Chapter 26 Deng Ai makes his fortune

A soldier rushed into the lobby and saw that all the officials in the ancient city were in the hall. He accelerated his pace, came to everyone, and spoke, "Dear sirs, it's not good!"

"When will I say it slowly?" the county magistrate said.

"Sir, our people have just sneaked out and found some information. Several bandits of robbers have begun to gather to attack our ancient city!"

After hearing the soldier's words, the county magistrate's face suddenly turned pale. He opened his mouth and did not say anything for a long time. Instead, the military field commander asked: "How many people are there when the robbers are coming, and when will they arrive?"

"Go back to the Duwei, they are still in a military farm camp more than 100 miles away from our ancient city. We don't know how many people are. We only know that more than a dozen people have gathered together. There are about 40,000 to 50,000, and the number is still increasing."

When they heard that there were 40,000 to 50,000 people, everyone took a breath. There were only 500 defenders in the city. Even with the militia township tycoons organized spontaneously, there were only 3,000. It was not as good as one-tenth of the robbers, and the number of robbers was increasing. In everyone's eyes, this ancient city might not be able to defend.

"Sir, let's go and find reinforcements as soon as possible!" said the military commander.

The county magistrate was already in a state of vain at this time. When he heard the military field commander say he was going to find reinforcements, he immediately nodded and said, "Okay, I'll send someone to find reinforcements immediately."

Deng Ai in the corner smiled slightly. The county magistrate was really stupid. The robbers started to gather one hundred miles away from the ancient city. If the robbers attacked now, it would only take two or three days to reach the ancient city. Even if the robbers gathered, it would take some time to kill them, but it is estimated that the robbers would arrive within five or six days. In such a short time, even reinforcements would not be able to get there. Moreover, Runan is in chaos now, and all prefectures and counties are unable to take care of themselves, so there is no leisure to care about this small ancient city.

After looking at the helpless officials in the hall, Deng Ai originally wanted to come out and offer a plan, but in the end Deng Ai still held back. Deng Ai sensitively realized that this was a good opportunity for him, a good opportunity to reach the sky in one step.

Deng Ai's martial arts skills are very good, and he is also a general with ten thousand enemies. However, Deng Ai appears in the face of a literati on weekdays. Although everyone knows that Deng Ai knows martial arts, the literati from the Qin and Han dynasties can have some martial arts, so Deng Ai knows some martial arts, so everyone doesn't find it strange. However, no one regards Deng Ai as a general with ten thousand enemies.

Because Deng Ai is very good at martial arts, Deng Ai does not take those robbers seriously at all. Deng Ai is confident that even if the city is broken, he can take his mother out alone.

When it was late at night, the county magistrate of the ancient city was lying on the bed and tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep at all.

A month ago, Runan was still calm. Although there were many robbers in Runan at that time, none of them dared to attack the city. However, in just over twenty days, Runan changed suddenly and bandits rose everywhere. Except for a few big cities, other small cities were not comforted. And his ancient city was finally targeted by the thieves.

At this moment, the old butler's footsteps came from outside and stopped in front of the county magistrate's room. Then the old butler said, "Sir, Deng Ai, the scholar of the Diannong Commander, asked for a meeting."

"Deng Ai?" The county magistrate frowned and remembered the young man in the corner. The county magistrate suddenly realized that he had not even seen the face of the young man clearly.

"It's really over, what's the matter with me?" The county magistrate shook his head and then said, "Please invite him to the hall."

Then the county magistrate put on his clothes and went to the hall. Deng Ai was standing in the lobby and wandering around.

When Deng Ai saw the county magistrate coming over, he said in surprise: "Sir, you are indeed here, why haven't you left yet?"

"Go? Where to go?" The county magistrate was stunned by Deng Ai's words.

"Sir, the lieutenant has already escaped from the ancient city with his family. Why are you still here?" Deng Ai said.

"Has he escaped?" The county magistrate was stunned, and then his face became gloomy. Unexpectedly, at this critical moment, the military field commander was about to escape!

"Sir, time is tight. If you don't leave, you will be dead!" Deng Ai said anxiously.

The county magistrate also hesitated. If he ignored the people in the city, then his official position would be over. But if he did not escape, the thieves would attack the city and he would be unable to resist it.

When Deng Ai saw the county magistrate hesitating, he immediately said, "Sir, you should run away quickly! If the thieves enter the city, the people in the city may save their lives, but if the thieves are caught, they may be difficult to get out!"

Deng Ai's words reminded the county magistrate that the robbers may not see the common people and just snatch things and leave, but if the county magistrate is caught by the robbers, they may really die.

This county magistrate is also from a noble family. Compared to this official title, his life is still important. Anyway, even if he is not an official, he can live a prosperous life with his family background. But if his life is gone, nothing will be gone!

Thinking of this, the county magistrate shook his teeth and said to the butler: "Go pack up immediately and let's go out of the city!"

After Deng Ai left the county magistrate's mansion, he went straight to the residence of the military commander.

"Master Duwei, why are you still here? The county magistrate has already left the city!"

"Shizai, what did you say? The county magistrate has left the city?" exclaimed.

So, what happened just now at the county magistrate's mansion happened again at the military commander's mansion. Not long after, the military commander was also persuaded by Deng Ai, and packed up his things and took his family out of the city.

Next, Deng Aiyou ran to the homes of several other officials. When the officials heard that the largest commander and county magistrate in the city had abandoned the city and fled, no one planned to continue defending the city, and they packed up their things and fled out of the city.

On that night, all the officials who spoke in the ancient city ran away. When the people woke up the next morning, the largest official in the city had become Deng Ai!

At noon, news of the county magistrate and the military commander fleeing without fighting spread throughout the ancient city. The entire ancient city suddenly became chaotic, and all the officials left, and the people didn't know what to do. Although many people chose to escape, more ordinary people were unwilling to leave their hometowns.

Most of the people in the ancient city are garrisons who moved from Nanyang. They have lived in the ancient city for more than ten years. For these garrisons who moved from Nanyang, they have given up their family business and experienced a major migration, so no one is willing to have such a painful experience again. Moreover, there are more than ten years of hard work in this ancient city, and no one is willing to give up now.

"Mom, I'm done." Deng Ai put it down, wiped his mouth, lifted the kettle next to him and drank a sip of water into his mouth.

"Shizai, I heard that tens of thousands of robbers were coming to attack the ancient city, and the county magistrate and the military field commander ran away!" A woman next to him said.

This woman is Deng Ai's mother. Deng Ai's mother is in her forties, but due to years of hard work, she looks like a person close to sixty.

"Mom, don't worry! With a child here, let alone a few tens of thousands of robbers, even if hundreds of thousands of people come, the child can protect his mother carefully!"

Xu Du.

Perhaps because Cao Cao was sick, the marching speed of Cao Cao's army was not fast, so now it is still a day away from Xu Du. Sima Yi returned to Xu Du one day in advance to handle matters.

After Sima Yi returned to Xudu, the first thing he did was to find Cao Pi. At this time, Cao Pi was also anxiously waiting for Sima Yi's arrival, because Cao Pi was also eager to know whether Cao Cao's condition was serious or not.

After Cao Pi and Sima Yi met, Sima Yi told Cao Pi about Cao Cao. Now Cao Cao's health is indeed not optimistic. Cao Cao was already unable to hold on when he was on the road. He was tortured by a head-on illness and could not eat the sun and sleep at night. Seeing that Cao Cao was about tortured, he met a doctor on the way, and the doctor was Hua Tuo. Under Hua Tuo's treatment, Cao Cao's condition was relieved a lot, and he finally saved his life for the time being.

"Hua Tuo!" Cao Pi muttered the name silently, and at the same time felt that the name was familiar. After a long time, Cao Pi remembered where he had heard the name Hua Tuo, so Cao Pi asked, "But the Hua Tuo who scraped the bones to heal Guan Yu?"

Sima Yi nodded and said, "It was this Hua Tuo. This Hua Tuo is really skilled in medical skills. He cured his lord's headache after a few seconds. However, according to Hua Tuo, he only temporarily relieved Cao Cao's pain and did not eradicate it. Now the Prime Minister's condition is still aggravating, and he will send troops more and more frequently."

"Have Hua Tuo ever mentioned the method of cure?" Cao Pi asked.

"Hua Tuo said that the Prime Minister's headache was caused by the head wind disease, and it was all because the Prime Minister had 'wind saliva' in his head. As long as he split the head with an axe and took out the 'wind saliva', the Prime Minister's illness would naturally be cured." Sima Yi said calmly.

"What, does this Hua Tuo want to kill his father? How can this man split his head and survive? Hua Tuo said this against his will and should be killed!" Cao Pi said immediately.

Sima Yi nodded: "Yes, the soldiers under the Prime Minister's account said the same thing at that time. But I could see that the Prime Minister himself was moved!"

Cao Pi was stunned for a moment, and then immediately realized that no one in this world could withstand the temptation of life. For hundreds of years, are there few monarchs who seek immortality? Although Cao Cao did not believe in these ghosts and gods, Cao Cao did not want to die. Cao Cao was still very eager for life, even if he lived one more day. Even if Hua Tuo said he wanted to split his head, Cao Cao was still moved!

"This is simply a desperate attempt to seek medical treatment!" Cao Pi sighed lightly. He didn't expect that even his father, whom he had always admired, would be so unbearable when facing death.

"Crown Prince, don't worry. If I keep talking, I don't believe that this man can survive after splitting his head, but Hua Tuo might really have the ability." Sima Yi said.

"How do you say this?" Cao Pi asked hurriedly.

"Hua Tuo found a dog and poured something into the dog. The dog fainted. Then Hua Tuo split its head, sewed the dog's scalp with a needle, and sold it with iron. As a result, a few days later, the dog came back to life!" When he said this, a trace of confusion appeared in Sima Yi's eyes. Sima Yi could not understand. After splitting the head, it would still be alive after sewing it.

"What, this is impossible! Could it be that Hua Tuo can do evil deeds?" Cao Pi said, all the goose bumps on his body. After all, this matter was too strange and Cao Pi had never heard of it.

Suddenly, Cao Pi realized a problem. If Hua Tuo really cured Cao Cao, it would be easy to live for another ten or eight years according to Cao Cao's body. Then wouldn't he have to wait for another ten or eight years?

Thinking of this, a cold murderous aura suddenly appeared in Cao Pi's eyes, and a few words popped out of his mouth: "This Hua Tuo must not be kept!"

Feeling the murderous aura emitted from Cao Pi's body, Sima Yi was so scared that he shivered. At this time, Sima Yi seemed to feel that the air around him had dropped a few degrees. At the same time, Sima Yi also realized that something was wrong. Cao Pi clearly did not want Cao Cao's health to be better. In fact, Sima Yi could fully understand such a thing, but no matter how much he understood it, it would be wrong to say it. Cao Pi not only said it, but also came to Sima Yi's ears. If Cao Pi was ruthless and took Sima Yi's life to keep the secret, what should he do?

Thinking of this, Sima Yi couldn't help but feel a few drops of cold sweat on his head.

Cao Pi also noticed Sima Yi's strangeness at this time. Cao Pi suddenly understood in his heart that Sima Yi was afraid that he would kill someone to silence him. However, Cao Pi was still Cao Pi after all, and his method of governing was not inferior to Cao Cao at all. Cao Pi smiled slightly and said, "I mean that Hua Tuo's evil words confusing the public, and he also knew magical skills. Such demons will inevitably harm the people, so they must not be kept."

Cao Pi said in an understatement that he covered up what had just happened, and Sima Yi breathed a sigh of relief. Since Cao Pi was willing to add this sentence, it means that Cao Pi would not kill him. Sima Yi was also a smart person. Sima Yi nodded immediately and said, "What the Crown Prince said is, Zhongda understands!"

Sima Yi said this with a double word, clearly explaining Cao Pi's meaning, while the other meaning was to understand what to do next. Sima Yi did this to tell Cao Pi and do everything according to Cao Pi's instructions. When Cao Pi saw Sima Yi put on a trap, he nodded with satisfaction and said, "Zhongda is so smart that he will be a marquis and prime minister in the future!"

Cao Pi's words were equivalent to giving Sima Yi a promise in disguise, and Sima Yi immediately thanked Cao Pi. Then Sima Yi asked, "Your Highness, what big thing has happened recently?"

After the secret friendship between the king and the ministers, both the king and the ministers understood that the two were actually tied to a boat, so Cao Pi did not keep telling Sima Yi about Xu Du recently, including Xiahou Ba's failure to conquer Fengtou Village and the mountain of emergency documents sent by Runan.

The further he listened, Sima Yi's face gradually became solemn. When Cao Pi finished speaking, Sima Lang immediately said, "Your Highness, you have done this wrong!"

"Zhongda wanted to say that Liu Chan used a divisive strategy! I have a conclusion about this matter," said Cao Pi.

Sima Yi shook his head: "Your Highness, the Crown Prince, I am not talking about this matter, I am talking about Runan. The Crown Prince's mistake this time is that he did not send troops to Runan to suppress the bandits. Runan is close to Yingchuan. If the Runan chaos affects Yingchuan, Xu Du will inevitably be affected. Xu Du is the foundation of the prime minister. The court is in Xu Du, so other places can be chaotic, and only Xu Du cannot be chaotic! This chaos in Xu Du will hurt the foundation of the prime minister."

At this time, Cao Pi also realized the seriousness of the problem. Sima Yi said it was very correct. If the whole Runan was in chaos, it would be no big deal. Anyway, Runan was originally a poor place. However, when Runan was close to Yingchuan, if the war burned Yingchuan, and even perhaps suffered damage, it would have a great impact on the entire Cao army.

Xu is the main place of the Han court. Although this Han court has long been in name only, since Cao Cao used the emperor to command the princes, Xu Du has been the center of Cao's army. If something happened to Xu Du, the entire Cao Cao's power would be in chaos.

After Cao Cao came back, if he knew about the chaos in Runan, he would not have punished Cao Pi. After all, Cao Cao solved the problem of robbery in Runan for decades but has not been solved. However, if the rebellion in Runan affected Yingchuan and Xudu, it would be equivalent to Cao Pi not guarding the backyard of Cao's army, and Cao Pi would definitely be punished by Cao Cao.

"Zhongda, what should I do now?" Cao Pi asked.

Sima Yi licked his lips slightly and said, "Liu Chan is really a scheming thing. I believe he thought of the situation today when he returned Xiahou Ba. At the same time, he also expected that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would not send troops to Runan. If what I expected was right, he was going to spread the war to Yingchuan. Now he must send troops as soon as possible to wipe out these rioters in Runan!"

Speaking of this, Sima Yi paused and then said, "Your Highness, the prince will return to the court tomorrow, so tomorrow you must ask the lord to ask the lord to lead the troops to Runan to suppress the bandits."

"Let me go in person? You didn't say that the father's figure is already..."

"Yes, it is precisely because of this that the Crown Prince wants to lead the troops himself. Now the thieves in Runan are very powerful, gathering hundreds of thousands of people. In my opinion, it takes at least 100,000 troops to pacify Runan in a short period of time. The lord brought back from Xiangyang exactly 100,000 elite soldiers, so the Crown Prince must fight for the military power of these 100,000 people. At the same time, 100,000 people will go to war, and it will be difficult to prepare for a complete set of one or two months. I think it will be difficult for the lord to survive this one or two months, so the Crown Prince only needs to wait after the lord wins the military power of these 100,000 people. As long as the lord goes, then the Crown Prince Hall will be able to hold all of this in his palm!"

Cao Pi suddenly realized that Sima Yi really said the point in one sentence. Before, he always thought about how to maintain his position, but ignored another important factor, that is military power!

Speaking of which, Cao Pi is very good at playing politics, not worse than Cao Cao, but when it comes to his strategic vision in military affairs, Cao Pi is far inferior to Cao Cao. Before, Cao Pi used all kinds of methods to defeat Cao Zhi and was finally made the crown prince of Wei. Naturally, he used a lot of secret tricks. However, Cao Pi ignored that if he had enough strength, then no matter how powerful the conspiracy was, it would not be considered a conspiracy.

Now that Cao Cao is about to fail, at this critical moment, nothing can stabilize his position more than having an army in hand. Just like Dong Zhuo back then, it was precisely because Dong Zhuo's subordinates exceeded other people that Dong Zhuo was able to finally establish himself in Luoyang at that time.

"Zhongda is really my Zhang Zifang!" Cao Pi sighed softly: "With Zhongda here, why worry about the big thing not being done!"

Ancient city.

"Friends, if you can't believe me, Deng Ai, you can leave the city immediately. If you can believe me, Deng Ai, then we will stick to the city together. As long as I, Deng Ai, are there, we will never let the robbers step into our city! I, Deng Ai, swear to live and die with the ancient city!"

At this time, Deng Ai was giving his speech passionately. What is rare is that Deng Ai's stuttering problem was not at all at this time. Now all the officials in the ancient city have gone almost the same, and Deng Ai, a sesame and green bean, has become the biggest one. Deng Ai raised his arms and shouted, and the people in the city responded one after another.

"Deng Ai, those who are high-ranking officials have long wanted us. They all ran away. You are still a little conscience, so I'll just rush to this. Now I believe you, we all listen to you!"

"Yes, Deng Ai, we have lived here for more than ten years, and our family business is here. We will never leave the ancient city. Just tell us what we want!"

"We swear to live and die with the ancient city!"

The people who were boiling below, Deng Ai smiled slightly. His hard work was not in vain. Now that all the officials in the city have been deceived, the credit will be all his own. When the court asks, he will definitely be able to be promoted.

I don’t know what official the court will grant him a title! County magistrate? Or military field lieutenant? It is best to be promoted to the army as soon as possible. However, when everything is better than this little official who is smaller than Sesame and Mung Bean.

"Okay, since you all listen to me, I'll just say that everyone is ready. If you really don't have a wooden stick, you can also bring your own dry food for three or five days, and you'll gather here until tomorrow!" After Deng Ai finished speaking, he thought about walking to the county government.

In the county government, several dudes were waiting for Deng Ai.

After Deng Ai came, he immediately opened the map on the table and began to assign tasks.

"There is a forest here, which is very suitable for ambushing. The road ahead is narrow and surrounded by plants and trees. When you see the three pillars of smoke rising in front, set fire immediately."

"This is a high slope. If the robbers think of this direction, you immediately throw down the rolling wood and boulders and force them to escape from the other side."

"You lead the troops here, once the robbers escape..."
Chapter completed!