Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Cao Pi stood there in a daze for a moment, until Cao Cao looked up and waved at him.

"Pier."

"Father."

Cao Pi hurriedly stepped forward and knelt beside the couch, then said, "I have a piece of good news to tell you, father."

"What's the matter?" Cao Cao asked.

Cao Pi said with a smile on his face, "The Han army that besieged the city has retreated, and the Wei has held on. Father, you don't have to worry about state affairs, and you can rest and recuperate."

"Return?"

Cao Cao frowned, and a sharp look flashed across his face, which was flushed abnormally. He then asked, "Why did the Han army retreat?"

Cao Pi replied quickly.

"Ten days ago, news of unusual Xianbei movements came from Bingzhou. More than 200,000 Hu cavalrymen marched southwards. Then, the Xianbei army first attacked Zhang Fei's troops who were attacking the city in Bingzhou, and then marched southwards to Sili."

"I guess the Northern Expedition Army learned about this and had to withdraw to rescue Sili."

Cao Cao narrowed his eyes, which had become somewhat lifeless and turbid, and put his palm on the shoulder of Cao Pi, who was kneeling beside his legs, then leaned down a little and asked.

"Seeing the joy and relief Pi'er just showed, is he planning to send troops to pursue them, trying to delay the speed of the Han army's return to Sili, and use the Xianbei's sword to severely damage the Han army?"

Cao Pi was greatly shocked. He did not expect that Cao Cao, who had been bedridden for a long time, would reveal his thoughts in just one sentence.

"Does Father think this is inappropriate?"

As Cao Pi spoke, he instinctively secretly watched Cao Cao's changes in expression.

"Help me to stand up."

Cao Cao first said something, raised his hand and let Cao Pi help him up, and then asked Cao Pi to change his clothes personally and put on the royal robe again.

Even though his complexion showed signs of exhaustion, when Cao Cao raised his hand to stroke his short beard as usual, Cao Pi still subconsciously lowered his head in fear.

"Thin."

Cao Cao buckled his belt, let out a sigh that seemed somewhat unwilling, then turned around and looked at Cao Pi who was lowering his head, and said.

"Although the Han army has retreated, we can still hurry up. There are many talented people in the army, and they must have a backup plan. If we send troops out of the city to pursue them, they will be ambushed, and the fall of Yecheng will not be far away."

Cao Pi bowed and replied, "Thank you for your reminder, father. I will be careful in my actions."

"You still don't understand what I mean."

Cao Cao, supported by Cao Pi, walked out of the house and spoke while looking at the bright sunshine outside.

"Let's not talk about whether your strategy of letting the Xianbei go south and inflicting heavy damage on the Han army will succeed or not."

"But the fall of Bingzhou is a fact. With so few soldiers and money and food, how can Jizhou be qualified to take advantage of the situation?"

"If the Han army wins, Jizhou will just struggle to its death; if the Xianbei win, Jizhou will also be unable to resist the iron hoof of the Xianbei..."

Cao Cao's tone was unusually calm, so calm that there was not a single ripple, so calm that it made Cao Pi feel even more desperate.

With the combined strength of the five states of Si, Yan, Ji, Bing, and Qing, they could still fight Liu Bei.
As long as we keep Ji and Bing states, and have sufficient soldiers, money and food, we can hold out for a while and wait for the right time.

But now Cao Wei only has Jizhou left, with few soldiers and generals, and insufficient money and food. How can they get out of the fire? "Father, is there no way at all?"

Cao Pi asked unwillingly and desperately.

Cao Cao said nothing, quietly feeling the long-lost sunshine.

Before arriving at Yanjin, as his army was completely devastated, Cao Cao realized the cruel result and had a splitting headache. Even sending him back to Yecheng and taking all the best medicines had no effect.

This is because the root cause of Cao Cao's migraine is a heart disease, and how can this heart disease be cured by medical skills?
During these days, Cao Cao was thinking when he was unconscious and when he was awake, but there was no good way to change the trend created by Li Ji.

Even though Cao Pi immediately informed Cao Cao of the news that the Xianbei were moving south, Cao Cao was not surprised at all and had even thought about this method a long time ago.

It's just that Cao Cao saw farther and was more sober than Cao Pi. He understood that it was extremely difficult for Cao Wei to even preserve Jizhou at the moment. Borrowing the swords of the Hu people would only be drinking poison to quench thirst.

Apart from adding a few records in historical books about the destruction of Cao Wei by foreign races and the Cao clan becoming playthings of foreign races and being ridiculed by later generations, it has no effect at all.

After a long while, Cao Cao finally spoke.

"The Great Wei cannot be saved any longer. Pi'er has started to send the children of Cao and Xiahou to another place as soon as possible. From now on, they will hide their identities and names, which can be regarded as preserving a trace of their bloodline in the world."

"In addition, Pi'er sent another person to the south to deliver a letter of surrender. In view of this letter of surrender, Liu Da'er will show his benevolence and righteousness. I think he will not track down and kill all those children who changed their names."

After hearing this, the color on Cao Pi's face gradually faded and he asked in a hoarse voice.

"Father, do you really want to do this? There is no chance of survival. Who knows, the Hu people and the Han army might both be defeated. Isn't this a chance?"

Cao Cao lowered his eyes and spoke calmly with his back turned.

"Do you know why King Xiang was unwilling to cross the Wujiang River? Even King Xiang knew that he couldn't fight against the world with just one place. Can you do it, Pi'er?"

This sentence completely defeated Cao Pi, who had been struggling to hold on for a while, and made Cao Pi stand there in a daze with a distraught look.

At Cao Cao's order, he asked his attendant to bring a pot of fine wine.

When Cao Cao picked up the wine jug and drank it in big gulps, he let out a complex laugh, huh.

"How to relieve worries? Only Du Kang?"

"What a pity! I was born at the wrong time. I fought in many battles, conquered many cities and plundered many territories. I finally occupied three states and became the King of Wei. But I was no match for Liu. I am defeated, defeated..."

The lingering sound of that long sigh lingered for a long time.

It was not until the wine jug in Cao Cao's hand slipped to the ground with a sharp sound that Cao Pi suddenly reacted and found that Cao Cao was dead.

"Father... wuwuwu..."

Cao Pi could no longer hold back his tears and burst into tears, venting all his grief, indignation, resentment and blame at once.

Cao Cao's departure seemed to be a happy one, but Cao Pi knew that he was leaving a mess behind.

Cao Wei ultimately had to have someone write the surrender letter. Once Cao Cao died, it would undoubtedly have to be Cao Pi who wrote the surrender letter and endured the humiliation.

Cao Pi never enjoyed the position of King of Wei for a single moment, but he was still treated as the ruler of a fallen country. How could this not make Cao Pi sad and resentful?
After his grief and resentment, Cao Pi had no choice but to make public the news of Cao Cao's death, while secretly arranging for the children of the Cao and Xiahou families to escape quickly according to Cao Cao's will.

In addition, after struggling for a long time, Cao Pi finally sent people to kill all the members of the Xun family in Yecheng that night, and wrote a letter of surrender in the name of King of Wei.

In order to protect the Cao and Xiahou clans, Cao Pi put all the bad reputation on the Xun clan in this surrender letter, claiming that his father was bewitched by the Xun clan, in order to preserve the Cao clan as much as possible. (End of this chapter)