Chapter 670

Cao Cao received Liu Bei's gift and knew that Liu Bei was showing off his wealth to him.

He cursed Liu Bei for trying to exhaust him to death, but accepted it happily while cursing.

Not long after,

Cao Cao was promoted to Wei Wang under the enfeoffment of the pseudo-emperor, the Prince of Hejian!

He broke the rule set by Liu Bang that "only the Liu family can be king"!

This move was very provocative.

Cao Cao wanted Liu Bei to attack him actively, and then he would use the advantages of supplies and defense to find an opportunity for victory.

Xuxian,

Liu Bei summoned everyone to discuss.

"Everyone, Cao Cao has defied the world and declared himself Wei Wang; what should our army do?"

Ma Chao cupped his hands.

"My lord, Cao Cao dares to be so rebellious; I suggest a full-scale expedition against him!"

Zhang Fei also shouted loudly.

"Big brother, this old brat Cao Cao will declare himself emperor next; we must suppress him!"

Many generals expressed that they wanted to teach Cao Cao a lesson he would never forget.

Liu Bei looked at the group of military advisors.

"Wenhe, what is your opinion?"

Jia Xu cupped his hands.

"My lord, Cao Cao is using a strategy of killing two birds with one stone. By becoming the Wei Wang, he can increase his prestige and give his civil and military officials hope; he can also stimulate our army, making you send troops to launch an expedition, and find an opportunity through defensive counterattacks."

Liu Bei nodded.

"Wenhe is quite right; this old brat Cao Cao has no good intentions."

Pang Tong also cupped his hands.

"My lord, our army rashly launching an expedition against Hebei has no certainty of victory; even if we don't fail, it will increase the confidence of the Cao army."

Guo Jia also stepped out.

"My lord, our army should develop with peace of mind; in less than five years, we will leave the Cao army far behind, and there is no need to fight a decisive battle with them."

Everyone nodded; now most people in the Great Han felt that Liu Bei would surely defeat Cao Cao.

If Liu Bei's expedition against Cao Cao failed, it would inevitably strike a blow to everyone's confidence.

700 Liu Bei frowned.

"Then how should our army respond?"

Fa Zheng stepped out.

"My lord, as the Imperial Uncle of the Great Han, you have expanded the territory and made unparalleled contributions. Cao Cao dares to declare himself king, so you naturally have sufficient reason to declare yourself king."

Everyone's eyes lit up.

Zhang Fei laughed loudly.

"Right, my big brother should declare himself king!"

Guo Jia, Liu Ye, Taishi Ci, and others supported it one after another.

Liu Bei also had this intention, and he agreed half-heartedly.

As for what king to declare himself, everyone studied it for a while and collectively felt that King of Hanzhong was the most appropriate.

If you remove the middle character from King of Hanzhong, it is King of Han.

Declaring himself any other king would not be appropriate; King of Liang? King of Shu? King of Yu? None were appropriate.

King of Chu and King of Qin didn't even need to be mentioned; this would be like putting eye drops on Liu Bang...

After everyone discussed it,

three days later, Liu Bei announced to the world that he was the King of Hanzhong!

Liu Bei declared himself king, and naturally there was another round of congratulations from all over the place.

The Western Regions, Nanzhong, Jiaozhou, Liaodong, etc., all offered rare treasures, which was much livelier than Cao Cao's Wei Wang.

Cao Cao not only didn't lure Liu Bei to attack him, but also got a belly full of anger, which was very annoying, so he could only vent his anger on the Goguryeo beauties Liu Bei had sent him last time.

Liu Bei wouldn't attack him, so Cao Cao could only think of ways to attack Liu Bei.

Just after midsummer,

Zhuge Liang, who was guarding Bingzhou in place of Zhao Yun, received secret reports from Yu Du and Yang Chou.

Yu Digen, Li Damu, and others in the Black Mountain Army had been bought off by Cao Cao and intended to work from the inside and outside with Cao Cao to seize Henei Commandery and Shangdang Commandery.

Zhuge Liang naturally attached great importance to it, and while urgently reporting to Liu Bei, he led people to Shanyang County near Mount Taihang.

This place was Yu Du's garrison.