"It's a pity, why is Cao Cao so able to run away! He's going to die and heading east! He refuses to stop and die on the spot!"

A quarter of an hour later, when Ma Chao's cavalry was holding dark circles and the people and horses were chasing him exhausted, they saw the last Cao army's tiger and leopard cavalry, who had all surrendered, and Cao Cao himself had also been self-destructed and was buried.

Ma Chao couldn't help but feel regretful. He chased Cao Cao for two and a half days, and the troops also tried their best to reduce the sleep time to tie the distance of the seventy-mile.

Who made both sides cavalry? It was very difficult to chase them for nearly seventy miles.

But maybe this is fate.

Just like Guan Ying, who commanded the cavalry for Liu Bang, was the fastest reaction among the Han generals. He was also the most active in pursuing Xiang Yu after the Battle of Gaixia. He also bumped into Xiang Yu during the war in Dongcheng.

But Xiang Yu didn't want to die at that time and broke through Guan Ying's blockade. Although Guan Ying had more than 50 counties in Jianghuai, she did not intercept Xiang Yu himself.

Xiang Yu will only die when he is disheartened and too lazy to resist.

Although Cao Cao was weak in his martial arts (everyone was considered weak in his martial arts compared to Xiang Yu), he was still a person with great luck. He also had such luck and could partially decide when he died.

And from a conscience, Zhuge Liang and Zhou Tai have far more efforts than those of Lu Matong and Yang Xi who climbed up purely on their luck.

After all, Zhuge Liang really broke through Xia Xiang, Xia Pi, and Sui Ling, and intercepted him all the way. It was not just waiting for Cao Cao's warriors to be wiped out and pick up heads.

Ma Chao was angry for a while and accepted his fate. He just asked Zhuge Liang to divide some boats for them so that the troops would not have to ride horses anymore, and could take a boat to the Sui River and slowly return to the army against the current.

Zhuge Liang had sufficient ships, and he divided some troops to station in Fuli County, lent the vacant ship to Ma Chao, and returned them to the west together, asking Liu Bei and Li Su to join forces to contribute their merits.

Two days later, the army returned to Xiang County, left Sui Shui and went on land to Wo Shui. They met with Li Su on the way, and finally went to Qiao County together.

When Li Su and Zhuge Liang met, they were inevitably concerned about their well-being and each complained about their achievements.

When he arrived in Qiao County, Liu Bei also heard that the front line had done his best and went out 30 miles from the east gate of Qiao County to greet him with Guan Yu, Huang Zhong and the ceremonial guard.

Because Liu Bei had many soldiers and had difficulty maneuvering, he had been staying near Qiao County these days, deploying along the Whirlwater, waiting for the results, and not moving much.

Li Su, Ma Chao, Zhuge Liang, and Zhou Tai met Liu Bei in turn, and then offered prisoners and merits.

Among the ministers, only Li Su was treated with courtesy, neither name nor worship nor respect, so he just bowed to Liu Bei when he saw him.

Everyone else had to bow down, and of course, Liu Bei's respect for the wise and the nobles would soon be helped up.

"You don't have to be too polite! The thief of Cao was given the title, and the Han Dynasty finally had no golden cup. It is a happy celebration. Everyone is a giant in the revival and a pillar of the country. I will reward you with great rewards.

Come into the city first, take a rest, take a bath, have a banquet, dance and music service. It’s all hard, so have a good time to have a good time tonight!”

Liu Bei's face was full of excitement, changing his years of "happiness and anger" that he had never shown, which shows that this time it was really done completely, and there was no need to hide his emotions.

The king and his ministers rode into the city on their own. On the way, Liu Bei couldn't help but ask about Cao Cao's death, the cause and effect. When he learned that Cao Cao was an autobiography, he was captured by Zhuge Liang and Zhou Tai, he also sighed a few words.

All the ministers were arranged to rest first, preparing to go to the banquet to celebrate the celebration.

The guards next to Zhuge Liang had also brought a temporary spliced ​​thin coffin and a wooden box for Liu Bei to inspect.

There was no cinnabar in the army, so Cao Cao's corpse was piled in salt. Because Cao Cao's final resistance had to fight, so many more people died, so Cao Cao's historical characterization would definitely be classified as a sinner. There was no need to spend too much money to collect the corpse.

In the end, he might be held accountable and killed. Even if he was not killed, it would be Liu Bei's mercy to make a fuss, in order to better recruit surrender and rebel the remaining puppet dynasty territory.

Cao Cao's head was first washed, then sucked away the water with lime, and finally soaked a thin layer of beeswax to wrap it outside. This kind of antiseptic can be stored for several months even in hot weather, let alone winter now.

The reason why the treatment of the head level is higher is to facilitate verification of the body and confirm the credit, and to send a message to all regions. The beeswax is slightly yellow in color, but because it is painted thinly, it is still very transparent.

Liu Bei was not interested in Cao Cao's body. After all, he had been dead for three days. He waved his hand and asked someone to carry it away. He just carefully looked at the wooden box containing the heads himself.

"I have to go to this point, but after all, I die in suspicion. Unfortunately, I have dragged more than 100,000 lives! The innocent people of Yanyu suffered!" Liu Bei despised him, without any more emotion, and covered the box and asked the eunuch to take it away.

There was naturally another eunuch next to him, holding a golden basin filled with water, and a soil-made pancreased seeds mixed with sheep oil, grass and wood ash, to cleanse Liu Bei's hands.

After all, I have been exposed to a box containing human heads, even if I sealed beeswax, I should pay attention to hygiene.

...

Then, the emperor and his ministers were happy after drinking and dancing overnight, and the emperor and his ministers were the most excited, and the first thing they could do was to drink high.

Li Su also accompanied him to eat, drink, drink, and meat, but he was more concerned about long-term stability and thoughtful.

Even if the unification of the world is a foregone conclusion, Li Su is still worried about several issues. These issues may affect the legal perfection of the process of founding the country. He couldn't help but ask Liu Bei clearly at the banquet.

Seeing Liu Bei having a happy drink, Li Su leaned over and learned about the details of the battle a while ago from Liu Bei.

Li Su walked to Liu Bei with a wine glass: "Your Majesty, I was in Shouchun before, and I rushed to the north before the decisive battle, so I didn't know the current situation in the court. I didn't ask for some things, and I wanted to confirm with Your Majesty for a while."

Liu Bei waved his hand proudly: "Is the Prime Minister regretting not being able to catch up with the end of the siege of Cao Cao? The Cao thief who Aliang intercepted is no different from you!

Besides, Brother, Aliang, Boqi, Zilong, and any thief who surround Cao Cao are indispensable. I will give you a reward again!"

Li Su and Liu Bei finished speaking: "I have been granted the title of 18 counties, what else can I ask for? I just heard that before the final battle with Cao Cao, Cao Cao sent an envoy to seek peace and surrender. At that time, I was not in Chen County and did not know the details of the negotiations.

So I want to know why the negotiation was not completed in the end? Why did the fight still start? I repeatedly advise Your Majesty that our dynasty will be favored by God, and it is inevitable to revive the Han Dynasty. It is enough to follow the right path..."

Liu Bei was stunned, a little awake, and put away his laughter and replied seriously: "I asked Xiaozhi and Zijing to handle the matter of peace talks at that time, so I did not inform me of the details.

I already know what my brother is worried about - you are afraid that I would pretend to agree to Cao Cao's peace talks, but in the end I went back on my word and chased the chasm and killed Cao Cao who had retreated, right?

Don't worry, from beginning to end, Cao Cao himself was unwilling to agree to the negotiation conditions he revised, and he even pretended to be weak and retreated, trying to lure me to turn into an attack. Seeing that he was using the method of forming a formation on his back, he would help him!

The Han Dynasty was in the third revival, not only to unify the world, but also to show its faith and righteousness to the people of the world! It was announced that the Han Dynasty would not do anything to the extreme just because this was the last battle!

When Emperor Gaozu was indeed a little unscrupulous in dealing with Xiang Yu, after all, the final peace talks was made by Emperor Gaozu, who cheated Xiang Yu and then pursued him. I don’t hide it. I wouldn’t just be the descendants of Emperor Gaozu… Anyway, I want to do better than Emperor Gaozu, so that the foundation of the Han Dynasty will be more stable and long-term!”

After hearing this, Li Su breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, he had just arrived in Qiao County and learned the details of many envoys in the middle road war zone in the previous stage for the first time. I heard that Liu Bei did not engage in any negotiation fraud, and he did not say anything after the oath. It was just that Cao Cao used his own tricks to show weakness and lure the enemy, and was finally annihilated, so there would be no legal flaws.

After all, Li Su still wants to build a world that attaches importance to repeated games and international credit.

In the Chu-Han dispute, many people could indeed say that Xiang Yu was cruel and unkind, but it has to be said that kindness and trustworthiness are two completely unrelated areas. In terms of trustworthiness, Xiang Yu is still more remarkable than Liu Bang.

Everyone has good and bad aspects. If you have good aspects, you should learn from them. You should be right to things and not the person. Instead of simply choosing sides and taking sides, whoever is a fan or a bad person. If you think a person has bad aspects, you will defeat all his talents.

Xiang Yu's brutal massacre was unbaptized. He was reluctant to give rewards to his subordinates, and he was not sure of using his confidants to know the people... These are all fine.

However, Xiang Yu did rarely engage in diplomatic fraud. He would do what he agreed to himself. He believed it after signing the Alliance of Gundams and released Liu Taigong and Lu Zhi.

(Of course, it can also be said that Liu Bang made a fraudulent alliance to swear an expedient approach. In order to save his father and wife, the hostages broke the contract.)

As for Xiang Yu's failure to obey King Huai's promise and the incident of Emperor Yi, it cannot be said that he was not trustworthy, because at the beginning, it was not what Xiang Yu agreed to himself, but what King Huai asked, and at most he said that Xiang Yu would disobey.

He doesn't give rewards easily, and he doesn't send them even if he gets rid of the edges and corners in his hand. This also means that he will do everything he promises! If he plans to say something at the beginning and he will take back the capital and interest in the end, why not send it!

Liu Bang was so happy to issue an official seal to seal the king. When the Battle of Pengcheng was just defeated, he even said "Who helped me kill Xiang Yu and I will share the world with him." But the result of the easy promise was that these kings of different surnames would finally find excuses to kill them all.

Liu Bang was kind to the people and disbelief to the princes.

Therefore, no one is perfect. Even if a cruel monarch keeps his trustworthy and respects the advantages of oaths/conventions, he should also choose these advantages and learn them.

The final decisive battle is still the two armies who coincidentally confront each other across the gap and confront each other. After the Eastern Army retreated, they were chased and destroyed by the Western Army. These signs once made Li Su feel worried.

Fortunately, in the end, I learned that Liu Bei was the trustworthy party, which was considered to have learned about Liu Bang's strengths, but blocked Liu Bang's flaws of treason.

In other words, they learned the advantages of Liu Bang and Xiang Yu at the same time to eliminate their disadvantages.

Liu Bei could give Cao Cao a decent offer that the other party would not agree to, but Cao Cao refused, so there was no problem.

A successful conversation means a successful conversation, and a failure to reach a certain extent is a failure to reach a certain extent. If a failure to reach a certain extent, it is natural to pursue the gap and achieve the highest integrity of the country.

"I will not feel guilty in my heart because the country is so upright that the Han Dynasty has existed for hundreds of years. For the sake of His Majesty's integrity, I will try my best to help him plan and maintain a long-term stability in the future."

Li Su thought to himself, and it was a suspense that it was much more comfortable.

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PS: After Cao Cao's death, there will be some transitional chapters. Let's take a look.
Chapter completed!