When the order to surrender was given, Cao Cao's subordinates and soldiers felt relieved. This damn war was finally over. They all knew that they could not win, but now their lives were finally saved.
Yu Jin's subordinates, who had been under attack, were even more ecstatic after receiving the news. They quickly opened the city gate to welcome the arrival of the large army.
Only Yu Jin became depressed. He believed that it was his fault that Cao Cao issued the order to surrender. If he could withstand Wang Lei's army, Cao Cao would not want to surrender.
As Cao Cao's order was issued, the counties and counties in Qingzhou and Xuzhou quickly opened their city gates to welcome the arrival of Daqian's army. Wang Lei and the others quickly took over Qingzhou's defense. Qingzhou and Xuzhou have since become the territory of Daqian.
But this is not easy for Cao Cao. He has been fighting for his father for decades, but now he has completely failed. He and his family have to go overseas, and they may never be able to return to Han in this life. This makes Cao Cao couldn't bear it, so he fell ill immediately after issuing this order.
All the affairs of Cao Cao's army could only be handed over to Xun He, and Xun He had no choice but to take over this heavy responsibility. He first discussed with Wang Lei and received the 100 million yuan and 100,000 people's food for a year agreed upon in the negotiation. , and at the same time screen out the soldiers who are willing to leave with them, as well as people from the noble family.
There are many people in this group. There are as many as 110,000 nobles and soldiers who want to leave Qingzhou. Few soldiers at the bottom are willing to go with them, but the generals' personal guards have many reasons to follow Cao Cao and others to leave Qingzhou. Most of the wealthy and powerful gentry in Xuzhou were willing to leave with them because they knew that staying in Daqian would have no future for them and might even put their lives in danger. In this case, they had to Followed Cao Cao to try his luck on a deserted island overseas.
After counting the number of people, Xun You persuaded the nobles who were willing to follow them to use their own money to buy enough iron tools, cloth, and other daily necessities. The nobles in Qingzhou and Xuzhou also agreed that the money should be in the territory of the Han Dynasty. It is only useful. On a desert island, gold is not as good as an ax or a piece of cloth.
When everything was ready, Xun or the 110,000 people came to the docks in various places in Donglai County. Cao Cao's navy was reserved with 8 largest ships. These ships were loaded with Cao Cao's top generals and Family, among which Cao Cao’s family alone has thousands of members.
Cao Cao saw his father Cao Song and said angrily: "The child is unfilial, and the father will not be able to return to his roots in his later years!"
Cao Song waved his hand and said: "Compared to the Yuan family, our family is already lucky. Although we have to leave the Han Dynasty, our whole family is still together. Look at the Yuan family now. It has been ruined. You have failed in your bid to dominate the world. , I can still save my life and my family, what else can I be dissatisfied with? Compared with the rebellious princes in the past dynasties, we are already lucky!"
When Cao Cao heard what his old father said, he said firmly: "When we get to Crab Island, the child will definitely make the Cao family prosperous and build a country that belongs to me, Cao Cao!"
Cao Cao is a person who is not discouraged by defeat. This time his complete defeat in the Han Dynasty did not make him lose his ambition. He felt that Lei Gong could establish a huge empire like Daqian in a barbaric land in Mayi, and Cao Cao could also establish it on Crab Island. A strong country.
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Guo Jia, who was following Cao Cao, saw that Cao Cao had overcome the shadow of failure so quickly and said: "My lord is right, the world is huge, a temporary failure is nothing, we can start over again!"
Xun Or also followed up and said: "There is nothing on Crab Island now. If we want to develop, we must rely on selling goods to Daqian. Since Crab Island is a wild land, there should be a lot of trees. We should cut down the trees first." Sell it to Daqian, and it is best to have your own shipyard, because whether it is fishing or transporting goods, ships are indispensable!"
Xun You also immediately started planning for Crab Island, after all, it would be their home in the future!
The first to leave were 8 large ships led by Cao Cao's confidants. For the remaining 100,000 people, Da Ganjun helped them prepare 100 ships. In the next six months, Da Ganjun will continue to move according to the Donglai County Wharf. The route to Crab Island. Transport those who are willing to leave with Cao Cao to Crab Island.
December, Jingzhou, Nanyang County!
Although Cao Cao surrendered unfaithfully, he still wanted to save face and knew that this war had nothing to do with Liu Bei. If he hadn't pulled Liu Bei, Liu Bei would not have joined the war, but now he is going to surrender. After killing Lei Gong, his subordinates also fled to a deserted island overseas. It can be said that Liu Bei was sold out completely. And he sold it cleanly.
Now Liu Bei was the only one left in the entire Central Plains to resist Thunder God, so Cao Cao sent a letter to Liu Bei before surrendering, telling Liu Bei about his situation here, and apologizing to him for surrendering. He had no choice but to do so. From now on, the big man can only be saved by him.
After Liu Bei received the message from Cao Cao's flying pigeon, he knew that Cao Cao had surrendered. The expression on his face was extremely wonderful, with panic mixed with anger, and anger mixed with sighs. Liu Bei was so angry that he almost vomited blood. In the end, he was completely confused and sat paralyzed for a while. In his seat.
Guan Yu asked with concern: "Brother, what's wrong with you?"
Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others looked at Liu Bei with concern.
Finally, Yuan Ji picked up the letter from Cao Cao's flying pigeon and said angrily: "Cao Cao has surrendered to Lei Gong. Qingzhou and Xuzhou now belong to Lei Gong. The entire Central Plains has been completely occupied by the Japanese. Daqian will have at least 500,000 more people." The army is coming to attack us in the south of the Yangtze River. Cao Cao asked us to be prepared and not to be taken advantage of by Thunder Lord!"
As soon as Yuan Ji's words came out, all the civil servants and generals in the big tent were extremely angry. It was clearly Cao Cao who dragged them into fighting this battle. They paid an extremely painful price and finally attracted Lei Gong's army to the Nanyang Army. , more than 200,000 troops have been attacking them, and every day they pay a very heavy price. Cao Cao actually gave up his choice. This behavior killed them. Cao Cao's surrender made everything they sacrificed meaningless.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Zhang Fei said angrily: "I said at the beginning that Cao Cao was untrustworthy and untrustworthy, but now his true colors have been revealed. We are still resisting here, and he actually surrendered. .None of these noble people are reliable!"
Both Yuan Ji and the others scolded them, but now no one is in the mood to care about it.
Jian Yong said helplessly: "There have been signs of this kind of thing for a long time. Lei Gong sent too many troops this time. The 800,000 troops were far beyond our imagination. Last year, the entire Central Plains was clearly hit by disaster. I really don't know how he did it." Produce so much food and grass to feed such a large army."
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"Qingzhou and Xuzhou were originally undefendable, but Lei Gong mobilized an additional 500,000 troops to besiege Cao Cao. Even if he does not surrender, he can only resist for a month or two at most."
Although the news of Cao Cao's surrender shocked everyone, Liu Bei and the others did not expect it at all, because Lei Gong sent too many troops this time. 500,000 troops besieged Cao Cao. Liu Bei and the others calculated that regardless of Cao Cao's military strength , equipment, morale, and even food and grass, none of them had an advantage. It can be said that Cao Cao had no possibility of defeating Lei Gong.
In the eyes of Liu Bei's people, Cao Cao was the best, and he could delay Da Gan's army for a few more months, consuming Da Gan's food and troops. However, Liu Bei and the others never expected that Cao Cao would actually surrender to Lei Gong, so all their ideas were shattered. , now they have to find a way to resist Lei Gong's 800,000 army.
Yuan Ji said seriously: "Now is not the time for us to curse Cao Cao. Great changes have taken place on the battlefield in the Central Plains. Cao Cao's surrender allowed Lei Gong to send hundreds of thousands more troops to attack our land south of the Yangtze River."
On the Jingzhou battlefield, there are already more than 200,000 troops in Daqian County besieging us. Even if Lei Gong sends reinforcements, it will not have much effect. If I were Lei Gong, I might send my army to other battlefields. Going up, Xuzhou's Daqian army will change the direction of attack and attack Yangzhou directly, and at the same time send another army from Runan County in Yuzhou to directly attack Jiangxia County in Jingzhou. In this way, the troops will be divided into three groups to attack Jiujiang County, Jiangxia County, and Nanyang County. This will not only give full play to Lei Gong's advantage of having many soldiers and generals, but it will also make it difficult for us to look at the beginning and the end. If any of these three locations is breached by Lei Gong, the entire Yangtze River defense line will completely collapse.
The Yangtze River defense line is now our only pillar. If we cannot defend the Yangtze River and let the Daqian army occupy a stronghold in the south, we will be strangled by Lei Gong in a few years, so Ming Gong must find a way to defend now. Jiujiang County in Yangzhou and Jiangxia County in Jingzhou cannot be allowed to be conquered by Gong Lei Gong.
When Liu Bei heard this, he immediately woke up and said: "Chang Yun, you immediately lead your personal guards to Yangzhou by water and command the Yangzhou army to resist the incoming Daqian army."
It was difficult for the soldiers brought by Guan Yu to return to Yangzhou, but it took less than ten days for Guan Yu to return to Yangzhou by water!
Guan Yu nodded and said, "My younger brother will definitely help my elder brother to defend Yangzhou!"
Then he left the big tent.
Liu Bei said to Huang Zhong: "Hansheng, the defense of Jiangxia County depends on you. We must not let Thunder God cross the Yangtze River."
Huang Zhong said solemnly: "My subordinates will not let my lord down."
Then Huang Zhong also left the big tent and prepared to go to Jiangxia County.
Later, Liu Bei looked at everyone and said: "Now we have no allies. The life or death of the big man depends on us. I also ask all the generals to repel the Thunder Lord's army in Nanyang County."
The generals nodded and said: "No!"
After all the generals and civil servants left the tent.
Yuan Ji said to Liu Bei: "Ming Gong, given the current situation, although Nanyang County has been built solidly by us, it is difficult for us to resist the large army. Hundreds of thousands of troops are constantly attacking. Xiangyang City will soon become a At the forefront of the war, with the Yangtze River defense line, Xiangyang may not fall so quickly. But obviously at this time, Xiangyang City can hardly become the temporary capital of our Han Dynasty. The general must find a way to place His Majesty and the court in a safe place. It’s a place.”
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When Liu Bei heard this, he sighed and said helplessly: "In the face of Thunder Lord's attack, we have been running away and avoiding. The imperial court has hid from Luoyang City to Chang'an City, and from Chang'an City to Xiangyang City. It has only been a few years. It's time to flee from Xiangyang again. If we continue to escape like this, there will be no place for us in the entire Han Dynasty."
But fortunately, after Liu Bei complained, he also knew that Yuan Ji was telling the truth. He could not let Emperor Xian be on the dangerous front line, so he quickly gathered his emotions and asked: "Shiji, do you think the new capital of Han Dynasty should be decided?" where?"
"The two best places are Nanhai County in Jiaozhou and Chengdu in Yizhou. However, these two places have various advantages and disadvantages. Moving the capital to Nanhai County is far away from Taiyuan in the Central Plains, and it is easy for people in the world to think that we are The Han Dynasty wanted to abandon Jiangnan, and Lei Gong's navy was powerful. Just like this time, the reason why Cao Cao collapsed so quickly was because Lei Gong's navy crossed the sea and went to the rear of Qingzhou, and a hundred thousand troops crossed the sea to attack Donglai. The attack caught Cao Cao off guard, and Cao Cao's defenses completely collapsed. Only then did Cao Cao have to surrender to Lei Gong to save his own life."
"And if we set the capital of the Han Dynasty in Nanhai County, it seems that it is far away from the attack range of the Daqian Army, but in fact, if we attack Nanhai County from the sea, the attack range of the Daqian Army will be closer. On the contrary, our Jingzhou It is extremely difficult for soldiers to support Nanhai County and they need to cross high mountains and mountains."
The disadvantage of moving the capital to Chengdu is that Chengdu is closed all around. If Lei Gong conquers the Yangtze River defense line, it can cut off our Han Dynasty's connection with Jingzhou and Yangzhou from the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. Also, Hanzhong County is not in the hands of the imperial court, so it is necessary to defend Shuzhong To capture Hanzhong. If Lei Gong captures Hanzhong, Chengdu in Sichuan will not be stable, and it will be difficult for the court to continue to resist Lei Gong's attack."
"But the advantage of having Chengdu as the capital is still the high mountains and ridges of Yizhou. The terrain is everywhere where one man can control the pass and ten thousand people can't attack it. Lei Gong's cavalry, artillery battalion, and even the navy have no effect at all in attacking Yizhou. Even if Lei Gong If we want to attack Yizhou from the Yangtze River, we have to go through more than 700 miles of high mountains. If our army cuts off any place at will, it will make the large army attacking Yizhou unable to advance or retreat. As long as the morale of our army is still there, Lei Gong will basically not be able to attack Yizhou. Maybe break into Chengdu."
Liu Bei thought for a while and said: "For the imperial court at this stage, Chengdu is the best choice. After this battle, I will let the imperial court begin preparations for moving the capital. However, now that our army and Lei Gong are fighting fiercely, this news cannot be spread. go out."
Moving the capital to Chengdu seems to everyone to be cowardice before fighting. If this news spreads, it will definitely affect the morale of the army.
Yuan Ji nodded understandingly and said at the same time: "Lei Gong annexed a thousand miles of Xuzhou and Qingzhou in one go. Obviously, Lei Gong is already full. As long as our army resists Lei Gong's attack, Lei Gong will withdraw his troops soon."