"Your Majesty! Former General Pang Tong came to ask for a meeting! ", said the eunuch respectfully; Oh? Please come in! Cao Pi was a little strange, to be honest, he really didn't dare to compliment Pang Tong's appearance, but this person's talent was really good, this time he escorted Guo Jia's body back, showing his grateful side, which made Cao Pi a little moved; Pang Tong, whose eyes were bloodshot, came in and bowed three times and knocked nine times, this was the first time he returned to Beijing to report on his work, so he behaved unconventionally, and meticulously learned good etiquette; "Aiqing, please get up! Come! Sit! Cao Pi smiled kindly; Pang Tong bowed and thanked him, and then presented a book to Cao Pi: "This is Mr. Huaide's handwritten letter, he asked me to hand it over to Your Majesty!" Please take a look at it, Your Majesty! ”

After hearing this, Cao Pi eagerly snatched the book and read it

A lot of things were written in the letter, and it can be summed up that Li Yu felt that he was deeply guilty, he used hundreds of thousands of Cao troops as bait, and also killed Huang Zhong, Li Tong, Zhang Jaw and other generals, and he wanted to resign; Resigned as a lieutenant, this is what Li Yu meant, and he also told Cao Pi that he must not set a precedent for using his own soldiers and horses as bait, so he wanted a punishment, but thinking that the battle to destroy Wu had begun, he temporarily participated in the war as a member of the army

"Whew——! Father, why is this suffering? I won't blame him, the people of Wei may not understand him, but what about a hundred years from now? They will thank Ya Father", Cao Pi sighed and looked at Pang Tong: "Shi Yuan, tell me about the story of this war, I want to hear it!" ”

"No!" , Pang Tong clenched his fists and got up: "Dare to ask Your Majesty if you have a map?" There are maps that can be more detailed! ”

"Someone! Bring the map of Jingzhou! Cao Pi instructed, and after a short time, the two eunuchs carried the map, which was a large map sewn from sheepskin, with a general map and a sub-map of each state, all of which were relatively accurate maps drawn after being checked; Looking at this big map, Pang Tong was a little admired: "It's so beautiful!" In the eyes of the world! Ahem! The initial cause of the Battle of Nanjun was that Guan Yu, the general of the Shu army, broke through General Cao Ren's army in Huarong, Zuotang, and Lingyang, and continued to attack and capture Nanjun and other places, killing General Cao Ren and General Xiahoudun to a great defeat, retreating to Fancheng, and could only hold on; At that time, because of the defeat of the first emperor, the Wei State was shaken, Mr. Fengxiao led us to fight with Jiangdong Zhou Yu in Jiangxia County for several months, and finally stabilized the situation, and on the other side, Mr. Huaide also fought the Wu army in Jiujiang and Lujiang and successfully killed twice the main force of the Wu army, which was twice as large as himself, and successfully saved morale; After that, when this plan was really formulated, Mr. Fengxiao was the first to plan this plan, and communicated with Mr. Wenhe, and finally contacted Fancheng to fight against Guan Yu, and Mr. Huaide and Mr. Wenhe made changes to the plan; Mr. Huaide decided to kill himself and sacrifice his life for the Wei State, and Mr. Fengxiao was already terminally ill, so he decided to carry out this plan in place of Mr. Huaide, after which we abandoned Jiangxia County and moved to Nanjun City; There was a turning point in this plan, that is, General Wei Hong successfully captured Liu Bei's son, and our army captured Nanjun City without blood, and only after making sufficient preparations did it begin to attract the alliance of Wu and Shu; There is also a very big loophole in this plan, that is, when the dam was intercepted and the river was built, it was easy to be discovered by the Wu-Shu coalition army, but Yan Xing, the leader of the Qiang people who was sent by Liu Bei to inspect the Zhijiang River, was rebelled by Mr. Huaide; There is also the problem of time, this year's rainy season came very late, the Wushu coalition army has entered the southern county city, and our army has laid the foundation for the unification of the world in one fell swoop, which has a lot of luck, maybe this is the meaning of God! Sky. Meaning. Help. Cao! ”

Pang Tong explained all this to Cao Pi in detail, and pointed out the trend of the back and forth movement of the soldiers and horses on the map, although Cao Pi was not immersed in the scene, he also felt the danger, Cao Jun won, very lucky, of course, a word of luck can not erase everyone's credit; The early preparation of grain and grass, which was mainly prepared by Xun Yu and supplemented by the Kuai brothers, the soldiers among the soldiers worked hard, this was the effort of the generals and soldiers, as well as the planning of Li Yu, Guo Jia, and Jia Xu, and the follow-up actions of Pang Tong in the later period, etc., everyone was very hard; "Huh, my heart hurts!" , Cao Pi shook his head: "I can only watch the front-line soldiers fight to the death, but I can only watch it——! What a mediocrity and incompetence! ”

"Your Majesty's words are not right! How can the king of a kingdom take danger himself? You only need to know people, use people, make the best use of people, and then cooperate with a benevolent and not lack of courage! You are Mingjun! Pang Tong smiled; You have also been in the court these days, and there are also rumors in the court, you should have heard of it, you can give me an idea, these people! Cao Pi looked at Pang Tong expectantly: "If the father resigns because of this, I will feel uneasy!" ”

"A man who can dedicate his life to the country, does his loyalty need to be said? Mr. Wilder won't let me say it, for fear of worrying you, if it weren't for a fluke this time, Mr. Wilder would have been," Pang Tong hesitated again and again before speaking; Cao Pi suddenly became furious: "What's wrong?" What happened to the Father? ”

"It can be regarded as Zhou Yu indirectly saved Mr. Huaide's life, the Wu Shu coalition army could not attack the Nanjun city for a long time, so Zhou Yu suggested that the four corners outside the city take earth and stone to build a high platform, in order to open up the road into the Nanjun city, Mr. Feng Xiao was stationed in the city at that time,-for-tat, built a higher platform in the center of the city, and transported the trebuchet to defeat the four corners of the Wu Shu coalition army; It is precisely because of this high platform that when the flood came, Mr. Wilder's life was saved, otherwise he and the more than 500,000 people would be the same! Pang Tong said with palpitations; Phew——! Cao Pi patted his chest and abdomen, a little afraid: "What if my father is me!" How should I explain to my aunt? ”

"Your Majesty's concern is nothing more than the fear of disappointing Mr. Huaide's enthusiasm, and the heart of serving the country, Your Majesty does not doubt Mr.'s heart, minister, is that right?" , Looking at Cao Pi, who nodded, Pang Tong continued:

"I'm afraid that after the battle to destroy Wu, even if there is no such thing, Mr. Huaide will not live in the temple! He's not a power-hungry person, and he's not a person who particularly cares about other people's evaluations, he's tired! He said it himself! ”

"Tired? yes! When I was still a child, my father had been fighting for many years, and since I was five or six years old, I have been held by my father on the battlefield between the north and the south for seventeen or eighteen years, right?

Yafu has never rested, he has been so conscientious for so many years, and he is almost forty years old after doing his best, and he doesn't even have a child, our Cao family is ashamed of him, if he is tired, I can only let him have a good rest! ”

Li Yu has no heirs, or no biological heirs, and his only son is still a successor, which is Cao Zhang, the general of Zhengdong and one of the five tiger generals, I don't know how many people are staring at Li Yu! Why? If you can pass on your own child to him, it will be a step to the sky!

"I heard that General Wei Yan and General Xu Huang sent back a beauty from the south to Mr. Huaide, Your Majesty might as well be able to grow old and have children!" , Pang Tong made a look that all men understand; Cao Pi's eyes lit up, adding officials to the knighthood or something, Li Yu is now the third duke, and the title is also the top county candidate, and the fief is in Yecheng, which can be called the marquis of Wanhu! It can be seen that Cao Pi's treatment of Li Yu, it is difficult for him to give Li Yu anything now, Pang Tong's words made him suddenly; "Haha! Makes sense! En heard that Jiangdong Erqiao was famous in Jiangdong, and secretly ordered Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Yuan and others to pay attention, and then let officials everywhere also pay attention", Cao Pi smiled and said: "Oh! That's right! Shiyuan! Do you have any plans to go where to work? I can't let such a big talent sit idle! ”

Pang Tongyi was stunned, understood that this was Cao Pi's reward for him, and he couldn't shirk it, so he said: "The minister is willing to go to Hanzhong!" Help General Gao Shun capture Hanzhong! ”

"It's good! If you will, go! In addition, I will send Ma Chao to you, he is familiar with the affairs of Xiliang, don't worry about doing it boldly! You have the right to control the soldiers! Cao Pi smiled, there are such motivated courtiers to share his worries, and he, the emperor, is also sitting down-to-earth; After sending Pang Tong away, Cao Pi pinched Li Yu's letter of resignation, thought about it, laughed twice in a daze, and then sharpened his ink and pen and wrote a letter, he approved Li Yu's resignation, deprived Li Yu of the position of the third duke, and asked Xun Yu to be the lieutenant according to Li Yu's recommendation; Li Yu was named the emperor, and then he was the idle position of the military advisor sacrificing wine, but Cao Pi gave Li Yu another power, or gave his sword a power, "behead the country and the villain", and temporarily have the right to control the soldiers and horses; He really dared to do this, and he was not afraid of being beheaded; In addition to these transfers of power, Cao Pi also wrote about his thoughts about Li Yu and missed what he said when he was a child

It didn't take long for this letter to be brought to Li Yu by Sima Yi, Li Yu's face looked a little better after reading it, he almost directly killed more than 500,000 people in the first battle of Nanjun, including his own compatriots, and his heart was really uneasy; Especially the fifteen or sixteen-year-old Li Xu, Li Tong's son was wearing linen and filial piety, and Li Yu collapsed when he was holding Li Tong's corpse in pain! Seeing the whole leopard, he can even imagine how many orphans and widows these 500,000 young and strong deaths will cause, and how many indirect deaths; The sentimentality in his heart and being drenched in heavy rain made Li Yu fall ill directly, he was carried to Xiahoudun's military camp by Wen Ping, and it took more than ten days for his condition to gradually improve;

(To be continued)