"I am willing to relinquish my royal title and submit to the King of Wei!"
"I, the Solitary One, enfeoff the former King of Yong as Marquis of Fufeng and appoint him Han's General Who Guards the East."
Ma Chao raised his sword high and presented it. Cao Cao accepted it with a solemn expression. For all under heaven, he could swallow his hatred over his son's death.
With Ma Chao's surrender, he now held all of Sili!
The ranks upon ranks of Western Liang Iron Cavalry thrilled Cao Cao even more. There were nearly twenty thousand cavalrymen!
With these cavalrymen, he could even fight another great battle against Yan State in Youzhou and Jizhou, and perhaps win.
Adding the Six Commanderies of Guanzhong that belonged to Liangzhou, Cao Cao laughed aloud. "When the King of Qin swept through the Six Directions, what lands did he hold?"
The sickly Guo Jia laughed loudly. "Your Majesty, when Qin State swept through the States East of the Passes, it held no more than Guanzhong, Shu, Hedong, Heluo, and Jingzhou."
Cao Cao laughed all the more freely, brimming with vigor. "Now our Wei State holds Guanzhong, the Three Rivers, Southern Ji, Yanzhou, and Yuzhou. Our power exceeds that of Qin State in those days by who knows how much.
"Peace throughout all under heaven is within reach.
"These self-made kings-I, the Solitary One, shall destroy them all, until no one under heaven dares call himself emperor or king."
Wei State now practically had a flying dragon bearing down on its enemies' faces!
Looking at the feudal lords under heaven, Guanzhong had already been pacified. Liu Yan of Shu was dead, and Liu Zhang was merely a ruler who could preserve what he had inherited. Zhang Lu was a religious leader far inferior to