Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 318 Letters

Wei Emperor Cao Rui Taihe four years, July, Xiaoguan.

The night was dark, the moonlight was like water, Xiaoguan City under the moonlight was shrouded in night, only the dim lights on the city tower flickered there.

"Cough~cough~."

From time to time, there were coughing sounds in the house, breaking the tranquility of the night sky.

Outside the house, soldiers of the Wei army were guarding the door with halberds. They looked serious and guarded against everyone. Suddenly seeing Zhao Yan approaching, he bowed his head and said, "I have seen Zhao Canjun."

"Has Da Sima not eaten yet?"

Looking at the room on tiptoe, Zhao Yan asked worriedly.

The soldier shook his head, and said with a low expression, "Da Sima hasn't eaten yet, and is still dealing with military affairs."

Zhao Yan sighed, raised his hem slightly, stepped up the steps, and said, "Wait for Yan and go in to persuade him, that's not okay."

After finishing speaking, Zhao Yan walked towards the house, only to see that Cao Zhen was writing a table with a pen, and there was still cold food on the corner of the table.

Cao Zhen heard Zhao Yan's footsteps, looked up, and asked a little weakly: "Is there something wrong with Bo Ran?"

Sitting on the lower left side of Cao Zhen, Zhao Yan said caringly, "The Great Sima has not recovered yet, why don't you rest more, and deal with military affairs after he recovers."

Cao Zhen shook his head with a wry smile, pointed to his chest and lungs, and said: "There is really no cure for this disease. I often can't breathe, and my mind is often dizzy. If I don't think about the future for the country, I'm afraid I will be a debt to the country." what!"

Zhao Yan was silent for a while, before he opened his mouth and said: "The general is the pillar of the Northwest Kingdom of the Wei Dynasty. If the general is in danger, who can take over? The general still needs to take care of his health, eat on time, and work less on government affairs, so that he can serve the country. Besides, Zhuge Liang is still in Gaoping City, if there is no general, who can lead an army against him."

Cao Zhen didn't want to talk too much about this topic, so he changed the subject and said, "How is Zhuge Liang's army doing recently?"

Zhao Yan stroked his beard and murmured, with a little helplessness in his tone, and said: "According to the scout report, nearly ten thousand soldiers of the Shu army are busy farming by the Wushui River, and Zhuge Liang led the remaining soldiers to stick to the camp. Can't stand it."

Cao Zhen exhaled, sighed and said: "The villager Zhuge used his troops carefully. Our army Yueqianqian was defeated by his subordinates. Now facing our remnants and defeated generals, Zhuge Liang is unwilling to attack. How difficult it is to figure out how to get from Liangzhou to Guanzhong!"

Zhao Yan looked at the pale-faced Cao Zhen, and said slowly: "As the general said, according to Zhuge Liang's current soldiers' movements, Zhuge Liang intends to fight a protracted war with our army, consume our army's food and grass, or wait for Western Shu to pacify Liangzhou. .”

Hearing this, a gloomy look flashed in Cao Zhen's eyes.

With the progress of the war so far, the initiative is no longer in his hands, but in the hands of Xishu.Now we can only see if Zhang Xi, Yang Fu and others can turn the battle situation in Liangzhou and regain the initiative on the battlefield.It was also a helpless move for him to lead the disabled soldiers to continue northward to Xiaoguan.After all, you can't just watch Xishu seize the coolness and remain indifferent, and it's not hopeless...

Cao Zhen cheered up slightly and asked, "Is there any news about General You and Inspector Yang recently?"

Zhao Yan shook his head and said, "Three scout teams were sent in a row, but none of them contacted General You and Governor Yang. The latest news is that Junyi left Haiyuan Township and went to Yuyin City. Maybe he has already transferred to Guzang City by this time."

After a pause, Zhao Yan comforted Cao Zhen and said, "Great Sima, no news may be the best news. Once Jun Yi withdraws to Guzang City, he can echo with Yang Shishi from the north to the south, stick to it for several months, and wait for winter. Once the Shu army withdraws , the situation of the battle may change."

Cao Zhen sighed and said, "I can only think about it this way, I hope Jun Yi can change the situation of the battle."

Suddenly, the armored soldier entered the hall, cupped his hands and said, "Great Sima, the Shu army has sent an envoy to see you."

Cao Zhen and Zhao Yan looked at each other, and they both saw curiosity in each other's eyes.

Cao Zhen pondered for a while, and shouted: "Xuan!"

"promise!"

Cao Zhen yelled to stop, and the armor guard who was about to retreat said: "Wait a minute, take this food."

"This……"

The soldier hesitated to speak, and looked at Zhao Yan, who joined the army.

Zhao Yan waved his hand and said, "Take it down and heat it up, and bring it up after the envoys from Western Shu have left."

The soldier suddenly realized, picked up his food and slowly retreated.

After a while, Hu Ji, the envoy of Shu Han, came in and bowed his hands to Cao Zhen and Zhao Yan who were in the hall.

"I've met Uncle Guo!" Hu Ji said.

Hearing this, Cao Zhen was ashamed and annoyed, and scolded: "Don't talk nonsense, Hui'er is no longer a member of the great Wei clan, so why do you call me the uncle of the country? Liu Chan pretended to be the emperor by pretending to be the emperor, and he was shameless and plundered A good man is worse than his father who weaves mats and sells shoes."

Hu Ji clenched his fists, the king humiliated his ministers to death, but he couldn't suppress his anger when he thought about the important national affairs ordered by the prime minister, and said in a cold voice: "General Cao, is it only the benefit of the tongue?"

Cao Zhen was furious, slapped the table and shouted: "True not only has a sharp tongue, but also sharp swords and guns. Do you want to try it?"

After being angry, Cao Zhen couldn't breathe for a moment, turned his back slightly, pretended to be angry, kept stroking his chest, and gasped heavily.

At this time, more than a dozen soldiers outside the house rushed into the house with knives, and seemed to have the tendency to chop Hu Ji into meat.

Seeing this, Zhao Yan hurriedly stepped forward, waved at the soldier, and yelled, "Back off."

The armored soldier glanced at Cao Zhen and saw that he didn't respond, so he retreated slowly.

Zhao Yan cupped his hands towards Hu Ji and asked, "I don't know why your envoy is here?"

Hu Ji took out two letters from his bosom, handed them to Zhao Yan and said: "This letter is a letter from the Prime Minister of our country, and this one is a letter from Mrs. Xiahou's family. These two letters are both for General Cao."

Zhao Yan touched the scarf, clasped his hands and asked, "Is your envoy still busy?"

Hu Ji shook his head, and said: "It's all right now, but the prime minister asked Ji to send a word to Da Sima, and Zhang He gave the head. I hope you don't have to do nothing in vain."

As soon as this remark came out, Zhao Yan's eyes narrowed, and he was surprised; while Cao Zhen's palm was propped on the wall, clasping the wall skin, as if he was going to embed his hand in the wall.

After finishing speaking, Hu Ji didn't dare to stay longer, he hurried out of the house, and stepped out of the city at a faster pace.

After seeing the people leave, Cao Zhen panted heavily, leaning against the wall, his face was pale, as if he was about to collapse.

Seeing this, Zhao Yan took two steps at a time, stepped forward, and shouted outside the room: "Call the doctor!"

After speaking, Zhao Yan tried to support Cao Zhen, but Cao Zhen was too fat to support him, so he had to lay him flat on the ground.

The doctor who had been outside the house trotted to Cao Zhen's side with the medicine bag on his back. Seeing Cao Zhen's symptoms, he hurriedly untied Cao Zhen's collar, took out the silver needle from the needle bag, and pricked several acupuncture points.

After half a sound, Cao Zhen's symptoms were relieved and his breathing was smooth.

Cao Zhen was sweating coldly, his face was pale, and he said slowly: "The envoy of Shu is gone?"

"gone!"

"What did he say?"

Zhao Yan hesitated for a while, and said, "The envoy of Shu just gave two letters, one is from Zhuge Liang, and the other is from the general's family."

(End of this chapter)