Chapter 353: Heart-punishing
A heavy snow covered the former battlefield, and Cao Zhen led five thousand people to ride along the Rushui Bridge and came to the north of Kunyang.
The heavens and the earth are white, and they are exceptionally pure.
It can be seen that the two cavalry battalions of the Han army on the opposite bank, one black and one red, are guarding the two infantry arrays and marching towards Yexian, and the original Kunyang camp has begun to be set on fire.
Everything that can be burned has been burned by both sides, and the defense line that Zhang Liao worked hard to build for a year, and the fortifications that the soldiers on both sides shed blood to defend and fight for were all reduced to ashes in the flames.
In Cao Zhen's elite cavalry, Jiang Wei, as the representative of the Tianshui cavalry battalion, participated in it and mixed in the queue, waiting for the pursuit order.
"The enemy army is in a neat array, like an orderly formation, and it is impossible to attack."
Cao Zhen looked at it for a long time, made a judgment, and marched towards Jiaxian with his troops, and he led more than 100 horsemen to Eagle Mountain, Cao Zhang's tomb.
Cao Zhang's tomb is backed by a low hill, surrounded by hills and dense forests, when Cao Zhen came, more than 100 remnants of the army here were either logging, or building additional houses, or carefully cleaning Cao Zhang's tomb.
This is the cemetery planned by Tian Xin, the stone half-moon shaped wall, the stone pavilion is built in front of the tomb, and the stone tablet is erected under the pavilion.
See the two inscriptions that read: 'Tomb of Marquis Zhang of Wei Yanling' and 'Han Chen Gongxinli'.
Cao Zhen took a few steps forward, sat cross-legged on the stone floor in front of the stele, looked up to the sky and sighed, sad in his heart but unable to cry tears.
His younger brothers Cao Bin and Cao Fan leaned forward and sat on Cao Zhen's side.
The war can almost be said to be over, and the parties have to deal with the dead first, and then the living.
Cao Zhang must be posthumously crowned the prince, whether he wants to move to Beibi Mountain, or move to Cao Cao's tomb to accompany the burial is a matter of nonsense.
As long as Cao Zhang's tomb is moved, the tombstone erected by Tian Xin will definitely be moved.
The three brothers of Cao Zhen are speechless, only Cao Zhang can enjoy peace at this moment, and it is uncertain whether Cao Zhang can be peaceful after this moment, and the rest of the living people are in turmoil.
Too many people are using Cao Zhang's funeral specifications and posthumous sealing etiquette to challenge Cao Pi, which is a thing that Cao Pi does not want to face, but countless people argue about it, the more they argue, the more Cao Pi forced Cao Zhang to die, the matter of Cao Pi forcing Cao Zhang to die will always be entangled and coiled in everyone's hearts and sights, and it will be difficult to subside as a hot topic of current discussion.
If the quarrel continues, Cao Pi will be punished again.
Cao Zhen was exhausted, but he could only hold on, as long as he firmly held the army, Cao Pi could calmly deal with this public opinion counterattack, and annihilate all the dissatisfaction, dissident officials, and scholars who took advantage of this to make trouble.
On this occasion, these people can not only concentrate on going to the national disaster together, but also accuse Sang of scolding Huai and slandering the monarch...... If they don't die, it's Dawei's turn to die.
Since these people provoke an offensive of public opinion, they can only face it.
Could it be that in compliance with the requirements of public opinion, Cao Pi issued an edict against himself, retired from the throne, and invited Cao Zhi to be the emperor?
When Cao Zhen was sad, the guards would come at a gallop and whisper: "Da Sima, there is a horse galloping here, walking on the mountains and rivers like flat ground." ”
"Woohoo!"
A series of whistling sounds came from the dense forest on the left and right, shaking off the snowflakes in the treetops.
The horses that came with Cao Zhen were frightened and neighed, and the knights also fell into a panic, either to collect the frightened horses, or to urgently surround Cao Zhen.
The remnants of the soldiers guarding Cao Zhang's tomb put down their work and gathered in front of the door empty-handed.
The more seriously wounded among them have been evacuated with the Han army, leaving most of them lightly injured and uninjured, waiting quietly at the moment, with the intention of not helping each other.
Meng Duo came here with Tian Xin, and when he saw that Cao Zhen's group was also there, Tian Xin couldn't help but be stunned.
I thought it was Cao Zhang's old ministry who came to worship, but I didn't expect it to be Cao Zhen himself, and now they are surrounded by themselves.
Fang Tian was on the ground, Tian Xin Jiaojian turned over and dismounted, raised his hand and took off his eagle-faced battle helmet, revealing his face wearing a mask and a thick muslin hat.
Seeing him take off his battle helmet, Cao Zhen also waved his hand, and the surrounding armor soldiers put their swords into the sheath one after another, staring at Tian Xin, their legs and feet as if they were frozen.
Tian Xin took a gourd sugar water from the harness and walked towards the stone pavilion, Cao Zhen dodged sideways, watching Tian Xin, who was followed by the tigers, walking towards the stone pavilion.
In the stone pavilion, Tian Xin took off his thick muslin hat to reveal his inch-haired head with rising white gas, and stood in front of the monument to remember Cao Zhang.
Because of Cao Zhang's death, an unprecedented crisis of public opinion occurred within the Wei State, which Tian Xin did not expect, but it was not an accident.
The defeat of the Wei army was so miserable that the resentment and panic of the families of the dead and captured needed to be vented, and the uneasiness of the officials and scholars about the future also needed to be vented.
It's not good to talk about Cao Pi directly, and you can't talk about Cao Zhi, so you have to talk about Cao Zhang's funeral.
In this case, give Cao Zhen ten guts, he will not dare to pursue the Han army, if he loses, the army is out of control, and Cao Pi will be finished.
But now Cao Zhen is blocked here by himself...... The direction of the fate of Wei was also in his own hands.
Chopping down and capturing Cao Zhen, Cao Pi lacked cronies to command the army, and lacked confidence, so he might retreat in this round of public opinion storm, and there was a possibility of being replaced.
If Cao Zhen falls, Cao Pi will also fall, and the successor Cao Zhi will reunite the Great Wei, which is obviously not a good thing.
Cao Pi could not fall, and Cao Pi's existence could accelerate the continuous division of the Wei State.
This is different from Sun Quan, who is seeking to establish an anti-Han alliance, and getting rid of Sun Quan will outweigh the disadvantages, and can ensure that all parties can fight each other.
Cao Pi cannot be eliminated, and all parties must be ensured to continue to fight.
Three years to set the Long, five years to the Central Plains, seven years to the east of the Jiangdong, ten years to unify Hebei.
This is my own plan, to complete all this within ten years, to ensure that there is a sustainable goal of internal struggle, to maintain cohesion.
Ten years of transition is enough to establish a firm foothold.
Slowing down the pace of reunification can also give the people time to recuperate.
In the future, the scale of the war should also be controlled, and the scale of the front line should be maintained at 350,000.
Tian Xin thought in his mind, pulled out the gourd stopper, and poured fresh brown sugar water on the mud in front of the stone stele.
The empty gourd was hanging in the stone pavilion, and he turned to look at Cao Zhen, Cao Zhen had a solemn face, and he had the courage to draw the sword with his hand on the hilt of the sword, and the armor soldiers who followed him were all like this.
Through the mask, they couldn't see Tian Xin's expression change clearly, and they only felt that Tian Xin's eyes were as black as ink.
Tian Xin put on the cloth hat that separated the scalp from the battle helmet again, and picked up the eagle-faced battle helmet hanging on Fang Tian's halberd, the battle helmet has undergone a new round of improvement, the upper and lower layers of the protective surface, and the moist air breathed out will not rise to stain the crystal goggles.
Cao Zhen endured the throbbing in his heart and watched Tian Xin ride Mondo and leave surrounded by tigers.
Cao Bin saw Tian Xin galloping after coming down the mountain, and more than a dozen tigers chased after him, indescribably majestic and terrifying.
He turned his head sideways to look at Cao Zhen: "Brother, it's no coincidence that this person is here. ”
Cao Zhen was a little puzzled, so he heard Cao Bin say: "I came to punish my heart." The younger brother thought that there was an internal response to this, otherwise this person would not dare to be so bold. ”
Cao Fan said: "Fortunately, my brother Mingrui noticed this person's strategy. ”
Cao Zhen skipped Cao Fan to see Cao Bin, Cao Bin gritted his teeth and whispered: "It must be Nei Ying who brought this person here to coerce me, and his intentions are very sinister." ”
After this incident, can you still have courage and confidence in Tian Xinshi?
Take a look at the hesitant actions of Cao Xiu and Xiahou Shang before the decisive battle, knowing that the Beifu soldiers hurriedly marched hundreds of miles to reach the Yingshan battlefield, but these two troops were slow to march behind, and more than 100,000 troops failed to enter the battlefield, and they became spectators in vain.
Why?
Because Cao Xiu, Xiahou Shang and Tian Xin have met, their courage to fight has been destroyed.
Now that Tian Xin has appeared here, he is like a plague god, and the people who have experienced it here today will definitely spread it, causing more people to fear Tian Xin and regard him as a legend in the world, respecting him like a god.
Brotherly heart, Cao Zhen squinted at the remnants of Cao Zhang's army who were waiting quietly in the distance, and shook his head slightly: "If you kill people for trivial things and vent your hatred, how is it different from Sun Quan?" ”
Cao Bin was unwilling and sighed lightly: "After this, who dares to fight this person?" ”
It can already be imagined that in the next round of decisive battles, Tian Xin appeared on the battlefield and the scene of ten thousand armies being changed.