It was winter, and an urgent report came from Chang'an.

Hanzhong fell under Huang Zhong's fierce attack, and the Shu army took the opportunity to enter Yangping Pass, but both sides could not stop.

Finally, Liu Bei personally led his army south to cross the Mianshui River and built a camp on Dingjunshan.

Xiahou Yuan was eager to take back Hanzhong and led his army to attack, but was condemned by Shu general Huang Zhong and bravely rushed to kill him. Xiahou Yuan was killed in battle.

When this news shocked the government and the people. When it reached Cao Cao's ears, he stood up in shock and said angrily: "I swear to avenge Miaocai and kill Liu Bei, the big-eared monster."

So he personally led a large army to capture Hanzhong, but Liu Bei was unable to stand firm. The two sides confronted each other for several months, and Cao Cao finally had to give up Hanzhong.

In the autumn of the 24th year of Jian'an, Cao Cao's army had just withdrawn from Hanzhong, and Guan Yu from Jingzhou launched a fierce attack on the southeast defense line Xiang and Fan areas.

So he ordered Yu Jin, who was already ready, to lead the seven armies to rescue. In August, Guan Yu took advantage of the flood to clearly see the seven armies led by Yu Jin, and captured them.

Guan Yu took advantage of the situation to march and surrounded Fancheng.

At this time, there were only a few thousand troops of Cao's army in Fancheng, and the city was flooded again, and the water surface was only a few feet away from the city tower.

Cao Ren led his army to defend to the death and barely withstood Guan Yu's fierce attack.

So Zhou Yang volunteered to Cao Cao, received permission, and immediately returned to Luoyang and ordered Xu Huang to lead his troops to rescue him.

He personally directed the rescue of Fancheng and ordered the intelligence team to compile books to Lu Xun overnight.

Wu and Shu had already had some gaps in seeking Jingzhou, and with this rift, the contradictions became increasingly intensified.

At this time, Zhuge Liang was still a big housekeeper in Chengdu. With Liu Bei winning consecutively, his strength reached the historically thought of Dianfeng, and finally abandoned the policy of "alliance against Sun and rejecting Liu".

I believe that whether it is "rejecting Cao" or "destroying Cao", even if you don't need to "connect with the Sun", you can have enough strength.

Zhou Yang grasped this point and obtained Cao Cao's permission. He secretly sent someone to send an edict to Eastern Wu and conferred Sun Quan of Yue as General of Cavalry and the Governor of Jingzhou. The two sides reached a consensus here.

Because Guan Yu was in the upper reaches of it, Sun Quan was unwilling to allow the power of Shu to continue to develop, otherwise he would break the balance of the Three Kingdoms and would also face a situation of destruction.

In addition, he suffered humiliation in the pursuit of Jingzhou, so he succeeded in attacking Jiangling, the important Jingzhou area behind Guan Yu.

Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard the news and sent Xu Huang a 12th battalion of troops to reinforce him, ordering him to fight back with all his might.

Under the attack from north to south, Guan Yu was eventually forced to retreat to Yizhou and was captured and killed by Sun Quan's army on the way.

A generation of martial saint ended his life that would show his sharpness from then on.

In recent years, the hard battle between Hanzhong and Jingzhou caused Zhou Yang to gradually recover from his loss, but what made him most grateful was that the battle to ask for help from Fancheng did not allow Pang De to go out.

Therefore, Pang De's fate is not like Dian Wei and Cao Ang. He finally survived and continued to stay with Zhou Yang.

However, in the dark, it seems to be destined.

Some people survive, and some people act as a substitute for the falling stardust.

When Zhou Yang was glad that Pang De survived, news came from the mansion that Qi Rou had passed away.

Zhou Kang, who was far away in Chang'an and learned the way of doing business with Wei Ji, rushed back immediately and held a simple but solemn funeral for Qirou with his whole family.

At the same time, Xu Du heard from Cao Cao's summoning Zhou Yang.

"There are Kang'er at home, and Erniang and Sanniang." Although Zhou Kang was only fifteen or sixteen years old, he has followed Wei Ji in recent years and is more mature than ordinary children. "Dad, please put the overall situation first."

"Don't worry, Zhou Lang!" Cao Lin also said in a heavy tone.

Now there are relatives like Cao Lin, Zou and Zhou Kang at home, Jia Kui acting as the prefect in Luoyang, and Wang Su, the Handing Money Village, is young and promising. Sooner or later, he will become a figure who will develop economic and political comprehensively.

So, Zhou Yang rode his horse to Xudu with confidence.

At this time, Xu Du's atmosphere was more unusual than before, and there was a bloody smell of storm coming and wind filled the building.

Since Geng Ji was killed and Zuo Ci became a scapegoat and was compiled, Prime Minister Si Zhi Wei Huang, Imperial Physician Ling Jiben, Jin Yi and other three people were also eliminated one by one, and the three tribes were wiped out and the uneasy court was washed away with blood.

As soon as he arrived in Xudu, he received news of Cao Cao's urgent summons again.

Zhou Yang felt something was wrong and immediately came to the mansion.

I saw Cao Pi, Cao Zhang, Cao Zhi, Jia Xu, and the group of civil servants and military generals that Cao Cao trusted the most were all concentrated in the mansion.

Zhou Yang's eyes turned to Cao Pi's confirmed legitimate son and asked, "What happened?"

Cao Pi looked so stern, but he still kept calm and said, "Brother-in-law, go in and ask yourself! My father only wants to see you."

Zhou Yang suppressed his inner uneasiness and walked into the most confidential cabinet.

Cao Cao was waiting inside alone for a long time, while Xu Jun and other personal guards were just guarding the door.

Zhou Yang pushed open the door and saw that Cao Cao was still sitting on the sandalwood chair like that day.

In addition to his pale face, he is in good spirits. However, in recent years, he has added a few white frosts and looks more sophisticated and ruthless.

"We're finally here, you guy." Cao Cao smiled.

Zhou Yang's heart moved. Since Cao Cao monopolized the power, he had not called him that for many years.

But at this moment, it sounds even more sad.

Suddenly, only one thought came to Zhou Yang's mind. Could this be a entrusting one's own agenda?

"Come here and chat with me." Cao Cao's eyes showed tiredness, but in this fatigue, he also had infinite expectations. He seemed to want to stand up and continue fighting side by side with Zhou Yang, and he only regretted that he was powerless.

"My father-in-law is so anxious to summon the son-in-law to come..." Zhou Yang swallowed the word "entrusting the orphan" back into his stomach and asked, "Is it another question in the court?"

"I used to compare you to Liu Bei, saying that you are false benevolence and righteous, and treat you as a bargaining chip on this political journey," Cao Cao asked in a gentle tone, "Will you blame me?"

"How dare the son-in-law? My father-in-law is right." Zhou Yang sighed, "No matter how cruel this road is, we have already walked on it. My son-in-law will definitely help my father-in-law eliminate Wu and Shu as soon as possible and unify the world."

"What a pity!" Cao Cao smiled bitterly, "It's a pity that I haven't had much time. I hope this dream can be fulfilled in Zihuan and you."

Zhou Yang was shocked all over and finally felt the sense of responsibility of being entrusted with someone to be entrusted with. It was so heavy.

Cao Cao had endless longings hidden in his eyes, and he seemed to have seen a bright future.

However, this gave Zhou Yang an invisible pressure, making him feel that this was no longer a dream, but a task.

In the past, he only had a game attitude towards unifying the world. He just needed to send troops, conquer, defend, and develop. Then he left the troubles to civil officials. He led troops to fight with his understanding of the generals of the Three Kingdoms to assign tasks.

But the facts are not that simple. He personally realized that this is a political path, not everyone can take.

However, Cao Cao went to the end and still adhered to his principles until now.

His superficial compromise with the gentry was not a kind of surrender, but to make Cao Pi jump more easily.

"Does my father-in-law have anything else to explain?" Zhou Yang suppressed the grief in his heart, "The son-in-law will definitely help you complete it."

"Apart from that, that's Lin'er." Cao Cao wanted to speak but stopped, but finally chose not to continue, hiding this regret in his heart forever. When he came back to his senses from his thoughts, he said again, "You are now the Marquis of Gao'an Township, who holds the power of Yong and Liang states."

"This is thanks to the promotion of my father-in-law. Otherwise, with the talent of my son-in-law, I would never have been able to reach this day." Zhou Yang asked himself that it was not a political material, nor was it a handsome man who was in charge of the plan, and it could not be compared with the many powerful counselors in Cao Cao's hands.

"But you know how to use people!" Cao Cao smiled, "This is the most important point. From the moment we escaped from Luoyang together, you can see at a glance that Xu Huang is a talented general, and can also promote Le Jin from the military camp. Li Dian, the best general, is the talent of Xun Yu, the king of the assistant! If it weren't for him, there would definitely be no King of Wei today..."

"Everything is fate!" Zhou Yang could only attribute the reason to this mysterious reason.

"But from now on, we will have a long time to reorganize the internal situation and cannot free up our energy to fight against Wu and Shu." Cao Cao paused and said, "I guess they are too busy to take care of themselves and have no way to invade my border, so I plan to move back to Luoyang, where the people's hearts are more stable and the economic center is also the economic center."

Zhou Yang knew that it was Wu and Shu at the worst state. Guan Yu died in Jingzhou in battle. Liu Bei vowed to revenge the whole country, and made Lu Xun's cruel battle to burn Yiling.

It was just through this period of time that the second generation of Cao Wei could stabilize the alternate work.

However, in history, Cao Cao's ministers entrusted with orphans were originally Sima Yi and Jia Kui, which means that they should rely on the next one.

Sima Yi was still controlled by him, Jia Kui was also his person, and Zhou Yang was even more humble in Luoyang.

Therefore, Cao Cao's plan was to avoid continuing to conflict with the gentry, so as to take advantage of this gap to allow Cao Pi to stabilize his position himself.

"The son-in-law knows what to do, please don't worry, sir, father-in-law!" Zhou Yang said resolutely.

"Very good." Cao Cao smiled happily and said, "Then go out and call Zihuan in! I have some more things to say to him."

Zhou Yang finally bowed his hand first before he took his back with a heavy burden.

After coming out, everyone showed inquiring eyes to him, but no one dared to ask him about the content.

And he didn't mention anyone, but just walked towards Cao Pi and said, "My father-in-law is destined. As long as you see Zihuan, go in quickly!"
Chapter completed!