Once Cao Cao fled, the troops he left behind naturally lost all will to fight.
Even their lord had fled overseas. Why should they keep fighting to the death?
Jiang Siming led his army to Yuzhang Commandery and accepted the surrendering soldiers.
Among the surrendered troops of the five lords, Cao Cao's soldiers were the only ones who were even moderately capable.
These soldiers had to be accepted and reorganized. Those who should be sent home would be sent home, while those qualified to serve would continue as soldiers.
If he refused to accept them, this huge group of Cao Cao's troops would certainly gather and cause trouble. They might even produce another lord.
Under Jiang Siming's authority, not a single soldier of Cao Cao's dared disobey. They obediently threw down their weapons like sheep and walked out of the city.
Once he saw that everyone had left through the city gates, Jiang Siming questioned Xu Chu, the fierce general Cao Cao had left behind.
Xu Chu had not gone overseas either. As Cao Cao's most trusted personal guard, he had chosen not to leave.
Xu Chu was loyal and righteous, but his thinking was also traditional. If he crossed the ocean to struggle in a distant land, he would not be able to return to his roots even after death.
Besides, Xu Chu still had an elderly mother to support, along with an entire family. As a filial son, he could never leave this Chinese soil.
Of course, if he were representing China in wars against other countries, he would gladly go. But Cao Cao was different. He had abandoned China completely and even moved his roots away.
When Xu Chu said he would not leave, Cao Cao had been saddened for quite some time.
In the end, however,