there was no character with the ability to surpass him. In desperation, Yuan Shao had to secretly send Zhang He to sneak into Liyang secretly.

When Sima Yi learned that Liu Xie was in danger, he persuaded Hu Zhao to ride alone and leave Yangdi and go straight to Xu County.

On the way, he received a message from a carrier pigeon that came from somewhere:

The emperor has left Xu County and appears in Liyang. Yuan Shao secretly sent Zhang He to rob the emperor to Yecheng...

The handwriting on the letter was obviously not known to me. What Sima Yi could be sure of was that this was not written by someone he knew well.

But at this time there was no time to let him hesitate slowly. After putting the letter away, he quickly headed to Liyang City.

Sima Yi had been in Liyang City for a while before, so the route was very familiar. When he crossed the Yellow River to the bottom of Liyang City, he found that Liyang City had already been martial law and no one could enter or exit.

At this time, it was impossible to enter the city and could not pass the news to Liu Xie who was in the city, and Sima Yi was in anxiety.

"Brother Zhongda?"

At this moment, Cao Zhen, who was responsible for defending the safety of the emperor, was inspecting the city gate and seeing Sima Yi who was blocked by the guards at the city gate. He walked up and asked, "Why are you here?"

Seeing that Cao Zhen was also here, Sima Yi felt like he had a treasure, he quickly asked Cao Zhen:

"I dare to ask General Zidan, is Your Majesty in the city at this time?"

Cao Zhen nodded and said, "That's right, does Brother Zhongda have something to see Your Majesty?"

Considering that the matter is of great importance, Sima Yi approached Cao Zhen and told Cao Zhen about the content of the secret security he received.

"Be serious about this?" Cao Zhen fell into shock, but the shock seemed to be far less intense than Sima Yi had expected.

Cao Zhen quickly took Sima Yi into the city to meet Liu Xie. While walking quickly, Cao Zhen told Sima Yi:

"When my uncle asked Wen Lie and I to escort Your Majesty to Li Yang to prevent Yuan Shao from going south to attack, Mr. Fengxiao secretly told me that the emperor was a double-edged sword when he arrived at Xu. Although it could delay Yuan Shao's troops, it was also a danger of being robbed. Therefore, I specially asked me to strengthen the guards of Li Yang City. Everyone must investigate strictly to prevent Yuan Shao from sending people to the emperor. If Yuan Shao's army had already set off, let me escort the emperor back to Xu County as soon as possible."

In fact, after hearing Guo Jia's seamless deployment, most of the stones hanging in Sima Yi's heart have been put down.

Almost as Sima Yi entered the city, the grain transport team that came from Chaoge came to the gate of the west city. The guards stopped him and investigated him. The centurion stepped forward to ask the grain transport general with his head down: "Who asked you to come?"

The grain transporter lowered his head, and his tassel helmet covered his upper half of his face. He arched his hands and said:

"It was General Shi Huan who sent me to escort the food and grass."

He said he took out the pass clerk from his arms and handed it to the centurion: "Please check it out, General."

After confirming that, the centurion ordered the person to put down the suspension bridge and moved away from the horse and let him enter the city.

And in the gully of the necessary road between Liyang and Chaoge, dozens of corpses are displayed in the grass in a mess...

Just at this moment, Sima Yi, who entered the city with Cao Zhen, saw this team of people escorting food and grass. When he passed by the leading grain transport officer, he felt a familiar aura.

When he realized this, he couldn't help but stand up and came back to his senses to see the team walking towards him.

"What's wrong?" Cao Zhen couldn't help feeling a little curious when he saw Sima Yi fall into deep thought.

Sima Yi shook his head: "Maybe it's my illusion..."

After entering Liu Xie's palace, Sima Yi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw Liu Xie's safety and well-being. Liu Xie seemed very happy to see Sima Yi. The two of them held each other's hands tightly.

But Sima Yi did not immerse himself in the touching atmosphere of the reunion of his old friends for too long. He immediately said to Liu Xie:

"Your Majesty, Liyang City is in great crisis at this time. According to the reliable news I have received, Yuan Shao has sent his general Zhang He to lead a small team of troops to penetrate Liyang City, ready to rob you to Yecheng at any time. Maybe they have already..."

When Sima Yi said Zhang He's name himself, he suddenly involuntarily associated himself with the grain transport officer he had just seen. When he returned to Wen County, he had met Zhang He and his sister, and his figures were so similar.

The more he thought about it, the more something was wrong. When the feeling of uneasiness became stronger and stronger, Sima Yi suddenly realized:

"The grain transport officer just now is likely to be Zhang He!"

As Sima Yi expected, the grain transport officer did not leave after entering the city to pay the food and grass, but hid in the dark with his subordinates. He took off his helmet tassels and ordered the masters behind him to take off Cao Jun's armor, put on black night clothes, and then jumped off the roof one after another, approaching Liu Xie's bedroom with silent actions...

And this grain transporter is Zhang He and Zhang Junyi.

Zhang He, who thought his identity was not noticed, quietly came to the emperor's bedroom that had been locked by the grain transport officer before. He saw a large group of people walking back and forth in front of the bedroom. Zhang He thought that this must be Liu Xie's bedroom.

After confirming it, Zhang He ordered his deceased lord to attack the guards to attract their attention. He took the opportunity to transfer to the roof of Liu Xie's bedroom. After taking off the bricks and tiles, he saw the man sitting cross-legged on the couch reading the memorial in a dragon robe.

"This person must be the emperor Liu Xie..."

Zhang He was secretly grateful in his heart, and then he stepped on the roof and fell into the house.

The man in the dragon robe saw someone falling from the sky, and quickly stood up and took two steps back.

When Zhang He saw the true face of the emperor, he couldn't help but feel a little kind-faced.

"You're late, the emperor is not here..."

The man in the dragon robe was not the emperor Liu Xie himself, but Sima Yi who replaced him...

After realizing that he had been trapped, Zhang He planned to take the opportunity to escape. Unexpectedly, when he rushed to the door and kicked the door open, dozens of gun-armored soldiers stood in a row, waving the spears in their hands and stabbed Zhang He in the face.

The agile Zhang He kicked his right foot back and avoided the moment the tip of the gun was about to touch his chest.

Soon, Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu rushed in from behind the soldiers, pulled out the sharp sword from their waists and approached Zhang He. Seeing that they could not escape easily, Zhang He had to draw out the long sword from their waists to fight. After several attacks, Zhang He still fought with them. He did not expect that the two young generals could have such skills that he could not take advantage of him.

At this time, Zhang He noticed Sima Yi standing at the dragon bed, thinking that he would not be an idiot when he could command such an action. So he avoided Cao Zhen's attack and rushed behind Sima Yi and subdued Sima Yi.

Sima Yi had no power to resist and was easily controlled by Zhang He.

"Wenlie wait a moment!"

Seeing this, Cao Zhen stopped Cao Xiu, who was about to rush forward regardless of Sima Yi's safety. After hearing the news, Liu Xie pushed away the soldiers and rushed in:

"Let Zhongda go quickly!"

Zhang He put his sword across Sima Yi's neck and looked at the heavy surrounds in front of him coldly:

"It seems that my treasure is right. Your Majesty, if you don't want him to be buried with me, please let your guards get out of here soon. Otherwise, I won't be able to save his life if I don't have it."

In desperation, Liu Xie ordered Cao Zhen to let the soldiers disperse. Cao Zhen hesitated for a while before waved his hand.
Chapter completed!