When the news of the destruction of the city spread across the continent, the people who had been peaceful for a long time really realized that the war seemed to have begun.

Han Kingdom, Chixiao Palace.

Since the new Han Emperor ascended the throne, the court, which has been calm and quiet, finally exploded today. This group of ministers who have lived in Wenwei for a long time have realized that the crisis of destroying the country is looming over them, and their greatest reliance, the Yueming Pass, which is known as the iron wall, and the General Huo, who is known as the undefeated god of war, have all fallen and fallen under the iron hooves of the enemy.

"Dong Quan, look at what you have done, now that the Yueming Pass has been broken and General Huo has died in battle, you are a sinner in the Han Kingdom. ”

"If it weren't for you not reinforcing General Huo, how could the Yueming Pass be broken. ”

"You are responsible for General Huo's death. ”

Dong Quan looked at this group of ministers who were silent on weekdays and only cared about protecting themselves, but at this time, they were tougher and more patriotic than the other. If you are angry in your heart, you won't fight anywhere. Dragging his fat body, he stood up with difficulty and roared loudly: "When Huo Qing was alive, I didn't see you respect him much." When he's dead, will you know that there is such a man?"

The minister, who was said to be a weakness, was dumb all of a sudden.

Looking at this group of ministers who eat soft and fear hard, Dong Quan continued: "Huo Qing died when he died, that was because he was incompetent. Is it useful for you to hold you accountable?"

One of the leading ministers asked, "Then what should we do, the Qin army is about to descend on the city." ”

Dong Quan replied with a smile: "Now the 100,000 Qin army has not yet arrived?" Anyway, now we can't fight, if we start a war with the Qin army, we have to worry about Liu Bei and Cao Cao sticking a knife in the back, in my opinion, we are not as good as ......."

"It's better to surrender the Han Emperor in exchange for the preferential treatment of the Qin State, right?" With this heavy question, a man with two mustaches walked into the court.

"Cao Cao, what do you want to do, hurry, guard, someone is trying to kill the emperor. Dong Quan exclaimed with a frightened face.

It's a pity that Cao Cao didn't care about Dong Quan at all, but went straight to the Han Emperor at the top. The guards on both sides tried to stop Cao Cao, but they were directly killed by the well-trained soldiers behind Cao Cao.

When Cao Cao walked in front of the Han Emperor, who was already trembling with fear, he knelt down on one knee and said in a deep voice: "The minister's rescue is too late, so Your Majesty is frightened." ”

Seeing that Cao Cao was not here to kill him, Emperor Han finally breathed a sigh of relief, but said with some fear: "Cao, General Cao came just in time. I'm fine, I'm fine. ”

"Your Majesty is fine, leave it to me next. After speaking, Cao Cao stood up, turned to the ministers below and said solemnly: "Today, the Han Kingdom is in danger, there are Qin troops watching the outside, and there are national thieves who are holding the Son of Heaven in charge of the government. Not long ago, General Huo Qinghuo, the important weapon of the country, died on the battlefield. I, Cao Cao, am heartbroken, and today, I am leading the army to come, just to kill the traitor Dong Quan, support the Han family, and unite all forces to fight against Qiang Qin. ”

"Nonsense, you Cao Cao has bad intentions and wants to annex the Han Kingdom. Dong Quan pointed at Cao Cao and scolded.

"What do you have to say about the rebellious ministers and thieves, Lin Xuan, bring a knife. ”

"Yes. Lin Xuan immediately handed the long knife in his hand to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao took the knife and walked towards Dong Quan step by step, and the heavy footsteps struck Dong Quan's heart fiercely.

"No, Cao Cao, General Cao, you can't kill me. My army is outside the palace, and if you kill me, it will be absolutely impossible to get out of the Chixiao Palace. Dong Quan threatened with a frightened face.

It's a pity that Cao Cao didn't hesitate at all, lifted the big knife in front of him, and said slowly: "While you are enjoying it, all your people have been killed by me." ”

"What, you ......" Unfortunately, before he finished speaking, Cao Cao's knife had already fallen.

Dong Quan's head rolled all the way to the bottom of the steps, and some ministers who had never seen the world couldn't help but spit it out when they looked at this red and white thing.

Cao Cao, whose face was covered with blood, raised his sword above his head and said solemnly: "The anti-thief Dong Quan has been beheaded by my Highness, and from today onwards, I, Cao Cao, will unite all the forces of the Han State to fight against the Qin army, and it is bound to expel the Qin army from the territory of the Han State." ”

Three days later, Shu Hancheng.

Cao Cao beheaded Dong Quan and saved the Han Emperor from danger. The Han Emperor appointed Cao Cao as the new prime minister, concurrently serving as the general of the anti-Qin army, responsible for establishing a new defense line to block the Qin army. At the same time, in order to boost morale, the Han Emperor will personally drive the expedition and supervise the whole army in the Northern Wei City. Liu Bei read the battle report that had just come in detail.

"Big brother, it seems that Cao Cao can't help it anymore. Guan Yu on the side said.

Liu Bei put away the battle report and said slowly: "Cao Cao has been planning for a long time, with the bad news brought by the death of General Huo, the people in the court are panicked, and Dong Quan's strong control has begun to loosen. What a good move. ”

A black-faced man said in a rough voice: "I looked at Cao Cao because I wanted to be the next Dong Quan." ”

Guan Yu looked at Liu Bei and asked, "Big brother, what should we do then?" Now, Cao Cao is asking all the princes to send troops to fight against Qin in the position of prime minister, do we still have to wait for the opportunity?"

Liu Bei shook his head and said, "Now that General Huo is dead, the Qin army will definitely go straight in." No matter what Cao Cao wants to do, the first priority now is undoubtedly to fight against the Qin army, and the contradictions between us can only be talked about later. ”

"Big brother, then I will lead the troops to Northern Wei City to fight against Cao Cao. For the sake of our previous relationship, Cao Cao shouldn't hurt me. Guan Yu suggested.

"No, you and I can't go this time, the third brother will lead 2,000 Bai Yu troops and 40,000 troops to support. ”

Zhang Fei pointed at himself with a surprised face and asked, "Big brother, am I going alone?"

Liu Bei patted him on the shoulder and said, "That's right, you are the general, and I will let two staff officers go with you." ”

Looking at Zhang Fei's surprised look, Guan Yu couldn't help but ask suspiciously: "If only the third brother goes, will Cao Cao do anything in secret." ”

"No, it's safe for the third brother to go. Now Cao Cao has 50,000 troops under his command, not only mastering the complete 5,000 trapping camp, but also 3,000 tiger and leopard cavalry, who will definitely be the protagonist of this battle. We can't compete with him for the limelight, and send the third brother there, but instead show that we are willing to take him as the leader. ”

"Big brother is wise, I will definitely kill Qin Jun this time. Zhang Fei looked excited, but he always felt a little wrong in his heart, why let himself go, just with Cao Cao as the leader?

"Without further ado, third brother, you will set off immediately, remember to be careful. Liu Bei reminded.

"Big brother and second brother, don't worry, just wait for my good news. After speaking, Zhang Fei turned around and left.

Seeing the third brother leave happily, Guan Yu was still a little suspenseful in his heart, "Big brother, are you sure the third brother can do it?"

Liu Bei silently looked at Zhang Fei's figure, and finally sighed and said, "At present, I can only hope that the third brother will be more reliable this time." ”

At the same time, Bai Qi, who was sitting in Beihe City, also got the news that Cao Cao had been awarded the title of prime minister and formed an anti-Qin army.

"This Cao Cao is really powerful, pretending to take refuge in us. even sent three cities to us, but they just wanted to borrow our hands to get rid of Huo Qing. Bai Qi smiled helplessly, although he guessed that Cao Cao's surrender was also problematic, but Beihe City and Linjiang City had already arrived in his hands, and Emperor Qin had also prepared a backup hand for Cao Cao, so Bai Qi also relaxed his vigilance, but he didn't expect Cao Cao to play this play. Almost everyone's surprise was expected.

"Then general, what should we do? Now that Cao Cao has united the entire Han Kingdom to fight a decisive battle with us, is it very different from our previous plan?" asked one of the commanders of the Qin State Iron Cavalry below.

Originally, the three commanders of the Qin State Iron Cavalry, the First Legion Yingzheng Qin, the Fifth Legion Zhu Long, and the Seventh Legion Wuzhan were the commanders of the 10,000 army array, and they were not particularly willing to obey Bai Qi's command. But after the battle of Yueming Pass, they finally saw the strength of this legendary Qin State, whether it was the overall strategic arrangement or the strength of their personal strength, it was enough to conquer these three young commanders.

Bai Qi looked up into the distance and said lightly: "Fight as much as you want, can one Cao Cao stop my Great Qin's iron horse? What he did was just to make it easier for us to completely defeat them." ”

The general below, the strategist looked at Bai Qi's sworn appearance, not only did he not have any doubts, but he also had the confidence of victory in his heart. In the words of the army, this is the charisma of a general.

And after Emperor Qin, who was far away in Qin, learned of Bai Qi's great victory over Yueming Pass, the worries in his heart disappeared. Then I started the next step.

"Your Majesty, now that the Yueming Pass has been broken, our Qin army will definitely drive straight in. That's great news. One of the ministers said happily.

"Last time, didn't you still preach that you were going to replace General Bai? Why did you change your tune now? The minister on the side said with a little sarcasm.

"I'm not ......"

"Quiet," Emperor Qin, who was on the dragon chair, said solemnly.

After the silence below, Emperor Qin looked at the prime minister who was standing at the front and was the head of the hundred officials, and said, "Does Prime Minister Li still have any doubts about General Bai?" ”

Li Mi shook his head and said respectfully: "Weichen was stupid before, and he failed to understand General Bai's plan. Now that General Bai has won a big victory, Weichen admires himself. Although Li Mi was still haunted by the losses caused by Bai Qi, the achievements in black and white were there, and he no longer dared to say anything.

"Okay, since you don't have any opinions, I'll give you a task. ”

"I hope Your Majesty will make it clear. ”

"For example, today the country is in an alliance with us, but in fact the relationship is not strong. I hope that you will send an envoy to the Heavenly Kingdom and propose marriage to the Heavenly Emperor on behalf of the Qin State, so as to deepen the relationship between the two countries," Emperor Qin said with an expressionless face.

"Your Majesty, as the prime minister, Weichen has a lot of daily affairs, and if the minister leaves, it will be difficult to maintain this government. Li Mi defended himself.

Emperor Qin seemed to be a little happy, his face changed slightly, and said, "You don't have to worry about this, Zhao Gao will handle all this for you." ”

Li Mi still wanted to refute, but looking at Emperor Qin's already unhappy face, he hurriedly changed his tone and asked, "Your Majesty is wise, I don't know which prince Your Majesty wants to propose?"

Today, Emperor Qin has three sons, the eldest son Yingfu Qin, gifted and intelligent, good at handling government affairs, kind and kind, and deeply loved by the people; the second son Yingzheng Qin, with superior martial arts talent, was already a martial arts master at the age of twenty-four, and became the commander of the first legion of the Qin State Iron Cavalry, and was even expected to step into the realm of holy warriors: and the younger son Yingxing Qin, although he was a little worse than the two brothers in both political and military aspects, but he was like a combination of the first two, who could not only handle government affairs reasonably and efficiently, but also lead troops to fight, although he was now eighteen years old, he was already a top martial arts master, and was the commander of the tenth legion of the Qin State Iron Cavalry。

No matter who is excellent and has their own strengths, everyone has the possibility of inheriting the next throne. And anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Emperor of Heaven has only one daughter, and whoever can marry Princess Yun may become the next Emperor Qin, and may even be the lord of the two countries. And the Qin Emperor was able to annex the Heavenly Kingdom without bloodshed. That's why Li Mi asked.

Unexpectedly, Emperor Qin gave a strange answer.

"Propose marriage to all three of them, and whoever Princess Tianguo Yun likes can marry. Her choice is to choose my three sons. ”