The son of Yuan Shao who traveled through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 268

Cao Pi came to the outside of the palace in a carriage, and saw Xia Houdun on the horse head-on, showing off his might.Sternly scolded: "Xiahoudun, you are not supervising the building of warships by the river, what are you doing here?" Xiahoudun hurriedly got off his horse and fell to his knees: "King Wei, I want to ask why our army surrendered to Soochow. It is not easy for the prime minister to start a business, but it cannot be ruined in your hands." Cao Pixin said, I don't know why I surrendered, and I am also confused.

"Shut up, you brought troops into the city to force the palace without being summoned, and you clearly rebelled. Since you have contributed to the country, let's just kill your whole family to avoid the punishment of the nine clans. Come, arrest Xia Houdun and execute him on the spot."

"Of order—" Xue Qiao and Liu Zhu, who had been waiting by their side, rushed forward, grabbed the stunned Xia Houdun's arms and pressed them to the ground.Master Sima pulled out his saber, took two steps forward, and slashed at Xia Houdun's neck.

How could Xia Houdun, who was a general in the world, sit and wait for death?With a shake of their arms, Xue Qiao and Liu Zhu were thrown out, and their bodies rolled on the ground. Master Sima's big knife slashed on the bluestone ground, the blade cracked, and his arms were numb from the shock.Xia Houdun was very fast, grabbed Sima Shi's saber, turned around, put it on Sima Shi's neck from behind, and shouted: "Don't come here, anyone who dares to come here, I will kill this bastard."

Xiahoudun's five thousand soldiers and horses withdrew their weapons one after another, wanting to rush to kill.Cao Pi shouted loudly: "Stop, who dares to rebel. Xia Houdun, you deserve death for resisting the king's order. Do you guys want to accompany him to rebel?" Cao Pi pointed his right hand in a circle, and all five thousand soldiers and horses threw down their weapons , lowered his head.

Seeing that the situation was over, Xia Houdun reined in Sima Shi's saber and exerted more force.Immediately, a chi-long gash appeared on Sima Shi's neck, and blood was left in pieces.Master Sima let out a scream like a ghost crying.

"King Wei, I, Xiahoudun, am loyal and come to escort me. How can King Wei kill me?" Xiahoudun staggered and retreated out of the city.Cao Pi thought to himself, if Master Sima died, Concubine Guo would not survive either.He shouted hysterically: "Xia Houdun, you said that you are loyal, and a good king will let his ministers die, but the ministers are not loyal if they are not dead. The widow will kill you now, you can kill yourself."

Xia Houdun seemed to have been hit by five thunders, his whole body staggered, and he couldn't stand steadily. He wiped Sima Shi's neck, threw a bloody head into the air, and laughed wildly: "I die today, King Wei, no one will be loyal , will go to Huangquan soon." The saber full of gaps suddenly slashed on the neck, blood splashed out, and the corpse of a generation of famous generals fell to the ground with a bang.

Sima Yi is always there.He hid behind the emperor's carriage to watch the play. Sima Shi's head was cut off, so he just closed his eyes and opened them again.But neither showed his face nor spoke.It was not until Xiahoudun died that he ran out and ordered Liu Zhu, Xue Qiao, and Zhang Pu to receive Xiahoudun's five thousand cavalry.And forced Cao Pi to order Cao Chun, Xiahou Dun's remaining party, to be brought to justice.Cao Pi had no choice but to follow suit. For the sake of his wife, he gave up all his uncles and brothers.

Cao Chun and Xiahoushang were in Xiling. After receiving the order, Xiahoushang couldn't do anything.He went to Cao Chun's house overnight and told the truth: "Let's go, Sima Yi is going to attack you. Brother Xia Houdun was killed." Cao Chun was still puzzled by Zhang Erjingang, and asked blankly: "Why is the military and political power so good?" It fell into the hands of Sima Yi?" Xia Houshang suddenly cried bitterly: "I'm sorry, Prime Minister—" He told the reason why Cao Cao was killed.Cao Chun stomped his feet and said, "You are so confused, what should you do now that you have gotten to this point. My Cao family and Xiahou family are about to be wiped out."

Xia Houshang only knew how to scratch his head, but he had no idea at all.Cao Chun circled around for a long time, finally stood still, and said in a deep voice: "Sima Yi murdered the prime minister, son, and General Xiahou. The two of us will not share the sky with this thief. If we don't avenge this revenge, we will die as human beings. Let's vote for Yuan Xi. Yuan Bing avenges his deepest hatred."

Xia Houshang murmured: "Yuan Bing is the prime minister's deadly enemy, how can he take refuge?" Cao Chun said: "One moment and another. At present, our deadly enemy is not Yuan Xi but Sima Yi." Xia Houshang said: "I don't know if Yuan Xi is willing to take him in or not. Cao Chun waved his hand and said, "There is no need to doubt this matter. Yuan Xixiong is a broad-minded man with a vision for the world, and he will definitely tolerate it. Quick, if the general doesn't believe me, I will lead my troops to Jiangling to surrender, and you will be stationed here. Before dawn, Sima Yi's army If you arrive, don't fight with us. I will definitely bring Yuan Bing to rescue."

At this time, Xia Houshang had nothing to say: "Go and come back quickly. If the Yuan family is not compatible, the two of us will return to Jing with Sima Yi."

Cao Chun put on his armor, came to the barracks, and mobilized two thousand cavalry to leave the city and gallop towards Jiangling.Xiling is 150 miles away from Jiangling, and it took five hours to arrive at the city without stopping.

Twilight.Cao Chun shouted from the bottom of the city: "I am Cao Chun, the guard of Xiling. I have something to see the King of Jin."Shouted loudly: "Bold Cao Chun, do you want to come and attack? Today I will let you come and go."

"General, Cao Chun is here to surrender, please take the lead in King Jin City for a while."

Knowing about the civil strife in Cao's army, Pang De didn't dare to make his own claim when he heard that Cao Jun had surrendered, so he hurriedly sent someone to report to King Jin.I'm still asleep.He was awakened by the shouts of the soldiers: "Report, Your Majesty, General Cao Chun outside the city has come to ask you to surrender. Please answer from the head of the city, King Jin."

All of a sudden, my sleepiness disappeared, I turned over and sat up, and jumped out of bed: "Quick, bring the robe."

There is no time to put on the armor, I guess Cao Jun must have undergone a major change.Putting on a robe, and braving the cold morning wind in February, he rode to the city.I quickly climbed up the tower.Pang De was still probing there; "Why did you surrender?" Cao Chun sighed: "Sima Yi took power in Xiaoting, imprisoned King Wei, killed General Xiahoudun, and now he wants to harm me. Cao Chun had no choice but to surrender. King Jin."

So I walked a few steps quickly; "Ling Ming, open the city gate quickly." Pang De looked back and said anxiously: "Prince Jin, I'm afraid there may be fraud." I poked my head out from behind the arrow stack and said loudly: " General Cao Chun, what do you need to see this king?"

When Cao Chun saw it, he hurriedly got off his horse and knelt down on the ground: "King Jin, Sima Yi killed the prime minister. Cao Chun was desperate and came to serve. Please take care of King Jin."

Pang De said softly: "Prime Minister, the incident happened so suddenly. Could it be a trick." I smiled and said, "There is no trick. Sima Yi rebelled, and Cao's generals had no choice but to surrender. Open the city gate, and I will come out of the city to greet you in person."

Pang De wondered: "If so, Pound will guard with a knife." I said: "Okay. In fact, there is no need to be nervous, there is nothing wrong with it."

I had no armor, no gun in my hand, and Pound led twenty riders out of the city.Lieutenant General Wang Kai was left on guard at the top of the city.The gates of the city were wide open, and Cao Chun came up to him on foot. He was moved and wept bitterly: "King Jin, Prime Minister Cao, son Cao Zhang, and general Xia Houdun were all killed by Sima Yi. Please read the love of Prime Minister Cao and your father as officials in the same dynasty. As a matter of fact, send troops immediately to wipe out the rebels. My brother Xia Houshang and I, commander of all the people in Xicheng, surrendered. I would like to be the vanguard." I dismounted quickly, but Pang De suddenly blocked the way.I patted Pound on the shoulder to signal to get out of the way.Pound stomped his feet anxiously.I was on guard to help Cao Chun up. Although I was sure, I was also apprehensive.I held Cao Chun's arms, and asked with concern, "Where is General Xiahoushang?" Cao Chun said, "Xiahoushang is still in Xiling. There are six or seven thousand troops in the city, and Sima Yi's army will arrive at noon tomorrow at the latest. I hope that King Jin will send troops early. No. The Marquis of Xia is still dead."

"Lingming, beat the drums at the top of the city, and announce the affairs of the generals' mansion."

All the generals came to the commander's tent one after another when they heard the roar of the war drum.Seeing Cao Chun, several of them drew their swords.Pound hurriedly stopped him and announced to everyone: "General Cao is here to surrender." The generals became even more stupid.I stood behind the sand table and briefly explained it to everyone. I pointed to the direction of Xiling on the sand table and said, "That general leads the troops." Chen Dao has been full of ambitions since he made meritorious service and became a marquis, hoping to repay the lord, so he jumped out immediately Said: "The last general has received the great kindness of the King of Jin, and he has nothing to repay, so he is willing to fight."

Zhao Yun said: "The final general is willing to go."

"Zilong, let Chen Dao be your lieutenant general, and I will give you [-] troops to go with Cao Chun."

"The last will obey."

Zhao Yun selected [-] elite cavalry, of which [-] were black dragon cavalry.Cao Chun led the way and rushed to Xiling.What Cao Chun brought was a thousand tiger and leopard riders, and they were very fast.At noon the next day, we arrived at Xiling.Xia Houshang hurriedly opened the city gate to greet him.

It wasn't until he entered the Shuai's mansion that Zhao Yun's hanging heart was finally let go.He was really suspicious of Cao Chun.

Xia Houshang knelt down and presented the household registration and accounts of Xiling City to show his surrender.Zhao Yun helped him up and said modestly: "Yun is only here to defeat the enemy, no matter what, please see King Jin for details." Xia Houshang said: "I wonder if Sima Yi will come in person?"

Zhao Yundao: "Your family's great enmity, King Jin has his own arrangements, but, judging from today's situation, Sima Yi will not come in person." Just as he was talking, he shouted in a panic outside the door: "General, Lu Qian will bring you The soldiers are coming." "The villain." Cao Chun scolded angrily, "I'll kill him and offer his head under the tent."

Zhao Yun and Chen Dao stayed in the city.Xia Houshang and Cao Chun went out of the city to fight together.As soon as the two saw Lu Qian, they cursed: "You ungrateful villain, shameless person, how did the prime minister treat you at such a young age. You actually rebelled?" Lu Qian wondered, and sneered: "I rebelled? The two generals figured it out, I But following the order of the King of Wei, he came to arrest the rebels." Cao Chun said angrily, "Did you follow the orders of the King of Wei or Sima Yi? You and Sima Yi are of the same breed. I'm sorry if I don't kill you today. . ” Swing the knife to kill Lu Qian.Lu Qian's martial arts was superior to Cao Chun's, and the two fought less than [-] times, but Cao Chun couldn't resist and retreated every step of the way.Xia Houshang rushed forward to fight.Lu Qianyi was not afraid, and his expression was as usual. He was strong against the two generals, and after fifty rounds, there was no winner.Chen Dao was so anxious that his palms were sweating.Xin said, Cao Chun and Xia Houshang are really stupid, neither of them can win.In Chen Dao's eyes, Lu Qian's martial arts were not outstanding.

"Shuzhi, go and meet Lu Qian." Shuzhi is Chen Dao's word.

Chen Daozao couldn't wait any longer, trotted down the city, opened the city gate and rushed out.It is indisputable to join the battle group.Let's fight against Lu Qian!

Zhao Yun observed Chen Dao's marksmanship from the top of the city, and found that he was fast, ruthless and steady, which was deeply samādhi.Moreover, Chen Dao's vision was very sharp, he saw Lu Qian's flaws and weaknesses clearly, and after three moves, he scattered Lu Qian's forced moves, sweating profusely, and stretched out.After five moves, Xia Houshang and Cao Chun were basically isolated from the battle circle, unable to intervene.Chen Dao held the gun with one hand, the black body of the gun trembled, and stabbed three times from the upper, middle, lower three-point directions at the same time.Lu Qian clamped the horse's back firmly with both arms, and "Dangdangdang" tried his best to block it.Chen Daoxin recruited again and swept Lu Qian away.Lu Qian's skill has been exhausted, and it's too late to make a move.Quickly lay on the horse's back, pulled the rein, the horse neighed, and fled in defeat.

Chen Dao, Cao Chun, and Xia Houshang took advantage of the situation to attack Cao Bing.Many of Cao Bing are the former troops of Cao Chun and Hou Shang, and they are not ashamed of Sima Yi's actions.Before he could do anything, he knelt down and said, "General Cao, we are all forced, and we are willing to surrender." With 1 people, Lu Qian fled back to Xiaoting with only a hundred people.

Sima Yi was furious.At the same time, he also realized that Xiaoting could not stay for long.Immediately set off and come down the river to Fankou.When he left, Guo Jia got a tip in Zigui and sent Zhuoying and Fu Tong to capture Xiaoting and Yidao.

Since then, Jiangxia and Jingling have been in the hands of Wu Jun.Yuan Jun basically annexed Jingxiang.

When Sima Yi arrived in Soochow, he was treated courteously by Sun Quan.Cao Pi was granted the title of Marquis of Nanchang and the title of Minister.It is tantamount to depriving military power and becoming a useless person.Others are high-ranking officials and generous salaries.Sima Yi was granted the title of Grand Tutor of the Wu State, Marquis of Kuaiji, and was nominally the commander-in-chief of the three armies.I'm afraid that the generals of the state of Wu will not get rid of him.

Lu Qian, Liu Zhu, Zhang Pu, Xue Qiao, and Du Xi were all named Liehou.Incorporated into Zhou Yu's navy.Cheng Yu is the imperial censor, and Hua Xin is the minister.Only Mao Jie resigned from office and retired sadly.It is clearly not ashamed of Sima Yi's actions.

Liu Bei and Sun Quan reached an agreement to temporarily settle down in Hanyang County.Started his miserable life of being dependent on others again.First Xiaopei, then Xuzhou, then Xiapi, then Yuzhou, then Xinye, Jiangxia, Jiangling, and now Hanyang.I don't know if I can live in the long run.What a trick.Miserable, miserable, miserable.

After capturing Jiangling and Xiaoting.According to Jia Xu's strategy, Yuan Bing withdrew in batches and returned to Luoyang.Wait for the change of Sun, Liu and Cao.Leaving the prudent Jiang Yiqu guarding Xiangyang, Chen Dao and the newly recovered Wenpin guarding Jiangling, Zangba guarding Maicheng, and Zhao Yun and Xu Huang returning to Huainan.Li Yan entered Xiaoting and Guo Jia stationed Zigui.Formed a situation where although the army withdrew, it was impenetrable.

When withdrawing from Xiangyang, I stopped by to visit Mrs. Cai.Wen Cun lingered for seventeen or eight days before leaving for Luoyang.In fact, I was quite scared. I was afraid that her belly would be enlarged and she would be completely ruined all at once.

In April of the 16th year of Jian'an, Yuan Jun returned to Luoyang.It is the season when the flowers are blooming, the willow branches are swaying, and the fragrant flowers are blooming.Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty lined up again to welcome him.For such a great contribution, there is always a reward.But what is the reward, you can't give him the throne, can you?Finally, an edict was issued to allow the king of Jin to set up the emperor's dragon, phoenix, sun and moon banners, wear the emperor's crown, and ride in the emperor's chariot.Although he has not usurped the throne at this moment, he is already the de facto emperor.

The crown of the emperor, with twelve strings of pearls in front and back.The whole body of the chariot is inlaid with gold, and there are six horses on it.Front, rear, left, and right, there are five auxiliary vehicles.Five thousand guards for each trip.Rituals and music sing in harmony, and all officials kneel down to welcome them.

I'm still not satisfied.Jiangshan was brought back by Lao Tzu with one knife and one shot.I want to be the real son of heaven.

(End of this chapter)