Invincible from the beginning of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 447 No way out, Cao Cao crowned king

Zhang Ming first replenished his troops.

Keep your troops at [-].

Then began to dig the tunnel.

When digging the tunnel, Zhang Ming dug it openly and did not hide it.

Just dig more than a dozen tunnels and dig them down one mile outside the city.

The soil was continuously transported out by soldiers.

Everyone in the city watched.

Cao Cao came to see him every day.

The enemy dug for a few days, and he was also nervous. They also dug in the city.

The purpose is to know the enemy's progress at the first time, and to block the dug tunnel at any time.

However, Zhang Ming didn't intend to go in along the tunnel, otherwise he wouldn't be so blatant.

This blatant digging is to tell the enemy.

After more than ten days of digging, Zhang Ming got under the city wall and reached the root of the wall.

After digging to the root of the wall, Zhang Ming asked people to dig sideways.

Dig a large hole under the base of the wall.

After that, Zhang Ming asked people to withdraw.

However, just leaving it like this, Zhang Ming stopped attacking again.

"Brother, we can completely burn down this city wall with gasoline and diesel, why should we stop?" Zhao Yun didn't understand why Zhang Ming didn't attack again.

It is not difficult to win this city.

"We are waiting until Cao Jun from other places comes over, and then collect the net."

Sili and Cao Jun in Yuzhou couldn't stop them, so their retreat was certain.

As for where they are going to retreat, it is nothing more than going to Cao Ang or Cao Cao.

The other two armies are like a broken bamboo.

Zhang Ming was outside the city, and received news from time to time that the troops in front were laying down.

A county, the advancement of a county.

Xi Zhicai and the others are not advancing fast, but they are very steady.

After occupying some places, some defenders from the rear will come to occupy and take over the governance.

Now, Zhang Ming does not need to station troops in many places, so the troops in the rear have all come to the front.

More and more cities are occupied, and the enemy's space is further compressed.

Xi Zhicai was at the front, and with a determined command, he had chased Zhang Xiu and others to the city of Wan.

At this time, Zhang Xiu and others were trapped in Wancheng.

Xi Zhicai led people to station outside Wancheng, and did not attack for the time being.

And Zhang Yun, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others attacked Yuzhou in several ways.

Or unite, or attack separately.

Yuzhou has conquered three counties.

After conquering three counties, Zhang Yun let the army begin to rest.

The rest is to consolidate the rear.

Zhang Ming's rear continued to send support, and food and soldiers were constantly replenished.

Cao Jun was divided into three parts and resisted with difficulty.

"Report, my lord, in the direction of Yuzhou, our army attacked again, and fought a battle with Cao Ren, each of which lost thousands of people."

"Cao Jun fled and used the city to resist."

"Report, our army attacked the city for three days, Cao Jun abandoned the city and fled with the crowd."

"Report, our army was ambushed by Cao Jun, lost more than [-] people and killed [-] enemies."

The battle reports were delivered one by one.

"This battle is coming to an end. From now on, I will tell the world that no city can stop my attack."

In Zhang Ming's eyes, the battle is over.

"Bring a pen and paper."

Zhang Ming started to write a letter, and he wrote a letter to Cao Cao.

"Wei Hou, I have a certain chance of winning this battle. If I don't attack, I'm just waiting for someone to come and die."

"You are the Marquis of Wei, if you pass the throne to Mr. Cao Ang, I will take over the world in the future, and I will not spare his life. If he has no title, or if I give him a title, he can still save his life."

"Mr. Cao Ang is very talented, I can't bear to kill him, and I hope Marquis Wei will not pass the title to Mr. Cao Ang."

"I have the confidence to take down this city, that is, if I can blow up the city wall and lead a large army to enter, when the two armies fight, there will be many casualties."

"Now, I have controlled the overall situation. Whether Marquis Wei will cut his title or pass it on to other sons, please feel free to do so. I can send documents to him and announce it to the world."

Zhang Ming wrote such a letter.

In the future, if Zhang Ming conquers the world and confers titles, such as Cao Cao and Sun Ce, he will definitely not be able to live.

Because of its appeal, Zhang Ming had to be killed for various reasons.

But if there is no title, the influence will be much smaller.

Zhang Ming wrote the letter and sent it over.

Put down the basket on the top of the city and send the letter to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao opened the letter and read it, and his heart suddenly became cold.

It can blow up the city wall and wait for someone to die.

In other words, Zhang Ming has already used Cao Cao as a bait.

Zhang Ming was waiting for someone to rescue him.

Being used as bait, Cao Cao was very angry.

How can the proud Cao Cao tolerate it.

In the letter, Zhang Ming briefly explained to Cao Cao the principle of blowing up the city wall, and asked him to make a decision.

He clearly told Cao Cao that he could not leave and had to die.

Let him prepare for his funeral.

Cao Cao is a man with ideals, and he is also very proud.

Now, one is being used as a bait, and the other is being forced by Zhang Ming to arrange funeral arrangements.

Cao Cao held the letter tightly in his hand, veins appeared on the back of his hand.

"My life has been in turmoil, and I have never been so difficult."

Cao Cao recalled his life.

Being trapped in Luoyang, fleeing from Luoyang, and being arrested and imprisoned have never been so difficult.

However, at this time.

Cao Cao has always been decisive, but there are also very embarrassing things.

It is a great shame and humiliation to cut one's title. One has to be humiliated in this way before one dies.

Cao Cao was uncomfortable.

However, if you don't do this, after you die, Cao Ang will automatically become the new Marquis of Wei.

Cao Cao can also pass the title to other sons in advance, but to whom?

"Liaohou, you have given me a big problem."

"At the same time, the old man wanted to use this city to block you. Unexpectedly, he trapped himself in the end."

Cao Cao didn't call his advisers this time.

He knew that he needed to make a decision by himself.

"Difficult."

"I, Cao Mengde, will be forced to do this one day."

Cao Cao sighed himself.

After thinking for a long time, Cao Cao couldn't make a decision.

Two more days passed.

Cao Cao finally made a decision.

"I, Cao Mengde, how can I die like a fool all my life, even if I die, I will leave behind a great reputation."

Cao Cao called some of his men.

"I want to be called the king, the king of Wei."

Everyone was puzzled why he was trapped in the city, why he suddenly wanted to become king.

Cao Cao said: "The tunnel Zhang Ming dug can blow up the city wall. He wrote a book to me to ask me to surrender."

"Of course, you can surrender, but I, Cao Mengde, cannot."

"Being king tomorrow, and then choose the right time to fight out of the city. If I can rush out, that's fine. If I can't, you will surrender directly."

Everyone looked at each other, but they didn't dare to speak.

This is so surprising.

I thought I could hold the city firmly, but now I can't.

After Zhang Ming delivered the letter, he waited quietly.

Cao Cao will inevitably make a decision, and even if he can't, Zhang Ming will blow up the city wall.

It's just that the Shouchun City was well built, and it's a pity that it was blown up.

It's a pity, it's a pity, compared to the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers, Zhang Ming still chose to bomb.

"Brother, the second brother and the third brother have made progress again."

Zhao Yun was very happy to report to Zhang Ming after receiving the news.

It turned out that when they fought again, they injured Cao Ren and killed more than 1 of them.

At this time, there were only more than 4 Cao Ren's troops left in total.

They could only keep retreating, and there was no suspense in the whole Yuzhou.

"Very well, the world is settled."

In Zhang Ming's view, this is almost the final battle.

Although there is still Jingzhou, Liangzhou, and Sun Ce and Cao Ang.

However, Cao Cao was trapped in the city, and Yuzhou and Sili had already fallen into his hands.

"Big brother, what are you waiting for, just call in, big brother has captured the emperor of the big man, abolished directly, big brother will be able to proclaim himself emperor."

"There is no hurry to become emperor. I will become king when Cao Cao is destroyed, and it will not be too late to become emperor when other princes are destroyed."

From Zhao Yun's point of view, it's all the same.

But since Zhang Ming arranged it this way, then he will arrange it like this.

Suddenly, there were cheers in the city.

"Meet King Wei."

"Meet King Wei."

"The king of Wei is mighty, mighty, mighty."

Outside the city, Zhao Yun's face changed when he heard it.

"Brother, this Cao Cao is actually king."

"If you want to be king, the eldest brother is the first to be king. It's Cao Cao's turn."

Zhao Yun was very angry, in his heart, if anyone was qualified to be king, only Zhang Ming.

However, Zhang Ming was calm and relaxed.

He called the soldiers and said, "Set up the stove, and I will boil water to make tea."

Soldiers will do it right away.

"Brother, this Cao Cao has already become the king. If you don't order, let the younger brother level this city and capture that Cao Cao."

Zhao Yun was very puzzled when he saw that Zhang Ming wanted to start making tea leisurely.

"Zilong, sit down."

Zhao Yun sat down.

"Zilong, your second and third brothers are already married, so you should find one too."

"Brother, the world is not peaceful."

Zhao Yun wanted to say something, but Zhang Ming said, "In my opinion, the world is already leveled."

Yes, it's a tie, who else is my opponent.

"In the future, if I become emperor, we brothers will jointly own the world."

"However, there is only one China, and I can only control the world. You can't be kings, but you can own a large piece of overseas land with hundreds of thousands of people. After several generations of development, you can also build a huge country."

"Little brother, I only want to follow my elder brother around."

Zhang Ming nodded, Zhao Yun was naturally sincere.

"Yes, but for your descendants, I will also make arrangements for them, give them [-] people, a huge piece of land, and make them kings."

"One of your descendants can become king, but you can't. I don't want to kill any heroes, and I don't want to deprive anyone of their power and honor. Therefore, your glory can only be inherited by your descendants."

Zhang Ming also thought about the problem of how to control the master of high power, or endanger the dynasty of future generations.

That is to limit their prestige.

If they are not crowned kings, their prestige will be limited.

However, meritorious service must be rewarded. Guan Zhangzhao followed him to conquer the world, and his credit was enough to become king.

However, if Zhang Ming does not seal it, then it will be sealed to their descendants.

Although their descendants have princes, they do not have their prestige.

In other words, Zhang Ming divided their influence into two.

Zhao Yun was moved.

Zhang Ming had already considered whether to kill the hero or not.

He didn't want to kill, and he didn't want to leave this infamy.

At the same time, I don't want my grandchildren to come and kill them.

Then give them enough power to make them kings overseas, or even call them emperors overseas.

They are all Chinese, and they will definitely find ways to squeeze other people's living space when they develop in the future.

The two chatted, and Zhang Ming made tea leisurely. He didn't care about Cao Cao's proclaiming emperor.

After a while, Gao Shun returned from inspection outside.

"Gao Shun, sit down."

"My lord, there is movement in the city, Cao Cao might rush out."

"That's right, he will choose to break out, because he doesn't want anyone to come and die."

Gao Shun nodded, took a sip of tea from his cup.

Zhang Ming said: "Gao Shun, I'm afraid this time we will face Lu Bu."

"My lord, the friendship between me and Marquis Wen has been broken. If we meet again, we will belong to different camps."

Zhang Ming nodded and said nothing.

The three of them made tea relaxingly outside the city.

At this time, Cao Cao was not so relaxed.

He's making arrangements.

"I have already become the king, and now I make Cao Anmin my son. If I die in battle, Cao Anmin's line will inherit the king of Wei."

Cao Anmin was his adopted son, but he had already died in battle in Wancheng.

Cao Cao wanted to give him the title of King Wei to comfort him.

Cao Anmin died because of Cao Cao's lust, and Cao Cao felt ashamed.

Giving him the title of King Wei now is a kind of posthumous conferment on him.

In this way, Cao Anmin can be rewarded, and his son can also be preserved.

At least, there is a greater probability of keeping his son.

Cao Cao's arrangement was very smart and decisive.

He already knew that Zhang Ming couldn't let him go, and if he didn't attack until now, he just waited for other troops to rescue Cao Cao.

Yuzhou is right next to them. When they find that Yuzhou cannot be defended, they are likely to come to support Cao Cao.

At that time, Zhang Ming will set a trap and swallow his army.

Therefore, Cao Cao has to make a decision.

It is necessary to fight out before Yuzhou Cheng falls.

In order to reassure his subordinates, he ordered that they could surrender.

If not, his army could crumble under the weight should word get out.

Cao Cao really had to go into the trap set by Zhang Ming.

But he didn't make up his mind.

At the same time, he had to wait. If he could stay here for a few more days, he would be able to give Cao Ang more time to prepare.

Cao Cao wrote a letter to Zhang Ming.

"This king has been crowned king. You will be one step ahead. The emperor's edict will prevail. In addition, I will make Cao Anmin my son. After my death, Cao Anmin will be the king of Wei."

When Zhang Ming received this letter, he immediately picked up a pen and paper.

However, instead of replying to Cao Cao, he wanted to send a letter to Youzhou.

"I'll let the newspaper publish a piece of news, otherwise you, Cao Mengde, will be crowned king, and no one in the world will know about it."

After writing the letter, Zhang Ming asked someone to send it back urgently, changing people and horses along the way, and it could be delivered within a few days.

This is really a journey day and night. When you arrive at a post station, you will immediately change people and horses.

Inside and outside Shouchun City, the two sides were rarely peaceful. Zhang Ming drank tea and practiced martial arts all day long, very leisurely.

Finally, a month later, Cao Ren lost to the attacks of Zhang He, Guan Yu and others, and slowly approached Yangzhou.

Sure enough, as Zhang Ming guessed, they were coming to join Cao Cao.

"It's just a self-inflicted trap, I'm afraid this is also the opportunity Cao Cao is waiting for."

(End of this chapter)