Chapter 2897: Civil strife and scattered troops, Cao Ren was forcibly surrendered (Part 2)


    Chapter 2894: Civil strife and scattered army spirits, Cao Ren was forcibly surrendered (Part 2)


    Anyone in the Cao army may surrender, but Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Cao Chun, Xiahou Dun, and Xiahou Yuan. Those who grew up with Cao Cao and are not brothers who are better than brothers, theoretically, will never surrender.


    Among the five above, Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan were both killed in battle, and Cao Hong also died in A Qing''s assassination, leaving only Cao Ren and Cao Chun.


    Jia Xu naturally knew that Cao Ren was unlikely to surrender, but he still had to spend so much effort and means, and went around such a big circle to force him to surrender. Naturally, it was because Cao Ren''s surrender was different from other people''s surrender.


    Cao Ren''s position in Cao''s army is second only to Cao Cao, Yin Shou and Le Yi, and is on par with Cao Bin.


    Now that Le Yi committed suicide, Cao Bin was captured, Cao Ren was the number three figure in the Cao Wei army.


    Today, Cao Wei has fallen into the four richest western counties, and the Yanzhou family is also turning against each other, and the people are even more indifferent to the inner world. Even royal families like Cao Zhen and Cao Youwen have turned to the Qin Dynasty.


    At this time, if Cao Ren, the number three figure, led 100,000 Cao troops to surrender to Qin, the blow to the morale and confidence within Cao Wei would undoubtedly be fatal.


    Generals and officials of the seven eastern counties of Wei State, seeing that Cao Cao''s cousins ??surrendered to the Qin Dynasty and surrendered with a 100,000 army, Cao Wei must have no future. With such a mentality, it is likely that a large number of senior officials will escape and eventually become the last straw that will overwhelm the camel.


    The Qin Dynasty was originally disdainful of using such psychological tactics, because the Qin army, which had already occupied an absolute strategic advantage, could completely crush it.


    But no one expected that Cao Cao would instead make a tactic of open conspiracy and use the population to pass the blame as a scorched earth. This also hit the Qin army seven inches. Not only did it greatly increase the logistics pressure of the Qin army, but it also forced Ying Hao to temporarily stop the strategy of the eastern part of Yanzhou.


    Originally, Ying Hao wanted to give Cao Cao some decentness, after all, Cao Cao was also his father-in-law, but since Cao Cao was so useless and unfair to do martial ethics and dragged the people into the water to be a shield, Ying Hao naturally would not give him any face.


    Since Chen Liu, who was trapped in the lonely city, surrendered is only a matter of time before and after, Ying Hao naturally wants to maximize his interests.


    Just forcing the surrender of these 100,000 troops is obviously not able to maximize the profits. Only by letting Cao Ren lead his army to surrender can he truly kill people and kill others. Therefore, Jia Xu''s subsequent series of plans were created.


    Burning the grain warehouse, forcing Li Da to death, slandering Cao Youwen... are all just part of Jia Xu''s plan.


    Now Jia Xu''s plan has also come to the last step, that is, to seize power and undermine Cao Ren, and this will be made up by Cao Zhen. As long as he can do it, he will be the second hero who forced Cao Ren to surrender this time.


    "General Cao Zhen, it''s time to give you the support. The Black Ice Platform has been given to you, and the next thing is yours."


    Ren Qianxing patted Cao Zhen on the shoulder, with a bewitching tone in his tone, and said, "After this time, it will be easy to be awarded a title for a marquis or a title for gold.


    The most important thing is that you can get rid of the stigma and completely integrate into the Qin Dynasty. Whether you can grasp this vast wealth depends on your own. ”


    I have to say that Ren Qianxing''s words were quite tempting to Cao Zhen, but he had another concern in his heart that he was really unhappy.


    "After things are done, I will not be the next Li Da, but you will be abandoned by you?" Cao Zhen asked with a sneer.


    Cao Youwen was not indicted in advance, so he didn''t know that the Li Da incident was a trap, but Cao Zhen knew Li Da''s identity, and Li Da ended up with such a tragic ending, which naturally made Cao Zhen, who was also a traitor, feel sad.


    When Ren Qianxing heard this, he glanced at Cao Zhen and said lightly: "You are different from Li Da.


    Li Da was just an ordinary person. He was so important that he was more useful than living when he died. This made him qualified to sacrifice for the unification of the Qin Dynasty. This was the blessing he had cultivated in eight lifetimes.


    And you, Cao Zhen, you are alive and you are more useful than if you die, so you can live. ”


    Ren Qianxing''s naked remarks made Cao Zhen extremely dissatisfied and said coldly: "Can I think that if one day I die is more useful than living, Daqin will let me die without hesitation?"


    Ren Qianxing looked at Cao Zhen deeply and said lightly: "If this day really happens, I hope you don''t bother others, take the initiative to wipe your neck.


    As a general, it is more useful to be reduced to death than to life. What is the use of such waste? I, Daqin, don’t collect garbage. ”


    "you…"


    Although Cao Zhen was angry when he heard this, if he thought about it carefully, Ren Qianxing''s words were not unreasonable.


    Li Da''s death is that his own value is too low. But after he dies, the value of the impact caused is extremely high. With the imbalance between pros and cons, anyone who chooses will definitely give up such a 25-year-old.


    Cao Zhen is different. As a general of Cao Wei, he was the leader of the surrendered faction and one of the leaders of the Cao Wei surrendered army in the future. Unless he was rushing his own mind to seek death, he would not be able to be reduced to the point where death is more valuable than living, and thus was voluntarily abandoned by the Qin Dynasty.


    "I kindly remind you that it is not that easy to stand out among the Qin army. Incompetent people will be wiped out sooner or later. If you want to prove your value, do this beautifully."


    After saying that, Ren Qianxing left without looking back, leaving Cao Zhen alone to meditate on the spot, and after a while, he gradually woke up.


    Looking at the direction of Ren Qianxing''s departure, Cao Zhen''s eyes showed a sense of firmness. He had no way out. He could only follow the Qin Dynasty''s road to the dark. In order to be in the future, he must do the tasks assigned by Jia Xu this time.


    "I don''t have much time left for me, so I must contact the people on the list as soon as possible."


    The list left by Ren Qianxing is undoubtedly a great gift to Cao Zhen, but now the people on the list do not know each other. Cao Zhen must be the one who comes one after another to gather this dispersed force together. At the same time, in the prefect of Chenliu''s palace, Cao Ren was looking at the ceiling with his eyes blankly. Facing the desperate situation of death without life, he was really desperate.


    "Report to the Grand Governor, the three lords Dong Zhao, Zheng Hun and He Kui are here."


    Cao Ren was shocked when he heard this and hurriedly said, "Please."


    Dong Zhao was the prefect of Chenliu, Cao Wei, and his status among the civil servants of Cao Wei was second only to the five military advisors, as well as Bigan Chen Qun;


    The great-grandson of Zheng Hun Zheng Zhong and the younger brother of Zheng Tai, a famous scholar, was also a disciple of the farmer family. He served as the Grand Chief of Cao Wei and was responsible for the military and civilian garrisons in the entire Yanzhou;


    As for He Kui, he was born in the He family of Chen County, and the father of He Zeng, the chief minister of the Western Jin Dynasty. He was originally a subordinate of Yuan Shu. After Yuan Shu was defeated, he defected to Cao Cao and held several positions. He is currently the commander of Henan.


    Although Dong Zhao, Zheng Hun and He Kui were civil officials, they were all real power factions with military power.


    Dong Zhao was in charge of the soldiers of Chenliu County, Zheng Hun was in charge of 5,000 military farming soldiers, and He Kui was in charge of the soldiers of Henan County. Although the proportion of the three men''s military power was not large, they were not small in total.


    Of course, Cao Ren summoned the three of them not to appease the three of them, but he really had no choice now, so he hoped that these three civil officials would come to give him some advice.


    Dong Zhao, Zheng Hun and He Kui were all in Qiao County, and they were both loyal before, so Cao Ren was not afraid that the three of them would rebel.


    Dong Zhao and the other two naturally knew the news that the grain warehouse was burned, but they didn''t know that Cao Hong died in battle and Cao Youwen and Cao Zhen joined forces. After learning the whole story from Cao Ren, the three of them fell silent for a moment. Obviously, they didn''t expect that the situation would be so bad after just one night.


    After a long time, Zheng Hun broke the silence and was the first to speak: "Grandmaster, although your urgent wisdom has saved some of the food and grass, this is already a desperate situation. Once the food is exhausted, our army will collapse on its own."


    "Where can we wait until the grain is exhausted and before the grain is exhausted, the generals below will come to ask for an explanation. Once we learn that the grain warehouse is burned, the army will definitely lose all the morale. If the Qin army does not need to attack us, the soldiers below will tie us out of the city to surrender." He Kui said with a wry smile.


    Cao Ren naturally knew about these things, so he did not have the responsibility to pursue Cao Youwen for the time being, because if he did not appease the army, everything that followed would have no meaning.


    "I wonder if the three gentlemen have any plans to teach me?"


    Cao Ren looked humbly asking for advice, but Zheng Hun and He Kui looked at me and I looked at you, obviously not like there was a way. Only Dong Zhao kept bowing his head and pondering, and didn''t know what he was thinking.


    In this regard, Cao Ren could only place all his hopes on Dong Zhao, and Dong Zhao did not disappoint him. After a long silence, he spoke: "Grandmaster, Zhao has a plan, which may delay for a while, but it is just a drinking poison to quench his thirst. Therefore, Zhao wanted to know, what level does the Grandmaster want to achieve in this battle that will definitely be defeated?"


    If someone else asked this, Cao Ren might not be able to tell the truth, but he had been agreeing with Dong Zhao for more than ten years, and his trust in Dong Zhao was no less than Cao Hong, so he said truthfully: "I dare not seek victory, nor dare to survive. I can only try my best to gain more time for the main attack."


    Dong Zhao nodded with relief when he heard this, but Cao Ren waved his hand and asked Zheng Hun and He Kui to leave, leaving the two alone in the hall to talk in detail.


    "The underground grain warehouse is burned, so we must give you an explanation to the generals. The Grand Governor must not sit and wait for death. When the generals come to the door, they should turn passively into initiative and actively summon the generals of the army to explain, and inform them that the fire has been extinguished in time. The food rescued is still enough for a month to calm down."


    Hearing Dong Zhao''s words, Cao Ren asked in confusion: "I know that passive is the initiative, but the food I have saved is not enough for ten days. Even if you count the undigged ones, it may not be enough for half a month.


    If you can’t get so much food then, how should you explain to the generals? ”


    "Use sand to fill the grain, first fool the generals, and then kill the chicken to warn the monkeys. Then, attack Cao Youwen and Cao Zhen, so as to shock the other generals, making them afraid and dare not move. Only in this way can we persevere until we finish the food."


    Hearing Dong Zhao''s words, Cao Ren couldn''t help but slap his legs and scream. Why didn''t he expect that as long as he is confident and has enough face, the generals will not care about the inside. Let''s talk about it after it''s time to survive this disaster first.


    "Just do what the sir said." Cao Ren said in a deep voice.


    Afterwards, Cao Ren took the initiative to summon the generals in the army and said that he would inform the burning of the grain warehouse. In addition to Cao Youwen, Cao Youwan and Cao Bing, Cao Zhen, Cao Yun, Cao Can, Yang Xun, Yan Ming, Linghu Shao, Dong Zhao, Zheng Hun, He Kui and other civil and military officials were all present.


    Seeing that Cao Youwen, Cao Youwan and Cao Bing did not come, Cao Ren''s heart suddenly sank.


    Cao Youwan broke his hand, but he didn''t come, which was still as Cao Ren expected, but Cao Youwen and Cao Bing didn''t come either. He was ready to turn against him.


    "Damn traitor."


    Cao Ren cursed in his heart, but he still looked calm on the surface. He then made public that the granary was attacked by Qin''s army, and this statement naturally caused an uproar.


    Chenliu is already an isolated city, and now all the food and grass are burned. How can they persevere? For a moment, pessimism spread throughout the audience.


    Cao Zhen sneered and looked at this scene. He thought that Cao Ren would hide it, but he didn''t expect Cao Ren to self-destruct. But this is good, and it can be regarded as helping him save trouble.


    "Cao Ren, you took a wrong move." Cao Zhen said in his heart.


    (This chapter ends)