In fact, the person who was most shocked by the appearance of Xu Wenhao's navy was not Cao Cao, but Eastern Wu.

After all, Dongwu still had some information about what Lu Su said last time that Luoyang had changed a lot.

However, this navy was always in a secret port in Yizhou from its formation to its establishment, which made Dongwu unaware of this.

If they had cooperated with Cao Cao at the beginning, it would be their Dongwu that would be attacked first by Xu Wenhao's navy.

"We were thinking of relying on Wu's water advantage to negotiate with the general. Fortunately, the news Lu Su brought back gave us a reference."

Sun Ce has now succeeded to the throne of the governor of Eastern Wu. Thinking of Sun Jian’s previous decision, he felt relieved.

The main thing is that although Cao Cao also has an army of hundreds of thousands this time, in a wild encounter battle, the casualty ratio is basically 1 to 8 for Xu Wenhao, which makes it very difficult to fight.

The worst hit was Jingzhou. Just as they sided with Cao Cao, Huang Zhong from Jiangzhou attacked.

You have to know that he was born in Jingzhou and has rich experience in fighting on the battlefield in Jingzhou.

The navy on the other side also had Gan Ning and Wen Pin, two generals from Jingzhou. They fought all the way and the naval advantage of Jingzhou was instantly wiped out. The speed of their retreat was even faster than that of Cao Cao on the frontal battlefield.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, great news!"

On this day, the court was in a meeting when the good news came.

In fact, this is not the first one. Good news is delivered almost every week.

This made many ministers look unusual. After all, the one being praised was the great General Xu Wenhao, and Emperor Xian of Han was just a spectator.

If even Cao Cao was defeated and the Central Plains was unified, there would be no place for him as the emperor.

Liu Xie knew this very well, but what could he do?

After the last incident, the palace had been purged again, and no one would be stupid enough to instigate Liu Xie again.

The military strength of the Han clan was almost zero, so Liu Xie naturally stopped struggling.

Anyway, he believed that Xu Wenhao would not kill him, just like his brother Liu Bian, who was a rich man locked up in a house.

He also played this role in the palace, and he believed that he could do it well.

"Your Majesty, the battle situation is basically settled now. It is time to issue a surrender order to Cao Cao."

Xun Yu also didn't want to see a life-and-death struggle in the Central Plains, so he proposed to persuade Cao Cao to surrender.

After all, Cao Cao had lost half of Jingzhou, and Qingzhou was completely gone. Yanzhou and Yuzhou were also losing ground. Now was the best time to persuade them to surrender.

It just so happened that Cao Cao's losses were not very great, but recruiting soldiers took away most of the wealth of many aristocratic families, so it was indeed a good opportunity.

Xun Yu only dared to ask this question after discussing it with Xu Wenhao, but others didn't know.

"Xun Yu, this matter still depends on the general's opinion."

"After all, the general is away from home and may not obey military orders. We can't suddenly stop the general."

Liu Xie also asked tentatively.

"Ah, yes, yes."

"Your Majesty is wise."

When everyone heard this, they thought that if Xu Wenhao did not agree, he would chase Cao Cao and fight him, then they would become opponents.

"The general has already made this clear, so it's not a big problem. All we need is your majesty to issue an order."

Xun Yu also revealed his cards directly.

"Okay, then let's do as you wish, Xun Yu."

Liu Xie also knew that the last neutral faction, Xun Yu, had also sided with Xu Wenhao, and he was already in the countdown to giving up his throne.

Xuchang, Cao Cao’s base camp.

After learning that Emperor Xian of Han had arranged for an envoy to deliver a letter of persuasion for surrender, Cao Cao became a little confused.

"Should I give up?"

"It would be nice if Guo Jia was still here."

Cao Cao looked at the demoralized generals in front of him in confusion and began to talk to himself.

Although Guo Jia did not die of illness in the Battle of Guandu due to the appearance of Xu Wenhao, he died a few years later.

He died of a sudden illness exactly three months after Xu Wenhao ordered the attack. This is also the main reason why Cao Cao has been suffering defeats recently.

After all, there were few military advisors, and now Guo Jia is dead. What can Cao Cao use to fight Xu Wenhao?

"My lord, surrender."

"It's not that we want to surrender, but the imperial edict was not only received by us, but also by the families behind the generals."

The only ones left in Cao Cao's tent were the Cao family, the Xiahou family, and the Chen family who had joined him from Xuzhou.

The talents who had come over from other aristocratic families knew as early as when they received the imperial edict that Cao Cao had basically no chance of winning, so they naturally retired and returned home as soon as possible.

Otherwise, if Cao Cao insisted on his own way, they would be charged with treason.

"Everyone, go out and let me think about it."

Cao Cao was actually very unwilling, as his dignity did not allow him to surrender now.

"Here!"

Everyone thought that Cao Cao just wanted to keep quiet, so no one said much.

When they realized something was wrong, they entered the tent and found that Cao Cao had committed suicide and left a letter.

This letter was written to Xu Wenhao. After all, Cao Cao knew who caused the current situation, and he also understood that with this letter, the fate of his many relatives from the Cao and Xiahou families would at least not be too tragic.

The news that Cao Cao committed suicide and the Central Plains returned to the imperial court soon spread throughout the Central Plains, and the Eastern Wu naturally tactfully handed over its military power, and Sun Quan took the initiative to come to Luoyang as a hostage.

Xu Wenhao also quickly arranged for many generals and advisors to take over the surrendered forces of Cao Cao, while Gan Ning sent people to take over the Eastern Wu side.

Now that the Central Plains had been conquered, Xu Wenhao naturally waved his hand and Zhao Yun's Liaodong combat plan began.

At the same time, the navy also went to Liaodong and other places again from Dongwu, preparing for coordinated operations.

This has been going on since the initial preparation of the navy, and the countries outside Liaodong are not very strong at present.

He had conquered several subsequent dynasties and treated them as vassal states, so Xu Wenhao's strength was naturally easy to control.

After Liu Xie had secured control of the Central Plains, he conscientiously gave up his throne to his ministers in a show of convenience.

The ministers were crying and complaining. In short, there was a picture of harmony among the ministers, but they all expected the throne to be given to Xu Wenhao.

Xu Wenhao naturally did not hesitate and accepted the abdication with ease.

As for the country's name, he did not like Eastern Han, so he changed the first year back to Great Han.

With the pacification of the Central Plains, Xu Wenhao's many armies naturally began to spread outward slowly.

The Baiyue outside the Eastern Wu, the countries in the Western Regions, the three islands of Liaodong, etc. were all conquered by the Han army.

Later, Xu Wenhao expanded the navy, which was the kind that could go to the ocean rather than river ships.

After all, Dongwu’s ships are all sailing on the Yangtze River. Xu Wenhao had more than half of them like this before. Now that the internal situation has been settled, it is natural to build giant ships and start incorporating other continents into the territory.

In the 228th year of Jian'an, Xu Wenhao also received news that the fleet had arrived in Europe.

At present, the armies of other continents were not strong enough and naturally could not defeat the Han army that had been fighting for thousands of years. Soon, news of victory came one after another.

In the end, Xu Wenhao simply planted the flags of the Han Dynasty all over the world in the Three Kingdoms era, and successfully completed all the tasks in this world.

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