Cao Cao withdrew his troops from Guanzhong in the summer and returned to Yecheng to recuperate from his wounds. When he was in Yecheng, Cao Cao basically didn't care much about things.

However, when the news of the loss of Guanzhong and the death of Xiahou Yuan reached Yecheng, Cao Cao heard it, and immediately became overly sad and fainted again.

The brothers who followed him first, Liang Cao and Liang Xiahou, and the closest to him were Cao Hong, the most capable Cao Ren, but Liang Xiahou was not much worse than Liang Cao.

On the whole, in terms of ability, the two Xiahou are stronger than the two Cao, and in terms of relationship, the two Xiahou are not worse than the two Cao.

However, Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan died in battle one after another, which made Cao Cao very sad. Coupled with the severity of the head disease, Cao Cao fainted.

Speaking of Cao Cao's head disease, it was originally treated by Hua Tuo, which delayed Cao Cao's death. Now without Hua Tuo's treatment, Cao Cao's head disease has reached the point where it will kill him.

The head disease is the family disease of the old Cao family, and the early death of Cao Wei emperors such as Cao Pi and Cao Rui has something to do with the head disease. This illustrates a problem, people with family diseases are really not suitable to be emperors.

At the end of August, Cao Cao fainted and never woke up, dying.

After Cao Cao's death, Cao Pi ascended the throne. After Cao Pi finished the funeral for Cao Cao, he began his road of usurpation.

Unlike Cao Cao, Cao Pi grew up in troubled times, and the Han family declined after birth. So he has no feelings for the Han family at all, and Cao Cao pressed him before.

Now that Cao ** is gone, Cao Pi can do whatever he wants. Cao Cao did not designate Cao Pi as both before his death, and he had not yet decided on an heir. But before that, Cao Pi had negotiated with Sima Yi and the two brothers to take away the two brothers who were threatening him. Cao Zhang had courage, Cao Pi made people say to Cao Cao that Youzhou Wuhuan had repeatedly rebelled and needed to have someone close to him to garrison, Cao Cao thought twice, and sent Cao Zhang to Youzhou to guard.

Cao Zhi's talent is much stronger than Cao Pi's, so Cao Cao is very hesitant between the two brothers. Cao Pi took advantage of this and told Cao Cao that he could let the two brothers have a try, let Cao Pi be in Yecheng, let Cao Zhi go to Xuchang, and then record their words and deeds, and then conduct a tasting. Cao Cao thought the idea was good, so he agreed and sent Cao Zhi to Xuchang.

Cao Pi originally just wanted to take the two brothers away and then behave well. But he didn't expect that a month later, Cao Cao died, and Cao Pi sent a letter to his two brothers in a pretended manner, asking them to return to Yecheng for funeral. But at this time, Zheng Feng rebelled in the northern Wuhuan, Guanzhong was lost, Cao Zhang and Cao Zhi were very busy, and they could not return to Yecheng in a short time.

Cao Pi publicly condemned the unfilial actions of the two, and then reluctantly ascended the throne at the request of the people below. By the time Cao Zhang and Cao Zhi reacted, Cao Pi had already gained a firm foothold in Yecheng and integrated Cao Cao's team left in Yecheng. Using the talents of Jia Xu, Sima Yi, Chen Qun, Xing Yi, Wu Zhen and others, Cao Cao's forces were successfully subdued.

Cao Pi was actually very powerful, he began to learn archery at the age of six, learned to ride a horse at the age of eight, and began to follow Cao Cao to the battlefield at the age of ten. The reason why Cao Pi had a bad attitude towards Zhang Xiu, Zhang Yi and others was because he was also present in the battle of Wancheng. Cao Ang, Cao Anmin, Dian Wei and others were killed, and Cao Pi was also in danger, he was almost killed by the masked Zhang Yi in the dark night, and a crossbow arrow fired by Zhang Yi grazed his face.

Therefore, he was very impressed by Zhang Yi. When he was in Liyang, Cao Pi recognized Zhang Yi, so he looked at him with hatred, and then they all looked at Zhang Xiu and Zhang Yi unpleasantly.

Originally, Cao Cao's most preferred heir was Cao Chong, who was born to Mrs. Huan, Cao Chong was smart since he was a child, and his good conduct was good, Cao Cao thought that Cao Chong was very similar to himself, and loved him very much. At that time, there was a very talented boy named Zhou Budo, Cao Cao thought that this was a character like Ganluo, so he asked Zhou Budo to follow Cao Chong.

However, Cao Chong died at the age of thirteen, and Cao Cao found an excuse to kill Zhou Budo shortly after Cao Chong's death, because he thought that Cao Pi and Cao Zhi could not control Zhou Budo at all, and only Cao Chong could. It can be seen how high Cao Cao's evaluation of Cao Chong is.

After becoming the king of Wei, after Cao Pi stabilized Yecheng, he immediately took over the court of Xuchang, appointed Jia Xu as the captain, Cao Ren as the general, and Chen Qun as the Xiangguo, and recruited Xi Xi, Lu Cui and others. The kings of Khotan, Fuyu Shan Yu, Yanqi, and Khotan all sent envoys to dedicate, and in October, they canonized the surrendered bandits Zheng Gan and Wang Zhao as liehous. In December, Cao Pi issued an edict to reince in, pay tribute to the fallen soldiers, and win the hearts of the army.

In just a few months, Cao Pi thought that the time was almost up, and in February of the fourth year of Cheng'an (213), he asked Xi Xi and others to write to the emperor and ask the emperor for the throne.

The Empress Dowager Cao Jie was furious about this and scolded these people. But she was still helpless, she lived in the deep palace, and she couldn't even mobilize her soldiers. Cao Zhi was also very disdainful of Cao Pi's usurpation, but he was alone, and no one listened to him at all.

So the little emperor issued an edict and gave way to Cao Pi. Cao Pi pushed and conceded three times, and then stationed in Taichan, and the Eastern Han Dynasty was destroyed.

Cao Pi placed the capital in Yecheng, and Xuchang and Luoyang were on the front line, which was not suitable for Kyoto. In this way, he let Cao Ren garrison Xuchang, Xu Huang garrison Luoyang, Zhang Liao garrison Pengcheng, and the three generals all brought heavy troops to defend the south. He asked Yu Ban to be in Yecheng, recruit soldiers, and get ready. Then he gave Zhang Yi an order, wanting Zhang Yi to bow down.

I have to say that Cao Pi's heart is too big. In the original history, Sun Quan did claim to be a minister like Wei, but Sun Quan's claim to be a minister had two foundations, both internal and external, Sun Quan and Cao's marriage, and the relationship with Shu broke down before he became a minister. But now that Zhang Yi and the Cao family don't have much intersection at all, how can they be subordinate to Cao Pi?

Before the envoy came to Shouchun, he was still full of confidence, but after arriving in Shouchun, he was completely blinded, and the prosperity of Shouchun had exceeded his imagination, and he had never seen such a prosperous city.

Zhang Yi received Cao Pi's so-called holy decree, threw it directly in the furnace, and said to the messenger: "You go back and tell Cao Pi, wait for the war!" ”

The envoy fled in a gloomy manner, and he didn't even dare to say anything cruel, because there were rows of powerful soldiers standing outside the house, and behind Zhang Yi, two black-tower-like generals were looking at him fiercely, so frightened that he didn't dare to come out.

These two people are Wei Wentong and Xia Luqi, both of them are peerless generals, and it can be said that they have killed countless people, how can a person who has never seen blood resist the gaze of the two?