A soldier rushed into the hall, saw all the officials of the ancient city in the hall, fell, came to the front of everyone, and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, it's not good! ”

"Speak slowly." The prefectural commander spoke.

"My lord, our people have just secretly gone out and heard some information, and several bandits have begun to gather and want to attack our ancient city!"

Listening to the soldier's words, the county commander's face suddenly turned pale, he opened his mouth, and he didn't say anything for a long time, but the Captain of Tuntian opened his mouth and asked: "How many robbers are coming, and when will they arrive?" ”

"Lord Hui Duwei, at present, they are still in a Tuntian camp more than 100 miles away from our ancient city, we don't know how many people there are, only that now there are more than a dozen groups of people gathered together, and now there are about forty or fifty thousand people, and the number is still increasing."

Hearing that there were forty or fifty thousand, everyone gasped, there were only five hundred defenders in this city, and even if you added the militia and townsmen who organized spontaneously in the city, there were only three thousand. It is less than one-tenth of the robbers, and the number of robbers is constantly increasing, and in the eyes of everyone, this ancient city may not be able to be defended.

"My lord, let's hurry up and find the army!" Captain Tuntian spoke.

The county order was already six gods and no master at this time, and when he heard Tuntian Commander say to find reinforcements, he immediately nodded, and said at the same time: "Okay, I'll send someone to find reinforcements immediately." ”

Deng Ai in the corner smiled slightly, this county order is really stupid, the robbers began to assemble a hundred miles away from the ancient city, and if the robbers attack now, it will only take two or three days to reach the ancient city. Even if it takes some time for the robbers to gather, it is estimated that the robbers will be killed within five or six days, and even if there are reinforcements in such a short time, they will not be able to catch up. Besides, now that Runan is in chaos, all the states and counties are too busy to take care of themselves, where will they have the leisure to take care of this small ancient city.

Looking at the officials in the hall, Deng Ai wanted to come up with a plan, but in the end Deng Ai held back. Deng Ai sensitively perceived that this was a good opportunity for him, a good opportunity to climb to the sky one step at a time.

Deng Di's martial arts are very good. can also be regarded as a general of 10,000 enemies. But on weekdays, Deng Ai appears as a literati. Although everyone knows that Deng Ai knows martial arts. But in the Qin and Han dynasties, the local scribes were more or less able to do some martial arts. So Deng Ai knows some martial arts. It's not surprising to everyone. But no one regarded Deng Ai as a general of 10,000 enemies.

Because Deng Wuyi is powerful. So Deng Ai didn't take those robbers in his eyes at all. Deng Ai is confident. Even if the city is broken. You can kill your mother by yourself.

……

In the dead of night. The ancient city magistrate was tossing and turning while lying on the bed. Can't sleep at all.

A month ago. Runan is still calm. Although there were also many robbers in Runan at that time. But none of the robbers dared to attack the city. But I didn't expect that it was only about 20 days and a lot. Runan has a sudden change. Bandits are rampant. Except for a few big cities. Other small towns are not comforted. And the ancient city of their own. was finally targeted by thieves.

Right now. The footsteps of the old butler came from outside. Stopped in front of the prefectural office. Then I heard the old butler speak, "My lord." Deng Ai, the captain of the Dian Nong, asked to see him. ”

"Deng Ai?" The county magistrate frowned, and then remembered the young man in the corner, and the county magistrate suddenly found that he hadn't even seen the young man's face clearly.

"It's over, what's the matter with me?" The county shook his head, and then said, "Invite him to the hall." ”

Then the county magistrate got dressed and went to the hall, only to see Deng Ai standing in the lobby and walking back and forth.

Deng Ai saw the county commander coming over, and said with a surprised face: "My lord, you are really here, why haven't you left yet?" ”

"Let's go? Where to go? The county order was stunned by Deng Ai.

"My lord, Lord Du Wei has already escaped from the ancient city with his family, why are you still here!" Deng Ai spoke.

"He escaped?" The county commander was stunned for a moment, and then his face became gloomy, but he didn't expect that at this pass, Tuntian Duwei was about to escape!

"My lord, time is pressing, if you don't leave, you'll die!" Deng Ai said anxiously.

The county commander also hesitated, if he ignored the words of the people in the city who fled, then he would be the first official, but if he didn't escape, the thieves would attack the city, and he would not be able to resist at all.

Deng Ai saw the hesitation of the county order, and immediately said, "My lord, you better run!" If those thieves enter the city, the people in the city may save their lives, but if the adults are caught by the thieves, I am afraid it will be difficult to escape! ”

Deng Ai's sentence reminded the county order, those ordinary people, the robbers may not look at it, just grab something and leave, but if his county order is caught by the robbers, I am afraid that he will really die.

This county order is also a child of a family, compared to this official, or his own life is important, anyway, even if he is not an official with his family background, the county order can also live a rich life, but if his life is gone, there is nothing!

Thinking of this, the county magistrate shook his teeth and said to the housekeeper: "Go and pack your things immediately, let's go out of the city!" ”

After Deng Ai left the county governor's mansion, he went straight to the residence of the governor of Tuntian.

"Lord Duwei, why are you still here, the county commander has already left the city!"

"Shizai, what did you say, the county commander went out of the city?" Tun Tian exclaimed.

So, what happened just now in the county governor's mansion happened again in the Tuntian governor's mansion, and not long after, the Tuntian governor was also moved by Deng Ai's words, packed up his things and ran out of the city with his family.

Next, Deng Aiyou ran to the homes of several other officials, and as soon as those officials heard that the biggest governor and county magistrate in the city had abandoned the city and fled, no one planned to continue to defend the city, so they packed up their things and fled out of the city.

On this night, all the officials who spoke in this ancient city ran away, and when the people woke up the next morning, the biggest official in the city had become Deng Ai!

By noon, the news that the county commander and the Tuntian Commander had fled without a fight had spread throughout the ancient city. The whole ancient city suddenly became chaotic, the officials were gone, and the common people didn't know what to do. Although many people chose to flee, many more people were reluctant to leave their hometowns.

Most of the people in the ancient city are the tun people who moved from Nanyang, they have lived in the ancient city for more than ten years, for these Nanyang migrated to the tun people, they have given up their family business once, experienced a big migration, so no one wants to have such a painful experience again. Besides, there are people in this ancient city

No one is willing to give up now.

"Mother, I'm done eating." Deng Ai put it down, wiped his mouth, lifted the kettle next to him and poured a mouthful of water into his mouth.

"Shizai, I heard that tens of thousands of robbers are coming to attack the ancient city, and the county commander and the Tuntian commander have all fled!" A woman next to her spoke.

This woman is the mother of Dun Aidi. Deng Ai's mother is in her forties this year, but because of years of hard work, she looks like she is close to sixty.

"Mother, you can rest assured! There are children here, not to mention tens of thousands of robbers, even hundreds of thousands of people are here, and the children can also protect their mothers! ”

……

Xu Du.

Probably because Cao Cao was ill, Cao Cao's army was not marching fast, so it was still a day's journey from Xudu. And Sima Yi returned to Xu Du a day in advance.

After Sima Yi returned to Xudu, the first thing he did was to find Cao, and at this time, Cao was also anxiously waiting for Sima Yi's arrival, because Cao was also anxious to know whether Cao Cao's condition was serious.

After Cao and Sima met, Sima Yi told Cao Cao the news. Now Cao Cao's body is indeed not optimistic, Cao Cao was already unable to hold on when he was on the road, he was tortured by the head wind disease and could not eat the day and night, and he was about to be tortured to swallow his breath, but halfway up he met a Lang Zhong, this Lang Zhong was Hua Tuo, under Hua Tuo's treatment, Cao Cao's condition was relieved a lot, and he finally saved his life temporarily.

"Hua Tuo!" Cao silently muttered this name, and felt that this name was a little familiar, and after a long time, Cao remembered where he had heard the name Hua Tuo, so Cao opened his mouth and asked: "But the Hua Tuo who scraped Guan Yu's bones and healed his wounds?" ”

Sima Yi nodded and said, "It's this Hua Tuo." This Hua Tuo is really a skilled doctor, and he went to the doctor to cure the headache of the lord and the princess. However, according to Na Hua Tuo, he only temporarily alleviated Cao Cao's pain, but did not eradicate it. Now the prime minister's condition is still getting worse, and the dispatch of troops will become more and more frequent. ”

"Did he mention a cure?" Cao asked.

"That Hua Tuo, the prime minister's headache is caused by the head wind, all because the prime minister has 'wind saliva' in the middle of his head, as long as he splits the head and takes out the 'wind saliva', the prime minister's illness will naturally be cured." Sima Yi said calmly.

"What, is this Hua Tuo trying to kill his father? How can this man live, if he splits his head? This Hua Tuo said such a contrary word, he should be beheaded! Cao immediately said.

Sima Yi nodded: "Yes, the generals under the Prime Minister's account said so at that time. But I can see that the prime minister himself is tempted! ”

Cao was stunned, and then immediately understood, no one in this world can resist the temptation of life, for hundreds of years, are there still few monarchs who seek immortality and immortality? Although Cao Cao doesn't believe in these ghosts and gods, but Cao Cao doesn't want to die, for life, even if it is to live one more day, Cao Cao is still very eager for it, even if Hua Tuo said that he wanted to split his head, Cao Cao was still tempted!

"It's a rush to the doctor!" Cao sighed lightly, unable to imagine that in the face of death, even the father he had always admired would be unbearable.

"Don't worry, don't worry, listen to what I say, I don't believe that this person can still live after splitting his head, but that Hua Tuo may really have this ability." Sima Yi said.

"What do you mean by that?" Cao asked.

"Hua Tuo found a dog and poured something into the dog, and the dog fainted, and then Hua Tuo split its head, sewed the dog's scalp with a needle, and burned it with an iron, and a few days later, the dog came back to life!" Speaking of this, Sima Yi's eyes showed a trace of confusion, Sima Yi couldn't figure it out, this skull was split, and it could still live after sewing it up.

"What, this can't be! Could it be that Hua Tuo will not succeed in the demon law? Cao said, goosebumps on his body all rose, after all, this thing was too weird, Cao was unheard of.

Suddenly, Cao realized a problem, if Hua Tuo really cured Cao Cao, according to Cao Cao's figure, it should be easy to live for another ten or eight years, so wouldn't he have to wait for another ten or eight years?

Thinking of this, a cold murderous aura suddenly appeared in Cao's eyes, and a few words popped out of his mouth: "This Hua Tuo must not be kept!" ”

Feeling the murderous aura emanating from Cao's body, Sima Yi trembled with fright, and at this time, Sima Yi seemed to feel that the air around him suddenly dropped a few degrees. At the same time, Sima Yi also realized that something was wrong, Cao Cao's words just now clearly didn't want Cao Cao to get better. In fact, Sima Yi can fully understand this kind of thing, but understanding is understanding, and it is not right to say it. This Cao not only said it, but also spread to Sima Yi's ears, if this Cao was ruthless and asked for Sima Yi's life in order to keep the secret, what should it be.

Thinking of this, Sima Yi couldn't help but break out in a few drops of cold sweat on his head.

Cao also noticed Sima Yi's strange appearance at this time. Cao suddenly understood in his heart that this Sima Yi was afraid that he would kill people, but Cao was still Cao after all, and his royal means were no worse than Cao Cao, so he smiled slightly and said: "I mean that this Hua Tuo is a demon who confuses the public, and he also knows the demon law, and this kind of demon will inevitably harm the people, so it must not be stayed." ”

Cao's words lightly covered up what had just happened, and Sima Yi was also relieved, since Cao Ken added this sentence, it means that Cao will not kill himself. Sima Yi is also a smart person, I saw Sima Yi nodded and said, "What His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said is that Zhongda understands!" ”

Sima Yi made a pun on this, clearly explaining what Cao meant, and the other meaning was that he understood what to do next. What Sima Yi did was to tell Cao that he would do everything according to Cao Di's instructions. And when Cao saw Sima Yi on the set, he nodded with satisfaction and said: "Zhongda is so astute, he will be the marquis and the prime minister one day!" ”

Cao's words were tantamount to giving Sima Yi a promise in disguise, and Sima Yi immediately thanked Cao. Then Sima Yi opened his mouth and asked, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, what big things have happened in this capital recently?" ”

After the secret heart-to-heart exchange just now, both the monarch and the minister understood that now the two were actually tied to the same boat, so Cao did not reserve the recent Xu Du to tell Sima Yi, including the failure of Xiahou Ba's conquest of Fengtou Village and the mountain of urgent documents sent by Runan.

The more he listened, Sima Yidi's face gradually became solemn, and when Cao finished speaking, Sima Lang immediately spoke

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, you have done something wrong here!"

"Zhong Da wants to say that Liu Chan is using a divisive strategy! I have a final decision on this matter. Cao said.

Sima Yi shook his head: "His Royal Highness the Prince, what I said is not about this, I am talking about the matter of Runan." The prince's mistake this time was that he did not send troops to Runan to suppress the bandits. This Runan is close to Yingchuan, and if the Runan Rebellion spreads to Yingchuan, Xu Du will inevitably be affected. Xu Du is the root of the prime minister, this court is in Xu Du, so other places can be chaotic, only Xu Du must not be chaotic! This may be a mess, but it will hurt the prime minister's roots. ”

At this time, Cao also realized the seriousness of the problem, Sima Yi was right, if the whole Runan was in chaos, it would not be a big deal, anyway, Runan was originally a poor place. However, this Runan is close to Yingchuan, if this war burns Yingchuan, and even Xu Du is injured, it will have a great impact on the entire Cao army.

Xu Du is where the Han court is located, although the Han court has long existed in name only, but since Cao Cao coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, Xu Du has always been the center of Cao's army. If something happens to Xu Du, I'm afraid the entire Cao Cao force will be in chaos.

After Cao Cao came back, he knew that Runan was in turmoil, and he should not punish Cao, after all, Cao Cao solved the bandit problem in Runan himself for decades and did not solve it. But if the Runan Rebellion spreads to Yingchuan and Xudu, it means that Cao did not guard the backyard of Cao's army, and Cao will definitely be punished by Cao Cao.

"Zhongda, what should I do now?" Cao asked.

Sima Yi licked his lips slightly, and said: "This Liu Chan is really calculating, presumably he thought of today's situation when he let Xiahou Ba come back, and at the same time, he also expected that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would not send troops to Runan." If I expected it to be true, he was going to spread the news of the war to Yingchuan in the first place. Now we must send troops as soon as possible to exterminate these bandits in Runan! ”

Speaking of this, Sima Yi paused, and then said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, tomorrow the lord will return to the court, so tomorrow you must ask the lord for orders and personally lead the troops to Runan to suppress the bandits." ”

"Let me go in person? You don't mean that the king's figure is already ......"

"No, it is precisely because of this that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has to personally lead the troops. Now this gang of thieves in Runan is huge, gathering hundreds of thousands, and in my opinion, it will take at least 100,000 troops to pacify Runan in a short time. And the lord brought back from Xiangyang there are just 100,000 goblin soldiers, so His Royal Highness the Crown Prince must win the right to fight for these 100,000 people. At the same time, 100,000 people go out to fight, it is difficult to prepare well without a month or two, I think it is difficult for the lord to survive this month or two, so His Royal Highness the prince only needs to wait after winning the military power of these 100,000 people, as long as the lord goes, then the prince palace has these 100,000 horses in hand, and he will be able to hold this in the palm of his hand! ”

Cao Trance realized, this Sima Yi really said the point in one sentence, he was always thinking about how to keep his position before, but he ignored another important factor, that is, military power!

Speaking of which, Cao is very good at playing politics, no worse than Cao Cao, but when it comes to military strategic vision, Cao is far inferior to Cao Cao. In the past, Cao used all kinds of methods to defeat Cao Zhi, and was finally made the prince of Wei, which naturally used a lot of tricks. But Cao ignored that if there was enough strength, then no matter how powerful the conspiracy was, it would not be a conspiracy.

Now that Cao Cao is about to die, at this critical moment, there is nothing more important than having an army in hand to stabilize his position. is like Dong Zhuo back then, it was precisely because Dong Zhuo's men surpassed other people that Dong Zhuo was able to finally gain a foothold in Luoyang at that time.

"Zhongda is really my Zhang Zifang!" sighed lightly: "With Zhongda here, why worry about big things!" ”

……

Gu cheng.

"Folks, if you can't trust me Deng Ai, you can leave the city immediately. If you can trust me Deng Ai, then let's stick to the city together, as long as I Deng Ai is here, we will never let the robbers step into our city! I, Deng Ai, swear to live and die with the ancient city! ”

At this time, Deng Ai was impassionedly delivering his speech, and it was rare that Deng Ai's stuttering problem was not committed at all at this time. Now that the big and small officials in the ancient city have almost gone, Deng Ai, the big and small official of the sesame mung bean, has become the largest. Deng Ai raised his arms and shouted, and the people in the city responded.

"Deng Ai, those big officials don't want us for a long time, they all ran away, you still have some conscience, just one, now I believe in you, we all listen to you!"

"Yes, Deng Ai, we have lived here for more than ten years, and our family business is here, we will never leave the ancient city, you can say what you want us to do!"

"We swear to live and die with the ancient city!"

The boiling people below, Deng Ai smiled slightly, his hard work all night was not in vain, and now the officials in the city have been deceived by themselves, then the credit is all their own, and when the time comes, the court will definitely be able to add officials to the knighthood.

I don't know what kind of official the court will seal itself! Magistrate? Or is it the Captain of Tuntian? It is best to be able to go to the army, which is the fastest to be promoted. But when everything is better than the current petty official who is one size smaller than sesame mung beans.

"Okay, since you all listen to me, then I'll tell you, everyone is ready, if you really don't have it, you can take a wooden stick, and you will bring three or five days' worth of dry food, and wait until tomorrow to gather here at this time!" After Deng Ai finished speaking, he thought about the county government and walked away.

In the county office, several Dubo were waiting for Deng Ai.

After Deng Ai came, he immediately opened the map on the table, and then began to assign tasks.

"There's a mountain forest here, perfect for an ambush, and the road ahead is narrow, and it's surrounded by grass and trees, so when you see smoke rising in front of you, set it on fire."

"It's a high hill, and if the robbers want to run in this direction, you immediately throw down the logs and boulders and force them to flee from the other side."

"You lead the troops to guard here, once the robbers escape......"

Deng Ai began to arrange tasks in an orderly manner, and a seamless trap was born from Deng Ai's hands.

The text is 6115 words. Let's talk about Hua Tuo's problem, history records that Hua Tuo was born in 208 AD, and because it involves the follow-up key plot, it is set here according to the romance, Hua Tuo is not dead. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, there are more chapters, support the author, support UC e-book!) )