Sima Yi's Three Kingdoms Collection Collection

Chapter 389 Defeating Cao Shuang, Sima Yi monopolizes power (6)
That gaze made Sima Yi's chest feel hot for some reason, as if he had fallen into a fire, "teng" ignited the feeling of "being concerned about the common people and helping the world" back then!This added infinite help and motivation to his whole body and mind!He seemed to have returned to the pure and persistent state of mind three or forty years ago, staring straight ahead with piercing eyes, climbing straight to the peak of his ideal!

However, the war in the arsenal at Xifang in Luoyang was much more intense than at the gate of Cao Shuang's mansion.

Inside the antler fence bunker at the gate of the arsenal, Ding Mi and Cao Shou commanded [-] soldiers who were desperately resisting the fierce attack of Shi Bao, Niu Huan, and the [-] Dragon Knights!
Ding Mi's mansion is next to the arsenal, so he rushed to Cao Shou's side to command the battle as soon as he heard the news of the attack on the arsenal.The sudden onslaught of Shi Bao and Niu Heng's team of dead soldiers shocked him deeply: Oops!Sima Shi was really unwilling to give up, and finally counterattacked wildly!It turns out that Shi Bao has disappeared and evaporated in the past few years. She is raising dead soldiers for the Sima family to take the opportunity to launch an incident!But Ding Mi didn't expect Sima Yi's father and son to plan together at this time. He only knew that Master Sima was fighting the trapped beast alone, so he cheered Cao Shou and said, "Don't be afraid! We only need to survive until Luzhi, Yan Shi, Sun Qian and the others came to support, and everything will be settled! Master Sima can't stir up any troubles with his more than 1 forbidden troops alone! Shi Bao and the others came to snatch the arsenal, which proves that they are not strong enough and have a guilty conscience. Attempt to seize the armored soldiers in this warehouse and gather some desperadoes to serve as earbuds for dying! We cannot let him succeed!"

Seeing the soldiers around him being shot down one after another by arrows, Cao Shou was still a little uneasy: "Master Ding—these thieves are so skilled! Let's... let's see the opportunity and avoid the edge for now."

Shi Bao was in armor, and outside the gate of the arsenal, he continued to direct the dead soldiers to rush forward.He sternly shouted at Ding, Cao and others inside the bunker: "Ding Mi, Cao Shou, come out quickly and capture them without a fight! My family's Tai Tuo and Zhong Hujun have already rushed to the Nine Dragon Hall of the Imperial Palace. Chao Gang! Don't hold back any more!"

When Cao Shou heard this, he turned his head to look back at Ding Mi, his face paled in shock: "Isn't Sima Yi dying of illness? How could he still enter the palace..."

"Don't listen to his nonsense!" Ding Mi knew something was wrong, but is this the time to shake the morale of the army?He grabbed a handful of crossbow bolts and shot them outside: "Shi Bao is threatening us! If Sima Yi didn't die of illness, so what?"

Cao Shou's face was pale, and he said tremblingly, "That's bad! That's bad! Why don't Lu Zhi, Yan Shi, and Sun Qian rush over here? Don't something happen in the middle?"

Ding Mi glared at this powerful but capable General Huben Zhonglang, and only ordered to the soldiers next to him: "Hold it! Hold it up! I will give you five hundred gold rewards for those who kill the enemy!"

At this moment, there was a clear sound of horseshoes on the street outside. Ding Mi and Cao Shou were overjoyed when they heard it for the first time, and hurriedly looked outside. Foreign army killers are coming!
Guo Zhi jumped off his horse, took out a roll of yellow silk from his sleeve, held it high in his hand, and shouted loudly: "The Empress Dowager has ordered that the Luoyang arsenal be handed over to Shi Bao, He Zeng took over, there must be no mistakes, dare to disobey Let anyone shoot or kill!"

When he made such a public announcement, the guards of the arsenal immediately became confused: some put down their bows and crossbows, some threw away their swords, and some knelt down on the spot...

It turns out that Queen Mother Guo's party also secretly joined forces with Sima Yi and his son!This is really bad!Ding Mi was so anxious that his eyes were about to burst into flames, he only hated himself for being careless and stomping his feet repeatedly!But Cao Shou came up to him with a look of horror and asked, "Master Ding! What should we do now?"

"Today's matter, either you die, or I die—" Ding Mi gritted his teeth and said in a high voice, "Could it be that you can really accept the Queen Mother's order? Hurry up and organize your subordinates to continue to resist!"

Cao Shou hurriedly looked around him, most of the guards of the samurai library had already dispersed, only five or six hundred Cao family servants were still following him unsteadily, and almost everyone's calves seemed to be secretly cramp. Shaking!Looking outside, Guo Zhi and He Zeng brought more than [-] soldiers, plus Shi Bao and Niu Heng's group of [-] or [-] dead soldiers, he has no chance of winning!
Ding Mi also saw the situation clearly, grabbed a flaming torch, and his face was livid: "It seems that we can't keep the arsenal! But we can't hand over the arsenal to Sima for nothing. Shi and the others! If they occupy this arsenal, they will immediately be able to add wings to a tiger, and in the name of the empress dowager, they will arm the [-] troops inside and outside the capital to attack the brothers of General Cao who are far away in Gaopingling! That is really impossible. Cleaned up!"

"Then...then what should we do?" Cao Shou asked tremblingly.

"Burn! Burn! Set fire to this arsenal immediately!" Ding Mi held up the torch and was about to rush into the arsenal door, "Only burning the arsenal is the fatal blow to these rebels and rebels! "

However, just as he turned around and took a step, he felt a sudden pain in the back of his heart—when he suddenly looked back, he saw that it was Cao Shou with red eyes, biting his cheek and ruthlessly stabbing a sharp knife into his vest!

"You...you..." Ding Mi's movements froze, and horror overflowed from his face.

"Yes... I'm sorry!" Cao Shou was crying and did not dare to face his piercing eyes, "Master Ding! Cao doesn't have the deep-rooted hatred you have for the Sima family, and Cao doesn't have the hatred you have for the general. Such utter loyalty. Master Ding! The general is probably really doomed this time! But Cao doesn’t want to be buried with him..."

"So, you... just want to take my head to save your life?" Ding Mi fell softly on the threshold of the arsenal, and the torch fell out of his hand silently.He stared straight at Cao Shou, and his voice was as cold as ice, "Hmph! Do you think that Sima Yi and his son will let you go? Will you let everyone in your Cao family go? Ding is dead, General Cao If you die, you all have to die too! Alas...it's all a pile of mud that can't support the wall!"

"The Empress Dowager's decree is to appoint Huan Da Si Nong to enter the palace to act as the leader of the army, and assist Sima Taifu to calm the rebellion." Zhong Yu finished reading the silk book, and handed it to Huan Fan with both hands, and said at the same time, "Doctor Huan , the matter is urgent and cannot be delayed. The Empress Dowager and the Grand Tutor are waiting in the Nine Dragon Hall! You and Zhong must leave the mansion immediately and rush there!"

Huan Fan's face was as deep as water, and he didn't answer immediately, but took the empress dowager's edict to his eyes and looked at it carefully. The scarlet mark of the phoenix seal on the lower left corner above was bright red, and it was obviously true.While carefully identifying it, he murmured: "Assist the Tai Tuo in resolving the rebellion and ordering the chaos? What rebellion is being settled? What is the chaos?"

"Master Taifu, Lord Taiwei, Lord Situ, Lord Shang Shuling, etc. entered Yongning Palace this morning to play together the great generals Cao Shuang and Brother Cao Shuang, who violated laws and etiquette and caused chaos in the court. The empress dowager has issued a decree to approve it. Specially ordered the Taifu to do it at your own expense. Doctor Huan, you are here to assist the Taifu to put down the chaos between brothers Cao Shuang." Zhong Yu no longer evaded, and said bluntly, "Besides, you don't know anything about it, Doctor Huan. Speaking of the suggestion of appointing you to act as the leader of the army, Taifu Sima specifically mentioned it to the Empress Dowager. Taifu Sima has always respected you, Dr. Huan..."

Huan Fan couldn't help being slightly moved when he heard this, and nodded slightly.He raised his right hand and said to Zhong Yu: "Okay! Then, I will ask Mr. Zhong to wait in the living room for a while, and I will come out and enter the palace with you after I change into the court clothes in the back hall!"

Zhong Yu didn't expect him to agree to it outright, and she was pleasantly surprised that he was there, so she agreed.

After Huan Fan retreated into the back hall, he took the empress dowager's decree and quickly walked up with his hands behind his back.Huan Chang stepped forward to persuade: "Father, the situation is urgent now, you must act decisively!"

Huan Fan said to himself: "I have thought it through before. Although Cao Shuang has no king and no way, he is mediocre and unfaithful. Abandoning others is nothing to be afraid of. But Sima Zhongda and his son have already achieved great success through their hard work and dedication. They have worked so hard for so many years, and they just want to bring about the great change in the current situation between the courts and China, and fish in troubled waters! He is the mantis catching cicadas, the oriole In the back! It is clear that he intends to eradicate dissidents in the name of "Qing Jun's side, Zhengchao Gang"! If the Great Wei Sheji falls into his control, the danger of the situation must be far greater than that of Cao Shuang's time in power! This seat must not forget The emperor of the Ming Dynasty entrusted him on his deathbed to defend the foundation of the Great Wei Dynasty to the death to ensure long-term peace and order!"

With a firm mind, he ordered Huan Chang: "Chang'er, go to the living room and delay the time with Zhong Yuxu and the snake. As a father, immediately take the official seal of the chief secretary and go out through the back door to Gaoping Mausoleum to assist you." Your Majesty responds to today's sudden change in the capital!"

Holding the imperial edict of the empress dowager, Huan Fan was repeatedly inspected and questioned by the patrolling officers and men in every street and street in the city.Now, Sima Zhao has assumed the post of Henan Yin, and ordered the whole city to be under martial law, and the four gates are closed.Huan Fan could barely walk around the city with the Empress Dowager Yi's decree as a pass, but if he wanted to go out of the city, he had to have a warrant signed by Sima Zhao or Sima Yi himself.In this way, it will be difficult for Huan Fan to leave the city.

In the end, he turned around and chose Pingchang Gate among the four gates—because Si Fan, the guard of Pingchang Gate, was an old subordinate of his chief minister of agriculture and had always been loyal to him. The only thing he can gamble on right now.

"I have an order from Your Majesty," Huan Fan greeted Si Fan who came forward with Hu Banchao, "Sijun, let me out of the city quickly!"

Si Fan walked to the gate and stood behind the fence with a bitter expression on his face: "Master Huan...it's not that I won't let you out. Earlier, the Henan Yin's Mansion and Taifu's Mansion both came to order that no one should be let out of the city without authorization." , Those who disobey the order will be beheaded!"

"Sifan! You bastard! Do you listen to me? You have to see clearly, this is His Majesty's letter, and it is His Majesty who hastily called me out of the city to drive in front of Gaopingling..." Huan Fan looked like He yelled like an angry lion, "You don't even obey the imperial decree?"

After hearing this, Si Fan hurriedly turned around from behind the fence, saluted Huan Fan and asked, "Master Huan, since that's the case, please show me the imperial decree!"

Huan Fan deliberately hid the wat board in his arms, and at the same time took a step forward, grabbed Si Fan's lapel, and said in a high voice: "You can easily see the imperial decree? How dare you doubt what I say?"

Si Fansu was overwhelmed by the majesty of this old boss, and his legs became limp as if he was staring at him, and he murmured: "But... But the Taifu's Mansion and Henan Yin's Mansion have issued orders, and anyone who leaves the city must Only with the warrants of Taifu Sima and Master Sima Zhao. Of course, the imperial decree you brought is also fine, let me verify it!"

(End of this chapter)