On the twelfth day of August in the tenth year of the summer calendar, and on the sixteenth day of the seventh month of the old calendar, Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, led the four divisions of the Kwantung region, and the first division of Deng Ai broke Sima Yi's 80,000 cavalry, and most of the prisoners were killed that day.

His son Sima Shi was the commander of the light cavalry battalion under Deng Ai, Ding Feng, who was chased and killed in the chaos, and his head returned to the battalion.

Seeing that Sima Yi was defeated and returned, Qu Liang's guard Cheng Wu fell into the city and was martyred, and Qu Liang was broken on the same day.

On the 15th, it was rumored that the Wei army mainly had the first rank of the school in Handan and Yecheng, and Cui Lin, the commander of Handan and the captain of Sili, surrendered to the city.

On the 17th, the Han army mobilized troops to build a dam in the upper reaches of Zhangshui, and piled up stones and trees downstream in an attempt to block Zhangshui.

The north and south cities of Yedu were in a panic, and the most uneasy was the south city.

Because after Zhangshui divides Yecheng into north and south, there is a complete city wall on the riverside of the north city; And the southern city is like a U, there is no city wall on the riverside side.

This is a measure to facilitate the domination of the northern city and the control of the southern city, and at this time it has become the only vacancy between the two cities in the north and south of Yedu.

Most of them have no walls, so based on this concept, when Yecheng added palaces and government offices in the future, it also gave up improving the defense of the southern city.

After all, when the enemy attacks Yedu, whether there is that wall or not will not affect the overall situation.

Seeing that the Han army tried to build dams in the upper and lower reaches, the northern city could still be stabilized, after all, the flood could not break the city wall; But there is no wall on the north side of the southern city by the river!

Therefore, the officials and officials of Nancheng panicked, and there was a intention to surrender the city.

Nancheng must not be allowed to surrender first, so Cao Shuang opened the Jinming Gate in the northeast of Yedu, and the Wei Emperor Cao Rong set himself on fire to the Tongque Terrace on the edge of the Jinming Gate.

Cao Shuang Kaicheng...... But no one surrendered, Zhao Yun just sent troops to control Jin Mingmen, and then hung his army.

The Wei army was repulsed several times, and on the 19th, Deng Ai led the Left Guard Division to enter from the Jinming Gate, and the horses rushed and trampled on the Wei ministers and nobles who asked for surrender, and the princes' blood and tears infected the streets.

He also gathered more than 700 people from all over the country who had been demoted and sent to Tongguan, where Tian Xin was located, to wait for disposal.

The migratory party crossed the river at Qingshuikou to Yanjin on the south bank and passed west through Heyin County, when they were suddenly executed by the escorted officials on the riverbank.

Many high-ranking families inherited from the pre-Qin and Han Dynasty princes have cut off their cultural inheritance, as well as the influence of the government and the opposition, and their careers.

This incident is called the Heyin Change.

On the 27th day of the eighth month of the summer calendar, Chen Qun, who replaced Sima Yi's governor Youyun Six Towns, sent an envoy to Hebei to ask for surrender.

However, the Wei State disappeared in a month and a half, and the domestic contradictions were unreconcilable and unprecedentedly acute.

There are also many rumors, such as Chen Qun's desire to join forces with Zhuge Liang to defeat Guanzhong, and there are also various speculations about the causes of the deaths of Song Wumu Gong and Wei Huan Gong.

Tongguanxi Station, Tian Xin was stationed here and did not move, waiting for Hebei to restore post-war order.

If you can't recover, if you want to brew the 'Zhonghui Rebellion', then you have to take action again.

On 1 September, not only Jiang Wei, Deng Ai, Xie Jing, Ma Dai, Feng Xi and others on the front line repeatedly sent urgent inquiries, but Ma Chao, the hussar general who guarded Luoyang, also sent a letter to ask.

And Tian Xin is still playing against Xiahou Aya in the hall, and it is inseparable to kill.

Xiahou Aya's chess skills are soft and long-term, Tian Xin can only look at the changes in the chess game after three or four moves, so he can often attack aggressively, but he often falls into Xiahou Aya's big pocket, and is eaten clean and his vitality is greatly damaged.

Defeated again, Tian Xin was a little frustrated, flipped through the latest Ma Chao Express to divert his attention, and after examining the content, he also opened his mouth to admit defeat: "After all, I am not as good as Aya, and in terms of chess, your sister can be on a par with you." ”

"The public has never been in the chess game, and he has never immersed himself in studying, so he lost."

Xiahou Aya gently wiped the corners of her mouth after drinking tea, and her demeanor was calm, making her charming face mixed with a kind of intellectuality and ease: "If there is no government affairs, public chess skills are definitely not the match of concubines." ”

Tian Xin still shook his head: "This depends on talent, not if the computing power is strong, it can be equaled." ”

I don't think I have the computing power of an alpha dog, but for the Xiahou Aya sisters, playing chess, playing ball, engaging in microscopic research, and creating calligraphy and painting are daily life and main entertainment.

They can concentrate on studying chess, but they need to pay attention to too many and miscellaneous things, and their minds are not pure, so they cannot concentrate on studying chess. Guan Ji can't do it either, and Guan Ji also has all kinds of personnel work to deal with.

He carefully recalled Ma Chao's words, Ma Chao has been a waste all his life, and he has suffered a lifetime of losses, where do he dare to wave now?

In the past month, Ma Chao has been inspecting the barracks back and forth, for fear that the barracks will change its position overnight.

At present, the Hebei side is orderly collecting and clearing out the scattered rebel troops, and the people on both sides who were requisitioned during the war are also being repatriated to their hometowns in an orderly manner.

At the same time, the soldiers of the county also talked about merit and business, and withdrew back to Kanto with the strong labor force of the people.

When most of the county soldiers withdraw to their hometowns, the situation in Hebei will be further clarified; After purging the chaotic armies and powerful armed forces that have fled to various places, and the various armies are confined to the garrison, it will be completely clear.

And now Zhuge Liang, Jiang Wei, Deng Ai, Zhao Yun and others not only have to repatriate the people and strong labor, but also resettle and supervise the surrendered army, and the county soldiers must continue to evacuate, which invisibly increases the burden of work.

Hebei will have to wait at least half a month for order to be initially restored, and when order is gradually restored, all kinds of suspicions will disappear.

Now the ones who are guarding against are those who fish in troubled waters.

However, fortunately, Deng Ai was ruthless, and did not give the Wei troops in various places a chance to regroup, and first killed the ministers and ministers of Wei on the street, so that the surrendered troops in various parts of Wei were leaderless.

Later, the ministers and children of the family who had appeal and influence on the army and the people of Hebei were separated and sent out of Hebei.

After all, he killed too many Wei ministers, and in order to prevent future troubles, he took the initiative to organize the Heyin Change.

The change in Heyin, in Deng Ai's report, was that the children of the criminal officials and subordinates on the way to the escort plotted rebellion and were executed.

It was a very simple matter, and Deng Ai did not use more words to describe the situation...... The fewer words, the bigger the matter.

Deng Ai had a great hatred for the ministers and nobles of Wei, and Cao Wei's struggle for Jingzhou caused him to be forcibly relocated with his mother when he was a teenager, and his juvenile and young adult life was completely distorted.

Deng Ai completed his own revenge, and also completely shattered the original bureaucratic system of Wei, and fundamentally undermined Wei's remaining mobilization mechanism in Hebei.

Therefore, before the counties of Hebei were completely clarified, the Han army only destroyed Wei in name, but it could not effectively requisition Hebei's manpower and material resources...... If you want to rebel, there will be a shortage of food in Hebei, let alone enter Guanlong.

To clarify the counties of Hebei, it is necessary to restore order.

If order is restored, the situation in Hebei will be clear and clear, and the soldiers who killed the red-eyed soldiers in the war will also calm down their restless thoughts and regain their calm.

At that time, the troops will be calmly dispatched, and those who should be withdrawn to their hometowns will be rested and recuperated, and those who should be reorganized will be replaced.

After the army is stabilized, it is time to clean up those who are stirring up trouble and fearing that the world will not be chaotic.

In order to fish out the biggest traitor around him, in order to cut off the thoughts of all parties early, Tian Xin crossed Tongguan the next day, and stayed overnight at the Ruxiang Post House to welcome Guan Xing, who was about to arrive here.

Now Hedong has organized the army to build a mausoleum for Guan Yu, and his hometown will also be changed to 'Muling County', becoming a member of the new dynasty's Lingyi system, which will be directly managed by the Taichangqing Government Office and will not be managed by the local government.

Guan Yu's current nickname is 'Song Wu Mu Gong', the establishment of the new dynasty will be posthumously named 'Shang Wu Mu Wang', in the future there will only be the Shang Duke of Daxia Sanke, after each Shang Gong, the posthumous title of the prince will become a practice.

Guan Xing is the prince of Song and the marquis of Shang, and Guan Yu's funeral must be presided over by Guan Xing.

Zhao Yun and Wei Yan took the initiative to avoid suspicion in the current suspicious atmosphere, and successively left the Hebei battlefield and returned to Hedong to preside over the construction of the mausoleum for Guan Yu.

Calculate the time, and when the funeral is over, all kinds of suspicions will be self-defeating.

At the time of the third watch on September 2, Tian Xin was sleeping with Guan Ji in his arms and suddenly opened his eyes.

Feeling a ball of spiritual power hovering above his head and wanting to come back, he felt that it was the team officer Li Mu, Li Mu was the son of Li Hu, the leader of the Bayi River, and he was also the officer of his own guard.

The sudden killing, and the absence of any unusual noise outside, indicates that it was an assassination.

added a new spiritual force, and fought back on the spot to see if he could save Li Mu.

Immediately, Tian Xin stretched out his hand to cover Guan Ji's mouth, and slapped his shoulder with the other hand, Guan Ji woke up and stared at the round eyes, and only calmed down after seeing clearly that it was Tian Xin, so he heard Tian Xin say: "Put on armor with me, and there will be changes in the township." ”

Guan Ji suddenly looked gloomy but no longer hesitated, and immediately cautiously moved to the wall to dress, carried a lamp to the inner room, and lit the candlestick in the inner room.

And Tian Xin gently pushed open the crack in the door of the outer hall and whispered to the three military attachés of the guards who were serving at the door: "The thief is coming, prepare for war." ”

"Yui."

The three of them saluted and retreated together to prepare for battle.

As a guard, he can't remove his armor during his duty, but he doesn't have a bow and crossbow equipment.

The guards who were staying in the surrounding courtyard were quietly awakened, donning their armor and opening the large iron bar reinforcement box where the bow and crossbow were stored.

And Yulin Zhonglang, who was in charge of the outer guards of the post house, strode Xiahou Pingzheng to meet him, and the road was unimpeded, and when he saw that the guards in the houses began to be armed, he quickened his pace.

Entering the hall, Tian Xin had already put on the mirror armor, and Guan Ji was also wearing Tian Xin's iron basin collar armor, and at this moment both of them were holding their helmets, waiting for the changes outside.

Xiahou Ping bowed, looked up at Tian Xin with an eager face: "Public, there are sneaky people outside, I don't know the specific number late at night, there are less than 100 people." ”

Tian Xin lowered his eyebrows and asked, "Where is Hao Zhao?" ”

"Captain Hao is assembling guards and wants to send a messenger for help to Tongguan."

Xiahouping hesitated and said: "I am afraid that there are many thieves, and I am also afraid of thieves among the Tongguan military officials." ”

Guan Ji sighed faintly at this time, turned around and walked to the inner room, and the lightning tail helmet in his hand was also thrown to the ground casually, clanging.

Xiahou Ping was startled, looked up at Tian Xin, Tian Xin looked sad: "I never want to believe that it is you who is the deepest hidden beside the woman." ”

Saying that, Tian Xin also sighed, and then asked: "Does the woman know your actions?" ”

"The father-in-law may or may not know."

Xiahou Ping slowly pulled out a sword, and Tian Xin's eyes stared, looking at the Xuangang sword in Xiahou Ping's hand.

The voice was slight, and the guards outside the door had already noticed it, and they were already standing outside the threshold, all holding their swords on the hilt of their swords and waiting for orders.

Xiahou Ping held the Xuangang sword in both hands, raised the sword and gestured, his expression hesitated slightly, but he continued: "Since Geng Jaw was killed, the first emperor transferred me from my father-in-law and transferred me to the Northern Shogunate. From then to this day, I only correspond with Huang Gongheng. Is he exposing me? ”

Hearing this, Tian Xin just smiled, and laughed again: "People are at the end of the road, and they still want to frame others." You should wonder, is it you who is the whistleblower? ”

"It's not Geng Jaw who denounced you, Geng Jaw didn't want to confide in his wife and children until he died, and he didn't say anything related to you. It was only after the destruction of Yecheng that I learned about his mother, wife and children. ”

Tian Xin sighed and sighed with emotion: "When I killed Geng Jaw, I had some doubts. As a person, unless there are close relatives who are threatened, with his loyalty to the emperor, he will also denounce many spies and conspirators when he is dying. ”

"The first emperor was magnificent, and if he didn't ask about it, the woman didn't seem to be aware of it, and I let it go without further investigation."

Tian Xin squinted and saw that Xiahou Ping's posture of raising his sword trembled slightly, and he knew that he was very uncalm in his heart, so he met Xiahou Ping's expectant gaze and continued: "As for the denunciation of you, there are two people before and after. One is Qinghua, which is what Dingguo's brother said; The other is Aya, when I discussed the genealogy of the Xiahou family with her, I learned that you were indeed from Qian County. ”

"Geng Jaw's old mother, wife and children are in Wei, because you are from the Xiahou clan, after your father was martyred for the first emperor, someone must take care of the widows and orphans. With a large amount of care, why did you say goodbye to your mother and follow the emperor with your uncle Xiahou Su? ”

"Therefore, I kept Aya by my side during this time, which meant to alert you, but you are so obsessed that you have to make such a fuss."

"Do you think that this assassination will make me and the prime minister suspicious of each other, cut off the prime minister's way of life, and force the prime minister to raise troops to protect himself?"

The more Xiahou Ping's arm trembled, he couldn't speak for a long time, his lips opened and opened, and he had a thousand words to say, but he couldn't say it.

Tian Xin was waiting for him to abandon the sword himself, and Hao Zhao, the commander of Fengche, strode over, and the two guards behind him carried a stretcher, on which Li Mu had a bandage around his neck, and was looking around with a pair of black eyes, his eyes were full of luck and joy for the rest of his life.

The stretcher was placed on the threshold, and Hao Zhao arched his hand: "Public, Xiahou Ping falsely passed on the military order, and lied that the last general would rebel, so that the Yulin soldiers would attack my small camp." ”

After the Yulin soldiers noticed that something was wrong at dawn, it was very likely that they could only go one way to the dark.

Tian Xin's eyes were always fixed on Xiahou Ping, so that although Xiahou Ping was holding a sword five or six steps away from him, he never dared to attack.

may have thought of his mother, who was also in Yecheng, and his wife and children who stayed in Chang'an, Xiahouping looked sad: "It's not God's will that this thing can't be done?" ”

As he spoke, he slowly raised the sword to his shoulder, and looked at Tian Xin: "Ask for filial piety and let go of my wife and children first." ”

Tian Xin nodded slightly, couldn't bear to look at it, and turned his head to look to the side.

Xiahou Ping took a deep breath, suddenly stepped violently and twisted his waist and swung his sword, and the sword on his shoulder was raised high by his arms as his body stepped forward, and slashed down towards Tian Xin.

In an instant, the Xuangang Sword slashed at Tian Xin's place, but it froze.

Tian Xin sat still in place, his outstretched left hand had firmly grasped the Xuangang Sword, and his left hand was wearing a steel wire glove, and his arm was sore at this moment.

Xiahouping gritted his teeth and wanted to withdraw the sword, but when he drew the sword, Tian Xin also stood up with his strength, and the mirrored steel boot of his right foot kicked Xiahouping's lower abdomen, and Xiahouping, who was in pain, immediately shrank his waist and discarded the Xuangang sword.

Tian Xin casually threw away the Xuangang sword, stepped forward and kicked Xiahou Ping over, his face was convulsed in pain, his face was distorted, and his breathing was still not smooth, let alone talking and begging for mercy.

After a pause, Tian Xin's voice was cold: "Do you know the content of the edict of the first emperor?" The woman, the prime minister, and Huang Gong all know that it is an edict entrusted to the country. But you don't know that you are still making waves, and it is not a pity to die. ”

After that, Tian Xin stepped on Xiahouping's chest again, and suddenly his chest and ribs were broken, and his heart was also pierced, and Xiahouping's lung cavity was punctured and blood was bleeding from his mouth and nose.

His eyes bulged outward, his body tensed, and he immediately collapsed into mud.

Tian Xin looked down and glanced at Xiahou Ping's wide-eyed and deadly eyes, do you have to say that from the moment you are in Beifu, you will conclude that you are a spy?

The difference is only who this spy is loyal to, I thought it was the first emperor, but I didn't expect it to be Cao Wei.

The old man has these two core spies by his side, and it is strange that he can win the battle of Xiangfan in an all-round way.

As for the future, it should be a prosperous era.

I need the spiritual resonance of the broad masses of the people, not the compliment of a few.

The fundamental and long-term interests lie in the broad masses of the people, and sooner or later the more spiritual strength is gathered, they will be able to form a qualitative change, break the prison, and put their will into the next place.

"The Finale"