A few months later, Cao Cao broke Ma Chao and entered Guanzhong, and Ma Chao defected to Zhang Lu in Hanzhong in desperation.

A large area of land in the north was taken over by Cao Cao, and Yizhou, sandwiched between Hanzhong and Jingzhou, was approaching step by step.

Yizhou expected that Cao Cao's next step would be Hanzhong, and if Hanzhong Zhang Lu wanted to fight Cao Cao, he could only extend his power to Sichuan and Shu.

In order to avoid the invasion of Hanzhong, Liu Zhang, the pastor of Yizhou, weighed and asked Liu Bei, who was also a relative of the Han family, to lead the army into Yizhou and go north to conquer Zhang Lu.

At this time, Liu Bei occupied Jingzhou, and his power was constantly expanding, and after Zhou Yu died of illness, he got the phoenix chick Pang Tong, and harvested the two legendary geniuses of Wolong and Feng Chick who could determine the world.

After discussion, Liu Bei took Pang Tong into Yizhou, leaving Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang to garrison Jingzhou.

Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang both knew that settling in Sichuan and Shu was an important step in their Longzhong strategy, and only after completing this step could they seize the land of Hanzhong and recover the world.

It's just that Liu Bei, who regards benevolence and righteousness as higher than life, was asked by Liu Zhang to enter Yizhou this time, and there was no reasonable reason to rob his imperial brother's territory, and when the war was over, they should also return to Jingzhou, and Liu Bei's heart was entangled.

All this was seen by Pang Tong, and Pang Tong, who was bent on making contributions to Liu Bei, did not hesitate to use his life as a bargaining chip, and finally found this reason for Liu Bei.

That is Luofeng Slope.

After Pang Tong's death in Luofengpo, Liu Bei attacked again on the grounds that Liu Zhang had treacherously killed his own military advisor.

Liu Zhang was in a hurry, and originally planned to use Liu Bei to drive Zhang Lu away, but at this time he had to ask Zhang Lu for help again and ask him to deal with Liu Bei at the cost of cutting the land.

This time, Zhang Lu sent Ma Chao to attack Liu Bei, Ma Chao was originally a fierce general in the world, and Zhang Fei fought in front of the battle for hundreds of rounds and it was difficult to distinguish the winner or loser, and the front line was stalemate, and for a while, I didn't know how to advance or retreat.

Liu Bei had no phoenix chicks, so he had to send someone to Jingzhou to invite Zhuge Liang to come, and only Guan Yu was left in Jingzhou.

The military order is above, Zhuge Liang has to go, but his heart is faintly uneasy, and he is always at ease in this large area of Jingzhou.

He went to the front line with anxiety, and at the same time brought bad news to Liu Bei.

Just when Liu Bei was on the expedition, Jiangdong took the opportunity to pick up Sun Xiaomei, because seeing that the Sun-Liu Alliance existed in name only, Wu Hou didn't want his sister to follow Liu Bei.

Liu Bei can't talk about loss, but he is quite surprised, although Sun Xiaomei is very different from his own age, but he respects each other like a guest, he can see that Sun Xiaomei respects him and loves him, it is impossible to leave.

"Lord, I don't know where Mrs. got the news, I knew what happened to you in Xuzhou back then, she forced her to die, she couldn't keep anything, and even wanted to take away the young master, but Zilong stopped it with great difficulty."

"Xuzhou? What's going on in Xuzhou? Liu Bei looked puzzled.

"This, I'm afraid only the matter of Lingxi can make Madame so angry." Although Zhuge Liang is scheming, he can't deal with emotional matters.

"Lingxi." Liu Bei patted his head as if he suddenly realized: "She is really my fate, it seems that she is destined to be unable to let go of this life." ”

"I don't know if she's doing well, I heard that Cao Chong died of illness a while ago......"

"I'm afraid I'm afraid I'll be able to see Lingxi soon." Zhuge Liang said.

"Kong Ming, what does this mean?" Liu Bei looked up at Zhuge Liang, as if he wanted to see through him.

"Does the lord still want to hide it from me? At present, Sichuan and Shu are already in our pocket, and in the near future, we will have a big battle with Cao Cao, when the lord already has Sichuan Shu and Jing Xiang, and can compete with Cao Cao for the world and the spirit rhino. ”

"I have indeed been thinking about that battle for more than ten years, but there is one thing that Kong Ming is wrong, I don't want to compete with him. I can't put it down, but I won't fight anymore. ”

Liu Bei's eyes seemed to flicker, he slowed down, and turned to say: "Don't talk about Lingxi, let's talk about Ma Chao." ”

"Also, Ma Chao is much easier than Lingxi." Zhuge Liang smiled.

……

In the seventeenth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao returned to Ye, and due to the advocacy of Cao's father and son, Yecheng became the center of literary activities at that time.

Dong Zhao and others proposed that Cao Cao Jin be the duke, but Shangshu made Xun Yu think it was impossible.

Cao Cao was dissatisfied, and when he was conquering Sun Quan in the south, he asked Xun Yu to join the army and transferred him away from his side.

This year, Lingxi gave birth to another child, still a boy, named Cao Yu.

Because of her own health, she missed the last meeting with Xun Yu, and even didn't learn such news until Xun Yu was sick outside and died of depression.

Like Guo Jia, he didn't have time to see the last face, and unlike Guo Jia, Guo Jia died with expectations for Cao Cao, but Xun Yu died of depression because Cao Cao broke his oath that year.

When Xun Yu saw Cao Cao for the first time and decided to follow him, Cao Cao vowed to support the Han family and never trespass.

However, the facts have been deviating from the original trajectory, and Cao Cao's desire and need to rule have pushed them step by step to the present.

Does he really want to be the king, the king, the king of Wei?

Lingxi suddenly remembered the words that Cao Cao had said inadvertently.

Initially, he said that his wish was to have the words of the late general Cao Cao engraved on his tombstone after his death, and later, he said that he wanted to be the king of Zhou Wen......

This time, it was the death of her friend for many years, Lingxi didn't mess with Cao Cao anymore, they were no longer young, she knew a lot of things, and she knew what it meant to have to.

Cao Cao regarded Xun Yu as a confidant, but they were ultimately confidants with different political views, and he probably didn't think about killing Xun Yu, but Xun Yu didn't want to live anymore.

Cao Cao was grieved in Xun Yu's mourning hall, and Lingxi saw it in her eyes, she was always a helpless character here, and Cao Cao, Xun Yu, and all of them were the same.

Life and death are inevitable.

Leaving the mourning hall, Cao Cao did not call his entourage to follow, and rode alone with the spirit rhino in another direction.

The babbling stream, next to it is a small pavilion, and the fragrance of flowers is everywhere at the feet.

This is where several of them used to come and meet often.

Over the years, I haven't been to this comfortable place for a long time, Lingxi smelled the fragrance of flowers at her feet, and thought of Xun Wenruo, who was full of fragrance, and Guo Fengxiao, who was addicted to alcohol and took her as a confidant.

remembered the situation when Cao Cao introduced them to him that day.

And now it's a matter of things.

"You don't blame me?" Cao Cao sat down in the pavilion before speaking.

"The rights and wrongs between you and Wen Ruo, I'm afraid I can't tell clearly, he has already gone, wait for you to continue to discuss with him after a hundred years."

Lingxi sighed, and then said, "Ah Pu, I'll dance a dance for you to see if it's okay, and also for Wen Ruo and Feng Xiao." ”

After that, she didn't wait for Cao Cao to respond, and danced in the center of this pavilion.

The song is still the favorite song, and the dance music is still the favorite dance, just like dancing on the Xuzhou City Tower that day.

The graceful posture and the face like water make Cao Cao feel like he is in a fantasy world, and he can't tell what night it is.

The clasp on his ankle made a crisp sound, which made Cao Cao suddenly think of Liu Bei.

Liu Bei is a terrible person, thinking of the things he did, Cao Cao couldn't help but sigh, he is indeed as he said, the hero of the world, and the only one who can make him look at Liu Bei is Liu Bei.

……

Later, Cao Cao still became the king of Wei, and still led the Jizhou pastor as the prime minister, while Liu Bei adopted Zhuge Liang's strategy to take Ma Chao for his own use, conquer the city, and finally capture Yizhou and stationed in Chengdu.