Cao Thief

Chapter 798 Bad news

Dali Temple is located in the Zhuque Gate of New Chang'an City.

The government office has a strict atmosphere and is extraordinarily solemn.This is the place where the world's punishments and prisons are in charge, and it is also the judicial lifeline of the Great Wei Empire.

When Cao Peng came to Dali Temple, he happened to meet Feng Chao's door.

This Feng Chao is also an old retainer beside Deng Ji!His father was originally the magistrate of Haixi County, but was killed by pirates.Feng Chao led a group of patrolmen, and in order to avoid being chased and killed, he had to become a thief in the mountains.Later, Deng Ji went to Haixi as an official and subdued Feng Chao.With his superb shooting skills, he quickly gained a foothold.And followed Deng Ji all the way north from Haixi, and made countless contributions in Bingzhou.

Most of the people who followed Deng Ji and Cao Peng with Feng Chao at the beginning have become famous.

Even Hu Ban became the prefect of Hexi.

Originally, when Deng Ji returned to Chang'an, he intended to make a proper arrangement for Feng Chao.With Feng Chao's merits and Deng Ji's status, it would not be a big problem even if he was assigned an important position in the Protectorate of the Five Armies.

But Feng Chao was unwilling, and finally chose to come to Chang'an with Deng Ji.

Today, Feng Chao is an inconspicuous official in Dali Temple as the secretary.But the entire Dali Temple knew that no one in this Dali Temple could offend Feng Chao from the top to the left and right Shaoqing, down to the subordinates.That is Deng Ji's confidant!If it wasn't for being illiterate and ignorant of the criminal law, he might be a young minister.

Feng Chao's salary is not much, but the rewards Deng Ji gave him are countless.

Therefore, I also bought a house in Chang'an, which can be regarded as a small fortune.On weekdays, even some officials would not dare to offend Feng Chao.

"Your Majesty, why are you here late at night?"

Feng Chao hurriedly greeted Cao Peng.

Cao Peng smiled, "My eldest brother is still handling official business?"

"That's right, the Eastern Capital sent a criminal prisoner today, involving a lot of people.

The master is checking in the public house. I persuaded him to go back just now, but I was also reprimanded.The prince came just in time, the master has been too tired these few days.You take him back and let him have a good rest. "

Feng Chao is probably the only one who dares to speak like that in the Hou Mansion.

Cao Peng nodded and asked Feng Chao to take him to the public house.I saw that the lights in the room were dim, and Deng Ji was leaning over the desk, reading official documents.Hearing someone coming in, Deng Ji yelled impatiently: "I said that Hugh would disturb me, why are you still... Huh? Ah Fu, why did you come here? Is your elder sister complaining again?"

Deng Ji said, got up, bypassed the desk, and welcomed Cao Peng into the room.

Feng Chao brightened the lights a lot, and then went out to guard with Wang Shuang.

It has been a year since I returned to Chang'an... Deng Ji looked even more haggard and thin than when he was in Bingzhou.

Cao Peng said dissatisfied: "Brother-in-law, you can't do this.

The right way is to combine work and rest, to have relaxation and relaxation.After working so hard every day, do you want my elder sister to be a widow?
If you don't pay attention again, I will let His Majesty know and let him dismiss your position as Minister of Dali Temple. "

"Going back, going back."

Deng Ji couldn't help laughing.

He is very concerned about this position... You know, Deng Ji first learned criminal law.Later, by chance, he became a local official.But in his heart, the place he most wants to go is the predecessor of Dali Temple, Tingwei.

Unfortunately, he has a disability and has been unhappy.

After finally arriving at his favorite place, he naturally forgot to sleep and work.

But he also knew that Cao Peng was thinking of him.

Bringing Cao Peng a glass of honey syrup, Deng Ji sat down and patted his head gently, "It's not that I don't want to go back, but there are too many criminal cases... many criminal cases have to be dealt with again, so I'm a bit busy.

By the way, why are you here tonight? "

Cao Peng didn't answer right away, but after thinking twice, he asked, "Brother-in-law, what do you think of Wang Shuang?"

"Wang Shuang? Of course not bad."

Deng Ji looked at Cao Peng suspiciously, not quite understanding.

But Cao Peng took out a directory from his arms and handed it to Deng Ji.

There are three people at the beginning of the directory, namely Wang Shuang, Shi A and Zhu Dao.On the cover of the directory, there is a word 'dark' written on it.

Deng Ji said, "What is this?"

"There are currently 870 dark soldiers under my command, and their names are all on it.

These people, loyal and loyal, only obey my orders.Now the dark soldiers are divided into two groups, one is in Xingyang, they are all raw and useless.And the other part is the people on the roster in hand.I have secretly placed them at the foot of Jiming Mountain, and Shi A is in charge of training...

Today, the dark man was handed over to his elder brother. "

Deng Ji, Ji Lingling shuddered.

"Ah Fu, is something wrong?"

Cao Peng shook his head, stood up and untied a gold inlaid jade dragon pendant from his waist, and placed it in front of Deng Ji.

"I'm going to leave Chang'an."

"what?"

"I remember that when I left Goguryeo, a friend once said something to me: when the water is full, it overflows, too much is too late.

It is precisely because of this that I refused to take the lead in the battle of Yizhou.

The late emperor left me idle, and I have no resentment, but secretly grateful.But now, I have the first sword of Tiangang, and I am the first emperor to entrust Gu Zhongchen.Worship the Great General, hold the world's soldiers and horses in his hands, even Xun Wenruo will discuss with me when dealing with government affairs.It can be said that he is under one person and above ten thousand people...

But the heights are extremely cold.

I'm a little scared... I'm afraid that I am too powerful and will bring disaster to our family.I stayed in Chang'an like a bird in a cage.So after thinking about it, the only way to repay the prosperity of the family is to leave.

But I left, but my brother-in-law has to worry a lot.

Xiaorui was not happy in the palace, and was even more concerned by the Quartet.This is really not what I want... But when I adopted him to His Majesty, it was impossible to take him back.I leave the dark man to my brother-in-law, please protect Xiao Rui well.Xiaodi is married and will return to Chang'an in the near future. I will try to make him the captain of Fengche and walk around in the palace city.Both Bo Yue and Bo Long have grown up and can secretly protect Xiao Rui.

In short, before I leave, I will try my best to plan for Xiaorui.

But after I leave, I have to ask my brother-in-law to take care of everything and take good care of Xiaorui. "

After finishing speaking, Cao Peng got up and bowed deeply to Deng Ji...

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In the early summer of the second year of Taiping, there was a report from northern Xinjiang that Kebi Neng colluded with Dinglingren and Hujieren to create chaos on the frontier of Lingzhou.

Xincheng County was attacked by Xianbei people.

Two villages and towns were destroyed, thousands of people were killed or injured...

Cao Hong, governor of Bingzhou, immediately sent troops to rescue, but the Xianbei people fled without a trace.

In a rage, Cao Hong led his troops around the West Sea and forcibly crossed the Ganwei River in an attempt to attack Ke Bineng.But when he was about to launch a decisive battle, the Hujieren suddenly appeared from behind him, flanked Xianbei back and forth, and defeated Cao Jun.

Fortunately, Hu Ban, the prefect of Hexi County, and Suli, king of Xianbei, sent troops to rescue Cao Hong.

But this battle made Cao Hong utterly discouraged, and he led his troops back to Bingzhou, not daring to intervene in Lingzhou affairs.

At that time, it was early autumn.

The war in Jiangdong has also undergone wonderful changes.

Pang De Zhou Cang Yangqin, after the initial run-in, launched an attack on Jiangdong again.

At the same time, Cao Zhen of Hefei also commanded soldiers and horses to fight a bloody battle with the Soochow Army at Ruxukou.Killed several generals of Soochow Wu, and won a complete victory.

Gan Ning and Du Ji gathered a total of 5 water troops and more than a thousand boats and boats at Sanjiangkou to confront the Jiangdong water army.

Cao Zhang, who was supervising the battle in Jiangxia, was also shocked when he heard the news of Cao Hong's defeat.

"Who is going to fight?"

Huang Quan and Zheng Du looked at each other, stepped forward and said: "If you fight Ke Bi Neng, you won't be able to win without a general."

"You mean..."

Cao Zhang hesitated.

Zheng Du plucked up his courage and stepped forward again, "In fact, ordering the general to go out to fight is good for both your majesty and the general. I also know that your majesty and the general are very close... However, your majesty is no longer the prince of the past, but God's destiny. The general has made outstanding contributions and is unmatched by anyone. If he stays in Chang'an, sooner or later there will be dirt. It is better to let him go to Lingzhou. Better than that one day in the future, His Majesty and the General will turn against each other."

"You bastard, how dare you talk like that."

Cao Zhang was so angry that he drew his sword and was about to kill Zheng Du.

Fortunately, Huang Quan, Zhang Ren and others persuaded Cao Zhang to persuade him.But in the end, Zheng Du was still driven out of the palace.

"Why is Bonian so careless when he speaks today?"

Zhang Ren was in charge of driving away Zheng Du, and couldn't help but said outside the palace: "You know that His Majesty is close to the General, but you say such things on purpose, don't you mean to offend the General on purpose? If the General finds out about it in the future, you..."

Zheng Du laughed!
He said softly: "General, you will only be grateful to me, not blame me.

Gong Bao, can't you see it?In His Majesty's mind, he was actually a little apprehensive towards the General.Otherwise, in this battle of Jiangdong, His Majesty does not need to lead a personal conquest, but only needs to order the general to supervise the battle.

However, His Majesty chose to conquest in person, which shows that he is also in a dilemma.

Within three days, there must be an edict: order the general to go north.

Presumably, this is also the result the general hoped for... Staying in Chang'an, sooner or later there will be dirt. "

Zhang Ren couldn't help being silent when he heard this.

As Zheng Du expected, on the second day, Cao Zhang issued an edict, worshiping Cao Peng as King of Lingwu, the governor of Lingzhou war, and immediately took office.

As soon as the edict came out, it immediately attracted a wave of controversy.

You know, since Cao Zhang ascended the throne, no one has been crowned king.

Now Cao Peng is the first person to be crowned king, and he is also a prince in command of the army, which is naturally thought-provoking.

But for Cao Peng, such a result is undoubtedly the best.

After receiving the edict, Cao Peng immediately began to prepare.

At this time, the Sanjiangkou War finally broke out.

The two sides used nearly [-] boats to block the entire water surface.Ma Da commanded the Jiangdong water army and tried to capture Sanjiangkou.For one thing, after the occupation of Sanjiangkou, the Jiangdong navy can go straight to Jingnan and threaten Cao's rear.At the same time, the navy has the upper hand, and can rely on the natural moat of the river to deal with Cao's army.

It can be said that both sides have been preparing for this battle for a long time.

Since Du Ji of Gan Ning took over the navy, he has practiced day and night, and what he has done is today.

In terms of the strength of the two sides, they are not evenly matched.

The Jiangdong navy has 3 people, and the Cao Wei navy has more than [-] people.Before the war, both sides were ready for a bloody battle.On the tenth day of August in the second year of Taiping, the two sides fought desperately on the river.

At the beginning of the battle, the Soochow navy had the upper hand.

However, from the second day onwards, 180 Jian'an-class keel building ships broke out from Dongting Lake and joined the battle group, turning the tide of the battle all at once.On the third day, on the fourth day... the Dongwu navy gradually fell into a disadvantage under the impact of Cao Wei's building boats and the eight-ox crossbow equipped on the building boats.One after another, the warships were cut off by the middle, and the warships were bombarded by the eight oxen crossbows.The whole river, shouting and killing sounded loudly, and there were wreckages of boats floating everywhere.

As the Soochow navy retreated steadily, Ma Da tried to withdraw his troops and stabilize his position.

An accident can happen at this moment...

More than a dozen Jiangdong warships suddenly turned their backs and launched an attack on the Soochow Navy.And the commander of these more than ten warships was surnamed Lu and named Lu Fei.He was originally a private soldier of the Lu family, but was later sent into the navy by the Lu family. He has been diligent and conscientious for many years.The impact of Lu Fei's defection on the Jiangdong navy is incalculable.

In an instant, the Soochow navy was in complete chaos...

Seeing this situation, Gan Ning immediately ordered a fierce attack.

He personally met with Lu Fei, and learned from Lu Fei: Cao Peng and Lu Xun have been in contact for many years... On the eve of the outbreak of the Sanjiangkou War, Lu Xun sent someone to inform Lu Fei that depending on the situation of the battle, he may fight or surrender. !

When Gan Ning heard this, he couldn't help feeling emotional.

He said to Du Ji in private: I wait for ten steps, and your Majesty sees ten miles... But today I know that the young master has seen thousands of miles away!

In mid-August of the second year of Taiping, the Jiangdong navy was at Sanjiangkou, and the entire army was wiped out.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Xun, the prefect of Guiyang, made a sudden move and announced that he would surrender to Cao Wei.He enumerated Sun Quan's ten major crimes, rebelled and conquered Xiangxiang.After hearing the news, Taishi Ci, who was supervising the battle on the Boluo River, couldn't help but sighed deeply.

That night, Sun Shao crossed the Boluo River alone, entered the Soochow Army camp, and said he would surrender Tai Shici.

After careful consideration, Tai Shici finally decided to revolt.He returned to Linxiang overnight, beheaded Xu Sheng who was supervising the battle, and then joined forces with Lu Xun to leave Changsha and go straight to Luling.Three days later, Luling fell.

The Jiangdong Navy was defeated, Tai Shici and Lu Xun rebelled!

The whole of Soochow suddenly panicked...

Cao Zhang took the opportunity to issue an edict, and the supervising army attacked from Jiangxia to launch a fierce attack on Soochow.

At this time, Soochow is gone.

However, Sun Quan was not reconciled to being defeated. Instead, he concentrated his forces and prepared to fight Cao Zhang to the death...

In October, [-] giant high-end ships appeared along the coast of Wu County.

Taking advantage of the situation, Gu Yong, a powerful figure in Wu County, raised his troops, declared a break with Sun Quan, and welcomed Cao Wei's army to land.

In November, He Qi of Kuaiji County raised troops in Shanyin to welcome the son of King Heng back to his hometown, and Kuaiji County was in chaos.

The entire Jiangdong seems to have become uncontrollable in just a few months.

After Pang De conquered Dantu, he sent his army south to conquer Qu'a.

This time, Sun Quan really panicked!

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In a blink of an eye, it is already December.

Cao Peng has arrived in Lingzhou and summoned fifty troops from Xincheng County to watch Xianbei.

Ke Bi Neng hurriedly sent someone to ask for peace, but Cao Peng refused.In November, the two sides had a bloody battle at Langjuxu Mountain.Cao Peng took the two old generals Huang Zhong and Yan Yan as the vanguard, and ordered Sha Moke and Zhao Yun to be the main generals of the left and right armies.From the dawn of the morning sun, until the night fell...

The Xianbei people couldn't resist Cao Jun's offensive, and finally they were defeated and left.

Taking advantage of the situation, Cao Peng ordered Huang Zhong and Yan Yan to pursue and capture the Xianbei royal court.Ke Bi Neng ran away in embarrassment and fled into Ding Ling for help.

At the same time, the Hujie people did not dare to be lonely, and joined forces with the Huns in Mobei to rescue Ke Bineng.However, under the instigation of Hongdu, Suli sent troops to stop him.After Kebineng was defeated, the Hujie Xiongnu allied forces retreated immediately.However, how could Cao Peng easily let the two parties go?He led his troops across the Ganwei River, and at the same time issued a call-up order to call up soldiers and horses from Youzhou and Bingzhou.When Cao Hong learned that Cao Peng had won a great victory, he mobilized soldiers and horses from the fifty prefectures of Bingzhou to join the battle without saying a word.And Cao Chun, the governor of Youzhou, also recruited 8 soldiers and horses, together with [-] soldiers and horses of Liaodong Daxing Mansion, and [-] soldiers and horses of Lu Han, a total of [-] soldiers participated in the battle.

However, no one expected that the chief general sent by Lu Han turned out to be their prince, Cao Nian, who was less than ten years old.

An army of 16 gathered at Ganwei River.

Grain and grass from Liangzhou, Youzhou, and Bingzhou were sent to Xincheng County one after another.

Cao Peng made it clear to the chariots and horses that he would not give up until he killed Hujieren.For a moment, Hujieren felt a bone-chilling chill.

Fuchun, Chengfu.

Cheng Pu also felt quite distressed when he looked at Zhuge Jin, who was busy in the world and looked tired.

The great situation was lost in the blink of an eye.

Who is to blame?
Blame that motor?

At least in the Battle of Sanjiangkou, Ma Da did not reveal any flaws, and even said that the command was extremely appropriate.

Blame Sun Shao?Blame Tai Shici?

no one can blame...

"Lu Boyan, why are you making trouble?"

Cheng Pu asked suddenly, but Zhuge Jin didn't know where to start.

"It's a long story to say...it seems to start from Heng Wang's time." Zhuge Jin knew the reason more or less, so he explained it to Cheng Pu.When Lu Xun got married and had an accident, it seemed that there was nothing serious about it.But the root of this disaster has already been planted... The Gu and Lu families seem to be loyal to Sun Quan, but in fact, there is endless resentment in their hearts.They even handed over their private soldiers, and that's what they did today.

As for Xue Zong...it's just a fuse!

"Old general, please help His Majesty one more time for Emperor Wu Lie's sake."

Zhuge Jin begged hard.

Now, Lu Su is struggling to support in Danyang, but sooner or later he will lose.

With the chaos in Kuaiji of Wujun, Sun Quan could no longer control the situation.The only way is to invite veterans like Cheng Puhuanggai to stabilize the morale of the army.Otherwise, it will undoubtedly fail.It has to be said that Cheng Pu's affection for Soochow is very deep.

Although he was disappointed with Sun Quan's actions before, after thinking about it for a long time, he still decided to leave the mountain.

In the first month of the third year of Taiping, Cao Zhang invaded Lujiang County.

Pang De occupied Jurong, while Cao Zhen conquered Shicheng, forming a pincer attack on Jiankang.

At the same time, Cao Wei's navy landed in Wu County, joined He Qi, and occupied Wu County.Seeing that the situation was over, Sun Quan abandoned Jiankang and fled to Yuhang.At the same time, Cheng Pu recruited 3000 healthy soldiers in Fuchun, and re-emerged with Huang Gai.Lu Su defended Hushu for more than [-] days, the city was broken in February, and Lu Su died in battle...

Although Lu Su died, he bought enough time for Sun Quan to breathe.

Sun Quan forcibly recruited more than ten thousand people from Shanyue, and vowed to fight Cao Zhang decisively based on the benefits of his hometown.

In May, Cao Zhang personally led an army to conquer Yuyao.

The Battle of Jiangdong seems to be coming to an end...

But he didn't want Zhuge Jin Yuqian to design an ambush, and Cao Zhang was almost killed by a poisoned arrow.

Fortunately, Hua Tuo was with the army doctor and saved Cao Zhang's life.Only in this way, Cao Zhang was unable to continue his personal conquest and returned to Jiankang to supervise the battle.

It has to be said that compared with Xichuan, the Wu people are more violent.

Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and others fought bloody battles with Cao Jun in Qiantang for half a year, and it was not until the first month of the fourth year of Taiping that the city was breached.

The two veterans died in Qiantang.

Cao Zhang ordered someone to surrender to Sun Quan, but Sun Quan refused.

He assembled the last part of the soldiers and horses, and continued to deal with Cao Jun.In May of the fourth year of Taiping, Lu Xun conquered Jiaozhi.Lu Ji, the prefect of Jiaozhi, entrusted all the soldiers and horses to Lu Xun, and launched an attack from Jiaozhou to Yuhang...

In October of the fourth year of Taiping, Yuhang was broken.

When Sun Quan broke the city, he beheaded his wife and children, set fire to the palace, and committed suicide in the fire.

I thought it would be a smooth battle.

Cao Zhang assembled countless soldiers and horses, and spent a lot of money and food. Almost all the capital saved by Cao Cao during his lifetime was invested in the Battle of Jiangdong.No one would have thought that this battle would last for three years.

Cao Zhang won!
But it was a miserable victory...

At this time, Cao Peng had conquered Abakan and occupied Jiankun.

The Black Dragon Banner of Cao Wei was flying in Kyrgyzstan in later generations.In front of him, there was only one Dingling left...

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In the sixth year of Taiping, Zhongqiu.

Cao Wei's army captured the North Sea, which is Lake Baikal in later generations.

Drinking horses in Beihai, Cao Peng was in a very happy mood.The ligers, running happily along the shore of the North Sea, neighed again and again.

Here, it is still wild.

But Cao Peng saw infinite light from this endless wilderness.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

Just when Cao Peng was about to mount his horse and return to the camp, he suddenly heard someone shouting.

Looking up, I saw a gallop coming, and it was a young general.

It is Cao Qi, the grandson of Cao Xing.

Cao Qi reined in his horse in front of Cao Peng and rolled off his horse.

"The envoy from Chang'an, please accept the order from your majesty."

Cao Peng was taken aback.

Since he left for the expedition, he has rarely contacted Chang'an.

Every time the good news came back, he stopped asking.Why all of a sudden, an envoy came from Chang'an?
Cao Peng hurriedly led his men back to the camp.

The envoy was indeed an acquaintance, and he often served like a servant.

I haven't seen you for five years, but Yue Ban is much older. After seeing Cao Peng, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute and say hello.

"Servant Yue Chang, you and I are old acquaintances, don't be too polite... Did an accident happen in Chang'an?"

Hearing more and more, he couldn't help showing a sad look on his face.

He nodded and said softly, "Your Majesty, it's almost time to die!"

"what?"

Cao Peng was taken aback.

How old is Cao Zhang now?
It seems that he is not yet in his thirties... This age is exactly the age of dragons and tigers, how could it suddenly be impossible?

Yue Ban sighed lightly

"Your Majesty was wounded by Shanyue's poisonous arrows when he attacked Sun Quan.

Although he was treated by Mr. Yuanhua, the poison was not completely cleared... After returning to the court, he worked hard every day, just like the previous emperor.Some time ago, the king sent a good news, saying that Beihai had been captured, King Ding Ling had been captured, and Ke Bineng had been beheaded.His Majesty was very happy at that time, so he set up a banquet with wine...

At the banquet, His Majesty also said: Once Ding Ling is destroyed, you can reunite with the king.

Unexpectedly, within a few days, my body collapsed.After that, I couldn't get sick, and my mind was very unclear...

The Queen Mother and Zhen Zhaoyi were under a lot of pressure.

The Empress Dowager Huan and Marquis Ye kept instigating His Majesty to pass on the throne, but fortunately, the Empress Dowager stopped her... After discussing with Prime Minister Xun, the Empress Dowager believed that the King must return to Chang'an as soon as possible to stabilize the situation.Otherwise, the Great Wei Dynasty will be in danger. "

Cao Peng's expression suddenly changed!
Without further ado, he immediately said: "Chuan Gu ordered Kong Ming and Xiao Zhi to stay in Beihai, build a city, and stabilize the situation.

Huang Zhong, Yan Yan, Zhao Yun, and Sha Moke immediately mobilized their troops and returned to Chang'an with me. "

"Daddy, what about me?"

When Cao Nian heard that Cao Peng was leaving, he became anxious and asked quickly.

Cao Peng stretched out his hand, rubbed Cao Nian's head, and said softly, "Nian'er will come back to Chang'an with me."

(End of this chapter)