Chapter 676

Yecheng,

Cao Cao seemed to have aged many years all of a sudden,

Cao Hong was killed in battle, Xia Houyuan was killed in battle, and Zhong Yao had surrendered; now he had no way out.

It was not that Cao Cao did not try hard; it was just that Liu Bei was too monstrous, anticipating the enemy in everything!

Yecheng was already an isolated city, and many of the scholars and soldiers inside already felt that the situation was lost!

Cao Cao supervised the battle all day long. Upon hearing that Xia Houyuan and the others had died in battle, his body could no longer hold up, and he fainted in the mansion.

Everyone had no choice but to push Cao Pi out.

Cao Pi cursed inwardly; he hadn't seen this group of ministers be so enthusiastic before!

At this moment, Cao Pi had no confidence in holding Yecheng; he even felt that this heir position was a hot potato!

He looked around,

"Everyone, what do you think our army should do?"

Military Sima Yi, Xia Hou Shang, Cao Zhen, Xin Ping, Xin Pi, and others did not say a word.

Xun Yu was also already bedridden.

Those who had previously spoken of surrender had all been killed by Cao Cao; now, who dared to open their mouths!

Cao Pi coughed,

"Everyone, please speak your minds freely."

Xia Hou Shang cupped his hands,

"Heir, Yecheng is the only city left in the entire Great Han; I fear our army..."

With Xia Hou Shang starting it, others expressed their own opinions, the gist of which was that the sooner we surrender, the better.

These scholars actually didn't care about surrendering; Liu Bei generally wouldn't do anything to them, and instead would even employ them.

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Military Sima Yi also knew that the situation was lost; he was the last to speak,

"Heir, what everyone says makes sense; we should decide soon."

Everyone cursed the old fox inwardly; this fellow spoke as if he hadn't said anything at all!

His Sima family was a great scholarly clan in Henei; as long as they deliberately catered to Liu Bei, it was not impossible for them to continue to occupy high positions.

Seeing that even Military Sima Yi said so, Cao Pi knew that it was the trend of the times and there was no other way!

"Fine, let us preserve some incense for the Cao family."

Everyone unanimously recommended Xin Pi as the envoy; after all, he had previously served as an envoy to Liu Bei, and the mission had been completed well.