Chu Hong did not die, the person who died in the capital that day was not him, but someone else.

After he captured the frontier of Qingzhou in Wei State, he left 10,000 horses in the border pass to block Bai Qi's army, and the rest of the men and horses were all used to capture all parts of Qingzhou.

He wanted to merge with the Chu army against Zhao Yun, and then invade Wei and fight all the way to Chang'an.

Cao Shen's death immersed the victorious Wei army in mourning.

Everyone in the Bai Qi army is vegetarian.

He didn't have time to rush to the border, and when he heard this bad news, his heart was very sad.

He gave an order, and on the night of the same day, all the 160,000 captured Chu troops were poisoned, and then all of them were killed.

He had no other way, leaving these 160,000 people, the grain and grass consumed every day was really too much, so that the Wei army was a little unable to make ends meet, and he also wanted to capture the border pass in a very short time and rescue Cao Guogong's body.

Therefore, in the hurry, he had no choice but to kill all these Chu soldiers, so that he could send troops to attack the Qingzhou border pass.

Chu Hong's 10,000 people left at the Qingzhou border pass of Wei did not resist Bai Qi's army for long, and they were reoccupied by the Wei army.

Originally, a general wanted to lead an army alone and avenge Cao Guogong, but Bai Qi refused.

The big things are not as important as the interests of the Wei State.

If the troops are divided to pursue Chu Hong at this time, they will definitely be blocked halfway, in case their own army cannot win at the first time because of some of the enemy's strategies, then what if the Chu army increases its troops in the area of the Changliu Mountain Range at that time?

Bai Qi knew very well what the Wei State needed most at this moment.

He couldn't let Cao Guogong die in vain.

Cao Guogong's body was placed in a mansion in the Guannai by the Chu army, and Chu Hong was a little humane at this point, and the coffin he chose for Cao Guogong was the coffin of golden silk nanmu, which was the best in the Guan.

Bai Qi and his generals wore white scarves and knelt in front of Cao Guogong's coffin, all crying silently.

The officers and men of the whole army also knelt in response.

Looking back on Cao Guogong's life, in fact, it is also the life that many men dream of, guiding the country and being loyal to the country, so enough.

Bai Qi picked up a bowl of wine and sprinkled it in front of Cao Guogong's coffin, and then asked someone to pour a bowl of wine for himself, and said loudly: "Send Marshal Cao!"

Regardless of the generals and soldiers in the army, they all shouted in unison at this moment, "Send Marshal Cao!"

Immediately afterwards, Bai Qi sent a general, leading 20,000 people as the vanguard, and if he encountered the Chu army all the way, he should overcome obstacles and open up a road to Chang'an.

5,000 men and horses were sent, all dressed in linen and filial piety, and sent Cao Guogong's coffin back to the capital safe and sound.

This is the only thing Bai Qi can do for Cao Shen at present, no matter what, it is necessary to let Cao Guogong return to his roots, and he can't just be hastily buried outside the plug.

In fact, Cao Shen is already lucky compared to most soldiers, for those of them, where they die, they have to be buried.

And Cao Shen can still fall leaves and return to his roots, which is already a kind of happiness.

However, Cao Shen also deserves such an honor.

Five days later.

Chang'an Xuanzheng Palace.

Zhao Changqing is discussing political affairs with Zhuge Liang.

Suddenly I heard an urgent report, saying that Cao Guogong was back.

Zhao Changqing was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Where is Cao Guogong now?"

The man who came to report was so spitting that he didn't dare to finish his words, and in the end, he barely held back a few words, saying that Cao Guogong had arrived outside the city gate.

Zhao Changqing couldn't stop laughing when he heard this, and said: "What a Cao Guogong, he is really omnipotent, in the face of an enemy army twice as large as himself, he was able to return triumphantly in such a short time, and quickly notified the harem concubines and civil and military officials, and went with me to meet Cao Shen." ”

Zhuge was thoughtful and didn't say anything.

Zhao Changqing walked out of the Xuanzheng Hall while laughing and muttering: "This Cao Shen, I don't know how to tell me when I return triumphantly, and I don't even have the time to prepare in advance." ”

According to the etiquette system, the emperor could not appear until all the civil and military officials gathered outside the city.

After all the officials went, Zhao Changqing left the imperial city.

He sat on the dragon chariot, and in the dragon chariot, there were the queen and others.

He saw that many people in the streets of Chang'an City were kneeling on the ground and crying, and some of them were puzzled, so he blurted out and asked, "What's the matter with them? Shouldn't we be happy that we have won the battle?"

He Ning didn't know the specific situation yet, so he smiled and said: "Maybe it's crying with joy, right? Cao Guogong returned triumphantly, these people should all think that the war should be over, so they are happy, right?"

Zhao Changqing smiled and said: "Yes, Cao Shen has solved the war outside the border pass, then there will be no pressure on the war between my Wei State and Jin and Chu, and the war will end soon." ”

And when they came out of the city, they dismounted from the dragon's chariot.

Zhao Changqing was instantly stunned when he saw the scene in front of him.

All the soldiers were dressed in linen and filial piety, and they all knelt on the ground.

Even some civil and military officials were bitter, and some even began to sob.

What's going on?

Who died?

Suddenly, Zhao Changqing saw that Cao Shen's family members were kneeling in front of a coffin and wept silently, and at this moment, he seemed to understand something.

The figure gradually became a little trance-like, and he almost stumbled and fell to the ground, but fortunately, He Ning quickly supported Zhao Changqing with his eyes, and said softly to him: "Your Majesty"

At this moment, even stupid people know what's going on.

General Wei, who was in charge of transporting the coffin back to Beijing, knelt down to Zhao Changqing and said, "Your Majesty, the last general Hao Datong has escorted Marshal Cao home!"

Zhao Changqing's eyes became blank at this moment, his face was pale, he stared at the general who was kneeling in front of him and didn't dare to raise his head, and asked in a questioning tone, "Who is in the coffin?"

Hao Datong was grief-stricken, and choked up: "Back to Your Majesty, in the coffin is my Great Wei State Tiance General, the Imperial Lieutenant, and the Protector of the Country Cao Shen!"

After Zhao Changqing heard the sound, he unconsciously took two steps back, and suddenly at this time, he felt that there was an earth-shaking feeling in his chest and abdomen, which made him dizzy.

He Ning saw that the emperor's expression was wrong, so he hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, it doesn't matter to you, right?"

Zhao Changqing waved his hand, signaling that he would not let her help.

He Ning had no choice but to stop.

Then, I saw that the emperor seemed to be drunk, his face was pale, and he staggered to Cao Shen's coffin, stroking the black coffin, and suddenly his heart was extremely painful, and he said in pain: "How is this ?!!possible?"

Hao Datong heard His Majesty's question, and hurriedly ran to His Majesty's side again, and said: "Back to Your Majesty, Cao Guogong made a plan before his death to make General Bai Qi defeat the Chu army, but his old man died in the border pass, and it was Chu Hong, the general of Chu State, who killed Marshal Cao!"

At this moment, Zhao Changqing's eyes were bloodshot, and he bared his teeth and said, "Who? Chu Hong?!"

He glanced at Mi Yue, who was standing among the harem concubines.

At this moment, her complexion also turned pale in an instant.

Zhao Changqing walked up to her step by step and asked, "Why didn't he die?"

Mi Yue didn't know how to answer, so she simply knelt on the ground, unable to kneel for a long time.

Zhao Changqing said angrily: "You just kneel here! It's best not to get up for the rest of your life!"

He came to Cao Guogong's coffin again and murmured, "Return me to protect the country!

The tragedy of the voice made everyone shudder.

At this moment, they could all feel that there was already a monstrous anger about to erupt in His Majesty's body.

'Poof!'

But before this anger could erupt, Zhao Changqing spat blood from his mouth, and his body was almost unstable.

Seeing this, Zhuge Liang hurriedly stepped forward to comfort: "Your Majesty, take care of the dragon body!"

He Ning quickly supported him again.

She felt very sorry for him and his body.

At the same time, the civil and military officials all knelt on the ground, begging His Majesty to take care of the dragon's body.

But at this moment, Zhao Changqing only has the word revenge in his heart.

With a lot of force, he pulled out his arm from He Ning's support and asked Hao Datong, "Where is Chu Hong now?"

Hao Dadao: "The last general was notified that Chu Hong led his troops to attack Marshal Zhao." ”

Zhao Changqing nodded vigorously, looked at Zhuge Liang, and said word by word: "Gather all the troops in Gyeonggi, I want to drive the expedition in person, so that Chu Hong will die without a place to be buried!"

Zhuge Liang said: "Weichen takes the order!"

(End of chapter)