Practicing Medicine in Three Kingdoms

Yang Xiu's gaze immediately sank.

There was a great uneasiness in my heart for no reason.

It is very common for Cao Zhi to visit the King of Wei at night, and the content of the conversation will never flow out from the side of the King of Wei. Besides, it is related to military aircraft, military spirit, and the outcome of this battle against Sun Quan. Who would dare to take such a big risk? Don't you come out at this time to stir up the muddy water?

And the only one who can benefit from this is...

"Cao Pi." He uttered these two words coldly, and all doubts were resolved.

The great epidemic is approaching, and the morale of the army is scattered. In this mess, Cao Zhi was pushed to the cusp of the storm with one hand.If he does not admit to visiting the prime minister at night and asking to withdraw troops, he will lose the morale of the army and the people; and if he admits the matter, the suspicious Cao Cao will surely suspect that he has evil intentions and attempts to rebel.

Both advance and retreat are wrong.

Cao Pi's move of cooking oil with fire can be described as a dangerous move for soldiers, but it is also extremely sinister!

After all, they were still subject to benevolence, righteousness and morality, and because they did not dare to take risks in the same way, they gave their opponents a chance to strike first and fight for life.

His heart was like a reef on the bank of the river, being pounded by the waves of his heart, making Yang Xiu almost unsteady on his feet.

But he is Yang Xiu after all, a veteran of the rivers and lakes who has been up and down for several years, and he has already made a plan to turn the tide when the crisis hit.

"Little Lord!"

He walked quickly to Cao Zhi's side, put his ear on it, and said quickly: "This matter is undoubtedly a blame game. Brother Zun wants to use this to put you in a dilemma and lose the favor of King Wei. We must not sit still and wait for death."

It was snowing outside the window.

Visitors from Beiyuan are used to seeing wind and snow, so the cold smoke like this seems to be a familiar winter scene, and there is nothing unusual about it.

It's just that the snow in the southern country is always wetter, colder, and has a biting chill.

Cao Zhi stared intently at the slippery and dark road after snow, and remained silent for a moment.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Yang Xiu had no choice but to say in a solemn tone: "Young master! We can't do what he wants. Now we must quell the rumors and stabilize the morale of the army. Please report to the king of Wei, and immediately catch the person who spread the rumors behind him, so as to lead the army Wei!"

At this point, the pros and cons have been clearly distinguished. If you choose according to the choice Cao Pi arranged, then no matter how you choose, you will be self-destructive. If you don’t fight back desperately, turn everything into nothing, and fight against him, Cao Pi is a rumor maker. , The crime of disturbing the morale of the army.

He, Cao Pi, dared to make dangerous moves, so don't blame them for taking the bottom line!

Yang Xiu anxiously watched the young man's sharp jaw, waiting for him to nod.

Cao Zhi held his hands silently, watching the snow cover the dark and cold road with a layer of frost, but said: "From what Yang Gong saw, is the retreat more displeasing to the Prime Minister, or the defeat?"

Yang Xiu was even more anxious when he was asked back like this: "Naturally, the losses in the defeat are heavier, but how could we..."

At this point, he stopped suddenly, feeling his heart beating like a beating. He almost fell into the trap carefully arranged by Sima Yi just now!

Only then did Cao Zhi look back at him, and said coldly: "If we can hide the truth from the soldiers below, can we also hide it from the enemy's eyes and ears? I'm afraid Sun Quan is already planning to attack the city at this moment. If we forcefully suppress the news, the army will be suspicious. The disease is spreading, what can we use to confront the Wu army? If we lose the battle..."

The rest of the words were lost in the chilling wind.

Yang Xiu has come to his senses.

If the battle is really defeated, the culprit is Cao Zhi, who lied about the military situation and covered up the epidemic!

The real purpose of Cao Pi's party is to make him forget his real opponent in the battle between the sons and make a terrible mistake when he is driven to a dead end.

"...Young Master is wise." Yang Xiu held his hand dripping with sweat, and it took him a long time to recover from the lingering fear, "If the Young Master hadn't seen the whole situation with his eyes, we would have fallen into the enemy's trap at this step."

Cao Zhi closed his eyes deeply.

Corpses strewn all over the field, bleeding and floating oars, this is Li Yinzhou's cryptic mention yesterday, in order to make him focus on the war, not just the epidemic in front of him.

Fortunately, he is in the same party as Cao Pi, and they are by no means the same people.

Otherwise, with their minds, if the two conspired to send Sun Quan to the city, Cao Zhi would be in a situation where he could not turn himself over.

Yang Xiu calmed down: "But if we don't quell the rumors, how should we choose?"

Is it the heart of the army, or the heart of the king?

The snow covered the sky, and Cao Zhi suddenly opened his eyes in the wind: "The army's heart has been moved, and we must not lose it."

Yang Xiu couldn't help taking a step back: "But if that's the case, we lost in the end. Wouldn't it just make Cao Pi and others lose their ambitions?"

The bigger the snow, the darker the sky.

Until the heavy snow completely covered the world, there was only a silent mountain and river in the field of vision.

Cao Zhi blinked his eyelashes, and said in a deep voice, "If this battle is bound to be lost, I would rather lose alone."

……

Amidst the snowstorm, news of the withdrawal of troops from their nests spread throughout the barracks one after another.

"really?"

Cao Pi couldn't overcome his heart throbbing for a while, and couldn't believe that the victory came so easily. Cao Zhi really climbed up smoothly and became an extremely stupid and righteous gentleman?

Sima Yi's eyes were heavy, but he didn't speak.

Once the news of the epidemic spreads, the retreat is a certainty. Mr. Cao can bet on Li Yinzhou's compassion, but are you and everyone really willing to be chips?

After all, Cao Cao is not a hot-blooded boy, and his consideration will only be deeper and further than theirs.In manipulating hearts, they are nothing more than his disciples.

And Cao Zhi just became the unpleasant person, stupid is stupid, and he hasn't stepped on Cao Cao's most painful foot.

He had calculated thousands of times, but he didn't expect that Yang Xiu, the old man, would not take the bait smoothly, wasting his elaborate layout.

Seeing that Sima Yi remained silent for a moment, the excitement in Cao Pi's eyes slowly dissipated, and was replaced by restrained humility: "What does Zhongda think?"

Sima Yi took a few steps forward on his own, raised his head to face the boundless falling snow, and let out a puff of white air.

"As long as the army is not defeated, the king of Wei probably won't have the heart to abandon Cao Zijian. Now that we have achieved this, there is no way out for reconciliation with him. We can only take advantage of the victory to pursue and completely defeat him."

Cao Pi pondered for a moment, then walked behind him.

Sima Yi took out a feathered arrow from his sleeve.

Perhaps it is an old thing, the tail feathers of the arrows have faded away, the body of the arrows is full of rust, and the dark blood stains can be vaguely seen, only the clusters of arrows are sharp, and there is a gleam of light under the light, which can still be seen that they are well-cast and used to be. With killing intent.

Cao Pi lowered his eyes: "This is..."

Sima Yi turned his wrist slightly, and the cluster of arrows, still shining silver, cast a chilling light on his face.

"This is a relic of the Battle of Chibi. The bloody battle that day was a taboo in Cao Gong's heart. Now that he has built up suspicion of Cao Zi, this thing should see the light of day again."

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As soon as the decision to withdraw troops was made, the entire Cao camp went north to Juchao to join Zhang Liao without stopping, leaving only a few quick-witted soldiers to light a fire and pretend to be popular, without giving Sun Quan in the city a chance to react and pursue him.

Li Yinzhou was placed in the northern camp, tied up like a rice dumpling, and guarded by the generals in the army for twelve hours in shifts. He was afraid that he would die generously and leave Beiyuan with a plague that could not be eradicated.

In the middle of the night when the troops were retreating, Cao Pi came with a sword in his hand.

After a brief handover with the general from the previous class, he simply sat astride the horse and horse that locked Li Yinzhou, and couldn't help but fix his eyes on this person's face covered with fine snow crystals.

No matter how twists and turns there were in the middle, his goal was finally achieved.

What is the background of this person who can cross Cao Ying twice?

Li Yinzhou raised his eyes to meet his complicated eyes, and smiled slightly with his lips bent: "Young master has got his wish now, I haven't congratulated you yet, I'm afraid I will call you your son soon."

Cao Pi narrowed his eyes, and his eyes were stern: "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Their eyes met each other, and among the flickering firelight in the night, only snow crystals illuminated one by one crossed the field of vision.

Li Yinzhou lowered his eyelashes, and a faint shadow fell on his dark pupils: "You will be a dead person after reaching the nest, so I can only congratulate you in advance."

Cao Pi thought of Sima Yi's warnings to beware of this man, but he refused to be easily fooled: "Mr. is very resourceful and resourceful. I'm afraid there are other ways to blackmail father when we get to Juchao."

He didn't believe that this man would sit still and wait to die.

As for what he will do and say, it will only make Cao Zhi, the person who asked to retreat, suffer the consequences.

Seeing that he was guarding against death, Li Yinzhou said slowly: "A certain person is from Wu, and he made an oath with the prime minister, and once he retreats to Juchao, he will pay him back. If someone breaks the contract without authorization, first, the prime minister will be angry with Jiangdong, and second, the epidemic will spread for thousands of miles. , will make people in the world resent Wu Sheng. Although a certain person is not a good person, he does not want to be a sinner, so the only option is to die."

He paused, opened his eyes to look at the sparkling army, and sighed: "Although you praise me for my wisdom, who can compare to Sima Zhongda's ingenuity? Although Yang Gong is highly respected, he is still inferior to Zhongda. What a forbearing plan."

The night was very deep.

The black army stretched under the heavy cloudy sky, and there was no end in sight for a while.

Cao Pi then turned his eyes coldly and remained silent.

Li Yinzhou said again: "After XX's death, I'm afraid only Jun and Sima Gong can remember the past."

This matter refers to the fact that he gave Zhang Ji and Hua Tuo a glimmer of life in exchange for notifying Sima Yi in advance of the countermeasures.

Hearing this, Cao Pi's eyes suddenly sharpened: "You want to make a fuss."

But Li Yinzhou leaned back, raised his eyebrows and looked at the cold-looking young man in front of him, twitched the corners of his lips, and began to tease seriously:

"If the guess is correct, Mr. Sima still has a backup to prepare for the present and continue to deal with Cao Zijian, right? Don't tell me the young master has never suspected that without that Cao Zijian in the future, how many things will be unfavorable to the young master in his hands? Evidence? This person has been keeping a low profile for more than ten years, is it just to be a personal minister and a pawn of the young master?"

Cao Pi looked back at him, but did not speak.

Do not refute.

Li Yinzhou smiled, and his voice dispersed in the night sky in a low voice: "Young master, you might as well think about it, who is the person who most wishes to die immediately."

These words have already made it clear that they want to provoke the relationship between the two of them.

But Cao Pi had to listen.

In the previous ten years, Sima Yi pretended to be crazy and foolish, saying that he was sick and refused to become an official. He only gave advice behind his back, and he, Cao Pi, did everything by himself.

As long as it is done, it will leave traces.

Just like Cao Zhi's arrow, it finally fell into Sima Yi's hands.

How can he guarantee that Sima Yi has worked hard for many years, but he is not busy and has no ambitions?

Once Li Yinzhou passed away, only he and Sima Yi could talk about the past, and he really didn't have the confidence to bring down this person easily.I'm afraid that in the future, doves will occupy the magpie's nest, and I will manage it for several years, but I will make wedding clothes for others...

There are no eternal enemies on the battlefield, only changing positions.

This is the most important truth Sima Yi taught him.

Right now, this person is a way out to check and balance Sima Yi, and as long as Li Yinzhou escapes and disappears before reaching Juchao, then Cao Zhi, who believed in him and asked to withdraw his troops, will also be held accountable.

Therefore, the current Li Yinzhou is an important pawn in his hands, standing on the same side as him.

After a while, the frost in Cao Pi's eyes finally melted away: "I have no grievances or enmity with my husband, and I am also grateful to him for his support in the past. If it is not for opposing positions, Pi really does not want to make him suffer. It's just the heart of the army. I really dare not let Mr. leave lightly."

It's also impossible for him to be too conspicuous.

But Li Yinzhou looked at the mountains after the snow fell, and the dark forest was like a sleeping monster, quietly perched on both sides of the road.

He said: "The young master has such a heart, and I can't thank you enough."

……

After two more nights, the light of the sky will not break through the cracks in the heavy clouds.The closer to dawn, when the deep cold of the night accumulates thicker, the hot air exhaled from the mouth and nose instantly condenses into ice crystals in the air, freezing the face as if covered with a layer of ice shell.

The soldiers squinted their eyes and ran back to the nest in sleepiness.

But there was a bang, thunder.

Cao Zhi also opened his eyes suddenly in the sleepless night, only to see sparks flashing in the mountain on the opposite side, and huge stones rolled down from the top of the mountain, rolling straight towards Wei Jun.

I don't know who shouted in a panic.

"There are ambulances!"