Thousand-year-old family: its rise began with Shang Yang’s reforms

Chapter 390: The Brilliance of Red Cliff (Part )

When Liu Xie saw the complete content of the letter in his hand, his expression suddenly changed.

After a while, he was silent for a moment before saying, "For so many years, he has been acting crazy and stupid. It's really hard for him."

Liu Xie sneered, then looked at the man in front of him and asked, "How confident is he?"

The man in front of him did not answer the question, but instead said: "Your Majesty said that he was not sure, he just read more history books and found some problems in them."

"Our people have investigated and found that the ancestor of the Shangdang Zhao family should be the 'Qin Wulie Emperor'. He is not the biological bloodline of the First Emperor, so naturally he is not the main line of the Qin royal family."

"Back then, King Zhaoxiang of Qin had made an agreement with the ancestors of the Chen family, asking the Chen family to protect their own lineage when the Qin family was in danger."

"Chen has indeed achieved this."

"The Qin family in Guanzhong today is the descendant of King Zhaoxiang. This lineage was passed down from King Zhaoxiang to King Zhuangxiang, and then to the First Emperor and Emperor Wen. The ancestor of the Qin family in Guanzhong was the youngest son of Emperor Wen."

"If Emperor Qin Wulie traces his bloodline, he can be traced back to one of King Zhaoxiang's uncles."

The man lowered his head, reciting word by word as if he was reciting a prepared manuscript: "Then the question is, why did Chen go to such great lengths to preserve not only the descendants of King Zhaoxiang as agreed, but also the descendants of Emperor Wulie of Qin?"

"Your Majesty said, please think about it carefully."

"Back then, Emperor Wen asked Chen to preserve the Liu family lineage, but now he is also considered a member of the Liu family, and your descendants are also considered a member of the Liu family, but there are not only the two of you Lius in this world, there is another one who is now in Chang'an City."

Liu Xie looked at the man and asked, "He doesn't believe the emperor's uncle?"

The man simply replied, "His Majesty said that he doesn't trust anyone when it comes to his offspring."

"What's more, even if the uncle himself doesn't want to become the emperor, he still has many brave soldiers and generals under his command."

"Now in Chang'an, people only know Uncle Liu but not the emperor."

When the man said this, he stood up straight and regained his previous momentum. He asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty has said so much. As for whether you want to cooperate with Your Majesty, it depends on your own choice."

Liu Xie looked at the man standing there, with a hint of silence in his eyes.

After a moment, he whispered, "I agree."

"Go back and tell my nephew that I hope he won't do anything wrong in this."

"Otherwise, he will regret it."

The man nodded slightly: "Now that we have someone in the palace, you just need to follow what I said just now and hand the person over to him at the right time."

"Afterwards, our people will send both of you to Guandu."

He was silent for a while and then said again: "But, according to the old rules of the Chen family, your lineage cannot be the Liu family in the future."

"It's just like the Shangdang Zhao clan back then, changing the Qin and Ying clans to Zhao."

Liu Xie didn't say anything. After all, most of the things now were planned by Liu Min, and he didn't have enough bargaining chips to impress the Chen family. So he decided to let his descendants change their names.

After sighing, he said: "Let's change it to 'Wen'. In the future, my descendants will change their surname to Wen, and get rid of the sword and follow the literature."

The end of the sixth year of Yuan'an.

The Siege of Chibi has lasted for nearly half a year, and everyone's eyes are on this place.

The soldiers from the three parties in Jiayu and Xianning also fought each other, but none of them gained any advantage. Although the Cao-Liu alliance occupied a vast territory, their national strength was not as strong as that of Dayu. Moreover, after the migration to the south two years ago, the development of the south was enough to support this war in a short period of time.

As for a force like Dayu that obviously has the powerful strength to unify the world, the local forces around Jiuzhou do not dare to offend it easily.

Thus, a war of attrition of "inner strength" began.

The seventh year of Yuan'an.

This is a good year.

In the city of Linjing
Chen Sheng yawned, a tired look on his face.

He regretted it a little.

The emperor standing by felt a little embarrassed when he saw Chen Sheng's haggard face. He coughed lightly and winked to let the eunuch beside him serve Chen Sheng a cup of strong tea.

He said apologetically, "I feel really bad for inviting Taian here so late at night."

"But now that the Prime Minister is not in the court, there are fewer people I can discuss matters with."

"There is an important matter that I have to discuss with Tai'an."

Chen Sheng waved his hand: "Your Majesty, please don't be polite to me. What could make Your Majesty so anxious?"

Zhang Cheng hesitated for a moment, then handed the "letter of credence" to him.

"This is the letter submitted by the Western Regions countries in the past few days. Taian, take a look first."

Chen Sheng took the letter and frowned after just one look at it.

He whispered, "It seems that they haven't suffered enough from the last time."

Zhang Cheng laughed and said, "We did hurt them last time, but what's the problem? The problem is that Dayu is now caught in a protracted war, so they feel that Dayu can't get out of the way."

"So they want to take advantage of this moment."

Chen Sheng put down the letter and took another sip of tea: "What does your majesty think?"

"Agree to their request?"

The demands of the countries in the Western Regions were simple. They wanted to wait until the Emperor of Dayu, as the lord of the Nine Provinces, announced that the countries in the Western Regions were independent and autonomous countries, and would no longer be subject to the jurisdiction of the Protectorate of the Western Regions or the rule of the Han Dynasty.

If the emperor of Dayu agreed to their "request", they would continue to provide Dayu with enough food to support the war between Dayu and the Han Dynasty.

But if the Emperor of Dayu disagrees
That's easy.

They will turn to the big man.

Zhang Cheng's expression remained unchanged: "Agree to their request?"

After he repeated this, the smile on his face was very cold: "I want to send troops to attack the Western Regions!"

"How can we agree to such a thing?"

Zhang Cheng stood up and said, "If I retire today and hand over this land left by my ancestors to others, how will I face my father in a hundred years?"

After Chen Sheng understood the emperor's opinion, he breathed a sigh of relief and stood up immediately.

"That's easy."

"My seventh brother has already been unable to hold back the sword in his hand. Chen will come forward to seek an alliance between Cao and Liu, and then the three forces in the Central Plains will draw some forces from all over the country to attack the Western Regions."

He lowered his eyes and said: "This time, some countries no longer need to exist."

In a word, the fate of those countries that were "named" has been determined.

The seventh year of Yuan'an, spring.

It was the farming season, but the war not only did not stop, but spread further. However, this time the spread made everyone in the world "willing".

In the eyes of all the people in the Central Plains, those barbarians in the Western Regions are just barbarians. How could they want to take advantage of the situation at this time?
Then hit!
The thing that the people of Kyushu fear least is war!

The seventh year of Yuan'an, May.

Chen Linzhi of the Chen family ran between Dayu and the Cao-Liu alliance, and obtained a total of 80,000 soldiers, including 3,000 Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, 3,000 Killing Cavalry, and 3,000 Imperial Guard Cavalry.

The seventh year of Yuan'an, July of summer.

Zhongyuan, with Chen Linzhi as general, launched a war against the countries in the Western Regions.

This was a war that was so fierce that all the Western Regions countries had not yet reacted, because they did not expect that the three Central Plains forces were almost fighting to death, but they could still be so united when facing them. Several weak countries had not even had time to react before they were destroyed by the soldiers led by Chen Linzhi.

After destroying these Western Regions countries, the soldiers led by Chen Linzhi not only did not stop, but continued to advance westward.

The seventh year of Yuan'an, autumn.

On the Red Cliff
Although the fighting in the Western Regions was fierce, it was not as fierce as the three forces gathered in Jingzhou.

Before Red Cliff.

A small boat floated slowly on the water, moving slowly forward in the mist.

When the Dayu soldier saw the ship coming from the opposite side, he instantly became very nervous. He was about to blow the "horn" in his hand to give a warning, but he heard a voice coming from the ship on the river.

"Go and report to your ancestor Tianshi, and tell him that an old friend has come. Why don't you see him?"

Old friend?

The soldier looked carefully at the boat in the hazy water and saw two middle-aged men standing on it. They looked like the two famous Han prime ministers.

Cao Cao, Cao Mengde!

Liu Bei, Liu Xuande!

Old friend? Old friend!
Before the soldier could react, Zu Tianshi slowly walked out of a large tent not far away, followed by two people. Then the three of them got on a small boat and headed towards the river.

Just as the soldier was about to speak out a warning, he was bumped by someone.

His fellow villager said, "Didn't you see General Zhao and Mr. Jia following? Nothing will happen to them."

"Don't worry."

On the river
Liu Bei and Cao Cao looked at the boat approaching slowly with some nervousness, their hearts beating faster and faster.

After Zu Tianshi, Jia Xu and Zhao Yun got on the boat, Jia Xu and Zhao Yun stood behind Zu Tianshi. At this time, Zu Tianshi was still wearing a mask on his face. The mask was extremely ferocious, but there were some damages on it.

"I have long admired my name."

Cao Cao took a step forward and said with gritted teeth: "I really thought you were dead!"

Zu Tianshi's voice and expression remained unchanged, he just said lightly: "He is indeed dead."

Liu Bei was also a little angry. He was angry that his old friends refused to recognize him when they met again.

As for the old friend who is now on the opposite side of me?
So what?
"Donglin."

Liu Bei's voice was bitter and vicissitudes: "Now, Donglin doesn't even want to recognize the two of us?"

He moved aside, revealing the small table behind him.

There were three wine glasses and a small stove, and on the stove, some green plums were placed.

"In the past, we were old friends drinking wine together, but now Donglin is unwilling to show his true face to you two old friends?"

Cao Cao also said silently: "Today on the river, there is no Grand Master of Dayu, nor the two prime ministers of the Han Dynasty, only the three old acquaintances from the Plum Garden."

"Even so, Donglin is unwilling?"

There was a long silence, and the sea breeze on the river surface continued to blow.

The fog continued to appear hazily, and then covered the surface of the river.

After a long time, Zu Tianshi sighed slowly, took off the mask from his face, revealing a weathered but still handsome face, but on his cheek, there was a scar running from the corner of the eye to the chin.

Scar was so terrifying, hideous and ugly that Cao Cao and Liu Bei's eyes twitched slightly when they saw him.

Both of their hands were shaking a little.

The person in front of him had premature graying hair, with white and black hair scattered all over his head, making him look even older.

Is this still the "unparalleled" eldest son of the Chen family?

"Donglim, your face?"

Liu Bei asked, with a hint of surprise in his voice.

On the contrary, Chen Zhulou seemed very calm: "The world is in constant war. Since I have joined this chaotic world, I am naturally no longer the young master Zhulou."

He smiled and pointed to the three glasses of wine on the boat.

"In the past, we talked about heroes over plum wine, but today is different. You and I are no longer the same."

Chen Zhulou sat there calmly, his body still straight: "Today we are just reminiscing about the past, please——"

The mist on the river surface covered everything. Through the thin mist, laughter echoed in the sea.

The country is so beautiful that old friends and acquaintances all compete to pay tribute.

Old friends meet again on the boat, but the spring breeze of the past is no longer there as it is autumn on the river today.

The seventh year of Yuan'an, August of autumn.

The soldiers led by Chen Linzhi "plowed" almost the entire Western Regions, and all the countries in the Western Regions became obedient.

At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, there were thirty-six countries in the Western Regions. Later, some of these countries angered the Han Dynasty, so Emperor Kang at that time destroyed several of them. Since then, emperors of successive dynasties have attacked the Western Regions to varying degrees.

Before Chen Linzhi took action, only sixteen of the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions remained.

Now that he has taken action, ten of the sixteen countries have been reduced.

The remaining six countries in the Western Regions have become much more obedient, and no one dares to provoke the Han Dynasty anymore.

At this point, the Western Regions were pacified.

The biggest contributor among them is naturally "Chen Linzhi".

Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Dayu all tried to recruit Chen Linzhi. In the face of the recruitment of the three forces, Chen Linzhi simply said that he was just doing what he should do as a descendant of the Chen family.

He did not want to get involved in this "civil war", so he continued to live in seclusion at home.

All three parties expressed regret over this.

The emperor of Chang'an conferred the title of "Marquis of Weiwu" on Chen Linzhi, the emperor of Langya conferred the title of "Marquis of Lin'an" on Chen Linzhi, and the emperor of Dayu conferred the title of "Marquis of Shenwei" on Chen Linzhi.

Even in this chaotic era, it was a rare thing for one person to be awarded three titles by the imperial court.

The seventh year of Yuan'an, late autumn.

Above Chibi, the river breeze blows hard.

Master Zu Tianshi looked at the letter in his hand and then sighed softly.

"The time has come."

"Pass on my military order. The decisive battle will begin tonight at midnight!"

Child
Countless winds suddenly arose, stirring up the pool of autumn water.

Battle of Red Cliffs.

The beginning of the climax

It is also the peak ending.

(End of this chapter)