Sima Yi's Three Kingdoms Collection Collection

Chapter 333 Wei Emperor's Counterattack (3)
"Master Supervisor, let's take a rest here and go to Xiangping City after breakfast!" Gao Yunming looked at the surrounding terrain and suggested to Gao Delai.

"Okay!" Gao Delai also looked around, with a nervous expression on his face, "It's just that General Gao, you must send someone to strengthen the patrol around you."

"Yes!" After Gao Yunming heard this, he wanted to turn around and issue orders.At this moment, a series of long and thick horns suddenly sounded in front of them, "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" like the howling of a fierce tiger.

"There is...there is an ambush!" Gao Delai and Gao Yunming were startled, they hurriedly reined in their mounts, and ordered the soldiers behind them to prepare for battle immediately.

As the sound of the horn sounded more and more urgently, among the misty mountains and forests, there were also strange sounds of leather drums and whistles, and flocks of crows and birds flapped their wings hastily. , hurriedly flew up to a higher branch, curiously rolled his round black eyes, and looked under the tree.

"This... this is the voice of the Xianbei barbarian!" Gao Yunming turned his head to Gao De with some horror, "He...they..."

Gao Delai stared at the front, with a dignified expression, and only said lightly: "They have come!"

On the open space in front of Liulinkou, Xianbei people gathered from all directions.Some wear feather ornaments on their heads and bone chains on their necks; some have leather skirts around their waists, and bare feet and arms; It is written with various patterns of birds and animals.Looking at their hands again, all kinds of weapons were shining coldly in the morning light.Curved, straight, long, short, thick, thin, thorny, round, oddly shaped, mysterious and mysterious, making people feel scared when they look at them.Although they were all strange-looking and uneducated, they were able to follow the rhythm of leather drums and whistles and rushed forward, and soon formed a neat line in front of the Goguryeo army. square array.

The Xianbei barbarians fought fiercely, and the Goguryeo scholars had already experienced it personally.Therefore, both Gao Yunming and Gao Delai changed their faces, and hurriedly sent an order: "The three armies are on alert—form an formation to fight!"

Just when the Goguryeo soldiers stood up to the Golma to guard with all their strength, they heard the sound of the horn getting closer and closer, and the formation of the Xianbei people split a wide passage from it like a wave.A black banner with the five characters "Wei Taiwei Sima" was in the lead, followed by Murong Ba, the leader of Xianbei, and Niu Jin, the empress general of Wei Dynasty.

"Wei...Wei dog is here too!" Gao Yunming clenched the handle of the knife in his hand, and looked sideways at Gao Delai, "Master Superintendent, we are rushing up to meet them..."

Before he could finish his sentence, a "whoosh" screamed across the sky, and a feathered arrow was like a flash of white light, and it instantly landed on the grass a foot away from the horse's hooves under his crotch!
Following the flying arrow came Niu Jin's slow voice: "My lords of the Goguryeo Kingdom, this general is Niu Jin, the Empress General of the Great Wei Dynasty. Today, I am here to welcome you and others by order of Sima Taiwei. Go to Xiangping City and join forces to defeat the traitor Gongsun Yuan!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he raised the command flag with his right hand and raised it high. Birds and sparrows flew all around in a fright. Wei Guojun flags rose suddenly, and rows of Wei Guo cavalry emerged on the ground like iron walls, This Goguryeo team was surrounded by water.

Gao Yunming raised his head and looked around, he saw that there were still dark shadows behind the big formation of Wei soldiers on all sides, and he didn't know how many Wei army infantry and Xianbei barbarians were ambushing there.It seems that this one is more ominous than good!He pursed his lips tightly, and was about to pull out the precious knife from its sheath——

At this moment, a powerful hand stretched out and grabbed his right wrist, making him unable to pull out the knife for a moment!He turned his head in shock, only to see Gao Delai shook his head slightly at him, his eyes full of disapproval.

"Master Supervisor, you..." Gao Yunming couldn't help being taken aback.

Gao Delai's face was extremely solemn, he quickly thrust a yellow silk edict towards him, and said in a low voice: "Yunming, just take a look at this secret decree from the king..."

Gao Yunming hastily opened the imperial edict and saw that it read:

I would like to tell all the generals and soldiers who aided Yan that in this westward attack, advance when you see something is possible, retreat when you see difficulty, surrender when you see a siege, and make changes at random, so as not to harm the king's teacher.Goguryeo king hand edict.

After reading this edict, Gao Yunming could only sigh, and let go of his right hand that was holding the knife handle tightly.

Then, Gao Delai straightened his clothes, showed his face and smiled, jumped off his horse suddenly, stood on the grass, lowered his figure, greeted Niu Jin and Murong Ba with a deep bow, and said: "The ministers of the Celestial Dynasty are here, please The ministers Gao Delai and Gao Yunming obeyed the order of the high-ranking palace of the great king of their own country, and they are about to lead their troops to join forces with the Heavenly Army at the foot of Xiangping City, and together they will attack Gongsun's rebels..."

fourth party

Thick and faint blue cigarettes floated leisurely out of the golden unicorn furnace one by one, curling up, circling around, like a ball of silk thread floating in mid-air, entangled and difficult to sort out .

As soon as Cao Rui looked up, he saw the ball of "silk thread", his face was stunned, and he fell into deep thought immediately.Isn't the scene of the tangled shreds of tobacco similar to his state of mind at the moment?Suddenly, he felt a severe dizziness, and his beating heart seemed to rush out of his chest. He was so suffocated that he could hardly breathe, and his face was ashen.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?" Guo Yao, his beloved concubine, panicked when she saw it, and hurriedly approached the dragon bed on knees to check, "My concubine, call the imperial physician..."

"Don't!" After Cao Rui gave a short drink, he slumped on the back of the dragon bed, pressed his hands tightly to his chest, and gritted his teeth for a while without saying a word, and then he slowly recovered his breath Come.He shook his head heavily, and said in a harsh voice, "No... no need! I... I'm fine now."

"Your Majesty! You... since your dragon body is not healthy, stop worrying about state affairs..." Concubine Guo said sadly as she lay beside the dragon bed with tears in her eyes. How to live!"

Cao Rui had a sullen face and didn't answer.In fact, Cao Rui's feelings towards Guo Yao are very complicated.Back then, the Empress Dowager Guo's murder of his mother's dictatorship had left a deep imprint on his heart.According to his personality, he would never take a woman surnamed Guo as his concubine again.Later, Sun Zi and Liu Fang jointly recommended Guo Yao to be selected as Jiaogong.Their reason was that Guo Yao was from the prestigious Guo family in the Hedong area, and was also the confidant of Emperor Taizu Wu and the grandniece of Zhenhou Guo Jia.Cao Rui accepted her as a concubine, which helped to strengthen the recognition and support of the elders for his rule.In order to stabilize his own country, Cao Rui had no choice but to follow his word.After these years, he discovered that Guo Yao was not only virtuous and graceful, but also shrewd and decisive, and gradually became his indispensable assistant in the court.Usually, when he suffers from angina, he always entrusts the government affairs to Concubine Guo Gui for adjudication, and Guo Yao's agent generally suits his wishes.

After a while, Cao Rui calmed down, and said slowly: "Okay! Alright! Concubine, don't cry anymore. Don't go outside and talk nonsense about what happened to me today. Remember, yes Don’t say anything to anyone. Go—go to the treasure cabinet and bring me the Hunyuan Golden Elixir that Dr. Zhou Xuan refined for me. After I take it, I’ll be fine again..."

"No." Guo Yao wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, got up and walked slowly towards the treasure chest in the corner of the imperial study.

Cao Rui looked at Guo Yao's back and pondered for a long time. Ever since Qin Lang was removed from the post of Xiaoqi General, it has been more than half a year and he still hasn't found a suitable candidate to replace him.Also, I should take advantage of the fact that Sima Yi is not in power in Guanzhong recently, recall Meng Jian, the governor of Liangzhou, back to Luoyang to idle as soon as possible, and at the same time let Xia Houba go out to sit in Liangzhou.Then, Xia Houba's previous post of Weiwei in Beijing was vacant again.Weiwei and Xiaoqi General are both important positions in the defense of the capital, and they cannot be taken up unless they are close relatives and trustworthy people.Previously, Situ Cui Lin, Ting Wei Gao Rou, Minister of the Ministry of Officials Lu Yu, Taizhong doctor Wang Su and others had been strongly recommending Sima Yi's eldest son, Sima Shi, to take the post of General Xiaoqi, but he still dared to hand over the power of Gyeonggi to him. Are they the Sima family?But it seems that they can't all be handed over to Cao Shuang, Xia Houxuan and other clan Sugui!Who can guarantee that they will not expand their selfish desires, domineering and lawless in the face of the temptation of huge power?Hmm... Guo Yao's concubine's uncle, Guo Zhi, is loyal to me, and he can probably be introduced into the palace to check and balance Cao Shuang and Xia Houxuan.By the way, let him take up the post of Xia Houxuan's Huben Zhonglang, transfer Xia Houxuan to Weiwei, and temporarily give Cao Shuang the post of General Xiaoqi.However, Cao Shuang must be stripped of the most important position of the Central Guard under General Wuwei, and another person should be selected.This person must also be a fourth-party person who has no stake in the Cao family, Xiahou family, Guo family, etc.!Of course, people from the Sima family couldn't be selected.So, who should I choose to be the Central Guard?Thinking of this, Cao Rui frowned tightly.

"Your Majesty! Please take the Mixed Yuan Golden Pill." Guo Yao gently opened an agate box in her hand, took out a bright golden pill from inside, and brought it up.

Cao Rui held the golden pill in his palm, looked at it carefully for a while, fixed his eyes on it, but said leisurely: "Cao Shuang gave me a suggestion a few days ago, to follow the example of Qin Shihuang back then and build a high tower and a grand pavilion to match the Immortals communicate with each other in order to seek immortality. He also said that among the 24 emperors of the Han Dynasty, only Emperor Wu Liu Che lived the longest and had the highest life expectancy, because he drank the spirit of the sun and the moon that day. Liu Che once lived in Chang'an Palace Among them, a Bailiang Terrace with a height of more than [-] feet was built. On the platform stood a giant copper cast, holding a plate in his hand, called Chenglu Pan, to catch the water that fell from the Beidou in the third watch, and named it Tianjiang. , also called nectar. Take this water and mix it with fine jade shavings and take it, you can prolong your life and rejuvenate your youth. My dear concubine, in your opinion, should I adopt his suggestion?"

Guo Yao's dark eyes rolled a few times, pondered for a moment, and said: "Originally, what your majesty is talking about is an important matter for the community, and concubines should never speak nonsense. But this matter involves the safety of your majesty's dragon body. In my opinion, the health of your majesty's dragon body is related to the prosperity of our great Wei Dynasty. Even if it is indeed a waste of time and money to go to the Chang'an Han Palace to remove the bronze figure and Chenglu disk, I can't care less. Your Majesty should accept Cao Shuang's words as soon as possible."

Cao Rui swallowed the golden pill suddenly, looked directly at Guo Yao deeply, with a touch of genuine emotion on his face, and said softly: "Well... I still care about you the most, my concubine. ...Alright! As you said, I have accepted Cao Shuang's request!"

(End of this chapter)