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Chapter 189 Surrender
After Cao Shuang got the news of the Luoyang Change, he immediately built a camp in the south of Yishui, felled wood for antlers, and sent thousands of soldiers to defend it.

"Today's general is cool, abandoning Gu Ming, ruining the national code, arrogating internally, and exercising power externally... Dividing the second palace, hurting flesh and blood, the world is full of turmoil, and people are full of fear... The servants are quick to send troops to the Luoshui floating bridge, The investigation is very special!" Luoyang's envoy read Sima Yi's letter in front of Wei Emperor Cao Fang.

The name of the letter was written to Cao Fang, so why not write to Cao Shuang and his cronies?
Especially the last sentence, Sima Yi personally led the troops to block the Luoshui pontoon bridge, which brought a psychological shock that could not be added.

If it were anyone else, Cao Shuang would never hesitate to lead his troops back immediately.

But if the opponent is Sima Yi, it's another matter.

Sima Yi has ruled the world for dozens of years, and he has been invincible in every attack and victory. Only in the hands of Zhuge Liang, he was defeated and tied, and the rest were all victorious.

40 years of great military power, like a knife, hit the hearts of Cao Shuang and everyone else.

The envoy then read the Queen Mother Guo's decree, abolishing Cao Shuang's post as a general, and asking Cao Shuang to protect Wei Emperor and return to Luoyang as a lieutenant.

Cao Shuang listened to the envoy's reading without saying a word, cold sweat poured out on his plump face.

In the past, if there was nothing to do, he would call out his cronies a few times, but now everyone was silent and panicked.

Even Cao Shuang's younger brothers were downcast.

There is no arrogance and domineering spirit of the past.

But Sima Yi's methods don't stop there.

Knowing that Cao Shuang stationed troops in the south of Yishui, he immediately asked Simafu to send people to offer, tents, food, utensils and other imperial items.

Sima Yi's orderliness made Cao Shuang even more frightened.

A day later, Shangshu Chen Tai and servant Xu Yun came to persuade Cao Shuang to give up resistance and made the oath of Luoshui public.

Xu Yun is one of the most prestigious celebrities in Luoyang, and a close friend of Xia Houxuan.

After Chen Tai, the important minister of Cao Wei and Chen Qun, he was stable and capable, and held a very important position in the gentry.

A celebrity, a high official of the gentry, is undoubtedly giving Cao Shuang a reassurance.

In the afternoon, Cao Shuang's most trusted trilogy general Yin Damu came with Jiang Jizhi's letter, but he was removed from the general's office, and his status as a lieutenant continued, and his life was not hurt.

With a series of means, Cao Shuang's fighting spirit and determination are slowly disintegrating.

Cao Shuang looked at his brothers and cronies here, but there was only fear in their eyes, and they were more at a loss than himself.

And after they heard Sima Yi's letter and Queen Mother Guo's edict, they all took chances.

Only Huan Fan said with a heartbroken heart: "It is clear, what is wrong with Qing Yong's reading! Today, Qing and other sects are down!"

Cao Shuang sighed and said nothing.

Today, Cao Shuang is in his forties, and has been hanging out with Deng Yang, Ding Mi, He Yan and others all year round. The wine and sex have hollowed out not only his body, but also his will.

Being in peace for too long, the will has been eaten away.

Some people can raise an army with a mere hundred people, and some people surrender with a country.

Countries and people are the same, born in sorrow, and died in peace.

Huan fan ran around calling, but no one spoke.

Finally, he found Cao Xi, the leader of the army, and said earnestly: "The other camp of the public forbidden army is near Quenan, and Diannongzhi of Luoyang is outside the city. He has been summoned. Now he is in Xuchang, but in just one day and one night, Xuchang's arsenal is full enough to withstand Sima Yi. The food and fodder should be the worry, and with the seal of Dasinong on my body, the food and fodder are also worry-free! Now that the princes are with the emperor, and the edict is passed on to the world, who would dare to refuse it?"

This path has a good chance of success.

But it is also a difficult road, and it needs to shed blood.

A person walks on a flat road all his life, and when he sees a rough mountain road, he will naturally find a way to avoid it, or he may not have the courage to go on at all.

The Cao brothers wanted to bury their heads in their crotches.

At least Cao Shuang led the army to attack Shu. These brothers grew up in a honeypot since childhood, under the shelter of their parents, they had never seen wind and rain.

He didn't even have the guts to confront Sima Yi with weapons.

In vain, Huanfan is 60 years old, and it is useless to talk about it.

The people sat from sunset to night, and from night to morning.

In the end, he threw his sword on the ground and said to the followers and ministers: "I know what the Grand Tutor wants, but I just want to take the power of my brother. Now I send it back to him, and we will be rich!"

When these words came out, Cao Shuang seemed to be ten years older, and the faint general aura he had on his body disappeared immediately.

The whole person seemed to collapse.

Things are divided into groups, and people are gathered together, and those who can get close to Cao Shuang are basically the same kind.

And it is not without reason that Du Shu, Sun Li, Lu Zhi, Huan Fan and others were alienated by him.

The people around also heaved a sigh of relief.

The chief secretary Yang Zong persuaded: "The general holds the emperor and the military power. Are you going to give up these and be dragged to Dongshi to be beheaded?"

Since Cao Shuang has made a decision, he will not change it, and ordered: "Retire."

Huan Fan was dumbfounded, and wailed loudly: "Cao Zidan is also a beautiful woman, who gave birth to your brother, calf ear! Fat slave! Cao Zidan is a good man, who gave birth to five or six meats of Qing, now Huan Fan will be exterminated with you!"

He was not only angry at Cao Shuang's indisputability, but also mourned his own misfortune.

And everything that happened fell into the eyes of Zhong Hui.

There was a contemptuous smile on the corner of Zhong Hui's mouth unconsciously.

On the sixth day of the first lunar month Cao Shuang sacrificed to the mausoleum, on the seventh day of the first lunar month Sima Yi raised his troops, on the eighth day of the first lunar month Cao Shuang surrendered, and on the ninth day of the first month he returned to Luoyang.

On the tenth day of the first lunar month, it was discovered that Cao Shuang and Zhang Dang of the Huang family conspired to usurp the throne. Cao Shuang's confidants and brothers were all beheaded. people.

Luoyang's blood flowed like a river.

However, the young generation such as Wang Hun, Wang Chen, Wang Ye, and Xin Chang, who were subordinate officials under Cao Shuang, were not affected in any way.

Only five days before and after, the change of Gaoping Mausoleum has been settled.

The lightning is too fast to cover one's ears, but that's all.

Since then, the power has belonged to the Sima family.

Taiwei Jiang Ji and Shangshu Chen Tai fell ill one after another.

Jiang Ji was ashamed and angry, and died within ten months. Sima Yi added Wang Ling as Taiwei to appease Huainan.

He also personally wrote a letter to inquire about the gains and losses of Jingyu governor Wang Chang's state affairs, and Wang Chang was very cooperative and made five irrelevant suggestions.

Suggestions are not important, this cooperative attitude is very important.

Sima Yi understood and was greatly commended in court.

Then his eyes turned to Yongliang.

In Chang'an, Xia Houxuan sat quietly in the hall.

A look of pain on his face.

On the fifth day after the change of Gaoping Mausoleum, envoys from Luoyang came in the snow.

The imperial edict stated clearly that Xia Houxuan and Xia Houba were transferred to Luoyang.

"General Wei implores the governor to stay in Chang'an to see the future changes!" said the envoy sent by Xia Houba.

Xia Houxuan had expected this day to come, but he didn't expect it to come so soon and so suddenly.

"Go back and tell your general that you must obey the imperial edict." Xia Houxuan had made up his mind.

Among them, it was a bit of a fluke in my heart. Although Cao Shuang had gone, the great Wei's country was still there.

Perhaps the imperial court just needed his support.

Just thinking of Master Sima, another haze cast over his heart.

In the early years, the Xiahou family and the Sima family were quite close, and Xiahou Hui was also married to Master Sima, so Xiahouxuan had a good relationship with the Sima family.

But he knew the Sima family better.

In the second year of Qinglong, Xia Houxuan was demoted by Emperor Ming to be the Yulin Supervisor, and Xiahou's family entered a low period.

And at this moment, news came that Xiahou Hui had died of illness.

At that time, Sima Yi was fighting Zhuge Liang in Wuzhangyuan. He was powerful for a while, and Emperor Ming relied heavily on him, so Xiahou's family had no choice but to let it go.

"General Wei implores the governor to stay in Chang'an to see what happens!" the envoy repeated again.

Xia Houxuan said lightly: "Go back and tell General Wei that I will be ordered to enter the court, so that he will not act rashly!"

(End of this chapter)