Chapter 440: The Ruthless Truth
Jiang Wei did think of biting his tongue and committing suicide. But after listening to Cao Miao's words, he still gave up.
Cao Miao was ruthless, angered him, and would only suffer more important humiliation. If he can really connect his broken tongue, there is no point in biting his tongue and killing himself.
Even if he wants to commit suicide, he must wait until he leaves Cao Miao and not give him a chance to be treated.
"What do you want?" Jiang Wei glared at Cao Miao, anger in his eyes.
"Order your men to surrender and surrender all their ordnance. I can vouch for their safety. Cao Miao turned his head to look outside the bamboo forest, where another scream sounded, it may be that more tiger infantry broke into the bamboo forest in an attempt to rescue Jiang Wei.
But they were doomed to be in vain. After battle, Cao Su may not be Jiang Wei's opponent, and his subordinates are not as refined as the tiger infantry. In this kind of jungle warfare, Cao Su can completely abuse the tiger infantry, especially when Jiang Wei is captured and the tiger infantry has no one to command.
This is a tactic he tailor-made for Cao Su, a special operation that can give full play to Cao Su's advantages to the limit.
Although there were many tiger infantry, they could not cooperate, so they could only fight on their own. In terms of personal combat strength, which Tiger infantry is Cao Su's opponent?
Zhuge Liang is well-trained, and the Wudang Flying Army is known as a special force in this era. Even then, the Tiger Infantry is not really a special forces. Zhuge Liang's purpose in training the Tiger Infantry was to be a dignified formation, not a special operation, and this kind of skirmishing was not what the Tiger Infantry was good at.
After a few more screams, the bamboo forest regained its calm.
Jiang Wei's face gradually turned pale, and his eyes also dimmed a little. He understood what Cao Miao meant. If it continues, it will only make the Tiger infantry sacrifice in vain, and the result will not change anything.
"I surrender." Jiang Wei said in a hoarse voice.
Cao Miao nodded, and ordered Ah Hu to untie Jiang Wei's armor and weapons, and take him to see Cao Su.
Ah Hu carried Jiang Wei away, and Cao Miao pulled out Jiang Wei's saber and waved it twice. The knife is light and cold, it is a good knife, the quality is better than the magic knife in Ah Hu's hand, and the decoration is several times more exquisite, not at all on the same level.
"You seem to have something to say?" Cao Miao looked at Xiahou Hui.
Xiahou Hui was stunned for a moment, and nodded subconsciously, but he felt that his mouth was dry and he couldn't speak. She took the kettle from the maid and took two sips of water to moisten her throat. "I ...... I want to talk to you about Liaodong. ”
"Liaodong?" Cao Miao's eyes flashed slightly. "What does Liaodong have to do with me?"
"Didn't you hear from me?"
"Your letter?" Cao Miao was stunned for a moment, and realized something. "You mean that the letter sent by Ah Yan was written by you?"
"Hmm." Xiahou Hui nodded, and a trace of disappointment passed through his heart inexplicably. Cao Miao didn't even see that I wrote the letter?
"So, aren't you here to persuade me to go back to Luoyang?"
"You can't go back to Luoyang."
Cao Miao laughed silently. "Tsk, you husband and wife are really a good match." He looked up at Xiahou Hui. "How can I trust you?"
Xiahou Hui was ashamed and annoyed, embarrassed.
"I was going to go to sea. The world is so big, why bother with you for these petty profits. You ran to Jiangdong, I hid in Houguan, and you still refused to give up. I don't know what you think. There are so many people from the Cao family and the Xiahou family, why do you have to let me go? Even if you take back the Great Wei River, what does it have to do with me? No matter how this throne is arranged, it can't be ranked on my head, right? ”
Cao Miao hugged her legs, shook her body slightly, and looked at Xiahou Hui. "You give me a reason to go to Liaodong."
Xiahou Hui hesitated for a long time. "When you go to sea, what will happen to your father and brother?"
"Don't mention my father. The mention of him makes me angry. He knew what was going on, but he never told me a word. ”
Xiahou Hui was dumbfounded. Cao Zhi knows the truth? In this way, it is not speculation that the Son of Heaven is the bloodline of the Yuan family, but a fact. But...... Why did Cao Zhi know that the Son of Heaven was the Yuan bloodline, but he didn't stop it?
Xiahou Hui thought about it for a while, and guessed the reason, and then broke out in a cold sweat.
Cao Zhi didn't stop it, but he just did it very secretively. It is no coincidence that the sons of the Son of Heaven died one after another, but someone did it deliberately. It's hard to say whether Cao Zhi arranged it, but he definitely knows.
That's why he did his best and served the imperial court. Now Cao Zhi is in Guanzhong, getting along with the general Cao Zhen day and night. Cao Miao was in Jiangdong and fought side by side with Cao Su, the son of Da Sima. It is true that Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu supported Cao Pi, but it was impossible for them to support Yuan Xi's son as emperor. Stabilize these two clan generals, even if the palace changes hands, there will be no major turmoil.
Obviously, this matter was already in Cao Zhi's plan, but Cao Miao didn't know it, he was just a pawn in Cao Zhi's hand that could be sacrificed at any time.
How could Cao Miao, who knew the truth, work hard for this and go to Liaodong?
"Then your promise to go back to Luoyang is fake?" Xiahou Hui's face was blue for a while, and white for a while. No wonder it went so well, it was originally a trap.
"You can't say that." Cao Miao picked up Jiang Wei's dagger, tried the blade, retracted the scabbard, and threw it over. Xiahou Hui subconsciously caught it. The slap is very delicate, very light, the blade is slender, the cold light is shining, and it is a sharp blade. "Stay on your guard. There's still a dangerous road ahead, and neither Dex nor I will have the strength to protect you. ”
"What's the risk?"
"You should know who Poyang Taishou is."
Xiahou Hui frowned slightly. She didn't know who Poyang Taishou was. She could only hear what Cao Miao meant, he would continue to return north, but as for whether he could return to Luoyang, she didn't dare to say. The battle has just begun, and there is still a long way to go.
"It seems that you don't care much about Koto either." Cao Miao tilted her head and thought about it. "Does Master Sima know?"
"Who is Poyang Taishou who makes you so jealous?"
"Zhou Yi." Cao Miao said: "Last year, Jiangdong ambushed Da Sima, and Zhou Yi was the executor of the operation to lure the enemy. ”
Xiahou Hui gasped, and his heart was desolate.
Cao Xiu was deceived, which led to the fiasco of Shiting, and he was so angry that he almost died. For this reason, Cao Su traveled to Jiangdong with the son of Da Sima, and it was not possible to assassinate Lu Xun, and now that he has arrived in Poyang County, it is impossible not to consider assassinating another culprit, Zhou Yi. Compared with Sima Yi, who was arsoning with the enemy, and Lu Xun, who defeated Cao Xiu head-on on the battlefield, Zhou Yi, who deceived Cao Xiu, deserved to die.
Similarly, Cao Su's identity was exposed, and it was impossible for the Wu people to let him go. It is likely that Mrs. Sun had already notified Zhou Yi to intercept her. If Cao Su didn't take Xianxia Pavilion at that time, but crossed Wuyi Mountain, he might have been on the same page with Zhou Yi now.
What about Sima Shi? Sima Yi was once a general who participated in the operation, how could he not know Zhou Yi? Sima Shi was ordered to send an envoy to Jiangdong, how could he not know that Zhou Yi was the Taishou of Poyang, and how could he not know what kind of danger they would face when they returned all the way north.
But Sima Shi didn't mention a word.
He wants me to die in the hands of the Wu people, just like Cao Su and Cao Miao.