Killing system of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 316 Emperor collapsed and Cao Cao returned to the army

The reason why Xun Yu made such a quick judgment is actually based on a basis.

Captain Mojin was used by Cao Cao to dig graves, that is, to rob graves.In ancient times, many people started their careers by robbing tombs, such as Lu Bu, Cheng Zhijie and others. Cao Cao was also one of them, and was even named the patriarch of the tomb robbing world.

The reason why Cao Cao was able to get the title of "Patriarch Master" is related to this Captain Mojin.The reason why Cao Cao can fight year after year has a lot to do with Captain Mojin.It was precisely because the tomb robbery brought a lot of money that he could recruit more soldiers and form the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.

When we read history books, we often see that Cao Cao is short of food, but he is still fighting non-stop. Several wars are launched every year, and people are used to make dried meat without military food.But we have never seen that Cao Cao is short of money. Many people will say that there are Wei family and Cao Hong's support. Not to mention the two rich people, even if we give Cao Cao ten rich people, they still cannot support so many wars.

How much money did Emperor Ling get from selling his official position?Did Lu Bu get a lot of money from digging Beimang?Dong Zhuo received a lot of wealth from Luoyang, right?But it was only a few years since Dong Zhuo moved west to the defeat of Li Jue and Guo Si, and all these wealth were lost.

From 190 to 200, Cao Cao fought the Yellow Turban, defeated Heishan, defeated Yuan Shu, attacked Liu Bei, killed Lu Bu, surrendered Zhang Xiu, welcomed the emperor, and defeated Yuan Shao. After dozens of battles, although it was difficult, he persisted. The scale of the army is not small, tens of thousands of troops are mobilized, and the cost of each war is hundreds of millions. No matter how rich the Wei family and Cao Hong are, it is okay to insist on one or two wars, but it is obviously impossible to last ten years.

This Captain Mojin was collecting money for Cao Cao, and he didn't do murder at all, and he couldn't do murder.This kind of military crossbow needs a lot of strength to be used by one person, and it can be used by non-hercules, but the body of the tomb robber needs to be thin, and it is impossible to pull the crossbow.

Moreover, this kind of crossbow is specially used by Zhang Yijun, and Cao Cao can't make it at all, because the process is very complicated, there are as many as seventy or eighty parts, and the specifications can't be installed together.

Although Cao Cao also captured some of them, each one was extremely precious, and all of them were equipped among his personal guards, led by Xu Chu.

In other words, Cao Cao took all the captured crossbows to Nanyang, and Cao Cao would not send someone to assassinate the emperor. Can't be realized.

Then there is only one possibility, that is, Zhang Yi sent someone to assassinate the emperor.

Xun Yu really wronged Zhang Yi, and Zhang Yi really didn't dare to bear the reputation of assassinating the emperor.Although this matter was done by his subordinates, it was not ordered by Zhang Yi, but decided by the assassin himself.

The cause of the matter still has to start with Shang Shitu, this assassin was originally a soldier in Shang Shitu's army.Later, he was selected into the intelligence rafters and served under Shi Xiu. He was sent here because he was from Xuchang.

This soldier had been favored by Master Shang and his disciples, and the death of Master and Disciple Shang was mentioned in the notice of the emperor offering sacrifices to heaven, which made the assassin very angry.So he decided to take the opportunity to assassinate the emperor, but his superiors did not agree, he quarreled with his superiors, and finally broke up.

The assassin decided to do it himself, so he planned this assassination.

Zhang Yi's intelligence officers sent to Xuchang learned that the emperor had been assassinated, and immediately decided to hide and wait until the limelight passed before coming out to collect intelligence.

While Xun Yu was arresting suspicious people for interrogation in Xuchang City, those rascals of the day were also among them.On the other side, he sent someone to notify Cao Cao to withdraw his troops. The emperor was only a few days away, and Cao Cao needed to come back to preside over the overall situation.

After Cao Cao arrived in Wancheng, he confronted Zhang Yi.Cao Cao also found out that Zhang Yi had at least [-] troops in Wancheng, but he could only fight with [-] soldiers, and the elite level of his soldiers was much worse than that of Zhang Yi's soldiers.Under such circumstances, he really didn't dare to attack the city. Instead, he rang and invited Zhang Yi to fight in the field, hoping to restrain Zhang Yi's soldiers with the elite cavalry.

Zhang Yi also hated Cao Cao because of the death of Master Shang and his apprentice. He led his troops out of the city to fight Cao Cao, fighting one every three days and one big every five days.The two sides come and go, hurting each other, but they are all within the acceptable range.

Li Jing had nothing to do with Zhang Yi's angry decision.Originally, according to his idea, it would be fine to just stick to Wancheng. Cao Cao wasted food and grass outside the city, and he would definitely retreat in the end.Cao Cao has a large army and consumes a lot of food and grass. He will withdraw his troops after a long time.

But Zhang Yi couldn't listen to this, and if he didn't kill Cao Bing, Zhang Yi always felt that his heart was not going well.

Zhang Yi's army was strong and fierce, and he always had the upper hand. In the battle, the casualty ratio was one to two or even one to three to four.If it lasts for three to five months like this, Cao Cao will definitely not be able to bear the loss, and being defeated by Zhang Yi must basically be a certainty.So Li Jing didn't try to persuade him too much, just be careful not to let Cao Cao plot, that's all.

Zhang Yi and Cao Cao fought several times, and his anger improved a lot, so he stopped sending troops.He felt that it was not very cost-effective to fight Cao Cao like this.Cao Cao has many more people than Zhang Yi. Even if Cao Cao's 10 people are all killed, he can still pull up an army of 3 in a year or two.But even if Zhang Yi himself counted as [-] people, he would be a little bit hurt.

The population under Zhang Yi’s rule only allowed him to have more than 30 soldiers and horses. He used [-] soldiers to attack Yizhou, [-] soldiers in the north of Jingzhou, and [-] soldiers in the north of Yangzhou and Runan. There are [-] soldiers and horses stationed in Shouchun, [-] soldiers and horses in the counties and military towns of Jingyang and Yangzhou, and [-] soldiers and horses in Jiaozhou.Navy soldiers and horses are not included, because these soldiers generally do not go ashore to fight, and their combat capabilities on the shore are still a lot worse.

Zhang Yi avoided the battle, and Cao Cao was also a little anxious.When he was trying to lure Zhang Yi to fight, Xu Chang came to report and the emperor was assassinated.

After Cao Cao heard this, he was stunned.He was able to achieve what he is today, thanks to the emperor. If the emperor died, he would be in trouble if he wanted to use the Han Dynasty to act in the future.

Cao Cao looked at the letter Xun Yu gave him, which contained Xun Yu's guess.Cao Cao slammed the table hard and said angrily: "Zhang Yi, you are so ruthless!"

But Cao Cao had no choice but to order the withdrawal of troops.

However, it is not so easy for the army to retreat. They are only four or five miles away from Wancheng. As long as they withdraw their troops, they will definitely attract Zhang Yi's attention.Zhang Yi will definitely send troops to chase after him. Cao Cao immediately recruited Xun You and Jia Xu, and asked them, "Now that the emperor is assassinated, I need to rush back to Xuchang as soon as possible. Can you make me withdraw my troops safely?"

Xun You said: "My lord, you can let the soldiers retreat in batches, set up camp along the way, and then use the cavalry as the rear. The troops retreat alternately, and retreat to Bowang. They can pile up inflammable materials in the city and burn Bowang to prevent Zhang Yi from pursuing."

　Thank you Rumia for the reward

　　
　
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