Major General's Journey through the Three Kingdoms

"Your Majesty, I'm here to tell you something."

"What's the matter?"

"Liu Qi, governor of Jingzhou, has died of illness."

Upon hearing this, Sun Quan said happily, "Since my Northern Expedition has failed, it is time to take Jingzhou back."

After hearing this, Lu Su said, "I'm afraid it will not be easy to go back to Jingzhou now."

"What's the problem?" Sun Quan asked.

"I have made an agreement with Liu Bei before, let them take back Sichuan and Shu, and then return Jingzhou."

"If Liu Bei has not gone to seize Sichuan and Shu, we will always let him occupy Jingzhou?"

Lu Su said: "If Liu Bei stays in Jingzhou and doesn't want to go to Sichuan, we can order the governor to lead the troops to seize Sichuan."

Sun Quan said with a smile: "Zi Jing's intention is very good, you go to Chaisang to discuss this matter with Gong Jin."

Lu Su was ordered to leave.In addition, Zhou Yu returned to Chai Sang to recover from his illness. Not long after, he heard that Sun Quan was defeated in Hefei and returned.Zhou Yu lamented for a while: "I hate that I was sick and couldn't go to defeat the enemy, so that the lord suffered such a great defeat." While lamenting, he thought that Jingzhou was still in Liu Bei's hands. The lord lost both Jingzhou and Hefei, and gained nothing.Thinking of this, Zhou Yu felt even more sad.I thought that since I followed Sun Ce, I was able to pacify Jiangdong by conquering east and west.Never have I been so lost and depressed as I am now.

Now that Zhou Yu feels that his body is getting worse day by day, he seems to have realized that he can no longer pacify the world for Marquis Wu in his lifetime.As he thought about it, tears welled up in the corners of his eyes.Then he said to himself: "Bo Fu, Gong Jin may have failed your entrustment."

Just as he was talking, Xiao Qiao brought tea in, saw Zhou Yu's eyes were red, and knew that he must be displeased with Sun Quan's defeat.Nai asked, "My husband, why are you crying for no reason?"

Zhou Yu said, "Suddenly I remembered Bofu, so I wept."

"Husband, how about I play "High Mountain and Flowing Water" for you to soothe your mood?"

Zhou Yu put aside the matter of Sun Quan, and said with a smile, "My Gong Jin can marry such a beautiful wife as you in this life, it can be said that he will die without regrets!"

"Husband, why do you need to say such unlucky words." After speaking, he asked people to bring his lyre.

But at this moment, a newspaper: "Lu Su please see me!"

Zhou Yu thought about this, so he went to greet him in person.Lu Su saw Zhou Yu and asked with a smile, "Is the governor in good health?"

Zhou Yu also smiled and said, "The arrow wound is more than half healed, I never thought that Zijing would have time to visit."

Lu Su said: "Su actually has something to discuss with Gong Jin when he comes here."

Zhou Yu led him into the hall and listed it as a place to sit, then asked: "What's the matter with Zijing, you might as well just tell me."

"Does Gongjin know about Marquis Wu's defeat of Hefei?"

"of course."

"Marquis Wu's defeat this time, his majesty has been swept away. That's why my lord wants to bring Jingzhou back. I don't know what the governor thinks?"

"Zijing, Duke Jin of Jingzhou was opposed to lending Jingzhou to Liu Bei. Now he wants to use words to persuade Liu Bei to return it. It is really delusional. For the current plan, we can only take it by force. There is no other way."

"At that time, I reached a verbal agreement with Liu Bei: let him take Sichuan and Shu, and then return Jingzhou."

When Zhou Yu heard this, he said angrily, "If he doesn't take Sichuan and Shu, he won't be in Jingzhou all the time."

Lu Su comforted Zhou Yu, "Zi Jing came here to discuss this matter with the governor."

Zhou Yu was pleasantly surprised. He thought that Sun Quan had agreed to take Nanjun by force, so he asked Lord Lu Su if he wanted to lead the army to take it.Lu Su explained that he didn't mean this, but wanted to force Liu Bei to take Xichuan. If Liu Bei didn't take it, he could lead his troops there.In this way, Liu Bei can only choose between Jingzhou and Xichuan.

Zhou Yu heard this, and immediately praised: "Zijing's plan is very clever. In fact, I have long intended to seize Sichuan and Shu, but the Marquis of Wu refused to allow it. Now I will listen to Zijing's words, and I will have nothing to worry about." Lu Su motioned to leave first It's too early to be happy. After all, Liu Bei must be informed in advance about the seizure of Sichuan and Shu. If Liu Bei ignores it, we can lead the army with reason and evidence.Zhou Yu was very happy, so he discussed with Lu Su about going to Jingzhou to mourn Liu Qi, and asked people to prepare a condolence gift so that Lu Su could go to Jingzhou.

The news of Liu Qi's death was reported to Cao Cao, and Cao Cao said to his subordinates: "I never thought that Liu Qi died in a young age, and Liu Bei can justifiably serve as the leader of Jingzhou Muye this time." Cao Cao seemed a little helpless as he spoke.

But Xun You said at this time: "My lord, why don't you take advantage of Liu Qi's illness and death to separate the Liu and Sun families."

Seeing this, Cao Cao asked, "What does Gongda mean by this?"

Xun You said: "Liu Bei captured Jingzhou, and Zhou Yu was very dissatisfied. Now that Liu Qi has died of illness, why doesn't the prime minister issue an order to Zhou Yu by the order of the emperor, ordering him to lead the Nanjun prefect. In this way, the two families of Sun and Liu will definitely be in conflict." After Cao Cao heard this, he was very happy.So he immediately sent an edict to Chaisang.

Besides, when Liu Qi died of illness, the prefects of the four counties in Jingnan all came to offer their condolences.Liu Bei personally attended the funeral for Liu Qi, dressed in hemp and mourning, and presided over the condolence meeting.After the condolences were over, Liu Bei ordered Zhao Yun to lead them to the back hall for fasting.

Since Zhao Yun won Nanjun, he has been stationed in Nanjun, named guarding. In fact, Liu Bei wanted Zhao Yun to monitor Liu Qi's every move.Zhao Yun also knew what Liu Bei meant, but Liu Qi was already seriously ill at this time, and it was difficult for him to even get out of bed.Zhao Yun knew that he would die of illness soon, but Liu Bei was still worried about him.Zhao Yun couldn't bear Liu Qi's death in despair, so he asked people to take good care of him, and came to inform him whenever there was any movement.

Not long after, it was reported that Liu Qi was vomiting blood, and he might not last long.When Zhao Yun heard this, he sent someone to report to Liu Bei.But Liu Bei couldn't help it.Zhao Yun came to Liu Qi's bed and saw that his face was depressed and his lips were pale.I went over to say hello.Seeing Zhao Yun coming, Liu Qi was a little excited, but said in a low voice: "General Zhao, I never thought you would come to visit me at this time."

"I'm here at the command of my lord." Zhao Yun returned.

Liu Qi smiled wryly: "I know Zilong's coming here is not the intention of Uncle Liu."

"Master, it's more important to recuperate, don't worry too much."

"General, I know you were sent by Uncle Liu Huang to watch over me."

"My lord, I..." Zhao Yun seemed helpless.

Liu Qi interrupted him: "General, please don't explain, I know that it is your intention that you came here."

Zhao Yun sighed: "Do you regret accepting Uncle Liu at the beginning?"

Liu Qi thought for a while, and then calmly said: "In this troubled world, the weak are preyed upon by the strong. If I don't accept the emperor uncle, Jingzhou may have already fallen into the hands of others." As he spoke, he spat out a few more mouthfuls of blood.

Zhao Yun sympathized with Liu Qi very much, so he went to support him: "My lord, what else is there to worry about, Zilong will surely grant your wish."

Liu Qi held onto Zhao Yun tightly: "Bury me next to my father, and together... watch over... Jingzhou..." Then he died.Seeing this, Zhao Yun sent someone to tell Liu Bei.

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