Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

As the carriage returned to the palace gate and stopped, Xiahou Bo reminded carefully.

"Your Majesty, we're here."

But Xiahou Bo did not hear Liu Bei's response, but instead heard faint sobbing sounds coming from the carriage.

When Liu Bei carefully walked out of the carriage with the memorial in his hand, his eyes were red and there were obvious traces of tears on his face.

"Your Majesty."

Xiahou Bo asked softly.

Liu Bei raised his hand to indicate that he was fine, then looked towards the Prime Minister's Mansion adjacent to the Prince's Mansion. His eyes were filled with deep reminiscence, which then turned into determination, and he said.

"Ji Chang, quickly send someone to bring Xiang'er and Adou back."

"Here."

Xiahou Bo did not ask any more questions, but took the order directly.

Immediately, Liu Bei strode into the palace.

Liu Bei's carriage had been parked in front of the palace for such a while that it had already alarmed the palace, and Madam Gan had come to greet him.

However, Liu Bei, holding the memorial in one hand and the sword in the other, didn't even bother to pay attention to Madam Gan. He strode towards the backyard and ordered the maid in the palace to put on armor for him.

But when Liu Bei really put the armor on his body, he suddenly felt that the armor that was tailor-made for him in the past was now a little ill-fitting as he had not been on the battlefield for a long time and had gradually neglected to practice his martial arts.

It took a long time to put on this set of armor.

Standing in front of the bronze mirror, Liu Bei quietly looked at himself in the mirror, and suddenly couldn't help but chuckled and said.

"Zikun, Zikun, you have been so troublesome to me, but you have allowed me to live a comfortable life in this chaotic world for a while, so that I am now relaxed and healthy."

"When the country is stable, I will definitely make you into this shape, so that you will not be as graceful as before, but I will no longer be the same as before."

At the end of his words, Liu Bei could not help but tightly grip the hilt of the double-edged sword at his waist, his eyes full of determination.

The memorial left by Li Ji revealed so much, and Liu Bei only then realized how far-reaching Zikun's concerns for the Han Dynasty were.

As long as the country is governed according to that memorial, an unprecedented era of prosperity will be just around the corner.

"But if I don't govern the Han Dynasty together with Zikun, what's the point of me sitting on the throne?"

Liu Bei muttered to himself until Adou's cautious voice was heard outside the door.

"Father."

"Come in!"

As Adou and Li Xiang walked into the house with confused faces, they were stunned when they saw Liu Bei standing in armor with his back to them.

"Why is father wearing armor?" Adou asked carefully.

Liu Bei turned around and glanced at Adou. His unusually sharp eyes frightened Adou so much that his neck turned cold and his legs went weak. He almost subconsciously wanted to kneel down and admit his mistake first.

However, Liu Bei's gaze quickly moved away and fell on Li Xiang.

Compared to Adou's confusion, Li Xiang had already guessed something and asked in a somewhat inappropriate manner.

"My lord, could it be that something happened to my father?"

At this point, Liu Bei had no intention of hiding anything and spoke directly.

"Four hundred thousand barbarian dogs surrounded Luoyang, and Zikun was trapped for a while."

When these words were spoken, Adou and Li Xiang were shocked.

Ah Dou blurted out, "What are you waiting for? Please send troops to rescue my father as soon as possible."

"Do you need to remind me?"

Liu Bei didn't know whether to be angry or laugh. However, after a slight pause, Liu Bei spoke to Adou.

"Kneel down."

Adou, who didn't understand what was going on, knelt down subconsciously.

"Raise your hands." Liu Bei continued.

Adou quickly raised his hands towards Liu Bei again, and Liu Bei placed the memorial in his hand on Adou's palm, suppressing the urge to cry again, and said.

"This is the last memorial sent back by your father-in-law. It not only shows the determination to fight the Hu people to the death to protect the Han territory, but also points out many talents that can be used and national policies for governing the country."

Then, Liu Bei placed the royal sword that he had taken off earlier in Adou's other hand and continued speaking.

"I give you this royal sword and this memorial. If my father never returns, I can only entrust this great man to your hands."

"In the future, when you govern the country and employ people, you should refer more to the words in the memorial left by your father-in-law. Do you understand?"

Adou opened his eyes wide, his eyes full of confusion and fear, without a trace of joy.

Immediately, Liu Bei looked at Li Xiang again and said.

"Xiang'er is extremely intelligent, while Adou seems a little stupid. I hope you two brothers will not be suspicious of each other and support each other."

Li Xiang's lips moved, but under the impact of all this news, his thoughts were in a mess and he couldn't say anything.

It was not until Liu Bei strode out of the house that Li Xiang suddenly woke up as if from a dream and quickly stood up and said.

"My king, please take me with you. I also want to go to Luoyang to save my father."

Liu Bei paused slightly, looked at Adou and Li Xiang behind him, and spoke.

"We don't need you in this battle, so just wait in Shouchun."

Immediately afterwards, Liu Bei did not stop and strode towards the main gate of the palace.

At this moment, Xiahou Bo had already changed into armor and was waiting outside the main gate with a warhorse.

Liu Bei quickly jumped on his horse and headed towards the north gate of Shouchun.

There were only 3,000 cavalrymen left in Shouchun City. The anxious Liu Bei could not wait to meet up with the troops to be dispatched later, so he decided to lead these 3,000 elite cavalrymen northward immediately.

As for the affairs of state, Liu Bei had also made various arrangements.

It would be fine if nothing unexpected happened to Liu Bei, but if something unexpected happened.

Then, according to the secret letter left by Liu Bei in advance, Lu Zhi, who is still in good health, and Cai Yong and Liu Yu will be the main people to support the crown prince Liu Chan.

……

at the same time.

Yecheng, Jizhou.

In this city that had been besieged by the mighty Northern Expedition Army of 500,000 for five or six days, Cao Pi, who was as tired as if he was seriously ill, suddenly heard the report from his attendant.

The Northern Expedition Army outside the city withdrew, so hastily that they didn't even have time to pack up a large amount of baggage.

This made Cao Pi so excited that he cried, laughed and jumped.

Before Cao Pi's excitement subsided, another attendant came to report: The King of Wei has woken up and asked Crown Prince Pi to go and meet him.

Cao Pi quickly straightened his clothes, rushed over with a look of joy on his face, and prepared to report the happy event.

But when Cao Pi walked into Cao Cao's bedroom, he saw five or six doctors kneeling on both sides, looking like their parents were about to die.

Then he watched Cao Cao, who had been lying in bed seriously ill for half a month, sit up. His face was haggard, yet an abnormal blush appeared on it. Cao Cao even had the energy to trim his short beard in front of the bronze mirror.

A word popped up in Cao Pi's mind: last gasp of light. (End of this chapter)