Chapter 54: The Role of Righteousness

Why didn't Cao Pi get hit? It turned out that the situation of this Wei State was completely different from that of Eastern Wu, and Cao Pi's temperament was even more different from Sun Quan, so that the people of the "CIA" could not find an opportunity to attack in time.

The Stone Town of Soochow had just been built, and the so-called "Taichu Palace" was just a larger mansion that had been expanded from the General's Palace. Compared with the Wei palace in Xuchang, it is as if the difference between a villa and a thatched house is so big.

In fact, the "Taichu Palace" has not been fully completed at all, and has been expanding over the years. The place is small and the facilities are not perfect, and Sun Quan, the king, has no place to play, so of course he will run out of the palace from time to time to have some fun. Of course, this is also related to the character, Sun Quan is biased towards the character of a martial artist, and it is normal to like hunting and reviewing the army.

But the palace of Wei is different, here was originally the palace built by Cao Cao to Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, although it is not as magnificent as the palace of Luoyang and Chang'an in the heyday of the Han Dynasty, but the scale and function of the palace are basically perfect, and there are all kinds of garden scenery, pavilions and water pavilions inside.

The emperor who lives here can basically find any fun he wants. Except, of course, for such a large outdoor activity as hunting. But Cao Pi doesn't like hunting either. Cao Pi was a man of letters, and he was also a good writer.

In fact, not only Cao Zhi, but also Cao's father and son: Cao Cao, Cao Pi, and Cao Zhi were all great writers during the Jian'an period.

Their three fathers and sons were called "Three Cao", and the "Seven Sons of Jian'an" (Kong Rong, Chen Lin, Wang Cang, Xu Gan, Ruan Yu, Ying Ling, Liu Zhen) and the poetess Cai Yan inherited the realist tradition of Han Yuefu folk songs, and generally adopted the form of five words, which was known for its strength and strength, and had a generous and sad masculinity, forming a unique style of "Jian'an style and bones" in the history of literature, which was respected as a model by later generations.

Such a literati, do you think he would like hunting? It's possible to hold a poetry meeting, but you don't need to leave the palace. Since Cao Pi doesn't often go out of the palace, it is difficult for him to reach the sky if he wants to calculate.

The person in charge of the "CIA" who was sent to Xuchang was not as smart as Wang Xi of Jianye, and he knew how to use the strategy of "transferring the tiger from the mountain" to transfer Sun Quan out of the palace and then calculate. They are more rigid in their thinking, blindly thinking about how to infiltrate people into the palace and attack in the palace.

Because the "CIA" has only been established for a short time, the status of the people who infiltrated the palace is still relatively low, and they cannot access Cao Pi's bath water, so they have not been able to implement the "Nine Dragons to seize the heir" plan.

In fact, they didn't want to think about it, even if they could get close to Cao Pi's bath water, there would be a large number of snails in the bath barrel that had been scrubbed cleanly, what would be the result?

In that way, even a fool will know that something is wrong, and at that time, it may be possible to let Cao Pi be infected with schistosomiasis unknowingly, and once he is suspected, he will be found out, and the "CIA" will not even be able to save his life.

Therefore, until Cao Pi sent two groups of men and horses to invade Shu, the personnel of the "CIA" in Xuchang could only stare dryly, you look at me, I look at you, and there has been no achievement.

Fortunately, in Hanzhong, Zhang Fei and Pang Tong's army withstood the Wei State one way, and in Jingzhou, the relevant dukes and Zhuge Liang withstood the other way. Now it depends on whether Liu Hou will recover Yizhou first or the Wei army will break through these two territories of Shu first.

It is said that it is Yizhou, but in fact, there are not many officials who are really loyal to Liu Li, and the territory they can control is also very small, almost only in some places near Chengdu.

Hanzhong is within the scope of Zhang Fei and Pang Tong's legion, Zhang Fei needless to say that he supports Liu Hou, his daughter has become the queen of others, who does he support Liu Hou support?

As for Pang Tong, he also supported Liu Hou, firstly, because of Zuo Ci's relationship, Zuo Ci saved his life back then, so that he who originally died in Luofengpo has survived until now.

Second, he also saw that the gap between the two princes could not be calculated. Liu Hou is knowledgeable, thoughtful, but at a young age, he gives people a sense of maturity and stability, and has repeatedly made military exploits, and is known as a virtuous name, loves the people like a son, and treats his subordinates leniently and politely. In short, he is in line with the character of a good lord.

And Liu Li, now he is still a little kid who doesn't know anything, and he hasn't seen anything outstanding about him since he was a child, everyone knows that he is just a puppet pushed out by Xu Jing and Wu Yi.

The southern and central regions were conquered by Liu Hou's troops, and the officials of each county were also nominated and appointed by Liu Hou, and their attitude towards Liu Hou can be imagined. Lingnan, Guiyang, Lingling, Changsha, not to mention, are themselves Liu Hou's descendants in charge, and they must be the only ones who look forward to Liu Houma.

In other words, the places where Liu Hou really needs to attack are very small, just a few counties near Chengdu. The county guards of these counties have long been replaced by Xu Jing and Wu Yi with their diehards.

On this day, Liu Hou's army came to Yidu County. Yidu is strategically located in the southwest of Hubei, west of the Jianghan Plain, surrounded by the Yangtze River and the Qingjiang River, which is the place where the Bachu culture blends, and is known as the "throat of Chu and Shu", "the gate city of the Three Gorges" and "the gateway of western Hubei".

Yidu County led the four counties of Zigui, Yiling, Yidao and Zhijiang, Zhang Fei, Liu Feng, Meng Da, and Liao Hua all served as Taishou here, and the current Taishou is Fan You.

Fan You is not famous, and he is timid and afraid, and his political performance is mediocre. Liu Hou didn't know him very well, and he and Liu Hou were naturally not close. Liu Hou didn't know what his attitude was, but since it was a civil war, it couldn't be like fighting on someone else's territory. Liu Hou decided to salute first and then soldiers, persuade him to surrender first, and then fight if he didn't work.

So, Liu Hou personally wrote a sincere letter, asked the guards to send it to the city, and asked the generals defending the city to hand it over to Fan You.

The letter was nothing more than a reaffirmation of his orthodox status and criticism of Xu Jing, Wu Yi and others for their despicable acts of indiscriminate life and usurpation of the throne. At the same time, he declared that he had received the support of Guan Gong, Zhang Fei, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Zhao Yun and other important ministers, and ascended the throne as emperor.

Liu Hou called on Fan You not to help the evil, but to choose to be loyal to himself and jointly contribute to the revival of the glory of the Han Dynasty. Fan You took a look at Liu Hou's letter, and then looked at the army under the city, where did he have a choice?

Now it's stronger than people, if you don't return to obedience, the few people in your own city are not enough for people to stuff their teeth, and resistance is a dead end. If you return to obedience, the new emperor has said, "Jointly contribute to the revival of the glory of the Han Dynasty", that is, not only do you not have to die, but you may also be able to continue to be an official.

So, where did he dare to hesitate, he immediately straightened his clothes, asked someone* to open the city gate, and personally went out of the city to greet Liu Hou. Liu Hou led the men and horses into the city to rest for a day, and still let Fan You be the Taishou of Yidu, while he led the men and horses to continue westward.

This time, Liu Hou secretly admired Zhuge Liang's old plan, he let himself do his best to be the emperor, this trick is really useful, standing in the name of righteousness, it is easier to make the world return to the heart. No, the first time he tried his hand was successful, and Liu Hou was full of confidence in the future.

However, he did not expect that difficulties would come so quickly. Not long after continuing the march, the large army reached the White Emperor City. To say that Yidu's strategic location is important, the White Emperor City is more important than it.

The White Emperor City is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River at the mouth of Qutang Gorge, with Kuimen in the east and eight formations in the west, surrounded by water on three sides, and is a place where soldiers of all dynasties must fight.

The terrain here is dangerous, difficult to attack and easy to defend, but this is the only place to enter Shu, and if you want to go to Chengdu, you have to attack here. Liu Hou still has a little hope in his heart, hoping that the guards of White Emperor City can be like Fan You in Yidu, and open the city and submit to him with a letter.

Just as Liu Houhu's body was shocked, and he was about to write another letter of persuasion according to the cat's painting, his subordinates reported that they had found out that the guardian of the imperial city was Liu Feng. Liu Feng? Hearing the news, Liu Hou lost his mind for a while.

Who is Liu Feng? Liu Feng is his own brother-in-law, and he is Liu Bei's son-in-law. At the beginning, Guan Gong was defeated, and was besieged in Maicheng on the way back to Jingzhou, and once sent Liao Hua to break through the siege to ask for help from Liu Feng and Meng Da stationed in Shangyong, but the two refused to support on the grounds that Shangyong was new.

If Liu Hou hadn't sent Zhao Yun to pick up Guan Gong later, Guan Gong would have received a lunch box.

Later, Liu Feng was arrested by Liu Bei and returned to Chengdu, where he has been locked up in prison. Liu Hou didn't know that Xu Jing and the others had already rescued him, and now they put him in such an important strategic position as White Emperor City.

Since Shu did not lose Jingzhou, then the White Emperor City is a mainland city, no matter how dangerous its terrain is and how important its strategic location is, it has become irrelevant at this time.

However, the Chengdu regime still placed Liu Feng here, and the purpose was obvious, that is, to prevent him from Liu Hou from entering Shu.

Liu Hou knew that Liu Feng had prejudices against himself, and before Liu Bei became the prince, he had asked Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others for their opinions, whether to ignore Liu Feng as the crown prince, it can be seen that Liu Feng was also a strong candidate for the crown prince. Later, because of the strong opposition of Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others, Liu Bei finally set up his own son Liu Chan as the crown prince.

Therefore, Liu Feng and Liu Houcun zài competitive relationship, and this competitive relationship is still very fatally related to the throne, since ancient times, all disputes involving the throne are extremely cruel and bloody. Not only did he hate Liu Hou, but he also hated Guan Gong and Zhang Fei, and he hated it to the core, otherwise he wouldn't have watched Guan Gong being besieged and not saved back then.

It is conceivable how much Liu Feng hates Liu Hou, as the main protagonist of the battle for the throne, Liu Feng's hatred of him Cheng dù is several orders of magnitude higher than that of Guan Gong and Zhang Fei. Liu Feng always wanted to put Liu Hou to death. Xu Jing and Wu Yi saw this, so they sent him to guard the White Emperor City, and with the hatred mentioned above, they didn't worry about Liu Feng's death.

Liu Hou also knew that the relationship between the two was irretrievable, the two were brothers in reputation, but in fact they were mortal enemies, and it was useless to say anything. Therefore, Liu Hou simply didn't even write a letter of persuasion, but gathered the paper on which he had only written a few words, threw it into the garbage basket casually, put his hands behind his back, and acted like an adult, walking around the military tent and thinking hard about countermeasures.

However, in this case, he couldn't think of any countermeasures, so he had to invite Guo Youzhi and the generals to come over, and he wanted to hold a military meeting to discuss how to fight this White Emperor City.