Mi Han

Chapter 149 The Old King Wei Wang Lost His Crown (6000 words!)

In the camp of the Wei army on the other side of the Han River, Cao Cao is holding a banquet for the first day of the Yuan Dynasty on a high platform.

Today is the first day of the first month of the 25th year of Jian'an.

Yuan Day is the first day of the first lunar month in the summer calendar, also known as "Zhengdan."

Because today is the beginning of a year, the beginning of four o'clock, and the beginning of January, it is also called "three yuan."

Yuan Day can be said to be the most important festival of the Chinese nation since the Han Dynasty.

Every year at this time, from the royal family to the common people, all kinds of celebrations will be held.

And because of the particularity of Yuan Day, the rulers of all dynasties also gave this day special political significance.

The central court held a large-scale banquet every day on the first day of the Yuan Dynasty. At the large-scale banquet, the king gathered with his ministers and had fun together.

Holding a grand first day banquet can not only help the king to show his kindness and stabilize people's hearts, but also a way to reflect the prosperity of the country's talents and national strength.

If it is said that Cao Cao may not be interested in holding such a banquet before he founded the country.

But since he established the Wei State, he has been regarded as a king, and he has deeply realized that this kind of large banquet with his ministers can sometimes play a role that is no worse than tens of thousands of troops.

So although Cao Cao is still in the army now, when the ministers asked whether to hold the Yuanri banquet, Cao Cao replied with the word "yes".

In order to organize this banquet, the Wei officials in the Wei army began intensive preparations under the organization of Cao Cao's close minister Dong Zhao.

According to Cao Cao's wishes, Dong Zhao built a banquet table several feet high on the bank of the Han River.

Although the scale of this banquet platform cannot be compared with the Tongque Terrace in Yecheng.

Compared with the level of extravagance of Tongque Terrace, it is even more rudimentary.

But it is not easy to quickly build this high platform in a short period of time.

After the high platform was built, Cao Cao inspected it under the guard of Xu Chu.

Although in order to complete the construction quickly, except for the important part of the whole high platform, which was laid with stone, most of the other parts were constructed of wood, which is not grand enough.

But he was very satisfied with Dong Zhao's ability to build such an imposing high platform in a short time.

He personally ordered this high platform to be "Linghan Terrace."

Ling has the meaning of being higher.

Cao Cao named the high platform where the Yuan Ri banquet was held as Linghan Terrace, which has two meanings.

One is this high platform, which was seen on the foundation beside the Han River, so it is called Linghan.

Ling also has the meaning of violating and crossing over.

On the other side of the [-] Wei army, Cao Cao's confidants are in serious trouble with tens of thousands of Han troops.

So Cao Cao named Gaotai Ling Han, and also expressed his desire to cross the Han River and defeat the Han army on the other side.

Under the tense preparations of the ministers of the State of Wei, all the preparations were finally completed the day before Yuan Ri's arrival.

Today, on the extremely wide high platform, hundreds of seats have already been arranged in the left and right columns according to the official positions of the ministers.

Soon after, the special advocacy band of the royal court of Wei on the high platform blew the music.

Under the melodious music, many ministers of Cao Wei began to come to the high platform one after another under the leadership of hundreds of etiquette officials.

After getting on the high platform, these hundreds of Wei Guo officials began to take their seats according to the seats they had already arranged.

When all the courtiers were seated, the music on the high platform changed from melodious to majestic.

Under the majestic drumming, Cao Cao, wearing a crown on his head and wearing the black uniform of princes and kings, began to slowly step onto the high platform under the protection of the left and right relatives.

Cao Cao's pro-army is tiger and leopard cavalry, all of them are sturdy.

Cao Cao, who was under their guard, was not as tall as them, but Cao Cao held the king's sword in his hand, and his figure was elevated. His eagle-like eyes exuded all kinds of sharpness.

After fighting for decades and defeating countless powerful enemies, Cao Cao exudes a domineering and intimidating aura.

Under the flickering of the crown jewels in front of him, Cao Cao stepped firmly step by step, which represented the high platform of supreme authority.

Every time Cao Cao stepped up the steps, the courtiers on both sides of the steps bowed down one after another.

As Cao Cao got closer to the throne made of gold and jade on the high platform, which represented the supreme power, the Wei officials on both sides of the steps on the platform prostrated more and more.

When Cao Cao finally stood in front of the throne, on the entire high platform, all Wei officials and the others had bowed at Cao Cao's feet.

Among the Wei officials are Cao Ren, Zhang Liao, etc. who are well-known all over the world, and there are Hua Xin, Wang Lang, etc., who are great scholars with disciples and old officials all over the world.

But no matter how famous they are in the world, they are all willing to worship under Cao Cao's shoes at this moment.

Even with the defeat in Hanzhong, he is still the one who holds the sixth place in Kyushu, the king of Wei Cao Mengde who can look down on the world.

When Cao Cao sat on the throne, tens of thousands of Wei soldiers under the high platform shouted "Wei Wang" in unison.

In the army, Cao Cao's prestige is unmatched.

With tens of thousands of soldiers of the Wei army shouting loudly, the word "King of Wei" was deafening, and it was transmitted clearly to the camp of the Han army on the other side.

Hearing the deafening cheers in his ears, a little smile appeared on Cao Cao's face.

He specially chose to hold the Yuan Day banquet by the bank of the Han River, in order to show the Han army on the other side the power of his great Wei.

The higher the power, the more it can deter the enemy's military spirit.

Linghan Terrace was built facing the Han River. When Cao Cao sat on the throne, he could just watch all the scenes of the Han army camp opposite from the high platform.

Sure enough, when the deafening cheers of the Wei army reached the Han army camp on the opposite bank, countless flames suddenly flashed in the Han army camp.

It seems to panic, it seems to observe.

Cao Cao was very satisfied with this scene.

After hearing the cheers of the mighty "King of Wei", Guan Yu and others in the camp of the Han army came to the bank one after another to look at the other side.

When they saw the bright lights on the opposite side and the great ceremony and music, they knew that Cao Cao was holding a New Year's Day banquet.

Afterwards, Guan Yu and other generals immediately understood Cao Cao's intention to hold a New Year's Day banquet on the opposite bank, which is a short distance away.

Seeing that the tens of thousands of high-spirited cheers from the Wei army made his soldiers panic, Guan Yu immediately came up with a solution.

Since Meng De wants to attack the mind, he will accompany him to the end.

Guan Yu immediately ordered people to summon, and the soldiers with loud voices in the barracks
After the strong cheers of Wei Jun, the whole Yuanri banquet kicked off.

Those who are in charge of receiving guests will lead their clan relatives and high-ranking officials over two thousand shi to kneel under the steps of Wei Wang Cao Cao one by one.

After bowing down, these Cao Wei officials offered birthday wine to Cao Cao.

When presenting wine, the minister who presented the wine first knelt down and handed the longevity wine to Wei Wang's waiter, and then the waiter knelt down and placed the birthday wine in front of the throne.

Cao Cao, the king of Wei, could choose to drink these birthday wines, or not, depending on the status of the minister who offered the wine in his mind.

For the wine offered by those clan relatives, Cao Cao drank it all with smiles on their faces.

But the minister who offered wine must drink his own cup.

After offering the wine, it was originally the presenting session.

However, Cao Cao advocated frugality. Before presenting gifts, he gave up this link in order to avoid the courtiers comparing each other and causing corruption.

After the presenting session, the audience on the high platform knelt down and said: "The minister waits for the cup to be offered before worshiping, the king will live forever!"

As soon as the audience finished saying this sentence, all the ministers on the high platform also came out to kneel and recite the words.

From then on the formal banquet began.

After Wei Wang Cao Cao began to eat, all the officials who were kneeling on the ground dared to sit down and start eating.

And many singers and dancers also began to perform for Wei Guojun and ministers under the leadership of the audience.

On the Linghan Terrace, the monarchs and ministers of the Wei Kingdom not only had delicious wine and delicacies, but also admired the graceful dancing postures, and their faces were full of intoxicated colors.

While Cao Cao was intoxicated, he often observed the Han army camp opposite.

Today, he held a big banquet in front of tens of thousands of enemy troops, drinking and singing songs, which is to express his contempt for those tens of thousands of enemy troops.

He just wanted to use the New Year's Day banquet tonight to tell Guan Yu on the other side, to tell the world, don't think that after a few small victories, you can sit back and relax.

It is Cao Mengde who really has spare energy.

And this is also the trick Cao Cao set up for Guan Yu to lure the enemy.

If Guan Yu thought that he would relax his vigilance because of holding a banquet tonight and wanted to attack at night, then his wish would just come true.

He still has an army of tens of thousands, and he is ready to fight at the moment.

Because of the anesthesia of alcohol, Cao Cao's mood was very high at this time.

Accompanied by ritual and music, he persistently tapped the wine glass on the food table, and began to sing his favorite work "Gui Shi Shou".

When Cao Cao's emotional singing sounded, the singing, dancing and music of the whole audience stopped tactfully.

Although the tortoise has a longevity, there is still time.

The snake snake rides in the fog and ends up as dirt.

Lao Ji Fuping, ambition of thousands of miles.

The martyrs are young and strong.

The period of profit and contraction is not only in the sky;
The blessing of the good fortune can be won forever.

Fortunately, even swearing, the song is ambiguous.

As Cao Cao's singing wafted over the high platform, all the officials on the high platform began to beat on the table to answer Cao Cao persistently.

This song "Gui Shi Shou" was composed after Cao Cao unified Hebei and before the Battle of Chibi.

Although he was in his fifties at that time, he had basically unified the north, and the unification of the world was in sight.

Because of feeling the past and looking forward to the future, Cao manipulated this article.

Now it's another expedition to the south, and Cao Cao couldn't help but think of this Yuefu poem and sang it out.

Cao Cao sang this poem at this time to motivate himself, after all, he will be 66 years old after today.

And under Cao Cao's singing, all the officials on the high platform also felt it.

Cao Cao is no longer young, and the courtiers who have followed Cao Cao for decades are no longer young.

Originally, tonight's New Year's Day banquet had developed to this stage, and every step was within Cao Cao's expectations, but it was a pity that Cao Cao had calculated everything, but he only missed Mi Yang in the south.

In other words, Mi Yang's existence never caught his attention before.

Just when the monarch and ministers were happy on the high platform, an urgent message from Jiangling had been sent to the bottom of the high platform.

After the messenger came under the high platform, he immediately found his superior and reported an urgent military situation to him.

And that Shangguan's face changed drastically after hearing this military situation.

He saw that King Wei was feasting his ministers on the high platform, and he was a little hesitant to report this urgent military information.

But thinking of King Wei's strict military laws, delaying the military situation is a capital offense!

Ever since, the subordinate official under King Wei Jijiu immediately came to the high platform under the leadership of Ye Zhe to find Dong Zhao, the king of Wei Jijiu.

After seeing Dong Zhao, the subordinate official reported to Dong Zhao the urgent military situation he had just learned.

Dong Zhao was still intoxicated by Cao Cao's singing, but after hearing the news, his face turned from flushed to pale.

He quickly took the information in the hands of the subordinate and looked at it carefully.

After watching it, Dong Zhao's face was full of shock and disbelief!
how can that be!

That Mi Yang is only 20 years old!

At this time, after Cao Cao sang the song Guishoushou several times, he stopped enjoying himself.

As Cao Cao's close minister, Dong Zhao sat not far from Cao Cao, and Cao Cao noticed the abnormality on his face very quickly.

Cao Cao, already intoxicated, asked Dong Zhaodao with a smile, "Gongren, let's celebrate together today, what worries do you have?"

Cao Cao's question made all the officials on the high platform focus on Dong Zhao.

Facing Cao Cao's inquiry, Dong Zhao dared not say a word to explain.

The look of horror hung on his face for a long time and could not fade away.

According to what Cao Cao said, Dong Zhao could not imagine the consequences if he reported the shocking news in his hands during this day of celebration.

And Dong Zhao knew the real purpose of Cao Cao's New Year's Day banquet today.

Once this news is exposed at this banquet, it will be a slap in the face of Cao Cao!

Although Cao Cao was drunk, he was already suspicious when he saw Dong Zhao's frightened expression in front of his smile.

Just when Cao Cao was suspicious and Dong Zhao was trembling, there was a burst of reciting from the Han army camp on the other side.

"Chen Mi Yang Bao: Jian'an 24 Years"

Because the distance was not far away, along with the sound of the wind, the reciting voices of the tens of thousands of soldiers were transmitted to the ears of everyone on the high platform very clearly.

Obviously, this is a battle report.

The content of the battle report at the beginning was very ordinary.

But when the tens of thousands of Han soldiers read the words "Fire Company Camp, Tens of Thousands of Wu Jun Casualties and Injuries", all the Wei officials on the high platform were stunned.

When the tens of thousands of Han soldiers read the fire aloud and exhausted these few words for a while, the faces of all the Wei officials on the high platform were already shocked.

As the tens of thousands of voices continued to read Mi Yang's battle report, the expressions of shock on the faces of hundreds of Wei Chen became more and more intense.

The land collapsed, there were no bandits before, and the corpses drifted adrift. Sentences showing off their might were like knives blowing into the hearts of hundreds of Wei Chen along the wind.

At this time, hundreds of Wei Chen's faces were already filled with horror.

When the sixteen words "one hundred thousand Wu troops are almost empty, accumulated for several years, and nothing left" were spread on the high platform, the books in the hands of most of the hundreds of Wei officials fell due to the lack of consciousness caused by the shock in their hearts. .

Hundreds of sticks were smashed on the food table, and the sound of falling on the ground was one after another, like a sad song sent by Mi Yang to Wei Wang Cao Cao.

After tens of thousands of Han soldiers finished reading, the backs of many people on the high platform were already covered with cold sweat.

Their behavior like this is the content of this battle report, which is too appalling.

This battle report was obviously sent to Guan Yu by Mi Yang, the police guard.

And according to Guan Yu's personality, since Guan Yu dared to read it in public, it is naturally unlikely to be a fake.

This is also the reason why many Wei Chen were shocked.

But because the content of this battle report is too unbelievable, the faces of everyone on the high platform still had a strong expression of disbelief.

There is still a glimmer of hope in their hearts, hoping that all this is false.

So they looked at Dong Zhao.

Since Guo Jia's death, Dong Zhao has become Cao Cao's sacrificial wine, and the post of sacrificial wine is dedicated to collecting intelligence for Cao Cao.

But at this moment, they saw Dong Zhao's expression on his face was uglier than theirs after receiving a piece of information, and the last ray of hope in the hearts of the ministers was gradually disappearing.

Only Cao Cao, he still holds the last hope.

It's just that the smile on his face is no longer there, and his face is covered with ashen color.

He looked at Dong Zhao with eagle-like eyes, and he almost squeezed out five words between his teeth and asked, "Is it true!"

Cao Cao's chilling question immediately scared Dong Zhao to his knees.

He kowtowed to Cao Cao and said tremblingly, "Just two days ago, Liu Bei worshiped Mi Yang on a high platform in Jiangling!".
Dong Zhao's simple words made Wei Wang Cao Cao's blood stagnate.

Liu Bei can make a big fanfare to worship Mi Yang, but can the battle report still be fake?

Before, because he didn't pay much attention to the public security, and the public security was surrounded by the city, he couldn't find much information at all, so Dong Zhao didn't place spies outside the public security city.

So the news Dong Zhao received was the news that Liu Bei had worshiped Mi Yang.

After Dong Zhao confirmed the authenticity of the battle report, the faces of all the Wei officials on the high platform showed anger.

How shocked they were by the content of the battle report just now, how angry they are with Sun Quan now.

That is an army of one hundred thousand!

Mi Yang used [-] troops to wipe out the whole army.

Why didn't Sun Quan die.

Is this their ally?
But after the endless anger, all the officials of Wei State felt a deep sense of powerlessness in their hearts.

Sun Quan has been defeated, and Liu Bei can concentrate on heading north. Is there any hope for them?

Even, what are they celebrating at this New Year's Day banquet tonight?
Are you laughing at the world?
But at this time, the shock, anger, shame, and powerlessness in the hearts of the officials of Wei State were far less deep than those in Cao Cao's heart.

Wei Wang Cao Cao struggled to get up from the throne. He was very old, and after knowing that Sun Quan's entire army was wiped out, he seemed to have been drained of all his energy.

After Cao Cao got up from the throne, because of his trembling movements, Xu Chu beside him subconsciously wanted to help him, but his big hand was thrown away by the furious Cao Cao.

Cao Cao walked under the throne step by step, and took the information from Dong Zhao.

He looked at the contents of the intelligence letter, which contained a detailed introduction to Mi Yang.

After reading it, Cao Cao, who was standing in the cold wind, threw the information on the ground fiercely, then drew out his king sword and slashed at it vigorously.

"Gu has already restrained the main force of Jingzhou in Hanshui, why is it defeated!"

"Why do you want to lose at this time, Mingming Gu has already found a breakthrough!"

"Sun's child! Sun's child!"

"Damn, damn it!"

After Cao Cao scolded Sun Quan, the information on the ground had been cut to pieces by Cao Cao's sword.

Afterwards, Cao Cao, who already felt that his ambition in this life could no longer be realized, raised his sword to the sky because of the grief in his heart, and asked with grief and indignation in his mouth:
"Why not give Gu a chance."

"Back then there was Zhou Yu in Chibi, but today the police have Mi Yang."

"Gu just wants to dominate the world, what's wrong!"

There is no god in the sky, Cao Cao's question is destined to not get an answer.

At this time, the sky, with the bright moon invisible and dark clouds filling the air, was pitch black.

Just like Cao Cao's dream with no hope in sight.

Cao Cao, who was so smug just now, felt so cold after knowing that Mi Yang had defeated the Wu army.

How happy Ling Hantai was just now, now after knowing that Mi Yang has defeated the Wu army, the atmosphere is so terrifying.

Facing the furious Cao Cao, all the Wei officials on the stage fell to their knees in fright, trembling.

When Cao Cao raised his sword and asked the sky angrily, he recalled in his mind what those who died under his hands said to him.

"Wei Gong is not enough, Wei Wang is not enough, what else does Minggong want?"

"How innocent are the people, why did they want to slaughter the knife!"

"Why did you betray you? I am a minister of the Han Dynasty, and you are a thief of the Han Dynasty. If I don't kill you, who will I kill?"

"Today's failure is the destiny. However, Cao Amu, don't be too happy, God will always send someone to kill you."

Words that Cao Cao never cared about in the past flooded his mind in an instant.

"Old man, with aspirations for thousands of miles, what a joke!"

"The martyr is in his twilight years, full of ambition, what a joke!"

"It's all a joke!"

He is 66 this year, how much time do he have?
Cao Cao's self-deprecating sounds were all over the high platform.

After laughing at himself, Cao Cao wanted to drag his exhausted body back to the throne.

But before he took two steps, he suddenly threw Wang Jian to the ground, covered his head with his hands, and kept crying out in pain.

"A lonely head hurts, a lonely head hurts"

Cao Cao was already old and weak, and he drank a lot of wine tonight, and he was very emotional just now, so at this time, he suffered from a headache again.

As his head hurt more and more, Cao Cao could no longer maintain his figure and staggered and fell down.

The moment he fell, the crown on his head fell off his head due to the collision of his body with the ground and rolled to the side.

This sudden scene was beyond the expectation of everyone on the high platform.

Cao Ren, who was closest to Cao Cao, reacted the fastest. He rushed to Cao Cao's side at the fastest speed and helped him up from the ground.

And when Cao Ren rushed to Cao Cao's side, the rest of the officials also reacted and came to Cao Cao's side one after another.

At this time, all the officials on the high platform were in a mess.

Cao Ren was the calmest.

He hurriedly ordered people to summon the medical officer, and then he ordered Zhang Liao and other generals to immediately lead troops to garrison various camps to prevent Guan Yu from attacking at night.

In the end, Cao Ren ordered the tiger and leopard riders to surround the high platform, and no one was allowed to leave casually!

After Cao Ren quickly issued three military orders, everyone restrained their panic.

At this time, Cao Cao, who was lying in Cao Ren's arms, remembered the dream of "the elk broke the trough" he had, and he seemed to have figured everything out.

"It turned out to be him!
It was him! "

Cao Cao tightly grabbed Cao Ren by the collar, and said to him, "Zi Huan must be careful, for sure!"

After saying this, Cao Cao passed out completely.

The ministers cried suddenly.

On the first day of the 25th year of Jian'an in the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao, the king of Wei, suffered a severe headache and fell into a coma because he heard that Mi Yang had broken [-] Wu troops.

After tonight, who in the world doesn't know Mi Yang's name?
　I received a temporary notice and had to work overtime. This is the last chapter tonight.

　　6000 words to send.

　　Everyone go to bed early.

　　The overtime pay is not much, but the fine is a lot if you don't go, woo woo woo.

　　Another day of staying up late.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)