Adou ascended the throne in the fourth volume, chapter 60, and the army of the five roads

Your Majesty, the minister thought that if His Majesty went on a northern expedition to Cao Wei, Sun Quan in Jiangdong would definitely not, and he should send a general to guard Jiangzhou to prevent Sun Quan from attacking. Zhuge Liang stood up and said.

Now Cao Wei and Eastern Wu are in an alliance state, if Liu Bei goes north to attack Cao Wei, Cao will definitely ask Sun Quan to send troops to attack Shu and come to encircle Wei to save Zhao. According to Zhuge Liang's prudence, Sun Quan will never be given such a chance.

Liu Bei nodded: "What the prime minister said is extremely true, Sun Quan is treacherous and cunning, and he has to guard against it, I don't know who the prime minister thinks it is good to send to guard Jiangzhou?" ”

"The minister recommended the general of Zhenxi, Zhang Ren, to guard Jiangzhou. General Zhang Ren's talent is more than enough to guard Jiangzhou, plus he has lived in Shu for a long time and is familiar with the terrain in Shuzhong, so he can be this important task! With General Zhang Ren in Jiangzhou, my Shu land can be safe! Zhuge Liang said immediately.

"What the prime minister said is extremely true, righteous and good at keeping, with him in Jiangzhou, he will definitely be able to stop Sun Quan. According to the prime minister's words, Zhang Ren was ordered to lead 30,000 troops to guard Jiangzhou. As long as Sun Quan is kept out of Shudi, even if he has a great achievement! Liu Bei immediately ordered.

"Your Majesty, Yue Xi is too talented to guard Ma Yu, so it is better to let him go to Jiangzhou together and assist General Zhang Ren." Zhuge Liang continued.

"Ma Yu?" Liu Bei frowned and thought about it, he didn't want to agree, but after looking at Ma Liang below, he finally spoke: "Youchang did a good job during Yue Xitai's tenure, but Youchang is still too young and needs to be experienced, so I will transfer him back to Chengdu first, and stay for later!" ”

Adou next to him was moved after hearing this. Ma Jian is in his thirties this year, and he is not young anymore. Judging from Liu Bei's attitude, this is not wanting to reuse Ma Yan. But think about it, Liu Bei once specially instructed Zhuge Liang before he died, saying that Ma Yu was useless. Later, Ma Yu really lost the street pavilion, which made Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition fall short. From this point of view, it is still very good for Liu Bei to know people and make good use of kung fu.

However, Ma Jian is Ma Liang's younger brother after all. Ma Liang made great contributions to Shu Han, and Liu Bei wanted to give Ma Liang some face, so Liu Bei transferred Ma Yu back to Chengdu and stayed for later.

At this time, Pang Tong also stood up: "Your Majesty, Jianning recently came to report, saying that the Nanban Meng was frequently moved, and the minister thought that the capital would send someone to garrison Jianning to prevent the Nanban Meng from getting it." ”

Taifu's words were deep and meaningful. ordered Li Hui to be the Taishou of Jianning. Collar the history of the state thorn. Garrison Jianning. Defend against the Nanban. ”

And next. It is to arrange the specific matters of land acquisition. Liu Bei went out with five tiger generals. On the part of Wenchen and Strategist, he took Pang Tong up. And Zhuge Liang was transferred to Hanzhong to take charge. Responsible for ensuring the supply of logistics grain and grassland. In this regard. Zhuge Liang is stronger than Pang Tong.

And the next thing made Adou feel very depressed. Liu Bei ordered Adou to be the prisoner of the country. Located in Chengdu.

A few days ago, Adou ran before and after. Busy for a long time. It's just for the sake of Wei Wei. But Adou ignored one point. Liu Bei drove the expedition in person. Chengdu definitely needs someone to take charge. And this is the one who sits in charge. Of course, the crown prince is the best. In this way, if something happened to Liu Bei before. Chengdu Di Adou can also ascend the throne immediately.

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After the dispersal of the dynasty. And they all went back. But Adou was left behind by Liu Bei. Adou knows. Liu Bei is trying to instruct himself.

Liu Bei looked at Adou, and then said, "Heir, this Chengdu will be handed over to you." I left Zhang Song, Li Yan, Wu Yi and others in Chengdu to assist you. In addition, Guan Xing and Zhang Bao also let them stay in Chengdu. Yongnian is proficient in political affairs, if there is any ambiguity in internal affairs, you can ask him; Li Yan is both civil and military, and his talents are no less than that of the prime minister and the prince, if there is any indecision in foreign affairs, you can ask Li Yan for advice; Guan Xing and Zhang Bao are your brothers, and now the martial arts of these two have been passed down by your second and third uncles......"

Speaking of this, Liu Bei seemed to suddenly remember something, and then continued: "When it comes to martial arts, you are the best at it, presumably your current martial arts are no less than your second uncle and third uncle, I won't tell you this." There is also Xiang Lang and Xiang Pet two brothers have followed me for many years, loyal to me, both brothers have great talents, Xiang Pet is used for military purposes, can be of great use, if there is a change in Shu, Xiang Pet can lead the troops. The Ma brothers are also quite talented, especially Ma Liang, who has a little dealings with the people of Wuxi Barbarians, if the Nanban really comes to attack, Ma Liang can make an envoy to Wuxi, induce him to be an official, and divide the barbarians; Only Ma Jian is exaggerating, but he is a person who talks on paper, and he must not be used at a critical time. ”

"Erchen understands."

Then, Liu Bei picked up the box where the jade seal was placed, put it in Adou's hand very solemnly, and said earnestly: "Heir, the way of governing the country is extraordinary, you should be cautious and walk on thin ice." The territory of my Shu is small, and the governance needs to be very cautious, and there is no room for half a point difference. ”

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In the first year of Zhangwu of the Shu Han Dynasty and the second year of the Huanglong Dynasty of the Wei Dynasty, Liu Bei, the Zhaolie Emperor of the Shu Han Dynasty, led an army of 200,000 troops to the north to attack Yongzhou.

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The news of Liu Bei's Northern Expedition soon reached Xudu, and Cao heard that Liu Bei was devoting himself to the Northern Expedition, and immediately convened civil and military consultations.

Cao is indeed very good at internal affairs and power schemes, but he is not good at leading the army to fight. At this time, Cao suddenly discovered that the older generation of generals under Cao Cao were not in Xudu.

In the second year of Huanglong, Xiahou had died of illness, and the military generals of the Cao family, only Cao Ren and Cao Hong were still alive in the older generation, and a few days ago, the former general Zhang Liao was seriously ill, and Cao Ren was transferred to Hefei to take over Zhang Liao's position. As for Cao Hong, he was convicted two years ago and was deposed as a commoner, and he was idle at home.

Speaking of which, Cao doesn't like Cao Hong. Cao Hong's family is rich, but he is very stingy, and he often regards himself as an elder in front of Cao, relying on the old and selling the old. This made Cao very unhappy. So after Cao ascended the throne, he found an excuse to punish Cao Hong. Cao was originally going to kill Cao Hong, but his wife interceded for Cao Hong and saved Cao Hong's life.

As for the five good generals under Cao Cao's command back then, Zhang Liao was seriously ill and was about to die; Xu Huang was shot in the head by Meng Da with an arrow and finally died; Lejin had died of illness when he was twenty-three years old in Jian'an; Yu Ban was captured by Guan Yu after flooding the Seventh Army, captured in Jingzhou, and later Sun Quan occupied Jingzhou, and sent the ban back to Cao, and died in the ban when he was depressed; Among the five good generals, there is only one Zhang left.

But fortunately, there are still a few survivors of Jia Xu and other older generation of strategists, and there are Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu, Sima Yi and others under Cao's command, plus Deng Ai, who has just been dropped to Xududi, Cao's subordinates have not yet reached the point where no one can be sent.

Jia Xu is now a lieutenant, the first person in the civil office, such as Zhong ~ and Chen Qun, although they are also ranked as the third duke, their status is far inferior to Jia Xu.

Maybe it's because he has a grudge against Cao Cao's death, since Cao ascended the throne, Jia Xu has been sick at home most of the time, and it is good to be able to go to court once a month. And Cao is helpless about Jia Xu, anyway

The qualifications are there, and nominally Jia Xu is still a teacher of Cao Di. Jia Xu didn't say a word like Xu Shu, and Cao could only let it go.

And Cao didn't trust Jia Xu very much. In the face of Jia Xu, Cao had more respect than trust in his heart. In comparison, Cao still trusts Sima Yi and others more.

Xudu, Imperial Palace.

In comparison, the palace of Xududi is much grander than the palace in Chengdu. Since the early years of Jian'an, Cao Cao welcomed the emperor to Xudu, coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and began to build the palace of this Xudu at that time. For more than 20 years, after many expansions, the scale of the Xudu Imperial Palace is now very large, and it is naturally not comparable to the palace that has not been established for a long time in Chengdu.

The spacious hall is comparable to the main hall of Weiyang Palace, the imperial palace of the early Han Dynasty. And now, Cao was sitting on the dragon seat in the middle of the main hall, and glanced at the kneeling courtiers in the hall, and Cao found that the first position of Wenchen was still empty.

Jia Xu didn't come again!

"Why didn't the Captain come today?" Cao Shen asked in a deep voice.

"Back to Your Majesty, Lord Taiwei is ill and can't come when he is sick!" The chamberlain hurriedly went up and said.

"Got it." Cao waved his hand and said very unhappily.

Today's early dynasty is extraordinary, Liu Bei's army is pressing, Cao urgently needs to discuss countermeasures with the ministers, but at this time, Jia Xu is sick and can't come, Cao naturally feels unhappy in his heart.

"It's just an old man in his seventies and eighties, if he doesn't come, he won't come!" Cao thought silently in his heart, but asked in his mouth: "Ladies and gentlemen, Liu Bei's hundreds of thousands of troops are attacking Yongzhou, what are your countermeasures?" ”

"The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, and the minister is willing to lead the army to Yongzhou to resist Liu Bei." Cao Zhen immediately stood up and said.

"How many people does Zidan need?" Cao immediately asked.

"At least 200,000 people are needed!" Cao Zhen said cautiously.

Hearing the figure of 200,000, Cao frowned. According to Cao Xizuo's information, Liu Bei actually only has about 200,000 people. It stands to reason that he is the defending side, and he should occupy a geographical advantage, plus the local defenders of Yongzhou, 1450,000 people are enough to defend Yongzhou. But this Cao Zhen actually opened his mouth and asked for 200,000 people at once.

In fact, Cao Zhen's 200,000 people are still asking for land in Shaoli. This time, Liu Bei's five tigers will come out, and these five tigers will already be famous all over the world. Although Cao Zhen is also a battlefield general, there is still a big gap compared to the five tiger generals. Even if Cao Zhen gave Cao Zhen 200,000 people, Cao Zhen could at most guarantee to defend Chang'an City.

What's more, now Cao can't take out 200,000 people at all.

Since Cao ascended the throne, he has pacified Runan, resisted Karasuma, pacified Liangzhou, and done a lot of big things, which were done beautifully, but they also consumed a lot of Cao's troops. Now Xu Du only has 100,000 available soldiers. Of course, if Cao is given a few months, he can still squeeze out tens of thousands of soldiers and horses from Huainan and Youzhou.

Cao is not good at military affairs, and he has never fought with Guan Zhang and others, and he doesn't know how powerful the Five Tiger Generals are, so Cao thinks that Cao Zhen wants 200,000 people is too much. But Sima Yi below doesn't think so. Sima Yi knew very well that even if Cao Zhen really brought 200,000 people, he would definitely be able to resist Liu Bei. At this time, Sima Yi observed the words and found that Cao's eyes flashed with a sense of unhappiness, so Sima Yi quickly stood up and said:

"Your Majesty, the minister has already worked out a strategy overnight to resist Liu Bei.

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Seeing that Sima Yi had already prepared, Cao's face softened a little, nodded and asked, "Then Sima Aiqing will talk about it!" ”

"Now Liu Bei is attacking with all his might, which can be described as menacing. When Liu Bei first arrived in Yongzhou, his vigor was flourishing, and Guan Zhang was a famous general, if we were facing it head-on, I would be afraid that it would be difficult to defeat Liu Bei's sharp spirit. Therefore, I believe that our army should focus on defense, rub its sharpness, and wait until it cannot be attacked for a long time and the supply of food and grass is insufficient. Then find other ways to force Liu Bei to retreat. Sima Yi said.

Cao nodded, and then asked, "Then what method does Zhongda have to force Liu Bei to retreat?" ”

"The minister has a plan to surround Wei and save Zhao!"

"Tell me about it."

"Your Majesty can order Jiangdong Sun Quan to attack Shu from Jingzhou, this is the first way; Moreover, the minister heard that Sun Quan's Jiaozhou Shijia was thicker than the Nanban, and His Majesty could inform Sun Quan to order the Nanban to attack Chengdu in the north, which was the second way; These two roads are the soldiers who surrounded Wei to save Zhao. Qiang King Cheriji pays tribute every year, and when he comes to the court, His Majesty can order Cheriji to lead the Qiang soldiers eastward and attack Liu Bei, which is the third way; Xianbei Wang Kebineng is a person who attaches great importance to interests, and His Majesty only needs to promise heavy profits, and Kebi can definitely send troops, which is the fourth way; His Majesty is sending 100,000 horses to Yongzhou to resist Liu Bei, which is the fifth way. These three roads are the soldiers and horses guarding Yongzhou! With this five-way army, although I dare not say that I can completely annihilate Liu Bei, it is enough to force Liu Bei back! Sima Yi said.

"Good! Zhongda's words are deeply in line with my meaning! Do you have anything to add? Cao then asked.

Everyone, look at me, I look at you, obviously agreeing with Sima Yi's statement.

"In that case, let's do what Zhongda said! Hua, you immediately send someone to contact Sun Quan, Xianbei, Xiqiang, and Nanban soldiers and horses, and ask them to send troops. ”

"Obey the order!"

"Zhang!"

"The minister is here!" Zhang immediately stood up and said.

"Order you to be the vanguard, lead 20,000 troops, and enter Yongzhou first!"

"Obey the order!" Zhang finished speaking and retreated.

"Cao Zhen!"

"The minister is here!" Cao Zhen stood up.

"Ordered you to be the governor of the capital and lead 100,000 horses to support Yongzhou. All officials in Yongzhou can be transferred at will. ”

"Obey the order!" Cao Zhen took the order and retreated.

"Sima Yi."

"The minister is here!" Sima Yi also stood up.

"Order you to be the counselor of the army and go on the expedition with Cao Zhen."

"The minister obeys the order...... Sima Yi pulled the long tone and retreated.

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Jia Mu is Jia Xu's eldest son, and the official worships the captain.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Jia Mu hurriedly returned to the mansion.

As soon as Jia Mu entered the door with his front foot, the old butler greeted him and said, "Uncle, master, please come over!" ”

When Jia Mu heard Jia Xu calling himself, he hurried over.

At this time, Jia Xu was not sick, on the contrary, Jia Xu's body was still very tough, but his spirit was a little poor.

Seeing Jia Mu coming, Jia Xu said, "Tell me about today's affairs in the court!" Has Your Majesty ever thought of a countermeasure to resist Liu Bei? ”

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It was decided that the Northern Expedition to Yongzhou would lay a big scene and bring Liu Bei, Sun Quan, Cao, Nanban, Xiqiang, Xianbei, Xiongnu, etc. in!