In Luoyang City, three days after Cao Cao woke up, the first court meeting of the Wei Dynasty with complete monarchs and ministers was held in the Great Dynasty Palace.

The court meeting decided two things.

The first thing was that Yang Biao went out of the mountain and took the position of the Wei Dynasty.

The second thing is to discuss the crime of Cao Pi.

After the meeting, it was about noon.

Before the noon gate of Miyagi.

The scorching sun hung high, wisps of light scorched, reflecting down, a tall execution table in the middle had been completely erected, and the two burly and strong, naked and topless sword and axe hands on the left and right had already been prepared.

And around the entire execution platform, there was already a heavy crowd of people constantly surging, and they opened their eyes wide, staring at this execution table with their eyes open.

Since ancient times, those who can be beheaded at the noon gate are not ordinary people.

"I don't know who was beheaded at noon today?"

"You see that the one who should be in charge of the beheading stage should be King Peng, King Peng personally supervised the beheading, I'm afraid this person is very guilty today!"

"In the past few days, the imperial court has beheaded a lot of people in the streets, basically participating in the rebellion, and some have escaped on the battlefield, and the two markets in the southeast have been bleeding!"

"Your Majesty has just woken up, just like the means, this is a decisive killing, and you want to kill the town!"

"Your Majesty's oracle has come out, and those who disturb the Great Wei will be killed!"

Since Cao Cao woke up, Luoyang City has been much more stable, and the cleaning for several days in a row has been a river of blood at the entrance of the market, and the people are now looking at the battle of today's execution platform in front of the noon gate of the palace city, and they are suddenly a little frightened.

"When the hour comes, bring someone to commit it!"

Peng Wang Cao Zhang, a young hero. Wearing an official robe, he stood on the prison platform, raised his head, looked at the sun in the sky, and shouted directly.

"When the hour comes, bring someone to commit it!"

Under the layers of sound transmission. Soon it was passed into the prison.

It didn't take long for more than a dozen Imperial Forest Army guards to escort a young man with a cloak, Cao Pi, out of the noon gate, and walked to the execution platform step by step.

"Isn't this the second prince Cao Pi?"

"Could it be that it is the second prince who is going to be beheaded today?"

"That's Your Majesty's own son, is Your Majesty going to kill your relatives in righteousness!"

"Cao Pi rebelled, the crime is unforgivable, but after all, he is a child of the royal family, or His Majesty's own son, Your Majesty is a little too ruthless!"

The crowd under the execution table. After seeing this young man, everyone was shocked in their hearts, and their faces were all shocked.

"Declare Your Majesty's will!"

Peng King Cao Pi stood up, looked at Cao Pi on the execution table, and said in a deep voice.

"Fengtian transported, the emperor edict said, Cao Pi rebelled against the Great Wei, and the crime is unforgivable. If you don't kill, you can't suppress the law of Great Wei...... Behead at noon, proclaim the world! ”

A eunuch stood beside the beheading platform. spread out a piece of gold cloth in his hand, and shouted suspense.

"Your Majesty, is this really going to kill the second prince?"

The hearts of the people were shocked.

Since ancient times, there have been a few people who can do something to their own sons.

Cao Cao's ruthlessness shocked the hearts of the people.

His iron-faced selflessness also made Bai Xin convinced.

On the platform, Cao Zhang took steps and walked down step by step. Walking towards the execution table in front, he walked onto the execution platform and looked at the more respectful brother in front of him: "Second brother, do you have any last words to explain now?" ”

He Cao Zhang didn't want to see his brother die in front of him.

But he couldn't do anything.

He didn't even know why his father wanted him to put Cao Pi in prison, but he knew one thing very well in his heart. He couldn't disobey the military order issued by his father himself.

"Ziwen, you and Cao Zhi take good care of your mother!"

Cao Pi had been struggling in prison for a few days, but all he got was disappointment.

It's desperation.

He knew in his heart that his father was going to kill him, not only because he had committed an unforgivable crime, but also because of one thing, his head was very valuable and could stabilize the hearts of the people.

"I will!"

When Cao Zhang heard this, his eyes were full of tears, and he nodded heavily.

He and Cao Pi and Cao Zhi are both compatriots of the same mother, and Cao Pi's mother is his mother, Bian Guifei of the current Great Wei Dynasty.

"Since my father asked you to behead me, it is to build momentum for you, you will inevitably become the opponent of the crown prince Cao Ang in the future, you be careful of one person!" Cao Pi suddenly whispered.

"Who?" Cao Zhang frowned.

"Xiahou Mausoleum!"

Cao Pi said word by word, and he was very persistent.

He Cao Zihuan is not a fool, he has a lot of thoughts in his mind these days, from leaving Luoyang to go north to join the army, to leading troops to force the palace, there are some things he can't figure out, but he has some answers in his heart.

"Brother Xiahou Ling, why?" Cao Zhang's heart trembled, Xiahou Ling was on duty in the palace, day and night, but he often taught him martial arts, for him, he was closer than his brother Cao Ang.

"Don't ask!"

Cao Pi said indifferently: "You just need to know that half of the responsibility for my Cao Pi's fall to the point where I am today is because of him!" ”

"I see!"

Cao Zhang's heart felt a slight chill and nodded.

He took a deep breath, then turned his head and walked up to the beheading platform, holding a killing order in his hand, but his face struggled, unable to throw it down for a long time.

He couldn't do it.

"His Royal Highness King Peng, the time has come!" A personal attendant walked up and reminded in a low voice.

"Kill!"

Cao Zhang finally threw out this killing token.

Click!

As the killing card fell, a knife and axe hand stepped forward, then raised the broadsword, and the knife fell, blood splattered three feet above, and then a human head rolled from the execution table.

There was silence in Wumen Square.

The glow of blood had stained everyone's eyes red.

Cao Pi is dead!

"Your Majesty is wise and martial, dedicated to the Great Wei River, for the Great Wei Baixin, and righteous to destroy relatives, at any cost!"

"Those who mess with the Great Wei Dynasty will be killed, and His Majesty will fulfill his promise!"

"It's just a little too ruthless!"

The voices of the people seemed to be sounding at this moment.

……

The inner sanctuary of the Royal Palace.

Concubine Bian wore a palace skirt with a myriad of postures. Slim and elegant, standing in the courtyard of a hundred flowers, his expression was a little lonely, and he couldn't be happy for a long time, and after a long time, Zhu Lip spit out a sentence: "Child." This is the path you have chosen, since you were born in the imperial family, if you don't succeed, you will become benevolent, you don't have to resent your father, let's go on the road! ”

She knew that Cao Pi was going to be beheaded, but she couldn't save him.

……

On a corner of the wall around the execution platform.

Xiahou Ling stood up, looked at all this calmly, and muttered: "You believe me, but I personally sent you to Huangquan Road." I owe you, on the road to Huangquan, I must make amends! ”

……

After the dispersal of the dynasty, the ministers came out of the noon gate, and many ministers clearly watched this scene, Yang Biao and Sima Fang stood side by side, stopped, and looked at the blood stains that remained on the execution table.

"Your Majesty's method is really ruthless. They used Cao Pi's head to stabilize the hearts of the people of Great Wei! ”

"It's not all. One head, two birds with one stone! ”

Yang Biao was appointed as the new chief of office, but he was not a little happy, his face was very solemn, and he said in a low voice: "On the one hand, he has calmed the hearts of the people, and on the other hand, he is to shock us. He is telling us that as long as anyone endangers the Great Wei River, he will kill him, and if we endanger his country, he will not even let go of his own son. Will it let us go? ”

"That's right!"

When Sima Fang heard this, he was immediately shocked into a cold sweat: "Fortunately, I listened to you at the beginning, chose to bow my head to him, and contributed our family's soldiers and food in exchange for his forgiveness, otherwise the head and blood stains of this guillotine today are you and mine!" ”

This time, in order to forgive Cao Cao, the Guanzhong family was bleeding profusely, contributed a lot of young and strong soldiers, and released all the suppressed food for emergency, so that Cao Cao's anger calmed down.

……

"Cao Pi is dead?"

In the afternoon, the sun was setting, and in an attic above the Jinse Pavilion, Liao Hao and Sima Lang, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, were drinking tea against each other.

"It's dead, and he's still dead, it's a big scene, it makes the whole city shake, and in less than three days, the entire Great Wei will shake!"

Sima Lang said: "His Majesty of Great Wei is not a vegetarian, he used a human head to calm the hearts of the people of Great Wei, this means, fast, ruthless, accurate, since then, Guanzhong may not be able to mess up!" ”

"It's amazing!"

Liao Hao squinted slightly, and there was a touch of horror in his pupils: "Our Emperor Wu wanted to snipe him three or four times when he was not yet a climate, it was not unreasonable, but it was a pity that he failed, the Great Wei Dynasty he created had a vital stabilizing force among the people of the Great Wei Dynasty, and we were able to win a big victory in the Kwantung War, capturing Jizhou, Qingzhou, Yuzhou, Yanzhou, plus a Nanyang, and a large part of this was due to his sudden fall, and the Wei army was leaderless. If we can kill him, Da Wu will definitely be able to drive straight in, and he will definitely be able to level the Great Wei Jiangshan in the shortest possible time! ”

"Don't think about these whimsicals!"

Hearing this, Sima Lang shook his head, ruthlessly broke his extravagant hopes, and said calmly: "After this time, his defense around him will be strengthened a lot, it is already airtight, we can't have any more chances, even if you are willing to let your men risk assassination, it will only be killed!" ”

"I know that!"

Liao Hao didn't deny that there was no chance for a loss, he took a sip of tea and said in a low voice: "And in the future, we will keep a low profile, this time let Jia Xu, the mad dog bite the hatred, our spies on the periphery of Luoyang City, lost seventy-seven-eighty-eight!" ”

"Is Jia Wenhe so difficult to deal with?"

Sima Lang was a little surprised, he and Jia Xu were not very familiar with each other, they only knew that this person was in charge of ghosts, and he was unpredictable and fierce.

"You should ask Brother Ling about this!"

"Zhongda?"

"Brother Ling has cooperated with Jia Xu, and he almost killed the Metropolitan Governor of our Jinyi Guard, and he should have personally learned Jia Xu's methods!"

"Looks like you really have to be careful with this person!"

Sima Lang's expression became solemn.

"Jia Xu has been biting our Jinyi Guard very tightly during this time, so I'm about to leave Luoyang, if I, the commander of the secret guard, fall into his hands, I may not be able to survive!"

Liao Hao raised his head, looked at the handsome young man Sima Lang, and said, "In the future, the person in charge of the Jinyi Guard will be the master of Jinse Yage. I also hope that you can provide more cover from it, Luoyang City is the capital of the Great Wei Emperor, and every news here may be a secret of the Wei army, and we estimate that we will soon hit the city in the future, so this is very important! ”

"Don't worry, I'm here!"

Sima Lang nodded.

"That's right. As far as I know, your Sima family has already bowed their heads? Liao Hao said suddenly.

"Hmm!"

Sima Lang nodded calmly: "We have to bow our heads, if we don't bow our heads, after today, there will be no Sima family, Cao Pi, as his own son of Cao Cao, still has this end, if we are strong, we will definitely die!" ”

"I understand that. But now the power of the Sima family is in the hands of Sima Fang and Sima Yi, this is not good for you, you can think clearly, you were personally recruited by His Majesty, because of this, I am willing to believe you, but my ability is limited, and I can report it at present. Your value, with the Sima family. Only then can you be more valuable, so that you can be reused by the Metropolitan Governor, and you can get a place in the Great Wu Dynasty in the future! Liao Hao reminded him.

"I understand!"

When Sima Lang heard this, his face twitched, his fists clenched slightly, and a trace of ambition burst out of his eyes. said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, I will take down the Sima family!" ”

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In the palace.

The Great Hall of Government Affairs.

Cao Cao was dressed in a black brocade dragon robe, sitting in front of the imperial book, his eyes were reviewing the recitals one by one, and he had accumulated too many affairs during this time. It was as if the entire court had come to a standstill.

And standing in front of him at this time were the crown prince Cao Ang, the prime minister Xun Yu, the general Zhang Liao, the young secretary Xun You, and the ghost commander Jia Xu.

"Your Majesty, Cao Pi has corrected the law!"

Outside the main hall, the eunuch Cao Leng shouted.

"Pass on my order, let Cao Zhang personally collect his body, silently, without publicity, and be buried in the imperial mausoleum!" Cao Cao raised his head, his eyes had a complicated light, and he directly passed down a message.

Let himself personally order the killing of his own son, his heart aches, he grieves and resents...... In the end, there was only helplessness left.

People are on the throne and shoulder the country, and too many people can't help themselves.

"No!"

After a response from outside the main hall, his footsteps quietly left.

"Father's ......"

The crown prince Cao Ang couldn't stand the cold and silent atmosphere in this hall, he raised his head, looked at Cao Cao's expression, and couldn't help but shout.

"Do you want to ask me why I had to kill him, do you?" Cao Cao interrupted him.

He knew Cao Ang's thoughts, even if Cao Pi was extremely evil, as his son, as long as he was under house arrest, he would be an explanation, but he must be killed, which is what puzzled Cao Ang.

"Hmm!"

Cao Ang was stunned for a moment, and nodded hurriedly.

Cao Cao smiled coldly: "Zixiu, no matter how many sins he Cao Zihuan committed, as a father, I can keep him, but now the current situation of Great Wei wants him to die, as long as his head can calm the turmoil in the Great Wei country, it's not that I want to kill him, it's that Great Wei wants him to die!" ”

Cao Pi's death is not a crime, but it is forced by the current situation.

The Kanto region is lost, and the hearts of the people in Guanzhong must be chaotic, because there is a killing to control the current situation.

He must kill someone to stabilize the situation, this is to set an example for chickens and monkeys, and the goal is no more weighty than Cao Pi, because Cao Pi is his son, so even with tears in his eyes, he has to kill Cao Pi and stabilize the overall situation.

"The current situation?"

Xun Yu and the three of them understood it, but Cao Ang still didn't seem to understand.

Cao Cao looked at his expression, shook his head, there was a trace of disappointment in his eyes, although he was a little disappointed in his heart, but he didn't say anything, this kind of thing needs his own political wisdom to understand.

"Wenyuan, how is the situation in the army?" Cao Cao turned his head, put down the book in his hand, looked at Zhang Liao and asked.

"Your Majesty, in the battles of Youzhou and Guanzhong, our soldiers suffered heavy casualties!"

Zhang Liao smiled bitterly: "The Wei army reorganized the twelve guards, except for the two main guards guarding the border of the Bashu Hanzhong, the other ten guards were almost all disabled, with heavy casualties, and the Qingzhou Navy, Cai Mao died in battle, and the other soldiers either surrendered or died in battle, the whole army was annihilated, and the soldiers who were formally trained by us, died and surrendered, and they came back alive, less than half of them, and their strength was greatly reduced!" ”

"Regroup!"

Cao Cao's face was gloomy as water, he gritted his teeth and said, "Then recruit troops and replenish the troops!" ”

"Your Majesty, now the situation in Guanzhong is already very tense, and it can only be stabilized at this time, if we go to recruit young people and replenish our troops, not to mention whether our food logistics can withstand it, I am afraid that this news will cause public anger!" Xun Yu hurriedly said.

"Wen Ruo, I understand what you said, but do I have any other choice?"

"Your Majesty, we can take our time to rectify, after this battle, although we have suffered heavy casualties, but the Wu army is also suffering heavy casualties, they will not be able to attack Guanzhong in a short period of time, and Liangzhou Ma Chao is resisting, and they have no ability to enter!"

"Well said!"

Cao Cao's eyes were cold: "But do you think this period of calm can be maintained for a year, two years, or three years?" How much time do we have left? The general trend is in Soochow, as long as they breathe a sigh of relief, will they not come in? ”

"No!"

The faces of the people were gloomy, and their hearts were heavy.

Because they all know that the Wu army will one day start a full-scale offensive, and this day is not far off.

"I know that there is an idiom called Guze and fishing!"

Cao Cao's eyes had a touch of helpless indifference: "I don't want to be the one who fishes with solid Ze, but now the situation of our Great Wei, if we don't fish with solid Ze, we will be starved to death, there are not enough troops, how long can the front line be blocked, as long as we can win, we still have a glimmer of hope!" ”

"But......" Xun Yu still couldn't bear it.

"No, but!"

Cao Cao's face was resolute, the light in his eyes was resolute and firm, and he interrupted Xun Yu's words fiercely: "We have been trapped in the land of Guanzhong, for Dongwu, it is to fight with trapped beasts, but even if we are trapped by beasts and fighting, we must use all our strength, even if it is to recruit Guanzhong and cool all the young and strong, I will fight to the death with him Sun Zhongmou, and if I don't fight until the last moment, I will never give up Dawei!" ”

This is his resilience and his heroic nature.

Cornered, he has a madness that no one else has, and this madness may lead him to death, but it may also turn him into a victory.

Until the last minute, he was unwilling to give up.

"No!"

When the four of them heard this, their hearts suddenly chilled slightly.

Their chill did not come from the pressure of Soochow, but from the ruthlessness of the king in front of them.

This is already unscrupulous madness.

However, they could all understand Cao Cao's madness in their hearts.

The battle situation between Wu and Wei has reached this point, the chances of victory of their Great Wei Dynasty are too small, as long as they are careless, they will be wiped out, and only by concentrating all their forces and fighting to the death can they have a way out. (To be continued.) )

PS: 5,000 words big change!