Chapter 306: Eating the salary of King Wei and working for the King of Chu.

Chapter 306: Eating the salary of the King of Wei and working for the King of Chu.

"Father, father, ah, Wu is back."

Liu Feng seemed extremely panicked and obviously in a state of confusion.

In Liu Feng's heart, Liu Wu is an extremely special existence.

The two men were not much different in age. Liu Wu was Liu Bei's eldest biological son, and Liu Feng was only an adopted son. Liu Feng was considered to be relatively outstanding, but whether in terms of martial arts, strategy, or many other abilities, he could not be compared with Liu Wu at all.

At the beginning, Liu Feng pales in comparison to Liu Wu.

He even thought that in the future he would repay Liu Bei's kindness in raising him by serving Liu Wu wholeheartedly.

For quite a long time, Liu Feng followed Liu Wu and could be said to be extremely flattering.

However, as time went by, Liu Feng gradually discovered that something was wrong. Liu Xuande's attitude towards Liu Wu...

Liu Feng's mentality also changed accordingly.

My father seemed to dislike his eldest son Liu Wu.

Liu Feng even made a comparison and found that Liu Xuande treated him much better than Liu Wu...

He was indebted to Liu Xuande, not Liu Wu. Since Liu Xuande disliked Liu Wu, Liu Feng secretly distanced himself from Liu Wu.

Liu Feng even directly sided with the beloved Adou, and began to repay Liu Xuande's kindness in raising him through Adou...

However, all of this changed after Liu Wu ran away to the police station on a snowy night.

Liu Wu's powerful rise not only slapped them in the face, but also made their Jingnan Four retreat. They could only retreat to Bashu and could not even advance to Hanzhong...

now,

Liu Wu is back.

He swept through the twelve counties of Liangzhou, conquered more than forty countries in the Western Regions, and overwhelmed Cao Mengde...

It can be said that he is the number one prince in the world today and also the most powerful fighting force in the world.

The might is overwhelming.
And what about Liu Feng and others?

Hiding in Shu, to put it bluntly, from now on I'm afraid I'll have to rely on Liu Wu's fate and tremble in fear under the arm of the King of Chu.

"Even the countries in the Western Regions have been taken back." Liu Xuande had a complicated expression on his face.

What does the Western Regions mean?
That was when the country was at its peak, and it had to send hundreds of thousands of troops to the west to recover the territory.

Then, he took the bamboo slips from Liu Feng's hand and asked, "Where did this come from?"

Liu Feng moved his throat: "Yes, it was sent from Guanzhong, it's Liu Wu's man..."

Liu Xuande nodded.
Look carefully,

I just read two or three columns and couldn't help but murmur

"Liu Wu, Liu Wu..."

"Wu..."

"I really didn't give him the wrong name. In the four hundred years of the Han Dynasty, there has never been anyone with such a high level of martial virtue..."

In the early Han Dynasty, the personal martial arts skills belonged to Overlord, and Liu Wu had reached a level comparable to him.

Han Xin, the military genius, was a master of troops. After Liu Wu fled to Xiling, he fought numerous battles and plundered thousands of miles of territory in just a few years. Even Yuan Shao, who rose to power in Hebei, was not as fast as him.

The last person to conquer the thirty-six kingdoms in the Western Regions was Ban Chao.

When he saw that Liu Wu had conquered more than 40 countries, even big Western Region countries like Qiuci and Dayuan were destroyed, and he even defeated the combined forces of the Northern and Southern Huns at the city of Yishi!
Liu Xuande couldn't help but feel the turmoil in his heart!
He defeated the Kushan army of 200,000 and captured its king alive...

The hand holding the bamboo slips began to tremble uncontrollably.

After a long while, he put down the bamboo slips and said, "Come here, call Fa Xiaozhi!"

Then he sat down, closed his eyes, and began to rest his mind to calm the waves of fear in his heart...

"Father, what should we do now?" Liu Feng knelt down and crawled to the table: "Father, what should we do?"

Liu Xuande raised his eyes and waved his sleeves: "Why are you panicking..."

"He hates me, not you."

"Liu Feng, don't you understand yet?"

"Even if he sends a large army into Shu one day to kill all of us, he won't kill you. Do you know why?"

Liu Feng leaned forward again: "Why?"

"Because I deposed Adou and made you the crown prince, Liu Feng, you are him back then..." Liu Xuande's tone became very heavy: "I made you the crown prince to give an explanation to Liu Wu, to give an explanation to King of Chu Liu Zilie, to give an explanation to you, and also to give an explanation to myself..."

Liu Feng seemed to understand.

He froze in place, completely stunned.

After a long time,

Then Fa Zheng stepped into the hall and said, "My Lord!"

Liu Xuande raised his hand and handed over the bamboo slips: "Look, he's back."

He is back?

Fa Zheng couldn't help but tremble. Who is he?
Who else could it be?

He quickly took two steps forward, took the bamboo slips, and began to read...

The more you look down, the more clearly you can see that Fa Zheng's body is shaking uncontrollably.

It takes half a cup of tea,

"Huh!~"

Finally finished reading it.

After he heaving a sigh of relief, Fa Zheng realized that there was a lot of sweat on his forehead...

"Xiaozhi, what do you think we should do?"

Liu Bei was asking.

He wanted to know what advice his top strategist could give him.

After all, Liu Wu's return made him feel as if a mountain was pressing down on him, an indescribable sense of suffocation.

From the Battle of Gong'an, to Xiling, and then to Jiangdong, Liu Xuande understood very clearly that he would never be a match for Liu Wu.

Therefore, at this time he urgently needed someone who could point out the direction for the future for him, just like the Longzhong Plan given by Zhuge Liang in the Thatched Cottage back then.

"My lord!" Fa Zheng bowed his hands: "Congratulations, my lord, congratulations, my lord!"

Liu Xuande stood up with a confused look on his face: "Xiaozhi, are you crazy?"

"My lord, why do you look so sad?" Fa Zheng continued, "It's not that I'm crazy, but that my lord can't see clearly..."

"Prince Zilie is more powerful than the Overlord, his army covers Huaiyin, and his strategy is as victorious as Zhang Liang. Fa Zheng congratulates the lord for having such a unicorn son!!"

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Desert South,

Hetao area.

Southern Xiongnu,
In other words, they are the only Huns left in the world.

Under the city of Yishi, the Northern and Southern Huns joined together, but were defeated and returned.

The Northern Huns were robbed and killed by the Wusun on their way to escape, and all the young and strong men were killed or injured. The tribes that lived in Kangju were divided up immediately.

Liu Bao, who led more than half of the elite troops of the Southern Xiongnu, 30,000 cavalry, also suffered heavy losses at the city of Yishi. On his way back to the east, he was killed by Zhou Yu, the Protector-General of the Western Regions.

The Huns were divided into Southern Huns and Northern Huns.

The Northern Huns were gone, leaving only the Southern Huns.

More than half of the able-bodied men of the Southern Xiongnu were also killed in the Western Regions...

Whoosh! ~
The wind on the grassland is howling. The wind blows the grass low and you can see cattle and sheep...

Tents are scattered all over the grass, like mushrooms popping out of the ground after the rain.

One by one, the Hun men came out of the tent, put on their scimitars, said goodbye to the women in the tent, rode on the draft horses, and ran away.

They are all like streams converging together,
Tens of thousands of riders have gathered in an open space.

More cavalry are coming...

When the sun was at its zenith, the grass was so dark that the cavalry could hardly be seen from the end.

No more cavalry came here.

A Xiongnu nobleman wearing a crown rode past on his horse and looked at the dark mass in front of him. His eyes were filled with sorrow. "Sima, my Xiongnu warriors are left with only the last 20,000 cavalrymen."

As soon as he finished speaking, a Han official slowly came over.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the interference of eunuchs and relatives of the emperor's wife in government affairs caused internal political instability and was difficult to control. As a result, the Southern Xiongnu rebelled many times and joined forces with the Xianbei to raid the border and kill officials.

During this period, several Southern Chanyu were killed by their subordinates...

Cao Cao divided them into five divisions: left, right, south, north and center, and placed them in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hebei and other places respectively. The nobles were appointed as commanders, but Han people were sent as Sima to supervise them. The southern Xiongnu were completely integrated into the Cao Wei regime.

The five Xianbei tribes were strictly controlled by Cao Mengde, and it was no exaggeration to say that they were watchdogs.

It was during the Jin Dynasty that the Sima clan appointed Liu Yuan as the sole commander of the five Huns, which ultimately led to a disaster.

"Huchuquan Chanyu, you should have a clear understanding of the current situation in the world."

"You understand better than I do what kind of person King Liu Wu of Chu is."

"Go south to the king and help the King of Wei defeat the King of Chu. The Xiongnu still have a chance of survival. Otherwise, even if you flee to the ends of the earth, you are doomed to perish. The King of Chu will not let you go."

"The Northern Xiongnu have already reached the west of the Western Regions. Didn't Kangju, who lived thousands of miles away, get uprooted?"

"Now, more than 40 countries in the Western Regions have all been under the rule of the King of Chu, and Wusun is its ally. So what if the Kushans are powerful? A battle destroyed an army of 200,000..."

"In today's world, the only one who can compete with the King of Chu is the King of Wei."

"Great Chanyu, you don't have to go south to help the King of Wei, just sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight..."

"When the King of Chu wins, it goes without saying that the Xiongnu will be gone."

"If the King of Wei managed to survive without the help of the Great Chanyu, do you think the King of Wei would still allow the Xiongnu to exist?"

Huhuquan Chanyu gritted his teeth, feeling sad and angry but helpless.

I wonder how many men will be killed in this trip southwards, and how many of the 20,000 cavalry will be able to return...

But it's death anyway.

Under the current situation, the only way to buy a way to survive for the Huns is to go south and help Cao Mengde win the war against King Liu Wu of Chu.

"Sima, you may leave 3,000 young men behind. If none of us return, it will help preserve our bloodline..."

Sima shook his head: "In two years, the Xiongnu children will grow up and there will be no need to keep their blood."

"Besides, in the battle to the south, both sides are bound to go all out. At that time, let alone 3,000 cavalry, even 300 cavalry would probably be the last straw that breaks the camel's back..."

"So, no young and strong person can be left behind!"

"Okay!" Huchequan Chanyu felt like his teeth were about to be broken. He swung the whip violently, turned his horse's head, and headed south.

The cavalry behind followed the Chanyu and also started to move, heading south.

more and more,

Thousands of horses surged,

more and more,

Tens of thousands of horses roared, so loud and mighty that the sound of their hooves shook the grassland and echoed with the large dark clouds in the sky that were blown by the wind.

Like a river flowing into the sea, it rushed from the northern grasslands towards Xudu! !
The wind was blowing wildly, and the dark clouds were sometimes rolled up, sometimes pushed away, wandering in the sky...

Until it completely blocked out the sun,
then,

Boom! ~
The thunder broke through the air, and purple dots fell from the sky, piercing through the thick clouds and hitting the earth hard.

Hula~
Heavy rain poured down, irrigating the land, pouring down for thousands of miles, from the grassland all the way to the Central Plains...

In Xudu City,

A hand reached out from the eaves.
The rain fell on his hands.

"Such heavy rain and muddy roads should be able to stop Liu Wu for more than a month..." Cao Mengde murmured softly, a voice that only he could hear.

Cheng Yu stepped forward and said, "My lord, everyone is here."

"Yeah." Cao Cao nodded, then shook off the water droplets on his palm, turned around, strode down the corridor and went to the lobby.

At this time in the hall,
It's already crowded.

In fact, except for the Battle of Chibi, no, even in the Battle of Chibi, Cao Mengde had never summoned so many advisers and generals.

Xun You, Jia Xu, Chen Qun, Sima Yi, Yang Xiu, etc., and there are countless military generals...

There was a general standing outside the hall holding a sword. When he saw Cao Cao coming, he bowed and said, "My lord!"

Cao Cao raised his hand slightly and said, "Marquis Hu, don't stand outside anymore. Let's go in together."

"Yes!" Xu Chu took the order and followed Cao Mengde into the hall.

"Meet the King of Wei!"

Many civil officials and military generals stood up...

Cao Mengde raised his eyes and slowly scanned each of them, looking at them one by one...

He didn't speak for a long time, nor did he let them sit down.

"Everyone..."

Cao Mengde took a step forward and said, "Everyone..."

"Many of you have followed me for half your life, fought with me for decades, and given me advice..."

"There are also many talented people who came here halfway because they knew what was happening."

"Today, I can gather you here because you are my confidants. I hope you know this."

Having said this, Cao Mengde waved his hand and said, "Everyone, please sit down."

Boom~
Everyone sat down...

However, everyone looked very solemn, but the fact that so many people were gathered together showed that something big had happened.

Coupled with Cao Mengde's heavy tone, many smart people have roughly guessed it.

Cao Cao also sat down: "In my life, I have fought in the north and south and conquered the world. The most difficult time was not the Battle of Red Cliff. I was just careless at that time and fell into the evil scheme of Zhou Yu and Kong Ming."

"The battle of Puyang was also difficult, but after all, the enemy at that time was Lu Bu, who was brave but not wise. He had Chen Gong but could not fully listen to him, and Gao Shun but could not fully use him. He was destined to die at Baimen Tower, so it was not the most difficult battle."

"If we talk about the most difficult time, it must be Guandu!"

"At that time, Yuan Benchu ​​mobilized all the young and strong men in Qingyou, Ji and Hebei, and marched south with an army of 700,000. It was really terrifying..."

"Even though Guo Jia proposed the theory of ten wins and ten losses, no one in the world thinks that I can defeat Yuan Shao. You should know that after the great victory at Guandu, there were two large boxes of letters in Cao's camp alone that expressed our friendship with Yuan Shao..."

"Next, I will only say two things."

"First, Liu Wu is back..."

The voice has not fallen,

The noisy sound in the hall suddenly arose, as if a pot had exploded.

Liu Wu is back?!

Clang clang! ! ~
The sword was unsheathed. It was Cao Cao who drew the sword to shock the whole audience. The whole audience was stunned at once, and silence returned to the place.

"The second thing I want to ask is, apart from Xun Yu, who else in my Cao camp is colluding with the enemy?"

"Who else is eating the salary of my Wei Palace, but secretly colluding with Kong Ming and Jian Yong's group of servants in Chu Palace to do work for Liu Wu?!"

　Two in one
　　
　
(End of this chapter)