Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 162 Surrender
Of course, this kind of persuasion to capitulate cannot be completed at one time.

Liu Bei is also a prince, and he agreed to surrender once he was persuaded. Isn't that why he doesn't want to lose face?
Therefore, when Zhang Chao returned to Cao Jun's camp, Cao Cao sent a second envoy to persuade him to surrender.

The emissary this time was Zhang Liao, one of Cao Cao's subordinates. Zhang Liao, Liu Bei and others knew each other and were quite familiar with each other.

This time, Zhang Liao didn't need to persuade Liu Bei to surrender immediately, because this was only the second time to persuade Liu Bei to surrender. Zhang Liao only needed to persuade Liu Bei to meet with Cao Cao alone.

In the end, Cao Cao had to come in person to persuade him to surrender. In this way, no matter what conditions Liu Bei proposed, Cao Cao could personally decide whether to agree.

At the same time, Cao Cao personally persuaded him to surrender, which can be regarded as giving Liu Bei face.

For Liu Bei, Cao Cao has always been a very admired figure.

"The only heroes in the world are the emperor and Cao Er." Although this sentence is made up in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it is an indisputable fact that Cao Cao really appreciates Liu Bei.

Soon, Liu Bei met Zhang Liao, Cao Cao's second emissary to persuade him to surrender.

Zhang Liao's status was much higher than Zhang Chao's. Zhang Chao's persuasion to surrender was mainly to make a fool of himself and to threaten with force.

Zhang Liao sang red faces, mainly to appease, which is called giving a sweet date with a stick.

Zhang Liao's mission was a success. After Zhang Liao returned to the camp, he brought good news that Liu Bei was willing to surrender.

But Liu Bei will not directly say that I am ready to surrender. In fact, as long as Liu Bei agrees to Zhang Liao's proposal to meet Cao Cao, then his willingness to surrender will be obvious.

If Liu Bei had no intention of surrendering, he would never have agreed to meet Cao Cao.

Zhang Liao's mission was completed, and next, Cao Cao went into battle himself.

The two parties met tomorrow, at a place several hundred meters outside the city.

Here is a place with a wide view and no winter solstice.

At that time, Cao Cao's soldiers and horses will retreat a certain distance, and Cao Cao will only bring more than a hundred guards to meet Liu Bei, and Liu Bei will do the same.

The next day, everything went well, and Cao Cao met Liu Bei smoothly with his guards.

Next, the two sides naturally bargained, and finally, Liu Bei agreed to lead his troops to surrender to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao wanted to guarantee the official positions and rights of some of Liu Bei's subordinates.

Liu Bei himself took the initiative to ask Ying to move to Youzhou. Cao Cao could monitor him, but he could not embarrass his family.

From Zhuge Liang's mouth, Liu Bei knew the prosperity of Youzhou, so he also planned to imitate Zhang Lu in Hanzhong and move to Youzhou.

After Liu Bei surrendered, Cao Cao's soldiers and horses entered the city on the same day.

With Liu Bei's surrender, Cao Cao unified the territory of the whole country, leaving only the land of Sichuan and Shu, the Hexi Corridor and the Western Regions.

In the land of Sichuan and Shu, following Liu Bei's surrender, Cao Cao believed that Liu Zhang would surrender soon, and Liu Zhang was not a person who dared to take the lead.

Even if Liu Zhang does not surrender, I believe his subordinates will force him to surrender.

The fact is also the same. After Cao Cao accepted Liu Bei's surrender, soon, Liu Zhang sent an envoy to find Cao Cao, expressing his desire to surrender, and also willing to move to Youzhou like Zhang Lu.

In 213 A.D., Cao Cao finally unified the north and south of the Yangtze River. Only the Hexi Corridor and the Protectorate of the Western Regions were left before he could unify the whole country.

The news spread to the north, and immediately, the whole country celebrated.

However, the only ones who were unhappy may be Han Xian Emperor Liu Xie in Xudu and the ministers loyal to the Han Dynasty.

Cao Cao has basically unified the whole country. The Western Regions are not very important to the Han Dynasty. After all, it is too remote, but it will be taken back in the future.

Youzhou, the news of Liu Bei's surrender came, the whole Youzhou was boiling, and countless people spontaneously took to the streets to cheer and celebrate.

More than a month later, Liu Zhang surrendered, which meant that the country finally ushered in reunification again. Immediately, Youzhou fell into carnival again.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Youzhou Daily, Youzhou Morning News and Youzhou Evening News once again pursued Cao Cao's achievements in lengthy articles.

In the spring of 213 A.D., Zhang Lu and his family from Hanzhong finally moved to Youzhou.

On this day, after discussion, all officials of the imperial court came out of the city to greet Zhang Lu, and gave Zhang Lu a very high courtesy.

After Zhang Lu came to Jicheng, he was temporarily arranged to live in a newly renovated villa. As for the future arrangements, he had to wait for Cao Cao to return to Youzhou to make other arrangements.

Soon after, Liu Bei and his family also came to You.

Then, it was Liu Zhang and his family who arrived in Youzhou.

However, Cao Cao has been unable to come back because he has to deal with finishing matters.

It has been more than a year since Sun Quan surrendered last year, and Cao Cao has not had time to return to Youzhou for more than a year.

After the surrender of the South, Cao Cao had too many things to deal with. Not only did he not come back, but he also dispatched many people from Youzhou to the south.

Those who didn't come back were the soldiers who went out from Youzhou.

Calculated according to the time, the Youzhou soldiers who went south from Youzhou to seek revenge on Sun Quan have not returned home for almost two years.

It's not that they don't want to go home, but that they have made contributions with Cao Cao all the way and have no chance to go home at all.

After battle after battle, many of the soldiers from Youzhou became court officials or generals leading the troops.

Some people were directly appointed by Cao Cao as local officials in Jiangnan.

After Cao Cao accepted Sun Quan's surrender, it was impossible to still use all of Sun Quan's subordinates. Therefore, some people who made meritorious service in the battle got the chance to become officials.

For example, a young man named Zhou Sheng was originally a student who graduated from Yuyang Academy. Later, when Sun Quan attacked the merchant ships in Youzhou, he was assigned to the Musket Battalion as a team officer with more than 100 soldiers.

However, this team officer is not a position recognized by the court.

Zhou Sheng followed the fleet all the way to the south, participated in the Battle of Guangling, the Battle of Hefei, the Pursuit of Jiangbei, the Battle of Wancheng and other battles.

After Liu Zhang surrendered, he was appointed by Cao Cao as the magistrate of Yuyao County. Several of his confidants also followed him to Yuyao to take office, serving as county assistant, county lieutenant, secretary and other positions.

Although Zhou Sheng has never been an official, he has learned a lot of experience in governing the region after studying in Youzhou for such a long time.

After Zhou Sheng took office, he encouraged the local tycoons to do business, develop agriculture, handicrafts, etc., and for a while, the local area flourished.

Although he encountered some difficulties when he first took office, they were resolved by him one by one.

After all, the land of Soochow was the place where it had just surrendered, and the local local snakes did not dare to go too far, for fear of being leveled by Cao Cao's soldiers.

There are many people like Zhou Sheng. In order to control the musketeers in Youzhou, Cao Cao arranged most of the officers in this army as local officials.

He quietly placed his trustworthy man under control of the Musketeers.

However, the result of Cao Cao's doing so was to everyone's satisfaction. Cao Cao himself controlled the Youzhou Musketeers.

The officers of the Youzhou Musketeers also obtained official positions recognized by the imperial court.

In June of 213 AD, Cao Cao finally returned to Youzhou after dealing with matters in Jiangnan and Sichuan and Shu.

When Cao Cao returned to Youzhou, he first took a fleet to Quanzhou. After hearing the news, the people of Quanzhou came to greet him spontaneously.

(End of this chapter)