In the spring of the 11th year of Jian'an, Liu Chuang held a ceremony to worship the heavens in Luoyang and became the prime minister of the Han Dynasty.

This means that Liu Chuang officially entered the center, and it was also the thing that Liu Chuang's old subordinates were most looking forward to in the past. Liu Chuang's entry into the center also indicates that the old people like Xu Chu, Taishi Ci and Xu Sheng who first followed Liu Chuang would have a bright future.

As one of the longest-time part of Liu Chuang, Taishi Ci was naturally very happy.

On the 16th day of the first lunar month, Taishi Ci held a banquet in Liyang to celebrate Liu Chuang's becoming the prime minister of the Han Dynasty and moving the capital to Luoyang. This was originally a very happy thing, and Taishi Ci, who had always been cautious, could not help but relax. But this moment of relaxation led to a tragedy. He never expected that just when he was holding a banquet, Zhou Yu suddenly crossed the river and attacked Liyang... For this sneak attack, Zhou Yu had tried his best and racked his brains.

The situation in Jiangdong was turbulent, and Lu Xun's troops were divided into two groups, leading his troops to attack from Jiaozhou, bypassing Tailingshan, conquering Nanye, and stationed troops in the south of the Yuzhang River. Liu Yong led another army, and his soldiers were the supervisor, and cooperated with the Zhoucang navy to attack the eastern harem and occupy the eastern throne.

This Dongzhi is the Fuzhou City, Fujian Province in later generations.

At this time, Dongzhi was not the southeastern pearl of later generations. It was located in a wilderness and was not crowded within a radius of hundreds of miles.

But Dongzhi is indeed the gateway of Kuaiji. After Liu Yong occupied Dongzhi, he cooperated with Zhou Cang's navy and continued to launch an attack on the coastal areas of Kuaiji. The two groups of troops directly threatened the safety of the southeastern Jiang. But in fact, this was not the biggest threat to Jiangdong.

Since November, Gan Ning has led his troops to launch several attacks on Hangzhou Bay from the sea.

If the prefect He Qi of Kuaiji had not been prepared for it, and the Jiangdong Navy had begun to take shape, perhaps the entire Hangzhou Bay would have been under the control of Gan Ning. The two sides fought several times on the front line of Hangzhou Bay, and Gan Ning had a slight advantage, but it was difficult to land.

He Qi, as a famous general who was left during the Sun Ce period, may not be as famous as Zhou Yu, but in terms of ability, he is not inferior to Zhou Yu. Although Gan Ning took advantage of the benefits of boats, it was not easy to defeat He Qi's Jiangdong Navy... In addition, what scared Sun Quan the most was Zhang Liao, who was stationed in Hefei.

Who is Zhang Liao?

Lu Bu is one of the top ten generals under Liu Chuang.

Although Zhang Liao did not do anything to station troops in Hefei, the momentum he had created by the continuous harassment of Jiangdong had already made Danyang uneasy. Although Sun Quan had overcome the chaos after Sun Ce's death, his rule over Jiangdong was far from reaching his control over Jiangdong in the late Three Kingdoms period in history.

Zhang Liao stationed 80,000 troops in Hefei, and with the threat from Gan Ning, Lu Xun and others to the east and south, the entire Jiangdong fell into panic.

In desperation, Sun Quan had to come to Zhou Yu to discuss countermeasures.

Zhou Yu's attitude is very clear: anyone from Jiangdong can surrender, only you, Sun Quan, and Sun Zhongmou, cannot surrender.

In the end, Sun Quan decided to hand over the Dajiang defense line to Zhou Yu.

To be honest, Zhou Yu is indeed very attentive.

At first, he wanted to send someone to contact Liu Biao to fight against Liu. But the problem was that Jingzhou is now in peace and singing, and Liu Chuang did not express his intention to use troops to Jingzhou at all. He even appointed Liu Biao as the Grand Situ and led the land of Jingxiang.

Liu Chuang released enough kindness to Liu Biao.

The gentry in Jingzhou was even more unwilling to be enemies with Liu Chuang, and most of them suggested that Liu Biao remain unmoved.

In this case, Zhou Yu was willing to join forces with Liu Biao, but had nowhere to do it. However, Jiangxia and Liu Qi secretly sent someone to come and expressed his willingness to help Zhou Yu. But who is Liu Qi? He is just a young man who is not favored. Even though he is very capable and more in charge of Jiangxia, it is difficult for Zhou Yu to give too much help...

However, Zhou Yu finally reached an agreement with Liu Qi.

After all, cooperating with Liu Qi can free Zhou Yu from the battlefield of Jiangxia and no longer be constrained by Jingzhou.

The two sides decided to stop the army, so Zhou Yu led his troops to Lujiang from Penglize... He was originally from Lujiang and had a great prestige in Lujiang. Qu Youwu, and the legend of Zhou Lang Gu is still circulating in Lujiang. Mei Zhou Lang's name still has extraordinary influence. Zhou Yu secretly arrived in Juchao, and then sent someone to contact Sun Jing. Sun Jing, Sun Jian's younger brother and Sun Quan's uncle, has a great prestige in Jiangdong, and is also responsible for the position of Danyang Prefect.

Before Zhou Yu came, Sun Jing was always in charge of the battle.

Even though Zhou Yu was appointed by Sun Quan, he still had to maintain enough respect for Sun Jing on the scene.

Afterwards, Sun Jing claimed that he could not afford to be ill.

This is why Taishici is relaxed.

Sun Jing said he couldn't afford to get sick, so his vigilance was much weaker... But he didn't expect that this was just a plan by Sun Jing and Zhou Yu. When Taishi Ci relaxed his vigilance, Zhou Yu dispatched troops and soldiers in Juchao, secretly sent dead soldiers to sneak into Liyang City. On the 16th day of the first lunar month, Taishi Ci held a banquet, and Zhou Yu realized that the time was ripe.

While the city was celebrating, Zhou Yu sent dead soldiers who had smuggled into Liyang to suddenly seize the city gate and released the troops from Jiangdong to attack Liyang. At the same time, Sun Jing's troops even broke through Niuzhu, crossed the river and attacked, and joined forces with Zhou Yu to conquer Liyang.

Taishi Ci had a chance to break through, but when he knew that Li Yang was lost, he felt extremely ashamed.

Therefore, he stayed in the city and fought to the death, but eventually died in Liyang City because of the large number of soldiers in Jiangdong...

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Liu Chuang's eyes were closed, and a hint of sadness appeared on his face.

After listening to Sima Yi's statement carefully, he suddenly slapped the case, "Ziyi, why is he so stubborn?

Stay with the green mountains, and you are not afraid of burning firewood. If you live, you will have a chance to take revenge, but now you die in battle, but I am heartbroken."

Scenes of acquaintance with Taishi Ci flashed in Liu Chuang's mind.

Ten years passed in a flash, and Taishi Ci followed him for ten years. Seeing that his great cause was about to be accomplished, he did not want to die in the battlefield.

Zhou Yu, Sun Quan!

Liu Chuang gritted his teeth, looked up after a while and asked, "Has Ziyi's body been taken back?"

Sima Yi hurriedly said, "Zhou Gongjin is a ruler. After occupying Liyang, he sent Ziyi's body back.

Wen Yuan had ordered someone to restrain Ziyi's body and was sending it to Luoyang."

"Yuan Fu, can you know?"

"I have just received the news... He was going to ask for a fight from his lord, but I persuaded him."

"Let him immediately lead the Feixiongwei headquarters to welcome Ziyi's coffin, and then send someone to Liaoxi to inform Ziyi's wife and ask her to come to the office. Zhongda, Ziyi has been with me for ten years, and followed me and me in the most difficult time, never leaving me. Now that he has passed away, I am really sad... You should wait for me to hold his funeral and then be buried on the bank of Luoshui."

"Here!"

"I'm a little confused now, you can go down first.

By the way, remember to inform Mr. Wenruo and Mr. Wenhe to come over. I have something to discuss with them..."

"clear."

Sima Yi also knew that Liu Chuang was in a bad mood at this moment.

Taishi Ci was the first old man to follow Liu Chuang. Although he was later ranked last among the top ten generals, his status was incomparable to Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao. Now, Taishi Ci's death in Liyang in battle was definitely a huge blow to Liu Chuang. At this time, Liu Chuang needed to be quiet, and it was indeed not suitable for discussing the serious matter. This is also the reason why Sima Yi did not let Taishi Xiang come to Liu Chuang... because he knew very well that Taishi Xiang would not relieve Liu Chuang's sadness at this time, but would aggravate Liu Chuang's anger and even make unreasonable decisions.

Liu Chuang is Sima Yi's cousin, and now he is everyone's expectation and sustenance.

Sima Yi would never let Liu Chuang do the wrong thing... Zhuge Liang is not by Liu Chuang's side now, so Sima Yi takes on the role of Liu Chuang's counselor.

After Sima Yi left, Liu Chuang sat quietly in the house alone.

After a long time, he stood up, walked to the railing, and looked at the drizzle outside, but the sadness in his heart became stronger and stronger.

As time went by and with the change of his status, fewer and fewer old men who followed him... My uncle was far away in Dongzhi; Bu Zhi went to Jiaozhou. Lu Dai was in Zhongshan, while Guan Hai stayed in Youzhou.

After careful calculation, there are only a few old people who fought in Qu County when Liu Chuang was fighting.

Apart from Changsheng and Pei Wei, only Xu Sheng was by Liu Chuang... As for the people who followed Liu Chuang from Jiangdong to Runan back then, it seemed that only Xiao Ling Shang was there. Liu Chuang took a deep breath and tried to stabilize his mood.

At this moment, footsteps sounded behind him.

Liu Chuang turned around and saw Mi Feng and Zhuge Ling standing behind him, Xun Dan, Lu Lan, Zhen Mi, Du Zhen and Mrs. Gan behind Mi Feng.

"Why are you here?"

Seeing Mi Feng and others, Liu Chuang was stunned.

Mi Feng whispered: "Prime Minister, I heard the bad news, General Ziyi returned to heaven.

I am worried that my husband will feel sad, so I come to visit me.”

"I...is okay!"

Liu Chuang tried hard to stabilize his mood and said in a deep voice: "Ziyi's coffin will be sent to Luoyang these days, and I will hold a big funeral for him. It will take some time before his wife can arrive in Luoyang. These people will pay more attention to Yuanfu for me.

Ziyi passed away, and I thought Yuanfu was even more sad..."

"I understand!"

After talking to Mi Feng and others in the house for a while, Liu Chuang's mood improved a lot.

At this time, Deng Ai came in and reported that Xun Yu and Jia Xu had arrived. Liu Chuang stood up, and Mi Feng and others hurriedly said goodbye. He walked out of the room, stopped again, and called Mi Feng and said, "Qi Feng, later, you will send someone to tell your second brother and ask him to build a high platform in the Beigong, called Lingyan Pavilion."

"Um?"

"He said, I want Ziyi, Gongmei, Gongliu, Xuezhou and others to be listed in Lingyan Pavilion, and the name is left in history."

Mi Feng was stunned for a moment and quickly agreed.

Now the person responsible for the construction of the imperial city is Mi Fang.

Building Lingyan Pavilion is not a difficult task... But from Liu Chuang's words, Mian can still hear a different taste.

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The Prime Minister's Mansion is not a palace.

Xun Yu and Jia Xu have been waiting for a long time.

They also rushed over after receiving the news, but they were not in the palace.

In addition to them, Lu Yu, Sima Fang and Xu Shu were all waiting outside the palace, showing worries on their faces.

"Why do you have to do this? It's just a small defeat, and it doesn't hinder the overall situation."

When Liu Chuang came to the Quefei Palace, he saw everyone's nervous expression and said with a smile.

Seeing Liu Chuang say this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Xun Yu and others were very scared. Liu Chuang would lose his original intention because of Taishi Ci's death. Now it seems that Liu Chuang is still calm, which makes everyone feel inexplicably relaxed.

"This year, Zhou Yu led 30,000 troops and entered Xiaoyaojin."

Liu Chuang sat down in the main seat, signaling that everyone would not be restrained, and then said in a deep voice: "Ziyi has left, and I feel like I have lost my hands. If I don't avenge, how can I make my loyal ministers rest in peace? I want to lead my troops and go to Hefei to supervise the battle, and vow to kill Zhou Yu and avenge Ziyi."

When Xun Yu heard this, he quickly stood up and said, "Prime Minister, there is no need to fight in person."
To be continued...