In August of the 25th year of Jian'an, Hanoi County, Chao Nga County.

After Shen Chen's shock to China last year, the capital of Chen was shaken, and Cao Cao was afraid that the Nanyang army would attack Henan in the north, so he moved the capital again.

This is the third time Cao Cao has moved the capital, the first time he moved the capital from Luoyang to Xuchang, the second time he moved the capital from Xuchang to Chenliu, and the third time he moved the capital from Chenliu to Chaoge, and the court was displaced.

The first time Cao Cao moved the capital was to consolidate his power, and at the same time to cater to the Yingchuan family who supported him, and the last two times were because of Shen Chen.

It can be said that Shen Chen beat Cao Cao twice to move the capital, which not only made Cao Cao's prestige plummet, but also greatly raised the expectations of the Han court.

Many people who cherish the Han family are looking forward to Shen Chen being able to enter Henan and welcome away the Son of Heaven.

But it's a pity that there were several failures.

It's not that Shen Chen didn't do it, but he really couldn't do it.

Although Cao Cao was quite embarrassed several times, he occupied the most fertile north after all.

The combined population of the entire Henan and Hebei is nearly 20 million, and the background is too thick, and relying on the southern troops alone is not enough to completely defeat him.

Therefore, Shen Chen could only weaken Cao Cao's strength step by step, first annexing Jiangdong according to the original plan, and then going north to attack Cao.

This is a disappointment for many people.

In Chaoge County, Liu Xie, the son of the Han Dynasty, was as dead as ashes, and his mood was extremely low.

After he was controlled by Cao Cao, the Hanchen around him became less and less day by day, and when he first went to Xuchang, he could still master the palace gate guards, which scared Cao Cao for several years and did not dare to come to the audience.

As a result, Cao Cao's power became bigger and bigger, and the palace gate guards were also replaced by Cao Jun, and his Han Chen, who was finally final, either defected to become a Wei courtier, or was killed by Cao Cao with an excuse, and now the whole dynasty is full of Cao family people, and there is no one around him to speak for him anymore.

In the backyard of Chaoge County, Liu Xie's temporary palace, because it was only relocated last year, the new palace has not yet been built, and at this moment the Wei army outside has broken into the backyard under the leadership of Hua Xin and surrounded Liu Xie.

Liu Xie sat cross-legged on the main seat in the house, there was no one on the left and right, no loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty to do their best, no palace guards to escort him, not even a chamberlain, not a palace maid.

"Your Majesty, hand over the seal!"

Hua Xin stepped forward and approached step by step: "Although Liu Bei won this time, it was also a miserable victory, he has no ability to come north to save you." After His Majesty ceded the state to the King of Wei, the King of Wei would not treat His Majesty badly. ”

Liu Xie said sadly: "Huagong, how can there be such a thing in this world? Cao Cao was supposed to serve the country, but he wanted to usurp the throne. You are also a Hanchen, and you were filial piety and honesty in your early years, and it was my father who awarded you Langzhong, how can you ......"

Hua Xin couldn't bear it and said, "Your Majesty, this is the general trend of the world. At that time, Gaozu was the Qin Dynasty, and Wang Mang was the Han Dynasty, all of which were where the numbers were, and they could not be taken away; Where life is, people cannot be strong. In this world, it is already difficult to have a Guangwu Emperor and rejuvenate the Yan Han. Your Majesty, accept your fate! ”

"Woooooooooooooo

Liu Xie cried: "Could it be that this Han world is about to be taken away by the Cao family?" Han has been raising soldiers for 400 years, and everyone eats Hanlu, but now they want to destroy their own country, isn't it a beast? ”

Hua Xin's face was not very good-looking.

In fact, he knew that his reputation would probably be exhausted in the future.

As a Hanchen born, he defected to Cao Wei, and coerced the Son of Heaven to snatch the jade seal.

When the time comes, the history will be a penny, and from then on, the literati will not let him go.

But now he can't help it.

Since he chose to be loyal to Cao Wei, Cao Pi asked him to force Liu Xie, so he could only do this.

Otherwise, it is not only him who will die, but also the family behind him.

So he could only grit his teeth, wave his hand to the guards on the left and right, and said, "Your Majesty, I am offended." ”

The guards rushed into the room, but quickly retreated.

A young woman in her twenties walked out dragging a delicate jade seal in one hand and a dagger around her neck in the other.

The attendants around knew her identity, and they were afraid that they would hurt her by mistake, so they didn't dare to act rashly, so they had to retreat step by step.

"Why bother with the pepper room?"

Seeing this situation, Hua Xin hurriedly persuaded: "King Wei is also Shufang's brother, and Wei Yidai Han is the destiny of heaven, doesn't Jiaofang want to see his brother win the world?" ”

The woman known as the "Jiaofang" is Liu Xie's queen Cao Jie, the queen of the Western Han Dynasty lived in the Jiaofang Palace, so the Han Dynasty often called the queen by the pepper room.

Although Cao Jie is Cao Pi's own sister, she has her own integrity and scolded: "What is the destiny of heaven, my Cao family is a family of Hanlu, and I should serve the country." But the father and brother bullied the Son of Heaven and plotted to usurp the throne, how can they be subordinate? ”

Hua Xin said: "Zhou is a merchant minister, but he cuts down merchants to take the world. If the state does not act, the courtiers should take their place. The faintness of the two emperors of Han Youhuan and Ling has made the world terminally ill, and the King of Wei is a man who is in harmony with the heavens, how can it be a usurper for the dynasty? ”

Cao Jie argued: "Even if there is something wrong with the first emperor, what about today? Is there also a faint deaf? Since my father has repeatedly said that he is a Hanchen in his life, he should be given the right to the top, how can he condone his brother to take it on behalf of Han? Isn't this a usurpation? ”

"Forehead ......"

Hua Xin was speechless for a while, so he had no choice but to say: "This is what King Wei meant." ”

Cao Jie sneered.

A soldier next to her saw the opportunity and suddenly struck out, knocking out the dagger in her hand.

Hua Xin immediately stepped forward and kicked the dagger away, and then threatened: "Jiaofang, hand over the jade seal." Now that Han is dead, the king of Wei has won the will of heaven and the hearts of the people, and he should have taken his place! ”

"Bang!"

Cao Jie was furious and shouted: "Heaven will not bless you, you wait, sooner or later, one day, the Wei Kingdom will perish!" ”

Hua Xin no longer cared what Cao Jie was scolding.

Anyway, she herself is surnamed Cao, what did she scold her father and brother for caring about herself as an outsider?

At this moment, Hua Xin cared about the jade seal, he hurriedly trotted over, picked up the jade seal on the ground, took a closer look, and found that it was not broken, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

The jade seal of the country can be regarded as a disaster and a lot of difficulties.

From the discovery of He's Bi in the Spring and Autumn Period, to Zhang Yi's humiliation and worship in Qin, and then there is the legend of returning to Zhao, after the Spring and Autumn Period, the Warring States, the Qin and Han Dynasties, and now, it has been thousands of years.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, Wang Mang usurped the throne and asked the Queen Mother for the jade seal, but was smashed by the Empress Dowager Xiaoyuan and made up for it with gold. Its legend has seen countless emperors and generals in history, and witnessed too many brilliant histories.

Hua Xin carefully picked up the heirloom jade seal carved by the He family, and looked down at the eight big characters below that "Ordered by the sky, both longevity and eternal prosperity", then he breathed a sigh of relief and said coldly to Liu Xie: "Your Majesty, the King of Wei will soon come to Chaoge to hold a Zen ceremony, you are ready to prepare." ”

After that, he took the jade seal of the country and left, leaving only the couple Liu Xie and Cao Jie to cry for their tragic fate......

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August 10, Hefei, Huainan.

Chaohu Lake is magnificent, like a vast ocean, nurturing a land of fish and rice.

But it is a pity that at this time, the people of Huainan withered, and Cao Cao moved the people of Huainan to Huaibei, Henan, making it a little less populated and more desolate.

In the city of Hefei, after Cao Pi succeeded him, Zhang Liao, who had been promoted to the former general, and Xue Yi, the governor of the Central Protector Army, continued to sit in charge.

Xue Yi was also Zhang Liao's boss in the last Battle of Hefei, but Zhang Liao was promoted because of his powerful Xiaoyaojin and defeat of Sun Quan, especially after the original Zuo general Yu Ban was captured, he became the first general with a foreign surname.

For this reason, Cao Pi specially granted him the post of former general, replaced the post of Xiahou Dun, who had died in battle, and appointed his brother Zhang Xun as a liehou, and also gave him a lot of silk valley chariots to show his mother's favor.

However, no matter how polite Zhang Liao is, it can't change the fact that he is not surnamed Cao.

So when Cao Chun entered Hefei City, he quickly took his place and became the current coach of Hefei City.

Although Cao Chun is the general of the capital and is not as good as Zhang Liao in his position, but this time he came over, Cao Pi gave him the position of holding the festival, the false festival and the military position of the governor of Huainan.

Therefore, even Zhang Liao had to obey his orders.

At this moment, Cao Chun sat on the main seat, accompanied by Zhang Liao and Xue Yi on the left and right, he looked around at the two and said: "Now the King of Wei wants to take advantage of Liu Bei's attack on Wu to claim the title of emperor on behalf of the Han Dynasty, he hopes that Sun Quan can support it for a long time, so he sent me to support Jiangdong, what is the situation in the south now?" ”

Zhang Liao sighed, shook his head and said: "I'm afraid it's not so good, Guan Yu is attacking their camp, Sun Quan is losing troops every day, and he is only struggling to support, maybe it won't be long before Sun Quan will be defeated." ”

Cao Chun frowned and said, "There are still thousands of men and horses in Hefei City, so you can't send troops to help?" Even if it is to go to the front line for a turn, Liu Bei will suspect that we will send someone to help. ”

Xue Yi said: "Du Du has not been in the south for a long time, I don't know the situation in the south, Guan Yu's army has occupied the Yangtze River, from the west of the water and the north of the mouth of the sea to attack Sun Quan's army, Sun Quan's water division lost 7788 in the battle of Jingzhou, and did not dare to compete with the Jiangxia water division, if we send troops, we will be harmed." ”

"Not bad."

Zhang Liao also said: "We don't have a water army, so we can only go around Chaohu Lake by land, not to talk about the difficulty of grain and grass supply, let's just say that if Guan Yu takes advantage of Hefei's emptiness and sends the water army north to Chaohu Lake and attack Hefei, I am afraid that Hefei will be lost." ”

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"I see."

Cao Chun didn't expect the situation in the south to be so bad, and thought for a while: "King Wei ordered me to bring 3,000 tigers and leopards to ride, and 5,000 foot soldiers to drum up momentum for Sun Quan, how can I help Sun Quan?" ”

Xue Yi thought for a while and said: "Guan Yu sent Zhao Yun thousands of men and horses to garrison in Dongxingdi, and the scouts came to report, their camp is only one, and the number of tents is not much, it should only be four or five thousand men and horses, if the governor can break Zhao Yun, it will definitely make Guan Yu suspect the arrival of our reinforcements." ”

"I remember this Dongxing Causeway as the entrance to Chaohu Lake."

Cao Chun thought for a moment.

He remembered that six years ago, when he followed the former king to the south to crusade against Sun Quan, he was stationed at Dongxing Di, and he also broke through Sun Quan's camp on the opposite bank and captured the enemy general Gongsun Yang.

"Yes."

Xue Yi nodded and said, "The Dongxing embankment holds the road to the south, even if we have ships, it is difficult for the army and grain and grass to disturb the Guan Yu headquarters in Xiang'an through the Dongxing attack. ”

"Oh?"

Cao Chun said with a smile: "If that's the case, then it's simple, I didn't expect Guan Yu to be so stupid, such an important place as Dongxing Causeway, he actually only sent 5,000 people to guard it, is this to deceive me Dawei No one?" ”

Zhang Liao hurriedly said: "The governor should not be taken lightly, that Zhao Yun Yong crowned the three armies, once led two thousand people, broke Sun Quan, and killed his general Zhou Tai!" ”

Cao Chun said with a smile: "Didn't the former general also use 800 people to break Sun Quan and kill his general Chen Wu?" Jiangdong only relies on the naval army, how can the army compete with the northern soldiers? I think that Zhao Yun needs 2,000 men to win, and he is not as brave as the former general, so tomorrow I will lead the tiger and leopard to ride south, and see if I capture him alive. ”

Zhang Liao thought for a while, and then said, "Then I'll go with the governor." ”

"It's okay!"

Cao Chun waved his hand: "Hefei still needs to be guarded, so if Guan Yu hears that the Dongxing embankment has been broken, he thinks that Hefei is empty, and it will not be good to send a fleet to attack." There must be a general in the city, and the guards will escort grain and grass for me, and after I break Zhao Yun and contain Guan Yu, I will return to fatten. ”

"Hmm....."

Zhang Liao thought about it, and what Cao Chun said was the truth.

If Cao Chun is dispatched, it will definitely not be a matter of one or two days to go from Hefei to Dongxing Embankment for more than 200 miles, and someone will have to transport grain and grass in the rear.

This work is either done by him or Xue Yi, and now there are only five or six thousand people in Hefei City, and there are still people stationed in the city.

Therefore, three people can only lead the troops alone, transport grain by themselves, and defend the city by themselves, and there is really no way for the two generals to go together.

Moreover, 3,000 tigers and leopards are riding, plus 5,000 elite soldiers of the Cao army, which is probably foolproof.

Even if he can't defeat Zhao Yun, as long as Cao Jun appears south of Chaohu Lake, Cao Chun's task will be completed, and it will be a big deal to retreat when the time comes.

Thinking of this, Zhang Liao felt that there was no problem, so he said: "Okay, then do it according to the governor's wishes." ”

"Hmm."

Cao Chun nodded and said: "Then there is General Lao Qian sitting in Hefei, and the guards will help transport grain, after I break Zhao Yun, I will go to the mouth of the Xukou to strengthen Sun Quan's momentum, so that it can also buy time for King Wei to ascend the throne smoothly." ”

"Yui!"

The two of them should have given up.

At that moment, Cao Chun began to prepare for the dispatch of troops.

At the same time, he immediately sent someone to report to Sun Quan, telling him that the Cao Wei army led by Cao Chun had arrived in Hefei and was preparing to rush to the south to help, so that Sun Quan could continue to insist.

At this time, the battle at the mouth of the water has entered a white heat, and after the catapult broke the camp the day before yesterday, Liu Beijun attacked brazenly.

Under the leadership of Ma Chao, thousands of Jingzhou troops almost broke into the gap and knocked down the northern camp.

If it weren't for the timely arrival of reinforcements led by He Qi from the southern camp, taking advantage of the terrain to shoot arrows continuously, and finally repelling the enemy under the baptism of arrow rain, I am afraid that the camp would have been breached.

The news reached Sun Quan's side, which made Sun Quan frightened, he stood on the ochre city, his eyes were blank, looking at the north from afar, and muttered to himself: "Zhang Liao said that Cao Chun has come, as long as Cao Chun launches an attack, everything will be fine, hold on for a few more days, hold on for a few more days......