Wandering the Heavens

"Lord..."

A group of cavalry came running from a distance. The person in front raised his hand and shouted from a distance. When they got closer, he rolled off his horse and crawled to the carriage.

"My Lord, why is it like this?"

"Yuan Rang is here? Is Zi Wen here?"

Cao Cao could no longer see anything and could only identify Xiahou Dun by his voice.

"Ziwen, Ziwen is on guard against Yuan Xi and Wen Chou, he..." Xiahou Dun cried.

Cao Zhang is the general with the highest military power in the second generation. After Xiahou Dun went to Jizhou and was driven back to Qingzhou by Wen Chou, Cao Zhang, who was guarding Xuzhou in Nanyang, was transferred to Beihai to deal with Wen Chou's possible attack, and then followed Xiahou Dun to Youzhou.

Now that his father was about to die, he had no choice but to stay in Youzhou in order to guard against Yuan Xi and Wen Chou in Liaodong who might take the opportunity to counterattack.

"God is so unfair to me. Just give me two more years. But now I can't wait any longer. Yuanrang, you have to protect the children well. Let Ziheng take care of the family business. You must protect Ziwen, Zijian and Cao Chong. You must keep Cao Chong and Zhou Buzhi by your side." Cao Cao grabbed Xiahou Dun's hand and warned.

If Cao Ang hadn't died, he would have been the heir that everyone expected. But he died, and the whereabouts of that mysterious armed force has not been identified yet. Now the throne can only be handed over to Cao Pi, who is inferior to him in every way.

During the half day Cao Cao was awake, he had thought about forcibly giving the position to Cao Chong, but he was too young and had no one to help him. The Jingzhou nobles behind Zhou Buzhi were not as good as the other nobles under his command.

"I'll remember that. I will make sure the children get along well with each other." Xiahou Dun felt extremely distressed when he saw Cao Cao's appearance.

In the following time, Cao Cao kept chattering about the bad things he did when he was a child, such as digging up the graves of families with no descendants and kicking widows' doors, and cheating on his uncle and stealing candied haws from children. Everyone listened quietly.

I know that Cao Cao uses this method to keep himself awake, and if he falls asleep, he may never wake up again.

When everyone was about to give up, another group of cavalry came from a distance.

"Yuan Rang, are the children here?"

"My lord, it's Ziheng, Zijian, Cao Chong and a few other children. They have arrived." Xiahou Dun looked up and reported.

"Okay, okay, help me sit up."

Cao Cao hurriedly raised his hands to struggle, and Xiahou Dun, Cao Ren and Liu Ye quickly helped him up and sat him in the carriage.

"Father!"

Cao Pi reined in his horse, rolled off, ran to the front of the carriage and knelt down, but the others did not lose their composure, especially Cao Chong and Zhou Buzhi. They were tied to their chests with ropes by two family soldiers, and the other soldiers helped them off the horses and quickly untied the ropes and let them down.

Cao Cao's three sons knelt on the ground, and the others stood aside.

"Ziheng." Cao Cao called softly.

"Father, I'm here!" Cao Pi replied crying.

"The family business is now in your hands. You must take good care of your brothers and help them grow up safely, especially Cao Chong." Cao Cao's voice gradually became more urgent: "Zi Yang, give the Heavenly Sword to Zi Heng."

"Yes!" Liu Ye took the Yitian Sword that was placed beside Cao Cao and presented it to Cao Pi: "Master Cao Pi, please take the sword."

Cao Pi cried and raised his hands to take the sword.

"Ziheng, when you are an elder brother, you should behave like an elder brother and not make things difficult for your younger brothers. When you are a parent, you should behave like a parent and take good care of every family member. When you are a general, you should behave like a general and be clear about rewards and punishments. When you are a prince, you should behave like a prince and know how to use people." Cao Cao said loudly.

"Son, remember this!"

"Zijian, Cao Chong." After giving instructions to Cao Pi, Cao Chong called out to his other two sons who were present.

"Father."

"From now on, you must listen to your brother."

"I'll remember this, my children." The two of them nodded in response.

"Yuan Rang, Zi Lian, Zi Yang, I'll leave the rest to you. I really want to... I really want to..."

Cao Cao's voice became thinner and thinner, until he died out completely.

"Father/Lord!"

Everyone knelt on the ground, crying loudly.

……

The news of Cao Cao's death spread among the princes in the following months, and the whole country was in an uproar. In less than 30 years, almost all the princes who had participated in the campaign against Dong Zhuo had died.

Yuan Tan in Guanzhong took advantage of the internal instability when Cao Pi just ascended the throne and went through Hangu Pass in the name of revenge for the Yuan family, hoping to retake the provinces in Hebei.

To be fair, Yuan Tan's behavior is very uncomfortable. It has only been a short time since Cao Cao died that you are eager to send troops to attack his son. When Yuan Shao died, you three brothers were fighting to split up the family property, but no one took advantage of the situation to rob you.

So as soon as Yuan Tan left, Chang'an was lost.

The one who took action was Ma Teng of Xiliang. His son Ma Chao personally led a light cavalry to march straight into Chang'an and captured it. Afterwards, Ma Teng followed with a large army, and all the counties in Guanzhong surrendered.

Yuan Tan could only retreat to the Mianchi area, and Yu Jin and Mao Jie dispatched the Western Front Corps that had originally planned to attack to gradually encircle him. It was not that they did not want to destroy him, but the price was too high and it was not worth it. They tried to force him to surrender and then treat him well, which could at least have a positive propaganda effect.

When Yuan Tan was struggling to his death, something unexpected happened in Guanzhong, and the emperor who had been missing for many years was exposed.

After Ma Teng conquered Guanzhong, his son Ma Chao became arrogant. Some strategist came up with a bad idea, saying that the world was in chaos and there was no emperor. The Ma family occupied Chang'an twice, which was a revelation from heaven that the throne was bestowed on the Ma family.

So, under the repeated persuasion of his advisers, Ma Teng issued an edict to all the princes, saying that he would ascend the throne in Chang'an and be proclaimed emperor in half a year, and asked them to come to Chang'an to pay homage and hand over the military power. As for rewards and destinations, they could discuss it after they arrived in Chang'an.

The unanimous evaluation of all the princes on Ma Teng's declaration of emperorship was that it was shameless!

The grass on the grave of Yuan Shu, the last person to proclaim himself emperor, was several feet high. Cao Cao, who planned to proclaim himself emperor, also died in torture and pain because of his heavy sins of killing.

Who the hell do you think you are, Ma Teng? Either you drank fake wine or you are still sleepy!

Soon after the princes received Ma Teng's edict, teams of envoys set out from Yizhou, bringing the emperor's will to the various states of the Han Dynasty.

It turned out that when Ma Teng captured Chang'an for the first time, Jia Xu received instructions from the gods and secretly took the emperor to leave Guanzhong and come to Yizhou. After that, Yizhou and Hanzhong were closed, and he focused on development and training, and almost did not participate in the fighting among the princes.

They had been waiting, waiting for the princes and the gentry to kill each other until they had no strength to fight any more. Now, with the death of Cao Cao, the last powerful prince, it was time for the Third Resurgence of the Han Dynasty.

After the manifesto was issued, the Yizhou army was divided into two groups. One group, led by Zhang Liao, went north to attack Guanzhong; the other group, led by Gao Shun, went east to attack Jingzhou.

After receiving the manifesto, the Xuzhou army responded immediately, integrating the army to attack in three directions to support the Yizhou army in unifying the world. Zhou Yu and Pang Tong led their troops to the north to attack Cao Pi; Lu Xun and Xu Shu attacked Sun Shao; Zang Ba and Zhuge Liang went west to attack Jingxiang.