Something happened in the country?

When Liu Bei heard these four words, he didn't turn around for a while, his eyes were blank, and he didn't take the urgent report in Zhao Yun's hand as soon as possible. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The first thought that popped into his mind was: What big things can happen in the country?

You must know that a few years ago, he had conquered Goguryeo, the biggest threat in the rear of the Han Kingdom, and now the entire Youzhou, Liaodong, Sanhan, Goguryeo and other vast regions have been incorporated into the territory of the Han Kingdom.

As for the Xianbei people in the northwest, they are his allies, and it is impossible for them to attack the Han flank.

In other words, the only threat to the Han state was the Wei state to the south.

And now, the more than 300,000 main forces of Wei are all confronting him on the Zhending line, how can they cross the large area of land in the middle and threaten the hinterland of the country.

"The urgent report is here, please take a look at it." Zhao Yun's tone became more and more solemn, and he once again presented the silk book information with both hands.

Liu Bei reacted at this time, subconsciously took it, just glanced at it, and his expression was immediately stunned and shocked.

"This pottery thief, he turned out to-" Liu Bei, who was furious, slammed his fist on the city wall.

The civil and military officers of the Han Kingdom who were waiting left and right, seeing Liu Bei's expression, immediately became nervous.

"Your Majesty, what happened in our country?" Zhang Fei asked impatiently.

"See for yourselves." Liu Beitie blushed and threw the information in his hand to them.

Zhang Fei took the silk book, Zhuge Liang and other ministers also came over, and everyone looked around the information, and there was an uproar.

The 800-mile express claimed that a few days earlier, hundreds of Wei warships had suddenly appeared on the surface of the Bohai Sea, and that more than 30,000 Wei naval troops under the command of Wu Zixu, the general of Wei, had unexpectedly landed on the coast southeast of Yuyang County (today's Tianjin).

The Wei army that went ashore, taking advantage of the emptiness of the Han garrison, marched all the way west, even broke the cities of Quanyongnu, and took Jijing (now the imperial capital) with a straight front.

This bombshell news, like a thunderbolt from the sky, thundered above the heads of the monarchs and ministers of the Han Kingdom, causing them to fall into panic for a while.

Zhuge Liang suddenly realized at this time, and said in a deep voice: "We are all negligent, it turns out that the pottery thief is facing us in Zhending on the surface, and secretly sent the Qingxu Navy to attack my rear from Bohai, this pottery thief ......"

Speaking of this, Zhuge Liang couldn't help but feel a trace of shame on his face, and he hated himself for failing to see through the potter's tricks.

"Your Majesty, at the moment, there are no more than 10,000 defenders in Jijing, and the garrison is empty, if Wu Zixu is allowed to break through the capital, the consequences will be unimaginable, please Your Majesty quickly order the class to return to the north, and it is the best policy to save Jijing as soon as possible." Sima Yi, who hadn't spoken for a long time, finally had a chance to speak out.

As soon as he opened his mouth to persuade the troops to retreat, he frustrated Wu Sangui, Wenchou and other Hebei generals, and they spoke one after another, advocating ending the southern expedition and returning to the division to save Jijing.

"Our southern expedition this time, it was not easy to capture Zhending, and we took a large piece of land in northern Hebei, did we just throw it away, how can we be willing!" Although Zhang Fei knew that the situation was grim, he was extremely unwilling.

Zhao Yun sighed lightly: "Giving back the results of the hard battle to the enemy, everyone feels uncomfortable, but these results are not worth mentioning compared to the loss of Jijing." ”

On the castle tower, everyone was silent for a moment.

They all understood Zhao Yun's words, it was the capital, and the matter was about the society, if the capital fell, the entire Han Kingdom would definitely fall into a situation where the morale of the army and the people would collapse.

At that time, Mo said that he was holding these newly acquired lands, but he was afraid that their hundreds of thousands of troops would collapse and collapse without a fight, and the entire Han Kingdom would be in danger of being destroyed.

Everyone knows the degree of danger involved, and no matter how belligerent they are, they will no longer dare to oppose the withdrawal of troops, otherwise who will bear the burden of this burden, which is close to the destruction of the country.

Bang!

Liu Bei's fist slammed into the city wall, and he said in a deep voice: "Do you really want me to return again in vain, I am unwilling, unwilling!" ”

Those who responded to Liu Bei left and right only sighed.

At this time, Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan and said: "Your Majesty, the situation looks critical now, but according to Liang, we still have room to return." ”

"What did the prime minister say about this?" Liu Bei's gloomy and angry face immediately swept up with a glimmer of hope.

Zhuge Liang said unhurriedly: "Although Wu Zixu's Wei army beat us by surprise, but after all, there are only 30,000 soldiers and horses, and it is only a foot army. ”

"The prime minister means ......" Liu Bei seemed to understand a little.

Zhuge Liang sneered: "The pottery thief wants us to retreat, we want to go the opposite way, the minister thinks that His Majesty should personally lead the main cavalry, and return to Jijing in the starry night, and at the same time leave a general to lead tens of thousands of elite soldiers to stick to Zhending, nail the pottery thief here, and the rest of the infantry retreat to the line of Lunu City, and Zhending is far away, and after His Majesty defeats Wu Zixu's department, then lead the iron cavalry south, and then meet the infantry army, and break the main force of the pottery thief in one fell swoop. ”

Liu Bei nodded again and again, he understood Zhuge Liang's strategy, this Jijing needs to be saved, and the newly occupied territory in the south cannot be lost, but it is just a change of tactics, defending the south and saving the north, separating the cavalry from the infantry, and performing their duties.

"Prime Minister Zhuge Cheng's strategy is not a way out, but since you want to hold Zhending, why not put all the infantry in Zhending City, but also divide some soldiers and horses to Lunu." Sima Yi questioned again.

Zhuge Liang said lightly: "My Han army is mainly cavalry, once the cavalry returns to the north, the remaining 60,000 or 70,000 infantry, if all of them are stationed in Zhending City, it will be easy to be besieged by the 350,000 army of Wei, the risk is too great, so we must have reservations." ”

Sima Yi smiled again, "Prime Minister Zhuge also knows that Wei has an army of 350,000, let me ask, if only tens of thousands of infantry are left in Zhending City, how can it withstand the attack of more than ten times the Wei army with that little strength alone?" ”

"Zhongda, your wisdom is not inferior to mine, do you still need me to explain this?" Zhuge Liang shook his head and sighed, "Risk is risk, I don't recommend putting all my troops in Zhending, this doesn't mean that I think Zhending must not be able to hold it, I'm just just in case." On the contrary, this Zhending city is already strong, we occupied this period of time, and the city wall was more than doubled, any siege weapons of the Wei State, no attempt to break through, plus the grain and grass accumulated in the city, enough for tens of thousands of soldiers and horses for a year, I thought that it would definitely be able to defend until His Majesty led the iron cavalry back. ”

Zhuge Liang said it so clearly, reasonably, Sima Yi was speechless for a while, and even Wen Chou and other generals who had advocated retiring from the army seemed to be moved by Zhuge Liang's words, and some changed their minds.

Others just hesitated, but Liu Bei's face had rekindled a confident smile, slapped the city wall with his hand, and said resolutely: "What Prime Minister Zhuge said is extremely true, this land in the north of Hebei is the recovery of the bloody battle between me and you, how can I easily give it back to the pottery thief, according to the prime minister's plan, I led the iron cavalry back to save Jijing, leaving a general to lead 20,000 elite soldiers, stick to the truth, and drag the pottery thief to my death." ”

Zhuge Liang breathed a sigh of relief, and the rest of the Han Dynasty's civil ministers and military generals did not raise any objections for a while.

It's just that at this time, no military general stood up and was willing to take the initiative to ask for help and lead the army to defend the truth.

Liu Beihuan swept the generals, hoping that someone would take the initiative to stand up and provoke this big beam, but what disappointed him was that everyone was avoiding his gaze, even Lu Bu and Zhang Fei, who were shouting to fight to the death with the pottery merchants, were silent at this time.

"Since Your Majesty is determined to uphold the true determination, the minister is willing to take on this heavy responsibility."

In the silence, someone finally walked away, Liu Bei was in good spirits, raised his eyes and swept away, the person who invited him to fight was Zhao Yun.

"It's worthy of Zilong, okay, then I'll be ...... fate"

Liu Bei was still about to agree to Zhao Yun's invitation, but Zhuge Liang suddenly said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the loyal and righteous Hou has been in Zhending for many years, and he knows the best about the defense of Zhending City, and it is most suitable for him to lead the army to defend the city." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes saw Hou Jing, who had already quietly hid in the corner.

Hou Jing's body trembled, his expression revealed a bit of surprise and panic, obviously he didn't expect that Zhuge Liang would trust him so much that he would recommend him to stick to his true determination.

Hou Jing secretly complained in his heart, this is the situation he doesn't want to see, you must know that the potter hates him to the bone now, if Liu Bei tells him to stick to the truth, it is equivalent to throwing him into the tiger's mouth, in case the city is broken, the potter can spare him.

"Prime Minister......

Liu Bei hesitated, but Zhuge Liang asked again: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Zhongyi Shun is the best candidate, please Your Majesty should trust the Zhongyi Marquis." ”

Although Liu Bei was suspicious, he always felt that it was more reassuring for Zhao Yun to keep the truth, but when he saw Zhuge Liang recommending Hou Jing so persistently, he thought that he must have his own deep meaning.

"Okay, Hou Aiqing, I will order you to lead 20,000 elite soldiers to stick to the truth for me, I believe in your loyalty, and I believe in your ability, you must not let me down." Liu Bei finally adopted Zhuge Liang's recommendation.

Hou Jing chuckled in his heart, his heart was ten thousand reluctant, but he didn't dare to show it, so he had to step forward and pretend to be generous: "Your Majesty, rest assured, with Hou Jing's presence, Zhending City will be as solid as a rock." ”

Liu Bei was satisfied, so he didn't dare to hesitate a little, and immediately went down to the city, ordering the generals to follow their orders.

Halfway to the palace, Liu Bei saw that there was no one left and right, so he asked Zhuge Liang: "Prime Minister, I originally planned to ask Zilong to take on this important task, why did the Prime Minister insist on recommending that Hou Jing." ”

Zhuge Liang smiled faintly, lowered his voice and said: "Hou Jing is already a Zhending general, he is extremely familiar with Zhending City, which is conducive to defending the city, and the pottery thief hates Hou Jing deeply, he knows that he has no chance of surviving after the city is broken, and he will definitely do his best to defend the city than anyone else, he is naturally the best candidate." ”

Liu Bei suddenly realized, and the doubts between his eyebrows were gone, so he had no worries and whipped away.

When Liu Bei was about to withdraw his troops here, in the Wei camp, the pottery merchant had already led the army back to the camp, enjoying the joy of breaking through the Tianmen Array.

On the way back to the camp, the pottery merchant had already ordered a banquet to be set up in the imperial tent to reward Mu Guiying's three generals, but he swept around and saw Wei Chigong bragging with the generals there, Qin Qiong enjoyed the praise of the stars and the moon, but Mu Guiying, the first meritorious, was gone.

The potter called a female soldier to ask him, only to learn that as soon as Mu Guiying entered the camp gate, he had already rushed back to the big tent.

"I slipped away without saying hello, I have to go and ask for it in person, this car is a little bigger, okay, you have made a great contribution today, I will personally invite you back......"

The potter turned around and went straight to Mu Guiying's tent.

When they came to her tent, the potter turned over and stepped forward, and several female soldiers saw it and hurriedly knelt down to greet her.

"Have you General Mu paid back?" The potter asked, pointing to the tent.

The female soldiers were busy saying yes.

"It's good to be here, I'll invite her to a celebration wine." As he spoke, the potter lifted the curtain and went in

Several female soldiers were suddenly anxious, and they jumped up to stop the potter, but they kept squatting at first, and their movements were a step slower, and before they could stop it, the potter had already lifted the curtain and stepped in.

The potter looked up and swept into the tent, and saw that Mu Guiying was turning her back to her, and only a pair of pants were left under her body, as well as the red bandeau that she was holding wet wipes and wiping them her arms, neck, and face.

Her appearance, the entire jade back, except for a thin bandeau red line, clearly crashed into the potter's eyes.

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