Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2897: The army was besieged internally and externally and was disheartened, Cao Ren was forcibly surrendered (Part )

Chapter 2893: The army was besieged internally and externally and was disheartened, Cao Ren was forcibly surrendered (Part )

"Although my sword was heavy, I deliberately avoided the vital point. When I left, Cao Hong was still fine and could even stand up. How could he die of serious injuries so quickly?" Cao Youwen defended with a puzzled look on his face.

Hearing this, Cao Zhen probably guessed the reason. Since Cao Youwen didn't kill him, it was most likely someone from Da Qin who did it secretly.

Don't ask him how he knew, because Cao Zhen, like Li Da, had already been in contact with people from Heibingtai, otherwise how could he dare to openly challenge Cao Ren's authority.

After confirming that Cao Youwen was not the killer, Cao Zhen knew it. Naturally, he would not defend Cao Youwen, because it was meaningless, because whether it was Cao Youwen who killed him or not, Cao Hong's death was inseparable from him.

Whether it was Cao Hong whom Cao Youwen killed is actually not important at all. What matters is what Cao Ren thinks.

If Cao Ren is really determined to avenge Cao Hong and directly lifts the table to get rid of Cao Youwen, even if Cao Zhen and Cao Youwen join forces, they may not be able to protect themselves. After all, the combined strength of the two families is only more than 30,000, which is only the total number of General Chen Liu. Three-tenths of the troops, not to mention Cao Zhen's troops were surrounded by Cao Ren.

Of course, if Cao Ren really did this, both sides would lose and Qin would gain in the end, and their father and son would most likely die in this internal fight;

Thinking of this, Cao Zhen couldn't help but feel a little scared. He was obviously afraid that Cao Ren would overturn the table. After all, he didn't want to die yet.

The best way to calm Cao Ren's anger is to hand over the brothers Cao Youwen and Cao Youwan. Now that these two people are in Cao Zhen's army, it will be easy to capture them, but if you do this, the consequences will be very serious. serious.

After all, Brother Cao Youwen came here to ask for cooperation. If the other neutral generals who were still waiting and watching saw that Cao Zhen took the initiative to hand over Brother Cao Youwen because he was afraid of Cao Ren, they would definitely not dare to cooperate with him. Cao Zhen would also The capital to fight against Cao Ren was completely lost.

In addition, after Cao Ren eliminated Cao Youwen's brothers, if he was to point the finger at him, Cao Zhen would have no power to fight back.

If you protect Brother Cao Youwen, your relationship with Cao Ren will be broken. If you don't protect them, they will drink poison to quench their thirst. Sooner or later, they will still be targeted by Cao Ren.

Faced with these two options, Cao Zhen hesitated again and again, and finally decided to choose the former. He decided to put his wealth and life on the line again.

The last time Cao Zhen lost his bet, the cost was losing his position as a city gate guard and handing over control of five thousand elites.

This time, Cao Zhen bet that Cao Ren didn't want the fish to die and the fisherman of Qin to benefit, so he would take the initiative to tolerate it to appease the internal conflicts.

If Cao Zhen can win the bet this time, he will be the number one contributor to the Qin army's capture of Chen Liu. If he loses the bet, it won't be a big deal, because only one of the former and the latter will die.

After thinking about this, Cao Zhen became more enthusiastic about Cao Youwen. After all, Cao Youwen could save the lives of their father and son now.

When Cao You heard that Cao Zhen's attitude changed and knew that the other party was willing to join forces with him, he was secretly relieved. After all, he was really desperate now. If Cao Zhen didn't join forces with him, their brothers would only die.

"Brother Zhen, if Cao Hong dies, Cao Ren will definitely not let me go. You openly opposed Cao Ren before, but he took away your position and military power. He will also not trust you. Now only you and I can protect ourselves. "Cao Youwen said with a sincere face.

"Together, we both benefit, and apart, we both suffer."

Cao Zhen also nodded in agreement and said, "Don't worry, brother, I won't just sit idly by."

Cao Youwen showed a ruthless look on his face and whispered in his ear: "Brother Zhen, while the fire has restrained many of Cao Ren's troops, why don't we join forces with our two armies and force open the city gate and let them go?" How about the Qin army entering the city?"

When Cao Zhen heard this, his face was full of shock. He obviously didn't expect Cao Youwen to be so bold. He was forced to rebel openly.

Although Cao Ren's troops were constrained by the fire, it was possible for the two armies to merge and rebel at this time, but Cao Zhen would not agree to it anyway. There are two reasons for this:

First, Cao Ren still has an absolute military advantage. Even if he is partially restrained by the fire, he will definitely be on guard. Even if the two families join forces to rebel, they may not be successful;

Second, Cao Zhen’s army is surrounded by Cao Ren. If they really rebel, they will be helping Cao Youwen to contain Cao Ren. Let’s not mention whether they can forcefully open the city gate. Even if they can succeed, there may not be many people left;

As for the third point, Cao Zhen didn't want to bear the infamy of surrender.

If the generals surnamed Zhou surrendered, they would surrender. After all, they were not from the Cao family, so it would be okay if they were forced to surrender.

But if generals named Cao Zhen also surrender, they will be betraying their own families and tribesmen. This is much worse than surrendering with other surnames.

This is not just a concern for Cao Zhen alone, but also a concern for all the other surrendering generals named Cao. After all, if this spreads out, his reputation will be completely ruined. How can he have the face to see others in the future?

Therefore, Cao Zhen would not take the initiative to rebel unless absolutely necessary.

As for Cao Youwen, he naturally understands this truth, but this time he was forced to a dead end. Now Cao Hong died inexplicably, but he still couldn't get rid of the blame, so he naturally didn't care about his reputation in order to save his life.

In Cao Zhen's plan, all forces should be united to force Cao Ren, the general, to surrender, and let Cao Ren bear the infamy of surrender.

Now Cao Youwen is destined to join the ranks of the surrender faction. The strength of the surrender faction in Cao's army has doubled in an instant, and they have the capital to initially confront Cao Ren. If Cao Youwen wants to take action directly at this time, how can Cao Zhen agree?

"No, you must not, my dear brother. Although the fire has restrained some of Cao Ren's troops, Cao Ren's defense against us has only increased. Rebellion at this time will only lead to death."

How could Cao You not know what Cao Zhen said, but he was afraid that he would not be able to wait until that time. After all, although Cao Ren's methods were not as good as Cao Cao's, he still had a resolute personality. Cao Ren could not remain indifferent after Cao Hong died.

"But..." Seeing that Cao Youwen was still hesitant, Cao Zhen continued to persuade: "The most urgent task now is to respond to the situation unchanged. Let's see Cao Ren's reaction first.

If Cao Ren continues to press, it won't be too late for us to fight him. At worst, we will fall apart and let Da Qin reap the benefits.

But if Cao Ren takes the overall situation into consideration and chooses to be patient and give in, we can take this opportunity to unite more forces, or even completely ignore Cao Ren, thereby forcing Cao Ren to surrender and let him bear the infamy for us.

This is the best ending for us. "

As soon as Cao Zhen said this, Cao Youwen was inevitably moved. Although he didn't have any confidence in his heart, he was willing to gamble on this bright future.

"Hopefully everything will develop for the better."

Cao Youwen smiled bitterly, and as soon as he finished speaking, Cao Ren's envoy arrived.

After Cao Zhen and Cao Youwen looked at each other, they both knew that whether they would live or die this time would depend on Cao Ren's next choice.

With uneasy and complicated feelings, Cao Zhen and Cao Youwen received and knelt down to listen to Cao Ren's envoy read out the order. They did not even dare to take a breath during the whole process.

When they heard Cao Ren say in the order that the truth had been found out, Cao Youwen's brother was innocent, and Cao Hong's death had nothing to do with him, but was caused by a doctor's mistake, Cao Zhen and Cao Youwen couldn't help but feel relieved.

Although this does not mean that Cao Ren will not attack them, it at least shows that Cao Ren still takes the overall situation into consideration and will definitely not openly attack them before he is sure of victory. This will undoubtedly make Cao Zheng and Cao Youwen surrender. Gives you a lot of room to operate.

"Brother Youwen, you must not leave the camp next. If Cao Ren summons us, I will go to see him. You don't want to go. If I don't come back, my son will cooperate with you in raising an army. ”

Hearing Cao Zhen's words, Cao Youwen knew how dangerous it would be next, and Cao Zhen was already prepared to die.

Seeing the sadness on Cao Youwen's face, Cao Zhen couldn't help but smile and said: "Don't be so pessimistic. The grain depot was burned down and Cao Hong is dead. Cao Ren is now too busy to take care of himself. It's too late to comfort us. I don't think he will break up so soon."

As long as we recruit more people during this period, Cao Ren will be a polished commander and we can completely oust him. "

Under Cao Zhen's persuasion, although Cao Youwen left, he kept his younger brother Cao Youwan as a hostage. After all, it was a major matter involving his family and life. No one would be relieved without a hostage. Moreover, Cao Youwan had a broken arm. There would be no use for him to go back, and he would be safer at Cao Zhen's place.

As soon as Cao Youwan left, a man in black walked out of the screen behind Cao Zhen. It was Ren Qianxing, the person in charge of Chenliu of Heibingtai.

Cao Zhen's expression suddenly changed when he saw Ren Qianxing, and he hurriedly said: "How dare you come here in person? If Cao Ren finds out, you and I will both die."

Ren Qianxing looked unconcerned and asked with a smile: "General Cao, didn't you just say that Cao Ren is too busy to take care of himself, so how can he still have the energy to keep an eye on me? Don't worry, since I If you dare to appear here, you will never let Cao Ren find out."

Hearing Ren Qianxing's words, Cao Zhen's face turned extremely ugly. He felt that Ren Qianxing was spying on him, but he didn't care about that much at this time. He quickly asked: "We have reached this point now. How can we Tell me the list of your own people.”

The surrender faction in Cao's army in Chenliu City was naturally not only Cao Zhen, Cao Bing, Li Da, and Cao Youwen, who was forced to rebel, but Cao Youwan. There were also many people who were hiding, but they were not in the same position as Cao Youwan. Zhenli Da was so important, so it didn't play that big a role.

"General Cao, you have proven your loyalty to the empire, and the empire will naturally repay you."

With that said, Ren Qianxing took out a piece of paper and said, "This is the list of my people. Burn it after you read it."

Cao Zhen quickly took it, and after reading it, his face was full of shock: "You Black Ice Platform actually instigated so many people to rebel?"

Although many of them do not hold military power, and the number of troops who hold military power is not large, if so many people unite, it is enough to give him the confidence to face Cao Ren directly.

"Not everyone is like Cao Ren, knowing that he is going to die but still taking the initiative to die. Most people are still afraid of death. As long as they are afraid of death, there is room for our Black Ice Platform to show off."

After hearing what Ren Qianxing said, Cao Zhen continued to ask: "Why are the people with the most military power not on top? Didn't you send someone to lobby?"

Those people Cao Zhen mentioned were naturally Cao Ren's confidants, that is, Cao Cao's diehard loyalists.

For these people, Ren Qianxing naturally sent people to instigate rebellion, but the effect was not good. No matter coercion or inducement, they could not make the other party succumb. On the contrary, they lost several first-rate spies.

Of course, Ren Qianxing would not tell Cao Zhen. Instead, he argued: "Just recruiting all the people on the list is enough for you to fight against Cao Ren. In addition, my people helped you burn down the underground granary." , then Cao Jun's military morale will definitely be turbulent.

Cao Ren is now facing a desperate situation of internal and external difficulties. If you still can't win over these people and completely ignore Cao Ren, then I really wonder if you have found the wrong spokesperson. "

That's right, Cao Zhen didn't come up with the plan to sideline and force Cao Ren to surrender, and he didn't have such a good mind. The person who really proposed it was Jia Xu.

　I still have one day of sick leave tomorrow, so I'll try my best to make up for what I owe.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)