Chapter 533 Tornado in Luoyang Street Pavilion Street Pavilion
The news that the three counties of Longyou surrendered without a fight swept through the entire Guanzhong like a tornado.
This tornado blew Guanzhong upside down, and then approached Luoyang City at an extremely fast speed.
Chang'an, Tongguan, and Hangu Pass, after this tornado rushed through these three places with an unstoppable force, it finally reached Luoyang City, the imperial capital of Cao Wei.
And it is obvious that whatever effect this tornado has in Guanzhong, it will have the same effect in Luoyang.
For a time, the entire city of Luoyang was filled with panic and panic caused by this tornado.
If Longyou is lost, can Liangzhou be able to defend it?
And if Liangzhou cannot be defended, once the Han army turns against the enemy, can Guanzhong be defended?
When these two surprising doubts emerged in their hearts, who in Luoyang City would not feel shocked!
Including Cao Rui, who had just come to power, was also shocked by the news when he first learned about it.
But Cao Rui's psychological quality was also very high. He quickly calmed down his mood, and then decisively issued an order to summon the ministers to the palace for discussion.
The influence of this tornado is so great that even with Cao Rui's current authority, he cannot control its spread.
Since you can't control it anymore, you might as well put everything out on the table so that you can brainstorm.
Before Cao Rui's order was issued, almost all the dignitaries in Luoyang City knew the bad news that Liu Bei led his army to surprise Longyou and the three counties of Longyou surrendered without a fight.
Because of this, when the envoys sent by Cao Rui entered the residences of each dignitary, they did not wait long before taking the important ministers of the Wei Dynasty one by one to the Chaoyang Palace in the palace.
Chaoyang Palace has the highest status among the palaces in Luoyang Palace.
Because it has been the place where emperors of all dynasties held court meetings since the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Not long ago, Cao Pi officially issued an edict to confer Cao Rui as the Crown Prince of Wei.
But the prince is just a prince after all. In the past, Cao Rui could not preside over the council of ministers in the Chaoyang Palace - this was a power that Cao Pi could only possess.
Cao Rui did this openly and openly, and anyone with a discerning eye knew that this matter must have been approved by Cao Pi, or even Cao Pi's preference.
And what does this mean?
It seems that His Majesty's health is getting worse and worse.
Those who are qualified to go to the Chaoyang Palace to participate in the parliament are all elites who have been in the officialdom for many years. How can they not be able to make such a simple political judgment?
But after thinking of this, every Wei Chen who went to Chaoyang Palace showed deep concern on his face.
Especially those members of the Cao clan.
They looked up at the sky, which had been gloomy recently.
Although they went to the rising sun, how had the rising sun ever favored them?
Feeling uneasy and surprised in their hearts, a group of Wei ministers met outside the palace gate, then lined up in two rows and walked toward the Chaoyang Palace under the leadership of the chamberlains.
Soon after, a group of important officials from the Wei Dynasty arrived outside the Chaoyang Palace.
After the singing came one after another, the important ministers of Cao Wei walked into the Chaoyang Palace one after another.
As soon as each minister entered the palace, they saw Cao Rui, the prince of the supervising state, sitting next to the throne.
Except for Cao Rui sitting on the steps, the Chaoyang Palace was already filled with sergeants. Even the fat and round Tiger Guard general Xu Chu was guarding below Cao Rui with a halberd.
Xu Chu has a majestic appearance and a resolute face. The appearance of him and many Tiger Guards suddenly adds a chilling atmosphere to the entire Chaoyang Palace.
It can be seen from this chilling atmosphere that Cao Rui is in a very bad mood now.
Cao Rui, who was wearing a Jiuliu crown, saw that most of the important ministers had arrived, but he did not start the discussion directly.
He just asked the etiquette officer to signal the arriving ministers to take their seats first, and then he closed his eyes as if waiting for something.
Cao Rui's silence made the ministers who arrived at Chaoyang Palace feel even more uneasy.
Although Cao Rui was Cao Pi's eldest son and now the crown prince of the Wei Dynasty, Cao Pi was very taboo about relatives making friends with ministers.
Therefore, in the past days, Cao Rui was basically kept in a deep palace and had little contact with outside ministers.
Of course, when Cao Rui was a child, Cao Cao took Cao Rui to a banquet, but how many years ago was that?
Not to mention whether the ministers saw Cao Rui's character and intelligence during those pitiful banquets. Even if they did, there is no guarantee that Cao Rui will be the same as he was when he was a child after so many years.
After all, he is still young, and it is not uncommon in today's world for big things not to be good.
Because of this, except for the fact that Cao Rui had previously shocked the officials with his iron-blooded fishing skills, the officials knew almost nothing about Cao Rui in other aspects.
It is inherently dangerous for the lord to keep his talents secret from his ministers, and Cao Rui's silent behavior and gloomy expression made the ministers even more confused.
Although the Cao family has the habit of grooming successors, it is well known that once the heir is established, the master of the Cao family will spare no effort to protect the heir.
Wasn't the "Wei Zhi conspiracy case" in Yecheng that year a political purge carried out by Cao Cao to pave the way for Cao Pi?
During that great purge, thousands of people were executed by the Zhang River outside Yecheng.
With such a tragic precedent, none of the ministers wanted to offend Cao Rui and cause the tragedy that Wei Xi suffered.
Just when the ministers in the Chaoyang Hall were becoming increasingly panicked and suspicious, a loud voice sounded outside the hall.
"The Taiwei Shouxiang Houchen Jia Xu comes to see you!"
When the words shouted by the ceremony officer were heard in the hall, Cao Rui, who had been closing his eyes to rest, suddenly opened his eyes.
There was a look of expectation on his face, and he looked at the door of the palace.
Not only Cao Rui, but also the ministers who had been waiting for a long time in the palace also looked at the entrance of the palace.
But compared to Cao Rui's expectant gaze, the ministers' gazes seemed quite full of meaning.
Jia Xu's reputation in the world is very bad.
How bad is it? It's almost as good as Ma Chao.
One is a model that violates loyalty and benevolence, and the other is a model that violates filial piety.
When Sun Quan learned that Jia Xu had become the Third Duke of Cao Wei, he openly laughed at Cao Pi, mocking Cao Pi for handing over the high position of the Third Duke to someone like Jia Xu, and Guo Zuo would not last long.
What's important is that not only Sun Quan had this view, there was also great resistance within Cao Wei to Jia Xu becoming the Third Duke.
For example, when Hua Xin and Wang Lang saw Jia Xu entering the palace, they made a disgusting face.
He looked unwilling to be associated with Jia Xu.
Jia Xu is a very smart man, and he certainly knows how his bad reputation will make the world view him.
Therefore, he has kept a low profile since he joined Cao Cao.
According to common sense, given his character, he would never take the initiative to participate in this kind of meeting today.
But no matter how low-key Jia Xu is, his life trajectory has changed in this life.
In this life, he is the crown prince and tutor of Cao Rui.
The good disciples urged him, and the current situation was indeed critical, so what reason did Jia Xu have for not showing up?
It's a pity that even though Jia Xu was determined to plan for Wei today, his physical condition was already very pessimistic.
In this life, Jia Xu may have had expectations in his heart, so he lived a few months longer than in history.
But no matter how high your expectations are in your heart, you cannot go against the laws of birth, aging, sickness and death.
Jia Xu has been ill since last month.
Up to now, Jia Xu's physical condition is no longer optimistic.
He came to Zhaoyang Hall today and was carried all the way in a soft sedan chair.
When the soft sedan appeared at the entrance of the palace, Cao Rui couldn't wait to walk down the steps and walked towards the entrance of the palace.
As the crown prince of the Wei Dynasty, he had to personally welcome Jia Xu into the palace.
Cao Rui's personality is very similar to Cao Cao.
In his life, Cao Rui hated celebrities who were flashy and vain. On the contrary, he didn't mind hiring those who had real talents and knowledge, no matter how bad their reputation was.
When employing these talents, Cao Rui will also show enough courtesy and corporal demeanor.
Cao Rui, who was wearing the crown prince's crown, was seen walking towards the soft sedan step by step. The eyes of the officials in the palace became dazed.
Emperor Wu conquered Wancheng three times before finally making Zhang Xiu surrender.
When Emperor Wu accepted Zhang Xiu's ministers, Emperor Wu saw that Zhang Xiu's other ministers had very dull faces. Only when he saw Jia Xu, Cao Cao left his seat to greet him like Cao Rui did now.
It seems that the popular saying: "This person is like me" was really what Emperor Wu said during his lifetime.
After Cao Rui quickly arrived at the palace gate, he heard a faint coughing sound coming from the soft sedan, which made Cao Rui feel worried.
But the current national situation was urgent, and Cao Rui could not tolerate any hesitation.
After the sedan was put down at the entrance of the palace, Cao Rui stepped forward and personally helped Jia Xu out of the sedan.
Originally, with Jia Xu's character, he would not let himself be so ostentatious in front of everyone, but the soft sedan was given by Cao Rui, and the people carrying the soft sedan were also Tiger Guards and did not obey Jia Xu's orders.
One of the reasons why Cao Rui personally gave a soft sedan to Jia Xu was that he knew that Jia Xu was not feeling well, so asking him to come on foot was undoubtedly a embarrassment to him.
Another reason is that Cao Rui wants to use today's actions to tell the world a fact - as long as anyone can make suggestions, then he will be respected by the Wei Dynasty.
Jia Xu can do that, let alone others?
How could Jia Xu not see what Cao Rui was thinking?
Therefore, after being helped out of the soft sedan by Cao Rui himself, he held a wooden stick in one hand and Cao Rui led him naturally towards the palace with the other hand.
After bringing Jia Xu into the hall, Cao Rui directly arranged Jia Xu at the seat closest to his own seat.
Jia Xu's seat was even closer to Cao Rui than Wang Lang and Hua Xin's.
This made Wang Lang and Hua Xin disgusted.
Hua Xin, who has a smooth personality, may still hide his emotions in front of Cao Rui, but Wang Lang, who has a strong personality, can't care so much. His face now is gloomier than the dark clouds outside.
But Cao Rui didn't care what Hua Xin and Wang Lang thought. These two were originally the auspicious babies of the Wei Dynasty.
After returning to his seat and sitting down, Cao Rui told Jia Xu the urgent military information he had received.
After Jia Xu listened, there was no obvious look of shock on his face.
He knew about this before coming.
In other words, which minister in Luoyang City currently does not know this?
After talking about the military situation, Cao Rui finally revealed his inner anger:
"The general came to report before, saying that Mi Yang led the main force of the Han army and appeared outside Chang'an City with the intention of causing harm to Chang'an City.
Under this situation, Gu continuously mobilized troops from various places to go to Chang'an.
Gu even asked the general to transfer Longyou's troops to Chang'an!
But what’s the result?”
"There is the main force of the bandit army in Chang'an, and there is the main force of the bandit army in Longyou. How many main forces are there in the bandit army?
Could it be that Zhuge Liang knows how to spread the beans and create an army?"
Speaking of this, Cao Rui became angrier the more he thought about it.
It's not that he is easily deceived, but he is far away in Luoyang, so he can only judge the military situation based on what Cao Zhen reported.
After Cao Zhenyan confirmed that the main force of the Han army was outside Chang'an, Cao Rui definitely supported Cao Zhen's suggestion to concentrate troops in Chang'an.
But who could have expected that the "accurate" military information Cao Zhen gave him would actually turn out to be a big trap!
How could Cao Rui, who was so smart at this stage, not know that the so-called main force of the Han army led by Mi Yang was actually just a suspected army.
Because Liu Bei's more than 40,000 Han troops clearly appeared on the land of Longyou, but Mi Yang's so-called 100,000 troops have been hiding in the camp, and at most thousands of troops came out at a time.
Moreover, even if the Han army has won consecutive battles recently, given the country's strength, 50,000 to 60,000 regular troops should be the largest force Yizhou can mobilize in a short period of time.
Since there are more than 40,000 Han troops in Longyou, how many troops can actually be left under Mi Yang's tent?
It is obvious that this is the Han army's plan to attack the east and attack the west.
What is even more obvious is that Longyou was deceived by this plan of attacking from the east to the west.
Isn't it the best proof that the three counties of Nan'an surrendered without a fight?
Is there anyone who cheats on my nephew like this?
When Cao Rui shouted the last sentence "But what about the result" to the ministers, the ministers in the palace lowered their heads and did not dare to look directly at Cao Rui.
The moment Liu Bei's army appeared in Longyou, it was not difficult for others to see through Mi Yang's plan of seducing the east and attacking the west.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Therefore, on the one hand, Zhu Weichen was ashamed, and on the other hand, because this was Cao Rui's family matter, they did not dare to speak rashly.
Seeing that all the ministers were silent and avoiding his gaze, Cao Rui also knew that this was not the time for accountability. He looked at the ministers and asked:
"Now the bandit army has swept through the three counties of Longyou. Liangzhou is about to be in danger. I wonder what you can do to help me retreat from the enemy?"
Cao Rui did not expect that he would encounter such a major danger just after taking office.
But fortunately, Cao Rui was much calmer than Cao Pi, so Cao Rui only vented his emotions for a while, and then quickly turned his attention to the most important thing at the moment.
Among the many important officials of Cao Wei, there were not only those who were timid.
As soon as Cao Rui finished speaking, a minister stood up and bowed to Cao Rui:
"I believe that if we want to resolve the crisis in Guanzhong, we must first defeat the bandits entrenched outside Chang'an City.
Since our army now knows that the Mi bandits have few troops, and a large number of our troops are gathering towards Chang'an, it would be better for Your Highness to order the general to repel the Mi bandits.
The thieves want to be the courage of the thieves. Once the thieves retreat, the morale of the thieves will drop. Moreover, Liu Bei's army is deeply entrenched, has no help, and is unable to fight alone, so it will be easy to defeat them."
The person who came out to speak was none other than Wang Ling, a veteran of the two dynasties.
Wang Ling not only came from a high family, but also had military exploits, so when he came out to make suggestions, many ministers in the palace agreed.
But the two people in the hall frowned together.
One of them is Cao Rui, and the other is Jia Xu.
Looking at Wang Ling talking eloquently, Jia Xu angrily knocked the wooden stick in his hand on the ground, and then said categorically:
"Street booth! Street booth!"
It’s good that Jia Xu is an old turtle, but the turtle has to be anxious when his family is about to disappear, right?