Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 386 As long as Cao Chun launches an attack
In August of the 25th year of Jian'an, Hanoi County, Chaoge County.

Last year, after Shen Chen's mega-shock in China, the capital of Chen was shaken. Cao Cao was afraid that the Nanyang army would go north to attack Henan, so he moved the capital again.

This is the third time Cao Cao moved his capital. The first time he moved his capital from Luoyang to Xuchang, the second time he moved his capital from Xuchang to Chenliu, and the third time he moved his capital from Chenliu to Chaoge.

The first time Cao Cao moved the capital was to consolidate his own power, and at the same time to cater to the Yingchuan family who supported him. The next two times were all because of Shen Chen.

It can be said that Shen Chen defeated Cao Cao to move his capital twice, which not only caused Cao Cao's prestige to plummet, but also greatly raised the expectations of the Han court for him.

Many people who cherish the Han family hope that Shen Chen can enter Henan and welcome the emperor away.

But it is a pity that several times failed.

It's not that Shen Chen didn't do it, but that he really couldn't.

Although Cao Cao was quite embarrassed several times, he occupied the most fertile north after all.

The combined population of Henan and Hebei is nearly 2000 million, and the background is too strong. It is not enough to completely defeat him by relying on the strength of the South.

Therefore, Shen Chen could only weaken Cao Cao's strength step by step, first annexing Jiangdong according to the original plan, and then go north to attack Cao Cao.

This disappointed many people.

In Chaoge County, Liu Xie, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, was ashamed and depressed to the extreme.

After he was controlled by Cao Cao, the number of Han officials around him became less and less day by day. When he first went to Xuchang, he could still control the guards of the palace gate, which scared Cao Cao so much that he dared not come to see him for several years.

As a result, Cao Cao became more and more powerful, and the guards at the palace gate were replaced by Cao Jun. Originally, his Han officials either defected and became officials of Wei State, or were killed by Cao Cao with excuses. Now the whole court is full of Cao family members , No one around him spoke for him anymore.

In the backyard of Chaoge County Government Office, Liu Xie's temporary palace was moved here last year, and the new palace has not yet been built. At this moment, the Wei army outside, led by Hua Xin, has broken into the backyard house and surrounded Liu Xie.

Liu Xie sat cross-legged on the main seat in the house, and there was no one around, no loyal ministers of the big man to fulfill his duties, no palace guards to escort him, not even a servant or a maid.

"Your Majesty, hand over the seal!"

Hua Xin approached him step by step and said, "Although Liu Bei won this time, it was a miserable victory. He has no ability to go north to save you. After His Majesty surrendered the country to the King of Wei, the King of Wei will not treat His Majesty badly."

Liu Xie said sadly: "Mr. Hua, how can there be such a thing in this world? Cao Cao eats Han's salary in the world. He should have served the country, but he wanted to usurp the throne. You are also a Han official. You were filial and honest in your early years. It is my father. The emperor granted you a doctor, how can you."

Hua Xin could not bear it, and said: "Your Majesty, the general trend of this world is like this. Back then, when Gao Zu replaced Qin and Wang Mang replaced Han, both of them were counted, and they were taken away if they could not be reasoned. Destiny is where people can't be strong. In this world , it is difficult for a Guangwu Emperor to appear again, and then Xing Yanhan. Your Majesty, accept your fate!"

"woo woo woo woo."

Liu Xie cried and said: "Is this great Han world going to be taken away by Cao's family? The Han Dynasty has supported scholars for four hundred years, and you all eat Han's salary, but now you want to destroy your own country. Isn't it a beast?"

Hua Xin's face was not very good-looking.

He actually knew that his reputation would probably be ruined in the future.

Born as a Hanchen, he defected to Cao Wei, threatened the emperor to abdicate, and snatched the jade seal.

At that time, the history will be written, and from now on, the literati will not let him go.

But now he can't help it.

Since he chose to be loyal to Cao Wei, Cao Pi asked him to force Liu Xie, so he could only do so.

Otherwise, not only he would die, but also the family behind him.

So he could only grit his teeth, waved to the left and right guards and said, "Your Majesty, I have offended you."

The guards rushed into the room, but quickly backed out.

A young woman in her twenties came out with a beautiful jade seal in one hand and a dagger in her other hand.

The servants around knew her identity, and they were afraid of accidentally hurting her, so they didn't dare to act rashly, so they had to step back step by step.

"What's wrong with the pepper room?"

Seeing this situation, Hua Xin quickly persuaded him, "The king of Wei is also Shufang's elder brother. It is the destiny for Wei to replace the Han. Doesn't Jiaofang want to see his brother rule the world?"

The woman called "Jiaofang" is Cao Jie, the queen of Liu Xie. The empress of the Western Han Dynasty lived in the Jiaofang Palace, so the Han Dynasty often called the queen by Jiaofang.

Although Cao Jie is Cao Pi's biological sister, she has her own integrity, and scolded: "What is the destiny? My Cao family lives on Hanlu, so I should serve the country. How can my father and brother bully the emperor and seek to usurp the throne? Minister?"

Hua Xin said: "Zhou was a minister of merchants, but he conquered the merchants to take over the world. If the country does not do anything, the ministers should take their place. The faintness of the two emperors Huan and Ling of the Han Dynasty has made the world extremely sick. When the king of Wei replaced the Han, it was Shuntian and people, how can they seek to usurp the throne?"

Cao Jie reasoned and said: "Even if the former emperor had some faults, what about today's emperor? Could it be that he is also stupid? Since my father has repeatedly said that he is a Han subject, the power should be attributed to the superior. How can he allow his elder brother to take over from the Han?" ? Isn’t this usurping the throne?”

"Forehead"

Hua Xin was at a loss for words, so he had no choice but to say, "This is the meaning of King Wei."

Cao Jie sneered.

A soldier next to her saw the opportunity and attacked suddenly, knocking out the dagger in her hand.

Hua Xin immediately stepped forward and kicked the dagger away, and then threatened: "Jiaofang, hand over the jade seal. Since the Han Dynasty is dead, the king of Wei has the will of heaven and the people, and he should have replaced him!"

"boom!"

Cao Jie threw the seal in anger, and shouted: "God will not bless you, just wait, sooner or later, the Kingdom of Wei will perish!"

Hua Xin no longer cared what Cao Jie was cursing.

Anyway, her own surname is Cao, why did she scold her father and brother for shutting her down as an outsider?
At this moment, Hua Xin was concerned about the jade seal. He ran over hurriedly, picked up the jade seal on the ground, took a closer look, and found that it was not broken, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

Chuan Guo Yuxi can be regarded as a disaster.

From the discovery of He's Bi by Bian He in the Spring and Autumn Period, to the worship of Zhang Yi in Qin Dynasty because of the humiliation of He's Bi, and the legend of returning it to Zhao, it has been thousands of years since the Spring and Autumn Period, Warring States Period, Qin and Han Dynasties, and now.

At the end of the former Han Dynasty, Wang Mang usurped the throne and asked the Queen Mother for a jade seal. The Queen Mother Xiaoyuan smashed a corner of it and replaced it with gold.Its legend has seen countless emperors and generals in history, and witnessed too much brilliant history.

Hua Xin carefully picked up the Chuanguo jade seal carved by He's Bi, and then looked down at the eight big characters "Designed by the heavens, and live forever", and then he was relieved, and looked at Liu Xie coldly. He said coldly: "Your Majesty, the King of Wei will come to Chaoge to hold the abdication ceremony soon, you should get ready."

After finishing speaking, he took the Chuanguo Yuxi and walked away, leaving only the couple Liu Xie and Cao Jie crying for their tragic fate..

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August [-], Hefei, Huainan.

Chaohu Lake is magnificent, like a vast ocean, which has nurtured a land of fish and rice.

But it is a pity that the population in Huainan was dying at this time, and Cao Cao moved all the people in Huainan to Huaibei, Henan, which made the place less populated and more desolate.

In the city of Hefei, after Cao Pi succeeded, Zhang Liao, who had been promoted to the former general, and Xue Ti, the governor of the Central Guard Army, continued to sit in town.

Xue Ti was still Zhang Liao's boss in the last battle of Hefei. As a result, Zhang Liao was promoted because of his mighty Xiaoyaojin and defeated Sun Quan. Especially after the original Zuo General Yu Jin was captured, he became the number one general with a foreign surname.

For this reason, Cao Pi specially awarded him the post of former general, replacing the post of Xiahou Dun who had died in the battle, enfeoffed his brother Zhang Xun as Liehou, and also bestowed a lot of silk valley vehicles on his mother to show his favor.

However, no matter how courteous Zhang Liao received, it would not change the fact that his surname was not Cao.

So when Cao Chun entered Hefei City, he quickly replaced him and became the current coach of Hefei City.

Although Cao Chun was the General Protector, he was not as good as Zhang Liao in terms of position, but this time he came here, Cao Pi gave him the posts of holding festivals, false festival battleaxes, and supervising various military forces in Huainan.

So even Zhang Liao had to obey his orders.

At this moment, Cao Chun was sitting on the main seat, accompanied by Zhang Liao and Xue Ti on the left and right. He looked around them and said, "Now the King of Wei wants to take advantage of Liu Bei's attack on Wu and become emperor in place of Han. He hopes that Sun Quan can last longer. , sent me to support Jiangdong, how is the situation in the south now?"

Zhang Liao sighed, shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's not so good. Guan Yu is storming their camp, Sun Quan loses troops every day, and Ruxukou is just struggling to hold on. Maybe it won't be long before Sun Quan will be defeated."

Cao Chun frowned and said, "There are still thousands of troops in Hefei, so you can't send troops to help? Even if you go to the front line, Liu Bei will suspect us of sending people to help."

Xue Ti said: "The governor has not been in the south for a long time. I don't know the situation in the south. Guan Yu's navy has occupied the Yangtze River and attacked Sun Quan's army from the west of Ruxu River and the camp north of Ruxukou. Sun Quan's navy lost in the battle of Jingzhou. Seven, seven, eight, eight, dare not compete with the Jiangxia navy, if we send troops, we will definitely be killed by them."

"good."

Zhang Liao also said: "We don't have a navy, so we can only go around Chaohu Lake by land. Don't talk about the difficulty of food and grass supply, but if Guan Yu takes advantage of Hefei's emptiness and sends a navy to the north of Chaohu Lake along Ruxushui to attack Hefei, Hefei may lose it. .”

"I see."

Cao Chun didn't expect the situation in the south to be so bad. He thought for a while and said, "The king of Wei ordered me to bring three thousand tiger and leopard cavalry and five thousand infantry to drum up momentum for Sun Quan. How can I help Sun Quan?"

Xue Ti thought for a while and said, "Guan Yu sent thousands of troops from Zhao Yun to garrison Dongxingdi. The scouts came to report that they had only one camp and not many tents. They should have only 5000 to [-] troops. If the governor can defeat Zhao Yun, It will surely make Guan Yu suspect that our reinforcements are coming."

"I remember this Dongxing embankment is the entrance of Chaohu Lake into Ruxushui."

Cao Chun thought about it.

He remembered that six years ago, when he followed the former king to the south to crusade against Sun Quan, he was stationed at Dongxing Dike, and he also broke through the Sun Quan camp at Ruxuwu on the opposite bank, and captured the enemy general Gongsun Yang alive.

"Yes."

Xue Ti nodded and said, "Dongxing Dike has blocked the way to the south. Even if we have ships, it is difficult for troops, food and grass to disturb Guan Yu's headquarters in Xiang'an through Dongxing Dike."

"Oh?"

Cao Chun laughed and said, "If that's the case, then it would be easy. I didn't expect Guan Yu to be so stupid. He sent only 5000 people to guard such an important place as Dongxing Dike. Is this a lie to me?"

Zhang Liao hurriedly said: "The governor should not be underestimated, Zhao Yunyong won the three armies, once led 2000 men, defeated Sun Quan, and beheaded his general Zhou Tai!"

Cao Chun laughed and said: "Didn't the former general use 800 men to defeat Sun Quan and also behead his general Chen Wu? The Jiangdong is only relying on the navy. How can the army compete with the northern soldiers? I think Zhao Yun needs 2000 men To win, it is not as brave as the former general, tomorrow I will lead the tigers and leopards to ride south, and watch me capture him alive."

Zhang Liao thought for a while and said, "Then I will go with the governor."

"It's okay!"

Cao Chun waved his hand: "Hefei still needs to be guarded. If Guan Yu hears that the Dongxing embankment has been broken and thinks that Hefei is empty, it would be a bad idea to send a fleet to attack. There must be a general in the city, and the guards will escort me. When I break Zhao Yun , After pinning down Guan Yu, return to Fei."

"Well"

Zhang Liao thought about it, and what Cao Chun said was the truth.

If Cao Chun were dispatched, it would definitely not take a day or two to go from Hefei to Dongxingdi for more than two hundred miles, and someone would have to transport grain and grass in the rear.

This job is either done by him or by Xue Ti, and now there are only 6000 to [-] people in Hefei, and there are still people in the city who need to be stationed.

Therefore, three people can only lead the army by one, transport food by one, and defend the city by one. There is really no way for two generals to go together.

Moreover, three thousand tiger and leopard riders, plus five thousand elite soldiers of the Cao army, are probably foolproof.

Even if Zhao Yun cannot be defeated, as long as Cao Jun appears south of Chaohu Lake, Cao Chun's mission will be completed, and it will be a big deal to retreat at that time.

Thinking of this, Zhang Liao felt that there was no problem, so he said, "Okay, then follow the governor's wishes."

"Ah."

Cao Chun nodded, and said, "Then General Lao will be in Hefei, and the guards will help transport food. After I defeat Zhao Yun, I will go to Ruxukou to build up momentum for Sun Quan, so that King Wei can also successfully ascend the throne. To gain time."

"only!"

The two hand over each other should be.

Immediately Cao Chun began to prepare for sending troops.

At the same time, he immediately sent someone to report to Sun Quan, telling him that Cao Wei's former army led by Cao Chun had arrived in Hefei and was preparing to rush to the south to help, so that Sun Quan could continue to insist.

At this time, the battle at Ruxukou had reached a fever pitch. After the catapult broke through the camp the day before yesterday, Liu Bei's army blatantly attacked.

Under the leadership of Ma Chao, thousands of Jingzhou troops almost entered the gap and knocked down the northern camp.

If He Qi from the southern camp hadn't led the reinforcements to arrive in time, taking advantage of the terrain and continuously shooting arrows, under the baptism of arrow rain, finally repelling the enemy, the camp might have been breached.

The news spread to Sun Quan, which made Sun Quan fearful and uneasy. Standing on Zheqi City, his eyes were dull, looking to the north, he murmured to himself: "Zhang Liao said that Cao Chun has come, as long as Cao Chun Go on the offensive and everything will be fine, just a few more days, a few more days."

(End of this chapter)