The man under Liu Zi's banner has delicate features and a good-looking appearance. He looks like a noble prince at first glance, but he is a young man and his face is pale.
Lu Xun frowned.
He has never seen Liu Bei, but he has heard of the two characteristics of big ears and long arms. Regardless of age or appearance, the person under his banner cannot be Liu Bei, who is almost fifty years old.
"who is it?"
Lu Xun got on his horse. He was not good at force, but in this situation, he was ready to take a look for himself, but he heard the cavalryman who broke through shouting: "Who are you? Are you so powerful?"
Huang Zhong's long white beard was flying in the night sky, and a gold-backed ball knife flew up. He snorted coldly: "Changsha Huang Hansheng! Who are you?"
"Uncle Chen from Runan is here!"
It turned out that this man was Chen Dao. His marksmanship was second only to Zhao Yun among Liu Bei's army. He was extremely brave and fought with Huang Zhong for more than twenty moves without showing signs of weakness.
Lu Xun came over and reminded him, "Old general, don't be too fond of fighting!"
Huang Zhong separated Chen Dao with a knife and said: "It seems that someone is really old. Wei Yan first, then Chen Dao, this country is full of talents."
Chen Dao put away his gun and looked around, only to see that there were less than ten cavalrymen left with him. The rest were either dead or wounded and could no longer fight.
Chen Dao looked gloomy and turned around and shouted: "Master, Chen Shuzhi can only send you here!"
The young man under Liu Zi's banner sighed and put his hand into his arms.
Lu Xun held his sword on guard to prevent him from pulling out any hidden weapons.
The young man took out a seal and laughed.
"The eldest son of Han Zhennan General, Wuchenghou, Jingzhou Shepherd Liu Jingsheng, and Jiangxia Governor Liu Qi are here."
His voice was not loud, but he attracted the attention of the audience.
Liu Qi flicked it gently, and the seal came to Huang Zhong, but it was the seal and ribbon of Marquis Wu Cheng.
After Liu Biao's death, his second son Liu Cong was promoted to the position of pastor in Jingzhou by Cai Hao and others because he married Cai's niece. Liu Qi had no choice but to leave Jiangxia to avoid trouble.
Later, when Cao Cao went south, Liu Cong was at a loss, and Liu Qi stayed alone in Jiangxia. He had no master, and suffered from a heart disease and a serious illness. Fortunately, Liu Bei fled to Jiangxia and had a backbone.
When Liu Bei abandoned Xiakou City, Liu Qi also followed him southward. The journey was rugged and he was already terminally ill when he arrived here.
In full view of everyone, Liu Qi straightened his hair and said loudly: "The emperor's uncle hasn't come out yet, so today my nephew will be the vanguard for the emperor!"
After saying this, he held his sword, mounted his horse, and charged forward.
Chen Dao followed up with a gun, and the remaining ten cavalry charged together.
However, Liu Qi was seriously ill after all. During the charge, he coughed repeatedly and his hair fell down.
He smiled miserably, stopped his horse and put his sword on his neck.
"Father, Liu Qi, the rebellious son, is ashamed of his ancestors!"
Before anyone could react, Liu Qi had already drawn his sword and killed himself.
With a "clang" sound, the hair crown fell to the ground.
The Han clan clan lost another person who could ride a horse and hold a sword.
…
Xu Du, Miyagi, and Liu Xie are still studying, and Meng De has read the last few pages of his new book.
Queen Fu was walking around, annoying.
A young girl walked in with her skirt in hand. Empress Fu raised her eyebrows and said, "Mr. Cao, what are you doing here?"
It turns out that this girl is Cao Cao's daughter Cao Jie.
Cao Jie said coldly: "I have something important to report to the emperor, and I also ask the queen to retreat."
"Is there anything that I cannot hear?"
Queen Fu was furious and looked at Liu Xie, but Liu Xie ignored her.
Cao Jie said: "I'm afraid you will die after hearing this."
"you!"
Queen Fu scratched her head angrily, but Cao Jie was Cao Cao's daughter. Even if Cao Cao was not close to her, she would only dare to express a few words, but she would never be able to do anything about it.
"Your Majesty, I have heard that my sixth uncle, Chijie, went south to Jingzhou and led the defenders of the four southern counties to capture Jiaozhou."
"Jiaozhou?"
Liu Xie was finally moved.
Queen Fu's focus was not on this, she said: "Chi Jie, what kind of Jie does Cao Wuchi have? Does Your Majesty know about it?"
Liu Xie smiled bitterly and shook his head.
Empress Fu was furious again: "The last time Cao Wu took the Jie Yue, it can be said that he had to change the situation on the battlefield. But after the battle, he returned the Jie Yue, and everyone arrived in Xudu, but he didn't come in to meet the emperor. Isn't it wrong? Don’t take the emperor seriously! Now he is upholding the rules. The emperor doesn’t even know where the documents for upholding the rules are, so he is going to leave the festival?"
But Cao Jie couldn't bear her anymore and said angrily: "Then go ask my father!"
Queen Fu was stunned, and half of her arrogance was gone.
Cao Jie said again: "Do you understand? Although Yizhou, Hanzhong and Liangzhou are separated, they have nominally surrendered. If Jiaozhou is established, Jiangdong will be the only one in the world who does not serve the imperial court. If anyone tries to persuade them to move in, they will have to join the imperial court. how?"
Empress Fu's whole body felt as if she had been struck by lightning, as wilted as an eggplant beaten by frost.
As for Cao Jie, Cao Cao's daughter, her elbows were turned outwards, and she valued Liu Xie more than Cao Cao in her words.
However, every time Liu Xie saw Cao Jie, he could feel the ambition in this woman. She was not actually towards Cao Cao or Liu Xie. She just longed for power like his father and wanted to gain a share of power as a daughter.
Liu Xie knew this very well, but Queen Fu didn't. After hearing Cao Jie's words, she quickly cried to Liu Xie: "Your Majesty, we cannot let Cao Wu take Jiaozhou!"
Liu Xie put down the book in his hand and said: "I did not appoint the pastor of Jiaozhou, and I did not promise to hold the festival. How can I prevent Cao Wu from taking Jiaozhou?"
Queen Fu had no idea, but Cao Jie said: "I heard that Doctor Kong used to spread the word that my sixth uncle was Cao Potian, the seven-word sage before his death. Does your Majesty know which poem Doctor Kong admired the most?"
"Which one?"
"Purple smoke arises from the sadness of thousands of households, and when will hundreds of officials turn to heaven again?"
"The imperial concubine also knows?"
Liu Xie was surprised.
"I thought that His Majesty lived in the palace and could not communicate with the officials. Doctor Kong praised Uncle Liu's poem not because he wrote it well, but because he wanted this poem to reach the ears of the emperor!"
Liu Xie jumped up excitedly, no longer calm as before: "The noble concubine also thinks so?"
"That's right. Now that the Sixth Uncle is getting more and more powerful, why don't Your Majesty canonize the Sixth Uncle and let the two Cao Cao compete with each other? It can be seen from this poem that the Sixth Uncle may be a loyal minister loyal to the Han Dynasty!"
"Loyal to the Han Dynasty?"
Liu Xie hesitated a little.
Empress Fu pointed her halberd at Cao Jie: "Your father also said he was loyal to the Han Dynasty. He didn't dare to attack Dong, but he did it happily by holding the emperor hostage to make the princes suffer!"
She pointed to the south again and said: "There is also Liu Bei, whose name is Emperor Uncle. Dong Xiaohumei's father went to find him with a belt order, but he ran away, ran away!"
As if to sum up, she said: "This is what the clan members of the Han Dynasty do, run away!"
The hall fell into silence, and the three people stopped talking.
In a daze, Liu Xie thought of that kind-hearted elder. He was so tolerant. However, when the belt edict happened, he was the only one who was not implicated because he went on an expedition in advance. The rest, including the cavalry general Dong Cheng and the partial general Wang Fu and Changshui Xiaowei Zhongji, that string of names were all taken by the Yi tribe.
Only Liu Bei is still alive, running from Xuzhou to Jizhou to Jingzhou to Jiaozhou, running farther and farther.
…
In the Five Ridges, in order to prevent the fire from spreading outward, Zhang Liao's army chose the terrain where it was difficult to spread the fire, and cut open space. The fire could only burn from the four circles inward, but it would not affect Zhang Liao and others stationed in the outer circle. Four generals.
In the early morning, the fire intensified, and fewer and fewer people ran out.
That night, a total of about three to four thousand people rushed out of the sea of fire that formed a circle. However, Zhang Liao and others were stationed in all directions. Those who ran out were either killed or surrendered.
No one escaped from the encirclement.
Lu Xun escorted Chen Dao to see Zhang Liao and summarized the intelligence of the four generals.
Looking at the fire that was still burning, Lu Xun frowned and said: "General Zhang, Liu Qi died on our side. General Wei intercepted the battle flags suspected of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. But without Liu Xuande, he might not have been able to escape. .”
"Dead?"
Zhang Liao also looked at the sea of fire.
Did the hero who once chatted and laughed with Lu Bu and drank wine with Cao Cao die in the sea of fire?
