novelraw Chapter 737 Empress Wu Lie 83
Chapter 737 Empress Wu Lie 83
Ma Chao wandered around the formation for a long time, but was finally found by Sima Yi and brought out.
In just half a day, he, a high-spirited and charming boy, went from a state of being full of ambitions to save his younger brother to a predicament where he was "lost", with fewer and fewer soldiers around him, and nowhere to go. .Fortunately, Ma Chao has a strong ability to adapt to changes.When he realized something was wrong, he stopped, called the remaining soldiers to his side, and sat down quietly to preserve his combat power.
Until Sima Yi found them.
By the time Sima Yi explained that he was trapped in the gossip formation set up by Soochow Wu and led him out, Ma Chao's world view had been reshaped by the gossip formation.Recalling what he saw in the gossip formation, it was the first time he felt fear.
He thought he was going to confess in the gossip array.
Not to mention that he had such an idea, among the soldiers who followed Ma Tie into the battle, some of them were on the verge of collapse.
But Ma Chao, who had just escaped, was told by his old father that he was going to Soochow as a hostage before he could recover.
what to do?
Ma Chao looked at his father with red eye circles, couldn't bear his father's sadness, and immediately responded: "Okay."
"Meng Qi, it's my father who is sorry for you and wants you to go to Soochow as a hostage." Ma Teng choked up, "I want to go by myself. But Soochow doesn't want me."
Ma Chao knew that his father valued the brothers very much on weekdays. He was afraid of falling if he held them up, or melted if he held them in his arms, and he was afraid of being blown by the wind when he held them in his hands.Fortunately, the few brothers knew how to make progress, so they were not raised by their father to be delicate playboys.
He hurried to comfort his father.
"Ah Weng, why is my son willing to leave your hometown to be a hostage? Since Eastern Wu wants you to guard Xiliang, you won't do anything bad to my son. I heard that Marquis Wu treats Yuan Gonglu's sons and daughters very preferentially. Naturally, It won't be difficult for my son."
Ma Teng told his son with guilt, "Meng Qi, if they treat you harshly, you don't have to be patient, just go back to Xiliang. Even if Ah Weng goes back to chop firewood, he won't let your brothers suffer."
Ma Tie has been honed all day and night in the formation, and his unruly spirit has also been reduced a lot.
"Brother, you go to Soochow to learn this Eight Diagrams formation, and we won't be trapped in it in the future."
Ma Chao listened to his brother's silly words, to see if he hadn't recovered from the intimidation of being trapped in the gossip circle.
I had no choice but to comfort him and said, "If I have the chance, I must learn it."
Guo Jia and Xia Houshang also have the same mentality as Ma Chao.
Guo Jia was picked up by Cao Cao, and he did not forget to look for the possibility of breaking the formation while lying on the sickbed.He repeatedly deduced Soochow's new formation, but he couldn't find the reason for the explosion.In a few days of effort, the exhaustion of exhaustion caused by exhausting deduction was added to the weak and thin body that was already accustomed to wandering.
Cao Cao invited the best doctor to see Guo Jia.
The doctor inspected Guo Jia's injured leg carefully and said: "Master Sikong, Guo Jijiu's leg is fine, and he will be able to walk on the ground in two months. But he has to rest his mind and stop overthinking. So as not to hinder the longevity."
Cao Cao felt sorry for Guo Jia's injury and did not forget to fight against Soochow. He asked the doctor to prepare some soothing soup for Guo Jia, and at the same time ordered Xia Houshang not to disturb Guo Jia again.
"Bo Ren, you have also heard the doctor's words. You don't come to Feng Xiao again in the near future, let him take a good rest."
"Yes. Bo Ren respectfully obeys the Lord's orders."
Xia Houshang quickly agreed, clasped his fists to plead guilty to Cao Cao, "Boren made a mistake." After deducing with Guo Jia for several days in a row, even if he was a general, he was so tired that he was dizzy.
Seeing Xia Houshang's tired look with dark circles under his eyes, Cao Cao encouraged him, "I know how you feel. But this matter cannot be accomplished in a short time. You should also take a good rest for a few days."
But after resting for half a month, Guo Jia's spirit improved, and he deduced with Xia Houshang again. After several days of hard work, he found that what Cao Cao said was not wrong at all. This matter really cannot be achieved in a short time.
In the days when Guo Jia and Xia Houshang were constantly deducing, Soochow's formation moved forward day by day.Jiyin County to the west of Shanyang County was completely occupied by Soochow Wu; Jibei Kingdom in the northeast corner and Lu County to the east were also taken by Soochow Wu.
Cao Cao saw that the troops returning from Jiyin County and other places became more and more anxious. He saw that Sun Ce was going to drive him north to Jizhou to relieve Yuan Shao, but he was helpless.
I don't want Yuan Shao's internal disputes to give him a glimmer of life.
After Yuan Shao was defeated at Guandu, Yuan Tan followed Yuan Shao to serve the sick.Sun Ce raised his troops to conquer Cao Cao in the north, and Yuan Tan led the army in the north of Yanzhou, and set up a net to wait for Cao Cao, trying to do everything possible to shame Guandu.
The internal strife of the Yuan family dragged its feet, and Yuan Tan, who had the strength to lead the army and could deal him a fatal blow, was replaced.
Because Yuan Shao loved his stepwife Liu Shi and their beautiful son Yuan Shang, he adopted Yuan Tan to his late brother Yuan Ji as his stepson, and let Yuan Tan go out to guard Qingzhou as the governor.It implies that Yuan Shang is to be his heir.But because Yuan Shang was young and had to rely heavily on the eldest son, he didn't make a formal statement.Everyone still thinks that Yuan Tan, who has outstanding ability, is better as the eldest son as the heir.Because when Yuan Tan first went to Qingzhou, there was only part of the plains, but after a few years of hard work, Yuan Tan got the whole territory of Qingzhou.When conquering Gongsun Zan.Also repeatedly made military exploits.
It is more reliable to have a successor leader with reliable ability than a good-looking leader.This is the thinking of normal people.
But things went wrong because of the disagreement between Fengji, Jupei, Xin Ping, and Guo Tu.
Yuan Tan is closer to Xin Ping and Guo Tu.For their own benefit, Fengji and Shenpei formed a gang with Liu Shi and Yuan Shang.
In order for her son to inherit the four prefectures under Yuan Shao's name, Mrs. Liu had an idea of trial and match, and often went to Yuan Shao's bedside to cry and complain
"At the beginning, now you are just sick and lying on the couch, Xiansi refuses to look me in the eye, even saluting to me is perfunctory. Boom."
Mrs. Liu cried so much that Yuan Shao's heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys ached everywhere.
Yuan Shao, who was bedridden in pain, did not rely on his brain to do things this time, he did things that only patients with encephalopathy can do.Banned Yuan Tan's military power and the right to handle internal affairs.
Let Yuan Shang replace Yuan Tan in charge of the army and go to the edge of Yanzhou to cooperate with Sun Ce to encircle and suppress Cao Cao.
In the eyes of Xin Ping and Guo Tu, this means that Liu used the means of the women in the inner court to decide the next leader.
Guo Tu instigated a group of generals who are close to Yuan Tan. For our future, the big guys copy the guys together, so we have to support Yuan Tan in command of the army.
Okay, before Yuan Shao could close his eyes, the two brothers began to fight with each other, ping-ping-pang-pang led others into a fight.
But Yuan Shao was furious to death.After scolding several times, the two brothers also temporarily ceased fire.In a few days it will start again.
Before the spring had passed, Yuan Shao closed his eyes forever as he wished, and never had to see his troublesome sons again.
Cao Cao seized the opportunity to survive with a broken arm, abandoned Yanzhou, the base area besieged by Sun Ce, and led the remaining 10,000+ people to go north to Jizhou.
Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, two idiots who fought fiercely, were "runned down" by Cao Cao and had to go to Youzhou together.
Why didn't Yuan Tan return to Qingzhou?
His Qingzhou base was snatched by Zhou Yu, who was watching Xuzhou covetously during the most lively fight in Yuan's nest.While Sun Ce won Yanzhou, he expanded outwards and won most of Bingzhou.
The situation of the world has undergone great changes again.
In front, Ma Teng joined Wuhou and retreated to Xiliang, and handed Yongzhou over to Taishici.Later, Zhou Yu occupied Qingzhou under Yuan Shao's name.In Yanzhou and Bingzhou where Sun Ce was added——
There are fourteen states in the world, and Sun Ce has Kyushu.
It should be Shizhou. After Ma Teng joined, Liangzhou also fell under his command in name.
Tai Shici advanced eastward from Yongzhou to Sizhou and approached Luoyang City.Sun Ce deployed his troops to the west and north of Si Zhou.To the south of Luoyang is Gu Yong, appointed governor of Jingzhou by Sun Ce.
Sizhou, where Luoyang is located, was immediately surrounded by Sun Ce.
Kong Rong also saw that it was not good, and filled with righteous indignation, impeached Wu Hou Sun Ce in the court, criticizing his wolfish ambition and predating his disobedience.
Emperor Liu Xie looked at the impassioned Kong Rong with a wry smile, and said to himself that Kong Beihai was upright and naive.But with such an idea, he just thought about it, and then remembered when he granted Sun Ce a few years ago when he granted Wu County the Marquis of Wu.
At that time, I also thought that Sun Ce was a loyal minister.
I was also moved by Sun Ce's continuous offerings and special products from various places.
Liu Xie was not in the mood to watch Kong Rong's solo performance, so he hurriedly stopped court and went back to talk to Empress Fushou about Sun Ce's acquisition of Yongzhou, Yanzhou, and Bingzhou.
The couple looked at each other and wept.
"Ah Shou, the great man's country will be taken away by Sun Ce." Liu Xie broke down in tears.
"Bo He, it's not the end, don't give up in such despair." The queen encouraged the emperor.
"Ah Shou, you understand."
Fu Shou and Liu Xie are cousins, the couple have shared weal and woe for so many years, some things need not be said clearly, they both know what each other is thinking.
"Do you want a Zen seat?" Fu Shou asked Liu Xie, grabbing the lapel of his shirt.
"Shou, if I don't take the Zen position, when Sun Ce enters Luoyang, let alone you and me, there will be no place for our two sons to be buried in this palace."
The couple cried and cried.
After Liu Xie finished crying, he felt a lot less aggrieved in his heart.
He clenched his fists and said, "I want to send Kong Beihai to see Sun Ce tomorrow. Yuan Benchu has passed away. Let's make Sun Ce a general. Let's see if we can delay it for a while."
"Okay. Bohe, why don't my father and General Dong conscript. If Sun Ce storms Luoyang, you won't lose any virtue, and he won't be so easy to go to the throne."
Liu Xie shook his head, "No, the soldiers we recruited in a hurry may not be able to resist Sun Ce's army. Look at Gongsun Zan, who Yuan Benchu was able to eliminate, but he was defeated by Cao Mengde. It is said that Sun Ce To drive Cao Mengde away from Yanzhou, he didn't know how to use swords and guns. If we don't recruit troops, Sun Ce may not be ashamed to attack Luoyang directly. If he recruits soldiers who are not useful, he will give him an excuse..."
Fu Shou held her husband's hand firmly, and Liu Xie clasped his wife's hands with his backhand.Both of them knew in their hearts that the time to decide their fate and whether the Han Dynasty could continue to pass on was coming soon.