The twenty-third year of Jian'an, the winter of 218 AD.

Cao Pi forced Liu Xie, the last emperor of the Han Dynasty, to abdicate, established the capital in Yecheng, and changed the year to the first year of Yankang. He appointed Xia Houyuan as the general, Sima Yi as the Taiwei, Hua Xin as the prime minister, and Wang Lang as the imperial censor.

There are always four casual knights and four assistants.

In the original history, Cao Pi made Luoyang his capital.

One is to strengthen the legitimacy of Daihan, and the other is for national defense considerations.

But it was different now. Zhuge Liang was close to Tongguan. For reasons of national defense, Cao Pi did not dare to make Luoyang the capital. For this reason, he even gave up on strengthening the legitimacy of the Han Dynasty.

No matter where Cao Pi settled, the Han Dynasty, which lasted for four hundred years, could not survive this troubled times and came to the end of its life.

Just like what the shopkeepers of the wine shops on Wuhu Street said, in fact, they don't care who becomes the emperor or the name of the country, they only care about who can bring them a better life.

If they cannot bring themselves a better life, then living is all their extravagant hope.

Maybe some people will remember the glory of the great Han Dynasty, provided that they can have the opportunity to read about the glory of the great Han Dynasty while they are still alive. Obviously, this does not include the reincarnations recorded in the history books such as "famine, plague,

The main character in "People Can Eat Me."

Just like 1,800 years later, netizens who love this era full of passion and wisdom are actually unwilling to return to this era in person.

Li Qi didn't want to either, but he just wanted to make peace with it.

The Han Dynasty ended, but the troubled times did not.

In Chang'an, Zhuge Liang led Wei Yan, Zhang Ren, Pang De and other 30,000 troops to attack Tongguan under the banner of crusade against Cao Pi;

In Xiangyang, Fazheng also led Zhang Fei, Li Yan and others with 30,000 troops to attack Xudu under the banner of attacking Cao Wei;

In Wuhu, Li Qi ordered Zhang Liao to defend Sun Quan in the south, and personally led Pang Tong, Zhao Yun, Gan Ning, Huang Zhong, Deng Ai, etc. to join 40,000 troops to attack Lujiang.

Guan Yu left Yuzhang and took Wancheng directly, attracting Cao Wei's troops stationed at Ruxukou.

As a result, there was a great earthquake in Yedu.

Cao Pi had to let go of something he had been thinking about for a long time: executing Cao Hong.

Cao Hong's original sin was that he had money. Even if he had money, he would not lend it to Cao Pi. Cao Pi hated him deeply.

After finally taking power, Cao Pi found an opportunity to punish Cao Hong.

In the original history, Cao Hong saved Cao Hong from death by relying on Empress Dowager Bian to cry, make trouble, hang herself, and even threaten Empress Guo.

But in this version, before Queen Mother Bian had time to perform, Cao Pi suddenly decided not to pursue Cao Hong for the time being.

Without him, there are not many generals available in the Cao Wei camp now.

However, Cao Hong was suddenly pardoned because he was in urgent need of employing people, which made people see clearly that Cao Pi was not an impartial enforcer of the law. It even made Cao Hong experience his special status again and became even more unscrupulous.

Facing Li Qisan's army, Cao Pi asked the officials for advice.

Sima Yi said: "On the western front, Li Qi relied on the cavalry of Qiang King Cheliji. Cheliji also received the support of Li Qi and became a powerful force in the Qiang tribe. Others were burned. There were many complaints from Xianling and other Qiang tribes. Your Majesty can send envoys.

Enter the Qiang and reward the Qiang King Mi Dang so that he can rule the Qiang people in the name of orthodoxy. If this happens, the Qiang people will be in chaos and the west of Chang'an will be in danger, and Zhuge Liang will be unable to do anything. As for Wancheng, Xudu is on the line, and a general can refuse it.

"Your Majesty's strategic focus should be on the front line of Lujiang River, unite with Sun Quan, and attack Li Qi from both sides."

Cao Pi said: "Sun Quan has just reconciled with Li Qi and returned Mrs. Sun. I'm afraid it won't be so easy to unite, right?"

Sima Yi said: "Sun Quan is a housekeeper and a speculator. If your Majesty sends an envoy to unite with Sun Quan now, Sun Quan will definitely refuse. But if we can defeat Li Qi tactically, we can let Sun Quan see the opportunity to regain Jiangdong.

Hope, how can he be willing to sit and defend the three counties without taking action? When the time comes, your Majesty will make him the Great King of Wei and Wu, and he will definitely attack Li Qi's queen."

Cao Pi said: "I have Man Boning as my envoy to communicate with the Western Qiang fans as the king; I have Cao Ren lead the troops to garrison in Wancheng to guard against Xiangyang's troops; and I personally lead the army south to attack Li Qi. In addition, it will take time to communicate with the Western Qiang.

On that day, Xia Houyuan can be sent to lead Hongnong's troops to resist Zhuge Liang."

Except for Cao Pi's main force, Xia Houyuan and Cao Ren mainly focused on defense.

However, before Cao Pi arrived at the front line, Jiang Ji, who was stationed at Ruxukou, was in great pain.

Jiang Ji mainly trained sailors at Ruxukou, so he was not at a disadvantage in resisting Li Qi's navy on the river. However, Guan Yu started from Yuzhang, passed through Wancheng and Shiting, and went up northeast along the way. Jiang Ji

If Ji takes no further action, he will be in a dangerous situation of being attacked from both sides.

What made Jiang Ji even more troubled was that after Cao Cao's death, the Qingzhou soldiers led by Zang Ba dispersed on their own, feeling that the world was about to be in chaos.

In fact, the virtues of Qingzhou soldiers who were born as rogue bandits were already demonstrated when Cao Cao conquered Zhang Xiu.

In the Battle of Wancheng that year, Cao Cao's whereabouts were unknown for a time after being attacked by Zhang Xiu. The Qingzhou soldiers took the opportunity to cause chaos and robbed friendly troops everywhere, even taking away their pants and shoes. However, because the Qingzhou soldiers had fought bravely in the past, Cao Cao was more concerned about this.

Tolerant and indulgent.

Therefore, there is a saying that Qingzhou soldiers are only loyal to Cao Cao.

Now that Cao Cao is gone, they have dispersed.

Jiang Ji hurriedly reported the matter to the court. Cao Pi was also surprised when he heard about it.

Commander-in-Chief Cao Xiu said: "There are so many soldiers in Qingzhou, and if they are left in the rear, there may be a big chaos. If Li Qi takes advantage of them, it will be really disadvantageous. Please destroy the soldiers in Qingzhou first, and then fight Li Qi decisively."

Jia Kui, the host of Bo Jiujiu, said: "Your Majesty must not attack the Qingzhou soldiers at this time to cause greater chaos. Instead, the governors of various places can comfort them with gentle words, provide them with travel expenses, rations, and allow them to return to their hometowns to farm. In this way,

He will be grateful and will no longer be in chaos."

Cao Pi followed Jia Kui's advice and ordered Jia Kui to deal with the matter, and then led his army to continue southward.

But Li Qi's side was caught in a protracted battle when they attacked Ruxukou.

Li Qi's eyes darkened at the water battle thing.

Although Gan Ning had trained his navy, he came all the way from Jiangling and could not bring many warships with him.

Li Qi sighed: "It is said that Guan Yunchang has captured Wancheng, but Jiang Ji is still unmoved. How persistent is his strategy."

Pang Tong said: "We can make Yunchang go north to attack Hefei, and it is impossible for Jiang Ji to stay still."

Hefei is to the north of Ruxukou. If Hefei can be captured, Jiang Ji will become a lone army trapped in the south. Therefore, Pang Tong believes that no matter whether Guan Yu can capture Hefei or not, Jiang Ji will not be able to counter Guan Yu's attack on Hefei.

After the Qingzhou soldiers dispersed, Jiang Ji's troops were already very limited. As long as he divided his troops to rescue He Fei, Li Qi's pressure to attack Ruxukou would be much less.

However, Li Qi knew that Cao Pi was coming south. If Guan Yu went north to capture Hefei and encountered Cao Pi's southern army, then Guan Yu would be in trouble.

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