Chapter 120: The Fall of Wudu
Xu Miao was unbearable, and immediately sent a team of soldiers and horses to pursue Jiang Wei, who expected that he had just chased to the foot of Qilian Mountain, and suddenly killed a soldier and horse on both sides, the left one was the Liangzhou Iron Cavalry under Ma Dai, and the right one was the Qiang Cavalry under the command of Oh He Yaoge.
Xu Miao's troops feared that they would be surrounded, and soon after engaging the Shu army, which had suddenly attacked, they quickly withdrew to the city of Wuwei and closed the city gates, holding out.
In this way, Jiang Wei no longer has any worries, and he can safely transport grain back to Lanzhou.
At the same time that Jiang Wei led the army to cut Wuwei's wheat and returned victorious, Cao Wei's Cao Zhi had already quietly infiltrated Wudu City and connected with Qiang Rui, the leader of the Wudu Di people.
Cao Zhi was very happy to learn that Qiangrui had 6,000 soldiers and horses under his command, and he was very happy, and immediately promised that as long as Qiangrui was willing to return to Dawei and help Dawei recover the Wudu, he would ensure that Qiangrui would be a marquis in Dawei, and Dawei would also give the Di people a reward of no less than 20,000 baht and 20,000 stone of grain.
After Cao Zhi threw out the solicitation conditions, Qiangrui said angrily:
Qiangrui said to Cao Zhi: "Cao Changshi, I, Qiangrui, respect Zhuge Kongming's personality and surrender in good faith, how can I betray the Han Dynasty and surrender to Cao Wei for the sake of the false name of a marquis and a mere 20,000 baht and 20,000 stone grains, who do you think of me Qiangrui?" ”
Cao Zhi said with a smile: "Don't be angry, if the king is really dedicated to Han, why would he give "Hundred Crafts and Techniques" to His Majesty the Emperor of Great Wei?" If you really want to be Han, why did you meet me, the governor of Yongzhou of Great Wei? ”
Qiang Rui said with a smile: "This king just wants to see if you Cao Wei has a trick, and it is inconvenient for Lord Wudu to come forward, so this king will come forward." ”
"Oh? Really? Now that the king knows my plans, why doesn't he arrest me? Cao Zhi deliberately laughed at Qiangrui and stared at him.
Qiang Rui suddenly felt that the scene was a little embarrassing, and he didn't know how to answer Cao Zhi's words, so he said viciously:
"This king is loyal to the Han Dynasty, but Zhao Sun and Moon, if you want this king to rebel against the Han and return to Wei, you have to add money!"
Cao Zhi suddenly felt a little choked, and then reacted, and said to Qiangrui with a smile:
"How much does the king want?"
Qiangrui said: "At least 50,000 baht of money and 50,000 stone of grain!" ”
Cao Zhi looked like it was difficult.
Qiangrui hurriedly asked: "What, do you think the price of this king is too high?" I can tell you, it's not high at all, in Wudu City, Shu Hantun has a lot of money and grain, as long as it can be defeated, there will be no loss at all! ”
Cao Zhi said: "No, no, no, it's a loss, it's a loss, Wudu is a small city after all, and the baggage of Shu Han is hoarded in Hanzhong, and if you lay down Wudu, you may not be able to earn enough money of 50,000 baht and 50,000 stone of grain, and the price can't be increased."
Qiangrui was a little angry, and suddenly wanted to lift the table to send off the guests, but suddenly thought of something, so he said to Cao Zhi:
"Cao Changshi, this king can also tell you a secret, and if you add this secret, this price will be very fair!"
"Oh? What secret? Cao Zhi asked curiously.
"Hahahaha, naturally Cao Changshi agreed to my request, so I can tell you!"
Cao Zhi originally planned in his heart that he could give Qiangrui a bottom line of 100,000 baht and 100,000 stones, which was the bottom line that Cao Zhi discussed with Guo Huai.
After all, Wuwei's strategic position is too important, as long as Wuwei is taken, Jiang Wei's retreat can be completely cut off, and this strategic significance is far more than the value of 100,000 baht of money and 100,000 stones of grain.
Unexpectedly, Qiangrui's requirements were not so high, so Cao Zhi pretended to be painful and nodded: "Okay, the official will promise you to give you 50,000 baht and 50,000 stone of grain." ”
"And give me a marquis!"
"Okay, good, I'll try my best to get you a marquis!" Cao Zhi reluctantly agreed. "Now you can tell me that secret, right?"
Qiang Rui hurriedly retreated, and said to Cao Zhi with a mysterious expression: "Cao Changshi, do you know that this king's dedication of "Hundred Crafts" to His Majesty of Great Wei is actually Jiang Wei's plan. ”
"What? "Hundred Crafts" was dedicated by Jiang Wei to His Majesty? Why did he do it? Cao Zhi was suddenly a little surprised.
"It is said that this is Jiang Wei's strategy to exhaust the enemy, and he wants to use this book to consume the national strength of Great Wei!"
"What? Consume the national strength of Great Wei with "Hundred Crafts"? Cao Zhi was suddenly shocked, and then thought,
"My partner in the court recently sent a message to me, saying that His Majesty has recently indulged in building palaces, conquering a large number of people, and building a large number of buildings. But this plan is very vicious, it can almost be regarded as a conspiracy, even if I tell Your Majesty that this is Jiang Wei's strategy, Your Majesty will not believe it; Even if you believe it, it probably won't change. ”
Cao Zhi could only sigh in his heart, thinking that his status was low, and he was soft-spoken, and he couldn't affect Emperor Cao Rui at all. It is said that even Chen Qun, a lonely minister, has advised him on this matter, but Cao Rui still goes his own way, without the slightest sign of stopping work.
"Unless it's Cao Aya's advice, maybe it can be of some use!" Cao Zhi couldn't think of a better way, so he had to think so in his heart.
In the end, Cao Zhi agreed with Qiangrui, the king of the Di people, to move in three days, and then lurked near Wudu to prepare to seize Wudu.
After some preparations, three days later, King Qiangrui secretly led his troops to the city of Wudu to ambush him.
Then he led a team into the city of Wudu with tribute.
Cao Zhi also disguised himself as an entourage and led fifty dead soldiers to blend in.
After deceiving the city gate, Cao Zhi followed Qiangrui into the Wudu Taishou Mansion, and after seeing Taishou Chen, Qiangrui asked Cao Zhi to present the treasure on the grounds of offering treasures.
It is said that he got a strange stone in the mountain, crystal clear, like crystal. It was packed in a box by Cao Zhi and presented to Taishou Chen.
When Chen saw the crystal of the box, he was very happy, and was about to hold it with both hands, but Cao Zhi suddenly became difficult, threw the treasure box reluctantly, and then grabbed Chen's hands tightly, and shouted loudly:
"Leifa, Double Dragon!"
Suddenly, bursts of electric light emerged from Cao Zhi's hands, and quickly transmitted to Chen Shi along the hands of the two of them.
Chen Shi was frightened and hurriedly wanted to withdraw his hands, but his hands were grabbed by Cao Zhi. The electric current ejected countless arcs of electricity, which quickly spread all over Chen's body.
Receiving the blow of the powerful current, Chen Shi's whole body trembled like chaff, and after a while, his body had already begun to emit bursts of green smoke.
Cao Zhi let go of his hands proudly, lost Cao Zhi's grasp, and Chen Shi fell to the ground with a bang, already dead of anger.
Taking advantage of the fact that everyone was frightened, Cao Zhi immediately rushed out with fifty dead soldiers and slashed the officials in Wudu City.
Cao Zhi strode out of the Taishou Mansion and nodded at a dead soldier. The dead man quickly rushed out of the Taishou Mansion and came to the drumming outside the palace and beat the drum vigorously.
As the drums sounded, the people who had been in ambush outside the city received the agreed signal and suddenly killed them together.
Soon he killed the guards of the city gate who were caught off guard and occupied the city gate.
Six thousand people rushed in and poured into Wudu City.
Cao Zhi carried Chen's head and shouted at the defenders in the city:
"Chen Shi is dead, those who descend will not be killed!"
Suddenly, this sentence was repeatedly spread by the dead soldiers of the Wei army.
There were originally only 2,000 defenders in the city, but seeing that Taishou was dead and the city was broken, they threw away their weapons and surrendered to Cao Zhi.
The city of Wudu fell.
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