Although there were only a few people left in the room, they were not the elites among the Cao clan, or they were Cao Cao's true confidants.
Just as Tong Tian Ji had guessed, Cao Cao had already made a decision.
While he still has some trump cards in his hand, if he turns to the Jin army at this time, he can at least count as some bargaining chips.
In other words, if Cao Cao surrendered to the Jin army before the war with Zhao Kuangyin, what treatment would he receive? If Cao Cao surrendered to the Jin army only after being destroyed by Zhao Kuangyin, what kind of treatment would he receive? Can it be the same in the middle?
Although the contrast is not obvious now, there is definitely a difference in the middle.
When the end is truly reached, no matter how many people will be able to escape by then, even if they escape, as bereaved dogs, what status will they still have if they escape to the territory of the Jin army?
Since Cao Cao has decided to surrender, he might as well move the entire clan and his subordinate clans there! If only some people leave and leave their family members in Chenliu, wouldn't they be waiting for death when Zhao Kuangyin breaks the city?
Don't look at the fact that after Liu Bang's death, several of his generals defected to the Jin Army and Liu Bei respectively. Jiang Xiaobai and others also traveled thousands of miles to see Qin Shihuang, but only a few of them went there. Don't they have family members?
Fortunately for Jiang Xiaobai's group, that old man Jiang Ziya had already paved the way for them. At least each of them brought a few important family members with them. As for most of them, sometimes there was nothing they could do.
At this point, you have to give up.
But Liu Bang's generals, whether they defected to Liu Bei or Li Xiang, didn't take any of their family members with them, so what good outcome could there be in the end?
Therefore, Liu Bang's group of people, whether they took refuge in Liu Bei or Li Xiang, definitely had a deep hatred with the Qin army, and they were the kind of people who really had a blood feud.
There was only one Liu Che among them, and Liu Che had paved the way for them early, so many of them had successfully arrived in Qingzhou.
But even so, there were still some who were weak and did not survive the disease on the way, or fell at the hands of the assassins of the Jin army. Although only some family members and some important people died, most of them were still well protected.
Although there are many experts among this group of people, and the number of guards along the way is definitely not in the minority, it is impossible to stop the assassinations one after another.
Even if the floating house is really weak in the south, it can still organize a few assassinations, and the Jin Yiwei is just pretending.
If you are not used by me, you will be killed by me.
Although Liu Che had not handed over Jiaozhou to Zhu Yuanzhang at that time, he would definitely wait until the transaction was completed before he could release the chips in his hands.
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang could not really take action. But if the Jin army takes action, Zhu Yuanzhang does not need to rush to save him.
It is precisely based on this that if Cao Cao wants to transfer the family members of his Cao family and the family members of his ministers to the territory of the Jin army, he must plan it as early as possible, at least while he still has some strength in his hands. .
Including Cao Cao, there were less than ten people in total, but they plotted for an entire afternoon. It was not until the next day that Cao Cao openly announced it to everyone.
With Cao Wenzhao as the main general, Cao Chun, the commander of the tiger and leopard cavalry, as his deputy general, Cheng Yu, Cen Wenwen, Lu Miaozi and others as counselors, he led three thousand tiger and leopard cavalry, as well as generals Xia Houying, Tian Ji, You Liang, Cao Kerang, Yin Kaishan, Xu Chu, Xu Long, Xu Feng, Xu Yan, Le Jin, Li Dian, Cao Wenbao, Lu Qian, Cao Bianjiao, and Cao Mo were appointed as generals to reinforce Dongjun to stop Shi Shouxin's troops.
At the same time, a large number of carrier pigeons flew out of the city. The contents on the carrier pigeons were encrypted and only the Cao clan could understand them. Cao Wenzhao and his group are about to break out of the encirclement, but Cao Cao will not ignore Cao Ren and Cao Zhen either.
Ordinary soldiers and horses are actually a drag at this time, and the Jin army does not lack Cao Cao's soldiers and horses. Therefore, the only soldiers and horses that accompanied Cao Wenzhao to break through were actually the tiger and leopard cavalry.
As long as they can break out, they can give full play to the speed advantage of the cavalry and advance towards the Jin army's territory as quickly as possible without stopping along the way. As an envoy, Xun You never returned to Cao Cao, just to help Cao Cao and the others open up the joints of the Jin army here.
As for Cao Cao himself, he was unwilling to leave.
Even if he goes to Li Xiang, Li Xiang will never reuse him. He may only get a very high position, but it is a position without any real power. At that time, I am afraid that Cao Cao will really have to wait for death for the rest of his life. And even if Cao Cao is willing to lie down, he will probably be under the surveillance of the Jin army all the time.
After all, a large number of civil and military members of the Cao Group were also with Cao Cao. No matter whether Cao Cao still had ambitions at that time or whether he had given up on them, any qualified ruler would not relax his guard against Cao Cao.
At Cao Cao's age, half of his body was buried in the ground. His life was already wonderful enough, and he was not happy to spend the rest of his life like this. If that were the case, it would be better for him to be buried here.
After this news spread, the entire Cao Group was shocked, especially those generals who were not selected.
Do they really think they are fools? Even if they go to support Dongjun, do they need so many generals?
To put it bluntly, the most elite generals of the Cao Group in Chenliu are all here! If the toughest group of generals are transferred away, even if Shi Shouxin can hold on to Dongjun, will he be able to keep Chen Liu at that time? Even the core base camp is gone, what’s the point of Dongjun?
Moreover, don't forget that it's not just this group of civil and military personnel who are leaving, but also their families.
If it were just a few civil and military officials, perhaps the actions involved would not be big, but with so many family members leaving, how could the actions be concealed? No matter how ill-informed the other civil and military officials are, they will always hear some rumors.
For a moment, the entire Chen Liu was in chaos.
However, before the civil and military forces of the Cao family, whose hearts were already in chaos, could make other moves, Cao Cao's next move had already begun.
Using his prestige, Cao Cao took the initiative to force the generals in the city to send troops out to fight Zhao Kuangyin, while the remaining Cao Chun and others took advantage of this opportunity to break out of the encirclement.
Although the most capable generals of the Cao Group have followed Cao Wenzhao to break out of the encirclement, it does not mean that Cao Cao really has no one available...
(End of chapter)
