As the summer solstice comes, the daylight will become longer and longer.

Accompanied by officials of all sizes and big and small in Donghai County, Liu Chuang hiked up to Qushan and looked at the East China Sea.

The Qin East Gate was already broken, but this time Liu Chuang came here, he still had a thought, which was to rebuild the Han East Gate in Qushan.

A huge stone tablet rose from the ground on Yuzhou Mountain, about 80 miles away from the seaside of Qu County.

Yuzhou Mountain has been officially incorporated into the coastal areas of the Han Dynasty by Liu Chuang. When he started his business, Yuzhou Mountain and Xuezhou made a lot of efforts. Now he has developed, so he will naturally not forget his past friendship. Although Xuezhou has been dead for many years, his son has served under Liu Chuang's tent. Xue Wen and Xue Yuan Dynasty are now thirty years old, and they are appointed as the Marquis of Shiting and the prefect of Dongjun.

Thinking back to the beginning, what Xuezhou most hoped for was to be able to shine his ancestors.

Now that Xue Wen has become a member of the two thousand stones, it can be regarded as the wish of Xuezhou...

After ten years, Liu Chuang returned to Qu County again, but things have changed. The small town of the East China Sea in the past has now become an important town.

Yuzhou Mountain became a base of the Han Navy. Qu County, as the closest town to Yuzhou Mountain, naturally developed. The size of the county town has expanded by one-third on the original basis. The population also has a population of only 20,000 to 30,000, and has developed into nearly 80,000 people, transporting a steady stream of materials and soldiers to Yuzhou Mountain...

The governor of the Navy in Yuzhou Mountain is Feng Chi.

He built a large-scale construction in Yuzhou Mountain and renovated it on the original basis.

In this way, Yuzhou Mountain became the second large naval base after Liaodong. Its scale even exceeded that of Dongling Island. The reason why Ganning was able to fight the Jiangdong Navy in Qiantangwan was also due to Yuzhou Mountain's support.

‘Han East Gate’. It stands on Yuzhou Mountain.

Qu County, still the same Qu County.

But it made Liu Chuang feel very unfamiliar...

The famous first powerful Mi Family in the East China Sea, now has moved to Luoyang and become a new local wealthy family. Most of the places that once carried Liu Chuang's memories are gone. In this emerging coastal town, Liu Chuang can no longer feel many traces of the past. The changing world and the changing times may be the characteristics of this era. Liu Chuang, who originally came here in excitement, felt unprecedented loss after arriving in Qu County.

Fortunately, he quickly adjusted his mood.

After all, his purpose of hunting east this time was not to remember his former residence.

After staying in Qu County for several days, he led his troops to the north from the East China Sea. However, this time he went north, the three elite troops did not follow. Zhao Yun led the Yafeng Cavalry to leave the East China Sea first, head south to Guangling, and stationed in Jiangdu. This was also the first action taken by Liu Chuang to cooperate with the battle of Jiangdong. As expected, when the news of the Yafeng Cavalry to the south reached Jiangdong, Sun Quan was shocked. His previous concern seemed to be further confirmed. Liu Chuang wanted to cross the river in Guangling.

"Zi Ming, if you preside over the Battle of Jiangdong, how should you do it?"

On the way north, Liu Chuang asked unintentionally.

Ziming is a young man in white clothes and looks a little down and out. He is about thirty years old and his eyes and eyebrows are full of heroic spirit.

This young man is Lu Meng.

Last year in the Battle of Dongling Island, Ganning captured Lu Meng.

Later, Lu Meng was arranged to build the East Gate of Han on Yuzhou Mountain. After Liu broke into Yuzhou Mountain, he accidentally saw Lu Meng's name in the list. At first, he was confused and thought it was just the same name and surname. But he knew that it was clear after asking that Lu Meng was the famous Jiangdong general Lu Ziming who crossed the river in white clothes in history and defeated Guan Gong to Maicheng.

Liu Chuang naturally cannot let go of such talent.

He immediately asked Lu Meng over and appointed him as the official of the Prime Minister's Office.

Of course, at this time, Lu Meng was not as good as a famous general in history as a white-clothed crossing the river, but he showed a different spirit in his words. Lu Meng was known for his courage, but he didn't study much, so he was only a young general in the early days. But he did not become decadent. He spent twenty years to become a famous general and founded a great reputation.

If you talk about famous Jiangdong generals, Liu Chuang’s favorite one is Lu Xun and the other is Lu Meng.

Unfortunately, Lu Meng died of illness shortly after becoming famous. He died young... After reading Romance in his previous life, whenever he saw Lu Ziming dying with blood and dying in his seven orifices, Liu Chuang felt inexplicably sad. Now, he still has a lot of opportunities to save this famous general, so he naturally won't let it go easily.

Lu Meng is also very humble and studious. Although he plays in Jiangdong, his feelings for Sun Wu are far from deep...

Although Sun Ce appreciated Lu Meng, he did not reuse it.

He was recommended by Zhang Zhao to be a Sima of another department, and later became the chief of Guangde.

After Sun Ce's death, Zhou Yu also recommended Lu Meng. Sun Quan valued it on the surface, but never entrusted him with important tasks.

Lu Meng was truly valued by Sun Quan in the fifteenth year of Jian'an. After Zhou Yu's death, Lu Su took over Zhou Yu's position and met Lu Meng when he was guarding Lukou. It was Lu Su's recommendation. In addition, Sun Ce's group had withered at that time and could no longer pose a threat to Sun Quan. Only then did Sun Quan start to reuse Lu Meng, and later achieved Lu Meng's record of crossing the river in white clothes.

However, in front of him, Lu Meng and Sun did not have much entanglement.

He was following his brother-in-law Deng Dang to join the Sun family, but now Deng Dang is dead, so the intersection between him and Sun Wu has been cut off.

In addition, Sun Quan did not reuse Lu Meng, so he could not be grateful to Sun Quan.

Liu Chuang unified the north, and his power was unstoppable.

Lu Meng also clearly distinguished the importance of the matter, so when Liu Chuang showed his intention to recruit him, Lu Meng surrendered to Liu Chuang without saying a word.

After hearing Liu Chuang’s inquiry, Lu Meng pondered for a moment and said, “If Meng presided over the battle, he would first lure the Prime Minister’s Navy to land, then strengthen the walls and clear the fields, and use the Kuaiji terrain to deal with it. The Prime Minister’s Navy is powerful and has been established for a long time. If you play at sea, you may have fewer wins and more losses. But if you go ashore, the Prime Minister’s Navy’s advantage will be gone, and the victory and loss may be divided into five or five.”

Liu Chuang nodded slightly...

In fact, He Qi was planning to do this with the news from Qian Tang.

The reason why Lu Meng was able to consider these shows that he was indeed trying his best.

Liu Chuang no longer asked about the situation of the battle, but instead inquired about Lu Meng's homework during this period. After Lu Meng entered the Prime Minister's Mansion, Liu Chuang arranged for him to follow Xun Yu. I believe that with Xun Yu's ability, he would definitely be able to teach a better Lu Ziming in the department.

The car battle passed through Kaiyang and Liu Chuang stayed for three days.

This time he went north. On the surface, he wanted to inspect Donglai, but in fact he had a different idea.

Just as Liu Chuangzhe was heading towards Beihai Country, far away in Pingyuan County, Ma Chao and Ma Dai were also discussing the future.

Taishi Ci died in battle, and the top ten generals were absent.

Ma Chao also needs to make a choice...

In fact, since Liu Chuang unified the north, Ma Chao's status has seemed a bit embarrassing.

He was Liu Chuang's sworn brother. However, his status in the army was far inferior to those of Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun.

After the north was unified, Ma Chao stayed on the plains.

The Battle of Jiangdong began, and the Battle of Hanzhong was in full swing, but Ma Chao could only watch the fire from the other side of the river. At this time, it was also the time for Ma Chao to make changes. Should he continue to exist as Brother Liu Chuangyi, and be out of the world, but he could not do anything? Or should he formally apply for Liu Chuang and become Liu Chuang's subordinate, kill the generals and seize the flag, and make achievements? Ma Chao was very entangled!

No wonder Ma Chao's identity is indeed embarrassing.

He has a high status, but in fact he has not been able to truly integrate into Liu Chuang's team.

When people talk about Ma Chao, they must refer to his identity as Liu Chuangyi; like Zhao Yun, they are Liu Chuang's brother-in-law. When people talk about Zhao Zilong, they must refer to "Zhao Fenwei". Although this small title is enough to show the status of the two. Zhao Yun is the leader of the top ten generals, and they will praise each other whether in the army or in the prime minister's mansion. Ma Chao is a little troublesome. The generals in the army may respect him, but they will be more or less rejected... as if he is not considered a general in the army.

"Brother, now Prime Minister Dongshou is also his last chance."

Ma Dai persuaded him with great sincerity: "I know that the Prime Minister and his brother are sworn brothers, but the brother has never lost sincerity to the Prime Minister. To a certain extent, if the brother is not considered the Prime Minister's unit, how can he be accepted by the generals in the army?

This is one time, another time.

Perhaps the Prime Minister doesn't care about these things, but the elder brother has to show his attitude.

To save the Prime Minister, it is not to bow his head, but to truly integrate into the army... Otherwise, if this continues, the elder brother will definitely be excluded from the army. At that time, the elder brother will still respect the elder brother, but what are the benefits of being with the elder brother?"

Ma Chao remained silent...

In fact, why didn’t Ma Chao understand the truth?

He is now "helping" Liu Chuang, not "rewarding" Liu Chuang. To a certain extent, he is now having an equal dialogue with Liu Chuang. He is not Liu Chuang's unit, but Liu Chuang's brother-in-law, which seems quite detached at first glance.

But in fact...

However, he was rejected by the entire Liu Chuang's interest group.

Should I bow my head or maintain the current situation? Ma Chao was also hesitant.

He is arrogant by nature and refuses to bow his head easily. But Ma Dai said it right, one time and another, and now Liu Chuang is not the rootless Piaoping who became sworn brothers in Xudu City. Liu Chuang has already achieved great momentum, and the trend of unifying the Han Dynasty is even more obvious. If he does not lose to Liu Chuang at this time, it will probably be too late to lose to Cheng in the future...

Should I bow my head or continue to be proud?

Ma Chao hesitated.

"Where has the Prime Minister been here now?"

Ma Dai hurriedly said, "According to the scouts, the Prime Minister is approaching Beihai Kingdom.

I heard that he was going to Donglai and planned to stay for a few days... Brother, the Prime Minister is waiting for you to go."

Ma Chao smiled bitterly and nodded slightly.

Liu Chuang stayed in Donglai just to wait for him to go and save in Sai Cheng.

If I miss this time, I am afraid that he will never make a breakthrough in the future and I really can't let it go.

"Since that's the case, prepare your gift immediately and follow me to Donglai!"

Ma Dai was also very happy to see that Ma Chao finally made the decision.

As long as Ma Chao is willing to bow his head, all problems will be solved...

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For Liu Chuang, the mission of the East Shou this time was not to fight against Jiangdong, but to sort out the situation that he had not been able to stabilize in the past six months. That's right, Cao Cao died, and the old ministers of the Cao family surrendered to Liu Chuang one after another. But this does not mean there are no hidden dangers.

The uneasiness of the old ministers of the Cao family was not relieved by Liu Chuang's reuse of the Cao family's children.

In fact, Liu Chuang's east hunting this time greatly alleviated the panic of the old ministers of the Cao family and further strengthened his integration of the entire north. Similarly, as Liu Chuang's power grew, there were also hidden dangers among his old subordinates. Some people who assisted Liu Chuang in a cooperative attitude also needed to make adjustments. For example, Ma Chao... If Ma Chao did not lose his sincerity to him for a day, Liu Chuang would not be able to entrust the important tasks for a day. After all, Liu Chuang could not tolerate Ma Chao's self-respecting. Taishi Ci died in the battle, which also gave Liu Chuang a chance. Next, we will only look at Ma Chao's attitude.

Lujiang, Ju Cun.

Zhou Yu looked surprised and looked at the scout in front of him and said, "You said just now that Zhang Liao and Guo Jia had a conflict?"

“That’s right!”

"What's the reason?"
To be continued...