The first thousand two hundred and ninety-three chapters are embarrassing us again
Chapter 1,293: Making things difficult for us again
Everything should have developed in the expected direction.
Until a letter from Yecheng arrived in front of the two of them.
And this letter that arrived was indeed a surprise to them, who thought they had already secured victory in the heir examination.
"This...couldn't this be someone deliberately trying to make things difficult for us?"
Quick... quickly take a look at the seal at the end of the letter..."
"Lord... no need to doubt anymore... I have confirmed that the seal is indeed your father's seal... not to mention..."
Sima Yi pinched his sore eyebrows and said in a rather helpless tone:
"What's more... the standard of this letter is the highest standard letter in our country of Wei at the moment - even if someone wants to make things difficult for us and wants to forge such a letter, it is absolutely impossible."
"Ah...then...doesn't that mean..."
Cao Pi's legs and feet were a little weak. The impact of the shock made him feel suffocated for no reason, and his whole body was numb. If it weren't for the seat behind him, he would have thrown his head back and fell over, and the consequences would have been disastrous.
But his performance did reflect how explosive the content of this letter was——
Cao Cao asked them to lead Shouchun's troops to cooperate with Yi Xiaotian's actions in Jiangdong and launch a certain degree of attack on Liu Bei's army.
In other words, they are required to lead troops to fight according to Yi Xiaotian's instructions.
But to take a step back, even if there is a war, Cao Pi is not unprepared. If he is asked to command a battle, he may not be qualified enough, but if it is a stroke of water on the battlefield, he once followed Cao Cao
He was quite familiar with it as he was a disciple soldier who invaded Yecheng.
The problem lies here.
Without the last sentence in this letter, Cao Pi might not have felt any nervousness at all.
But as luck would have it——
"Lord... we have to contact Mr. Cui quickly... Mr. Cui is in Yecheng now, and he must know more about this matter than us... No... it seems that it is too late..."
Sima Yi had already begun to think of countermeasures, but how could Cao Pi remain calm at all?
He held his head in panic, his eyes were dull, and he kept mumbling:
"Zhongda...Zhongda...we are finished, we are all finished...this...if this is to be included in the assessment, then compared to fighting in battle, who can be better than big brother?"
"It must be...it must be Yi Xiaotian again...it must be Yi Xiaotian who is causing trouble, we are being targeted by him!"
The more Cao Pi thought about it, the more depressed he became, and the more he thought about it, the more nervous and frightened he became - apart from Yi Xiaotian, what other reason could there be for such an unexpected change?
He couldn't think of it, so he could only blame it on Yi Xiaotian.
Of course, he was indeed right about this.
But... what Cao Pi didn't know was that no matter what the assessment content was, no matter how many items Yi Xiaotian proposed, they would ultimately have to be approved by Cao Cao before they could be used as official assessment items.
Therefore...even if he thinks it's unfair, in Cao Cao's eyes, it's fair.
As for...why there is such an assessment, the reasons must of course start from two aspects.
One is naturally that the examination for establishing a successor coincides with the Jiangdong incident. If there are ready-made assessment contents that are not used, it would be a bit of a waste. Looking at the entire assessment process, among the various assessment contents including poems, songs, and poems, only actual combat is included.
This item is hard to come by.
You can't have Cao Cao take the initiative to provoke a war just for the sake of an assessment, right?
War is not a child's play. Fighting as long as you want is an absolute waste of people and money, and there will be no benefit at all...
Secondly, today's world is far from peaceful... Even though Cao Cao has now established a kingdom and occupied the entire north, no one can compare to him in terms of his advantage in dominating the world -
But the fact is that Liu Bei is still there, Sun Quan is still there, Liu Zhang is still there... In addition to them, there are also many guys who hide their own strength. Although they do not openly confront Cao Cao, they have considerable resistance capabilities.
Therefore, in such a situation where there is still a crisis, as the next generation of Wei Kingdom's successor to Cao Cao, if you do not know how to fight, even if it is just without merit or demerit, that is not allowed.
It can only be said that... it was only now that Cao Cao issued such an assessment, which was a big setback for Cao Pi and Sima Yi, Cui Lin and others who supported Cao Pi.
Sima Yi fell silent...listening to Cao Pi's complaints, he couldn't help but start to wonder if there might be Yi Xiaotian's instructions behind this.
But then he thought about it and looked at the letter on the table, and he felt that this arrangement might be the most reasonable arrangement.
After some confusion, Sima Yi shook his head helplessly. He walked to Cao Pi, patted Cao Pi's trembling shoulder, and said to him:
"My lord... I failed to notice your father's intention. This is my mistake. Please cheer up my lord quickly... After all, the test is not over yet. Since there is still time to prepare, we cannot let ourselves sink like this..."
"But...what are we going to do?"
Cao Pi raised his head and looked at Sima Yi with a confused look on his face, and his tone was pessimistic:
"What if Yi Xiaotian continues to embarrass us and give us some tasks that we can't complete... Besides, the letter is so general. Isn't Yi Xiaotian really just trying to assess us?"
As he talked, Cao Pi was a little angry. Originally, his attitude towards Yi Xiaotian was quite respectful, because he knew that Yi Xiaotian had indeed helped their Cao family a lot... But later on, as the relationship between Yi Xiaotian and his father became more and more serious,
It was so tight that Cao Cao would believe whatever Yi Xiaotian said.
This made Cao Pi feel that if Yi Xiaotian wanted to harm them one day, Cao Cao might not be able to feel it at all.
In short, under the blessing of such emotions, Cao Pi's attitude towards Yi Xiaotian has now reached the point where he wants to kill him with his own hands.
However…
Cao Pi's words seemed to wake up Sima Yi.
"Lord! You...what did you just say?"
"ah?
I said...Yi Xiaotian is making things difficult for us again——"
"No...it's the latter sentence!"
Seeing that Sima Yi was a little emotional, Cao Pi broke away from his aggrieved state and thought for a moment...
"I said... the letter is so general, it's really not him testing..."
"right here!"
Sima Yi suddenly slammed the table, stood up suddenly, and shouted excitedly to Cao Pi:
"Lord! Don't you think it's strange?
Although this letter was written by your father, it is believed that there are no specific instructions at all. It just asks us to cooperate with your husband-"
"I will ask someone to go to Fancheng to inquire about the news - if...if the eldest son's side is the same, then maybe we can conclude..."
"The test of this war is not entirely the ability to lead troops to fight, but the ability to analyze the situation and make accurate judgments - besides, we don't know the situation in Jiangdong at all now, so it would be reckless to attack rashly."
Sima Yi became more and more excited as he spoke, and Cao Pi kept nodding his head. He was still a little confused now... I always felt that... what Sima Yi said was not so reasonable, right?
