The beginning of the Three Kingdoms Cheng Yuanzhi

Chapter 144 The end of the hero

The conquest of the Central Plains by the princes of the six routes was naturally triggered by the massacre of the city of Xuzhou by Cao Cao.

The deeper reason is that Cheng Yuanzhi and all the nearby princes wanted to destroy Cao Cao.

In addition, the timing of this proposal is very good.

At this time, brothers Lu Bu, Zhang Miao, and Zhang Chao were competing with Cao Cao for Yanzhou, and they were enemies themselves.

Liu Bei just took over Xuzhou. It is impossible for him not to express his anger and actions towards Cao Cao, who slaughtered Xuzhou twice and caused harm to the people under his rule.

Even if he just pretends to show the people under his rule, he will definitely come to attack Cao Cao.

It's fine if you can't beat it, but since so many princes are going to beat Cao Cao, then I'm sorry, Liu Bei also wants to show his face and make a wave of presence.

This is the four princes!
Yuan Shu will come because he is a good buddy of Cheng Yuanzhi, and the two have been friends for more than ten years, even though they are the masters of each other now, at least the tacit understanding is still there.

Not to mention that Yuan Kai is still alive and living a happy life in Hanoi. With this bond, Yuan Shu will naturally respond positively to the princes' decision to attack Cao.

As for Zhang Xiu, he just came to join in the fun. He saw other princes coming to fight Cao Cao, so he wanted to join in.

Humans have a herd mentality.

In case the princes of the Five Routes finished beating Cao Cao, they looked up, huh?There is also Zhang Xiu here!Brothers, fuck him!
That would be hard.

So Zhang Xiu must come.

After the six armies arrived at the outskirts of Cao Cao's Puyang City, they sent envoys to Cheng Yuanzhi to discuss major issues.

The princes quickly reached a resolution to "destroy Cao Cao together and divide the five counties and three kingdoms of Yanzhou equally".

For the division of territory, there are only Cheng Yuanzhi, Lu Bu, Zhang Miao, and Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu's appeal was to the southernmost Shanyang County, which was close to Yuzhou and he happened to have it under his control.

Cheng Yuanzhi's appeal is the three counties of Dongjun, Jibei and Taishan in the north.

Zhang Miao's request is to keep the original territory unchanged, Chenliu and Jiyin counties.

He originally only had one Chenliu County, but now he has earned money, and the two brothers happen to have one county per person.

On the surface, it was Lu Bu who suffered the most, from occupying four counties to two.

But in fact he is not bad.

Because he was originally sent under Cheng Yuanzhi's fence, not even a single county.

Happy to everyone!

There is no share of Zhang Xiu and Liu Bei in dividing the territory.Liu Bei and Yanzhou are separated by Lu Bu, and Zhang Xiu and Yanzhou are separated by Zhang Miao. Even if Yanzhou is given to them, they cannot take over.

Because it is an enclave.

After happily dividing the territory, everyone was gearing up, ready to start dealing with Cao Cao.

Cao Cao was once the Lord of a Continent at any rate, and his temper was not very good. Seeing that the Sixth Route Army gradually narrowed the encirclement, he simply gathered all his troops and rushed directly to Zhang Miao's army stationed in the west field of Puyang City.

When a troop goes berserk, the burst of energy is enormous.

A fierce battle.

When the princes heard the news and arrived, Zhang Miao and Zhang Chao were all killed in battle, and the entire army of [-] soldiers and horses was wiped out.

Cao Cao, who had lost nearly 1 horses, looked up, good guy, there is Zhang Xiu in front, and Yuan Shu behind Zhang Xiu.

Add up to 7 horses.

Cao Cao looked at the remaining more than 1 exhausted troops under his command, gave up continuing to break through, and was not allowed to rush into Chenliu City to defend and rest.

The remaining princes of the five routes followed and surrounded Chenliu City.

During this period, Cao Cao's family and counselors in Puyang City had all fallen into the hands of Cheng Yuanzhi.

In this way, Cao Cao, who originally won Yanzhou, coerced all directions, and was extremely capable of fighting, instantly became the turtle in the urn.

Cao Cao has martial arts, literary talents, and can govern the world. He can be said to be the most comprehensive talent in this era. Unfortunately, he has a violent personality and has no bottom line in doing things. If he disagrees with him, he will slaughter cities and dig people's graves...

To put it bluntly, if these things were left in the original time and space, with the support of his powerful ally Yuan Shao, Cao Cao would be fine no matter how aggressive he was.

No one dared to do anything to him, he could grow up calmly.

Because someone has the bottom line!

But in this time and space, Cheng Yuanzhi, who lives in Hebei, is not an ally of Cao Cao.

If Cao Cao dared to play like this, he was courting death.

If there is a chance to kill Cao Cao, Cheng Yuanzhi will never miss it.
Therefore, the situation Cao Cao was facing at this moment made the other four princes who came to Huimeng feel a little bit drummed, and they were all worried that they would face this situation in the future.

For example, Liu Bei, who would live a long life if he surrendered to whomever he chose, and Lu Bu, who would be happy and healthy whoever he accepted as his father, were making calculations in their minds at this moment.

Therefore, during the siege of Cao Cao, the other four princes sent envoys again to Cheng Yuanzhi to discuss the two principles of peaceful coexistence.

[-]. Cheng Yuanzhi must not take the lead in attacking any of the princes here, otherwise everyone will attack together.

If you fight back in self-defense, feel free.

Second, no matter how big or small the territory is, all the princes should recognize each other's identity, territory, equal status, and respect the Chang'an court as the leader.

Cheng Yuanzhi complied, and at the same time ordered Zhang Xiu, Lu Bu, Liu Bei, Yuan Shu and others to withdraw their troops for 20 miles and guard the periphery. Instead, [-] soldiers from Jizhou came to besiege Chenliucheng.

Because the princes of the five routes besieged the city with different orders and different combat effectiveness, Cao Cao would find a weak point to break through the defense, and he would even follow in the footsteps of the former brothers Zhang Miao.

Uprooted!

Hearing that there was no need to lose troops, the princes of the four routes naturally had no objection, and withdrew back extremely quickly.

Chen stayed in the city.


"Brother!"

Cao Cao stopped at the top of the city, looking at the densely packed Jizhou soldiers under the city, thinking about it, Cao Ren's voice rang in his ears.

"Yuan She has surrounded the four directions in the southeast, north and west. There are 5 people at each city gate, half infantry and half cavalry. His family members have all been captured by him. We..."

"Let's surrender."

"Ok?"

Cao Cao raised his eyebrows and looked angrily at Cao Ren, whose eyes were red. He was stunned and speechless.

Yes, he was besieged on all sides, with 1 cavalry and [-] infantry outside, and he had only [-] horses in total, the food and grass in the city was only enough for a month, and his family members fell into the hands of others.

In such a situation, what are you still struggling with?

Cao Cao knew that if he surrendered, he would have absolutely no way out.

The princes of the six routes... Oh, now there are five routes left, and he will attack with righteousness. No matter how you say it, he will use his head to commemorate the 10,000+ people who were massacred in Xuzhou.

This is the way of heaven.

For the safety of his family members, Cao Cao actually accepted the decision to surrender in his heart.

But I still have a wish, I hope that the disaster will not reach my family.

With the way "Yuan She" has always acted, even if he agrees verbally, won't he kill the grass and roots in the future?

By the way, what is Yuan She's style of acting?

Cao Cao was suddenly a little dazed, realizing that he didn't know anything about this overlord living in Hebei.

He has no key information about the other party at all, and many things are based on guesswork—for example, the three battles against Wuhuan.

Because Zhang Yang was illiterate, how could he use such unpredictable tricks?

Looking at Zhang Yang's subsequent battles to pacify the Eastern Qianghu and Southern Xiongnu, one word is "reckless"!
Flat push without technical content.

Moreover, according to the information obtained by Cao Cao later, Zhang Yang actually took refuge in "Yuan She" very early, and this time was probably ten years ago!

Ten years ago, it was the Yellow Turban Uprising...

Could it be that this person has been planning all this since ten years ago?
Yellow Turban Uprising... Yuan She... Heishan Army... Jizhou robbed grain... Acknowledged Yuan Kui as foster father... Stayed in Luoyang... Operated Shangdang, Heishan, Hanoi, Jizhou, Bingzhou, Qingzhou, Youzhou, Central Plains...

hiss……

Cao Cao gasped, and a flash of lightning suddenly flashed in his mind.

Faintly had a bold guess.


At this time, he suddenly wanted to meet "Yuan She" himself.

Cao Cao poked his head out and shouted to the Jizhou soldiers patrolling outside the city:
"Please tell your lord that Cao Cao wants to see you!"



(End of this chapter)