Chapter 73 Liu Wu’s handwritten letter was delivered to the Emperor! !
Chapter 073: Liu Wu’s handwritten letter arrives before the Emperor!!
The sun rose across the sky, and the warm winter sun shone on both sides of the river and on Xiling City. Xiling, which was originally filled with smoke and corpses, returned to peace again.

Ten days have passed since Cao's army withdrew.

Tap tap tap~
On the top of Xiling City, footsteps were heard and two figures slowly approached.

"Lord!"

"Greetings, my lord!"

The soldiers on the city wall saluted towards one of the figures.

They looked at their lord with awe, who had almost single-handedly turned the situation in Xiling around and changed the fate of everyone in the city.

If it weren't for the lord, they would have been finished along with Xiling City!
Liu Wu just nodded slightly and continued walking forward.

"Be careful, go slowly." Sun Shangxiang beside him carefully supported Liu Wu.

During these ten days, Liu Wu's injuries recovered very quickly. Although he is still far from fully recovered, with the help of Sun Shangxiang, Liu Wu can at least walk.

Sun Shangxiang secretly raised her head and looked at Liu Wu's profile, which had already turned red, and felt happy in her heart.

These days she has been taking care of Liu Wu by the bedside without taking off her clothes. Seeing Liu Wu getting better day by day, the joy in her heart is simply beyond words.

When Liu Wu was injured, her heart ached as if it were being stabbed by needles.

When Liu Wu's injury healed a little, she jumped for joy like a child.

Sun Shangxiang didn't know since when, her joys, sorrows, anger and happiness, and her heart were all tied to Liu Wu.

The bright sunlight shone through Liu Wu's skin and onto his cheek, with a faint halo spreading out.

Sun Shangxiang was mesmerized by the sight. She really wanted to stay with the man in front of her forever...

"Lord!" Suddenly, an excited shout came from behind Liu Wu.

Liu Wu looked back...

But Lu Xun came over with an excited look on his face: "My Lord! Yes, Cao Mengde has handed over all the cities and lands he promised us."

As he spoke, Lu Xun took out a bamboo scroll from his sleeves and handed it to Liu Wu with both hands: "From Xiling to Hefei!"

"Through Jiangxia, Lujiang, Jiujiang..."

"North of the Yangtze River, eight hundred miles from east to west! Thirty-two counties in total!"

"All have been delivered to us!"

"I guess by now, General Gao Shun has already led the Xianzhen Camp to Hefei..."

Lu Xun's body began to tremble: "From now on, the lord's great power is established on both sides of the river!"

From today,

What our lord owns is no longer just the isolated Xiling City!

It is a vast territory that stretches hundreds of miles from north to south and nearly a thousand miles from east to west!

From today on, my lord is no longer just a small Xiling commander, but a true lord! !

Lu Xun's eyes were red, he witnessed with his own eyes the feat of Liu Wu rising from a defender of a city to a local lord, he even personally participated in this feat of Liu Wu!

And all this is just the beginning...

Lu Xun knew that his lord's ambitions would never stop here.

Lu Xun knew that the foundation he wanted to help his lord build would not stop here!
In a trance,
Lu Xun seemed to be thinking back to the day when his bride was kidnapped, the moment when he pointed to the river and swore an oath, with the waning stars and the morning moon above him.

It has only been a short time, but the brave general who had only 2,000 soldiers and horses and conquered Xiling alone has now become a local lord. It really seems like a lifetime ago...

Liu Wu took the bamboo slips and read through them calmly. It seemed that what was handed over to him was not the territory of thirty-two counties, but just some ordinary miscellaneous items.

He nodded gently: "It's time to recruit soldiers."

In addition to the four counties controlled around Jiangling,

That is thirty-six counties, hundreds of miles long from north to south and thousands of miles wide from east to west!

It is simply unrealistic for Liu Wu to defend such a vast land with his current army of less than 10,000 people, and recruiting soldiers is imminent.

Liu Wu's voice continued: "Gao Shun will add 5,000 people in Hefei, and another 10,000 people in Xiling..."

"Now that the east and west are nearly a thousand miles, with thirty-six counties, we can still afford to support twenty or thirty thousand soldiers."

At that time, Liu Wu only had a mere Xiling City, which could barely support thousands of soldiers and horses. Now that he occupied 36 counties, it was not difficult for him to support 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers and horses.

In other words, if Liu Wu didn't even have these 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers at this time, how could he defend the territory handed over by Prime Minister Cao?

Lu Xun was excited: "I accept the order!"

After saying this, Lu Xun left in a hurry.

Sun Shangxiang, who was standing beside her, suddenly felt dazed...

Nearly a thousand miles from east to west, hundreds of miles from north to south, and thirty-six counties!

Is this Liu Wu’s current strength?
Today, Liu Wu is no longer just a defender of Xiling. His power has grown to a level that cannot be underestimated by the forces on both sides of the river.

He stood firmly between Jiangdong, Liu Bei and Cao Cao. He not only occupied Xiling but also Hefei!
Even his second brother dared not look down on him anymore...

Liu Wu is already qualified to look at the six counties and eighty-one states of Jiangdong with equal eyes! It should be noted that the efforts of three generations of the Sun family in Jiangdong could only barely maintain the six counties and eighty-one counties of Jiangdong.

He is a true hero, a real man...

Sun Shangxiang stared at Liu Wu infatuatedly. Suddenly, Liu Wu turned around and looked at her.

This glance made Sun Shangxiang feel that her secret seemed to be seen through by Liu Wu, and her face immediately turned as bright as a sunset glow.

She suppressed her shame and looked directly at Liu Wu, but Liu Wu looked into the distance, as if he was thinking about something...

Sun Shangxiang asked subconsciously: "You, what are you thinking about?"

The warm sunshine makes people feel warm and they seem to relax.

Liu Wu stretched out his hand and spread out his five white fingers.

Pure and warm light passed gently through his five fingers.

Like pouring down a handful of brilliant golden sand...

He whispered to himself, "I'm thinking about Liu Bei and how he's going to deal with me, his rebellious son."

"I'm wondering if Sun Quan will accept me as his brother-in-law..."

Second brother’s brother-in-law!
Sun Shangxiang's heart began beating violently like a deer.

Liu Wu's voice became increasingly vague: "I'm still thinking about my brother in Xuchang..."

……

Woohoo! ~
Outside the city of Xuchang, the deep sound of horns rose into the sky and echoed throughout the area.

Boom! ~
Tens of thousands of Cao's troops, like a rolling dark cloud, swept towards Xuchang! It seemed that they wanted to completely devour the imperial capital of the Han emperor. The layers of troops slowly moved forward and finally stopped outside the city of Xuchang.

Prime Minister Cao's army that led his second southern expedition has returned to the capital!

There was a sound of horse hooves,

Cao Hong, Cao Ren, Xiahou Yuan, Zhang Liao and other famous generals of Cao's army rode into the city to clear the way.

Inside the city, all the people had been driven to the sides by the soldiers, leaving a straight road leading directly to the palace of Xudu.

"Prime Minister Cao has arrived!"

A huge carriage pulled by four horses drove into the city gate, passed through the city gate corridor, and appeared in front of the people in the city.

Prime Minister Cao, Prime Minister Cao is here!

Behind the chariot, a large banner with the word "Cao" on it fluttered in the wind.

Under the canopy, an old man with narrow eyes and long beard, a dignified face and an imposing aura, was scanning the surroundings with eyes like a falcon.

The people on both sides of the road lowered their heads subconsciously. They didn't dare to meet that gaze, just like they didn't dare to look directly at the sun in the sky!
Rumble, rumble~
More than a hundred riders escorted the huge chariot with a large banner and headed straight for the palace of Xudu.

"Drive!~"

The driver drove the chariot through one city gate after another, and galloped openly in the forbidden area of ​​the palace!

Under the canopy, looking at the palaces ahead, Prime Minister Cao was a little dazed...

That year, when he was twenty years old, he was selected as a Lang and appointed as the Northern Wei of Luoyang.

At that time, Luoyang was still the capital of the Han Dynasty and was where royal relatives lived. It was extremely difficult to govern for successive Northern Inspectors until the 20-year-old Cao Mengde took office.

He placed dozens of five-colored sticks on both sides of the county government office.

"If anyone breaks the rules under the five-colored sticks, they will be beaten to death!"

The young voice roared and shook in Luoyang like spring thunder.

No one paid attention at first, until one day, the uncle of Jian Shuo, a eunuch favored by Emperor Ling, violated the ban on traveling at night and was captured and taken to the Luoyang County Government.

"Cao A Man! Cao A Man!!"

The thick five-colored stick pinned Jian Shuo's uncle to the ground. He shouted at the top of his lungs, "I am Jian Shuo's uncle! You were also the former Imperial Eunuch, the grandson of Grand Chamberlain Cao Teng. How dare you be rude to me?!"

Jian Shuo's uncle didn't believe it. They were all from a family of eunuchs, so how could the young Cao Mengde dare to attack him?
The young Cao Cao just repeated those words coldly: "Under the five-colored sticks, anyone who breaks the rules will be beaten to death!"

Snapped! ~
The heavy five-colored stick fell, splashing a pool of bright red blood.

Cao Mengde proved his attitude to the powerful people in Luoyang with the blood of the powerful people.

That day, the whole Luoyang was shocked!

From then on, the capital was quiet and no one dared to commit crimes!
However, Cao Cao also offended the eunuchs in the capital, and was promoted in name only and demoted in reality, and was transferred to be the magistrate of Dongqiu County.

Not long after, the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out and Cao Mengde was once again appointed as the Cavalry Commander to fight against the Yellow Turbans.

From then on, his career finally improved. He served successively as the Prime Minister of Jinan, the Governor of Dongjun, and the Commander of the Army...

Because of Dong Zhuo's chaotic rule, Cao Cao resigned in anger, initiated an uprising and called on heroes from all over the world to fight against Dong Zhuo!
After Dong Zhuo's defeat, Cao Cao occupied Yanzhou, divided and lured the surrender of more than 300,000 Yellow Turban troops, selected the elite among them to form the Qingzhou Army, and began to fight with local princes.

Until the first year of Jian'an, when Cao Cao welcomed him in Xuchang, everything changed...

Sparkling! ~
The sound of carriages and carriages woke Cao Cao from his memories.

He slowly closed his eyes. He had only wanted to be a pure Han minister, but the corrupt situation in the world did not allow him to be a Han minister peacefully.

Holding the emperor hostage and ordering the princes...

A gentle breeze blew by, blowing the large banner with the word "Cao" on it behind the chariot.

Cao Mengde murmured to himself: "If I were not in the country, I don't know how many people would be emperors and how many would be kings..."

Xilulu! ~
Outside the majestic and solemn hall, four horses neighed and the canopied chariot stopped.

"Prime Minister, we have arrived at the Grand Court Hall." Xu Chu, with half of his face rotten, reported in a low voice from outside the sedan chair.

Cao Mengde slowly opened his eyes and was about to stand up, but seemed to have thought of something. He took out a roll of bamboo slips from his sleeve. It was the letter that Liu Wu asked him to present to the emperor when they left Xiling City that day.

When did Liu Zilie get in touch with the emperor?

The emperor was clearly under his nose, but he was riding horses and hunting with Liu Zilie, and he had no idea at all?
Is what is said in this letter true or false? Is Liu Zilie plotting something again?
Could it be that there is a hidden force in Xuchang City that even Cao Mengde doesn't know about? !

Thinking about the contents of the letter, Cao Cao's expression was uncertain, and doubts arose in his heart...

In the majestic and solemn hall,

Civil and military officials gathered together, and there was silence.

On the nine-tiered steps, Liu Xie, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, sat high on the imperial couch. He was the supreme ruler, the master of the Han Dynasty, but at this moment his palms were wet!

This is the central heart of the entire Han Dynasty, but the current atmosphere is tense and heavy.

Because that person is coming back.

"The Prime Minister has arrived!"

Suddenly, a rhythmic voice was heard outside the hall.

In an instant, the hearts of all the emperor and his ministers in the hall began beating faster.

Tap tap tap~
A figure was wearing shoes and carrying a sword, walking like a dragon or a tiger, without any courtesy like a subject...

Do not bow when entering the court!

Praise and worship are beyond words!

Swords and shoes enter the palace!!
Imitating the story of Xiao He...

The person who came was none other than the current Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, the greatest prince in the world, Cao Cao Cao Mengde!

"We are here to see the Prime Minister!"

Both groups of civil and military officials paid homage to Cao Mengde who had entered the palace.

Cao Cao did not stop.

He walked proudly through the court officials who were lying on the ground, and he didn't even notice their figures.

He just kept moving towards the Danbi that symbolized the emperor's dignity, getting closer and closer...

Liu Xie, who was sitting on the imperial couch, had already sweated profusely on his forehead. He didn't know how the situation would end if Cao Mengde directly climbed onto the imperial throne...

Finally, Cao Cao stopped.

He slowly bowed his hands, and his faint voice echoed in the hall: "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to the Emperor..."

(End of this chapter)