Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2952: The marriage between Chu and Wei, the battle between Xu Bei and Xu Bei begins (Part )
Chapter 2948: The marriage between Chu and Wei, the battle between Xu and Bei begins (Part )
Cao Ying always thought that the person she was going to marry was Liu Er, so when she knew she couldn't resist, she wanted to fight for the best treatment for herself.

In order to let Liu Er know that she is not just a vase, Cao Ying has been trying hard to build a good relationship with Liu Er these days, preparing to follow Liu Er to the battlefield after marriage.

Cao Ying thought of giving her something to her advantage. It just so happened that she had a good talent in martial arts and had reached the early stage of a grandmaster at a young age. Liu Er was the third-ranked general of Shu Han, and his strength was second only to Xing Tian. She felt that she would definitely be able to get along well with Liu Er in martial arts.

But what Cao Ying didn't expect was that Liu Er, this steely straight man, was really not at all understanding of romance. Faced with the active advances of such a beautiful woman like her, he actually acted as if he was disdainful of discussing martial arts with her, a novice grandmaster.

Although Liu Er did not say it explicitly, the implication of his words was: "You are too weak, your realm is not high enough, you won't understand even if I tell you."

Cao Ying was so angry that she wanted to take action, but her reason told her not to do so. After all, although her cultivation had reached the initial stage of a grandmaster, women are inherently weaker than men of the same level. Liu Er was not only at a higher level than her, but he was also born with supernatural powers. If they really fought, she might not be able to hold off Liu Er for even one round.

Although the topic of discussing military affairs was blocked, Cao Ying took another approach. She had only heard of Liu Er's reputation for bravery but had never heard of his achievements in strategy, so she thought Liu Er was a reckless man, so she turned to discuss the art of war with Liu Er.

But what Cao Ying didn't expect was that Liu Er's military tactics and strategies were indeed not as strong as those of the heroes in the world, but after all, he was someone who had fought his way out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood, so he was much stronger than her, who could only talk about military strategy on paper.

Liu Er has been with Liu Yu for so many years. Under Liu Er's careful training, he has also experienced a lot of hardships. Now his five-dimensional attributes have been improved to varying degrees;
当前刘耳（六耳）当前五维：统帅75（+5），武力108（+2），智力69（+6），政治61（+3），魅力80（+5）；
Judging from the overall five dimensions alone, Liu Er is still a fierce general, but his 75 points of command and 69 points of intelligence are enough to lead an army of less than people.

Cao Ying thought she was well-versed in the art of war, but that was just what she thought. After really communicating with Liu Er, she realized how ridiculous the little military strategy she knew was. Even Liu Er, who was not good at military strategy, was better than her, let alone those famous generals who had fought in the battlefield and were undefeated in hundreds of battles.

Being beaten by the "reckless man" in her eyes was a huge blow to Cao Ying. It also made her realize that she had overestimated herself. At the same time, she actually developed a strange feeling for Liu Er.

Originally, Cao Ying was reluctant to marry Liu Er. After all, Liu Er's hair was too thick, which did not conform to her aesthetic taste. But after experiencing being crushed in strength and inferior in knowledge, she developed a kind of love for Liu Er out of admiration for his strength.

Now Cao Ying no longer had any resistance, and she was willing to marry Liu Er for the sake of alliance. However, what she didn't expect was that the little love that had just sprouted in her heart was immediately extinguished by Liu Yu.

"What? I'm going to marry Liu Xiu, the King of Chu?"

After hearing what Lu Zhi said, Cao Ying was stunned. She really thought that she was going to marry Liu Er, which was why she had been racking her brains to build relationships during this period.

It is true that Liu Yu had only one unmarried brother, Liu Er. But who would have thought that the brother Liu Yu was referring to was actually King of Chu Liu Xiu, who had no blood relationship with him and was merely his brother in name.

Cao Ying looked back at his own behavior and thought that in the other party's eyes he might just be a clown.

"You are going too far. You, the Shu Kingdom, are going too far."

Thinking of this, Cao Ying, who felt deeply rehabilitated, was so angry that she gritted her teeth. If it weren't for the upbringing she had maintained since childhood, she would have really cursed.

Looking at the furious Cao Ying, Lu Zhi was helpless. It was indeed Liu Yu who did something wrong. Wouldn't it have been fine if he had made it clear at the beginning? But now that things had come to this, she could only try her best to calm Cao Ying's emotions.

On the other side, Liu Yu also found Liu Er. When he heard that Cao Ying had been close to Liu Er in recent days, he immediately realized that Cao Ying had misunderstood his meaning, so he hurried to remedy the situation in person.

Liu Er's emotional fluctuations were not as great as Cao Ying's. After all, as a Buddhist disciple, he was not interested in women. Naturally, he would not fall in love with a strange woman just after spending a few days with her. So he naturally supported everything his brother did.

But Liu Yu heard something different, so he asked Liu Er if he had feelings for Cao Ying. Liu Er naturally denied it, but he couldn't help getting annoyed after being asked so many questions by Liu Yu.

Looking at his brother who left with an impatient look on his face, Liu Yu realized that he might have done something stupid this time. After all, if Liu Er was really not tempted at all, he would not have behaved so impatiently.

Although Liu Er is a six-eared macaque, he is a human being after all, not a monkey. His Buddhist background and his personality make him stay away from women, but when a beautiful woman not only does not mind his ugliness, but also actively tries to please him, it is impossible for Liu Er, who is still a young man, to remain unmoved.

However, Cao Ying was related to the overall plan of Shu Han. For the sake of his brother's cause of restoring Han, Liu Er very rationally suppressed the impulse in his heart.

This was nothing in Liu Er's eyes. After all, he was not really in love, he just had some sexual impulses. But in Liu Yu's eyes, he had made a big mistake.

Liu Yu knew very well that Liu Er was the kind of man who was not interested in women and would never be easily moved by them. But once he was moved by women, it would not be easy for him to be moved by another person.

Although Liu Yu was a Buddhist disciple like Liu Er, he still hoped that his younger brother would marry and have children. As a result, his younger brother finally fell in love with someone, but he suppressed it with his own hands. If he never fell in love again in the future, he would surely end up living alone.

When Liu Yu thought of this, he felt extremely upset and regretted not making it clear to Cao Ying at the beginning, which led to such a big mistake.

At this point, Liu Yu had only two choices: one was to give up the benefits of Yingzhou in Chu and marry Cao Ying to Liu Er, and the other was to let Liu Er down and continue with the original opportunity.

After thinking it over again and again, Liu Yu decided to put up with Liu Yu. After all, giving up half of Chu's income in Yingzhou would be a considerable loss for Shu Han's finances. If he wanted to destroy the Nanman, he could not do without this money.

"My dear brother, I'm sorry. I have to put you in a difficult position for a while." Liu Yu said to himself with a look of regret. The next day, the envoy of Cao Wei arrived in Chengdu. What Liu Yu didn't expect was that the envoy was actually a teenager, Xiahou Yuan's fourth son Xiahou Wei.

When Cao Cao learned that his second son Cao Pi, who was far away in Yingzhou, mobilized the intelligence channels of Cao Wei's School Affairs Office in Yizhou and sent Cao Ying to Shu Han in order to maintain the situation in Yingzhou, he did not think that there was anything wrong with doing so. After all, Cao Pi was also trying to preserve Cao Wei's power in Yingzhou. If the Central Plains could not be defended, then Yingzhou would be the last way out for the Cao family.

That’s right, it’s the Cao family, not Cao Cao himself.

Cao Cao also knew that the best outcome for Cao Wei was to surrender to the Qin Dynasty. It was only because of his own stubbornness that he had to fight to this point. However, he was not prepared to bow to Ying Hao. When the day of his country's demise came, he was not prepared to live on. Qiao County was the cemetery he chose for himself.

Cao Cao was not afraid of death, but he did not want to implicate other members of the Cao and Xiahou families because of himself. Therefore, the colony of Yingzhou, which had not yet been completely occupied by the Qin Dynasty, was naturally the last refuge for the Cao and Xiahou families.

So Cao Cao agreed with Cao Pi's behavior, but after the mission was successful, Liu Yu detained Cao Ying, which made Cao Cao extremely puzzled. He didn't understand what Liu Yu's purpose was in detaining his daughter.

As for being lustful, Liu Yu was not a lustful person, otherwise there would have been piles of concubines in the harem.

If he was not lustful and had his eyes on his own daughter, then why did he detain Cao Ying, who was an envoy? Even when two countries were at war, they did not kill envoys.

Cao Cao couldn't understand Liu Yu's intentions, so he could only send another envoy to hold him accountable.

Xiahou Wei was ordered to come with the intention of bringing back Cao Ying and condemning the Shu Han for detaining the envoy, but Liu Yu's words completely dumbfounded him.

Liu Yu said a lot to Xiahou Wei, but in Xiahou Wei's ears, all that was left was: Cao Ying admired Liu Xiu and eloped for love.

But how is this possible?

Xiahou Wei was beaten by Cao Ying since he was a child, so he knew his cousin's temper very well. Regardless of whether she really admired Liu Xiu or not, even if she did, with her arrogant character, she would never be able to flatter him.

Xiahou Wei felt that Liu Yu was just trying to fool him by making up outrageous excuses because he was young, but Liu Yu gave the same explanation after repeated questioning, and finally made repeated assurances in the name of the emperor.

Xiahou Wei was also very helpless about this. Liu Yu was the emperor, and since Liu Yu would never tell him the truth, he could not put a knife to Liu Yu's neck to force him to speak. He could only send the news of Shu Han back to the country first, and then rush to Chu to chase Cao Ying.

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Yuzhou, Pei State, and Qiaodu, the new capital of Cao Wei.

Cao Cao, who was sitting on the throne, looked at Xiahou Wei's letter with confusion on his face. He obviously didn't understand what Liu Yu was trying to do.

After the great defeat in Yanzhou, Cao Cao went to Mount Tai in person to appease and win over the Demonic Sect forces, especially the dozen or so Demonic Sect rebel armies.

After many negotiations, the two sides finally reached a consensus. Cao Cao voluntarily handed over the control of some counties in exchange for the Demon Sect rebel army led by An Lushan and Shi Siming to obey the unified command of Cao Wei.

In fact, An Lushan didn't want the cities at first. He only wanted money, food and equipment. After all, if he took over these cities, he would have to defend them when the Qin army attacked. But the leaders of the other rebel armies of the Demon Sect didn't think so.

The Demon Sect's righteous army now only has an army but no territory. If it continues like this, it will eventually run out of resources and no matter how much wealth it has, it will not be able to withstand such consumption.

Therefore, most of the rebel leaders were anxious about this and wanted to have their own territory to achieve their goal of establishing their own regime and maintaining their own army.

It was naturally exactly what they wanted that Cao Cao came to them at this time, so how could they refuse him?
Even though An Lushan knew that Cao Cao had bad intentions, he could only follow the crowd and agree with the overwhelming public opinion.

Cao Cao won over the major rebel armies of the Demon Sect by ceding land and making big promises, and after making them temporarily obey him, he immediately led his people back to Qiaodu. After all, Xindu was also a mess, and there were still a lot of affairs waiting for him to deal with.

After Cao Cao returned to Qiaodu, he immediately allocated territory to the Demon Sect's rebel army. At the same time, he actively contacted the Song and Ming countries, and continued to trade with the Chu State for prisoners.

In the previous prisoner of war trade, Song and Ming took possession of the Wu navy captured by Chu, and although Cao Wei only purchased infantry prisoners of war, the total amount was actually not large, because Cao Wei could not afford more.

Of course, this was mainly because Liu Xiu was afraid that Cao Cao would not be able to hold on for long, so he was unwilling to give Cao Cao installments or loans.

But the situation is different now. Cao Cao has recruited the rebel army of the Demon Sect, and now he has more than a dozen rebel armies under his command. His military strength has greatly increased, and he has the confidence to negotiate with Liu Xiu.

Liu Xiu also hoped that Cao Cao could hold out longer, so he tried his best to give him preferential treatment in transactions. Anyway, he didn't need these Eastern Wu captives, and using them to exchange for funds and materials for development was just what he wanted.

As long as Cao Cao could afford the money, he would sell as many Liu Xiu as he wanted, even if it meant buying all the prisoners of war from Eastern Wu.