Just as turmoil broke out in the temple, the war in Huainan also came to an end.
Sun Jun's original idea was to give Qingzhou support in terms of momentum. He did not want to really fight Guanqiu Jian, but just wanted to express his position, support the rebels from a distance, and see if he could get some refugees at the same time. With reinforcements or something.
He was very confident in this. After all, Jiang Wei had been plundering Wei's population and attacking Wei's reinforcements for years.
Jiang Wei can do it, so why can’t he, the great general of Wu, do it?
But the facts told him that it really couldn't be done.
He was not Jiang Wei and had no combat experience, and his opponent was not the seriously ill Guo Huai, so it was not that he had no idea of attacking.
He originally thought that Guan Qiujian wanted to pay attention to the rebellion in Qingzhou. Even if he knew that he would have to recruit a large army, it would take at least ten days for the opponent to attack.
But he never expected that Guanqiu Jian had already made preparations and was waiting for him to come up and deliver it.
On the third day after arriving in Huainan, he encountered Cao Wei's army, which was ready to go.
There was even a multi-party coalition composed of the armies of Guanqiu Jian, Wen Qin, and Hu Zun.
This caught Sun Jun off guard. Fortunately, Sun Jun ran fast enough. Just when he was hesitant to save Liu Zan, Liu Zan's nephew came and told him that he was determined to fight to the death.
On the one hand, Sun Jun cried out about General Liu's bravery, and on the other hand, he led his people to escape without looking back.
But Guanqiu Jian did not let him go. He chased and intercepted Sun Jun everywhere, not treating Sun Jun as a human being at all. The morale of Wu's army was completely depleted. In several pursuit battles, he faced many soldiers who were far smaller than himself. The cavalry was beaten terribly.
Sun Jun almost ran back to Jiangdong with his tail between his legs.
During this expedition, one Liuzan died in Soochow, and nearly 8,000 soldiers died in Huainan, unable to return.
Standing on the bow of the boat, Sun Jun lowered his head and said nothing.
Lu Zheng on the side also had a serious face and a sad expression.
Liu Zan was a fierce general of the Wu Kingdom and his best friend. Unexpectedly, he would die in the hands of the Cao thief.
Sun Jun glanced at Lu Zhi beside him, feeling even more fearful.
This time it was because he insisted on sending troops that he ended up like this. Is this guy preparing to take his place?
Sun Jun thought about this and became even more frightened and restless.
After Sun Yi committed suicide, Sun Jun's health was not very good, and because of various domestic affairs, his failure at this moment, and his fear of Lu Zhi, his condition began to deteriorate rapidly and he became uneasy.
When Sun Jun returned to the state of Wu, Quan Shang personally brought his ministers to greet him.
They obviously already knew about the situation of this battle.
However, they had no intention of blaming Sun Jun. As Zhong Hui said, once a person dies and has no benefits, no one will care.
If one day the ministers need to deal with Sun Jun, perhaps Liu Zan will be brought up by them in tears.
But at the moment, Sun Jun is still the general who has a good relationship with them. Liu Zan, who died fighting for the country, can only be thrown aside and cannot affect the harmony in the temple.
Quan Shang took Sun Jun's hand and said, "General, this expedition has done a great service to the country. We are here to greet him personally!"
The ministers were also very considerate and bowed one after another to see him.
This is not because Quan Shang is humiliating Sun Jun. This is a normal greeting. But for some reason, Sun Jun feels so ashamed and angry at this moment that he is speechless.
Probably seeing that the general was in poor condition, Quan Shang and others hurriedly ended the welcoming ceremony, and Sun Jun led everyone into Jianye.
After entering the general's residence, Sun Jun did not greet anyone, changed his clothes, and ran directly to Princess Quan's residence.
In front of Sun Luban, Sun Jun seemed to be a different person.
"Princess, I am incompetent. This defeat is all because of me."
Sun Jun lowered his head with tears in his eyes.
Sun Luban frowned, his expression very solemn.
"That Liuzan was a veteran minister for many years. When my father was still alive, he was a general I could rely on. But now he died in your hands!!"
Sun Jun lowered his head and apologized again.
Sun Luban was about to have a seizure, but seeing Sun Jun's pitiful appearance, he had no choice but to give up.
"Forget it, I won't pursue it this time, and I won't be allowed to act arbitrarily in the future."
Sun Jun hurriedly said: "Princess Quan, the situation has deteriorated to the point where we must be on guard."
There are still many. "Although I have never served as a general in the past, I have some understanding of Cao's thieves. This time, the morale of Cao's thieves' army was extremely high. The generals cooperated fully. We couldn't stop them at all. They raised troops in Qingzhou, and actually in a It was put down within a month, and no refugees appeared."
"The little emperor of Cao Cao should not be underestimated."
"After he took office, he first defeated Jiang Wei, and now he defeated us. In a short period of time, Cao Wei has undergone such a huge change. The soldiers are not afraid of death, and local officials actually know how to appease the people, and the rebellion in a state has There were no refugees, which is unbelievable."
"Now I know why Jiang Wei took the initiative to send his ministers to find us."
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"I think Cao Cao's current king is definitely not comparable to Cao Fang. He is someone like Cao Cao and Cao Pi!"
"If our two countries cannot unite and deal with powerful enemies together, I'm afraid we will be divided and defeated by them, and we will be in catastrophe!"
Sun Luban was very surprised when he heard Sun Jun's words.
"I heard that the little emperor of Wei was supported by Sima Shi and others. He is only more than ten years old. How could he have such ability?"
Sun Jun couldn't help but curse at his mother at this moment.
"That Sima Master is very hidden. I always thought he was a traitor like Cao Cao, but now it seems that he is a man who is foolishly loyal to Cao Cao. Otherwise, why would he support such an emperor? I heard, Sima Shi’s subordinates are all fully assisting the emperor.”
Princess Quan was silent for a moment, "Then what should we do?"
"We should form an alliance with Shu. Now we can no longer send troops to attack Cao's thieves. We can only form an alliance with each other and use more troops to defend against Cao's thieves. Then the little emperor will definitely send troops to attack. When the time comes, we will help each other. Let them return in vain”
Sun Jun talked about the many benefits of the alliance.
But Sun Luban just thought that this was Sun Jun's dream. Even if Shu and Wu could put aside their prejudices, it would be difficult for them to form an alliance again.
However, if Sun Jun insisted on giving it a try, Sun Luban wouldn't say anything.
Sun Jun, who suffered a disastrous defeat in Huainan, began to think of ways to get in touch with Jiang Wei, who also suffered the same fate.
Before Cao Mao even realized it, the direction of history had undergone tremendous changes.
"His Majesty!!"
He Zeng was brought to the West Hall, where he bowed to the emperor very seriously.
Cao Mao squinted his eyes and looked at him, "Mr. He, I heard that the chef in your family is very good. He is the best in the world in all kinds of delicacies. Is he better than the chef in my palace?"
He Zeng suddenly sweated on his forehead.
"Your Majesty!! There is absolutely no such thing! I usually eat wheat rice, and the cooks at home are all old people who have worked with my father."
Obviously, in front of Cao Mao, he never dared to shout that the emperor's food was hard to swallow, as he did in history.
After all, Cao Mao dares to kill people.
After hearing He Zeng explain his situation, Cao Mao stretched out his hand to interrupt him.
"Mr. He, it doesn't have to be like this."
"I didn't ask you to come here to question these things. You have been in contact with the traitors in the court these days."
"How is the situation now?"
He said without thinking: "Your Majesty, these traitors are really hateful!"
"They have been thinking all day about how to harm His Majesty. This time His Majesty wants to get rid of the thieves. They have already begun to collude with the ministers and prepare to launch a rebellion."
"Rebellion?"
Cao Mao didn't seem to panic at all. If it was a local matter, Cao Mao would be a little worried. But in Luoyang, do you think that hundreds of thousands of Chinese soldiers are vegetarians? Just a Wen Xiaoniao can kill all of you bastards, how dare you rebel? ?
Cao Mao asked: "How are they going to rebel?"
He Zeng said truthfully: "It's like this. Tao Qiuyi, the servant, thinks that he can fabricate Xu Du's auspiciousness and ask His Majesty to go to Xu Du to watch the auspiciousness. On the way, he will lead the local officials to attack you, and then support Qi King Cao Fang to come again." proclaim oneself emperor"
"They haven't told me the specific things yet. The task they gave me is to use the power in my hometown to summon domestic slaves and old tribes to help them."
Hearing He Zeng's words, Cao Mao couldn't help but laugh.
"When did they start plotting?"
"On the day His Majesty left from the Yushitai, His Majesty's words about governing the world with strict laws have been widely circulated, and all the ministers were frightened. They said that Your Majesty does not practice benevolent government, and they must take action as soon as possible to prevent His Majesty from destroying the country. Dawei."
"Destroy it?"
Cao Mao was still very calm. This kind of deceiving the emperor to come out to see auspiciousness and then supporting others halfway was also a common method used by ministers. During the late Han, Wei and Jin Dynasties, this was not the first time such a thing happened.
However, Cao Mao did not expect that the servant Tao Qiuyi, who seemed to be honest and did his duty and did not participate in the battles in the temple, would have such thoughts.
It seems that they are all starting to get scared.
Cao Mao looked at He Zeng and said, "Mr. He, if I don't ask, will you stop talking about this matter?"
"Your Majesty!! I am wronged!! Your Majesty, please see, this is the memorial I wrote overnight. I originally wanted to wait until I learned about their specific plans before telling Your Majesty. They have not finished planning, and I dare not come to Your Majesty rashly. , for fear of arousing their suspicion, I would never dare to have the idea of participating, how dare I be unfavorable to His Majesty!"
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Cao Mao nodded, "Okay, I believe in Mr. He's character. Mr. He, after Zheng Chong became Sikong, the Yushitai has never been peaceful. Your qualifications are enough to serve as the third official. If I let you serve as Sikong, you can succeed Zheng Chong." Chong, take charge of the Yushitai, how will you deal with these ministers?"
He Zeng raised his head suddenly, as if he had smelled the smell of meat.
"Your Majesty, I will kill their clan and leave no chickens or dogs behind. However, I will never let anyone who dares to murder Your Majesty, no matter who they are, be spared!!!"
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