Cao Cao looked at the boats on the river, heading south, and his expression suddenly became serious, but he was helpless.
"That's all, let them survive for a few days."
Cao Cao looked at the ant-like ships, but he had no choice but to sigh and said in a somewhat self-comforting tone.
"Li Tong" Cao Cao looked at the general beside him, hesitated, and shouted in a heavy tone to Li Tong who was holding a spear.
When Li Tong heard Cao Cao calling him, he quickly stood up from his seat and said to Cao Cao in a heavy tone: "I wonder if the Prime Minister has any important matters and I will be willing to obey the Prime Minister's orders."
"Lead five thousand cavalry all the way west and try to capture Jiangling for me."
Cao Cao looked at Li Tong in front of him and said to Li Tong in a calm tone.
So Li Tong led the cavalry toward Jiangling overnight.
Deng Yi, who was in charge of the city of Jiangling, heard that Xiangyang City had surrendered to Cao Cao.
Cao Cao unexpectedly captured Xiangyang Fan City.
Liu Bei was defeated and fled south.
Knowing that he could not resist Cao Cao, he led the people of Jingzhou out of the city and surrendered to Li Tong.
The next day, Cao Cao led his troops back north to Xiangyang.
General Xiahou Dun and military advisor Xun You, along with the surrendered civil and military officials from Jingzhou and the new Jingzhou herdsman Liu Cong, were waiting for Cao Cao at the city gate.
Cao Cao looked at Xiahou Dun and I, Xun You, who were coming out of the city to greet him, with a faint smile on his face.
"Prime Minister, these are Liu Biao's wife Cai, and their youngest son Liu Cong."
Xun You looked at Cao Cao's smiling face and introduced the civil and military forces of Jingzhou's surrender to Cao Cao.
After hearing Xun You's words, Cao Cao looked at the mother and son.
He looked at Cai and Liu Cong with a calm expression.
He found that Cai's charm was still there, and a faint smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth.
He looked at Cai and Liu Cong.
Liu Cong looked frightened.
Cao Cao lowered his head, touched his beard, and thought about how to deal with the mother and son.
"Bring the mother and son back to Xuchang.
Your Majesty will take action when the time comes."
Cao Cao touched his beard, thought for a moment, and finally said calmly.
After hearing Cao Cao's words, Cai and Liu Cong silently lowered their heads and stepped aside.
"This man is General Cai Mao.
It is because of this man that the land of Xiangyang can be owned by the Prime Minister."
At this time, Xun You looked at Cao Cao in front of him with a faint smile, and calmly introduced the armored general Cai Mao. .
"My Excellency, Cai Hao has met Prime Minister Cao."
At this time, General Cai Hao looked at Cao Cao's calm expression, quickly knelt down and said to Cao Cao with a somewhat excited tone.
Cao Cao looked at the person in front of him and thought for a moment.
Although Cao Cao is a little disgusted with such a person, he has great achievements.
Killing him will probably damage his reputation.
Moreover, this person is in charge of the Jingzhou navy and is familiar with the navy.
If he wants to attack Jiangdong at that time, he will do it.
Use this person to work.
"General, I obeyed the destiny and surrendered.
The general is a meritorious official below.
Now he is named the Marquis of Guannei, the governor of Xiangyang, and is in charge of the Jingzhou navy."
Cao Cao looked at the general Cai Mao who was kneeling on the ground, hesitated for a moment, and then his face showed With a false smile, he said to the general Cai Mao who was kneeling on the ground in front of him.
After hearing what Cao Cao said, General Cai Mao quickly got up from the ground, and then said to Cao Cao with a somewhat grateful tone: "Thank you, Prime Minister, thank you, Prime Minister."
"Prime Minister, this person is Kuai Liang, a famous scholar from Jingxiang, and the two brothers Kuai Yue."
Xun You smiled again at this time and introduced the Kuai brothers in front of him to Cao Cao.
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Cao Cao looked at the two gentle-faced people in front of him.
Cao Cao had known these two brothers when he served under He Jin.
However, the three of them were not very familiar with each other at that time, but Cao Cao knew that these two men were talented, and When Liu Biaodan rode into Jingzhou, he was able to master Jingzhou quickly because of the two of them.
"I have met Prime Minister Cao."
The two brothers Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue looked at Cao Cao with a smile in front of them calmly, and said to Cao Cao in a calm tone.
"Haha, I am not happy with Jingzhou, but I am happy with Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue."
Cao Cao burst into laughter looking at the two people in front of him, and said to them in a calm tone.
"Thank you, Prime Minister, for your consideration," Cao Cao said, his face didn't change much, he just said to Cao Cao calmly with a faint smile.
Next, Xiahou Dun and Xun You finished introducing the civil and military affairs of Jingzhou.
Cao Cao looked at the civil and military affairs of Jingzhou and suddenly thought of a person.
He asked Xiahou Dun with a strange expression: "I heard that there is a general in Jingzhou named Wenpin.
Why can't he be seen now?"
When Xiahou Dun heard what Cao Cao said, he frowned and said in a submissive tone: "Prime Minister, since our army entered the city, everyone here has closed his house and not seen visitors, and he is extremely aloof."
"I didn't expect this to happen.
Please take me to take a look."
After hearing what Xiahou Dun said, Cao Cao said to Xiahou Dun with a strange expression.
Cao Cao brought his civil and military men to the residence of General Wenpin.
The guards at the mansion did not dare to stop Cao Cao when they saw how formal Cao Cao was, so Cao Cao led his civil and military men into the mansion and walked towards the hall.
In the hall, Wenpin was seen lying on the table, holding a jar of wine in his hand, drinking the wine with an extremely confused expression.
Suddenly he heard the noise outside, raised his head and looked out the door of the hall, and saw Cao Cao and Wen Wu walked in outside the door.
"Zhongye, this is the Prime Minister.
I haven't seen the Prime Minister before."
The general Cai Mao looked at Cao Cao with a frown and said quickly to Wenpin who was drinking wine.
"Young general Wenpin has met the prime minister."
Wenpin drank wine silently, raised his head with a somewhat indifferent expression, looked at Cao Cao with confused eyes, and said to Cao Cao in a calm tone.
"General Wen, now that Jingzhou has been able to protect the people and live and work in peace and contentment, and Jingzhou has returned to the imperial court, why is the general so depressed?"
Cao Cao slowly walked up to Wenpin, looked at Wenpin who was drinking and looking extremely embarrassed, and asked in a calm tone.
"I, Wenpin, are a minister, but I cannot protect the territory for my master.
I feel really sad and ashamed.
I see Liu Jingzhou in shame."
Wenpin held the wine flask in his hand and took a sip of the wine.
Then he said with a somewhat ashamed expression.
When he finished speaking, tears were already streaming down his face.
After hearing what Wenpin said, Jingzhou Wenwu who were following behind lowered their heads in shame and did not dare to look directly at Wenpin.
"A true loyal minister."
Cao Cao said with emotion after hearing this, and then calmly said to Wenpin who was drinking in front of him: "Now Liu Jingzhou has gone, but Jingzhou is still there, you should do it for For the sake of the people of Jingzhou” "The Prime Minister's words are nothing more than wanting me to serve the Prime Minister.
However, I asked for it intentionally.
If the Prime Minister agrees, I will naturally swear allegiance to the Prime Minister to the death."
After hearing Cao Cao's words, Wenpin silently put down his wine bottle, and then looked calmly.
Looking at Cao Cao in front of him, he said to Cao Cao in a calm tone.
"Zhongye, please speak."
After hearing Wenpin's words, Cao Cao immediately looked straight at Wenpin in front of him and said in a somewhat excited tone.
"If Prime Minister Cao can keep Liu Jingzhou's wife and children safe and wealthy throughout their lives, I, Wen Zhongye, am willing to serve Duke Cao."
Wenpin raised his head and looked at Cao Cao with a calm expression, with a hint of seriousness in his tone. said Cao Cao.
After hearing Wenpin's words, Cao Cao suddenly looked a little excited and said to Wenpin in front of him: "What's the difficulty in this matter?
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I promise you."
After hearing what Cao Cao said, Wen Pintian suddenly showed a wry smile on his face, then he helped him fall to the ground and said to Cao Cao with some emotion: "I will serve Zhongye below because Cao Gong swears to serve him to the death."
Cao Cao looked at Wenpin, with a smile on his face.
He quickly helped Wenpin up from the ground, and said with emotion: "When I got Wenpin, it was like Emperor Gaozu meeting Huaiyin."
At this time, Liu Bei, who was far away in Jiangxia, looked a little heavy as he watched the only 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers in Jiangxia City being trained by Guan Yu.
Cao Cao's army went south, claiming to have an army of 200,000.
Now he heard that Xiangyang and Jiangling had surrendered to Cao Cao.
Cao Cao gained another 100,000 troops from Jingzhou.
If calculated based on this, Cao Cao now has 300,000 troops in his hands.
"Lord, why are you looking so sad now?"
At this time, Zhuge Liang slowly came from a distance, looked at Liu Bei's frown, shook the feather fan in his hand, and asked Liu Bei in a calm tone.
"Military advisor, is there still a chance for the revival of the Han Dynasty?"
Liu Bei turned his head and looked at Zhuge Liang, who was shaking his feather fan, and asked in a confused tone
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