Mi Han

Chapter 317
The news that Cao Xiu and Wei Jiang had fled back to Wancheng was like a boulder falling into a boiling oil pan, which made the big furnace in Wancheng very restless.

All the ministers and ministers in Wancheng who were already anxious, when they learned that Cao Xiu and others had returned, they all rushed towards the gate of the city immediately.

But when all the ministers rushed to the gate of the city, Cao Xiu and other Wei generals had already entered Wancheng.

And they consciously went straight to the Cheqi General's Mansion where Cao Pi was located.

So naturally, a group of ministers and ministers who were eager to inquire about the news in advance rushed to nothing.

It's just that this didn't stop all Cao Wei's ministers and ministers.

They were eager to know the specific situation on the front line. After learning that Cao Xiu and other Wei generals had gone to the Cheqi General's Mansion, they all turned to the Cheqi General's Mansion.

The places where the ministers of the Wei State lived in Wancheng were at different distances from the gate of Wancheng.

So when the cars of some of the ministers who first arrived at the gate of Wancheng began to retreat, their cars met those ministers who were still driving towards the gate on the road.

Because too many ministers rushed over, the cars of the ministers who met each other caused a blockage in the streets of Wancheng for a while.

Even under the eagerness of both parties, some collision accidents occurred.

The bursts of congestion and collisions caused a lot of panic in Wancheng, and caused considerable damage to the people's livelihood in Wancheng.

And when this scene happened, compared with Cao Xiu and other Wei generals who had fled from Fancheng, the demeanor of the Wei ministers in Wancheng was not much better than them at this time.

And all this was caused by the battle of Xiangfan.

But at this time, all the ministers of Wei State, how could they care about the people's livelihood in Wancheng.

Even some low-status ministers don't care about their own wrecked cars.

After they avoided the ministers with higher status than them, they directly split the car into two.

Then they drove their horses directly behind the chariots of the high-ranking ministers, and continued towards the chariot general's mansion.

The Chariot General's Mansion given to Cao Ren by the late emperor in the past has become the residence of Wei Emperor Cao Pi after Cao Ren's death.

Cao Wei, who has a big family and a big business, of course will not be stingy about building the mansion of Cao Wei, who was the number one general before.

So when many ministers came without announcement, they came outside the General Chaqi's mansion.

Because of the vast space inside and outside the Chariot General and the presence of the emperor's army to rectify order, the funny scene similar to what happened on the street did not happen again.

It's just that when many ministers of Wei State came to the mansion of General Cheqi, they were about to continue to enter to see Cao Pi, but they were stopped by bursts of bright saber light.

"The Son of Heaven ordered that anyone who did not enter the palace be executed."

A general of the Chinese army conveyed Cao Pi's oral order in a tone without any emotion.

And under the shock of a ring of swords, many ministers and ministers of Wei State, even the ministers of Jiuqing with extremely high status, dare not enter again.

At this time, the forces of the gentry had not yet invaded the system of the Cao Wei Zhongjun.

At present, the Cao Wei Zhongjun is still the most important barrier to guard the Cao Wei royal family. Under such circumstances, no minister would be foolish enough to risk himself.

So under the deterrence of hundreds of Cao Wei Zhongjun, many Cao Wei ministers could only wait helplessly and unwillingly outside Cao Pi's bedroom, waiting for Cao Pi's summoning.

Cao Pi will issue this oral order in advance, probably because he is receiving Cao Xiu and other Wei generals at the moment.

Perhaps the truth is cruel, but Cao Pi will always meet them.

The hundreds of ministers of Wei State who were guarding outside Cao Pi's bedroom did not guess wrong.

At this time, in Cao Pi's bedroom, General Wei, who had fled back in embarrassment like Cao Xiu, was kneeling in front of a man, with his head down, not daring to kick him.

How badly they lost, they themselves know best.

Because of this, they also knew how strong the anger from Cao Pi would be waiting for them next.

It's just that as time passed bit by bit, the anger of Cao Pi that Cao Xiu and General Wei had imagined hadn't hit them yet.

But this does not mean that Cao Pi's heart is very peaceful.

Cao Pi, who was wearing a uniform, sat on the emperor's throne. He used to attach great importance to his appearance, but his demeanor at this time seemed quite loose.

Cao Pi in the dormitory did not wear a crown, and his slender hair was only tied with a hosta, so that it would not be completely scattered.

But no matter how expensive the hosta on Cao Pi's head is, how skilled the eunuch who tied his hair is.

Even though he had been shutting himself in the dormitory for the past few days and hadn't taken care of his long hair carefully, the long hair on Cao Pi's head looked quite messy at this time.

Hairstyle is the most important appearance of the ancients.

Under the disheveled long hair, Cao Pi's mood was very depressed.

Cao Pi, who sat quietly on the throne, was motionless, like a lifeless piece of wood.

Only his slight breathing sound proved that he was still alive.

When Cao Xiu and other Wei generals had not returned before, after learning that Fancheng had been occupied by the Han army, the Minister of the State of Wei seemed flustered and at a loss.

However, Cao Pi, who was Emperor Wei, was surprisingly not as violent as usual.

He just sent more scouts to check for more news on the front line. He just sent more Wei army teams to keep looking out for the whereabouts of Wei generals with Wancheng as the center.

In the end, he just locked himself in the bedroom silently, and did not summon any ministers unless necessary.

It's not that Cao Pi was surprised and angry by the news.

On the contrary, it was because he felt unbelievable and extremely angry at the news that the Han army occupied Fancheng.

Therefore, under extreme circumstances, things must be reversed, but a glimmer of extravagant hope appeared in Cao Pi's heart.

He hoped that the news he had received before was false.

After all, after the war in previous years, false news often spread.

Besides, even if the news is true, the whereabouts of all Wei generals and tens of thousands of Wei troops are still unknown. It is not yet known whether the frontline Wei troops will lose or be defeated in the battle.

Two different results represent completely different meanings.

Although the possibility of this wish to quench his thirst is very low, and it can even be regarded as a fantasy, it is currently the only way for Cao Pi to stabilize his emotions.

Back then, Cao Cao deceived the Wei army by looking at the plum blossoms to quench their thirst, thus avoiding the defeat of the whole army.

Now Cao Pi also uses the method of looking at plum blossoms to quench his thirst to give himself a little psychological sustenance, which can be regarded as the same line.

Before Cao Pi found Cao Xiu and other Wei generals, the idea in his heart was that he did not ask Cao Xiu and other Wei generals to tell him that all the news he had received before were false.

He only asked Cao Xiu to wait for Wei generals to lead tens of thousands of defeated Wei troops back to Wancheng, and told him that the Wei army lost Fancheng only after a temporary defeat.

They didn't fail badly.

Cao Pi didn't think his idea was too much. After all, the chief general of the Wei army on the front line was Zhang Liao, the summoner of Wei whom he had placed high hopes on!

But when Cao Pi learned that all the Wei generals fled back with only a hundred people, the extravagant hope in his heart was instantly torn apart by this ruthless fact.

After being torn apart, the extravagant hope turned into steel needles, piercing his heart frantically.

Perhaps the [-] Wei army was not completely wiped out, some were captured by the Han army, and some were scattered around, and sooner or later they would return to the territory of Wei.

But only hundreds of Wei troops returned to Wancheng in an organized manner. This news was enough for Cao Pi to feel unacceptable.

After quickly summoning Cao Xiu and other Wei generals, Cao Pi learned more about the battle, which made his heart dripping with blood.

"The [-] Wei army collapsed, and countless dead fell."

"General Wei Zhang Liao was deeply trapped in the enemy's formation, and was cut under the sword by Guan Yu's formation."

"A dozen counties to the north of Fancheng betrayed Wei almost overnight."

These pieces of news were either received by Cao Xiu when he fled, or Cao Xiu saw it with his own eyes.

And when these pieces of news came to Cao Pi's ears, Cao Pi's energy and spirit had fallen to the extreme.

In a head-on confrontation, the Wei army was defeated.

Any major victory of the Han army before, including Guan Yu's flooding of the Seventh Army, can be said to be the result of tricks, but what about now?
There is no reason to hide the shame of the Wei army, and there is no reason to belittle the Han army.

Incompetent, stupid.

This battle may not reflect Wei Jun's incompetence and stupidity, but it fully exposed his incompetence and stupidity.

Because he, Wei Dili, was the one who fought the battle back then, and in fact all the arrangements before the battle were also in his hands.

So now when tens of thousands of Wei Jun's bones are piled up outside Fancheng, the bloody and shocking scene will firmly nail him today to the pillar of shame in history.

One master is incompetent, and the three armies are exhausted.

Just this one thing will prevent him from becoming the Confucian son of heaven with a flawless reputation in his dream.

This battle broke all Cao Pi's fantasies.

This point is undoubtedly the cruelest to him.

Thinking of this, Cao Pi also thought of how much the situation in Nanyang County would be changed after this war.

Can Wancheng hold on now?
And once Wancheng is not in the hands of the Wei army, the Central Plains will always be exposed to the vanguard of the Han army.

The consequences at that time will be unimaginable.

This realization caused Cao Pi's mind to suffer a severe blow.

Sitting on the throne, Cao Pi looked at the Wei generals kneeling in front of him like beggars with red eyes.

Cao Xiu, Zhao Yan, Zhu Shuo, Xu Chu, etc., were such graceful talents in the world in the past.

Now he is being beaten by the Han army like a bereaved dog. This is really a great shame and shame to Wei.

With the constant gaze, Cao Pi felt that something was leaving quickly in his spirit.

Then, after a long silence, bitter laughter with the utmost sorrow suddenly resounded in the bedroom.

Because Cao Pi hadn't spoken much in the past few days, his voice at this time was hoarse and sharp.

Those bursts of grief and indignation, hoarse and sharp wry laughter, passed into the ears of Cao Xiu and other generals like waves of death bells, frightening their bodies bent even more on the ground.

Cao Xiu and other Wei generals who had been waiting for Cao Pi to vent his anger, what they didn't expect was that Cao Pi's angry performance did not wait, but they waited for Cao Pi's extremely abnormal performance.

And because of the abnormality, this made Cao Xiu and other Wei generals full of fear.

"There is nothing greater to be sad than to die in the heart, and the death of a person is second only to that."

This is a sentence from the classic "Zhuangzi", and Cao Pi's state at this time is very similar to the description of this sentence.

When he let out a frightening wry smile, Cao Pi stretched out his hand to support the table next to him, and then he, who was only thirty years old, got up from the throne with some difficulty.

He first came to the sword stand on the throne, and the Yitian sword was placed on the sword stand.

With a somewhat shaky body, Cao Pi struggled to pull out the Yitian Sword from the sword stand.

Then he put the tip of Yitian Longjian on the ground, as if supporting his body, and walked towards Cao Xiu and others step by step.

The sharp point of the Yitian Sword touched the ground, and as Cao Pi moved forward step by step, the sharp point of the sword drew a long crack on the floor, and at the same time made harsh scratching sounds.

The scratching sound was like the sound of arrows rubbing against the scalp on the battlefield. When the sound fell on the ears of Cao Xiu and other Wei generals, their scalps were numb.

After hearing the ear-piercing scratching sound, Cao Xiu and General Wei carefully raised their eyes and looked forward.

Then they saw Cao Pi, whose eyes were covered by long hair, walking towards them holding Yi Tianjian without knowing his face.

This scene made all Wei generals tremble with fright.

The throne was not far from Cao Xiu and other Wei generals. As Cao Pi approached, the sound of his heavy footsteps sounded in the hearts of all Wei generals like a song from hell.

Everyone thought that Cao Pi was going to kill them.

Even Cao Xiu thought so.

Don't think that Cao Pi didn't dare to attack his clan. Cao Tai's fate had already been spread in Cao Wei's country before.

It's just that compared to the panic of most Wei generals, there are still some Wei generals who can regain their sanity after panic.

For example Cao Xiu.

Cao Xiu, who has a strong personality, can be valued by Cao Cao. He must not be a simple person who is greedy for life and afraid of death.

If Cao Pi really wanted to kill him to vent his anger, then Cao Xiu would have no fear.

Under the panic in the hearts of all Wei generals, Cao Pi finally raised his sword and came to them.

But when he raised his sword and came to Cao Xiu and other Wei generals, Cao Pi's shaky body stopped instantly.

His gaze was looking at the extremely messy scepter standing in front of Cao Xiu through the gap between the hair hanging from his eyelids.

This scepter was given to Du Xi by him at the beginning, and it was through this scepter that he could remotely command the [-] Wei army.

It was also through this scepter that he gave the fatal attack order to the [-] Wei troops.

After thinking of this, an uncontrollable shame and grief rushed into Cao Pi's heart instantly.

He raised the Yitian sword in his hand, and slashed at the dirty black scepter standing in front of him.

Yitian Sword is refined steel, its sharpness is the best among all sharp weapons in the world.

So when the blade of the Yitian Sword came into contact with the scepter, there was a clear chopping sound.

The emperor's scepter, which symbolized Cao Pi himself in the past, was chopped into two pieces by Cao Pi himself.

And when the scepter broke in two like a sinner and fell to the ground, Cao Pi could no longer hold the Yitian sword in his hand.

With the sound of weeping in his mouth, the Yitian sword in his hand fell to the ground.

This is the first time he cried because of a big defeat.

This is also the first time he has not grasped the Yitian sword, which symbolizes Cao Wei's imperial power.

　There is another chapter before 12 o'clock.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)