Chapter 225: Buying a City
Cao Chao still accepted Cheng Ji, a pawn abandoned by Sima Zhao, and his resentment towards Sima was even higher than that of him as an emperor. The taste of betrayal is never pleasant, Chengji is like a vicious dog abandoned by his master, and the most important thing he wants to do at the moment is to kill the master who doesn't want him.
The judge's office burned letters to Cao Cao and Cao Pi to see who was more free and could come and pick up their grandson.
The two ghosts didn't wait outside for too long, after Cao Pi left home, he has been settling in Yanjun City, and just after the sun passed, he appeared in front of Cao Chao's eyes. As a grandson, Cao Chao doesn't recognize his grandfather, there is always such a thing in the royal family, the grandfather dies too early, the grandson is born too late, and it is normal for the grandparents to differ by more than 20 years.
What's more, Cao Pi still has a young face at the moment, looked at the young man at the door of the judge's mansion, and his eyebrows are similar to himself, and he stepped forward and asked, "Are you Cao Chao?"
"Exactly, your Excellency?"
Cao Pi smiled: "I'm your grandfather Cao Pi, let me go first." ”
Cao Chao hurriedly knelt on the ground and said: "Unfilial grandson visited Emperor Shizu Wen, he was incompetent, he was killed by the hands of traitors, and he failed to revive the Great Wei, please punish Emperor Shizu!"
"It's okay, the Sima clan's wolf ambitions, if you want to pursue it, I can't stay out of it. Now that you're dead, let's look away. ”
Cao Chao's face was very tight, and he said word by word: "I am inseparable from the Sima family! Please Shizu take me to see Emperor Taizu!"
"Well, let's go. Cao Pi was a little helpless, he really didn't want to see his father and brother again. It's just that the grandson mentioned it, and it's always hard to refuse as a grandfather. The elders are always reluctant to disappoint the elders, which is a common problem between all people and ghosts.
When Cheng Ji was following behind, Cao Pi realized that there was an extra ghost and asked Cao Chao, "Who is he?
"Yu Shizu, he is Chengji. ”
"Chengji!, the one who killed the king?" Cao Pi's face turned cold, and he asked, "What are you doing with such disloyal people?"
Cao Chao hurriedly explained: "Cheng Ji was deceived by Sima Zhao and misheard Jia Chong's words, and now he has learned his mistake. Willing to follow me and take revenge on Sima. ”
Cheng Ji also hurriedly expressed his resentment towards Sima Zhao, and repeatedly praised his position at the moment.
Cao Pi doesn't have much, but he has been an emperor, and he still has the wisdom to know people. Since Cao Chao has made a decision, it is up to him. The Sima clan is indeed difficult to see in the past. Wei State, in the end, also has its own part of the hard work, it is Cao Cao who laid the foundation, but it is he Cao Pi who really founded the country.
The battle under the city has been going on for a day and night, and tens of thousands of soldiers are desperately surrounding this city wall. The city was running out of arrows, and the damaged weapons were enough to fill several warehouses. Wei Jun showed indescribable excitement, like hungry wolves that saw their prey, just waiting for themselves to be unable to hold on, and when that time came, they would rush up and eat themselves.
Zhang Chunhua regretted a little, he should have taken his son to hide out, but now the Wei army has besieged the city, and he can't run away if he wants to. If the city is broken, as a pawn of the Han Dynasty, he will not be embarrassed in the future, but this identity can keep himself, and he can't keep his son Sima Shi. Alas, Zhao'er was too impulsive this time and caused such a big trouble, how can it end.
"Let Jean, let Jean! The Major General has been hit by an arrow, let Rang!"
The shouts of the soldiers woke Zhang Chunhua from his thoughts, and he looked over the sound, only to see Sima Shi being carried on the ground by the soldiers, his face distorted. He had at least a dozen feather arrows stuck in his body, and if he was in the world, he was afraid that he would have died in Jiuquan. The ghost won't die again, but the injuries on his body are so bad, it must be inevitable that he wants to die in pain.
Squinted his eyes and looked at Sima Yi on the side, he was calm, and he could turn a blind eye to his son's injury like this. It's just that a father doesn't hurt his son, and he feels sorry for being a mother.
Walked quickly to Sima Shi's side, raised his hand and pulled the arrow out, no matter how loud Sima Shi's shout was. The arrows fell to the ground and piled up in a heap. It looks a little scary.
"Shi'er, go with your mother, and your mother will write a letter to Emperor Xiaojing, and she will protect you with all her might. Let the old thing find a way to clean up here, we don't care about the two of us! What power, what territory, we don't care about everything! We don't care about anything!"
Sima Shi grabbed her and said with some difficulty: "How can a son abandon his father in the world, mother, you go down to rest first, I'm fine." ”
"It's okay, it's okay, if you're on earth, you're already dead again!"
"Left and right, send my mother back to the house to rest, get me a strong bow, and shoot back at the city!"
Sima Shi struggled to get up from the ground, and the soldiers carried the irascible Zhang Chunhua and walked quickly down the city. The Wei army has built an arrow tower outside the city that is much higher than the city wall, and now it remains in the city and can only be used as a target.
Lying on the head of the city and looking down, dozens of ladders were carried on the shoulders of the soldiers, and they did not want to run down the city. Trebuchets are also winding in the distance, and it won't be long before there will be a rain of stones.
"Father, I'm afraid we won't be able to keep it clear, if the Wei army breaks through the city, please take my father and my mother to break through. Only when he arrived in Chang'an, Cao Cao didn't dare to come to trouble again. ”
Sima Yi moved his eyelids and said, "Don't think about it so much, Cao Cao dared to send troops to attack me, it was out of the acquiescence of the Han family, and Chang'an would not take me in." How much hay is left in the city? ”
"There are still eight warehouses for hay, what is my father's plan? The people of the city have jointly requested to take refuge in the city, and I have asked them to wait patiently on the grounds that the war is in full swing. ”
"Well, you're doing a great job. There is no need to let the people stay in the city anymore, send a letter to the Wei army, send out all the people who have nothing to do with the battle, and send your mother away as well. She is no longer a member of the Sima clan, so there is no need to suffer with you and me. ”
"Yes, Father!"
A feathered arrow flew out of the city and landed about a hundred and fifty paces from the city wall. This arrow was quickly sent to the Chinese army and to Cao Cao.
Looking at the letter written by Sima Shi himself, a smile appeared on the corner of Cao Cao's mouth. Sima Yi couldn't hold it anymore, otherwise he wouldn't have sent the people out. It is an iron law that the war must not affect the people and ghosts. Sima Yi sent such a letter, making it clear that he was no longer sure that he would hold the city, and victory was not far away.
"Fengxiao, how much money do we have in our treasury?"
Guo Jia quickly calculated in his mind and said, "The treasury is full, enough for ten years." ”
Cao Cao said with a smile: "Do you remember how the Han army demolished Luoyang City last time?
"Lord, this method is too expensive, and our family background is still a lot worse than that of the Han family. It's better to..."
"How about it?"
"It's better to replace it with livestock, there are still a lot of cattle and sheep in Luoyang City, and now the grassland has become Beiting, and the livestock are not good for grazing, so it is better to buy the city." ”
"Okay, just according to the words of filial piety! Come, copy 3,000 copies of letters, shoot them into the city with bows and arrows, and whoever takes a pound of bricks and tiles from the city wall can exchange it for a head of livestock, and if it is less than a catty, it can be exchanged for meat. Cao Ren led the tiger and leopard to ride 3,000, quickly returned to Luoyang, and transported the livestock here. ”
The Wei army stopped the attack and retreated like a tidal wave. Sima Yi and Sima Shi, the father and son, breathed a sigh of relief, and after a few hours, they could finally take a break.
But before they could relax a little, hundreds of archers came out of the Wei army, bent their bows and arrows, and fired arrows into the city. It took six rounds of feathered arrows before the archers retreated.
Pick up the feather arrow that landed next to you and untie the letter tied to it.
"On the order of the king of Wei, the people in the city are instructed to suspend the war tomorrow from the rooster crows until sunset, and you can go out of the city to take refuge. Anyone who takes a pound of bricks and tiles from the city wall can exchange it for a head of livestock from our army. If it is less than a catty, it can also be exchanged for meat!"
Sima Yi felt a big head for a while, it was really rare to fight such a scoundrel.
This tactic, Liu Bang is the ancestor, right.....