Chapter 509

At this time.

Looking at Liu Xie's face full of fear.

Li Ru's eyes flashed with a trace of fanaticism!

The poisonous scholar Li Ru returned at this moment!

Seeing him take three steps in two, quickly stepping forward.

Opening the medicinal wine in his hand and pouring it into Liu Xie's mouth all at once.

As a scholar born in the borderlands.

Li Ru's martial strength was not as good as the soldiers in the army.

But compared to this weakling Liu Xie, it was really much, much stronger.

What's more.

Behind Li Ru stood Fan Chou and Zhang Ji.

No matter how Liu Xie resisted, the final result was to no avail.

"Gurgle~~"

"Gurgle~~"

With the medicinal wine going down his throat.

In Liu Xie's stomach, it was as if a raging fire had been ignited, burning violently!

Then after.

A cramping pain followed.

Liu Xie groaned in pain.

He raised his hand slightly, wanting to stroke his son standing behind him.

It's a pity.

Liu Xie's son seemed to have a head that wasn't very good.

Seeing his father's painful appearance, not only did he not step forward, but he was scared and walked back two steps.

Even, he spat two mouthfuls of saliva on Liu Xie's hand with quite a bit of disgust.

This scene made Liu Xie's heart almost break!

A filial son, truly a filial son!

But... Liu Xie was already too late to care.

The light in his eyes gradually dimmed.

"Thump!"

Liu Xie fell heavily to the ground.

In a flash, he seemed to see his biological mother, Noble Lady Wang, and his grandmother, Empress Dowager Dong, who loved him the most.

Two lines of hot tears slid from the corners of Liu Xie's eyes.

Being an emperor like this, bitter, it was really too bitter!

If there is a next life, he never wants to be reborn into the royal family again.

The next day.

News came out in Chang'an City.

Emperor Liu Xie suddenly died of illness last night.

Regarding this, the people of Chang'an City expressed, what does Liu Xie's life or death have to do with their farts?

Anyway, they only knew Grand Tutor and Prime Minister.

As for Emperor Liu Xie.

Who in the world doesn't know that this fellow is just a puppet?

Therefore.

Liu Xie's death in Chang'an City, and even within the large territory controlled by Gu Yi, did not cause any fluctuations at all.

Everyone's life continued as usual.

Of course.

This was just a phenomenon presented on the surface.

In the dark.

Some ambitious people who were dissatisfied with Gu Yi and Old Dong silently put away their little thoughts.

Qingzhou.

Beihai City.

Since losing Yanzhou.

Cao Cao, having no other choice, had to lead troops to retreat and guard Qingzhou.

In this way, he could form a horn-like position with Yuan Shao of Jizhou to jointly resist the powerful oppression from Gu Yi.

Not long ago, Cao Cao originally wanted to take advantage of Gu Yi's southern expedition to lead troops to counterattack Yanzhou.

But unexpectedly.

Gu Yi had already left heavy troops in the three states of Yan, Yu, and Xu.

Great generals such as Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, Lu Bu, Hua Xiong, and Zhang Xiu were even sitting in command here personally.

This doomed Cao Cao's plan to try to recover Yanzhou during the chaos to be in vain.

However.

Cao Cao was Cao Cao after all.

Although forced to Qingzhou, he was still not someone that second or third-rate small forces could compare with.

What's more.

Many strategists of the Cao camp were still present at this moment.

Such as Xun Yu, Guo Jia, Cheng Yu, Man Chong, Chen Qun, and others, who were racking their brains every day for the revival of Cao Cao's power.

But... Xi Zhicai, who had followed Cao Cao the longest, had passed away suddenly not long ago.

Xi Zhicai's physical state had not been very good.

After fleeing from Yanzhou's defeat to Qingzhou, his body had gone from bad to worse.

Even if Cao Cao exhausted his thoughts, it was ultimately of no avail and could not save the passing of this trusted strategist.

And before Xi Zhicai passed away.

He specially left a strategy for Cao Cao.

Although Cao Cao's power currently only occupied a Qingzhou that was not rich.

But Qingzhou's geographical location was superior, close to the Bohai Sea, which was a potential advantage.

Facing the sea meant more selectivity.

For example, one could go directly to sea from Donglai in Qingzhou to head to Liaodong.

Between the two, they were only separated by a Bohai Sea.

The Bohai Sea is not the same as the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea.

Because it is an inland sea.

So the wind and waves are relatively speaking.

Not as dangerous as other sea areas.

Following Xi Zhicai's dying strategy.

Cao Cao sent envoys to Liaodong, intending to form an alliance with Gongsun Du.

But this fellow Gongsun Du was also an extremely "cunning" person.

Gu Yi's power was great.

Even if he were given ten more guts, he wouldn't dare to resist Gu Yi.

What's more.

Gongsun Du and Xu Rong were fellow townsmen.

The reason Gongsun Du could be recommended as the Administrator of Liaodong back then was that Xu Rong had put in no small amount of effort.

Nowadays.