Watching Cao Chong lead his troops to leave, he finally became furious. All the illnesses he had been suppressing broke out and he became terminally ill.
"Ruo, Gongda, Zhongde... please, we must rescue our lord..." Guo Jia grabbed Xun Yu's sleeve and said, with black blood constantly dripping from his mouth.
"Feng Xiao, we will, but we have to be with you. I, Xun Yu, only know internal affairs but don't understand military affairs. How can I save my lord without you..."
Xun Yu and Xun You looked at Guo Jia and felt their hearts twisting. They had been colleagues for ten years, but when Guo Jia first entered the official position, people like him did not fully believe in him and ostracized him.
He has a false duty to offer wine.
Thinking of this now, Xunyu and Xunyou wanted to stab themselves.
Guo Jia slowly shook his head: "I can't do it anymore. I know I'm going to die. I'm not afraid of death, but I'm not willing to give in. Ever since Liu Zhang's massacre in Jiangzhou, I've wanted to see the Sichuan army dominate the world. At that time, it was a fantasy, but later it became too slow.
Slowly becomes reality.
But now I am just one step away from passing away, and I am so unwilling to do so..."
Guo Jiaqiang supported his body and said to Xun Yu: "If you promise me that when the Sichuan army dominates the world, no matter where I am buried, you will tell me. You will tell me. I will definitely be able to hear it... I will definitely be able to...
…must……"
Cheng Yu's withered hand slipped from his hand, Guo Jia's whole body went limp, and a generation of talents fell. Xun Yu, Xun You, Cheng Yu burst into tears.
"Fengxiao..." Cao Cao shouted.
Sima Hui and Zhuge Ci looked at this scene with a smile. Sima Yi sighed deeply: "I am finally dead, but why does this feeling feel so bad?"
"Gentlemen, let's go." Zhang Liao walked up to Xun Yu, Xun You and others and whispered.
"Take me away. Brother Chong, take fourth brother away." Cao Zhi watched Cao Chong lead the people away, feeling terrified in his heart. He knew that Cao Cao had kidnapped Liu Xie before. How could the Liu family have any rights? Even Concubine Dong Guifei had no rights.
Hanged to death.
If Cao Cao becomes a puppet, wouldn't he and Dong Guifei Dong Cheng be in the same situation?
However, Cao Zhi's shouting had no effect and was controlled by two soldiers from the noble clan.
Cao Chong led Cao Cao's confidant Wu and more than 2,000 soldiers out of Yecheng. The clan army quickly took control of the city and immediately held a meeting.
"Now Cao Chong has led his men out of the city. Although the two thousand men cannot attack the city, they are still a threat. Should we mobilize the army to kill them all to avoid future troubles?" an official said immediately.
"No." Sima Yi immediately objected: "Although Cao Chong has 2,000 men, they are all elites. If we want to annihilate them, we must mobilize at least 6,000 to 10,000 people.
We now only have the Yellow River front line to mobilize troops. The Yellow River defense line is stretched thin. We have mobilized more troops. What if the Sichuan army invades?
Besides, we still have many things to deal with now."
"Zhongda, what do you think we should do?" Sima Hui asked. He needed Sima Yi's advice at this time, and at the same time, he also hoped that Sima Yi would perform well at this time.
Sima Yi said: "First of all, we should announce this incident. Although influential people in Yecheng will not talk nonsense, after all, we need to appease the people.
Let's just say that Cao Chong led his cronies to rebel, and we assisted the King of Wei in suppressing and defeating Cao Chong. We drove Cao Chong and his cronies out of the city.
As for Cao Chong's army, they are indeed elite soldiers with more than 2,000 people. But they have no food. We only need to send 2,000 people to follow them. There is no need to engage in battle. We only need to ensure that they cannot raise food. Once they go to raise food, attack them and they will be defeated.
They, they will only leave Hebei when the time comes, and I expect they will go to Jiguan."
"Jiguan?" A military general from a noble family asked doubtfully: "The terrain there is dangerous, why not go to the Taihang Mountains? Cao Zhang's army is there."
"What I'm talking about is Cao Zhang. This is the most important thing. Since Cao Cao has already made up his mind to surrender, I guess Cao Zhang must have colluded with the Sichuan army. They can't even retreat to paralyze us, so that Cao Cao can catch us all.
Maybe Cao Zhang is leading the Sichuan army through the Taihang Mountains now."
"What?" As soon as Sima Yi finished speaking, everyone was shocked. If the Sichuan army passed through the Taihang Mountains, everything would be over. Sima Hui and Zhuge Ci were all frightened.
"Zhongda, what should we do?" Sima Hui asked.
Sima Yi said: "Fortunately, because the Xianbei and Wuhuan people were short of food, we mobilized in time. Cao Zhang began to retreat from Jinyang. The Sichuan army was behind Cao Zhang's army and should not have reached Huguan yet.
Immediately send the fastest cavalry to see Cao Zhang and tell him to defend Huguan."
"Cao Zhang is Cao Cao's son. Since he has already colluded with the Sichuan army, how can he defend Huguan for us?" an officer questioned.
"If you don't defend, we will kill the whole family of the Cao family. Let's learn from Liu Zhang and kill the Xiahou family of the Cao family." Sima Yi said in a deep voice.
Everyone took a breath of cold air, but when the Sichuan army entered the Taihang Mountains, they were the ones who were executed. Sima Hui and others agreed with Sima Yi's words without hesitation.
All the members of the clan decided to let Cao Cao continue to be the king of Wei, announced Cao Chong's rebellion, made Cao Pi the crown prince, allocated grain and grass to the foreign tribes in the north, and immediately sent a message to Cao Zhang.
After the plan was completed, Sima Hui said to everyone: "Everyone, today's incident is thanks to our Sima family. If Zhongda hadn't won over Cao Pi in advance, everyone sitting here would have become a decapitated ghost, right? This aftermath was also planned by Zhongda.
I suggest that Zhongda be made Prime Minister of Wei, do you have any objections?"
…
Liu Zhang and Huang Yueying led the army to approach Huguan ten miles away. They marched directly to Huguan without setting up camp.
In the Huguan, Cao Zhang sat on the upper position, with the sword hilt in his palm on the ground, sighing from time to time, with a look of reluctance on his face.
There were two rows of military generals in the hall, all of whom were close confidants of Cao Cao's direct army, Zhang Jia, Li Dian, Cao Hong, Zhang Xiu, and Zhang Yan. Seeing that Cao Zhang was in a bad mood, Zhang Yan stepped forward and said: "Three generals, this is not an option.
, Your Majesty’s order cannot be disobeyed. The Sichuan army has arrived at the pass, so we’d better go and greet it to avoid having to..."
"What will happen next?" Cao Zhang raised his head and looked at Zhang Yan with a face full of dissatisfaction. He pushed the scabbard hard into the ground and said loudly: "I don't understand what father is thinking. We still have more than thirty people."
How could an army of ten thousand surrender just like that? It’s so damn frustrating.”
Although Cao Zhang was under twenty years old, he was a natural born warrior and was very domineering. He was asked to surrender with an army of 100,000 people. Of course he felt uncomfortable.
"The three generals also know the strength of the Sichuan army. Although we have more than 300,000 troops, we can only barely defend. If we talk about attacking, we may dominate the world." Zhang Jia sighed.
Zhang Jaw was a general with both military and military skills. How could he hope to surrender? Moreover, after surrendering to the Sichuan Army this time, as a former general of Yuan Shao, he would be regarded as a slave of the third surname.
However, in the Battle of Guanzhong, I saw the combat power of the Sichuan Army. After two years of ebb and flow, and I also heard that Liu Zhang pacified the Western Regions, the Sichuan Army has both strength and factors that make generals yearn for it.
Although I feel a little uncomfortable in my heart, I can accept it.
Li Dian, Cao Hong and other generals were silent. They were all direct descendants of Cao Cao. Before Cao Cao issued the secret order to surrender, no one thought about surrender. They only wanted to fight to the end in a bloody battle. As for how long the bloody battle would last and whether it would be useful, they had no idea.
Dare to think.
However, Cao Cao issued a secret order to surrender. After the initial confusion, they gradually understood Cao Cao's painstaking efforts. There was no use in splitting the tone. It was better to surrender and save less lives.
"No matter how strong the Sichuan army is, no matter how great Liu Zhang is, there is no way for me, Cao Zhang, to surrender." Cao Zhang said angrily.
"Third generals..." Zhang Jia, Zhang Yan and others looked at each other. They didn't want to bear the reputation of surrender, but they had resisted Cao Cao's orders and provoked a war in Huguan. What was going on?
"Don't worry." Cao Zhang waved his hand: "I, Cao Zhang, will not surrender, but you can. I will hand over my seal of command right now and give it to you...anyone, whoever wants to be the coach can do it.
As a military general, even if he is not strong enough, he would rather die in battle than be a soft-footed shrimp... Oh, I am not talking about you, you act according to orders... Damn, I can't explain clearly. Anyway, I, Cao Zhang, will return from today
The family is farming, go to hell with the general and marshal."
When he was a child, Cao Cao asked his sons about their ambitions. Without thinking, Cao Zhang answered that he wanted to be a "general". Since the crown ceremony, Cao Zhang has indeed done this. By his teenage years, his martial arts has already reached the first-class level, and his future prospects will be bright.
Unlimited.
But at this time, he had to surrender before he could make a name for himself. Even if Cao Zhang aspired to be a general, he did not want to continue to be a general with the reputation of surrender.
He had different thoughts from Guo Jia and others. He never thought that Liu Zhang would suppress the Cao family after surrender. He felt in his heart that if he was good at martial arts, he would be a general wherever he went.
"Okay, take it, I'm leaving." Cao Zhang stood up, took out his military talisman and threw it at Zhang Xiu, flicked his sword, and strode out. Suddenly he turned around and said, "Wait until I leave the customs before meeting Liu Zhang, otherwise in the future
Even my grandson cannot say that his grandfather was a general who refused to surrender."
"I'm leaving too." Cao Hong threw away his sword and followed him out.
Cao Zhang nodded to Cao Hong, and said in his heart that the Cao family indeed had some backbone. He turned around angrily when he suddenly bumped into a body.
"Damn it, don't you have eyes?"
Cao Zhang was angry and had no place to vent his anger. He saw that the person who bumped into him was a soldier, and he immediately became angry. The soldier was startled and said in a panic: "Third general, please forgive me. An envoy from Yecheng is here to meet with the three generals urgently."
"If you have anything to say, talk to the new coach... Well, wait, you just said someone is coming from Yecheng, right?" Suddenly Cao Zhang's eyes lit up, a look of surprise appeared on his face, and he grabbed the soldier: "Yes.
Didn't my father refuse to surrender? Did he fight to the death with the Sichuan army?"
Before the soldier could speak as he was being pushed by Cao Zhang, a hearty voice came from behind. A middle-aged man clapped his hands and said, "Okay, okay, you are worthy of being the third general. He is indeed a high-spirited warrior and a model for the three armies."
"Who are you?" Cao Zhang looked at the middle-aged man in confusion. He had never seen this messenger before.
"My Majesty, Zhuge Hong, has met the three generals. The King of Wei sent me to deliver the order."
Zhuge Hong bowed to Cao Zhang and handed him a letter. Cao Zhang hurriedly took it and looked at it, with a happy face on his face.
Zhuge Hong said with a smile: "Did the King of Wei send a surrender order to the three generals a few days ago? That was just the young master's decision. The King of Wei never intended to surrender to the Sichuan barbarians. The King of Wei had an order to order the three generals to defend Huguan.
The Sichuan army will not be allowed to take a single step forward."
"Great, go back and tell your father..."
"etc."
Before Cao Zhang could finish his words, he was interrupted by Zhang Jia, who frowned and walked over to Cao Zhang, saying: "Third General, there is something fishy about this matter."
"What's weird?" Cao Zhang was puzzled and opened his jaw to ask to see the letter. Cao Zhang handed the letter over, opened his jaw and read it carefully, then slowly put down the letter, his eyes became more fierce.
"This is a false order." Zhang Jia said in a deep voice. Cao Zhang and the generals were shocked. Zhang Jia said coldly to Zhuge Hong: "Although your order has the seal of King Wei, it does not come from the leader of King Wei at all.
, the order was changed in the morning and evening, such a big event, how could the King of Wei not write it himself?
You said that the order to surrender was made by the Young Master, but that letter was written by the King of Wei himself. Why was this letter correcting the order not the one that corrected the order?"
After Zhang Jia told him, Cao Zhang, Zhang Yan and others also became confused. Even the clan generals like Cao Hong didn't believe Zhuge Hong. It was strange enough to change the order from morning to night, and he also sent an unknown messenger.
"The King of Wei is ill in bed and cannot write." Zhuge Hong argued.
"Oh, really?" Zhang Jia asked coldly: "Then let me ask you, when was the order to surrender to the Sichuan Army issued? How do we surrender? What conditions need to be negotiated with Liu Zhang? Also, how to deal with the troops of the aristocratic families on the front line of the Yellow River?
Since the King of Wei asked you to be the messenger and told you so many things, you can’t be unclear, right?”
"This..." Zhuge Hong was speechless in reply.
"You are clearly a false messenger. Who are you, and what are your intentions in delivering false orders?" He opened his jaw and said seriously.
The other generals also looked at Zhuge Hong. Although they did not want to surrender, they would not allow Cao Cao's false orders to be passed on.
"Humph." Zhuge Hong suddenly snorted coldly. He had no intention of hiding the past. Now that it had been exposed, he simply said seriously: "This edict was indeed not written by the King of Wei, so what? Remonstrance to the death, fighting to the death.
"This has been the case since ancient times. As generals, you actually surrender. Don't you feel ashamed?"
"Ignore your mother."
"Snapped."
Zhuge Hong received a solid slap in the face and was suddenly sent flying. Cao Zhang withdrew his palm with anger: "Whether you surrender or not is none of your business. How dare you secretly pass military orders behind your father's back? Who gave you the courage?"
?I’ll count to three and I’ll kill you myself.”
Cao Zhanglai was overjoyed when he heard that Cao Cao was not planning to surrender, but now he found out that it was a false order. Such a huge gap was enough to make him angry, not to mention that he had been deceived.
Cao Zhang hated others for deceiving him the most, but Zhuge Hong not only deceived himself, but also went behind Cao Cao's back and deceived his father first. Cao Zhang respected Cao Cao the most, so Cao Cao issued an order to surrender. No matter how unwilling he was, Cao Zhang never thought of resisting.
But Zhuge Hong actually deceived Cao Cao first, which Cao Zhang couldn't bear at all.