Three Kingdoms: I, the eldest son of Cao, a loving father of a great man!

Chapter 335 It’s time to reach the final chapter, and the end of the world is imminent [Please vote for me and subscribe]

Because it will take time to rebuild Luoyang.

Moreover, Chang'an had just been captured. Whether it was the civil and military officials in the court or those who had been recruited and surrendered, the former Xiliang Army officers and soldiers under Dong Zhuo were still in a state of uncertainty and were in urgent need of stability and calm.

Therefore, Cao Ang was not ready to leave Chang'an for a while. Instead, he sat in Chang'an City and detached some of his troops.

We began to conduct raids on the surrounding counties, counties and villages around a regional network centered on Chang'an City.

Including the remnants of the Xiliang Army that had been defeated before and were scattered throughout the country, as well as the small groups of troops that were dispersed after several changes occurred in Chang'an City.

And most importantly, those refugees who could not bear to have their bones and marrow sucked out due to the harsh rule of the Chang'an court were unwilling to sell their sons and daughters in order to survive, so they hid in the mountains and forests.

These are all within the scope of the sweep.

Under Cao Ang's instructions, the army conducted an overwhelming search, but the main method was to appease and absorb.

When it is really necessary to use force to suppress, it is very rare.

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And during the days when Cao Ang was in charge of Chang'an, several major events happened one after another.

The most noteworthy among them.

Just as Cao Ang expected, the young emperor Liu Xie was kidnapped by the eunuch secretly arranged by Li Ru and left Chang'an City.

Go all the way west.

He was running non-stop on the road, running around day and night, without caring about the safety of the little emperor.

This is completely different from the situation when Liu Bian was taken to Beiman Mountain by Zhang Rang and others.

After all, it was Zhang Rang and others who kidnapped Liu Bian and left the palace on their own initiative in order to save their lives, but now this action was secretly directed by Li Ru.

By running around day and night like this.

In addition, the cavalry led by Cao Chun, who was chasing after him, did not conduct a serious search at all, but just went through the procedures.

With the combined efforts of both inside and outside, it was naturally impossible to catch up, so the eunuchs held Liu Xie hostage and successfully reached the marching camp where Li Jue and Guo Si were.

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As for Li and Guo.

This little emperor who fell from the sky and fell into his hands was nothing more than a generous gift. The surprise it brought them could not be described in words.

Although both of them are warriors, having been under Dong Zhuo for a long time, they know better than anyone else why Dong Zhuo was able to rise so quickly and become the king in this three-acre area of ​​Guanzhong.

In addition to the extremely powerful Xiliang army on hand, the most important thing is to have the emperor of the Han Dynasty.

It was precisely because of the emperor's sign and name that he coerced all the civil and military officials in the court and established the Chang'an court that he could prosper in the past few years.

So for the two of them today.

The arrival of the emperor was undoubtedly an unexpected surprise, which meant that they could also control the emperor.

If one accumulates a certain amount of strength, he might be able to copy the path Dong Zhuo took, or even avoid the pitfalls Dong Zhuo stepped on.

In this way, wouldn't the achievements that can be achieved be even higher than Dong Zhuo's?

With this idea.

Li Jue and Guo Siyi combined their efforts to treat Liu Xie courteously and gave him the highest treatment in the army, including good wine and meat.

But there is only one.

That means there is no freedom.

And after receiving this gift, the large troops led by Li Guo did not even dare to stay where they were, for fear that Cao's army would react and come with tens of thousands of people to blast themselves.

After simply gathering up and discarding some large and heavy things, I packed lightly the next morning and hurried towards Liangzhou.

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And when Chang'an City received the news.

The troops led by the two men had already entered the Liangzhou boundary. They did not stop even after crossing the state boundary and continued to advance westward. They seemed to want to contact Han Sui, Ma Teng and other Liangzhou rebels. .

After getting this news.

The civil and military ministers at all levels in Chang'an City, as well as the heads of many aristocratic families, knew that once the little emperor left, there would be little hope of coming back.

After all, there is no reason to let go of a good thing easily, and Liangzhou is located in a remote area. Once Li Jue and Guo Si get involved with the Liangzhou rebels, they can hide in the hinterland of Liangzhou.

If you want to send a large army to conquer, the manpower and material resources required will probably be beyond Daoliji.

But now the court is not a complete piece.

The Cao family, which supports the imperial court the most and is the strongest, only covers the territory of nearly five states including the entire Sizhou today.

It is impossible to waste a long time and consume a lot of resources to save Liu Xie. Anyone with a brain knows that this is impossible.

So everyone defaults to a result.

That means the little emperor is dead.

As for how to elect a new co-owner of the world, or what method to adopt to get through this embarrassing situation of no one on the throne.

We can only discuss it later.

Of course, this is actually not negotiable.

Cao Ang will only wait for the reconstruction work in Luoyang to get on the right track, and he will immediately make Liu Bian's existence public, and there will be no obstacles at that time!
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There is one more thing besides.

That is as the situation in Chang'an stabilizes.

Cao Jun quickly took over the surrounding areas and brought the Guanzhong area under his control.

Many ministers in the DPRK immediately chose to stand in line, pay homage to Cao Ang one by one, and offered their loyalty to him and the Cao family.

This included Situ Wang Yun, who had been plundered by Cao Ang at the beginning, and even the family's seven-star sword was taken away.

It's just this former important minister in the court.

Now he could no longer act like a high-ranking official in front of Cao Ang, nor did he dare to do so.

In the past few years when Dong Zhuo brought him here, he was tortured.

After all, he has no power in his hands and is just a rubber stamp. He also needs to withstand huge pressure from the outside world and may lose his life at any time.

Today's Wang Yun seems to be more than ten years older than before in just a few years.

And for his surrender.

Cao Ang naturally accepted it happily.

One is that Wang Yun has been working hard for so many years in this dynasty, and he is considered familiar with everyone. He has his own hilltop and plays a certain role.

The other one is thinking about old feelings.

As the saying goes, it’s better to use the raw than the familiar. How can a person who doesn’t understand it at all compare to someone like Wang Yun who knows everything and has some past friendships?
Except for Wang Yun.

Cao Ang also comforted and promoted many people.

Cao Ang also paid special attention to his father-in-law, Cai Yan's father Cai Yong.

Although this old comrade has relatively low emotional intelligence.

But Cao Ang certainly couldn't let him go to the road of premature death like his original destiny.

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Currently in Chang'an City.

In the government palace temporarily set up to handle official documents and government affairs, Cao Ang was carefully studying a silk document that Li Ru had just submitted.

After reading it again.

Cao Ang suddenly laughed.

Then while shaking his head, he asked lightly: "This Liu Yan is quite interesting. What he said in his letter seems to mean that all his sons who left him in Chang'an are going back?"

Li Ru stood beside him.

First, he bowed slightly to Cao Ang respectfully, then raised his hands and replied: "General Mingjian, this document actually arrived in Chang'an a few months ago."

"It's just that Thief Dong was greedy for pleasure at that time and had no time to deal with such a small matter, so he kept this letter in a backlog. It was only today that I remembered it, so I submitted it to the general for your review."

"According to what Liu Yan said, he felt that his time was approaching and he was afraid that there would be no one to inherit the family business and no one to serve him filially."

"Therefore, I request the imperial court to allow his sons to return to Yizhou for the sake of his dying days. General, please give me your instructions on this matter."

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Liu Yan.

This buddy Cao Ang knows.

It was the clan member surnamed Liu, the shepherd of Yizhou, and the de facto emperor of Yizhou. He wanted the existence of the Zhangba Snake Spear more than Zhang Fei.

But compared to these.

Liu Yan is truly memorable.

Or the strategy he proposed to abolish history and establish animal husbandry.

This was precisely the booster that accelerated the collapse of the Han Dynasty, its decline, and the road to car crashes and death.

The reason why he hid in Yizhou and refused to come out was because an expert told him that Yizhou had dragon energy and that an emperor could be born from this place in the future.

I have to say that the expert's calculation was quite accurate.

It's a pity that the time calculation was wrong.

It took two generations of Liu Yan and his son Liu Zhang to realize this prophecy, and it was fulfilled by Liu Bei and Liu Xuande.

If Liu Yan knew this news, he would probably jump out of the coffin in anger.

But these have nothing to do with Cao Ang.

No matter how scheming Liu Yan was, he would only stay in a corner. In his eyes, it was just a scabies disease, and he would be dealt with without any delay.

And Liu Bei was even more unlikely to become emperor.

Now he is still serving as the county magistrate in Pingyuan County in the north of Qingzhou. When he has a certain degree of power, I am afraid that Cao Ang will have unified the world.

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I thought so in my heart.

Cao Ang also made a decision immediately.

Immediately, he threw Liu Yan's letter on the table and gave instructions to Li Ru with half-questions and half-answers.

"When Liu Yan sent several of his legitimate sons to the court, they were intended to act as protons, but the court made this policy to prevent them from hiding in Yizhou, where the sky was high and the road was far away, and they could stand on their own and disobey the court's orders. "

"Now, this old guy is most likely watching the turmoil in Chang'an and feels there is an opportunity to take advantage of the chaos to make profit."

"With such an idea, how can I follow his wishes? However, since he said that he does not have much time left, the court would not be too cold and cold, so let's take a compromise."

Speaking of it.

Cao Ang tapped his right hand lightly on the table.

Then he ordered with his eyes flashing.

"Three of his sons are in Chang'an. The eldest son and the second son are not allowed to return to Yizhou. The youngest son named Liu Zhang is left. Arrange for him to watch the military review together, and then let him return to Yizhou."

Reviewing the three armies is also one of Cao Ang's arrangements.The purpose is to shock people and stabilize the government.

After all, I heard about the [-]-strong army and tens of thousands of surrendered soldiers, and witnessed with my own eyes the endless torrent of troops across mountains and seas.

The two are totally different!

There may be some people in the former who can take chances and hatch some conspiracies secretly.

But the latter would only make them tremble, their minds tremble, and they did not dare to have the slightest intention of resisting.

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three days later.

Located at the east gate outside Chang'an City.

Tens of thousands of troops are here.

In mid-air, there were military flags embroidered with various words, fluttering in the wind. Among them, the highest standard and the most noble-looking one was a large flag embroidered with the word Cao.

And under these many flags.

It was a chilling air that shot straight into the sky.

Accompanied by the sound of war drums and horns, groups of soldiers, led by their respective generals, slowly came from a distance to the wilderness outside the city. After some loud shouts of killing, they came again. Gather in formation at another location.

Even the tens of thousands of surrendered soldiers captured after Zhang Ji and Fan Chou were defeated were included in the parade for this review.

A vast army totaling more than [-] people.

The plain wilderness to the east of Chang'an City is completely filled up. Standing on the tall tower and looking around, you really can't see the bottom at a glance.

Such a large-scale military parade.

It starts from early morning.

It wasn't until late afternoon, when the sun was about to set, that it was over.

And just when everyone left the venue in an orderly manner and went down to the tower one after another under the guidance of the etiquette officer.

Cao Ang approached Liu Zhang, whom he specially invited.

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"Ji Yu, please take a step slowly!"

As the voice rang in his ears, Liu Zhang, who had been shrinking in the crowd and trying to reduce his presence, suddenly turned his head.

When he found out that the person who stopped him was the current actual owner of Chang'an City, Cao Ang of the Cao family, he couldn't help but shudder, and then he cringed and replied with his hands.

"Your Majesty, Liu Zhang, has met General Cao!"

Facing Liu Zhang's fear, Cao Ang's eyes flashed with color, and then he said with a faint smile.

"Today Ji Yu watched me inspect all the three armies, big and small. How do you feel about it?"

As Cao Ang asked.

Liu Zhang seemed to recall the scene he had seen before, thinking of the vast army that stretched across the earth and the sky, as well as the elites who were full of energy and murderous intent soaring into the sky.

There was a look of panic on his face.

Then he forced a smile on his face and praised Cao Ang repeatedly: "The general is a famous general in the world. He is victorious in every battle and is unbeatable in the world."

"The soldiers under your command are naturally brave and good at fighting, and they are always unfavorable. From Zhang's perspective, he feels that they are like heavenly soldiers descending into the world, capable of sweeping everything!"

Liu Zhang's answer made Cao Ang nodded with satisfaction.

He asked casually while raising his hand to invite the boy to follow him down to the tower.

"Your Majesty sent a letter a few months ago, saying that he is now terminally ill and does not have much time left. He wants someone to go back and wait on his bedside to inherit the family business."

"I already know about this, and I plan to keep your eldest brother and second brother here, and only allow you to return to Yizhou. What do you think?"

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Hearing this all of a sudden.

Liu Zhang was stunned at first.

Then a look of ecstasy appeared on his face.

The whole person felt an excitement that was hard to conceal.

Obviously he has known about this for a long time, but he has never been able to go back. After all, his personal freedom has never belonged to him.

Now I heard that Cao Ang agreed to let him go back, and on the premise that his eldest and second brothers would stay, he was allowed to go back alone.

How could this not make him feel ecstatic?

After all, the father only has one share of the family business. The more sons he has back, the less he can get.

On such a critical issue, even brothers must settle accounts openly. Liu Zhang felt that this was his God-given opportunity!
If my father is really seriously ill.

At that time, if he only had a legitimate son like himself beside him, wouldn't he inherit all of that huge inheritance?
He could suddenly become the owner of Yizhou, one of the thirteen states in the world, from a proton who had lived in Chang'an for a long time, an unknown captain of Fengche.

This kind of thing is exciting to think about!
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After reluctantly calming down his emotions.

Liu Zhang immediately bowed to Cao Ang and said thank you.

"My father is seriously ill, and all three of my brothers are far away in Chang'an. They are unable to serve me and fulfill their filial piety. This really makes Zhang heartbroken and anxious."

"I am so lucky to have General, you are so magnanimous and benevolent as the ocean. I would like to express my love as a father and son. I am so grateful that I don't know what to say!"

Liu Zhang's reaction was as expected by Cao Ang.

He raised his hand and stopped Liu Zhang's words.

Then he said in a deep and calm voice: "Yizhou is surrounded by high mountains, and it is very inconvenient for carriages and horses to come and go. Therefore, it is unknown whether your father is seriously ill in bed, or whether he ordered you to go back."

"But there is one thing I need to warn Ji Yu."

Cao Ang's voice was as calm as water.

It doesn't have any power or murderous intent.

But when it fell on Liu Zhang's ears, it made him shiver for no reason. He just felt that under this seemingly calm tone, there was a wind and frost sword hidden.

Once he doesn't answer well, what awaits him may not be a good ending.

Think about it here.

Liu Zhang immediately saluted Cao Ang solemnly and waited for Cao Ang's next words.

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"Last year, someone wrote to the court, informing that your father was hoarding troops and horses in Yizhou, exceeding the etiquette, and cutting off messengers from the court. He already looked like an inhuman minister who broke the earth to become a king and disrespected the court."

"I don't know whether the matter is true or not, and I don't have the time to investigate. But since you are returning to Yizhou this time, please tell your father."

"You two, father and son, had better be honest. If you dare to betray the imperial court and make an independent move, I will personally lead an army of [-] people, even if it means crossing mountains and ridges, I will enter Yizhou and attack you all in one fell swoop." Leave no further trouble!”

This statement came out.

Liu Zhang was immediately startled.

He quickly explained to Cao Ang: "General, you have misunderstood. My father is loyal to the imperial court. As a member of the clan, how can he disrespect the emperor?"

"This must be a slanderous person, or someone who doesn't know the truth of the matter and is deceived!"

"I hope the general will learn from this!"

Before Liu Zhang could start a long speech to explain how loyal his father and son were, Cao Ang waved his hand and interrupted his words.

"There is no need to explain so much. This is just a warning. You will naturally know what it is like when you arrive in Yizhou."

"What should I do and how should I make a decision? I hope you can do it yourself. Don't say that you didn't predict what you said!"

Say it.

Cao Ang waved his sleeves.

Liu Zhang got off the tower first.

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On the way back to the palace.

Cao Ang thought about the threat he had just made to Liu Zhang, and couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction.

He pays attention to prescribing the right medicine when doing things.

What kind of person, what kind of character, he will use what kind of method to target.

First of all, the current Yizhou Shepherd Liu Yan was a short-lived ghost. Although he was pretending to be ill now, he did die in two years.

When the time comes, the one who will inherit all his family property will be Liu Zhang, who he deliberately put back, leaving him with no other choice.

As for Liu Zhang, he was suspicious and extremely cowardly, timid and afraid of getting into trouble.

Cao Ang took a two-pronged approach.

While carrying him over, he saw with his own eyes how powerful Cao's army was, and what it looked like with an overwhelming force of [-] troops, which shocked him severely.

On the other hand, he made threats with words.

As long as things go as expected.

When Liu Zhang stayed in Yizhou, whenever he had any thoughts that he shouldn't have, he would think of what he saw and heard today, and then quickly give up his mental ambitions.

As such.

Not only was the land of Yizhou stabilized, there was no need to think about it in a short period of time. Allocating manpower to deal with Yizhou's affairs was as if he didn't exist.

At the same time, after settling other core states.

All it takes is a letter of surrender.

It was enough to make Liu Zhang obediently offer the counties and cities under his rule without any effort, all thanks to today's achievements.

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As the time scale continues to turn.

Finally, good news came from Luoyang.

Cao Cao said in the letter that although the restoration work was not complete, the basic buildings that could show the emperor's majesty had been largely restored.

Announce the existence of Emperor Liu Bian to the world.

The time has come.

Cao Ang responded immediately and sent his reply to Luoyang at great speed, asking his father Cao Cao to start the matter as soon as possible.

And that means something.

That is, in the game of chess in the world, the Cao family has officially entered the sweeping stage, and after obeying the emperor's orders to disobey, all the few families were killed.

Everything is coming to an end.

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