What is the concept of hundreds of thousands of soldiers?

It was a powerful force that could break the river with a whip.

Everyone in the world knows that Cao Wei's national strength is proud of the world, and with their national strength, they can definitely pull up such a huge army.

Of course, ordinary people also know that among the hundreds of thousands of troops advocated by Cao Zhen, the proportion of regular pawns is generally not too high.

But under the base of hundreds of thousands of troops, even if the proportion of regular soldiers is not large, the number of regular soldiers of Cao Wei's southern expedition will not be less.

Because of this judgment, when the news of Cao Zhen's southern expedition spread throughout the city of Chengdu, the hearts of the people in the city of Chengdu suddenly became shaken.

It is good that Liu Bei is in Chengdu, but most of the people in Chengdu are just mortals.

Liu Bei's prestige is useful, but his prestige will not be so great that people can ignore the shocking news that hundreds of thousands of Wei troops are about to overwhelm the realm.

Especially now, Yizhou is the emptiest time in history.

However, the most panicked people in Chengdu are not the courtiers and the people, but the crown prince Liu Chan, who is in charge of state affairs.

Liu Chan will be more panicked than others, and the reason is very simple.

He seriously lacked experience in dealing with critical affairs, and even because Liu Bei protected him too well before, he didn't even have some common sense.

When he saw the content of "Vashu Wen", Liu Chan's first reaction was to really think that Cao Zhen had pulled out hundreds of thousands of pawns to attack Hanzhong.

The miscalculation of the enemy's military strength made Liu Chan fall directly into a panic.

In a panic, Liu Chan subconsciously wanted to seek help from someone he trusted.

But now that Zhuge Liang and Mi Yang are not in Chengdu, who can Liu Chan find?

The voice of a close relative instantly appeared in Liu Chan's mind.

His father and cousin are gone, but his father is still there.

After thinking of Liu Bei, Liu Chan, who was full of panic, gave an order to his close attendant Huang Hao.

He asked Huang Hao to pull an ox cart, and then Liu Chan asked many little yellow men to carry the piles of bamboo slips on this ox cart.

After doing these things, Liu Chan hurriedly commanded Huang Hao to drive the ox cart full of bamboo slips towards Liu Bei's dormitory.

The many bamboo slips on this ox cart were all written to Liu Chan after the minister learned the news of Cao Zhen's large-scale southern expedition in the past few days.

Among the many bamboo slips, some ministers offered what they thought was a strategy to deal with the enemy, but many more ministers were asking Liu Chan to convene a court meeting to discuss countermeasures.

It stands to reason that Liu Bei has issued an edict to let Liu Chan supervise the country, so Liu Chan has the right to convene a great court meeting.

It's a pity that Liu Chan has the power to do it, but he doesn't have the guts.

Sitting high in the clouds and making decisions in the center is something that Liu Chan has never done before, let alone thought about.

Under Liu Chan's personal escort, the ox cart full of bamboo slips soon came to the outside of Liu Bei's dormitory.

And the tiger ben who was on duty outside Liu Bei's dormitory did not stop Liu Chan after seeing that it was Liu Chan who came in person.

There was even a tiger ben who took the initiative to run into the main hall and go to report to Liu Bei.

Liu Chan, who was standing outside Liu Bei's bedroom, saw that someone had already entered the hall to report it, and he felt that Liu Bei would summon him soon.

But what Liu Chan didn't expect was that as time went by, no one in Liu Bei's dormitory came out to take him in.

Unconsciously, Liu Chan had been standing outside the main hall for almost an hour.

In March, although the weather in Chengdu is not yet very hot, the temperature in Chengdu is slowly rising.

The not low temperature coupled with the humid air of Chengdu soon made dense beads of sweat appear on Liu Chan's head.

A sultry feeling surrounded Liu Chan's heart, making his whole mood become more and more impatient.

Just when Liu Chan felt that he should personally send someone into the inner hall to report, Liu Bei's bedroom finally walked out of an inner attendant and came to Liu Chan's side.

After bowing to Liu Chan, the chamberlain was going to take Liu Chan towards the hall.

Liu Chan was overjoyed when he saw this, he wanted to let the little yellow men who came with him pick some bamboo slips on the oxcart to enter the hall with him, but Liu Chan's actions were soon noticed by Liu Bei's chamberlain.

Liu Bei's chamberlain stopped Liu Chan's actions with a sentence:

"Your Majesty only sees the crown prince alone, but not others, other things."

Hearing Liu Bei's meaning, Liu Chan no longer insisted.

Anyway, he had read most of the contents of the bamboo slips on the ox cart, and as long as he saw Liu Bei, he could relay the content to Liu Bei.

So Liu Chan obediently followed behind Liu Bei's chamberlain and entered Liu Bei's bedroom.

The sun is shining outside the hall, and the sunlight shines through the windows of the main hall from the outside, illuminating the entire hall.

With the help of good lighting, the moment Liu Chan stepped into the hall, he saw Liu Bei lying on the imperial couch.

Liu Chan looked over and felt that Liu Bei's complexion had improved a lot, which made his heart settle down a bit.

Liu Chan hurriedly drove to Liu Bei's couch, bowed deeply to Liu Bei and said:

"Son greets Father, Holy Bow."

Liu Chan did not claim to be a minister in front of Liu Bei, which means that he is now simply asking Liu Bei for peace as a son.

Liu Chan is a son that Liu Bei only got after most of his life, and Liu Bei naturally had a lot of love for Liu Chan in the past.

Under the meticulous pampering, although Liu Bei and Liu Chan are both royal people, the relationship between the two is very close, no different from ordinary father and son.

And with Liu Bei's favor for Liu Chan, in the past, Liu Chan came to Liu Bei as a son to ask for peace, and Liu Bei was usually very happy.

But today is different.

Liu Bei looked at the eldest son he had high hopes for, and after faintly replying "Zhen'an", he stopped speaking.

Liu Bei's silence suddenly made Liu Chan a little embarrassed.

In the past, when he saw Liu Bei, Liu Bei would take the initiative to talk to him and teach him some ways to be a king from time to time.

So originally Liu Chan planned to ask Liu Bei for help when Liu Bei taught him as usual.

This may be a little obscured by his true intentions.

It's just that Liu Bei's behavior is different from his usual behavior now, but it makes Liu Chan suddenly embarrassed.

said that it would seem that he was incompetent, and it would inevitably disappoint Liu Bei.

If you don't say it, how is this possible?

Hundreds of thousands of enemy troops took advantage of the situation, Hanzhong was in danger, and in this extremely dangerous situation, Liu Chan had already lost his six gods and was in a panic.

It can even be said that if Mi Yang was not still in Hanzhong, Liu Chan's heart would be inclined to give up Hanzhong temporarily.

Liu Chan's idea was very simple, now the Wei army took advantage of the emptiness of Yizhou to invade.

Then it is better to temporarily avoid the edge of the Wei army and let the Liangzhou army retreat into the Sword Pavilion to hold on.

As long as the Wei army is not allowed to enter Yizhou, then the loss of Hanzhong will not be too important.

It's a big deal to wait for Yizhou to recover in the future, and then send troops to recapture Hanzhong.

The Wei army led by Cao Cao himself back then could not hold Hanzhong, let alone Cao Zhen?

Knowing his son Mo Ruo's father, although Liu Chan was deliberately concealing his inner emotions, Liu Bei still saw the clues from Liu Chan's face.

"Are you scared?"

Leng Buding, this sentence suddenly came out of Liu Bei's mouth.

And it was this sentence that frightened Liu Chan and hurriedly raised his head, but after he met Liu Bei's eyes, he subconsciously lowered his head.

Because Liu Bei said the true emotions in his heart that he had always wanted to deliberately hide.

What a panic, shock, he was actually afraid of the hundreds of thousands of Wei troops pressing the border.

When a person feels scared, he subconsciously thinks of the people closest to him and wants to get their help to seek security.

Seeing that Liu Chan's face changed greatly after hearing his words, Liu Bei's calm eyes gradually disappeared.

Instead, there was a deep sense of disappointment.

Although Liu Bei has not come out to deal with government affairs on the surface during this period of time, with his control over the entire court, even if he is in the deep palace, he can also know the changes in the outside world well.

Liu Bei saw the letter of "Vashu Wen" earlier than Liu Chan.

Of course, when this letter of "Cutting Shu Wen" caused an uproar in Chengdu, Liu Bei has also been silently watching the development of the situation.

The Wei army would send hundreds of thousands of troops to the south, which was also quite surprising to Liu Bei.

However, this battle was not enough to scare Liu Bei.

Hundreds of thousands of Wei troops marched south, this kind of thing Liu Bei had already experienced twice before this.

But the recent turmoil in Chengdu made Liu Bei faintly worried.

And this kind of worry suddenly reached the extreme in Liu Bei's heart today.

This is due to Liu Chan's performance today.

"The prince of the dignified Han Dynasty, in the face of the pressure of a strong enemy, was at a loss, without any responsibility, and personally escorted the ministers to the outside of my dormitory.

What country are you in prison? ”

When he said this, Liu Bei's tone had become quite harsh.

From Liu Bei's education arrangements for Liu Chan, it can be seen that Liu Bei's expectations for Liu Chan are very high.

There is a very important reason why he plans to let Liu Chan supervise the country this time, and he really hopes that Liu Chan can make some achievements, so that his prestige among the ministers can be initially established.

Liu Bei trusts Zhuge Liang and Mi Yang very much, and he does plan to make Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei, and Mi Yang auxiliary ministers in the future.

However, the auxiliary minister is not the minister of the government, and the difference of one word represents what position the king should be in in the future in the government and the opposition.

And the key to the position is the performance of the king before he succeeds to the throne.

But how is Liu Chan doing today?

It can be described in four words: terrible.

"The crown prince of the prison country has a status like an emperor.

Are you just using your performance to show the people of the world?

How do you think your subjects will feel when they see your performance today? ”

Liu Bei's two consecutive rhetorical questions made Liu Chan, who was already panicked, almost kneel down in fright.

Liu Bei had never been so stern in front of him.

The reason why Liu Bei was so strict with Liu Chan today was because he knew that although the palace was where he lived, it had long been full of the eyes of various forces inside and outside.

In less than one day, Liu Chan's behavior today will spread.

And as Liu Bei said, Liu Chan, as the current ruler of the Han Dynasty, once his performance that can be called fear spreads, it will inevitably make the already turbulent hearts of the people in Chengdu even more uneasy.

The battle of defending Hanzhong was originally a battle to defend the hearts of the people.

But no matter how well Mi Yang does, if Yizhou in the rear has a problem first, then Hanzhong will be difficult to save the immortals.

Liu Bei has been fighting for most of his life, and the majesty on his body is very deep, and he did not apply his majesty to Liu Chan in the past.

But now under the anger, the majesty on Liu Bei's body has been released.

Liu Chan's mind was not strong, and under Liu Bei's majestic shock, he didn't last long before kneeling down.

No matter how stupid Liu Chan is, he knows that he should confess to Liu Bei in time now.

Now Liu Bei is no longer his father, but the supreme emperor.

The words of accusation came out of Liu Chan's mouth with a panicked tone, and every time Liu Chan said a word, he kowtowed to Liu Bei.

Today, he was really scared by Liu Bei.

Seeing that Liu Chan was about to cry in fright, Liu Bei sighed heavily in his mouth.

The Han family is not without precedent for abolishing the crown prince.

But he currently only has three sons under his knees, and the other two sons are only in their prime years.

If he is prosperous in the Spring and Autumn Period, it is not that he can't choose the virtuous, but he is already dying, how can he have time to wait for the two sons to grow up, and then look at their virtuous people?

The country is dependent on Changjun, although Liu Chan is very uncompetitive, but Liu Bei has no other choice.

After sighing heavily, Liu Bei still couldn't bear Liu Chan's constant deduction of his mistakes after all, his tone softened a little, and said to Liu Chan:

"Get up."

Liu Bei's words were like a heavenly sound, which made Liu Chan stop kowtowing in an instant.

But when he stood up, Liu Bei found that Liu Chan's face was already full of tears.

Seeing this, the unbearable in Liu Bei's heart became more and more serious.

If you think about it carefully, Liu Chan is only sixteen years old this year.

Maybe I expect too much from him.

Liu Bei temporarily revealed Liu Chan's mistakes today, and he said to Liu Chan:

"You don't have to show me those bamboo slips, I don't have to look at them to know what the bamboo slips are about.

As long as Hanzhong does not lose it, the hearts of those who are boiling will have the day when they will calm down. ”

Between the three words, Liu Bei broke through the essence of the boiling discussions inside and outside Chengdu today.

After saying this, Liu Bei continued: "At the moment, Yizhou is empty, and I really can't draw troops to support Hanzhong, but Jingzhou still has some troops to use. ”

"Tomorrow, you will issue an edict to Shang Shutai and ask them to send an edict to Jingzhou, and the content of the edict is to let Jingzhou Mu lead the army north to garrison troops in Yiyang County.

In this way, it may involve Sima Yi's army in Wancheng and prevent the enemy army from completely forming a situation of encirclement. ”

"In addition, you send an envoy to Jiangdong again, so that the envoy's words can deter Sun Quan and make him not act rashly.

As long as the anti-Wei and Jiangdong do not unite, the situation is not the worst. ”

After saying these two points, Liu Bei finally solemnly instructed Liu Chan:

"It's all going to be done in your name!"

Liu Bei's two arrangements, although they can't help Mi Yang defeat the Wei army, can also relieve Mi Yang's pressure to a certain extent, and they are two good arrangements.

And the reason why Liu Bei wanted to name these two arrangements in the name of Liu Chan is also simple, that is, he hopes to save some prestige for Liu Chan.

After ordering these two points, Liu Bei's face showed fatigue and asked Liu Chan to retreat.

After Liu Chan left, Liu Bei took out a letter from his arms, which was urgently sent from Liangzhou by Mi Yang yesterday.

In his letter, Mi Yang informed Liu Bei of all his arrangements in Liangzhou.

And after knowing Mi Yang's arrangement, Liu Bei was very pleased that Dahan could have such a courtier.

In addition to being relieved, Liu Bei remembered Liu Chan's performance, and under the strong contrast between the two, Liu Bei, who was depressed, couldn't help coughing violently.

After finally stabilizing his cough, an idea suddenly popped up in Liu Bei's heart:

He couldn't see Liu Li and Liu Yong when they grew up, but Zhuge Liang and Mi Yang could.

Since this is the case, thinking of this, Liu Bei closed his eyes and pondered.

After pondering for a long time, Liu Bei slowly opened his eyes, and his eyes had returned to calm.

In the lonely dormitory, Liu Bei unfolded Mi Yang's letter again, and when he saw the last sentence written by Mi Yang, Liu Bei's face showed a smile.

"People are panicking, so let's try to see whose family is in the world today!"

This kid, the writing is still as good as ever.

(End of chapter)