Jizhou, Hejian County.

Since Cao Pi led the army to leave Zhuo County, he was afraid of Pang Tong's pursuit behind, after all, in his heart, Pang Tong could hold more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, so he went south all the way and ran out of Youzhou in one breath, until he entered Hejian County, he was relieved.

However, the silence in the back made him soon feel that something was wrong.

So he immediately sent some of his scouts to look back and investigate the situation, but it was okay not to probe, and when he did, he was so angry that he was about to faint.

"How is this possible?"

In the lobby of the county town, Cao Pi had a cold and gloomy face, his hands were clenched into fists, the green tendons on his fists were uneven, and the cold light in his eyes was revealed.

He's fooled!

There are nearly 20,000 elite soldiers and horses under his command, which originally occupied the innate conditions, relying on Zhuo County, the city is high and the walls are thick, and it is impregnable, but he actually let the Xianbei forty or fifty thousand cavalry scare Zhuo County to give up.

"Bastard thing!"

The more Cao Pi thought about it, the more angry he became, he couldn't help but shout, and then looked at the scout battalion soldiers in front of him and asked, "Can he find out, the Wu army really only has tens of thousands of cavalry?" ”

"Second prince, this matter is absolutely true!" The scout camp leader said in a low voice: "Our scouts can see very clearly, outside Zhuoxian County, you can see those scarecrows and wooden people everywhere!" ”

"Damn it!"

Cao Pi couldn't hold back any longer, and kicked over the bookcase in front of him: "Pang Shiyuan, you actually dare to bluff me?" ”

"You stand down first!"

A brocade-robed Confucian stood up and motioned for the scout camp master to step back. Then he said to Cao Pi in a deep voice: "Second prince, don't be impatient for a while!" ”

"Mr. Cui. How do you keep a family from being angry? ”

Cao Pi couldn't have imagined that he was actually frightened by Pang Shiyuan's empty city plan, and gave up Zhuoxian to cut off Zhang Liao's main force.

If this matter is transmitted back to Luoyang City, not to mention the prince, he may not even be able to be the prince, if Cao Cao is ruthless, he is afraid that he will be beheaded to show the public.

"Second prince, anger can't solve things!" The brocade-robed Confucian said lightly.

"Mr. Cui. You're right, it's useless to be angry now, a certain family has cut off the back road of tens of thousands of main forces. So that the generals are in a desperate situation, and the father will inevitably ask us what should we do? ”

Hearing this, Cao Pi nodded. Then he took a deep breath. Calming down, he looked at his henchman, thought about it, and asked with some hope: "You said that if we lead our troops north to attack Zhuoxian now and meet their breakthrough soldiers and horses, will the general let me make up for my mistakes!" ”

"Second prince, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses have been cut off because of you, do you think the general will not hold a grudge against you? And now that you've done it. We can only do nothing and keep going, and now we must not let the general's soldiers and horses break through! ”

This brocade-robed Confucian in his early thirties whispered beside him to induce Cao Pi's thoughts: "As long as they can't come back." You didn't run away, but heroically fought your way out of the encirclement! ”

"Mr. Cui, do you know what you're talking about?"

When Cao Pi heard this, he trembled, and his eyes stared sharply at this brocade-robed Confucian student.

Mr. Cui, who was born in a wealthy family, is a scholar recommended by the Boling Cui family, he has been by Cao Pi's side for many years, never came out, just did some paperwork, but since Cao Pi went north to see, he began to give advice to Cao Pi.

Cao Pi was able to control tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in a short period of time, and he contributed the most.

So Cao Pi trusted him more and more, and this time he withdrew from the army, and he instigated a reason.

"Second prince, if they don't die, you will die!"

The brocade-robed Confucian was expressionless, his expression was indifferent, and the corners of his mouth raised a faint sneer: "Do you know that the Zhuo County you gave up this time buried more than 100,000 main forces in Youzhou, not only the generals, General Cao Hong, General Yu Ban, General Xiahou Yuan, General Xu Huang, which one doesn't want to swallow you alive, once you take this responsibility, even Your Majesty may not be able to save your life, and in the end you must be beheaded to appease the hearts of the army!" ”

"No, it won't!"

When Cao Pi heard this, a pair of pupils suddenly contracted, and his body couldn't help but tremble slightly: "I am my father's biological son, and my father won't treat ......me like this."

Between the words, even he was a little unconfident.

Zhang Liao, Cao Hong, Yu Ban, Xu Huang, Xiahou Yuan, which one is not the pillar of Cao Wei, the weight of these people, even one of them he can't bear, if they all play, then he will definitely die.

"Second prince, you are just a prince of the Great Wei Dynasty, and there is the crown prince Cao Ang above, even if you take 10,000 steps back, the prince is dead, and there are three princes and four princes below you, all of whom have begun to grow up, do you think that in Your Majesty's heart, you are a dispensable prince, can you compare the importance of the general?"

The brocade-robed Confucian said with some sarcasm: "Once the generals break through, they will inevitably report to Your Majesty, and Your Majesty will behead you in order to appease the resentment in the hearts of the generals, and there is no other word!" ”

"I can't die!"

Cao Pi was timid, gritted his teeth, and hurriedly asked, "Mr. Cui, you say, what should I do now?" ”

"Second prince, I have already said that what we have to do now is to strike first!"

The brocade-robed Confucian showed a gleam in his eyes, and began to say to Cao Pi: "Now in the entire land of Jizhou, you have the highest status, and you have 20,000 elites in your hands, you can also forcibly recruit the young and strong people of Jizhou, and then form a strong army of soldiers and horses, take Jizhou first, even if Your Majesty wants to take you in the future, as long as you hold Jizhou, why not be afraid of the court!" ”

"You mean, let me go against my father?" There was a hint of fear in the depths of Cao Pi's eyes.

Cao Cao is in his heart, it is equivalent to a mountain that cannot be climbed, he can oppose Zhang Liao and them, but he does not dare to confront Cao Cao.

"Second prince, it's been so far. You have no way out, in fact, no matter whether Zhang Liao can break through or not, this matter is based on the news network of ghosts. It will definitely stab your majesty somewhere! ”

The brocade-robed Confucian asked faintly: "Once you are summoned back to the capital by Your Majesty, then you only have two ends, do you want Your Majesty to put you under house arrest for the rest of your life, or do you want Your Majesty to behead you directly in public?" ”

"Me?"

Cao Pi swallowed a mouthful of saliva, trembling all over, the fear that Cao Cao gave him suddenly disappeared, and a fierce light flashed in his eyes: "I am the prince of Great Wei." Born noble, how could he end up like this! ”

"The second prince was born in troubled times. Nothing compares to holding the military power, as long as you can hold the army and sit firmly in the land of Jizhou, even if Your Majesty unifies the territory of the Great Wei. They can only turn a blind eye to you! "Confucianism in brocade robes.

"But Mr. Cui. I have 20,000 soldiers and horses in my hands? Cao Pi was moved, but he was very worried, and said: "As long as my father sends a guard to the north, he can take me, which is not safe, and once Zhang Liao breaks through and kills, I am afraid that the first one will take me, with my troops." Even if his vitality is greatly damaged, he will have enough power to take me! ”

"Second prince. Soldiers and horses can be recruited! ”

The brocade robe Confucian said: "Now that General Zhang Liao is besieged in Youzhou, no one knows that you have given up Zhuo County, and you are now the only hero of the Great Wei who broke through, as long as you forge General Zhang Liao's pen and ink, you can invite all the county guards of Jizhou to come to Hejian to join the division, and then in the name of rescuing Zhang Liao's army, recruit soldiers from various counties, and take over the entire Jizhou in the name of guarding Jizhou. ”

"But will they listen to me?"

"Under normal circumstances, they naturally won't listen to us, but as long as we get rid of Xu You, the assassin of Jizhou, who else in the entire Jizhou will dare not listen to you!" The brocade-robed Confucian said confidently.

"Are you really going to kill Xu You?" Cao Pi gritted his teeth: "Maybe we can recruit him?" Let Him be of our use. ”

"Second prince, if you don't kill him, can you keep him and obey you?" The brocade-robed Confucian asked rhetorically: "If he suddenly summons the soldiers of various counties to oppose you, then wouldn't you be in danger!" ”

"Yes, that's a danger!"

Cao Pi thought for a while and said: "Although Xu Yu is greedy for money and lustful, he is still loyal to his father, although I have a trace of friendship with him, but it is difficult to guarantee that he can listen to me, but once I do this, it will be equivalent to tearing my face with my father, he is my father after all, disloyal and unfilial, and a certain family will be spurned by the world!" ”

"Second prince, if you want to do big things, you have to know how to make trade-offs!"

The brocade-robed Confucian student whispered in Cao Pi's ear: "Since ancient times, those who want to win the country, which one is not recognized by the six relatives, didn't he Sun Zhongmou almost kill his brother at the beginning, and finally ascended to the position of the supreme of Eastern Wu?" Why should you Cao Zihuan be inferior to his Sun Zhongmou, as long as you take Jizhou, you can settle in Luoyang in the future, regroup, go south to Soochow, and dominate the world. ”

"Click!"

When Cao Pi heard this, his heart boiled, his fists clenched suddenly, and a scorching light burst out of his eyes: "My father's country was originally mine, how can he Cao Zixiu be virtuous, can he be in the position of the prince, and the country is great, what ability does he have to sit on it!" ”

Ambition is for everyone.

He Cao Pi grew up under the influence of Cao Cao since he was a child, and the world returned to Wei, in his heart, it was the trend of the times, so he was the heir of the world, and it was natural to sit and enjoy the country.

"Second prince, a certain family knows that you are worried about the lack of troops and it is difficult to sit firmly in Jizhou, and a certain family still has a strategy!" Mr. Cui struck while the iron was hot and made another plan.

"Say!"

"There are Yellow Turban bandits in the land of Montenegro, called the Black Mountain Army, if we can recruit them, we will definitely be like a tiger!" The brocade robe Confucian said: "When the time comes, the second prince will hold the army, and he will be able to sit firmly in Jizhou!" ”

"But aren't they Dongwu soldiers and horses?"

"Second prince, this is Jizhou!"

The brocade-robed Confucian said in a deep voice: "In the land of Jizhou, where did the soldiers of Eastern Wu come, Lejin couldn't exterminate them three or four times, in order to cover their own incompetence, they were given the title of Wu Jun on their heads, and the others were some yellow turban thieves!" ”

"Do you have a way to recruit them?"

Cao Pi's eyes were bright.

"If the second prince trusts a certain family, and a certain family is willing to replace the second prince and go to Montenegro in person to persuade them to surrender to the second prince, these yellow turban bandits are nothing more than some suffering people, and in desperation, they will fall into the grass, as long as they hear about the eloquence of the second prince, they will definitely surrender to the second prince!" Confucianism in brocade robes.

"Good!"

Cao Pi was overjoyed, and under the words of the Confucian in the brocade robe, he fluttered up and was full of confidence: "Mr. Cui, if you can persuade the Montenegrin army to surrender, it will be a great achievement, and when the time comes, I will be used by me in Jizhou, don't say Zhang Liao, even if it is my father, I can't be convicted!" ”

"I, Cui Zhouping, will definitely go to the soup for the second prince!"

The brocade-robed Confucian raised his head and looked at him, a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

This young man is so easy to fool.

This time it made him Cui Zhouping spend a lot of effort, although the Montenegrin army is now seriously injured, but once they come out, splice their prestige, and then use Cao Pi to borrow chickens and eggs, they will quickly recover.

When the time comes, it will be easy to take Jizhou.

No way!

There's a big problem!

Zhang Liao is so powerful that it is difficult to predict, once he breaks through beyond the expected time, enters Jizhou, and takes Cao Pi, then his entire plan will be over.

Therefore, after Cui Zhou, a Confucian student in a brocade robe, calmed Cao Pi's emotions safely, he immediately locked himself in the study, wrote a letter, and then handed it to a confidant wrestler: "You send it to Chief of Staff Pang Tong through the Jinyiwei channel within one day, and tell him that even if Zhang Liao breaks through Youzhou, you must delay the time for Zhang Liao to break through, and Jizhou needs time to layout!" ”

"No!"

This henchman carefully put away the letter, and then quickly whipped the left Hejian and went north to Youzhou. (To be continued.) )