In the palace.

Cao Cao wore a black dragon-patterned brocade robe, wore a jade crown of Pingtian, sat peacefully on the dragon chair in the main hall, and silently listened to the report of the crown prince Cao Ang on the rebellion of Yuyang last night.

The civil unrest in Luoyang is already boiling, and there are many people who rush to the city gate every day and want to take refuge in the city.

Now that such a big change has suddenly happened, it is tantamount to adding fuel to the fire.

"Father, the son is guilty, he failed to arrest Yang Biao, Sima Lang and others, but instead caused the assassination of the great commander Jia Xu!"

When Cao Cao heard this, his expression was a little silent, as if he didn't care about Jia Xu's death, and finally he just asked lightly: "Since Jia Xu is dead, where is the Jia family?" ”

"Report to my father, in the early hours of this morning, the Jia family's mansion suddenly caught fire, the mansion was burned down, and none of the family members were spared!" Cao Ang said in a low voice.

This is also a little strange to him.

When he wanted to send someone to send Jia Xu's body back to the Jia family's mansion, suddenly the Jia family's mansion caught fire, and all men, women, old and children, were spared, all died in the fire, and the Jia family was wiped out.

"Hehe, what a coincidence!"

When Cao Cao heard this, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but raise a weird smile, and he sighed before shaking his head, and then said, "Zixiu, you don't have to worry about this matter, let him go!" ”

"What?"

Cao Ang's heart was a little puzzled, and he looked up at Cao Cao's indifferent expression: "Father, is it just the death of the Great Commander!" ”

"Or else?" Cao Cao asked rhetorically, "What do you think of me?" ”

"The Great Commander has worked hard for my Great Wei, and he has worked hard, so we have to find out the murderer no matter what!" Cao Ang said categorically: "I need to comfort him in the spirit of heaven!" ”

"Can you find it?" Cao Cao asked again.

"Erchen is trying to search, as long as the father gives Erchen a few more days, Erchen promises to find them, such traitors must not be spared!" Cao Ang's face was stunned, and he quickly shook his head.

He has turned over the whole city, but none of the people he wants to find can be found, Yang Biao is missing, Sima Fang is missing, and Sima Lang is gone.

"Forget it!"

Cao Cao waved his hand and said: "The hearts of the people who can't be kept, what if you find out, killing them will not help us in the current situation of the Great Wei, we don't have time to waste time with them now, you are the most prince, don't waste time on these things, you should go to stabilize the hearts of the people in the city, the people in the city are in chaos, and it is very unfavorable for us to hold the city, and you personally discuss the defense strategy of Luoyang City with Cao Chun Xu Huang outside the city, the soldiers and horses in the east may not be so fast, but the soldiers and horses on the Hongnong side should be about to come to the city, You must first block Hongnong's Wu army! ”

There are two large passes to the east of Luoyang, even if a certain amount of main force is dispatched to return to defense, the Wu army naturally did not break into the pass so easily, but Hongnong in the southwest, since it was taken by the Wu army, I am afraid that the army will soon be in Luoyang.

"No!"

Although Cao Ang was a little unwilling, but now it is the key to keep Luoyang, so he retreated respectfully.

"Your Majesty!"

At this time, Xun Yu, who had been waiting quietly next to him, opened his mouth to report: "There is a dereliction of duty in this matter, I didn't expect the Guanzhong family to be so three-faced, I knew it was so, I would have started earlier and taken them down!" ”

"It's no wonder you're here!"

Cao Cao didn't blame Xun Yu, there was a bitter smile on his face: "The Guanzhong family has always been disobedient to me, and now my Great Wei is already in danger and weak to return to the sky, it is natural for them to want to fall into the well, the Yang family is reversed, the Sima family is reversed, it is estimated that the Wei family will also be reversed, and Hedong will naturally not be able to hold it, so it's okay, the sooner the soldiers come to the city, I will confront him Sun Zhongmou one day earlier!" ”

"It's Weichen's fault!"

Xun Yu gritted his teeth, and there was a trace of resentment in his eyes: "It was I who easily believed in Sima Lang and reused him, but he never made waves behind him, messed up the hearts of the people of Luoyang, shook the hearts of my Wei army, and bewitched the Guanzhong family to surrender to Dongwu, this fang is too well hidden, the people in Luoyang are now panicked and in turmoil, he is making trouble, and now he is still letting Jia Xu die in his hands, and the minister deserves death!" ”

"It's not him!"

When Cao Cao heard this, he shook his head: "The Great Wei Jiangshan was lost by me, my skills are not as good as others, and I am not as good as his Sun Zhongmou's ability, I have to accept my fate, and the hearts of the people who can't be suppressed can't be suppressed after all, I have nothing to say about it, as for Jia Wenhe...... Sima Lang couldn't kill him, he was just desperate! ”

"Your Majesty means, he's not dead!"

"It doesn't matter!"

Cao Cao dared to use Jia Xu because he was familiar with Jia Xu, and it was because he was too familiar that he felt a little weird, how could the cautious Jia Xu be killed so easily, but he didn't bother to investigate the weirdness thoroughly.

Up to now, no one in the Great Wei can save him, and whether Jia Xu is dead or alive has not changed the situation of the Wei Dynasty at all.

"Your Majesty, Xiahoudun's soldiers and horses and the army led by Yu Ban are about to return to Luoyang!"

Xun Yu took a deep breath, and did not continue to ask deeply, and reported in a low voice.

"What about Guo Jia and Zhang Liao?"

"Taiwei Guo swore to defend the Bishui Pass to the death, and General Zhang Liao ...... I don't want to give up the Tiger Prison Pass! Xun Yu said: "Lu Bu's soldiers and horses have pressed the tiger prison, and he is fighting against Lu Bu!" ”

"The general trend of the world is like a rolling river, even if they are broken, they can't stop it, so why bother to be a car!"

Cao Cao's eyes were slightly polished, and he sighed.

"Your Majesty, they want to buy us time!"

"Does it work?"

"This ......"

"Forget it!"

Cao Cao waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "Wen Ruo, if you give them a holy decree, they are already worthy of me, if they reach a life-and-death juncture...... I allowed them to surrender! ”

"Your Majesty, their loyalty to the Wei Dynasty can be seen by the sun and the moon, and they will never surrender to Eastern Wu!" Xun Yu said.

"That's why I don't want them to lose their lives!"

Cao Cao stood up, his body was a little gloomy, as if the autumn was silent, and his body was filled with this dying atmosphere: "The end of the Great Wei is the general trend of the world, and no one person can stop it, so why let them die for nothing!" ”

"Your Majesty?"

Xun Yu gritted his teeth, his fists clenched tightly, and there was a touch of sadness in his heart.

A generation of heroes with great talents and strategies can only be gloomy.

"Go down!"

Cao Cao put his hands behind his back in front of the window and said lightly: "I want to be quiet alone for a while!" ”

"No!"

Xun Yu took a deep breath, calmed down, and exited the main hall.

Half an hour later, in this silent hall, a little boy in a gorgeous robe jumped in from the outside, and the oppressive atmosphere in the palace did not affect the child's mood.

"Father!"

The boy blinked his dark eyes and looked up at his father.

"Chong'er!"

Cao Cao looked at Xiao Tong, smiled with a gloomy face, and reached out to hug Xiao Tong directly: "Are you good today?" ”

"I'm very well-behaved, once the gentleman's article is taught, I will do it, he said I am very smart!"

Cao Chong is smart, and he was captured by Eastern Wu, obviously a little precocious, he seems to see his father's gloomy state of mind, and wants to coax his father with good behavior.

"My Chong'er is the smartest!"

Cao Cao looked at his most beloved and smartest son, and his heart became heavier and heavier.

The fall of the Cao dynasty.

How many people surnamed Cao can survive?

He doesn't know!

Because today's fate is no longer in his own hands, the king is defeated, he is defeated, for Eastern Wu, Cao Wei's royal family is Caokou, even inferior to Caokou.

Even if Sun Quan's character is in Kuanda, how many people in the Cao royal family can survive?

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Xiangling City.

This is an important city in the north of Hedong County, located in the north of Hedong, that is, in the northwest corner of Luoyang.

In the city is Zhang Bai's tens of thousands of elite Wei troops, guarding the city and defending the front and rear gates, and outside the city is the elite army of the Blood Wolf Legion led by Huang Zhong himself and just arrived.

The two armies faced each other, and a major war was about to break out.

"Commander, when are we going to attack the city?" Lu Lan hunted in a cloak, standing on top of the gate, his beautiful eyes flashed with a touch of fighting intent, and looked at the city in the distance: "It's a pity that my Vermilion Bird Battalion is not good at attacking the city, otherwise I will be the vanguard and take this city!" ”

"Wait!"

Huang Zhong put down the binoculars in his hand, pondered for a while, and said: "Although our troops are now above Zhang Baiqi, but this Yellow Turban Warrior is also extraordinary, and his subordinates are also elite generals, I still hope to say that he will surrender, if the persecution is too nervous, I am afraid that it will be self-defeating!" ”

"Commander, but we're not far from Luoyang!"

There was a scorching light in the eyes of the division commander Lei Tong: "Pull them out, there are no more soldiers and horses in Hedong, but when our army advances, the army can approach Luoyang, if we can be the first to come to Luoyang City, we are the main force leading the eastern and southwest fronts, this is a great feat, how can we give up!" ”

Everyone wants to be the first soldier to come to Luoyang.

They are no exception.

"You can't be in a hurry to fight!"

Because of his age, Huang Zhong has always been the most calm among the fierce generals of Eastern Wu, and he said lightly: "It is unwise to kill and die soldiers in order to win battle merits, and Your Majesty will also despise it!" ”

"Commander, why don't I lead the cavalry around Xiangling County and go south first!" Huang Xu suggested.

"No!"

Huang Zhong pondered for a moment, shook his head and rejected this suggestion: "Zhang Baicai's strength is still there, if we divide our troops, maybe we will give him a chance to turn defeat into victory, if they lead the army to gather you, wouldn't the gains outweigh the losses, we can't pull out his Zhang Baicai, we must not go south!" ”

They are at most an army, and if they disperse, they will give Zhang Baiqi a chance to break through, Zhang Baiqi is also a famous general, although he was born in the Yellow Turban Army, but he is familiar with the art of war, and his strategy is extraordinary, which cannot be taken lightly.

"Yes!"

When the generals heard this, some of their faces were suddenly a little unhappy, seeing that the main force of the Wu army was about to completely besiege Luoyang City, but they were blocked here, and they were naturally a little congested when they were bent on making meritorious contributions.

"Commander, Jinyi Secret Report!"

"Brocade Secrets?"

Huang Zhong spread out a secret letter sent by hundreds of households in brocade, his eyes lit up, and said: "Okay, Jinyiwei has done a good job, our opportunity has come!" ”

"Opportunity?"

"What chance?"

The generals hurriedly asked.

"Immediately pass on my military order, the whole army will attack, surround Xiangling City, prepare for the siege of the city, how much prestige is there in the formation, how much prestige I will put on it, I want to shock the Wei army in the city!"

Huang Zhong didn't analyze, and immediately ordered.

"No!"

When the generals heard this, they didn't ask much, and hurriedly executed the order and began to move.

The army mobilized, the horse's hooves were dashing, and they began to surround Xiangling City, and tens of thousands of troops pressed the formation, and there was a momentum of black clouds crushing the city, so that the soldiers in the city began to panic and breathless.

……

City.

Zhang Bai sat cross-legged on the county hall with a look on his face that was obviously struggling.

"General Zhang Baiqi, what do you think about what I said?" Kneeling in the hall was the head of the Wei family who came in the starry night, Wei Qi, he looked at Zhang Baiqi, and said lightly: "Do you want to kill yourself and become a benevolent, or do you want to surrender with me?" ”

"Master Wei, why did you want to surrender?"

Zhang Baiqi's brows were furrowed into a Sichuan character.

"Live for the Wei clan!"

Wei Qi sighed and said calmly: "The general trend of the world is like this, who can stop it, you, or me, we are just a small flag, whoever becomes the hegemon, we can only surrender to whom!" ”

"Aren't you afraid that Dongwu will settle accounts after the autumn?" Zhang Baiqi said coldly.

"I'm afraid!"

Wei Qi said: "But I know very well in my heart, if today, the general trend is in Wu, my Wei clan is for Dongwu, even if we try to resist to the death, it is just a mantis arm as a car, they can just draw out a regiment of troops, they can destroy the whole family of my Wei clan, old and young, surrendered to Dongwu, even if they settle accounts after the autumn, it is only counted on a few of us who are in charge, at least our clan can survive!" ”

"What about me?"

Zhang Baiqi was a little self-deprecating: "I have been in the Wei Dynasty for many years, I have fought for the Wei Dynasty for many years, and I have also stained some blood of Wu generals, I am a member of the Wei generals, can I live if I surrender to the Wei Dynasty?" ”

"I don't know, and I can't guarantee it, but I know one thing, the forces in your hands can't stop them at all, and now you are dead here, blocking the Wu army's march into Luoyang, and breaking the city in the future, you will definitely not survive!" Wei Qi said.

"Report!"

"Come in!"

"Report to the general, the Wu army has surrounded the city and is ready to attack the city, they said that we will not open the city and surrender before sunset, they will storm the city and kill it all!"

"A certain family knows, you go down!"

Zhang Baiqi's face froze, and his eyes were a little gloomy.

"No!"

The lieutenant retreated respectfully.

"General Zhang Baiqi, now you don't have much time, there are still two hours, and the sun is about to set!" Wei Qi reminded: "Once the Wu army attacks the city, you will have no way to live!" ”

This is what he made Wu Jun move, Zhang Baiqi hesitated and it was always difficult to make a decision, he could only put pressure on Zhang Baiqi from the inside and outside.

Pressing him, he didn't have time to continue thinking.

"If you want me to surrender, you can!"

Zhang Baiqi pondered for a long time, and it took a long time to make up his mind, after all, he didn't have the courage to kill, he stood up and looked down at Wei Qi: "Can you save my life?" ”

"I can try!" Wei Qi is very sure.

"Before sunset, if I get Huang Zhongyi, I will open the door and surrender, if I am sure to die, I would rather fight to the death!"

"Good!"

Wei Qi nodded and personally went out of the city to discuss with Huang Zhong.

Huang Zhong had no intention of killing Zhang Baiqi, and when he heard Wei Qi's words, he swore in front of the two armies in the name of His Majesty Sun Quan of Eastern Wu that the Wei army would open the city and surrender, and he would not kill a single soldier.

Zhang Bai rode from the top of the city and watched, and finally made up his mind to surrender in Kaesong.

……

The last Wei army in Hedong surrendered to the Wu army, and there were no soldiers and horses in front of Huang Zhong, and he personally led the army, non-stop, straight south.

The news of the loss of Hedong soon spread to Luoyang City.

The situation in Luoyang suddenly became eroded.

And this was the time when the situation between the offensive and defensive forces of the Wu army and the Wei army in Chang'an also reached the most tense moment...... (To be continued.) )