"Isn't it amazing? Not really, everyone will have shortcomings, just see if you have the heart to find it. In this way, this battle is still commanded by Tian'er, and the father is watching from the sidelines. Zhang Chao continued to encourage him, this time is the first time Zhang Tian led the army to fight, if he gave up halfway, the blow to his heart can be imagined, even so, restoring confidence should be the key, after all, he can't accompany the child for a lifetime, and the Celestial Empire also needs successors.

Hearing that the command was still to be handed over to him, Zhang Tian couldn't help but look up with some doubts, but when he saw his father Zhang Chao's firm demeanor, he also secretly replied energetically: "Yes, thank you for your father's trust, Tian'er will sum up the lesson and fight again." ”

Zhang Chao appeared in Chengdu City, but he did not take over the military power, but only met with the old ministers of Xishu here day by day, as if he was here to inspect and investigate, and the military power continued to be handed over to his son Zhang Tian.

This news was learned by the secret agents sent by Zhuge Liang, and they were quickly fed back.

Jianning City.

After the tentative capital of Western Shu, Zhuge Liang's prime minister's mansion is located here.

Hearing what Zhang Chao did in Chengdu, Zhuge Liang summoned the generals to come to the meeting.

Since Liu Bei's army was defeated and captured, and Chengdu City was occupied by the Celestial Empire, the military generals of Xishu walked around and rumbled, and there were not many people who really left. If it weren't for Zhuge Liang's trick to capture the Southern Barbarian King Meng Shu and make him obedient, I am afraid that there are even fewer people who can use it now.

Even with the addition of the Southern Barbarian forces, in the face of the powerful Celestial Empire and Jiangdong coalition forces, the Western Shu army was still cautious and acted extremely cautiously.

This is also unavoidable, who makes Xishu too weak now compared to the Celestial Empire? Zhuge Liang is already cautious, and when the situation is obviously inferior to others, he is even more cautious in his behavior.

In the Prime Minister's Mansion, Zhuge Liang sat high on the top, although Liu Bei was arrested, but his son Liu Chan was still on the throne, after all, he continued the position of the King of Xishu, but in fact, now the military and political power is in the hands of Prime Minister Zhuge Liang, and therefore, any major events are rarely carried out in the temporary palace, but the Prime Minister's Mansion has become very lively.

Zhuge Liang is above, and below are the generals of the Wenchen and the military generals, including the generals Wang Ping, Liao Hua, Meng Huo, A Huilan, Busy Tooth Chang, Bring the Cave Master and others, and the Wenchen have Sun Qian, Jian Yong, Ma Liang, Ma Yan, etc., they stand on both sides, waiting for Zhuge Liang to speak.

"Everyone, the army of the Celestial Empire is eyeing the city, with millions of divisions and soldiers coming to the city, and now the general Zhang Fei and the general Shamoke are blocking in two ways, and they have also achieved very good results, not to mention the heavy damage to the enemy, but also the Jiangdong First and Second Army Corps besieged in Jiangyang County, which is really a great contribution. It's just that there is intelligence from the front, Zhang Chao of the Celestial Empire has arrived in Chengdu, although there is no action yet, but it is conceivable that once the cold winter passes, I am afraid that it is time for the army to attack, so the big war is coming, everyone will say, how do we do it next? ”

Zhuge Liang didn't want to hide the matter of Zhang Chao's personal arrival, because he couldn't hide it if he wanted to, so it was better to say it directly, so that everyone would not be suspicious.

When it came to Zhang Chao's visit, the faces of Sun Qian, Jian Yong and other ministers couldn't help but darken. For this emperor of the Celestial Dynasty, who rises like a tree in the sky, they are really afraid to the bones, because no matter who is the enemy of them, they will not escape the result of defeat in the end, and after a long time, Zhang Chao has become a nightmare in the hearts of some people.

And the change in their expressions was also seen by Zhuge Liang, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, before the war started, he had already had a sense of fear, so he really didn't dare to imagine what the ending would be.

But there are those who are afraid, and there are also those who are not afraid, such as Meng Shu, the king of the Southern Barbarians.

Living in the wild land in the south for a long time, Meng Shu has developed a spirit of not being afraid of heaven and earth since he was a child, if he is said to be a life, now only one person, it is Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of Western Shu, who has captured himself seven times.

In Meng Huo's view, Zhuge Liang is a god, where in the world will someone be his opponent? Just like a while ago, in the face of the surging Celestial Empire and Jiangdong coalition forces, wasn't it easy to win?

Even if this is the case, what if the so-called emperor comes? Thinking of this, he stepped forward and said in a voice that was almost like a roar: "The soldiers are coming to block, and the emperor of the Heavenly Dynasty is not a man with six arms in the sky. Even if you have any ability, you can't stand the sword and axe. ”

Meng Huo was originally a martial artist, and it was only because he married a good woman Zhu Rong that he became the king of the Southern Barbarians with his help. But no matter how beautiful and gentle the lady is, his fiery personality has never changed.

"That's a good point." Zhuge Liang was waiting for this sentence. What he was worried about was that because of Zhang Chao's appearance, he would greatly demoralize his own side, but now that someone has taken the initiative to stand up, if he doesn't say something, it won't be his character.

"He is worthy of being the king of the Southern Barbarians, if he is like this, why be afraid of him Zhang Chao? In this way, he asked King Meng to prepare his army for battle, train the new army, and wait for the spring of the next year to fight to the death with Zhang Chao. While Zhuge Liang praised Meng Shu, he also issued an order for combat preparation, to deal with Zhang Chao, you need such an iron-blooded general who is not afraid of life and death.

Zhuge Liang's way to deal with Zhang Chao was to brake quietly, he didn't know how this handsome commander who had fought in the north and south would deal with himself next, and he couldn't think of it, even if it was so, it was better to see the moves, so as to find opportunities to destroy the enemy in the sports war. And at the moment, all you need to prepare is that the two legions in Jiangdong are being surrounded by themselves, and we will see how the other party copes with it.

Of course, Zhuge Liang is definitely not a passive person in character, he is always used to using everything that can be used, for example, in addition to contacting the small Wa Kingdom at the same time, he also secretly contacted the countries of the Western Regions, as long as Zhang Chao dares to put heavy troops here in Xishu, there will be some action, which is also called holding down the gourd and lifting the scoop, in short, he will never give Zhang Chao the opportunity to concentrate on dealing with his own land.

Zhuge Liang has his own ideas, and Zhang Chao also has his own methods. For this reason, he took advantage of the cold winter and the environment was not conducive to a big war, and began to transfer troops from the rear.

To say that Zhang Chao's biggest advantage over Zhuge Liang is the comparison of strength. Compared with Xishu, where even the old monarch was captured, the rear of the Celestial Empire is stable and the supply of troops is sufficient.

Even now, many of the legions of the Celestial Empire are in a situation of being contained, such as the First and Seventh Vanguard Legions in Chengdu; the first of the three legions and the waterway legion in the small Wa country; The Dragon and Tiger Legion defended Goryeo; The Eighth Army defended Rus'; The Second Army Corps defended the north; The Fourth Army Corps defended Luoyang; The Fifth Army Corps defended Jiangdong; The Dragoon Legion is in the Western Regions; But there is still the Sixth Army Corps, General Dian Wei's headquarters is being reorganized, and it is still available.

Zhang Chao's holy decree, the rear began to get busy, originally experienced the Rus War soon after the reorganization of the army of the Sixth Army accelerated the speed of training recruits, completed the formation a year ago, and during the Chinese New Year non-stop from the direction of Jinyang City to the direction of Chengdu.

Zhuge Liang had indeed arranged for secret agents to monitor every move in the Celestial Empire. For the actions of an entire legion of 500,000 people, it is absolutely impossible to be lifeless, and seeing that the Celestial Empire has also mobilized the Sixth Legion arranged in Jinyang City to Xishu, he is not afraid of anti-joy, shaking the goose feather fan, and very confidently said to Ma Yan, who is regarded as a pro-apprentice: "Okay, young Chang, you can arrange Chen Deng and Yang Feng to prepare to start." ”

"Yes, Prime Minister." Ma Jian looked at Zhuge Liang with a look of admiration, and he was convinced to the people in front of him, just like right now, I am afraid that only the prime minister dares to do it, and he can do it.

Ma Tan (190-228), a native of Yicheng, Xiangyang (now south of Yicheng, Hubei), the younger brother of Ma Liang, was an official and general of the Shu Han Dynasty during the Three Kingdoms period.

Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of the Shu Han Dynasty, appointed him to join the army. Ma Tan is talented and good at military strategy. Zhuge Liang has always valued him deeply, and every time he meets and talks, from day to night.

It can be said that the relationship between the two is also a teacher and a friend, Zhuge Liang is the prime minister, and he is in charge of the military and political power of a country, but he is actually lonely in his heart, he needs someone to understand himself, and Ma Jian is such a person.

Just like the plan in front of him, Zhuge Liang had a discussion with Ma Jian very early, first severely damaged the incoming army, and then led Zhang Chao to come, until he was angry, and mobilized the army, so that he could take the last step, that is, to light a fire in the backyard of the Celestial Empire, for which he also arranged for General Chen Deng and General Yang Feng of the Nanban tribe to lead two thousand troops to Jinyang City.

Jinyang City, where the capital of the Celestial Empire is located, can be said to be a place where political power, economy, and culture are at the core.

The guards here are naturally the tightest, but at the same time, they are the weakest, and they belong to the dark places under the lights.

The so-called dark under the lamp originally refers to the dark area under the lamp due to the obstruction of the lamp itself during lighting. Because these areas are so close to the light source, it is now inferred that people do not see and perceive things and events that are happening in close proximity to them.

It is precisely because the protection of Jinyang City has always been very tight, so no one would think that the enemy would dare to make a move here, even Zhang Chao did not expect it, this is also Zhuge Liang's cleverness.

If you want to say that the use of soldiers is like a front, no one will be Zhang Chao's opponent; If you want to win people's hearts, Cao Cao has few enemies; Speaking of leading by example, Sun Jian is a model for witnessing; But when it comes to the trick of using soldiers, it should be led by Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang, who had already calculated this step, began to move after Zhang Chao defeated Ross, and the two thousand soldiers and horses led by Chen Deng and Yang Feng entered Jinyang City in various capacities, and now all they are waiting for is an order from him.

Ma Tan turned around and left, leaving Zhuge Liang alone in the hall, he really wanted to see what the emperor of the Celestial Dynasty, who was regarded as a family and affection, would do if there was a fire in the backyard.