Yuan Xi met with Jiangdong envoy Yu Tuo again at the Yecheng General's Mansion, and Yu Tuo came with a beautiful woman with two children. The woman was dressed in plain clothes, and she looked extremely beautiful without deliberately dressing up, in terms of appearance, only Diao Chan could be compared to it, Jiangdong Da Qiao, and it really deserved its name.

Sun Shangxiang saw that Yuan Xi was a little stunned, and muttered in a low voice: "I also said that I was full of concentration, I haven't seen any beautiful women, and I said that it wasn't for my sister-in-law!" ”

Yuan Xi lost his temper just now, and suddenly felt embarrassed, so he didn't pay attention to Sun Shangxiang, but said to Yu: "Wu Hou really kept his promise, and this general will naturally not lose his trust, and also, this little son of your family will also be taken away, so as not to cause trouble in my Jizhou." ”

Sun Shangxiang was not ready to leave Hebei, and in the past few days with Yuan Xi, he found that Yuan Xi was very interesting, although he pretended to be very cold and high, he was actually quite enthusiastic, and made an excuse and said: "I'm not ready to go back, now my sister-in-law and nephews and nephews are not familiar with each other, and it is inevitable that I will be oppressed by you, and I can't sit idly by." ”

Seeing that Sun Shangxiang had no scruples about speaking, Da Qiao was afraid that Yuan Xi would be unhappy, so he apologized for Sun Shangxiang's guilt and said: "The general is angry, Sun Ren is not sensible, and I also ask the general not to worry about her and let her go to Jiangdong." ”

Yuan Xi didn't want to see Sun Shangxiang in general, and said to Da Qiao: "Mrs. Sun misunderstood, it was because she didn't want to leave, so I can't wait for her to go." Then, Yuan Xi looked at the boy beside Da Qiao, who was very strong and brave, and he was not afraid when he first came to the Great General's Mansion, and seemed to want to protect his mother and sister at all times. Yuan Xi continued: "This is the son of General Sun Bofu, sure enough, the tiger father has no dogs, come and call Rui'er to come." ”

After a while, Zhen Mi brought Yuan Rui over, and Yuan Xi introduced Zhen Mi: "Madam, this is Da Qiao, the daughter of Duke Qiao, and her son Sun Shao was specially invited by me to be with Rui'er, what do you think?" Zhen Mi naturally looked at Da Qiao, a peerless beauty, then at Sun Shao, and finally at Sun Yan, and thanked: "The general has always had a unique vision, Mrs. Sun is as beautiful as a fairy, and the two children are also very good, Rui'er, you take your younger brothers and sisters to play first and familiarize yourself with the environment." ”

Although Sun Shao was young, he was very sensible and understood his situation, and when he saw his mother nodding, he took Sun Yan to play with Yuan Rui.

Yuan Xi asked Zhen Mi to arrange a place for Da Qiao's family, and Sun Shangxiang shouted that he wanted to find a good place for Da Qiao, and he also followed. Seeing that everyone was gone, Yuan Xi took out the holy decree and handed it to Yu and said: "The emperor has already named your lord Marquis Wu, I hope Marquis Wu will not disappoint the general and capture Jingzhou as soon as possible!" ”

Yu Fu excitedly accepted the holy decree and thanked Yuan Xi and said: "The general can rest assured, Wu Hou has ordered Zhou Yu to supervise the troops of Chaisang, as long as the general has an order, Wu Hou will definitely live up to the covenant." Yu Xuan seemed to remember something, and revealed: "With General Yuan's vision, he naturally knows that General Sun Ren is the sister of Wu Hou, if the general is willing, Hebei and Jiangdong can also marry Qin and Jin!" ”

Yuan Xi naturally found out that Sun Ren was a woman, but he didn't want to expose her, as for whether to marry, Yuan Xi still had to think about it, so he smiled and said: "This matter will be discussed later, Miss Sun may not be willing!" ”

Yu Tuo is also a smart person, acquaintance, no longer asks, gets the holy decree, and completes the task given to him by Sun Quan, Yu Flip also bids farewell to Yuan Xi and goes back to Jiangdong.

In 209 AD, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty issued a decree to crown Sun Quan as the Marquis of Wu. Sun Quan was overjoyed, and sent Lu Su to ask for Jiang Xia again, and Liu Bei prevaricated Lu Su again, not to fall for Yuan Xi's discordant plan. Sun Quan was furious and ordered Zhou Yu to raise 100,000 troops to attack Jiangxia and capture Jingzhou.

The two families of Sun and Liu went to war, and the happiest one was not Yuan Xi, but Cao Cao. The alliance between Cao Cao and Liu Bei was just an expedient measure against Yuan Xi, and Cao Cao did not forget Liu Bei's hatred for seizing Jingzhou. Of course, Liu Bei also guarded against Cao Cao, ordered Guan Yu to guard Xiangyang, and led the troops to support Jiangxia with Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei, Wei Yan and others.

Cao Cao summoned his subordinates to discuss: "Now that the morale of our army is high and the grain and grass are sufficient, what ideas do you have, can you talk about it?" Cao Cao also deliberately asked Cao Pi and Cao Zhi to participate this time, and also hoped to examine the abilities of the two. Cao Pi is already twenty years old, Cao Zhi is fifteen years old, according to the decree issued by Cao Cao in the Central Plains, he can be regarded as an adult, and some even have wives at Cao Zhi's age.

Cao Pi had the closest relationship with Cao Zhen, and when Cao Cao summoned him to discuss important military matters, Cao Pi, who had a high political consciousness, asked Cao Zhen about major events in the world. Cao Zhen believes that Cao Cao will not let go of the opportunity to fight Sun Liu this time, although Liu Bei has helped us, but he has captured our Jingzhou, and he can send troops to recapture Xiangyang first. Cao Pi said: "Father, the child has an idea, I think our army should recapture Xiangyang." ”

Liu Bei helped Cao Jun not long ago, and he was about to turn his face in a blink of an eye, and everyone shook their heads, thinking that Cao Pi's method was not advisable. Only Cao Cao thought thoughtfully and asked: "Zihuan, your thoughts are a little anxious, Liu Bei just helped us, and we will take advantage of the danger of others to attack Xiangyang, I am afraid that we will lose our trust in the world." ”

Cao Pi had already thought of a countermeasure, and replied calmly: "Father, if Liu Bei and our army are sincerely allied, of course our army cannot cross the river and tear down the bridge. It's just that Liu Bei's Jingzhou was taken from us, and the alliance with our army was just for us to fight against Hebei, so that he could take the opportunity to develop. Of course, we can't eliminate Liu Bei either, only Liu Bei and Sun Quan check and balance each other is in our best interest, so I suggest retaking Xiangyang.

Cao Cao listened to Cao Pi's explanation and said happily: "Zihuan's idea is very good, you should think about it again." ”

Cao Zhi didn't know if he was young or because he didn't have enough political awareness, so he didn't have any preparations, but he had a smart person under him, and that was Yang Xiu. Yang Xiu advised Cao Zhidao before Cao Zhi came, now that our army is strong and does not lose Hebei, but Yuan Xi's position, whether it is a general or the Marquis of Wei, has suppressed Cao Cao, and you can start from this point. Cao Zhi said: "Father, the child thinks that Yuan Xi is the Marquis of Wei, Sun Quan is the Marquis of Wu, and his father can be called the Marquis of Qin." ”

Cao Cao was secretly happy in his heart, or Cao Zhi knew his mind best, and asked quietly: "Yuan Xi has Emperor Han Xian in his hands, and he and Sun Quan both have the holy decree of the imperial court, if I call myself the Marquis of Qin, I am afraid that others will say that we have the heart of rebellion." ”

Yang Xiu's speculation about Cao Cao's mind was very accurate, knowing that although Cao Cao had the intention of being the Marquis of Qin, he deliberately shirked it, Cao Zhi continued to suggest: "Father, don't worry, Emperor Han Xian is just a puppet in the hands of Yuan Xi, Yuan Xi's Marquis of Wei, Sun Quan's Marquis of Wu is no different from the self-proclaimed Marquis. Everyone under his command persuaded Cao Cao to become the Marquis of Qin, but Cao Cao hesitated.

Cheng Yu actually did not agree with the attack on Jingzhou, and preferred to attack Hanzhong and Yizhou, so he said to Cao Cao: "My lord, although what the eldest prince said is reasonable, but Liu Bei is also on guard against our army, and he led his troops against Sun Quan, and also left Guan Yu to guard Xiangyang, Guan Yu's peerless general, not easy to win." And after the lord ascended the throne of Qin, our army could capture Hanzhong and Yizhou and become the Qin State during the Warring States Period. ”

Cao Pi didn't expect Cheng Yu to help Cao Zhi veto his idea, he was unhappy, and he was thinking about how to refute it. Unexpectedly, Cao Cao nodded and agreed: "What Zhong De said is extremely true, Hebei is powerful, and it is really unwise to compete with it again." Liu Bei and Sun Quan are both grass on the wall, once attacked by our army, they will inevitably unite with Yuan Xi to besiege us, it is better to capture the weakest Hanzhong, and then seize Yizhou. ”