Wei Huang said: "Although I am determined to serve the country, I don't have any good ideas." Jin Yi said: "I plan to cooperate internally and externally, kill Wang Bi, take away his military power, assist the emperor, and then work with Uncle Liu as foreign aid, Cao Cao The thief can be eliminated.”
After hearing this, the two felt that this was very good and praised it one after another. Jin Yi said: "I have two confidants who have a grudge against Cao Cao for killing their father. Now they live outside the city and can be our helpers."
Geng Ji asked: "Who are they?"
He replied: "One is the son of the imperial physician Ji Ping. His eldest name is Ji Miao and his courtesy name is Wenran. His second name is Jimu and his courtesy name is Siran. Cao Cao had previously killed their father because of Dong Cheng's clothing edict incident, so the two of them I escaped from death by fleeing far away from home, and now I have secretly returned to Xudu. If we let them help in the crusade against the thieves, we will definitely be successful."
Geng Ji and Wei Huang were very happy after hearing this. Jin Yi secretly called them over, and soon they arrived. They all discussed the matter of begging the thief. After hearing this, the two shed tears and became filled with resentment and vowed to We must kill the national traitors.
Jin Yi said: "On the night of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, lights will be lit up in the city to celebrate the Lantern Festival. This is a good opportunity. At that time, Geng Shaofu and Wei Sizhi, you two will bring all the armed forces at home to kill the king." In front of Bi De camp, I saw only a fire burning in the camp, so I divided my troops into two groups and killed Wang Bi. Then I followed me into the city and asked the emperor to climb to the Five Phoenix Tower. He ordered all officials to punish the thieves. Brother Ji Wenran Enter from outside the city and set fire as a signal. Be sure to shout everywhere, the more chaotic the better, inciting the people in the city to come together to kill the national traitors, stop the troops coming to rescue from the city, wait until the emperor issues an edict to appease everyone, then march in to kill Ben Ye County, go and capture Cao Cao, and then send an edict to Uncle Liu. This matter must be done quickly. We have discussed it today and will start taking action tomorrow. We must not bring about self-destruction like Dong Cheng did before."
So no one swore an oath to God and made an alliance with blood. They each returned to their homes, arranging their troops, horses and equipment according to the plan, and preparing for the next day's action.
Geng Ji and Wei Huang dispersed all their family property and recruited a total of three to four hundred people, all of whom were equipped with weapons. Brother Ji Miao spent all the money from his father's medical practice and recruited more than three hundred people. , pretending to be hunting outside the city, making arrangements.
Jin Yi went to meet Wang Bi first and said: "Now that the world is at peace, King Wei is powerful in China. It happens to be the Lantern Festival, so we can't help but put up lanterns to show our peaceful and prosperous age."
Wang Bi thought it was reasonable, so he ordered the residents of the city to celebrate the Lantern Festival with lanterns and colors. On the fifteenth night of the first lunar month, the weather was fine, stars were shining, the moon was shining in the clouds, and the streets were decorated with lights and colors, making it very lively.
Wang Bi and other commanders of the Royal Forest Army were also infected by the festive atmosphere and started drinking in the camp. After the second watch, someone suddenly shouted in the camp that there was a fire behind the camp.
Wang Bi quickly got up to check, only to see the camp full of fire, and heard loud shouts. Knowing that someone in the camp was rebelling, he hurriedly mounted his horse and went out of the south gate. He happened to meet Geng Ji. He shot a bow and arrow and hit the target. Wang Bi's shoulders almost fell off his horse, and he could only escape towards the west gate. Hearing the soldiers chasing behind him, Wang must know that he was surrounded, so he could only dismount his horse and walk to Jin Yi's mansion, knocking on the door in a hurry.
It turned out that Jin Yi sent people to set fire to the camp and went to war with all the armed forces at home, leaving only some women at home. When the party secretary heard someone knocking on the door, he thought it was Wang Bi, and his wife asked through the door. Said: "Did you kill that guy Wang Bi?"
Wang Bi was very surprised after hearing this. Then he realized that Jin Yi was the mastermind, so he ran to Cao Xiu's home and told him about the rebellion by Jin Yi and others. Then he mounted his horse and took more than a thousand people with him. Soldiers and horses were in the city to resist the enemy.
Flames were everywhere in the city and were still spreading, burning the Five Phoenix Tower. Emperor Xian was hiding in the deep palace. The Cao family's henchmen and minions were guarding the palace gate. Someone in the city shouted: "Kill the Cao thief and help the Han Dynasty!" "
Xiahou Dun followed Cao Cao's order and patrolled near Xuchang. He led 30,000 troops and stationed himself five miles outside the city. That night, he saw a fire breaking out in the city from a distance, so he came with his army and captured Xudu. He surrounded Cao Xiu and sent an army of soldiers and horses into the city to meet Cao Xiu. One of them killed Cao Xiu until dawn.
Geng Ji, Wei Huang and others had no foreign aid and fought hard. Soon they heard the news that Jin Yi and Er Ji had died in the war. The two fled, and they happened to be surrounded by Xiahou Dun's army. He was quickly captured alive, and all the children he brought with him were beheaded.
Xiahou Dun entered the city, helped put out the fire, arrested all the five family members, and sent people to report the situation to Cao Cao.
Cao Cao sent an order to put all the rebels to death in the market, and then captured all the civil and military officials in the court and took them to Ye County. After hearing this, they were punished.
Xiahou Dun followed the order and took Geng and Wei to the market for execution. Geng Ji shouted: "Cao A'hao, I can't kill you alive. I will turn into a ghost to kill you when I die!"
The executioner cut off his head directly, and blood flowed all over the ground. He still cursed him until he died. Wei Huang knelt on the ground, pressed his face tightly to the ground, kowtowed violently: "Hateful! Hateful!"
After the principal culprit was beheaded, the other family members were also beheaded, and then all the officials were taken to Ye County. Cao Cao asked him to set up two flags on the teaching ground, one was white and the other was red, and ordered: "Geng Ji, Wei Huang and others rebelled and set fire to Xudu. Some of you came out to put out the fire, and some of you closed the city gates." , those who are fighting the fire should stand under the red flag, and everyone else should stand under the white flag."
Everyone thought that the person who put out the fire must be innocent, so they all ran under the red flag. Only three people stood under the white flag. Cao Cao asked the people standing under the red flag to be captured, and everyone shouted that they were innocent.
Cao Cao said: "Your mentality at that time was not to put out the fire, but to help the bandits." So he ordered them to be dragged to the Zhang River and beheaded. There were more than 300 people in total. As for those who stood under the white flag, they were all rewarded. Let them return to Xudu and become bigger officials.
Wang Bi died of illness due to a serious injury from a bow and arrow. Cao Cao ordered a grand burial, and then made Cao Xiu the commander-in-chief of the imperial forest army and horses. Zhong Yao was appointed as the prime minister, Hua Xin was appointed as the imperial official. He was given the sixth and eighteenth grade of marquis and the seventeenth grade of Guanzhong marquis. After receiving the gold seal and purple ribbon, he also designated the 16th-level marquis inside and outside Guan Guan, with the silver seal with turtle seal, new ink ribbon; the 5th level official, with the bronze seal ring with new ink ribbon. As a result, all the officials in the imperial court were basically replaced by Cao Cao, and the rules were also greatly changed.
Someone later reminded Cao Cao, and he finally understood that Guan Ren had explained the situation of the fire when he made a divination and prepared a reward, but Guan Ren refused.
Cao Hong led the troops in Hanzhong and asked Zhang He and Xiahou Yuan to guard important places respectively. When he learned that Shuzhong had sent troops to attack, he personally sent troops to meet the enemy.
