The Legend of Pei Yuanqing of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 251 Cao Pi Confinement
Cao Cao's base camp in Xuchang, Dagon Prefecture, Cao Cao sat on the top of the hall with gloomy eyes and cold eyes, but he was silent and in a bad mood.

Cao Cao has been troubled by many bad things recently, and the first thing is about Cao Pi.

Cao Pi, the unfulfilled son, actually thought of using poison to get rid of Cao Zhang and become the prince.

Cao Pi bribed his servants to secretly inject chronic poison into Cao Zhang’s diet. At first, he would not feel any discomfort, but after a long time, the poison would break out. Even if he finally died from the poison, he would not be able to see that he was poisoned at all. If there is no clue, he will only think that he is sick and died.

Originally, this matter was done seamlessly, but Cao Pi's supporter Jia Xu suddenly turned against Cao Zhang, which caught Cao Pi by surprise. When Cao Pi was arrested, he still couldn't figure out what went wrong.

After Jia Xu was supported by Cao Pi, he was relied on by Cao Pi as the most important reliance. Cao Pi was convinced by Jia Xu's resourcefulness.

Cao Pi's supporters include Xia Houyuan, Xia Houdun and others, and Jia Xu and others are the ones who make suggestions. This lineup can be said to be invincible.

But Cao Ren wanted to be foolproof, so he was still using his own indiscriminate methods against Cao Zhang and Cao Zhi.

No one knew why Jia Xu turned against Cao Zhang, only Cao Zhang and Jia Xu smiled and kept silent.

By a coincidence, Cao Zhang happened to save Jia Xu’s daughter who sneaked out to play while riding a horse. The two may be interested in each other, the man is heroic, and the woman is beautiful. Finally, they confessed their identities.

Jia Xu sighed that fate always likes to guess people, but for the sake of his daughter, he could only help Cao Zhang. Because of this, Jia Xu turned against him, and there was no news about it, which caught the bewildered Cao Pi by surprise and yelled unwillingly.

When Cao Pi did such a rebellious thing, Cao Cao was naturally furious. Regardless of Xia Houyuan Xiahou Dun's plea, he directly ordered Cao Pi to be placed under house arrest, and Cao Pi was not allowed to go out for half a step. Out.

The officials were shocked, and after three years of awakening, this directly announced Cao Pi's qualifications to compete for the crown prince!Three years is enough for Cao Zhang to secure the position of prince.

Besides, the relationship between Cao Zhi and Cao Zhang, the other most promising successor, is very good. They will not intrigue.

The matter of Cao Pi made Cao Cao very anxious. Originally, Cao Pi needed to be executed for doing such a rebellious thing, but Cao Cao still couldn't bear it. Cao Pi's talent and character were really too similar to himself.

In fact, Cao Cao still hopes Cao Pi to be the heir most in his heart, because Cao Pi is suitable to be a hero.

Cao Zhang is brave and resourceful, suitable for being a hero like Sun Jian, but the effect is a little worse than Cao Pi, don't you see the result of the hero Sun Jian?What happened to the hero Lu Bu?So what if I was called a traitor?
As for Cao Zhi, his literary talent is of course a leader. The Cao family has such a talented person, which makes Cao Cao have a lot of face, but Cao Zhi is a little different in politics, so he is not suitable to be a successor.

Of course, Cao Cao still appreciates and likes Cao Zhi, so he also gave Cao Zhi a chance to fight for it.

In addition to Cao Pi's matter that disturbed Cao Cao, there was another thing that caused Cao Cao a headache.

That is, after Xun You and Xun Yu, Taiwei Yang Biao also stood up and accused him of replacing Han with Wei and usurping the Han Dynasty.

Yang Biao was the Taiwei of the current dynasty, and his family was prominent. The fourth Taiwei, Hongnong Yang's family is a huge family.

Yang Biao was also a loyal courtier of the great man. He had tolerated it very well, but he did not expect that he planned to escape with the Emperor Han Xiandi Liu Xie to escape from Cao Cao's control.

The matter was revealed, and Cao Cao led people to catch him on the spot. Yang Biao looked ashen, laughed and scolded Cao Cao angrily, accusing Cao Cao of being a traitor and usurping the Han Dynasty.

Originally, this matter was handled safely and nothing would happen, but Cao Cao immediately drew his sword and hacked Yang Biao to death.

This hacking of Yang Biao was spread, and Cao Cao was insulted by countless people in an instant. There are still many loyal officials of the Han Dynasty. Cao Cao's actions directly angered many people.

There were riots all over the state, preparing to erect a banner to rebel against Cao Cao.

They suddenly attacked the counties and cities around them, and many cities fell in an instant and were occupied by the rebels.

The beacon fires in various places were in an emergency, and they rushed to report to Cao Cao. Cao Cao was miserable, and regretted that he should not have been impulsive at the beginning.

But the most troublesome thing for Cao Cao is that Yang Xiu, the son of Yang Biao, escaped ahead of time. Yang Xiu is the son of Yang Biao. If he joins any faction, that faction will take the initiative and get the support of many people to deal with him. Cao Cao, this is the last thing Cao Cao wants to see.

Moreover, Yang Xiu is a great talent, he can predict the enemy's opportunities in everything, and he is omnipotent in making plans. He is definitely a top talent and a top think tank.

After these things happened, Cao Cao couldn't do anything to clean up, so he ordered Cao Ren, Li Dianle, Jin Yujin and other generals to lead troops to quell the rebellion in various states.

After a period of counter-rebellion, the rebellion was all quelled. Although people still complained, it was good to be able to quell it.

As for how to put it down, that is one word, kill, kill if you don’t accept it, kill until all are convinced, this is what Cao Cao explained, Yu Jin and others can only execute, so they killed a lot of people this time to suppress the rebellion, it can be said that blood flowed like a river!
Everyone looked at Cao Cao's gloomy face above, and sighed in their hearts. What's the matter? It's really bad luck. Why are there so many loyal Han families?And it's loyal!
Cao Cao was not happy, and no one was willing to touch his brow, lest he suffer for no reason.

Only Xia Houyuan's eyes flickered, and he suddenly remembered one thing, that is, when he attacked Hanzhong, he saw with his own eyes the peacock crossbow used by his general Lu Ying.

It is an extremely powerful continuous crossbow. If it is mass-produced and equipped in the army, then the fighting power of this army will be absolutely invincible. Under the densely packed random arrows, there will be no living things!
Originally, he reported to Cao Cao when he came back, but he was punished by Cao Cao when he came back because of the defeat, so he forgot about it for a while.

Thinking of this matter again, Xia Houyuan couldn't help but his eyes lit up, because if he told Cao Cao about this matter, it must be a great achievement, then Cao Cao knew that Xia Houyuan supported Cao Pi, and maybe Cao Cao pardoned Cao Pi's crime because of this credit. ?At least it will benefit Cao Pi a little bit.

Thinking of this, Xia Houyuan moved, walked out and cupped his hands and said, "My lord, I will report something at the end!"

Cao Cao glanced at Xia Houyuan, snorted and said impatiently, "What good things do you have, don't you know that you are the person I don't want to see the last?"

Xia Houyuan could only bite the bullet and said, "My lord, calm down, the general really has something important to report! The general Lu Ying has a weapon with a crossbow, which is very powerful. It can shoot hundreds of densely packed sharp arrows at a time. As long as you shoot There can be no living things on the opposite side, I have never seen such a terrifying crossbow, if mass production and equipment are used in the army, who will be the opponent in the future?"

"General Liu Bei Pei Feng and Pei Yuanqing almost died on this crossbow. If you don't believe me, you can ask Lu Ying yourself!"

Xia Houyuan finished speaking in one breath, looked at Cao Cao earnestly, and looked forward to Cao Cao's decision.

(End of this chapter)