It's just that when the words came to his lips, Cao Cao never spoke, but there was a somewhat complicated look in his eyes, and he just patted Cao Pi's shoulder heavily. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Cao Pi was a little disappointed in his heart, but he didn't dare to show half of it, and he was busy saying something about his father's award, which is a humble word for my part.

Cao Cao exaggerated Cao Pi again, and then asked Cao Pi to send an order to the whole army to prepare to retreat to Longxi, and after explaining, Cao Cao breathed a sigh of relief, and then he felt tired and ordered Cao Pi to retreat.

Cao Pi was very filial to help Cao Cao change his clothes, helped Cao Cao to sleep, and then retreated.

The door closed, Cao Pi secretly exhaled, and then went to the front hall, announced Cao Cao's decision to the generals, and told them to make preparations.

The ministers retreated, but Cao Pi gave Jia Xu a secret look.

Moments later, the two of them sat down in the chamber again.

There were no ears or eyes around, Cao Pi immediately stood up, bowed to Jia Xu to the end, and said with great gratitude: "Mr. Wenhe is really like a god, I do what Mr. instructs, all the reactions of my father are expected by Mr., Mr. Wenhe is really a god." ”

"The second prince has won the award, but he is just a mortal, not so godly." Jia Xu hurriedly got up, bowed back to Cao Pi, and smiled faintly and humbly.

After being polite and grateful, Jia Xu said again: "Why do I look at the second prince and seem to be a little unhappy." ”

"Nothing can escape the eyes of the gentleman." Cao Pi smiled helplessly, and told Cao Cao what he had wanted to say that he should be made the prince, but in the end he wanted to say it and stopped.

Jia Xu smiled when he heard this, and the corners of his mouth raised a little weird, "Your Majesty is also a good-looking person, although he already knows in his heart that he has made the wrong prince, how can he admit his mistake so easily." ”

"That'...... So how can I sit on the throne of the crown prince? Cao Pi frowned;

Jia Xu said unhurriedly: "Your Majesty will definitely not personally propose to appoint the second prince as the crown prince, and the second prince himself cannot take the initiative to fight, this matter can only be proposed by those ministers, so that it is logical, which can not only let Your Majesty have a step down, but also the second prince is not obvious to the crown prince's thirst." ”

"However, I am weak in the DPRK, who will stand up for me?" Cao Pi shook his head and sighed.

Jia Xu sneered: "Most of the ministers are people who see the wind and steer the rudder, as long as they can perceive His Majesty's thoughts, they will naturally conform to the heart of heaven, and they don't need the second prince to do anything, they will go up to the table to persuade His Majesty to appoint the second prince as the crown prince." ”

Cao Pi nodded, "Mr. is reasonable, but my father is unwilling to admit his mistakes, so naturally he will not easily show his attitude. ”

Jia Xu pondered for a moment, and knew lightly: "Actually, this matter is also simple, isn't the prince captured now, then his marriage with the Ma family will naturally be nullified." If you can remind Your Majesty that you marry Miss Na Ma, it will definitely be in the hands of Your Majesty, and it is also equivalent to Your Majesty releasing a clear signal to the ministers. ”

"Wonderful, sir's plan, it's really wonderful!" Cao Pi screamed and jumped up excitedly.

In his mind, Ma Yunlu's cold and glamorous face instantly appeared, the first beauty in Xiliang, in other words, it is impossible for any man not to covet her, and he Cao Pi is no exception.

It's just that Cao Cao gave Ma Yunlu a marriage to Cao Ang, Cao Pi can only regret himself, and now there is hope to marry Ma Yunlu and enjoy the first beauty in Xiliang, so it's no wonder that Cao Pi is not excited.

It's just that in the blink of an eye, Cao Pi calmed down again, and said worriedly: "I said before that my father is jealous of the Ma family, if I marry Ma Yunlu, won't it also arouse my father's suspicion." ”

Jia Xu smiled and said in a playful tone: "At this time and that time, today I see that Your Majesty's complexion is very poor, and his body is not as good as before, I am afraid that it will not last long, when the second prince marries the Ma family, the real power is in hand, if you can help Your Majesty recover the lost territory and repel the pottery thief, with the strength and prestige of the second prince, even if Your Majesty has a suspicion of the second prince, most of them are already powerless, and can only accept the facts, if it really doesn't work, the second prince can still ......"

Jia Xu stopped abruptly halfway through his words, his eyes revealed a bit of viciousness, and the implication was already clear.

Cao Pi's body shook slightly, and suddenly fell silent, silent for a long time, weighing the pros and cons.

After a while, Cao Pi took a light breath, and there was only cold and resolute in his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Mr. is reasonable, as the so-called non-toxic husband, if it really comes to that time, my father is unkind to me, then don't blame me for being unjust." ”

Jia Xu smiled and praised it: "Unscrupulous means, Fang Cai Haojie, the second prince is really enlightened, it seems that Xu is really right." ”

Cao Pi also stood up, standing with his hands in his hands, and a cold and smug sneer burned between his eyebrows.

……

Chang'an City, the western capital of the Great Wei.

After conquering Chang'an, in order to ensure the rule in the Guanlong area, the pottery merchants announced at the first time that Chang'an City was the western capital of the Great Wei Dynasty, officially becoming the fourth capital of the Great Wei Dynasty after the northern capital Yejing, the central capital Luoyang, and the southern capital Jianye.

Immediately afterwards, the potter ordered to transfer 50,000 troops north to Hebei to reinforce the northern border and strengthen the prevention of the southern invasion of the Xian and Han coalition forces.

Because Chang'an City has been breached, the strength of the Qin army has been greatly damaged, even if you add the soldiers and horses on the front line of Chencang and Qishan, the number does not exceed about 70,000.

Moreover, although Cao Cao retreated to Longxi and had the danger of Longshan, the steepness of Longshan was far less than the danger of the Yellow River in Tongguan, and the difficulty of conquering it had been greatly reduced.

Therefore, the pottery merchant estimated that he did not need an army of 200,000 to be able to destroy Cao Cao, so in the two groups of soldiers and horses transferred away, the main force of soldiers and horses only remained about 120,000.

However, with the soldiers and horses of Lian Po's troops who came to meet from Wuguan, plus the Wu Zixu army in Hanzhong, the total strength that the pottery merchants could use to destroy Wei still had 200,000 people, occupying an absolute advantage in troops.

Moreover, at this time, Cao Cao's cavalry corps had suffered heavy losses one after another, and even if the number of cavalry was still thousands more than that of the potters, it could not change the balance of strength in this war.

For ten consecutive days, the potters enjoyed the happiness of Zhurong in Chang'an City, so that the officers and soldiers of the three armies could rest for a while, relax their spirits, and leave enough time to calm the hearts of the army.

In the past ten days, the counties of Beidi, Jingzhao, and Fufeng counties around Chang'an have fallen in the wind, and the battle flags of Great Wei have been planted all over the Guanzhong counties, and the troops have forced towards Chencang.

At this time, the pottery merchants received information that Cao Cao, who had fled to Chencang, had abandoned Chencang City, led his army to retreat to the west of Longshan, and declared Xiangwu City at the junction of Tianshui County and Longxi County as a temporary accompanying capital.

Golden Temple.

The pottery merchant threw the information on the dragon case and sneered: "Cao Cao is naïve when he thinks about it, even the Tongguan Heavenly Danger can't stop me, does he really think that a Longshan Mountain can stop me from destroying him?" ”

Liu Ji at the bottom of the stairs said: "Cao Cao...... This move is mostly to surrender Longxi and send hopes...... I hope that Yu Liu Bei can force us to return to the north...... Northern Aid. ”

"Your Majesty, Cao Cao is already a lost dog, it is not enough to cause trouble, it is better to first send a large army to the north division, clean up Liu Bei first, and then destroy Cao Cao." Luo Cheng bowed his hand and proposed.

Before the words fell, the potter had not yet expressed his position, and Liu Ji immediately said: "Absolutely not!" ”

The potter flicked his hand and motioned for Liu Ji to continue.

Liu Ji's mood was a little excited, and he said: "Cao Cao is a hero, and he is by no means comparable to Liu Biao and his ilk, and although he has fallen into the city one after another, the main army has not been fundamentally damaged, and there are still tiger generals such as Ma Chao Pang De, Yan Liang and Xu Huang under his command, and the threat is not small." If we lead our army back to the north, Cao Cao is very likely to take advantage of the situation to go east out of Longshan, and then Guanzhong will be in danger of gaining and losing. ”

Liu Ji was so excited that he spoke neatly, and he finished his judgment in one breath, but the generals were surprised when they listened to it.

Without Liu Ji's analysis, the potter had already had a certain degree in his heart, and listening to Liu Ji's words strengthened the potter's belief.

Tao Shangteng stood up from the dragon seat, flicked his sleeves, and said: "Cao Cao is the hero of the world, I will never give him a chance to recover, and the grass will be eradicated. ”

The fierce shouts roared like thunder in the Golden Palace, and in an instant, the blood of the Great Wei elites was ignited again.

In the main hall, everyone's murderous fighting spirit exploded again.

"Destroy the Pseudo-Qin!" Wei Chigong, who was standing beside him, was the first to wave his fist and shouted excitedly.

"Destroy the Pseudo-Qin—"

"Destroy the Pseudo-Qin—"

The generals under the stairs, the sound of war exploded, and the crazy battle spirit filled the entire hall.

The potter did not hesitate any longer, and the holy decree was handed down, and the Great Wei soldiers who had rested for ten days entered a state of war again.

Two days later, the pottery merchant personally led an army of 140,000 cavalry, starting from Chang'an, marching westward along Weishui and taking Chencang.

Since the main force of the Qin army had withdrawn to the west, the front line of Chencang was only symbolically defended by more than 1,000 old and weak remnants, and these remnants of the pottery merchant army were defeated before they arrived.

In the early spring of that year, the Great Wei Heavenly Army entered the important town of Chencang without bloodshed.

Now, the pottery merchant's soldiers only need to cross the Longshan Mountains to enter the Longxi Plain and sweep away the remnants of the Qin State.

At this time, Cao Cao had moved the capital to Jicheng, and the Wei army was stunned, and the information was sent to Xiangwu City like snowflakes.

……

Xiangwu City, temporary palace.

Above the main hall, the atmosphere was solemn and solemn.

Cao Cao stood on the high stairs, staring at the huge map hanging on the side wall, listening to Liu Ye's intelligence report, and the expression in his eyes changed uncertainly.

All kinds of intelligence have clearly shown that the 150,000 Wei army marched all the way west, with only one goal:

Crossing Longshan and completely destroying their Great Qin.

After listening to what Liu Ye said, Cao Cao turned his eyes to the ministers and said in a deep voice: "The army of pottery thieves is attacking again, it seems that we have to be wiped out. ”

As soon as the words fell, Xun Yu stood up, pointed to the map and said: "On the Qishan side, General Xiahou, with the assistance of Tian Yuanhao, has successfully repelled Wu Zixu's attack from Hanzhong, and the threat from the south is not big for the time being, and the only thing we can do now is to concentrate all the troops and horses and block the main force led by the pottery thief in Longshan." ”

"What Wen Ruo said is very true." Cao Cao nodded, but his eyes were still worried, "However, the available soldiers under my command do not exceed 50,000 at the moment, but the pottery merchants have an army of 150,000, and if they want to block the pottery thieves, I am afraid that it will not be so easy." ”

Xun Yu was silent for a while.

At this time, Fa Zheng, who had been staring at the map for a long time, opened his mouth to speak.

And Jia Xu in the corner gave Cao Pi a secret look.

Cao Pi understood, took the first step to stand up, and arched his hand: "Father, although the pottery thieves are numerous, in fact, they are not so terrible, all the roads in Longshan are very steep, only the street pavilion road is relatively flat, if the pottery thief wants to attack Longxi, it is necessary to take this avenue, as long as we live in the street pavilion with a crack army, the pottery thief will not want to step into Longxi half a step!" ”

As soon as Cao Pi's words came out, a trace of surprise suddenly flashed in Fa Zheng's eyes, and his expression was obviously amazed that Cao Pi had such insight, which surprised him.

Cao Cao also looked moved, strode down the steps, and stood in front of the map for a long time, analyzing the terrain and geography, and pondering his son's plan.

From Guanzhong to Longxi, it is necessary to cross the Longshan Mountain Range, and among the roads of Longshan, only the street pavilion road is relatively flat.

Although Jieting is a small city, it is located along the west side of Longshan, and the westward exit of Jieting Road, if it can hold this city, it is equivalent to blocking the exit of the Wei army out of Longshan in the west.

Although the Wei army was numerous, if it could not capture the street pavilion, it would not be able to enter the Longxi Plain, and the soldiers and horses could not be deployed, even if there were millions of people, it would be useless.

"The second prince is right, this street pavilion city is indeed the key to controlling Longshan, we don't need to defend more, as long as we can hold it for two or three months, when Liu Bei's iron cavalry breaks through the Wei army's defense line and goes south, it will be enough." Ma Chao also stood up and agreed.

Ma Chao is a native of Xiliang, and he knows the local terrain best, and he also stood up to join him, so he is naturally the most convincing.

At this time, Fa Zheng also exclaimed: "I didn't expect the second prince to have such insight in the young Ji Ji, which is really impressive to the ministers, yes, this street pavilion town is indeed the key to resisting the westward advance of the Wei army, and it is related to the key to the life and death of my Great Qin, and it must be guarded." ”

For a time, all the ministers in the palace were impressed by Cao Pi and agreed with him.

Cao Pi glanced at Jia Xu quietly, and the eyes of the two met, and there was a hint of imperceptibility that others could not detect.

"Pi'er, I didn't expect you to have such knowledge, you really gave me a lot of surprises, so good, you deserve to be my son." Even Cao Cao nodded and praised again and again.

Cao Pi was busy expressing humility, and he didn't dare to be proud on the surface.

At this time, Cao Cao did not hesitate at all, and immediately slapped the case, and shouted angrily: "I don't believe that the destiny of heaven is really in that kid of the pottery merchant, and I will never believe that Daqin will die!" Spread my will, the army immediately set off, go straight to the street pavilion, I want to work together with you and others to make the last desperate fight for the survival of my Great Qin! ”