Click......

There was a sound of footsteps outside the house, but Gongsun Du did not hear it, he was still in a sad mood.

"Warden guards?"

The soft call made Dian Wei turn his head, and at the same time woke up Gongsun Du, because he was old, but his ear power did not decline in the slightest. It's just that he's in a bad mood and doesn't bother to pay attention to it.

Dian Wei looked at Gongsun Du, walked lightly to the door, and then asked in a low voice, "What's the matter?" ”

"We ......"

After hearing this, Dian Wei showed admiration on his face.

"Well, you go, Your Majesty is in a bad mood at this time, and I will report to Your Majesty later."

"There's a Laborian guard."

The people left, and Dian Wei quietly returned to the house.

As soon as he stood still, he heard Gongsun Du ask, "What happened?" ”

Dian Wei's expression was correct, and he said, "I found Xu Chu, but I ......"

"Huh?"

"He's dead, kill himself!"

Gongsun Du's heart was shocked, and he praised: "He is really a loyal and righteous person!" ”

Then he looked straight and said: "Spread my word, Xu Chu is loyal and righteous, and no one in his family is slacking off, and if his son is interested, he can enter the army." ”

After a pause, Gongsun Du said with some sadness: "Bury him and Cao Cao together!" Oh, by the way, and Cao Pi, this may be able to let their father and son freeze their past suspicions in the underworld. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Dian Wei responded very solemnly.

Gongsun Du immediately put his eyes on the desktop in front of him, looked at the letter written by Xu Chu, and couldn't help but shake his head: No matter what Meng De wants to say to him, you can say it in person now.

After thinking about it, Gongsun Du hesitated for a moment and put the other two letters into his arms, and Xu Chu's letter, when his subordinates came in to collect Cao Cao's body, said: "Put this letter in Xu Chu's coffin!" ”

Many years later, when archaeologists opened Cao Cao's tomb, they found this letter in Xu Chu's coffin, and based on the contents of the letter, they speculated that it was written by Cao Cao. It's just a little strange that since Cao Cao wrote, why did Xu Chu be buried with Cao Cao, after all, judging from the content, Xu Chu should have died much later than Cao Cao, could it be buried later? Archaeologists began to look for answers in the Gaozu Benji, however, there was no trace.

In fact, this blank paragraph is somewhat bizarre.

For Gongsun Du, he was in a bad mood during this time, so he didn't pay attention to these, so whether the historian had a record or not, he just subconsciously felt that he would. However, after learning the news, some ministers of the court felt that if they followed the truth, they might exaggerate the quality of the enemy too much and reduce the character of Gongsun Du, so they asked the historian to write in another direction. However, the historian felt that he should not do this, but he felt that Gongsun Du, who was descended from the gods, should not be stained, so he simply did not write it, so it became a historical mystery.

After that, Gongsun Du did not leave Xuchang, but temporarily lived in the palace. Under the attention of Gongsun Du, the southern army quickly took over the remaining counties and counties in Yanyu and Nanyang, Jingzhou.

During this period, Gongsun Du summoned Cao Zhang and others into the palace many times, not for anything else, but to eliminate the estrangement between each other. Fortunately, Cao Zhang is a smart person, and he understands that Gongsun Du has shown mercy to his subordinates if he did not kill them all, and people like Cao Jie and others are even grateful.

As autumn approached, news of Liu Xie's surrender reached the south.

In Xiangyang, Liu Bei did not rush back to Shuzhong immediately, but just asked Zhuge Liang to lead the soldiers in Shuzhong back to stabilize the situation. Yes, they had already received the exact news that Hanzhong had been taken before, and now-

"Surrendered?"

Liu Bei's whole person seemed to have lost his soul in an instant, and the others were not much better, they were all shocked, especially Ma Liang!

When returning to the south, Ma Liang and Zhuge Liang also negotiated on this matter, and both had the idea of ceding Jingzhou to unite with Cao's army to fight against the Ming army across the river. At the same time, he also got Liu Bei's consent, and for this reason, he still stayed in Xinye with Guan Yu to respond.

"How so?"

Liu Bei's murmur was like a heavy drumstick, striking everyone's hearts fiercely, and stunned their hearts that had just come back.

In fact, Liu Bei has come back to his senses, but his heart is full of loss.

Originally, according to the plan, if Cao Cao withdrew to Xiangyang, he would retreat to Yizhou. In this way, although it is said to be an alliance, as long as the Ming army is not stupid, it will definitely attack from the land of Jingchu first, not Shuzhong. He can watch the fire from the other side, sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and maybe he can pick up a bargain in the end.

If Cao Cao doesn't withdraw, Liu Bei dares to swear on the third leg, he is dead! Cao Cao is dead, and Liu Xie will definitely not be able to escape, so he, as a descendant of Gaozu, can ...... The most important thing is that Liu Bei has also vaguely heard about the movements around Nanyang, so he is eighty percent sure that Cao Cao will die.

It's gone, it's gone! Nothing!

This is the real reason for Liu Bei's loss. Hundred Flowers Literature

Ma Liang may have known something, but he didn't say it.

Zhuge Liang may also know something, but he went to Shuzhong. Deliberately?

Ma Liang was very skeptical about this.

"Ahem~"

In the end, it was Ma Liang who first broke the solemn atmosphere and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the so-called surrender of His Majesty is just false news deliberately spread by the Ming army, maybe His Majesty has died, and he just said this in order to buy people's hearts; It is also possible that His Majesty was threatened and had to make a 'surrender' move. So everything is the fault of the Ming army, and the king, as a descendant of Gaozu, should stand up, inherit the throne, and revive the Han family. ”

Liu Bei seemed to be "shocked" and did not react for a while.

The rest of the ministers were different, their eyes were full of joy, and they immediately shouted in unison: "Please king, inherit the throne and revive the Han family!" ”

The ministers invited each other repeatedly, and Ma Liang saw what Liu Bei was thinking, knew the benefits, and finally agreed.

In the second year of Shengwu, in the late summer and early autumn, Liu Bei proclaimed himself emperor in Xiangyang, with Chengdu as the national capital, and the country name was also "Han", and the year name was "Zhangwu".

After ascending the throne, Liu Bei was all over the vassals, with Zhuge Liang as the prime minister, and Yizhou was the pastor; Guan Yu is a general, fake Jieyue; Guan Ping......

Subsequently, Liu Bei issued a letter to beg for thieves, needless to say, the object is undoubtedly Gongsun Du. In the text, there are several examples of Gongsun Du, especially the crimes of falsely claiming to be the emperor and coercing the former emperor Liu Xie. In the end, Liu Bei was worried about an accident, so he didn't dare to directly say that Gongsun Du killed Liu Xie.

Interestingly, when the text was issued, Liu Bei set off for Chengdu, which was quite a rush to flee for his life.

The general Guan Yu recruited troops in Jingzhou and practiced soldiers, and by the late autumn, the Jingzhou army had expanded to 230,000, which can be called a great increase in strength. And the recruitment of troops has not stopped, and it is expected that by the beginning of next spring, another 20,000 to 70,000 will be added.

Jingzhou is just a piece of cake, after all, since the Yellow Turban, Jingzhou's population loss has been very serious, from 6 million to more than 2 million. Yizhou, on the other hand, was not much affected by the Yellow Turbans, with a population of 6 million, excluding Hanzhong, which was occupied by the Ming army, and Yongchang, a few counties in southern Yizhou, which were not yet fully controlled, there were still more than 3 million.

The army of Yizhou rapidly expanded from more than 200,000 to 400,000, divided into two divisions, and practiced vigorously in Guanghan and Chengdu, but there was a trend of revival.

Returned to Liu Bei shortly after he became emperor.

Sun Ce, who was close to the left, was overjoyed when he received the news, summoned his ministers, and directly expressed the idea of becoming the emperor. Zhang Zhao, Lu Su and others wanted to refute, but Liu Xie had already surrendered, and if he continued to call himself King Wu, he would feel inferior, and as for serving Gongsun Du or Liu Bei, they didn't dare to think about it.

It's wrong, maybe I think about it, but I never dare to say it.

At the beginning of the autumn of the year, Sun Ce was proclaimed emperor in Chaisang, and the capital was Chaisang, Nanchang, Moling, and Poyang, with the country name "Wu" and the year name Huanglong. It's funny to say that the reason why there are four capitals is that the Ming army and navy are too far away, and Chaisang and Moling are not safe, so they take Nanchang and Poyang as the capitals and synthesize the four capitals of Eastern Wu.

Originally, the country name Sun Ce wanted to change it to "Chu", after all, he had the title of Little Overlord, and he really admired Xiang Yu. But it was rejected by Zhang Zhao and others on the grounds of bad luck and so on. Sun Ce didn't have to use the era name "Chu", he was convinced.

and Gu Yong and Zhang Zhao as the prime ministers...... Lu Su is the governor of the navy, and Huang Gai is the deputy governor of the navy......

In the land of Jing Chuyi, Gongsun Du didn't care about their reactions, but set his sights on the west.

When Ma Teng got the news, it was almost the time when Sun Ce was proclaimed emperor, and his reaction was even worse than Liu Bei's, because he was a truly loyal minister.

The court was gone, Ma Teng had no faith, and he was at a loss, until Huang Zhong arrived, he sighed and announced that he would pass on the position of head of the family to Ma Chao, and he returned to his hometown Huaili to retire and no longer care about the world.

Ma Teng's move, if you want to ask who has the greatest impact, it is naturally Han Sui!

The road ahead is gone, someone is squatting on the left, and the back road is gone! Do you want to go to the bitter cold land on the right? Isn't that waiting for death?

"No, absolutely not! Go to the Qiang lair, that is to find death! ”

Regarding Cheng Gongying's suggestion, Han Sui shook his head, disagreed, and was finally forced to ask anxiously, shouting: "How to go?" Who wants to? Could it be that Ben would have taken a hundred or so soldiers to the hinterland of the Qiang tribe to plunder? It's better to die in Xiliang, it's better than having your skull made into a drinking utensil. ”

Cheng Gongying was silent for a moment and said, "If the lord doesn't want to die, he has to surrender, and the sooner the better." ”

Han Sui is a treacherous guy, and he understands the meaning as soon as he hears it, but he ......

"Will Emperor Ming really accept this general?"

Cheng Gongying asked, "Is there a feud between the lord and Emperor Ming?" ”

"Nope!" Han Sui shook his head.

"What does the lord think of Emperor Ming's heart?"

"Huh? To put it this way...... Yes? ”

Cheng Gongying nodded and said: "Emperor Ming can even accommodate the Emperor of Han, and even named him the King of Han, so naturally he will not embarrass the general, but will be rewarded." Moreover, the sooner the lord surrenders, the greater the reward. ”

Soon, Han surrendered, and Liangzhou was restored.

At this point, Gongsun Du has basically mastered the land of Jiangbei, and his power has increased greatly. Liu Bei and Sun Ce sent envoys to express their alliance to the other party very tacitly.