When Xu Huang sent this battle report, he had not yet encountered the blockade of the mountain "safari" troops. This was also the last message he sent before being captured.
"Shang led his troops to ford the river to pursue, but the enemy broke a dike upstream and the water released, separating our army on both sides. Shang's troops were defeated and captured. He was blocked to the east of the water and could not enter..."
Cao Cao lay weakly on the couch with an unbearable headache. When he heard this, he waved his hands to indicate that he didn't need to read anymore.
After a lifetime of fighting, he could already guess the outcome of the Battle of the Three Counties just by hearing this. Although Cao Cao was defeated by Lao Liu one after another, he did not feel that the Wei Dynasty he had built would lose.
However, the pace of unifying the world seems to be slowing down again... I can only hope that future generations can live up to their expectations and inherit their legacy.
In the past few days, he often felt weak and out of breath when he moved a little bit. He spent more and more time sleeping and less time awake every day.
Now that I hear this, I feel that my energy and energy are rapidly draining away, and I feel drowsy.
Feeling that his end was approaching, Cao Cao had summoned his ministers in advance, including Cao Zhi, who was in Luoyang at this time, and they all knelt in front of the couch.
Cao Cao pondered for a moment and began to weakly narrate his last words: "When I am in the army, I uphold the law. As for small anger and big mistakes, it should not be followed..."
There were officials beside me writing notes.
Apart from this first sentence being a warning to future generations, what Cao Cao said later began to become increasingly outrageous.
After your death, you still have to wear your usual clothes and be buried with no jewelry. The garrison troops are not allowed to leave the garrison. The officials still have to perform their duties. If you can come and cry for me, fifteen cries are enough...
My concubines and kabuki had a very hard life, so I placed them in Tongquetai and treated them kindly. There is a six-foot bed in the hall, with spiritual curtains hung and sacrifices placed. On the first and fifteenth day of every month, they are asked to sing and dance in front of the bed...
Even at the end, he was talking about what to do with the spices and clothes he had left, and the wives who had nothing to do could learn to weave brocade and knit shoes to sell...
However, there was no mention of the unfinished war between the three counties, nor any mention of national policy or strategy, nor even any instructions on how to arrange the affairs of the Han Dynasty in the future.
After working hard all his life, he conquered the land of Kyushu and left his son a huge empire. In his later years, he almost cleared away all obstacles for future generations to become emperor.
Just wait for his son to find the right time to sign, and the real estate certificate of Dahan Jiangshan will be officially transferred to the name of his old Cao family.
Before his death, he only talked about small things like sharing incense and selling shoes.
He left his last breath of energy to his "little home" and his "life".
Not long after he finished speaking, Cao Cao gradually closed his eyes and sighed quietly, but it was not heard by everyone: "Liu Bei gave birth to a good son... My sons Xiu (Cao Ang), Cang Shu (Cao Chong) Ruo Zai , how wonderful it would be.”
In a daze, he seemed to see again the unruly young man who beat his eunuch uncle to death on the streets of Luoyang and talked all day long about becoming the general of the Han Dynasty conquering the West...
"King of Wei? King of Wei?!" Xu Chu looked up at Cao Cao who was silent on the couch, his words trembling.
"Father! Father—"
Cao Zhi and all the ministers cried bitterly, Xu Chu was the worst among them, and even cried until he vomited blood.
In the twenty-fifth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty and the king of Wei, died in Luoyang and was buried in Gaoling. Crown Prince Cao Pi succeeded him as prime minister and succeeded the king of Wei.
Cao Cao's life was full of contradictions.
He could write poems such as "White bones are exposed in the wild, and there are no roosters crowing for thousands of miles. There are hundreds of people who have survived, but the thought of them will break people's hearts." He can also slaughter the people of Xuzhou for personal revenge, killing them so that the Surabaya River will not flow.
He can punish the powerful, restrict them from annexing the land of small people, recruit homeless people, encourage farmers to teach farming, build water conservancy projects, and check household registration; he also allows his subordinates to plunder the people and steal gold and tombs to enrich the army.
He can lead by example, promote integrity, and do not care about fancy clothes. The curtains and screens are covered with patches, and the bed and quilt are in tatters. He can also carry out large-scale construction, build a bronze bird tower, and recruit concubines, kabuki actors, and so on.
He wrote several articles on military strategy and strategies, and because of his greed for beauty, Wancheng killed three sages with one shot.
They conquered the Wuhuan, Xianbei and other foreign tribes to divide and rule them; they also moved a large number of Hu people inland, laying hidden dangers for future chaos.
There are countless literary and martial arts achievements, and there are also countless bad deeds and evil deeds.
A generation of heroes was buried in the loess for a long time, and they never saw the unification of the country until their death. They left their merits and demerits throughout their lives for future generations to comment on.
Before his death, Boss Cao only hoped that his concubine would be treated well, but he never expected that his own son Cao Pi would be "kind to" his concubine before his body was cold.
All we can say is that this son is indeed his biological son...
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Some people are sad and some are happy, but the joys and sorrows of human beings are not the same.
After Liu Chan rearranged the defense and policies of the three counties, he led the Red Star Army back to Hanzhong via waterway.
Wei Yan had already learned from Wang Ping about the victory of the three counties, and now he personally led his generals to the Akasaka Pier to greet him.
"My lord, congratulations to the crown prince on his triumphant return!" Wei Yan, whose face was glowing, bowed his hands first.
[Wei Yan’s favorability +10, +10] (53)
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[Wei Yan's favorability is 50, the talent for leading soldiers is +10×2, the talent for running an army is +10×2, the talent for strategy (odd) is +3×2, and he obtains the characteristic "Proud"]
[Proudness]: When facing more enemy soldiers than one's own, as long as one remains unafraid, one's physical fitness and combat talent can be temporarily improved over time.
Liu Chan looked at the feature prompts in the lower right corner and almost couldn't help laughing.
Stay calm? Good guy, think of me [gentian] as a decoration, right?
[Gentian] + [Proud] + [Perseverance] + [Courage after Knowing Shame] provided by the screen, four more characteristics form a perfect combination.
If you get into a hard and protracted battle in the future, your opponent will definitely feel a little surprise.
As more and more characteristics are obtained, the wonderful combination effects between them begin to appear, and they all exert stronger effects than the original ones.
Liu Chan suddenly had the feeling that when playing a card game, collecting decks of cards creates a linking effect...
"My ministers, congratulations to the crown prince on his triumphant return!" The other generals also bowed down one after another.
Following the Battle of Jingzhou, Liu Chan once again proved his ability with a great victory.
Not only was he regarded as a thorn in the flesh by the Cao Wei and Sun Wu camps, but he also convinced all the civil and military officers under Lao Liu, who all lamented that there would be a successor to the king.
For a power, apart from whether the lord knows his master, whether he has any heirs and how capable his heirs are are also the top priority.
The ancient emperors took in many concubines and worked hard on their beds. In addition to satisfying their selfish desires, it also made sense at the time.
Now seeing that Old Liu has a son like this, people are worried, and more and more local Yizhou families are beginning to seriously consider their future stance...
The Northern Expedition to Cao Wei seems not so unreliable, right?
Liu Chan hurriedly took a few steps forward, helped Wei Yan up with both hands, then supported the generals, and said with a smile: "This victory is only possible because General Wen Chang came to the rescue in time. You all perform your duties to ensure that the rear is not lost. Let’s hold a banquet now and have a drink with you all!”
Wei Yan laughed loudly: "I have prepared a banquet for a long time. We are just waiting for the crown prince's triumphant return. We will definitely get drunk together today!"
The postmen were dispatched to report the victory to Chengdu. That night, bonfires were lit again in Hanzhong, sheep and cattle were slaughtered, and everyone rejoiced.
After the celebration banquet, Wei Yan wanted to keep the prince for a few more days to discuss the battle of the three counties in detail.
But Liu Chan saw that Chai Rong was not optimistic. Although the long journey was not a good thing, there was no famous doctor to stay here for a long time. Chai Rong was afraid of bad luck, so he said goodbye.
He led his army to Yangping Pass in the west, but Ma Chao failed to pass by and sent him a full ten miles away. Fang dismounted and clasped his fists, saying: "I send you off to the crown prince. ... I only hope that one day the king will give an order, and I will lead the army to go north to Yangping for the sake of peace." The king and the prince kill the enemy and punish the thieves!"
Ma Chao found that he was really reluctant to give up. These days were the happiest time for him in recent years, even better than before.
After all, he had to quarrel with Han Sui back then, but now he had never felt the atmosphere of unity.
I just feel that in the first half of my life I thought I was smart, but I didn't understand it at all.
Now that feels really good.
Liu Chan cupped his fists and said with a smile: "General Meng Qi, please take care of yourself after we say goodbye today. I look forward to fighting the enemy side by side with the general again in the future, and jointly fight against the traitors."
Ma Chao bowed and saluted: "Prince, take care!"
"Take care, General."
The two said goodbye. Liu Chan and his troops were about to return when they saw a group of men and horses coming from the Jinniu Road in a hurry...
(End of chapter)
