The spring of the 415th year of the Han Empire.
Almost all of the Han army's three Tiger and Leopard Cavalry divisions were concentrated in Jizhou, Hebei, where they annihilated Cao Wei's last remaining Tiger and Leopard Cavalry with nearly 10,000 cavalry.
The two Huben regular divisions of the Han army have already arrived at Yecheng.
With the cooperation of the Huben cavalry division, they have cleared the outer strongholds of Yecheng one by one, completely cutting off Yecheng's connection with the outside world.
At this time, Cao Pi and Cao Zhi ascended the throne and proclaimed themselves emperors in Yecheng and Linzi respectively.
They were each called Cao Wei orthodox and were hostile to each other.
But it makes no sense for them to be hostile to each other, because the area they actually control has been isolated by the counties affiliated to Lu Bu.
Cao Pi sat on the throne in the Yecheng Palace, repeatedly stroking a jade seal with his hands.
It is said that this imperial seal has been passed down for four to five hundred years.
During the turmoil at the end of the Liu Han period, it was acquired by Sun Ce.
After Sun Ce was assassinated, it passed into the hands of Yuan Shu.
After Yuan Shu became emperor and was defeated, it was acquired by his father, Cao Cao.
It seems that everyone who gets it cannot avoid the fate of destruction.
Now it is Cao Pi's turn.
An hour ago, Cao Pi received a letter sent up from the gates of Yecheng.
It was written by Lu Bu himself, and the content was very simple.
There are only a series of questions and a suggestion.
Can Ye City's walls and defenses be as strong as Wancheng's?
Luoyang is strong and tall.
Can the defenders of Ye City have as many troops as Xingyang?
Can the Wei soldiers in Ye City have the finesse and bravery of tiger and leopard cavalry?
Can you have them?
Your father's talent and prestige, do you have good generals and advisers like your father?
If you don't have any, joining our Han Empire is your best choice.
Of course, the answers to this series of questions were all negative, and Cao Pi finally made a rational decision to surrender to Lu Han.
Before giving a formal reply, he came to the Jinluan Palace and played with the jade seal that the princes in the world coveted.
Then the envoys were asked to deliver a letter of surrender to Lu Bu, and they agreed to hold a surrender ceremony on the next day.
On the second day, Cao Pi took off his dragon robe, dressed in Chinese clothes, led civil and military officials, and held the imperial seal in hand.
He left Yecheng and surrendered to Lu Bu with the seal ribbon.
Lu Bu rode his horse to Cao Pi and took a look at the jade seal, but did not pick it up.
But he smiled and said to Cao Pi: "Master Cao, don't be in a hurry, you still need to use this jade seal to do something."
Cao Pi raised his face and looked at Lu Bu in surprise, and Lu Bu continued: "I want you to use this jade seal to give the last edict to Cao Wei's subordinates, ordering them to surrender to our great Han from now on."
Only then did Cao Pi understand what Lu Bu meant, and one by one he Just do it.
Only then did Lu Bu accept the jade seal.
After Cao Pi surrendered, except for the surrounding counties and counties centered on Qingzhou Linzi where Cao Zhi was entrenched in the original Cao Wei territory, all other states and counties were annexed to Lu Han.
At this time, Gao Shun led an army of 30,000 troops to Linzi City.
In order to prevent Linzi from being besieged and blocked by the Han army like Yecheng, and to prevent the surrounding counties and counties from being defeated by Gao Shun one by one.
Cao Zhi had no choice but to order Xiahou Dun to lead 20,000 Wei troops gathered from surrounding counties and counties to fight Gao Shun decisively.
The two armies formed a formation on the Tanyuan on the south bank of the Yellow River in Linzi.
The Han army's 30,000-strong army included a Huben division, which was used as the central square.
The left and right wings are composed of Han military commanders and county swordsmen and serial crossbowmen.
At each end of the left and right wings were three thousand Han troops, prefectures and counties, and cavalry.
Amidst the sound of drums and trumpets, two flags were like a forest, and the huge military formation, which was several miles long, began to approach slowly.
When viewed from the air, it looked spectacular.
In the Mo Dao formation of the Han army, the bright Mo Dao stood upright like a forest and a wall.
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The shields and turtle shell formations of the sword and shield soldiers protected the left and right sides of the Mo Dao formation.
When the two armies were less than a hundred meters apart, arrows flew back and forth between the two formations like locusts, and soldiers on both sides continued to fall.
Numerous cannonballs and explosive shells fired from the Han army's military formation hit the Wei army, causing chaos in their formation.
After two rounds of arrows, the two armies were less than 70 meters apart.
At this time, several small groups of men and horses were shot out from the Han army's formation and rushed towards the Wei army's formation in an arrow formation.
The army was led by generals Yan Liang, Zhang Fei, Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong and Xia Houyuan.
These six fierce generals led their respective subordinates like six daggers to stab the Wei army's formation.
In an instant, they used their personal bravery to tear six holes in the dense Wei army formation, and the subordinates who followed them quickly expanded these small holes.
The Han army formation following them was about to attack and engage the Wei army in close combat.
One of them, Zhao Yun, used a silver spear like a ball of flowers to lift several Wei soldiers into the air.
The subordinates who followed him used cavalry javelins.
With the help of horse power, they stabbed the javelin into the chest of a Wei soldier without taking it back.
Take the next javelin and stab it at the next target.
If all the javelins are used up, take out the Huanshou knife you carry with you and stab it.
Seeing this scene, Xiahou Dun knew that if he didn't go out in person, without the Han army behind him, he would be able to break his own formation with just these six generals.
So he picked up his sword and rode his horse to meet Zhao Yun who was closest to him.
The two sides exchanged swords and guns.
In the fourth round of the battle, Zhao Yun stabbed Xiahou Dun in the thigh with one shot.
He roared in pain, slapped his horse and retreated back from the formation.
Over there, Huang Zhong was taking a break from his busy work.
He had quietly bent his bow and arrow, and shot an arrow at Xiahou Dun.
Then he put away his bow and continued to slash the incoming Wei soldiers with his sword.
Xiahou Dun, who was running wildly with his horse, suddenly felt a push from someone, and then felt a sharp pain in his back.
He thought he was hit by Zhao Yun's gun, but in fact he was hit by an arrow from Huang Zhong.
At this moment, Zhao Yun had already rushed forward and shot Xiahou Dun again, killing him.
At this time, the Han army's phalanx had already pressed forward.
The sharp Modao blade was slashing rhythmically at the Wei army's formation, and rows of javelins were thrown out by the heavy infantry with swords and shields.
The soldiers of the Wei army fought back desperately with long spears, ring-shou knives and crossbows, causing a lot of casualties to the Han army, but they were still killed in rows by the daggers, javelins and heavy infantry's daggers.
The six fierce generals had torn six large holes in the Wei army's formation.
The Han army's formation quickly pressed in, dividing the Wei army into seven regiments and surrounding them.
The battle lasted for another half hour, with more than half of the Wei army dead and wounded, and news of the death of general Xiahou Dun had spread.
Some low-level generals left the battlefield first, and then a large number of Wei soldiers began to flee.
More and more Wei troops fled, and eventually, as expected, they were completely defeated, with the Han troops chasing after them bravely.
The Han cavalry on both wings had already moved forward.
The corpses of the Wei army were spread out from the battlefield to the foot of Linzi City.
The Linzi city gate was closed in advance, and most of the Wei troops were locked out and forced to surrender to the Han army.
Half a month later, the heavily besieged Linzi city was defeated.
Before the Han army entered Linzi, Cao Zhi had committed suicide by drinking dove wine.
In the early summer of 415th year of the Han Empire, Cao Wei fell
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