Baidi Chunshen

until it ceases to exist.

When Zhuge Jin saw that the Han army was extremely exhausted, Ma Liang put down the command flag, boarded the chariot and beat drums himself to boost morale.

Ling Yu formation, Hu Yu line, left barbarian, right blade injury.

Two rounds of smog, four horses, aiding jade, beating drums.

Thousands of barbarians and the Han army on the battlefield looked at death as if they were home, and they had long been jealous. But they never forgot to look at the figure in the center of the formation waving the command flag calmly, and obeyed his command. Ma Liang also knew that he would die in this battle, But as the only support for the barbarian soldiers and the Han army, he will accompany them, kill one thousand enemies, and lose eight hundred. He can kill as many Wu troops as he can! Three thousand Han soldiers and barbarian soldiers will be just like Tian Heng of Qi State and Tian Heng. Five hundred warriors, all heroic and righteous, fought to the last moment. They lived bravely and died as ghost heroes. They buried their bones in green mountains and slept in Xiangshui at night. They became the swan song of the last ray of heroic souls in the besieged country.

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After the Great Battle of Wuling, mourners were everywhere. The Han army, the barbarians and the Wu people were all killed and wounded. Zhuge Jin personally led his people to search the battlefield.

"My lord," the captain came to report and bowed to Zhuge Jin: "The battlefield is messy, and the subordinates can't find Ma Jichang everywhere."

"It's okay. Go back to camp and rest." Zhuge Jin said lightly.

He walked slowly into Wuling City. He found his stolen lyre in Ma Liang's room. When he bent over to pick up the lyre, his relatives came to send a secret report. After a while, he carried a war A body tightly covered with robes.

The Yaoqin fell and broke into two halves. Zhuge Jin raised his battle robe with trembling hands, only to see that the man had long since passed away, and there were still dozens of arrows stuck in his body.

He knelt down beside the stretcher, stretched out his hand and pulled out the feather arrows one by one, and wiped the blood on Ma Liang's face himself. Finally, when he put the man into the prepared coffin, he finally couldn't restrain himself and wept unceasingly.

After nightfall, the attendant watched Zhuge Jin help the coffin and cried bitterly, and went out of the city, straight into the forest. He didn't even want to get in the car, just stumbling forward step by step.

Zhuge Jin secretly buried Ma Liang outside the city of Wuling, where no one knew about it. It was rumored that Ma Liang was killed in Wuling, and his body was gone. He imagined how Zhuge Liang would mourn when he received the bad news. But as the prime minister of a country, In order to clean up the defeat, his younger brother probably didn't have much time to immerse himself in grief.

Ji Chang...then let me sing another song for you!

On the way back to the camp, he wept as he walked, and sang hoarsely at the same time:

Go to the king's constant work, why do you care about the four directions?

Abandon the king's pleasure, and be far away from that ominous place.

The soul is back!The East can't trust some...

O soul! Why did you leave the body and wander in all directions? Why did you abandon your peaceful dwelling and encounter those ominous things? The soul is back! This east is not your home! Your emperor has withdrawn his troops and returned to the west. White Emperor City...

With Wang Qianmengxi, first after class.

The king's hair is in person, and he is afraid of being young.

Zhu Mingcheng is at night, and the time cannot be flooded.

Ji Chang, you once told me that my wish in this life is to always be by His Majesty's side.

In your dream, you may have seen the great Han rule, you and your majesty laughing and running in Shanglin Garden to decide who is ahead.

The king himself shoots and hunts, disturbing the blue rhinoceros.

now…

The dead are like this, day and night.

Gao Lan was taken by the path, Silu gradually.

The Zhanzhan River is full of water, and there are maple trees on it.

You come from Lanfang, and the orchids on the lake cover the path, and the path has gradually been submerged.

The turbulent river flows eastward, and there are beautiful red maples on it, like the blood of soldiers...

...the eyes are far away, and the heart is sad.

The soul is back, mourning Jiangnan!

With the song of Chu, sacrifice the souls of Chu who died in battle.

Zhuge Jin wished that this was still in the thatched cottage in Longzhong, and the little Ma Liang was still leaning against his side, listening to him singing Wu ditties, or playing the lyre as his accompaniment. Zhuge Liang looked at them with a smile on the side.

But now, no matter how he sings so heartbreakingly, that person won't wake up to play the piano for him.

11. Wind and rain

The morning mist gradually dissipated.The White Emperor City, which stands on a high cliff, has been quiet for a long time.However, when Chen Dao climbed the tower every day, he could see the raging river in Qutang Gorge--the torrential, ferocious and relentless, never-ending time.Just like the endless resentment, sadness and guilt of the emperor living in the city.

Not long ago, a veteran from Wuling was carried by an old horse, and brought back the broken Yaoqin, the jade pendant worn by Ma Liang, and a letter written by Zhuge Jin.

Said in the letter, he found a secret place to bury Ma Liang.No monument was erected.Ma Liangan fell asleep peacefully, no one would find him, no one would disturb him.

"...Ha. Ziyu is truly a benevolent gentleman." Liu Bei finished reading the letter and said only this.Looking at the tearful old soldier, he calmly arranged for him to rest.

From Chen Dao's point of view, this only made him more alarmed.It should be known that when the news of Guan Yu's death came, Liu Bei was so sad that he beat his chest and stamped his feet.When the news of Zhang Fei's death came, Liu Bei had a premonition, although he just said: "Hey, Fei is dead."Now when Liu Ba and the generals passed away, Liu Bei was so ashamed that he vomited blood.Tonight he dreamed of Ma Liang, and the bad news came the next morning, it should be impossible to add.

So his sadness faded, and the emperor silently watched the grass wither and the severe winter come outside the window.Every day, he would go to the mourning hall to sit with the spirits of the fallen soldiers for a while.Then meet with the ministers as usual and deal with important affairs.He handed over the tedious state affairs to Li Yan, and made him Minister of State.

After the defeat in the Battle of Yiling, the Brazilian prefect Yan Zhi recruited 5000 people from the counties to fill the vacancies and sent them to Hudu.After Liu Bei met Hu Du and talked with him, his expression was joyful, and he said: "Even though Huang Quan died, he regained Hu Du. There are many virtuous people in this world."

But Eastern Wu Yiling Dake, carried away with pride, fought Cao Wei again.But he was defeated.When Liu Bei heard that Wei's troops were coming out, he sent a threatening letter to Lu Xun: "The bandits are already in Jiangling, and I will go back to the east. Does the general think it's possible?"

Lu Xun didn't take it hard, and wrote a book to answer: "But the terrorist army is newly broken, and the damage has not been repaired, so I began to ask for relatives, and I should make up for myself, and I have no time to run out of soldiers. If I don't just count, if I want to recover, I will be sent far away after being overthrown." Those who come have no escape."

Seeing this, Liu Bei said calmly, "Sun Quan will invite peace soon."

Sure enough, soon after Sun Quan heard that Liu Bei had garrisoned the White Emperor, and at this moment he had lost the battle with the northern soldiers, he was always afraid and sent envoys to ask for peace.Liu Bei agreed to send Zong Wei, a doctor in the Taizhong, to report his order.

In this winter, his condition has not improved.But he knew that he could not return to Chengdu immediately.If he stays in the town of Baidi, Sun Quan will be afraid and can threaten Soochow.Zhuge Liang is in charge of everything in Chengdu, so everyone can rest assured.In this way, it will become a temporary situation of partial security.However, Zhao Yun, Chen Dao and others were worried about his illness, and many people advised him to call Zhuge Liang to visit him.Liu Bei only said one thing.

Chen Dao was anxious and asked, "Is Your Majesty ashamed to see the Prime Minister?"

Liu Bei laughed: "How could I be ashamed to see him? I am ashamed to see you and other civil and military officials, but I am ashamed to see Kong Ming."

This sentence made Zhao Yun and Chen Dao look at each other, unable to guess what the emperor was thinking.Only Liu Bei continued: "He has a lot of things to do, I shouldn't disturb him at this time."

About half a month ago, Huang Yuan, the prefect of Hanjia who was close to Chengdu, turned his back on him and was preparing to attack Chengdu.Gao Ding, king of Yi in Yuexi County, immediately rebelled and approached Qianwei County.There is also Cao Pi in the north.All the civil and military personnel in Yong'an knew that the people in the country were panicking and that Chengdu was at stake. If it hadn't been for the prudent and prestigious Zhuge Prime Minister to support him, the pot would have exploded.At this time, as soon as he walked forward, something happened immediately behind him.When Chengdu was in chaos, the country perished, and the monarch and his ministers had no choice but to be arrested without a fight.

Chen Dao retreated outside the door, and saw Hu Du coming towards him.He purposely stopped in front of the palace gate for a while, only to hear Hu Du tell Liu Bei: "Jianning's rich family Yong Kai rebelled, prefect Zhang Yi was arrested and sent to Soochow."

Chen Dao was stunned for a long time and forgot to move.He knew that Liu Gejun and his ministers were like fish in water, and they were inseparable.It's just that their ability to communicate with each other on state affairs is not hindered by distance at all.He had no way of knowing what Liu Bei said in the letter to Zhuge Liang.The drama of state affairs is always beyond what letters can express.However, the two monarchs and prime ministers, one in Chengdu with internal troubles, and the other in Baidi's defense of the country, each operated with a silent tacit understanding.Everything Liu Bei did at this time was no longer based on personal emotions. Every decision he made was trying to lighten Zhuge Liang's heavy burden.

Li Yan is the order of the minister, and he still has to report to Liu Bei every day what he has to deal with.As Liu Bei's personal guard, he can't know the emperor's heart.However, Zhuge Liang, who was far away in Chengdu, didn't seem to need to ask more questions, nor did Liu Bei need to say more.Everything goes without saying.When the two were dealing with state affairs thousands of miles apart, they seemed to have been friends for years, holding umbrellas hand in hand in the precarious wind and rain, and moving forward firmly side by side.

This is the great fortune of the country in crisis.Chen Dao thought about it, sighed slightly, and walked away slowly.

12. Sunset

When early spring and February came, imperial physician Fan A looked at Liu Bei after taking the emperor's pulse early in the morning, and remained silent for a long time.And Liu Bei seemed to know what he meant, and smiled slightly: "The big man no longer needs the emperor. But Kong Ming still needs it."

Fan A was shocked and knelt down on the ground: "Why did Your Majesty say that?!"

But as a good doctor of a generation and a disciple of Hua Tuo, he also knew the reason why he could not heal Liu Bei.If the patient himself gives up hope of life, it is difficult for the doctor to cure him.This is the cause of the emperor's illness, and also the main reason why he was unable to recover, but worsened day by day.

"Although I have done everything I can. Big mistakes will never be undone." Liu Bei sighed, "Now, it's time to do the last thing I saw. Imperial doctor..." He couldn't get up, so he had to order Fan A Stand up and come to the couch.He held the centenarian's hand and smiled slightly: "The last thing is to support Kong Ming and let him take on the foundation of a great man. This is the most important thing I have done in my life."