After hearing Guo Jia's thoughts, Sun Quan and others thought it made sense, especially Sun Quan naturally understood the role of communication progress in war, and Sun Quan also knew that if Cao Cao really had a big showdown with him in Xuzhou, once he won, the world would be settled.

So Sun Quan said: What Xiao said is reasonable, so we will do it as usual, but I think Wei will definitely mobilize the army again, so we must also make complete preparations. You guys first make a plan!

Pang Tong said: Your Majesty, since you have made a decision, I suggest that we send the vanguard troops to attack Xuzhou first and occupy Xuzhou City first. Then it will take time for the Wei Kingdom to convene the team. Even if they want to contact Zhang Liao, it will take time. We can take advantage of this time to occupy Xuzhou.

Sun Quan said: Yes, let Lu Meng lead his troops to attack Xuzhou, occupy important cities such as Pengcheng, and cut off Zhang Liao's retreat.

Cao Cao returned to Yecheng after his defeat, and then urgently summoned Xun Yu to discuss. Cao Cao said: Our army was defeated, and only tens of thousands of troops were left to withdraw. Now we are in a very critical moment. Although the loss of troops from Wu State is not small, they still have a lot of troops to use. The combat effectiveness of the Wu army is indeed too strong, and we cannot find a good way to crack the equipment and tactics of their siege. Wenruo, now you are the only one who can entrust big things.

Xun Yu said: Your Majesty, let’s just draw the troops in Guanzhong back first and then defend Yecheng. As long as the time is delayed, we will have a chance. In such a severe cold, I think the Wu army will also have a great influence. There are so many cities to attack along the way from Xuchang to Yecheng, so we also have time to make arrangements.

Cao Cao said: Wenruo, why do you have to relax my heart? You and I know that at this time, the Wu army will definitely not come to attack our Yecheng, but will seize Xuzhou, and then attack Zhang Liao's troops on the front line of Hefei. Once Zhang Liao's troops are not eliminated, we really don't have many soldiers to fight, and we will have to let the Wu army slaughter the next year.

Xun Yu said: Your Majesty, you must have made a decision!

Cao Cao said: Yes, my current idea is to draw their servants and guards from the families of various aristocratic families. I roughly calculated that it would be fine to draw all these people out and gather 200,000 troops. In this way, we can attack the Wu army from the north and rescue Zhang Liao's elite soldiers from Yuzhou. With Zhang Liao's elite soldiers, we at least have some confidence.

Xun Yu said: Your Majesty, what you mean is to ask me to find people from major aristocratic families? But I still think this matter is unreliable. One is that these people have no combat power. Even if we temporarily formed such a team, it would be useless if we had no combat power. The other is that these aristocratic families would not hand over people to us. We have suffered such great losses now, will they still obey our arrangements?

Cao Cao said: It's okay, I think they should all know how Sun Quan deals with those aristocratic families. We have promoted this thing a lot, and they all have a clear mind. If we are defeated, their good days will come to an end. Moreover, although we don't have many soldiers and horses now, it's not enough to defeat the Wu army, but it's still okay to wipe them out. Let's use both kindness and power.

Xun Yu said: Yes, Your Majesty, I will make arrangements now!

Cao Cao reminded again: You must be fast, otherwise it will be too late.

So Xun Yu began to gather all the big families in Yecheng to ask them for people. At first, everyone was unwilling to hand over their family armed forces. When everyone knew that the Wu army was about to fight, there was no way. They could only listen to Xun Yu. Some of them were selfish and didn't want to hand over. Xun Yu directly showed it to the monkey. Then within five days, another 100,000 army was formed in Yecheng, and the big families in other places were also ordered by Xun Yu to hand over to the local area to demand people.

After Cao Cao got these 100,000 people, he first handed all these people to Commander Cao Ren and asked him to take these men to rescue Zhang Liao. Then in the next few days, the county magistrates from all over the country handed over tens of thousands of people, and Cao Cao put all these people in Yecheng to defend the city.

Cao Ren traveled south with these 100,000 rabies, and he couldn't understand Cao Cao's thoughts along the way. Cao Cao asked him to take these people to save Zhang Liao, but he did not send him a military advisor, but sent Cao Zhi to follow him. Cao Zhi didn't know what he could do except write poetry, which made Cao Ren very confused. Cao Zhi also ignored everything and watched it every day. Sometimes Cao Ren really wanted to beat him up.

When Cao Ren and his army were camping in Guandu for rest, he found Cao Zhi and said: Fourth Prince, now we are going to showdown with the Wu army. We have reported that the cities of Pengcheng, Xiapi, Xiaopei and other cities in Xuzhou have been occupied by the Wu army. We are now carrying these soldiers, and it took a few days before we arrived at Guandu. There were many frostbite along the way. How should we pick up Zhang Liao's army?

Cao Zhi said respectfully: Uncle, I am not good at marching and fighting. My father asked me to come with my uncle, just to show you that my father even sent his own son, so that the people in Yecheng should be more confident in us winning the battle, and the soldiers in the army should also be more motivated. As for how to fight, it would be enough for the uncle to make the decision. If you let the nephew command, it would be impossible to get messed up.

When Cao Ren heard this, he thought Cao Zhi’s words made sense, and asked again: Did Your Majesty have anything to tell you?

Cao Zhi said: Yes, the father said: 'Your third brother has been captured by Wu Jun. If you are also arrested, you can go and be your third brother's companion!" Then he didn't say anything else. The father knew that I couldn't do anything to shoot, so he thought that if I was arrested, it wouldn't be too embarrassing.

Cao Ren was even more confused when he heard this and said: What does this mean? Does Your Majesty also think we will fail?

Cao Zhi said: Uncle, Your Majesty means victory or defeat is unpredictable. We will go to save Zhang Liao, but Zhang Liao's army has lost contact with us. The chance of our success is very low, so the father said that he would just let his uncle do his best. The father also has a letter to him!

After Cao Ren opened the letter that Cao Zhi handed him, he looked carefully and then understood Cao Cao's painstaking efforts. He said to Cao Zhi: Fourth Prince, your life is better than your brothers. Then he walked out.

Cao Zhi was confused when he heard Cao Ren's words. He was sent to the front line. Not to mention that other bitterness is not delicious, why would he be lucky?

After Cao Ren's army set up camp in Guandu, he drove directly to Xuzhou. Cao Ren wanted to go south from Xuchang, but Xuchang was not easy to attack, so he led his troops to Xuzhou and then marched into Runan. However, when Cao Ren led his troops into Xuzhou, the army was soon surrounded. In fact, there were not many people surrounding Cao Ren's army, only two armies were about 30,000. However, Cao Ren's soldiers had poor combat effectiveness. Cao Ren ordered the army to attack, but these people were unwilling to move at all in the cold weather, and they did not have much combat power. After killing hundreds of people at one time, everyone retreated, and in this way, 100,000 people were surrounded by 30,000 people.

Cao Ren was very depressed and complained to Cao Zhi in the central army tent: These mobs are so trash. We were surrounded by 30,000 people. If there were hundreds of people in front of us, we would not dare to charge and could not fight.

Cao Zhi said: Uncle, what should we do now? If we don’t fight a war, we will surrender when we march to Xuzhou. Then there will be a joke in history books that will last forever.

Cao Ren was also depressed, but according to Cao Cao's intention, he asked him to bring these people to die. Moreover, Cao Ren had to endure humiliation and surrender to Sun Quan with Cao Zhi and Cao Zhang, leaving incense for the Cao family. Cao Cao said in his letter to Cao Ren:

Among my sons, Cao Pi is sinister, but he will definitely not be Sun Quan's opponent, but he is quite ambitious and will not tolerate Sun Quan. Cao Chong is too smart and will definitely be afraid of Sun Quan, so Sun Quan will find a way to kill them. However, Cao Zhi is just a scholar, and Cao Zhang is straightforward, so they can get Sun Quan's tolerance, but they are not shrewd people, so Cao Ren has to follow him to the Wu camp to protect them.

Cao Ren said to Cao Zhi: Just make a joke. Anyway, you can't beat him. Don't kill too many people anymore. I'll find someone to contact the commander of the Wu army and arrange the surrender.

In this way, the people Cao Ren led surrendered. After Sun Quan received the news, he ordered someone to send all 100,000 people to Penglai. Now there is the shortage of population there. With these 100,000 people over, a lot of population will be increased soon.

After Cao Ren was defeated, Cao Cao arranged for some of the troops in Guanzhong to be transferred to guard Xiliang. Some of them were directly transferred back to Yecheng, and Guanzhong ignored them and ordered the troops in Xiliang. If Wu sent troops from Sichuan, their troops in Xiliang would surrender directly to ensure that they did not give foreign races a chance.

Sima Yi slowly understood Cao Cao's intention in Yecheng, but what he couldn't understand was why Cao Cao did this. If Cao Cao and the gentry worked together, at least they could still struggle for a while, or retreat to Guanzhong, they could also wait for the opportunity.

But when Sima Yi understood Cao Cao's intention, he thought to explain clearly to his family that he had to plan a retreat, otherwise he might be dragged by Cao Cao to be buried with him. However, when Sima Yi went out, he found that he had been under house arrest. When Sima Yi saw that the soldiers guarding him were all the tiger and leopard cavalry that Cao Cao trusted the most, he knew that the families of the aristocratic families were all finished.

Sima Yi sat alone in his study and said to himself: Cao Mengde, what are you thinking? Although you no longer have the strength to compete with Sun Quan, you still struggle without any struggle. What's wrong with giving gifts to Sun Quan? You pulled out all the armed forces of the aristocratic families and packed them directly to Sun Quan. Now you have ordered the army from Guanzhong to be transferred back, and directly to Guanzhong to Sun Quan. Do you just hope that Sun Quan will unify the world as soon as possible?

At this time, Zhang Liao was also plotted by Pang Tong, Guo Jia and Xu Shu, and was finally surrounded in Shouchun City. Many soldiers in the city fell ill, and the wounded and the food was declining, and their morale was very low. At this time, Cao Ren actually came to the city with Cao Cao's handwritten letter. Cao Ren didn't say anything to Zhang Liao, but gave the heart that Cao Cao had with Cao Zhi to Zhang Liao.

After reading Cao Cao's letter, Zhang Liao was also very shocked. After looking at Cao Ren, he went down to the city and announced his surrender the next day. After surrendering, he saw Sun Quan. Sun Quan liked Zhang Liao very much and said: Wenyuan, but a military general. You can follow Zhao Yun to lead the cavalry. At that time, it will be up to you to guard the northern border.

Zhang Liao thanked him: Thank you Your Majesty. I am from Bingzhou and my hometown is often harassed by grassland cavalry. If I can return to my hometown to ensure the safety of my elders, it would be a great blessing in my life.

Sun Quan asked: Wenyuan, what did Mr. Cao tell you in the letter? I think if it was not Cao Gong's order, you, Zhang Wenyuan, would never surrender.

Zhang Liao said: Your Majesty, Mr. Cao said that our world has been in chaos for so many years. He has lost the opportunity in his battle with Your Majesty. Since he is destined to be defeated, why should he add more killing and death to the world? So he asked me to surrender to Your Majesty in order to save more lives.

Sun Quan said: Cao Gong is also a hero. He has already transferred the troops from Guanzhong back to Yecheng. He heard that he ordered the defenders of Xiliang to surrender directly if they encounter our army. The purpose is to ensure that no opportunities can be given to foreign races.

Zhang Liao said: The decisive battle between Your Majesty and Cao Gong was in Yecheng. In this battle, Cao Gong would definitely be burned for his own face.

Sun Quan said: Cao Gong is indeed a hero, he can take it and let it go. Although he lost hundreds of thousands of troops in Xuchang and was occupied by our army, if he brought the organized hundreds of thousands of troops to Guanzhong together, it would not be so easy for us to attack in Guanzhong, because of the geographical location of Guanzhong. However, he chose to show off with me in Yecheng, so that he could preserve a lot of strength for our nation.

After hearing this, Zhang Liao couldn't help crying. Sun Quan walked over, patted Zhang Liao on the shoulder and walked out.

Then Sun Quan personally led the team to Yecheng. Sun Quan rode his horse and walked on the road with Pang Tong, looking at the white snow scene, and said: Little Phoenix, I didn’t expect the battle to go so smoothly. I originally thought that the Wei army would have to fight with us for a year or two, but I didn’t expect that the war would end. Looking back, we have been going through more than ten years along the way. You and I are already in our thirties, but I didn’t expect that we can achieve today’s achievements!

Pang Tong smiled and said: Your Majesty, when I met Your Majesty in Wujun, I was still thinking about whether to follow Your Majesty, but I didn’t expect that Your Majesty would deceive me. It has been twelve years. We have fought so many battles over the past ten years and are finally about to achieve our goal. We can finally achieve the unification of the world.

Guo Jia said to Lu Su from behind: Zijing, what do you think His Majesty is talking to Shi Yuan?

Lu Su said: Fengxiao, the relationship between this Shiyuan and His Majesty is different from that of us. You know this. Besides, if you are such a smart person, do you still have to ask me?

Guo Jia smiled and said: Zijing, it’s not that I want to ask you. We all know that you, Gongjin, Shiyuan and Yuanzhi in this army are hard to say, but you are obviously two major camps. Now the war is about to end. I guess the army will also lay off some. I don’t know what we can do next?

Lu Su asked quietly: Fengxiao, have you thought of any place to go?
Chapter completed!