Judging from the information sent by Zhong Yu, Liu Bei is currently gathering troops to attack Yangping Pass and launching a long-term tug-of-war with Xiahou Yuan, Zhang He and Xu Huang. However, under Xiahou Yuan's iron wall, Liu Bei's attack has not improved after several months, but has suffered huge losses.

In order to strengthen the frontal offensive against Yangping Pass, Liu Bei sent a letter back to the CD, asking Zhuge Liang to send additional troops from Yizhou to support the Yangping Pass battlefield. At that time, Zhuge Liang was always worried about the sudden withdrawal of Sun Quan and Cao Cao. He was worried that Sun Quan, the Jiangdong, had begun to be distracted and intended to make any big moves, so he secretly arranged a group of troops in Danxing and Beijing to prevent Jingzhou from being hit by Sun Quan's sudden attack.

However, this move was completely unnecessary in Liu Bei's opinion. He believed that his momentum was in full swing at this time, while Cao Cao was on the defensive. His continuous attack on Hanzhong attracted Cao Cao's main energy and also gave Sun Quan a great opportunity to be ashamed of being unable to conquer Hefei for a long time. How could he destroy the Sun-Liu alliance and make enemies on both sides at this time?

Zhuge Liang replied to Liu Bei and suggested that the two troops located in Fuling and Badong should not be transferred, at least one should be left. However, Liu Bei, who was determined to take down Hanzhong as soon as possible, was a little impatient. He sent Yang Hong to the CD again to ask Zhuge Liang to send troops and collect food and grass as soon as possible. Before leaving, Liu Bei also specifically hinted to Yang Hong:

"If the military advisor is still doubtful about sending troops, you can be more tough."

Yang Hong, who was supported by Liu Bei behind the scenes, directly conveyed Liu Bei's meaning when he saw Zhuge Liang. After hearing this, Zhuge Liang knew very well that Liu Bei's intention to send Yang Hong to come, but he still tried to persuade Liu Bei with the hidden dangers of Jingzhou. Yang Hong's tone began to rise: "Hanzhong is the throat of Yizhou, and it is the key to survival. If there is no Hanzhong, there will be no Shu! In this family disaster, men should fight and women should be lucky. What is the military advisor hesitation about sending troops?"

Although these words were spoken from Yang Hong, Zhuge Liang knew very well that this was actually Liu Bei's last attitude. As a minister, if he became a stumbling block for Liu Bei at this critical moment, it would be very unfavorable for his future career. He had to order the 50,000 new troops deployed in Badong and Fuling to head north and head to Yangping Pass.

Liu Bei, who was replenished with troops, continued to launch a continuous fierce attack on Yangping Pass, but the progress was still slow.

At this time, Fazheng, the strategist who went to the expedition with Liu Bei, realized that this was not a solution, so he began to find another method on the map, knowing that he saw a name that made his eyes shine: Dingjun Mountain...

In January 219 AD (the 24th year of Jian'an), Liu Bei, who had repeatedly failed in the offensive, suddenly ordered the southward crossing of the Han River at the suggestion of Fazheng, and the main force deployed in front of Yangping Pass was withdrawn to the south bank of the Great River.

Faced with the empty enemy camp, Xiahou Yuan, Zhang He and others were puzzled at first, but Zhang He, who had experience in a hundred battles, soon thought of the only possibility of Liu Bei doing this, that is, they did not retreat, but had a new direction of attack.

Zhang He's guess was correct. After Liu Bei led his army to cross the Han River south, he concentrated the main force on the south side of Dingjun Mountain at an extremely fast speed. So Xiahou Yuan made a quick decision and left Xu Huang to lead his army to guard Yangping Pass. He and Zhang He separately occupied the Nanwei Zoumagu and Dongwei Guangshi of Dingjun Mountain, and each built Lujiao City to confront Liu Bei.

After settling down on the defense work, Xiahou Yuan smiled at Xiahou Heng, who was also his eldest son, and said:

"When the King of Wei evacuated Hanzhong, Sima Yi, the chief clerk of the Prime Minister, once told me that if Liu Bei invaded Hanzhong in the future, he would definitely make up the idea of ​​Junshan. Now it seems that he has really been taken over by that boy. He is such a daunting guy."

As the deputy general, Guo Huai also followed Xiahou Yuan to station in Zouma Valley. At this time, he had received the latest order from "Liu Ji":

During the decisive battle between Liu Bei and Xiahou Yuan, attacked Xiahou Yuan from behind...

After spending a long time together, Guo Huai discovered that Xiahou Yuan and Zhang He were both men with blood, especially Xiahou Yuan's straightforward personality, who treated everyone like a brother, which made Guo Huai have a good impression of him.

But at this time, Guo Huai killed Xiahou Yuan, he was very confused and fell into a painful contradiction.

"What? Do you still doubt him, who is so loyal to him?"

At this moment, Sima Fu suddenly lifted the curtain from outside the tent, which scared Guo Huai:

"Shuda...you... are you still alive?"

Guo Huai couldn't believe his eyes, and in an instant, he showed extremely rare excitement and excitement in his eyes, but he soon remembered the reason why he would determine Sima Fu was dead, so he naturally remembered the scene of burning Dongjiang Tower.

The excited expression soon disappeared from his face. He lowered his tone and asked Sima Fu:

"You are here to seek revenge now?"

After saying that, Guo Huai turned around and opened the box behind him, took out the feather arrow from it and put it on the table.

Looking at the feather arrows on the table, Sima Fu recognized them at a glance. This was the one he shot from Guo Huai's crotch when he helped Xun Yun escape. He smiled and said:

"What? Have you guessed that I'm still alive since then?"

"No, I just had a very strong premonition. Later I asked 'Liu Ji' and he told me that you have indeed been burned to death in the Dongjiang Tower fire. However, your appearance today has verified that this premonition is correct."

After hearing Guo Huai's words, Sima Fu smiled slightly. He walked to the table calmly, reached out and picked up the feather arrow on the table, looked at it for a while, and actually broke it with both hands, which puzzled Guo Huai:

"What does this mean?"

"You don't have to hide it for Guo Pei. You may have aimed at me with the bow and arrow in your hand outside the Dongjiang Tower, but I know your archery skills very well. If you shot that arrow, it would not be my shoulder, but my head..."

As he said that, Sima Fu threw the broken arrow in his hand to the ground:

"I came here this time to tell you that I no longer serve 'Liu Ji'. Now I want to be the real Sima Fu, and I will only recognize the real second brother in my mind and serve him."

Guo Huai had already realized this since Sima Fu appeared in front of him, and he sat down powerlessly:

"I didn't expect that things would fall to this point today. Now Niu Jin is gone, and you are gone too..."

"There is still a unfortunate news to tell you..."

Sima Fu paused and said, "Dong Bai and your younger brother Guo Pei are both dead..."

As soon as he finished speaking, an extremely distorted expression appeared on Guo Huai's face. He suddenly raised his hand and lifted the face of the face in front of him, rushed to Sima Fu and grabbed his clothes and shouted:

"Dong Bai is deeply in love with you, and Guo Pei is my brother, why do you want to kill everyone!"

However, Sima Fu's emotions were not affected by Guo Huai. He still kept a calm tone and looked straight into Guo Huai's eyes and said, "It was not me who killed them, nor Sima Yi, but the 'Your Highness' who swore allegiance to us at the beginning!"

This sentence made Guo Huai's anger less. His eyes were confused. He slowly let go of his right hand that was tightly grasping Sima Fu's collar.

Seeing this, Sima Fu also slowed down his tone:

"When Dong Bai was captured by Cheng Wu, Sima Yi let her go for Cai Jue's sake, but indirectly harmed her, because you and I know very well how cruel and ruthless Liu Ji is. When he was able to make up his mind to kill Niu Jin, who grew up with him and was loyal to him, how could he tolerate a mere Dong Bai today? Later, in order to kill Dong Bai, he ordered Guo Pei to assassinate him. As a result, Guo Pei was killed and then attacked Cai Jue, and was killed by Cheng Wu, who had been secretly protecting Cai Jue..."

After hearing the whole story, Guo Huai's hands, which were clenched tightly in a fist shape, kept trembling, and his gritted teeth also oozed out blood due to excessive force. Until he could no longer help pulling out the sharp sword from his waist, stabbed hard at the pillar supporting the camp, and whistled to the sky: "Why!"

He was about to cry without tears and bent down and knelt on the ground:

"We never thought about betraying you, why can't we trust you in your eyes? Why do we feel heartbroken? Is it the only person you can truly believe in for you? Is the friendship we have for so many years that we have forged so many years, in your opinion, isn't it just a bargaining chip?"

There was no sound in the tent for a long time. Guo Huai stood up and took the sword back into his sheath:

"You came this time to convince me to betray him and serve Sima Yi, right?"

Sima Fu shook his head and said, "No, I know your personality very well, so I won't force you to make any decisions, but Sima Yi came this time and asked me to remind you that you must be careful of 'Liu Ji', because any of us completely loses the value of use or trust, and then he will become a piece he ruthlessly abandoned. I don't need to remind you again, right?"

"No matter what happens, I can't betray him anyway."

Guo Huai's answer was completely within Sima Fu's expectations, and Guo Huai asked him again:

"How do you deal with Zhongnan (i.e. Guo Pei's body?"

Sima Fu replied:

"I personally arranged for someone to send his body back to Yangqu for burial, which is the only thing I can do for him."

"Thank you..."

After saying that, Guo Huai turned his back to Sima Fu and said:

"You go, I won't do anything to you, but it's absolutely impossible for me to surrender to Sima Yi like you."

Seeing that Guo Huai's attitude was so firm and he had the intention of expelling the guests, Sima Fu had no intention of leaving. He spread his arms: "Then kill me, you should be very clear that it is absolutely impossible to hide the secret meeting with me as a traitor. If you let me go, you will completely lose his trust like Dong Bai and Niu Jin. Then..."

"No matter what the result is, I will bear it..."

Guo Huai interrupted Sima Fu's words:

"My hands were covered in blood throughout my life, and I had long given up on the idea of ​​being able to have a good end..."

In desperation, Sima Fu had to leave Guo Huai's camp and return to Chang'an, and conveyed Guo Huai's attitude to Sima Yi.

But after hearing this, Sima Yi said this to Sima Fu and Cheng Wu:

"It would be a pity if a person like him dies. Cheng Wu, I think Guo Huai will choose extreme approach soon. You can go to Zouma Valley to secretly monitor him and protect him as soon as possible. I want him to survive for my own use."

"What? Let me protect him?"

When Cheng Wu heard this, his eyes widened, as if he was about to fly out of his socket: "You have no water in your mind? Haven't you heard what Shuda said just now? Since his attitude is so firm, why are you still..."

However, Sima Yi did not listen to Cheng Wu's complaints at all, but turned his head to Sima Fu and said:

"With the law and filial piety, Liu Bei's next military actions cannot be neglected. However, this time Zhong Yu has not found any actions about 'Liu Ji', but instead I am very worried. You go to Hanzhong to assist him."

Sima Fu nodded and suddenly remembered something before, which made him very concerned:

"Second brother, I went to Wen County to bury my eldest brother before and met my father. He said he wanted to put a stop to the matter back then. I was wondering if his father would..."

This matter also made Sima Yi very concerned:
Chapter completed!