On May 16 of the seventh year of Wei Huangchu, Cao Pi convened Chen Qun and other four ministers and the crown prince Cao Rui to discuss the matter, and immediately issued an edict to divide the sons as kings and sent them to various places, the next day, May 17, Cao Pi died, on the same day, Cao Rui succeeded to the throne, but did not change the number, but immediately sent Cao Zhen to Chang'an, Cao Xiu to Luoyang, and at the same time Xiahou Ba and Xiahou Ru sent to Yuzhou.

"This Cao Rui acted quite decisively!" Liu Yi looked at the latest information sent from the front line in his hand, frowned, this time Cao Wei's power exchange was undoubtedly successful, Cao Rui, who was only eighteen years old, showed a steady and mature political skill that was different from his peers, and Cao Wei did not have a major turmoil because of this.

"What do you mean? To fight or not to fight? Zhang Fei looked at Liu Yi and frowned.

"Fighting is definitely going to be fought, now in the land of Jingshu, 300,000 troops are gathered, it is already an arrow on the bow, and even if Cao Rui has a skill, but the turmoil still exists, even if the upper level is stable, the people will feel that the sky does not help Cao Wei, and the direction of public opinion must be done well!" Liu Yi smiled: "But this battle will be much more difficult than imagined." ”

"When will the troops be dispatched?" Zhang Fei was a lot relieved when he heard this, and sat down and asked.

"You go and ask Your Majesty." Liu Yi put down the bamboo slip and said with a smile: "But Your Majesty should also summon me to the palace." ”

Because of the delay in the transmission of information, Wendy, even if Dahan's intelligence system has done a good job, but the delay is certain, Cao Pi died on the 17th, but today is May 23rd.

At present, we must fight fast, fight a speed war, and fight a speed war before Cao Rui's deployment has time to be fully arranged, and seize the opportunity.

"The head of the family, Mohou, there is a palace envoy to see you!" Zhang Fei's housekeeper came in and bowed to the two.

Liu Yi nodded and looked at Zhang Fei, Zhang Fei promised, let people go back first, and they will arrive later!

"Bo Yuan, you really got it right!" Zhang Fei stood up and said with a smile while beckoning his subordinates to help him put on his armor.

"What are you doing in armor?" Liu Yi looked at Zhang Fei in amazement.

"Ready to go!" Zhang Fei said as a matter of course.

"No matter how fast it is, it is impossible to go on the expedition today, just take it off and wear an official uniform!" Liu Yi shook his head, got up and put on his official uniform, looked at Zhang Fei and said, "Let's go, today is the most pioneer." ”

"Oh, good!" Zhang Fei hurriedly changed his official uniform, followed Liu Yi out of the palace with his own soldiers, and went all the way to the palace.

The palace of Nanzheng is not luxurious, the area is not large, it is rebuilt from the former Thorn Mansion, Zhang Fei as a member, the mansion is unwilling to leave the palace, the group soon arrived at the palace, the guards are naturally not able to bring in, when the two came to the main hall side by side, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Li Yan, Huang Quan, Wu Yi, Zhang Ren and other important ministers have arrived, and they are gathering together in groups to discuss in a low voice, seeing Liu Yi and Zhang Fei coming side by side, they have saluted the two.

After Liu Yi returned the salute one by one, he went straight to Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong.

"Have you decided when to send troops?"

"The time was not yet ripe for a time." Zhuge Liang shook his head, no one knew when Cao Pi would die, how could he set the time to send troops in advance.

"It's also that Cao Pi concealed it too well before, we didn't notice that he was seriously ill, if I had known earlier, I am afraid that I would have already sent troops at this moment." Pang Tong said with a smile.

"How could this kind of thing be known earlier? To be realistic, His Majesty summoned the ministers today for this purpose. Liu Yi shook his head and said.

"All the soldiers and horses have gathered, stationed in each battalion, just set a strategy today, and the troops can be dispatched now." Pang Tong said with a smile.

"Yangping Pass, Xiegu, Chencang, and the Meridian Dow Soldiers......" Liu Yi looked around, saw that no one was coming this way, and asked in a low voice: "Is it too scattered?" ”

"There are righteous and strange soldiers, these four roads are also virtual and real, and Bo Yuan is also a good fighter, how can he not know?" Zhuge Liang said with a smile.

"I'm good at guarding, when will I be good at fighting?" Liu Yi shook his head, he didn't memorize this name, unless the opponent was very vegetable, it was impossible for him to send troops.

"Your Majesty is here~" The shrill voice of the waiter shouted, and everyone hurriedly sat down and bowed to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei sat down slowly with the support of the chamberlain, and smiled at everyone: "Today's urgent recruitment of the princes is for the Northern Expedition, the news from Yecheng that Cao Pi has died of illness in Yecheng on the 17th of this month, Cao Wei is turbulent, I have been preparing for ten years for today!" Today is the time to recover the Central Plains! ”

"Your Majesty, all the grain and grass are ready, because of the track made by Mohou, the manpower and material resources required to transport it from all over Shuzhong to the checkpoint are greatly reduced, which can be used by the three soldiers and horses for a year, but if you enter the pass, without the help of the rail car, it will still need to consume a lot of manpower!" It was Mi Zhu who was in charge of logistics, and he bowed to Liu Bei.

"It's not easy to be like this, and it's helpless as for the grain in Guanzhong." Liu Bei nodded with satisfaction when he heard this, if it was in the past, the grain and grass of more than 200,000 troops, just transported to Hanzhong from all over the country, would take a lot of time, not to mention, and the manpower and material resources consumed were ten times that of now, if there was no rail car, even if Liu Bei had more than 200,000 troops, it would be impossible to gather them all at once.

"Your Majesty, I don't know who is the general and who is the handsome?" Li Yan stepped out of the queue and bowed to Liu Bei.

"This expedition is divided into four routes." Seeing Liu Bei's gaze, Zhuge Liang smiled slightly, took a step and said: "All the way to the valley, leading 30,000 soldiers and horses from the general Chen to the main general, Wu Ban and Zhang Yi are the main generals!" ”

Hearing this, Chen Zhi took a step, took the order sent down by Liu Bei's internal servants, and bowed to Liu Bei.

"There are not many people on this road, and they are not the main force, in order to attract the main force of the Cao army." Zhuge Liang smiled.

Chen Zhi was not surprised by this, and silently returned to the train.

"The second road is considered to be the auxiliary of the first road, the soldiers are out of Chencang, leading 20,000 troops, the same is to attract the main force of the Cao army and deceive the Cao army to attack, with General Huang Zhong as the main general, and Yan Yan and Yang Ren as the second generals!" Zhuge Liang continued to order.

Huang Zhong, Yan Yan, and Yang Ren came out of the ranks and took over the talisman.

"The two generals must remember that this time they sent troops not to fight a decisive battle with the Cao army, but to lead the main force of the Cao army to attack, so General Chen Zhi went first, and after the Cao army saw the reality of General Chen, General Huang sent troops at the right time, so that the Cao army thought that Chen Cang was the main force and provided time for the real main force of our army!"

"Whoa!" Chen Zhi and Huang Zhong gave up their hands to lead the way.

"The third road, the soldiers out of Yangping Pass, go to Wudu County, descend to Anding, Longxi, Tianshui Counties, this road sent 100,000 troops, the general of the Che Cavalry is the main general, Pang Tong is the military division, Ma Chao, Zhang Ren, Guan Xing, Zhao Guang, Zhang Bao Fuzhi, from the west, every city must be ke, step by step for the battalion, and finally with the Xiegu, Chen Cang's soldiers will be divided, and the decisive battle of Cao Jun Guanzhong main force!"

Zhang Fei was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately went to Liu Bei to get the talisman, although he could not fight side by side with Liu Yi, but as the main route of this big battle, he was in command, which obviously made Zhang Fei very satisfied.

"Prime Minister!" Li Yan glanced at Zhang Fei and asked with a smile, "I don't know where else to go?" ”

The 150,000 army was distributed, but this time Liu Bei gathered a full 200,000 horses in Hanzhong, and 50,000 was obviously the last way.

"To be precise, there are two more ways!" Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "All the way, go to Yong, go out of Wuguan, take Hongnong directly, capture Tongguan and Hangu Pass, cut off the enemy's rear road, with Boyuan as the main general, Guan Ping, Liu Feng, Meng Da and Pang De as deputy generals." ”

Liu Yi came out of the ranks, came to Liu Zheng, and took the talisman handed by Liu Bei, although he didn't like it too much, but his name as an undefeated general was placed here, and it was impossible for Liu Bei not to use him.

"The number of troops is limited, here in Boyuan, there are only 30,000 horses!" Zhuge Liang looked at Liu Yi and said apologetically.

Isn't there still 50,000? Even if you deduct the Meridian Valley road, you should give yourself 40,000, right? This Zhuge Liang won't play tricks for himself, right?

"In addition, there is another road, led by Wei Yan, with 10,000 soldiers and horses, ready to be called at any time." Zhuge Liang looked at Wei Yan, who was depressed, and said indifferently, the matter of Meridian Valley is not in a hurry for the time being, and when all parties fight and the main force of Cao's army is transferred out, it is the best time for Wei Yan to sneak attack Chang'an.

"The last general commands!" Wei Yan was overjoyed when he heard this, hurriedly took a step forward, bowed down to receive the order, and ran to Liu Bei to receive the general order and return to the train.

"Prime Minister, I don't know if there are 10,000 more, what is it for?" Li Yan hid the loss in his heart and asked.

"There are also 10,000, forming an army of their own, led by the Zhengfang, responsible for the support of logistics roads and supporting all parties at any time!" Zhuge Liang smiled and said, Li Yan is also a rare talent under Liu Bei, but now Liu Bei has a lot of talents, and Li Yan is not too brilliant among these people.

"Whoa!" Li Yan was a little disappointed, but he still respectfully took the order and retreated.

The division of troops has been completed, and at the moment Liu Bei ordered the generals to integrate their own soldiers and horses, and swear to go on the expedition tomorrow, Pang Tong is regarded as the military division of the army on this march, and Zhuge Liang accompanied Liu Bei to sit in the rear, dispatch in the center, and at the same time choose the most suitable time to release Wei Yan and attack Chang'an.

"During the dispatch of troops, it was inevitable that the news leaked, so that Cao Wei learned the news of our army in advance, and the checkpoints were blocked everywhere, and no one or his subordinates were allowed to go out of the customs without the imperial edict, and once discovered, they would be punished for treason!" Zhuge Liang closed the bamboo slip and said solemnly to everyone: "This battle is related to my great Han spirit, I hope that all the princes can work together to help the Han family!" ”

"Wait for the order!" The ministers bowed.

Liu Bei stood up at this time, although he was already old, but standing up at this moment especially gave people a feeling of getting up from a crouching tiger, and looked at the ministers with serious eyes and said: "The Han and the thief do not stand together, and the royal industry is not partial, in this battle, I hope that you can work together to help the Han family!" ”

"Whoa!"