Chapter 116: Cao Pi's Choice
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"Something hidden?" Zhao Feng saw that Guo Huai was so mysterious, and seemed to expect something. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
"Exactly, Sima Yi is the murderer of the king!" Guo Huai said in a low voice. Hearing this, Zhao Feng and Liu Cover looked at each other, and finally the latter spoke: "I expected this matter a long time ago, after all, at that time, there was no need for Cao Ying's father and son to kill the first emperor. ”
"But I'm afraid you don't know the whereabouts of the jade seal!" Guo Huai is mysterious and authentic. Seeing that Zhao Feng and Liu Feng were a little surprised, Guo Huai continued: "After Sima Yi killed the first emperor and captured the jade seal, he secretly hid. I also discovered it by chance, and the jade seal was hidden by him in a secret pavilion in the bedroom. He just waited for himself to win the world, and then took out the jade seal openly and honestly, and ascended to the Ninety-Five Honor! ”
"What a big appetite!" Zhao Feng sneered. Liu Feng shook his head when he heard this, and finally said with some emotion: "Blindly deceitful, not in the right way, and also want to win the world, it is indeed a bit too much." The tone was like Liu Bei.
Now, his plans could be shattered completely. Guo Huai, from here to kill Nan Zheng, there should be no obstacles along the way, right? Zhao Feng asked.
"Exactly, Sima Yi's troops were insufficient, and he led his men and horses to resist Lu Xun in Baocheng. In the rest of the places, except for Yangping Pass, there are thousands of defenders, and the rest of the troops are very empty. Even in Nanzheng, the defenders were less than 10,000 people. Guo Huai replied.
"In this case, leave people to defend the city, and we will lead a large army to kill Nanzheng, and destroy Sima Yi's foundation as soon as possible! While the defenders have not yet learned the exact news, Guo Huai, you should lead the army to open the city gate first. Zhao Feng immediately arranged.
"That's how it should be!" Guo Huai nodded. He knew that as a traitor, he was now a man with no turning back. At that moment, Zhao Feng left Zhu Ran to garrison Chenggu, and he led the army and went to the location of Nanzheng with Guo Huai to kill.
Not to mention that Zhao Feng's army has gradually invaded the hinterland of Hanzhong, Yecheng at this time, under Liu Bei's psychological warfare offensive, people's hearts are already quite chaotic. In just these two days, many officials in Yecheng City had sneaked out of the city and surrendered to Liu Bei. Officials are still like this, let alone ordinary soldiers. In the face of such a distraught situation, Cao Pi was too lazy to continue to care, just sighing.
At the time of the third court meeting, Cao Pi looked at the court, which was almost half empty, and said with a wry smile: "Everyone, Liu Bei's deadline is approaching now, I don't know what your plans are?" ”
"Your Majesty, there are still tens of thousands of troops in the city, and there is no shortage of food, grass and ordnance, once the war starts, even if Liu Bei wants to take the city, he will inevitably suffer heavy casualties. The minister is willing to lead the troops to hold the city, waiting for all walks of life to return to the division! "It was Xiahou Feng who came out with his fists, as the younger generation of the Cao clan, they were extremely unwilling to give up their own interests like this.
"Although there are still tens of thousands of defenders in the city, but at the moment, the battle situation of the generals and them is also very unfavorable, even if they want to protect themselves, it is already difficult, and it is unrealistic to expect them to return to the division to rescue!" It was Wang Lang who said this, his head shaking around, and he was very unimpressed with Xiahou Feng's arrogant words.
"Lord Wang, what do you mean by that?" Xiahou Feng was immediately upset when he heard this, and asked in a sharp voice.
"Your Majesty, now the hearts of the people in the city are already unstable, even if they are defending the city, the people's hearts are unstable and may not be able to hold it, once the city is broken, I am afraid that Your Majesty will fall into the hands of the enemy, I am afraid that not only Your Majesty, but even everything in the clan will be completely rested!" Hua Xin hesitated slightly, but still said.
Hearing Hua Xin say the same, Cao Pi's expression seemed to be a little surprised, he looked up at Hua Xin, and finally said with a wry smile: "Ziyu, do you also think that I should open the city and surrender?" ”
"The minister doesn't dare, just keep fighting, there is really no chance of winning!" Hua Xin said in a low voice. This is not a false word, but more than half of the ministers nodded yes after hearing it.
"Hmph, even if there is no chance of victory, it is better for everyone to die in battle than to open the city and surrender!" When Xiahou Feng heard this, he said viciously. While releasing these cruel words, his eyes were staring at Wang Lang and Hua Xin.
"If everyone dies in battle, Yecheng will eventually fall into the hands of Liu Bei, what is the difference between this and the surrender of Kaicheng, in terms of the result?" Wang Lang was extremely bold, how could he care about Xiahou Feng's threatening eyes, and shook his head at the moment.
"Of course there is a difference, the body can die, but the integrity cannot be abandoned!" Xiahou Feng said proudly.
"For General Xiahou's own integrity, but he wants His Majesty and hundreds of thousands of lives in Yecheng to be buried for him, the general is really a loyal and filial son!" Wang Lang opened his mouth and sneered. In terms of eloquence, even if Wang Lang is not as good as Zhuge Liang, it is still more than enough to clean up the little Xiahou Feng.
"You?" Xiahou Feng was angry when he heard this, and after saying that, he was about to draw his fist at each other. The people on the side were either racking or fanning the flames, and it was very chaotic for a while. At this moment, Cao Pi finally spoke: "As a courtier, how can you be so disrespectful and not retreat!" ”
"Your Majesty forgives your sins!" Wang Lang and Xiahou Feng hurriedly apologized and retreated, but each other's eyes were full of fire, and they couldn't wait to swallow each other alive. Cao Pi looked at this messy situation, sighed for a long time, and finally turned his head to look at Jia Xu, and asked abruptly: "Taiwei, what is your best plan for the current situation?" ”
"War, no chance of winning; And, unwillingly! Jia Xu shook his head with a wry smile and sighed.
"What the captain said, it can be said that he said everything I thought in my heart!" Cao Pi sighed heartily. Looking at the expectant crowd, Cao Pi finally waved his hand weakly, and then spoke: "Since this is the case, then open the city and surrender!" ”
"Your Majesty, if that's the case, my Great Wei Guozuo will be cut off!" Xiahou Feng said urgently. Gritting his teeth, Xiahou Feng said again: "Your Majesty, why don't you pretend to surrender, lure Liu Bei into the city, and then kill him?" ”
"If Liu Bei dies, I am afraid that the people under his command will have no scruples, and then Yecheng is afraid that there will be corpses all over the field! If so, I am afraid that His Majesty's clan will be destroyed. "Not to mention Wang Lang and the others, even the full favor who has been silent is quite optimistic that Xiahou Feng came up with this stupid idea in a hurry.
"That being the case, how about not killing him, arresting and detaining him alive, and forcing him to write a letter of descent and a table?" Xiahou Feng thought about it and said again.
"Liu Bei has been on the battlefield for a long time, how can he be defenseless. Regardless of the success or failure of this matter, it is impossible to turn things around! Even Cao Pi was not optimistic about Xiahou Feng's clever plan, and hurriedly cut off his words. Then he ordered: "Ziyu, you go and tell Liu Bei, just say that I will open the city gate immediately!" ”
"Your Majesty!" Xiahou Feng knelt on the ground and cried bitterly, Cao Pi sighed, stepped forward to help him up with a few words of relief, and then picked up the jade seal and other things, and led a group of courtiers to prepare to surrender. Hua Xin hurriedly stepped up, and finally rushed to Liu Bei's camp before the last moment. At this time, Liu Bei had already begun to order the generals to prepare for the siege of the army.
"It seems that Cao Pi'er is still knowledgeable about current affairs!" Seeing the drop table sent by Hua Xin, Zhang Fei also laughed happily. Liu Bei nodded, sighed lightly, and said, "It's a blessing to be able to avoid a military revolution!" ”
"Your Majesty, although Cao Pi surrendered, Yecheng is Cao Wei's capital after all, and Cao's father and son have been in Hebei for more than ten years, so they should not be taken lightly!" Zhuge Liang reminded at this time.
"I had a plan in my heart!" Liu Bei nodded, and then ordered Chen Zhi to lead the Bai'er elite soldiers to escort the army, and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei led 10,000 elite soldiers to enter the city with the army to make sure that everything was perfect. However, it seems that this is not very necessary, because when Liu Bei and others came to the city of Yecheng, Cao Pi had personally led his ministers out of the city to surrender, and the defenders of Yecheng had already laid down their arms and accepted the adaptation.
"Criminal minister Cao Pi, meet Your Majesty!" Seeing Liu Bei coming forward, Cao Pi held the jade seal and asked to surrender. Liu Bei personally helped Cao Pi up, comforted him with kind words, and immediately ordered Cao Pi to be named the marquis of return, and all the Cao family moved to Jingnan Public Security County to live, and lived with Liu Zhang, who moved there in his early years. As for the Cao family's ministers, Liu Bei either appointed new officials or sent them home. Among them, Jia Xu, Man Chong and several others claimed that they were tired of their careers and did not want to be officials and only wanted to go into hiding, and Liu Bei also agreed. That night, Liu Bei led his army into Yecheng to appease the people.
After a few days, news came from other places. After receiving a letter of persuasion from Cao Pi to surrender, General Cao Jun, who was holding on to Hedong, also surrendered to Wei Yan and Huang Zhong; Then Zhang Ren of Huguan came to report that after Cao Jun, who was entrenched in Shangdang, learned that Cao Pi had surrendered in Kaicheng, Cao Hong committed suicide, and Cao Zhang led the remnants to surrender. With the complete pacification of these two places, it means that the Cao family, which has been entrenched in Hebei for more than ten years, has completely withdrawn from the historical stage. In the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, except for Sima Yi in Hanzhong, the war is still unresolved, and the rest of the places have restored the orthodoxy of the Han family.
After entering Yecheng, Liu Bei ignored everyone's opposition and went to Cao Ying's cemetery to take a look, and he was alone. Liu Bei stood in front of the tomb of his lifelong rival for nearly an afternoon, and the guards seemed to hear him talking, but no one knew what Liu Bei said.
The next day in the early dynasty, Liu Bei was held in Cao Wei's palace. Zhuge Liang admonished that Yecheng was biased towards Hebei, and Chang'an was somewhat biased towards the west, so he suggested that Liu Bei move the capital to Luoyang, the eastern capital, after the unification of the world, and sit in the Central Plains to determine the Quartet. Liu Bei said this and sent people to prepare for this time. In addition, due to the years of chaos in Hebei, these four states were deliberately exempted from paying taxes for one year, and the taxes were halved within three years. When the news came, the whole world cheered.
Hebei was pacified, but Hanzhong was still unresolved at this time, under the leadership of Guo Huai, 10,000 Xichuan elite soldiers who changed into Hanzhong military armor came all the way to Nanzheng City. These 10,000 people are the elite of the Sichuan army, and more than half of the generals under Zhao Feng are here, and the remaining 60,000 horses are under the leadership of Zhu Ran, not far away, creating a chasing posture, so as to deceive the Nanzheng City Gate more smoothly.
"Guo Huai, is there a general in Nanzheng City?" Zhao Feng asked.
"No, at present, Nanzheng's affairs are all in charge of Sima Yi's wife Zhang Chunhua. Although this woman is vicious and scheming, she doesn't know much about military strategy. Guo Huai comforted. At this time, it was less than thirty miles away from Nanzheng City.
"Hey, who's in front of you?" Zhao Feng suddenly found that a horse was hurriedly coming in front of him, and hurriedly motioned for Guo Huai to come forward and talk. Guo Huai nodded, and at this moment, this person had already run not far in front of Guo Huai, and shouted loudly while running: "General Guo, the lord has just withdrawn to Baocheng, and Lu Xun's army has occupied Wuxiang and Nanjiang, and now he is killing here, the lord orders you to immediately lead the army to support!" ”
(To be continued)