After appeasing the queen and her son, and rewarding his filial son An Lushan, Liu Bei immediately summoned Zhuge Liang and several other advisers in the Golden Palace. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Ladies and gentlemen, now that the danger in the capital has been solved, the thief general Wu Zixu has led the army to retreat to the southeast in advance, how to use the troops in the next step, what do you think." Liu Bei asked the ministers.

When the words fell, Pang Tong sneered: "Then Wu Zixu should know that his 30,000 sailors are by no means the opponent of my Han Iron Cavalry, so he only heard that His Majesty has returned, so he will retreat in a hurry, and the minister thinks that he will not dare to fight, and will definitely retreat all the way to the sea, so as to attract His Majesty to lead the main force to pursue, so as to drag us in the country and buy time for the pottery thief to capture Zhending, so-"

Pang Tong took a light breath and said categorically: "The minister thinks that since we have solved the danger of the capital, there is no need to be led by the nose of the pottery thief, and the minister thinks that His Majesty only needs to leave 10,000 iron cavalry and several generals to constantly harass the enemy army and force them to retreat to the sea, and the rest of the iron cavalry should immediately go south and go straight to Zhending City, so as not to have many dreams at night." ”

"The minister is attached to the righteousness, the real city is the top priority, the danger of the capital is solved, there is really no need to entangle the enemy here with a large army." Zhuge Liang also agreed.

The rest of Sima Yi and a few other strategists naturally had nothing to say.

Liu Bei had nothing to hesitate, and immediately ordered Guan Yu to continue to sit in Jijing and guard the military affairs of the outer city, and the palace was ridden by An Lushan and Yulin, and ordered Zhang Liao and Wu Sangui to lead 10,000 elite cavalry to continue to pursue and attack the Wei army.

Liu Bei himself decided to rest in the palace for one night, and the next day he led the remaining 70,000 iron cavalry to return south to the Zhending front line.

The will was handed down, and the generals did what they commanded.

That night, Liu Bei easily took a breath, and finally was able to sleep comfortably on the soft couch in the palace.

Liu Bei's southern expedition has been going for half a year, and the queen Ma Rong has been lonely for a long time, Liu Bei finally came back, naturally looking forward to the rain and dew of Jun'en to relieve the dryness.

So that night, Ma Rong bathed with incense, smeared grease and powder, dressed herself up beautifully, and wanted to solve lovesickness with Liu Bei Wushan Yunyu.

But I didn't want to, when Ma Rong walked into the bedroom with a full of style, she saw that Liu Bei had already fallen asleep and snored.

Ma Rong's coquettish longing on her face, no one was pleased, and she was suddenly blown away by the rain and wind, and she couldn't help but sigh faintly.

She knew that she, the emperor's husband, had traveled thousands of miles to return to the capital, and he was exhausted at this time, and he was already over half a hundred years old, and his energy was far less than back then, so it was normal for him to fall asleep after bathing.

In desperation, Ma Rong had to take off the tulle light clothes and temptation clothes on her body, change back into simple and solemn pajamas, and lay silently beside Liu Bei, turned around, and turned her back to Liu Bei.

……

The next afternoon.

After Liu Bei hastily had lunch, he put on his coat and armor, walked out of the palace, and ran outside the south gate.

There, a group of Han army iron cavalry had already left the city and was marching along the southbound avenue in the direction of Zhending.

Ma Rong took Liu Chan out of the palace again, and accompanied by An Lushan, he personally sent him outside the city gate.

"Rong'er, when I'm not there, you have to take good care of your body, and don't indulge the prince to eat too much, he is already too fat......" Before parting, Liu Bei told Ma Rong one by one.

Ma Rong responded little by little.

After telling his wife and children, Liu Bei's eyes turned to An Lushan again, and said solemnly: "Song Zhe, when I am not there, your mother and the crown prince will be entrusted to you, you must take care of them." ”

"Father, rest assured, the sons will definitely take care of the queen mother." An Lushan paused, and then hurriedly added: "There is also the prince, and the sons will definitely take care of him." ”

"Very well, then I can rest assured." Liu Bei was relieved, turned over his horse, turned around and went south.

Ma Rong and the others said goodbye, knelt down one after another, sent Liu Bei off, and stood up only when they were far away.

"The minister still has military affairs, so I can't send my mother back to the palace, so the minister will retire first." Guan Yu has always been relatively cold to Ma Rong, the queen, and retired first as soon as he gave his hand.

Ma Rong secretly glared at Guan Yu, a trace of dissatisfaction flashed in her eyes, but she dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak, so she could only watch Guan Yu walk away.

When she turned around, Ma Rong saw An Lushan standing there, quietly watching her.

Ma Rong coughed lightly, took out the queen's pie, flicked her jade fingers, and ordered: "Song Zhe, you also heard Your Majesty's words, you can come to the palace for a while, and then teach the prince to practice martial arts, so that he will not get fatter and fatter." ”

"Obey." An Lushan responded with a long body.

After that, Ma Rong took Liu Chan to Feng Yuan, turned around and looked at the imperial city.

An Lushan raised a secret smile at the corner of his mouth, turned over on his horse, followed Feng Yuan closely, and walked towards the palace in a grand manner.

……

Zhending City.

The siege entered the tenth day, and the city was still as solid as a rock.

The super strong city defense left by Tian Dan helped Hou Jing to defend Zhending into a solid foundation, even if the potters tried all means to no avail.

And Liu Ji and other civil ministers and military generals racked their brains, and they had no way to break the city.

It was dusk, the emperor's tent.

In the big tent, the ministers were frowning, and the potters were deep in their sword eyebrows, thinking hard about how to break the city.

At this time, a brocade guard hurriedly entered the account and presented a piece of silk information to Zhang Yi.

Zhang Yi glanced at it a few times, his face changed, and he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Jinyi Beiwei made an urgent report, the big-eared thief left 10,000 cavalry to attack my 30,000 naval army, and he only stayed in Jicheng for one day, so he led 60,000 troops to leave the city and go south, rushing in the direction of Zhending, and he could arrive at Zhending in five days at most." ”

The potter's brows froze, and a hint of jealousy swept across his face.

The ministers in the tent were discussing for a while, and they were all a little surprised by Liu Bei's return to the army.

"I have to say that this method of dealing with the big-eared thief is indeed the most reasonable, my 30,000 naval forces have limited combat strength, and leaving 10,000 cavalry is enough to deal with it." Chen Ping sighed.

Xu Huang said in a deep voice: "We have exhausted all means, but we can't capture Zhending City, if we can't capture it when Liu Bei returns to the division, the situation will be quite unfavorable for us." ”

Han Xin also nodded and said: "News came from the south, after Hong Xiuquan captured Jiaozhou, he had gathered the Taiping rebels to assemble in the north of Jiaozhou, and there was a great tendency to attack Jingzhou. ”

"In other words, we must capture Zhending City within five days!" The potter slapped the desk, cutting the railway.

In the big tent, everyone immediately fell silent, and no one squeaked.

The big guy doesn't want to capture Zhending within five days, but how easy is this greed, you know, even the siege artifact of Dragon Fury is now useless, I really can't think of any other means to capture Zhending.

Moreover, it was within five days.

"Your Majesty, it's not that I'm saying a frustrating word, in the current situation, let alone five days, even if it's fifty days, I don't think I can take it." Wei Chigong shouted.

The ministers on the left and right all nodded slightly, and Wei Chi Gong said psychological words on their behalf.

"Yes, it's not easy to capture Zhending in five days, how do you attack it......" The potter muttered, his fingertips tapping his forehead into deep thought.

At this moment, outside the big tent, there was a sudden sound of crying, and it was a woman's cry.

The potter's mind was disturbed, and he was in a somewhat unhappy mood, so he called someone out to see what woman was crying outside and disturbing the military discussion.

Qin Qiong hurriedly went out of the tent to see what was going on, and came back after a while, arching his hand and saying, "Your Majesty, it was General Tian's family who arrived, and because he couldn't collect General Tian's body, he was crying outside." ”

When it comes to Tiandan, in the big tent, including the potters, the monarchs and ministers are all moved.

In everyone's minds, they couldn't help but think of the tragic scene when Tiandan's head was hung on the city gate at the beginning of the day.

Although the pottery merchant endured the humiliation and sent an envoy to negotiate with Liu Bei, trying to return Tiandan's body so that he could bury this loyal minister, Liu Bei refused.

Liu Bei coldly claimed that the pottery merchant was a traitor, and anyone who followed him was also a traitor and lackey, and he did not deserve to be buried, so he Liu Bei would rather feed Tian Dan's body to the wild dog than return it to the pottery merchant for burial.

Tian Dan's bones are gone, and there is no way to bury them, and it is reasonable for his family to come to the front line to seek the bones.

"Let's go, let's go see General Tian's family." The potter sighed lightly, got up and walked out.

Following the crying all the way to the north of the camp, the potter saw several women crying hand in hand at the camp gate, some of them were older and some of the younger, kneeling on the ground with each other, looking at each other and crying in the direction of the south gate of Zhending.

When the soldiers on the left and right saw the arrival of the potter, they saluted one after another.

When the ladies heard that the Son of Heaven was coming, they were all flattered, and they all hid their tears and got up to come over to see.

"Concubine Tiandan's widow Liu, meet Your Majesty." The middle-aged woman in plain clothes bowed down with tears in her eyes.

The potter didn't wait for her to kneel, and waved his hand, "Mrs. Liu, hurry up and excuse me." ”

Liu stood up with difficulty under the support of the young girl in Tsing Yi next to him, who was also tearful and quite beautiful.

The potter comforted her immediately, praising Tian Dan as a hero of the country, and swore that he would avenge Tian Dan and comfort her of grief.

After some reassurance, the Liu family was relieved a lot, and the tears on his face gradually converged, and he was a little proud of his husband.

"Ahhh......h Ahhh......h

The potter was stunned at first, and then realized that this girl was actually a mute, and he couldn't help but feel pity in his heart.

After looking at it for a while, Liu begged the pottery merchant: "Your Majesty, can the concubine set up a sacrifice outside the camp tomorrow to sacrifice the soul of her deceased husband?" ”

"Of course." The potter readily agreed, but looked at the mute girl curiously.

Liu Shi understood what the potter was strange, so he said apologetically: "Let Your Majesty laugh, this is the cousin of the late husband, after suffering from an illness in the early years, he fell ill with his mouth, and he couldn't speak anymore, so he could only use sign language to compare, and it was she who reminded the concubine to set up a platform outside the camp to sacrifice the late husband." ”

"I see, so young, it's a pity to suffer such a misfortune......"

The potter came to his senses, shook his head and sighed, and asked casually, "I don't know my sister's name?" ”

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