On the night of September 13th, it was destined to be a sleepless night in the entire Han and Wei dynasties, Liu Qi's Luoyang Palace was full of mourning, sleepless all night, and the palace of Yecheng was also sleepless, because the emperor of the Cao Wei Empire, Cao Pi, who had just gained supreme prestige because of the opening of the border of Pingliao, had come to the end of his life at this time, and was extremely seriously injured, and when the imperial doctor arrived, Cao Pi had fallen into a coma because of excessive blood loss.

After a round of nervous treatment by his wife, Cao Pi finally opened his eyes slowly, and he knew that he had reached the time when he ran out of oil and dried up without the need for a doctor, so he sighed and ordered to invite Taiwei Cheng Yu, Situ Sima Yi, Sikong Wang Lang, Shangshu Ling Dong Zhao, Shizhong Liu Hui, General Cao Chun, Hussar General Xiahou Shang, Che General Cao Xiu, Wei General Xu Chu and others to come to discuss the matter.

At this time, the ministers saw that Cao Pi was not in good condition, and had already been waiting outside the palace, and when they heard that Cao Pi had announced, they immediately rushed into the palace and bowed to Cao Pi.

At this time, I heard Cao Pi sigh and said: "I took the body of the king of Wei, inherited the heavens, stood up as the heir of the Han, and was the king, and in less than a year, I repelled the offensive of Liu Qi's hundreds of thousands of troops, and then pacified Liaodong, so that the land expanded eastward for more than 1,000 miles. ”

Seeing this, Cao Xiu, Sima Yi and others all said with tears in their eyes: "Although the ministers are full of liver and brains, they can't repay His Majesty's kindness in case of emergency. ”

Cao Pi nodded, and then ordered Cao Xiu to be the general of the Chinese army, Cao Chun to be the general of the Zhenjun, and Sima Yi to be the general of the Fujun, so that these three people worked together to support the country's politics. He also ordered the harem Shuyuan and Zhaoyi to be sent back to their homes.

After that, I saw Cao Pi sigh, tears like rain, and then passed away suddenly.

After Cao Pi's death. Posthumously as Emperor Wen, the crown prince Cao Rong was appointed as the emperor, the Yuan Taihe was changed, and the second year of the early Huang Dynasty was changed to the first year of Taihe.

As soon as Cao Rong ascended the throne, a sharp debate began within the ruling group, mainly around whether to return Sun Shangxiang's body and whether to use Cao Hong, Cao Zhi and others who were snubbed by Cao Pi.

The controversy first revolved around the question of whether to return Sun Shangxiang's body. Because according to the reaction of the Han Dynasty, the Cao Wei regime already knew the identity of the main envoy who assassinated Cao Pi, and it turned out that this person turned out to be Liu Qi's concubine, and Sun Shangxiang, the daughter of Sun Jian, the tiger of Jiangdong, and the sister of Sun Ce, the little overlord.

With Sima Yi, Cheng Yu and Shang Shu Ling Dong Zhao and others all agreeing to return Sun Shangxiang's body to the Han Dynasty, Sima Yi coughed, and said first: "The princes must know that according to the news from the spies, the mastermind responsible for the assassination of His Majesty this time is the ranger general Sun Shangxiang of the Han Dynasty, and this woman has a marriage contract with Liu Qi. Now that Liu Qi has posthumously named Sun Shangxiang as the imperial concubine, it can be seen that this woman attaches great importance to Liu Qi, but this is also an opportunity for us, as long as we send Sun's body back to the Han Dynasty, Liu Qi will not attack our dynasty in a short period of time due to affection, so that our dynasty can take the opportunity to recuperate and accumulate strength. As long as we are given another half a year to recuperate, we will no longer be afraid of the attack of the Han Dynasty. ”

And Cao Xiu, the general of the Chinese army, Cao Chun, the general of the town army, and Wang Lang, Sikong. Liu Hui and others in the service objected to this, only to see that Liu Hui in the service thought: "Sun Shangxiang is an assassin who assassinated the emperor, and he should die without a place to be buried, and his body should be chopped into meat sauce to feed the dogs, how can it be returned to the Han Dynasty?" What's more, our army has just pacified Liaodong, and the military power is flourishing. Besides. Our army is in mourning, and if the Han army conquers for no reason, it will be rude, which will arouse our common hatred and hatred, and the art of war is cloudy. The mourning soldiers will win, as long as we are united, we will be invincible, even if Liu Qi's millions of troops are coming, what are we afraid of? ”

As a relative of the Han family, Liu Hui was so shameless, trying his best to slander the Han Dynasty and flatter the powerful of Cao Wei, even the ministers of the Wei family were a little disdainful in their hearts, but Cao Chun and Cao Xiu and others took them as confidants, and felt that Liu Xian's words expressed their thoughts, and they nodded in appreciation, and Cao Chun laughed and said: "What Liu Shi said is very true, General Sima is probably a little alarmist this time, right?" Although Liu Qi is indeed very powerful, it is not as terrible as we imagined, and their attack was not repelled by our army last year? ”

Seeing that so many people were opposed, Sima Yi couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and knew that the disaster of Wei was not far away, but after thinking about it, this was not a good thing for him, as long as he limited the matter to a controllable range, he might not be able to gain greater fame and benefits from it, so he didn't say more, just Jian yì temporarily kept Sun's body, and it was not too late to dispose of it after breaking the Han army.

Sima Yi's words made a lot of sense, and Cao Xiu, Cao Chun and others saw that Sima Yi had compromised and didn't care about such a trivial matter, so they quickly agreed.

And then on the question of whether to enable Cao Hong and Cao Zhi, Cao Xiu and Cao Chun are also unwilling to give in, before Cao Hong will be executed, they are out of the sadness of the rabbit and the fox, so they plead with Cao Pi together, but today they are in power, so they don't want to let Cao Hong, who is older than them, be enabled, as for Cao Zhi, this person can even threaten Cao Pi, naturally more threatening them, in fact, even Sima Yi doesn't really want to enable Cao Zhi, but in order to increase the disgust of Cao Xiu and others, he deliberately put Cao Zhi's name forward, In order to be able to make Cao Xiu and others refuse more resolutely. And where would Cao Xiu and Cao Chun have thought that they would fall into the calculations of the scheming Sima Yi from the beginning? Therefore, it is natural to immediately refuse on the grounds that the order of the former emperor cannot be disobeyed without authorization.

In fact, Sima Yi knew that there would be such a result from the beginning, but he did not argue anymore, but went home to recuperate on the grounds of illness.

Cao Xiu, Cao Chun and others saw Sima Yi take the initiative to withdraw, and they were even more proud in their hearts, they originally thought that Sima Yi was so famous that he should have a very clever skill, but they didn't expect it to be so vulnerable, not only did they win both battles, but also forced Sima Yi to take the initiative to withdraw, such a victory is really exciting.

"Hehe, I really didn't expect Sima Yi to know each other so well this time, and we still think he has some wonderful means of reflection, it seems that all worries are superfluous."

When the dynasty was dispersed, Cao Chun looked very proud, and said to Cao Xiu with a smile. As the general of the first generation of the Cao family, he is now the first person of the Cao family's old ministers, and today he saw that he defeated the great enemy Sima Yi lightly, and he was naturally proud in his heart.

But I heard Cao Xiu say: "Uncle, Sima Yi is as cunning as a fox, even Emperor Wu was afraid of it back then, so we must not be careless, otherwise, I am afraid that we will fall for his tricks if we are not careful." ”

Cao Chun smiled and waved his hand: "The virtuous nephew is really too overestimated Sima Yi, Sima Yi suffered a comprehensive defeat in the first confrontation with us, and he will inevitably lose his prestige among the ministers, as long as we take the opportunity to envelop those wavering ministers, the world is not firmly controlled in the hands of our uncle and nephew?" I'm afraid that it will not be easy for him to turn over even if he wants to turn over at that time. ”

"But what Sima Yi said is also reasonable, in case Liu Qi really launches a million-strong army to attack Hebei, we don't have the slightest chance of winning, when I think about the terrible gunpowder at the beginning, the little nephew has some palpitations." Cao Xiu still felt a little worried, looked at Cao Chun and said.

"Hehe, it seems that the virtuous nephew was frightened by Liu Qi's child, but in fact, Liu Qi is also a person, how can it be so terrible? However, what you said is not unreasonable, we can't work hard to calculate, but because of the defeat and cause the prestige to plummet, in this case, we are afraid that we will have to hand over the one we have obtained to Sima Yi. Cao Chun thought for a while, nodded and said: "I am not as good as a virtuous nephew in planning and strategizing, this qiē has Lao Xian's nephew, as for charging into battle, it will be handed over to me and my tiger and leopard to ride." I don't believe that we can't deal with a Liu Qi by relying on our geographical advantage. ”

After the uncle and nephew conspired, they soon reached an agreement and prepared to send troops to guard the area along the river to strictly prevent the arrival of the Han army.

At this time, Liu Qi was indeed discussing the issue of attacking Cao Wei in the court.

Because of Sun Shangxiang's tragic death, the first thing Liu Qi proposed three days after dropping out of the dynasty was to crusade against Cao Wei and avenge Sun Shangxiang.

Of course, revenge is his real purpose, but he can't start a war on the grounds of avenging his woman, which will incur the dissatisfaction of the ministers and sergeants, and there will be a scene like the one he was admonished by the ministers before.

Therefore, Liu Qi is still playing the banner of reviving the Han Dynasty.

I saw Liu Qi's face sinking like water, and said slowly to his subordinates: "According to the report of the spies, now Cao Pi is dead, and he is succeeded by his eight-year-old son Cao Rong, and there is a contradiction between Cao Chun, Cao Xiu and another important minister of the Cao clan, Sima Yi has gone home to recuperate, and this is a good opportunity for us to win, so I decided to order my Zhulu army to attack at the same time, conquer Hebei, and strive to pacify the rebels as soon as possible, and return my Han family to unification, I don't know what your opinion is?" ”

At this time, I heard Zhuge Jin, the squire of the military department, come forward and say: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that this matter is impossible, now Cao Pi is dead, our army is punished and mourned, and it is not righteous, and it will definitely be resisted by the soldiers and civilians of Hebei, so that Cao Wei is united and the same enemy, and our army wants to win, it is too difficult, not to mention that it is almost October now, and soon the army will be opened, the river will be frozen, and our army's grain and grass will not be supported, how can we win?" Therefore, Weichen believes that we can wait until after the beginning of spring to lead the army to fight, and the victory rate will be greater. ”

As soon as Zhuge Jin's words fell, he saw that Liu Qi's face suddenly became gloomy and terrifying, and he was furious, and he couldn't help but sink in his heart. But when he thought about it, he felt that there was nothing wrong with him doing so......

"I'm responsible for the Han, for the sergeants on the front line, even if you put me in prison and put me to death, I have to stick to my point of view." Thinking of this, Zhuge Jin held his head high and looked at Liu Qi without showing weakness, he wanted to see if Liu Qi, the emperor who had high hopes, would abandon national justice for the sake of personal feelings like those forgetful monarchs. (To be continued......)