Chapter 3 Is the Commander Trustworthy?
As soon as the sky was bright, Zhuge Liang hurried to General Zuo's mansion.
Now that Liu Bei is not in Chengdu, he has carte blanche to entrust Zhuge Liang to handle all the daily affairs of General Zuo's Mansion.
Taking advantage of the fact that the busy government affairs of the day have not yet been officially launched, Zhuge Liang plans to talk to Liu Chan first.
Liu Chan is filial piety, he is worried about Liu Bei, yesterday he sneaked to Zhuge Liang's mansion to find out about the battle situation on the front line in Hanzhong,
At that time, Zhuge Liang had just received a handwritten letter from Liu Bei requesting support, and he couldn't make up his mind for a while because he was worried that the Shu people would take the opportunity to make trouble, so he asked Yang Hong to discuss.
Listening to the next person, when Yang Hong, who had a loud voice, shouted "Men should fight, women should be lucky", Liu Chan happened to be under the corridor.
Having said that, Liu Chan naturally realized that the current battle situation was not optimistic.
He didn't let the subordinates of the Military Division's Mansion inform Zhuge Liang, and he staggered back to the mansion and immediately closed the door, obviously frightened.
After all, Liu Bei has not won a big victory against Cao Cao for so many years, and there are still many people in Shuzhong who have secretly colluded with Cao Wei before.
If Hanzhong can't be defeated, I'm afraid that Shuzhong won't be able to hold it, so it's no wonder that this 12-year-old boy is panicking.
Adou, you always have to bear the heavy responsibility of reviving the Han Dynasty, and there will be more difficulties in the future, how can you panic because of this little thing.
Zhuge Liang was determined that he must teach Liu Chan a good lesson today, and he had to make this young man cheer up and do what Liu Bei's son should do.
"Where's Childe?"
In the early morning of General Zuo's Mansion, several maids and healthy servants should have sprinkled and swept their own, but now everyone actually stood up and moved, Zhuge Liang noticed that something was wrong, so he asked.
When a maid saw that it was Zhuge Liang, she hurriedly saluted and said:
"Back to the military division, Childe is carrying water ......"
"Carrying water?"
Rao is Zhuge Liang is shrewd and changeable, and he didn't react for a while.
Looking in the direction of the maid's finger, I saw Liu Chan, dressed in rough clothes and short brown, struggling to carry a bucket in the cold morning light of early spring, straightening up with great difficulty, and humming and struggling to move forward in the courtyard.
"Childe?"
Zhuge Liang didn't blame his subordinates indiscriminately, he walked up quickly and said slowly:
"Childe, what are you doing?"
"The military advisor is here!?"
As soon as Liu Chan's hands were released, the bucket immediately fell to his feet, and the cold water splashed all over his body.
"Strategist, I wanted to find a stone lock to make some effort, but I couldn't find it for a while, so I took this bucket to practice and smiled."
Liu Chan grew up watching Zhuge Liang.
Liu Bei is old and has a son, Liu Chan has always been pampered, although he has a gentle personality, he is also quite lazy.
It's okay to let him practice archery and read the classics, but if he gets up early to work hard, he will never be willing.
Seeing Liu Chan sweating profusely and his chest sinking together, Zhuge Liang hurriedly called his subordinates to bring silk cloth, and helped Liu Chan wipe it with distress, and said:
"Why is Childe so interested today, it surprises Liang."
Liu Chan invited Zhuge Liang into the house, and the two sat down on the seat, and he couldn't wait to say:
"Strategist, the prince came early today, but there is something in Hanzhong?"
Zhuge Liang shook his head and said:
"I don't know for the time being, it's just that I was busy with political affairs a few days ago, and Gongzi was lazy every time he asked.
Liu Chan's spirit was shocked, and he respectfully thanked him:
"Then please break it down."
Zhuge Liang's prestige in Liu Bei's army is extremely high, and the deployment of the war in Hanzhong must be sent to Chengdu immediately to report to him, so he still knows a lot about Liu Bei's battle situation, and can even deduce the current general battle situation.
He took out a scroll of maps drawn on silk from his sleeve, and pointed to several mountains and rivers on which the wind and ghost animals were depicted:
"Yangping is in the west, guarding the throat of Hanzhong,
Last year, the lord led the army to take the Golden Bull Road to attack Yangping Pass, and he didn't send Chen Shi north out of Ma Mingge Road, so he couldn't hold on to Xiahou Yuan here. ”
The Golden Bull Road is the only way to attack Yangping Pass from the west, because the Golden Bull Road is narrow, and the large army cannot be deployed at all.
Xiahou Yuan piled Zhang He and Xu Huang here, preparing to use the 1,500-mile grain transportation channel of the Golden Bull Road to consume Liu Bei alive and dead.
Zhuge Liang said as he carefully observed Liu Chan's expression,
He thought that Liu Chan should be terrified, at least he would show a little uneasiness and anxiety,
But Liu Chan's performance made Zhuge Liang stunned-
I saw Liu Chan looking at the map while silently reciting the name on it, as if he didn't realize how unfavorable this battle situation was to Liu Bei's side.
"Military advisor, do you know what Peking Opera is?"
Zhuge Liang thought for a moment and said:
"I don't know."
Liu Chan scratched his head and said:
"Where is Dingjun Mountain?"
Belch?
Hearing the three words of Dingjun Mountain, Zhuge Liang's thick eyebrows furrowed slightly, and said:
"Who is this talking about Yu Gongzi?"
Liu Bei knew that the confrontation with Xiahou Yuan at Yangping Pass would be consumed sooner or later, and at the suggestion of Fa Zheng, he took the initiative to embark on a military adventure-
As soon as he entered the first month, he personally led a large army to detour hundreds of miles from the vast primeval jungle of Micang Mountain in the south, and went around to Dingjun Mountain on the south bank of the Han River to camp in preparation for outflanking the back road of Yangping Pass.
This military operation is an adventurous tactic to survive in death, if Xiahou Yuan is a little smarter, instead of staying at Yangping Pass to sleep, he will send people to arrange it in Dingjun Mountain early, just afraid that Liu Beijun, who rushed out of Micang Mountain, will be annihilated.
Therefore, this operation was quite secretive, and even Zhuge Liang only learned a few days ago that Liu Bei had actually gone all the way to such a far position.
How did Liu Chan know? For the sake of secrecy, he didn't say that he knew?
"Uh......"
Liu Chan saw that Zhuge Liang's eyes were full of caution, and hurriedly said:
"I, I was summoned by the gods last night, my father won a big victory in Hanzhong, and the old general Huang Zhong beheaded Xiahou Yuan's thief in the Dingjun mountain formation, so I asked."
Divine Communication?
Now Zhuge Liang was even more nervous.
Shu is deeply influenced by the Wudou Rice Sect, and there are many gods who are actively active, often creating incidents among the people through the theory of witchcraft.
It is not surprising that Liu Chan will become Liu Bei's successor who has worked hard all his life, and it would not be too surprising if there was a divine stick trying to influence him.
However, Zhuge Liang quickly thought of another question.
"Childe, no, Adou, tell me honestly, what did the gods say."
Liu Chan was stared at by Zhuge Liang's righteous eyes, he didn't dare to talk nonsense, straightened up and said solemnly:
"The gods said that the heavens will not stop my Yanhan, our army will definitely win a great victory in this battle, and Xiahou Yuan will also die at the hands of General Huang!"
Since ancient times, the prophecies of the gods have been unclear in the clouds, so that you can't guess and scratch your head, so that you can feel the boundless power of the master.
But Liu Chan's prophecy said that it was not unusual for Liu Bei to win, and he could actually predict that Huang Zhong would kill Xiahou Yuan, which was ......
That's too precise, isn't it?
Even if you are really blind, you should say something like "38 vertical and horizontal yellow pig meets tiger" to prevent being slapped in the face.
Xiahou Yuan is an important minister under Cao Cao, and he has always been rampant and has made great achievements.
Zhuge Liang believed that Liu Bei would definitely win this battle, but said that he would definitely be able to kill this person......
He really wasn't convinced.
Last time, Zhang Fei defeated Zhang He, almost blocking Zhang He in the mountains, and it was not that Zhang He climbed the mountain and slipped away.
Zhuge Liang has read countless people, and he can see that Liu Chan is not lying, I really don't know where the confidence comes from to believe in such a prophecy, is there really any god to protect it.
"Dingjun Mountain is south of Hanshui, and the lord did lead his army here."
Zhuge Liang spoke in a slightly gentle tone, and told Liu Chan about the current battle situation on the map.
"At the beginning of the month, the lord crossed the rice cang mountain and arrived here, and Xiahou Yuan was worried that the lord would cut off his back road and would definitely come to fight in person.
The Golden Bull Road is already far away, and with the addition of Micang Mountain, our army's transportation capacity is insufficient, and we have to fight a decisive battle in the next few days.
I hope that as Gongzi said, General Huang can succeed in the first battle, if so, then Hanzhong will be in my hands! ”