Xiaoguangong

Chapter 408 I See Through
Cao Pi in Luoyang City was restless.

He has heard through his own eyeliner that the situation is not good.

The Yingchuan aristocratic family who supported Cao Cao to win the Battle of Guandu were no longer willing to sacrifice their lives for Cao Pi. They found reasons to reject Cao Pi's various arrangements, and their children and talents began to secretly leave Luoyang and return to Xudu.

Cao Pi could bear it at first, but as more and more people left Luoyang, Cao Pi became extremely anxious.

Just at this time, he heard a piece of news that gave him even more headaches.

Zang Ba heard that Cao Ren's attack on Wancheng was not going well, so he simply did not do anything, and directly sent letters to the prefects in Xuzhou, Qingzhou, and Yanzhou, calling on them to join him in resisting Cao Pi.

If it was Zang Ba's violent temper, everyone would definitely stand in line, and Zang Ba, who didn't show his attitude, would fight directly.

But now Zang Ba has a collaborator named Lu Xun.

Under Lu Xun's suggestion, Zang Ba was very sincere in his letters to the governors of various places. He first reviewed the years when he was forced to be a thief and the glory of the big man, and then talked about following Cao Cao to fight against the story. The great general Yuan Shao fought desperately for the Han family, and Cao Cao has been repeatedly emphasizing that he is the loyal and loyal stock of the Han family, and that all his troops are fighting to restore the glory of the ancient empire of the Han family.

When Cao Pi usurped the Han, he not only betrayed Cao Cao, but also betrayed countless people with lofty ideals who followed Cao Cao and raised troops.

Zang Ba believes that if Cao Cao said that he wanted to rebel and become emperor from the beginning, there would never be so many people fighting side by side with him.

He understands everyone's panic and uneasiness very well. If Cao Pi is in trouble, everyone who wants to fight side by side with Zang Ba is Zang Ba's good brother. Continue to be a traitor, everything is negotiable.

The edict was sincere, and all the blame was placed on Cao Pi alone, and it did not even deny the various contributions made by Cao Cao and the people who followed Cao Cao in the war for the revival of the Han Dynasty.

Although Lu Xun, who came from a famous family, was not as famous as the Yingchuan family, he could figure out the mentality of many families after all.

Cao Pi usurped the Han, and there were not too many aristocratic families who supported him. At least the local people in Xuzhou didn't get any benefits at all, and they were massacred in vain. They were terrified and helpless.

Well now, Zang Ba's edict made them suddenly find their way.

The officials in Xuzhou, especially in Xubei, thought that the opportunity had come, and rose up one after another, responding to Zang Ba with the banner of welcoming the return of the Han Dynasty.

Zang Ba also knew that he had offended Cao Pi deeply, so he had to show the banner of being the most loyal minister and the biggest arm of the Han Dynasty.

He did not refuse all the defectors around him, and formed an alliance with everyone in Liangshan, the old base, saying that if you have the ability, Cao Pi will come, and I will never bow to you.

Zang Ba rebelled, and Cao Pi also knew that he must extinguish it as soon as possible.

But now he has a serious shortage of troops. The army is entrenched in Wancheng and it is difficult to get rid of it.

Cao Pi had no choice but to use his good literary talent to write letters and good words to appease the aristocratic families in the east, and began to add officials to them frantically, hoping that they could bring their own dry food to destroy Zang Ba.

At the same time, he sent Sima Yi and Huan Jie to lobby the major families in the Central Plains, and show them righteousness——

The Kingdom of Wei suffered catastrophe at the beginning, and now following Cao Pi, the Cao family will never treat everyone's descendants badly.

If the aristocratic families in the Central Plains who followed Liu Bei were not as good as Yuan Cong's Guan Zhang and other warriors in terms of credit, they were not as close as those in Jingzhou who risked their lives to follow them.

Neither Yunshan in Guanzhong nor Huo Jun in Wancheng gave the local aristocratic families good looks. If you don't stand with Cao Pi at this time, you may not have any good fruit when Liu Bei arrives.

These words really shocked the Central Plains family.

They have been following Cao Cao for so many years, although there are some power struggles, it is just some innocuous little problems.

If Liu Bei leads the Jingzhou family to fight, their status in the court will definitely be greatly challenged in the future.

Cao Pi no longer expects to regain Jingxiang, and simply uses these northern families in the future, so that everyone can rest with the country.

After a little thought, they felt that it was quite reasonable, and the support for Cao Pi these days was obviously more in place than before.

Cao Pi gasped tiredly, and began to complain about Cao Cao silently in his heart.

Although everything he has now depends on the foundation laid by Cao Cao, if Cao Cao hadn't killed Xun Yu and reused Yunshan, things would not be irreversible now.

Fortunately, there is me, fortunately, there is me.

He made up his mind, and hurriedly wrote a letter to Du Liao General Yan Rou, telling him to lead the army south as soon as possible, and he would not hesitate to let Wuhuan and Xianbei in.

Hit, hit, right?
Cao Pi's face was full of ferocity.

What a Yunshan, what a Liu Bei, you want to revive the Han Dynasty, I want to see if you can resist the Hus and enter the Central Plains!
Letting Zhuhu into the Central Plains is so outrageous that Cao Pi didn't even dare to tell his cronies Sima Yi about it.

He recruited Cao Xiu, ordered him to contact Yan Rou secretly, and urged Yan Rou to properly carry out his orders.

Cao Xiu was in a dilemma, saying how could such a thing be said.

Zhu Hu entered the Central Plains, even if Liu Bei could be beaten back, so what?

These people certainly have no intention of leaving the Huahua World in the Central Plains. When the time comes, they will sit down and burn, kill and loot everywhere. Liu Bei may be able to live in the south of the Yangtze River while hiding in the south of the Yangtze River. The Cao Wei clan in the north will be directly hit.

They must have been wiped out before Liu Bei.

"Then what do you think we should do?" Cao Pi said annoyedly, "The first emperor misused Yunshan, causing Wei to fall into a doomed situation. Liu Bei has already acquired Yizhou. Sun Quan may not be the opponent of Yue Jin Guan Yu. Our army attacked Wancheng again. After a long delay, Cao Hong even fell into Huo Jun's hands.

Wen Lie, Wen Lie, now the whole world is putting the blame on me. They say that I have failed the entrustment of the late emperor, and that I am a traitor who usurped the Han Dynasty. Do I have to sit and wait for their death in Luoyang and kill me? Is this the fate of traitors? "

Cao Xiu was silent.

After a long time, he choked up and said:
"Both Chen and Zidan are willing to lead the army to serve His Majesty, so we must..."

"Stop talking!" Cao Pi waved his hand, interrupting Cao Xiu.

Cao Xiu has followed Cao Cao for a long time, but Cao Cao did not promote him for a long time.

When Cao Xiu was icing on the cake, being brave and good at fighting could play a big role, but now that the building was about to collapse, Cao Pi still couldn't believe Cao Xiu, who had no combat experience, at this critical moment.

He waved Cao Xiu off to deliver the letter, but Cao Xiu could only leave silently.

But when he reached the gate of the palace, the dejected Cao Xiu suddenly felt something was wrong. He raised his head suddenly and found a familiar figure walking in front of him.

"Uncle, uncle! Why are you back!"

Appearing at the gate of the palace was Hussar General Cao Ren.

Beside him were Huan Jie and Sima Yi with panicked expressions, and the new General Wei Chang Diao with a rather complicated expression.

Cao Xiu saw that everyone's faces were quite unfriendly, and knew that something must have happened, so he hurried forward and asked:

"What happened?"

Cao Ren's complexion was iron, and he sighed:
"Sun Quan was defeated and captured alive by Liu Bei. Now Liu Bei is joining his army and preparing to go north. There are rumors that Xu Gongming is about to rebel. We must pay homage to Your Majesty immediately."

Cao Xiu cried out in surprise and almost fell to the ground.

He already had a premonition that Sun Quan would not be able to defeat Liu Bei, but as long as Sun Quan survived, he could still contain Liu Bei's considerable troops in Jiangdong.

But Sun Quan was captured alive by Liu Bei?Doesn't the situation take a turn for the worse immediately, the Xuzhou rebels will have no worries, and the front line will soon open to the gate of Luoyang!

"What did His Majesty tell you?" Cao Ren asked the fearful Cao Xiu with a serious face.

Cao Xiu bit his lip and looked at Sima Yi and Huan Jie, but he didn't dare to tell the truth after all, so he could only prevaricate:

"Your Majesty asked Zidan to train the new army, and then ordered me to call General Du Liao to go south to meet the enemy."

Cao Ren didn't doubt that he was there, nodded casually, and entered the palace. Sima Yi and Huan Jie were also immersed in the horror of Sun Quan's capture. They didn't say much, but just bowed their heads and followed Cao Ren into the palace.

Chang Diao didn't doubt him, as an outsider, he smiled at Cao Xiu leisurely, but with this smile, Cao Xiu actually backed away a little bit in horror, not daring to look directly into Chang Diao's eyes, and quickly lowered his head and ran away.

Well?Why is he avoiding me?
Oh, yes, I am the leader of the school affairs, the Chang Junshi who controls everything with his hands and eyes.

Chang Diao thought about it, and touched his chin subconsciously.

Uh, is it possible that this guy is hiding something from me?
(End of this chapter)