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At the same time when Xuzhou was attacked by the Han army, the scorched earth battle in Hefei City had reached a tragic step. The Han army deployed fifty heavy catapults in the west, south and north directions of Hefei City, and threw turbulent oil and huge rocks into Hefei City day and night.

The Han army threw all the last ten thousand barrels of turmeric oil into the final scorched earth battle, and burned Hefei into scorched earth and razed it to the ground. Huge fireballs passed by the sky and fell into the city, causing a raging fire to ignite in Hefei City. The fireballs even crashed into the warehouse, burning most of Cao's more than 20 warehouses.

Most of Hefei city was trapped in the sea of ​​fire, and the city was attacked by huge rocks. Many city walls collapsed, and the roaring huge rocks made the city tower smashed and then burned by the fire.

The overwhelming fire and huge rocks caused Cao's army to suffer heavy casualties. After ten consecutive days of attack, Cao's army suffered more than 20,000 casualties, most of the food was burned, leaving only eight thousand stones of food stored in the cellar. In the end, Cao's soldiers could only maintain Cao's army for ten days. The Cao's soldiers were so sluggish that they filled the Cao army's camp. Large-scale vendetta and armed fights continued to occur between soldiers. Cao Ren was tortured 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, and it is also the place where the Cao army camp is located. In the tent, Cao Ren paced back and forth with his hands behind his back. He was so irritable that he almost cursed. He wanted to scold Cao Pi, but there was no food. Shouchun could still save his stance and pretend to be profound. Do he have to let the Han army drive all the Cao army in Hefei to kill him before he would give in?

Cao Ren also wanted to blame Cao Cao for being confused. Now Shouchun turbulent oil is not available, the catapult is completely destroyed, and the city wall has collapsed eight places. Cao's army is unable to repair it. Han military warships can cross the moat at any time and enter the city. But the Han army did not attack Hefei, but wanted to burn Hefei into scorched soil. If the skin does not exist, the hair will be attached.

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

At this moment, a panic of terror came from the military camp. Cao Ren thought that another fight had occurred, and he raised his sword and rushed out angrily. As soon as he arrived at the door of the tent, his personal soldiers rushed in and shouted anxiously, "General, fireball, the camp is on fire."

Cao Ren was shocked and rushed out of the tent. The scene in front of him made him stunned. He saw huge fireballs flying over the city and shooting in. It was particularly red and dazzling in the night sky. Although the fireball landed several steps away from the military camp, after the fireball landed, it bounced high again, jumped several steps, and rushed into the camp roaring. Several large tents in the northeast corner had been ignited, the fire was burning, the soldiers cried and ran away, and the camp was in chaos.

Within ten days of siege and attack, the Han army continued to attack south, north and west, but only let the east side go. Cao Ren believed that this was because the moat in the east was too wide, and the Han army could not shoot into the city, so he moved the Cao army camp to the east, but he did not expect the Han army to attack suddenly.

Seeing that the fire was getting bigger and bigger, Cao Ren shouted in a hurry: "Don't worry about the tent, evacuate immediately."

In the chaos, countless Cao army soldiers threw away their armor and took out their weapons and supplies, flocked to the camp and ran away. Many soldiers who ran a little slower, or soldiers who went back to collect goods, were surrounded by fire and died tragically in the fire.

Cao Ren watched countless soldiers engulfed by the fire, and his eyes were so hated that he broke his eyes. Suddenly, he turned over and urged the horse to run towards the east city. He could not understand why the Han army could shoot fireballs from the east into the city? The moat outside the east city was one mile wide, and no scattering machine could hit this distance. What did the Han army do?

He could not feel at ease if he didn't solve this confusion. For a moment, Cao Ren rushed to the top of the city. There were no huge rocks attacks on the top of the city, and there were no soldiers guarding him. Cao Ren soon saw an unforgettable scene.

A huge floating bridge appeared in the moat, with a size of five acres and a height of ten zhang. Ten heavy trenchers fired on the floating bridge, shooting huge fireballs into the city.

Cao Ren couldn't help but sigh. If Cao Pi did not give in, they would be wiped out. Cao Ren turned around and asked his personal soldiers, "We still have a few pigeons."

"Report to the general, there are still ones"

"Let them all go to Shouchun and tell Cao Pi that if he doesn't take action, I will open the city and surrender."

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 crisis of the military's food outage, Cao Pi adopted Hua Xin's strategy and sent soldiers to fill the food of the Shouchun households and civilians, implemented strict grain preparation, and gave the people only a little bit of food that could survive every day.

In this way, Cao's army had tens of thousands of stones of food in their hands, which could barely support for a period of time and stabilize the morale of the army. As for Shouchun, the public was full of grievances and complaints, Cao Pi couldn't care about it. He knew in his heart that Shouchun would not be able to be saved sooner or later, so why bother to care too much about Shouchun's public opinion.

Cao Ren did wrongly blame Cao Pi. He didn't know that the problem was not Cao Pi, but Cao Cao refused to give up Shouchun. For Cao Pi, retreating to the north of the Yellow River and reaching a two-year peace with Liu Jing would help Cao Wei restore the economy and would also help him gradually take over the power.

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

For ten days, he sent emergency military newspapers to Yedu almost every day, and even exaggerated the dangers in Hefei and told the critical rations of Shouchun, but all his military newspapers were like mud cows entering the sea without any response.

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

"What does it mean to be solemnly owned? Is this total right? I can't make any decision. Even a dog is much more free than me. I quit. Let him solve it himself."

Hua Xin in the courtyard heard Cao Pi's roar. He was so scared that he rushed into the inner hall and bowed repeatedly, "My uncle, please stop scolding, there are ears across the wall. If Duke Wei finds out, his position will be in danger."

Cao Pi felt a little better when he shouted and vented, and slowly calmed down. He also realized that he was impulsive. He knew that his father had eyes and ears and ears around his brother and second brother. Could it be that he had no eyes and ears around him?

Thinking of this, Cao Pi couldn't help but feel a little regretful. She sat down for a long time and pondered. Seeing that Cao Pi had calmed down, Hua Xin whispered: "I have repeatedly thought about the reason why Duke Wei refused to let go in the past two days. It is likely that Cheng Yu was also sending military newspapers to Duke Wei. The military newspaper was a bit exaggerated, which caused Duke Wei's distrust. Therefore, Duke Wei was reluctant to express his opinion for a long time. It would be better to claim that he was sick and hand over the negotiation power to Cheng Yu. I believe there would be a turning point."

Cao Pi nodded. Hua Xin's speculation was not groundless. Since he took office in Shouchun, Cheng Yu has rarely appeared and seemed to let him do it. However, this did not match his father's instructions before leaving. It only means that Cheng Yu did not let go, but was observing himself secretly, and also reported the situation in Hefei to his father.

In other words, my father continued to control the battle situation in Hefei through Cheng Yu, so my father did not obey his own opinions. Thinking of this, Cao Pi suddenly burst into a cold sweat. He seemed to feel Cheng Yu's gloomy gaze staring at him behind him, while his father was watching everything coldly above his head.

Seeing that Cao Pi had already understood, Hua Xin continued to persuade: "Young Master, there is no need to be anxious. Xuzhou is lost. I believe Mr. Wei can't sit still. He will soon have instructions. Perhaps Cheng Yu will come to find Mr. Wang on his own initiative."

As soon as Hua Xin finished speaking, he heard a guard in the hall report: "Qi reported to the world, Military Commander Cheng asked for a meeting."

Sure enough, Hua Xin said it, which means that Cheng Yu was indeed having contact with his father in secret. Cao Pi couldn't help but give Hua Xin a thumbs up, praised his knowledge, and then nodded and said, "Please come in."

After a moment, Cheng Yu hurried into the inner hall. Although Cao Cao asked Cheng Yu to assist Cao Pi before leaving, he secretly ordered him to report to himself the movements of Shouchun and Hefei at any time, and control the battle of Hefei through Cheng Yu.

Bucheng Yu himself also saw that Cao Pi's main purpose was to control military power through this battle, so Cheng Yu didn't ask and let Cao Pi arrange the transfer, but only reported to Cao Cao the situation in Shouchun and Hefei every two days with a pigeon letter.

However, Xuzhou was attacked by the Han army and Pengcheng was lost, and the situation deteriorated suddenly, which made Cheng Yu unable to sit still and hurried to negotiate countermeasures with Cao Pi.

He stepped forward and bowed: "I am here to see the world."

At this time, Cao Pi really hated this scheming old guy. He asked coldly: "Have Junshi Cheng's illness cured?"

Cheng Yu heard the dissatisfaction in Cao Pi's tone, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He was loyal to Duke Wei, but offended the world. This was not a good thing. He had to bite the bullet and say, "I am old and have not been able to assist the world. I hope the world will forgive me."

Hua Xin next to him quickly gave Cao Pi a wink, reminding Cao Pi that he could not offend Cheng Yu now. Cao Pi had to bear the hatred of Cheng Yu in his heart, waved his hand and said, "Military advisor, please sit down."

Cheng Yu sat down, bowed his hand and smiled at Hua Xin, "I don't know when will Huazhong Cheng come to Shouchun."

Before Hua Xin could speak, Cao Pi said coldly: "I have reported this to my father. I'm sorry, I forgot to tell Jun Zheng."

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

Hua Xin knew that although Cao Pi calmed down, his anger was not completely eliminated. Cheng Yu's words might cause Cao Pi to lose his mind. He was very worried. Unexpectedly, Cao Pi was not angry at all and replied calmly: "It is not surprising that Xuzhou was attacked in a sneak attack. Most of the troops in the Central Plains are concentrated in Xuchang and Luoyang. Not only are Xuzhou's troops empty, but Qiao County also has not much troops. In order to force us to give up Shouchun, Liu Jing has used any means, including a fierce attack on Hefei. I wonder if Military Advisor Cheng knows that Hefei has lost more than 20,000 people in the past ten days, and it is no longer safe."

"How is the world ready to deal with the current dilemma"

Cheng Yu once again asked Cao Pi how to deal with it. If he asked such a question half an hour ago, Cao Pi would definitely be furious and scold Cheng Yu, but Cao Pi had completely calmed down at this time and restored his usual deep cunning.
Chapter completed!