I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 288 Cao Rui is critically ill?

Hu Zhi was left speechless and even began to doubt his life.

After a moment of silence, Hu Zhicai said: "Maybe you are right. I killed countless people in Xiangyang today, and you also killed countless people in Yizhou. We are each our own masters, regardless of righteousness."

At this point, Li Heng's opinion of Hu Zhi dissipated.

He admitted that Hu Zhi was right.

Those who play politics should stop talking about kindness and sincerity.

As for morality, that's a fig leaf.

The great righteousness, the world, and the common people are nothing more than the archway of personal power and desire.

The city should be massacred, the city should be slaughtered, and the people should be destroyed.

common people?

Good people who play politics cannot get out of Novice Village.

Li Heng said lightly that he was not a formalist and did not have so many cheap touches. Since Hu Zhi himself admitted that he was playing politics to involve the people, there was no need to be buried separately.

As for Li Heng using justice to suppress him, it is not that Li Heng really respects justice, it is just a political method.

In the eyes of politicians from the three countries, they are just a series of numbers.

The Three Kingdoms is neither romantic nor passionate.

This can send a political vane to some officials in Cao Wei: as long as they surrender, high-ranking officials will receive generous salaries.

Hu Zhi pondered for a moment, and the evening breeze ruffled his messy hair. He smiled and said, "The general is extremely talented. It's just a pity that I didn't meet the general earlier."

Every stone in the pit has its use, not to mention a person with strong willpower like Hu Zhi?

Li Heng never thought that he was a good person.

He didn't understand Li Heng. In Li Heng's world, there was no such thing as a person who must die.

"General!" The deputy general next to him supported Hu Zhi and shouted.

Everyone put down their weapons.

If you don’t believe it, look at Xiangyang in front of you?

Under the dying sun, the blood condensed back to its original appearance.

Wouldn't this save more soldiers and allow more children to see their fathers again?

This will prevent Cao Wei Jiangling from resisting to the death in subsequent wars.

Compared to the Battle of Yiling, compared to the Battle of Chibi, compared to the Battle of Guandu, or even compared to the fight for hegemony among the princes in the early days of the Three Kingdoms, what does this mean?

"In this case, why doesn't Hu Wende surrender and jointly revive the Han Dynasty?" Li Heng said.

"Hu Wende's body will be buried together with the Wei army and civilians. There is no need for extra lavish burial."

After saying that, Hu Zhi drew his sword and killed himself. Blood spurted out and he fell down.

The purpose of his coming here is also to win over Hu Zhi. As long as Hu Zhi surrenders, then all the governors and governors of Cao Wei and Jingzhou will surrender.

A trace of regret flashed in Li Heng's eyes, and he said: "The rest surrendered and settled properly."

Hu Zhi didn't expect that Li Heng would issue a warning to him.

On the first day of May, the city of Xiangyang was destroyed, with numerous casualties and casualties, and the Han army entered Xiangyang.

On the second day of May, Fancheng Kaicheng surrendered.

On the third day of May, news that the Han army was approaching Xiangyang City reached Luoyang.

Cao Rui, who was enjoying himself in the harem, suddenly lost interest when he heard that Li Heng's army was approaching Xiangyang.

Li Heng was much faster than he thought.

However, Cao Rui still believes that the situation is stable.

According to past military common sense, even if an army approaches a city, it will be difficult to break it.

Cao Rui has experienced this personally before. During the Second Northern Expedition, Zhuge Liang made a lightning raid on Chencang. Chencang only had more than a thousand defenders, leaving Guanzhong empty of troops. Hao Zhao defended Chencang City to the death, causing Zhuge Liang to withdraw his troops.

The defense of Xiangyang City is much stronger than that of Chencang.

The only thing that made Cao Rui unhappy was that Li Heng's actions were beyond his expectations, and he felt pressure from Li Heng.

He immediately wrote back a letter to Chen Tai, asking Chen Tai to be calm and guard Xiangyang. Reinforcements would soon arrive.

However, just as the letter was sent out, Cao Rui received Chen Tai's latest urgent letter: Xiangyang has been captured!

The messengers killed several horses. As soon as they entered Luoyang, they shouted: Jingzhou urgent military report! Jingzhou emergency military report!

When Cao Rui got the letter, he was dumbfounded.

After staying for a long time, Cao Rui angrily threw the battle report on the ground and said angrily: "This is impossible! It is impossible for Xiangyang City to be captured so quickly! This is absolutely impossible! This is a fake military report!"

The news of Xiangyang's fall came from the palace that day.

In the evening, Sima Yi, who had just returned from Yangzhou, was rushed into the palace.

What we visited this time was not the place where the emperor and ministers discussed politics, but Cao Rui's palace.

Because Cao Rui heard that Xiangyang was lost, and after getting angry, he fainted.

Sima Yi waited outside for a while and saw the imperial doctor coming out. The imperial doctor saluted Sima Yi.

"how?"

"Your Majesty is sick from overwork and needs to rest."

Sima Yi sighed and asked no more questions. Not long after, he was called in by the chamberlain.

"I see your Majesty."

"Grand Governor, you're here." Cao Rui forced himself to sit up, and the servant on the side immediately went to help him.

"Your Majesty, take care of your body."

"I'm fine." Cao Rui's face turned pale and his lips turned black, "I'm just a little tired recently."

After speaking, Cao Rui's eyes were a little dull.

After a moment, he said: "Xiangyang has been lost."

Sima Yi's heart trembled slightly. He had heard it before, but when he heard the exact news from Cao Rui, he was inevitably shocked.

"Li Jian personally led troops to conquer Xiangyang." Cao Rui said, "On April 22, Li Jian defeated Lu Xun and quickly went north to Xiangyang. On the first day of May, Li Jian captured Xiangyang and the city of Xiangyang was destroyed."

Cao Rui waved his hand, and the chamberlain took Chen Tai's military report and handed it to Sima Yi.

Sima Yi looked carefully, and the more he looked, the more frightened he became. In the end, even Sima Yi's face became serious.

"What does Zhongda have to say?"

"A kind of trebuchet that broke open the wall of Xiangyang City." Sima Yi stared at a series of descriptions, "I was puzzled by the Shu army's capture of Jiangling before, but now I finally figured it out."

Cao Rui was silent.

"Back then, Zhuge Liang went north and adopted a strategy to encircle the fields. It turned out to be Li Jian's strategy. I was very curious about this person. This year I heard that he took advantage of Lu Xun's northward march to Jiangling. I originally thought that he was confused. The city of Jiangling was impregnable. , once he was unable to attack for a long time, he was trapped in a tight siege. Later, when he heard that Jiangling was conquered by him, he became filled with doubts. "

"Now it seems that he has a weapon to destroy the city!"

Sima Yi sighed with emotion.

"Is there really anything in the world that can break down a city wall?" Cao Rui murmured.

"It broke Jiangling in April and Xiangyang in May. We can only believe in its existence."

"Then I, the Great Wei, aren't we in danger?"

"Your Majesty, please be patient. Everything in the world reaches the same destination by different routes. Moreover, the victory or defeat of a war does not only depend on the weapon. This thing has divine power. Our army can use it to investigate the principle. I believe it will not be difficult." Sima Yi looked calm, "Once our army If we can master it, with the strength of our army, we can send troops from multiple directions to attack Sun Wu and Shu."

Cao Rui nodded, but he seemed to have lost the vigor he had before.

"What should we do now?"

(End of this chapter)