Chapters XVIII-XIX

Sima Shi took Wancheng, and immediately convened a meeting of the Wancheng scholars, reorganized the army, and prepared to attack the Jihan Zhuge Qiao Department in the north.

Wancheng is the seat of Nanyang County, Cao Wei has been operating for many years, and Sima Yi himself has lived in Wancheng for a long time, and his roots are very deep. At this time, the people gathered around Sima Shi were all from the wealthy family of Wancheng, and there was another man who looked like a general sitting there, not angry and arrogant.

Sima Shi said: "Wancheng was disturbed by the thief army a few days ago, and everyone suffered all the humiliation, but they were sincerely united, cooperated with the general, and killed the enemy chief in one fell swoop, and broke the thief army. ”

Beside him are several large families in Wancheng, among which the surname of the leader is Liu, who is the younger brother of Liu Hui in Cao Wei's servants, and the richest man in the local area. When Wancheng was lost, he ostensibly obeyed the management of Sun Wu and Ji Han, was honest, asked people to give people, asked for money to give money, and gained trust, but as soon as Sima Shi arrived, he quietly gathered 3,000 people from the private tribe and handed them over to Sima Shi to use, which is one of the reasons why Sima Shi came to Wancheng alone and was able to easily break the city.

At this time, when he heard Sima Shi's words, he squinted with a smile: "Young General, they are all family, why be polite." We are the people of the Great Wei Dynasty, and we should serve the country and be loyal to our roots. How can he be, not to mention that my brother has always taught us that the rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the husband, and today the young general and the metropolitan governor led the heavenly soldiers to save Wancheng in person, do we dare not go all out and do our best? ”

All the wealthy families nodded.

Sima Shi laughed and turned to the man who looked like a general: "I would like to thank the little marquis for his great help this time." ”

The man laughed, "Where." It's just the right time. The Metropolitan Governor and the Major General came to help, and my father and I are both grateful, but I don't know what the Major General will prepare for next? ”

This man's name is Wen Xiu, and he is the adopted son of the later general Xinye Hou Wenpin, who is both civil and military, and has the strength of a thousand catties in both arms. Wen Ping is a native of Wancheng, who once followed Liu Biao and then Cao Cao. He is a first-class tiger general, and he has repeatedly used his own strength to prevent Sun Quan's personal expedition from the country's soldiers, and his skills can be seen. This time, when Xu Huang was injured and Cao Wei was in danger. It is precisely because of Wen Ping's presence that a situation of joining forces with Xu Huang has been formed. Wen Ping has a son and an adopted son, but this adopted son's skills are higher than his sons. Therefore, after Wen Ping's death, it was this adopted son who succeeded to the position of Xinye Marquis, and his son Wen Dai was only a marquis, which shows his ability. He came to Wancheng this time to explore where Sima Yi was, but he happened to meet Sima Shi on the road, and he was already familiar with Sima Shi, so he naturally hit it off. Let's take Wancheng together. And the plan of using Dongwu tokens to deceive the rough-minded Fan Jiang was what he came up with. When he fought with the Eastern Wu for a long time, he personally killed a general of the Eastern Wu and took his number plate. This matter is naturally known in Dongwu, but how can Fan Jiang argue about it.

Sima Shi heard him ask about his next step, and said: "This depends on the help of the reigning princes, and I plan to borrow the private troops of the princes to attack Zhuge Qiao's department in the north." to welcome my Great Wei General. Then he broke the Dongwu people with a thunderous force, and completely drove Ji Han and the Dongwu forces out of Nanyang County. I don't know if the princes are willing to cut their love? ”

The big families naturally had nothing to say. They replied one after another: "It is the glory of my generation to contribute to the country, how dare I have anything to say." ”

Sima Shi and Wen Xiu gathered 8,000 military horses, set off immediately, and entered Fangcheng north.

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In the night, the three horsemen galloped northward, and the sound of horses' hooves shook the earth.

Near noon, the three came to the front line of Fangcheng. If Fan Jiang was still alive, he would definitely be able to recognize that these three people were the Cao Wei assassins who took his life. At this time, the three of them were dressed in Ji Han military uniforms, holding the arrows they had obtained from Fan Jiang, and rushed straight to the Ji Han military camp.

"Urgent military intelligence! Emergency military intelligence! They raised their arrows and shouted.

The door of Ji Han's camp opened, and they rushed in with a puff of smoke.

An officer examined the arrow and asked, "Where are you from?" ”

One person replied loudly: "We are from Wancheng, General Fan was killed in battle, and Wancheng is lost!" ”

"Huh?" Hearing this news, there was a small commotion among the sergeants of Ji Han. The officer's face was flat, and with a wave of his hand, a ten-man team rushed forward with a sharp crossbow and surrounded the three men: "Dismount!" You three spies! If you want to mess with our army's heart, that's delusion! ”

The three of them were shocked, thinking that they had been recognized, and unconsciously put their hands back to their waists, and the officer stepped forward and shouted in a low voice: "Is this the first time you have delivered the news?" Shouting so loudly, if you want to make a military change? Get out of here, and follow me to the Chinese military tent! ”

The three of them didn't expect that the management of Zhuge Qiao's department was so strict, and even a lower-level officer knew how to ensure the stability of the army, and they couldn't help but praise themselves. But they succeeded in assassinating Fan Jiang last night, they were careful and bold, and they knew that Zhuge Qiao was only a scholar, so they didn't care, and they followed the officer at the moment.

Walking hundreds of steps, there is a military tent in front of you, which is no different from other military tents, except that there is an extra banner with the word "Zhuge " written on it. The three of them nodded secretly and waited in front of the tent. After a short time, the officer came out and said, "Take off your weapon and go with me into the account." ”

The three of them did not dare to disobey, so they untied their weapons and walked into the tent. I saw a young general sitting behind the tent, it was Zhuge Qiao, and a giant man next to him, like an iron tower, was known as the unstoppable Ehuan.

Zhuge Qiao said: "If there is any military information, report it quickly." ”

The first assassin said, "My lord, the military situation is important, please hold back and leave the left." ”

Zhuge Qiao sighed: "Did you use this method to harm Fan Jiang?" ”

The three assassins were startled and rushed forward, and as soon as the leading assassin lowered his head, a crossbow shot out from behind and flew towards Zhuge Qiao, but the distance was far away and the power was not great. E Huan flashed to Zhuge Qiao and knocked the crossbow away. Zhuge Qiao waved his hand, and the bows and arrows in the left and right wall clothes were fired together, and the three of them screamed in unison and fell to the ground.

E Huan said: "They are really fine. How did the Major General see it? ”

Zhuge Qiao said: "I didn't see it, I just thought it was inappropriate, and I deceived them, and it turned out to be cheated." It seems that my suspicions are true. Wancheng has indeed been lost. ”

Picking up the crossbow, he sighed, "If you let it get five steps away, I will be dead." ”

Zhuge Qiao had the three assassins searched, and found a blood-stained token from them, which was Fan Jiang's identity certificate. Zhuge Qiao cried bitterly: "It was I who harmed Fan Jiang. I knew that Wancheng was in danger, but I still let him stay there. Unexpectedly, it killed him. ”

At that moment, he summoned his subordinates and said, "Everyone, Wancheng has been lost. We can't stop it here, let's go. To the southeast to meet General Lu, the matter has come to this point, and no one has anything to do. ”

While he was talking, people reported to the book of Soochow. Everyone was puzzled. Could it be that he was dressed as an assassin again, and he invited him in, but he was Zhuge Jin's old doorman, holding a letter written by Lu Xun Si Ge Jin. It reads: "Our army has defeated Xu Huangwen and driven him to the east of the water. Sima Zhongda is a hero in the world, and Wancheng is his hometown, and it is not good to defend it for a long time, but he can return to the south, join forces in one place, and then make other plans. ”

Zhuge Qiao rewarded the messenger again, holding the book and sighing secretly: "If I don't keep these days. Most of the dead and wounded, showing their hearts, they won't let me retreat. Forget it, let's go. ”

But in front of Sima Yi, even if he wanted to leave, it was not easy.

Zhuge Qiao was thoughtful, and immediately ordered to abandon Fangcheng. Quickly back away. Sima Yi is suspicious by nature. Secretly said: "Although Zhuge Qiao is young, he has wisdom. But whoever retreats, he will attack to widen the distance, and then retreat, and this person will suddenly retreat, and there will be a treacherous plan, and he should attack him slowly. ”

At the moment, the Wei army did not rush to pursue, but only slowly advanced behind the Han army. Zhuge Qiao got the opportunity, quickly retreated to Bowangpo, put a fire along the road, blocked the road of the Wei army, for a time the fire soared into the sky, the flames rose, Sima Yi suddenly realized, shouted: "The little demon also dares to deceive me!" He immediately ordered a charge, and sent someone to inform Sima Shi about the path, asking him to block Zhuge Qiao no matter what, and not let him escape.

Zhuge Qiao made up his mind to flee at this time, and he threw all his baggage into the fire, increasing the fire, so that each soldier only brought three days of dry food, and went south around Wancheng in the starry night.

Zhuge Qiao and Sima Shi met on the plain south of Bowang, and the two armies immediately started a fight. Sima Shi was so angry that he was bent on revenge, Zhuge Qiao was facing a predicament at this time and just wanted to escape. When the two young men met, they were both red-eyed, but it was a pity that on the one hand, they were private soldiers, untrained, and on the other hand, they were defeated by the remnants of the army, and the tired division was actually difficult to solve.

Zhuge Qiao didn't dare to fight, he ordered E Huan to block Sima Shi from the side, and he led the army to retreat first. E Huan rose up bravely, fought for his life, and defeated Sima Shi and Wen Xiu with a Fang Tian painting halberd, and killed until the sky was dark, and the sun and moon were dark. Wen Xiu saw Zhuge Qiao go first, gave up Ehuan, to chase Zhuge Qiao, Zhuge Qiao was fleeing, saw the enemy chasing him, had to meet the enemy, was unable to resist the enemy, suddenly there was a big chaos in the south, but it was Lu Xun who sent troops to respond, and the Wei army was killed again and again and defeated. Between the ups and downs, Sima Yi had broken through the wall of fire and rushed through the Bowang path.

The Sun-Liu coalition army could not resist it, and retreated again and again. Sima Yi waved his army forward, chased him for dozens of miles, and then withdrew his troops.

Sima Yi entered Wancheng, met with his son, and probed for news of Wu Jun. However, it was Lu Xun who ordered Zhuge Qiao to stop him, launched a fierce attack on Xu Huang's Wenping Department, and couldn't capture the Wei camp for three consecutive days. At present, the combined forces of Sun and Liu have fled to the front line of Xinye Xiangyang. In the north, Jiang Wei and Wang Ping, who had been chasing after him, finally got their own way, were ambushed by Chen Tai, and suffered a small defeat, and because of the difficulty of Luyang Road and the inconvenience of transporting grain, they had returned to Luyang.

Chapter 19 of Part III

Sima Yi put his mind at ease, and sent a letter to Xu Huang and Wen Ping, saying that he had regained Wancheng and recovered Nanyang County, and asked them to lead troops to join him. He sent a book back to Yecheng, detailing the loss of Luoyang, and describing Zhuge as a "demon", explaining the situation at that time, and it was also his own loss, if it was someone else, the whole army would have been lost in Luoyang a long time ago. While writing, he felt unconfident, and dropped out in the back, he had already made up his mind to recover Luoyang. The eyes are set to temporarily reorganize the army in Wancheng, not to take revenge, and to swear not to be a man. He also said that in the land of Jingzhou, wars are frequent, and he is entrusted with the important responsibility of the country, and he will be loyal to the country, and then die. In and out of words, he shows his loyalty. He also told the Lord of Wei that although he lost Luoyang, victory or defeat was a common thing in the army, and he was still the best general of Great Wei, and he was still guarding a country for Great Wei.

In any case, he does not dare to return to Beijing now, and he does not dare to give up his military power. Who knows what kind of character this little emperor is as a new emperor, and whether he will believe in himself. This time, Zhuge Liang framed himself from more than a dozen aspects at the same time, not to mention the side, only the two crimes of losing Luoyang and training the dead soldier were enough for the little emperor to execute himself without any excuse, not to mention that he actually said that he wanted to detain the crime of Concubine Zhen's death on his head. God knows, even if he is closer to Empress Guo, what does Concubine Zhen's death have to do with him, Empress Guo is so smart and alone. I won't even have to help myself with the favor of the harem. In addition, Sima Zhaodi's affairs, Xiahouba's affairs, Guo Huai's affairs, and the affairs of befriending ministers...... It's also difficult for Zhuge Liang to know how he accumulated all these piles together. Befriending ministers and training dead soldiers, these are extremely secret things, how did Zhuge Liang know?

In that secret letter. Zhuge Liang planned three retreats for himself:

The first is to lead the army back to Yecheng. In that case, the emperor and the ministers will definitely investigate Luoyang's loss. If the emperor deliberately wants to let himself die, he doesn't need to add a reason at all, and if he loses Luoyang alone, he will have to kill himself. What's more, he lost this Luoyang too strangely, don't say that others suspect that he is intentionally giving in, and afterwards, even thinking about it is like a dream. How can you win the trust of others? Even if you can be trusted. Doesn't the emperor who lost the imperial capital when he first ascended to the throne want a scapegoat? Or the emperor will not dispose of himself, but whether he will or not. Sima Yi didn't want to take this risk. Waiting to be killed has never been Sima Yi's style.

The second is to return to the Han or surrender to Wu, it is certain that whether it is Han or Wu, they will reuse themselves, but the Sima clan is in Cao Wei, and all their forces are also in Cao Wei. If you abandon your military power, like Yu Ban, you can become a military academy principal or Zhang Zhao like Zhang Zhao and a literary leader who can only manage people at the banquet, it is better to kill yourself directly.

The third is to take Wancheng as the base and support the army with self-respect. There's really no way around it. If only Zhuge Liang didn't tell himself clearly about his divisive tactics, in that case, he wouldn't be afraid in his heart, be on guard, and be nervous like this? However, in any case, this is the only way to protect oneself, and it is time to verify one's "loyalty". If it can't be verified, then, in the troubled times, there may not be only one Cao Cao.

"This demon, how could he know that I was going to pretend to be sick and resign and retire to the forest to dispel Lord Wei's suspicions about me? He blocked my last path. At this moment, he can only use the most inferior military secession and strength to fight, so that he does not dare to act easily. ”

He didn't know, guessed that he would pretend to be sick, naturally it was the idea of knowing history in a dream. He is used to pretending to be low-key, pretending to be weak, and he has successfully deceived Cao Zhen in history, so I naturally won't let him get his way.

At this point, the battle is basically over. Whether it is Wei, Han or Wu, the war of more than half a year has reached the point of breaking the muscles and bones, and the war momentum accumulated in the past few years has been consumed in this big war. Everyone has to recuperate from their injuries and fight again. Among the Three Kingdoms, Great Wei was the worst, Luoyang was taken, and Jingzhou gave it up by itself, but it did not get the alliance of Eastern Wu. And Sima Yi is even more miserable, he knows that the impact of this battle on his career is huge, no matter how powerful the forces he has hidden in the court in advance, but as long as his strength is weakened, these forces will not dare to raise their heads.

At this time, Cao Wei Guozhong, the matter of Sima Yidi also began to form a torrent. First of all, the imperial historians folded and impeached Sima Yi one after another, and these Qingliu naturally liked to fall into the well and let them fight, and they were all so frightened that they pulled their pants, said cheap things behind their backs, and made a reputation, but they all had a hand. Clear stream, hum, something; Then came a letter from some ministers who favored him, such as Jiang Ji and other ministers, reporting that the situation in the DPRK was wrong, and asked Sima Yi to be careful. Jiang Ji and the others are Sima Yidi's friends, and they are also one of the ministers he befriended as mentioned in Kong Ming's letter, I really don't know how much effort Zhuge Liang spent to get this list, but they are writing to themselves now, in case of leakage, they can't take off the hat of befriending ministers. Little did he know that some of the list had been added from memory. Anyway, Sima Yi usurped Wei in the future, and the ministers who supported him were put on the list. This accuracy rate is as high as ninety percent of the list, and Sima Yi is not worried; Then Chen Qun sent a letter to ask him why he didn't return to Yecheng with the whole army, so that he would have a hard time speaking for him now. Chen Qun is a gentleman who is dedicated to the public, but can he, a gentleman, keep himself still between the two, and how can he believe him? In the end, it was the Empress Dowager Guo who also sent a letter. Let him seize the military power, resist foreign humiliation, and not act rashly - could it be said that the little emperor ascended to the pole, and really meant to move the Empress Dowager Guo? His heart is too anxious, isn't it? Or does Empress Dowager Guo know that she is a heavy minister of the Great Wei and absolutely believe in herself? After all, his own merits are so great, it is difficult to find someone who can be compared in Dawei.

Thinking about it, Sima Yi still thinks. There is no better place than Wancheng, Yecheng is now an eye of the storm, and it will be over if you get involved.

Xu Huang and Wen Ping came as promised, and Xu Huang's injuries have not healed. Sima Yi has never been able to make up his mind, is it better to kill him and then swallow his people? It's better to save him. Is it better to subdue his heart? And Wen Ping was much more cunning, he didn't go into the city at all, and after greeting him, he led the army away. went to Runan, this is obviously looking down on himself and not giving himself face, if it weren't for the lack of strength at this time, I really wanted to detain him.

There have been two small-scale battles with the Sun-Liu coalition army, and they have won and lost each other. Lu Xun's skills are not under him, although Dongwu has just won Jingxiang, but it is not something he can deal with now. As for Ji Han in the north, the army personally led by Zhuge Kongming, then there is no need to think about it. If there is another person in this world who has no confidence at all in the match, it is Zhuge Liang. He has this kind of ability, making you want to do everything, calculate everything, but in the end you still fall into his trap. Except for demon characters. I really don't know what words can describe him.

But. Finally, the year has passed. It was freezing cold, and the troops were reduced to fight. Heavy snow fell in the north, it was difficult for the army and horses to move, and the south was also freezing cold, so it was not suitable for large-scale troop transfer.

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For Cao Rui, the newly ascended Wei master, this year is really not a good year. In more than half a year, the Northern Xinjiang War, the Luoyang War, the Yangzhou War, and the Jingzhou War were simply impossible to parry and resist. The more difficult it is, the more troubled it is, and now everyone says that Sima Yi has rebelled.

Does Sima Yi really have objections?

Sima Yi's skills, others don't know, but Cao Rui knows, at present, Cao Wei Qunchen, talking about talent, talking about prestige, talking about marching and commanding Ruyi, strategizing to win a thousand miles, talking about coordinating in the middle and coordinating up and down, leading all the armies to perform their duties, there is almost no role that Sima Yi is incompetent for. But because of this, if he really has a bad will, then who can control him?

In the ministers' recitals, most of them talk about the loss of Luoyang, thinking that Sima Yi's command is not effective and it is not suitable for those who are handsome; thinks that Sima Yi has bad intentions and colludes with internal and external parties; But no one thinks that the real reason is that Zhuge Liang is unpredictable with soldiers. In their recitals, it seems that except for Sima Yi, any of them can easily defeat Zhuge Liang on the front line. In addition to talking about Luoyang, some people say that Sima Yi is nepotistic, has become his own faction, has hegemony and favors, and frames Zhongliang; Most of these words are said from the damage of Sima Yi's accumulated soldiers, and it is strange to say, except for the folding of Sima Wang in Northern Xinjiang, Sima Yi's second son stole into Ji Han and was captured, the Sima family really did not have any losses - but this can show that Sima Yi has anti-intentions? Could it be that all the people of the Sima family died on the front line? As for saying that Sima Yi has something to do with the murder of his mother, it is even more unbelievable, but how can he explain this? Tell Sima Yi, I don't blame you for my mother's affairs, isn't there no three hundred taels of silver here? These words can be passed down below, but when they reach the top, even themselves cannot be mentioned to the ground. Empress Dowager Guo is still here, and she has to go to greet her every day, if Empress Dowager Guo asks, do you doubt that I can't do it, how should I answer? At present, Empress Dowager Guo's strength in the court is still extremely strong, and in five or six years, she will not be able to remove her influence in the court at all. In any case, in public and private, Cao Rui doesn't want to move Sima Yi at the moment.

However, not wanting to move is one thing, if you don't want to move him, you can't let him have scruples. Cao Rui felt that there were some things that had to be clarified in person.

At that moment, Cao Rui personally wrote the edict and told Sima Yi: "At present, the western thief Wu Kou, invaded the Central Plains, and the loyal ministers and righteous men are all fighting for the Great Wei. Sima Dadu Governor is the world's fame, the pillar of the country, although there are small mistakes, but there is no time to hide Yu. On the day of receiving the edict, I quickly returned to Beijing to report on my work, and I was willing to personally buy wine to welcome the general. ”

After a short time, Sima Yiren did not come back, but wrote a reply: "...... Jingzhou is in turmoil, Wancheng is in danger, Ji Han and Eastern Wu, each transporting strong troops, and the ministers are afraid of taking advantage of it, so they plan to wait for the army and the people's hearts to recover a little, and then return to the capital. ”

Cao Rui was displeased, and replied again: "Wancheng is small, Wei is big, Yecheng must be without the governor, the governor is a lonely minister, I am not on the side of the governor, the food is not sweet, and the sleep is not good." Most of the governors think of the country, and they have long returned to hope. ”

This time, Sima Yi made a copy of the people's statement of feelings, saying that the people of Wancheng were bitter and did not dare to leave.

Cao Rui was even more angry, and wrote for the third time: "Qing is an important minister of the country, I am the lord of the world, and the monarch and the minister trust each other, and you are a confidant. Although I am young, I also know that there is no impermanent victory of the general, and there is no gold that is not enough. Gossip stops at the wise. The big waves are surging and the sand is truly self-seeing. After Wangqing received the book, he quickly returned to Yecheng. ”

Sima Yi reluctantly replied, saying that he would leave for Beijing immediately. Five days later, he went to the table again, saying that Jiang Wei went south; Ten days later, he went to the table again, saying that Lu Xun was going north. Cao Rui was able to tolerate it at first, but after a few times, he was furious and smashed the jade paperweight on the imperial case into pieces: "Sima Yi can't deceive me when I'm young!" As a result, he believed in Cao Zhen's words and summoned Cao Zhen to the palace overnight to discuss state affairs.

Under Zhuge Liang's deliberate manipulation, Lord Wei and Sima Yi, who were already knotted, finally couldn't treat each other with sincerity because of various concerns, and finally embarked on the road of opposing their goals. However, as far as the current situation is concerned, although they have a gap in their hearts, they all acquiesce in the current situation, Cao Rui named Sima Yi as the governor of the Central Protector Army, stationed in Wancheng County, resisted Ji Han and Eastern Wu, and took the opportunity to recapture Luoyang and Jingzhou. Sima Yi also honestly pretended to be a loyal minister, and wrote a letter of invitation to Beijing, showing that he had no two hearts.

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Zhuge Qiao sent troops from Shangyong to attack Wancheng and attack the Wei army, which was considered to have successfully completed the task of blocking Xu Huang's troops to return to the aid area, and helped Kong Mingding Luoyang lay the foundation, but seeing that Xinye County was taken by Lu Xun, Wancheng was snatched away by Sima Yi, although these two people are heroes in the world, a hundred times stronger than him, but Zhuge Qiao is still very disappointed.

He didn't hide this disappointment for half a minute, and directly showed it in front of Zhuge Jin and Lu Xun. The two also felt that they were suspected of bullying children, so they redoubled their efforts to appease him. gave a part of the loot looted from Wancheng to Zhuge Qiao, and stepped up the time to discuss Zhuge Qiao's marriage. When the news reached Luoyang, Kong Ming and I both felt that this was a good opportunity, not only to further consolidate the alliance with Eastern Wu, but also to stabilize the situation on the battlefields of Shangyong Jingzhou and Wancheng, and to ensure that we could work together to deal with Sima Yi. At that moment, I personally issued an order to let Deng Zhi be the matchmaker, go to Jingzhou to propose marriage on behalf of Zhuge Qiao, and personally sent hundreds of rare treasures from the Western Regions as an appointment, which gave Lu Xun enough face.

It is said that Miss Lu was born as beautiful as a flower, smart and smart, knowledgeable and courteous, and won her father's family heritage, and Zhuge Qiao is a good match. This kid will definitely be so beautiful that he can't find the north. Among the four of us, only Jiang Wei is now the only one left who has a discordant marriage. It's a pity that the life and death of the bride he has never met is uncertain, and I personally helped him to donate his life to the northern frontier. Alas, persuade him well, and take the time to help him set a marriage.

This is the sixth year of Jianxing, and he was demoted to Han in this year in history, and he had already become a family at that time. With me, my talent and leadership have improved, but I have experienced many twists and turns emotionally, and I don't know whether it is fortunate or unfortunate for him to meet me.

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