Regarding the matters arranged by Huang Shumin, Yu Yi was still very relieved, so he said: "Okay, let's leave!" Huang Shumin and Lei Chunze looked at each other, thinking that Yu Yi was about to leave, so he quickly said: "Young Master, although We have soldiers to protect my wife, but there is a fish monster causing trouble in Huangpu Village. If we leave now, I am afraid my wife will be in danger!"
Yu Yi burst out laughing and said, "Don't worry, I said I was leaving to look for clues at the edge of the Yellow River. If we don't kill the fish monster, where can we go?" After saying that, Huang Shumin and Lei Chunze left quickly. Followed.
After Zhou Yu returned to Chaisang, Jiang Qin and others went back to report the situation to Sun Quan. Sun Quan was very angry after hearing this and planned to appoint Cheng Pu as the governor and attack Jingzhou with heavy troops. Zhou Yu also wrote a letter at this time, hoping to mobilize troops to avenge the enemy.
Zhang Zhao suggested: "No! Cao Cao thinks about how to avenge Chibi's failure every day. Because of the alliance between Sun and Liu, he dare not go south. If the lord annexes himself out of anger, Cao Cao will definitely take advantage of the opportunity to attack. , then the situation is critical."
Gu Yong echoed: "Exactly like this, how could Xu Du not be careful with us? If he knew that Sun Liu was not in harmony, he would definitely send someone to collude with Liu Bei. Liu Bei was afraid of Soochow, so he would definitely defect to Cao Cao. If Is this the case, then there will be no peace in Jiangnan? Now we can only send people to Xudu to claim that Liu Bei is the herdsman of Jingzhou. After Cao Cao found out, he was even more afraid and did not dare to go south. Then Liu Bei would not bear grudges against his lord. Then we If we send out our confidants to use counter-insurgent tactics, then Cao Cao and Liu Bei will attack each other, and we will be able to take advantage of them, and great things will be accomplished!"
Sun Quan also calmed down a lot at this time and said: "You are right, then who should be sent as envoy to Xu Du?"
He replied: "We have a person here who admires Cao Cao very much. Can he serve as an envoy?"
Sun Quan continued to ask and replied: "Hua Xin is the one, he is the most suitable."
Sun Quan was very happy and sent Hua Xin to Xudu with a petition. Hua Xin took the order and went to Xudu to meet Cao Cao. He heard that Cao Cao was holding a banquet with his officials in Yecheng at Tongque Terrace, so he Went to Yecheng again.
Since Cao Cao failed in the Battle of Chibi, he has always been thinking about how to take revenge. However, the experience of failure in the Battle of Chibi could not have been more painful. There were also many problems exposed in the battle, and the power of the Sun and Liu alliance was not small, so he did not dare to go south easily. In the spring of the 15th year of Jian'an, when the Tongque Tower was built, Cao Cao held a large-scale banquet for a gathering of civil and military officials in Yecheng. The Tongque Tower is right next to the Zhang River, located in the center. On the left is a famous Jade Dragon Tower, and on the right is a famous Golden Phoenix Tower. They are both ten feet high. They are connected by two bridges. Thousands of houses, golden and green. , Cao Cao, wearing a gold crown inlaid with treasures, a green brocade robe, jade belt and beaded shoes, was sitting on a high place, while hundreds of civil and military officials were under the stage.
Cao Cao was going to watch the military attaches compete in archery, so he sent his guards to hang a Xichuan red brocade shirt on a branch of a weeping willow, and set up an arrow stack below, with a hundred steps as the boundary, and two teams for the military attaches. Cao Cao The clansmen all wore red clothes, and the rest of the soldiers wore green clothes. They all carried bows and arrows, and rode on horses, waiting for orders.
Cao Cao sent an order: "Whoever can hit the red heart in the arrow stack will be rewarded with the clothes above. If he misses, then he will have to drink a drink."
After the order was given, one by one the young generals in the red robe team rode out on war horses. Everyone saw that the man was Cao Xiu. He rode out, galloped three times, pulled the string and shot out, hitting the red heart, and the golden drums sounded. , everyone cheered.
Cao Cao was very happy when he saw it on the bronze bird platform and sighed: "These are ten thousand-mile horses of ours!"
Just as he was about to send someone to take down the brocade robe and reward him, suddenly a man from the green-robed team galloped out on a horse and shouted: "The brocade robe given by the prime minister should be taken away by people with other surnames. It’s not suitable for people.”
Cao Cao looked around and saw that the man was a man with ten literary talents. The officials said: "Then let's see your archery skills."
Wenpin didn't make it so complicated. He just bent his bow and shot an arrow, and he hit the red heart at once. Everyone cheered quickly and the golden drums sounded wildly.
Wenpin shouted: "Get the brocade robe quickly!"
I only saw another general in the red robe team running out and shouting: "You shot the arrow first, how can you fight for it? Look, I will untie the arrow with you two." After saying that, he also drew the bow full and The arrow shot away and hit the red heart. Everyone cheered and looked at it. It was Cao Hong.
Cao Hong was about to take away the brocade robe, when suddenly he saw another general coming out of the green robe, holding a bow and arrow and shouting: "Is there anything strange about the archery methods of the three of you? Come and see mine!" Everyone saw, The person who came out was Zhang He. He suddenly turned around while riding his horse, turned his back to the bullseye, and shot an arrow, hitting the red heart.
Only seeing four bows and arrows hitting the red heart, everyone sighed: "What a shot from behind!"
Zhang He said: "What else can you say? The brocade robe should be mine!"
As soon as he finished speaking, another general in the red robe team ran out and shouted: "What's so praiseworthy about shooting an arrow from behind? Look at me shooting it directly in the center."
Everyone saw that the man was Xia Houyuan. Xia Houyuan rode his horse to the boundary, then turned back to shoot with his bow and arrow. At the center of the four bows and arrows, the golden drums sounded in unison.
Xia Houyuan held down his bow and arrow and shouted, "Can I win the brocade robe by shooting like this?"
Only one person in the green-robed team was seen shouting: "Leave the brocade robe to me, Xu Huang."
Xia Houyuan said: "Do you have any more powerful archery methods that can capture the brocade robe?"
Xu Huang said: "You can hit the center, there is nothing surprising, just watch me take off the brocade robe." After saying that, he bent his bow and shot the arrow in the direction of the wicker, just in time to break the wicker, and the brocade robe fell from the sky. When he came down, Xu Huang quickly rode over to catch it and put it on his body. Then he rode to the Tongque Tower and said, "Thank you, Prime Minister, for the brocade robe!"
Cao Cao and other officials were very envious when they saw Xu Huang's airy appearance in his brocade robe. Xu Huang was about to ride back when suddenly a green-robed general came out from the side of the stage and shouted: "Where are you going to take the brocade robe? Leave it for me quickly!"
Everyone saw that it was Xu Chu, Xu Huang said: "I have already worn the brocade robe, you dare to come out and snatch it!"
Xu Chucai didn't care so much, and actually rode towards Xu Huang. Xu Huang hit him with his bow, but was held down by one hand, dragging Xu Huang off the horse. Xu Huang abandoned the bow, turned over and dismounted, Xu Chu They also dismounted, and the two of them fought hand to hand, holding each other down and fighting.
Cao Cao was afraid that the fight would be too fierce, so he quickly sent someone to untie it. The brocade robe had been torn to pieces during the fight. Cao Cao asked both of them to go to the Bronze Sparrow Platform.
