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At the same moment when Xuzhou was attacked by the Han army, the scorched earth battle in Hefei City had reached an extremely tragic stage. The Han army deployed 350 heavy-duty trebuchets in the west, south and north directions of Hefei City, day and night. Throwing oil and boulders into the city of Hefei.

The Han army put all the last [-] barrels of kerosene into the final battle of scorched earth, and there was a tendency to burn Hefei to scorched earth and razed it to the ground. Huge fireballs flew across the sky and fell into the city, causing the A raging fire ignited in the city of Hefei, and the fireball even crashed into the warehouse, burning most of Cao Jun's more than [-] warehouses.

Most of the city of Hefei was engulfed in flames, and the top of the city was also violently attacked by boulders. Many city walls collapsed, and the towers were smashed to pieces by the whistling boulders, and then burned down by the fire.

The overwhelming fire and boulders caused extremely heavy casualties to Cao's army. After ten consecutive days of attack, Cao's army had more than 2 casualties, and most of the food was burned. Only the [-] shi of grain stored in the cellar was left. In the end, Cao's army could only be sustained for ten days. Cao Jun's soldiers were extremely depressed. Violence filled Cao Jun's camp, and large-scale vendettas and weapon fights continued to occur among soldiers. Cao Ren was tortured to death, and asked Shouchun for help several times a day.

The east of the city is the only area that has not been attacked by the Han army. It is also where the Cao army camp is located. Chun can still keep a fart, but he still has to put on a posture and pretend to be sophisticated. Does he have to let the Han army drive out the Hefei Cao army before he is willing to give in?

Cao Ren also wanted to blame Cao Cao for being confused. Now that there is no oil in Shouchun, the trebuchets are completely destroyed, and the city wall has collapsed in eight places, Cao Jun is unable to repair it. To attack Hefei, but to burn Hefei to scorched earth. If there is no skin left, how will the hair be attached?

Why did Duke Wei insist on a birthday, regardless of the safety of tens of thousands of Cao soldiers?

At this moment, there was a terrified shout in the barracks. Cao Ren thought that there was another fight, and raised his sword angrily to come out. As soon as he reached the door of the tent, his own soldiers rushed in and shouted anxiously, "General! , Fireball, the camp is on fire!"

Cao Ren was taken aback and rushed out of the tent. He was stunned by the scene in front of him, but he saw huge fireballs flying in over the city. They were extremely red and dazzling in the night sky, although the fireballs landed hundreds of steps away from the barracks. , but after the fireball landed, it bounced high again, jumped hundreds of steps, and rushed into the camp with a roar. Hundreds of large tents in the northeast corner had been ignited. The fire was blazing, and the soldiers ran away crying. There was chaos in the camp.

Within ten days of the Han army's siege and attack, they had been attacking from south, north, and west, but only let the east side go. Cao Ren thought it was because the moat on the east side was too wide, and the Han army's heavy catapults could not enter the city, so he sent Cao's army The camp moved to the east, but the Han army suddenly attacked.

Seeing that the fire was getting bigger and bigger, Cao Ren shouted anxiously: "Don't worry about the camp, evacuate immediately! Evacuate!"

In the chaos, countless soldiers of Cao Jun threw away their helmets and removed their armor, and ran out of the camp without any weapons or supplies. Many soldiers who ran a little slower, or those who went back to pick up their items, were surrounded by the fire and died tragically in the fire. among.

Cao Ren watched countless soldiers being engulfed by the fire, and his eyes were tearing with hatred. Suddenly, he got on his horse and urged the horse to run towards the head of the east city. He couldn't figure out why the Han army could shoot fireballs into the city from the east. The moat outside the east city is one mile wide, and no trebuchet can throw this distance. How did the Han army do it?

He couldn't feel at ease until he solved this puzzle. For a moment, Cao Ren's horse rushed to the top of the city. The top of the city was not attacked by huge stones, and there were no soldiers guarding it. Cao Ren soon saw an unforgettable scene.

I saw a huge pontoon bridge appearing in the moat, with a size of five acres and a height of one foot. Ten heavy trebuchets were launched on the pontoon bridge in turn, shooting huge fireballs into the city.

Cao Ren couldn't help but let out a long sigh. If Cao Pi didn't give in, they would be wiped out. Cao Ren turned around and asked his soldiers, "How many pigeons do we have?"

"Report to General, there are three more!"

"Let all of them go to Shouchun, and tell Cao Pi that if he doesn't act again, I will surrender Kaesong!"

Cao Ren finally couldn't bear it anymore and issued an ultimatum to Cao Pi.

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In Shouchun City, in order to solve the food shortage crisis of the army, Cao Pi adopted Hua Xin's strategy and sent soldiers to search for all the food of the big households and civilians in Shouchun.

In this way, Cao Jun has tens of thousands of shi of grain in his hands, and he can barely support it for a period of time to stabilize the morale of the army. As for Shouchun, the people complained and complained, and Cao Pi couldn't care about it. He knew in his heart that Shouchun would not be able to keep it sooner or later. , why bother to care too much about Shouchun public opinion?

Cao Ren did wrongly blame Cao Pi. He didn't know that the problem was not Cao Pi, but Cao Cao's resolute refusal to give up Shouchun. For Cao Pi, retreating to the north of the Yellow River and reaching a two-year peace period with Liu Jing, It is conducive to Cao Wei's recovery of the economy, and it is also conducive to him gradually taking over power.

The Han army's fierce attack on Hefei turned Cao Pi into an ant on the hot pot. Once the Hefei Cao army was defeated by the Han army, it would be a fatal blow to Cao Pi's reputation and his plan to control military power.

For ten days in a row, he sent urgent military reports to Yedu almost every day, and even exaggerated the crisis in Hefei, telling Shouchun that the military food was in danger, but all his military reports fell into the sea like mud cows, and there was no response.

At this moment, Xuzhou was attacked by the Han army, and the news of Pengcheng's fall reached Shouchun. This heavy blow made Cao Pi almost lose his mind. In the inner hall, only his roaring shouts were heard.

"What does it mean that I am in charge of full power? Is this full power? I can't decide anything. Even a dog is much freer than me. I quit, let him solve it by himself!"

Hua Xin in the yard heard Cao Pi's roar. He was so frightened that he rushed into the inner hall, and begged repeatedly, "My son, please stop scolding. Walls have ears. If Duke Wei finds out, your position as a prince will be in jeopardy! "

The yelling and venting made Cao Pi feel better, and he gradually calmed down. He also realized that he was too impulsive. He knew that his father had eyes and ears around his third and second brothers. Could it be that he didn't have eyes and ears around him?

Thinking of this, Cao Pi couldn't help feeling a little remorseful, and sat down for a long time without saying a word. Seeing that Cao Pi had calmed down, Hua Xin said in a low voice, "I've been thinking over and over again for the past two days why Duke Wei refused to let go. I am sending out a military report to Duke Wei, but the young master’s military report is a bit exaggerated, which arouses Duke Wei’s distrust, so Wei Gong has been reluctant to express his position. It is better for the young master to complain and hand over the negotiating power to Cheng Yu. I believe there will be a turning point. "

Cao Pi nodded. Hua Xin's guess was not groundless. Cheng Yu had rarely shown himself since he took charge of Shouchun. Yu did not let go, but observed himself secretly, and at the same time reported the situation in Hefei to his father.

In other words, his father continued to control the situation in Hefei through Cheng Yu, so his father did not listen to his own opinion. Thinking of this, Cao Pi suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. He seemed to feel Cheng Yu's gloomy gaze staring at him behind him. himself, and his father watched everything coldly above his head.

Seeing that Cao Pi had understood, Hua Xin continued to persuade, "My lord, you don't need to be too anxious. I believe that Duke Wei can't sit still if Xuzhou falls, and he will come with instructions soon. Maybe Cheng Yu will take the initiative to come to you."

As soon as Hua Xin finished speaking, he heard a guard reporting from the hall: "Sign up, Your Majesty, Mr. Cheng is asking to see you!"

Sure enough, Hua Xin was right, which meant that Cheng Yu was indeed having a relationship with his father in secret. Cao Pi couldn't help giving Hua Xin a thumbs up, applauding his insight, then nodded and said, "Please come in!"

After a while, Cheng Yu hurried into the inner hall. Although Cao Cao asked Cheng Yu to assist the eldest son Cao Pi before leaving, he secretly ordered him to report the movements of Shouchun and Hefei to him at any time, and controlled the Hefei campaign through Cheng Yu.

However, Cheng Yu himself also saw that Cao Pi's main purpose was to control the military power through this battle, so Cheng Yu didn't ask, and let Cao Pi arrange the scheduling, but reported to Cao Cao the news of Shouchun and Hefei every two days with pigeon letters. Condition.

But Xuzhou was attacked by the Han army, Pengcheng fell, and the situation suddenly deteriorated. This made Cheng Yu unable to sit still, and rushed to discuss countermeasures with Cao Pi.

He took a step forward and saluted: "My minister sees the prince!"

At this time, Cao Pi really hated this scheming old guy, and he asked coldly, "Has Master Cheng recovered from his illness?"

Cheng Yu heard the dissatisfaction in Cao Pi's tone, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He was loyal to Wei Gong, but offended the prince, this is not a good thing!He had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "The minister is old and has not been able to assist the son. I hope the son will forgive me."

Next to him, Hua Xin quickly winked at Cao Pi, reminding Cao Pi that he could not offend Cheng Yu now, so Cao Pi had no choice but to suppress the hatred for Cheng Yu in his heart, waved his hand and said, "Sir, please sit down!"

Cheng Yu sat down, folded his hands and smiled at Hua Xin, "I don't know when Hua Zhongcheng will come to Shouchun."

Before Hua Xin could speak, Cao Pi said coldly, "I have already reported this to my father. I'm sorry, but I forgot to tell Master Cheng."

Cheng Yu smiled awkwardly, and then turned the topic back to business, "I heard that Xuzhou was attacked by the Han army and Pengcheng County fell. This matter is very serious. I don't know how the prince is going to deal with it?"

Hua Xin knew that although Cao Pi had calmed down, his anger had not completely dissipated. Cheng Yu's words might cause Cao Pi to lose his mind. He was very worried, but Cao Pi did not get angry at all. Not surprisingly, most of the troops in the Central Plains are concentrated on the front lines of Xuchang and Luoyang. Not only is Xuzhou empty, but Qiaojun also has few troops. In order to force us to give up Shouchun, Liu Jing has used all means, including storming Hefei. More than [-] people have been lost in the past ten days, and it is already precarious."

"Then how is the son going to deal with the predicament in front of him?"

Cheng Yu once again asked Cao Pi how he planned to respond. If he had asked such a question half an hour ago, Cao Pi would have been furious and severely reprimanded Cheng Yu, but Cao Pi had completely calmed down at this time, and he had returned to his usual gloomy mood. of Ayutthaya.

Cao Pi said lightly: "This is exactly what I want to ask the military division, what should we do now?"