Chapter 727: Asking for help from all directions, everything goes dark
In the past days, Xia Houshang had imagined fighting Mi Yang again countless times.
He asked himself, he was ready.
But unexpectedly, Mi Yang didn't change at all.
It was fine if he didn't take action. Once he did, he gave Cao Wei a heavy blow.
Astonishment, admiration, and even panic that Xia Houshang did not want to admit, but did exist.
Various emotions kept colliding in Xiahou Shang's mind, making Xiahou Shang unable to stand up for a while.
After noticing something strange about Xiahou Shang, the attendants beside him quickly stepped forward to help Xiahou Shang up from the ground.
But Xia Houshang waved his hand to stop this behavior.
It is only a small thing to lift him up. How to lift up the Nanshan Mountain in the Central Plains that is about to collapse is the most important thing.
After calming down for a while, Xia Houshang grabbed the hand of the attendant and said:
"Immediately send a messenger to Yecheng to inform His Majesty of the news."
This attendant was Xia Houshang's companion since childhood. With this relationship, the attendant did not have many scruples in front of Xia Houshang.
After listening to Xiahou Shang's instructions, the attendant asked in confusion:
"Shouldn't we send someone first to inform Da Sima of this news?"
What I said was based on common sense.
After all, for anyone with a little bit of wisdom, it is not difficult to see that Mi Yang's next target after winning Bowang will be Xuchang.
But if you want to attack Xuchang without any scruples, you must first devour Cao Xiu's tens of thousands of troops in Wancheng.
Therefore, the attendants believed that Xiahou Shang should inform Cao Xiu of Bowang's fall in time so that he could return to the rescue in time.
But the attendant's words made Xia Houshang shake his head frequently.
"What you are thinking is wrong.
Given the current situation, if the bandits want to conquer Xuchang, they do not need to fall into Wancheng first.
Today, Da Sima's food route has been cut off by the bandit army.
And the thieves' arrangements must not stop there.
I predict that his next step will be to send troops to seize various arteries.
As a result, even if Da Sima wants to support Xuchang, he will encounter many obstacles.
I can't place all my hopes on Da Sima.
Moreover, all major roads were cut off, and it was difficult for my letter to be delivered to Da Sima.
Mi Yang sent people to seize the important road. Da Sima, who will be in Wancheng soon, will learn the news sooner or later.
The most important thing for Xuchang now is to let His Majesty know our critical situation.
If there are reinforcements..."
Xia Houshang did not continue speaking.
He knew that the Wei Dynasty had just experienced a disastrous defeat in Guanzhong and it would be difficult to mobilize another army in a short period of time.
In fact, due to the importance of Xuchang, there were already tens of thousands of Wei troops defending Xuchang inside and outside.
According to the art of war, it should not be difficult to defend Xuchang City with tens of thousands of elite soldiers.
But when he thought of Mi Yang, Xia Houshang felt that it was not safe.
Therefore, even if he knew that Cao Rui might not be able to support him, he still had to ask for one.
After listening to Xia Houshang's analysis, the servant woke up like a dream.
He quickly climbed onto the horse beside him and ran towards Xuchang City.
Looking at the attendant's leaving figure, Xiahou Shang's legs and feet regained some strength.
Although the distance between Xuchang and Yecheng is far, the transportation between the two cities is very developed.
Xiahou Shang believed that as long as there was no delay on the way, his letter for help would be delivered to Cao Rui in time.
After looking away, Xia Houshang remembered someone he could turn to for help.
Sima Yi!
Thinking of this, Xiahou Shang quickly summoned another attendant and gave him instructions.
Xia Houshang's eager expression was noticed by Cao Shuang. Only then did he realize that he had indeed done something extremely stupid.
But Cao Shuang didn't feel much guilt in his heart.
On the contrary, it was Xia Houshang's behavior that made Cao Shuang have a strange thought in his mind:
Originally, in order to defend Yuzhou, Cao Rui gave Cao Xiu tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.
But now, the tens of thousands of elite soldiers who should be guarding Yuzhou were trapped in Wancheng by Mi Yang's surprise attack on Bowang, causing Xiahou Shang to ask for help everywhere.
Such a thing is ridiculous no matter how you think about it!
...
Cao Rui has been feeling very depressed recently.
The reason for Cao Rui's depression is that his first son died just a few days ago.
Although Cao Rui firmly believed that given his age, he would have more and more sons in the future, the death of his first child still made Cao Rui sad for a long time.
In a depressed mood, unless something important happened recently, Cao Rui would stay in the back garden of the palace and enjoy the scenery.
It’s just that after seeing too many flowers and plants, Cao Rui would inevitably feel bored.
Then Cao Rui remembered something that Cao Xiu reported to him some time ago.
That incident was about Cao Xiu's intention to attack Yiyang County.
Of course, among his own monarchs and ministers, Cao Xiu made it very clear in his memorial that he was just showing off this time.
Try not to have a direct conflict with Mi Yang, and try to lead your troops to station in Wancheng to observe the development of the situation.
Cao Rui was very impressed by Cao Xiu's rationality.
Originally, Cao Rui didn't pay much attention to this matter.
After all, if our Grand Sima led tens of thousands of elite soldiers to his own city, there would be no risk in this matter.
It's just that many days have passed, but there has been no latest news from Cao Xiu in Wancheng, but it still makes Cao Rui feel a little strange.
"Is there anything going on at the border lately?"
Cao Rui ordered his men to summon Sikong Chenqun to him and asked him this question.
Chen Qun was handling government affairs, but he was suddenly called to him by Cao Rui. In addition, Cao Rui asked some strange questions, which made Chen Qun confused.
But soon, Chen Qun answered truthfully:
"The country is fortunate to have peace on its borders."
Chen Qun's reply made Cao Rui nod with satisfaction.
Then Cao Rui signaled to Chen Qun that he could leave.
Cao Xiu communicated with Cao Rui through secret reports before, so Chen Qun didn't quite know what Cao Xiu was doing now.
Since he didn't know clearly, he would be puzzled by Cao Rui's performance.
Is it possible that the new emperor still hopes that something will happen on his own frontier?
With confusion in his arms, Chen Qun slowly bowed and exited the hall.
And when Chen Qun was walking towards the Chancellery, he suddenly found a dozen officials walking in his direction.
When the officials got closer, Chen Qun discovered that the dozen or so officials were all from Taichung, his ministerial office.
Seeing that more than a dozen officials under his jurisdiction were out during duty hours, Chen Qun's face instantly turned ugly.
But what Chen Qun didn't expect was that those dozen officials came just to look for him.
When the dozen or so officials saw Chen Qun, they seemed to have seen a savior and swarmed towards Chen Qun.
When they arrived at Chen Qun's side, they didn't say anything and just handed an urgent document into Chen Qun's hands.
Upon seeing this, Chen Qun's heart started to ring with alarm bells.
Having served as the minister of Cao Wei for many years, he was no stranger to such scenes.
Could it be?
Chen Qun, who seemed to have thought of something, quickly took the document and read it carefully.
After reading the contents of the document as quickly as possible, Chen Qun's eyes darkened and he almost lost his breath.
His guess was correct, it was him who caused the storm again.
But this time the storm caused Bowang to fall!
How could Chen Qun not know what this meant?
Perhaps because of his age, or perhaps because of the fear in his heart, Chen Qun's hands trembled uncontrollably.
"What is Cao Xiu doing!
Where are the tens of thousands of elite soldiers!"
The next moment, Chen Qun's roar resounded through the deep palace walls.