In the months since the end of the Great War in the Central Plains, the two factions of Yedu have formed an extremely delicate balance, and neither side dares to act rashly, and this balance also includes the balance of power in Qingzhou and the offensive balance of the Han army.

But once this balance is broken, it will inevitably cause earth-shattering changes, and the Han army annihilated 30,000 Youzhou troops in the Yellow River, which broke the balance of Yedu, and suffered heavy losses Cao Zhang had the intention of retreating, and did not want to participate in the power struggle in Yedu anymore, and at the same time, Cao Pi added Cao Xiu as a lieutenant and a metropolitan governor, and ordered him to lead the army into Yedu Qinwang.

The situation seemed to change abruptly overnight, from Cao Pi's extreme disadvantage to Cao Zhi's disadvantage, and the situation became tense.

At night, a carriage, escorted by three hundred cavalry, slowly approached Guanyun Mansion, which was located in the south of the city and was now Xiahoudun's temporary official residence.

The carriage stopped, Cao Zhi, who was wearing a black coat and a golden crown, walked out of the carriage, and the front of the mansion was full of guards, Xiahoudun's henchman Guo Huai had been waiting for a long time, he saw Cao Zhi coming, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "The general has been waiting for Gongzi in the inner hall, please come with me!" ”

Cao Zhi nodded, and followed Guo Huai briskly walking into the house, the inner hall was brightly lit, and several braziers were lit, and the burning charcoal crackled in the basins.

Xiahoudun stood by the wall with his hands in his hands, staring at a map on the wall for a long time, which was the map of Cao Wei's sphere of influence, now there are only Qingzhou, Hebei and Bingzhou, and only Luoyang is left in the Central Plains.

Xiahoudun sighed lowly, this chaotic situation could not continue any longer.

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps in the hall, and when Xiahoudun turned around, he saw Cao Zhi walking quickly into the inner hall under the guidance of Guo Huai.

Cao Zhi hurriedly stepped forward and said, "See Second Uncle!" ”

"I'm letting you come so late because something important has happened."

Cao Zhi was stunned, "Second uncle, what happened?" ”

Xiahoudun picked up a scroll of letters on the table and handed it to Cao Zhi, "Take a look for yourself!" ”

Cao Zhi hurriedly took the letter shaft and opened it, and hurriedly read it, Cao Zhi's face suddenly changed greatly, this was actually a handwritten letter written by the eldest brother Cao Pi to Cao Xiu, not only named Cao Xiu as a lieutenant and the governor of the capital, but also promised to make him the Duke of Lu, asking him to temporarily abandon Qingzhou, and immediately lead the Qingzhou army to Yedu.

Cao Zhi asked a little nervously, "Where did you get this second uncle?" ”

"The scouts I sent intercepted Cao Pi's envoys to Qingzhou, but unfortunately, Cao Pi sent a total of three envoys, and I only intercepted one of them, and the other two should have arrived in Qingzhou."

Cao Zhi asked in a low voice for a long time, "What should we do now?" ”

Xiahoudun thought for a while, and then asked, "What is your second brother's attitude?" ”

Cao Zhi shook his head, "I have repeatedly persuaded him, and he insists on returning to Youzhou to stay for two more days at most." ”

Cao Zhi was indeed very frustrated with the attitude of his second brother Cao Zhang, who actively supported himself from the beginning, and now began to change his hexagram, on the one hand, of course, because the 30,000 Youzhou army was completely annihilated in the Yellow River, but more importantly, Cao Zhang was no longer very optimistic about himself, and he wanted to leave a way back, so he began to tend to remain neutral.

Once Cao Zhang withdrew his troops back to Youzhou, and Cao Xiu arrived with 30,000 troops, the balance of power between him and his eldest brother Cao Pi would become 20,000 to 40,000, and they would be at a disadvantage, and the shape would be very unfavorable to them.

Cao Zhi doesn't know what they should do now? Although he kept calling on hundreds of officials to put pressure on Cao Pi to bear the responsibility for the defeat of the Central Plains, so far, Cao Pi has remained silent and ignored the pressure from hundreds of officials, which made Cao Zhi have nothing to do.

Cao Zhi looked at Xiahoudun uneasily, he hoped that Xiahoudun could make up his mind, the reason why Xiahoudun brought Cao Zhi was to finally break the situation, he was not a weak scholar, he was a general who commanded thousands of troops, and he had enough determination and courage.

The reason why he didn't do it before was because he was afraid that it would affect Wei Gong's condition, but judging from the intelligence of the Tongque Palace in the past two days, Wei Gong had fallen into a deep coma, and time was running out.

Xiahoudun originally wanted to make another move against Cao Pi after the death of Duke Wei, but judging from the current situation, they had no time, and if they dragged it on, the shape would be completely reversed.

Xiahou took a few steps with his hands in his hand, and said coldly: "Once Cao Xiu arrives, all of us will die without a place to die, and now the shape is quite urgent, and we can't afford to delay it any longer, we must do it immediately!" ”

"But ......"

Cao Zhi couldn't help but say: "The eldest brother has 10,000 tiger soldiers to escort, and we only have 20,000 horses, and now the second brother refuses to send troops to help us, I'm worried." We are not strong enough. ”

Xiahoudun shook his head, "There is no need to fight hard with the Tiger Ben Army, the key is to be fast, one shot to defeat the enemy, as long as Cao Pi is controlled, the Tiger Benwei will not be worried, in fact, I am ready, I invite Gongzi here, I just hope that Gongzi can wait here with peace of mind, and there should be results at dawn tomorrow." ”

Cao Zhi was stunned, he didn't even know in advance, the second uncle was actually ready, what were you ready for?

"Second Uncle"

Without waiting for Cao Zhi to continue, Xiahoudun interrupted him with a wave of his hand, and said in an indistinguishable tone: "I don't want to explain this matter anymore, time is running out, son, please wait with peace of mind, I will arrange a qiē." ”

After speaking, Xiahoudun turned around and left, Cao Zhi suddenly remembered that he still had the most important thing to say, that is, how to place Cao Pi, after all, it was his brother, and he didn't want to kill each other.

"Second uncle!"

Cao Zhi chased after him, but Xiahoudun had already gone away, and two guards blocked his way and said respectfully: "For the safety of Gongzi, please wait here with peace of mind." ”

At this moment, Cao Zhi suddenly felt that he had become a puppet, and the real heir of Cao Wei was Xiahoudun, not him, however, Cao Zhi really couldn't figure it out, the eldest brother Cao Pi had 10,000 tiger troops in his hands, where was Xiahoudun's chance?

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In the past two days, Cao Pi finally came out of the anxiety of the past few months, and the second brother Cao Zhang said the day before yesterday that he would remain neutral and no longer participate in the dispute between the sons of the world, no matter what reason Cao Zhang agreed to be neutral, but at least the pressure he faced would be greatly reduced.

At the same time, Cao Xiu also promised to lead the army to Yedu, once Cao Xiu arrived, he would completely turn over, which made Cao Pi see a glimmer of hope, and he was extremely looking forward to the early arrival of Cao Xiu's army.

At the time of the two watches, Cao Pi had already fallen asleep, and suddenly a low cry woke him up from his sleep, "Shizi! Shizi! ”

"What's the matter?" Cao Pi was sleepy, and he was really a little unhappy.

"The royal doctor is here, and he has urgent matters to find the prince."

Cao Pi's sleepiness suddenly disappeared without a trace, the imperial doctor Wang was a healer who took care of his father, he came with deep intentions, it must be important news, Cao Pi turned over and got up and ordered: "Take him to me!" ”

Cao Pi put on a robe and walked towards the outhouse, at this time, the royal doctor was led in by the guards, he saluted Cao Pi, and said urgently: "Shizi, Duke Wei has woken up." ”

"How is my father doing?" Cao Pi hurriedly asked.

"Duke Wei suddenly woke up just now, he was very conscious, and he was anxious to see the prince."

Speaking of this, Imperial Physician Wang took another step forward and whispered to Cao Pi: "I suspect that Duke Wei is returning to the light, I'm afraid that Duke Wei is no longer good." ”

Cao Pi was taken aback, and he ordered repeatedly: "Prepare the carriage immediately and go to the Tongque Palace!" ”

Cao Pi was anxious, he knew that the imperial doctor Wang was right, his father suddenly sobered up, anxious to see him, this must be his father's return to the light, it was God who arranged for him to see his father again, he walked a few steps, and turned back to the imperial doctor Wang and said: "Please ask the imperial doctor to inform my second brother and third brother again, so that they can come to Tongque Palace immediately, in addition, go to Zhong Xuan again, and ask him to inform the hundred officials to go to Tongque Palace." ”

The royal physician agreed, and hurriedly went, Cao Pi had no time to change his clothes, put on a thick leather robe, and went out to board the carriage, which was under the strict protection of the three hundred tiger cavalry guards, and drove towards the north city gate.

In the carriage, Cao Pi secretly prayed that his father could hold on for a little longer, and it was best to directly appoint himself as the Duke of Wei in front of the three brothers and hundreds of officials.

The north city gate has been controlled by the tiger guard, the city gate slowly opened, three hundred cavalry escorted Cao Pi's carriage rushed out of the city gate, rushed to the Tongque Palace a mile away, outside the city gate was originally a lively market, but now it is only three watches, there are no vendors in the market, the black snow that has been trampled on the open space is frozen, the cold wind is howling, cold to the bone marrow, so that Cao Pi in the carriage can't help but shiver.

"Hurry up, speed up!"

Cao Pi urged the coachman to speed up, he had a bad feeling in his heart, he was in too haste, he should wait a little longer, and let thousands of Tiger Ben Guard soldiers accompany him, it was a bit too dangerous to go out of the city like this.

As soon as he thought of this, Cao Pi suddenly heard a scream all around, and before he could react, an arrow shot through the car window, grazed in front of Cao Pi's forehead, and nailed to the car wall.

Cao Pi suddenly heard the neighing of horses, he only felt his body tilt suddenly, his head hit the wall of the carriage, at this moment, a wolf's tooth arrow shot through the window of the car, hit Cao Pi's neck, Cao Pi screamed, fell heavily in the carriage.

Cao Pi's convoy was ambushed by 5,000 soldiers, and in the dense array of arrows, all 300 Huben cavalry were shot, four horses were killed by random arrows, and the carriage overturned on the side of the road.

In a moment, Guo Huai led thousands of soldiers to surround from all sides, dozens of soldiers climbed into the carriage and opened the car door to look for it.

"Did you find it?" Xiahoudun asked.

Guo Huai hurriedly saluted, "General Hui, I'm looking for!" ”

"General, I've found it!"

Several soldiers shouted excitedly, pulling the seriously injured Cao Pi out of the carriage, Cao Pi was covered in blood, life and death did not know, Xiahoudun suddenly breathed a long sigh of relief, he didn't care whether Cao Pi was alive or dead, as long as he could get rid of him, he would have succeeded, Xiahoudun waved his hand excitedly, "Evacuate immediately!" ”

Thousands of soldiers quickly evacuated to the northwest, not long after, the north gate opened, the general Xu Chu personally led thousands of tiger guards cavalry rushed out, he got the news, Cao Pi went out of the city to Tongque Palace, Xu Chu was worried that Cao Pi was lost, so he personally led three thousand cavalry to chase out.

But Xu Chu was still a step late, and after chasing out less than a mile, they saw corpses all over the ground and an overturned carriage, Xu Chu was stunned for a long time, and couldn't help but sigh, Cao Wei's infighting didn't know when it would end.

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