Tunnel Zhou, located in the central heart of the Sichuan-Shu Basin, in the middle reaches of the Fujiang River, was originally owned by the later lord Liu Chan, with a total area of 140,000 square kilometers, mostly hilly and low mountain areas, with a population of 760,000 households and a population of about 3.7 million. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

After Liu Chan and Liu Bei's forces merged into one to form the Shu State, Liu Bei, the lord of Shu, moved the palace of the Shu King to the city of Tunnel City.

Because Tunnel Prefecture is adjacent to Qingchuan Prefecture in the east, Jianzhou in the west, Tong and Jin Er Prefecture in the north, and Dong'an Prefecture in the south, surrounded by enemies on three sides, the state maintains nearly 200,000 standing troops, of which there are 80,000 troops stationed in Suizhou City, accounting for nearly a quarter of the total population of more than 300,000 people in Tunnel City.

Therefore, the city of Tunnel is like a military town, and it is better than the capital of a country.

In this large city covering an area of more than 60 square kilometers, there are still not many pedestrians on the streets even during the day, and from time to time there are teams of patrol soldiers passing by, which shows the backwardness of commerce and trade.

The winding path leads to the secluded courtyard and the courtyard is deep!

At the end of the street not far from the Shu Palace, there was a quiet small courtyard with a small area.

In the courtyard, a chessboard is placed on a stone table in the pavilion in the middle of a small pond, and the chessboard mountain is full of chess pieces, black and white, and one person sits on each side of the stone table.

The person on the east side is older, wearing a white shirt, holding a white feather fan, wearing a high crown, and a few short beards on his chin, full of wisdom and elegance, with an extraordinary temperament, his left hand is lightly placed on the stone table, and his right hand is gently shaking the feather fan, and he is contemplating the chess game.

The man sitting opposite him on the west side of the stone table looked younger, no more than 30 years old, dressed in a neat green shirt, wearing red hair bundles, and the corners of his mouth were slightly cracked, and he chuckled from time to time and looked up at the man opposite.

"The prime minister is worried about the war in Jianzhou?"

After gently putting down a son and slaughtering the other party's dragon again, the young man in green shirt said with a smile on his lips.

In the current Shu Kingdom, there is only one person who can be called the prime minister, Zhuge Liang.

The man in white in the pavilion is the current Prime Minister of Shu Zhuge Liang, and this courtyard is also where Zhuge Liang's mansion is located, and the quiet environment layout in the courtyard is from Zhuge Liang's own hand.

And the young man sitting opposite Zhuge Liang is Ma Tan, who is the last of the five brothers of the Ma family, who is known as "Ma's impermanence".

Ma Tan is outstanding, clever and eloquent, and has a wide reputation, and even Zhuge Liang takes a fancy to him, and often consults with him when he encounters problems.

"The high walls of Dongxi County are thick, the supply of grain, grass and water in the city is sufficient, and the chief is also a person who knows the soldiers and is good at fighting, with him leading 35,000 elite soldiers to garrison, I am afraid that Ao Bai will not have a slight advantage, Dongxi is worry-free! However, Yucheng is the third general, and he is short-tempered, and his uncle is afraid that it will be difficult to stop him, I am afraid that he will be in danger! ”

Zhuge Liang shook his head when he heard this, and did not agree with Ma Yan's opinion.

In June of the second year of the Great Controversy, the Qing army Su Prince Haoge sent 70,000 troops to invade Jianzhou again, and Ren Aobai was the commander on the right side, leading 30,000 troops to attack Dongxi County. The army on the left was led by Haoge himself to attack Yucheng County with 40,000 troops.

Wei Yannai, the general of Dongxi, is a veteran general in the army, although he is arrogant and domineering, but he is also a few generals in Shu who know how to fight well.

Although Zhuge Liang has always disliked his personality, he also believes in his ability and is not worried about the right side.

However, the left guard was dominated by Liu Bei's third brother Yanren Zhang Fei, and Chen Zhi was the deputy, commanding an army of 50,000 and guarding Yucheng County.

With Zhang Fei's character, it may be difficult to suppress Chen when he is irritable, which is a hidden danger from time to time.

This is not a lie, in the previous world, Zhang Fei died of his violent and impermanent character.

It's a pity that the current Liu Guanzhang is not the Liu Guanzhang he assisted all the way, and the relationship of complete trust between the two sides has not yet been established.

And because Zhuge Liang's power and prestige in the original Liu Chan system were too grand, Liu Bei had even more scruples and precautions against him.

Otherwise, with his respect as a prime minister, how could he have time to play chess and chat with Ma Jian at home.

"The three generals of the negative heroes! The three generals are angry, except for the king, it is indeed difficult for ordinary people to suppress, but this battle is related to the national fortune of our Shu country, and I think the three generals will not know the severity! General Chen is also an old man under the command of the king, and he controls the most elite white-eared elite soldiers in the country, even the three generals can't wait to ignore him! ”

Looking at Zhuge Liang's slightly frowning brows on the other side, Ma Jian said softly, with a faint pride between his eyebrows.

In the entire Shu Kingdom, there are very few people who can sit and discuss with Sima Yu.

"Prime Minister, do you still remember what Zhong Yu, the envoy of the Yangwu Army, mentioned in the court a few days ago?"

Then the corners of Ma Tan's mouth curled slightly.

"This Yangwu general is also a second person, and he can actually want to lease the idea of borrowing a general. In the past few days, Zhong Yu's actions have been very frequent, and he has visited several adults such as Right Xiang, Jiang Zhongcheng, Sun Zheng, etc., and it is rumored that his Yangwu Army intends to raise the previous conditions to 10,000 sets of excellent armor and lease General Zilong for five years! ”

Ma Tan glanced up at Zhuge Liang, who had not said a word, and continued.

Soon after the merger of the two Shu, Liu Bei, the king of Shu, set up two prime ministers on the left and right, Zhuge Liang, the left prime minister, and Liao Li, the right prime minister, which weakened the power in Zhuge Liang's hands.

Liao Li has always boasted of his talent and intelligence, and he was unwilling to succumb to Zhuge Liang, but this time he was promoted to the position of the right prime minister by Liu Bei, and he was even more complacent, and often criticized Zhuge Liang mercilessly in the court.

When Zhong Yu raised this matter, he was refuted by Zhuge Liang on the spot, bluntly saying that the generals in the army could not be traded as goods, and this move made the generals in the army feel cold.

However, the other party obviously did not give up, since Zhuge Liang's side couldn't get through, he turned his mind to Liao Li, who was opposed to him, and Jiang Wan, who was neutral.

Zhuge Liang raised his right hand of the chess piece when he heard this, and paused there, and Ma Tan didn't interject when he saw this, and sat there quietly.

For a moment, the pavilion fell silent.

Now the situation of the entire Shu Kingdom has gradually become clear, and Zhuge Liang, who once supported the later lord Liu Chan to unify the tunnel state, is about to lose power.

"Since the merger of the two Shu, the king has always been jealous of me, that day I spoke for Zilong was a public heart, but the lord mistakenly thought that I was maintaining the power of the prime minister's government, and in the future, the suspicion and suppression of me may become more and more serious.

Tomorrow, I want to formally ask the king to resign, since Shu has no place for me, it is better to resign and return to my hometown to be a farmer, but also happy. Only after I am gone can I give you the opportunity to rise again, so many virtuous and talented, if they can't be used by the country, wouldn't it be a pity! ”

After being silent for a long time, Zhuge Liang raised his head again and said, and his words couldn't help but be full of depression.

Ma Yan was stunned when he heard this, looking at Zhuge Liang with slightly pale temples, a sense of sadness couldn't help but suddenly come to his heart.

Zhuge Liang did his best for Shu all his life, came to this world for the merger of the two Shu, in order to reduce Liu Bei's suspicion, and even constantly alienated his former henchmen, allowing Liu Bei to weaken the strength of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

In the end, it caused the current situation of being alone and lonely, and people's hearts are diverging. But he didn't expect that it still failed to avoid Liu Bei's suspicion.

They all underestimated Liu Bei's dedication to power, and when he failed to lay the foundation, he might be able to provide Zhuge Liang with a world to play.

But when the foundation has been completed, Zhuge Liang's extraordinary ability and super prestige have also become the source of his abandonment.

"As for Zilong, he was abandoned and suppressed by the lord because of me before, in order to avoid the suspicion of the lord, I have not had the slightest intention of defending, I know that he has the intention of retreating in his heart.

In Zilong's heart, he has always dreamed of being able to form a cavalry that gallops the world, and it is rumored that the army is full of war horses, and Sima Yu attaches so much importance to it, which is suitable for him to show his strengths. Now that there is no place for him to stand in Shu, let him go! ”

Zhuge Liang is not a mortal after all, as soon as the words fell, he seemed to let go of the burden in his heart, and the whole person became much more relaxed.

On the second day, two shocking events occurred in the court of Shu.

In the first case, Zhuge Liang, the left minister of Shu, wrote to Liu Bei to resign, regardless of Liu Bei's retention, resigned from all official positions, and officially withdrew from the court of Shu.

Liu Bei immediately abolished the phase on the grounds of commemorating Zhuge Liang's exploits, and from then on, Shu was no longer allowed to set up phases.

Liao Li, the former right minister, moved to the position of the great situ.

At this point, all the rights of the entire Shu Kingdom were finally in Liu Bei's hands.

The second thing is that the Yangwu army agreed to form an alliance with Shu to resist the Qing army.

In order to demonstrate the alliance between the two major forces and enhance the strength of both sides, the Yangwu Army provided 10,000 sets of fine armor to Shu. The Shu State lent Zhao Yun, the captain of the Tun Cavalry, to the Yangwu Army to help the Yangwu Army train cavalry.

Behind the seemingly win-win alliance, it has never been able to hide the fact that Shu abandoned Zhao Yun for the sake of interests.

This also laid the inducement for the eventual defeat of Shu.

The sun is rising, and outside the city of Tunnel in the early morning, a group of people stand at the city gate.

"Guang'er, take Uncle Zhuge to say to your father to take care!"

Zhuge Liang was still dressed in white, looking at Zhao Guang's mother and son who were walking with Zhong Yu, his expression was complicated, his face was sometimes guilty, sometimes remembered, and in the end it only turned into a cherished voice.

Zhao Guang, Zhao Yun's second son, is only 14 years old, perhaps because of his perennial martial arts practice, he is more than 6 feet long, with a white-maned horse under his crotch, holding a silver gun, a juvenile version of Zhao Yun.

Next to Zhao Guang, her mother Ma Yunlu was also dressed in military uniform, sitting on a war horse, and her beautiful posture was set off by tight leather armor.

"Sister-in-law cherishes!"

After explaining to Zhao Guang, Zhuge Liang's gaze shifted to Ma Yunlu again, looked at her tense face, sighed slightly and said goodbye.

"Take care of your mother!"

Seeing that Ma Yunlu was unwilling to pay attention to him, Zhuge Liang explained to Zhao Guang again and turned to leave, the slender background was a little gloomy in the morning mist.

"Little sister, the military advisor also has his troubles, don't blame him!"

Looking at Zhuge Liang who was gradually moving away, Ma Chao, the general of Shu who was wearing a silver lion helmet and flying a horse under his crotch, stepped forward and patted Ma Yunlu's shoulder and said.

Soon after Ma Chao joined Liu Bei, Ma Chao's sister Ma Yunlu married Zhao Yun and gave birth to two sons and a daughter for him.

Now, the children are about to grow up, but Ma Yunlu's girlish personality has not changed in the slightest, and he has always been haunted by Zhao Yun's exclusion and Zhuge Liang's disdain.

After the brother and sister said goodbye for a short time, Ma Chao also quickly rushed back to the barracks because of his military duties.

"Mr. Guang, Mrs., let's go!"

Ma Yunlu had been staring at the city gate for a long time before Zhong Yu spoke.

Soon, Zhao Guang's mother and son, Zhong Yu and the 6 members of the outer cabinet who accompanied him quickly left in a low-key manner.