Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 327 Cao Pi's Choice

"Secret matter?" Seeing Guo Huai being so mysterious, Zhao Feng seemed to have expected something.

"Exactly, Sima Yi is the murderer of the king!" Guo Huai whispered.Hearing this, Zhao Feng and Liu Feng looked at each other in blank dismay, and finally the latter said: "I have expected this matter, after all, Cao Cao and his son didn't need to kill the late emperor at that time."

"But I'm afraid you two don't know the whereabouts of Yuxi!" Guo Huai said mysteriously.Seeing that Zhao Feng and Liu Feng were a little surprised, Guo Huai continued: "After Sima Yi killed the first emperor and won the jade seal, he secretly hid it. I also found out by chance that the jade seal was hidden by him. In a dark cabinet in the bedroom. He only waits for himself to win the world, and then take out the jade seal openly and aboveboard, and ascend to the Ninth Five-Year Zun!"

"The appetite is not small!" Zhao Feng sneered.Liu Feng shook his head when he heard the words, and finally said with some emotion: "It's really a bit exaggerated to want to win the world if you blindly cheat without following the righteous path." The tone was very similar to Liu Bei's.

"Now, his plan is almost completely shattered. Guo Huai, from here to Nanzheng, there should be no obstacles along the way?" Zhao Feng asked.

"Exactly, Sima Yi was short of troops. He led his own troops to resist Lu Xun in Baocheng. Except for Yangping Pass, there are thousands of defenders in other places, and the rest of the troops are very empty. Even Nanzheng, the defenders are not enough. Thousands of people." Guo Huai replied.

"Since this is the case, leave people to defend the city, and we will lead our own army to attack Nanzheng and destroy Sima Yi's foundation as soon as possible! Before the defenders get the exact news, Guo Huai, you lead the army to swindle Kaicheng first! The door." Zhao Feng arranged immediately.

"It should be so!" Guo Huai nodded.He knew that as a traitor, he had already opened his bow and there was no turning back.Now Zhao Feng left Zhu Ran to garrison Chenggu, while he himself led the army and went to Nanzheng's location with Guo Huai to kill them.

Not to mention that Zhao Feng's army has gradually invaded the hinterland of Hanzhong. At this time, under Liu Bei's psychological warfare offensive in Yecheng, people's hearts are already quite chaotic.In just these two days, many officials in Yecheng had sneaked out of the city and surrendered to Liu Bei.This is true for officials, let alone ordinary soldiers.Facing this kind of deranged situation, Cao Pi was too lazy to continue to take care of it, and just sighed.

When it was time for the court meeting on the third day, Cao Pi looked at the court hall, which was almost half empty, and immediately said with a wry smile: "Everyone, Liu Bei's deadline is coming soon, I don't know what your plans are. Woolen cloth?"

"Your Majesty, there are still tens of thousands of troops in the city, and there is no shortage of food, grass and military equipment. Once the battle starts, even if Liu Bei wants to take the city, he will inevitably suffer heavy casualties. I am willing to lead the troops to hold on to the city and wait for all the troops to return!" It was Xia Houfeng who made the list. As the younger generation of the Cao clan, they were extremely unwilling to give up their own interests just like that.

"Although there are still tens of thousands of defenders in the city, the current situation of the general and the others is very unfavorable. Even if they want to protect themselves, it is already difficult. It is unrealistic to expect them to return to the division to rescue them!" But it was Wang Lang, who shook his head back and forth, disapproving of Xia Houfeng's rhetoric.

"Lord Wang, what do you mean by that?" Xia Houfeng immediately became upset when he heard the words, and asked sharply.

"Your Majesty, the hearts of the people in the city are already unstable. Even if they defend the city to the death, they may not be able to hold on if they are unstable. Once the city is broken, I am afraid that Your Majesty will fall into the enemy's hands. At that time, not only Your Majesty, but also everyone in the clan It's all over!" Hua Xin hesitated a little, but still said.

Hearing Hua Xin say the same thing, Cao Pi's expression seemed a little surprised. He looked up at Hua Xin, but finally smiled wryly, "Ziyu, do you also think I should open the city and surrender?"

"I don't dare, but if we continue to fight, there is really no chance of winning!" Hua Xin said in a low voice.These words are not empty words, more than half of the ministers nodded in agreement after hearing this.

"Hmph, even if there is no chance of winning, everyone would rather die in battle than surrender!" Xia Houfeng said viciously when he heard the words.While uttering these cruel words, his eyes were fixed on Wang Lang and Hua Xin.

"If everyone dies in battle, Yecheng will eventually fall into Liu Bei's hands. What's the difference between this and Kaesong's surrender in terms of outcome?" Wang Lang was so courageous that he couldn't care less about Xia Houfeng's threatening eyes, and shook his head right away.

"Of course there is a difference, the body can die, but the integrity cannot be abandoned!" Xia Houfeng said proudly.

"For the integrity of General Xiahou, 10 people from Yecheng and His Majesty are required to be buried with him. The general is indeed a loyal minister and filial son!" Wang Lang said sarcastically.In terms of eloquence, even if Wang Lang is not as good as Zhuge Liang, he is still more than enough to deal with the little Xiahou Feng.

"You?" Xia Houfeng was furious when he heard the words, and when he couldn't say it, he simply threw his fist at each other.The people on the side were either fighting or fanning the flames, and it was very chaotic for a while.At this moment, Cao Pi finally spoke: "As a courtier, how can you be so disrespectful and not back down!"

"Your Majesty, forgive me!" Wang Lang and Xia Houfeng hurriedly apologized and retreated, but each other's eyes were full of fire, wishing they could swallow each other alive.Cao Pi looked at the messy situation, sighed for a long time, finally turned his head to look at Jia Xu, and asked shyly, "Taiwei, what is your plan for the current situation?"

"War, there is no chance of winning; peace, not reconciled!" Jia Xu smiled wryly and shook his head and sighed.

"The Taiwei's words can be said to have fulfilled my thoughts!" Cao Pi sighed with regret.Looking at the expectant crowd, Cao Pi finally waved his hand weakly, and then said: "In that case, let's surrender!"

"Your Majesty can't, if this is the case, my great Wei Guozuo will be cut off!" Xiahou Feng said anxiously.Gritting his teeth, Xia Houfeng said again: "Your Majesty, why don't you pretend to surrender, lure Liu Bei into the city, and then kill him?"

"If Liu Bei dies, I'm afraid that the people under his command will no longer have any scruples. At that time, Yecheng may be full of corpses! If so, I'm afraid that your majesty's clan will be destroyed." Not to mention Wang Lang and others, even the people who have been Mo Ran's Man Chong also dislikes this stupid idea that Xiahou Feng came up with in a hurry.

"Since that's the case, how about not killing him, but capturing him alive and forcing him to write a letter of surrender?" Xia Houfeng thought for a while and said again.

"Liu Bei has been on the battlefield for a long time, how can he be unprepared. Regardless of success or failure in this matter, it is absolutely impossible to turn things around!" Even Cao Pi was not optimistic about Xia Houfeng's clever tricks, and quickly cut off his words.Then he ordered: "Ziyu, go and tell Liu Bei that I will open the city gate immediately!"

"Your Majesty!" Xia Houfeng knelt down and cried bitterly. Cao Pi sighed, stepped forward to help him up and said a few words of comfort, then picked up the jade seal and other things, and led a group of courtiers to surrender.Hua Xin stepped on his horse and finally rushed to Liu Bei's camp before the last moment.But at this time, Liu Bei had already begun to order the generals to prepare to rectify the army and horses to attack the city.

"It seems that Cao Pi is quite knowledgeable about current affairs!" Seeing the surrender form Hua Xin sent, Zhang Fei also laughed happily.Liu Bei nodded, sighed softly and said, "It's a blessing to be able to avoid a military revolution!"

"Your Majesty, although Cao Pi surrendered, Yecheng is the capital of Cao Wei after all. Cao's father and son have been in Hebei for more than ten years, so they should not be taken lightly!" Zhuge Liang reminded at this time.

"I have a plan in my heart!" Liu Bei nodded, and then ordered Chen Dao to lead the white-eared elite soldiers to accompany the army as guards. In addition, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei led [-] elite soldiers to accompany the army into the city together to make sure.But it seems that this is not very necessary, because when Liu Bei and others came to the city of Yecheng, Cao Pi had personally led all the officials out of the city to surrender, and the defenders of Yecheng had already put down their weapons and accepted the adaptation.

"Sinner Cao Pi, pay homage to Your Majesty!" Seeing Liu Bei approaching, Cao Pi held the jade seal and begged to surrender.Liu Bei helped Cao Pi up with his own hands, comforted him with some kind words, and immediately ordered Cao Pi to be named Marquis of Guiming, and moved to Jingnan Gong'an County with all the Cao family, and lived with Liu Zhang who moved there in the early years.As for the cao family's descendants, Liu Bei either appointed new officials or sent them home.Among them, Jia Xu, Man Chong and several others claimed that they were tired of official careers and did not want to be officials but only wanted to retire, and Liu Bei also agreed.That night Liu Bei led his troops into Yecheng to appease people's hearts.

A few days later, news came from other places one after another.After receiving Cao Pi's personal letter of persuasion, General Cao Jun, who stood firm in Hedong, also surrendered to Wei Yan and Huang Zhong; then Zhang Ren from Huguan came to report that Cao Jun, who was entrenched in Shangdang, committed suicide after learning of Cao Pi's surrender. , Cao Zhang led the remnants to surrender.With the complete settlement of these two places, it means that the Cao family, which has been entrenched in Hebei for more than ten years, has completely withdrawn from the stage of history.In one of the thirteen prefectures of the Han Dynasty, except for the unresolved battle with Sima Yi in Hanzhong, the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty has been restored everywhere else.

After entering Yecheng, Liu Bei ignored everyone's opposition and went to Cao Cao's tomb to see it, and it was alone.In front of the tomb of his lifelong opponent, Liu Bei stood for nearly an afternoon. The guards seemed to hear him talking, but no one knew what Liu Bei said.

In the early morning of the next day, Liu Bei held a meeting in Cao Wei's palace.Zhuge Liang remonstrated that the city of Ye was biased towards Hebei, while Chang'an was somewhat biased towards the west, so he suggested that Liu Bei, after the unification of the world, move his capital to Luoyang, the eastern capital, and sit in the Central Plains to determine the four directions.Liu Bei ran his opinion and sent people to prepare for this time.In addition, due to the years of melee in Hebei, the four states were exempted from taxes for one year, and the taxes were halved within three years.When the news came, the whole world cheered.

Hebei was pacified, but Hanzhong was still unresolved at this time. Under the leadership of Guo Huai, 1 Xichuan elite soldiers who put on the armor of the Hanzhong Army came to the city of Nanzheng unimpeded.These 6 people are the elite of the Sichuan Army, more than half of Zhao Feng's generals are here, and the remaining [-] people, under the leadership of Zhu Ran, follow closely behind, forming a posture of chasing, so that they can be more powerful Successfully tricked Nanzheng City Gate.

"Guo Huai, is there a general in Nanzheng City?" Zhao Feng asked.

"Not anymore. At present, Sima Yi's wife, Zhang Chunhua, is in charge of Nanzheng's affairs. Although this woman is vicious and scheming, she doesn't know much about military strategy." Guo Huai comforted.At this time, it was less than thirty miles away from Nanzheng City.

"Hey, who's that coming in front?" Zhao Feng suddenly noticed a horse riding in a hurry, and quickly signaled Guo Huai to come forward and talk to him.Guo Huai nodded, at this moment the man had already run not far in front of Guo Huai, and shouted loudly while running: "General Guo, my lord has just retreated to Baocheng, and Lu Xun's army has occupied Wuxiang and Nanjiang. Now they are coming here, my lord ordered you to lead the army to support immediately!"

(End of this chapter)