1246 Severed hands and feet
When the news reached Cao Pi's ears, it was like a thunderbolt sounding on his head, and he fainted on the spot, and everyone hurriedly woke him up.
After a long time, Cao Pi finally stopped crying, gritted his teeth and said: "Wang Baoyu, I would rather not be this emperor, but also crush your bones and ashes to avenge my second brother!" β
Some of the princes and nobles who were friends with Cao Zhang, the ministers of civil and military affairs were also sad and indignant, and they all believed that Cao Zhang was killed by Wang Baoyu in Yiling, and they all went to the court and demanded that Wang Baoyu be disposed of.
Subsequently, Cao Pi immediately convened everyone to discuss the army in Jingzhou, and there were many voices of opposition, Sima Yi thought that he should go to Xishu, while Liu Ye and others said that Cao Zhang's death was very beneficial to the Shengshang to consolidate the foundation.
Cao Pi was so angry that he almost dragged these people out to kill them, and said angrily: "Ziwen is my sibling, if you dare to talk nonsense, I will cut off your siblings and see if it hurts!" β
Everyone was sweating in their heads, and they didn't dare to say anything bad about Cao Zhang, and all the voices of opposition stopped. Cao Pi immediately announced that he was going to avenge his second brother Cao Zhang.
400,000 troops sent to Jingzhou, Cao Hong, Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu, and Cao Zun each led 100,000 troops, and made all the way to take Yiling, vowing to exterminate Wang Baoyu.
Wang Baoyu heard the news of the horse exploration, his brows furrowed, the 400,000 army should not be underestimated, and hurriedly called Mo Qianxun and others to discuss countermeasures.
"Chihiro, you said earlier that Cao Pi was afraid that we would support Cao Zhang to confront him, and now that Cao Zhang is gone, why did he still send troops, under the banner of avenging his brother, as if we had harmed Cao Zhang." Wang Baoyu asked depressedly.
"There must be something strange in this, or a sin that you want to add, and there is no excuse for it." Mo Qianxun was also confused.
"Cao Pi is a thief shouting to catch a thief, if he really dares to hit Yiling, I will tell the world about his crimes, and see who the people believe!" Wang Baoyu said in annoyance.
Wen Ji felt that maybe Cao Zhang was not harmed by Cao Pi, and there was another reason for this. Cai Wenji analyzed.
"Who did it?"
"I don't know at the moment."
Hey, even the extremely smart Cai Wenji couldn't guess it, Wang Baoyu frowned with sorrow, like a little old man, Mo Qianxun still couldn't hold back, and complained: "Baoyu, if you listened to what I said and didn't leave Cao Zhang in Yiling, you wouldn't have been caught by Cao Pi." β
"Okay, it's all over the place, don't talk about me anymore."
Subsequently, everyone was arguing and discussing countermeasures, and the main one who took the idea was Mo Qianxun, the Taiwei who dared to accuse Wang Baoyu, Wang Baoyu understood his character, and he was not really angry with him.
"Baoyu, judging from Cao Pi's marching route, he is coming to Yiling, so he should not be afraid." Restore fΓΉ calm Mo Qianxun said.
"Hehe, I knew you had a way." Wang Baoyu said with a smile.
"Alas, Cao Pi's strength is far above ours." Mo Qianxun still wanted to complain a few words, but he didn't say anything in the end, and said: "It's better to let his troops come to Yiling, and then we can also attack it from the flank." β
"If the Yi Tomb is lost, this will be a big problem." Wang Baoyu hesitated.
"Of all the places in Jingzhou, only Yiling is the strongest, and if Cao Pi's army is led elsewhere, the outcome is unpredictable." Mo Qianhiro insisted on her opinion.
"Do you need to call for help?" Wang Baoyu said.
"Cao Pi's march speed is fast, the rescue may not be timely, Jingzhou's troops are enough to compete with it, if the war is protracted, it is not too late to ask Sun Quan and Liu Chan." Mo Qianxun said.
Wang Baoyu nodded, it's okay to do this, it saves favors, Sima Yi is not afraid, let alone Cao Pi. Besides, if he was defeated, as long as the immortals came forward, Cao Pi would never be able to enter the Yi Tomb.
Mo Qianxun transferred 30,000 soldiers and horses from Nanjun to Yiling, which made the garrison of Yiling reach 50,000, and the remaining soldiers and horses of Nanjun must also cooperate with the action here at any time.
Mo Qianxun also ordered Jiangxia's guard general Lao Mao to prepare the 20,000 soldiers and horses under his jurisdiction, and Xiangyang's general Tian Ye led 50,000 troops out of the city to pay close attention to the movements here.
With such a deployment of troops, once Cao Pi came to Yiling, he was surrounded on three sides. Mo Qianxun made up his mind that he must let Cao Pi return with a fiasco and learn a profound lesson.
In order to let Cao Pi enter the encirclement, Maicheng must have a fight with Cao Pi, only defeat, not victory, so that Cao Pi thinks that this side is not good, so that he can continue to chase and kill to Yiling.
Good! After listening to Mo Qianxun's long strategic deployment report, Wang Baoyu immediately made a decision and acted according to this plan.
"Brother, I'm willing to take the lead." Wang Baochuan was a newborn calf, and he felt that what he had learned was successful, so he took the initiative to ask for his life.
"No way!" Wang Baoyu flatly refused.
"It's still the eldest brother to take the lead and bring that Cao Pi here." Fan Jinqiang came out of the ranks.
"Big brother, your body ......"
"My old skin and old flesh are getting stronger and stronger!" Fan Jinqiang stubbornly interrupted Wang Baoyu's words and threw a few punches on his solid chest muscles.
"Okay, so it's hard brother! You still have to pay more attention and don't work too hard. Wang Baoyu nodded, and as soon as the words fell, the restless younger brother Wang Baochuan asked for help again: "I'll go with the master to exercise my skills." β
"Baochuan, you are still young and need to be experienced!" Wang Baoyu frowned.
"Yes, Baochuan, in two years, Master will definitely take you to the battlefield and show your true colors as a man!" Fan Jinqiang also comforted.
Wang Baochuan made up his mind, pestered Wang Baoyu, and insisted: "Isn't my brother worried about Master, I just went to take care of it." I'm so old that it's time to go out and work out. β
Wang Baochuan looked at Wang Baoyu with blank eyes, which made Wang Baoyu very embarrassed, if he didn't agree, it would show that he was a selfish brother, and it was worthless to take other people's lives, but he left his younger brother in the rear, and finally nodded reluctantly: "Okay, all of them are under the command of General Fan, and there must be no mistakes." β
Fan Jinqiang seemed a little hesitant, in fact, in his eyes, this Wang Baochuan was like his son, and he couldn't allow him to be hurt in the slightest. But seeing that Wang Baochuan was so persistent, he also nodded and said: "Baoyu rest assured, with me, I will not let Baochuan have any mistakes." β
Wang Baochuan was so happy, his excited little face turned red, he didn't know that war was very cruel to this day, and it was not a place to be strong and brave at all.
Fan Jinqiang took Wang Baochuan, led 10,000 elite soldiers, and entered Maicheng first, and now Maicheng is better than Guan Yu at that time, I don't know how much stronger, although it is to lure the enemy deep, but there is always a fight, and the prevention work should not be taken lightly.
Cao Pi led the army, mighty, all the way to the gallop, so that he was very puzzled, he thought that Wang Baoyu would set up a defense line on the Han River, only to find that there was not a single soldier on the other side of the river, and the door of Jingzhou was wide open.