In the spring of 208 A.D.

After nearly a year of hard fighting, Yuan Tan broke through a thousand troops, swept through Gunzhou and Yuzhou, and occupied Cao Cao's base camp Xuchang.

Cao Cao led a small number of remnants of the army and fled to Luoyang in embarrassment.

The Central Plains is about to fall into the hands of Yuan Tan, and the world is shaken.

Although many people followed Cao Cao and escaped.

But many did not escape.

On the day of the occupation of Xuchang City, Cao Cao's mansion.

Yuan Tan came here.

A group of people were tied up by five flowers, and knelt on the ground one by one to welcome Yuan Tan's arrival.

"Big brother! What are you going to do with us! ”

Cao Zhi shouted when he saw Yuan Tan coming.

"Brother-in-law!"

"Brother-in-law!"

"Uncle!"

There are more than 300 members of the Cao family, and all kinds of sad and cordial shouts.

"Niece and son-in-law, kill me if you want to kill me, please spare your nephew." Cao Chi, the eldest in life, cried, he was Cao Ren's father, and it stands to reason that Cao Jie's husband Yuan Tan wanted to call his uncle.

Pang Tong and the others looked at each other, and they felt that how to deal with these people, they would not be silent, and it was all up to Yuan Tan to take the idea.

It's okay to have any idea.

After a while, the people who didn't run out of Xiahou's family were also arrested.

"Brother-in-law!"

"Brother-in-law!"

"Uncle!"

Xiahou's family has more people, with more than 400 people.

Yuan Tan looked at these people, counting from his daughter-in-law Cao Jie, these people are all relatives.

If he were to be killed by the Nine Clans, many of them would have to die with him.

"Let's go." Yuan Tan waved his hand.

Pang Tong glanced at them and gave a thumbs up secretly, the lord is really benevolent.

So the soldiers worked together and untied them all.

"Big brother!" Cao Zhi and Cao Chong looked at them with tears in their eyes.

"Let's go, let's go......." Yuan Tan turned his head aside, immediately turned back again, and said to Pang Tong: "Give horses, carriages, money and food......." ”

Cao Zhi and the others were so excited, they thought they were dead, but they didn't expect it to be okay, so they let themselves go.

Hearing the latter sentence, many people cried.

It seems that Cao Jie has found a good husband, and if it were an ordinary person, he would kill his own people.

Cao Zhi, Cao Chong said goodbye to them and left.

"Uncle, aren't you leaving?" Cao Zhi looked at Cao Chi.

Cao Chi shook his head, "Let's go." ”

Cao Zhi immediately understood what Cao Chi meant, but as Cao Cao's own son, he only had two choices, one was to go, and the other was to die.

So Cao Zhi and Cao rushed away.

But the others did not go.

Cao Chi, who is Cao Ren's father, knelt down and said, "Uncle, we don't want to leave, can the family rely on you in the future?" ”

"Yes." Yuan Tan got up and walked over, helped Cao Chi up with his own hands, and said, "You are always the ancestor of Cao Jie, so you don't have to salute like this." ”

Cao Chi: They were overjoyed.

As a result, the people left behind by the Cao family of the Xiahou family all took refuge in Yuan Tan. From then on, when they welcomed the arrival of a new era in the family, they were not related to Cao Cao, but only Yuan Tan's relatives.

On the other hand.

Ten days later.

Cao Zhi and Cao Chong came to Luoyang.

Cao Cao was in grief and rejoicing, and after catching his sons, he hurriedly asked, "What about your uncle?" ”

"It's ......." Cao Zhi glanced at them.

It was Cao Chong who walked out, "Dad, uncle, they stayed to follow my brother-in-law." ”

Cao Cao took three steps back when he heard this, and when his whole body went soft, his face turned pale.

Less.

Cao Cao told his sons to go down and rest.

He was not angry at the family's surrender, and since they chose to stay there, he could let go of his hands and feet, after all, he didn't have to be afraid of cutting off the family's incense.

From this point of view, when her daughter married Yuan Tan, she was actually not a loss.

Cao Cao put down these at the moment and looked at Guo Jia, Xun Yu, Cheng Yu, and Liu Ye.

Guo Jia said: "We can't defend Luoyang City no matter what. Simply, burn Luoyang and take people to Chang'an. ”

Cheng Yu immediately nodded to indicate that he agreed with this proposal, after all, the Central Plains was exhausted. Now there is only one way to defend Tongguan and secure the last territory of Yongzhou.

Yongzhou is the place of the Qin State during the Warring States Period, when the Qin State was able to resist the Six Kingdoms, and Cao Cao was also able to resist Yuan Tan.

Moreover, Yongzhou also has Ma Teng Han Sui as an ally, and they can resist Yuan Tan together.

But Xun Yu immediately objected, "Lord, don't burn Luoyang, this will lose the last faith and people's hearts." ”

Liu Ye immediately agreed, after all, if there is no faith and people's hearts, the opportunity to start again will be completely lost.

Burn Luoyang again?

Cao Cao decisively refused, and said: "Although we have suffered a fiasco, we can't harm the people just like that!" ”

Guo Jia changed his strategy and said, "Then, let's take the people and go, and don't burn Luoyang." ”

"If you take the people away, there are two benefits, first, the road is full of people, blocking the Yuan army, and the Yuan army can't catch up with the speed."

"Second, with a population, there is a source of troops and productivity."

Take the people with you, many princes in history have done this, it seems to be a routine.

Cao Cao shook his head, he signaled that Xun Yu didn't have to stand up and oppose it anymore, he knew very well in his heart, "How many people will die if they leave their hometown?" I'm breaking my word. ”

"Hey......." Guo Jia and Cheng Yu sighed.

They looked at Cao Cao, although Cao Cao was soft-hearted, but he was more respected by Guo Jia, this is the real hero.

…………

In the early summer of 208 AD, with Cao Cao's active strategic retreat, Yuan Tan obtained the Luoyang region.

In fact, everyone in the world knew that Cao Cao couldn't hold Luoyang, but he didn't expect Cao Cao to leave without fighting.

However, it seems that this is also the last vitality that has been preserved, and Cao Cao has not withdrawn from the stage of dominating the world, and there is still a chance to rise.

this day.

The Luoyang area was plunged into a sea of celebration.

When Yuan Tan took the lead in bringing the majestic Yuan army into the city, both sides of the street were already full of people who came to greet him.

"Prime Minister! Prime minister! ”

"Prime Minister! Prime minister! ”

People cheered.

"Prime Minister, do you remember me?" An old man in the crowd shouted.

“？？？” Yuan Tan looked over.

"Prime Minister, I cooked for you back then!"

“？？？ Oh, good ....... Yuan Tanxin said that it was not Lao Tzu at all.

Yuan Tan saw that the people greeted him so warmly, and felt that he couldn't get away from riding on the horse, so he dismounted and greeted the people.

When he took the old man's hand and asked for warmth, picked up the child and wiped his face, the people were going crazy.

Pang Tong shed tears excitedly, how correct his choice to follow the lord was, "Xiao Ming, you can't see it." ”

In the crowd, the old man who had cooked was already surrounded by the people, "When I cooked for the prime minister back then, I didn't dare to take a breath in the atmosphere." Now that the prime minister's status is higher than before, how can I take the initiative to say hello? ”

There must be a reason for this, and the people know the reason, but they can't say it.

Night.

On the site of the former imperial palace, Yuan Tan rewarded civil and military officials above the middle level.

"Only by always staying strong can we protect the country, the people, and our families!" Yuan Tan said.

And the ruins of this former powerful dynasty have been touched by a lot.

No one drank much, but talked about continuing to calm the world.

"Attack Wancheng and seize the last place in the Central Plains!" Yuan Tan is full of pride.

Wancheng was occupied by a small prince named Zhang Xiu, and Zhang Xiu's uncle was once a general under the national thief Dong Zhuo.

The capture of Wancheng is the real unification of the Central Plains, which is of far-reaching significance.

Pang Tong, Zhao Yun and others were gearing up, and their momentum was like a rainbow.

Yuan Tan said: "Zhang Xiu has a strategist named Jia Xu, who is very good, although Zhang Xiu is just a projectile land, but he can't be careless." ”

Pang Tong and the others were shocked in their hearts, and Zhao Yun and other generals may know less, but Pang Tong and they have heard of Jia Xu.