The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 446 Turning the Situation

No one knew what Xiahoudun had talked with Dongfang Shengmi for an hour, because not long after Xiahoudun's defeat, Cao Pi sent someone to send imperial edicts and poisoned wine to kill Xiahoudun.

After this news was sent back to Xudu, Cao Cao's former ministers panicked. Who is Xiahou Dun?He is Cao Cao's relative, Cao Cao's most trusted general, and the former leader of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry. Cao Cao's trust in him cannot be increased.

Now that he has ended up like this, it has to make those veterans feel chilled.

Cao Pi didn't care about the reactions of these veterans, he had already sharpened his butcher knife and prepared for a bloody cleansing, and his patience had been reduced to the minimum for the successive internal opposition incidents.

Internal problems are often the deadliest.

And Zhong Yao, who was far on the front line, also sighed secretly after learning that Xiahou Dun was forced to commit suicide by taking poison, but as the leader of an intelligence organization, he couldn't hide it.

If you talk about your own family strength, this kind of thing may have an impact on other people, but it is nonsense to Cao Pi, the lord of a country.

After Kong Rong was considered a famous family back then, Cao Cao still killed him, and Yang Xiu did the same.

In fact, for Cao Cao, what he lost was only his reputation, but Kong Rong and the others were sadly reminded that what they lost was their heads.

Zhong Yao will not be so stupid as to think that he can fight against the kingship. In any country, unless you have a large army, you will be slaughtered at will in front of the king.

After Dongfang Sheng learned about Xiahou Dun's suicide by taking poison, he set up an incense table in the camp to pay homage to him. This time, Dongfang Sheng was mainly responsible for Xiahou Dun's incident. Differences cannot avoid fighting each other.

At the same time, Xu Du once again spread rumors that Cao Pi killed his father and usurped the throne, and the whole of Xu Du fell into an inexplicable turmoil for a while.

War is never one-sided relying on military violence, politics and economy are equally important.

Dongfang Sheng's economic layout planted the root of disaster for Cao Wei, making Cao Pi have to give up some interests to seek help from the gentry, and this time Dongfang Sheng dealt a heavy blow to Cao Pi politically.

Since ancient times, there has been a saying in China that "the name is not right and the words are not right". Cao Pi obtained the throne through abnormal means. Although Cao Pi said that he was recognized by Cao Cao on the surface, most of them are actually skeptical. attitude.

Because from the previous situation, Cao Cao seemed to love his third brother Cao Zhi very much, and Cao Pi also sent Cao Zhi to guard Cao Cao's cemetery after he ascended the throne. This approach also caused dissatisfaction among many people.

The most important thing is that Cao Pi began to intentionally or unintentionally eliminate some old officials from Cao Cao's period. These old officials were all generals with outstanding achievements and armed forces.

Originally, according to the normal rhythm, this kind of thing would be done by Cao Cao. After the crown prince was confirmed, Cao Cao would clean up a group of old ministers who were too powerful, and at the same time attack or demote some officials who were not 'princelings'. Give death.

The advantage of this is that after a hundred years of Cao Cao, the successor can take power faster and at the same time cause as little domestic turmoil as possible.

However, Cao Pi killed his father and usurped the throne, directly skipping this process.

This also led to the chaos of factions in Cao Wei's camp after Cao Pi ascended the throne, and even the factions originally owned by Cao Zhi had no time to clean up.

In history, Cao Cao once wiped out Cao Zhi's henchmen, even the veterans who had worked hard and made great achievements were not spared.

Cao Pi's original idea was to wait for the situation to stabilize and then slowly figure it out. This is the best way, but now it seems that he has to do it in advance.

In any case, Dongfang Sheng's political offensive has already begun.

And Zhong Yao, who has always been prudent, had to take the initiative to attack. If he didn't defeat Dongfang Sheng as soon as possible, and spent too much time here, I'm afraid there would be big troubles.

But at this time, Dongfang Sheng played guerrilla warfare with Zhong Yao. He kept changing places, leading Zhong Yao and the others around in circles.

Once Zhong Yao stopped, Dongfang Sheng would take the opportunity to fight back, and Zhong Yao would be led by the nose by Dongfang Sheng.

After chasing and running, Dongfang Sheng actually retreated back to the blockade of the eight @虎赫 that he broke through.

Zhong Yao was about to contact the eight@虎起 who was still in the blockade, but he didn't want another bad news to come. The heavy armored cavalry mobilized by Dongfang Sheng had completely broken through the eight@虎起 blockade to meet Dongfang Sheng.

With the assistance of heavy armored cavalry, Dongfang Sheng immediately began to counterattack Zhong Yao.

Compared with the previous heavy armored cavalry, Dongfang Sheng has used the latest armor for the heavy armored cavalry this time. This armor is twice as light as the previous heavy armor, but the defensive ability has not been weakened in the slightest, but has been somewhat enhanced.

At first Zhong Yao was able to resist for a while, but under the impact of the heavy cavalry, he finally retreated helplessly and was defeated.

Dongfang Sheng was not in a hurry to chase, and Zhong Yao was not defeated. If he pursued rashly, he would easily be ambushed.

Moreover, although the heavy armored cavalry is powerful, they are slow, and they have to rely on light cavalry to pursue them.

Zhong Yao originally planned to set up an ambush on the way to retreat, but Dongfang Sheng didn't fall for it, so he set up camp directly at the same place.

If you run away blindly, you will eventually be gradually eaten away by Dongfang Sheng who is hanging behind you.

Zhong Yao wanted to fight Dongfang Sheng for a long time. In the territory of Cao Wei, he had an innate advantage. As long as he stabilized his position, reinforcements would arrive in time. Zhong Yao did not panic.

Dongfang Sheng also guessed Zhong Yao's plan after seeing Zhong Yao set up camp, but Dongfang Sheng was not in a hurry. After all, Zhong Yao was not such an easy enemy to deal with. Easy to capsize in the gutter.

So Dongfang Sheng only surrounded Zhong Yao's camp, and was not in a hurry to attack.

With heavy cavalry, it is not particularly difficult to break through the camp.

Soon, Zhong Yao had to abandon the camp and run away.

But just like Dongfang Sheng before, Zhong Yao also started to lead Dongfang Sheng to fight guerrillas, but Dongfang Sheng obviously would not let Zhong Yao lead him by the nose.

Because Dongfang Sheng often let a team of light cavalry block the road in front to prevent Zhong Yao from leading himself into the pit.

With Qingqi intercepting, Zhong Yao could only stop, and as soon as he stopped, Dongfang Sheng's heavy cavalry rushed forward.

This way of fighting caused Zhong Yao a lot of pain, and although the Wei army was also equipped with heavy armor, their heavy armor was unbearably heavy. Once they were put on, it would affect the performance of their movements in battle, so the heavy armor of the Wei army was more used. On the cavalry that hinders the enemy's army, it cannot be used to pursue the enemy.

On the other hand, Dongfang Sheng's heavy armored cavalry, from the initial introduction of foreign cavalry to later self-innovative research, Dongfang Sheng spent a lot of time and energy on it, so that the heavy armored cavalry under Dongfang Sheng's command can be fully utilized The role of the armor is beyond the reach of ordinary heavy cavalry.

(End of this chapter)