Zhao Yun destroyed the Xianbei and Dingling people in Mobei, and there was nothing to do with the battle, because the training quality of the troops, military discipline and morale, and the difference in weapon generation were obviously overwhelmed.

Ma Chao's further use of troops in the Western Regions brought the entire territory of Tajik, Kyrgyzstan, the southeastern corner of Kazakhstan, and the Afghan Wakhan Corridor, and there was no more suffering in the battle.

Difficulties are also in terms of logistics and marching. The Palacio Mountains are in a dangerous terrain, and the altitude sickness occurs when the troops pass by. This element has greater lethality to the Han army than the Hanazim and Shache armies.

Fortunately, the Han army really only had to face this trouble. In terms of logistics, the Parthians really did their best to help the Han, raising military rations on the Khorasan side to supply them to the Han.

Because when Ma Chao arrived at Hualazimo and bordered Khorasan, controlled by the Parthians, Ardaban V, the last king of Parthians, was fighting bloody battles with the first founding monarch of the Sasans. Ardaban needed the promised "not to cooperate with usurpation and rebellion" to help Parthians prosper.

Fortunately, Ma Chao also received a face-to-face instruction from Liu Bei before leaving, allowing him to "if there is something wrong, he can influence the story of Huhanye Shanyu" and could use the slander "to help Ardaban Fifth to quell the rebellion", which actually benefits the great man.

With the sign of "Help the genuine Parthian King", the Han army was of course very relaxed in logistics.

For this reason, Ma Chao had to fight with the founding monarch of Sassanid, the native Persians. The Sassanids had only light cavalry and no iron armored cavalry. Although there were many, they were still killed by Ma Chao and drifted blood.

Ma Chao himself suffered little loss. After establishing his authority, he took the opportunity to get more benefits from the Parthians. In less than a year, he gradually eroded the territory equivalent to the four countries in his later generations, and even eroded some of the Turkmen Amu River grasslands (the territory of the Khorasans) in later generations.

At this point, the expansion of territory in the northeast and northwest directions has achieved its main goals.

The vast territory of Sakhalin Island and Lake Baikal in the north, and to Lake Balkhash and Samarkand in the west, all became the territory of the Han Dynasty.

Of course, Ma Chao's war and pacification in the northwest region will take a little longer. Some of these conquered tribes are always afraid of death or particularly rebellious, because they lack recognition of the Han Dynasty and will always kill several times to assimilate.

During the process, Ma Chao's life was about to end in these few years in history. Because he was not adapted to the local conditions and went too far in Central Asia, he finally died of illness in Samarkand in 225.

Fortunately, in the years before Ma Chao prepared for the war, he did not forget to train young generals and train the younger generation crazily. Some young generals who were striving for success in the Battle of the Western Expedition also made their mark.

Jiang Wei, a new general under Ma Chao, was originally just a military sage when he went to war. Because of his outstanding military achievements, he was promoted to the commander and the captain on the front line during the two years during the battle.

After Ma Chao's death, he also urgently gave Ma Dai a lot of advice to take over the army, and also reminded Ma Dai to be careful of the enemy's counterattack while Ma Chao's death and expand the rebellion.

Ma Dai also followed the advice, but in the end he defeated the Western Regions rebels even more miserably than Ma Chao was there, and finally stabilized the situation.

...

Liu Bei, who was in Luoyang, finally heard the news that Ma Chao died of illness on his journey back in the autumn of 225.

This really made Liu Bei's blow a little more. It turned out that just the winter of the previous year, Liu Bei suffered the bad news that several close people died in succession, which made Liu Bei a little sick.

The most important blow was Liu Yong, the crown prince of Liu Bei. He was only in his thirties and died long ago. He had not yet survived the 65-year-old Liu Bei.

In fact, among Liu Bei's second son and third son in history, there were indeed short-lived children, and this time, it may be related to the congenital deficiency of the children born when Queen Wu Xian was too young.

It must be sad to send a black-haired man to a black-haired man, even if Liu Bei has many sons. He also remembered the ancient curse - because the emperor lived too long, many times the prince could not stand it and could not take over in the end.

He felt that his situation was the same as Emperor Wu and Emperor Guangwu, and he didn't wait for the first crown prince.

Fortunately, Li Su has always been very steady in his work, which allowed Liu Bei to establish his second son and his fourth son Liu Li as the crown prince. (The concubines Song Du and Zhen Jiang both have a son older than Liu Li)

Liu Li is eight years younger than his brother Liu Yong, and is only twenty-three this year. I believe that after he takes office in the future, he will be able to do it for many years, which also reduces the instability caused by frequent changes in the Han imperial power.

After Liu Bei experienced the pain of losing his son, less than half a year later, he heard that Ma Chao was dead, and he was really depressed for a long time. Fortunately, for the country, all the things that should be developed have been developed, and all the merits that should be established have been established, and the overall situation is still improving.

Liu Bei highly rewarded Ma Chao's children and also added Ma Dai and the emerging Jiang Wei.

At this point, the Han Dynasty's territory had entered a period of prosperity, and Liu Bei did not intend to open up his territory by launching a war of force from outside, and at most he made geographical discoveries.

Speaking of geographical discovery, while Ma Chao was using troops to Central Asia, because Zhao Yun's military operations were idle, the Zhou Yu fleet, which provided logistics support for Zhao Yun in the past two years, was finally empty, and a large number of newly built ships could be used for the original purpose of the original construction - long-distance geography discovery.

So in the past two years, Zhou Yu has been committed to finding America, and has also traveled farther and farther away, often losing contact with the Central Plains. Liu Bei and Li Su don’t know where Zhou Yu is at every moment.

...

Time will soon be the winter of 225, and it will soon be the beginning of spring of 226.

After six months of illness, Liu Bei gradually accepted the matter of changing the prince, and his mood improved a little. He planned to have a happy New Year.

However, it seems that a generation has come to an end in general, just as some people later said, "Masters always come in batches and go in batches."

On the twelfth lunar month, Liu Bei suddenly received a report from his nephew Guan Ping in Luoyang Palace, saying that his father Guan Yu had a stroke and was paralyzed.

Guan Yu's face was so red, and he looked like he had a high blood pressure all year round, so this was a typical wind dysfunction caused by blood vessel burst. When Liu Bei heard this news, he fell to the ground and couldn't speak for a long time, and his condition worsened again.

After the news came out, the Luoyang officialdom was a little panicked. No one knew whether to go to the General's Mansion to visit him first or to comfort His Majesty. Prime Minister Li Su was the backbone of the world at this time, and of course he could not help but run around to stabilize the hearts of the people.

After visiting Guan Yu's situation, he immediately rushed to the palace and explained to Liu Bei: "Your Majesty, don't worry too much. Although Yun Chang had a stroke, he had no worries about his life. Your Majesty should be good at protecting the dragon's body first."

Liu Bei sighed: "I have been ascending the throne for thirty years, and it will be the thirty-one of the year soon. In this life, I have to make achievements, meet my brothers and other sages in the world, and enjoy thirty years of wealth and honor. I have enough wishes. What else do I have?

Yun Chang and Yide claimed to live and die with me back then, and I did not treat them badly. I experienced hardships and finally shared glory and wealth for so many years. Now I am sad, just because I remembered that before I ascended the throne, Zhu Jun, the general who was loyal to the late emperor, was paralyzed and died in the end...even that..."

When Liu Bei said this, he didn't say anything more. However, Li Su knew that what he was going to say was, "Even the pseudo-general Yuan Shao died of a stroke and was paralyzed."

Liu Bei felt a deep sense of fate and powerlessness, feeling that "for more than thirty years, all the generals of the Han Dynasty could not escape a stroke in the end." This was simply a curse.

Li Su couldn't persuade him, so he could only say some chess to divert his attention.

More than a month later, it was a blink of an eye that it was the first month of 226. A few days after the Lantern Festival, Guan Yu couldn't hold on.

Winter is a season when stroke worsens faster, and Zhu Jun and Yuan Shao died in winter back then. Guan Yu had high blood pressure and accumulated a lot of old injuries. When the chronic illness and the outbreak were caused, he really couldn't stand it.

However, from another perspective, Guan Yu did not suffer for long and was more decent. Compared with Zhu Jun and Yuan Shao who were repeatedly tortured for a year or two before leaving, Guan Yu was also good, and his appearance was still very majestic at the end.

Zhu Jun passed away at the age of 65, and Guan Yu was still 65. Another coincidence also made people feel destined to their sense of fate.

In history, Guan Yu died abnormally and disappeared in 219 years. Now he has lived for six or seven years, which is the limit of his natural life span.

After Guan Yu, Liu Bei's condition worsened a little. The prince, Ma Chao, and Guan Yu were all gone, which severely hit him. He had difficulty eating, so he drank porridge. Fortunately, after he was bedridden, Liu Bei completely quit women and asked him to replenish his vitality. The health condition did not deteriorate too quickly.

But he also knew his situation. During this period, he ordered a lot of things and even talked with Li Su and Zhuge Liang about many plans in private. Li Su told him not to think too much and he could not control his emotions.

In contrast to Liu Bei's "factors that reduce unfavorable health preservation after becoming ill", Zhang Fei was also very sad after Guan Yu passed away, and he was reluctant to eat, but his bad habits became more and more serious.

There is no way, who made Zhang Fei's bad habit of drinking alcohol? After Guan Yu, he increased his efforts to drown his sorrows every day. Liu Bei himself fell ill and couldn't care about him, and he didn't know his situation.

Li Su wanted to take care of it, but she was often called by Liu Bei. The state affairs were busy and she was still planning the handover, so she didn't care about Zhang Fei.

After more than half a year of stable period, in July of that year, Zhang Fei, who was 62 years old, suddenly had an acute attack on alcohol and liver cirrhosis in his sleep, and hemorrhages ruptured and bleeding in his liver artery, and he left in a daze.

Originally, with Zhang Fei's physique, if he drank the "Zhongshan Winter Brew" in history, which is less than 20 degrees, he might not have been like this even after drinking it for 40 years.

But after all, the world has changed. Zhang Fei changed to drinking highly distilled liquor twenty-five years ago, which is a blessing and fortune. If you enjoy your life, you will pay a price.

However, he was in good health at least, but when the imperial physician treated him, he relieved some of the internal bleeding in his abdominal cavity. Moreover, when he left, he was under alcohol anesthesia and went through nothing. Compared to Guan Yu's suffering for more than a month, Zhang Fei had not eaten all night, which was very peaceful.

Zhang Bao discovered the situation in the early morning of the next day. He was afraid of disturbing His Majesty's rest, so he did not dare to enter the palace to report immediately. He waited until it was dawn and entered the palace at the time of the year.

Liu Bei was on the sickbed at that time and saw Zhang Bao coming in a hurry. Although the other party had not spoken yet, Liu Bei was as frightened as if he had a premonition and almost wanted to instinctively make Zhang Bao stop.

But he himself felt that it was too unreasonable, so he held back and asked Zhang Bao to continue talking, and he knew everything.

Liu Bei fainted again, and he was hit hard and completely unable to afford to suffer any ill.

"Within a year, Yun Chang left in the first month and Yide left in the seventh month. I am afraid that I had a vow with them to live and die together, and I really have to follow the will of God." After finally waking up, Liu Bei had already had an understanding. He really knew that he was not having much time left.

Faced with such a dangerous situation, what else can Li Su say? His physical age is fifty-four years old this year, and he is a little overwhelmed, so he has nothing to say.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Liu Bei suddenly had a better memory. He could remember many old past events by nature. Liu Bei picked one of the past events and asked:

"Did you remember that thirty-two years ago, Yuan Shu instructed Yan Xiang to guard his heart with Yinghuo, and the heavenly beings responded to force the palace to Huai Emperor? But I still remember that Zhuge Wei's nephew calculated that thirty-two years later, each had a round of Yinghuo to guard his heart.

Sixteen years ago, when Ying Huo guarded his heart, those foolish ministers who were still superstitious about the response of heaven and man also used this to criticize the government's misconduct, but in the end, they were due to the death of the pseudo-Emperor Severu of Roman emperor.

This year, isn't it the 32nd year? It's the end of July now? Isn't it here yet? Ying Huo Shouxin appears in May, July is super fierce, and September is extremely fierce. Now God is dissatisfied with the fact that he has to end up being extremely fierce before he comes? Can't we calculate it? When will we come?"

"I... I haven't calculated it, it was A Liang who calculated it." Li Su had no choice but to tell him honestly, and by the way he delayed the time so that Liu Bei would not think too much.

Unfortunately, this kind of thing is destined to be unstoppable. Liu Bei immediately summoned Zhuge Liang and then ordered in a self-deprecating tone: "A Liang, you, the master of hand-shaking, are not as good as you. When will the Ying Huo Shouxin come this year?"

Zhuge Liang recalled it, cautious but had to answer: "It should come before the fifth day of September, and the error should not exceed five days."

Liu Bei smiled and said, "Okay, I have a clear mind. Don't you have to worry about this, can you live two more months? If I hadn't known this, I would have thought that Yide had only been there for a few days and I would have followed."

After the temporary placebo effect, Liu Bei returned to his future for a while, and his days quickly delayed for more than a month, and it entered September 226.

One day in early September, an envoy sent by an ocean-going expedition fleet finally returned to Luoyang, bringing good news and bad news to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei, who had no water and rice, still endured his illness and listened to the situation.

The good news is: Zhou Yu's fleet, after the war in the Northeast region ended in 224, turned into a geographical expedition, and after a long and outstanding voyage, finally discovered the other end of the Riven Ghost Islands (Aleutian Islands) in the first half of 225 last year, and there was also a huge continent on the other end of the Riven Ghost Islands (Aleutian Islands)!

After passing the route section closest to the Arctic and the most windy and stormy, Zhou Yu finally began to advance rapidly, easily heading south along the west coast of the American continent, and the drawing along the way was extremely smooth.

Zhou Yu lingered around the coast of America for about half a year. Before the autumn and winter seasons came, he went north again, and then passed through the waters of the Aleutian Islands before the cold winter to return to Asia. Then in the first half of this year, he began to return to Fusang, sorted out the harvest situation, and sent envoys to the Central Plains to report on the harvest.

And there is a bad news here: that is the final report of gain, which is actually not what Zhou Yu himself has done.

When Zhou Yu was on the coast of America, he contracted an infectious disease unique to the Americans. Asians had no resistance and finally buried their bones in a foreign land. Thirty percent of the sailors in the exploration fleet also died of various American diseases. The remaining people were more resistant, or were more restrained in lust and could not attack native women, so they adapted to herd immunity.

The fleet returning to the flight also tried to find crops that brought back to America according to Li Su's explanation for many years. The most conspicuous one was the American food - corn that all Indians would grow widely.

Zhou Yu was infected with the disease when he discovered the Indian tribes along the coast and traded specialties with them, so he got corn without surprise that time.

Other crops, because they did not get more due to insufficient time, are stimulants that Indian witch doctors often use, are also among the traders. Potatoes, peppers, and tomatoes have not been found yet.

No matter what, the new route has been opened! All that remains is a matter of time and physical work! Zhou Yu is gone, so Gan Ning can continue to go and find it according to his successful experience.

After seeing the seeds they offered, that is, a few dried cocoa fruits that can knock out cocoa beans, plus a few corn cobs, Liu Bei also paid attention to it diligently: "How many stones can this kind of thing produce per mu?"

(Note: Liu Bei asked about Hanmu, so he had to multiply it by zero point three.)

The messenger reported that according to Zhou Yu's observation of the local natives at that time, those natives could produce more than three stones per mu by burning wasteland and fertilizer, and the Han people should be able to cultivate more carefully.

In fact, the yield of modern corn can easily reach 800 kilograms per season, which is definitely higher than that of wheat and rice.

Even in ancient times, there were still three or four hundred kilograms, which was three times worse than the general wheat of 100 kilograms.

After hearing this, Liu Bei was saddened by Zhou Yu's death, but he still felt a little happy: the Prime Minister asked him to pay attention to geographical discoveries, but in the end it was really not in vain!

God bless the man! Another grain that can reach three times the wheat!

It seems that the life and death of an individual has no connection with the rise and fall of a country.

"God blesses the Han Dynasty. It seems that the Han Dynasty has a long-term fortune and abundant people. This is the destiny of heaven. My personal life and death should be excluded.

Save these seeds well and plant them carefully after the spring of the next year. If they have such high yields, you can compare Zhou Yu with Lu Bu and posthumously awarded the title of Duke after his death."

After Liu Bei received the messenger of the expedition fleet, he waited for the celestial phenomena of Ying Huo's heart within three days. Zhuge Liang did not dare to conceal the information this time. After Liu Bei learned about it, although he did not usually look at the celestial phenomena, he still asked the palace maids to push him into the imperial garden and lay on a recliner to look at the starry sky.

He also called Li Su and Zhuge Liang to talk to Li Su and explain some things.
Chapter completed!