Cao Cao knelt down with a look of sincerity and fear, "No, the king deserves it.
I, Cao Cao, am guilty.
I surrender and plead guilty."
"Hahaha, Meng De's words are serious.
If you know your mistakes, you can correct them.
There is no way to do good.
Get up.
Get up."
Liu Cheng said and helped Cao Cao up, and the two walked side by side to the camp outside the city.
When he came to the camp, Liu Cheng went up to sit down, asked Cao Cao to sit down, and said to him: "Mengde, your choice is a wise one.
The people of Jizhou will be grateful to you for making the right choice." " "I don't dare.
Cao Cao just did what he thought was right.
Thank you so much for your kindness.
Cao Cao will do his best to serve the court in the future."
Liu Cheng asked: "I heard that you once had a wish, saying that you would be satisfied if you could have the tombstone of Cao Cao, the general of the Han Dynasty in the West, engraved on your tombstone after your death, right?"
Cao Cao said with a "wry smile": "These are all the ambitions of my youth, just random thoughts."
Liu Cheng smiled and shouted: "Supervisor Zhao, please come in."
Zhao Chun walked in from the outside with a smile and two young eunuchs.
Liu Cheng introduced: "Mengde, this is Inspector Zhao, the manager of the Weiyang Palace beside His Majesty the Emperor.
Mengde should still have an impression."
Cao Cao stood up and bowed to Zhao Chun: "Cao and Supervisor Zhao have met several times.
Cao Cao respectfully wishes to greet you."
"Holy greetings to Cao Cao, His Majesty the Emperor has an edict, please accept it."
Cao Cao was stunned and immediately bowed down and knelt on the ground.
"Confess Cao Cao the title of General of the Conquest of the West, subject to the control of the regent.
I admire this" Cao Cao should have been extremely excited, but he didn't feel excited at all at this moment.
He didn't know what was going on.
Wasn't it his always wish to be the General of the Conquest of the West?
Why was he not happy at all now that he was the General of the Conquest of the West?
"Cao Cao accepts the order."
Cao Cao respectfully took over the making of the book with both hands.
Although Liu Cheng was the regent and held the military and political power of the court, major personnel appointments and removals and the promulgation of policies and systems were still carried out in the name of the emperor.
After all, the world was still ruled by the Han Dynasty, and the Emperor of the Han Dynasty was nominally the master of the world.
When issuing documents and edicts, the imperial palace also had the obligation to cooperate with the regent's palace and send envoys and eunuchs to issue decrees and edicts on behalf of the emperor.
Liu Cheng said to Zhao Chun: "I would like to ask the eunuch Zhao to rest for a while in the camp next door and have some food and wine.
Later, I will ask the eunuch for advice on something else."
"Don't hesitate to ask for advice.
Our family is waiting for your Majesty."
Zhao Chun said and walked out with the two young eunuchs.
Liu Cheng watched Zhao Chun leave and said to Cao Cao: "Meng De, the imperial court will give you a house in Chang'an as the residence of General Zhengxi.
According to the regulations of our dynasty, General Zhengxi has the right to open a mansion and build a palace." , but now there is no war in the west In addition, Meng De also needs to give orders to his original subordinates Cao Hong, Xia Houyuan, Le Jin, Li Dian, Li Tong and others to surrender, so that the court can Arrange it together” Cao Cao quickly said: "This is what it should be.
I sent someone to give them an order yesterday.
Your Majesty can send troops to take over."
"If Meng De can arrange this, I will feel relieved."
After receiving Cao Cao, Liu Cheng went to the camp next door to see Zhao Chun.
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"My servant pays homage to your Majesty."
When Zhao Chun saw Liu Cheng walking in, he immediately put down his tea cup and stood up to bow down.
Liu Cheng stepped forward to support him, pointed to the side, and the two of them took their seats.
"How is the situation in the palace, so what is your Majesty's dragon body?"
Zhao Chun said: "Your Majesty's dragon body is very bad.
I don't know how long your Majesty can last.
The palace seems calm, but in fact people are panicked.
Sima Yi seems to be a little bit on the edge.
Recently, every time the Crown Prince goes to the palace to play and meet with His Majesty, he will They met Sima Yi by chance, and the emperor's brother seemed to like him very much."
"Oh" Liu Cheng raised his eyebrows, "Please tell me carefully what Sima Yi did."
"Yes" Zhao Chun agreed and started talking immediately.
After speaking for a quarter of an hour, Zhao Chun finished telling everything he saw and heard.
Liu Cheng touched his chin: "It turns out that Sima Yi had this idea.
Keep an eye on him after you go back.
Remember, don't come forward and send someone else."
Zhao Chun agreed: "Yes" "How is the emperor's condition?
Have you asked the imperial doctor to see you?"
Zhao Chun nodded: "Look, your majesty's situation seems to be somewhat similar to that of the late emperor.
They are all caused by excessive use.
If your majesty can listen to the doctors' orders, you can recover in just one or two years at your age.
But at this time, His Majesty's temper is such that he won't listen to the imperial doctor, and he even asked the imperial doctor to prescribe some medicine to make him happy."
Liu Cheng was silent for a long time and said: "Now that Cao Cao is newly attached, there are still Yangzhou, Jingzhou, Jiaozhou and other feudal lords' separate areas.
They do not respect the imperial orders.
It will take at least three to five years for me.
What can I think of after you go back?"
Find a way to let the emperor arrange some other activities to divert his attention from women to other aspects, such as hunting, horseback riding, watching polo matches, horse racing, animal fighting, etc.
In the past few years, the emperor's banner has been greatly improved.
I can’t fall inside yet.”
Zhao Chun cupped his hands and said, "I understand."
After Cao Cao's order was transmitted to generals such as Cao Hong, Xia Houyuan, Li Dian, Le Jin and Li Tong, the surrender of these soldiers and horses went smoothly, and the surrender was completed in less than a month.
The imperial court quickly began to reorganize Cao Cao's surrendered troops.
There were more than 50,000 people under Cao Cao's command.
After reorganizing and eliminating the old, weak, sick and disabled, there were still more than 40,000 people left.
Liu Cheng ordered these more than 40,000 people to be organized into several armies in accordance with the regulations of the imperial court.
Cao Hong, Xia Houyuan, Li Dian, Le Jin, Li Tong and others were appointed as generals respectively.
The imperial court also established law enforcement teams in each army. , dispatched supervisory troops.
Two months later, Liu Biao died of illness.
Cai and his younger brother Cai Mao were worried that Liu Biao's eldest son Liu Qi would succeed Liu Biao, so they kept Liu Biao's death a secret and ordered Liu Qi to be transferred to Jiangxia as the prefect in Liu Biao's name.
Liu Qi did not know the truth and took Liu Biao with them.
With his entourage, he went to Jiangxia to take up a post.
As soon as Liu Qi arrived in Jiangxia, news of Liu Biao's death spread.
The Cao family and Cai Mao made Liu Cong the lord of Jingzhou.
Cai Shi, Cai Mao and the officials of Jingzhou were very unfavorable to Liu Bei.
After Liu Cong succeeded as the lord of Jingzhou, the Jingzhou army increased its vigilance against Liu Bei, and more and more troops were deployed to guard against Liu Bei.
Liu Bei was almost attacked from both sides in Xinye, and he had to send people to Jiangdong to seek support and alliance.
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Soon, the news reached Chang'an, and Liu Cheng received news of the alliance between the Sun family in Jiangdong and Liu Bei.
After discussing with the counselors, Liu Cheng sent someone to invite Cao Cao.
"Cao Cao meets the king" Liu Cheng stepped forward to help Cao Cao up and said with a smile: "Meng De, you are welcome.
I have come to discuss important matters with you today.
Please take a seat."
"Thank you, Your Majesty" The two of them sat down, Cao Cao cupped his hands and said, "Please give me your Majesty's orders."
Liu Cheng pondered for a moment and said: "I recently received news that the Jiangdong Sun family and Liu Bei have formed an alliance and are preparing to join forces to fight against the imperial court.
I don't know what Meng De thinks of this."
Cao Cao immediately said: "Sun and Liu Bei are guilty of treason and injustice.
The imperial court should send troops to attack them."
Liu Cheng nodded and said: "Some important ministers also think so, but Liu Bei and the Jiangdong Sun family are not so easy to deal with.
You see, Liu Bei was originally just a mat weaver and shoe seller.
With his slight contribution in the Yellow Turban Rebellion, , one step at a time to become a state’s pastoralist , were defeated many times during this period, and were even beaten until only the three brothers were left, but they were still able to rise again.
Does Meng De think this is coincidence and luck?
In my opinion, I'm afraid it's not possible.
Now Liu Bei has With the help of Zhuge Liang, who is known as Crouching Dragon, he is even more powerful than a tiger."
"There is also the Sun family in Jiangdong.
After three generations of hard work, the Sun family has finally established a foothold in Jiangdong.
The people in all counties are all loyal and convinced.
Although Sun Quan is young, he can make the veterans and generals sincerely serve, which shows that he is extraordinary.
And about Zhou Yu, Not just any ordinary person.”
Cao Cao asked: "Does the imperial court intend to endure it?"
Liu Cheng shook his head: "Of course the imperial court will not tolerate it.
I want to sit in Chang'an to prevent petty chaos.
But there is no one with enough talent inside and outside the court to lead the army to attack Liu Bei and Sun Quan.
I want to come If I want to go, the one who can deal with these two people is none other than Meng De."
Cao Cao immediately stood up and bowed before Liu Cheng: "Cao Cao is sincerely afraid."
Liu Cheng raised his hand and said: "Don't worry, Meng De.
Since the imperial court uses you, it will naturally trust you.
I have submitted a petition to the emperor and appointed you as the general to conquer the south.
Your old army of 50,000 troops has been reorganized and trained, and now there are four more."
Thousands of elite troops, plus the surrendered Jingzhou Army of 100,000 men, and the Xuzhou Army and Qingzhou Army led by Yan Xing, more than 50,000 men, make a total of 200,000 men.
You will lead the army south to attack Liu Bei and Sun Quan."
Cao Cao was extremely shocked by the news that Liu Cong had surrendered in Jingzhou.
"Why, Meng De doesn't want to be the general who leads the army to conquer Liu Bei and Sun Quan?"
Liu Cheng asked when he saw that Cao Cao didn't respond for a long time.
Cao Cao came to his senses and agreed: "No, Cao Cao takes the order."
Half a month later, Cao Cao commanded more than 40,000 troops from his old army to march from Nanyang into Xinye.
The army is slowly advancing on the way to Xinye.
Cao Cao nominally has an army of 200,000 under his command, but he can still directly command only 40,000.
Although Yan Xing's army of 50,000 in Xuzhou is also under his command, He can't be bossed around.
Yan Xing is Liu Cheng's sworn brother and the husband of Princess Wannian.
Cao Hong, who was riding beside Cao Cao, turned to look behind him and said to Cao Cao: "Brother, you are now the general of the southern expedition, commanding an army of 200,000 to attack Liu Bei and Sun Quan.
Why don't we take this opportunity to take control of the army, and then join forces with Sun and Liu to counterattack the imperial court?
" A trace of bitterness flowed through Cao Cao's heart.
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He shook his head and said, "You take it too much for granted.
Let alone Yan Xing of Xuzhou and Liu Cong of Jingzhou, just say that our 40,000 troops may not follow me to the death, Cao Cao.
These days The imperial court has done a lot of homework in the army and done a lot of tricks.
As long as we make the slightest change, we will never escape Liu Cheng's eyes and ears."
"Even if we can control these 40,000 troops, the 100,000 Jingzhou Army in the south cannot be easily controlled by me.
I only have the power to command troops and fight, and I have no power to appoint and remove generals in the army.
Even if I kill Liu Cong and Huang Ancestor, if you kill Cai Mao, do you think those Jingzhou Army generals will obey me, Cao Cao?
I am afraid that the regent has already sent a message to the Jingzhou Army General School to be vigilant and vigilant against me, Cao Cao.
Moreover, the imperial court has sent Shi Guangyuan, the governor of grain and grass, to set up a storage point for food and supplies in Nanyang.
If I rebel, Shi Guangyuan will immediately cut off the supply.
If our army is supplied with food and grass, then our army will collapse without a fight."
Cao Hong said: "So we can only obediently work for Liu Cheng."
"Now people have to bow their heads under the roof.
The situation is like this.
We can only endure the humiliation and wait for the situation to change.
What's ahead?"
Cao Hong opened the map, looked at it, and said, "Bo Wangpo has entered Liu Bei's territory."
Cao Cao: "Liu Bei will definitely not sit still and wait for death.
You lead 3,000 people as the vanguard and go to Bowangpo first.
The main force of the army will rest here for half a day before rushing on.
If you encounter the enemy, you can decide whether to fight or retreat, and quickly send people back to report. " "Yes" Cao Hong agreed and immediately continued to advance with 3,000 men and horses, while the remaining 30,000 men and horses stopped and rested in place.
Half a day later, Cao Hong sent a messenger to report to Cao Cao that he was attacked by Liu Bei's army at Bowangpo and lost all his troops.
He only escaped with a few hundred people.
After asking the messenger, Cao Cao learned about the battle.
It turned out that the road on Bowang Slope was very narrow and long, with grass and trees growing on both sides.
When Cao Hong's army entered Bowang Slope, they found that it was very windy.
At first, Cao Hong didn't notice anything unusual, but he felt something was wrong as he walked.
By the time he realized it, it was already too late.
A fire started burning on Bowang Slope.
Under the influence of the wind, the entire Bowang Slope burned.
The soldiers and horses walking among them were scared to death and ran away one after another.
However, the fire spread extremely fast and engulfed the army of soldiers and horses in an instant.
"This battle is not easy to fight.
It seems that Liu Bei hired a capable man."
After speaking, Cao Cao ordered the army to continue on their way.
On the way, they met up with Cao Hong and the remaining few hundred troops and marched towards Xinye City.
But when they arrived at the foot of Xinye City, the four gates of Xinye City were opened, and Cao Cao sent people into the city to take over the city.
Three thousand men and horses were sent in, but not long after, the entire Xinye City turned into a sea of fire, and the three thousand people who entered the city were engulfed by the fire.
When Cao Cao saw this scene, his face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and he immediately angrily ordered his army to pursue Liu Bei's army at full speed.
The enemy lost six thousand men and horses one after another before even seeing one of them.
Anyone would have a bad temper.
Cao Cao became ruthless this time and would not give up until he caught up with Liu Bei.
Unexpectedly, Liu Bei's army had already passed by and headed to Jiangxia to defect to Liu Qi.
Cao Cao met Liu Cong, Cai Mao, Huang Zu, Wenpin and others in Xiangyang, and ordered the Jingzhou army to attack from the waterway.
He led his troops to attack from the land route, and ordered Yan Xing to lead the Xuzhou army and Qingzhou army to attack Lujiang from Guangling.
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In view of Cao Cao's suspicious character, Zhou Yu tempted him to kill Cai Mao, the Jingzhou general who was proficient in water warfare, for treason, but the military supervisor did not stop him.
Later, Cao Cao personally took his troops on board the warship and commanded the Jingzhou navy to attack Soochow.
However, when fighting Zhou Yu, his troops were not used to water warfare and were severely defeated.
Pang Tong, a famous scholar in Jingzhou, suggested to Cao Cao that the large and small ships should be connected with iron cables, so that the ships would be like flat ground.
Cao Cao acted in accordance with the law, and sure enough, he immediately led more than 30,000 people from his own army and more than 70,000 people from Jingzhou Army, a total of 100,000 troops, to attack Soochow. .
Zhou Yu learned that Cao Cao had connected the ships, and immediately sent people to use small boats loaded with kerosene to launch a fire attack on Cao Cao's fleet.
Cao Cao's fleet was quickly burned.
The fire spread rapidly under the strong wind, and the people on the ship had no time.
To escape is to either drown or be burned to death.
All Cao Cao's men were killed, and even Xia Houyuan was burned to death in the fire.
Only Cao Hong escaped with dozens of people protecting him.
Liu Cheng, who received the news in Chang'an, was extremely angry and ordered Cao Cao to be transferred back to Chang'an to report on his duties.
After Cao Cao and others returned to Chang'an, they were quickly arrested and imprisoned on charges of command errors leading to defeat.
Liu Cheng did not hesitate to issue the order to kill them
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