AD 228, the sixth year of the founding of the Han Dynasty.
The evening of April 6th.
Chang'an East Gate Tower.
"Reinforcements."
"It's reinforcements."
"Reinforcements are coming."
When a cavalry group rushed outside Chang'an City, Cao Wei's Chang'an garrison was immediately excited, as if they were celebrating a festival, and one soldier even hurried to the Governor's Mansion.
"Did you look carefully?" Cao Zhen asked in horror: "But it's my Wei cavalry?"
"Yes!"
"They are General Guo's cavalry."
The soldier said with certainty, he saw it with his own eyes.
"Okay, okay."
Cao Zhen was a little excited. After entering Chang'an, the Shu army would call for battle outside the city every day. He wanted to fight with the Shu army, but now there were only more than 10,000 defenders in Chang'an City, but the Shu army outside the city
The army is several times his.
From that day on, Zhuge Liang led his troops to Chang'an, and the Shu army surrounded Chang'an.
Later, the Shu army tried to attack the city several times, but Cao Zhen led the soldiers to repel them. Later, the Shu army stopped attacking the city, and chose to just call for battle under the city every day.
Cao Zhen knew that his own troops were inferior to the enemy's, so of course he chose to fortify the city and wait for reinforcements.
Now the wait is finally over.
Cao Zhen didn't think much, he immediately put on his clothes and ran towards the east gate.
When they came to the city, they saw that the Shu army outside the city had already fought with the cavalry of the Wei Dynasty. When Cao Zhen saw the banner with the word "Guo", he immediately said with great joy: "Okay, okay, it's Bo Ji, it's Bo Ji."
Bo Jiye."
Every city gate in Chang'an is guarded by Shu troops.
There are about three to four thousand Shu troops in the east of the city.
At this moment, there are approximately five thousand cavalrymen in the Wei Dynasty.
Therefore, Cao Zhen did not plan to open the city and cooperate with the reinforcements inside and outside. After all, the cavalry had an absolute advantage over the infantry. He firmly believed that the cavalry would soon defeat the Shu army.
As Cao Zhen expected, soon after the two armies engaged, the Shu army was at a clear disadvantage. After several charges by the Wei army, the Shu army immediately scattered and fled.
"Hahahaha!"
"Okay!"
Cao Zhen was overjoyed, and the Wei soldiers on top of the city were even more delighted.
Not long after, the Shu army was completely defeated, and the Wei army cavalry galloped to the city.
"Grand Governor!"
The cavalry general below the city shouted loudly: "Your Majesty has ordered General Zhang He of the left to lead 50,000 elite troops. They will arrive in Chang'an in a short time. The 20,000 elite troops led by Your Majesty have already passed Tongguan."
"Okay, okay!" Cao Zhen was overjoyed: "Bo Ji has worked hard, please come into the city quickly." After speaking, Cao Zhen ordered the soldiers to open the city gate.
As the city gate slowly opened, the knights below the city finally breathed a sigh of relief. When the city gate was completely opened, the leading general immediately led the army into the city gate.
As soon as the front cavalry entered the city gate, there were shouts of killing from behind, which shocked Cao Zhen on the top of the city.
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
The Shu army's shouts of killing shook the sky. The Shu army that had fled suddenly came back, and their numbers seemed to be even greater than before. Before Cao Zhen could react, the cavalry who had just rushed into the city also started to make killing sounds.
"Kill!"
As soon as these knights entered the city, they charged at the Wei army defending the city. The Shu army outside the city followed the cavalry and rushed towards the city gate. Cao Zhen suddenly panicked and roared loudly: "Guo Huai traitor has surrendered to Shu.
Army."
"Kill me!"
"Kill all the Shu army."
Cao Zhen immediately commanded his sergeants to resist the invading Shu army. He never dreamed that Guo Huai had actually surrendered to Shu and led the Shu army to attack Chang'an City.
Of course, this is no wonder Cao Zhen.
After all, all the gates in Chang'an were previously guarded by Shu troops. He didn't know what happened at Tongguan and Pubanjin, let alone that Emperor Liu Chan of Shu had captured Tongguan long ago.
It's too late to regret now.
When a large number of Shu troops poured into Chang'an City, Cao Zhen resisted tenaciously for a while, but in the end he was outnumbered and captured by Zhao Yun, Wei Yan and others.
April 6th, evening.
Chang'an Dudu's Mansion.
"The thief Guo Huai!"
"The thief Guo Huai!"
Cao Zhen was tied up and escorted in from the outside. As he walked in, he cursed loudly.
But——
There is no Guo Huai in the house.
"Kneel down!"
A soldier kicked Cao Zhen hard on the leg. Cao Zhen staggered and fell to his knees, then stood up again. He looked around for Guo Huai, but he couldn't find him.
At this time, the middle-aged man in the first seat gently shook his feather fan and glanced at Cao Zhen: "You have been captured, why don't you surrender quickly?"
"Bah——"
"Zhuge Villager!" Cao Zhen scolded angrily: "I am a general of the Wei Dynasty, how can I surrender to you~"
Cao Zhen was the adopted son of Cao Cao, Emperor Wu of Wei. He followed Cao Cao throughout his life and made countless military exploits for the establishment of Cao Wei. Cao Rui came to the throne a year ago and worshiped Cao Zhen as a general and moved to the Grand Sima.
Naturally, he would not choose to surrender to Shu Han.
Zhuge Liang naturally knows this better.
"Push it out and chop!"
Since he refused to surrender, it was useless to keep him. Zhuge Liang waved his feather fan lightly and was about to kill Cao Zhen, but Cao Zhen showed no fear and laughed loudly: "Zhuge Villager, don't be too happy too early. How can the Wei Dynasty?"
It’s your little country of Shu that can compete, hahaha!”
As soon as the soldiers escorted Cao Zhen out of the lobby, they were stopped by a young man: "Detain him first."
"No!"
Cao Zhen was immediately startled and wondered who this person was. Zhuge Liang had already ordered me to be killed. The soldiers went against Zhuge Liang's wishes with just one word from this person. Could it be————
The young man ignored him and walked straight to the lobby, but at this time Cao Zhen heard it clearly.
"I will see you, Your Majesty!"
"Liu Adou?"
As soon as Cao Zhen said these words, the soldiers escorting him immediately yelled: "Bold!" Then they punched him in the abdomen. At this time, Cao Zhen didn't need to think too much, and he knew that the man was Liu Adou.
Otherwise, this Shu soldier would not defend him like this, but shouldn't he be in Chengdu? How could he appear in Guanzhong?
But what made Cao Zhen even more curious was why Liu Chan didn't kill him. After all, once a Cao Wei general like him was captured, he would only die.
Because it is absolutely impossible for him to surrender to Shu Han.
Let's talk about Liu Chan. As soon as he entered the hall, after all the generals saluted him, they were all a little confused. They didn't know why Liu Chan stopped Cao Zhen from being killed.
When Liu Chan just sat down, Prime Minister Zhuge Liang said: "Your Majesty, I know that you cherish talents, but Cao Zhen is a general of Cao Wei, and this person must not be retained."
Zhuge Liang might not have asked this question before, but after this battle, his view of Liu Chan has changed. If Liu Chan doesn't kill Cao Zhen, he naturally wants to recruit him to surrender.
Of course, if a Cao Wei general like Cao Zhen can be recruited to surrender, this will definitely be a great joy for the Han Dynasty, and it will be a big blow to Cao Wei.
Just——
Your Majesty may be too naive, and it may be difficult to achieve this.
"Master!" Liu Chan smiled when he heard this and said, "Of course I know that Cao Zhen will not surrender. If I don't kill him, I don't want to recruit him to surrender."
As soon as Liu Chan finished speaking, all the generals were stunned and said to themselves, Your Majesty, what's wrong with you? Since you don't intend to recruit Cao Zhen, what's the use of keeping him? This is an enemy general.
Don't you know?
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This chapter has been completed!