The Three Kingdoms of the Widow

Cao Pi couldn't even close his mouth holding Sima Shile.

Cao Rui and Cao Pi look alike, especially when Cao Pi was a child. Sima Shi is partly like Cao Pi and partly like Sima Yi.Although she was just born, she has already seen a good foundation in her eyes. She is more beautiful than Cao Rui, and she doesn't cry much, so she can worry.

Sima Yi was sitting by the desk reading a book, raising his head from time to time, coldly watching Cao Pi smirking while hugging Sima Shi, who was only one month old, as if losing his mind, and perseveringly teaching him to say "Daddy".

"The prime minister is back, don't keep running here."

"Zhongda, don't you keep driving me away, I want to see Shi'er more, but you won't let me take him back."

"Master is my son! Why are you taking him back!"

Seeing that Sima Yi had a sign of turning against him when he mentioned this issue, Cao Pi hurriedly explained in a low voice: "No, isn't there still Ruier in the mansion, I want to let their brothers get closer as soon as possible."

"Cao Rui is the son of you and the Zhen family, and has nothing to do with me; Ashi is my son with Zhang Chunhua, and has nothing to do with you. What kind of brother! The Sima family dare not claim this kind of relationship!"

Sima Yi's words were merciless. Cao Pi stood in the middle of the room with Sima Shi in his arms, feeling a little embarrassed. He wanted to say something, but he couldn't say it when he opened his mouth.

At this time, Zhang Chunhua's voice came very abruptly, both Cao Pi and Sima Yi were taken aback, and Sima Yi put down the book in his hand.

Zhang Chunhua's voice is very crisp and full of confidence, but it is seldom so sharp, it is almost screaming, the high octave is like thin glass that cannot be thinner, and it cuts people's ears one after another: "Xun Lingjun! It's too late to report. Disrespectful! Ah~~ you can’t enter! My husband’s description is afraid that it’s inconvenient to meet people! Xun Lingjun! Xun Lingjun!”

Sima Yi's face changed, and he almost ran back to the bed. After living a comfortable life for too long, she never thought that someone would make a surprise attack at this time, and she couldn't care less about being embarrassed. Cao Pi hurriedly said, "Hurry up!" Hurry up! Zhongda! Quilt! Cover it up!" It was inconvenient to hold Master Sima, so Cao Pi could only free up one hand to help Sima Yi cover up.

"Don't worry about it." The door had already been pushed open, and Sima Yi hadn't laid down yet. She only felt that the light at the door was a bit dazzling.Xun Yu was standing inside the door and talking calmly, holding a volume in his hand. "Prime Minister Junzhi, Sima Yi, come down, don't pretend."

Cao Pi opened his mouth wide and was stunned. Sima Yi only hesitated for a short time. Knowing that he couldn't escape this time, he simply turned over and got down on the bed. He walked up to Xun Yu and knelt down. He even apologized and ordered: "Sinner Sima Yi."

Cao Pi came to his senses at this time, he quickly put Master Sima back, and walked up a few steps to explain something, but he seemed unable to explain anything: "Xun Lingjun, Zhongda is...she is...not Interested in..."

Xun Yu glanced at Cao Pi: "Young Master Pi, this matter has nothing to do with you, the prime minister is only asking Sima Yi."

Cao Pi got stuck, his father was of course older than himself, not to mention that he was still the prime minister, under one person in name, but actually the highest leader in the country, no matter what he said, he didn't have the right to intervene.

Cao Pi didn't dare to speak, and Zhang Chunhua, who had caught up, stood outside the door, neither advancing nor retreating, let alone dared to say anything, so he just stood there, watching Xun Yu question Sima Yi.

But to everyone's surprise, Xun Yu didn't seem to be interested in questioning the crime at all, he just said indifferently: "The prime minister asked Sima Yi if he had lived enough."

"Criminals dare not."

"Then go to the Prime Minister's Mansion tomorrow."

"..."

"You don't have to go if you don't want to. The prime minister said before he left: 'If you stay here again, you will accept it'."

Xun Yu had always conveyed Cao Cao's orders in a calm tone, but when it came to the last sentence, his tone was still light and light, but Sima Yi broke out in a cold sweat. Cao Cao's threats were not just words.Cao Cao was really angry, and if this continues, it will be the rhythm of canceling the account.

Sima Yi prostrated himself on the ground and pleaded guilty: "The offender will go to the prime minister's mansion tomorrow to plead guilty, and thank the prime minister for his position."

After Xun Yu finished what he wanted to say, he turned around and walked out without talking to Sima Yi. Cao Pi looked at Sima Yi who was still kneeling on the ground in a daze, and then at Xun Yu who was walking very freely. He went out: "Mr. Xun Ling stay! Mr. Xun Ling!"

Xun Yu walked for a while and stopped: "What else is there for Mr. Pi?"

Cao Pi was stunned for a moment: "Ah, that, uh, I want to ask, by the way, Mr. Xun Ling, my father didn't say what to do with Zhongda, did he?"

"I've already said what the prime minister meant. Order Sima Yi to serve in the prime minister's residence tomorrow."

"That's good." Cao Pi was relieved. Cao Cao didn't seem to intend to argue with Sima Yi, otherwise he would have sent someone to arrest him. Anyway, Sima Fang would never dare to say anything about the serious crime of deceiving the emperor. It would be fine not to pursue him. "Can Xun Lingjun tell me what position my father asked Zhongda to take?"

"Master Pi, why do you ask this?" Xun Yu asked back.

"This... I know what Zhongda is doing, so I can tell them... in advance."

Xun Yu glanced at Cao Pi and was about to leave: "No need."

Cao Pi hurriedly grabbed Xun Yu: "Hey, Mr. Xun Ling, don't go, just tell me, please, you also know the habits of the people in the Prime Minister's mansion, Zhongda offended my father again, if you don't take care of it in advance, I will I'm afraid Zhongda will suffer."

Xun Yu chuckled lightly: "I didn't even know Mr. Pi had such a low opinion of me."

"Uh?"

"The Prime Minister was very angry at first, and wanted to pursue Mr. Pi. I used the name that Mr. Pi couldn't bear to hurt his teacher, and I covered it up. I also recommended Sima Yi's official position, Literary Officer. Didn't she teach Mr. Pi in the Sikong Mansion, by the way? Can you help me? Then what she used to do, she will continue to do in the future. By the way, tell Mr. Pi that tomorrow he and Sima Yi will come before the prime minister to take orders, and the prime minister has no appointment for you."

Cao Pi never expected such a thing to happen, so he chewed Xun Yu's words twice before he understood what it meant. There was an ecstatic expression on his face for a moment: "Thank you, Mr. Xun Ling, thank you!" Then he left Xun Yu , Shouting "Zhongda! Zhongda! Great joy! We can meet every day from now on!" and ran back.

But Sima Yi, who didn't get the news, was still kneeling on the ground in a daze. Zhang Chunhua didn't dare to enter the house until Xun Yu left. The moon has risen again, and you will be promoted to a noble, double happiness."

"Get out." Sima Yi came back to his senses and said reflexively.

"You can say this word to me, right? Why bother, you can't leave me, just for the fun of talking about it?"

"Then is it interesting for you to talk about it every day?"

"Interesting. What about you, my husband?" Zhang Chunhua blinked, as if to say, "Are you ashamed to fall into my ideological consciousness?"

"I don't think it's interesting," Sima Yi pushed Zhang Chunhua away coldly, "but making you feel interesting is also the joy of my life. You should thank me for cooperating with you."

After Zhou Yu sent Gan Ning to occupy Yiling, he and Cao Ren fell into a bitter battle.

Zhou Yu was not too anxious, anyway, he knew he would fight for a year.

But this year has been really difficult.After repeated fights, Zhou Yu was also injured by Liu Ya, which caused the Wu army to lose its backbone. At this time, Lu Su suggested that Zhang Fei should fight on his behalf. Anyway, Zhang Fei also followed, so it was useless.But this suggestion was directly rejected by Zhou Yu: it cannot be used.

If you can't use it, you can keep it for nothing. Fortunately, Zhang Fei doesn't care about these things, and he lives a very nourishing life every day.

The attack on Nanjun reached a fever pitch. Zhou Yu was worried that his injury would affect morale, so he gritted his teeth and patrolled the camp with neat armor, and made a gesture to show the soldiers. Sure enough, morale was greatly boosted, but only a few people, including Lu Meng, knew that Zhou Yu supported him. When I got back to the dormitory, I don't know the personnel affairs.

Zhang Fei gossips with the soldiers when he has nothing to do. When it comes to Zhou Yu's impact on morale, he naturally has to praise him greatly. After the praise is not enough, he writes letters to people he knows, feeling that Zhou Yu is amazing, the generals are united, and the sergeants work hard. , Soochow is really blessed to have Zhou Yu.

Gan Ning was besieged in Yiling by 6000 men sent by Cao Ren's army. He hurriedly asked Zhou Yu for help.Zhou Yu was in a dilemma. Her dilemma was not whether to save or not to save, but how she could persuade these people to save.Those who opposed were afraid that Cao Ren would take the opportunity to attack and cause greater losses, which is also true.Moreover, some people have complained that Gan Ning suggested to the governor to attack Yiling first, so who is responsible for the failure to advance or retreat?Zhou Yu knew very well that this was no longer aimed at Gan Ning, but at himself. After all, Gan Ning’s plan was actually his own plan at the beginning. ——It’s back to the state before the Battle of Chibi. It’s not easy for Soochow to win with a lot of factions.

Zhou Yu thought hard about what to say in order to convince everyone. At this moment, Lu Meng said, "Liu Ling Gongji, Meng and the king go together, relieve the siege, the situation is not long, Mengbao Gongji can keep it for ten days."

Zhou Yu glanced at Lu Meng gratefully. This is to say what Zhou Yu was inconvenient to say, and proposed the arrangement of the left-behind personnel, and also publicly aired the conflict between Ling Tong and Gan Ning, implying that " If you can't defend Ling Tong, it's not as good as Gan Ning's threat of "and" Ling Tong's faction can't run away if something happens to Gan Ning". Once the factional conflicts are made public, the opponents will not be able to say anything.

This is just a prelude to attacking many troubles in Nanjun, and Zhou Yu has experienced similar situations many times later.After the wounded battalion tour, internal conflicts tended to worsen. Even Zhang Fei, an outsider who came to help, admired Zhou Gongjin there, and some people felt resentful and spoke to Sun Quan.

So Sun Quan, who had never been able to attack Hefei, hesitated.He consulted with Lu Su. Lu Su thought for a long time, and said to Sun Quan: "My lord, it is not easy for Gongjin to conquer Nanjun. Cao Ren's soldiers are very heavy, and Gongjin can take Yiling. If he goes down to Jiangling, Nanjun will eventually conquer. At this time It is not appropriate to divide the troops. If my lord thinks that the troops are insufficient, you can go to Liu Xuande to borrow troops first. I have borrowed two thousand troops from Zeng and I am sure he will not refuse."

But after the envoy who borrowed troops saw Liu Bei, Liu Bei spread out his hands with a helpless expression on his face: Your lord has also seen my situation. I struggled to fight in such a small and dilapidated place in the four counties in the south of the Yangtze River, and even broke out several times. Have you heard about the rebellion in Guiyang?I also divided troops to guard against counterinsurgency.I am very grateful to your lord for lending me the 2000 people, but I didn't waste them, I used them to block Cao Ren's retreat, and I can't move now!Besides, we have also sent Zhang Yide and a thousand people to assist Zhou Dudu. I didn't have many more people after all the calculations inside and out!It's not that I don't want to help, the difficulties are obvious, and I really have enough energy to spare!

The emissary reported that Sun Quan's anger—qi is useless. Liu Bei was right. The exchange of soldiers and horses between the two families was more symbolic than real. Sun Quan also saw Liu Bei's difficulties. If Liu Bei didn't have enough soldiers, He has long pointed to Yizhou. After the Battle of Chibi, the two families divided up the sphere of influence and said that Liu Bei was allowed to develop westward.

Fortunately, good news came at this time, Zhou Yu worked hard, and finally took control of Nanjun, to be precise, most of Jingzhou.Another piece of good news is that Pang Tong, a descendant of the Pang family among the four major families in Jingzhou, was made a meritorious service under Zhou Yu's command.Sun Quan was overjoyed, and asked Lu Su: Now that Nanjun has been taken, can Gongjin divide his troops to rescue it now?

Lu Su frowned. In fact, at this time, consolidating the results of the battle is more important than anything else. It is best not to divide the troops, and the defense has changed. But Hefei has been fighting for so long... Lu Su still did not object.

When Sun Quan's order came down, Zhou Yu knew that someone said "suspicion", and she already knew who the instigator was.She also roughly guessed what the future will be like—although the specific method is not very clear, the final result is the same.

Zhou Yu had no choice but to return to the army, although she left soldiers guarding the fruits of victory before she left, and told them: If Liu Bei dares to attack the city, he will beat him hard, and you are welcome.

As expected by Zhou Yu, just as Zhou Yu's troops withdrew, Liu Bei's "poorly small" soldiers appeared from nowhere and besieged Yiling, Jiangling, and Nanjun.Naturally, relatively speaking, the task of cutting off Cao Ren's retreat was accomplished only so-so, and Cao Ren escaped smoothly.

The city defenders of Soochow were very angry about this, and they held back their strength to fight. They kept in mind Zhou Yu's words before leaving, and resolutely carried out them.

But the problem is that Liu Bei's men don't attack the city at all, and they don't attack in the face of provocations. They surround the city and do what they should do.

That being the case, according to the command of the governor, this situation cannot be fought.Soochow soldiers were so depressed that they could only endure and wait.

After waiting and waiting, when a letter from Liu Bei arrived at Sun Quan's desk, Liu Bei said humbly in the letter: Marquis Wu, I have to assist my nephew Liu Qi to be the shepherd of Jingzhou. Well deserved, so Zhuge Liang sent troops to surround several important cities. His original intention was to take the cities directly. It took me a lot of effort to persuade Zhuge Liang not to be rough.In this way, according to the order of the emperor, the whole of Jingzhou should belong to my nephew, but now we are willing to take a step back and first want the part of Jiangnan in Nanjun. Jiangbei is still yours, and Zhou Dudu is also the prefect of Nanjun!How can there be no office space?I hope Marquis Wu will seriously consider my proposal. If Marquis Wu resolutely disagrees, then I can only express my regret. Zhuge Liang said that the officers and men are turning blue when they see Nanjun. They are like hungry wolves. What bloodshed happened at that time, don't say it was unexpected.

If it was normal, Sun Quan would definitely tear up this letter and yell at him when he saw this letter, but now is the time when his offensive on the western front has repeatedly suffered setbacks. He has to seriously consider Liu Bei's proposal at this moment and at that moment.

At the emergency CPPCC meeting held by Sun Quan, Zhou Yu also attended, but Zhou Yu did not express any opinions. The ministers argued fiercely. Sun Quan asked Gong Jin what he meant?Zhou Yu rarely said only "Let the lord judge".

Zhou Yu really had nothing to say.A bunch of people are staring at it.In Zhou Yu's view, Liu Bei's letter was a threat from a rogue, and he absolutely could not agree to it.But she couldn't stand up and object, because Liu Bei's letter mentioned insidiously that she was serving as the prefect of Nanjun. Do you want to form your own school?" It was enough to crush Zhou Yu to death.

Zhou Yu felt very sad in her heart. Two days ago, she got news that Mrs. Wu could not last for a few days, and another elder who loved her sincerely was about to pass away. Zhou Yu was about to be crushed by the internal and external pressure.

In the end, it was Lu Su who suggested to give Liu Bei a personal favor. Anyway, what Liu Bei wants is not too big. Most of Jingzhou is still in the hands of Zhou Yu. It's too late.

Sun Quan nodded.Then he turned around and asked Zhou Yu, "What do Gong Jin think of Zi Jing's words?"

Zhou Yu felt like there was a mountain on her body, she was so tired that she didn't want to talk anymore.

"What Liu Bei wants is not Nanjun."

Hearing what Zhou Yu said, someone started whispering.

"He will want Jingzhou soon."

"Liu Xuande claims to be the clan, and he usually regards himself as benevolent and virtuous. I am afraid that if he does not do such a scoundrel's behavior, he will lose the popularity of the world."

"He can't, it doesn't mean that the people around him can't either." Zhou Yu finished briefly and stopped talking.

Liu Bei looked at Zhuge Liang: "Kong Ming, isn't that good?"

"Huh? My lord, is there something wrong?" Zhuge Liang patiently rubbed ink next to Liu Bei.

"I just wrote a letter to Sun Quan, threatening to take Nanjun, this... so soon Jingzhou..."

"Oh, if my lord thinks the interval between the two letters is too short, we can write the letter first and wait a few days before sending it out."

"That was not what I meant……"

"Then you mean you don't want Jingzhou anymore, right?"

Liu Bei lowered his head and wrote the letter.

"Is the mistress better these days?" In fact, Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu can really be called brothers and sisters. Mrs. Wu of Dongwu is seriously ill, and Mrs. Gongan Gan is dying.

Liu Bei's pen paused for a moment, and continued writing without raising his head: "It's just a matter of life."