No wonder the ministers present have such doubts in their hearts, it is true that Zhuge Liang has not yet made military exploits.

In the days when Zhuge Liang assisted Liu Bei in the past, Zhuge Liang led soldiers.

It's just that in those few times he led the troops, Zhuge Liang was more of a role similar to that of supervising the army, and he had the experience of independently commanding the army and commanding the battle, which Zhuge Liang has not had at present.

It is true that the Han Dynasty had extremely high requirements for the prime minister, and both civil and military were the most basic configurations.

But people will always have doubts about the unknown.

For the ministers in the palace, the success or failure of Zhuge Liang's southern expedition is a matter full of unknowns.

As a result, the doubts in the hearts of the ministers were irrepressibly permeated in their hearts.

The prime minister's southern expedition, needless to say, succeeded, but what if it failed?

The Great Han may face overturning in an instant.

Every minister in the palace did not want to see such a situation.

In history, when Zhuge Liang went south, there may have been such doubts in the imperial court, but the situation in this world is very different from history.

In history, during the Southern Expedition, Ji Han's famous generals either died or had not fully grown up, so in the end, they had no choice but to let Zhuge Liang take command.

But now the situation of Dahan is that although many famous generals have died in recent years, there are still two people, Mi Yang and Zhang Fei.

Compared with Zhuge Liang, most of the ministers in the palace are more willing to believe in Mi Yang and Zhang Fei, who have made great achievements.

So after Zhuge Liang invited himself to the southern expedition in front of Liu Chan, some ministers came to dissuade Zhuge Liang.

Under the leadership of some ministers, more and more ministers also joined the ranks of dissuading Zhuge Liang.

It's not that they disrespect Zhuge Liang, they have dissuasive actions, and they are also wholeheartedly thinking about the Han Dynasty.

And after Liu Chan saw that many ministers came out to dissuade Zhuge Liang, his heart was already shaking, and he became more and more dispossessed.

Liu Chan may not have the thoughtfulness of many ministers, but he is an obedient child.

Others don't know why Liu Bei hasn't presided over the government recently, can he still not know?

After Liu Bei planned to let Liu Chan supervise the country, he specially summoned Liu Chan once in private.

In that summons, Liu Bei did not teach Liu Chan any principles of governing the country, he just told Liu Chan:

"During the period of the prime minister's auxiliary government, he took the father's affairs.

Do this well, and you'll have no worries. ”

No matter how stupid Liu Chan is, he also knows the meaning of Liu Bei's words.

Liu Bei almost told Liu Chan bluntly that he had to hug Zhuge Liang's thighs.

It is precisely because he understands the meaning of Liu Bei's words that Liu Chan does not want Zhuge Liang to march south from a personal emotional point of view.

His father is sick and needs to recuperate, and his cousin is stationed outside, if his father leaves his side again, who can he rely on in the future?

Liu Chan, who had this idea, after seeing that many ministers were dissuading Zhuge Liang, he also opened his mouth to express his views for the first time at the court meeting:

"The prime minister is in the position of an auxiliary minister, and he can't do without the prime minister for a lonely day.

If you are in a hurry to transfer back to Liangzhou Mu, anyway, according to the military situation, during the preparation for the Great War, as long as Liangzhou Mu can quickly pacify Nanzhong, then Liangzhou will be fine. ”

Liu Chan's words reflect his dependence on Zhuge Liang and his trust in Mi Yang.

Liu Chan didn't know what kind of hardships and dangers the four words of pacifying Nanzhong represented.

He only naively thought that as long as Mi Yang was recalled, Nanzhong would be a matter of certainty.

In that case, why should Liangzhou worry too much?

After Liu Chan finished saying this, he looked at Zhuge Liang with expectant eyes, and he felt that his views were also quite unique.

But after Zhuge Liang listened to Liu Chan's words, a look of helplessness flashed in his eyes, but he still bowed to Liu Chan very respectfully:

"The reason why the anti-Wei is still preparing for war is that the anti-Wei is afraid of the prestige of General Zuo.

But once General Zuo leaves Liangzhou, then Wei will definitely immediately launch an attack on Liangzhou.

Although Nanzhong has not many troops, the terrain is dangerous, and it cannot be pacified overnight, so General Zuo must not leave Liangzhou.

And when the anti-Wei and others echo with the rebels in the south and the north, our army will fall into the situation of taking care of one and losing the other, in order to prevent the anti-Wei from succeeding, our army should strike first.

General Zuo was in Liangzhou for a day, and the anti-Wei would not rashly launch an attack on Liangzhou.

And our army can take advantage of the rebellion of Wei Shang during the mobilization of the army, to attack instead of defending, and take the initiative to attack to pacify Nanzhong first, so that is the only way for our army to break the situation. ”

Zhuge Liang faced Liu Chan and bitterly said his strategy.

Zhuge Liang's strategy is not just what he said to Liu Chan.

When many ministers in the hall listened to Zhuge Liang's words, their faces showed a contemplative look.

They only thought about how to defend and how to tear down the east wall and make up the west wall, so that the big man could passively survive this crisis.

Only Zhuge Liang came up with a strategic position and figured out how to take the initiative to solve this crisis.

This is the gap between them and Zhuge Liang.

The ministers present may have been limited by their personal knowledge at first, and did not have Zhuge Liang's strategic thinking.

But after Zhuge Liang analyzed the current situation for them, they were not people who were vegetarians, and gradually understood Zhuge Liang's intentions.

After expressing his inner thoughts to Liu Chan and the ministers, Zhuge Liang went on to bow to Liu Chan and sincerely requested:

"The minister is not a reckless person, the minister intends to personally march south, and he is sure in his heart, and I hope that the prince can trust the minister."

When Zhuge Liang's sincere request fell into Liu Chan's ears, even if Liu Chan was reluctant in his heart, he thought of Liu Bei's advice, and under some reluctance and worry, he still agreed to Zhuge Liang's request.

"Since this is the case, then the matter of Nanzhong will be entrusted to the prime minister."

After hearing Liu Chan's words, Zhuge Liang's face appeared with joy.

And after the ministers heard Liu Chan's words to allow Zhuge Liang to go south, they no longer dissuaded them.

Liu Chandu has already agreed to Zhuge Liang's request, so as long as Liu Bei does not come forward to object, then who can stop Zhuge Liang in the government and the opposition today?

At this time, the ministers could only pray silently in their hearts that Zhuge Liang could return triumphantly from this southern expedition.

After getting Liu Chan's permission, Zhuge Liang immediately turned around and arranged all the matters of the southern expedition in front of the ministers.

With Zhuge Liang's orders one after another, the Han court began to mobilize again in the form of a war machine.

...

In a large hall of the Chengdu Imperial Palace, Liu Bei was sitting on the throne listening to Mi Wei's report below.

Mi Wei reported exactly what happened at the court meeting.

The recuperation in the past few days has made Liu Bei's mental state much better.

It's just that after all, his body has been going downhill, so his whole face still looks more haggard than before.

And with Mi Wei's report, Liu Bei's mouth also sent out some coughs from time to time.

These coughing sounds disturbed Mi Wei's thoughts, causing him to stop reporting from time to time, and then look at Liu Bei with worried eyes.

After repeating it several times, Liu Bei, who felt that he had heard it intermittently, couldn't help but be a little annoyed: "You repay you, and you have been watching me do a lot." ”

In the face of Liu Bei's reprimand, Mi Wei lowered his head in fright, and then continued to report everything that happened at the court meeting just now.

And with Mi Wei's continuous reporting, Liu Bei heard Zhuge Liang's arrangements for the list of people who accompanied him to the south this time.

One by one, the names were said in Mi Wei's mouth, and Liu Bei didn't react when he heard most of the names, but when he heard the word Ma Yan, Liu Bei's brows furrowed.

He didn't like Ma Jian for a long time.

However, although he didn't like it in his heart, Liu Bei didn't express any opinion on it, he just quietly continued to listen to Mi Wei's report.

Although he recently temporarily handed over the power of the court to Zhuge Liang due to illness, he is still in power after all.

Therefore, before today's court meeting, Zhuge Liang asked to see him last night, and informed Liu Bei of his strategy for breaking the situation and his idea of going to conquer Nanzhong in person, and asked for his opinion.

Regarding Zhuge Liang's strategy, Liu Bei is not Liu Chan, he knows what is at stake.

He did not oppose Zhuge Liang's strategy, but after Zhuge Liang finished his strategy, he vaguely proposed that he wanted to lead the troops to the south instead of Zhuge Liang.

Not surprisingly, his idea was strongly discouraged by Zhuge Liang.

The place in Nanzhong is full of miasma, and ordinary middle-aged men may be infected when they enter, not to mention Liu Bei, who is already sick?

For the sake of Liu Bei's body, Zhuge Liang will not sit idly by and watch Liu Bei's dangerous idea come true.

In the face of Zhuge Liang's dissuasion, no matter how much Liu Bei wanted to march south, he could only regret giving up this idea in the end.

Thinking of Zhuge Liang's dissuasion full of care and worry last night, Liu Bei felt regretful at the same time, and the corners of his mouth also subconsciously showed some smiles.

Zhuge Liang regards him as the monarch's father, so as a monarch's father, even if he is sick, he must think about everything for Zhuge Liang in advance.

This is the reason why Mi Wei is now reporting in front of him.

In fact, according to common sense, even if Liu Bei can't see things due to physical reasons, then as an emperor, he should secretly send his henchmen to monitor Zhuge Liang's every move.

It is indispensable to defend people, especially for an emperor.

But Liu Bei didn't do it.

For 400 years, the Han family has had supervisors directly under the Son of Heaven like the embroidered messenger.

Liu Bei didn't let people secretly spy on Zhuge Liang, not that he didn't have anyone to do such a thing, but that he felt that it was unnecessary.

On the one hand, Liu Bei trusts Zhuge Liang very much, and on the other hand, Liu Bei also has full confidence in himself.

As the founding monarch known for his benevolence and righteousness, he did not need to engage in some treacherous means to deal with the ministers.

Because as long as he wants, hundreds of officials in the court can become his embroidered messengers at any time.

As long as he appears in front of the minister, then he is still the emperor who says nothing about the Han Dynasty, and his position in the Han Dynasty cannot be shaken.

As time passed, Mi Wei's retribution had come to an end.

At this time, Liu Bei already knew all the arrangements of Zhuge Liang in his heart.

After knowing this, Liu Bei held his sick body and kept thinking about whether there was any omission in Zhuge Liang's arrangement.

People who are infected are the most reluctant to waste their minds, but Liu Bei still can't help but plan for the next generation.

Just when Liu Bei was constantly thinking in his mind, the small yellow door outside the hall came to report, saying that Prime Minister Zhuge Liang asked to see him.

Zhuge Liang would come to see him after the court meeting, which was expected by Liu Bei.

In terms of his duty as a minister, Zhuge Liang has always done a good job.

It happened that Liu Bei also had something to say to Zhuge Liang, so he ordered someone to summon Zhuge Liang in, and he asked Mi Wei to retire first.

Under Liu Bei's order, Mi Wei retreated towards the outside of the hall, and he happened to meet Zhuge Liang halfway.

Looking at Mi Wei who saluted him, Zhuge Liang immediately understood why he was here.

After understanding, Zhuge Liang's face showed helplessness.

Zhuge Liang sped up the speed of his feet and came to Liu Bei to bow to him, and after saluting Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang persuaded Liu Bei:

"Your Majesty is inconceivably worried."

When Zhuge Liang visited Liu Bei last night, he could have informed Liu Bei of the arrangements for his southern expedition in advance, but he didn't do so, worrying that Liu Bei would be tired because of this.

Unexpectedly, Liu Bei couldn't help it today, and summoned Mi Wei to ask about everything that happened at the court.

Regarding Zhuge Liang's exhortation, Liu Bei was a little unimpressed.

But he didn't want to dwell too much on this point, otherwise with Zhuge Liang's character, he would definitely have to persuade him endlessly.

Liu Bei just asked Zhuge Liang, "When is Qing going to go on the expedition?" ”

Faced with Liu Bei's inquiry, Zhuge Liang replied respectfully: "Five days later." ”

After hearing Zhuge Liang's answer, Liu Bei nodded thoughtfully.

Originally, five days was not enough time to complete a pre-battle preparation, but before that, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang had left some soldiers and horses in Yinan counties in order to guard against Nanzhong.

In this case, Zhuge Liang does not need to mobilize a large army to Chengdu, he only needs to lead a part of the army all the way south to continuously converge the armies of various counties, and when he arrives in Nanzhong, he will naturally have a large army under his command.

This way of sending troops can also greatly reduce the loss of military rations on the road.

After knowing Zhuge Liang's specific date of dispatch, Liu Bei was silent for a while, and then he warned Zhuge Liang:

"Ma Yan's words are exaggerated and cannot be used, so you should be cautious."

After hearing Liu Bei's warning, Zhuge Liang turned pale and bowed down to receive the order.

And after admonishing Zhuge Liang, he felt that there was no other aspect to tell Zhuge Liang, and Liu Bei fell into silence for a while.

He knew that Zhuge Liang had come to see him today to say goodbye to him.

After all, with his current body, he would not be able to send Zhuge Liang in person five days later.

It's just that when he thought that Zhuge Liang was going to lead the army for the first time, and the expedition was still in the treacherous land of Nanzhong, Liu Bei was a little unhappy.

So in the whole hall next, all that appeared were Liu Bei's teachings.

From encampment to arranging troops, and then from checking and balancing subordinates to the corresponding military law, Liu Bei tried his best to use concise words to teach Zhuge Liang his experience one by one.

Listening to Liu Bei's nuanced teachings, the warmth in Zhuge Liang's heart became more and more vigorous.

In the eyes of the world, it was he Zhuge Liang who made Liu Bei, and because of his achievements, many people will ignore his age and regard him as Liu Bei's peer, but in fact, this is not right.

He and Liu Bei are mutually successful.

And in the days when he got along with Liu Bei, his relationship with Liu Bei was actually similar to that of his father and his son and nephew.

Liu Bei had taught him a lot as an elder in the past, just as he was doing today.

The lord is Zhuge Liang's unique honorific title for Liu Bei.

The lord is the lord, and the prince is a kind of honorific title for the elders in the family, in Zhuge Liang's heart, Liu Bei is not only his lord, but also the elder of the family who taught him to grow up.

Zhuge Liang in this world has not yet beaten the Wei army to cry wolf.

But perhaps when Zhuge Liang achieved such a proud record in history, when the green lantern was lit, Zhuge Liang also hoped that Liu Bei would be proud of him in the spirit of heaven.

Fortunately, there will be no such regrets between Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang in this world.

Zhuge Liang patiently listened to Liu Bei's teachings, but no matter how long the teachings were, there was a moment when they stopped.

When Liu Bei's teachings stopped, Zhuge Liang knew that the time had come, and he bowed to Liu Bei:

"My lord, the minister is leaving."

Listening to Zhuge Liang's words of resignation, Liu Bei had reluctance in his eyes, but he still responded with a surging sound.

After Liu Bei responded, Zhuge Liang took a deep breath and turned around and walked towards the outside of the main hall.

Looking at the back of Zhuge Liang leaving, Liu Bei secretly said in his heart:

"I'm waiting for you in Chengdu to triumph."

With the emergence of this thought, Zhuge Liang's back has disappeared in the main hall.

Pingtang's words can't hide the strong friendship between Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, everything is in plain sight.

Nanzhong, Zhuge Liang came.