Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 952

When Zhang Fei and Ma Chao galloped to Bingzhou, Guan Yu led the main force of the Han army to fight Cao Hong in Liyang.

With the horses and stirrups from the Qilian Mountain Racecourse being deployed in the cavalry of the whole army, the tiger and leopard cavalry reorganized by Cao Hong could not stop it.

Under the suppression of absolute power, all tactics and tricks are useless. In the situation Wei Jun is now facing, even if Cao Cao is resurrected, he has no chance.

Guan Yu and Gan Ning's troops landed in Hebei, and the Wei army under Cao Hong's command held on for less than half a month. The important town of Liyang was captured by the Han army. Cao Hong and his remnants fled to Yecheng.

Pingyuan County in the east of Jizhou was besieged by the coalition forces of Zhao Yun and Lu Xun during the battle between Cao Hong and Guan Yu.

Zhao Yun, Wei Yan, Lan Yuan, Lu Xun, each of them had a high reputation, and it was not something the guard Qin Lang could handle. When the Han army was crossing the Yellow River, he flew to Cao Rui in Yecheng for help.

Most of the main force of the Wei State is under Cao Hong's command, and Yecheng has no soldiers or generals to reinforce at this time.

After Sima Zhao read Qin Lang's request for help, Cao Rui leaned on the dragon chair with a sad face and remained silent.

After a while, Cao Rui said to himself: "Everywhere is looking for soldiers from the imperial court, and soldiers are not grown in the fields. Where can I find soldiers? Who can stop Zhao Yun? The land left by the late emperor is riddled with holes. , I am in a difficult situation."

"Your Majesty." Sima Zhao hesitated to speak.

"Could Marquis Wu have a plan?" Cao Rui asked suspiciously.

"Wei still has soldiers. Why don't your majesty make good friends with the Hu people in the north? Not only can the soldiers on the border be transferred back, but also a foreign army can be brought in from the grassland. As for the generals with strong martial arts skills, there are also slaves and maidservants to choose from." Sima Zhao is playing tricks.

Cao Rui's face was serious, and he asked back with empty eyes: "You let me lure the barbarians into chaos in the Central Plains? Even if you really rely on them to repel the Han army, how can the foreign race leave the rich land so easily? You want to make me ashamed of the emperor Taizu ? If there is another candidate, please tell me quickly, I am not in the mood to speculate with you."

"Even if you are ashamed of the Emperor Taizu, it's better than being the subjugated king of Wei, right? Liu Bei now has two-thirds of the world, and Wei's military generals have withered away. The most important thing for your majesty is to let the Great Wei Ancestral Temple continue. At this time Don't be so scruples about reputation, the one I want to recommend is General Xu." Sima Zhao replied solemnly.

"General Xu?" Cao Rui was shocked when he heard that. Xu Chu's martial arts were very strong, but he was only the commander of the guards, so he may not be competent to lead troops in battle.

Sima Zhao nodded and added: "General Xu once fought Ma Chao with a draw, and this servant thinks that there is no one in Ye City who is more suitable than him."

"A dead horse is a living horse doctor, that's the only way to go." Although Cao Rui was full of reluctance, his body was very honest, and he quickly called Xu Chu into the hall.

Relying on the power in his hands, Sima Zhao deduced the two biggest suspects during his investigation and unannounced visits in Yecheng, and that was Xia Houchong and Huhou Xu Chu.

During Gan Ning's attack on Qiaocheng, Xia Houchong died of sudden illness, and Sima Zhao only had Xu Chu as his suspicion.

In line with the idea of ​​Ning Wo being inferior to others, Sima Zhao then resorted to flattery. He suggested to Cao Rui that Xu Chu be transferred to the front line, and staged a good show of driving tigers and wolfs away.

Although Xu Chu was extremely brave, as Cao Rui worried, Xu Chu unfortunately encountered the fallen army in the plain, and was finally surrounded by the fallen army like an iron barrel, and finally died of exhaustion.

Cao Rui followed Sima Zhao's advice and sent envoys to the grasslands to find reinforcements. As a result, Guan Yu's army marched towards Yecheng before the aliens from the north arrived in Jizhou.

In the past, Cao Cao could not attack Yecheng for a long time, and both water and fire attacks were ineffective. In the end, Cao Cao ordered people to dig a canal to facilitate the transfer of grain and grass from the Central Plains. This artificial canal dug by Li Dian turned Guan Yu into taking Yecheng in reverse. All these causes and effects seem to be predestined.

Cao Rui is resolute and resolute, knows people well, and has the demeanor of a wise monarch. In less than two years, he took back the power from the auxiliary ministers to conquer himself. He succeeded the emperor when Wei was in crisis. Not much time was left for him.

Cao Hong was defeated, Pingyuan fell, Bingzhou fell, and Yecheng was besieged. Cao Rui found that everything he had done was in vain. There was no possibility of bringing Wei back to life.

In the spring of the fourth year of Yanyao, Guan Yu had besieged Yecheng for a month, and the people in Yecheng guarded by Zhu Shuo were panicked.

Seeing that Yecheng was about to fall, Cao Rui gathered all of Cao Pi's concubines in Yecheng in Tongque Terrace. Then he put on bright clothes and sat in Cao Pi's once absurd place, and ordered people to pile up firewood and firewood around Tongque Terrace. Tong You, he didn't want to be a king of subjugation, and planned to end himself like King Zhou, Emperor Xin and Gongsun Zan. Those who were buried with him were Cao Pi's women.

After the raging fire started, there were endless screams in the Tongque Terrace. Cao Rui remembered that day five years ago, when he watched his biological mother, Mrs. Zhen, be given to death, the seeds of hatred were planted at that time.

When the state of Wei was wiped out, Cao Rui had no time to take care of Cao Pi's brothers. He didn't want to care about death or surrender, but Cao Pi's women had to die.

Cao Rui looked at Cao Cao's tomb through the firelight, looked up to the sky and laughed and said: "Hahaha, Emperor Taizu, the Great Wei is over, your favorite Tongque Terrace, my grandson even burned himself to you."

Cao Rui set himself on fire at Tongque Terrace, and the state of Wei was in chaos. Except for Cao Hong who drank poisonous wine and committed suicide in the Da Sima Mansion, and some of the Cao family's clan died for the country, no matter whether it was officials or ordinary people in the city, some people wanted to flee, and some wanted to surrender. The Zhongchang attendant Sima Zhao took advantage of the chaos to steal the Jade Seal of Chuanguo, and went out of the city in disguise to head for Youzhou.

Because there was news from Liaodong that Sima Shi might be hiding in Liaodong. Sima Zhao has basically completed his revenge in the past few years. He is not interested in surrendering Guan Yu at this time.

It is Sima Zhao's last wish to find his elder brother Sima Shi and spend the rest of his life with him.

Sima Zhao arrived at Youbeiping after traveling for several months. Unfortunately, he was attacked and killed by "bandits" shortly after leaving Lulongzhai. Finally, those "bandits" took Chuanguo Yuxi to Liaodong.

Before Xu Chu left Yecheng, he had a premonition that his actions in Pingyuan would be dangerous, so he left a few tiger guards to monitor Sima Zhao. As long as there was any major change in Wei, these tiger guards would deal with the Sima brothers for Xu Chu.

While Sima Zhao was investigating Xu Chu, Xu Chu was also collecting Sima Zhao's information. He also knew that Master Sima was hiding in Liaodong. Xu Chu ordered the tiger warriors who stayed in Yecheng to kill Sima Zhao first when there was a major change in Wei. Secretly rushed to Liaodong.

At the end of the fourth year of Yanyao, the Han army completely recovered Bingzhou, Youzhou, and Jizhou. Of the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, only Liaodong remained.

The climate in Liaodong is cold and the distance is far away. It is necessary to make sufficient logistical preparations before sending troops. Therefore, Guan Yu stationed troops in Youbeiping after the destruction of Wei, waiting for the order of the imperial court to go to Liaodong.

Huns cavalry from the Xiongnu and Wuhuan took advantage of the chaos and crossed the Great Wall to the south, intending to take advantage of the Han and Wei wars to gain some benefits, but they did not expect the Wei state to perish too quickly.

The barbarian cavalry who entered the customs soon encountered the garrisoned Han army, and were soon beaten to the ground and fled outside the Great Wall.

In the summer of the fifth year of Yanyao, the countries of the Western Regions came to Chang'an to pay tribute to the emperor.

In the autumn of the fifth year of Yanyao, Gongsun Yuan of Liaodong sent an envoy to Chang'an to present Liu Bei the newly acquired Jade Seal of Chuanguo as a gesture of goodwill.

The world is unified, the four barbarians come to court, the imperial jade seal returns, and Liu Bei reshapes the great Han mountains and rivers.

Later, it was proposed by Dasinong Lantian, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong and other hundreds of officials in Chang'an submitted a proposal to invite Liu Bei to go to Mount Tai to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth.

(End of this chapter)