Chapter 18 third quarter

Traveling to Baidi City, Liu Bei received a letter from Zhuge Jin of the Eastern Wu: "Suddenly I heard that you led the army to Baidi. I'm afraid someone suggested to you that the king of Wu invaded Jingzhou, killed Guan Yu, had a deep hatred with the Shu Han, and advocated a non-reconcilable attitude towards Soochow. This is from a small heart, but I didn't really focus on the big picture. Please allow me to weigh the importance for Your Majesty. If Your Majesty can suppress your anger and calmly think about Jin's words, you will be able to make a wise judgment immediately without consulting others. Your Majesty thinks that Guan Yu has a close relationship with you Is it because the late emperor has a close relationship with you? Is Jingzhou more important, or the world is more important? Both have enmity, which one should be put first? If you can balance these reasons, it will be easy to decide which way to go."

"Nonsense!" Liu Bei threw the letter away, and after thinking about it, he handed it to his servant and said, "Send it to the prime minister to have a look." When Zhuge Liang received the letter, the vanguard of the Shu Han army had already arrived in Wu County. Generals Wu Ban and Feng Xi defeated General Wu who came to stop him, and sent troops to Zigui. Two months later, the emperor entered Zigui and ordered Wu Ban and Chen Shi to enter Yiling and camp on both sides of the Yangtze River. In February of the second year of Zhangwu, Liu Bei led his army to Yidao Yiting in a mighty manner, and set up his camp at Mount Yu. He also sent Ma Liang to contact the barbarians with gold and silver.

Ma Liang quickly completed the mission, and the barbarians responded one after another. The good news was sent from Yiling Pegasus to Chengdu and into Zhuge Liang's hands.Zhuge Liang should have been very happy, but when he looked at himself in the mirror, seeing the person in the mirror, even when he smiled, he looked gloomy. What is wrong? Zhuge Liang felt that something was wrong. After thinking about it for a while, he suddenly thought: the victory came too fast!Also too easy.Capture and advance again and again, as if you have never met an opponent!No, it's impossible, there must be an opponent, a mysterious and real opponent, hidden in the invisible depths, hidden in the Jiangdong water vapor!a?In the midsummer climate, Zhuge Liang was completely cold.He rummaged through the military newspapers from Yiling, looking for every "dangerous" name: Zhu Ran, Pan Zhang, Han Dang, Xu Sheng... Zhuge Liang had guessed these people a long time ago. He performed extraordinary in the Battle of Chibi.However, the scariest thing is not here, the minions are not scary, but the mind, the eyes, and the calm smile on the lips.Zhuge Liang thought of Zhou Yu again, and thought of Yunmeng rising in the mist. For a moment, he almost doubted that Zhou Yu was not dead. He was in a corner, wearing an embroidered robe, admiring Liu Bei's smug joy!

Zhou Yu has been dead for a long time. Zhuge Liang clasped his hands and told himself: A person who has been dead for a long time will never come back to life. Does Jiang Dong have another Zhou Lang? He stopped his gaze at the corner of the military newspaper, and there was an unfamiliar name crowded in the corner: Lu Yi. To say it is unfamiliar means that there is almost no shadow of it in his memory; but on the other hand, Zhuge Liang clearly feels that it is strangely familiar, and he can even think of Lu Yi's appearance: a very handsome person, his eyebrows and eyes seem to be drawn with wolf hair, gentle and gentle. The sweetness of Jiangnan.Dressed in white, he stood under the moonlight in Yiling; the moonlight was like water, and the water flowed through his shining eyes.There is a smile in his eyes, and when he smiles, the waves of eight hundred miles are moved.

It seems that Lu Yi is just a scholar. If there is anything unusual, it is only that he is a very handsome scholar. "I want to know more about Lu Yi." Zhuge Liang said. "Fortunately Kong Ming didn't come! God bless Jiangdong." Lu Yi said. "Prime Minister—" Xiaoxiao stumbled into the room, "Yiling Military News!" Zhuge Liang suddenly stood up! After opening it, there is no worrying bad news inside. One example is Liu Bei's casual and self-satisfied tone: "A few days ago, I sent Wu Ban to lead a thousand people to camp on the flat ground, and secretly ambushed the army on the mountain road. I only hoped that the Wu army would come out to attack the camp, so as to defeat them in one fell swoop. Unexpectedly, Jiangdong was scared out of his wits, and even these thousand people The army did not dare to attack. I waited for five days, but when there was no movement, I withdrew the ambush soldiers to the camp. I saw that Jiangdong would not be able to play any more tricks. Yesterday, he sneaked into a small camp of mine at night. It took less than half an hour , was killed and retreated by Feng Xi. I heard that even the enemy generals Han Dang and Xu Sheng complained that their commander killed the soldiers in vain. Haha! That commander, Lu Yi, was young and had never fought In the first battle, Sun Quan sent him to command thousands of troops to fight against me, and he really wanted to kill himself."

The summer night air is filled with restless and stuffy heat. The evening scent in the courtyard exudes a faint atmosphere. Zhuge Liang really wanted to spread his wings, fly to Yiling, and join Liu Bei's army. No, first of all, he wanted to go to the Jiangdong camp to see Lu Yi, to see if he was the person he imagined, whether he was wearing white clothes, and pressed his hand against Lu Yi. The silver sword, staring at the golden tokens that have never been used.What is he waiting for?Waiting for omissions?Just like what Zhuge Liang often does, respond to all changes with the same, until the opponent can't bear it and reveals his flaws.When the time comes, strike again with all your strength, and the enemy will fall apart!It's a pity that Zhuge Liang can't get wings, he doesn't even have a pair of clairvoyance, so he can't see what happened in Yiling, he can only use the military newspaper to guess the fatal wound in the victory.However, even if you guessed it, what's the use?Not to mention the slow transmission of information, even if the warning was presented to Liu Bei in time, the smug emperor would happily put Zhuge Liang's letter aside and said with a smile: "Kong Ming is too worried."

What is going to happen. There must be something. Once it happens, it will shake the world and make the wheel of fate slide into a track that people can't guess.At this moment, Zhuge Liang really wanted to stop it, but... He looked at his slender and neat hands under the moonlight, and felt that it was so weak for the first time, and felt that it could not grasp the victory he was most looking forward to. He sat back in the corridor, took a deep breath, and closed his eyes. Until someone whispered: "Prime Minister, Prime Minister?" "Ji Chang?!" It was Ma Liang's voice!

Isn't Ma Liang in the army? Why did you come to Chengdu? Zhuge Liang is not dreaming, no dream will be so clear.Even after many years, he still suspects that the Ma Liang he saw that night may be a pure white soul!Ma Liang stood beside the Magnolia, his face stained with the dust of long-distance travel, but he was still tidy and gentle, looking at Zhuge Liang with shy and anxious eyes, and whispered: "This battle is very strange." "What's wrong?" Zhuge Liang motioned Ma Liang to sit down and said. Ma Liang didn't sit down, and took out the military map from his arms: "Prime Minister, take a look at this first, it's the map of His Majesty's military camp in Yiling."

On the picture, there are forty camps in a seven hundred li company. The picture book fell from Zhuge Liang's fingers! "Who advised Your Majesty to set up camp like this?" Zhuge Liang asked, gritted his teeth, "How can a company of seven hundred miles be able to defeat the enemy?! What's more, it's actually camped in a mountain forest that is prone to fire!" The Shu army camp is like a giant snake interlocking with each other, endless.Liu Bei said that the company and the battalion can take care of each other. With the shade of the trees, the soldiers are protected from direct sunlight, and it is convenient to fetch water and cook.Liu Bei really wanted to be a benevolent emperor and a wise commander.He named the barracks "Tenglong Formation" and was proud of the name for a long time.This time, Ma Liang wanted to show Zhuge Liang the picture book, but Liu Bei originally said no; then he changed his mind and let Ma Liang go, repeatedly urging: Tell the prime minister that this is "Tenglong"-the soaring dragon!

The dragon is about to fall! It was about to fall heavily to the ground, and every piece of scale armor was dripping with blood. "Prime Minister?" Ma Liang couldn't help being startled when he saw Zhuge Liang gnashing his teeth. He looked again, only to see that the prime minister's hateful face was suddenly shrouded in heavy sorrow, and it was so tightly shrouded that there was no trace of spring breeze to be seen again. "It can't be like this." Zhuge Liang said in a low voice. "Yes! I'll go back and persuade Your Majesty!" Ma Liang said.

"go back?" "Leave overnight!" "Ji Chang..." "how?" "Ji Chang stay here." Zhuge Liang said suddenly, his heart moved. This sentence surprised Ma Liang, and then burst out laughing. "The prime minister made a joke." Ma Liang said with a smile. "I'm not kidding," Zhuge Liang looked at the gentle man who smelled of wheat, and repeated, "Don't go back to Yiling, send someone else to deliver the news." For years he had treated him like a younger brother; he had respected him as a brother. It's strange that Zhuge Liang didn't want Ma Liang to go far away where he couldn't see. However, Ma Liang refuted him for the first time and said: "No one is more suitable than me to convey the meaning of the prime minister. It is His Majesty's will that I accompany you and serve as a military counselor!" Ma Liang laughed like a flower. Magnolia. Throwing the magnolia into the vast night is to tear its petals and devour its fragrance.Dark clouds were surging in the sky, and a heavy rain was about to fall, and there were bursts of thunder in the distance; with a bang, lightning split the night sky in two!The light hit Ma Liang directly, and Ma Liang couldn't help trembling just as he was about to jump on the horse. "Take care, Prime Minister!" He tightened the reins and waved to Zhuge Liang. "Take care"... In Zhuge Liang's memory, these were Ma Liang's last words. His white eyebrows were floating in the dark night, gradually disappearing. Ma Liang was thirty-six years old this year. Zhuge Liang was forty-two years old. Lu Yi is thirty-nine years old. Perhaps it was when Ma Liang rushed to Yiling that Lu Yi wrote a secret letter to Sun Quan: "Yiling is located at a crucial point and is the gateway to the country. Although it is easy to get, it is also easy to lose. Once it is lost, not only will the land be endangered, but even Jingzhou will be implicated. Today, I am fighting with Liu Bei for Yiling. You can only win, you can't lose. Liu Bei violated God's will, left his home country, and sent himself to die. Although I am not talented, I will definitely defeat him! Looking back at Liu Bei's previous battles, he lost more than he won, so there is nothing to fear. I was worried that he would advance by land and water , aggressive; now he abandons the ship and walks, setting up camps everywhere, observing the layout of his camps, there is nothing good. The king can rest easy and wait for the good news of the defeat of the enemy." In the third century AD, a war often made a generation of famous generals.Zhou Yu is like this, Lu Meng is like this, now it is Lu Yi's turn.He was dressed in white, just like a shining stream of water standing in the night.Holding the commander's seal in one hand and the command arrow in the other, Lu Yi used this to frighten the old generals who refused to accept his control in the past. "Capture Liu Bei alive tonight!" He said every word. The general laughed, but no one believed him. "Do you want Jiangdong Jianer to die in vain again?" Han Dang sneered. Han Dang soon realized that he was wrong. Three thousand Wu troops, holding thatch in their hands, sneaked into the mountains and forests in the middle of the night, and lay in ambush against the Han camp.When the thirty-nine-year-old governor gives an order, the seven hundred miles will be set on fire at the same time!What happened in Chibi still happened in Yiling!Vulcan turned into a giant red bird and soared into the sky!Back then Cao Cao's 200 warships were connected to one place, and the fire was already terrific; but tonight, it burned for a full 700 miles. Seven hundred miles thick smoke billows, and seven hundred miles the flames soar into the sky! The Shu army was sleepy, and suddenly felt the surrounding area was scorching hot. When they looked outside, they couldn't tell north, south, west, east, nor could they tell how many enemies there were.Fire, fire... the fire is burning up, burning the trees, burning the mountains, burning the sky, but the night sky is not brighter, the black smoke covers all the moonlight and stars, and many Shu soldiers rush out before they can fasten their belts!They lived in Yiling for five or six months, and almost turned it into a camp. They thought they would be able to return home victorious if they stayed a little longer.The superior said: At most one month, Sun Quan had to surrender.The fragrance and warmth of the women in my hometown have long been in people's dreams; hot shochu, red peppers, warm beds, and the little boy with a snot on his face pounced on him, pulling his trouser legs and shouting: "Daddy, daddy..." dream Every flash in the movie makes people want to laugh silly.Who would have thought, who would have thought... on fire!Within seven hundred miles, forty battalions were devastated! The catastrophe. The flame burned the clothes. The flames burned the limbs. The flames burned the skull. People were burned into fireballs, and the fireballs rolled around calling for help. After finally crushing the fire, he was pierced by the spear before he regained consciousness. Standing on a high place, Lu Yi watched the night quietly. One hundred thousand Shu troops collapsed like houses collapsing. The raging flames entered his eyes, and cherry blossoms fell everywhere.Cherry blossoms are exactly like this. They bloom all night and fall all night, without any care or pity.A smile appeared on Lu Yi's lips. He was very tired. Since he was ordered to be the governor seven months ago, the reason why he endured so much was because of this scene.It's over... Lu Yi thought, the battle of Yiling ended in this fire; it ended in the howling ghosts and howling wolves in the distance.He wrapped his white robe tightly around his body, and ordered in a low voice: "Liu Bei is defeated, and he must flee to Ma'anshan, all generals!" "Yes!" The answer was earth-shattering. "Serve the lord and build a career, this is the time!" Lu Yi rode a white horse and shot straight out first! The Jiangdong Army surrounded Ma'anshan. Less than 50,000 Shu troops escaped to Ma'anshan alive.Generals Zhang Nan and Feng Xi died in battle, and their heads were cut off by Wu Jun and hung on the horse; Xu Sheng laughed when he saw this, put his two still bloody heads on the point of the spear, rode his horse at a gallop, and shouted as he ran, "Liu Bei! Do you know these two people? Hahaha!" "The one who surrenders will not die! The one who surrenders will not die!" Wu Jun was waving the flag and shouting. Shu generals Du Lu and Liu Ning threw away their weapons and rushed down the mountain. "Don't kill me, don't kill..." The two raised their hands high, trembling all over.They ran all the way to Xu Sheng's horse, bent their knees and knelt down, their lips trembling: "I surrender! I surrender..." "The most despised person who bends his knees!" Xu Sheng suddenly drew out the simple knife, and the light of the knife flashed!Someone grabbed his wrist, he turned around and saw that it was Lu Yi.The man smiled and said softly: "General Xu, please stop." He looked at the two kneeling on the ground, trembling, and said with a smile: "Get up. You are not worth killing." Too many people died that night. Liu Bei hid on Ma'anshan, surrounded by ten thousand soldiers.He is the emperor, the emperor who has suffered a complete defeat, his face is pitch black, and his robe has been burned with several holes; failure, it is not unheard of, but there has never been a failure that will make him fear and despair like tonight, not only crying but not crying. out, almost want to laugh. "How could it be like this...it's like this!" Liu Bei murmured, like a dream, what a dream.In the middle of it, someone pushed him awake, saying that he was defeated, that he was on fire, and run away!When I ran here, I looked at the burn marks on my legs and feet, and at the scattered soldiers around me, and then I wondered, isn't it a dream?Is it true... all over? "Wu Gou! How can there be any reason for Han generals to surrender!?" General Fu Tong was in charge of the rear, scolded the enemy, and died unyielding. "I only know how to go forward bravely, and I will never steal my life!" Cheng Ji, who was engaged in the sacrifice of wine, refused to escape by boat and died. "It needs to be more violent." Lu Yi put up the awning and looked at the mountains in the dark night, thinking.He was about to wave his hand to order the soldiers to narrow the encirclement, and when he was heading towards the top of the mountain, he suddenly heard a very gentle voice saying: "Great governor." When he lowered his head, Lu Yi saw Zhang Wencun's face, with delicate features, like a white magnolia blooming at night.The person is smiling.Looking at his clothes, he is a civil servant of the Shu Han Dynasty.Lu Yi was a little surprised, he couldn't figure out why this person suddenly appeared in front of him, and how could there be a Shu official who could laugh?Startled, Lu Yi reined in his horse and took two steps back, pressing his sword and asking: "how?" "Be forgiving and forgiving," he said. "Haha... Liu Bei won't forgive me!" This person replied: "Three legs stand together, Cao Wei is strong, Wu and Shu are weak; if you harm your majesty, the Jiangdong Shu Han, and there is no hope of peace, will be defeated one by one by Cao Wei! If the governor wants to achieve a short-term reputation, he can certainly attack Ma'anshan; However, if it is for Jiangdong, I hope you think twice before acting." Lu Yi was startled. "Who are you?" The young man didn't answer, he frowned, and let out a very soft sigh from his lips.Lu Yi stared dumbfounded at the half of the gun point coming out of the man's left chest!In an instant, it was like a strange rose blooming on his chest!Looking at it again, blood was also bleeding from his eyes, and the red color slid down his face.Is it... blood and tears?Terrified, Lu Yi opened his mouth, unable to utter a single word. The moonlight fell on the young man's eyebrows, covering him with a mournful light. "What a coincidence." The young man raised his hand to touch the sharp blade in front of his chest. The tip of the sword cut his finger. He raised his hand towards the moon and whispered, "I wanted to see Your Majesty again." The young man thought again: It's a failure It's too miserable, what will Brother Kong Ming do when he hears about it?He suddenly misses this world very much, and suddenly wants to live for a while, but it's a pity that he can't.The pain made people convulse violently, and the tip of the spear pierced into the left chest swung like a poisonous dragon, and was pulled out straight away.The young man fell down and fell into the groggy dark night.Death was only an instant, and the young man died with a puddle of blood, his fingers slightly bent, and his white brows still frowning slightly.Death is... kind of painful.he thought at last. "It's dangerous! Don't let the Shu people get too close to you!" Wu general Zhu Ran jumped forward from behind the young man, holding a bloody gun in his hand! "Are you going to attack by force, the governor?" Zhu Ran asked, clasping his fists. "what……" "Decree! Attack Ma'anshan!" "No!" Lu Yi stopped abruptly. "Captain?" "No," Lu Yi said slowly in a low voice, "Just keep it, just keep it." After this night, Lu Yi changed his name to Lu Xun, which means "Xun" for humility. Decades later, Chen Shou, a historian who entered Jin Dynasty from Shu, wrote a separate biography for Lu Xun in "Three Kingdoms·Book of Wu", in which the ending of the battle of Yiling is as follows: "Liu Bei took advantage of the night to flee, and sent people to burn the broken armor to stop Jiangdong's pursuers. He finally ran back to Baidi City. As for the boats, equipment, water and army supplies, they were all lost. Tens of thousands of Shu troops died, and the bodies followed suit. The river is drifting, so much that the river is blocked." As soon as Liu Bei entered Baidi, he changed the name of the original fish belly to Yong'an, ordered Zhao Yun to come and garrison, and ordered Zhuge Liang to build a camp in the southwest of Chengdu to ensure safety.Under Sun Quan's tent, Xu Sheng, Pan Zhang and others all suggested taking advantage of the victory to pursue and capture Baidi, saying that in this way, Liu Bei could be captured alive.Capture Liu Bei alive?Sun Quan felt stimulated, excited and curious. He asked Lu Yi——now it's time to call him "Lu Xun", what should we do?Lu Xun returned the Jin Ling and the commander-in-chief seal to Sun Quan, bowed his head and said, "Cao Pi is watching, the army should not be too far away from Jiangdong. I ask the king to order to call back the generals who were chasing Liu Bei, and send envoys to Baidi. " "What do you send envoys for?" Sun Quan was very surprised. Lu Xun replied: "The last time the king asked Liu Bei for peace, he refused; discussing this matter again this time can be regarded as a step down for Liu Bei. It is impossible for Eastern Wu and Western Shu to continue fighting." "If you win the battle, you go to ask for peace. It's really... Hehe, really!" Although he muttered some dissatisfaction, Sun Quan still followed Lu Xun's advice. The envoy climbed up the high stone steps of Baidi City step by step, and saw Liu Bei sitting in the bright yellow curtain. In less than a month, he seemed to have aged ten years!The wrinkles that were originally hidden under the skin have all crawled out one by one; the hair on the temples that was originally dyed with black wax is also gray due to negligence. "Where's Ma Liang?" Liu Bei asked directly, "I want to know that there is a man named Ma Liang..." The envoy was speechless, holding a blood-stained official robe with both hands. Chapter Seven: I Didn't Expect the Prime Minister to Cry