Sima Fu, Sima Fang's third son, was named Shuda.

He is now twenty-four years old. If he calculates age in ancient times, his birth date is one year old, that is, twenty-five years old...

Given Sima Fu's family background, he has not yet entered the officialdom at the age of 25, which is a strange thing.

This is not because Sima Fu is not talented enough, but more because Sima Fang deliberately low-key, suppressing Sima Fu's development. In the seventh year of Jian'an, Cao Cao's fourth son Cao Zhi intended to recruit Sima Fu as a literary officer, but was rejected by Sima Fang. To put it bluntly, this literary officer was just a Qing official selection, which was not important to Sima Fang's eyes. What's more, Cao Zhi was unrestrained and frivolous, and was not favored by Sima Fang.

In Sima Fang's view, Cao Zhi's talent may be the best among the Cao family's sons, but he has never been a person who accomplished great things.

Therefore, when Cao Zhi recruited Sima Fu, Sima Fang firmly opposed it, which also made Cao Zhi feel deeply resentful towards the Sima family.

Now, Sima Fang wants Sima Fu to follow Liu Chuang and break the relationship with Sima Fu, which is equivalent to the way he treated Sima Yi. The problem is that Sima Fu's situation may be worse than Sima Yi. So far, Sima Yi has been hiding in the dark and claims to the outside world that he travels to Jiangdong. However, Sima Fu was unable to hide his identity this time, and it was destined that once he became the one who followed Liu Chuang, he would draw a clear line with the Sima family. In other words, if Liu Chuang fails, Sima Fu will not be able to return to the family.

This is also the most commonly used method for aristocratic families, investing from multiple sources.

For example, Xun family, Xun Yu and Xun Yan both served Cao Cao, but Xun Chen assisted Yuan Shao.

In history, with Yuan Shao's failure, Xun Chen was silent; Sima Fu's situation was the same. If Liu Chuang failed, he would have no chance to recover.

Of course, if Liu Chuang wins, Sima Fu can return home in glory, and the Sima family's strength will be preserved as a result.

Sima Lang listened clearly on the side that his father was preparing to increase the weight on Liu Chuang's side.

Although Sima Yi has followed Liu Chuang, it seems that he is afraid that the bargaining chip is not big enough, so he pushed Sima Fu out.

He opened his mouth, but the words came to his mouth and swallowed them back.

Sima Fu pondered for a moment and smiled slightly, "I miss my second brother quite a lot. Since my cousin is in the Huzhu, I should share his worries."

"You have thought about it?"

"The boy has already thought about it!"

Sima Fang took a deep breath, nodded and said, "Since that's the case, then you can clean up and set off overnight."

"Here!"

Sima Fu bowed and took the order and retreated immediately.

After Sima Fu left, Sima Lang couldn't help saying, "Father. Now Zhongda is highly valued in his cousin's side, why bother letting Shuda go?"

Sima Fang smiled slightly, "I didn't expect that Meng Yan would rise so quickly when asked Zhongda to follow Meng Yan.

Moreover, Zhongda's current identity is not easy to show up, so I can only let Shuda go, which can be regarded as expressing his attitude to Meng Yan. However, Henan is still under the jurisdiction of Meng De. In order to decide the winner one day, we cannot make a choice for one day.

The Sima family has been a prominent family for a century. Every step they take must be careful and must not act emotionally.

Let Shuda go over to help Meng Yan appease Hanoi, and at the same time, it also adds an arm to Zhongda and thinks about our Sima family in the future."

Sima Lang immediately calmed down and stopped talking.

The way to survive for aristocratic families is to be able to survive in the cracks.

How could he not know these methods? However, when he thought that Sima Fu's identity was exposed, the Sima family would probably be affected. He finally understood why his father had been so low-key and cautious in recent years. Even moving from Xu Du to Tongtu Lane in Luoyang was probably planning for the future. Thinking of this, Sima Lang's admiration for Sima Fang could not help but add a little bit.

"That boy..."

Sima Fang closed his eyes and pondered for a long time and said, "You just do your business. Zhongda and Shuda's affairs have nothing to do with you, nor have you to do with me, Sima. Now, you just need to wait and see what changes are going on and make a choice at the right time.

It’s enough that there are two people on Meng Yan’s side Zhongda and Uncle Da!”

"Boy understand!"

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In Luoyang City, the Sima family began to plan for the future.

In Xudu City, Xun Yu was also in trouble.

Cao Cao's progress in Qinghe was not smooth, and the Han army defended Dongwu City and Jieqiao to the death, making the Cao army unable to advance.

At the same time, the entire Hebei was also responding quickly. Ju Su was in charge of the General's Mansion to dispatch troops and generals. He dispatched 80,000 troops from Youzhou and Bingzhou, and pretended to be 200,000, and would soon go south to Jizhou. In other words, Xun Yu and Cao Cao had previously decided to attack the east and west, and it had basically been cracked. Xun Yu had to admit that Liu Chuang had set up the king in Yanjing, which was indeed a clever trick...

Although the capital of Yanjing was located in the bitter and cold Youzhou, it gave Liu Chuang an extremely broad strategic buffer.

Crossing rivers from Henan and Hebei cannot threaten Liu Chuang's roots. Instead, it can enable Liu Chuang to deploy calmly without panic.

This is also the biggest reason for the failure of this attempt to attack the east and west.

The Han army had enough space and time to resist Cao Cao's sneak attack... On the contrary, once the Han army crossed the Yellow River, the Cao army had no room for buffering.

This can be seen from the commotion in Xudu City.

As Liu Chuang crossed the Yellow River and the soldiers were approaching Hulao Pass, people in Xudu were in panic.

Especially in the past two days, a bandits appeared outside Xudu City, appearing in Meishan, which made the people even more anxious.

As for the origin of this bandit?

Xun Yu knew it well!

In fact, he didn't care about this bandit and wanted to wipe it out for only a few minutes. What he cared about was the people behind this bandit. Xun Yu was very scared. If he involved too much, it might even shake the foundation of the Han Dynasty and even the emperor would be affected.

He was loyal to Cao Cao and even more loyal to the Han Dynasty.

He believed that Cao Cao was the lord of the Han Dynasty, but if the emperor was implicated by this, it was not what Xun Yu wanted.

Xun Yu was also in great pain in such a tangled relationship.

However, the Han army should not remain indifferent when they were at the city. The city was chaotic and frightened. They should not be watched by ignorance. On one hand, he ordered people to appease the people, and on the other hand, he ordered a strike against the bandits of Meishan. At the same time, Xun Yu ordered people to draw troops from Liyang and sent people to Qinghe to inform Cao Cao.

It seems that the decisive battle between the lord and Liu Chuang is imminent!

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Xudu, the imperial city.

The Emperor of Han was very excited and walked back and forth in the hall.

Queen Fu looked at Emperor Han’s flushing cheeks and couldn’t help but sigh in her heart.

She could understand the Han Emperor's mood at this moment, but the problem was that Liu Chuang had not yet hit Xu Du, how could you lose your composure?

What scared her the most was the meaning revealed in the words of Emperor Han just now.

"Zi Tong, Uncle Liu has crossed the river and is in the Huzhu. The revival of the Han Dynasty is right in front of him."

There is no problem with this sentence. Emperor Han was suppressed by Cao Cao in the past two years. He was like a puppet and could not make any decision. Now he finally saw the dawn. He was in a happy mood and was reasonable and it was not a big deal.

But the problem is that what he said later made Queen Fu frightened.

"Uncle Liu worked hard and made great contributions, but he is really the pillar of my great man.

In my opinion, it is reasonable to call him a prince... He has been fighting and fighting in the past few years, and it has been very hard. When he arrives at Xudu, I will keep him by my side, so as to ask him for help from time to time. With him by my side, I can feel more at ease in my heart."

This sounds like nothing serious.

But if you think deeply, you will be able to realize the thoughts of Emperor Han.

My Majesty, do you actually want to cut off Uncle Liu’s military power? Not to mention that he has not arrived in Xudu, even if he has arrived in Xudu, you will not be able to suppress it easily. From the time he has lived in a place to becoming the lord of Hebei, how can those people around you be compared? I hope you are not so anxious, otherwise it will be counterproductive and make Uncle the emperor turn against you.

That's right, you did give the emperor's name.

But in addition to this, he created the present day of Uncle Liu, so how could he easily suppress it?

But Empress Fu couldn't say these words... She looked at the excited Emperor Han and had a plan in her mind...

The father must try to strengthen his contact with Uncle Liu. In this way, if the emperor really angers Uncle Liu, both sides can have a buffer. Otherwise, with His Majesty's idea, he will sooner or later force Uncle Liu to become the second Dong Zhuo and the second Cao Cao.

Thinking of this, Queen Fu was filled with worries...

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With Liu Chuang conquering Hanoi and crossing the river successfully.

The war in Hebei suddenly fell into a brief calm.

The Cao army in Liyang stopped its crazy attack and quickly retreated back to Liyang... However, the Han army did not attack quickly, but strengthened its garrison.

Cao Cao's poor progress in Qinghe County also made Cao Cao feel tremendous pressure.

The Han army in Pingyuan County began to move, and Ma Chao was dispatching troops, as if he was interested in increasing troops in Qinghe.

Once Pingyuan County sends troops, Cao Cao will fall into a situation of being attacked from both sides... At the same time, after the construction of Lijin City was completed, Liu Chuang added a military port at the mouth of the Yellow River. After the construction of Lijin was completed, Gan Ning quickly attacked and harassed Qingzhou in succession.

Taishi Ci dispatched troops and generals in Donglai, as if he was going to cross Gushui and enter the Beihai.

Cao Cao knew very well that if he continued to delay in Qinghe County, he was afraid that the current situation would become more and more unfavorable. Qinghe's extraordinary tenacity also made Cao Cao's previous surprise plan completely fail. In the current situation, it is not beneficial for him to stay in Qinghe in the current situation. The best way is to evacuate Qinghe as soon as possible... Because according to the current situation, the longer the Qinghe stays, the more dangerous it is, and it is definitely not what Cao Cao wants...

That night, Cao Cao and Xun You and others discussed the withdrawal of troops.

Just as they were discussing, they suddenly heard the sound of rapid footsteps outside the door.

"Meng Kang, why are you so panicked?"

"Master, something is wrong..."

"ah?"

"Just just got the news, Liu Zhang raised an army in Chengdu and his troops left Jiameng Pass... Zhang Lu hastily withdrawn his troops from Wudu, and Liu Chuang's troops captured Wudu." (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!