The frail counselor you said, you fight against three heroes alone?

Chapter 276 Rumors in the city provoked the gods?Disaster!

Thinking of the young man behind him who only led [-] white cavalry, he dared to make a sudden surprise attack, and used the cutting-edge horse array to form an arrow, breaking through Cao Pi's tens of thousands of troops.

At the same time, the cavalry on both sides were not idle, and with their crossbows in their hands, they shot several arrows in a row, killing all the surrounding enemy troops, and the stimulated war horses were even more frightened to scatter in all directions. Cao Jun's camp was even more chaotic.

Huang Xu alone is already so outstanding, and I don't know how many capable and righteous men there are under my uncle's hands...
"Wang Long!"

"exist!"

After Wang Long was about to go back and forth, Huang Xu continued: "Open the map to find the most convenient route back. Remember, the road we came from must not be taken!"

"Yes!"

Wang Long nodded, then took out the map in his arms, and quickly pointed to a road that had been marked but never traveled before and said loudly: "General, look at this road, although you have to go through two checkpoints to go back. , but it is the most convenient way.”

"it is good!"

Huang Xu glanced at it and chuckled lightly: "It's him, brothers, go!"

······
Until the war was completely over, Cao Pi didn't want to understand what was going on. Could it be that there were really traitors?
Just when he began to reflect on himself and the entire army, Cao Zhen, who finally got on his horse, also came back to his senses. It is obvious that there is an internal flaw in their territory that they are so easily raided by the white knight.

"Lord!"

He rode a war horse to Cao Pi's side, full of resentment and injustice.

Of course, he was more angry from embarrassment. After all, this was not the first time he lost to Huang Xu.

"This time, I lost again. This damned Huang Xu is such a jerk! Just relying on the fact that he has Baiqi as his backer, he dares to act recklessly!"

"How many white knights have you killed with your army?"

"There are... nearly a hundred of them."

After Cao Zhen finished speaking in embarrassment, a sergeant came forward to report. He not only counted the number of dead white riders, but also reported the captured war horses.

In addition, there are some things that make Cao Pi feel embarrassed when he hears them.

"My lord, in addition to the one hundred and three corpses of Baiqi, we also seized nearly a hundred high-grade Dawan BMWs, and a few of them ran too far and disappeared, but we have sent people to chase them down. gone."

"In addition to these, we also seized hundreds of crossbows. We don't know who modified these crossbows. Not only the range is much longer, but the strength has also been enhanced a lot."

"I have to admit that judging from our current military reserves and craftsmanship, it is almost impossible to create such top-level equipment!"

"More than that, the battle armor on those white knights is also very precious. I don't know what metal they are forged from. Not to mention the strong defense, it is quite light and flexible to wear on the body..."

As the sergeant spoke, his eyes were full of envy, and then he remembered something, and suddenly calmed down, as silent as a child who has said the wrong thing.

It's just that he has talked about this, so how could Cao Pi not understand?

Not daring to make any guarantees at all, he had to talk about other things, turned to look at Cao Zhendao: "Zi Dan, you should know the importance of the emperor, I don't care what method you use, it must be done in the shortest time Bring the Son of Heaven back!"

"You know, if the emperor is not in our hands, the people's hearts that have been accumulated with great difficulty will soon dissipate like smoke, and none of us want to live a good winter!"

"The most important thing is that the emperor has escaped. If I die, I can only be Duke Wei. There will never be a day when I become king. You should know the seriousness of this matter."

Of course Cao Zhen knew.

Everyone nowadays is a grasshopper on their bodies. Only Cao Pi can live well and have power in his hands, and they, the members of the Cao clan, can live well.

It's just that everyone understands the truth, but what should we do now?Right now, if you want to chase Huang Xu by yourself, maybe you won't even be able to find his shadow?
"This matter is probably not easy with the strength of General Cao alone. Although we can order the martial law of the passes and cities in various places, and at the same time send troops to encircle and suppress him everywhere within the territory..."

"A total of [-] white riders cannot be stopped by tens of thousands of people, and even...we have no way to find them in a short time..."

Sima Yi who didn't know when he came suddenly said: "The price paid for beheading six thousand white riders is not small for us. Besides, if Xi Yu knew that something happened to Baiqi, he would definitely not stand on the sidelines. After all, Huang Xu is His adopted son!"

"Or maybe..."

Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind, he paused, and then said quietly: "We can use Huang Xu as a bargaining chip, as soon as we catch him, we will demand a 'ransom' from Xi Yu!"

Speaking of this, Sima Yi remembered the news that came some time ago.

It is said that in order to redeem Xu Chu, Xi Yu even gave Liu Bei a full thirty shi of food and grass. From this point of view, this person has some morals, and he can barely be regarded as a reasonable person.

However, as soon as he said this to Cao Pi, he got an unbelievable look from the other party.

"A reasonable person? Is Xi Yu a reasonable person?"

Hearing this comment, Cao Pi almost didn't laugh out loud.

In his opinion, if Xi Yu was reasonable, there would be no reasonable people in the world.

But Sima Yi didn't think so. After all, not to mention how high Xi Yu's personal strength was, but the group of powerful generals around him gave people a feeling of being out of breath.

"Hey, my lord, when you get along with the Duke, you'd better be reasonable. If you don't, I'm afraid that the group of big and three rough soldiers under him will just do it, and then we won't be able to provoke you. "

"Chasing first! As for the rest, I will talk about it later!"

Cao Pi's expression was gloomy, and his whole face was blackened by aggrieved, uncomfortable, what Sima Yi just said was the most uncomfortable words he had heard in his life, and it was also the reality he was most powerless to change!
Back then, when I was young, it was fine to be preached by Xi Yu, but now I have become a master over ten thousand people, and I, who has the power of life and death, still have to be educated by Xi Yu.

Let's not mention anything else for the time being, let's talk about the matter of becoming king. If there is no such thing as today, it will not be a few months before I will be able to take the place of the emperor and become the only ruler of this world.

This is not his exaggeration. After all, the land of the five states is in his own hands. Under the condition that there will be no natural or man-made disasters, he can wait for the opportunity to inherit the Great Reign as a matter of course.

But it's a pity that fate is unpredictable. Judging from the current situation, let alone unifying the world, it will take him a lot of time to stabilize the morale of the army.

Now... It's really an eventful time...
"You wait to make arrangements as soon as possible, soldiers, horses, food, population, the most important thing is to appease the people in the city..."

After pondering for a long time, Cao Pi ordered some emergency measures while all the soldiers were rushing.

Then, after all the generals left, his straight back collapsed in an instant, and he leaned against the carriage with an unprecedented ugly and melancholy expression.

Outside the carriage was snowing heavily and the cold wind howling. Even though the ground was stained red with blood and became the only hot spot in the world, the snow gradually turned into water and mist, slowly transpiring, but Cao Pi could not feel any warmth.

He even felt that sitting in the carriage was colder than this world, especially his heart.

There was a brazier in the car, and there was a thick layer of brocade covering the seat where he was sitting, but he just felt that he was shivering from the cold.

The complexion is even more ugly to see the extreme.

Gradually, the army continued to march, and the carriage also shook slightly, which made him, who was full of thoughts, seem to have lost his soul.

"Come on, go and call Zhongda over here!"

After a long time, Cao Pi raised his eyelids slightly and said in a deep voice.

"promise!"

Sima Yi, who was afraid to leave around the carriage all the time, heard the order, and trotted to the side of the carriage, ready to be summoned.

Said it was a trot, but it was not necessary for him to be around, it was just a small step if he was exhausted.

After all, in ancient times, when meeting kings, superiors and other people who were more noble than you, you had to trot to show your respect for the other party. This was just a kind of etiquette.

It has to be said that Sima Yi has always done a good job in these small aspects.

"come in!"

"promise!"

After receiving the order, Sima Yi got into the carriage, bowed and opened the curtain and walked in...
"Zhong Da, please sit down quickly!"

Cao Pi pointed to the futon opposite and spoke slowly.

Between Cao Pi and the futon, there is still a case book, which is specially used to facilitate Cao Pi's handling of government affairs, but there is nothing on it right now.

He still held the only cup of tea tightly in his hand.

After all, in the carriage, even on a gentle road, it might not be immune to bumps. If you put the tea on the desk, it might be spilled everywhere.

"My lord, I don't know what order you... have?"

Sima Yi's face was full of panic and apprehension. It was very difficult for him to grasp the other party's mind now that such a big event came out. If he was a little careless, his head might be moved!
"Zhongda, I called you here this time because I want to ask you something. You are older than me, and we have always been teachers and friends. I want to hear your opinion."

"Oh!"

Sima Yi suddenly knelt down on the ground, his head was almost touching the board, and his voice was filled with endless humility and loyalty: "Don't dare, I'm afraid of a lowly position, why should I ask for advice, and please speak up, my lord, I will know if I am humble. Say nothing!"

Seeing that he looked as if he would do his best and die, Cao Pi twitched the corners of his mouth, but still said calmly: "Now that the emperor has escaped, do you think I can forcefully proclaim myself emperor?"

"This... this is absolutely impossible, my lord!"

This time, Sima Yi's voice was a lot louder, almost the moment the other party finished speaking, he shook his head and objected without thinking.

"My lord, have you forgotten Yuan... Yuan Gong? Don't say that you are called the emperor at this juncture, that is, you will be on the throne. I am afraid that you will be ridiculed and abused by the people of the world!"

"Yuan Gong..."

Cao Pi chewed these two words repeatedly in his mouth. Of course, he will not forget this lesson from the past.

Back then, Duke Yuan thought that his destiny was coming, so he announced it to the world and proclaimed himself emperor, but in less than a year, he declared the end of the incident by self-immolation.

The most important thing is that his self-immolation was a strategy and battle formation arranged by his father Cao Cao himself. In the end, Mr. Yuan was besieged by the four sides, and they attacked him. In less than a month, he was defeated and had nowhere to escape.

Cao Pi even remembered that in the days when Yuan Gong was finally besieged, he was so anxious to ask for help, but unfortunately...no one was willing to pull him out of the brink of collapse.

Not only that, there are still many people who fall into the stone.

It seems that this plan is really impossible to find!
"If so..."

Cao Pi whirled the teacup in her hand, slowly closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and then with a "bang", put the teacup heavily on Andu, and said sternly: "Then I will chase and kill you at all costs. Huang Xu and others!"

"Remember, I don't care whether they are dead or alive, just one thing, I must never let them escape from the territory!"

"promise!"

······
In the blink of an eye, three days passed in a flash, and Cao Pi also led his army to Chang'an to be completely stable.

The palaces, government offices, and houses established here... as long as they are luxurious, almost all of them were taken down by Cao Pi.

Anyway, this place is on my own territory, what I want and what I have, isn't it all up to me?
Furthermore, even if the lord Cao Pi didn't want these things, no one would dare to accept them.

It can be seen that Cao Pi is still very prestigious in the local area.

This also shows that this place is considered the safest place in Cao Pi's entire territory.

But in such a safe and stable rear, he felt restless and restless every day.

In just three days, three officials died in Chang'an City, an average of one a day.

This is in the government office - no!

It should be said that it is the first part of the palace.

In fact, the government office that Cao Pi originally set up was not a palace, because the emperor was still there at that time, even if he wanted to save face, he had to give up the palace to Liu Xie.

But it's different now, the emperor has fled, what palace do we need?
Therefore, he simply moved his government office in.

After all, a lot of money was spent on the construction of this magnificent palace. It is a pity that the emperor is not here, so I don't use it.

The big deal is to wait for the emperor to come back, and let it go out by himself.

Anyway, no matter what, I am now the veritable highest authority in the entire Cao Wei.

It's just that Duke Wei himself, who made Chang'an his capital, was somewhat awkward and complicated in the boundary of Chang'an.

The reason is simple, because the three dead officials all happened after they entered the city!

But as the highest authority and even the person in charge of the administrative agency, he couldn't find anything.

In just a few days, officials one after another were killed at home for no reason.

Not only that, but there were also occasional thefts in the barracks.

Only a few days after arriving in Chang'an City, all the merchants in the city closed their doors and did not dare to do business or run a business anymore.

The most exaggerated thing is that there are still many rice shop owners who are unwilling to open their doors to make a living even if the food rots and insects infest the shop.

Soon, the hearts of the entire Chang'an city were fluctuating, and the hearts of ordinary people were also panicked. Not to mention going out to work, even if they stayed at home, there was an indescribable depression, which made people unable to eat and sleep at night.

For some reason, they just felt that since Cao Pi was established as the capital, the entire upper part of Chang'an City seemed to be shrouded in a layer of fog, and they could not see the sun or the way out.

In the dark, many people even think that a natural disaster is about to fall here!
At the beginning, this kind of thought just flashed through the minds of some people, but I don't know when, this kind of thought turned into rumors and spread throughout Chang'an City!
Cao Pi couldn't suppress it even if he wanted to.

Of course, as far as the current situation is concerned, he doesn't have that much energy to appease the people, after all...he doesn't want to die yet!

Therefore, whether it is the imperial palace or the government office, even the surroundings of the prime minister's mansion where he lives, a large number of soldiers and horses are arranged to guard. A patrol team headed by a full fifteen generals in the army is stationed here regardless of the day and night. There will be slight differences.

Some officials with respected status and high social status also followed suit and deployed many guards around their mansions. The existence of these people even seriously affected the deployment and defense of soldiers and horses in the city.

In this way, their hearts are much more stable, but the common people are becoming more and more panicked.

Even the high officials are in such a stern attitude, which obviously shows that the matter is not small.

They didn't know which god in the sky they offended and what kind of disaster would come, but they knew very well that this matter had nothing to do with the wave of people who had just entered the city.

As the rumors intensified, Cao Pi was furious.

He was trapped in the palace and did not dare to go out at all. The people in the city were all messed up because of the rumors, and they didn't know what was going on in the army.

Speaking of which, the reason why he surrounded so many soldiers and horses around the palace, government offices, and mansions was to dig traps and wait for the people behind the scenes to throw themselves into the net.

But who would have thought that the other party didn't seem to be keen on the big officials or important people in the city.

From the beginning to the present, there has never been a name that sounds familiar to Cao Pi. Those who lost their lives were all officials the size of sesame seeds and mung beans.

If that's the case, the life and death of those officials doesn't seem to matter, but the problem is that although those people's official positions are small, they are closely related to civil affairs and people's livelihood.

Cao Pi may not remember their names, but the common people know them very well.

That's why their death made everyone panic.

Cao Pi didn't seem to be aware of this. To be precise, he should have been aware of it, but he didn't pay attention.

Because in his opinion, the solution to this matter is very simple, as long as the person behind the assassination is caught, everything can be solved easily.

But because it was an assassination, without knowing the mastermind behind the scenes, Cao Pi couldn't even send people to arrest him.

(End of this chapter)