A man rushed in and shouted "King". Seeing Cao Cao crying and was heartbroken, he was shocked and stunned. He was stunned at the door of the tent, not knowing what to do.

At the moment of life and death, Cao Cao first lost his charity and then lost his confidant counselor, and his mind was in chaos. He did not notice that the Langguan had entered the tent and was immersed in grief. It was not until Cao Zhen heard the crying that he realized that the Langguan had lost his responsibilities.

"What's up?"

The Lang Guan turned around and pointed to the distance. Cao Zhen followed his hand and saw that his heart suddenly stumbled.

After Cao Cao entered Motianling, in order to maintain contact with Yu Fu, he built beacon towers on several hills. During this period, the two armies were fighting, and the beacon towers were lit, and he ignored it. After looking closely, he realized that there was nervous news from Yu Fu.

Three piles of fires mean that a hundred thousand fires are urgent.

Recalling the news that the Wu army had just shot with a strong crossbow, Cao Zhen knew that there were many major events. It is very likely that the Wu army who came from Jiangzhou had arrived at Yufu. Qutang Gorge is mainly aimed at opponents who went upstream and meaningless to the enemies coming from Jiangzhou. Cao Hong is not a good general. Facing Zhou Yu and Huang Zhong, he can only ask for help, even if he knows that Cao Cao has no spare energy to reinforce him.

The defeat has been decided.

While mourning, Cao Zhen signaled the Langguan to retreat. He walked to Cao Cao and glanced at Fa Zheng on the marching couch. He felt even more and more depressed and called softly.

"Master, the great king is mourning."

"Zi Dan, Fa Xiaozhi abandoned his orphans and left." Cao Cao cried bitterly.

"Fa Shengjiu is dedicated to his work, and he is a model for ministers. But the situation is urgent, so I would like to ask the king to express my grief." Before Cao Cao could speak, Cao Zhen said again: "The beacon fire came from Yu Fu, and I am afraid that a strong enemy would enter the country."

After hearing this, Cao Cao did not dare to be negligent and quickly got up. He knelt on the edge of the marching bed for too long, crying heartbrokenly. When he got together, he suddenly felt dizzy and his legs were as if they were needles, and the pain was unacceptable. Fortunately, he reacted very quickly, and he put his hands on Cao Zhen's shoulder and did not fall down.

"Zi Dan, help me out of the tent." Cao Cao gritted his teeth, held back his tears, and limped out. When he reached the tent, he looked back at Fa Zheng on the marching couch, and couldn't help but shed tears again.

After leaving the big tent, Cao Cao opened his mouth wide and couldn't say a word.

The Wu army came too fast, right? The military newspaper was received at noon, and the army arrived at night. It was only a few hours away. Did they not enter the city after taking Jiangzhou and set off directly?

Cao Cao looked at the two wing positions that were fighting fiercely, and his heart continued to sink.

The Wu army is coming in full force, can Cao Hong stop it? If he sacrificed his life like Xiahou Dun, it would be really not worth it.

If it was for my dignity and I was sacrificed to Cao Hong's life, would it be worth it?

Cao Cao turned his head and looked at the Dashuling opposite him, his heart beating like a drum. He couldn't make a decision for a moment, so he turned around and said to Cao Zhen: "Zi Dan, you should hurry back to Yu Fu immediately and help Dugu defend the city. If you can defend it, it will be better, and you really can't defend it..." Cao Cao gritted his teeth. "Just surrender, don't sacrifice your life in vain."

Cao Zhen didn't think much about it and turned around and left in a hurry.

Cao Cao was extremely anxious. There were more than 20 miles of mountain roads from here to Yufu City, and I don’t know if Cao Zhen could arrive in time. The safest and fastest way was to use beacon to transmit signals, but the signal sent by beacon cannot be concealed, and the position may collapse instantly.

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Lunar New Year's eve.

The rising sun rose, spreading the warm sunshine over the mountains filled with fireworks, shining on the faces of the tired Wushu soldiers and on the blood-stained weapons.

After a fierce battle, the Wu army made a major breakthrough. Zhu Huan and Ji Ling successively broke through the two wing positions of the Shu army and surrounded Chunshuling.

Cao Cao did not sleep all night, and tried his best to gather the remaining parts and set up a formation to defend around Chunshuling.

Taking advantage of the opportunity when the Wu army's offensive was suspended, Cao Cao gathered to discuss matters.

Chunshuling was only one mile in radius, and the generals arrived soon, but the number was only one-third of the past, and more than half of the generals did not appear. The tent that should have been crowded was sparse and a bit lonely.

Cao Cao prepared a sumptuous breakfast and had a meal with the generals.

"This is probably the last meal for you and you." Cao Cao raised his chopsticks and smiled, "I don't know if I can last until the evening, so I arranged the routine grand feast in advance. Please enjoy it."

The generals were in a low mood. They fought hard all night, suffered heavy casualties, and many positions were lost one after another. Coupled with the news that the Wu army shot, everyone knew that the last moment was coming, and they were in a heavy mood and looked bad. Several people stood up to salute Cao Cao, but more people silently picked up chopsticks, picked up bowls, and started eating on their own.

Some people think of the sadness, tears pour out, dripped into the bowl, and swallowed it with the warm porridge.

I don’t know who it was, but I couldn’t control my emotions and started sobbing softly. Soon, there were bursts of crying in the big tent.

Cao Cao lowered his head, looked at the porridge bowl in front of him, and the empty position beside him. The news of Fa Zheng's death had not spread yet. The Taiguan in charge of the meal prepared food for Fa Zheng as usual, but Fa Zheng could no longer enjoy it.

Tears gushed out again, slid across his face, slid across his beard, and soaked his collar.

"You guys, there are two bad news." Cao Cao wiped his face and raised his head. His red eyes were filled with unconcealed pain. "First, the news that the army received last night was true. Jiangzhou was broken, Wu army vanguard had arrived at Yufu, and we had no way out of retreat."

The generals put down their bowls and chopsticks and looked at each other, with a complicated expression. When they received the news from the Wu army yesterday, most of them were panicked, and many of them were lost because of this. Most of the people who were still sitting here had some determination, thinking that the Wu army could not have captured Jiangzhou so quickly, and even more impossible to kill Xiahou Dun. It should be the Wu army's exaggeration and shake the morale of the army.

Jiangzhou is not a small city like Jiangyang, and Xiahou Dun is not an ordinary general. It is possible to be defeated, but the possibility of being killed by the formation is too small.

At this moment, when they heard Cao Cao confirm the authenticity of the news in person, a trace of hope that had been left in their hearts instantly disappeared, their hearts were empty and their minds were in chaos.

Jiangzhou is destroyed and the retreat will be defeated. It is impossible to escape back to his hometown.

This Chunshuling is the burial place of nearly half of the Yizhou tribes.

"Secondly, the military advisor sacrificed wine, but because of excessive hard work, it was unfortunate." Cao Cao cried. "The heart was broken, the liver and gallbladder were destroyed, and the heart was confused, and hesitated and had no choice. Please teach me, at this moment, whether to advance or retreat, or fight or surrender?"

Everyone looked at each other. It was already this time, and it was still a battle. If you want to surrender, it depends on whether the Wu army is willing to accept it.

Under the gaze of countless eyes, Cao Cao wiped away his tears, drank a large bowl of porridge mixed with tears, wiped his mouth again, and looked around.

"To this day, if you are not incompetent, you are alone in using your troops without any means, which will affect your future. You are very ashamed." Cao Cao sighed: "A king and his ministers will be together and parted. If anyone wants to return to Wu, he will never stop him and will present him with a good reputation."

After hearing Cao Cao's words, everyone hesitated. There were many people who wanted to surrender, but could they say this in front of Cao Cao, how could they contact the Wu army? Should they put down their weapons and raise the white flag? No one was in a clear mind.

Surrender is also of particular importance, and different methods of surrender will have different results.

At this time, the sound of war drums sounded outside the tent, and the Wu army began to attack again.

The atmosphere in the big tent was even more tense, and no one dared to speak easily.

Someone came in to report that the Wu army was preparing to attack. Zhu Huan, Ji Ling and Lou Gui surrounded him from different directions, and there was also movement on Dashu Ridge opposite. Wu Wei and Wu Meng were going down the ridge, and it seemed that they were going to launch a frontal attack.

This news is like a heavy drum, knocking in everyone's heart.

Zhu Huan and Ji Ling led the Wu Central Army, and their combat effectiveness was obvious to all. It was these Wu infantry who overcame the disadvantages in the terrain and captured all positions except Chunshuling within a few days, and surrounded them here. Wu Wei and Wu Meng were the close battalions of Emperor Sun Ce of Wu, and their combat effectiveness was better than that of ordinary central army. They went to fight, that is, Sun Ce himself went to fight.

Is the little overlord, who is known as Xiang Yu's rebirth, going to show his skills again after years of leaving the battlefield?

They couldn't even stop Zhu Huan and Ji Ling, so how could they be the invincible opponent of Sun Ce?

Someone looked at Cao Cao secretly.

In the second year of Chuping, Cao Cao and Sun Ce fought in Nanyang. When they had the advantage, they lost all their losses and were almost wiped out. More than ten years have passed. Now Sun Ce is in his prime and ruled the world, but Cao Cao is nearly fifty years old and is shrinking in a state. The strength of the two sides is even more disparate than that of that year. How many rounds can Cao Cao support?

Cao Cao turned around and looked at Qin Mi and said calmly: "Zi Qi, please repeat Sun Ce's words that day."

Qin Mi stood up, calmed down, and said what Sun Ce and Guo Jia said again that day. After he went on a mission to report, he advised the generals to recognize the situation, but did not mention this sentence, because he was afraid that the generals would be indignant for a moment and insisted on competing with the Wu army. Now it seems that this worry is no longer necessary. The situation changes faster than he imagined. Even if it is a strong attack, the Wu army may resolve the battle today.

After hearing this, the generals looked different and felt complicated, with anger, unwillingness, despair, and depression.

But there is an emotion that is shared and humiliating.

The kings and ministers of the Wu Kingdom never had their place. At most, they were a few numbers on the list of the Wu army generals, and they might not even have names.

An indescribable, unknown anger spreads in the big tent.

Whether for dignity or for the benefit, they must fight one after another, so that the Wu army can realize that they are not optional numbers, but people with the power of fighting can make the king and minister of the Wu Kingdom pay the price for their arrogance.

Cao Cao waited for a while and let the generals mature their emotions. Then he coughed and said loudly: "Scholars can be killed, but not humiliated. The lonely and weak have become officials and serve as the Northern Territory of Luoyang. For thirty years, he has fought with eunuchs, fought against the Yellow Turban, fought against Dong Zhuo, and beat Liu Yan. Although he had won and lost at times, he had never endured humiliation and lived secretly. Now he knows the destiny of heaven and knows that heroes are born in youth, and they are not the old man. However, he can die and his head can be cut off, and he cannot bear the humiliation."

Cao Cao looked around and said loudly: "You are willing to go and stay, but I will not interfere. But I cannot be humiliated by others. Even if I fight for this life, I will not let Sun Ce get what I want. Let him see that our Shu Kingdom can last until now, and it is definitely not a place where others can slaughter it."

Before he finished speaking, Zhang Ren, who was flushed, stepped up and bowed to salute.

"My minister Zhang Ren, I am willing to fight to the death with the king."

Han Hao also stood up to salute. "Minist Hao is incompetent, he is defeated repeatedly, and has no face to survive. He is willing to fight to the death with the king."

Huang Quan and Hu Du looked at each other and stood up to salute.

More people stood up and asked for battle in a verbal manner. Although others might not be willing, in this situation, they could not say anything if they put down their weapons and tied up their hands. They could only ask for battle with everyone.

Anyway, it will be a day's event. Chunshuling is in a dangerous terrain, and Cao Cao's elite central army should be fine. It should be no problem to guard it for a day.

It is worth it to trade one day's persistence for better surrender conditions, at least better than an excited colleague who kills him.

Only Qin Mi was stunned. He didn't understand why things had developed to this point.

He glanced at Cao Cao and cursed himself. The old thief, this is going to kill the people of Yizhou.

He repeatedly weighed the pros and cons, volunteered to meet Sun Ce, express the fighting spirit of the Shu army, and negotiate the conditions for surrender.

Cao Cao agreed with the right intention.

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The soldiers of the Shu army united against the enemy and fought for a common goal: hold their positions and after midnight.

As soon as the two sides contacted, the Wu army felt the changes in the Shu army. First, the Shu army was fighting stronger in combat, and second, the morale of the Shu army had obvious changes. Compared with the Shu army that collapsed with one blow last night, the Shu army in front of us was more tenacious and even fought with their lives.

The situation was different, and the generals responded in unison, stabilizing the attack rhythm while reporting to the central army and requesting instructions.

They all knew that Zhou Yu and Huang Zhong were rushing to Yu Fu, and it was only a matter of time before they could capture Yu Fu. After taking Yu Fu, their advantages would be further expanded, whether it was military strength or money or food. Even if the Shu army wanted to fight to the death, they might not have the physical strength.

At most three or five days, the Shu army will lose food.

When Sun Ce received the request from the generals, Qin Mi also came to him.

After listening to Qin Mi's request, Sun Ce smiled. "I think you may have two misunderstandings."

Qin Mi gave a deep tribute. "Please give advice to you."

Sun Ce looked at Qin Mi, and his smile became even stronger. "You call Your Majesty, are you willing to be Wu Chen?"

Qin Mi faced Sun Ce's gaze and said with a voice: "If Your Majesty can treat Yizhou with kindness, why should Mi follow Boyi and Shuqi and be loyal to her only husband?"
To be continued...