Zhang Ming first replenished his troops.

Maintain the strength at 100,000.

Then it's time to start digging the tunnel.

When digging the tunnel, Zhang Ming dug openly and did not hide it.

Dig a dozen tunnels directly and dig them down a mile outside the city.

The soil was constantly being transported out by the soldiers.

The people in the city watched.

Cao Cao came to see it every day.

The enemy dug for a few days, he was also nervous, and in the city, they also dug.

In order to know the enemy's progress at the first time, and to be able to block the dug tunnel at any time.

However, Zhang Ming didn't want to go down the tunnel, otherwise he wouldn't be so blatant.

This blatant digging is to tell the enemy.

After digging for more than ten days, Zhang Ming dug under the city wall and had already dug to the root of the wall.

After digging to the root of the wall, Zhang Ming asked people to dig horizontally.

Dig a large hole under the base of the wall.

After that, Zhang Ming asked people to withdraw.

However, if it was left like this, Zhang Ming would not attack again.

"Big brother, we can completely use gasoline and diesel to burn down this wall, why should we stop." Zhao Yun couldn't understand why Zhang Ming didn't attack again.

It's not difficult to take this city.

"We're waiting, waiting until Cao Jun from other places comes, and then we'll close the net."

Si Li and the Cao army in Yuzhou couldn't stop it, so their retreat was certain.

As for where they were going to retreat, it was nothing more than to go to Cao Ang or come to Cao Cao.

The other two armies are like a bamboo.

Zhang Ming was outside the city, and from time to time he received news that the army in front was fighting wherever he was.

A county seat, a county town advancement.

The speed of their progress is not fast, but it is very stable.

After occupying some places, some defenders in the rear will come and occupy the city and take over the governance.

Now, Zhang Ming does not need to station troops in many places, so the troops in the rear have come to the front line.

More and more cities are captured, and the enemy's space is further compressed.

Xi Zhicai was in the front, and the commander Ruo Ding had already chased Zhang Xiu and others to Wancheng.

At this time, Zhang Xiu and others were trapped in Wancheng.

Xi Zhicai led people to be stationed outside Wancheng and did not attack for the time being.

And Zhang He, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others, attacked Yuzhou in several ways.

or united, or divided.

Yuzhou has already laid down three counties.

After conquering the three counties, Zhang He let the army begin to rest.

Rest, in order to consolidate the rear.

Zhang Ming's rear continued to send support, and the grain, grass and soldiers were constantly replenished.

Cao's army was divided into three parts, and the resistance was difficult.

"Report, lord, in the direction of Yuzhou, our army attacked again and fought a big battle with Cao Ren, losing thousands of people each."

"Cao's army fled and resisted with the help of the city."

"Report, our army attacked the city for three days, and Cao's army abandoned the city and fled with the crowd."

"Report, our army was ambushed by Cao's army, lost more than 3,000 people, and killed 2,000 enemies."

The battle reports were delivered one by one.

"This battle is coming to an end, and I will tell the world from now on that no city can stop my attack."

The battle situation, in Zhang Ming's eyes, is over.

"Bring pen and paper."

Zhang Ming began to write letters, and he wrote a letter to Cao Cao.

"Wei Hou, I have the ticket to win this battle, and if I don't attack, it's just waiting for someone to die."

"You are the Marquis of Wei, if you pass the throne to the prince of Cao Ang, I will seize the world in the future, and I will not be able to spare his life, if he does not have a title, or I will give him a title, I can still leave a life."

"Prince Cao Ang is talented, I can't bear to kill him, and I hope that Marquis Wei will not pass on the title to Prince Cao Ang."

"I have the confidence to conquer this city, that is, I can blow up this city wall and lead a large army to kill it, and when the time comes, the two armies will fight, and there will be many casualties."

"Now, I have controlled the overall situation, whether the Marquis of Wei cuts his own title, or passes on the throne to other sons, please take it upon yourself, I can transmit documents for him and announce it to the world."

Zhang Ming wrote such a letter.

In the future, Zhang Ming will seize the world and be knighted, such as Cao Cao and Sun Ce, will definitely not be able to live.

Because this has appeal, Zhang Ming must be killed for many reasons.

But if, without a knighthood, the influence is much smaller.

Zhang Ming wrote a letter and asked people to send it over.

The basket was put down on the head of the city and the letter was delivered to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao opened the letter and read it, and suddenly his heart was half cold.

It can blow up the city wall and wait for people to die.

In other words, Zhang Ming has already used Cao Cao as bait.

Zhang Ming had to wait for someone to come to his rescue.

was used as bait, Cao Cao was very angry.

The arrogant Cao Cao, how can he tolerate it.

In the letter, Zhang Ming briefly told Cao Cao the principle of blowing up the city wall, and asked him to make a decision.

He explicitly told Cao Cao that he could not leave and that he had to die.

Let him prepare for the aftermath.

Cao Cao was a man with ideals, and he was also very arrogant.

Now, one is used as a bait, and the other is forced by Zhang Ming to arrange the future.

Cao Cao clutched the letter tightly in his hand, and green tendons appeared on the back of his hand.

"I, in turmoil for half my life, have never been so difficult."

Cao Cao recalled his life.

It was never so difficult to be trapped in Luoyang, escape from Luoyang, and be arrested and put in prison.

However, at this time.

Cao Cao has always been decisive, but he also has very difficult things.

It is a great shame to cut the title, but he has to be so humiliated before he dies.

Cao Cao was uncomfortable.

However, if he doesn't, then after his death, Cao Ang will automatically become the new Marquis of Wei.

Cao Cao can also pass the title to his other sons in advance, but to whom?

"Liaohou, you have given me a big problem."

"At the same time, this city, the old man wanted to use it to block you, but unexpectedly, he ended up trapping himself."

Cao Cao didn't call a few of his advisors this time.

He knew he needed to make a decision on his own.

"It's hard."

"I, Cao Mengde, will be forced to do this one day."

Cao Cao sighed to himself.

After thinking about it for a long time, Cao Cao couldn't make a decision.

Two more days passed.

Cao Cao finally made a decision.

"I, Cao Mengde, Fengyun has lived all my life, how can I die in a nest, even if I die, I will leave a great reputation."

Cao Cao called a few of his men.

"I want to be the king, the king of Wei."

The people were puzzled as to why this man who was trapped in the city suddenly became king.

Cao Cao said: "The tunnel dug by Zhang Ming can blow up the city wall, and he repaired the book with me to ask me to surrender." ”

"Yes, you can surrender, but I Cao Mengde can't."

"Tomorrow is king, and then choose the right time, kill out of the city, if I can rush out, if I can't rush out, you will surrender directly."

The people looked at each other, but they did not dare to speak.

This is a surprise.

I thought I could hold the city steadily, but now I can't.

After Zhang Ming sent the letter, he waited quietly.

Cao Cao will inevitably make a decision, even if it doesn't work, Zhang Ming will blow up this city wall.

It's just that this Shouchun City was built very well, and it was blown up, which is a pity.

It's a pity, compared to the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers, Zhang Ming still chose to bomb.

"Big brother, the second brother and the third brother have made progress again."

Zhao Yun received the news and was very happy to report to Zhang Ming.

It turned out that when they fought again, they injured Cao Ren and killed more than 10,000 of them.

At this time, Cao Ren's army added up to more than 40,000 people.

They can only keep retreating, and there is no suspense in the entire Yuzhou.

"Very well, the world is decided."

In Zhang Ming's opinion, this is almost the final battle.

Although there are still Jingzhou, Liangzhou, Sun Ce, and Cao Ang.

However, Cao Cao was trapped in the city, and Yuzhou and Si Li had already fallen into his hands.

"Big brother, what are you waiting for, go in directly, the eldest brother has captured the emperor of the big man, and he will be abolished directly, and the eldest brother will be able to claim the emperor."

"It's not a hurry to call the emperor, when Cao Cao is destroyed, I will be the king, and when the other princes are destroyed, it will not be too late for me to be called the emperor."

In Zhao Yun's opinion, it's all the same.

However, since Zhang Ming arranged it this way, it was arranged like this.

Suddenly, the city burst into cheers.

"Meet King Wei."

"Meet King Wei."

"The King of Wei is mighty, mighty, mighty."

Outside the city, Zhao Yun's face changed when he heard it.

"Big brother, this Cao Cao is actually the king."

"If you want to be the king, the eldest brother will be the king first, where is his turn Cao Cao."

Zhao Yun is extremely angry, in his heart, if anyone is qualified to be the king, only Zhang Ming.

However, Zhang Ming was calm.

He called the soldiers and said, "Set up a stove, and I will boil water to make tea." ”

The soldier immediately went to do it.

"Big brother, this Cao Cao is the king, if you don't give an order, let the younger brother level the city and capture that Cao Cao."

Zhao Yun saw that Zhang Ming was about to start making tea leisurely, which made him very puzzled.

"Zilong, sit down."

Zhao Yun sat down.

"Zilong, your second brother and third brother are already married, you should also find one."

"Big brother, this world is not peaceful..."

Zhao Yun wanted to say something, but Zhang Ming said: "In my opinion, the world has been peaceful. ”

Yes, it's flat, who else is your opponent.

"On another day, I will be the emperor, and we brothers will share the world."

"However, there is only one in China, and I can only sit on the world, you can't be crowned king, but you can have a large piece of overseas land, hundreds of thousands of people, and after a few generations, you can also build a huge kingdom."

"Little brother, I am only willing to follow the eldest brother."

Zhang Ming nodded, Zhao Yun was naturally sincere.

"But for your descendants, I will also make arrangements for them, and give them a hundred thousand people, a huge piece of land, and make them kings."

"One of your descendants can be crowned king, but you can't, I don't want to kill any heroes, and I don't want to deprive anyone of their power and honor, so your glory can only be inherited by your descendants."

Zhang Ming also thought of how to control the high power of the lord, or endanger the future generations of the dynasty.

That is to limit their prestige.

If they are not crowned kings, their prestige will be limited.

However, meritorious service cannot be rewarded, Guan Zhang Zhao followed himself to fight the world, and the credit was enough to be crowned king.

However, if Zhang Ming is not sealed, then it will be sealed to their children and grandchildren.

Their children, though they have kings, do not have their prestige.

That is, Zhang Ming divided their influence in two.

Zhao Yun was moved.

Zhang Ming had already considered whether to kill the heroes or not.

He didn't want to kill, he didn't want to leave this infamy.

At the same time, I don't want my children and grandchildren to kill them.

Then give them enough power to make them kings overseas, or even make them emperors overseas.

They are all Chinese people, and when they develop in the future, they will definitely find ways to squeeze the living space of other people.

The two chatted, Zhang Ming leisurely made tea, he didn't care about Cao Cao's claim to be emperor.

After a while, Gao Shun came back from patrolling outside.

"Gao Shun, sit."

"Lord, there is movement in the city, Cao Cao is afraid that he will rush out."

"That's right, he will choose to break through because he doesn't want anyone to come and die."

Gao Shun nodded, picked up the cup and took a sip of tea.

Zhang Ming said: "Gao Shun, I'm afraid I'm going to have to fight against Lu Bu this time." ”

"My lord, my friendship with Wen Hou has been broken, and if we meet, we will also belong to different camps."

Zhang Ming nodded and didn't say anything more.

The three of them made tea easily outside the city.

At this time, Cao Cao was not so easy.

He's arranging the aftermath.

"I have already called the king, and now I have established Cao Anmin as the son, if I die in battle, Cao Anmin will inherit the king of Wei."

Cao Anmin was his adopted son, but he had already died in battle when he was in Wancheng.

Cao Cao wanted to give him the title of King of Wei and comfort him.

Cao Anmin died because of Cao Cao's lust, and Cao Cao felt guilty.

Now giving him the title of King of Wei can be regarded as a posthumous award to him.

In this way, he can reward Cao Anmin and protect his son.

At the very least, there is a high probability that he will be able to keep his son.

Cao Cao's arrangement is very smart and decisive.

He already knew that it was impossible for Zhang Ming to let him go, and if he didn't attack until now, he was just waiting for other troops to come to Cao Cao's rescue.

Yuzhou was nearby, and when they found that Yuzhou could not be defended, they would most likely come to Cao Cao's aid.

When the time comes, Zhang Ming will set a trap and swallow his army.

Therefore, Cao Cao has to decide.

It is necessary to kill Yuzhou before it falls.

In order to reassure his subordinates, he ordered that they could surrender.

If not, his army could collapse under heavy pressure once the news leaks out.

The trap set by Zhang Ming, Cao Cao really had to break through.

However, he did not make up his mind.

At the same time, he also has to wait, if he can delay here for a few more days, he will be able to give Cao Ang more time to prepare.

Cao Cao wrote a letter to Zhang Ming.

"This king has been crowned king, one step ahead of you, there is the emperor's edict shall prevail, in addition, I have established Cao Anmin as the son, and Cao Anmin will be the king of Wei after my death."

When Zhang Ming received this letter, he immediately picked up a pen and paper.

However, instead of replying to Cao Cao, he wanted to send a letter to Youzhou.

"I'll let the newspaper publish a piece of news, otherwise you Cao Mengde will be crowned king, I'm afraid no one in the world will know."

After writing the letter, Zhang Ming asked people to send it back urgently, and it could be delivered in a few days by changing people and horses along the way.

This is really a day and night journey, when you arrive at a post station, you will immediately change people and horses, day and night, unless it is rainstorming and snowfall, etc., the situation that people and horses can't go will be delayed.

Inside and outside Shouchun City, the two sides are rarely calm, Zhang Ming drinks tea and practices martial arts all day long, which is very leisurely.

Finally, a month later, Cao Ren was defeated by the attacks of Zhang He, Guan Yu and others, and slowly approached Yangzhou.

Sure enough, as Zhang Ming guessed, they were going to join Cao Cao.

"It's just a net, I'm afraid this is also the opportunity for Cao Cao to wait."