Jagged hegemony of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 722
"Report! Liu Bei from Jingzhou led an army to attack Pingyu, and Cao Hua, the defender of Pingyu, couldn't resist, so he asked Xuchang for help!"

In Xuchang City, a dusty Cao Jun came to Xuchang City to report to Cao Pi.

"what?"

Cao Pi was shocked and turned to Xi Zhicai.

"It's really a wall that everyone is pushing!"

Xi Zhicai sighed and said helplessly.

"Remember, never tell the lord about this!"

"Here!"

All the generals present agreed in unison, but the faces of all the generals were very ugly, because according to the development of this situation, the whole Wei country will fall in a short time, and everyone has their own thoughts.

The generals of the Cao family were all thinking about how to keep the Wei state, and the generals who were not Cao family all had their own ghosts, thinking about how to save their own lives.

But the fire could not be contained in the paper, and an uninformed general told Cao Cao that Liu Bei led the army to attack Pingyu.

Cao Cao was taking medicine on the bed, and sprayed it out just after taking a mouthful.

"What did you say? The big-eared thief led an army to attack Pingyu?"

Cao Cao's half-closed eyes instantly widened, and his chest heaved uncontrollably.

"Huchi! Huchi! Huchi!"

Cao Cao gasped for a few breaths, then spit out a mouthful of blood, and fell on the bed.

"Lord!"

The guard next to Cao Cao immediately stepped forward to support Cao Cao.

But Cao Cao didn't need anyone to help him, so he sat up by himself.

Some guards whispered: "Look, the lord can sit up by himself, it seems that the lord is getting better! Now Wei Guo is saved!"

Another guard scolded: "You know what a fart! This is called returning to the light, the lord may not live long!"

"what?"

Cao Cao also knew his situation. After sitting up, he said slowly, "Send someone to call Pi'er, Xi Zhicai, and Cao Ren!"

"Here!"

The guards quickly followed Cao Cao's instructions and found Cao Pi, Xi Zhicai and others.

Cao Cao looked at a large group of people standing in front of him and said after a while, "Everyone, I'm afraid I won't make it through tonight!"

"Father!"

Cao Pi yelled and wanted to say comforting words, but Cao Cao raised his hand to stop him.

Cao Cao continued: "Everyone here is my confidant. I hope that after my death, you can help Pi'er, especially Zhicai. You have always been my think tank. I will leave the political affairs to you. Miaocai, Zixiao’s defense against foreign enemies is left to you generals! And everyone present, you must supervise Pi’er for me!”

"Here!"

All the generals present were all sad, and they all agreed with red eyes.

Then Cao Cao nodded slowly, waved his hand, and signaled Cao Pi to stay, and the rest went out.

All the generals withdrew from the house, leaving only Cao Cao and Cao Pi father and son in the house.

Cao Cao took Cao Pi's hand and said apologetically, "Pi'er, the person I am most sorry for is you. I originally wanted to train your elder brother to be my successor, but I never thought that your elder brother would be killed by Liu Wei!"

"Father, I will kill Liu Wei to avenge you and Big Brother!"

"Don't talk, just listen to me!"

Cao Cao went on to say: "Pi'er, don't be brave. I'm not even Liu Ziyan's opponent. How can you be Liu Ziyan's opponent? Listen to me, if one day you are at the end of your rope, just take this letter and surrender Liu Ziyan. It will kill you, and will protect your prosperity and wealth for the rest of your life. You must remember that you must vote for Liu Ziyan, and after surrendering, you will be a rich man in peace, and don’t think about revenge! Otherwise, my Cao family will be wiped out!"

"Father, I...!"

How could Cao Pi agree to Cao Cao, and he was about to refute immediately.

But Cao Cao pressed him firmly on the bed, stared into Cao Pi's eyes and said, "Pi'er promise me, otherwise I will die in peace!"

"Father, I promise you!"

Cao Pi had no choice but to agree to Cao Cao.

Only then did Cao Cao nodded in satisfaction, let go of Cao Pi's hand, and let Cao Pi leave.

After Cao Pi left, Cao Cao, supported by his guards, walked into the courtyard, looked up at the sky, and said to himself, "Liu Ziyan, Liu Ziyan, I never thought that I, Cao Mengde, would still be defeated by you in the end!"

At the same time, Liu Wei who was in Guandu was also looking up at the sky, as if he heard Cao Cao's exclamation, Liu Wei also said: "Since Cao Mengde is dead, it's time to send troops to attack Xuchang!"

That night, Cao Cao died on the hospital bed, and a generation of heroes passed away forever.

Half a month later, Wei Yan led the Xiliang army out of Guanzhong and came to Ye County, and Liu Wei also led the army south to the north gate of Xuchang, and surrounded Xuchang.

In Xuchang City, there are only less than 20 Cao Jun, and the military rations are only enough for 20 troops to feed for half a month.

In the Wei Palace, Cao Pi and the generals were frowning.

"His Royal Highness King Wei, why don't we abandon Xuchang, go south to Yuzhou, and defend Pingchun, so as to make way for the Hebei army to go south, and let the Hebei army collide with the Jingzhou army! We are surviving in the cracks, and we still have a chance!"

Minister Hua Xin remonstrated.

Xia Houyuan looked at Hua Xin contemptuously, stood up and said, "Why go to Pingchun, I am willing to lead the Guanzhong army out of the city to fight the Hebei army, repel the Hebei army, and defend Xuchang!"

After finishing speaking, Xia Houyuan looked up at Cao Pi, waiting for Cao Pi's opinion.

Just as Cao Pi was about to speak, a guard broke into the palace and reported, "His Royal Highness King Wei, something is wrong. Yuzhou guard Cao Hua couldn't stop the Jingzhou army's attack, so he opened the door and surrendered. Now the whole Yuzhou has fallen into Liu Bei's hands. !"

"hiss!"

All the ministers in the palace gasped, even Xi Zhicai turned blue.

Hua Xin glanced at everyone, thought for a moment, and then stood up and said, "His Royal Highness, now we have no choice but to let General Xiahou go out of the city to fight a decisive battle with the Hebei Army, or we can only... ...open the door and surrender!"

"presumptuous!"

Before Cao Pi could speak, Cao Hong stood up and pointed at Huaxin and cursed: "You are a bitch, you are here to confuse people's hearts, come here, take this traitor out and execute him immediately!"

When Cao Hong said yes, two guards came in at the door and went to pull Huaxin.

Hua Xin yelled loudly: "His Royal Highness, I am doing this for your own good. If you don't open the door and surrender, you will anger Liu Ziyan. How many people can survive the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty? You Cao family, how many people will survive?" How many can survive? Wei Wang think twice!"

Cao Pi looked up at Hua Xin, and ordered to the guards: "Don't kill him, put him in the dungeon first, and deal with it in a few days!"

"Here!"

After Hua Xin was imprisoned in the sky prison, Cao Pi ordered Xia Houyuan and Cao Ren to lead the remaining soldiers and horses out of the city to fight the Hebei army in the next day.

(End of this chapter)