Cao Xiu and Zhang Han's troops fought all night, both sides lost thousands, only to find out at dawn that it was actually their own people who fought with themselves all night, and the Shu army they pursued had already disappeared without a trace, looking at the corpses of Cao Jun all over the ground, Cao Xiu and Zhang Han were annoyed.

At this time, Cao Zhen heard that Zhang Han acted privately, he was furious, and led his troops and horses to chase after him, just seeing this bloody scene, he couldn't help but be furious, and wanted to behead Zhang Han.

Cao Xiu gathered soldiers and horses, and the 20,000 people who went south suffered 30% of the casualties, and Zhang Han's troops also lost more than half, which made Cao Xiu's heart ache. After Cao Xiu and Cao Zhen joined forces, they hurriedly sent fast horses to report the battle situation here to Xudu, and at the same time sent fast horses to know about Xu Huang and Shouchun Zhang Liao in Hebei.

The news of the failure of the encirclement and suppression reached Xudu, Cao Cao was greatly annoyed, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, encircled and suppressed thousands of wandering Shu Kou for more than a month, and actually lost soldiers and generals, lost armor, which not only greatly damaged Cao Cao's face, but also gave those who had ill intentions to have ideas. Cao Cao immediately convened his advisers to discuss the encirclement and suppression of Shu Kou, and at the meeting, Sima Yi believed that the reason for the failure of the encirclement and suppression was that the northern and southern departments fought separately and lacked unified command, which allowed the Shu army to take advantage of the loophole. Cao Cao thought so, in order to unify the command, Cao Cao ordered, ordered Cao Ren to be the governor of the capital, rushed to Qingxu, unified command Cao Xiu, Cao Xiu and the garrisons of Qingzhou, Yanzhou, and Xuzhou, and reasonably encircled and suppressed the Shu army.

In December, Cao Ren, escorted by the tiger and leopard cavalry, rushed overnight to Dong'e County on the south bank of Jishui, where Cao Xiu and Cao Zhen's soldiers and horses were stationed!

Outside Dong'e City, inside the Cao army camp, Cao Ren ascended the tent, and the generals of Cao Xiu and Cao Zhen sat on both sides, and the generals were sitting in danger, all looking at Cao Ren on the handsome position, waiting for the metropolitan governor to give orders.

Cao Ren sat in the handsome position, and after listening to Cao Zhen's account of the defeat process, he nodded, sneered slightly, and said: "According to Zidan, it was Zhang Han who violated your military order and privately mobilized the army to lead to the defeat of this encirclement and suppression!" ”

Cao Zhen nodded and said, "That's true!" ”

Hearing this, Cao Ren nodded slightly, didn't say anything, turned his head and asked Cao Xiu again: "Wen Lie, is this the case?" ”

If according to Cao Zhen's statement, he disobeyed the order, privately lost the army, and lost the army, Zhang Han would definitely die! Zhang Han is Cao Xiu's favorite general, how can he watch Zhang Han die with his eyes? Cao Xiu sneered slightly, hugged his fists and said: "Metropolitan Governor, what Zidan said, Wen Lie didn't dare to agree. ”

Cao Xiu and Cao Zhen are not in harmony, this is not a secret in Cao Jun, Cao Ren naturally knows, seeing that Cao Xiu did not agree with Cao Zhen's statement, he nodded and motioned for Cao Xiu to talk. Cao Xiu told Cao Ren that Li Dan told him how Cao Zhen had delayed the fighter plane, knowing that the Shu army was in front, but ordering the whole army to delay the attack. The angry Cao Zhen got up, and the two almost fought in public, but in the end, Cao Ren stopped drinking and stopped talking.

In the military tent, Cao Xiu and Cao Zhen looked at each other angrily, Cao Ren sat in the handsome position, supported his forehead with his hand, made a painful appearance, sighed for a while, and said: "Hey, Zidan and Wen Lie, you said that you are all your own brothers, why make a fuss about these little things?" Cao Ren knew that the two had a deep grudge and were difficult to resolve, but the encirclement and suppression could not be delayed, so he ordered Cao Xiu and Cao Zhen to lead 5,000 cavalry to pursue the Shu army separately, and he led the army to the fiefdom of Lu in Surabaya Pang, because Cao Ren judged that the Shu army was likely to advance to the hinterland of Qingzhou, where Cao Jun's defense was weak, in the case of facing the enemy on all sides, he released two hounds, and he sat in Lu State, waiting for the rabbit who was in a panic.

Cao Ren's judgment was right, after the young master Zhuge succeeded, he immediately waved his army eastward, converged with Sun Jiao's troops who were blocking Li Huai's army on the eastern front, ambushed Li Huai, Li Huai lost the battle, and led the army to retreat south. Young Master Zhuge did not pursue either, and continued to lead the army to advance towards the hinterland of Qingzhou, where Cao's defense was relatively weak.

In December, the Shu army marched eastward, and within a few days, Lianke Linzi, Beihai, Pyeongchang, Xiami, Donglai Shucheng, Qingzhou was shaken.

When Cao Ren heard the news, he hurriedly ordered Cao Xiu and Cao Zhen to divide their troops to march eastward and attack the Shu army, and the Shu army and the Cao army fought in Donglai, which was unfavorable and retreated to Penglai. The Cao army rushed to besiege the Shu army in Penglai, the Shu army was cut off from grain and grass, killed horses and ate, struggled to support for more than ten days, and ran out of ammunition and food.

Outside Penglai City, Cao Xiu's camp, Cao Xiu was in a handsome position, slapped the tiger might, and said sharply: "Bring the messenger of the Shu army up!" ”

Cao Jun took the order out, and after a while, a person lifted the curtain and entered, but it was Fu Shiren, after Fu Shiren entered the tent, he bowed down and said: "Under the tent of the king of Hanzhong, the public security guard, and the partial general Fu Shiren visited General Cao!" ”

When Cao Xiu heard this, he laughed and said, "What a public security guard!" Let me ask you, what are you doing here with me? ”

When Fu Shiren heard this, he smiled slightly and said, "Why did General Cao ask knowingly? Your army is now besieging me in Penglai, our army is running out of food and grass, and there are no reinforcements, General Zhuge and General Zhao can't bear to see their comrades buried in a foreign land, so please let the general let us go, we are willing to return to the prime minister and serve the imperial court! ”

When Cao Xiu heard this, his brows furrowed slightly, he thought about it, laughed, and said, "Fu Shiren, do you think I am a three-year-old child?" You are clearly delaying the army, can you hide it from me? Come on, drag this thief out and behead him! ”

The soldiers of the Cao army took the order and held down Fu Shiren, Fu Shiren is also a fierce general in the army, where is his opponent for this general soldier, he slammed his force, threw the two Cao soldiers out of the tent, and said loudly: "My general Zhuge took General Cao Xiu as a magnanimous and wise person, so he abandoned Cao Zhen and sent me to ask the general for peace alone, but what I didn't want to get was such treatment, no matter what, although our army was defeated, there was no shortage of bloody men, and the whole army was always exhausted, so what was there to fear?" Hahaha! It's a pity, it's a pity, it's a pity that my general has seen the wrong person! With that, he turned around and was about to go out.

"Wait!" Cao Xiu actually couldn't tell if Fu Shiren was a fraud, so he deliberately made a tentative statement, but fortunately, Fu Shiren's generous statement did not leak, which made Cao Xiu believe a little. Hurriedly ordered the soldiers to stop Fu Shiren, and he himself walked down, grabbed Fu Shiren, and apologized: "I don't argue with the enemy, I just deliberately tested the general's ear, the general should not be blamed!" ”

When Fu Shiren heard this, he turned his head to look at Cao Xiu, and when he saw Cao Xiu's sincere face, he turned around and bowed back: "Hey, our army is surrounded by the general on three sides in Penglai, and the grain and grass are exhausted, so I have no choice but to surrender, why deceive?" ”

When Cao Xiu heard this, he pulled Fu Shiren and said with a smile: "The general abandoned the darkness and turned to the light, which is gratifying, I wonder when Cao will be able to see General Zhuge and General Zhao?" ”

When Fu Shiren heard this, he replied: "The general's intention to go back to the two generals was conveyed to the two generals, and the two generals will definitely lead the army, but it is just ......."

"Just what?" Cao Xiu saw that Fu Shiren wanted to speak and stopped, so he asked.

Fu Shiren sighed and said, "General Zhuge of my family has an old enmity with General Cao Zhen, and General General I am afraid of being persecuted after returning to your army, so I hesitate!" ”

When Cao Xiu heard this, he laughed and said, "Your Excellency went back and told General Zhuge that with my Cao Xiu here, I will ensure that he is safe and sound!" ”

When Fu Shiren heard this, he nodded, and said: "It's not that we can't trust the general, but Cao Zhen is high and powerful, and the deep Cheng believes in Ren, and the generals are afraid!" ”

When Cao Xiu heard this, his face was displeased, but he didn't want to ruin his great achievement in recruiting the Shu army because of these trivial things, so he asked again: "Then according to your wishes, what should I do?" ”

When Fu Shiren heard this, he smiled slightly, and said: "If we can get Prime Minister Cao Cheng's amnesty, our army will definitely surrender!" ”

When Cao Xiu heard this, he thought about it, clapped his hands, and said, "Okay, you let me go for a few days, and I will send someone to Xudu overnight!" ”

"Thank you so much, General!"