Three Kingdoms Eschatology

Tai Shici sneered twice, waved his hand, and more than a dozen soldiers of the Liang Army rode forward, with a few heads on their lances.In this world of ice and snow, people's heads are frozen like lumps of ice, and their faces are covered with a thick layer of frost, making it impossible to distinguish their faces.Tai Shici pointed to these heads and shouted: "Look, these are the heads of you and other generals of the Cao army. This one belongs to Xu Huang, this one belongs to Zhang Yun, and this one belongs to Cao Chun... Finally, this one belongs to you and others, the so-called emperor Cao Cao. "

The reason why Tai Shici was so clear about the generals in Zhicheng was naturally due to the several Wei army scouts who were captured by the Liang army and sent letters to Fangcheng.

After Cao Pi heard this, he burst into tears and wanted to shout again: "Father..." But Sima Yi pulled his sleeve to stop him.But Tai Shici still heard the word father, and knew in his heart that the person standing at the top of the city must be one of Cao Cao's sons.

Sima Yi continued to ask coldly: "Tai Shici, you want to deceive us with just a few heads?"

Tai Shici put away his smile, and also said in a cold voice: "After the city was broken, these people were surrounded by our army with hundreds of soldiers and horses in the ruined temple of Zhicheng City and continued to resist. In the end, the temple was ignited by our army's explosive bombs. People are all burnt to charcoal, but we can still identify them by relying on clothing, weapons, and captives. The heads are left for you to check. Whether you believe it or not, it is up to you. However, some ugly words have been said before, you Waiting for the initiative to offer the city to surrender is a great achievement. If you hold the city and resist, when the city is broken, you will end up like them!"

After all, with a wave of Tai Shici's hand, Liang Jun's war cavalry threw the head on the tip of the spear onto the snow.Then, amidst the sound of horn orders, thousands of warriors turned their horses and sped away.

When Tai Shici's cavalry was far away, Sima Yi and Cao Pi quickly sent people to take the heads in.They looked left and right at these frozen heads, but they couldn't tell who was who.They had no choice but to ask the soldiers to take the head into a room with a brazier to thaw it.

However, the thawed head is still like a big black briquette, scorched and black, and it is impossible to distinguish the appearance.Xia Houyuan muttered, "It's all burnt, and you can't see anything?"

Sima Yi at the side fell to his knees with a plop, and burst into tears: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, if I failed to rescue you in time, I deserve death."

Cao Pi and Xia Houyuan quickly asked: "Teacher, how did you know that this is the head of the Holy One?"

Sima Yi pointed to a pigeon-egg-sized tumor on the neck of a human head and said: "Your Majesty has this tumor on his neck, but it is usually covered by his beard and beard, so ordinary people can't see it. But someone knows it. It must be true, this is The Holy Majesty's head is gone. Ah... Your Majesty... This deep hatred, I will avenge it for Your Majesty! To comfort His Majesty's spirit in heaven!"

Cao Pi also knelt down in front of his head with a plop, crying.Xia Houyuan was still skeptical, but seeing that both of them were like this, he had no choice but to kneel down and cry.

The three of them cried for a long time, and Sima Yi said, "Now that the saint is going to be buried in heaven, the country cannot be without a king for a day. The first emperor did not leave a will, and we must support a prince as the emperor. According to the seniority and inferiority, we should Establish the second prince Cao Pi as emperor"

After hearing this, Cao Pi turned from sadness to joy.Xia Houyuan was in a dilemma, Cao Cao had a lot of princes, except for Cao Cao's favorite, Cao Chong, who went to Zhicheng, which was more or less auspicious.There is also a favorite prince, Cao Zhi, who is still in Yecheng.Although according to the order of seniority, the second prince Cao Pi should be established as the emperor when the eldest prince died, but this matter is too big, how dare Xia Houyuan agree casually.He stammered and said: "This...then... this matter is very important, the Taifu should go back to Yecheng and discuss with the courtiers before making a decision?"

Sima Yi closed his eyes and sighed for a long time, then said: "Forget it, let's talk about it after we have defeated the Liang army and returned to Yecheng. General Xiahou, let's go down and rest first."

After Xia Houyuan withdrew, Sima Yi clasped his fists at Cao Pi and said, "Your Highness, your royal father should not have died yet."

Cao Pi opened his mouth wide in shock and let out an "ah".Sima Yi's next sentence made him even more dumbfounded: "But you must be your father and the emperor has already died. Otherwise, the minister will be barbarian, and you will never have the hope of becoming the throne, and you may be imprisoned or even bloody." !"

Chapter 632 Questioning eyes

After listening to Sima Yi's words, Cao Pi was stunned for a long time before exclaiming: "Master, why did you say that!"

Sima Yi still said calmly: "Shicai, I didn't realize that the head was the head of the emperor at all. Also, please think about it, Your Highness, the little prince Cao Chong is also in Zhicheng. Why did Liang Jun miss such an important person?" ? This shows that they didn't break through Zhicheng at all. They were just bluffing."

Cao Pi groaned and said, "In this case, we should act according to the previous plan and go to reinforce Zhicheng after Jiangdong's reinforcements come. Why did the master say that just now? It is a capital offense to spread it. I am a student. Maybe... maybe..."

Sima Yi smiled coldly and said, "It's not possible, it's certain. Your Highness will definitely be implicated. It won't be a capital crime, but a crime against the barbarians." Speaking of this, Sima Yi changed his mind again. With a subterranean expression, he kowtowed respectfully to Cao Pi and said, "I did all this for His Highness, not for Your Majesty! The emperor sent troops to Nanyang and appointed Guo Jia, the chief adviser of the Great Wei Dynasty, as the master of the little prince Cao Chong. Such a move is enough to prove that Your Majesty intends to make the little prince the crown prince. But now, if the majesty and the little prince are really martyred in the sword, the throne will be inherited by you, the second prince, no matter in order of seniority or talent!"

Cao Pi hurriedly helped Sima Yi up and said, "Master, please speak up quickly. The students already understand what Master means, but just now you were sure that this juvenile city is not actually broken. What if in the future..."

Sima Yi said confidently and calmly: "There is no chance, as long as we regard this matter as true, it will eventually become true. Without foreign aid, the Wei army in Zhicheng will always be destroyed. Under heavy siege, they can't do it again." Send out a request for help. Even if a few people escape, the only one that can reinforce them is our city. After a few days, Jiangdong reinforcements arrive here, and His Highness will return to Yecheng with a certain person to ascend the throne!"

Cao Pi, who was still in a trance, heard the word enthronement and succession, his eyes suddenly shone with strange brilliance, he nodded heavily and said: "Do everything according to what the Taifu said."

Time passed quickly, and half a month later, the Wei army in Jiangdong, led by Xiahou Dun, came to Fangcheng City.Looking at the top of the city, with white flags and black flags, the soldiers wore sackcloth and filial piety, and said in horror, who died here?

When he came to Decheng, he also burst into tears when he heard that the Wei army had been destroyed in Zhicheng and that Cao Cao had died.After a while, Xiahou Dun returned to his normal state, and said in a hateful voice, "I must avenge the Holy Lord and kill Liang Jun."

At this time, Sima Yi said: "General Xiahou, revenge is of course necessary. But the country cannot live without a king. The top priority is to return to Yecheng and have a new king take the throne."

When Xiahou Dun heard this, he hurriedly asked, "Does the sage have a will before his funeral? Which prince should he inherit?"

Sima Yi shook his head and said, "Your Majesty and tens of thousands of troops are all over Zhicheng. There is no last word. But it doesn't matter. The second prince is extremely intelligent, talented and virtuous. The most important thing is that he is the oldest among all the living princes." .According to the seniority and inferiority, he should also inherit the great line."

Xiahou Dun was silent for a while, his mouth moved, and he swallowed back what he wanted to say, but said: "Forget it, after we return to Yecheng and discuss with the courtiers, we will proceed with the enthronement of the new king. This Fangcheng is very important, there are tens of thousands of Liang Guo troops in Nanyang ahead, how will they deal with it?"

Sima Yi sneered and said, "Don't worry, General Xiahou, even tens of thousands of Liang troops can't pass through this impenetrable Fangcheng Fortress with only [-] people guarding it. We will stockpile [-] elite soldiers in Fangcheng, and reinforce [-] cavalry in the direction of Pingshi. It can defend against the invading enemy in Nanyang. In recent days, the battle reports from Hongnong have also been transmitted. The good news is that Zhang Yan finally suppressed Zhang Liao's offensive by taking advantage of his absolute strength. The two sides have formed a confrontation in Hongnong The bad news is that Zhang Yan lost a lot, losing nearly [-] paces back and forth."

Xiahou Dun said: "Forget it, then let someone come to guard Fangcheng and take charge of Ping's defense line."

Sima Yi shook his head like a rattle and said, "General Xiahou is an important minister in the court, and the Xiahou clan can be regarded as a side branch of the Wei family. How can General Xiahou be missing in such a major event of re-establishing a new monarch. You and General Xiahouyuan They will all return to Ye City together with the new king."

"Then who is going to defend here?"

"Someone's younger brother, Sima Fu, can take on this task."

Xiahoudun saw that he was talking about this, and the other party was holding the tiger amulet of Wei State, and his identity was the grand tutor of the new king Cao Pi.He had no choice but to say: "Since this is the case, everything will be done according to the words and actions of the Taifu."

Sima Yi immediately announced various military orders and made various arrangements.Before leaving, he had a secret conversation with Sima Fu in the inner room for two full hours, and then he returned to Ye City with a mighty [-]-step horse.

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The sunlight shone on the frozen walls of Zhicheng City, reflecting white light.Guo Jia stood at the top of the city with a solemn mood, looking down the city.At this time, the fortifications and fortifications built by tens of thousands of Liang troops have sealed the two camps of Zhicheng and Chengxi and Chengbei in the mountain depression.Even on the hills of Funiu Mountain in the west and north, Liang Jun somehow built a large number of watchtowers and arrow towers.In the mountains and forests, Liang Jun's airship hot air balloons rise from time to time.That mountain was impassable in snowy weather, and now it is even more hopeless.

Guo Jia habitually raised his eyes and looked away.His deep and melancholy eyes suddenly lit up, because several banners rose on the horizon of the vast snowy land in the distance.More and more flags were raised, and then the figures of soldiers and horses appeared.Xu Huang, Zhang Yun, Xu Zhu and others beside Guo Jia cheered happily: "Here we come, our reinforcements are finally here!" Guo Jia also grinned, showing a smile that was hard to see recently meaning.

But when the boundless army approached, their smiles froze, and then turned into expressions of despair.It was not Wei's army that came, but Liang Jun's reinforcements transferred from Yuzhang and Jiangxia.They took Gan Ning's navy warship, went up the river, entered Mianshui, landed in Fancheng, and traveled [-] miles in the snow to reach Zhicheng.

Xu Zhu was the first to break the silence: "Damn, it's over. We did not hesitate to fight to the death before, and it is still possible to fight. With so many reinforcements from Liang Jun, it is impossible to break out of the encirclement."

Xu Huang also asked Guo Jia in a questioning tone: "Teacher, will Fangcheng's reinforcements really arrive as scheduled? According to the time, Jiangdong's reinforcements should have arrived at Fangcheng at this time, and now they have appeared under Zhicheng City? Is something wrong?" The rest of the people also turned their questioning eyes to Guo Jia.

Chapter 633 Dead Horses as Living Horse Doctors

Guo Jia looked at the generals who were full of questioning eyes, and knew that it was useless to say some words of comfort to them now.He had no choice but to say to the generals: "Our reinforcements have not arrived for a long time, there may be something wrong."

Xu Zhu shouted anxiously again: "What could happen? If Jiangdong's reinforcements were delayed on the way, Fangcheng should at least send someone to sneak past the Liang army's defensive circle and come to report. However, it took so long No, Zhicheng has no news from the outside world. You can't even see a fucking figure!"

Xu Huang next to him continued, "According to someone, there must be something wrong with Fangcheng. Could it be that Fangcheng was captured by Liang Jun?"

Zhang He replied: "This is simply impossible. Fangcheng is a strong fortress built by our Great Wei camp for a long time. It can be described as one man guarding the gate and ten thousand men not opening it. There is also Taifu's strategy of freezing the city The tens of thousands of Liang troops in our small town are helpless, how could Fangcheng be breached. What's more, Jiangdong's army should have already rushed to Fangcheng, and that kind of situation is even more impossible."

Xu Huang said: "Either Hongnong's Zhang Yan was defeated by the Liang army, and the defenders of Fangcheng could only bring the Jiangdong soldiers who came to block the Liang army along the way."

Zhang He still shook his head and said, "This is even more impossible. Hongnong's strategic position is of course important. But here, the Holy One is besieged. No matter what Sima Yi in Fangcheng thinks, it is impossible to give priority to solving the problem in the north." The problem. At most, the troops are divided into two groups."

When they were talking, Guo Jia's mind was spinning rapidly, thinking about what went wrong.When he heard Zhang Yun's words "...in our place, but the Holy One is under siege...", his heart was shocked suddenly, and the words had already blurted out: "Could it be because of this reason!"

All the generals stopped talking, looked at Guo Jia, and waited for his next words.Unexpectedly, Guo Jia's body trembled, his face turned red, and he said emotionally: "If this is the reason, all three clans should be punished, no! Nine clans should be punished!"

Xu Zhu stomped his feet and said, "Oh, Taifu, why did you become such a mother-in-law? What problem did you find? Tell us quickly."

Guo Jia said with a stern face: "Your Majesty and you and I are trapped here. If it is true that they all died here. Who will be the Lord of Wei?" Jia, Guo Jia, you are really smart all your life, and you are confused for a while. How can a boy at the age of the little prince think and say it, how can it be ignored by someone!"

What Guo Jia meant was that he wanted to keep Cao Chong in Fangcheng, but Cao Chong persuaded Guo Jia that if the Wei army failed to break through and Cao Cao and the Wei army were all wiped out in Zhicheng, he would not end well. Bring yourself to Zhicheng.Guo Jia should have thought at this time that Cao Pi and Sima Yi should also deliberately not send reinforcements to save Zhicheng for the same reason.

In fact, Guo Jia underestimated the hearts and courage of Cao Pi and Sima Yi.If the memory is erased and time goes back to do it again, he still can't predict today's result.

At this time, the generals have roughly understood Guo Jia's meaning, and hurriedly grabbed the emotional Guo Jia.Zhang He said: "Teacher, there is no medicine for regret in the world, and it is too late to regret now. Now that the food and grass in the camp in the city are in short supply, and the soldiers are hungry and cold, we can hold on for ten more days at most. We still think about what to do now." Bar."

Xu Huang also said: "Perhaps things are not as the Taifu thought. After all, this is all based on inference. We still need to have definite information to make a decision!"

Guo Jia then made up his mind and said: "Now, we can only treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor. We have to send people to Fangcheng to confirm the news. If it is what someone expected, then we can only try to enter Fangcheng, in front of The generals exposed Sima Yi, Cao Pi deceived the king to conceal the crime of plotting rebellion, and then took back the soldiers and horses in Fangcheng, and then returned to Zhuzhicheng. If there are other reasons, they can only adapt to the situation and try to find reinforcements. This matter The stakes are high, there are many difficulties, and the danger is extremely high. It cannot be completed without a general and careful person."

The generals were silent for a moment, Xu Zhu jumped out and patted his chest and said, "Let Lao Xu handle this matter. A certain is a general recognized by the Holy Spirit, of course he is not careful. But a certain will act carefully and will not let the Taifu Disappointed."

After much deliberation, Guo Jia found that there was really no better candidate, so he could only entrust this important task to Xu Zhu.

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At night, Liang Junzhong is in the big tent.Feng Yu and the generals gathered around several braziers to warm up the fire while discussing the military situation.Suddenly there was the sound of horseshoes outside, causing the soldiers to rush into the main tent of the Chinese army, and reported: "My lord, in the Zhicheng city and the two enemy camps, three warriors suddenly appeared, and they were divided into three directions. Forced to break in. Our infantry and cavalry have intercepted them, and the two sides are fighting."

Feng Yu said with a chuckle: "It seems that the Wei army is about to be surrounded and run out of food. Let's go, let's join in the fun."

Feng Yu suggested, how could the generals not follow, got out of the big tents, got on the horses, and galloped away to the place where the battle took place.

When Feng Yu and others came to the scene, the battle was over.The snow was in a mess, and there were corpses of Wei soldiers and horses everywhere.In the distance, there are war horses that have lost their masters wandering in the snow.

A general at the rank of captain came forward and reported: "My Majesty, the enemy broke through at three points one after another. The first two routes were stopped by our infantry with the help of horses. The high place crossed the Juma trench, but was still intercepted by our army's rangers. The two sides fought for a while, and the Wei army was almost wiped out..."

When Tai Shici heard this, his face changed greatly and he shouted: "What do you mean by almost annihilation, is there still someone who broke through?!"

The captain's face turned pale and he said: "It is true that five enemy cavalry broke out, but they were still pursued by our army Qingqi. They should not be able to escape."

Zhao Yun's face was flushed, and he said nervously: "If you really run away, it will ruin the great event of the Holy Majesty gathering and annihilating the Wei army and capturing and killing Cao Cao! Maybe Cao Cao himself is among the people who run away."

The captain immediately responded: "I will send more people to chase after the lowly position! However, it is impossible for Cao Cao to be among the escaped people, because the five people are all brave and courageous, especially among them. A big man with an ax and a halberd. Cao Cao can't be so brave."

Jia Xu behind Feng Yu said with a smile: "General Ziyi doesn't need to be so nervous, even if he escapes, it's nothing. According to someone's calculation, even if he managed to get to Fangcheng, Sima Yi of Fangcheng would not be able to let him go." He, let alone come to help here. Sima Yi will definitely confirm Cao Cao's death in Zhicheng. Otherwise, he should have sent someone to Zhicheng to inquire about the situation."

Chapter 634

The days have been sunny, and the snow on the wilderness outside the west gate of Fangcheng has begun to melt slowly.The patrolling Wei soldiers wandering on the tall city wall suddenly became alert because three moving black dots appeared on the horizon in the distance.They got closer, and the Wei soldiers realized that they were three cavalry.The riders on the three people were all covered in blood, one of them was carrying three or four arrows, lying on the saddle and being led away by another, the other was a burly man holding an ax and halberd.These three people were Xu Zhu and his two personal soldiers who broke out from the siege.

When they reached the bottom of the city, Xu Zhu shouted loudly to the top of the city: "This is General Huben Xu Zhu, go and inform Sima Taifu quickly, open the city gate, and let us enter the city."

The soldiers at the top of the city immediately went to report, and after a while Sima Fu walked up to the top of the city.Xu Zhu saw from a distance that it was not Sima Yi, but Sima Fu, Sima Yi's younger brother.Then he clasped his fists and said, "So it's Sima Shilang, and it's Xu Chu, please let me into the city quickly!"

Sima Fu sneered and said, "I know that you are Xu Chu, but why you appear here at this time is puzzling."

Xu Zhugang wanted to get angry, but when he thought of what Guo Jia said to him, he had no choice but to swallow his breath and explain: "We are being hunted down by Liang Jun, Sima Shilang, please put us in the city first. Tell you in detail."

Xu Zhu's plan was to wait until he entered the city no matter what.Otherwise, if things were as Guo Jia guessed, and he made the matter clear outside the city, wouldn't that be lighting a lamp in the hut and looking for death (shit)?At least it will return in vain.If he entered the city, he would at least have the opportunity to use his prestige in the army to make the truth known to the public, thereby instigating some generals from the rebels.

Unexpectedly, Sima Fu didn't give him a chance.Sima Fu sneered and said, "Xu Zhu, don't pretend. Your Majesty and tens of thousands of Wei's army were defeated in Zhicheng a few days ago. The entire army was wiped out, and your Majesty was also killed by the Liang army. Why did you only show up after so many days?" Here? It is clear that you have surrendered to the Liang army, and you came here to deceive the city gate. Where are the crossbowmen? Shoot them with random arrows!"

At this time, Xu Zhu completely lost the illusion of infiltrating into Zhicheng, and shouted loudly to the top of the city: "Sima Fu, our army in Zhicheng has not been wiped out by the enemy at all! The Holy One is still alive. Why do you say this? Do you know what kind of crime this is? Even if it is not intentional, it is a crime of dereliction of duty and should be executed! You open the city gate quickly, and you can still..."

Before the words were finished, hundreds of dense arrows rushed towards him.The two guards beside him who were already scarred were instantly turned into hedgehogs by random arrows.It was only then that Xu Zhu was completely sure that the people in the city did it on purpose, and hurriedly turned their horses and fled back the way they came.At the same time, he still didn't forget to threaten the head of the city loudly: "Do you think that the emperor can't return to Yecheng safely? You just wait to be punished by the three clans!"

Almost at the same time in Hebei, Cao Pi, who was sitting in the carriage, also worriedly asked Sima Yi outside the window a similar sentence: "Teacher, I always feel that this is too risky. If the father can escape Go back to Ye City. Or Liang Jun just captured him alive, what should we do?"

Sima Yi smiled and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry. After entering the city of Ye and ascending the throne, Your Majesty will be recognized as the emperor of Wei. It is possible for the first emperor to flee back to Wei State or even Ye City, but it is absolutely impossible for the tens of thousands of Wei State troops to exist." So even if the late emperor escaped back, no one would take him as the late emperor, because the late emperor has already been declared dead by His Majesty. He is just a liar who looks very similar to the late emperor. As for the late emperor being captured by the Liang army, then There's nothing to worry about."

Only then did Cao Pi feel relieved, and said solemnly: "After I formally ascend the throne and secure my position in the Great Wei Dynasty, I will never forget the Grand Tutor's support!"

Sima Yi was about to respond politely to the two armies, when the soldiers came to report: "Report to the Grand Tutor, the city of Ye is already in sight, and we will be able to enter the city in half an hour or so." Hearing this, Cao Pi quickly got his body out of the carriage He leaned out from the center, and the outline of Yecheng came into his eyes from a distance.

Soon they arrived at the gate of Yecheng.Sima Yi stood on his horse, showed the tiger talisman to the generals guarding the city, and said, "With this tiger talisman, Cao Zhen, the general of Zhenxi, brought the guards of Yecheng and the generals of Yulin to the government office of a certain Taifu to listen to the order. All the soldiers of the troops were in the barracks Standby!"

After the other party promised, Sima Yi continued to ride into Yecheng with [-] steps.It stands to reason that these soldiers are usually not allowed to enter the capital of the Wei Dynasty unless they are ordered by imperial edict.But now that Sima Yi holds the tiger talisman and the scepter, the Yecheng guards who guard the city dare not stop them.

On the march from Fangcheng to Yecheng, Sima Yi had already used the name of Cao Pi, the new king to be established, to make a promise to the main generals of the "Jiangdong Army" to be appointed officials and knights. Act on his and Cao Pi's orders.In addition, Sima Yi also placed some of his cronies in important positions in the army.Most of these cronies are members of his Sima family.

As soon as he entered the city, Sima Yi immediately assigned tasks to the various ministries, asking them to take over the defense of the city gates, palace gates, palace city, towers, and city walls from the guards of Yecheng and the Yulin Army.He also let his cronies and members of the Sima family take over the two armies of the guards and Yubayashi, completely controlling Yecheng.

After finishing all these tasks, he just ordered the attendants in the palace hall to gather all the officials in the hall for an emergency court meeting.In fact, the officials of the Great Wei Dynasty who had already received the news gathered at the palace gate early on, and gathered at the main hall as soon as they were notified.

Sima Yi and others surrounded Cao Pi into the main hall, and slowly walked up to the high platform at the head of the hall.Then Sima Yi told the ministers the ins and outs of the matter again.Finally, he said to the officials: "A country cannot be without a king for a day. When our Wei country is in danger, we must support a new king as soon as possible. The second prince Cao Pi is the eldest among the living princes of the late emperor. He has both talents and virtues. I am Great Wei Xinjun. If you have nothing to say, we will welcome Xinjun to the throne now..."

Before Sima Yi finished speaking, he was interrupted by "Wait a minute!"When everyone looked around, it turned out to be Cheng Yu, Cao Zhi's teacher.Cheng Yuyuan is much older than Sima Yi, a young man, and has a higher official rank.Faced with his sudden move, Sima Yi could only ask politely: "What does the Grand Master think is wrong with such an arrangement?"

Cheng Yu said indifferently: "I don't think there is anything wrong with your arrangement, but I think it is doubtful that the late emperor still had tens of thousands of troops and hundreds of Wei army generals including Zhang He, Xu Huang, and Xu Zhu were wiped out in Nanyang Zhicheng. There is only one source of this news, which is what the army returning from Fangcheng said, but there is no other source of information or evidence to support it. I am afraid..."

Chapter 635

Facing Cheng Yu's doubts, Sima Yi sneered and said, "It's all because I didn't speak clearly. Although the corpses of the late emperor and the generals were incomplete, I still brought back more than a dozen remains of the late emperor and the generals. I planned to A state funeral will be held after the new emperor ascends the throne."

Cheng Yu immediately responded: "According to common sense, after the emperor's funeral, the new emperor should have been enthroned after the national mourning is over. Now is an extraordinary period, and it is not a big problem for the new emperor to ascend the throne first. However, the ministers should pay their respects to the former emperor anyway. Grooming is the only way to perform the enthronement ceremony."

Sima Yi cupped his hands and said politely: "Should! Of course it should be! It's all due to the negligence of the younger generation. Time is running out, so let's pay tribute to the appearance of the late emperor. How about everyone?"

After all the ministers agreed, Sima Yi gave the guard around him a wink, and the guard hurriedly left the hall.After a while, four soldiers came up to the hall carrying a sedan chair.In the middle of the sedan chair was a square box with gold horns and silver borders.The lid of the box was slowly opened, and then the officials lined up, waiting to get closer one by one, kowtowed and cried.At this time, Cheng Yu stepped forward first, glanced at the head but did not bow down.

At this time, Sima Yi suddenly had two cold lights in his eyes. He changed his polite tone before and asked, "Why didn't you worship when you saw the remains of the late emperor?"

Cheng Yu laughed wildly, pointed at the dark head and said: "How can you tell that this is the head of the Son of Heaven? Who can identify it? May I ask how you can identify it?"

Hearing what Cheng Yu said, all the ministers poked their heads out to look, and it was indeed a black, scorched head, whose appearance could not be discerned, and they all shook their heads.At this time, Xia Houyuan interjected: "There is a sarcoma the size of a pigeon's egg on the neck of this head, which is usually covered by the late emperor's beard. Now after the fire, it is revealed. This is the evidence that the head is the remains of the late emperor."

Cheng Yu asked coldly: "Then when did you know that the Son of Heaven has this sarcoma on his neck?"

Xia Houyuan quickly waved his hands and clarified: "No, no, it's not that I was dismissed from office, but Doctor Sima knew about it, and he was the one who proved it."

Cheng Yu suddenly laughed, and said to the silent Sima Yi: "The old man followed His Majesty in the early years of the dynasty. The conditions were difficult in the early years, and he often ate and lived with His Majesty. There is a so-called pigeon egg-sized sarcoid on the neck. Well, even if the sarcoid grew out later, you are appreciated by His Majesty, how did you know that there is a pigeon egg on your Majesty's neck after being promoted? What about the big sarcomas?"

Cheng Yu's words immediately made the officials whisper.Sima Yi was at a loss for words at first, but after a while he burst out laughing wildly, and the shocked officials all shut up.Sima Yi stopped his smile and pointed at Cheng Yu and said sharply: "How did you know that, because someone from a certain Sima family served as an imperial physician by the late emperor's side. And what is your intention in trying to sow discord in this extraordinary period? It's just to usurp the throne and create momentum , wanting a prince belonging to your party to ascend to the throne is really wishful thinking."

Hearing this, Cheng Yu's face became as angry as a pig's liver, and when he was about to scold Sima Yi, the other party took the lead, pointing at Cheng Yu and saying, "This thief is rebelling, so hurry up and take it down!"

Hearing the sound, several Yulin guards rushed up to arrest Cheng Yu, Cheng Yu looked around angrily and said, "You dare to take me." Then he turned his eyes to those generals and shouted: "My great Wei is about to fall into the hands of rebels and thieves. , you are still not getting up... ah"

Accompanied by Cheng Yu's screams, a sharp sword pierced into Cheng Yu's chest.Above the main hall, there is only one person who can hold a sword, and that is the new emperor Cao Pi who is about to ascend the throne.Cao Pi viciously pulled out his sword from Cheng Yu's chest, and said, "You are a traitor? Aren't you a traitor?" All the officials fell silent, and Cao Zhi turned pale with fright and trembled all over.

After Cheng Yu's body was dragged out of the hall, Sima Yi said in a cold voice, "All the ministers began to pay their respects to the late emperor's remains, and then the new emperor's enthronement ceremony will be held immediately."

For more than half an hour, all the officials, especially those civil servants, were trembling. After they completed a series of etiquette and ceremonies, Cao Pi sat on the throne of the emperor proudly.All the officials knelt down on the main hall and began to shout long live.

Cao Pi, who had just completed the enthronement ceremony, couldn't wait to issue an edict.First of all, the appointment and removal of official positions, the people of the Sima family are naturally assigned to various important positions.However, Cao Pi still kept his mind on the distribution of military power.Sima Yi only controlled [-] to [-]% of Wei's existing soldiers and horses.The remaining [-] to [-]% are still controlled by the relatives of the Cao family and the Xiahou family.In particular, the important positions in charge of the guards of the capital and Yulin were firmly controlled by the few clan generals who had the last relationship with Cao Pi.In the end, except for a few of his brothers whom he could trust, the rest were dispatched to the remote and bitterly cold areas of Liaodong.Except for Cao Zhi, he will find an opportunity to wipe out Cao Zhi in the future.

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Outside Zhicheng, Liang Jun, who was reinforced by [-] troops, built a tighter encirclement circle.

Feng Yu and his subordinates were eating meat by the fire in the Chinese army tent as usual, talking about the situation.But now they are talking about the war situation in the world, and what they are thinking about is how to sweep the entire territory of Wei State and dominate the world in the future.Because the juvenile city in front of me and the tens of thousands of Wei troops besieging it are already fish and meat on the chopping board, not worth mentioning.