Cao Pi seemed to be really planning to surrender. According to Liu Xie's requirements, first the Cao soldiers in Pengcheng only wore single clothes, lined up out of the city, and accepted the care of the Han army, and finally Cao Pi himself was even more draped, and took the city guards to kneel honestly in front of Liu Xie's horse.

Looking at Cao Pi in front of the horse, Liu Xie's mood was a little complicated. According to historical records, Cao Pi forced himself to give up the throne after Cao **, and ruined the Han family for 400 years. But at this time and then, Lao Cao is now arranged to travel around Guanzhong, writing about his feelings and thanks, and the little Cao in front of him doesn't seem to need to be "special care".

People have already admitted that they are soft, so there is no need to chase and fight fiercely, aggressively, which will seem to be stingy. However, compared with Cao Cao, Liu Xie is more vigilant against Cao Pi. Lao Cao still thinks he is Hanchen, and he didn't take that step until he died, but this Cao Pi couldn't wait as soon as Lao Cao died, this kind of person can't give a chance, otherwise it will easily cause serious consequences.

But it's not necessary to kill it, so it's just idle. Lao Cao is still here, and Cao Ang, Cao Zhang and others are also serving in the army, Cao Pi wants to have a bright future, but it is estimated that there is no play.

Cao Pi's surrender means the complete destruction of the Cao group that has occupied the Central Plains for many years, and the rest of the sweeping work does not need Liu Xie to go out in person. From Cao Pi's mouth, Liu Xie once again confirmed the news that Jiangdong had seized Guangling County and sent troops to Pi.

Liu Xie expressed strong indignation at Sun Ce's behavior of cutting off his beard halfway, and of course Liu Xie would not just express his indignation and finish the matter. After ordering Cao Pi and his generals to be sent to Chang'an, Liu Xie also led the army of the Son of Heaven directly under him, and sent the troops to Pi. As for the Fubo army that followed his actions, Liu Xie sent them to Qingzhou, and took advantage of the fact that the news of his death in the battle had not yet reached Yuan Xi's ears, so he took Qingzhou first to ensure the safety of northern Xuzhou.

Fa Zheng followed Ma Chao to Qingzhou, and Liu Xie had no one to give advice for a while, but Liu Xie had 60,000 pro-troops on his side, so it must not be difficult to take Xiapi and drive away the Jiangdong army. If there is an accident, it is a big deal not to recapture Guangling first, as long as the siege of Xiapi is relieved.

Xiapi's guards at this time are Lu Su and Zang Ba. Liu Cao fought a decisive battle, most of the generals were captured, only Zang Ba, who was in the rear team at that time, saw the opportunity quickly and escaped by luck, and it was precisely because of his protection that Cheng Yu and Lu Su and the literati followed him out of danger. Persuading Cao Pi to take the throne is the result of Cheng Yu and Lu Su's discussion, the snake has no head, if Cao Pi is not launched as soon as possible, Xuzhou may have fallen apart, but the gap in strength is too big, and in the end Cao still did not escape the fate of being destroyed.

At this time, Lu Su had not yet received the news that Cao Pi had surrendered to the Han army, and the treachery of the Jiangdong Army made Lu Su lift his spirits and vowed to live and die with Xiapi. Of course, this can also be regarded as Lu Su breaking the jar and falling, and he can't get good and doesn't let others have good things.

Lu Su's resistance at this time is honestly meaningless, if it is said that before Jiangdong sent troops, the Cao clan still had a glimmer of life, and there was still the possibility of counting on allies. But Jiangdong sent troops, which was tantamount to cutting off the last bit of hope for the Cao family.

When people are faced with despair, some give up resistance and resign themselves to fate, while others rise up to resist, knowing that this resistance is only futile, and they must resist to the end, and they will drag a few pads on their backs when they die. At this time, there are not a few people in Xiapi City who have this kind of thought.

Due to the stubborn resistance of the Cao army, the Jiangdong army's plan for a quick victory failed, and it could only start a war of attrition with the Cao army. Due to insufficient preparation in advance, Xiapi City was still firmly in the hands of Cao Jun at this time, while the Jiangdong Army could only gnaw at the city little by little.

Lu Su is not a powerless literati, let alone an honest man described in the romance. The story of Guan Yunchang's single-handed visit to the meeting has been passed down for thousands of years, but in fact, the roles of this matter need to be reversed, Guan Yunchang did not cross the river, but Lu Su went to the meeting alone, asking why Guan Yu did not believe his words and did not return Jingzhou.

Zhuge Liang proposed to Liu Bei the Longzhong pair of dividing the world, while Lu Su proposed to Sun Quan the strategy of dividing the world into two. Lu Su not only had courage, but also ambition, during the Battle of Chibi, most of the Wenchen in Jiangdong thought that Cao Cao was invincible, but Lu Su persuaded Sun Quan to resist, and later Zhou Yu rushed back to the main battle, which prompted Sun Quan to make up his mind. Although Zhou Yu's return to persuade was the main reason, if it was not for Lu Su's previous persuasion, I am afraid that Sun Quan would not have been able to insist on Zhou Yu rushing back.

A person with ideals, ambitions, and ambitions, seeing his years of struggle turn into nothing, the disappointment in his heart can be imagined. At this time, the treachery of the Jiangdong Army just provided Lu Su with an opportunity to vent his grievances. Lu Su didn't dare to offend the court, he didn't want to bury the Cao family who was about to fall, and if he wanted to realize his ambitions in the future, the only way out he could think of was to serve the court.

There is no need to think so much about Jiangdong, although the Sun family has the Yangtze River as a barrier, but Lu Su is not optimistic about the future of Jiangdong, and if he is offended, he will be offended, and he does not need to worry about any worries.

And after learning that Cao Pi of Pengcheng had surrendered to the imperial court, Lu Su's mentality of dragging his back on the verge of death immediately changed. Lao Cao and Xiao Cao have already surrendered to the imperial court, so should they also think about their future. Just following the crowd and surrendering to the court, it is not easy to gain a foothold in the court full of talents.

Now is your chance! A chance to prove your abilities to the imperial court! Lu Su, whose mentality had changed, worked harder to defend the city, and in order to better achieve his goal, Lu Su persuaded Zang Ba to defend the city with him. With Zang Ba's assistance, Lu Su defended the city even more handily, and the Jiangdong army had to pay a huge price if they wanted to touch the head of the city.

That is, under Lu Su's expectation, Liu Xie rushed to the outside of Xiapi City with the Son of Heaven's army. As soon as the army of the imperial court appeared, the Jiangdong Army, which had been aggressive and vowed to take down Picheng, immediately withdrew like a cat and a mouse.

Lu Su personally went out of the city to greet Liu Xie, but Liu Xie was cautious, first let Dian Wei, Gao Shun and others control the city defense, and then entered Xiapi surrounded by everyone.

Everything is so natural, the only discordant is Cao Zhi, the fourth son of Cao Cao. The literati style sounds good, but if it is out of place, it is not knowing how to advance or retreat. Cao Cao and Cao Pi, the two members of the Cao family, have fallen into the hands of Liu Xie, but at this time, Cao Zhi still wants to play a "Jing Ke Assassination Qin", and Liu Xie doesn't know how to evaluate Cao Zhi's actions.

In order to show surrender to the victors, those who surrendered generally offered their household registers, and Cao Zhi, as the eldest second generation of the Cao family in Xiapi City, had the task of presenting the household registers to him.

If you don't have that diamond diamond, you still have to do this job, that is, you can't do it! Still want to play the picture of the poor dagger? Are you the number one assassin in the world? It's only eight buckets, and answering poems correctly is your specialty, if you have to learn other assassins, it's purely to find yourself unhappy.

Liu Xie has been practicing martial arts for many years, although he is not as talented as Zhao Yun and Ma Chao, who are super first-class generals, but he can deal with Cao Zhi, who is not good at martial arts, and he is still at ease. Cao Zhi had just picked up the dagger hidden in the picture scroll, and Liu Xie had already kicked it over, and Cao Zhi, who had kicked it directly, knelt on the ground for a long time before he could recover his breath.

It was originally a harmonious atmosphere, but Cao Zhi suddenly made such a fuss, which immediately made the atmosphere of the scene tense, and those who had already accepted their fate and were ready to serve the imperial court, such as Lu Su and Zang Ba, looked at Cao Zhi's eyes full of hatred, and they wanted to kick him to death.

"Send it back to Cao's Mansion first, hand it over to his family to take care of, and tell the people in Cao's Mansion that if anyone dares to commit suicide, the whole mansion will not be left." Liu Xie retracted his feet and gave an order, and immediately someone came up to pick up Cao Zhi and walked to the city. Liu Xie smiled and said to the nervous Lu Su and Zang overbearing: "Zijing, Xuan Gao, don't be nervous, I know that this matter has nothing to do with you and others." ”

Hearing Liu Xie's words, Lu Su and Zang Ba were reassured, and their hearts were a little at ease. They are newly descended, Cao Zhi made such a fuss, and what the two of them were most worried about was that Liu Xie would misunderstand that this was arranged by them. Now when I heard Liu Xie say that this matter had nothing to do with them, I was immediately relieved.

After appeasing Lu Su and Zang Ba, after dealing with the surrender, Liu Xie went to Cao's mansion. The people of the Cao Mansion who had been notified in advance were trembling, and as a prisoner, God knows what the Liu Association would do with them.

"The sinner Ding clan visits the Holy One." Cao Cao's wife, Ding, knelt in front of Liu Xie, and behind her was a kneeling Cao family.

"It doesn't have to be like this, just get up and talk." Liu Xie raised his hand and said warmly.

"The sinner woman has no way to teach her son, and she does not dare to get up."

Liu Xie smiled when he heard this, "Pity the hearts of parents in the world, it's okay, I promise you not to care about Cao Zhi's previous sin of assassination." Mrs. Ding, I came to the door in person, you won't even let me enter the door. ”

"Holy Lord, please." Hearing this, Ding got up and said to Liu Xie.

At this time, there were no adult men in the Cao Mansion except for the wives and concubines of the Cao family. The heroes of the Ding family's women, while inviting Liu Xie into the main hall to wait for tea, also sent the women and children of the family back to each house and courtyard, leaving only Cao Cao's concubines Bian and Huan to accompany him.

"Mrs. Ding doesn't have to be nervous, I'm not here to ask the teacher to ask for guilt, but to appease you and others don't have to worry. I know that sin is not as small as a family, and I can even spare your husband, so how can I embarrass you women. When the Jiangdong Army outside the city retreats, I will order someone to send you to Chang'an to reunite with your family. ”

"Thank you, Holy One, for your kindness." When Mrs. Ding heard that the big stone in her heart was settled, she hurriedly thanked Liu Xie.

"No thanks, it's right to send you on your way. But Cao Zhi can't go, I intend to keep him by his side to listen, here I will wait with you in advance. ”

“…… Saint, Zijian is young ......"

"Hey~ Although Cao Zhi is young, his courage is not small at all. To tell the truth, among Lao Cao's children, according to me, the only ones who can make a difference in the future are Cao Ang, Cao Zhang, Cao Chong and Cao Zhi. ”

"Saint, I don't know how Cangshu is doing now?" A woman who had been standing silently asked suddenly.

"You are?"

"Holy Lord, this is Cangshu's biological mother, Huan Clan." Mrs. Ding introduced Liu Xie.

"Oh, it turned out to be Mrs. Ring. You gave birth to a good son, you have the reputation of a prodigy at a young age, and now you are in good health, worship Cai Yong as a teacher, and study in Taixue. Liu Xie said to Huan with a smile.

Mother and son are connected, Cao Chong was sent to Chang'an by Cao Cao at a very young age, Huan's most remembered over the years is this son, but the road is far away, she is a woman's family, except for crying secretly when no one is around, there is no other way, now I hear Liu Xie say that his son's current situation, it doesn't matter if he is a prodigy or not, it doesn't matter if he worships a famous teacher or not, as long as he can reunite with mother and son, Huan's will be satisfied.

"Holy Lord, dare to ask how you plan to arrange Ziheng?" Seeing that Liu Xie was easy-going, Bian also had the courage to ask at this time.

“…… Mrs. Bian, you can't be too greedy. You already have two outstanding sons, Cao Zhang and Cao Zhi. Liu Xie said with a smile.

Bian was very smart and understood the meaning of Liu Xie's words, so he smiled and shut up, while Ding ordered someone to call Cao Zhi at this time.

Seeing Cao Zhi again, Liu Xie couldn't help laughing, this kid saw that his deeds were exposed, and he didn't even have a hypocritical smirk on his face, with the "pride" of doing things alone, "I want to assassinate you alone, and it has nothing to do with my family." ”

“…… Mrs. Ding, it seems that the Cao family's education is still a bit of a problem. Liu Xie shook his head and said to Ding on the side.

"Holy forgiveness." Ding is also a little embarrassed, Cao Zhi is usually very clever, how can he have no eyesight at all. If the Holy One really came to ask the teacher about his sin, how could he let a few of his own people stand and answer.

"The surname Liu, one person does things and one person is the ......" Seeing that Liu Xie ignored him, Cao Zhi couldn't help but say angrily. But before he could finish speaking, his mother made a move and slapped her face, which made Cao Zhi stunned.

"Mother's ......" Cao Zhi covered his face and looked at his mother in surprise.

"Oh, it's a good fight, it's really a hate. I'm afraid that you will misunderstand, but Mrs. Bian is angry for me. Liu Xie smiled gloatingly.

"You ......" Cao Zhi couldn't help but be furious when he heard this, and was about to open his mouth to scold, when he saw his mother-in-law Bian's hand raised again, and hurriedly closed his mouth and stepped back, keeping a distance from his mother-in-law.

"Rebel! Do you have to cause the whole family to suffer for you? Fortunately, the saint is lenient and doesn't care about you, if it is a different person, do you think that someone in my Cao family may be spared today? Bian asked angrily.

Bian is a singer and is good at observing words and feelings, don't look at Liu Xie's indifference at this time, but if Cao Zhi doesn't know current affairs, it will definitely be Cao Zhi who will suffer in the end, and it may even cause the Cao family to suffer. Instead of letting Liu Xie do it, it is better to do it yourself, so that at least there is some room for maneuvering.

It's a pity that Cao Zhi is a scholar and doesn't understand his mother's hard work, he only knows how to look at his mother with incomprehensible grievances, which makes Bian feel a little disappointed when he sees it.

"Holy Lord, the courtiers have no way to teach their children, and please ask the Holy One to punish them." Bian knelt down to Liu Xie and pleaded guilty.

"Ah, it doesn't have to be like this, everyone has been young and vigorous." Liu Xie smiled and comforted Bian's family, and then said to Cao Zhi: "Cao Zhi, I intend to order you to temporarily serve as a scribe by my side, are you willing?" ”

"Humph!" Cao Zhi snorted coldly.

“…… Well, I got it. Someone, please ask this Cao Gongzi to return to the camp. ”

"Let go of me! I'm not going! I'm not going! Cao Zhi struggled, but how could a body that looked like a chicken boy fight more than a strong man with five big and three thick.

"Holy ......," Bian said to Liu Xie.

"Don't worry, I won't want his life, but I also want him to understand a little bit of the truth of how to behave in people. save him from offending people who shouldn't be offended in the future and causing trouble for the Cao family. ”

“…… Please also bother with it. ”

……

Training, this thing that sounds a little evil, is playing out on Cao Zhi's body. Liu Xie has always been impatient with people who don't know what to do, no matter who they are. However, for Cao Zhi's refusal to cooperate, Liu Xie was quite patient. It's not that Liu Xie has any super friendship thoughts about Cao Zhi, but that Liu Xie is interested in Cao Zhi's talent.

According to Liu Xie's plan, he originally wanted to drive the Jiangdong army away first, ensure the safety of Xiapi City, and then send the Cao family to Chang'an. What Liu Xie didn't expect was that when he was about to lead his troops to fight the Jiangdong Army the next day, he got the news that the Jiangdong Army had withdrawn overnight.

Who was Jiangdong Xiaobawang afraid of? Running away without even taking a look, this is not like Sun Ce's style of acting. Liu Xie, who was suspicious, found Lu Su and Zang Ba and asked them if they had seen Sun Ce with their own eyes before he arrived.

"I've only seen the big beetle flag representing Sun Ce, but I really haven't seen Sun Ce personally lead the troops forward." Lu Su and Zang Ba successively gave the same answer.

"I saw the flag, but I didn't see anyone. Isn't this Sun Ce trying to make a noise? Liu Xie said to himself.

Lu Su and Zang Ba glanced at each other, and Lu Su spoke: "Saint, no matter what Sun Ce is thinking, now is the opportunity for the imperial court to recover the entire territory of Xuzhou, please don't hesitate." ”

“…… Don't worry, the current situation is favorable to us, don't be impatient. Liu Xie replied unhurriedly.

Seeing Liu Xie say this, Lu Su and Zang Ba didn't dare to say much, and it was already a blessing that they didn't pack them up and send them back to Chang'an together, and if they made Liu Xie unhappy at this time, the gains outweighed the losses.

"Someone." Liu Xie, who couldn't think of a clue, commanded outside the door, and someone immediately came in and waited.

"Go and inform Jia Kui and order him to find out Sun Ce's whereabouts as soon as possible."

"No."

When the person who received the order left, Lu Su asked Liu Xiedao: "Shengshang, do you suspect that Sun Ce is not in the army at this time?" ”

"I do feel this way, and I can't be sure if I don't dare. Zijing, Xuan Gao, don't worry, there will be opportunities for you to perform in the future. Liu Xie nodded slightly, reassuring the two.

Lu Su's face was a little embarrassed when he heard this, and explained: "The minister and Xuan Gao are newly descended people, and they have not made an inch of merit but have been treated well by the saint, so some people want to repay the grace of the saint earlier, and ask the saint for forgiveness. ”

"Huh...... What a sin. Liu Xie said with a smile.