In April of the twenty-sixth year of Jian'an, Liu Bei, the king of Hanzhong, inherited the Han dynasty in Chengdu, succeeded to the emperor's throne, and changed his name to Yuan Zhangwu. Zhuge Liang is the prime minister, Fa Zheng is the Shang Shuling, Ma Chao is the hussar general, Li Yan is the chariot general, and Wei Yan is the Zhenbei general. Wang Shizi Liu Chan is the crown prince, Ziyong is the king of Lu, and Li is the king of Liang. All civil and military personnel are rewarded.

Zhao Shu is still guarding Jingzhou, and General Zhendong is at the same level as Wei Yan, compared to Ma Chao, and Li Yan is another grade worse. Guan Ping added the general of Zhengdong and Tun Xiangyang, and they did not subordinate each other and did not control each other. Since Fei Shi was killed, Fa Zhengxiang also knew that Zhao Shu would not leave Jingzhou lightly, and would no longer send envoys to send an edict to let Zhao Shu go to Chengdu. Zhao Shu originally thought that with Guan Ping being restrained in Xiangyang, Fa Zheng had to let himself take a breath, and he knew that the edict of the canonized general had just come down, followed by another edict in Chengdu.

It roughly means that Liu Bei took Guan Yu's death because of Sun Quan's breach of trust and sent Lü Meng to attack Jingzhou. In addition, Cao Pi was called the emperor and Sun Quan was called the vassal, and Liu Bei was scheduled to start an army from Chengdu to attack Wu in July of the first year of Zhang Wu. In the war with Sun Quan, Jingzhou was naturally the front line, and Zhao Shu was the former superintendent in the edict, and he prepared grain and grass to wait for the army to converge to attack Wu.

Zhao Shu sent the angel away, and there was a wry smile in his heart, Liu Bei's matter of killing Wu, the edict has been issued, and it seems that there is no way to stop it. It's just that Jingzhou is still in Zhao Shu's hands, and Yiling is Liu Bei's own territory, so the so-called "burning the camp for seven hundred miles" shouldn't happen again, right?

Guan Xing, Huan Yi and others knew that Chengdu had come to the edict again, and they had been waiting outside for a long time, and after Zhao Shu asked the generals to invite in, Guan Xing couldn't wait to say: "A certain morning said that Mr. is more than a 'Zhendong general', how about it?" Your Majesty has issued an edict again, what official have you been sealed? ”

Zhao Shu smiled and said, "This official is big, the former military supervision department, the pioneer." ”

"Pioneer?" As soon as Guan Xing heard this, he immediately became excited, and asked anxiously, "Your Majesty wants to go to war?" And with whom? Cao Wei, or Sun Quan? There has been no fighting in the past few months, and it is time to move your muscles. ”

In the hall, Guan Xing, Huan Yi, Ye Feng, and Tianyi are all confidants, and Yu Gui is not an outsider, so Zhao Shu handed the edict to Guan Xing and sighed: "It's with Sun Quan, Your Majesty wants to avenge the prince." ”

Guan Xing didn't look at it, handed it over to Huan Yi again, and shouted: "Great, in the past two months, I have been inspecting Jingling, Hanyang and other places, just to cross the river and occupy Jiangxia first, and capture Gaoping." Sir, tell me, when will the army be raised? ”

"I didn't count what I said." It is worthy of being a general, and when he heard that the war was so energetic, Zhao Shu didn't want to live a hard life in the barracks: "Your Majesty set the army to start in July, but he just asked him to prepare grain, grass and boats first, and he didn't say anything about attacking Jiangxia." ”

At this time, Huan Yi had already finished reading the edict, stepped forward, and said: "The Sun family has been established in Jiangdong for the third generation, and it is impatient. Hasn't Your Majesty always implemented the national policy of uniting Wu to resist Cao? Why do you put the cart before the horse now, and let the national thief Cao not get rid of it, but kill Wu first? ”

Zhao Shu looked at Huan Yi and said with a smile: "What? After Lu Meng died, wasn't Brother Huan in a hurry to attack Wu? After the joke, Zhao Shu also sighed and said: "I don't know what Your Majesty's plan is, this matter Kong Ming and filial piety should also be stopped in Chengdu, but for some reason the edict has been set." And the edict did not make it clear whether this was the intention of His Majesty, or His Majesty's own idea. ”

Huan Yi said again: "Should Mr. go to the book to advise?" ”

"Not in his position, not in his own business." Zhao Shu smiled lazily and said, "These things should be done by Kong Ming, Fa Zheng, I just need to act as ordered." After speaking, he turned his head and asked Guan Xing, "How is the money and food of Jingzhou military horses?" ”

Jingzhou military affairs, Zhao Shu neglected to take care of it, so he was given full responsibility. Who knew that Guan Xing also scratched his head and looked at Huan Yi with a smirk. Huan Yi saw Guan Xing looking at him, and hurriedly replied for him: "The Jingzhou army and horses plus the Xiangyang Expedition to the East Department have nearly 50,000, and the training is also very proficient, but more than half of them have not experienced the battle formation, and I am afraid that there are still deficiencies when they really go to the battlefield." As for the financial and grain aspects, Mr. Yu Cheng attaches equal importance to agriculture and commerce, and the meaning of the soldiers and tuntian is also quite sufficient. ”

"Okay." Zhao Shu glared at Guan Xing and said, "With the general, Ji Bo and others here, I will have no worries." There is still some time before the army is raised, and the deficiencies can still be prepared. Go down, all of you. ”

Guan Xing was afraid of Zhao Shu's scolding, so he couldn't wait for this sentence, and hurriedly said goodbye to Tianyi and others. Huan Yi still stood still, waiting for the other four to leave, and then asked, "Does Mr. really want to attack Wu with his car?" ”

Zhao Shu said lightly: "The Lu of the food monarch is the matter of loyalty to the king." Now that Your Majesty has made up your mind, we have no choice but to do our best. ”

"Knowing that it was wrong to cut Wu, why didn't Mr. speak?" Huan Yi looked at Zhao Shu and said puzzledly: "It seems that this shouldn't be Mr.'s way of being a minister." ”

"Brother Huan is too careful." Chengdu's affairs, that can be explained clearly in a moment and a half? And the stakes are very high, although they are all confidants, I don't dare to divulge it easily.

Seeing Zhao Shu's expression, Huan Yi couldn't help but hurriedly say: "Is Mr. really unaware, or has he already been in his chest?" As he spoke, he approached and whispered: "Mr. knows that Wu can't be killed, Kong Ming, and Fa Zheng also know." His Majesty himself will definitely not be a single prince and marquis, and ignore the affairs of the family and the country. Your Majesty's move, Mr. has to guard against it, for fear that it will follow Cao Cao's story of Xiangyang in the past and plotting against Sima. ”

Huan Yi is really a talent, and he can see through this, but he never imagined that it was not Liu Bei who wanted to calculate Zhao Shu, but Fa Zheng. Before this edict, a secret letter had come to Chengdu, the Eastern Expedition was all the intention of Fa Zheng alone, and Wu fell second, taking the opportunity to take back Jingxiang, and the generals stationed in Sichuan were true.

Zhao Shu looked at Huan Yi and said, "This matter really has to be prevented, how is the heart of the Jingzhou army?" ”

"Naturally, Mr. Wei obeys his orders." Huan Yi said: "If Your Majesty forces each other too much, Mr. may be able to surrender to Cao or Wu, but these two generals Guan, Mr. is not expected to be ruthless, it is really tricky." ”

"You don't have to." Zhao Shu took out the letter from Chengdu, handed it to Huan Yi, and said with a smile: "It seems that this matter should no longer be hidden from you, so let's take a look, the edicts in the past few months are all from the hands of Fa Zheng, and they have nothing to do with the Lord." ”

Huan Yi was taken aback, took the letterhead, took a closer look, and muttered: "No wonder when Your Majesty received Zen, he even sent several edicts to Mr. to return to Chengdu, but Mr. disobeyed the order, it turned out to be like this." ”

"This time I attacked Wu, Fa Zheng still wanted me to be transferred out of Jingzhou." Zhao Shu smiled and said, "He doesn't want to think about it, if he makes such a big move in Chengdu, doesn't Kong Ming have the slightest awareness?" ”

Huan Yi pointed to the letter and asked, "This letter was given to Mr. by Kong Ming?" ”

"Where can he have such good intentions?" Zhao Shu said again: "Fa Zheng is dealing with me so intensively, even if Jingzhou can be captured, Kong Ming will immediately attack and get rid of Fa Zheng in the name of King Qin." Fa Zheng is too flamboyant, unlike Kong Ming, who is all in the dark, in the past few months, Fa Zheng is powerful, and Kong Ming is also a man with his tail between his legs in Chengdu. ”

Huan Yi also nodded and said, "Kong Ming is a strong opponent, but Fa Zheng mistakenly listed Mr. as the number one opponent, which is really a mistake." ”

"If you do evil in heaven, you can forgive, but if you do it yourself, you will not live." Zhao Shu sighed lightly and said, "Fa Zheng is looking for death by himself, but he can't complain about anyone." ”

Huan Yi asked, "How is the gentleman going to act?" ”

"Pretending to be a boat, training sergeants, and cutting down Wu still have to be done, and Fa Zheng can't be aware." Zhao Shu took the letter and said, "As for the future, Chengdu will inform me." ”