So when Cao Cao woke up from his coma, it was already like this.

Cao Zhen led the surviving more than 40,000 Xiangyang defenders back to Runan County with great difficulty, while Zhou Yu returned to Lujiang County with more than 60,000 Wu army infantry.

This unprecedentedly large-scale battle of Xiangyang ended unsurprisingly with the Han army's successful capture of Xiangyang City.

Of course, this consummation is for the Han army, and it is a fatal blow to the Wei State, it is really fatal, Cao Ren, Cao Zhi, and Xiahou Yuan's lives have all been lost in this battle, which is the darkest in the history of Cao Cao's conquest over the years.

Wei and Wu lost Xiangyang City, the westernmost bridgehead, and Eastern Wu will no longer hide behind Wei from now on, they will also face the threat of the Han army, and Jiangdong will no longer be the isolated safety island.

The Battle of Guangling in the East China Sea, which was carried out simultaneously with the Battle of Xiangyang, ended in a complete victory for the Han army, and Cao Cao not only lost his beloved son and the most loyal and brave clan general, but also lost two rich coastal counties forever.

Lost large tracts of land, property, and population in Donghai and Guangling counties, as well as the great wealth of Xiapi City and many important documents.

Cao Cao also had to admit that this Sima Yi was really different, others robbed gold and silver, robbed the population, but he went to rob archival documents and books.

However, it was precisely because of Sima Yi's unreasonable play that it brought great chaos to the Wei State.

Many archival records could not be consulted, whether it was taxation or land measurement, it was impossible to carry out, many administrative affairs had to be done from scratch, and the entire Wei government agency was paralyzed.

Cao Cao suffered this series of heavy blows, especially the successive deaths of Cao Zhi, Cao Ren, and Xiahou Yuan, which made Cao Cao heartbroken and depressed, and made the hero cry for a long time.

The headaches became more and more frequent, and it was almost impossible to manage the government, and the large and small government and military affairs of the Wei State were handled by Cao Pi, assisted by Xun Yu.

Cao Cao was already bedridden, and he knew that his fate would not be long in coming, so he summoned the civil and military ministers and several of his sons to the sickbed, ready to explain the future.

The throne of King Wei was naturally inherited by his son Cao Pi, who was still very talented in politics, and this will not change.

Cao Zhang is not familiar with political affairs, but it is okay to lead troops to fight, he is very brave, and he can assist his brother well.

The youngest son, Cao Chong, is also a prodigy, and has shown extraordinary wisdom since he was a child, but he is young and frail, Cao Cao hopes that Cao Pi can take care of this little brother.

He looked at his own clan generals kneeling at the head of the ranks of military generals, and Xiahou Dun, who had only one eye left, was embarrassed.

Now the only important ministers of the older generation of the family who can be used are Xiahou Dun alone, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, and Xiahou Yuan have already gone before him, and it seems that he will soon be able to gather with these old brothers in another world.

Although the new generation of Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu have good qualifications and some strategies, they are too young and lack of experience after all, and the original best Xiahou Shang betrayed himself and surrendered to the Han army.

Cao Cao looked at the face of Xiahoudun and the dead Xiahou Yuan, and did not embarrass the clansmen of the Xiahou family, otherwise the crime of rebellion would at least be punished by the three clans.

It was really a withering talent, Cao Cao had to appoint Xiahoudun and Xun Yu as ministers of Gu Ming, and entrusted him with the important task of entrusting Gu Gu, so that he and the two of them could assist Cao Pi and govern the Wei State.

Cao Cao also suggested that Xiapi City was now too close to the front line to be the capital of Wei, and he believed that Qian County could be used as the new capital due to its moderate geographical location and abundant population.

After the war between Xiangyang and Guangling, Wei once again lost the three counties of Donghai, Guangling and Nanyang, and the land area shrank again.

Cao Cao privately told Cao Pi that if he couldn't do anything in the end, he could take advantage of the marriage and alliance between Sun Cao's two families and flee his family to Yangzhou, the further south the better, and keep a little incense for the Cao family, and never fall into the hands of Lu Bu.

Cao Cao had already seen that Lu Bu had regarded himself as the number one enemy since he was very early on, and he would attack him through various means, restrict him, and go all out to deal with him, he would not put the fate of the family in Lu Bu's hands.

Therefore, he also planned early on how to keep the Cao family's incense, even if he sent someone under the fence, he did not hesitate to do so.

He also knew that if he lived for a day, the Wei State would still be an iron bucket, but as long as he breathed on the front foot, the Wei State on the back foot might be torn apart.

Since Xiangyang was lost, he knew that the fall of Wei would be sooner or later, but unfortunately he couldn't take care of these aftermaths.

In the moments before Cao Cao died, his mind was more about memories of the past.

and Yuan Shao's young rangers and Kyoto Luoyang, followed the old general Huangfu to kill the Yellow Turban thieves, killed the ten permanent servants, boldly assassinated Dong Zhuo, the lone army of the anti-Dong Zhuo Alliance, and the grievances and grievances between Lu Bu.

And in the end, it was his most beloved son Cao Zhi who occupied the whole mind, starting from a toddler, to exiting the chapter, to joining the army, but in the end, it was Cao Zhi who cried and shouted to himself, "Father, the child died unjustly!" What a death! ”

Cao Cao was in a trance, as if he saw a person on the edge of the cliff pushing Cao Zhi into the abyss, he tried hard to see the face of this person, and it took a lot of effort, and finally he could barely see the hideous face, it seemed to be Cao Pi?

Cao Cao struggled to get up, wanting to question Cao Pi, did he deliberately send Cao Zhi to Tan County to die? It's a pity that he doesn't have the strength to say it anymore, he can only point to Cao Pi, "You... Good... ”

The latter words were not spoken, but they had already swallowed their last breath, and everyone thought that Cao Cao was praising his son, only Cao Pi knew in his heart that what his father wanted to say was actually that you are so vicious!

It seems that my father was wise, and in the end he still saw clearly what he did to Cao Zhi, but it was too late, this Wei country is still my Cao Pi's Wei country.

Forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart, pinched his thighs hard, and finally squeezed out a few tears, Cao Pi howled and cried, "Father, why are you leaving, how about leaving our brother behind!" ”

When the civil and military ministers of Wei saw that Cao Cao, the king of Wei, finally fell seriously ill and died, they all cried bitterly.

There are many people here who are sincerely grateful to Cao Cao, Cao Cao is still very polite and virtuous, and he also respects talented people very much, meritocracy, he doesn't care about your background, this is the same as Lu Bu.

There are also some people who are crying for the foreseeable future of the Wei State, Cao Cao is dead, and the Wei State he built is probably also declining and the national strength is declining.

At the moment, first of all, Cao Pi officially ascended the throne and succeeded to the throne as the king of Wei, and then the whole country mourned and sacrificed to the late Cao Cao, the king of Wei.

Qiaoxian

(End of chapter)