Heavy rain poured down, and the first high tide was ushered in above the Weiping Plain, and a lot of river water began to pour into the low-lying town of Chencang.

Zhuge Liangzhong in the barracks.

"Li Xian!" Zhuge Liang sat in the tent with a serious face, and immediately called out Li Xian.

Li Xian felt that Zhuge Liang seemed to be a little angry, and immediately bowed his hand and said, "Prime Minister! The end will be! ”

"What crime should you be guilty of transferring troops privately and not obeying the general's orders?" Zhuge Liang said angrily.

Li Xian was stunned by the question, so he had to give up his hand and say: "Cheng....Prime Minister? Weekend.....? I was stunned for a while.

Zhuge Liang immediately burst out laughing: "Hanxing, hurry up!" This is a joke for you! Immediately stepped forward to help Li Xian.

"Hanxing's style of play in this battle is really quite the style of the champion Hou of the year." Zhuge Liang laughed again.

Li Xian hurriedly bowed his hand and said: "The prime minister praised it falsely, if it weren't for the prime minister's design to drag Sima Yi, the last general would not have succeeded." ”

Wei Yan suddenly said: "Eh, Hanxing, what are you still modest, that Cao Rui's dragon has been cut down, and everyone has returned to Chang'an, which is a great merit, and now Sima Yi has also detoured to Jingshui to return to Tongguan, according to me, I will simply kill it tomorrow to Guanxia, go and see Hanxing's thief chasing monument, and even Chang'an will be taken." ”

When Zhuge Liang heard this, his eyes closed, and he suddenly opened his eyes and said, "Wen Chang! Don't move lightly, I will, give up Chen Cang, and return to Liangzhou. ”

All the soldiers under the tent were puzzled, and even began to turn their heads and ears, but Wei Yan's eyes were as big as copper bells.

Jiang Wei also took the lead in stepping forward and arched his hand: "Prime Minister, why did you give up such a strong city?" Prime Minister, this is the gateway to Guanzhong? ”

Zhuge Liang smiled and said nothing, and then looked at Wei Yan: "Wen Chang, are you willing to do it?" ”

"Who is willing to get the city? This was earned by many soldiers with their lives! Wei Yan obviously looked unconvinced.

"What about Hanxing? What do you think? ”

"Prime Minister, this year's Weishui rainy season has been advanced by two months, such a heavy rain, Chen Cang is only afraid that there will be a lot of water, and Sima Yi is afraid that he will not directly pick up this pie." Li Xian arched his hand.

Wei Yan and Jiang Wei suddenly looked at the heavy rain outside the tent, and immediately fell into deep thought.

"Then what is Hanxing's plan?" Zhuge Liang also nodded after hearing this, and just asked.

Li Xian was also helpless, so he had to say: "Prime Minister, there is no clever plan in the future, this Sima Yi is extremely good at guarding, and now he is sticking to Tongguan and blocking the road of Chang'an, and our army cannot overcome such a strong pass in a short time." ”

Zhuge Liang also sighed and said, "If it was Cao Zhen who led the troops, why worry so much today!" ”

…….

Inside the Chang'an Palace.

A imperial doctor was taking Cao Rui's pulse, his face was solemn, Cao Zhen under the stairs was pacing back and forth, his face was anxious, and after waiting for a while, he immediately felt impatient and asked, "Okay, how is Your Majesty?" ”

The imperial doctor put away the medicine box unhurriedly and said, "General Zidan, can you take a step to speak?" ”

Cao Zhen immediately stepped back and asked, "Imperial Doctor, how is Your Majesty's health?" ”

The imperial doctor shook his head and said: "General Zidan, Your Majesty's kidney deficiency should be caused by indulgence in lust, plus last night's rain and cold, I took the liberty to ask, Your Majesty has an old disease?" ”

Cao Zhen tried to recall, but replied: "Your Majesty had a lung problem when he was a child, but he was later cured?" Don't scare me, what is the situation with Your Majesty. ”

The imperial doctor just shook his head and said, "General Zidan, Your Majesty needs to recuperate from this illness, but Chang'an should not be able to stay any longer, so it is better to go back to Luoyang as soon as possible to recuperate." ”

Cao Zhen nodded when he heard this, and immediately rewarded some silver coins to let the imperial doctor withdraw.

The imperial doctor left, Cao Zhen immediately pulled out and stood outside the hall waiting for Cao Rui's male pet, and punched the door, and immediately the upper eye sockets began to be red and swollen.

"The general spares his life! The general spares his life! ”

"Lao Tzu beat you brute! If it weren't for you, Your Majesty would be like this! Cao Zhen was furious, obviously not caring whether this was a noble person personally appointed by His Majesty, on the one hand, it may be out of his own overflowing loyalty, and on the other hand, it may be because of his concern for his nephew as an uncle.

"The general spares his life! The general spares his life! The nobleman could only squat down with his head in his hands, how could he afford Cao Zhen's few punches like that.

"General, general, stop quickly, if you break him, Your Majesty is only afraid that he will be punished!" Cao Zhen's deputy general, Fei Yao, hurriedly stepped forward to stop him, for fear that this noble man would be beaten to death by Cao Zhen here.

Cao Zhen scolded while beating, but his eyes were already red, and after being pulled by Fei Yao, he could only raise his head and cry: "There are strong enemies outside, powerful ministers inside, I can't control Zhuge Liang outside, I can't control Sima Yi inside, even this noble person can't be beaten, it's just that, let them go." ”

Seeing that Cao Zhen stopped, Fei Yao's eyes drove him away, Cao Zhen suddenly walked out of the palace as if he had lost his heart, and he didn't care about the heavy rain, so he went straight to a wine shop and sat down.

"Would you like some drinks, General?" Seeing that Xiao Er was dressed like this, he thought that he must be a distinguished guest, so he hurriedly stepped forward.

"Bring me all your best wines! General Ben wants to have a good drink! By the way, there is another storyteller, General Ben wants to listen to a new joke, so tell me that General Ben has money, let him say that General Ben is drunk! Cao Zhen said.

Cao Zhen casually took out a bag of silver coins, threw it over, and the store immediately smiled with a heavy amount of silver, and hurriedly put on his own aging, and called the most famous local storyteller.

The gentleman bowed and said, "I wonder which bibliography the general wants to listen to?" ”

Cao Zhen didn't answer, Wu Zi poured down the three bowls of wine, and said: "Just talk about the latest, the old general Ben is tired of listening to it?" ”

The storyteller looked puzzled and arched his hand: "General, do you really want to listen to the latest?" ”

Cao Zhen said angrily: "It's rambling, do you say it or not?" ”

The storyteller hurriedly apologized and said: "Tell me, don't be angry, don't be angry, don't be angry." ”

The storyteller cleared his throat and said, "Let's say that this time, the name is Guan Yunchang, the white horse beheaded Yan Liang, and the Wu Emperor broke Yuan Benchu..."

"Phew! How many years ago was the old joke? You give me something fresh! Cao Zhen had already drunk three jars of wine, and at this moment the drunkenness had already come up, and asked: "You are all famous generals of the enemy country, and my General Zhang Junyi of Great Wei is not inferior to others, tell me about General Zhang." ”

"Ah, general......" The storyteller seemed to be very hesitant, and this hesitation aroused Cao Zhen's anger even more, Cao Zhen suddenly drew his sword and scolded angrily: "You don't say it, don't say that Lao Tzu cut you!" ”

"Tell me about it! The general spares his life! ”

Cao Zhen put his sword into the sheath and listened quietly.

"This time, Zhang Junyi is fighting in the upper valley...... Let's say that General Zhang He and Li Xian will fight in the valley, and the two spears are turned upside down, the sun and the moon are gone, who knows that Li Xian invited Xu Da, the god of the valley and the mountain above, and Xu Er, the god of Weishui water, to help....."

"Get out!"

Cao Zhen was already in no interest at the moment, a roar completely interrupted the storyteller's rhythm, the storyteller had to leave in disgrace, and Cao Zhen, who had lost his heart after a while, was already drunk on the table, Fei Yao also looked for him at this moment, and immediately asked someone to send Cao Zhen back to the house to sober up.

An hour later, Cao Zhen woke up, but saw that Fei Yao was still waiting for him, so he immediately got up and said, "General Fei, if it's late today, why wait like this." ”

Fei Yao said at this time: "Listening to the general's words during the day, I have a hidden sense of powerlessness, and I am afraid that the general will lose his heart, so I have come to comfort the general." ”

Cao Zhen shook his head and said: "General Fei, you are a loyal and good general of the Great Wei, this general is honest, he has never felt so powerless, now that Zhang He is dead, my military power has also been taken away, and no one can control Sima Yi, this son will inevitably be a big disaster in time, I am afraid that my Cao family will not be protected." ”

Fei Yao shook his head when he heard the words and said: "General, you must not do this idea, Your Majesty is asleep now, but Your Majesty is the hero of the world, now that Zhang He is dead, only the general can control Sima Yi, why should the general be a spectator, then Sima Yi is Zhuge Liang's opponent?" When Sima Yi's army is defeated, the general will come out again to turn the tide, wouldn't it be a great achievement, and how can he say defeat lightly? ”

When Cao Zhen heard this, he instantly cheered up, but turned his head and said, "If it is really as General Fei said, then General Ben doesn't have to be like this." ”

Fei Yao said again: "Then what Sima Yi wants is just a military autonomy, why not let him have military autonomy once, and see him fight with Zhuge Liang in front of the battle, and see who benefits from it." ”

"Hahahaha, okay, General Fei's plan is very clever, why didn't General Ben think of it, in this way, this Sima Yijin is also dead, and retreating is also dead, just wait for him to be exhausted from Zhuge Liang's fight, hahahaha, good, clever plan!" Cao Zhen was overjoyed, and immediately felt energetic again.

"Report! Your Majesty is awake! General Xuan Zidan is here! ”

When Cao Zhen heard this, he immediately became interested, and immediately tidied up his clothes and went to meet the driver.

When he arrived at the palace, he found that Sima Yi was also kneeling below, and the two knelt together.

Cao Rui's face turned pale, and asked: "Xuan you two are here, I have important matters to discuss, and now Zhuge Liang Chen Bing Wuzhang Yuan is in the north, and has reached Tongguan, can the two of you have a way to retreat from the enemy?" Sima Dudu, you say first, cough cough ....."

Sima Yi then raised the wat board and said: "Your Majesty, there is no way to retreat from the enemy now, only to defend according to the danger is the right way, the grain road in Shuzhong is difficult to transport, the land in Liangzhou is barren, and grain is always Zhuge Liang's weakness, as long as he sticks to the spring of the next year, he will send another envoy to lobby Dongwu to make it do his best to attack Yong'an with Jingzhou's troops, so that Zhuge Liang can not take care of each other, and Zhuge Liang will go on his own!" ”

"! I am the great Wei world's hero, how can there be a reason to stick to it without fighting, you obviously want to raise Kou self-respect, Your Majesty, this Sima Yi wolf ambition ....." Cao Zhen hadn't finished speaking, but he saw that Cao Rui was just looking at him all the time, so he didn't say any more.

Cao Rui said: "Sima Dudu's plan was used when Guan Yu came to attack, isn't it afraid that Zhuge Liang will see through it if he uses it again today?" ”

Sima Yi arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, this is a conspiracy, even if Zhuge Liang sees through it, it doesn't matter, once Shu fights on two fronts, the national strength will inevitably collapse, and then you can just wait to reap the benefits." ”

"Is there an envoy for Governor Sima Du?" Cao Rui asked.

"The minister recommends Captain Jiang." Sima Yi replied.

Cao Rui nodded, "Jiang Ji is a scheming person, he has a city government in his chest, and he is very satisfied with this person, I can't think of Sima Dudu, and he can't hide it...."Cao Rui smiled coldly, looked at Sima Yi's own eyes as big as copper bells, and said: "Declare my will, add Cao Zhen as the big Sima....cough... The governor ..... the governor of Yongliang military, Sima Yi as the ..... deputy governor....return to Cao Zhen's moderation, I will return to Luoyang in a few days, and I will be self-respecting! Under... Let's go down. ”

After Cao Rui said this, he collapsed on the hospital bed......