Cao Xiu and Cao Zhen rushed to blame themselves, and a pair of difficult brothers cried together. Vertex updates are the fastest

Zhang looked uncomfortable, and hurriedly persuaded the two: "Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, don't blame yourself too much for the two generals." The current urgency is to hurry up and start the emperor, quickly send troops to support, and drive out the Ge thief and Ma Chao, otherwise, the enemy occupies Longyou, you can use this as a base, and from Hanzhong and Longyou together, Guanzhong will be difficult to protect. ”

Cao Zhen helped Cao Xiu up: "This is all because I went into the dangerous valley without authorization, and you are alone, and the blame lies with me." I will ask His Majesty the Emperor for guilt, don't be sad anymore, take care of yourself, and lead the army to enter Longyou again in the future, and be ashamed. ”

Cao Xiu hurriedly shook his head and said, "If you say that, I don't have the face to see people." It was I who caused the defeat of the army, and now that there are only so many of the 50,000 reinforcements left, there is no need for me to stay here. I've given him all to you. Tomorrow, I will leave for Beijing and ask the emperor for his guilt in person. ”

Cao Zhen could only agree, after all, he was the general of Zhengxi, and he would continue to lead the armies to resist the enemy invasion in the land of Guanlong.

In Luoyang City, Cao Pi was anxious about the war in the direction of Jingzhou, and suddenly heard the news of Cao Xiu's defeat, and was shocked into a cold sweat.

Oh my God, how long has it been, from receiving the news that the Shu army was going to attack Guanzhong and sending Cao Xiu to lead the army to help the defense, it has only been a little more than a month now, and there are only more than 10,000 of the 50,000 horses left, which is really too fast.

No, it seems that there has been such a thing before, that is, Yu Ban went to Fancheng to help Cao Ren, and it was only less than a month, and the Seventh Army was all in the soup, and Guan Yu was all caught in Jiangling.

And now, in the west, there is such a tragic situation, who should be relied on to save it?

Cao Ren, Xiahou Shang, Xu Huang, Zhang Liao and other generals were all fighting against Liu Bei's main army in the direction of Jingzhou, and the west was just a partial division of the enemy.

He hurriedly summoned his ministers to discuss a strategy for retreating from the enemy.

Everyone was urgently summoned, and they didn't know what was happening, so they hurried to the court.

Cao Pi informed everyone of the news of the defeat on the Western Front, and asked everyone to hurry up and come up with an idea.

Since becoming the emperor, it has been less than a year, and he has not been happy for many days, and he has fallen into such a crisis, which is really sad for him.

The ministers also know that the consequences are serious, you look at me, I look at you, and no one dares to speak lightly.

Cao Pi was annoyed: "Could it be that I have seven out of ten in the world of Great Wei, and I am still afraid of Liu Bei, who only occupies Yizhou and part of Jingzhou?" ”

Everyone felt that this was wrong in itself, and now Longyou was occupied by the enemy, Jincheng, Wuwei and other counties were separated behind, and Liangzhou and Yongzhou counties were not considered Great Wei, and they didn't know if they were still Great Wei.

And Jingzhou, Xiangyang has been abandoned, Fancheng is besieged, Wancheng is under the enemy, I am afraid that it will soon all become Liu Bei's.

Finally, someone came out to speak: "After all, the enemy's total strength is less than ours, and now that their army on the western front is in Longyou, we might as well attack on two fronts, all the way from Chencang Road to Wudu, cut off their road from Hanzhong to Longyou, and send a large army to attack Longyou and fight a decisive battle with the enemy." Even if they can't be driven out immediately, in time, the enemy will run out of food and grass, and naturally they will have to retreat. ”

Immediately, some people objected: "This is not good, this failure, including General Zhengxi, went deep into the valley and made the mistake of dividing the troops, how can we still make such a mistake?" The army should be immediately assembled and killed to the right of Longyou. ”

"How many enemies are there in Longyou? How did the 50,000-strong army get there and be defeated so quickly? How did the enemy occupy Shanghe Jicheng and other county towns in such a short time? How many troops do we have to send to drive the enemy away? Let's get these things straight. ”

"Yes, the enemy can win so quickly, there should be something special about him, it is necessary to understand the enemy's situation before he can come up with countermeasures."

"Your Majesty, you haven't told us how these enemies quickly took Jicheng Heshang, we don't know the specific situation, so it's hard to suggest."

Cao Pi didn't know that Cao Xiu's recital was full of self-blame, but he only reported the consequences of defeat, but how he failed, but he didn't make it clear.

"Okay, okay, then let's stop here today, and when General Cao Xiu returns to Luoyang, we will discuss it in detail." He had no choice but to reluctantly announce a pause, and then urgently sent someone to greet Cao Xiu.

Cao Xiu stayed in Chang'an for a day, not because he was afraid of death, but when he heard the news, the 10,000 soldiers he sent to Jicheng still had about 1,000 people left to escape by detour, and brought Liangzhou Assassin Shi Zhang Ji.

Although he had already heard about the process of the offensive and defensive battle in Jicheng, since those pro-generals and Liangzhou Zhang Ji had returned, it would be better to ask again.

Moreover, Zhang Ji should also go back to the court to report to the emperor, so let's go together.

On the day when Zhang Ji broke the city of Jicheng, he didn't plan to leave, so he died in the city.

But those generals didn't think so, and ran away with him, after all, Zhang Ji was still very valued by Cao Pi, and he was the assassin of Liangzhou, and he was also the chief officer of the Jicheng City Defense Battle, saving him, there was a merit, and then let him and Cao Xiu stand in front, would his sin be smaller?

Zhang felt that he had no face to return to the capital, he was already a court official, and it was because of the military ability of Zou Qi, the former Liangzhou assassin, that he was sent to serve as the Liangzhou assassin to quell the rebellion, but he didn't expect that not long after the rebels in Xiliang were pacified, they were beaten by Ge Liang and lost Longyou, what kind of thing is this?

In addition, he was already older, and the shame was even worse than Cao Xiu, and everyone fled for his life in a panic along the way, which made him unbearable, and when he arrived in Chang'an, he was already seriously ill and difficult to treat.

When Cao Xiu came to see him, he couldn't sit still, looked at Cao Xiu, who was also full of shame, sighed, said a few words, and died of illness that night.

Cao Xiu blamed himself even more, asked other generals about the specific situation of the Battle of Jicheng, and took them back to Luoyang urgently.

Cao Pi finally saw Cao Xiu who came back, and saw that his face was full of self-blame, and he was so thin that he was not in human shape, and he was horrified, how long has it been?

Cao Xiu burst into tears, and asked for the guilt first: "I have the trust of Your Majesty, and I have caused this fiasco, and it is difficult to atone for my sins!" ”

Cao Pi had deep feelings for him, and hurriedly relieved: "Victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, don't blame yourself too much." ”

Cao Xiu recounted his battle in detail, and said: "The minister was originally worried about Guanzhong, a temporary defeat, and divided his troops to hold Jicheng first, waiting for reinforcements, but I didn't expect that even those people were chased by the enemy and fled in a panic, but they mistook the defense of Jicheng, so that Jicheng was not guaranteed." Liangzhou assassin Shi Zhang died in humiliation, it's all my fault. ”

Cao Pi asked anxiously: "Even if the army has no fighting spirit, a strong city will not be lost in a few days, how did the enemy capture it so quickly, and what siege equipment did they use?" ”

"That's it, that's it," Cao Xiu felt even more ashamed, "it's the kind of thunderbolt car that the first emperor and Yuan Shao used when they fought in Guandu!" ”

"Huh?" Cao Pi's mouth can't be closed, is it the bane planted by my father? (To be continued.) )