Your Majesty, please spare Diao Chan; your yang energy is too strong.

Spring of the fourteenth year of Jian'an.

Zhou Heng led his army in three routes—land, sea, and horse—to advance simultaneously.

On the left, Gan Ning led an army of 50,000 men from Jiangxia to launch a fierce attack on Xiangyang.

On the right flank, Zhang Liao, leading an army of 100,000, came from the south and successively captured Changsha, Guiyang, and Lingling, directly threatening Xiangyang.

The central army, led by Zhang He and Gao Lan, set out from Hefei with 100,000 troops, threatening Xiangyang.

It is worth mentioning that good news came from the four counties of Jingnan.

We caught a girl.

A stunningly beautiful girl.

Now, Zhou Heng has only one son, and the world is divided into two, at this critical juncture when he is about to unify the world.

However, he only had one son.

How could this not make them so worried that they almost lost their hair?

Let alone those aristocratic civil officials.

Even those soldiers who went to war racked their brains trying to find a girl for their lord.

He had a lot of sons.

That way they will have hope.

Zhang Liao was no exception.

However, Zhou Heng doesn't find ordinary women attractive.

So they're really annoyed.

This time, coming from Guiyang, he encountered a stunningly beautiful widow.

How could this not make him feel overjoyed?

They immediately sent the beauty over that very night.

Poor Zhou Heng.

When I heard the news, I was completely stunned.

You know, things have gotten to this point.

He has lost a lot of weight.

I no longer have the same strong impulse towards girls as I did back then.

After all, I've eaten all kinds of dishes.

They even gave it to me as a gift?

No wonder emperors in the past didn't have to pay with their lives.

Damn, dozens of girls are eagerly waiting for you to favor them every day.

Even someone else couldn't stand it.

But there was nothing we could do; it was Wen Yuan's good intention after all.

After inquiring about the other party's identity and learning that the other party had a clean record,

We had no choice but to reluctantly let the other party come up on their own.

There was no other way; I needed to conserve my energy for the real battle.

How can you do everything yourself?

After that, Zhou Heng came up with a plan: anyone who wanted to be pampered...

Come and do it yourself.

You can't possibly be exhausted while you lie there looking completely relaxed.

Yes, Not Bad.

Zhou Heng gave himself a thumbs up for his idea.

A major battle was inevitable that night.

Only Zhou Heng received such treatment.

.............

Autumn of the fourteenth year of Jian'an.

Zhou Heng's three armies decisively defeated Xiangyang.

Knowing that all was lost, Liu Bei, along with his two brothers, jumped off the city wall and died, thus mourning the passing of the Han dynasty.

Zhuge Liang was captured.

He was, after all, a powerful and ruthless figure.

Zhou Heng ordered that he be given a grand funeral.

Thus, the once-powerful Liu Bei exited the stage of history.

Zhou Heng's army entered Xiangyang.

That's not the case; Cao Cao didn't want to launch an attack on Xiangyang.

The main difference is that his attack on Xiangyang from the outside and Zhou Heng's three-pronged attack from the inside are completely different concepts.

Even if the army he mobilized was larger than Zhou Heng's.

There was no other way.

They could only watch helplessly as the gateway to Jiangnan fell into Zhou Heng's hands.

He immediately issued a challenge.

The two sides fought a decisive battle outside Xiangyang City.

Zhou Heng readily agreed.

Cao Cao's 500,000-strong army and Zhou Heng's 500,000-strong army faced off on the ancient battlefield of Xiangyang.

The two sides met in front of the enemy lines.

Mr. Cao's eyes held a complex expression.

"I never imagined that in the end, it would be you who would be vying with me for the world."

"Zixiu, it's been ten years since we last met, hasn't it?"

Cao Cao sighed with emotion.

No one expected that the person who was once neglected under their command would turn out to be the same person.

Now it has become the biggest stumbling block to his unification of the world.

Think of this.

Boss Cao regretted it once again.

If only I hadn't made that foolish choice back then.

Will all of this be rewritten?

Unfortunately it's too late to say anything now.

"Yes, ten years, Mengde. I didn't expect even you to have grown old."

Zhou Heng also sighed with emotion.

I recall Cao Cao's early days, when he was full of vigor and his power shook the world.

But I am merely a commoner.

They strongly urged the other side, Zhang Xiubi, to rebel.

However, the enemy used the pretext of disrupting morale to drive them out.

Now, more than a decade has passed.

When we met again, everything had changed.

As for the person who advised Zhang Xiu to rebel, he has now become a regional warlord.

Even Zhang Xiu is now a general under his command.

As early as three years ago.

Zhou Heng successfully brought the other party under his command.

In Jingzhou, Liu Biao had no ambition.

He had offended Cao Cao to death.

The only person the other party can rely on is themselves.

Therefore, Zhou Heng did not expend too much effort to successfully bring the other party under his command.

Looking back now, it's truly a case of things changing and people being different.

No one could have imagined that the person they once looked down on would end up like this.

"Yes, I am old, but you are still young."

Cao Cao nodded, tears streaming down his face.

Countless times in the dead of night, he would think of the man he loved but could not have.

Now the other party has appeared right in front of me.

But everything has changed.

The opponent's strength is now no less than his own.

If only I had listened to his advice back then.

Could it be that I have already unified the world?

How did things come to this?

"This is........."

Cao Cao suddenly looked at the boy that Cao Jie was holding in his arms, and his pupils contracted sharply.

The boy in front of her looked three parts like herself, three parts like Zhou Heng, and three parts like her daughter.

“My first child, who is also your grandson, now your eldest son, and the future heir to my empire, is Zhou Tian.”

Zhou Heng explained.

"father........."

At this moment, Cao Jie also went up and took the baby from his arms.

"This is my grandson? Good, good."

Cao Cao was moved to tears.

"Grandpa........."

Looking at the somewhat frightened little boy, Cao Cao was at a loss for words.

"Unexpectedly, Cao Cao, a hero of his time, ended up fighting for the throne with his own grandson."

"Ridiculous, ridiculous, utterly ridiculous."

Cao Cao laughed so hard that tears streamed down his face.

He never imagined that the world could be so ridiculous.

His own biggest rival.

He is the one who can unify the world by eliminating him.

It turned out to be his own grandson.

Is there anything so ridiculous in this world?

"Things have changed, and people are no longer the same. No matter who loses today, with him here, our relationship can at least be buffered for a while."

"If you, Cao Cao, are defeated, I will not kill you, nor will I harm your family. I will even take care of you in your old age."

"Because you're his maternal grandfather."

Zhou Heng sighed.

"I'll repeat what you said to me. Today's battle will decide the outcome. Whether you win or I win, at least we'll have no more worries."

"If I win, I won't kill you. I'll build you a big mansion so you can enjoy your old age in peace."

Cao Cao nodded.