Chapter Three Hundred and Eighth Night Passing Attack
"When a division has bells and drums, it is called an attack; if there are no bells and drums, it is called an invasion; if it is light, it is called an attack." [Biography: Zhuang Gong's 29th Year]
"Cao Bao is wanton and tyrannical. He relies on soldiers and horses to respect himself. He also protects his fellow Cao Hong, harms the people, and commits many illegal acts." Tian Yu stood beside Chen Yu and said calmly: "Now that Xuzhou is uneasy, I intend to kill Cao Bao tonight. Chen Yu
The public has a great reputation and hopes to help me appease the people when the time comes."
"This is natural." Chen Yu smiled politely and suddenly asked: "Does the Prime Minister know about such a major event?"
Mi Fang, the Prime Minister of Xia Pi, was originally a chess piece deliberately arranged by Liu Bei to contain the Chen family in Xia Pi. He was also one of the important figures who cooperated with Tian Yu and others to stabilize the rear. Although Mi Fang was the younger brother of Mi Jun of the East China Sea and came from a wealthy family,
However, he was also looked down upon by the established powerful men in Xuzhou, and it was widely rumored in private that he was "not good at Confucianism" and "does not cultivate virtue".
Among them, Mi Fang knew very well which family looked down upon the Mi family the most. Usually, Mi Zhu was suppressing them, so Mi Fang did not dare to complain or take revenge. Now that Mi Zhu was far away in the capital and became the emperor's in-law, she herself
Liu Bei relied heavily on him and recommended him as the Prime Minister of Xia Pi. As his power increased, Mi Fang naturally became a villain and could not help but show off in front of the Chen family. In these days, Chen Yu and others were disgusted with Mi Fang's arrogant behavior.
But the other party did not do any substantial harm to the Chen family, so they were too proud of their status to say anything.
Now Chen Yu's sudden question made Tian Yu secretly worried. He pretended to hesitate and said: "The Prime Minister is naturally aware of such a major event, but just yesterday afternoon, the Prime Minister personally escorted 30,000 stones of grain and grass.
I have rushed to Huaiyin. The important affairs of the country are left to me for the time being, and Mr. Chen can also give me more help."
Deliberately transferring the ambitious and talented Mi Fang to reduce unnecessary conflicts among internal allies, he secretly transferred Guan Yu back, cut off the wrists of Xiaopei's strong men, and concentrated his efforts to save Xiapi... This is indeed Tian Yu's handiwork, and it is also the best response at the moment.
plan.
Chen Yu originally didn't think much of this powerful man from the borderland of Youzhou, but after knowing that his nephew Chen Deng had repeatedly praised his wisdom in front of him, and seeing Tian Yu's ability in planning with his own eyes, he began to admire him from the bottom of his heart.
But he suddenly noticed a detail: "The grain and grass were transported to Huaiyin? Isn't Liu Shijun confronting the general in Xuyi now? Why is this the Prime Minister?"
When he asked, Tian Yu said: "This is the news that Sun Jing brought a few days ago. Yuan Shu is powerful after all. Although he won a small victory before, his vitality was not hurt. After the envoy discussed with Chen Jun,
, decided to make advance plans to temporarily transfer some grain, grass and ordnance to Huaiyin. Firstly, Huaiyin is located downstream of the Huai River, and can go upstream to Xuyi. Transporting grain and grass is closer and more convenient than from Xiapi to Xuyi. Secondly, it is also good for
Prepare your retreat in advance to avoid any loss of composure."
Chen Yu had a vague feeling that the matter might not be that simple, but since Tian Yu refused to hand over the entrustment, it was inconvenient for him to ask. He was just waiting to see what family letters his nephew Chen Deng would give him in the past few days. Thinking of this, he was about to hand it over and leave.
Before leaving, Tian Yu persuaded him to stay: "There will be commotion outside for a while. Mr. Chen lives alone in the house, so he must be careful about the rebellion. There are dozens of knights from Yan and Zhao in my house, which can ensure the peace of the whole house. Mr. Chen may as well take a break."
Our office, if we wait until daybreak to clean up the situation, we can save a lot of money in communicating."
"Guorang is still thoughtful." Chen Yu readily accepted this offer and did not feel anything wrong.
The moon was at the top of the sky, and soon it was the first moment of the Yin hour. Suddenly, a heavy sound of a watchman was heard from nowhere in the silent city. Soon, the west gate of Xiapi City opened wide, and a group of soldiers and horses entered from outside the city.
Covering his whereabouts, holding a torch in one hand and an unsheathed sword in the other, he rampaged down the main road with murderous intent, heading towards the residence of Cao Bao, the general of Pi Guard.
Cao Bao was still sleeping soundly, and he didn't know that there was a sound outside the door or that the Cangtou under the door hurriedly came to wake him up. Only then did he realize that something unexpected had happened.
"How brave, who are the rebels outside the door!" Cao Bao's dream was disturbed, and his whole body seemed to be trembling with anger: "It's Tian Yu, isn't it? I knew he wouldn't like me, but I didn't expect it.
He would do this cruel thing first! With hundreds of people under his command, he still wants to take me? It’s a dream!”
The Cangtou still trembled and said: "door, there seem to be more than a few hundred people outside the door. Looking at the situation, there should be thousands of people. The servant sent people to climb the watchtower in the front yard and saw several teams of torches shooting everywhere.
The city gate is gone!”
"What!" Cao Bao was immediately shocked, and without thinking much, he hurriedly greeted: "Quickly, take my seal and sword, and order all the soldiers to follow me out of the city!"
He has been away from the military for a long time. Although he has three thousand Danyang soldiers, he usually lives in the comfortable and lively city. As for the affairs of the military camp outside the city, he leaves it to his subordinate Zhonglang General Xu Dan and others to take care of it. At this time,
The situation was critical. Commander Cao Bao was about to be artificially isolated from his troops, so he had to return to the Danyang Army camp outside the city. Only there, with the help of three thousand elite Danyang soldiers, could he have a chance to turn the tide.
"Cao Gong, Cao Gong!" Ever since Cao Bao was dissatisfied with Cao Hong's behavior of entering the palace at will, it was difficult for Cao Hong to enter and exit the mansion at will. Tonight, there were shouts of killing everywhere, and some people even started to set fires.
, Cao Hong finally pushed aside a group of rat-like servants, and when he ran into Cao Bao's bedroom to ask for shelter, he found that there was no one inside.
Cao Hong's face turned pale instantly. He knew the attitude of Liu Bei and Xuzhou's powerful men towards him. Without Cao Bao's protection at this time, he would definitely not be able to escape death!
They are relatives!
Although reason told him that this was the case, Cao Hong still couldn't believe that Cao Bao would leave him alone. He began to search around the room like crazy until he heard the door creaking and being pushed open from the outside.
Several corpses were lying scattered in the verandah, all with their backs turned to the sky. It was obvious that they had been stabbed to death from behind while turning around to escape.
At this time, Shiren changed his cowering expression when he saw Tian Yu. His fair face was covered with splashes of blood, and he looked a bit more ferocious. He was holding a long sword in his hand and was walking vigilantly.
While walking in the corridor, a line of blood slowly flowed down the sword, and drops of blood fell on the ground.
In front of him was the master's bedroom. As Shiren walked along, he had already taken stock of the strength of the guards around Cao Bao. He tightened the hilt of his sword, and instead of facing the door, he stood sideways and stretched out his hand to open the ajar door.
Shoot away.
There were no unexpected cold arrows or crazy ambush. There was no one in the room, and the ground was full of messy money, silk and other belongings, showing how panicked the owner was when he left.
Shiren did not dare to be careless, so he still walked in and said to his men behind him: "Don't worry about the belongings yet, search the house carefully to see if there are any living people hiding!"
As he said that, he stepped directly over the gold cakes scattered on the ground, and began to search carefully one by one. Seeing this, the subordinates behind him also put away their thoughts of making money by taking advantage of the opportunity, and followed them everywhere.
They got up. A few brave ones took advantage of the search time to secretly pick up some gold cakes from the ground and stuff them into their arms. ww Seeing that the scholars were familiar with it, they gradually became bolder.
Shiren had no time to control the military discipline at the moment. All his attention was focused on the screen in front of him.
It was an exquisitely made silk screen, with a lifelike black tiger embroidered on the yellow silk surface. The tiger stood on the rocks, making leaping and devouring movements.
Behind the screen, there is a vaguely hidden figure.
Before he could reach the screen, Shiren suddenly stopped. He took two steps on the spot and saw the tiger opposite him suddenly torn apart by a ray of silver light, and a bright and cold sword thrust out from behind the screen.
Shiren made a quick decision and took advantage of this moment to stab him sideways with his sword. The blade pierced into the opponent's flesh with a pop, and a cloud of bright red immediately dyed through the screen.
People around him gathered around him, and some went around behind the screen and dragged out the man who had been stabbed by Shiren.
"Don't kill me, don't kill me!" Cao Hong was stabbed in the chest with a sword and blood was pouring out.