As soon as Cao Zhang heard that the person was Wang Tao, he knew that it was Sima Yi's confidant and favorite general, so he hurriedly changed his face to a smiling face, and said: "It turned out to be General Wang, no wonder I felt that he was heroic and extraordinary when he saw it, and he was definitely not an ordinary person." ”

"Master Hou has won the award." Wang Tao bowed humbly, and said: "Speaking of this heroic and extraordinary, who in the world can compare with the Hou Ye?" ”

Cao Zhang was overjoyed, invited Wang Tao to sit down, and said politely to each other, then got to the point, and said: "Since the general is here under the order of General Sima, I don't know what General Sima's good plan is?" ”

Wang Tao whispered: "At this time, the King of Wei is seriously ill, as long as General Sima attacks the camp in detail, and leads out the confidants of the King of Wei, Pang De, Xu Huang and others, the general will lead the troops to go there again, and act at the opportunity. ”

This coincided with Cao Zhang's own thoughts, and he became more and more happy at the moment, but he remembered Zhou Yi's reminder and hesitated: "Xu Gongming and the others know that their father is seriously ill, how can they go out of the camp to meet the enemy?" ”

Wang Tao thought that Cao Zhang would have this question, and said confidently: "The king of Wei is seriously ill, and all affairs in the camp are decided by the prince. The prince of the world is jealous of the Hou Ye, but the Hou Ye has made military exploits for several years. As long as the Hou Ye provokes him with words, what to say to fulfill the king's wish, he will lead his troops to meet the enemy. How can the prince let Hou Ye make meritorious service again? It is inevitable to send Xu Huang, Pang De and others to fight. ”

This is also a clever plan, as long as Cao Cao's cronies leave, even if Cao Pi is prepared, Cao Zhang himself can succeed, Zhu Cao is not there, how can Cao Pi be able to fight on the march and Xiahou Dun? smiled at the moment: "General Sima helped me like this, I don't know what his intentions are?" ”

Wang Tao hurriedly got up and bowed, and said loudly: "General Sima has served the king for decades, but in the end he is still very suspicious. The general is a martial artist, and he should understand General Sima's mind. ”

"Okay." Cao Zhang got up and helped Wang Tao up, and said: "If I can inherit the throne, General Sima will support great merits, and I will not be disappointed." Make it Yongzhen Nanyang, for a certain swallow Wu to destroy Shu. ”

Wang Tao bowed down again and kowtowed: "The last general will thank the king for his grace for General Sima." This change of words really made Cao Zhang's heart bloom, and he helped him up, and comforted him with kind words, and he really dreamed of the Spring and Autumn Festival of King Wei in his heart. Cao Zhang sent Wang Tao away, ignoring Zhou Yi and Han Hao's dissuasion, and ordered all the troops and horses to look at Cao Cao's camp on the same day.

Because Cao Cao was seriously ill and had been in a coma, all the affairs in the camp were handled by the prince Cao Pi and Jia Xu. Although Xiahoudun had returned to the camp, he was ashamed of his defeat and could not get sick. Sima Yi has sent troops and horses to harass and provoke outside the camp in the past few days, presumably to find out about Cao Cao's illness and want to take the opportunity to win.

Cao Pi heard the news and had no choice but to convene the generals in the camp to discuss good policies. At this time, Zhu Cao was not in the camp, Xiahou Dun also said that he was not sick, and the only famous generals were Xu Huang, Zhang He, Pang De and others.

Cao Pi also knew that only Jia Wenhe was the only one who could compare his strategy with Sima, and after everyone sat down, he first asked Jia Xu: "Sir, what is the best plan to break the enemy?" ”

Now Cao Cao is seriously ill, the army is in turmoil, at this time can not start a war with Sima Yi at all, Jia Xu thought about it for a few days, and only thought of appeasing first, and then waiting for a good opportunity, so he replied: "Now that the king is seriously ill, according to my humble opinion, it is better to appease Sima Yi with good words first, and then collect troops and return to Xudu for the time being." ”

Xu Huang and the other generals have been on the battlefield for a long time, so they naturally understand that it is really not suitable to start a war with Sima Yi now, and they all nodded and acquiesced. Unexpectedly, Cao Pi was very displeased, and said: "My father led a large army to come this time, just for Sima Yi, a chaotic minister and thief, and now that my father is sick, we will say and withdraw from the army, won't my father be seriously ill and uneasy?" If you don't want to fight, I'll fight myself. ”

Jia Xu and the others all shook their heads secretly, thinking that Cao Pi was jealous of Cao Zhang's military exploits, and he also wanted to make meritorious contributions on the battlefield in order to gain the hearts of soldiers. It's just that it is very disadvantageous to fight at this time, and Cao Pi has no experience in fighting, so isn't it even more to send sheep into the tiger's mouth? Xu Huang and the other generals saw that Cao Pi insisted on fighting, and they were all surging in blood, arousing thousands of pride, and they asked for war one after another.

There was chaos in the tent for a while, and I heard someone outside the tent shouting: "Marquis Yanling, General Yue Cai has arrived." Cao Pi was overjoyed, and said Jia Xu: "The second brother is here to help me break the enemy." Jia Xu's heart froze, and he didn't know what he meant. Before he could think about it, he saw Cao Zhang, dressed in a military uniform, walking into the tent in a hurry.

After greeting each other, Cao Zhangxian said to Cao Pi: "The younger brother heard that Sima Yi was seriously ill by his father, and he dared to send troops to disturb him, I don't know why the son of the world still doesn't understand the soldiers?" Could it be that Sima Zhongda is afraid? ”

"The second brother misunderstood." Cao Pilang laughed loudly: "Brother Wei is discussing this matter with the generals, but it is just ....., but all the generals think that his father is seriously ill and the army is uncertain, and he wants to appease Sima Yi and withdraw his troops back to Xudu." ”

"No, never." As soon as Cao Zhanggang sat down, he got up again and said loudly: "If a traitor like Sima Yi is not eliminated as soon as possible, there will be a big disaster. What's more, my father is sick, and my brother begs for peace and retires from the army, won't people make fun of the tiger father giving birth to a dog? Our 200,000 troops are here, if we don't get rid of Sima and the traitors, won't we let Wu and Shu look down on them? If he joins forces with Sima again, isn't it just arson with the tiger? ”

Before Jia Xu and the others could speak, Cao Pi stepped forward and took Cao Zhang's hands and said: "The second brother said very much, and I also have this intention, but all the uncles are not there, I don't know who can be the general?" ”

Cao Zhang listened to Wang Tao's strategy and said: "If the prince intends to break the enemy, the younger brother is willing to be the front." "But I thought in my heart, how can you be willing to let me make another great contribution?

Cao Zhang's heart was as good as he could have been, and he knew that Cao Pi actually laughed and said, "The second brother has such a loyal and filial piety, I am very pleased." Okay, take the second brother as the front, and the brother will personally answer in the back. ”

Jia Xu was wondering why the two brothers had a surprisingly compatible language today, as if they had been rehearsed in advance. Now that I hear Cao Pi say this, it is obvious that he does not have any intention of grabbing credit. looked at Cao Zhang, who was stunned on the side, and suddenly felt that something was faintly wrong, and was about to open his mouth to stop the matter, but when he saw Cao Pi glaring at him fiercely, he had to sigh secretly and not say a word.

Cao Pi ignored Cao Zhang, who was in a daze on the side, retreated to the handsome position, took out a token, and said loudly: "Cao Zhang, the general of the Yue Cavalry, listens to the order." ”

Cao Zhang's own words begged for orders, and now he was riding a tiger, so he had to step forward and salute: "The end will be." ”

Cao Pi handed the token to Cao Zhang, and said, "Lead the army horses of your headquarters to meet Sima Yi's army, Xu Huang, and Pang De." ”

The two of them stood up in unison and said, "The last will be." ”

"You and the two of you went to battle with the general of the Yue cavalry."

The three of them agreed to go out of the account, leaving Cao Pi with an excited face and Jia Xu with a sad face.