Soldiers come to the world

In the early morning of the day, Tongque Palace was exceptionally quiet. A few eunuchs serving Cao Cao were sitting on the steps outside the ward, enjoying the warm winter sunshine while chatting in boredom. The bell rang, and an eunuch said: "This is Ye Palace holding a New Year's ceremony!"

"It should be. I heard that there is also a ceremony for Mr. Zhi to officially become the prime minister."

Another young eunuch sighed: "Hey! The world is unpredictable. If Mr. Pi does not die, how can it be Mr. Zhi's turn? People say that brothers are like brothers and feet. I see! Power is like a sword, which is specially used to cut off brothers and feet."

As soon as I said this, there was a sudden violent coughing sound in the room, and several eunuchs panicked. This was Duke Wei waking up, and they rushed into the room to serve. On the sickbed, Cao Cao was exhausted and dying. In the past two months, he was in a coma most of the time, and he was unconscious when he woke up, and he didn't even recognize his wife and children.

The eunuchs have long been used to it, and they have to hurry up to feed Duke Wei to save his life, but the eunuchs are very clear that Duke Wei's time is not long, how can a person's body withstand such a toss.

"Help Duke Wei sit up!"

An eunuch hurriedly put a mattress behind Cao Cao and was about to help him sit up, but Cao Cao opened his eyes and asked in a low voice, "What were you talking about just now?"

Several eunuchs looked at each other, Wei Gong was a little different from usual, an eunuch laughed and said: "Wei Gong heard wrong, we didn't say anything!"

"nonsense!"

Cao Cao reprimanded in a low voice: "I can hear clearly, what's wrong with Pi'er?"

Several eunuchs panicked in fright, Wei Gong unexpectedly woke up, he knelt down together on the ground, Cao Cao's face was smeared with blush, his eyes were bright, he leaned on the quilt, staring at several eunuchs Asked: "You just said that Pi'er is dead?"

The eunuchs kowtowed in fright, "Damn the villain! Damn it!"

Cao Cao closed his eyes, and after a while, he said slowly, "If you don't want to die, tell me the truth, what happened?"

Several eunuchs didn't understand the serious consequences and only wanted to save their own lives. A young eunuch tremblingly said: "Last month, Mr. Pi passed away unfortunately, and now Mr. Zhi is in charge."

Cao Cao closed his eyes in pain and didn't say a word. Several eunuchs thought it was all right. Suddenly, one eunuch found blood dripping from the corner of Wei Gong's mouth. He screamed in fright, and the other eunuchs also stumbled and ran away in fright. Go out and shout: "Come quickly, call the imperial doctor!"

An hour later, Cao Zhi and other officials came after hearing the news. They gathered in the yard, waiting nervously for the news. Cao Zhi hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "How is my father?"

Royal Physician Wang sighed, "My lord, please mourn!"

Cao Zhi was stunned, he fell to his knees powerlessly, and burst into tears. All the officials knelt down and cried bitterly, and there was a lot of crying in Tongque Palace.

On the first day of the 25th year of Jian'an, Cao Cao, a generation of heroes, finally passed away after suffering from a serious illness for nearly a year. There were many mourners in the city of Yedu. Dozens of eminent monks came to save them, and allowed all officials and ordinary people to come and mourn.

Xiahoudun and all the Cao family's children wore sackcloth and filial piety and knelt in front of the coffin, but only Cao Xiu did not come. Cao Xiu's garrison was outside the east city of Yedu. In the past few months, Cao Xiu and Xiahoudun had competed for the dominance of Cao's army, causing a lot of trouble Discord.

So far, Cao Xiu is still firmly in control of his 3 horses. He doesn't obey Xiahou Dun's command at all, and never enters the city. This makes Xiahou Dun very angry. He tried to kill him several times, but he had no chance.

At this time, Guo Huai, Xiahou Dun's confidant, walked quickly and whispered behind Xiahou Dun: "I have something to report!"

Xiahou Dun got up, followed Guo Huai to a deserted place, and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Cao Xiu has entered the city!"

Xiahoudun's one-eyed eyes lit up. Of course he understood what Guo Huai meant. How could he not take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but now that he was wearing Xiao Xiao, it was difficult for him to come forward in such a matter. Xiahoudun fell silent for a while, and Guo Huai understood his intentions. Meaning, conveniently said: "Leave this matter to the humble official!"

That's what Xiahou Dun meant. Seeing Guo Huai taking the initiative, he couldn't help being overjoyed, and quickly asked, "What are you going to do?"

"It's still the same sentence, if you know yourself and the enemy, you can win a hundred battles. I will first find out his deployment, and then attack his weaknesses."

Xiahoudun knew that Guo Huai was a very strategic general, and he could rest assured that he would handle affairs with him. He patted Guo Huai's shoulder heavily, "I'll leave everything to you!"

When the time came to Haishi, the drums to remind the city gates to be closed began to sound. After [-] drums, the city gates will be closed. Although a major event happened in Yedu today, Duke Wei passed away unfortunately, the government still decided to close the city on time. Door.

Cao Xiu paid homage to his uncle's spirit, and planned to return to the barracks. According to the rules, as a son of the Cao family, he should guard Cao Cao's spirit tonight. He must return to the military camp outside the East Camp. Of course, the reason he used was to prevent the Han army from taking advantage of the chaos to attack Yedu and must maintain the highest combat readiness. Cao Zhi also recognized his reason and allowed him to return to the military camp.

Cao Xiu had already prepared. He brought [-] cavalry, of which [-] cavalry entered the city with him, and [-] cavalry waited outside the east gate. The cavalry was temporarily placed in a mansion about two miles away from Ye Palace, and he brought only a dozen personal guards to the coffin shed to worship.

More than a dozen personal guards were waiting not far from the coffin shed. They led their horses forward. Cao Xiu got on his horse and shouted, "Let's go!"

Everyone got on their horses one after another and galloped away following Cao Xiu. The street was already deserted. Although it was a very early day, Cao Cao passed away, which greatly affected the atmosphere of the New Year. People in Yedu went home early, and it was just dark. It is very difficult to see pedestrians on the street, especially now that it is almost Haishi, and there is no pedestrian on the street, only teams of soldiers patrolling the street.

Cao Xiu galloped on his horse. His three hundred cavalry were in a mansion two miles away. That was his mansion in Yedu. Someone specially arranged for the cavalry to rest and eat. Cao Xiu was a little worried, and he had to rush back to his mansion as soon as possible. .

After running for a mile, a group of patrolling soldiers came to the front, about a hundred of them, commanded by a horse-riding officer. Stop it!"

But Cao Xiu didn't pay attention at all, and continued to gallop on horseback. The patrol officer shouted, "Intercept with bow and arrow!"

Hundreds of soldiers raised their bows and set up arrows, aimed at Cao Xiu who was running fast, and the officer shouted: "If you don't stop, you will let the arrows go!"

Cao Xiu had no choice but to slow down his horse and stop gradually. At this moment, there was a sound of clappers above his head, and he did not know how many soldiers were ambushing on the roofs on both sides. Shooting at Cao Xiu and his entourage, Cao Xiu couldn't dodge in time, was shot like a hedgehog, and died tragically on the spot, and more than a dozen of his personal guards were also shot to death by random arrows.

At this time, Guo Huai came out of an alley, and the patrol officer stepped forward to salute, "Luckily, a humble job does not disgrace one's life!"

"Thanks for your hard work!"

Guo Huai nodded appreciatively. Of course, this was planned by him alone. Cao Xiu's weakness lies in the distance from the mourning hall to his mansion. In order to hunt and kill Cao Xiu, Guo Huai deployed two ambushes, one was the current roof ambush, His subordinates pretended to be sentry soldiers to stop Cao Xiu, who was running fast, and create opportunities for the ambush soldiers on the roof.

The other time was in Cao Xiu's mansion. Three hundred cavalrymen had been poisoned to death by Guo Huai's people in the food. Nearly a thousand ambushed soldiers were ambushed in the mansion. As long as Cao Xiu entered the mansion, he would be shot to death by random arrows. But God favored them, and Cao Xiu was hunted and killed in the first ambush.

Guo Huai stepped forward and kicked the dead Cao Xiu. He immediately sent someone to inform Xiahou Dun that the next step was for Cao Zhi to take over Cao Xiu's [-] troops. As long as Cao Xiu is dead, he can be subdued easily.

After receiving the news, Xiahou Dun immediately took off his filial piety clothes, put on his armor and helmet, found Cao Zhi again, and explained the matter to him. Although Cao Zhi was dissatisfied, he actually killed his father during the spirit sacrifice, but he had no choice but to obey Xiahou Dun's arrangement. Rushing to the camp outside the east city, Xiahou Dun replaced all of Cao Xiu's confidantes at dawn, and firmly held the 3-strong army in his own hands.

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The news of Cao Cao's death was sent to Liu Jing in Taiyuan by the Han army spies in Yedu in the afternoon of the same day. His condolences on the passing of this old adversary.

But the worship will return to the sacrifice, and the war will not be suspended because of Cao Cao's death. On the contrary, Liu Jing immediately ordered the whole army to prepare to set off and march into Hebei. The [-] Han troops began to gear up and eager to try. They had waited too long for this day.

On the official road outside Taiyuan City, several scouts and cavalry were galloping like a gust of wind towards the barracks outside Taiyuan City. After a while, they arrived in front of the camp. The scouts got off their horses, and a village chief ran He stepped forward and shouted: "It's an urgent military situation, I need to see His Highness the King of Han immediately!"

At this time, Liu Jing was discussing with Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang the plan to send troops to Hebei in front of the sand table in the big tent. Liu Jing pointed to Youzhou with a wooden pole and said, "At present, besides Yedu, there are also Cao Zhang's [-] Youzhou troops. , although [-] Youzhou troops were annihilated in the Yellow River, this army has a strong combat effectiveness. There are [-] cavalry trained by Wuhuan cavalry. They are currently commanded by Cao Zhang, which is no less than Yedu Huben cavalry. The Guanlong cavalry is also on par, I am thinking, should I go to Youzhou first, and after finishing Cao Zhang’s Youzhou army, go south to Yedu, what do the two military advisers think?”

Zhuge Liang smiled slightly and said, "Xiahoudun has [-] troops in his hands now. If I were Xiahoudun, I would definitely not defend Yedu to the death. Rather than being besieged and dying sooner or later, it is better to come to His Highness for a decisive battle first."

Sima Yi also agreed: "Kong Ming is right. Xiahoudun always likes to take the initiative in his own hands when fighting. This is his habit. It was like this in Xudu before. I believe Xiahoudun will not sit still. Besides, he has already mastered Cao Xiu. army, then there will be no obstacles for him to dispatch troops.”

Liu Jing pondered and remained silent. If this is the case, Xiahoudun's army can be drawn out, which may not be a bad thing. In this case, it is necessary to temporarily stop Zhao Yun and Wenpin's army from going north, and Huang Zhong's army cannot get too close to Yedu. It would not be good to be eaten by Xiahou Dun. Now that things have come to an end, he can no longer delay and must send troops immediately.

At this moment, a guard outside the tent reported, "His Royal Highness, the scout has urgent information."

Liu Jing immediately ordered: "Let him in!"

After a while, the scout chief was ushered in, and he knelt down on one knee and said, "See Your Highness!"

"Any urgent information?"

"His Royal Highness, the servants of Beizhi have discovered the [-] Youzhou Army led by Cao Zhang in Changshan County, and they are heading towards Yedu."

Liu Jing was taken aback, but he suddenly realized that this must be Cao Zhang rushing to attend his father's burial. Liu Jing looked at Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi, and they both nodded slowly. Liu Jing made up his mind, and immediately ordered: "Pass me command, the army set off!"

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