A greeting card was sent to the inn where Zhuge Liang and others were staying. Deng Ai took the greeting card and showed it to Zhuge Liang and Ah Liu.
The three of them looked at each other and felt that the opportunity had finally arrived.
The celebrity conference that had been promised to be held soon was postponed again and again because more and more celebrities were arriving. Later, it was said that the famous Taizhong doctor Kong Rong was also coming, so we simply waited until now.
As soon as Kong Rong arrived, Cao Zhi decided not to wait any longer and held a gathering of celebrities that night, so greeting cards were sent to all parts of Xiangyang like snowflakes.
This Xiangyang has become a city of celebrities. Walking on the street, you can hear the voice of "I have admired you for a long time, I am glad to meet you".
A few days ago, military orders had been sent, and officials like Sima Yi whose arrival date was after Cao's army had departed were all on standby, so he was not in a hurry and just read and wrote in his house every day without paying attention to worldly affairs.
As for why he didn't live in an inn, of course it was thanks to Cao Chong.
Cao Chong's health was deteriorating and he was too lazy to go out. The two of them were almost inseparable in the house.
Sima Yi secretly observed, always feeling that someone was peeping nearby, but because Cao Zhi and Cao Chong's guards were both highly skilled in martial arts, he did not dare to take action. What's more, he already knew that General Beifu was in Xiangyang City, so he didn't dare to move.
In this case, Sima Yi never appeared in public.
It was as if the place where he lived was inaccessible, and no one had ever seen him.
When the news came that the celebrity conference was about to be held, Sima Yi sighed, it seemed that he could not escape.
His method was simple. No matter what, he would sit with Cao Chong. Since he was Cao Wu's assassin, there was no reason to kill Cao Chong.
In the evening, the celebrity meeting was held as scheduled. Cao Zhi sat on a high platform in the city and looked at the hundreds of celebrities under the audience, feeling infinite joy in his heart.
Father, have you seen it? You control the world's military force, and the world's cultural heritage is all in my hands!
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It was also this evening, outside Shiyang City, the west wind was bleak.
Shiyang City is located at the intersection of Han River and Jianshui River.
Huang Zu was the governor of Jiangxia for more than ten years. Although he also reinforced Shiyang City, because his defensive pressure lay on Sun Quan in the east, Shiyang City on the west side of the Han River was mainly used for water transportation.
Among the four sides of the current city wall, two are land, one is the Han River and the other is the Jianshui River. It is usually convenient for goods to enter and exit, but when it comes to defending the city, it becomes a flaw.
Wenpin, the new governor of Jiangxia, licked his lips and looked at the city wall, which was just over a foot high across the Jianshui River.
A red-faced general sat on the city wall, closing his eyes and concentrating.
It had been ten days. On the orders of Prime Minister Cao Cao, he led a group of Jingzhou soldiers to besiege Dangyang.
After ten days and ten battles, they failed to reach the top of the city. Half of the 10,000 Jingzhou soldiers they brought were dead.
At first, he still had some small boats, but now they are gone. He asked his soldiers to build rafts and pull them to the river.
A deputy general came up and clasped his fists and said, "Sir, the raft is ready!"
Wenpin stood up and said: "Okay, sons and daughters, follow me to attack Dangyang City again!"
The deputy general's lips moved and he finally said: "Sir, we have been attacking for ten days and there are no reinforcements. Is Cao Jun..."
Wenpin turned around and glared at him, and he murmured: "Are you treating all of us as abandoned soldiers?"
He spoke loudly, but Wenpin's voice was louder than his. With a "swipe" sword slash, the deputy general lost half of his arm.
The deputy general looked at Wenpin in panic, and Wenpin said loudly: "Everyone, Prime Minister Cao is willing to let us attack the city to give us a chance. If we can't attack even a small town in Dangyang, how can we secure Jiangxia?"
He patted the deputy general on the shoulder and sighed.
As a surrendering general, he should have the consciousness of surrendering. He is loyal to Liu Biao, but loyalty and justice in the world cannot be balanced. Since he has surrendered, he should find a future for his brothers.
This is their future at Yangchengtou.
He strode to the general's flag, held up a large banner with "Jiangxia Prefecture's Articles", waved it toward the sky, and said: "Fight to the death today, and the siege of the city will be defeated!"
All the troops said in unison: "Here!"
The dark crowd got on the raft and rushed towards the low city wall.
The Jianshui River is narrower than the Han River. Although it reaches the city wall faster, it also enters the bow and arrow range faster.
Soon, arrows were shot from the top of Dangyang City. Wenpin waved his big banner, and the Chinese army raised their grass shields on top and moved forward with the arrows on their heads.
Guan Yu was sitting on the top of the city with his big horse and golden sword. When the bamboo raft was only a few feet away from the city wall, Guan Yu suddenly opened his eyes.
If Guan Gong doesn't open his eyes, he will kill people if he opens them!
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Cao Zhi laughed and bowed to all the scribes present. When Kong Rong arrived, Cao Zhi led him to the seat in front of him.
Kong Rong did not comment and sat down on the left side of Cao Zhi.
The young Cao Chongzi sat on Cao Zhi's throne because of his father's honor.
Cao Zhi said cheerfully: "This is really a gathering of talented people, young and old!"
A famous person in the audience heard this and responded: "Zijian's articles are perfect because he is the star of Wenqu. I'm here today, waiting to read your article!"
Cao Zhi laughed "hey" and said: "Everyone is here, how about we come up with a topic, everyone writes a poem, and then evaluates it to three, six or nine. How about it?"
All the famous people said so.
Kong Rong looked around and saw that there were indeed many familiar faces.
Chen Lin and Kong Zhang of Guangling, Can Zhongxuan of Shanyang, Xu Qianweichang of Beihai, Chen Liu, Ruan Yu and Yuanyu, Ying Jing Delian of Runan, and Liu Zhen Gonggan of Dongping are all listed.
But Cao Wu, the general of Beifu, was not among them.
He came all the way here in vain, but in vain.
He sighed and listened carefully to what question Cao Zhi planned to ask.
Cao Zhi had already drafted it, and when he thought of the beautiful poem that he had been thinking about for a long time, when he said it now, he was sure to shock everyone with his skills.
However, someone below said: "Since this conference is for the labor force, it is natural that the theme is war!"
Cao Zhi looked around and recognized that this person was Wang Can, who had just returned from Jingzhou and was appointed by Cao Chong as the prime minister.
Although Wang Can's official position in Jingzhou was not high, he had a well-known literary reputation and had close friendships with famous people everywhere. This statement was immediately echoed by many people.
Cao Zhi thought that his draft of "Building a high gate in a rugged place, floating twin towers is almost too clear" was far from the word war, and was about to reject it. Next to him, Cao Chong pulled his sleeves and whispered: "Brother, he What I’m saying is that you can’t make a fuss today, it’s better to use war as the topic!”
Only then did Cao Zhi hold back and agreed with him.
Wang Can is good at poetry and prose, and he opened his mouth with a poem called "Poetry on Joining the Army". In the poem, he wrote: Joining the army brings joy and sorrow. But ask from whom. The territory was expanded three thousand miles. The round trip is as fast as flying. Singing and dancing entered Yecheng. Whatever you wish for is achieved.
After reciting a poem, all the celebrities commented for a while and all applauded. I think that the rhythmic conception is all a masterpiece at the same time.
Immediately afterwards, various celebrities talked about several of their own works one after another, some of which were quite good, and some of which were superficial.
Kong Rong stroked his beard and was very engrossed in the criticism. Cao Zhi thought of the wonderful line "sacrifice yourself to go to the national disaster, regard death as if you are home", and was about to fill it into a poem.
Suddenly, one of the people laughed and started laughing.
Everyone looked and saw a short scribe smiling.
Seeing everyone looking at her, this person stood up immediately and started laughing.
After hearing the laughter and considering the figure of the person, everyone realized that this was actually a woman!
And looking at her ranking, it is obvious that her seat is not low.
Ying Jun frowned and said, "Why are you laughing?"
The woman said: "I'm laughing at the fact that none of you here understands poetry! You actually use things that children play with to make up for the nonsense!"
"What?"
Everyone was furious, and Wang Can, who had just spoken a poem, stood up angrily.
Only Kong Rong looked at this man, thought of something, his eyes suddenly lit up and said: "I wonder if you are..."
"Beifu Cao Ah Liu. Today I have brought some poems that my general composed in his spare time. Please take them!"
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If you don't have a boat, make a bamboo raft and let the tribe ride on it.
"Heroes" Wang Can
