After Zhang Yi resigned, General Gong Du, the general of the auxiliary Han, who felt that he was also responsible for the Wuwang "rebellion" storm, also asked Liu Bei for punishment.

However, since Zhang Yi had taken the initiative to take all the responsibility, Liu Bei only punished Gong Du with a half year reduction of his salary.

Afterwards, Lu Su informed the ministers of his order to thoroughly investigate the matter. All the evidence obtained by Lu Su pointed at Cao Cao, the creator of this interlocking "rebellion storm".

When He Qi led his men to carry the bodies of the assassin who had just been captured and killed, who were ordered to sneak into Yangzhou to create chaos, and the assassin's bodies outside the meeting hall, all the ministers were uproar.

Sun Yi, who attended the audience, even recognized that the weapons carried by the assassin were the same as those that cut Sun Ben's throat.

Since the person responsible for capturing and killing the assassin was He Qi, who was also implicated in the storm, and with his familiarity with He Qi himself, Sun Yi knew that these assassins should not have been specially arranged by Liu Bei to do it for perfunctory.

Although these assassins tried their best to destroy all the evidence before being captured, they eventually left some clues proving that they were indeed from Cao Cao.

As a result, all the "truth is revealed"!

Immediately, Liu Bei announced in public that the Sun family had no rebellion and immediately lifted the Sun family's house arrest.

After Sun Yi thanked Liu Bei on behalf of the Sun family, he respectfully made a request———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

Liu Bei immediately agreed and was awarded the title of Sun Yi as the Marquis of Anchengting as the General of the Southern Expedition and the Uncle of the Han Dynasty.

At the same time, all officials and gentry involved in this storm were rewarded with land, gold and silk to comfort them.

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Just the night before Zhang Yi (Sima Yi) was about to go to Jiangxia to take office, Liu Bei invited him into the mansion again.

In the inner hall, there was no third person except Liu Bei and Sima Yi.

Liu Bei and Sima Yi looked at each other for a long time, sighed sadly, and said softly: "Zhongda, I really feel a little wronged with you with this arrangement!"

"Master..." Sima Yi opened his mouth and wanted to call him "Master". After feeling inappropriate, he changed his words, "The emperor's uncle has been very kind to Yi, how dare Yi be wronged!"

"Zhongda..." Liu Bei's face turned warm and said in a harmonious voice, "As long as you want, you still call your lord like you used to. I still feel a little awkward when you call it "Uncle Emperor"!"

"Thank you, lord...master!" Sima Yi trembled slightly involuntarily, and hesitated for a moment.

"The first time I met Zhongda in Shouchun five years ago was as if it was yesterday; Zhongda talked about the strategy of achieving great achievements in kingly power, and I still remember it very clearly at this moment." Liu Bei's expression of memories appeared on his face.

He said with emotion, "Five years... Five years have passed in the blink of an eye!"

Sima Yi's head was lowered, his eyes were extremely complex, and his hands placed on his legs were trembling slightly, not as if he was afraid. Instead, he seemed excited.

"If God can give a chance to come true, what Liu Bei wants is not a long life, nor the Han Dynasty can recreate the glory of the past..." Liu Bei whispered with a bit of free and easy and passionate feeling.

"For those who live long, they will always be born in their destiny, but they will never be forced to do so.

People like me who are used to life and death are not a fear of death. Even if I know that I will not be able to sleep for a long time tomorrow morning, I will not be afraid. Some are just a little regretful, and the Han Dynasty cannot be revived in my hands.

Unfortunately, I can't see Yun Chang again, Yide. There is nothing else to give up this.

As for the great cause of reviving the Han Dynasty, I had such courage and confidence. As long as there were 20 years, at most, I was about 66 years old at that time.

In these 20 years, I can rely on Yun Chang, Yide, Yuan Zhi, Kong Ming, Shi Yuan and others to help them. I will personally support the Han Dynasty to the right path. Let the Han Dynasty regain the glory of Emperor Wu. Therefore, I don’t need to rely on the rewards of God.

I can achieve this wish by myself.”

When listening to these words, Sima Yi could personally feel the pride and domineering spirit contained in it.

He is kind and kind to help the world, knows people and qualifies, is determined but not stubborn, and is passionate soaring into the sky... Such Liu Bei is the peerless hero who can compete with Cao Cao.

"Now, what I want God to give is just Zhang Zhongsi of Dongping Shou Zhang..." Liu Bei looked straight at Sima Yi and sighed, "It is not Sima Zhongda from the prominent clan of Hedong!"

"Lord..." Sima Yi, who always thought he was as hard as a stone, found that he could not control his violent tremor in his heart, and his voice choked up...

Liu Bei patted Sima Yi on the shoulder, walked slowly to the entrance of the hall, looked up at the night sky covered by dark clouds, and left his back to Sima Yi without any warning.

After a long time, neither of them made any movement.

At this time, a crescent moon struggled tenaciously from the dark clouds, sprinkling the cold and clean moonlight on the earth.

"Zhongsi, it's getting late. You're going to set off for Jiangxia tomorrow. Go back and rest!" Turning around, Liu Bei said to Sima Yi in a harmonious voice. I don't know whether it was intentional or not, but Liu Bei called out the font size of Sima Yi when he was a pseudonym.

"Lord, Yi has left!" Sima Yi bowed and bowed deeply to Liu Bei, and then slowly left.

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The next morning, Zhang Yi (except Liu Bei and a few people, the rest of the officials did not know Sima Yi's real name, and they were still called Zhang Yi in public) set off for Jiangxia. The only people who saw him off were Liu Bei, Lu Su and Sun Qian, who had just returned from Danyang.

Liu Bei did not inform the other civil and military officials, and most of them were implicated in the previous rebellion storm. Their dissatisfaction with their former "General Zhengnan" who had brought them countless troubles and fears has not yet dissipated.

Although they "know" that Zhang Yi was also deceived by Cao Cao's tricks, since Liu Bei did not ask, they were too lazy to see him off.

Just when everyone thought that the storm had completely passed and was about to work together to deal with Cao Cao's threat of force, the next day, news of Zhang Yi being assassinated suddenly came.

Because Zhang Yi himself was very unaccustomed to taking a boat, he originally planned to ride a horse to Huangzhou first, and then take a boat across the river to Jiangxia.

But on the evening of the first day, when Zhang Yi and his party settled down in Xiashan to rest, they targeted the remnants of Cao Fang's assassin who had not been eradicated by He Qi. Although the soldiers accompanying the guards fought to the death and killed all three assassins.

But Zhang Yi was shot in the chest by a crossbow during the fight, and died that night.

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When Lu Su told Liu Bei the news, Liu Bei closed his eyes for a long time and sighed, "Only Nirvana can you be reborn!"

"Lord, what is Nirvana?" Lu Su believed that he was familiar with the classics and history, but he was very unfamiliar with this word, so he couldn't help but ask curiously.

"This is a story told by Yide to Dou'er, Bao'er, and Xingcai..." Liu Bei said with a faint smile. "The divine beast Zhuque will pretend to die once every thousand years. After each fake death, the body of Zhuque's earth's body will burn until it turns into ashes.

But after 49 days, the Vermilion Bird will be reborn in this pile of ashes again. The fire here burns into ashes and turns into ashes, which means Nirvana."

"So that's it!" Lu Su thought for a while, then suddenly smiled. "I didn't expect that the general was not only as good as a god, but also had such extensive knowledge!"

"Haha, Yide is indeed the best one among our brothers!" Liu Bei nodded slightly with a gentle smile, "Zi Jing. Zhong Si's funeral will be a lot of trouble!"

"Don't worry, lord!" Lu Su bowed and turned around and left.

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30 miles south of Xia Cai

After two days, Xiahou Dun forced Guan Yu's army to retreat more than 10 miles with a strong attack. In the face of such fierce attacks that completely ignored losses, no strategy came into use.

Xiahou Dun, who had been calculating Zhuge Liang, learned to respond to changes in a constant way, and to fight against Guan Yu with the simplest, most brutal but most effective way.

In two days, both sides suffered more than 5,000 casualties. Unlike Xiahou Dun, who could receive reinforcements from surrounding prefectures, counties, state and state troops, Guan Yu, who was in the deep enemy territory, could not withstand a long war of attrition.

More than 43,000 troops fought to the death with Xiahou Dun for six or seven days, and only less than 30,000 were left, including many soldiers who were seriously injured and lost their combat power.

Xiahou Dun's army was able to maintain a total of 60,000 people after being supplemented by the county and state soldiers. The initiative in the war was increasingly tilted towards Xiahou Dun.

As a last resort, Guan Yu could only send a letter to order the troops left to Shouchun to cross Huaibei for reinforcements.

Just as Guan Yu's army was struggling to support, Xiahou Dun's offensive suddenly slowed down.

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"Father, military advisor..." Guan Ping rushed into the tent and said with a strange look of joy, "There is news from Brother Gan, and the Jinfan Navy severely damaged Mao Jie Navy!"

Guan Yu was not too surprised by the news. He just nodded and said, "Where is Xingba's letter?"

"Father. Here is the letter!" Guan Ping handed a thin silk book to his father, then looked at Zhuge Liang beside him. Seeing that he was calm, he couldn't help but be surprised.

As if he saw the doubts in Guan Ping's heart, Zhuge Liang gently shook the feather fan and said with a faint smile: "Don't be surprised by the major general. Xiahou Dun's attack suddenly weakened, because there must be a reason for the incident. The most likely reason is that General Gan Ning had a result."

"The military advisor is indeed a great calculation!" Guan Ping said in admiration.

"Kong Ming, please take a look..." After reading the contents of the silk book, Guan Yu's expression remained unchanged and he handed the silk book to Zhuge Liang casually.

"What a Gan Xingba, the water overlord is indeed well-known!" After reading the letter quickly, Zhuge Liang chuckled, "Although I expected the navy to win, I didn't expect that the navy would win so quickly. Cao Cao's three years of preparations turned into a bubble.

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Guan Yu nodded slightly. Although Gan Ning’s letter said it was very simple, Guan Yu, who had seen a tide once, knew that the power of the sea was unfathomable.

The ability to destroy 300 Cao Jun warships at a time shows how terrifying the tide this time is. Even Gan Ning, who was prepared and deliberately designed, paid 12 losses to the warships.

"The main force of the Cao army's navy was destroyed, and the Jinfan navy could invade Qing at will, Xu's hinterland. With the Jinfan navy's strength nearly 10,000 troops, it was enough to be empty Qing, and Xu's two states were inverted.
Chapter completed!