In the simulated scene...

Anger gave Cao Cao the courage to be fearless and fearless, and also gave him the determination to break through.

However, in the fifth year of Jian'an, he killed more than 700 relatives of Dong Cheng and Chongji, Wu Shuo, Wang Zifu, Wu Zilan and others, which still deeply hurt the hearts of all the Xiang Han officials under his command, and many strategists and ministers, including Xun Yu and Xun You, were unwilling to help him anymore.

In this time and space, because there was no Sun Ce's attack on Xudu, the scope of the "Cloth and Belt Edict" plan planned by Dong Cheng and others was framed in Xuchang City and did not spread. Because of this, the bloody massacre made the hearts of many people who went to the Han Dynasty extremely cold.

This is the motive for Xun Yu to open the city and surrender.

Compared with Cao Cao, the "traitor" who slaughtered cities and villages at every turn and slaughtered people of the three tribes, Jiao Zhongqing, who sent tribute on time no matter where the Son of Heaven lived, was undoubtedly more like a loyal minister of the Han family.

Therefore, even if Cao Cao's military ability is first-class, he has the determination to break the cauldron and use all his strength, but he really can't beat Jiao Zhongqing this time.

After a defeat and return to the city, morale plummeted; After another battle and defeat, only 40,000 of the 80,000 soldiers and horses under his command remained, trapped in Xiapi City, unable to move.

On the other side, Jiao Zhongqing personally led an army of 200,000 to besiege the city, and transferred tens of thousands of soldiers and horses from Yanzhou and Huainan to make up 300,000.

The current gap between the two sides has increased from nearly three times at the beginning to nearly eight times now, that is, 300,000 vs 40,000.

Not to mention military ability, resourcefulness, force, the number of fierce generals under his command, the number of top strategists, and the people's hearts, Jiao Zhongqing's side has an absolute advantage.

In short, Jiao Zhongqing has all the advantages that Cao Cao has, and more; Cao Cao didn't have an advantage, and Jiao Zhongqing also had it.

It's a war that loses its suspense. Just like when Cao Cao destroyed Lü Bu before, the besieged side had no chance of winning.

After much deliberation, Cao Cao chose to end the fight by killing himself. Subsequently, the generals raised the city and surrendered, and all parts of the Central Plains were spread and flattened. The Cao clan was also all cut into concubines and sent back to their original hometowns for the people.

Jiao Zhongqing became the new overlord of the Central Plains, and solemnly promised Liu Xie, the son of heaven: "When the world is pacified one day, the power will be returned to Your Majesty. ”

Liu Xie made up his mind after receiving this assurance. Especially when I saw that the older generation of Han loyal ministers Xun Yu was still in charge of the imperial court, and the new generation of Han loyal ministers Zhuge Liang, Xu Shu and others also emerged and provoked the big beams, I was even more relieved.

and all internal matters have been arranged, and it has been the eighth year of Jian'an (203).

The situation in the world at this time is like this.

In Hebei, the three brothers Yuan Tan, Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi are fighting in Hebei.

In Jingzhou, Xinye County ordered Liu Bei to sit at the gate of the yamen every day and sigh with his knees hugged, sighing that the time is not with me, and the birth is not at the right time.

In Yongliang, Han Sui and Ma Chao still divided the local area and acted as a famous minister.

Zhang Lu in Hanzhong and Liu Zhang in Yizhou all shrank in the jurisdiction and trembled, lest Jiao Zhongqing come to the door.

However, Jiao Zhongqing, the general who owned Jing, Yang, Jiao, Henan, Qing, Yan, and Si, unusually chose to stand still, and sent envoys to appease the princes of all parts of the world one by one. It seems that Jiao Zhongqing does not seem to have any intention of leading the army to bulldoze the world, or is waiting for a suitable time to make a move.

The time was not long in coming.

In 204, the three Yuan brothers fought in Jizhou and fought fiercely for more than a year.

It was the Eighth Route Army that came out again, broke the three heroes of the Yuan family and the high cadres, pacified Jizhou, merged the state, and broke Wuhuan, Yuan Shang Yuan Xi led more than 1,000 people to flee to Gongsun Kang in Liaodong.

In the same year, earlier, Gongsun Du of Liaodong died, and his son Gongsun Kang succeeded to the throne. Gongsun Kang then killed Eryuan, and sent the surrender table to Yecheng with his head, and Youzhou has been pacified since then.

In 205, Guanzhong was pacified, and Han Sui and Ma Chao retreated to Xiliang.

In 206, Liangzhou was pacified, Han Sui was killed by his subordinates, and Ma Chao fled to Guanzhong to join Zhang Lu.

In the same year, Hanzhong was also pacified, and Zhang Luma was surrendered.

In 207, Jiao Zhongqing was named the prime minister of the Han Dynasty.

In July, he marched west to Liu Zhang.

In August, Liu Zhang surrendered and was moved to Xuchang.

Since then, the world has been basically calm.

In November, Liu Xie, the Son of Heaven, sent someone for the first time to urge Jiao Zhongqing to return to power.

Jiao Zhongqing remembered the promise he made five years ago to "return the government to His Majesty when the world is peaceful", and immediately came to see Liu Xie in person and told him that the world is not too peaceful, and there are still many thorns outside, and he always wants to plunder the big man.

So, this is not the time to return to politics.

In order to prove that what he said was true. Jiao Zhongqing then appointed the 27-year-old Zhuge Liang as the assassin of Yizhou, managing Yizhou and at the same time responsible for pacifying the Nanban.

Lu Su was appointed as the assassin of Jingzhou, responsible for leveling Wuximan.

Zhou Yu, who was appointed 32 years old, was appointed as the assassin of Youzhou, responsible for pacifying the three Koreas, as well as the Dongying states.

Appointing the 32-year-old Sun Ce as the assassin of Jiaozhou, responsible for the attack on Southeast Asia, Jiao Zhongqing gave Sun Ce the order to "fight to the end of the land, and you can come back." ”

Xu Shu was appointed as the general of Pingbei, responsible for the desert and grassland departments.

The 29-year-old Sima Yi was also promoted by Jiao Zhongqing, and jumped from filial piety to the protector of the Western Regions, shouldering the heavy responsibility of pacifying the three empires of the Western Regions, Kushan, Anxi, and Rome.

Sima Yi, who was an official for the first time, could not hide his excitement, and immediately led 3,000 men and horses to the west with high spirits.

When Liu Xie saw that there were still so many enemies in the world, he was immediately too frightened to speak.

Continue to stay in Xu Du's cage and be the mascot.

Jiao Zhongqing continued to be the prime minister while sending people to find Li Shu.

That's right, even after so many years in the simulated scene, Liu Lanzhi has given birth to seven or eight children, Jiao Zhongqing still hasn't forgotten to look for Li Shu.

It's strange to say, I don't know if it's because Sun Ce surrendered prematurely in this time and space, or for some other reason, Li Shu, who was supposed to be Sun Ce's subordinate, never appeared.

Over the years, Jiao Zhongqing has sent many people to look for Li Shu, but there has been no news.

In a flash, ten years have passed.

The time came to Jian'an for twenty-three years.

Jiao Zhongqing is already a handsome old man of forty-three years old.

A lot has happened over the years.

First of all, Zhuge Liang pacified the Nanban and made the southwest border stable for a long time;

Lu Su pacified Wuxi Man, so that Jingzhou achieved long-term peace and stability.

Zhou Yu pacified Sanhan and led the army to take a boat to Dangping Dongying.

According to the information sent back from Southeast Asia from time to time, Sun Ce has already leveled the area, and is currently leading 3,000 soldiers to the country of ten thousand islands to kill.

As soon as he saw this situation, Jiao Zhongqing knew that Sun Ce was aiming at Australia, and after leveling the country of ten thousand islands (Indonesia), he would definitely kill the country on the sea.

However, at this time, there should be no one living on it in Australia, except for kangaroos and jumping rabbits, and some indigenous people.

Jiao Zhongqing secretly sighed that Sun Ce deserved to be the little overlord of Southeast Asia, he was really invincible, brave and sophisticated, and unbeatable.

In the past ten years, there is another good news that makes Jiao Zhongqing, who is over half a hundred years old, very excited.

That is, after ten years of searching, the people sent out finally found Li Shu's traces.