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Chapter 311 Battle of Chibi
Li Nian continued, "In fact, if Sun Quan had only seized the Jingzhou territory from Liu Bei, it might not be unacceptable to Liu Bei. He could just regard it as a failure of the strategy of joining forces with Sun Quan to fight against Cao Cao. Victory and defeat are common in the military, and he could just win it back next time. But Sun Quan killed Guan Yu, which was difficult for Liu Bei to accept."

"Uncle Liu traveled the world in the name of benevolence and righteousness. Guan Yu was his sworn brother. Now he has died from Sun Quan's stab in the back. How can we not avenge Guan Yu?"

"Thus, knowing that being at odds with Sun Wu was not a good thing, Liu Bei still launched the Battle of Yiling."

The First Emperor said: "Liu Bei is indeed kind and righteous, but he is also burdened by the reputation of being kind and righteous. If he did not raise an army for Guan Yu's death, he would not be Liu Bei."

Li Nian said: "It is just as your majesty said. The reason why Liu Huangshu is Liu Huangshu is because he is different from other princes. This is also an important reason why Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Prime Minister Zhuge and others are willing to follow him."

The First Emperor commented: "Sun Quan was not magnanimous enough to seize Jingzhou and kill Guan Yu, and he could not see the overall situation. With Cao Cao as a formidable enemy, he still had to fight Liu Bei..."

At this point, the First Emperor suddenly thought of something and asked, "Does this person want to live in peace in a corner and have no intention of ruling the world?"

Li Nian smiled and said, "Not really. Sun Quan definitely wanted to rule the world, but unfortunately he didn't have the ability and courage."

"After leading 100,000 troops to attack Hefei and being repelled by Zhang Liao, Sun Quan led his army to besiege Hefei again, but still failed."

Meng Tian smiled and said, "I'm afraid Sun Quan's idea is that if he's lucky enough to win, then he'll fight for the world. If he can't win, then forget it, and return to defend his own land."

The First Emperor spoke again: "If we cannot look outward, Sun Quan will certainly look inward to consolidate his power, and Sun Wu will inevitably be plagued by frequent internal strife."

Li Nian nodded and said, "Your Majesty is wise. The development of Sun Wu is exactly as your Majesty imagined. If Sun Quan could be considered a 'rat of Jiangdong' in the matter of seizing Jingzhou and killing Guan Yu, then his subsequent actions have confirmed this title."

"I don't know why Sun Zhongmou, who was 'a young man with a thousand helmets, sitting in the southeast and fighting without stopping', became a different person afterwards?"

"Maybe he has always been like this, but he just didn't show it before."

"After Sun Quan became emperor, an incident called the 'Two Palaces Dispute' occurred in Sun Wu. Sun Quan allowed officials to take sides and fight between the crown prince and the Prince of Lu. He killed ministers and his son, causing panic in Sun Wu, which had originally been politically harmonious."

Li Nian brought the topic back to the matter of Cao Cao leading his army south.

"Cao Cao led his army southward. At that time, Sun Wu had different opinions on how to deal with Cao Cao. Some people thought that Cao Cao was too powerful and should not be made an enemy, so they should make peace with Cao Cao. Others thought that they should not make peace and should fight Cao Cao."

Meng Tian said disdainfully: "The peace faction simply thinks that even if they make peace, they won't lose much. After all, they are not Sun Quan or members of the Sun family, so Cao Cao is unlikely to want their heads. On the contrary, after the peace, Cao Cao will have to appease them and let them govern the place for him."

Li Nian said: "Sun Quan should have been willing to accept the battle at that time, because other people might be safe if they surrendered, but as the person in power in Wu, how would Cao Cao treat him if he surrendered? Would he kill him and wipe out the entire Sun family? Even if he didn't kill him, but took away his power and wealth and imprisoned him, it would be equally difficult to accept."

"To surrender to Cao Cao is like handing your life and property over to Cao Cao. How can it be better to control it in your own hands?"

"Sun Quan is not stupid, on the contrary he is very smart, so he naturally understands this. But how can we convince those who advocate peace?"

"At this time, Prime Minister Zhuge came on the scene and relieved Sun Quan of this worry. He analyzed the situation to Sun Quan and deliberately provoked Sun Quan by saying that Emperor Liu would never surrender to Cao Cao."

"This is also a very interesting part in the novel. The chapter is called 'Zhuge Liang debates with scholars, Lu Zijing rejects all opinions'. Prime Minister Zhuge Liang used his eloquence to silence the peace advocates in Jiangdong."

"But in fact, Prime Minister Zhuge had guessed that Sun Quan wanted to fight, and Zhou Yu, the then Grand Commander of Wu, was also in favor of fighting. Speaking of which..."

Li Nian smiled and said, "There are some interesting things in this. For example, some people in later generations believed that one of the reasons why Zhou Yu and Sun Quan advocated resisting Cao was that Cao Cao loved married women. After all, Cao Cao's reputation for married women in this regard was not very good."

This made Qin Shi Huang and his two companions a little nervous. They thought of the saying "one shot killed three wise men". But it's true that Cao Cao might be able to do it.

Look, this is what credibility is. If Cao Cao said he wanted to rob someone's wife, no one would doubt that he wouldn't do it, just like Ke Zhen'e said Duan Zhengchun was the leader and Duan Zhengchun said Ke Zhen'e was his son.

The First Emperor said in a strange tone: "Sun Quan and Zhou Yu are worried that Cao Cao will take away their wives and concubines after they surrender to him?"

Li Nian smiled and said, "For Sun Quan, it's not about snatching his wives and concubines, but about snatching Sun Quan's sister-in-law and Sun Ce's wife."

"In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a man named Qiao who had two daughters of extraordinary beauty, Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao. Da Qiao married Sun Quan's brother Sun Ce, and Xiao Qiao married Zhou Yu."

"Given Cao Cao's reputation, if someone said he wanted to take the two Qiao sisters back, people would not only not refute it, but would think it was something he could do."

"Cao Cao may have had this idea, and he built a tower called 'Tongque Tower'."

"The Bronze Sparrow Tower was where Cao Cao hosted banquets for his ministers and where he had fun. It is said that some of the beauties Cao Cao collected were placed here."

"The Tang poet Du Mu once wrote in his poem "Red Cliff": The broken halberd sank into the sand, but the iron has not yet been corroded, so I will polish it and recognize the previous dynasty. The east wind is not favorable to Zhou Lang, and the two Qiao sisters are locked up in Tongque Spring."

Du Mu was a man of the Tang Dynasty. He thought that Boss Cao might want to snatch the two Qiao sisters back and lock them up in the Bronze Sparrow Tower. It can be seen that many people thought so.

The First Emperor and his two companions didn't know what to say. Cao Cao's unique hobby actually became a stumbling block on his road to unifying the world.

The First Emperor was very sensitive to some of the questions in Li Nian's words. He asked curiously, "'Zhou Lang' is Zhou Yu, right? There are many poets in the Tang Dynasty. Who dares to be called a 'saint'? What does this have to do with the east wind?"

Li Nian answered one by one: "Zhou Lang is Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu is quite talented, good at both literature and martial arts, and handsome."

"Unfortunately, in order to show that Prime Minister Zhuge was more talented, the novel portrayed him as a man with talent but a narrow mind. He was angered to death by Prime Minister Zhuge three times, and left a sentence 'Since there is Yu, why is there Liang' passed down to later generations."

"In fact, Zhou Yu was not that petty, and he was not angered to death by Prime Minister Zhuge Liang."

"Zhou Yu, courtesy name Gongjin, was born in the Zhou family of Lujiang. He was close to Sun Ce when he was young. It was with his assistance and his own extraordinary bravery that Sun Ce was able to lay the foundation for the Sun Wu dynasty."

"After Sun Ce's death, Zhou Yu continued to assist Sun Quan, showed great respect to him, recommended talents to him, and won his trust."

"There is an interesting story about Zhou Yu, called 'When there is a mistake in the song, Zhou Lang looks back'. Zhou Yu was handsome and elegant, and was called 'Beautiful Zhou Lang' at the time. He was also proficient in music. Even if there was a mistake after three cups, Yu would know it and look back."

"Therefore, every time there was a banquet, the singing girls who accompanied the banquet and played the zither would deliberately play the wrong tune in order to get Zhou Yu to look at them."

Meng Tian sighed in his heart, wondering how handsome Zhou Yu must be to make the singing girl deliberately play the wrong song in order to make him look at her more. After saying "When the song is wrong, Zhou Lang looks back", Li Nian said: "There are indeed many poets in the Tang Dynasty. In Chinese history, poetry peaked in the Tang Dynasty, lyrics peaked in the Song Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty in the Yuan Dynasty, and Ming and Qing Dynasties in the Ming Dynasty."

"There were many outstanding poets in the Tang Dynasty, including the Immortal Poet Li Bai, the Sage Poet Du Fu, the Buddhist Poet Wang Wei... The fact that they are called 'immortals' and 'sages' is naturally related to their poems."

"Li Bai's poems seem to be written by an immortal banished from heaven, with a sense of elegance that does not belong to the human world. Du Fu's poems are more profound, full of concern for the country and the people..."

At this moment, the First Emperor thought of another problem.

He looked at Li Nian and asked, "Now that you have come to Daqin and changed Daqin, it is no longer the history you know. Does this also mean that people like Li Bai and Du Fu will no longer appear?"

This question stunned Meng Tian and Meng Yi, and then they looked at Li Nian.

Will the history and historical figures that Li Nian knows no longer exist?
Li Nian smiled and said, "They probably won't appear again! But don't worry, Your Majesty. Li Bai and Du Fu won't appear again, but history will always have poets like them. It's just that their names are no longer Li Bai and Du Fu, and they don't look the same as Li Bai and Du Fu, and the poems they write are also different."

After Li Nian answered, the First Emperor asked another question: "Will the changes in history affect you?"

Figures like Li Bai and Du Fu will never appear again, and the Li Nian of later generations may also never appear. Then what about the Li Nian he sees in front of him now?

Will he disappear just as suddenly as he appeared out of nowhere?
The reform of the Qin Dynasty still needs to be done by Li Nian, and he also wants Li Nian to give him suggestions. The Qin Dynasty has not yet become an empire on which the sun never sets, and has not yet become rich and powerful.

Moreover, this boy is his future son-in-law, and he cannot let this boy disappear.

The First Emperor decided to provide this kid with additional security forces so that no accidents could happen to him.

Hearing the emperor's serious tone of inquiry, Li Nian smiled and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry. My situation is probably not from the future of your Majesty's world. The world I come from is another world compared to your Majesty."

"The two worlds should have the same history, but because of my arrival, the history of your world has changed. It is no longer the same as the world I came from. I do not want the two worlds to have the same history."

After receiving Li Nian's answer, the First Emperor, Meng Tian, ​​and Meng Yi were not very happy. Instead, they realized one thing more:

This kid is actually far away from his hometown and relatives, and came here alone. Daqin is not his real hometown. He is separated from his hometown and relatives by a world.

If one day this kid doesn't want to live anymore, nothing in this world can threaten him.

The First Emperor was now glad that this kid was afraid of pain, otherwise he would have killed him right then...

We must make this kid feel a sense of belonging to the Qin Empire, and have something to tie him down and help him. We cannot let this kid become invincible!

The best way to tie someone down is through blood and friendship, but unfortunately this guy said Shunying was too young and he had to wait a few years before marrying her.

Li Nian didn't know what the First Emperor was thinking, so when he stopped asking, he continued, "As for the 'East Wind', because of the natural barrier of the Yangtze River, Cao Cao's army had to take a boat, and if the Sun-Liu coalition wanted to defeat Cao Cao's army, it would be best not to let Cao Cao's army land, and destroy them when they cross the river."

"Then how do we destroy Cao Cao's army that is crossing the river by boat?"

Meng Tian, ​​who had studied in the Naval Academy for several months, replied: "Of course, we will use fire attack..."

After answering "fire attack", Meng Tian has reacted: "I understand! Fire needs the help of wind. If the wind direction, wind strength and wind timing are not right, fire attack will be difficult to work. Therefore, Sun and Liu need a suitable wind, which is 'the east wind is not favorable to Zhou Lang'."

Li Nian nodded and said, "General Meng is right. If the wind was not blowing from the east during the battle with Cao Cao's army, not only would it fail to burn Cao Cao's army, but it would burn itself. But on the day of the battle, the weather was good, and the east wind happened to be favorable to the Sun-Liu coalition! The Battle of Red Cliff and the east wind also have a story in the novel."

Li Nian then told the stories of "Borrowing Arrows from a Thatched Boat" and "Borrowing the East Wind".

After hearing this, the First Emperor shook his head and commented: "This novel is wonderful, but it exaggerates Zhuge's ability too much. He is no longer a human being, but more like a demon!"

Li Nian laughed and said, "In the novel, Prime Minister Zhuge is really called a 'demon'. He is so smart that he is almost a demon!"

"After the Battle of Red Cliffs, although Cao Cao was not seriously injured, he could no longer organize his military forces to march south in the short term. The Sun and Liu families also knew that this was their opportunity to grow and develop, and began to expand their territory."

The First Emperor asked, "Is it at this time that they established the Three Kingdoms?"

Li Nian shook his head: "No, later historians have always believed that Cao Cao belonged to the late Eastern Han Dynasty, not the Three Kingdoms."

The First Emperor asked curiously, "Why?"

Li Nian said: "Although Cao Cao 'held the emperor hostage to control the princes' and was not very friendly to the emperor, killed the queen and the prince to intimidate the emperor, and was named the King of Wei, Cao Cao never officially usurped the Liu Han Dynasty throughout his life. His title of Emperor Wu of Wei was posthumously conferred on him by his son Cao Pi after he forced Emperor Xian of Han to abdicate!"

Hearing this, the First Emperor commented: "Cao Cao's son Cao Pi usurped the throne of Liu Han, and his descendants were usurped by the Sima family. It's really..."

Li Nian said: "If Cao Cao did not usurp the Han Dynasty, then the world would still be the Eastern Han Dynasty in name only. Unless other princes were as stupid as Yuan Shu, they would not claim to be emperors."

"As a relative of the Han Dynasty, Liu Huangshu is known for his loyalty, faith, benevolence and righteousness. As long as the emperor is still alive, it is impossible for him to establish a country and become emperor."

Meng Tian asked, "So it was Cao Pi who removed the shackles for them, so they were able to become emperors?"

Li Nian said: "In the 25th year of Jian'an, Cao Cao passed away and Cao Pi succeeded him. It was also in this year that Emperor Xian of Han abdicated the throne. After Cao Pi declined three times, he could not resist Emperor Xian of Han's enthusiasm and could only ascend the throne with tears in his eyes and proclaim himself emperor. He changed the era name to Huangchu, and the first country of the Three Kingdoms, 'Wei', came into being!"

The God couldn't refuse, and was so enthusiastic and tearful. Was that Emperor Xian of Han who wanted to abdicate?
That means you have no choice but to abdicate!
"Cao Pi treated Emperor Xian of Han well after he abdicated. Not only did he not kill him, but he also made him Duke of Shanyang, with a fief of 10,000 households, a position above the princes. He did not call himself a subject when reporting to the emperor, and did not bow when receiving an imperial edict. He offered sacrifices to heaven and earth in the imperial carriage and clothing, and all ancestral temples, ancestors, and festivals were the same as in the Han Dynasty, with his capital in Zhuolu City in Shanyang."

"Compared to the bloody killing of the emperor in the streets when the Sima family usurped the throne of Cao Wei, Cao Pi's treatment was quite mild."

Meng Tian frowned and asked, "Si Ma Shi has done this, isn't he afraid that people will imitate him in the future?"

(End of this chapter)