After Cheng Yu, there were some tigers and leopards who committed suicide on the ground, and these people all wanted to die as a memorial to death.

Zhang Chao did not have the slightest intention of blocking these people's practices, that is, he knew that even if these people were saved, they were the most loyal to Cao Cao, and they would still be full of hatred for themselves, even if so, what was the use of staying?

After a while, there were dozens more corpses on the ground. Then the battlefield was quiet again. Obviously, the people who are really loyal to Cao Cao are all dead at this moment, and the rest are some people who still want to live, or can see the situation clearly.

In his eyes, seeing the corpses of Cheng Yu and others, Cao Cao suddenly burst out laughing.

He laughed at himself, the one he was really loyal to was Cheng Yu, who had always seemed to talk a lot, on the contrary, his son Cao Zhang didn't show enough sincerity at this moment, isn't this ridiculous?

"Good, good, good." sighed three good words, Cao Cao's footsteps were a stumble, and then the sword was drawn and pierced to the ground, steadily supporting his still slightly trembling body.

Zhang Chao looked at all this blankly, he knew that Cao Cao was like ashes at this moment, even if he didn't kill such a person, he was afraid that he would not be able to become a climate.

"Good." After Cao Cao stood firm, he shouted in a somewhat trembling voice, and then he looked up to the sky and roared: "I want to be a hero of Cao Cao, conquer the world, control the court, and now my fate should be like this, but I can see so many confidants before I die, and I have no regrets when I die, hahaha." ”

I don't know if it's really no regrets, or it's sad and desperate, Cao Cao, who finished speaking, put the three-foot sword across his neck, and then looked at Zhang Chao, and said loudly: "Zhang Zhiyuan, I, Cao Cao, will go, I just hope that what you said that day is true, if there is a spirit on the ground, I will be there to watch you, and watch the day when our descendants of Yan and Huang become stronger!" ”

After shouting, the sword moved, and then a stream of blood suddenly flew out, splashing several feet away...

Since spilling blood on the ground, Cao Cao's figure was stunned, and then his body slowly poured to the ground, and finally he pounced, sprinkled blood and fell to the ground.

Cao Cao, a great man, ended his life with his long sword at the age of fifty-three.

As soon as Cao Cao died, the Wei State was truly destroyed, and without anyone having supreme appeal, they could only be buried in the long river of history.

Cao Cao committed suicide, and the tiger and leopard cavalry led by Cao Zhang surrendered. In front of everyone, Zhang Chao unexpectedly announced that Cao Zhanglai would inherit the throne of Wei, and promised that after returning to Jinyang City, this person could be appointed as the Marquis of Wei and enjoy his rights and interests.

Cao Zhang never thought that he could become the Marquis of Wei in his lifetime. originally thought that even if Zhang Chao didn't kill himself, he would at least put himself in prison. Therefore, after hearing the holy decree, he was stunned for a while, until the soldiers reminded him, and then he remembered to kneel on the ground to accept the decree.

Zhang Chao did not kill Cao Zhang, his intention was naturally to sell people's hearts, and another point was to deal with Cao Ang. The news from Tianyan that after Dongwu took Runan, this person disappeared. Although it is said that Cao Ang in history went very early, Zhang Chao still did not dare to have the slightest carelessness. Now that Cao Zhang has succeeded to the throne, it must be difficult for this person to form a climate.

What happened soon proved Zhang Chao's guess. After knowing that his father was dead and his younger brother inherited the throne, Cao Ang really did not rebel in Du. On the one hand, this is because of his own lack of strength, and secondly, he is also worried that all his actions will anger Zhang Chao and cause death to his younger brother Cao Zhang.

Cao Cao killed himself, and the Wei state was destroyed. On this Zhang Chao returned triumphantly with the army, and on the way back to Fenyin City, he encountered 20,000 miles of Zhang's light cavalry to meet him.

After returning to the Jinyang City Palace again this time, Zhang Chao did not raise troops to go out to fight, but mainly to recuperate, vigorously develop agriculture and commerce, and train soldiers at the same time. He knew that the next time Danfan went out to the army, it was likely to be the moment when Western Shu and Eastern Wu perished.

Because of the reason that Xishu sent troops, Zhang Chao did not occupy the entire Yuzhou, but only occupied the area of Xuchang City.

Zhuge Liang of Western Shu sent troops to occupy one part of Yingchuan and one part of Runan. When he saw that the Celestial Empire only left Zhang Liao of the Seventh Army to guard Xuchang and was not ready to send troops, he went straight to Eastern Wu and asked for the territory of Runan.

According to what Lu Fan said before, as long as Xishu is willing to send troops, they will give up the interests of the entire Yuzhou, and at the same time will send millions of stones of grain and grass and millions of silver.

But when the army of the dynasty really withdrew, where would Dongwu casually admit it? With Sun Jian's consent, he only took out 100,000 stones of grain and grass, 100,000 yuan of silver for himself, and did not give a cent of the land.

Dongwu reversed himself, which naturally made Zhuge Liang very angry, and when he scolded the other party for being shameless, he really couldn't do anything else.

Although it is said that the strength of Western Shu is much stronger than that of Eastern Wu now, Zhuge Liang also knows that if he rushes to raise troops to the south, I am afraid that soon the army of the Celestial Empire will be behind him, in that case, Western Shu will be in danger.

Maybe Sun Jian also saw this, so he was so unscrupulous.

Although Zhuge Liang didn't say anything, the fact is that the so-called alliance between the two countries was indeed born early, or if there is no strong tiger on his side, it is estimated that the so-called alliance will be dissolved.

In the Spring Festival of 208 AD, that is, the fifth year of the Celestial Empire, Zhang Chao spent this year in Jinyang City with his wife and ministers.

Compared with the busyness of previous years, Zhang Chao is obviously much more relaxed this year. The great enemy Cao Cao was destroyed, leaving only a weak Eastern Wu and a small territory of Western Shu, he believed that as long as he was given enough time and accumulated enough strength, it was only a matter of time before he eliminated them.

Not only Zhang Chao sees it this way, but all the civil and military generals of the Celestial Empire also think so, they firmly believe that the generals in the near future, the land of China can only be the next big country, and it will undoubtedly be the Celestial Empire.

This year, Zhang Chao chose to go all out to develop the economy and the military.

In terms of economy, the digestion has just obtained the land of the three states of Gun, Qing and Xu, and the land of the big families there has been redistributed.

Originally, it was not a peaceful liberation, but a bloody battle by the army of the Celestial Empire, so Zhang Chao naturally didn't need to discuss with those people what he wanted to do.

At that time, most of the land was in the hands of these rich people, and now all of it has been collected and divided, and the people who benefited for a time naturally let their adult children join the army in order to consolidate the fruits of their victory.

With enough land, the people's lives were stabilized. Zhang Chao began to use the money of the land tax to establish a trading company, and then encouraged them to trade with the Rus in the north and the Western Regions in the west, and for a time countless caravans went out of Jinyang City, and the army of the Celestial Empire did not go out first, and the caravans did become the first march, and they transported the rich things in the Central Plains out in exchange for what they lacked, and earned the difference from it. There is also the mass production of opium, which also brought unimaginable benefits to the Celestial Empire.

When the economy is stable and the country has money, the army will have the opportunity to develop vigorously.

Under Zhang Chao's new policy, the number of all legions increased from the original 300,000 to 500,000, of which the full establishment of the Dragon and Tiger Legion guarding the north was 800,000, and the full establishment of the Waterway Legion was 1 million.

That is to say, the number of nine legions would be 500,000, another 800,000, and one 1 million, and together there would be more than 7 million troops.

I have to say that Zhang Chao is a big deal, but at the same time, it also verifies one point, that is, he has been preparing for sending troops to other countries, otherwise, he will not need these troops just for a Western Shu and a Dongwu.

At the same time as the increase in troops, a number of meritorious generals were also promoted to higher positions.

After half a year of adjustment, the strength of each legion has reached a peak.

The first corps has 500,000 people, the corps commander is vacant, and the deputy corps commanders are Wen Chou, Buqi and Jiang Yiqu.

The second corps of 500,000 people, the corps commander Huang Zhong, the military division Fengji, and the deputy corps commanders were Lejin, Pei Yuanshao and Liang Xing.

The three legions of 500,000 people, the corps commander Tai Shici, the military advisor Jia Xu, and the deputy corps commander were Wen Ping (although Cao Cao ordered to be killed, he was rescued by Zhang Chao who arrived with the army. Guan Hai and candidates.

The four legions were 500,000 people, the corps commander Zhang He, the military division was frustrated, and the deputy corps commanders were Xu Sheng, Li Dian and Li Kan.

The five legions are 500,000 people, the corps commander Xu Huang, the military division Xu Shu, and the deputy corps commanders are Ji Ling, Cheng Yin and Niu Jin.

The six legions of 500,000 people, the corps commander Dian Wei, the military division Li Ru, and the deputy corps commanders were Yan Liang, Zhu Ling and Ma Wan.

The Seventh Army Corps has 500,000 people, the corps commander Zhang Liao, the military division Deng Ai, and the deputy corps commanders are Pang De, Bao Mi and Cao Xiu respectively.

The vanguard corps has 500,000 people, the corps commander Lu Bu, the military division Pang Tong, and the deputy corps commanders are Hou Cheng, Sun Li and Chun Yuqiong.

The Dragon and Tiger Legion has 800,000 people, the commander Zhao Yun, the military division Fa Zheng, and the deputy commanders are Zhou Cang, Cai Yang and Han Juzi.

The Dragoon Legion has 500,000 people, the commander Ma Chao, the military division Sima Yi, and the deputy commanders are Ma Dai, Yang Qiu and Cheng Gongying.

The waterway corps has one million people, the corps commander Gan Ning, the military division Jia Xu, and the deputy corps commanders are Jia Ni, Yan Xing and Yang Ding.

Each legion guaranteed three deputy commanders, which allowed the power to be equally divided, at least Zhang Chao didn't have to worry about the power of the legion commander.

Whether it is military or economic, in 208 A.D. in the fifth year of the Celestial Empire have been vigorously developed, and the newly occupied Gon, Qing, and Xu Sanzhou have also entered a stable state very quickly.