Xun Yu said: "If Sun Ce and his former subordinates are really involved in the conspiracy, the general will definitely achieve twice the result with half the effort. However, the matter has not yet been resolved, so we should not leave rashly."
Xun Yu saw through Liu Qi's thoughts at a glance. When he first came to power, he fought fiercely in Nanyang and defeated the larger force with a smaller one. He then went to Jiangdong alone to resolve the feud between the two families, and launched a surprise attack on Hanzhong to stabilize Yizhou. He always won by using surprise attacks.
If the events in Jiangdong are really as speculated, there will be a huge change. If Sun Quan is defeated and dies, with the support of Zhou Yu, Taishi Ci and Yu Fan, the person who can preside over the affairs of Jiangdong must be his son-in-law Liu Qi.
Liu Qi's trip seemed to be walking into a trap, but it was very likely that he would become the host. Sun Quan thought he had succeeded, but in fact he had invited a wolf into the house.
Yu Fan sighed at the side and said, "When Sun Quan first took over Jiangdong, he was able to appoint talented people and valued strategies, but he was like Gou Jian, jealous and narrow-minded. After the setback in Huainan, it is understandable that he asked Cao for peace and survival. He turned to seek the general because he was jealous."
Liu Qi asked in confusion: "Oh, how do you know that?"
Yu Fan sneered, "Quan inherited his father and brother's legacy and used the solidity of the rivers and seas to defend himself. He was quite proud of himself. He thought that the general and his son were old and weak, so he wanted to swallow up Jingzhou and seize Xichuan to achieve his great cause. However, he did not expect that the general would soar to the sky and be feared by the Jiangbei area. Now his strength is far greater than that of Jiangdong. Quan is not good at commanding troops and has been defeated twice in Huainan. The comparison between the two makes him a laughing stock. Therefore, he is jealous and resentful, so he has the intention to murder him!"
"So that's how it is!" Liu Qi suddenly realized and said with emotion: "The hatred between colleagues is naked!"
Yu Fan's words made Liu Qi suddenly realize that human nature is like this, you laugh at people but hate people.
Just like a beggar, he will not envy a millionaire or a king, but will only hate those who are equal to him.
Security guards only make things difficult for deliverymen, urban management officers only dare to bully street vendors, and every class with similar strength has a chain of contempt.
Sun Quan was never jealous of Cao Cao, and even feared him, but he always looked down on Liu Biao and his son, and attacked Jiangxia many times to seize Jingzhou. Now that he saw the Liu family growing stronger, he felt unfair, so it was understandable that he was jealous.
Xun Yu listened to Yu Fan's comments and thought for a while. He said to Liu Qi: "The way of heaven helps obedience, and the way of man helps trust. Now Cao Cao is tyrannical and is about to be defeated. Sun Quan is without strategy and at a loss. Only you have the ability to be a hegemon and can revive the Han Dynasty. I think the most urgent task is to find out the conspiracy in Jiangdong. Maybe you can wipe out Jiangnan in one fell swoop, settle the Central Plains, and take Hebei. Then everyone in the world will welcome you, and the revival of the Han Dynasty will not be far away!"
Yu Fan was anxious to redress Sun Ce's injustice, and could not help but stand up and say, "I have investigated openly and secretly, and the evidence I have found is nine out of ten, except for the fact that Zhou Lang was poisoned, which is a little strange. I will discuss it with Mr. Hua and we will definitely find out the difference."
"Thank you, sir!" After Yu Fan left, Liu Qi discussed with Xun Yu how to deal with Sun Quan.
Now Taishi Ci has been secretly investigating in Jianye. With Taishi Xiang and Liu Ji as his insiders, some clues can also be found there. By combining the two sides, perhaps evidence can be found.
If there really was a conspiracy between Sun Quan and Wu Guotai behind this incident, this trip to Jiangdong would have a very different meaning, and perhaps the Sun family's foundation could be taken down without bloodshed.
After Sun Ce's death, he handed over his legacy to Sun Quan. Soon, the third son, Sun Yi, was killed, and the fourth son, Sun Kuang, also died of illness a year ago. Only the fifth son, Sun Lang, who was not yet grown up, was left, and he was a bastard born to a concubine.
Once Sun Quan falls from grace, there will be no one in power in the Sun family. Sun Ce's son Sun Shao is not only young, but also has no prestige. Wouldn't it be legitimate for me, the son-in-law of Jiangdong, to be so
Bi Yaner wanted to take over his business as his brother-in-law, but he never expected that Liu Qi had the same idea
When you stare into the abyss, the abyss is also staring into you!
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While the south of the Yangtze River was still shrouded in mist and rain, the north still welcomed its first heavy snow.
The Xianbei Mountains and the Wuhuan Mountains face each other across the Black Water. The surrounding area is desolate, with no birds or animals to be seen, and the air is extremely cold.
This was originally a sparsely populated place. It was only after the Donghu were defeated by the Xiongnu and retreated to the desert and fled to the mountains to avoid the chaos that it gradually became populated.
The descendants of the Donghu each occupied a mountain and lived and multiplied. In order to seek protection from the mountain god, they took the mountain as the name of their tribe and gradually grew and developed.
After the decline of the Xiongnu, the Wuhuan people were the first to move out of the mountains and fought with the Han Dynasty for decades. Knowing that they were no match for the Han, they surrendered to the Han court and were settled in various places in Youzhou. However, the Xianbei people took advantage of the situation and grew rapidly.
From Tan Shihuai to Kebi Neng, the Xianbei gradually occupied the northern desert and replaced the Xiongnu to become the largest tribe outside the Great Wall. Kebi Neng regarded himself as the second to Tan Shihuai and intended to seize the land of Hebei and become the first Khan of the Xianbei.
Cao Cao personally led his troops northward, deployed troops in various fortresses in Yanshan Mountain, and won ten battles in a row. His 20,000 soldiers killed more than 100,000 Xianbei troops and routed them. Kebi Neng fled westward and defended himself at Danhan Mountain.
Cao's army killed more than 80,000 enemies and marched straight to the foot of the Xianbei Mountain. They broke into the Hu people's nest and destroyed more than 80 caves on the cliffs. All men over the age of ten were executed and the women were used as military prostitutes. The Eastern Xianbei were almost exterminated.
In this battle, Cao Zhen and Cao Zhang killed the most enemies, each killing a thousand people. They became famous in Mobei and were called "the two heroes of the Cao family". Because of Cao Zhang's unparalleled bravery and his natural yellow beard, the Hu people called him the Golden-haired Tiger.
After the White Horse General Gongsun Zan, Cao Zhang became another person that the Hu people feared. There was no need to fight at all. As long as he displayed the tiger-head flag, the Hu people would flee far away.
Although Cao's army was unstoppable in the northern desert and even occupied the Xianbei Mountain, where they carved a stone on the top of the mountain and inscribed an inscription to commemorate the achievements of Cao Cao and his generals, the Cao army was in a depressed mood and showed no joy at all.
It turned out that Cao Cao's health had been deteriorating since he left Mobei. In addition, he had been unable to ride a horse for nearly half a year and was drowsy in the carriage all day long.
Cao Hong requested to be ordered to escort the emperor back to the Central Plains several times, but was rejected every time. Before leaving, he had already submitted a petition to the emperor, declaring that he would not return until the Xianbei were defeated in this northern expedition.
But although the Xianbei were defeated, they were still in imminent danger. In addition, a heavy snow fell, the weather was freezing cold, and taking two doses of Wu Shi San a day had little effect.
From a wide and thick cliff cave, blue smoke rose up. Outside, there was snow and a cold wind. At the entrance of the cave, Cao's army was patrolling in animal skins, like ferocious beasts inspecting their territory.
The cave was warm as spring. It got hotter and hotter as you walked to the left. Cao Chun could no longer wear armor and was still sweating profusely in just a light shirt. But Cao Cao, lying on the bed, was pale and shaking like a sieve.
Looking at Cao Cao's gray beard, his clenched teeth and trembling teeth, all the generals were worried, but in these desolate mountains and wilderness, without any good doctors to treat him, they could only watch the prime minister suffer.
Boom boom boom—
At this moment, hurried footsteps were heard in the cave, and a man was seen running in quickly. The thin layer of ice on his armor turned into water drops visibly and fell down, as if it had rained heavily.
"We're saved, the Prime Minister is saved!" It was Cao Zhen who came, and he roared with clenched fists excitedly.
Cao Chun hurried forward and asked, "Do the Sushen people really have the ability to bring the dead back to life?"
"That's right!" Cao Zhen nodded repeatedly. "And the conditions they proposed are very simple. They are only willing to follow the Prime Minister and be resettled in the Central Plains."
"What's the difficulty?" Cao Chun said happily, "Bring the person in quickly."