The first thousand three hundred and thirty-three chapters can not turn back
Chapter 1,333 No turning back
And as mentioned before, Cao Pi, who also received a letter asking for help, was wandering outside Shouchun City, not knowing what to do.
It's just that...different from Cao Ang, Cao Pi now has only one thing left in his mind, and that is assessment.
In order to win the assessment, he was willing to do anything, because before he knew it, he suddenly realized that he was not really as promising as he imagined. Instead, it was because of Yi Xiaotian or his father that he had to die early.
Forced to a dead end.
For this reason, in the few days after Wenpin left, Cao Pi mobilized all the help he had received in Shouchun in the past six months, just to find out what was happening in Jiangdong at the moment, and how these things related to his next assessment
association.
But this delay caused him to miss the best opportunity to recruit troops - until the news of Cao Ren's defeat was sent to his house along with the letter asking for help.
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Like Xiangyang, Shouchun is always rainy these days, but... the rivers in Shouchun are not as dense as those in Jiangxia. Although there is rainfall, there has been no news of disasters around the town.
Under such circumstances, Cao Pi, who received the news of Cao Ren's defeat, had not left his government office for three days.
Because he seemed to have understood... no one was joking with him, and no one would treat the life of a general in the country as a child's play for a so-called assessment.
Everything is true.
Knock knock——
Amidst the sound of rain, someone knocked on the door.
Cao Pi broke out in a cold sweat from his seat - knock knock - there was another knock on the door. Cao Pi rubbed his eyebrows, patted his cheek, finally stood up, and walked toward the door uneasily.
He actually just sat at the table blankly and wasted an entire afternoon.
But now he was not in the mood to feel sorry for wasting his precious time. He was waiting...waiting for accurate news...Sima Yi told him that he would take care of everything, at least...at least it would ensure that he had no merit and no fault. This was the only way.
, they will not lose everything, and they will have a chance to make a comeback.
"who…"
Cao Pi stood in front of the door with a gloomy face and asked in a deep voice.
"It's me, lord, open the door."
Squeak——
The wooden door was quickly opened, and the person outside took off his coir raincoat and bamboo hat, shook it outside, and then hurried in.
The identity of the visitor is unknown...
"Zhongda...how...what happened..."
"We... we should send troops, right?
Uncle's letter said that we should go with Governor Jiang to rescue them. Although we deceived Governor Jiang for the time being, saying that we needed time to prepare troops... But three days have passed... Governor Jiang only brought 5,000 people.
, if...if they are unable to succeed and are defeated by Guan Yu, we will definitely be held accountable by our father!"
Cao Pi's emotions were a little out of control.
It's not his fault. From the time a letter arrived from Cao Cao to Wenpin's remarks, Cao Pi had already been unable to distinguish the boundary between assessment and actual war.
Compared to the high-spirited Cao Pi who was the most popular in Yecheng for a while, now he has been tortured to the point of depression and it is difficult to think.
"My Lord, don't panic. I have done some things in the past three days, and I will explain them to you one by one. The success or failure of our next plan depends entirely on our cooperation."
As a result, Sima Yi put on a very serious expression and stood in front of Cao Pi and spoke to him extremely cautiously.
Cao Pi was a little confused. Sima Yi only told him that he had a solution, but did not tell him what the solution was.
The key...the key is that before receiving the news of Cao Ren's defeat, Sima Yi still swore that Wenpin must have come to test them on Yi Xiaotian's order.
But when the letter arrived, the confirmed fact gave Sima Yi a solid slap in the face.
Until now, Sima Yi has not admitted his mistake to himself. He disappeared out of thin air without saying a few words, leaving himself to suffer day and night in the government office... No joke, Cao Pi's trust in Sima Yi has dropped sharply in these three days, so seeing
Sima Yi still looked so unrepentant that Cao Pi wished he could slap him again on the spot.
However…
Sima Yi took a deep breath and directly said something that made Cao Pi's legs weak:
"Lord, I have sent people to take care of the remains of the two soldiers. Once it is said that these two people came to deliver a message, the whole city will only have one theory, that is, they were attacked and killed by bandits on the way, and we did not accept them.
Get any news about General Cao Ren’s defeat and request for reinforcements.”
"What did you say?"
The atmosphere in the room was as cold as ever, but Cao Pi stood there alone, motionless, until the silent Sima Yi spoke again:
"Lord, this is the only way. It was Wei Chen's misjudgment before that caused us to fall into such a passive situation... Sir... No, what preparations did Yi Xiaotian make? We have no time to investigate now... So
, I hid the truth from my lord and took it upon myself to kill the two soldiers who conveyed the military information, and then..."
"Sima Yi...you...do you know what you did?"
In fact, at this time, everyone in Cao Pi was frightened.
He never imagined that Sima Yi...in order to preserve their image, directly killed the two soldiers who delivered the message.
For some reason, Cao Pi's stomach turned violently, and then he vomited on the spot in front of Sima Yi.
Is it...has it reached this point?
Cao Pi's tears and runny nose kept pouring out, and his vomiting continued. He was sad and grieved... Only then did he realize that there was no way back for them now.
Maybe... maybe everything changed since he accepted Sima Yi's loyalty.
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I don't know how long it took, or maybe it was just a moment, but Cao Pi came to the table exhausted, looking at Sima Yi not far away with dull eyes, with mixed feelings in his heart.
"Lord..."
"All this is the responsibility of the minister. I know that this matter is very likely to be exposed. After all, I heard that before the end of the assessment, the Wei Guild sent Man Chong to thoroughly investigate any traces of cheating. But... you can tell the minister alone when the time comes.
, If I sacrifice my life for the Lord’s inheritance, I will not hesitate to die..."
With that said, Sima Yi knelt respectfully in front of Cao Pi's table and looked at Cao Pi with extremely firm eyes.
Feeling this fiery gaze, Cao Pi felt even more irritable and restless.
"What's the use of talking about this now...Sima Yi, you must handle this matter thoroughly and leave no trace behind...otherwise..."
"I understand..."
Sima Yi bowed his head respectfully and agreed, which made Cao Pi sigh.
Having such a minister is both a blessing and a disaster... But now, he really can't blame Sima Yi anymore. He who thought he had a chance to win and rest easy is actually doing it himself.
"In the end, we still need to support, right?
It’s just that because of the troubles we made before, even if we are late, it still seems justified——”
"My lord is wise, this is exactly what I want to consider, so from now on, my lord must behave flawlessly and never let anyone see our plan."
Cao Pi breathed a long sigh of relief and regained his composure. Now he finally had a clear goal.
He can't control what is happening in Jiangdong now. As Sima Yi said, the most important thing for him to do now is to protect himself.
If Cao Ang rushes to help if the protection is not complete, he will fall into a more dangerous situation - in that case...
Thinking of this, Cao Pi actually smiled for a long time.
