Can I get to the other side?

After hearing about Lu Bu's triumphant return, everyone gathered together, wanting to see the embarrassing state of Cao Cao, the enemy who had been against the imperial court for a long time.

North bank of the river.

Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi, Zhang Liao and others were waiting here. Not far away, Lu Bu was slowly coming with his troops.

Seeing the people waiting, Lu Bu's mood became even heavier, and his face looked increasingly gloomy.

However, he also knew that what he had to face would eventually have to be faced, so he raised his hand to stop his subordinates and stepped forward alone.

"Congratulations to Mr. Wen for capturing the Cao thief and returning in triumph!"

As soon as Lu Bu came over, Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "This time Duke Wen defeated a powerful enemy for the imperial court and made an unparalleled feat. It is really gratifying and congratulatory!"

The faces of others could not hide their joy and envy.

Capturing Cao Cao, this achievement is even greater than capturing Yuan Shao. Lu Bu's position as general was already secure, and now that he has achieved this feat, I am afraid that there will be another "big Sima" added to the general. Position

As a result, Lu Bu is no longer inferior to Wei Qing in terms of status. If Lu Lingqi is made a queen like Wei Zifu, then Lu Bu will really become Wei Qing alive.

After hearing Zhuge Liang's words, Lu Bu remained silent, seeming to be struggling with how to speak.

Seeing this, Chen Gong asked, "Why didn't Fengxian say anything? Now that we have captured the thief Cao, why don't we bring him up quickly?"

Everyone also spoke in agreement.

Lu Bu's expression was a little bitter, and he drooped his eyebrows and said, "I...I failed to capture the Cao thief."

As soon as these words came out, the originally cheerful atmosphere came to a halt.

Everyone had a look of astonishment on their faces and looked at Lu Bu with disbelief.

Failed to capture Thief Cao? How is this possible?

The Han army blocked Cao Cao's retreat route from the river, so Cao Cao had no choice but to evacuate from the shore.

Huarong Road is the only retreat route, and Lu Bu led his troops to ambush Huarong Road in advance. How could he not capture Cao Cao who was retreating with a group of remaining soldiers?

"Did Duke Wen accidentally kill Cao Cao and fail to capture him alive? That's okay."

"After all, swords have no eyes on the battlefield. As long as Cao Cao is dead, it doesn't matter whether he is captured alive or not."

Zhuge Liang was stunned for a moment and then said with a smile.

Because judging from the strength of Cao's army and Lu Bu's strength, it was absolutely impossible for Cao Cao to escape, so he thought that Lu Bu's lack of capture meant that he had not been captured alive.

"No, Thief Cao is still alive. I failed to catch him and let him run away."

Lu Bu did not hide anything and confessed truthfully. At the same time, he took off three heads from the horse behind him and threw them on the ground.

"The military advisor ordered me to ambush inside Huarong Road, but I thought it was troublesome, so I ambushed on both sides of Huarong Road."

"Not long after, Cao's thieves passed by Huarong Road. I led the troops to attack, but Xu Chu, Xu Huang, and Le Jin desperately blocked them."

"Although I killed three of them, I also gave Cao the opportunity to escape from Huarong Road and failed to capture him."

"This is all my fault, please punish me!"

Lu Bu bowed his hands to Zhuge Liang and said, although he killed several Xu Chu people, this credit could not offset the crime of letting Cao Cao go.

Cao Cao is the target. This time I missed the opportunity to capture him alive. I don’t know when I want to capture Cao Cao next time!

After listening to Lu Bu's words, Zhuge Liang fell silent.

Chen Gong was also surprised by Lu Bu's answer. When he came to his senses, he was trembling with anger.

"How could you make such a stupid mistake!"

"On weekdays, it's okay to be a fool, but at this time, I let Cao Cao go!"

"Do you know how many soldiers were sacrificed and how much effort everyone put in to catch the traitor Cao? Now everything is in vain!"

"You, you asked me to tell you something good about you!"

Chen Gong really hated the fact that iron could not become steel, so he did not go with Lu Bu this time. As a result, Lu Bu created such a big trap.

Even in a certain death situation, Cao Cao can escape!

Lu Bu felt extremely ashamed, and had no way to refute Chen Gong's accusations, so he silently clenched his fists.

He didn't resent Chen Gong for scolding him.

But I resent myself for being careless!

If he had followed Zhuge Liang's instructions and blocked Cao Cao in Huarong Road, how could something like this happen?

After scolding Lu Bu, Chen Gong's face turned gloomy and he turned to Zhuge Liang and said: "Military advisor, Lu Bu did not respect the military order and let Cao's thief go. Please deal with it according to military law and make it clear and canon punishment!"

Chen Gong's tone was cold. He didn't mean to plead for Lu Bu just because he was on good terms with him. Instead, he asked for severe punishment!

At this moment, everyone's expressions changed.

Disobeying military orders and letting the leader of the thieves go will be beheaded if handled according to military law!

After Chen Gong finished speaking, Zhang Liao stepped forward and begged for mercy: "Military advisor, although Duke Wen has done something wrong, he also killed three enemy generals."

"Although this merit is not enough to offset the crime, now that the thief Cao is still alive, I still ask the military advisor to spare his life so that he can make up for his crime and meritorious deeds!"

Although he and Lu Bu often quarreled and even fought, they were just jokes.

Lu Bu had a deep friendship with him, how could he just watch Lu Bu being dealt with under military law?

Zhao Yun also begged for mercy: "General Zhang's words are reasonable. Please be patient and spare Duke Wen this time!"

"Shut up!"

Chen Gong glared at the two men and reprimanded: "Military law is not merciful, how can it change because of people?"

"If we don't deal with it strictly, how can we convince the public!"

Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao were speechless after hearing this. Even if they wanted to excuse Lu Bu, they could not find a suitable reason.

"Wenyuan, Zilong, you don't need to beg for mercy. Gongtai is right. I brought it upon myself and I deserve this end."

Lu Bu sighed and said.

Chen Gong sneered and said, "Well said! Someone, drag Lu Bu down and behead him in public!"

After giving the order, guards immediately came forward to arrest Lu Bu.

Sima Yi watched with cold eyes, without any intention of interceding, but just glanced at Zhuge Liang without any trace.

A hint of helplessness flashed in Zhuge Liang's eyes. After sighing a little in his heart, he said, "Brother Gongtai, please calm down."

"General Zhang is right. Although Wen Gong committed a serious crime, but now that Cao Cao's thief is not dead, he kills his own general, which is indeed not good for the morale of the army."

"It's better to let Mr. Wen take the blame and make meritorious service."

How could he not see that Chen Gong was putting on a red face, seemingly wanting to punish Lu Bu severely, but in fact he was retreating in order to advance.

Lu Bu was the emperor's most favored general. How could the emperor kill people like Wei Huozhi and Emperor Wu so easily?

Even if Chen Gong did not perform this drama, he would not really execute Lu Bu. He could only say that Chen Gong gave him a step down.

Zhou Yu, Lu Su, and Sima Yi were also smart people. They knew that Chen Gong was acting for them, so they never spoke.

"Military advisor, I..."

After hearing these words, Lu Bu felt more and more guilty, and his eyes were full of tears.

Zhuge Liang said: "Young Master Wen need not take this matter too seriously. All the elite Cao thieves were destroyed in this battle. Even if they escape, it will be difficult for them to escape."

"He will definitely return to Changsha after escaping. We will let the army rest for a few days and then rush to Changsha."

"However, Mr. Wen must remember not to make the mistake he made this time again in the future."

Lu Bu nodded hurriedly and said, "Don't worry, military advisor, I will definitely not do it again in the future!"

Zhuge Liang nodded, turned and left.

Zhou Yu and others also left.

Lu Bu originally wanted to apologize to Chen Gong, but Chen Gong just glanced at him coldly and strode away.

"well……"

Looking at Chen Gong's leaving figure, Lu Bu scratched his head and felt quite distressed.

Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun also came over at this time.

Zhao Yun asked with concern: "Mr. Wen, is the injury on your arm serious? Do you need to see a medical officer?"

When Lu Bu fought with Le Jin and three others, his arm was injured due to carelessness and he lost a lot of blood.

"It's just a minor injury, nothing to worry about."

Lu Bu waved his hand to signal Zhao Yun not to worry, and then said unwillingly: "Just a little bit, just a little bit I can kill the thief Cao!"

"This guy is so lucky!"

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His horse almost stabbed Cao Cao to death, but unfortunately he was interfered by Xu Chu and deviated a little.

Zhang Liao rolled his eyes and said: "If you miss, you miss. What's the use of talking about it now? Be more careful next time."

"It's time for you to change your careless temper. This time you let the thief Cao go. When Changsha is broken next time, will you let the false emperor go again?"

Lu Bu glared and said: "Who are you looking down on! Am I such a person? When I see the false emperor, I will definitely stab him to death with a halberd!"

This time he really learned his lesson.

He will never make the same mistake again.

The next time Changsha is conquered, Cao Cao and the false emperor will die!

He said it!

…

The news that Zhuge Liang defeated Cao's army in Chibi was quickly sent back to Chang'an through eight hundred miles, and Liu Xie learned about it.

"Zhou Yu deceived Cao Cao with a bitter trick, and Zhuge Liang used the east wind to burn Chibi and defeat Cao Cao's army?"

Liu Xie looked slightly strange after reading the good news.

Although he was not surprised that Zhuge Liang could defeat Cao Jun, what he didn't expect was that the Battle of Chibi would reappear.

It seems that this is a hurdle that Cao Cao cannot overcome.

Zhuge Liang did not hide the achievements of Zhou Yu and Lu Su in his report, but emphasized their contribution and role.

As for borrowing the wind from him, he just said it was a coincidence and didn't explain much.

In addition, Lu Bu accidentally allowed Cao Cao to escape on Huarong Road was also reported. However, Zhuge Liang did not blame Lu Bu, but said that he did not think carefully.

Of course Liu Xie knew that Zhuge Liang was definitely not at fault, it was just that he was willing to take the blame.

"Kong Ming is truly a pure minister."

After reading the entire report, Liu Xie couldn't help but sigh with emotion, and his favorable impression of Zhuge Liang was infinitely higher.

This big heart, this responsibility, this humility.

How many people can own it?

Naturally, Jia Xu also read the report. After hearing the words, he nodded and agreed: "Zhuge Shangshu is indeed the most loyal, upright and talented person I have ever seen. I am far inferior to him."

He also admired Zhuge Liang very much.

This young man has unlimited potential, and his future achievements will definitely be higher than those of him and Guo Jia.

"Oh? Not necessarily."

Liu Xie casually put the report on the case, glanced at Jia Xu, and asked lightly: "Fu Wan was attacked on his way home after retiring and was intercepted and killed by horse bandits. What happened?"

"More than ten days have passed and we still haven't found the group of horse bandits that were intercepted and ambushed. You embroiderers are a bit ineffective in your work."

Hearing the emperor's words, Jia Xu laughed dryly, lowered his body a little, and said: "I will teach those guys a lesson when I get back. They only eat their salary and do nothing all day long, which makes your majesty laugh."

Looking at Jia Xu who was still pretending to be dumbfounded, Liu Xie said "ha" and looked away.

How could he not have guessed that Fu Wan's death was caused by Jia Xu, or that the civil and military officials of the entire court had guessed it, but everyone applauded it.

Because Fu Wan's original proposal to dedicate the queen to Ma Chao offended almost everyone in the court, and everyone wanted this old guy to die.

Because of this, Liu Xie reduced the matter to a trivial matter, and gave him a symbolic reward. After a while, he did not pursue the matter in depth, and no one had any objections to it.

But it didn't matter to Liu Xie whether Fu Wan died or not. If he really wanted to kill Fu Wan, he wouldn't care about his reputation.

Of course, it would be better to die in the hands of "horse bandits".

Putting aside the matter, Liu Xie asked: "What's the situation like with Fengxiao in Jiangdong? Are those aristocratic families willing to surrender?"

Jia Xu said: "Your Majesty, after receiving your pardon, all the noble families in Jiangdong are willing to surrender to the imperial court."

"There are only a few nobles who insist on going their own way and refuse to surrender. They have been destroyed by the troops led by General Huang."

"Now that the entire territory of Yangzhou has been recovered, General Huang will soon lead his troops to join Duke Wen's army to attack Changsha together."

The war on the Jiangdong side is the easiest to resolve.

As soon as the emperor's decree of pardon came, all the noble clans rushed to surrender. Although some people were worried that they would be liquidated by the court afterwards, Cao Cao was now in a doomed situation, and resisting would only lead to faster death.

So surrender is inevitable.

Liu Xie nodded, very satisfied with the result. After thinking for a moment, he continued to order: "Send a message to Kong Ming. When Changsha is conquered, if the false emperor is captured, he will be taken to Chang'an."

"I want to see him in person."

After traveling to this era for several years, and having been the emperor for so long, he had never seen the true master.

If possible, he would like to meet.

Jia Xu's eyes flashed coldly when he heard this, and just when he was about to surrender, Liu Xie glared at him and said, "I didn't hint you anything, I just wanted to see him, don't let me intercept and kill him again." , did you hear that?”

That's one of the bad things about being a person in power, the people under you will always over-interpret something.

Jia Xu was stunned. After hesitating for a moment, he put away his murderous intention and cupped his hands and said, "I obey the order."

Liu Xie was relieved and then prepared to continue handling government affairs.

But at this moment, a sound of footsteps suddenly came from the temple.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty——!"

Gao Lan quickly ran into the announcement room, and before he could take a breath, he said to Liu Xie with excitement: "Good news, great news, Your Majesty!"

"Good news has come from Yecheng. Lady Zhen is in labor and has given birth to a son, Your Majesty."

"It's Ryuko, Your Majesty!"