Although Cao Cao was defeated by Soochow and Liu Bei, the Jingzhou army was not completely lost.
There were still 50,000 troops.
Soochow and Liu Bei wanted to join forces to invade Jingzhou, but Huang Zu, Wenpin and others who stayed behind were defeated.
They were blocked by people, and Taishi Ci was in control of Yuzhang and Changsha counties.
The coalition forces of Sun and Liu attacked several times but failed to gain any advantage.
Liu Bei's strength in absorbing Liu Qi in Jiangxia County became stronger.
Although the Sun family in Jiangdong allied with Liu Bei and defeated Cao Cao, Cao Cao was just a pawn thrown by Liu Cheng to test the strength of the Sun family in Jiangdong and Liu Bei.
In this battle, Jiangdong Sun Quan killed a large number of Cao Cao's men and Jingzhou army, but did not gain territory expansion.
However, after Liu Bei absorbed Liu Qi's troops, he quickly used a Jiangxia navy controlled by Guan Yu to attack Chaisang.
Taishi Ci focused his main energy and attention on dealing with Sun Quan and Zhou Yu, and Liu Bei wisely relied on Zhuge Liang's advice.
Fetched Chaisang.
After hearing the news, Taishi Ci was shocked and angry, and immediately led his army to Chaisang to fight Liu Bei's army.
Taishi Ci fell into Zhuge Liang's plan and was defeated, and had to lead his troops to withdraw to Yuzhang.
When Sun Quan saw Liu Bei starting to attack Tai Shici, he was worried that both Yuzhang County and Changsha County would be taken away, so he immediately sent Zhou Yu to lead an army to attack Yuzhang County.
Taishi Ci was unable to survive under the attack of Liu Bei and Zhou Yu, so he had to lead his troops to retreat to Changsha County, and at the same time sent people to Chang'an for help.
Chang'an.
Liu Cheng looked at the note in his hand.
It was an urgent letter for help sent by Taishi Ci.
If the situation was not critical, Taishi Ci would not send such a letter for help.
"It seems it's time to deal with Sun Liu completely."
Liu Cheng said to himself, took the note and put it on the oil lamp to burn it.
In the next few days, Liu Cheng and his advisers discussed in detail and decided to personally lead an army of 200,000 people south to attack Liu Bei and Sun Quan.
He ordered Yan Xing to lead the Xuzhou Army and Qingzhou Army to attack Jiujiang County, and ordered Zhong Yao stationed in Yizhou to lead the Shu Army eastward to Jingzhou.
He himself led 200,000 troops to attack Lujiang from Runan.
The Jiangdong Army guarding Lujiang was defeated and captured one by one by the 200,000 troops led by Liu Chengqin.
All the cities in Lujiang County were captured and recovered by the imperial army.
The cities that had not yet been attacked saw that the imperial court was powerful and unable to resist, so they all opened their doors and accepted surrender. .
In less than half a month, the entire territory of Lujiang returned to the control of the imperial court.
Three days after the entire Lujiang County was captured, the entire Jiujiang County was also captured by Yan Xing's army.
Liu Bei and Liu Qi of Jiangxia County, who were caught in the middle, faced the overwhelming force of the imperial army and had to retreat to the south of the Yangtze River.
They teamed up with Zhou Yu to use naval forces to blockade the Yangtze River and prevent the imperial army from crossing the river to attack.
Facing the comeback of the imperial army, both Liu Bei and Zhou Yu looked solemn.
Half of the Jingzhou navy was burned by Zhou Yu's trick, but there was still half, and only this half should not be underestimated.
Cao Cao was defeated because he fell into Zhou Yu's plan, and he was not familiar with water warfare.
He was tricked by Zhou Yu into killing Cai Mao, leaving Jingzhou's navy leaderless.
Within a few days after Liu Bei and Liu Qi led their troops to retreat to Xiakou, south of the Yangtze River, Liu Cheng's army captured all the territory north of Jiangxia County.
Half a month later, Liu Cheng came to Xiangyang with only a small number of troops.
Here he met representatives of the Jingzhou army, including Huang Zu, Wenpin, Su Fei, Huo Jun and others, as well as Jingzhou officials such as Kuai.
Liang, Kuai Yue, Wang Wei, Fu Xun and others, and Liu Cong had already gone to Chang'an to become the Duke of Taiping, and he had no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life.
"I will pay my respects to the king."
Kneeling on the ground in the lobby, Liu Cheng walked to the main seat and sat down, raising his hands and saying: "Everyone, please get up."
"Thank you, Your Majesty" Liu Cheng saw Zhong Yao and asked, "Yuan Chang, how many troops and horses did you bring this time?"
Zhong Yao stood up and cupped his hands and said: "Back to the king, this time I have brought 30,000 soldiers and horses, most of them are infantry.
There are too few cavalry, so they can only serve as detectives, sentries and messengers."
Liu Cheng did not blame him.
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He could not raise good horses in Yizhou, and it was not strange to have no cavalry.
He asked: "What is the combat strength of the Yizhou army?
Where are these 30,000 horses stationed now?"
Zhong Yao said: "Without comparison, there is no distinction between superior and inferior.
It is not suitable for subordinates to make rash comments.
The army came through Yiling, but now it is stationed in Jiangling."
Liu Cheng nodded, looked at the Jingzhou Army generals and asked: "Who can tell me how many navy and army there are in Jingzhou now?"
Wenpin stood up and replied: "Your Majesty, of the thirty thousand remaining navy troops, there are twenty thousand army troops."
"Who is leading the Jingzhou Navy now?"
"Your Majesty, ever since Cai Mao was killed by Cao Cao, the Jingzhou navy has been leaderless and has no one to lead it.
For the time being, the generals and commanders of the various ministries are responsible for their own control."
"Do you still remember Zhang Yun?"
All the Jingzhou military generals and officials said one after another: "Of course I remember that this person was in charge of the Jingzhou navy before, and was later recruited by the imperial court."
Liu Cheng clapped his hands, and two generals walked in from the outside holding the handles of swords.
One of them was strong and not tall, while the other was tall and burly.
"The last general Zhang Yungan Ning pays homage to the king."
The two men cupped their fists and saluted Liu Cheng.
"Without courtesy" Liu Cheng raised his hand and said to everyone: "From now on, the king appoints Zhang Yun as the commander of the Jingzhou Navy and Gan Ning as the deputy commander.
I hope that the two of you can work together to lead the Jingzhou Navy to defeat Zhou Yu and Liu Bei’s navy” Zhang Yun and Gan Ning clasped their fists together and agreed: "The last general will live up to the king's trust."
Liu Cheng then said to the generals of the Jingzhou Army: "I want to say something here.
From now on, the Jingzhou Army and Taishi Ci of Changsha County are friends, not enemies.
From now on, they can no longer be hostile to each other.
They must work together sincerely and defeat each other."
Sun Liu, did you hear everything clearly?"
Taishi Ci and the Jingzhou Army generals all agreed to each other: "Yes" Liu Cheng then ordered: "Chen Qun, send someone to ask Jin Xuan, the prefect of Wuling, Zhao Fan, the prefect of Guilin, Liu Du, the prefect of Lingling, and others to go to Jiangling to see the king."
"Yes, my lord" After sending people to deliver the message, more than ten people passed by.
On the third day after Liu Cheng arrived in Jiangling, only Jin Xuan, the prefect of Wuling, and Liu Du, the prefect of Lingling, came to Jiangling.
Zhao Fan, the prefect of Guilin, did not move at all.
After Liu Cheng met Jin Xuan and Liu Du, he ordered them to send troops to attack Zhao Fan immediately after they returned.
The two armies jointly attacked Lingling County, but Zhao Fan soon could not resist it.
He was defeated and killed, and all his troops were recruited by Jin Xuan and Liu Du.
Soon, Jin Xuan and Liu Du received orders and led their troops to Changsha County.
After joining Tai Shici's troops, the entire army moved north to attack the southern part of Jiangxia County occupied by Liu Bei.
On this day, three people came to the army, one was Ma Chao, and the other was Huang Zhong.
These two men did not lead many troops, only a few hundred people, but the last one was Jia Xu, who came to Taishi.
Ci is a military advisor.
In the large tent of the Chinese army, Jia Xu looked at the generals and said: "Generals, I have been ordered by the regent to serve as the military advisor of the South Road army.
I hope that the generals can obey the military orders, otherwise military law will be violated, and you will know."
The generals clasped their fists and said in unison: "We will obey the orders of the military advisor."
"Make food at Mao tomorrow and set off north to attack Liu Bei at Chen."
As the army moved north, Liu Bei soon learned the news and actively discussed countermeasures with Zhuge Liang and others.
After discussion, Liu Bei took all his troops and retreated to Yuzhang and firmly guarded Chaisang.
Hesitantly, Yan Xing's army in the north has captured Jiujiang, and Lujiang has also been captured by Liu Cheng.
If the imperial army wants to cross the river, they can find many landing places.
No matter how many Jiangdong naval forces there are, they cannot take care of every section of the river bank.
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Almost all Jiangdong naval forces are pinned down.
To the east, there was not much support for Liu Bei.
August eighteen.
Zhang Yun and Gan Ning led a navy of thirty thousand to suddenly attack Chaisang.
Guan Yu and Liu Qi learned of the arrival of the Jingzhou navy and immediately led their fleet to fight.
Regarding water warfare, Guan Yu didn't know anything at all.
Everything was commanded by Liu Qi.
However, although Liu Qi also knew some water warfare methods, he was not as good as Zhang Yun, a general who had studied water warfare all year round.
The two sides lined up for battle on the wide river.
As soon as they met, it was clear that Liu Qi's formation in water battles was no match for Zhang Yun.
After fighting for half a day, Liu Qi's warships suffered heavy losses.
They wanted to withdraw, but they were entangled by Zhang Yun's faster boats and were unable to escape.
In the end, they were annihilated by Zhang Yun.
Zhang Yun and Gan Ning immediately led the navy to attack Chaisang, seized a large number of ships, grain and grass, and captured nearly 10,000 navy soldiers.
When Liu Bei learned that the entire naval force had been destroyed, he was so confused that he was unable to command the army to fight against the armies of Tai Shici, Jin Xuan, Liu Du and others.
Zhuge Liang took over the command and sent people to contact Sun Quan to ask him to send troops for reinforcements.
At the same time, he tried his best to command the army to deal with Jia Xu.
After Chaisang was captured by the Jingzhou Navy, Liu Cheng had no worries and immediately led his troops across the river to attack Xiakou.
After receiving Liu Bei's letter asking for help, Sun Quan felt that the situation was unprecedentedly serious, and immediately ordered Zhou Yu to lead his army to rescue.
Just a few days after Zhou Yu left with his troops, a fleet suddenly arrived at the northeast coast of Wu Commandery, and a large number of soldiers landed ashore to attack Qu'a.
In just five or six days, this army captured the entire territory of Wu County, and all those who resisted were killed.
The news spread quickly, and people in Jiangdong were panicked for a while.
After Zhou Yu got the news, he was in a dilemma.
In the end, he led his troops back to Moling, intending to deal with this sudden army with all his strength.
At this time, more and more imperial troops crossed the Yangtze River and entered the north of the Yangtze River.
The areas east of the Yangtze River were attacked for a while, and the cities were captured one by one.
Some cities just raised their flags to surrender, knowing that they were outnumbered.
Liu Bei's army was blocked in Nanchang City, Yuzhang County by three armies of the imperial court.
Liu Bei led the army and civilians to defend for 13 days and finally the city was breached.
All three Liu Bei brothers were captured, and none of his counselors and officials escaped.
After destroying Liu Bei, Liu Cheng used all his strength to deal with Sun Quan, attacking from the east, north and west.
Even though Zhou Yu had peerless wisdom, he was unable to save himself.
After being defeated by Liu Cheng, he led his army to retreat to Wanling, but died of illness in Wanling within a few days.
Half a month later, hundreds of thousands of soldiers surrounded Moling.
Sun Quan was so heartbroken that he drew his sword and killed himself.
Jiangdong officials and generals surrendered one after another.
Liu Cheng spent a month thoroughly sorting out the affairs of Yangzhou and Jingzhou, and sent General Zhao Yun to lead an army of 20,000 soldiers to conquer Jiaozhou's rebellion.
In less than two months, Jiangdong was pacified.
At the end of October, Liu Cheng returned to Chang'an.
That night, Liu Cheng was woken up from his sleep and learned that it was the eunuch sent by Zhao Chun from the palace.
He immediately put on his clothes and went to the inner hall to receive the eunuch sent by the palace.
"The slave meets the regent" Liu Cheng waved his hand: "No need to be formal, why is Zhao Chun sending you here so late?"
"Your Majesty, your Majesty is dying."
Liu Cheng's expression changed and he immediately shouted: "Come here, please send an order to Chen Dao to gather the troops and follow me into the palace, and let Gao Shun lead his army to protect the palace."
Soon, Liu Cheng and his troops opened the palace gate and came directly to Weiyang Palace.
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The soldiers and horses were left outside Weiyang Palace by Liu Cheng, and he entered Weiyang Palace with only a few guards.
He saw Liu Bian lying in the palace.
Liu Bian was now haggard, his eyes were lifeless, and he could only breathe out but not in.
He Hou got the news from somewhere and rushed in like crazy.
Upon seeing this, Liu Cheng waved everyone to go out.
"My son, I am your mother.
Your mother was not dead back then, but her face was burned.
She was worried that if the news of her aliveness spread, it would be detrimental to you, so she hid the news from you."
Empress Dowager He cried and revealed the secrets she had held for many years.
Liu Bian, who was on his deathbed, seemed to be quite excited after hearing these words and gained some vitality.
"The Crown Prince is your biological brother" Liu Bian showed a trace of relief on his face and slowly closed his eyes.
Queen Mother He cried bitterly, and soon afterwards, news came from the palace that the emperor had passed away.
The funeral arrangements were underway, and all officials, both civil and military, paid their respects.
At the court meeting on this day, Liu Yi, the emperor's younger brother and son of Liu Cheng, who had not yet officially ascended the throne as emperor, sat on the throne.
Liu Cheng and the civil and military officials discussed funeral matters below.
An official stood up and said: "Prince Regent, Emperor Daxing's mausoleum has not been completed yet.
It is only half-built.
The main tomb chamber has not been completed yet and cannot be buried yet.
This matter is not easy to arrange."
Liu Cheng asked Xun Yu: "Wen Ruo, what do you think about this matter?"
Xun Yu said to Liu Yi and Liu Chengdao: "The emperor's brother and the regent, I think we should bury Emperor Daxing first, let Emperor Daxing rest in peace, and then slowly build the mausoleum."
"That's okay, just do it like this."
Liu Cheng looked at Zhao Chun who was standing next to Liu Yi and asked: "Investor Zhao, I wonder if Emperor Daxing had any posthumous edict before his death?"
Zhao Chun thought for a while and saluted Liu Cheng: "Returning to the regent, Emperor Daxing did not leave any edicts before his death.
He only left an oral edict saying that Sima Yi should be buried after his death."
Liu Yi had gradually become sensible at this time and knew what it meant to be buried.
He liked Sima Yi very much, and he was not willing to let Sima Yi go to Liu Bian to be buried.
He immediately shouted: "No, I won't agree."
Liu Cheng's expression changed, and he said in a deep voice: "Yi'er, it is the imperial edict left by Emperor Daxing to bury Sima Yi.
As a minister and the emperor's heir, you must abide by it.
How can you disobey someone and arrest Sima Yi?"
He will be imprisoned in the sky prison and no one is allowed to visit him.
Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed."
Sima Yi, who was working in the palace, was caught by the palace guards.
He understood something for a moment and knew that what he had been planning for several years was in vain.
A few days later, Liu Yi ascended the throne as emperor.
A month later, Liu Bian was buried, and Sima Yi was killed and buried.
Ten years later, the world was at peace, the country was strong and the people were prosperous, and the military power of the Han Dynasty spread far and wide.
Liu Cheng asked Liu Yi to take charge of the affairs, and he retired behind the scenes to complete the book
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