When the news of the end of the Hefei offensive and defensive battle came, Jiangxia's disaster relief also came to an end.

The catastrophe will be followed by a great epidemic, and in just one year, the people of Jiangxia were slaughtered first and then flooded, and they were already vulnerable.

At Cao Wu's suggestion, Cao Wu, who had experience in modern sanitation treatment, ordered the soldiers to gather the bodies that had died in the flood and those who had died in the Battle of Chibi for unified treatment.

Many people were swept away by the water and could no longer be found, and those who could be found were gathered outside a few cities.

Under Xiakou City, all the generals stood solemnly, only Cao Cao stood in front on horseback, and Cao Zhi and Cao Wu rode horses to serve.

Here, they will burn the corpses and at the same time honor the souls of the dead.

The Prime Minister's Master Heng Rank was about to start the ceremony, when Cao Wu suddenly took a step forward and said, "Hanning Zhang Taishou's envoy is here?" ”

A person who was obviously dressed differently from everyone else walked out with a curled face, it was Zhang Lu's third son, Zhang Guang.

Before the Battle of Chibi, in order to stabilize the rear, Cao Cao wrote to appease the princes from all walks of life, except for the Southern Xiongnu, the princes chose to forbear.

Xiliang Ma Teng entered Beijing as an official, Liu Zhang of Yizhou sent troops to support, and Gongsun Kang of Liaodong and Zhang Lu of Hanzhong sent envoys to pretend to welcome him.

Zhang Lu has been in Hanzhong for more than 20 years, he is the grandson of Zhang Daoling, the master of Zhengtian Shi, and founded the only political government in this era. The unity of religion and religion.

Zhang Guang hesitated and walked out of the crowd, and arched his hand: "I don't know what happened to General Beifu?" ”

The war is completely over, Cao Wu pretending to be Cao Cao, there is no need to hide it, many middle-level and above officials know about it, and Cao Wu's senses have improved a lot, Cao Wu has saved many lives, and the reputation of General Beifu in the army has increased a lot, and Zhang Guang has just known that there is such a number one person.

Cao Wu rode in front of him, dismounted, and asked, "Can you go beyond the Dharma?" ”

Zhang Guang was stunned, but there was a saying of transcendence in the five buckets of rice dao, but they have always been called rice thieves, and their teachings are not yet accepted by mainstream thought, but he doesn't know how Cao Wu knows.

"Yes."

Zhang Guang hesitated for a moment and replied frankly.

"Call your people and do a ritual!"

Cao Wu patted him on the shoulder and got on the horse.

Zhang Guang immediately realized that this was an opportunity to make a name for Wudou Midao and Zhang Lu, and he was excited to organize manpower and quickly did it.

Torches were thrown into mass graves.

Those who died, born in troubled times, died without a place, and the raging fire burned their bodies and drifted away in the wind.

Cao Zhen brought his new daughter, the five-year-old girl, to her mother's funeral.

It was a funeral, but the little girl didn't know which one was her mother, she was small, she only saw a pit in front of her, and saw the fire on the edge of the pit, but she could no longer see the mother who carried herself through the cold night in the water.

The little girl wrapped her cotton clothes tightly - she didn't have cotton clothes, and she was not used to calling Cao Zhen's father, so she turned her back and hugged Cao Zhen, crying silently.

Zhang Guang's singing voice sounded in his ears.

"The soul is back! Go to Jun Zhiheng, what is the Quartet?

The pleasure of giving up the king, and away from the other ominous!

The Soul Returns! The East can't hold some ...... Return! No, you can't hold some up.

The Soul Returns! The South can't stop there......

The Soul Returns! You have no place in this secluded capital. The ninth covenant of Tubo, whose horns are a little ......"

A gust of wind blew, and the flames scorched.

It seems that with Zhang Guang's rituals, these helpless souls finally have a home.

The prime minister's chief bookkeeper stepped forward to recite the sacrificial text, and the eulogy was written by Chen Lin, who was compassionate and compassionate, but also impassioned, telling the details of the Jingzhou War.

General Feng Kai was killed in battle, a general who liked to preserve his strength, and was beheaded by the enemy general Guan Yu outside the city.

The prime minister's chief secretary ordered Hu Shao to die in battle, this generous elder, he said everything every day, but he never took a step back when resisting the crazy attack of the Jiangdong army.

In the three major battlefields, more than 100,000 soldiers of the Cao Army died, more than half of the warships were lost, and the Wuya ship, which Hu Shaoning had to protect when he died, was also scattered by the flood of the Yangtze River.

How can such losses be described as a single catastrophe.

Who can stand still in the face of hundreds of thousands of deaths?

Dead souls cannot return.

Zhang Liao, Zhang He, Li Dian, Le Jin, Yu Ban, Xu Huang, Zhu Xiahou Cao, Jingzhou generals Wen Ping, Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, the three major strategists, many civil officials, everyone present, countless soldiers, looked at the raging fire, felt the desolate and simple music, listened to the fierce eulogy, and poured out heroic tears.

However, the eulogy changed sharply and began to enumerate the exploits of this battle.

In this battle, more than 30,000 enemies were annihilated, four fortified cities were conquered, and the generals Dong Xi and Chen Wu under Sun Quan were killed, and Yuan Lin, the generals under Liu Bei, Jiangxia returned to the heart, and Jingzhou was restrained, and the results were also remarkable.

The Yangtze River natural insurance is no longer the iron wall of Jiangdong, but Yizhou, Jingzhou, and Yangzhou, which are shared by the three.

What is even more commendable is that at the strong request of Cao Wu, the general of Beifu, the eulogy has a special paragraph, telling the tragic situation of the people of Jiangxia and denouncing the Jiangdong army for continuously doing evil in Jiangxia and unscrupulous means to achieve the goal.

Among the soldiers, many of them were Jingzhou soldiers, and when they heard this, there was a faint sobbing sound from Siye, and they already hated the Jiangdong army.

Cao Cao rode and stood in front of the generals, with a solemn expression, and did not say a word from beginning to end.

As a general, when ruthless, there is only the world left in his heart.

He repeatedly told himself that this was the price to be paid for the conquest of the world, and his trembling hands stopped.

After the ritual was completed and the eulogy was recited, he turned around, faced the generals, and shouted: "Where is Zhao Yan, the assassin of Jingzhou?" ”

Zhao Yan came out of the crowd and said, "The end will be!" ”

Cao Cao rode a high-headed horse, came to him, held a horse whip, and said condescendingly: "In today's battle, our army's casualties are four times that of the enemy, all because of the unfamiliar water war, Jingzhou will be handed over to you, within a year, can you pull up a sailor who swept the Yangtze River for Gula?" ”

Seeing that in addition to disaster relief, there is such a heavy responsibility, but Zhao Yan, as the assassin of Jingzhou, training the water master is already within his bounds, not only is he not panicking, but he is very happy, because since he trains the water master, he will inevitably allocate money and food, which can solve the urgent need.

The most important thing is that it is not only the Cao army that lost the ships, the battle of Chibi, Liu Bei's navy was wiped out, Zhou Yu's navy also suffered heavy losses, and there were not many ships in Jiangdong.

Cao Cao drove his horse to him and patted him on the shoulder with a horsewhip, Zhao Yan was overjoyed, bowed down, did not squint, and said loudly: "Yes!" ”

"Good!"

Cao Cao turned his horse's head again, and when his eyes were not on him, Zhao Yan gave Cao Wu a grateful look on the side.

Cao Wule turned his horse's head and nodded with a smile.

Cao Cao took a few more steps and shouted, "Where is Jiangxia Taishou Wenpin?" ”

Wen Ping was injured, but he still quickly stepped out: "The end will be!" ”

"Cheng Pu Lao'er 50,000 troops and horses, return to aid Nanchang and Chaisang, and confront Xiakou across the river, before the lonely next year comes again, can you stick to Jiangxia and let this county turn into the Great Wall of the South?"

Wenpin's spirit was shocked, after Liu Biao's death, Liu Cong surrendered, he thanked Liu Biao for his kindness, and the last one went to Cao Ying to report, but Cao Cao loved talent, not only did not blame, but also let him do this Jiangxia Taishou.

The attack on Shiyang was blocked, and he thought that he had no chance, but he didn't expect Cao Cao to still let him take charge of Jiangxia and guard the front line.

Yesterday, Zhao Yan talked to Wen Ping, and said that Cao Wu, the general of Beifu, trusted him, and he didn't know if Cao Wu could make peace with him, but since he could still serve as Jiangxia Taishou, he should do his best to guard the land.

Jiangxia suffered successive disasters and was sparsely populated, but fortunately, there was a large number of people who Liu Bei had migrated from Xinye, and the undamaged Xiakou Jiancheng, and he was confident that he could defend it.

Cao Cao was equally condescending, patting him on the shoulder with a horsewhip.

"The last will be able to do it! As long as the Jiangdong Army dares to come, he will definitely teach him that there will be no return! ”

Wen Ping clenched his fists.

"Good!"

Cao Cao only said a good word, and then beat his horse and left.

It wasn't until Cao Cao was lucky that Wen Ping got up, and he had already recognized Cao Cao as the master and was loyal to the Cao family.

Next, Cao Cao found a few more people and ordered tasks one by one.

Cao Zhi watched from behind, and when he saw his father pointing at people with a horsewhip, the generals not only did not feel humiliated, but were proud, and this feeling of pointing the country on horseback really made him yearn.

He felt that it would be nice if one day he could do the same.

However, when Yu Guang saw Cao Wu, he was already quite jealous in his heart, he had just seen Zhao Yan flattering Cao Wu, and he suddenly felt extremely stressed.

The three horsemen walked to the end of the line, and Cao Zhen led a five-year-old girl and stood there.

The little girl was timid, frightened by Cao Cao's momentum, and did not dare to raise her head.

Cao Cao said: "Raise your head and let Gu take a look." ”

Cao Zhen agreed and asked the little girl to look up.

The little girl looked up and saw Cao Cao under the iron armor extremely majestic, and she was so frightened that she lowered her head again.

Seeing this scene, Cao Cao was slightly displeased.

Cao Zhen was suddenly anxious, he was the identity of a righteous son, and he privately recognized his righteous daughter, but he didn't say it like Cao Cao, and he was about to take advantage of Cao Cao's good mood to talk about it, but he didn't expect to make Cao Cao angry.

Cao Cao has been on the throne for many years, moody, Cao Zhen did not dare to touch his tiger whiskers, and he was worried.

Cao Wuce immediately stepped forward and said to Cao Cao: "This child was rescued by Zidan from the flood, and Zidan wants to recognize her as a righteous daughter." Zidan is your righteous son, she is Zidan's righteous daughter, isn't it your granddaughter, the generals should congratulate the prime minister on having a granddaughter! ”

Cao Cao was very happy at this time, and he thought so.

Cao Zhen breathed a sigh of relief, and his admiration for Cao Wu deepened a little.

After Cao Zhen's place, a horse in front of him, Cao Cao looked back at Xiakou and said in a low voice: "When Gu comes next year, Jiangdong will be broken!" ”

Cao Wu looked at him in the line of sight, Xiakou City was heavily defended, swallowing the Yangtze River and the Han River, looking at the eight hundred miles of Yunmeng Daze in the west, and looking at the Jiangdong in the east.

Next to Xiakou, the Qiyue City built by Huang Zu, the old Jiangxia Taishou Huang Zu, was abandoned due to the massacre of Sun Quan, and the Jiangxia City newly built by Liu Qi, the son of Jingzhou, did not come in handy, only Xiakou was solemn and solemn, and seemed to be able to resist millions of male soldiers.

A few days ago, Liu Bei was still filming all over the railing here, but now he doesn't know where to go.

Cao Wu thought of an allusion, for fear that because Jingzhou was attached to Cao Cao, this matter would be gone.

He said to Cao Cao: "Brother, Zhao Yan, the assassin of Jingzhou, came to me and made a suggestion. ”

"Oh?"

Cao Cao obviously knew that Zhao Yan and Cao Wu were very close, which was not surprising.

"He said, I want to borrow your name to build a lookout tower in the corner of Xiakou City, the higher the better, standing on the upper floor, you can see the Yangtze River military situation."

Cao Cao's eyes lit up: "Yes, this place is open, and it is indeed suitable for lookout!" The cash-for-work method you mentioned, why don't you start by building this building? With this building, Jiangxia will really become the Great Wall of the South, as soon as there is a military situation, you can see it at any time, and report it to the state and county."

……

The real Great Wall is in the state of Xudu, further north.

Under the Great Wall, a post guard travels day and night, speeding south.

Behind him, the beacon smoke lit up one after another.

He will bring a message to Xudu.

The Southern Xiongnu plundered southward.

……

"There is the Great Wall in the north, and this building in the south should also have a name."

Cao Wu instigated.

Cao Cao nodded, thought for a while, and finally said: "Lonely in Jiangxia, I have heard the story of the Yellow Crane and the immortals, why not call this building the Yellow Crane Tower." ”

A different smile welled up on Cao Wu's face.

History, sometimes that's how interesting.

……

In the past, people have taken the yellow crane to go, and the yellow crane tower is vacant here.

Cui Hao's inscription poem.