Chapter 32: Preparing for War

When he saw his father, he was supporting himself in bed, walking slowly with the support of the palace maid, and his muscles were weakened greatly by months of bedridden. Wu sat on the side and carefully peeled lotus seeds for him to eat. At this time, Wu had been officially canonized as a princess. Her stomach is very competitive, and in the past two years, she has given birth to two sons for her father, who is over sixty years old, which is much stronger than Sun Shangxiang.

I don't know what this young woman thinks of me, whether she sees me as a thorn in her side, but she always smiled and seemed very kind to me. But my wariness of her has never diminished.

I bowed to Wu and stepped forward to help my father. Wu didn't wait for me to speak, and then led the people to retreat. Since my father's illness, I have taken over the affairs of the palace, except for a few personal palace maid guards, that is, the Wu family, and I can't approach my father's side at will, because I have to report to my father about the important military affairs, and women can't observe.

At this time, although the father can move, he is wooden, and his feet are very vain. I took over and helped him, and his nine-foot height fell on me, which made me feel extremely strained, but I still gritted my teeth to support it. He said, "Father, you are much better. ”

"It's much better, the diet is okay, I just want to sleep all the time." said and yawned, "I'm old, in this life, I fought on horses, where have I been in bed for so long." ”

I smiled and said, "My father works hard for the country, he should also rest and rest, take care of his body, and he is still a hero who can go into battle." ”

Father's eyes were red: "Go into battle and fight...... Battle...... Thinking back then, the three heroes fought against Lu Bu, what a heroic warrior it was. Pity your second uncle, who was harmed by Sun Quan, this revenge will not be avenged, how can I feel at ease! If this revenge is not avenged, how can I face your third uncle and Guan Ping's child! ”

How can it be better, so I will mention this matter again. I hurriedly said: "Father, it was Lu Meng who killed the second uncle, he is already dead, and the legend is that he was chased by the second uncle and died, and this revenge is also avenged." ”

"He's dead, Sun Quan is still alive! Jingzhou is still in his hands! If you don't destroy Dongwu, I swear not to be a person! ”

"Father, take the medicine, after taking the medicine, my son has one more thing to ask."

Put the bowl to his father's mouth, feed him to serve, and then mention the matter of going north. My father shook his head and said, "I'm so sleepy, I'm going to sleep, you can consult with the three ministers." ”

I helped him to sleep, watched him fall asleep, put out the candle, and gently withdrew. Then I inspected the palace guard, found the one who had been beaten, and sent him some medicine for his wounds, and the guard lay on the ground and wept bitterly and confessed, and I comforted him with kind words. Then he said to everyone: "When my father is sick, I can't be disturbed, and in the future, even the princess will reduce the number of visits, and others are not allowed to be alarmed, do you know?" The guards nodded repeatedly.

I decided to make my own decisions about attacking Yongliang and Liangzhou.

"My father asked me to discuss this matter with the three elders." In the court, I said sincerely. Xu Jing didn't speak, although he was the Taifu and the first important minister in the court, he knew that military affairs were not his forte, so he set his sights on Fa Zheng and Kong Ming. Fa Zheng is in charge of military affairs, and Kong Ming is the first powerful minister under his father, although the position is not the highest, but he is the real core of Shu Han, in charge of military affairs. Kong Ming only smiled indifferently and did not speak. I know that he had already figured out what I was going to do, and he was waiting for me to convince Fa Zheng.

"Yong, Liang Erzhou, the meaning of the lord before he fell ill is to take Jingzhou." Fa Zheng really said.

"Yes," I nodded, "but there are priorities. Cao Wei, the national enemy, the Eastern Wu people, the family hatred, at this time, the Eastern Wu army is flourishing, it may be difficult to compete. And Yongzhou has Chang'an in my hands, Liangzhou is chaotic, although Cao Wei is there, the people's hearts are not attached, the third uncle and Ma Chao took the solid mountain, Cao Hong retreated to Tianshui, if I rush to attack Longxi with a division and enter Liangzhou, then I can immediately get tens of thousands of iron horses. ”

Fa Zheng was attracted by my thoughts, he thought about it carefully, and finally shook his head and said, "No, if you want to achieve such an effect, you must use one person, and this person, as the lord once said, must not be used. ”

"You said Ma Chao?"

"Yes, it's Ma Chao. Cao Cao once said, 'If the horse does not die, I have no place to bury.' 'Who can get this word in the world, except Ma Mengqi, who else? In the battle of Weishui, Cao Mengde cut his beard and abandoned his robe, embarrassed, who in the world could make Cao Gong embarrassed to such a field? This person is unruly and difficult to train, when he saw the lord, he also tried to call 'Xuande', the three generals were angry, and they almost drew their swords to each other, and they changed their words. Let's ask such a dragon among men, Encore will make it return to the sea? What's more, he has a deep hatred in Liangzhou, once he commands the army, he is afraid that he will kill a river of blood, but he will not be able to win the hearts of the people. ”

I thought about it carefully and finally said: "This day Ma Chao is no longer the old Ma Mengqi. I can't guess that such a talent is idle. Moreover, Ma Mengqi and Cao Cao do not share the hatred of the sky, even if they have different intentions, they can also help me, as much as Liangzhou belongs to Cao Wei. Such a good general, trapped in a place, is like an eagle in a cage, and he will not die for a long time. Besides, if I treat him sincerely, he may not be able to rebel, and as for whether he will kill or not, I will negotiate with him directly. ”

Fa Zheng said: "This matter is too big, it is better to make a decision after the lord recovers." ”

"Once the opportunity is long, there is no reason to look for it. If my father is to blame, I deserve it. It seems that Fa Zheng is still afraid of taking responsibility, and in desperation, I picked up this heavy responsibility, and the view is no longer speaking, that is, recognition, so I continued: "This time I will go north, I will personally go out!" What does the military advisor think? "I can't let a great talent like Kong Ming watch my one-man show from the side and point the finger at him.

Kong Ming waved his feather fan: "The young master has a conclusion in his heart, why do you need to ask Liang." He dipped the handle of the fan in water and drew on the table: "This Yi, Yong, and Liang three states are illustrated, and I have taken Yizhou and Yongzhou alongside." Jingzhao Chang'an is already in my hands, looking at Tongguan in the east, controlling the wind in the west, and Zhao Yun and Pang De are guarded, and the prestige is far and wide, and the counties are very numerous. However, the soldiers of Chang'an, can be held and cannot be moved lightly, Cao Jun according to Tongguan, 100,000 Jingguan, lying on the pillow, ready to go. Although Cao Zhang led the army east to compete for the storage position, there were Zhang He's generals guarding here, and it was not easy to pull it out. Wei Yan according to Hanzhong, Zhang Fei Shou Langzhong, Li Yan Shou Jianwei, Meng Da Shou Shangyong, Ma Chao Shou Wudu, Yizhou Xinding, the people's hearts are not attached, the army moves lightly, there will be trouble, Jingzhou is newly defeated, the lord is sick, and the army is unstable. Cao Cao's death, although there was great benefit, but he died earlier. If after the period of the year, our army is proficient in soldiers and horses, grain and grass have been prepared, between the ten months, you can take Yongliang, but at this time, the number of wins and losses between me and him is only between five and five. ”

"There are five or five of the fierce soldiers, which is enough." As I listened, I felt a chill in my heart. My father attacked Eastern Wu, and the number of troops reached 750,000, although it was an imaginary number, but it was also a large number of soldiers, why did I want to raise troops, but there were so few people. Thinking about it, in fact, there are not a few people, but the development has been too fast in the past two years, and the place is too big, so there are not enough people, not to mention, Jingzhou alone, was lost by Guan Yu nearly seventy or eighty thousand soldiers and horses. However, although our army is not much, Yongliang Erzhou is not much stronger, and the situation is very good at this time, if you don't use it, it's a pity. Thinking about it, I suddenly remembered a joke and couldn't help but laugh to myself first.

Kong Ming said: "Why is the young master laughing, but what did Liang say wrong?" ”

I hurriedly said, "No, no, no, it's Zen himself who thought of a joke." The turtle is a thief and a snail. The snail is white in the house, the government official ordered Chen Qiqing, and the snail chief said: The time is too fast, I can't see it! ”

Kong Ming and Xu Jing laughed, and even the somewhat old-fashioned Fa Zheng couldn't help but say: "Yes, we are the turtle, although we climb slowly, we can also rob snails that are slower than us!" ”

Stopping laughing, Kong Ming continued: "Beiding Yong, cool, can go out of Qishan ......"

After three days of meticulous research, the candidate for the north was finally determined. I will take the army myself and my father with me. If we succeed, we will stabilize Chang'an and recover Yongliang, if we fail......

I don't think I'm going to fail, because if I fail in all these good situations, then I'm going to just go down.

Shu Han is in its heyday. Although Jingzhou was lost, the internal management was more coordinated (I think it's too much of a bastard?). ）。 Guan Yu is too strong, his existence has affected the unity within Yizhou, he competes with Ma Chao, argues with Huang Zhong, and raises himself too high, so he will have this defeat (I say this without conscience?). ）。 Due to my existence, although Jingzhou was lost and most of the troops were lost, the generals had almost no losses except for Guan Yu, Zhao Lei and Fu Shiren. And because of our failure, whether it is Cao Wei or Eastern Wu, they will have a contempt for us, which makes our sortie sudden.

At this time, Cao Cao's four sons competed for the throne and had no time to take care of anything else. As soon as Dongwu took over Jingzhou, he was busy with internal digestion, on the one hand to guard against the eastward advance of our army, and on the other hand to guard against the southern invasion of Cao's army.

In this battle, in military terms, Sun Quan and Lü Meng were victorious, and even, when Guan Yu had already escaped, Lü Meng could still take hundreds of light horsemen to catch up with us day and night, and a generation of heroes who were forced to commit suicide in a few words. This is of course Guan Yu's personality shortcoming, but it also fully reflects Lu Mengqi's accurate grasp of the battlefield and the enemy. I asked myself, even if I was in a good position with Lu Meng, with the advantage of knowing the history that I once had, I would definitely not be able to do better than him.

Strategically, however, Sun Quan did not gain much from gaining Jingzhou, he had completely exposed himself to the pressure of Cao Wei's army in the north, and there would be no one to help him again. When Cao Wei's internal stability is achieved, the pressure on him will increase greatly.

Today, the Yongliang Erzhou we are facing is like a delicious meal with an attractive fragrance, and there is no one who can stop us from moving forward. If these two states can't be fought at this time, then what war will be fought in the future?

Everything is quietly and nervously deployed. Instructions were quickly spread in the army, paper documents were quickly passed between the state capitals, and groups of soldiers gathered in Hanzhong from different places.

I don't want to go out of Qishan six times, and I don't want to cut down the Central Plains nine times.

For me, as soon as the battle starts, it's a decisive battle!