Yuzhou, Qian County.

This is the hometown of the Cao family and the Xiahou family, and it is also the location of the Yuzhou Thorn History Department, seven days ago, Cao Ying led his army of 80,000 to worship the ancestors in the name of entering the county.

The so-called return of clothes, infinite glory, the grave of Cao's ancestors, at this time, eighty percent is emitting wisps of green smoke.

It seems that this is just a personal trip back to the homeland, but the truth is not so simple.

In the big tent of the Chinese army in the southeast of Qian County, Cao Ying stood with his hands in his hands, staring at the huge map on the screen with a cold face, his eyes were focused on the Jiangxia area, obviously, a Sun-Liu battle was taking place there, so that he already had a plan in his heart.

"Prime Minister, Xun Shangshu has arrived." The attendant cautiously reported.

Cao Ying's gaze did not leave the map, but only waved his hand slightly, and said, "Please invite him to come in and see Gu." ”

Now Cao Ying put down the Hebei rebellion, and then led the army south to Qian County, and at the same time ordered Xun Yu, who stayed in Xu Du, to come to Qian County to work the army.

After a while, Xun Yu, who was haggard, walked into the tent lightly, and arched his hand: "Yu has seen the prime minister, cough cough ———."

Looking at his expression, it seemed that he was suffering from a disease, and when he spoke, his breath was not smooth, and he couldn't help coughing.

Cao Ying turned his head around at this time, and when he saw Xun Yu's appearance, he said gently: "Wen Ruo seems to be tired from the journey, sit down and talk." ”

Xun Yu didn't move, and it wasn't until Cao Ying sat down first that he knelt down.

Cao Ying said: "Wen Ruo, you stay in Xu Du, for the lonely agency to handle all kinds of trivial matters in the court, so many years have worked hard for you, now that your body is not good, the affairs of the court will be temporarily handed over to others to do, you stay by the lonely side to take care of your body, and there are a lot of big things that need your planning." ”

Cao Ying's words sounded like he was thinking about Xun Yu, but Xun Yu only understood that Cao Ying's real intention in recruiting him to Xu Du this time was to take the opportunity to transfer him away from Xu Du and leave him by Cao Ying's side.

Xun Yu had a vague sense of foreboding in his heart, but he still did not hesitate to say: "Thank you for your affection, the prime minister has an appointment, and Yu should obey it." ”

Xun Yu did not raise any objections, which made Cao Ying very satisfied, and he continued: "Now that Liu Bei and Sun Quan are fighting in Jiangxia, Sun Quan's main forces are in the west, and I want to take advantage of the emptiness of Jianye to raise troops to the south, I don't know what Wen Ruo thinks?" ”

Xun Yu pondered for a long time and said: "Sun Liu has also heard about Sun Liu's rebellion, but although the two families Chen Bing and Jiang Xia, they have always been in a stalemate and confrontation, and they have not seen a real war. According to Yu's opinion, the prime minister might as well wait a little longer, and when the two families of Sun and Liu start a complete war, kill each other and lose each other, and there is no possibility of reuniting, it will not be too late for the prime minister to send troops according to the situation. ”

Cao Ying led the army south to Qiaoxian this time, just to wait for the opportunity to transfer from Yuzhou to Hefei under the guise of worshipping ancestors, and then send troops from Hefei to Jiangdong. He has already taken this first step, and he is obviously confident, and Xun Yu's suggestion is obviously not quite in line with his heart.

"Sun Quan, this child, has repeatedly committed Hefei, Lone has long wanted to clean him up, and now that he is pouring his troops west, Wu will be empty, isn't it a good opportunity for Lone to use soldiers. If you just destroy Dongwu first, and then destroy Liu Bei, then the world can be unified. ”

Cao Ying said with pride, but Xun Yu said worriedly: "Prime Minister, Sun Quan dared to use his troops in Jiangdong to fight for Jingzhou with Liu Bei, it was to take advantage of the gap between the Prime Minister's army in the north, if the Prime Minister went south at this time, then Sun Quan was forced to make peace with Liu Bei and return to the east to save Jianye." At that time, the Sun and Liu families will be reconciled, and Sun Quan's army has returned, but I am afraid that the prime minister will still return in vain. ”

Cao Ying sneered and said: "If you are too worried, Liu Bei knows best, this person was under Sun Quan's fence, he must have suffered a lot, and now he has defeated Sun Quan in Jingzhou, it is the time to take revenge, if he hears that Lone raised troops to attack south, he will not only not make peace with Sun Quan, but will only go eastward and rush to carve up the land of Jiangdong." ”

Back then, Cao Ying was obedient to himself, but since the Battle of Chibi, Cao Ying's advice to Xun Yu is no longer so listenable, Xun Yu knows that now Cao Ying has made up his mind, and it is useless to say more.

So, he had no choice but to follow Cao Ying's meaning and said: "It is not unreasonable for the prime minister to raise troops to attack the south, but the water network in the south of the Yangtze River is thick, and our water army is a weakness, so we should be cautious in all battles." ”

Cao Ying saw that Xun Yu was convinced, and he was very proud in his heart, and then said: "There is another thing that I want to hear from Wen Ruo, that is, many ministers have recently persuaded Gu to enter the Duke of Wei, I don't know what you think of this matter." ”

As soon as Xun Yu heard this, his expression immediately became excited, and he said: "When Cheng Yu first raised volunteers, he was holding Kuang Fu Chaogang and revitalizing the righteousness of the Han family. Now that the prime minister is extremely popular, he is just abiding by the virtue of loyalty and the reason of retreating, if he is deceived by those fools, will he not end up in the name of the late festival. ”

As soon as Xun Yu's words came out, Cao Ying changed color when he heard the words, but he didn't attack for a while, only frowned and said: "Wen Ruo's words are a bit too much, lonely in the world for more than ten years, for the Han Dynasty to sweep away the separatists, if it weren't for Lonely, this Han family would have fallen apart a long time ago, with the work of Lonely, even if it was sealed by the Duke of Wei." ”

Knowing that Cao Ying was already angry, Xun Yu still insisted without changing his face: "The prime minister also said that the prime minister has been fighting for the Han family for more than ten years. ”

For more than ten years, Xun Yu He has treated Cao Ying with such words and such a tone, and his words at this table are quite serious, which immediately angered Cao Ying, he rose angrily, glared at Xun Yu, and said in a deep voice: "Xun Wenruo, are you sarcastic that Lone is a greedy vain!" ”

Of course, it is also the comrade-in-arms who once fought side by side with him, spent the most turbulent years of his life together, shared hardships and hardships, and never gave up, but now he has parted ways for his own ideals.

Facing Cao Ying's angry questioning, Xun Yu's heart felt an inexplicable sadness.

He can choose to back down, or even choose to obey, but in his heart, there is a most persistent belief that always makes his heart as strong as iron.

"Xun Yu, Xun Yu, have you forgotten that you were your original dream? Restore the glory of the Han family, maintain the orthodoxy of the Liu family, and let the world return to that era of virtue and propriety, no, you can't forget, even if you die, you must not retreat. ”

At this point, Xun Yu also stood up, calmly faced Cao Ying's murderous gaze, and said lightly: "Of course, the current prime minister is not a greedy vain, the prime minister is an immortal hero of the Kuangfu Han family, Yu is planning for the prime minister and the world, so he can't watch the prime minister lose his reputation as a hero by those small people!" ”

"Xun Wenruo!" Cao Ying shouted loudly, and his eyes flashed with terrifying murderous intent.

But Xun Yu smiled and calmly looked at the murderous gaze, as if he had never been afraid.

After a long time, Cao Ying's murderous aura suddenly faded, he sighed lightly, shook his head and said, "Wen Ruo, you are really disappointed by Lone." Then he turned and walked away.

In the empty tent, only Xun Yu was left, and at this moment, his whole person seemed to be prostration, staggering and almost unsteady, and suddenly his breath was stagnant, and he covered his mouth and coughed violently. When the cough stopped, he looked at the palm of his hand again, and there was a pool of blood.

Cao Ying's sentence "You really disappointed Lonely" actually made Xun Yu more uncomfortable than his angry rebuke, it was this sentence that made him angry and bloody, and his sick body, which was already sick, is now even more painful.

He wiped the blood off his hands, staggered to the edge of the tent, looked at the direction of Xu Du in the distance, and sighed faintly: "Your Majesty, Xun Yu has done his best, but it's a pity, it seems that my Han family is really exhausted, and the qi is exhausted......"

————, "Don't you say that the two families will eventually get back together, then why did your father-in-law, Liu Xuande, bring so many soldiers to attack my Dongwu?" ”

In a courtyard in Lukou City, Sun Shangxiang was also questioning Fang Shao dissatisfiedly, obviously the secrecy was not thorough enough, Sun Shangxiang finally heard the rumors, but it was no wonder that such a big thing could be hidden.

Fang Shao said helplessly: "Miss, it's not that we don't want to make peace with you, it's that your brother Wu Hou refuses to give up, and he goes to Jingzhou with the troops of Eastern Wu, and he has to fight to the death with us, and my lord has no choice but to lead a large army to resist." ”

Sun Shangxiang looked incredulous, and pouted: "You must be fooling me, if the second brother heard that I was here, how could he not take care of me, and raise a large army to attack like this, it is obvious that Liu Xuande wants to encroach on my Dongwu, so my second brother has to do this." ”

Politically, Sun Shangxiang is very naïve, she obviously hasn't seen the true face of his second brother clearly, Sun Quan, this kid, looking at the past and the present, can be compared with his thick black, slippery, and ruthless wrists, there are really only a handful, for the interests of the country, what is it to sacrifice her half-sister.

Suddenly, Fang Shao felt a little pity for Sun Shangxiang, and sighed: "You still don't know your brother, if he really cares about you, why did he force you to marry my father-in-law at the beginning, and why did he force you to marry that surnamed Gu now, now that you are in Jingzhou, he is desperate to come and fight to the death with us, Miss, think about it, your second brother, does he really care about you?" ”

This remark immediately made Sun Shangxiang speechless.

(To be continued)