Three Kingdoms Simulator: This Ma Su is too stable

Chapter 352 Cao Cao's Doomsday

Ma Di rubbed his nose, secretly paying attention, it seems that the effect of pretending to be coercive is not particularly good, there is no little star in this sister's eyes, and she didn't jump over to praise me for being a dragon and phoenix.

Maybe I'm not strong enough now.

But there is no way.

He is only eight years old now, no matter how shocking things he does, he will be questioned.Just like what the common people said, although their words of praise were exaggerated, there was a tone of disbelief.

It can be seen that it is not so easy to manipulate the public opinion of the people.

Of course, in this era, the words of the common people do not represent public opinion, and only aristocratic and wealthy families can represent public opinion, because they are the ones who truly grasp the direction of public opinion.

It can be inferred from this that those who spread the rumor that he is "the reincarnation of the Red Emperor" must not be Yuan Shao or Wang Yun. Then he is now eating public meals in Ting Wei's prison.

I just don't know which little character is targeting him.

Ma Di returned to the carriage a little depressed.

Cai Yan followed in, but she didn't fully believe what the younger brother said.

On the way back home, she turned her head from the carriage and looked at Ma Di seriously, "Brother Su, [-] soldiers and horses, how did you defeat so many of them by yourself?"

Ma Di replied briefly: "No one can match the direction of the spear."

Cai Yan's lips pursed obviously, and said angrily: "You are only eight years old, it is impossible to beat so many people, not to mention there are six generals under Dong Zhuo's command, each of them has undeserved courage... Don't think that Auntie doesn't know, but that night, Guard Zhu went with you."

Ma Di laughed and said, "That's right, Zhu Heng went with me, but he just helped out a little. Dong Zhuo was killed by me alone..."

"What are you busy with?"

"Helped to block Dong Zhuo's six generals, and Dong Zhuo's more than 300 personal guards..."

Cai Yan rolled her pretty eyes, and was speechless for a while.

This brother is really unreliable!
However, that Zhu Heng was indeed brave, and he was able to escape with a [-]v[-].

Such a person is willing to come to the Cai Mansion as a guard?
It's really confusing.

"Brother, can he really fight six against one?" Cai Yan asked curiously.

Ma Su looked at Cai Yan's almost twisted face, and said with a smile, "One hit six is ​​nothing, he can even hit twelve."

Cai Yan stared blankly, opened his mouth slightly, too shocked to speak.

Ma Di also fell silent, silently thinking about how to explain to Cai Yong after returning home.It stands to reason that Cai Yong should have known the truth about Dong Zhuo's murder on the day he was promoted to Yushi Zhongcheng.But until now, Cai Yong has not come to settle accounts with him.

This is abnormal.

Cai Yong is the kind of Confucian parent with a very strict family education. He has always followed the rules and did not exceed the rules of etiquette. If his children make mistakes, they will be beaten violently.From the age of three to the present, Ma Di can't remember how many times he was beaten.

But after returning home, nothing happened, Cai Yong stayed in the study and didn't come out.

The following days were uneventful, even though Ma Di ran to Cai Yong whenever he had something to do, Cai Yong seemed to be very calm as if he hadn't seen him.Even the matter of actively matching Wei Zhongdao and Cai Yan has become less concerned.

Wei Zhongdao lived in Cai's mansion for two months. When the year was approaching, he felt bored and went back to Hedong alone.

Ma Su secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and finally had the time to turn his attention back to the situation in the world.

As for the court, most people expressed their support for the Yuan family's control of the court, except for Liu Zhoumu, who was distributed in every state in the world.Of course, those who supported the Yuan family did not include Bao Xin.

In Chang'an, Cao Cao won first and then lost. He was completely defeated by the Ma Teng and Han Sui coalition forces, and retreated to Tongguan in embarrassment.

So far, the eight counties of Liangzhou, the five counties of Longyou and the five counties of Guanzhong have all fallen under the control of the Xiliang army.

In Yizhou, Liu Yan sent Zhang Lu to guard Hanzhong, blatantly cutting off the connection between Yizhou and the imperial court, and became a free emperor.

In Youzhou, Gongsundu had already taken office when Dong Zhuo was still alive. After a few months, it seemed that he had actually controlled the three counties of Liaodong, and he pretended not to listen to the imperial court's orders.

In Bingzhou, the pressure from the Xiongnu and Xianbei is increasing.In the entire nine counties of Bingzhou, seven counties have not had a prefect for a long time, and only the second counties of Taiyuan and Shangdang are still under the control of the big man.

In Qingzhou, millions of Yellow Turban thieves resurfaced and looted everywhere.

In the Lingnan generation, Shi Xie had already turned Jiaozhou into his own territory.

Although there is no Dong Zhuo to disrupt the capital, and there is no Eighteenth Route Princes' Alliance, the situation in the world is still in dire straits, and the Han court is only trying to support it.

"Cao Cao is going to be in trouble..." Ma Su sighed, not knowing whether it was a good thing or a bad thing.

Just as Ma Di was sighing in Luoyang City, Cao Cao, the general of the Great Han Conquest to the West, fell into deep self-blame.

Tongguan.

Cao Cao stood on the top of the city with his sword in his hand, his back leaning against the city wall, the brilliant winter sun above his head, the towering majestic pass at his feet, and not far away, the [-] Xiliang iron cavalry retreated.

The cold north wind howled, rattling his armor and clothes.

Cao Cao lowered his head and remained motionless, suppressing the many emotions in his heart, silently reflecting on the reasons for his failure.

The defeat in the battle of Chang'an was unforgettable for him. When he saw Zhang Liao and other eight generals rebellious, he knew that he was going to lose.

Big defeat, big loss!

More than 3 of the 8000 court cavalry were killed in the first battle, and more than [-] people turned back. Cao Cao was almost wiped out.

The strong frustration and disappointment of losing to Ma Teng and Han Sui and being kicked out of Guanzhong almost made this big Han Zhengxi general completely devastated.

When Chang'an fell, the balance between the imperial court and the Xiliang army disappeared at once; the Xiliang army, which controlled the [-]-mile plain in Guanzhong, could continuously obtain food from the local people instead of traveling thousands of miles from Liangzhou. Raise food.

Such a situation allowed the Xiliang army to calmly face any offensive from the Kanto region, and even try to march to Luoyang to test the weakness of the Han court.

Cao Cao is very clear that the defeat in this battle will not lead to the demise of the big man. Behind him is the huge reserve supply line of the big man, and the main force of the Xiliang army is only the [-] cavalry, but it is the [-] cavalry that makes people very headache. .

Because the big man doesn't have many cavalry anymore.

And the bravery of one rider can be eight infantrymen.

Although he was defeated and lost, Cao Cao was not afraid of Ma Teng, Han Sui, and Lu Bu.As long as he is given enough time, he is confident that he can defeat these three people; what he fears is that there is no time left.

Because of the annihilation of the entire army this time, the imperial court is already planning to replace him with Zhu Jun. To be precise, Yuan Shao intends to replace him as the chief general.

In this way, the Han army has no chance of winning, and the gap in arms cannot be smoothed out by changing generals.

Otherwise, the Xiliang army had been in chaos in the Kansai region for five years, and the imperial court would not be helpless.

In the past five years, the leader of the Western Expedition has changed several times, from Huangfusong to Zhang Wen, then to Dong Zhuo, and finally to Cao Cao. As a result, has the Xiliang Army been wiped out?
not at all!
But there is no way, if you lose, you lose. There is no excuse for a defeated general.

Cao Cao sighed, and the soldiers took strict precautions, quietly waiting for the arrival of the new general.

……

Ever since the news of the defeat of the Han army in Chang'an came back to Luoyang, there has been an undercurrent in the court, and the civil and military officials have discussed in private: Cao Cao is the best friend of the general Yuan Shao, and the general will definitely pardon him.Even if there is a punishment, it will definitely be punished lightly.

These discussions are only spread in a small area for the time being, but their lethality is extremely strong.Even though Yuan Shao's family background and prestige are enough to make no one dare to talk about this matter openly, but the criticism in the back still makes him restless, like a light on his back.

In terms of results, Cao Cao's appointment as General Zhengxi has proved to be a super, super, huge, huge mistake.If someone deliberately blamed this mistake on the personal relationship between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, not only Yuan Shao's prestige in the court would be shaken, but also some opponents with different political views would use the issue to attack the entire Yuan family.

This was a situation Yuan Shao didn't want to see.

After thinking about it again and again, Yuan Shao finally sighed secretly, looked around at the court officials, and then announced in a businesslike tone: "I agree, put Cao Cao in a prison car, escort him back to Beijing, and hand him over to the court lieutenant."

When making this decision, Yuan Shao felt guilty, but this did not affect the military academy lieutenant Chunyu Qiong to carry out this order.

When Chun Yuqiong came to Tongguan with this edict and read it face to face, Cao Cao could not accept the treatment of being escorted back to Beijing by a prison car anyway.So when two soldiers slowly came to him pushing the prison cart and dragged him into the prison cart, his emotions lost control for a moment, and he struggled with an extremely angry expression and shouted: "I am General Zhengxi of the Great Han!" Cao Cao, you can't catch me!"

"This is an order from the Son of Heaven. Could it be that General Cao wants to resist the order?" Chunyu Qiong snorted coldly, holding a sword in his hand, and squinting at Cao Cao.

As long as Cao Cao dared to resist again, he could kill the former on the spot without any guilt.

"I'm just following orders. If General Cao has anything to say, you might as well go back and talk to the presiding officer, Lieutenant Ting."

Hearing these words, Cao Cao quickly calmed down, stretched out his hands, and let the soldiers tie his arms behind his back, and roughly stuffed him into the prison cart.

Cao Cao carefully looked at this familiar prison car, and some deep memories of the past emerged one after another.

This prison van is very famous, and many people have ridden in it, including Lu Zhi, Dong Zhuo, and Zhang Wen.Now it's his turn, Cao Cao.

The first three were all thrown out of the prison car because of defeat or ineffective supervision of the war. In the end, they were all safe and sound, and returned to their posts.

Just wondering if he could escape this time, Cao Cao sighed secretly.

The [-] soldiers and horses were almost wiped out.

If you don't kill him, how can you comfort the tens of thousands of dead souls?

My life is over!

The soldier closed the car door heavily, took a thick and long iron chain, wrapped the entire cage around, and locked it firmly.

"General, it's tied up."

"Okay, let's go!"

Following Chunyuqiong's order, the driver of the prison cart slapped his whip, and the prison cart began to move slowly. The car was walking on the rough SARS road, and the wood made a whining sound of "creaking and creaking".

Cao Cao's expression was numb, his body swayed with the shaking of the car. Before today, he had thought about countless scenarios of returning to Beijing, but he never expected to return to Luoyang in such a harsh way.

Thinking back to when he went out to fight, how high-spirited he was as General Zhengxi!Now, through the wooden fence, he looked at the majestic Tongguan, which was getting farther and farther behind, gradually disappearing from sight.

After the prison van gradually left the boundary of Tongguan, it followed the official road from Chang'an to Luoyang, and headed slowly due east.

……

General's House.

Yuan Shao frowned, and sat opposite his uncle Yuan Kai, the atmosphere in the room was extremely dull.

As the actual controller of the great man, Yuan Shao could not bet the fate of the great man and the reputation of the Yuan family on a failed general, even though this general had a very good personal relationship with him.So as soon as he received the report of defeat, he immediately held a court meeting, ordering Zhu Jun to lead [-] northern troops to Tongguan to take over the post of Cao Cao's coach.

At the same time, Yuan Shao sent Chun Yuqiong, a lieutenant of the Northern Army Academy, to Tongguan with a prison car, and brought Cao Cao back to be tried by the court lieutenant.

Although doing so is a bit cruel and ruthless to his friend Cao Cao, at least it can stop the current corrupt situation from getting worse.

Victory must be rewarded, and defeat must be punished. This is the iron law of the Han Dynasty.Even though Yuan Shao really wanted to save Cao Cao's life, he felt that the probability of Cao Cao's survival this time was extremely low.

At this moment, his relationship with Cao Cao's best friend has even become the latter's reminder.In order to prevent the princes of the court from saying that he is acting for his own benefit and covering up his friends.So this time the Tingwei trial, who to preside over the trial has become a big problem.

As for how to deal with the Xiliang cavalry, Yuan Shao planned to turn around and ask his staff.The most urgent task at the moment is how to deal with Cao Cao and calm down the criticism in the court.

Yuan Shao looked at Yuan Kai, and asked carefully, "In my uncle's opinion, who should I invite to preside over this court trial?"

Yuan Kai asked without answering, "Did you want to bear the name of killing friends at first, or did you not want to bear the name?"

"I also ask uncle to tell the whole story." Yuan Shao bowed his hands and humbly asked for advice.In terms of political cultivation, Uncle Yuan Wei is much more sophisticated than him.

Yuan Kai stroked his long beard three times, and said lightly: "At first, no matter whether you want Cao Cao to live or die, you only need to invite someone who is highly respected and familiar with Cao Cao to judge, and you can sit back and relax. In this way, no matter Whether Cao Cao will be sentenced to death in the end has nothing to do with my Yuan family. If he is sentenced to death, the Cao family will only blame the judge for not remembering the past; if he is not sentenced to death, the world will only say that the judge is favoritism. "

Yuan Shao's eyes brightened, "Uncle, great advice! But I don't know who can be the presiding judge?"

"It must be Cai Yong and Cai Bojie!"

"Cai Yong...Cai Yong, wonderful, uncle!"

Yuan Shao clapped his hands and sighed, and shouted outside the door: "Come here, send an order to Cai Yushi's mansion..."

……

It was already the end of December of the sixth year of Zhongping when the general Yuan Shao ordered Cai Yong to be the presiding judge of Cao Cao.

After Cai Yong received the order, he locked himself in the study for a whole night.

Early the next morning, the 58-year-old man opened the door with bloodshot eyes, as if he had made some important decision, and walked out of the mansion with firm steps.

Ma Su wanted to persuade Cai Yong.The words came to his lips but he didn't know what to say, but in the end he watched Cai Yong walk away step by step.

After his interference, this time and space has completely deviated from the original track, and Ma Su doesn't know what will happen next.

All he can do is to continuously strengthen his strength and wait and see.

(End of this chapter)