When Cao Cao saw that Le Jin had been hit by an arrow, he sent someone to the camp to nurse him back to health. On the second day, five groups of troops were divided to attack Ruxu. Cao Cao personally led the middle group, with Zhang Liao on the left, Li Dian on the second group, Xu Huang on the right, and Pang De on the second group. Each group led 10,000 troops toward the river. Bian killed him.
Dong Xi and Xu Sheng were patrolling when they suddenly saw five armies rushing towards them. Everyone was a little scared. Xu Sheng said: "With the salary of Marquis Wu, you should go all out to complete the work. What is there to be afraid of!" "So he took hundreds of warriors, ferried to the river in a small boat, and joined Li Dian's team.
When Dong Xi saw it, he asked his soldiers to beat drums and shout in support. Suddenly, a strong wind blew on the river, and the waves were turbulent. The soldiers saw that the boat would soon be blown over, so they scrambled to escape.
Dong Xi quickly drew his sword and shouted: "Marquis Wu has orders to be here to resist the bandits, how can he abandon the ship and leave!"
At this time, the soldiers panicked and fled frantically. Dong Xi killed more than a dozen deserters on the spot, which had a certain deterrent effect. Soon after, the wind blew faster, and Dong Xi died in the river. Xu Sheng clashed with Li Dian's army.
Chen Wu heard the loud sounds of fighting by the river, and came over with a group of troops. He happened to meet Pang De. The two armies met and fought in a melee. Sun Quan was in Ruxuwu and heard that Cao's army was fighting at the river. He fought with him personally. Zhou Tai came to help in the battle and happened to see Xu Sheng killing Li Dian's army, so he led his troops to respond.
At this time, two teams, Zhang Liao and Xu Huang, came out and trapped Sun Quan in the middle. Cao Cao saw that Sun Quan was surrounded from a high place, and immediately sent Xu Zhuzhong's horse to rush into the place where Sun Quan was, and rushed Sun Quan's troops. There are two paragraphs, and the beginning and the end cannot be related to each other.
Zhou Tai fought his way out of the army. When he arrived at the riverside, he didn't see Sun Quan, so he turned his horse's head and charged into the formation from the outside. He asked the people at his headquarters, "Where has your lord gone?"
The soldier pointed to the place surrounded by soldiers and horses and said: "My lord is severely surrounded by Cao's army!"
Zhou Tai was very surprised after hearing this. He immediately rushed into the encirclement. When he saw Sun Quan, he said: "My lord, you can follow me and kill together." So Zhou Tai was in front and Sun Quan followed. Zhou Tai blocked the left and right sides and was shot several times. The bow and arrow penetrated the armor and finally rescued Sun Quan and came to the river.
Lü Meng came with a navy to meet him and entered the ship.
Sun Quan was still frightened and said: "Thanks to Zhou Tai's many attacks, I was able to escape from the encirclement. But Xu Sheng is in the middle, how can I get out?"
Zhou Tai said: "I'll go to the rescue again!" So he turned around and entered the siege with a gun, and soon rescued Xu Sheng. Both of them were seriously injured.
Lu Meng asked his soldiers to shoot arrows against the soldiers on the shore and rescued the two men. Because Chen Wu entered earlier, he kept fighting with Pang De. Soon there was no rescue force behind him, so he could only turn around and run away. Pang De drove him to the entrance of the valley. There were many trees. Chen Wu was about to use the geographical advantage to turn around and raid, but he failed. His clothes were caught on a branch and he couldn't come out. Pang De raised his knife and killed him on the spot.
Cao Cao saw Sun Quan running away, so he chased him on horseback with his troops. He came to the river and sent out archers. Soon, all the bows and arrows on the east side of the river were shot. In a hurry, another general came, and the man who was leading him was there. It was Sun Ce's son-in-law Lu Xun who arrived with 100,000 troops and horses. A burst of arrows drove Cao's soldiers back, and then went ashore to kill Cao's army and recaptured thousands of horses. Cao's army suffered countless injuries and was defeated. And back.
When Cao's army retreated, soldiers saw Chen Wu's body among the rebels. Sun Quan knew that Chen Wu had died in battle and Dong Xi had drowned in the river. He was very sad, so he sent people to search for Dong Xi's body in the water. After fishing it out, he and Chen Xi Wu's body was buried together.
In order to thank Zhou Tai for his contribution to protecting him, he personally set up a banquet to entertain him. Sun Quan personally poured wine for Zhou Tai, touched Zhou Tai's back, and said with tears in his eyes: "You saved me many times, even at the cost of your life. My body was hit by more than a dozen bullets, and my skin is like a painting. Why can't I treat you with the same kindness as my flesh and blood, and entrust you with important military tasks? You are my hero, and I will definitely share the honor and disgrace with you. "After saying that, he untied Zhou Tai's clothes and let the generals come and see. They only saw the flesh and skin, as if a knife had been cut on it, and no part was intact.
Sun Quan pointed at Zhou Tai's wounds and asked them one by one. Zhou Tai described the battle situation one by one, and drank a pot of wine after talking about each point.
Zhou Tai drank a lot of wine and soon became drunk. Sun Quan rewarded him with a Qingluo umbrella and allowed him to come and go as a supreme honor.
Sun Quan held a stalemate with Cao Cao in Ruxu for more than a month, but still could not win. Zhang Zhao and Gu Yong made further remarks, saying: "Cao Cao is very powerful and cannot rely on brute force to attack. If we fight a protracted war, many soldiers will be harmed. It is better to seek peace to appease the people."
Sun Quan followed this suggestion and sent Bu Zhao to Cao Cao's camp to sue for peace and promised to pay tribute every day.
Cao Cao also felt that Jiangnan could not be captured immediately, so he agreed, but with one request: "Sun Quan will withdraw his troops first, and then I will take over."
After Bu Zhao recovered, Sun Quan left Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai to guard Ruxukou, and arranged for the troops to board ships and retreat back to Moling in an orderly manner.
Cao Cao knew that Sun Quan had withdrawn his troops, so he left Cao Ren and Zhang Liao in Hefei and returned to Xuchang with his troops.
All civil and military officials discussed making Cao Cao King of Wei, but Cui Yan, the minister, strongly opposed it.
Some officials advised: "Don't you know what happened to Xun Yu?"
Cui Yan was very angry and said: "Times will always change. Should we just let him do whatever he wants?"
Some people had a bad relationship with him, so they told Cao Cao about the incident and made a small report. Cao Cao was very angry and sent him to prison.
Cui Yan cursed Cao Cao for deceiving the emperor and being a traitor to the country. Ting Wei told Cao Cao. Cao Cao became even more angry and had nothing to worry about, so he hinted that Cui Yan would kill him in prison.
In the summer and May of the 21st year of Jian'an, all the ministers played Ming Xian Emperor together and praised Wei Gong's merits, which were about to reach heaven and earth. Yi and Zhou could not be compared with each other, so they should be promoted to the title of King of Wei.
Emperor Xian was frightened and without any hesitation, he immediately sent Zhong Yao to draft an edict and directly canonized Cao Cao as King of Wei. Cao Cao was very happy when he found out, but he still pretended to submit a letter of resignation. Although Emperor Xian was timid and scared, he knew in his heart that this was also his way to protect himself. He continued to ask for rewards and insisted on asking Cao Cao to take over the position of King of Wei. After three times, Cao Cao and others were ordered to be promoted to King of Wei and ride on the Golden Root Chariot. , using six horses to pull the chariot, using the emperor's chariot uniforms and ceremonial guards, he could enter and exit the palace freely, built the palace of the King of Wei in Yecheng, and discussed the establishment of the heir apparent.
Cao Cao's first wife, Mrs. Ding, had no sons. Concubine Liu gave birth to Cao Ang, who was regarded as the eldest son. During the battle with Zhang Xiu, he escorted Cao Ang to death in Wancheng. Bian gave birth to four sons. The eldest son was Cao Pi, the second son Cao Zhang, and the third son Cao Zhi. , the fourth son Cao Xiong, so he deposed Mrs. Ding from her position as the head wife and established Bian as Queen of Wei.
