When Cao Cao learned that Liu Bei was heading south to Jiangling, he also hurriedly threw down his baggage and rode lightly to chase after him. When passing through Xiangyang City, he heard that Liu Bei had passed, Cao Cao hurriedly selected five thousand elite horsemen, led them himself, and traveled more than 300 miles in one day and one night, and finally caught up with Liu Bei and his party in Dangyang Changsaka. In this battle, Liu Bei was defeated, abandoned his wife and children, and fled with only Zhuge Liang, Xu Shu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and dozens of other horses. The people and baggage were all obtained by Cao Jun.

Zhang Fei rate 20 after the break. On the Nagasaka Bridge, the bridge was broken according to the water, and the staring spear shouted, "I am Zhang Yide (Zhang Fei's word Yide, and this "Yi" is not his "wing"), and I can come to decide life and death" Cao Jun no one dared to approach. Zhao Yun and Liu Bei were separated (it is also possible that he suddenly thought of saving Liu Bei's wife and children?) Some subordinates reported that Liu Bei "Zhao Yun voted for Cao Cao" and was angrily reprimanded by Liu Bei: "Don't talk nonsense!" Zilong (Zhao Yun's character Zilong) will not abandon me" Sure enough, soon, Zhao Yun protected Liu Chan, who had just turned one year old at this time, and Liu Chan's biological mother, Mrs. Gan (The history books do not record the whereabouts of Mrs. Mi. In the 41st episode of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Mrs. Mi committed suicide by throwing herself into a well, which should be out of fiction).

Liu Bei gathered the remnants of the army and took the small road to the Hanjin ferry, where Guan Yuzheng was waiting with the boat. So they crossed the water together, and met Liu Qi with more than 10,000 soldiers to meet, and finally everyone went to Xiakou, Jiangxia County to settle down temporarily (Guan, Zhang, and Zhao's performance in this battle, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" 41-42 chapters have wonderful descriptions, but most of them are fictional)

Xu Shu's mother was also captured by Cao's army in this battle. As a filial son, Xu Shu had to say goodbye to Liu Bei and go to Cao Ying (in the 36th chapter of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Xu Shu left Liu Bei before Sangu Maolu and Zhuge Liang went out of the mountain. There is also a scene of "Xu Shu goes to recommend Zhuge ". But it's just fiction. And Xu's mother did not commit suicide, Xu Shu also served as the right middle general, Yushi Zhongcheng and other official positions after Cao Pi became emperor)

After Cao Cao entered Jiangling City, he began to work on the aftermath of the aftermath such as pacifying the people. First of all, Liu Cong was named the history of Qingzhou Thorn, and was named the Marquis. Then seal Kuai Yue and other 15 people as Hou. Release Han Song, who was imprisoned by Liu Biao, and crown Han Song as Dahonglu, Kuai Yue as Guangluxun, Liu Xian as Shangshu, Deng Xi as Shizhong, Han Ji as Prime Minister Cao Zhi, Pei Qian as Prime Minister Military, Heqia, Liu Xian, Wang Cang as Peng's subordinate, and Sima Zhi as Suxian County Commander. Cao Cao also said, "I don't like Jingzhou, but I like to have a different degree (Kuai Yue character different degree) also."

The last Jingzhou general to be appointed as a general. When Liu Cong surrendered, he asked Wen Ping to go with him to see Cao Cao. As a result, Wen Ping said, "As a general, I can't protect my homeland, so I should just treat the crime" It wasn't until Cao Cao came to Jiangling that Wen Ping came to visit. Cao Cao asked, "Why did you come so late?" Wen Ping was sobbing and replied with "no face and early sight", Cao Cao was also saddened by it, and "Qing Zhen and loyal ministers also" ordered to treat him with great courtesy. Let Wenpin continue to command the soldiers and horses of his headquarters, and let Jiangxia guard it.

The news of Cao Cao's southern expedition and Liu Biao's death reached Jiangdong, causing a wave of turmoil. Lu Su, who was extremely politically sensitive, immediately realized the importance of this matter and hurriedly came to see Sun Quan, "Please go to Jingzhou to find out the truth in the name of mourning." See Liu Bei again and see if you can unite with him to fight Cao Cao. If you don't go quickly, I'm afraid you will be the first to do it" You must know: Jingzhou and Jiangdong are feuds. Sun Jian's father died at the hands of Huang Zu, and Sun Quan had just killed Huang Zu half a year ago to avenge his father. Now that Lu Su wants to go to "mourn", it is likely that the people of Jingzhou will think that it is ill-intentioned. But Sun Quan didn't worry too much and immediately approved Lu Su's trip.

Lu Su hurried day and night, and as soon as he entered the territory of Nanjun, he heard the news of Liu Cong's surrender and Liu Bei's flight to the south, and immediately decided to go north to meet him. In October, Lu Su finally met Liu Bei and his entourage, who had just experienced a fiasco and had lost their dogs, in Dangyang Changsaka. Lu Su didn't talk nonsense, and asked straight to the point, "What are your plans next" Liu Bei said, "I have a friendship with Cangwu Taishou Wu Ju, and I am ready to defect to him" Lu Su immediately objected, "Cangwu is far away in Lingnan, and Wu Ju is a mortal, if you go to vote for him, what future can you have?" In my opinion, only by uniting with my lord General Sun can we achieve great things," and turned his head to Zhuge Liang and said, "I am friends with Brother Ling, Zhuge Jin. Why don't you go to Jiangdong with me, firstly, to reunite with my brothers, and secondly, to discuss great matters with my lord."

Finally, under the persuasion of Lu Su, Liu Bei went to Xiakou to live temporarily and wait for news from Eastern Wu. At the same time, Zhuge Liang was sent as an envoy to Eastern Wu to persuade Sun Quan's alliance to resist Cao. In Zhuge Liang's own words, it is "urgent." Please be ordered to call for help from General Sun."

At that time, Sun Quan was in Chaisang County, Yuzhang County, closely following the development of the situation in the upper reaches of Jingzhou. At this time, Cao Cao didn't know for what purpose, and wrote a letter to Sun Quan that could be called a battle table: "Those who are close to him are guilty of resigning, and Liu Cong is restrained." Imabari naval army of 800,000 people, Fang and the general will hunt in Wu "Sun Quan urgently summoned the civil and military to discuss countermeasures. Almost all the civil officials, led by Zhang Zhao, advocated surrender. Only Lu Su didn't say a word. Taking the opportunity of Sun Quan to get up and change clothes, Lu Su entered the inner room to see Sun Quan. Lu Su's sentence that touched Sun Quan the most was: Su and others can be demoted, but only the lord can't! Anyway, we are all courtiers, who are we courtiers for? But your lord, you will be lonely in the south, and now you can be a vassal in the north? Once you become a vassal, all hope for the future will be in vain!

In addition, Zhuge Liang also began to persuade Sun Quan, "Although our army has just been defeated in Nagasaka, there are still capable fighters and Guan Yu's navy army, and Liu Qi's subordinates are no less than 10,000. Although Cao Cao's soldiers and horses were numerous, they were tired from afar. He once rode lightly for more than 300 miles in a day and a night. Most of Cao Cao's subordinates were from the north and were not accustomed to water warfare. The people of Jingzhou were forced by the situation and were not convinced. If you can work together with my lord, you will definitely be able to defeat Cao's army. After Cao Cao's army was defeated, he would return to the north. In this way, the momentum of Jing and Wu is strong, and the momentum of the peak is complete! The chance for success or failure lies in today"

However, in order to fight Cao Cao, Eastern Wu must have a general who can take on this important task. Zhou Yu, who is training a naval army in Poyang County, Yuzhang County, has stepped onto the stage of history! At Lu Su's suggestion, Sun Quan urgently recalled Zhou Yu. After Zhou Yu arrived, he first analyzed the situation for Sun Quan and pointed out several taboos committed by Cao Cao in this southern expedition: 1. The northern soil was not peaceful, and Ma Chao and Han Sui were troubled in Guanxi. 2 The northern army gave up the saddle horse, the cane boat, and competed with Wu Yue. 3 Now that it is cold, the horses have no grass, and the Chinese scholars are driven far away between the rivers and lakes, and if they do not learn the water and soil, they will be sick. In the end, he said: As long as I have tens of thousands of elite soldiers stationed in Xiakou, I can break Cao for the lord!

Up to now, Sun Quan finally stopped hesitating and showed his hole card, "The old thief wants to abolish the Han and stand on his own for a long time, and he is jealous of Eryuan, Lu Bu, Liu Biao and Lone Ear." Now the number of males has been extinguished, but the loneliness remains. Lonely and old thieves are incompatible! The king's words should be attacked, and even solitary. On this day, Sun Quan pulled out his sword, cut off a corner of the case in front of him, and said sharply, "The generals dare to return to Cao, and the case is the same."

That night, Zhou Yu came to see Sun Quan again, "Cao Cao's letter boasted that he had an army of 800,000, which was really bragging. There were only 150,000 or 60,000 soldiers in the Central Plains, and they were tired after a long battle. Jingzhou soldiers have a maximum of 70,000 or 80,000 soldiers, and they still have two hearts. I only need 50,000 elite soldiers, which is enough to break Cao. Please don't worry about "Sun Quan kissing Zhou Yu's backsliding" In this way, there will be no worries about loneliness. However, it was difficult for 50,000 troops to assemble for a while. I have selected 30,000 men and prepared all the ships, food, and equipment. Qing Ke led these 30,000 people as the first striker, and the lone general continued to send troops and horses to support the Qing. If Qing can defeat Cao Cao, it is naturally the best. In case of failure, he will retreat, and he will fight to the death with Cao Thief" appointed Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu as the governors of the left and right capitals, and Lu Su as the captain of the military academy (from Zhuge Liang's crossing of the river to Sun Quan's final decision to join Liu to resist Cao, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" chapters 43-44 have wonderful descriptions)

At this time, Liu Bei had already arrived at Fankou and sent patrol ships to wait for Wu's army every day. Finally waiting for Zhou Yu's men and horses, Liu Bei immediately sent Mi Zhu to the labor army. Zhou Yu said to Mi Zhu, "I have military affairs in my body, and I can't leave without permission." I don't know if Liu Yuzhou can succumb to come in person, Yu will be very pleased" Liu Bei said to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, "If I don't go, it is not the intention of the alliance" Liu Bei went to the meeting. When the two met, Liu Bei asked, "Now the two alliances reject Cao Cao, and they are deeply calculated." But I don't know how many people there are in Wu Jun," Zhou Yu replied, "30,000", Liu Bei said, "Hate less", but Zhou Yu said: "This is enough." Yuzhou but relax, see me break the enemy" Liu Bei also proposed to meet Lu Su and Zhuge Liang, but was politely rejected by Zhou Yu.

After meeting Liu Bei, Zhou Yu ordered to march to Chibi. Winning the first battle with Cao Cao, Cao's army retreated to the north of the Yangtze River, while Wu's army was on the south bank, and the two armies faced each other across the Yangtze River. At this time, as Zhou Yu expected before the war, Cao Jun had already experienced a large-scale epidemic due to his dissatisfaction with the water and soil in the south. At the same time, Cao Cao saw that his soldiers were not accustomed to the wind and waves, so he came up with a method: connect the heads and tails of each ship and lock them with iron chains.

Huang Gai offered Zhou Yu a plan of fire attack, which was adopted by Zhou Yu. Prepare ten Mengchong fighting ships, disguise them as fireships, and go to Cao Cao from Huang Gai to surrender, so that they can take the opportunity to set fire.

That's when God came to help. In the middle of winter in November of the lunar calendar, a strong southeast wind suddenly blew, so Zhou Yu was able to command the Wu army to burn Chibi and defeat the Cao army. The history books record that "the fire and the wind were fierce, and the ship went like an arrow, burning up the north ship and extending to the camp on the shore." In an instant, the smoke was blazing, and many people were burned and drowned. Yu and others followed with a light and sharp follow, and the thunder drum marched greatly, and the northern army was defeated"

Cao Cao led the defeated army from Huarong Road to Nanjun County to govern Jiangling County. The roads were muddy and the weather was windy, so Cao Cao ordered the soldiers to fill the grass and fill the soil, and the cavalry had to pass. And those soldiers were stuck in the mud, and often trampled by men and horses, and many died. Finally reluctantly escaped back to South County.

Liu Bei and Zhou Yu advanced by land and water again, chasing and killing. Cao Cao then left Cao Ren and Xu Huang to guard Jiangling. Lejin guards Xiangyang. He led his army north to return (The Battle of Chibi is the most colorful scene in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". In episodes 45-50, Luo Guanzhong described many wonderful scenes, but many of them are fictional)

Zhou Yu led tens of thousands of horses to seize Jiangling and confronted Cao Ren across the river. Gan Ning suggested attacking Yiling County upstream. After obtaining Zhou Yu's approval, Gan Ning led his troops to capture his city, and the Yizhou general attacked Su and surrendered, and Zhou Yu ordered the troops to be assigned to Lü Meng's account. Lu Meng said that this kind of thing should not be done. In the end, Sun Quan agreed with Lü Meng's opinion and returned the troops that attacked Su.

When Cao Ren learned that Yiling had been lost, he immediately divided his troops to capture it. Gan Ning was besieged in Yiling City and asked Zhou Yu for help. Lü Meng suggested to Zhou Yu, "Let Ling Tong stay here, so that the position can be guaranteed for ten days." We hurriedly marched to rescue Gan Ning, and then turned back to fight Cao Ren" In this battle, the Wu army won a great victory, and returned with 300 horses. Taking advantage of the great victory, Zhou Yu ordered to cross the river and garrison troops on the north bank, which was far from Cao Ren.

In December, Sun Quan personally conquered Hefei County, Jiujiang County, and ordered Zhang Zhao to lead troops to attack Dangtu County. He also ordered He Qi to lead his troops to pacify the thieves in Danyang County and She County. There are more than 20,000 households such as Chen Fu and Zushan hidden in the forest and mountains. After its land was pacified, Sun Quan ordered the establishment of four new counties, namely Shixin, Xinding, Liyang, and Xiuyang, with these six counties as Xindu County, and the county governed Shixin County, and He Qi was Taishou.

In December, Liu Bei promoted Liu Qi as the assassin of Jingzhou, and then sent troops to attack the four southern counties of Jingzhou. Wuling Taishou Jin Xuan, Changsha Taishou Han Xuan, Guiyang Taishou Zhao Fan, Lingling Taishou Liu Du Taishou Four Counties Taishou all surrendered. Huang Zhong, the commander of Youxian County, surrendered with Han Xuan. Lei Xu, the commander of the Lujiang battalion, also led tens of thousands of troops to surrender to Liu Bei. Liu Bei appointed Zhuge Liang as the general of the military division, and the governor of the three counties of Lingling, Guiyang, and Changsha, and transferred his taxes to fill the army. Zhao Yun was appointed as Guiyang's Taishou. Zhao Fan, the former Guiyang Taishou, wanted to marry his widowed sister-in-law Fan to Zhao Yun in order to get closer to each other, but Zhao Yun sternly refused. Zhao Fan was ashamed and angry, and fled north to Cao Cao.

Before the Battle of Chibi, Yizhou Mu Liu Zhang sent Zhang Song to pay tribute to Cao Cao and congratulate him. Although Zhang Song knows the essence of fruit, he is short and debauched. Cao Cao had just defeated Liu Bei in Changsaka at this time, and he was proud to judge people by their appearance. did not listen to the advice of Yang Xiu, the chief bookkeeper, and treated Zhang Song extremely coldly, causing Zhang Song to be dissatisfied. After the Battle of Chibi, Zhang Song returned to CD and immediately persuaded Liu Zhang to sever ties with Cao Cao and form a tie with Liu Bei. Liu Zhang followed.

Cao Cao remembered last year's expedition to Wuhuan, Tian Chou's guide work, and he must give Tian Chou the title of "You can't lose the king's law because of your ambition", but Tian Chou swore to death and resolutely did not accept it. So he was impeached by Yousi for "selling his reputation and reputation, and he should be exempted from official punishment and sentenced", but Cao Pi, Xun Yu, Zhong Xuan and others all thought that they should follow the ambition of Tian Chou. Cao Cao especially liked Tian Chou, and sent Tian Chou's friend Xiahoudun to persuade Tian Chou to accept the Hou Feng, but Tian Chou still insisted on not accepting it, and even wept in front of Xiahoudun, showing his heart. After Cao Cao heard Xiahoudun's return, he couldn't help but sigh, knowing that he was unyielding, and in the end, he could only seal Tianchou and be a councillor.

This year, Cao Cao's favorite 13-year-old son, Cao Chong, born to Mrs. Huan, died of illness, and Cao Cao was very sad. The daughter of Bingyuan, who also died early, was buried with Cao Chong in a secret marriage. Rejected by Bing Yuan. In the end, the deceased daughter of the Zhen family was buried with Cao Chong.

Regarding Cao Chong's death, Cao Cao also said two sentences, one was to Cao Pi and other sons, "This is my great misfortune, but it is your great luck" directly triggered the future battle for the heir; Another sentence was said to Xun Yu, "I regret not listening to you and killing the divine doctor Hua Tuo." Now it has caused Chong'er to die early" (the 75th episode of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" "Guan Yunchang scrapes bones to cure poison" is pure fiction. At the time of the Battle of Xiangfan, Hua Tuo had already died. The 78th episode of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" "Cao Cao summoned Hua Tuo to treat his head wind, killed Hua Tuo because of suspicion, and eventually led to his own death" Hua Tuo treated Cao Cao's head stroke and was killed by Cao Cao, which is indeed true. But the novel moves this plot back more than 10 years, to the eve of Cao Cao's death in 219)