Liu Bei had reached the end of his journey by this time. Now he looked around the world and could still save him. Who else had the military and strength to help him rescue him? Such people were gone. But Liu Bei, who was unwilling to give up, finally sent a document to Guanzhong Zhu Hao to ask for help, asking Ma Teng, Ma Chao, Han Sui and others to send troops to Hanzhong immediately, and even yelled. At this time, Cao Zhi fought on multiple fronts in Hanzhong and was weak in power. This was the perfect opportunity to destroy the Cao family's forces and replace them.
But until now, Liu Bei has not seen a reinforcement or a reply letter. At this time, at the suggestion of military advisor Jian Yong, Liu Bei took out his last move and surrendered to Cao Zhi with shamelessness.
Liu Bei stood on the top of the mountain with his hair and sword, and the wind blew his hair and shook. These days, his hair was not repaired, and this dignified uncle was already unkempt and his beard was fluffy, just like a savage. Smoke curled around him slowly. Liu Bei stood on the top of the mountain, more like a sorcerer communicating with ghosts and gods.
His soldiers were now standing in line in front of the stove with spitting water, watching the heat coming from the stove, smelling the white smoke with only a little bit of cooked aroma, and constantly swallowing saliva.
Today, the last bag of rice and grain from Liu Bei's army was moved out and poured into a large pot made of rice for three thousand people. Each pot could be divided into dozens of grains of rice.
Liu Bei's entire army was really at a dead end and was besieged on this Dingjun Mountain, without reinforcements or food supplies. But any soldier with a pale face and thin skinny face was still unwilling to give up the last bite of rice soup.
At this moment, he led a team of soldiers up the mountain. Next to him was a young literati with a high crown, wearing a sword and jade, and his steps were steady. The two rows of soldiers behind him were vigorous and powerful. From a distance, they were not the hungry soldiers under Liu Bei. They were the soldiers of Cao's army, but the young literati was Zhuge Liang.
Irony, absolutely irony!
Of course, Liu Bei, as the person involved, met Zhuge Liang for the first time. Through prior contact, Liu Bei also knew that the young official was Cao Zhi's special representative and announced whether Cao Zhi accepted his surrender.
Liu Bei immediately stood up and stood at the intersection and looked down at the mountain. After a while, the people walked closer and Jian Yong shouted: "Lord, Prime Minister, Envoy Zhuge... Lord Zhuge Liang is here."
Liu Bei quickly tidied up his clothes, walked over pretending to be respectful, and bowed a long time, "The criminal Liu Bei has seen the emperor."
Zhuge Liang stood in the middle, glanced at the man who was supposed to be his assistant, slowly unfolded a pair of yellow silk books, and read it loudly. Although the soldiers around him were hungry, they cared more about the bowl of hot porridge that could fill their stomachs, but when the enemy envoys came, it meant that the people who decided whether they were life or death and whether to continue to live a dilemma of life and death, so everyone cared about it and came to listen. Even the generals didn't care about scolding the soldiers for obeying the etiquette of superiors and inferiors, and they were crowded in the crowd like them.
"Liu Bei was ambitious and provoked many times, or took advantage of the battle with the enemy. When Liu Bei was driven out by Lu Bu, I led my troops into Xu and helped Liu Bei attack Lu Bu. Then, Liu Bei rebelled against me, killed my beloved generals, turned out of Xuzhou, begged for a chance to survive from Yuan Shao, and continued to fight against me. Then, Jingzhou was in chaos, and I led my troops to fight in person. Liu Bei bewitched Liu Biao and Liu Qi, colluded with the treacherous officials and thieves in Jiangdong, jointly attacked me, and attacked me in Jiangdong and Jiangnan. Liu Bei's thieves' ambition was obvious. Now he colluded with Zhang Lu, Fa Zheng
He used his ministers to attack the king and defeated the Han generals and shirked all the blame. Now he still wanted to surrender. In the past, I still thought that Liu Bei was a hero of the world and he explained his guilt. However, Liu Bei repeatedly destroyed his oaths, was unfaithful, unbelievable, unwise, and unrighteous. He was simply a capricious shameless person. How dare he discuss peace with me? How dare he survive in the world? Therefore, Liu Bei begged for surrender again, but I am not allowed. Since Liu Bei left Xu and betrayed me, he was already a disciple who was punished by heaven and earth, and heaven and earth. I followed the will of heaven and emperor, and executed on behalf of heaven to show justice..."
Moreover, the Gan family and Mi family and Cao Zhi have also seen them, and they are indeed beauties. However, when it reaches the level of Cao Zhi, Cao Zhi still has the patience that he should have. Cao Zhi treated Liu Bei's family well, and Cao Zhi has also met Liu Chan. This fool emperor who is famous for history seems normal now. This is probably a contribution to the defeat of Cao Zhi's change of history (Liu Chan is not stupid in nature, and history is roughly guessing that he was rescued by Zhao Yun, and he was so stupid on the road. Of course, it is also said that Liu Bei personally smashed Liu Chan to Liu A Dou to show his selflessness.).
No matter what, Xiao A Dou is not stupid now, but Cao Zhi not only placed Xu Du, whom he placed them under his own surveillance, but also planned to wait for Liu Chan to grow up and provide unlimited beauty with rich clothes and food, so as to turn this seemingly not stupid A Dou, as much as possible, and kill the last possible in the haze. Anyway, Liu A Dou is lustful in history.
######### On the Lantern Festival of the seventh year of Jian'an, Cao Zhi, who ended the Hanzhong conquest, finally returned to Xudu. In order to commend Cao Zhi's immortal achievements, Emperor Xian issued another edict to grant Cao Zhi Jiuxi and the title of Cao Zhi as Duke of Wu.
Cao Zhi still refused Jiuxi's reward this time, but Duke Wu did not refuse. On New Year's Day, Cao Zhi officially accepted the imperial edict from Emperor Xian and became the only title of the opposite sex in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.
In fact, before this, Cao Zhi was already intending to send his family and court officials to Moling. After accepting the reward from "Duke Wu", he became a vassal king in his fiefdom and had the right to set up his own small court in his fiefdom.
Cao Zhi's fief was in the south, so he naturally set up his small political center in Moling. Although Cao Zhi had not returned to Yangzhou for a long time, the Moling New City, which was in charge of Lu Su, had already started to be built a few years ago. Deng Ai, Yan Xiang and other Yangzhou governors did not dare to relax and actively and properly do the matter.
Now Cao Zhi is officially named "Duke Wu" and is rewarded to enjoy the treatment of living in the palace. When Cao Zhi accepted the reward, the slightly reduced version of the palace in Moling was completed under the planning, design and supervision of Lu Su.