Chapter 36: The Pillars

"General! Prime Minister's reinforcements have arrived! All the soldiers shouted frantically at the head of the city almost in an instant, and saw a large banner of recovering the Central Plains from afar, and the former army general was a young general who had never seen before, and a spear in his hand swept over the river and the sea in Zhang He's rear army, a young heroic, as if the stars were descending to earth.

Wang Ping and Gong Jie couldn't suppress their inner emotions at this time, and they knelt down one after another, looking up to the sky and crying: "Finally wait for the prime minister!" We waited for it alive! ”

Although Li Xian already had a thousand words in his chest at this time, he could never show it on his face, he could only grit his teeth and ordered: "Prevent Zhang He from raiding again before withdrawing his army!" Don't let your guard down! In his eyes, he always insisted on looking at Zhang He's army formation, which had gradually retreated to the Chencang crossing.

And Jiang Wei led the front army to kill a while of Zhang He's rear army, and then calmly retreated, pinned it dead at the Chencang crossing, and surrounded by everyone, Zhuge Liang calmly entered the city on a four-wheeled vehicle.

Longcheng.

"Sinner General Li Xian, meet the prime minister!" Li Xian led the three armies to kneel.

Zhuge Liang stood up immediately, and hurriedly supported Li Xiandao with his own hands: "The general is defending Longcheng, the merit of our army, what is the crime?" Look who's coming. ”

Li Xian followed the sound and saw a person walking into the tent, Li Xian saw clearly, it was his father Li Jun, who had suppressed his emotions, but he couldn't hold back anymore at the moment, tears burst out of his eyes, rushed to Li Jun's knees, and cried loudly.

"My son ......." Li Jun couldn't hold back his face and cry for a while, and the three armies in the tent had already cried silently.

"Mr. Li didn't know, that Zhang He scolded under the city every day, not only scolded himself ugly, but also wrote a letter to scold, and in the end he had no choice, and sent a woman's clothes over....." Wang Ping said with tears in his eyes, "Zhang He's guy designed several times, and even killed prisoners in front of the battle, if it wasn't for listening to the general's orders, I would have died on this street pavilion!" ”

Li Jun was stunned at first when he heard this, and then hid his face again and cried: "My son, I have been wronged....."

Li Xian also eased his nerves at this time and stopped his tears: "Dad, why are you here?" ”

Li Jun then said: "Your letter to General Tian was handed over, and General Tian wrote to you, but he didn't receive a reply from you for more than ten days, thinking that you had died in battle, so he sent the letter back." ”

Li Xiandeng was surprised: "The child didn't receive his letter?" ”

Only then did Zhuge Liang shake his feather fan and said: "It's true, General Tian's messenger couldn't get here at all, and he was killed by Zhang He's troops." ”

Zhuge Liang paused for a moment and said: "Two, it is gratifying for the father and son to get together, the prime minister has brought something for the general, Mr. Li will show it to the general." ”

Li Xian was taken aback, what would the prime minister bring to himself, what would it be, and he was also curious, but he saw Li Jun beckoning the sergeant behind him to carry a big flag, and the four big characters on the flag were in the middle.

"Prime Minister.... Prime Minister, what is this? Li Xian was stunned for a moment.

"This is His Majesty's own letter, embroidered by the queen's mother, even General Zilong and General Wenchang have never had such an honor, I hope the general will not forget His Majesty's grace today."

Li Xian immediately cried when he heard this: "The ministers should be smeared with their livers and brains, and drive for Your Majesty!" ”

When Zhuge Liang heard this, he also blocked his face with a feather fan for a while, and he didn't want to see the tears, so he hurriedly helped Li Xian up with one hand: "The general gets up quickly, for the sake of our army, the general suffers this great humiliation, how can he bear it." ”

Wang Ping said at this time: "Prime Minister, since Zhang He has been repelled today, it is a great joy, how can you cry and cry." ”

Zhuge Liang also said with a smile in his eyes: "Okay, you Wang Ping, you cry the most, you go and put up the banner of General Li for the prime minister!" Let those Wei troops see, the mainstay of the Han is here! They didn't lose unjustly! ”

"Yes!" Wang Ping also cried with joy, and immediately went out of the camp gate, and erected the big flag given by the emperor at the highest place at the head of Longcheng City.

"Han Xing, where is the young man?" Zhuge Liang asked.

Li Xian wiped away his tears and said, "Prime Minister, it should be in the barracks." ”

Zhuge Liang's face suddenly changed: "Press it on me!" ”

"Report! Prime Minister, that Ma Tan killed himself at the head of Longcheng City! shouted in his mouth that he had lost the trust of the prime minister, and wished the prime minister's northern expedition to success! ”

"What! Why don't you stop him! Zhuge Liang was taken aback, "I haven't given an order yet, how dare he, how dare he die!" For a moment he sat down on a stool, and then waved his hand to signal the herald to go down.

"Prime Minister......" Li Xian was about to speak, but was stopped by Li Jun, signaled and shook his head, and then stopped speaking.

"That's it, now Yongliang is in my hands, and I will send troops from Longcheng in the near future to take Chen Cang!" Only then did Zhuge Liang settle down.

"Prime Minister, we are already gearing up to avenge our compatriots, as long as the Prime Minister gives an order, our army will definitely move forward!" Gong Jie arched his hand in the tent.

"General don't worry, now that Yongliang has been recovered, all the soldiers will feast in this Longcheng for three days, and see how they can break the enemy!" Zhuge Liang smiled slightly.

Li Xian also understands that there is no more reliable command than Zhuge Liang, a top think tank, at this moment, if there is, it is Sima Yi, but this guy believes that he is at risk.

"Yes! Follow the Prime Minister's orders! ”

"Someone! Go and bring out all the good wine and meat! I want to celebrate with General Li in this city! A toast to the mainstay of my big man! ”

"Yes!" The soldiers below cheered and brought out all the good wine and meat, Li Xian naturally experienced such a long period of more than ten days of perseverance, and was already physically and mentally exhausted, at this time to be able to relax and drink with these soldiers, it is indeed a great luck.

"Boyo, this is the General Hanxing you want to see." At this time, Zhuge Liang brought out the young general who had just turned the river and the sea in the army from the camp.

After Jiang Wei saw Li Xian, he immediately arched his hand and said: "The general is a good plan, although I am a general of the Wei State, I have heard the name of the general, I can't imagine that I am so young." ”

Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "The two of you are of the same age, this is just that this General Hanxing has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he has already honed his skills. ”

When Jiang Wei heard this, he arched his hand and said: "Prime Minister, what the last general admires most in this life is the wise and brave general, not to mention that this is the general who His Majesty and the Prime Minister think are the mainstay." ”

Zhuge Liang shook his head with a smile and said: "Don't be arrogant, you are indeed a material that can be made, and it is not impossible for you to become my great man in time." ”

Jiang Wei arched his hand and said: "Prime Minister Xie Cheng raises love!" Jiang Weiding should do his best. ”

Zhuge Liang nodded with a smile when he heard this, and then asked, "Boyo, now that Sima Yi's reinforcements have arrived from Wancheng, where do you expect him to go?" ”

Jiang Wei thought for a moment and then replied: "Prime Minister Qi, the last general thinks that it should be.... Should it settle down? ”

Zhuge Liang shook his head and replied: "Your answer is right, why are you so unconfident, the next time you are asked by the prime minister, you have to say it with your head held high!" Did you hear me? ”

Jiang Wei immediately arched his hand and said, "Yes!" So Prime Minister, how should we deal with the enemy? ”

Zhuge Liang smiled without saying a word, but kept looking at Jiang Wei, Jiang Wei said: "Prime Minister!" If it is the last general, the last will ambush troops from both sides outside Lieliu City, wait for work, and go straight to the rear of Sima Yi's army from Anding, so that he will not return! ”

Zhuge Liang pinched his beard and smiled: "Okay, good, you can teach!" I have lost my childishness and regained my boyo, what regrets! It is true that the front has been arranged according to your deployment, but the last step did not cut off his rear road, but forced his front army back to Chang'an, so that Zhang He's front army became a lone army. ”

Jiang Wei arched his hand and said: "Could it be that the prime minister's intention is not Sima Yi?" And in Zhang He? ”

Zhuge Liang nodded and said: "Sima Yi is cunning and cunning, if he cuts off his back road, maybe he will fight against the water, and when the time comes, he may not be able to keep his stability, only to leave a way to survive is the best way, so Zhang He will inevitably retreat from Chencang Road, therefore, General Boyo, this so-called general can not only be limited to the victory or defeat of the first battle, but must have the overall situation, this is the gap between you and General Li Xian now, if you can see this, the true appearance will definitely teach you!" ”

Jiang Wei nodded, thanked Zhuge Liang again for his kindness, and then stepped back and started drinking with the soldiers.

Li Xian's camp tent.

"Dad, are you here this time....." Li Xian asked again.

"I can't hide it, after receiving your letter, my father still thought, I still thought.... We will never see each other again...."Li Jun said again.

"Dad, don't be sad, I'm so good here, why are I crying again."

"You've been wronged so much, and you're still fine? If it weren't for the fact that I suddenly received the Prime Minister's handwritten letter and holy decree at home, the family would have even set up a spiritual seat. Li Jun said.

Li Xian also nodded and said: "For the sake of the Han family, it is nothing for the child to suffer this grievance, and I hope that my father will take care of his health." ”

Li Jun didn't say anything, just took out two larger buns from his arms and said: "Your mother said that your favorite Sichuan food before the expedition, there is no way to send it to you, so she wrapped him in the stuffing and brought it over, you just need to set it on the fire for two or three minutes, your brother doesn't have to worry about it, he is planting and grazing cattle in the rear field, you are on the front line every day, your mother almost never closes her eyes, and she gets up in the middle of the night every day to ask when you will go home." ”

"Mother's ....." Li Xian's tears came out of his eyes again, and he took the two steamed buns brought back from Chengdu, in fact, this is not his favorite dish, but this is the Sichuan cuisine closest to the modern taste in this era, so he ate more before the expedition, and his mother wrote it down.

"Good boy! I will tell your mother when I go back, you have grown up, and you are no longer a burden on a family, but a country, if you can really recover Chang'an, you must go to see it for your father, that is the country that my son has recovered, and tomorrow my father will leave for Chengdu, you follow the prime minister, don't forget the grace of Your Majesty today! Under this banner, it is my Li Jiaerlang who stands, remember it for me! ”

"Yes! Father, the child must be remembered! ”

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