Summary of the previous chapter: Ma Xiaoquan looked at the things that Qing Yi brought back. Among them were two mechanical objects. One was a small mechanical beast named "Zhan Lu" that Qing Yi won from a Mohist disciple, and the other was Qing Yi's.
A small mechanism object made by himself. For the first one, Ma Xiaoquan thought of the strange book in his second uncle's house. For the second one, Ma Xiaoquan thought of the small mechanism object that he had at home when he was very young...
Early the next morning, Qing Yi packed up her clothes early and waited quietly in the main hall for her husband, Ma Xiaoquan.
Ma Xiaoquan then came to the main hall, looked at Qing Yi who was getting ready, smiled and said: "Qing Yi moves really fast..."
At this time, several other ladies headed by Hua Yuexin also came out.
Seeing all the ladies holding or pulling their children, Ma Xiaoquan suddenly felt embarrassed, especially Hua Yuexin, who was still in her confinement period and came out to see her off in person.
"Ladies, how do you..."
Hua Yuexin shook her head and said, "Ms. sir, there's no need to say more. We all do it voluntarily."
After Hua Yue finished speaking, several female relatives nodded to express their agreement.
Ma Xiaoquan smiled helplessly and said: "In that case, we understand. Okay, you can send them here, Qingyi, let's go..."
Qing Yi nodded, picked up Xin Ruan, and followed Ma Xiaoquan out of the main hall.
Looking at the retreating figures of their husband and Qing Yi, several female family members began to discuss quietly.
Xiu'er asked Hua Yuexin: "Mrs. Yue'er, where do you think our husband will go?"
Hua Yuexin smiled and said, "I must be looking for Cao Cao."
Hua Lin interrupted: "Sister, why?"
Hua Yue said in her heart: "It's a woman's intuition, haha..."
Hua Yuexin was right, Ma Xiaoquan was indeed going to find Cao Cao.
Judging from the progress of time, it will be August of the ninth year of Jian'an. At this time, it is time for Cao Cao to occupy Yecheng and gradually move his base camp to Yecheng.
On the way, Qing Yi told Ma Xiaoquan what he saw and heard during his time out.
According to Qing Yi's description, Ma Xiaoquan concluded that Qing Yi must have encountered some adventures, otherwise he would never have encountered such a mysterious figure as a descendant of the Mo family.
The Mohist family is famous for its mechanism skills, but the Mohist family has never participated in worldly disputes. If Hua Yuexin's family and other wealthy families are avoiders, then the Mohists are out-and-out rejecters.
To be able to strike up a conversation with a child of the Rejection Sect, the reason would definitely not be like "you want to take me as a concubine" as Qing Yi said.
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It was early August when the two of them rushed to Yecheng.
When Cao Cao saw Ma Xiaoquan, he smiled from ear to ear.
"I knew that Master Shangxian would definitely come, haha..."
Cao Cao happily asked Ma Xiaoquan: "What has Master Shangxian figured out?"
Ma Xiaoquan waved his hand: "Chou said earlier, Yecheng has been captured, and if there is any treasure, we will share half of it!"
Cao Cao was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that Master Shangxian's opening remarks were actually asking for money and treasures.
"It's easy to talk about! Everything is according to Lord Shangxian, but Lord Shangxian, is this why you came here?"
Ma Xiaoquan smiled and said: "Shen has a nephew, he seems to be named Shen Rong, um, his name is Shen Rong, right?"
Cao Cao nodded.
Ma Xiaoquan said: "Send someone secretly to talk to Shen Rongtong and tell him to surrender his gun and not kill him!"
Cao Cao hesitated: "Master Shangxian, is this possible?"
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled and said, "Of course."
Cao Cao said oh and stopped talking.
Back in his tent, Cao Cao picked up his pen and thought about it carefully. He felt that something was wrong. This Shen Rong was Shen Pei's nephew. The relationship between the uncle and nephew was said to be good. If he wrote a threatening letter like this, he might be self-defeating...
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"Yeah." Cao Cao thought about it again and decided to induce Shen Rong by offering him an official position, a title, or a title.
After writing the letter, Cao Cao gave it to a local man in Yecheng and gave him 10 taels of silver to deliver the letter to Shen Rong.
This Yecheng man didn't know Cao Cao. According to Cao Cao, he and Shen Rong were good friends. Besides, there were still 10 taels of silver to get, so why not?
However, the letter has been handed over, and it is very difficult to send it in.
The police officers guarded Yecheng so tightly that not even a fly could fly in. However, the person from Yecheng who delivered the letter was quite excited. When he passed the border, he hid the letter in his underwear and managed to get through.
After entering Yecheng, the man went straight to Shen Rong's home.
After seeing Shen Rong, the man took out the letter from his underwear and handed it to Shen Rong.
Shen Rong frowned and took the letter. Before he even read it, he smelled a unique stench.
"Who gave this to me?"
The Yecheng man said: "A skinny man and a short man."
"Zi Zi?"
The Yecheng man nodded and gave Shen Rong a rough description of Cao Cao's appearance.
Shen Rong had never seen Cao Cao before. Although Cao Cao was riding a horse at that time and his height could not be seen, Shen Rong remembered Cao Cao's appearance very clearly. Shen Rong immediately understood the description of Cao Cao from Yecheng.
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"Okay, I understand, you go down, thank you for your hard work..."
After the people from Yecheng went down, Shen Rong hurriedly opened the letter and read it.
"Dong Cao really won't kill me?" Shen Rong hesitated.
"But, if uncle still defends, we will definitely be killed. I don't want to die..." Shen Rong thought for a while, and finally decided to secretly surrender to Cao Cao.
One night, Shen Rong took advantage of Shen Pei to go out for inspection, and quickly and secretly replaced the people guarding the city gate with his own confidants.
While Shen Pei was resting, Shen Rong ordered his confidants to secretly open the city gate a crack.
Cao Cao had already been waiting at the city gate. As soon as the door opened a crack, a small group of Cao Cao's troops quietly lurked into Ye City.
The next day, Cao Cao attacked Yecheng as usual. Shen Pei didn't know what happened yesterday, and Shen Rong would never tell his uncle.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Cao Cao ordered people to call Jin.
Shen Pei thought that Cao Cao was going to withdraw his troops, but he didn't expect that one of the gates of Ye City was opened.
The judge was shocked and quickly led his troops to the city gate, but it was too late.
Cao Cao's men had sneaked into the city last night. Today, as soon as the door was opened during the day, these Cao Cao soldiers changed their appearance and cooperated with their colleagues outside the city to seize the city.
"Kill!" Cao's soldiers roared and charged into Ye City. Seeing that the situation was not right, Cao's troops quickly changed direction and retreated to the inner city.
Ye City has three floors, and Shenpei has now retreated to the last floor, while the first two floors have been captured by Cao Cao.
"Haha..." After listening to his men's report, Cao Cao looked at Ma Xiaoquan proudly and thought to himself: Fortunately, I didn't believe in this demon's words, otherwise Shenrong would not have surrendered to me, haha...
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Seeing Shen Pei huddled in the inner city, Cao Cao said to Ma Xiaoquan in high spirits: "Master Shangxian, do you think how long it will take me to conquer Ye City?"
Ma Xiaoquan smiled and said: "No more than August."
"Okay, just follow what the Master Shangxian said!"
Cao Cao pulled out the Yitian Sword and ordered: "I will step up the attack on Yecheng and try to break it this month. Anyone who neglects to do so will be killed!"
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At the end of August in the ninth year of Jian'an, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, Shen Pei was unable to do anything alone. Coupled with the lack of supplies, he was unable to resist Cao Cao's attack.
With a "boom", the city gate in Ye City was broken.
Cao Cao laughed loudly and personally led his troops into the inner city and captured Shen Pei alive.
At this time, the judge looked very embarrassed, but his small eyes were bright.
Cao Cao cherished his talents and wanted to recruit Shen Pei to surrender, but he did not expect that Shen Pei would die and refused to give in. He shouted one after another: "No surrender, no surrender, I would rather die than surrender!"
Cao Cao had no choice but to make Shen Pei a martyr, but Cao Cao still ordered to treat Shen Pei's family well.
After the death of Shen Pei, Yuan Jun's power in Jizhou was completely disintegrated. In September of the ninth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao went to the court and "featured" himself as the shepherd of Jizhou. Seeing that the situation was over, Yuan Shangyi had no choice but to defect to his second brother Yuan Xi.
Yuan Xi guarded Youzhou, and the merger of Yuan Shang's remaining troops turned Youzhou into a hard nut.
Cao Cao wanted to attack Youzhou immediately, but then he considered that he had to appease the people first, so Cao Cao postponed his plan to attack Youzhou...
Seeing the looted treasure piled up into several hills, Cao Cao swallowed unwillingly and looked at Ma Xiaoquan.
Cao Cao also didn't expect that so much treasure could be plundered from Yecheng. The common people's portion had to be returned, and there were many others.
"Lord Immortal, this"
Ma Xiaoquan waved his hand: "We agreed, Xiao Cao, you can't be a simp!"
Cao Cao's eyelids twitched twice and said: "That's not what I meant. What I meant was, do you need me to send someone to send back half of the treasure?"
Ma Xiaoquan said: "No need, I plan to settle down in Yecheng."
Cao Cao was surprised and said: "The courtyard of Master Xuchang..."
Ma Xiaoquan said politely: "Xiao Cao, I want to discuss something with you. How about I trade my courtyard in Xuchang for the courtyard in Yecheng?"
"The courtyard in Yecheng? Where can Master Shangxian have the courtyard in Yecheng?"
Ma Xiaoquan said: "Just buy me a compound!"
Cao Cao's eyebrows moved fiercely a few times, and he thought to himself: You are such a devil, your compound in Xuchang is not a gift from me, you take what I gave you and exchange it with me, you are such a shameless devil.
"Hou!" Cao Cao chuckled and agreed.
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Yecheng was severely damaged, but several large mansions were not damaged much. After Cao Cao took back these mansions, he approved one and gave it to Ma Xiaoquan.
At the same time, Ma Xiaoquan also wrote a letter to Hua Yuexin of Xuchang, asking her to bring her family to Yecheng as soon as possible.
After Hua Yuexin received the letter from her husband, she started making arrangements for the relocation without saying a word.
However, since Hua Yuexin was still in confinement, after careful consideration, Hua Yuexin wrote back to Ma Xiaoquan, requesting that the relocation be postponed for one and a half months.