The Three Kingdoms

Zhang Quan has a strong head and a thick head, and his martial arts is inherited from his father Zhang Xiu, so he can be regarded as a young general of the younger generation.

"Proton?" Zhang Xiu's face was ugly.

"General Zhang, now that Wuyin has been breached, the court will definitely blame you. If you can't make His Majesty trust you again, then you will be waiting for the imperial decree!" Jia Xu said lightly: "This is the only way to appease How the court questioned you!" (To be continued.)

[Chapter 38 of the main text: Cao Pi's Ambition in the Battle of Kanto]

Jizhou, Hejian County.

Since Cao Pi led his army to leave Zhuo County, he was afraid of Pang Tong's pursuit. After all, in his heart, Pang Tong could hold 10,000+ soldiers and horses, so he went all the way southward at full speed, and ran out of Youzhou in one breath until he entered Hejian County After that, I was relieved.

But the silence behind him made him feel something was wrong very quickly.

So he immediately sent some scouts under his command to look back and check the situation. It was okay if he didn't check, but once he checked, he was so angry that he was about to faint.

"how can that be?"

In the lobby of the county city, Cao Pi had a gloomy and gloomy face, his hands clenched tightly into fists, the veins on the fists were bumpy, and there was a cold light in his eyes.

He was fooled!

He has nearly [-] elite soldiers and horses under his command. Originally, he had the innate conditions to rely on Zhuo County. The city is high and thick, and it is indestructible.

"Damn things!"

The more Cao Pi thought about it, the more angry he became. He couldn't help shouting, and then asked the soldiers of the scout battalion in front of him, "Can he check clearly, Wu Jun really only has tens of thousands of cavalry?"

"Second prince, this matter is absolutely true!" The scout camp master said in a low voice: "Our scouts can see very clearly that outside Zhuo County, we can see those scarecrows and wooden men everywhere!"

"Damn!"

Cao Pi couldn't bear it any longer, and kicked over the book case in front of him: "Pang Shiyuan, how dare you come to scare me?"

"You go back first!"

A Confucian scholar in brocade robes stood up and signaled the scout camp master to step down, and then said to Cao Pi in a calm voice, "Second prince, please be calm first and don't be impatient!"

"Mr. Cui, how can you not make a certain family angry?"

Cao Pi never thought that he would be so frightened by Pang Shiyuan's plan to empty the city that he gave up Zhuo County so that Zhang Liao's main force was cut off.

If this matter was reported back to Luoyang City, not to mention the prince, he might not even be the prince, if Cao Cao was more ruthless.He might be beheaded for public display.

"Second prince, anger can't solve things!" Jinpao Confucian scholar said flatly.

"Mr. Cui, you are right. It is useless to be angry now. A certain family has cut off the retreat of tens of thousands of main forces, so that the general and the others are in a desperate situation. The father will definitely blame us. What should we do?"

Cao Pi nodded upon hearing this.Then he took a deep breath and calmed down. He looked at himself as a confidant counselor, thought for a while, and then asked with some hope: "You said that if we lead our troops northward to attack Zhuo County now, and meet them to break out of the encirclement?" , will the general let me make up for my mistakes!"

"Second prince, 10,000+ soldiers and horses have lost their way because of you. Do you think the general will not hate you? And now that you have done it, you can only do one thing and keep going. Now we must not let the general The soldiers and horses broke out!"

The brocade-robed Confucian scholar in his early thirties whispered to Cao Pi's thoughts beside him: "As long as they can't come back, you are not running away, but bravely breaking out of the encirclement!"

"Mr. Cui, do you know what you are talking about?"

Cao Pi trembled when he heard this, and stared sharply at the scholar in brocade robe.

Mr. Cui.He was born in a wealthy family, and was recommended by the Boling Cui family as a scholar. He has been with Cao Pi for many years, and he has never been a leader. He only does some paperwork, but since Cao Pi went to the north to see him.He began to make suggestions for Cao Pi.

Cao Pi was able to control tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in a short period of time, and he contributed the most.

Therefore, Cao Pi trusted him more and more, and this time he retreated because of his instigation.

"Second prince, if they don't die, you will die!"

The Confucian scholar in brocade robe showed no expression on his face.The expression was indifferent, and the corner of his mouth raised a faint sneer: "Do you know that Zhuo County, which you gave up this time, buried 10,000+ main forces in Youzhou, not just the generals, General Cao Hong, General Yu Jin, General Xia Houyuan, General Xu Huang , Which of them wants to swallow you alive, once you take on this responsibility, even His Majesty may not be able to save your life, and you must be beheaded in the end to calm the morale of the army!"

"Will not!"

When Cao Pi heard this, his pupils shrank suddenly, and his body couldn't help but tremble a little: "I am the biological son of my father, my father would not treat me like this..."

Between the words, even he felt a little unconfident.

Zhang Liao, Cao Hong, Yu Jin, Xu Huang, Xia Houyuan, which one is not the pillar of Cao Wei, the weight of these people, even if he can't bear the weight of one of them, if they all play, then he will undoubtedly die.

"Second prince, you are just a prince of the Great Wei Dynasty, and there is still the prince Cao Ang on top. Even if the prince is dead, you still have the third prince and the fourth prince below you, and they have begun to grow up. , do you think that in His Majesty's heart, you, a dispensable prince, can compare to the importance of a great general?"

The Jinpao Confucian scholar said sarcastically: "Once the generals break out, they will definitely report to His Majesty, and His Majesty will kill you in order to appease the resentment in the hearts of the Generals and the others, there is no other way!"

"I can't die!"

Cao Pi became timid, gritted his teeth, and asked hastily, "Mr. Cui, tell me, what should I do now?"

"Second prince, I have already said that what we have to do now is to act first!"

The eyes of the Confucian scholar in Jinpao showed a gleam, and he began to seduce Cao Pi: "Now you have the highest status in the entire Jizhou, and you have [-] elites in your hands. You can also forcibly recruit young and strong Jizhou, and then form an army A powerful army, take Jizhou first, even if His Majesty wants to take you down in the future, as long as you hold Jizhou, why not be afraid of court!"

"You mean, let me fight against the emperor?" There was a trace of fear in the depths of Cao Pi's eyes.

In his heart, Cao Cao was like an insurmountable mountain. He could fight Zhang Liao and the others, but he didn't dare to confront Cao Cao head-on.

"Second Prince, at this point, you have nowhere to go. In fact, no matter whether Zhang Liao and the others can break through, this matter will definitely reach His Majesty with the news network of ghost soldiers!"

The scholar in brocade robe asked faintly: "Once you are summoned back to the capital by His Majesty, then you have only two fates. Do you want His Majesty to put you under house arrest for a lifetime, or do you want His Majesty to behead you in public?"

"I?"

Cao Pi swallowed a mouthful of saliva and trembled all over.The sense of fear that Cao Cao gave him disappeared immediately, and a fierce light flashed in his eyes: "I am the prince of Wei, born noble, how could I end up like this!"

"Second prince, in troubled times, nothing compares to having military power in your hands. As long as you can hold a large army in your hands. Stay firmly in the land of Jizhou, even if your majesty wants to unify the territory of the Wei Dynasty. I can only turn a blind eye to you Eyes!" said the Confucian scholar in brocade robe.

"But Mr. Cui, I only have [-] troops in my hands?" Cao Pi was moved, but he was very worried, and said: "Father, as long as he sends a guard to go north, he can take me down. It's not safe. Besides, once Zhang Liao breaks through the siege, he will probably be the first to take me down. With my strength, even if his vitality is greatly weakened, he will have enough ability to take me down!"

"Second prince, soldiers and horses can be recruited!"

Jinpao Confucian said: "Now that General Zhang Liao is besieged in Youzhou, no one knows that you have given up Zhuo County, and now you are the only Wei hero who broke through the siege. As long as you forge the pen and ink of General Zhang Liao, you can invite all the counties in Jizhou Shouqian came to Hejian to join forces. Then in the name of rescuing Zhang Liao's army, recruit soldiers from various counties, and in the name of guarding Jizhou, take over the entire Jizhou. As long as you fight against each other, no one can do anything to you!"

"But will they listen to me?"

"Under normal circumstances, they will naturally not listen to us, but as long as we get rid of Xu You, the governor of Jizhou, who in the whole Jizhou would dare not listen to you!" Jinpao Confucian scholar said confidently.

"Really want to kill Xu You?" Cao Pi gritted his teeth: "Maybe we can recruit him? Let him be used by us."

"Second Prince, if you don't kill him, will you keep him and obey your orders?" Jinpao Confucian scholar asked back: "If he suddenly summons the soldiers from all counties to fight against you, then you will be in danger!"

"Yes, this is a danger!"

Cao Pi thought for a while.Said: "Although Xu You is greedy for money and lustful, he is still loyal to his father. Although I have a little friendship with him, it is difficult to guarantee that he will listen to me, but once I do, then It's like breaking the skin with my father, he is my father after all, if he is unfaithful or filial, a certain family will be cast aside by the world!"