In February of the fourteenth year of Jian'an, after ten months of siege, Chang'an City finally fell.

Cao Hong did not choose to surrender, but ended his life by self-immolation, others may be able to surrender, but Cao Hong can't, he is Cao Cao's younger brother, whether it is on the position of loyalty or filial piety, he can't bend his knees and defect, for Cao Hong, there is only one death to repay him.

The defenders of Chang'an City, headed by Zhu Ling, the deputy governor, took the initiative to open the city and surrendered, and now Chang'an City, there is no grain of grain, and the Wei army that surrendered out of the city is all skinny and depressed. In the last two months after the fire in Chang'an, hundreds of thousands of Chang'an soldiers and civilians ate everything they could eat, and in the end, people competed to eat each other, and the corpses were all over the city.

In despair, the will of the people collapsed quite quickly, hunger prompted a large number of soldiers to flee, once the military discipline was slackened, the whole army was like a flood that burst the embankment, out of control, and the fall of Chang'an City was inevitable.

After Liu Ze entered Chang'an, the first thing he did was to make a list of Anmin, open a warehouse for disaster relief, and looking at the devastated Chang'an City, Liu Ze couldn't help but sigh silently in his heart about the cruelty of the war.

However, this situation has further inspired Liu Ze Lingyun's ambition, only by truly ending the war can we eliminate the catastrophe, this will be the darkest moment before the dawn, the darkness has come, is the dawn still far away?

Feiyan is still graceful, but she is more mature than when she was separated seventeen years ago, and this time she was able to take Chang'an City smoothly, and Feiyan is a great contribution. Liu Ze's chess piece in Chang'an more than 20 years ago played a decisive role. The fire in Chang'an City buried Cao Hong, and Cao Cao's dream of dominating the world was finally in vain.

Liu Ze's reward for Feiyan is also very generous, the deputy commander of Jinyingwei, the rank of deputy general, and the first-class earl. What's more, Liu Ze fulfilled his promise to be seventeen years late and held a wedding for her and Pan Feng. After countless ups and downs, a pair of lovers finally became married.

Cao Cao received the news of the loss of Chang'an and retreated gloomily.

Zhang Ren, who was guarding Tongguan, did not pursue, the two armies of Jing and Wei disconnected, and the Central Plains ushered in a brief period of peace.

The calm situation makes people wonder, since the Yellow Turban Rebellion in the first year of Zhongping, the Central Plains has not stopped for a day. Bloody rain, swords and arrows, but suddenly one day, the war stopped, and every qiē seemed to return to the years of light and peace, and the feeling of peace seemed so unreal.

But all those who stand at the top of the pyramid will not be fooled by this illusion of peace, behind the calm. It is the moment when the undercurrent is surging, and the real decisive battle is due. Coming soon.

As far back as three years ago, Liu Ze had already made preparations for the final battle, expanding the new army, raising grain and grass materials, and by the spring of the 14th year of Jian'an, this strategic plan had been initially realized. The Jing Army recently expanded its five corps, totaling 250,000 troops, and was called the New First Army Corps, the New Second Army Corps, the New Third Army Corps, the New Fourth Army Corps, and the New Fifth Army Corps. The new first, second, and third corps were formed by Jinghuai recruits, while the new fourth and fifth corps were composed of Shu soldiers and Hanzhong soldiers. Each corps has five infantry divisions and no cavalry divisions. The backbone officers of the middle and lower ranks of the corps are all from the East Point Military Academy, and after about three years of training, these new corps have also begun to have combat effectiveness.

After the end of the Hanzhong Campaign, the Longxi Campaign, and the Guanzhong Campaign, the shape of the world has quietly changed, and the Jing army has shifted from the strategy of overall defense and local offensive to the strategy of all-out offensive, and the decisive battle with Cao Cao will begin.

In order to adapt to the new changes in shape, the model of taking the corps as the highest combat unit was no longer appropriate, and Liu Ze decided to form a higher-level military combat unit, the Field Corps Group, which was composed of the First Guards Corps, the Eighth Legion, and the New First Army Corps, which was referred to as the First Field Corps; The Second Field Corps Group was formed by the Second Army Corps, the Sixth Army Corps, and the New Second Army Corps; The Third Field Corps Group was formed by the Fourth Army Corps, the Fifth Army Corps, and the New Third Army Corps; The Fourth Field Army Group was formed by the Ninth Army Corps, the New Fourth Army Corps, and the New Fifth Army Corps.

Zhao Yun served as the governor of Yiye and was promoted to the rank of general, and Xu Rong served as the deputy governor with the rank of general, the first army was supervised by Guan Hai and the deputy governor Fang Yue, the eighth army was the governor Wu Anguo and the deputy governor Mu Shun, and the new first army was the governor Sun Shangxiang and the deputy governor Xiahou Juan.

The Governor of the Second Field is served by Guan Yu, with the rank of general, Deputy Governor Zhang He, with the rank of general, Governor Wen Ping of the Second Legion, Cao Xing, Deputy Governor of the Sixth Legion, Governor Zang Ba, Deputy Governor Yin Li, Governor Huo Jun of the New Second Legion, and Deputy Governor Xu Xuan.

The governor of Sanye is served by Zhang Liao, with the rank of general, deputy governor Tai Shici, with the rank of general, the fourth army commander Gao Lan and deputy governor Yu Xuan, the fifth army commander Chen Zhi and deputy governor Hao Meng, and the new three army corps governors Sun Guan and deputy governor Chen Yan.

The governor of the four fields is served by Zhang Ren, with the rank of general, deputy governor Wei Yan, with the rank of general, Huang Quan, the governor of the Ninth Army, Liu Ba, the deputy governor, Li Yan, the governor of the New Fourth Army, Zhang Yi, the deputy governor, Wu Yi, the governor of the New Fifth Army, and Meng Da, the deputy governor.

As the highest staff command organ of the Jing Army, the Military Division Office was also comprehensively reorganized, with Zhuge Liang serving as the Central Army Division, responsible for the affairs of the Military Division, and at the same time appointing Jia Xu as the former military division, Xu Shu as the left army division, Chen Gong as the right army division, and Fa Zheng as the rear army division, and the five major military divisions formed the highest think tank to assist the Supreme Commander Liu Ze in handling all military affairs.

In addition to Zhuge Liang's stay in the military division's mansion, Jia Xu, Xu Shu, Chen Gong, and Fa Zheng will also serve as the military advisors of the first, second, third, and fourth fields respectively.

In addition to the four major field corps groups, the three cavalry corps and the tenth corps were set up separately and were still according to the old system, but Zhang Fei, the governor of the Third Army Corps, and Ma Chao, the governor of the Tenth Legion, were both promoted to the rank of general this time and were awarded the rank of general, alongside the four major governors, but the deputy governors Pang De and Liao Hua under their command were still the deputy governors.

The navy also carried out a large-scale adjustment this time, the number of the seventh army was cancelled, and the command department of the navy was established, which was equivalent to the field corps group, Gan Ning and Zhao Yun and other six governors were listed as seven generals, and Wang Wei, the deputy governor, was promoted to the rank of general, and the fleet under the navy was also reorganized, with two fleets, the Yangtze River Fleet and the Ocean Fleet, the bases were located in Baqiu and Panyu, the Yangtze River Fleet Governor Su Fei, the Deputy Governor Shen Mi, and the Ocean Fleet Governor Lou Fa, and the same level of naval marines was established. The governor was served by He Qilai, the general of Eastern Wu during the Battle of Chibi.

The reorganization of the Jing Army laid the foundation for the Jing Army's one-step large corps operation, and the strength of each of the four field corps groups reached 150,000, with a total strength of 600,000 in the four field armies, plus two cavalry teams of 100,000 and 100,000 naval troops, excluding the city defense troops of various states and counties, the number of troops that could be put into attack alone had reached 800,000.

Of course, Liu Ze has not forgotten his eldest brother Sun Quan, this decisive battle with Cao Cao must be to pull Sun Quan, although it has been said that after several defeats, Jiangdong's strength has been greatly damaged, and it is completely out of the same level as the two forces of Jing Wei, but it is not a bad thing to have more help, not to mention that the covenant between the two sides has a clause of advancing and retreating together to fight the enemy.

Liu Ze sent Chen Deng as an envoy to Jiangdong to show his determination to crusade against Cao Cao, and asked Sun Quan to fulfill the covenant and send troops to help.

Sun Quan is also angry about the defeat of Xuzhou, and often thinks about revenge, but with his own strength, Sun Quan is more than enough and not enough. What's more, Liu Ze also promised that after destroying Cao Cao, he could divide the Central Plains equally, for Liu Ze's very tempting mention, Sun Quan couldn't help but be moved, and even if he generously agreed, he agreed to Liu Ze's request to send troops, and decided to send Zhou Yu and Lu Meng to lead 100,000 troops from Guangling to the north to assist Liu Ze in the battle.

The clouds of war are about to erupt, and Liu Ze is standing on the cusp, this time he will dominate this war. (To be continued......)