On August 12, the 25th year of Jian'an, Cao Chunzhan died in Dongxingdi, and Zhao Yunwei shook Huainan, which shocked Zhang Liao and Xue Yi.

You must know that this is the elite of the 8,000 Cao army, including 3,000 tigers and leopards, which is the elite of the elite.

And Zhao Yun only had 5,000 people, and the number and elite level were not as good as Cao's army, but the battle situation was unexpected, and Zhao Yun's 10,000 troops took Cao Chun's first rank, which instantly reversed the situation.

After getting the news, Zhang Liao wanted to lead the army to the expedition for the first time.

Not for revenge.

But no matter what, he had to seize the Dongxing embankment in order to complete the task assigned by Cao Pi, delay the time for Jiangdong to be wiped out, and strive for Cao Pi to become emperor smoothly.

But Xue Yi dissuaded him.

Because now Zhao Yun has just defeated Cao Chun, and their morale is booming, but they no longer have any extra troops.

If you go out again, Hefei City is empty, Guan Yu sent the navy to go north along the water and enter Chaohu Lake to attack Hefei, then Hefei City may not be able to be saved.

Once Hefei is lost, Huainan is lost, and the losses caused are even greater.

So to be on the safe side, it's better to stick to it.

Zhang Liao felt that what Xue Yi said was very reasonable, so he had to send someone to write to Cao Pi quickly and inform him of the news.

Cao Pi got the news at the end of August.

At this time, in the hall of the Wei Wang's Mansion in Yecheng, Jizhou, Sima Yi, Chen Qun, Zhu Shuo, Hua Xin, Liu Hui, He Kui, Chang Lin, Liu Ruo and others were seated.

Since April this year, Cao Pi has been plotting to usurp the throne.

He first asked someone to snatch the jade seal of the country from Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty, and then began to build momentum for the emperor.

In June this year, Liu Hui launched the first round of persuasion.

This Liu Hui is a native of Nanyang, Jingzhou, and a descendant of Liu Fa, the king of Changsha in the Western Han Dynasty, although he is not of the same vein as Liu Xiu, he is also a descendant of Liu Fa, and his ancestors and Liu Xiu's ancestors are both sons of Liu Fa, and they belong to the same line of Liu Fa.

It stands to reason that he should be loyal to the Great Han.

But his brother Liu Guan once did Liu Biao's work and was killed by Liu Biao, so he moved north with his family and defected to Cao Wei, becoming Cao Cao's loyal lackey.

At present, Liu Hui began to loyally seek for the Cao Wei group to seize the country left by his ancestors.

The first round of persuasion in June was rejected by Cao Pi.

By the beginning of August, Liu Hui once again connected with the princes of the Manchu Dynasty and began the second round of persuasion.

Do a full set of plays.

Of course, it takes three times to persuade this kind of thing.

Cao Pi refused for the second time.

And now it's a third time being discussed.

At this moment, Cao Pi sat on the main seat, and there was a jade seal on his table, which was majestic for a while, and it was not rampant.

Many of the courtiers below were also sitting upright.

I saw Cao Pixi smiling and said: "My Great Wei is ordered by heaven to inherit the unification, so it should be in accordance with the law." The Son of Heaven wants to give Zen to me, and naturally he must also know the common things, so that he can return to the expectations of the people, Gong Hei, how are you doing? ”

Liu Xuan stood up and said, "King Wei, the matter has been done. The minister has collected more than 100 ministers and generals of my Great Wei Dynasty to persuade them to enter the table and write a list, all of which have been played, and I have brought the chapter list. ”

So saying, he handed over a list of the lists.

Usurpation is also gradual.

The first round of persuasion was just a trial, and at that time, Liu Hui only united more than a dozen courtiers to go to the table to see the situation.

As a result, after the first round of persuasion, there was not much turmoil.

This shows that the Wei State is still relatively stable internally, and there are no ministers and generals with real power who choose to oppose it, which is a favorable thing for Cao Pi.

After the second round of persuasion, more than 30 people jointly submitted the table, but Cao Pi refused again.

Now it's round three.

This is the so-called "Wei State Minister's General Shangzun Horn Chapter" in history, there are more than 100 Cao Wei famous ministers and generals jointly on the table, among which the inscription unearthed in later generations clearly records the name of 31 people.

Since everyone's list is a long story, a rainbow fart to Cao Pi, so the music is piled up, Liu Hui didn't bring it, but the list has been submitted.

Cao Pi took the list and looked at it.

The thirty-one people recorded in the unearthed inscriptions in later generations are Hua Xin, Jia Xu, Wang Lang, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu, Xiahou Shang, Zang Ba, Zhang He, Xu Huang, Zhang Liao, He Qia, Cheng Yu, He Kui, Zhong Xuan, Chang Lin, Dong Zhao, Xu Chu, Xian Yufu, Yan Rou, Yang Qiu, Yuan Ba, Fu Xun, Liu Ruo, Wang Zhong, Zhu Ling, Xing Zhen, Dai Ling, Yan Pu, Hu Chuquan, etc.

However, this list is quite different from the historical list.

Because a lot of them are not there.

Jia Xu was Zhao'an by Liu Bei, Wang Lang was scolded to death by Shen Chen, and Cao Ren, Cao Hong, and Wang Zhong were chopped by Shen Chen.

Zhu Ling was captured in the Battle of Xiangfan with Yu Ban, Fu Xun surrendered to Cao Cao with Liu Cong in history, and now he surrenders to Liu Bei with Liu Cong. Yan Pu is the same, he surrendered to Cao Cao with Zhang Lu, and now he surrenders to Liu Bei with Zhang Lu.

It's just that there are fewer people, but there are also more people. For example, Cao Chun, Xiahou Yuan, etc., because Cao Chun wrote the chapter before going to Huainan, so he is also on the list.

It's a pity that Cao Pi will soon know about Cao Chun's death, and there will be one less person on this list.

After reading the directory, he nodded with satisfaction and said, "Good, in September this year, let Shangshutai publish the directory to the world." When the time comes, the lonely general will go to the court song and accept the Zen let of the Son of Heaven, by the way, how is the Zen platform built? ”

"It's already been built."

Hua Xin said: "This matter is in charge of Chao Geling, and he has completed the book yesterday. ”

"Wu Zhen has done a good job, so it seems that he will be able to accept Zen concessions in October."

Cao Pi was overjoyed.

Historically, he completed the Zen Decree in October of the 25th year of Jian'an, and now he intends to act according to this expectation.

At that moment, everyone discussed the details of Zen Rang again.

For example, whether to go up directly in the clothes of the Son of Heaven, or to wear the costumes of the princes and kings first, and then change into the clothes of the Son of Heaven after accepting the Zen concession.

Also, according to the enthronement of the Son of Heaven in the Han Dynasty, there should be envoys from all over the world, and Liu Bei's group will definitely not send envoys to celebrate, and when the time comes, there will still be an envoy from the Sun side of Dongwu.

The rest of the Southern Xiongnu, Xianbei people, Wuhuan people, as well as Gongsun Kang of Liaodong, and even the Fuyu people, the Filthy people, the Wofu people, and so on, all sent people over to inform them of this incident, and then asked them to send envoys over.

In fact, this has been going on since April this year, when it was prepared.

After all, a place like Liaodong is too far away, and the Goguryeo Dynasty established by the Buyeo people, the Filthy people, and the Wofu people was in the three eastern provinces in later generations, more than 1,000 kilometers away from Zhuo County, Youzhou, and to congratulate the court, you have to walk more than 2,000 kilometers, and go back and forth for at least half a year.

Therefore, according to Cao Pi's meaning, from April to October, all parties came to make the same.

When the time comes, go to the altar to worship, pray to the heavens, and then the ministers, the princes, the generals, the Huns Shan Yu, and the four Yi Dynasty tens of thousands of people accompany the throne, and ascend to the altar that is, and hundreds of officials accompany the throne. After the event, the altar was lowered, the heaven and earth, the five mountains, and the four desecrations were sacrificed to the ancestors and gods, and after the ceremony, he officially ascended the throne as the emperor.

When he thought of this, Cao Pi couldn't help but feel a little more longing, his face was full of smiles, and his emotions couldn't help but be a little excited.

Nearly five months of planning, another two months will be able to bear fruit, when the north is all here, the Quartet of the Dynasty congratulated, even if he is not recognized by the Liu Bei group in the south, he will reasonably and legally replace the Han Dynasty and become the co-master of the world.

At that time, the world will return to the center, how can Liu Bei and others stop the wheel of history from rolling?

"Lords, that's all for today."

After Cao Pi discussed the details with everyone, he said contentedly: "After the widow becomes the emperor, he should not hesitate to give gifts, and all the princes will be promoted and rewarded. ”

"Thank you, King Wei."

Everyone gave up their hands in unison, and no one called Cao Pi an emperor first.

After all, if they want to be a regular country, they must have formal etiquette, anyway, the eight characters have already been written, and when the water is completed, it will not be too late to shout at that time.

"Then disperse."

Cao Pi waved his hand, got up from the seat, and prepared to go back to the backyard.

But at this time, Xu Chu, who was standing guard outside the door, suddenly hurried in, knelt down on one knee and said, "Report, King Wei, Southern Urgency." ”

"Oh?"

Cao Pi looked around and said with a smile: "Wen Yuan said before that Guan Yu only sent Zhao Yun to lead 5,000 people to garrison Dongxing Embankment, and I asked General Duhu to lead 8,000 people to break it. ”

"Yui!"

Xu Chu handed the letter with both hands.

Cao Pi opened it happily.

He felt that Cao Chun's 8,000 people, 5,000 elite Cao Jun and the elite tiger and leopard riders among the 3,000 elites should be able to easily handle Zhao Yun, so he thought that this was a good news, and he didn't expect the possibility of failure at all.

As a result, when he saw the first line of the letter, the smile on Cao Pi's face froze.

Because it says that Cao Chun died in battle.

Then his face quickly changed from a playful smile to a cold one, and when he saw the end, he angrily tore the upper watch to pieces, and shouted angrily: "Cao Chun should die! ”

Everyone actually realized that something was wrong by looking at his face.

But he still didn't expect Cao Pi to be so angry, and for a while, Hua Xin and the others trembled and didn't dare to speak.

Only Sima Yi, Chen Qun, and Zhu Shuo were the three of Cao Pi's four friends, and they could barely speak, so Sima Yi had the courage to ask: "His Royal Highness King Wei, what happened?" ”

"Bang!"

Cao Pi patted the case and said angrily: "Cao Chun led 8,000 people to fight with Zhao Yun's 5,000 people in the wild, but he was defeated by a surprise attack from the front, and even he himself was beheaded by Zhao Yun's chaotic army, which is really a shame for the tiger and leopard rider!" ”

"This"

No one expected this to be the result.

It is indeed an unacceptable thing that the elite soldiers of the Cao Wei Empire, who are the best at fierce battles in the field, were actually defeated head-on by 5,000 people.

Sima Yi thought for a while and said: "Although Zhao Yun is not as famous as Guan Zhang, it is reported that in the Battle of Xunyang, he only led 2,000 people to repel Sun Quan's 80,000 people, which can be described as brave and good at fighting. I think it was also the general who underestimated the enemy, so that he returned defeated. ”

"Ugh."

After Cao Pi was angry, he sighed and said: "What the widow is most afraid of now is that Cao Chun did not defeat Zhao Yun and went to Misukou to support Sun Quan, so that Sun Quan was defeated early. Liu Bei's old thief claims to be a relative of the Han Dynasty, and the Son of Heaven is orthodox, and it will take two months for the widow to ascend the throne. ”

Chen Qun said: "His Royal Highness the King of Wei doesn't need to worry, our actions were all secret before, and only the ministers of the government and the opposition knew about it, and the news didn't spread so quickly to Liu Bei." What's more, Liu Bei captured Eastern Wu and took time to govern Yangzhou, even if he knew the news, he didn't go on a northern expedition so quickly. ”

"yes."

Sima Yi also said: "Although Liu Bei won the two major battles of Guanzhong and Jingzhou, Yizhou is also exhausted and the people's livelihood is withering. It will take at least a few years to recuperate before recovering, and this time the attack on Wu only dispatched 100,000 soldiers and horses, which are basically Jingzhou troops, and Nanyang and Jingnan supply grain and grass, which shows that Liu Bei is no longer able to launch a large-scale war. After the defeat of Wu, the forced northern expedition is the way to death. ”

"Hmm"

Cao Pi pondered for a moment, although Chen Qun and Sima Yi made a lot of sense, he was still not at ease.

After thinking about it for a while, Cao Pi looked around at everyone and said: "Changwen and Zhongda are reasonable, but they have a lot of dreams at night, and the situation has changed unimaginably, I think it is better to ascend the throne in advance." After the world is settled, the widow can also reorganize the soldiers and horses and prepare for a decisive battle with Liu Bei. ”

Zhu Shuo asked, "Isn't Your Highness waiting for the envoy from Liaodong?" ”

"No waiting."

Cao Pi finally said: "It's scheduled for September, the widow will go to Chaoge on September 1 to open the altar, first pay tribute to the fallen soldiers, and then on September 10, he will accept Zen in Chaoge." When the time comes, the ministers will accompany them, worship heaven and earth, the five mountains, the four blasphemys and the ancestral gods, and officially ascend the throne. ”

Seeing that Cao Pi had even set a date, the ministers did not object again.

Anyway, things are almost ready, the reason why it is scheduled for October is because there are still many envoys from Siyi who have not yet arrived, and if it is held in advance now, it will only be a lack of envoys from Siyi to congratulate, and it is not a big deal.

Therefore, everyone stood up and bowed their hands in unison and said, "Only! ”

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In late August, just as Cao Pi was preparing to ascend the throne ahead of schedule, Sun Quan was in complete despair.

Because as Guan Yu stormed for two months, the camp at the mouth of the Wet Beard was close to collapse, and Pan Zhang's northern camp was the first to be breached, followed by the middle camp where Zhu Ran was.

The morale of the Jiangdong army fell to the bottom, and there were more and more deserters, so Pan Zhang and Zhu Ran had to retreat to the camps of He Qi and Lu Fan respectively, struggling to support them.

But everyone knew that they would not be able to hold out for long, so Guan Yu ordered Huang Jie and Gan Ning to continue to attack the Dongwu camp near the Misushui and the Yangtze River on the boat, and personally went ashore and commanded the army to start a strong attack.

Under the onslaught of Guan Yu, the camp of Weixukou is like a flat boat in the wind and rain, crumbling, in the past two months, from the initial more than 30,000 people, to now less than 20,000.

This meant that a large number of soldiers had defected, been killed, and captured, and the entire army was in turmoil, and many had already begun to plan for what would follow.

On the 24th, Guan Yu launched an attack on Zhu Ran's camp again, and with the collapse of the outer walled wall, even in the Ochre City on the south bank of the Yangtze River, the loud cheers of the Jiangxia sailors could be heard on the river.

Sun Quan lay on the city wall, his eyes desperately looking at the camp at the mouth of the river in the distance, and let out a terrible scream.

"Cao Pi, you deceived Lone!"

"Lone's reinforcements, where the hell are they!"

"Where is Cao Chun, where is Zhang Liao, where is you!"

The voice was desolate and miserable, spreading in all directions, causing only the sergeant of Ochre City to lower his head, and only a wail remained.

This week, I feel like I'm still looking for a time to go to the hospital, my stomach has been uncomfortable, and I'm afraid of getting stomach cancer.

(End of chapter)