Chapter Seventy-One: The Eve of the Great War
On the plain Taishou Mansion, Yuan Xi sat on the main seat, Tian Feng led the old Yuan clan to fight on the left column, and Liu Bei led his subordinates to stand on the right.
"Uncle Huang, I wonder if Uncle Huang has any questions about General Ben's proposal?" Yuan Xi smiled slightly and glanced at Liu Bei. Just now, Yuan Xi put forward a suggestion, there are not many generals under him, and he wants to requisition the generals under Liu Bei, ask Liu Bei to cut his love, and Yuan Xi will fully support Liu Bei's southern expedition.
"The general is polite, Bei is downcast to vote for the general, originally Bei is the general's subordinate, and Bei's subordinates are the general's subordinates, how can you say that you want to cut love? The transfer of generals depends on the words of the general alone! After Liu Bei listened to Yuan Xi's suggestion, he was not surprised, Yuan Xi would definitely guard himself, otherwise he would not be Yuan Xi.
"Well, okay, the plain will be handed over to the imperial uncle, the imperial uncle will send troops from the plains to attack Qingzhou, and the general will send troops from Yecheng to attack Hanoi, and the two roads will advance together, so that Cao Cao can see the majesty of the army in Hebei." Yuan Xi raised the wine glass and drank it all, and Liu Bei also drank the wine in front of Yuan Xi.
After a banquet, Yuan Xi took Zhao Yun, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Chen Zhi to leave the plain and return to Yecheng. Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang were left to Liu Bei.
"My lord, I'm gone." After Pang Tong sent Yuan Xi away, he returned to Liu Bei's study.
"Hey, Shi Yuan, Kong Ming, now that the brave generals of our army have been borrowed by Yuan Xi, how about attacking Qingzhou?" Liu Bei is a battle-hardened general, knowing that strategists and brave generals are indispensable people in war, and without a powerful general, no matter how powerful the strategist's strategy is, the effect of the strategy will be affected.
"Don't worry, Liang and Shiyuan have already observed the terrain near Qingzhou. This time, we will stick to it. It doesn't matter who commands the troops. Zhuge Liang arched his hand. Returning to Liu Bei, he had already expected Yuan Xi to come back, and Zhuge Liang came up with a strategy of defending instead of attacking.
"Hold on? Strategist, we sent troops to fight against the traitors, how did we become persistent? Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, wasn't it how it was not that going south to crusade against Cao Cao had become a strategy based on perseverance.
"My lord, Qingzhou is a plain land, and our army and Cao's army are just separated by a Yellow River. If it is a dry season, it is not difficult to build a pontoon bridge to cross the Yellow River with Cao's military strength, and our army will be defeated when attacking, so Liang thought that he could send troops first, lead Cao's army north, and then wait for the opportunity to move and destroy Cao's army. Zhuge Liang arched his hand and told Liu Bei his plan.
Zhuge Liang's analysis is very reasonable, Cao's army is higher than Yuan Xi and Liu Bei in Hebei in terms of numbers and the quality of its generals, and it is not a wise decision for Liu Bei to raise troops to attack Cao Cao. Only in the name of sending troops to crusade, let Cao Cao send troops. Then lead the Cao clan north, and then seek fighters, and it is better to meet Cao's army in Hebei than in Qingzhou.
"What the military advisor said is true, but if our army retreats without a fight under the banner of supporting the Han family, but leads the Cao army north, I am afraid that it will not be able to explain to the people of the world." After listening to Zhuge Liang's analysis, Liu Bei felt that it was very reasonable, but if he did this, his prestige would definitely be damaged, and an imperial uncle who took Kuang Fu Han as his own responsibility actually introduced the enemy into his rule.
"Lord, the general trend is like this, only by doing so can Liang have the possibility of defeating Cao Jun, and the lord must not sacrifice the lives of the soldiers too much for the sake of some benevolent voices. Please think twice! Zhuge Liang arched his hand and suggested to Liu Bei, Liu Bei is too benevolent and righteous, which is Liu Bei's advantage and Liu Bei's disadvantage.
"General Ben understands, Kong Ming Shiyuan, this time it depends on the two, although the general's generals have been transferred, but the general has been on the campaign since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, this time the general will return to the battlefield, and the general believes that the general's ability to command the army is by no means below the second and third brothers." Liu Bei pulled out his long sword and split a long lamp beside him in half.
"The lord is wise!"
"Well, you all stand down." Liu Bei waved his hand and let the two retreat.
"Shiyuan, what's wrong with you today? Didn't you and I discuss the military plane all night last night, why didn't you say a word today? Retreating from Liu Bei's study, Zhuge Liang looked at Pang Tongyi's eyes, today Pang Tongyi was speechless, as if he was a mute, this is a bit abnormal.
"I drank some more wine last night, anyway, Kong Ming reports to the lord on weekdays, so it's not much." Pang Tong laughed, took out his gourd and shook it in front of Kong Ming, and took another sip.
"Shi Yuan, you and I are both important ministers of the lord now, why are you still so greedy? Remember, it's a mistake! Zhuge Liang shook his head, Pang Tong is good at everything, but this problem can't be changed, he likes to drink, which is the same as Guo Jia in Cao Cao's army.
"Kong Ming rest assured, Guo Fengxiao also likes to drink, and there are no good things that harm Cao Cao, Pang Shiyuan is also such a person!" Pang Tong smiled slightly, and took another sip of wine.
"Hey, there's really no way to take you, I'll go back to see my family, and you can go back home early to rest, don't drink so much wine." Zhuge Liang shook his head and said goodbye to Pang Tong.
"Don't send it, Kong Ming!" Pang Tong smiled, his face changed suddenly, and he took out a bamboo slip from his arms.
This bamboo slip is a letter sent by a friend of Pang Tong, who told Pang Tong that one of Pang Tong's hair children had died, and like Pang Tong's prophecy, he died young! After receiving this letter, Pang Tong was stunned, and another accurate prediction was that according to the records in the strange book, he calculated that this person would not live to be thirty-five years old. Sure enough, his hair died at the thirty-five-year-old birthday banquet, and he went to the river with his friends to swim and drowned.
Could it be that he also died young? Thinking of this, Pang Tong held the bamboo slip in his hand, and stared at every word on the bamboo slip with his eyes.
On the general's mansion in Xu Duche, Lu Rui ushered in a small guest.
"Steward Zhong, who is this?" Zhong Xuan's butler came from Chang'an and brought a six- or seven-year-old child.
"Back to the Hou Ye, this person is the son of the former Tianshui Taishou Jiang Yi, Tianshui City is broken, only this son was rescued by the guards and sent to Chang'an, Zhong Xuan is too shou after thinking that he is loyal and righteous, and his father has a last word that this son is the righteous son of the Hou Ye, so he gave this son to the Hou Ye." Zhong Guanjia replied respectfully to Lu Rui.
"Jiang Wei?" Lu Rui was stunned for a moment. This is the Jiang Wei I saw in Xiliang a few years ago? Lu Rui took a closer look again. It is indeed Jiang Wei, the son of Jiang Wei. That is, Jiang Boyo in the future!
"This son's family?"
"Back to the Hou Ye, this son's family has all died, leaving only this bloodline."
"Oh."
"The child has seen his father!" Jiang Wei suddenly kowtowed to Lu Rui.
"Wei'er doesn't have to be polite, since Wei'er is homeless, she can stay in the General's Mansion in the future, and her father will take good care of Wei'er." Lu Rui looked at Jiang Wei and felt a lot, and originally thought that letting Jiang Wei be the Taishou and driving away Ma Chao could take refuge from the tragedy of history. I didn't expect Jiang Yu to die in the rebellion of the Qiang people.
"Thank you, father!" Jiang Wei bowed to Lu Rui and stayed in Lu Rui's mansion. After Lu Rui arranged Jiang Wei's residence, he told Diao Chan to take good care of Jiang Wei, and returned to the study.
Since he let Cao Cao eat a big bun, Cao Cao said that he was sick and couldn't go to court. One morning in the court, the ministers went to the court as usual, Cao Cao did not appear, and just when he was about to retreat from the court, Sima Fang suddenly came to the court and went to the court. Cao Cao, the king of Wei, is worthy of heaven and earth, and should be enthroned as emperor. Let Liu Xiechan let.
Sima Fang's statement surprised the ministers, and the Sima family, who had always supported Liu Xie, actually wanted Cao Cao to compromise, and it was after Yu declared that he supported Cao Cao's claim as emperor. Sima Fang's remarks caused an uproar among the courtiers, and some of the Hanmen courtiers who supported Liu Xie were of course crusading against Sima Fang, who was unkind and unjust, and lived up to the kindness of the Han family. Some of the courtiers of the family who supported Liu Xie had an ambiguous attitude, and even the Sima family fell to Cao Cao, what else did they coax?
Suddenly, everyone in the court fell to Cao Cao, Liu Xie didn't say a word on the dragon chair, and finally Cao Cao was going to take this step. Yang Biao listened to Sima Fang's words, he didn't say anything, his eyes kept scanning the court, Cao Cao hadn't appeared yet, only Cao Cao's attitude was the most important.
When the court was in chaos, Cao Cao came to the court and angrily reprimanded Sima Fang, saying that he was a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty and would never disappoint the Han family, and at the same time Cao Cao asked Liu Xie to lead his troops to Xiliang to quell the chaos. Cao Cao's appearance finally stabilized the political situation, and then Liu Xie also agreed to Cao Cao's suggestion and asked Cao Cao to send troops to Xiliang to quell the chaos.
"Everyone in the world has fallen for the middle father's plan." Lu Rui looked at the expressions on the table in various places, and smiled slightly, Cao Cao's plan to delay the army finally succeeded. Now Lu Rui's desk is full of expressions of Cao Cao's claim to be the emperor from all over the world, and everyone in the world thinks that Cao Cao is a modest resignation, so that the ministers can be on the table again and again. In fact, Cao Cao just wanted to stay away from Xu Du, drag down the matter of becoming emperor, and delay it until the time was favorable to Cao's family before becoming emperor.
"Hou Ye, the King of Wei sent a letter from Chang'an, asking the deputy minister to guard Xu Du, and Hou Ye led the military affairs of Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Sili, and Yuzhou as a chariot general. Let General Cao Ren and General Cao Chong send troops to resist Yuan Xi and Liu Bei in Hebei. As soon as Lu Rui put down a statement, Xu Shu hurried in and reported to Lu Rui.
"Oh? Present. Lu Rui took the text and glanced at it, Cao Cao gave a very interesting military order. Cao Ren and Cao Chong each led 100,000 troops to resist Yuan Xi and Liu Bei. At the same time, Lu Rui was asked to lead the military affairs of the four states and be responsible for the supervision of the two armies.
Even if Lu Rui was in charge of supervision, Cao Cao also asked Xiahoudun to be Cao Chong's rear army and be responsible for the tasks of the palace. Let General Che Cai and General Zhengdong give Cao Chong a Zhendong general as his deputy, it seems that Cao Cao's promotion intention has been obvious, as long as Cao Chong has made military achievements, he will definitely be the son of King Wei.
"Master Hou, there is another appointment from the Sima clan here, and the King of Wei decided to let Sima Yi serve as the Taishou of Hanoi and guard one side." Xu Shu handed another statement to Lu Rui.
"You don't have to look at it, if King Wei compromises with the family, the Sima family will naturally benefit." Lu Rui waved his hand, originally wanted to restrict Sima Yi from staying in the court, but he didn't expect to let Sima Yi go out to defend one side in the end.
"Yuan Zhi, that's all for today, you go and prepare, Childe's first birthday is coming, and this matter should be celebrated." Things have happened, and Lu Rui can't stop it, so let's hold his son's first birthday banquet first, and in a blink of an eye, his son Wang'er is already one year old. (To be continued......)
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