Shu Kingdom, Chengdu.

"Minister, please go on the Northern Expedition!"

Liu Chan sat on the top seat, looking at the old general Jiang Boyo who was kneeling in front of him, and his eyes flashed a little dazed.

General Jiang Wei returned to Chengdu, and Liu Chan was very happy and hurriedly summoned his ministers to reward the general.

However, when Jiang Wei appeared in the court meeting, the first thing he said was to ask for another northern expedition.

The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were in an uproar.

There were a few ministers whose faces became extremely ugly, but they only signaled Liu Chan with their eyes, and did not dare to refute in person.

"Your Majesty! I don't think so! ”

At this moment, I saw a minister come out, this person looked resolute, had a long beard, was wide and strong, and was mighty.

His face was very solemn, he glanced at Jiang Wei, who was kneeling down to His Majesty, and then looked at Liu Chan.

"Your Majesty, you can't go on another northern expedition."

"In the last Northern Expedition, General Zhang Wei was killed in battle, with heavy casualties, the treasury was empty, the soldiers were exhausted, and the people complained, this war has not passed for half a year, and now General Wei is going to send troops again, aren't you afraid of causing a civil uprising?!"

Liu Chan frowned and did not speak.

The general who opened his mouth to refute was Zhang Yi, the general of the expedition to the west.

Zhang Yi is the great-great-grandson of Zhang Hao, the Sikong of the Eastern Han Dynasty, his background is still very powerful, and their family is Zhang Budo, and he is the descendant of Zhang Liang.

He is upright, conscientious, brave, and deeply loved by Prime Minister Zhuge Liang, when Zhuge Liang crusaded against Wei, he took him as the former military governor.

Now, he is worshiped as the general of the expedition to the west, stationed on the northern border of Shu Han, and this time he returned to Chengdu with Jiang Wei.

The ministers did not dare to refute Jiang Wei in person, but Zhang Yi dared.

Hearing Zhang Yi's words, many ministers had joy on their faces.

Jiang Wei slowly raised his head.

The old general, Jiang Boyao, is already in his fifties and four this year, six years older than Sima Shi.

"Why did General Zhengxi say this?!"

Jiang Wei stood up and looked at Zhang Yi in front of him.

"In the previous Northern Expedition, although we had casualties, the casualties of the Cao thieves were more than several times!"

"General Dangkou was killed in battle, but the old man also cut off Xu Zhen's head, so that his whole army was annihilated, the army of Cao thieves was defeated, and it was unbearable to fight, we subdued Heguan, Didao, Lintao and other places, and brought the people of the three counties back to Mianzhu and Fanxian to live."

"The loss of war can be compensated for by captured materials! How to say that the treasury is empty? ”

"The soldiers have won consecutive battles, conquered the lost ground, made meritorious achievements, and their morale is high, how can they be said to be exhausted?!"

"When the people learned of the victory, they were overjoyed and clapped their hands to celebrate, how can it be said that they are full of complaints?!"

"The thief Guo Huai is seriously ill, and Chen Tai is just a cowardly villain."

"Sima Shi abolished his monarch, making the thieves within Cao Thief suspicious of each other, and centrifuging up and down, isn't this the best time for our Northern Expedition?!"

When Zhang Yi heard this, he was even more furious.

"Do you want to feed the country by war?! Even if they are victorious, how long will the captured supplies last? Soldiers are victorious in a hundred battles, won't they be tired? As for the people, if you continue to fight like this, they won't even be able to eat, and they will still clap their hands in celebration at that time?! ”

"Guo Huai is seriously ill, but the momentum of Cao thief has not diminished, Chen Tai is cautious, but he is not cowardly! Sima Shi is capable, not weaker than his father! ”

"Do you still want to raise troops for the Northern Expedition?!"

As soon as Zhang Yi said this, many ministers nodded their heads.

Jiang Wei slowly looked at these people, his eyes were extraordinarily calm, and he didn't have any anger.

Liu Chan looked at the two generals under his command arguing like this, and asked with a wry smile: "The two generals have come from afar, how many days will they discuss again?" ”

After Liu Chan finished speaking, he looked at another important minister in the court.

Shang Shuling and general of the town army, Chen Yi.

Chen Yi was much thinner than the two debaters, and looked more elegant.

The ministers of the DPRK and China are actually still a little dissatisfied with Chen You.

After this person ascended to the throne, he openly befriended eunuchs, changed the temple's tendency to attack eunuchs in the past, and had a very good relationship with Huang Hao and others.

Although he was in an opposite state with Cao Wei, Shu Han had also experienced the chaos of the late Han Dynasty after all, and he was also a scholar, so everyone had no good impression of the eunuchs.

Chen's approach gave him a downgrade.

But Chen only didn't care about these things at all.

When he found that the emperor's eyes were on him, Chen Yi stood up.

Jiang Wei and Zhang Yi's eyes fell on him.

"I think we should go on a northern expedition."

Chen Yi opened his mouth.

The ministers widened their eyes again, this Shang Shuling has always been very close to the eunuchs, knows how to please the emperor, and is deeply favored by the emperor, why didn't he see that he was actually a main battle faction? ?

Zhang Yi was even more angry.

"The Northern Expedition for many years, completely ignoring the people in the country, when the prime minister was still there, what was the Han like? What does it look like now?! Do you have to ruin the Prime Minister's hard work?! ”

Zhang Yi shouted angrily.

"Shut !! up"

Jiang Wei's eyes finally moved.

He raised his head and stared straight at Zhang Yi.

Zhang Yi was speechless for a while.

Jiang Wei turned to look at Liu Chan.

"Your Majesty, at the beginning, the prime minister was not alienated because of the background of the generals, promoted and reused, often led by his side, bowed to his own teachings, the world fell, Cao thief usurped the Han, the people were not happy, the prime minister has passed away, but we dare not forget the prime minister's legacy, the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, Kuang Fu Han Dynasty, and return to the old capital"

Jiang Wei spoke in a very calm tone.

Liu Chan couldn't listen to his follow-up words, he just looked at the old general in front of him.

I don't know when it started, and the young general's sideburns also turned gray.

The forehead is covered with wrinkles.

Even his voice became much hoarse.

It's just that there is no change in the eyes, still with sharpness, so sharp.

Jiang Wei was still talking about the Northern Expedition, and Liu Chan just looked at him.

In a trance, Jiang Wei's appearance was gradually overlapping with the appearance of another person.

"The Han and the thief are not separated, and the royal industry is not partial!"

At that moment, Liu Chan suddenly came to his senses.

He looked at the ministers in front of him, and then stood up.

"Northern Expedition !!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!!"

"The old minister will live up to His Majesty's high expectations! Sacrifice your life to serve Your Majesty!! ”

Jiang Wei bowed again.

"Get up, General Wei, I don't want you to give up your strength, and General Wei won't regain his strength, don't take the lead, take care"

Jiang Wei got up and asked, "The matter of the general going out"

Liu Chan waved his hand, "I don't know the soldiers, I rely on the general!" ”

He didn't say much, and when he ended the court meeting directly and let Jiang Wei decide to go on the expedition by himself, he left here in a hurry.

I don't know anything about warfare, so why do I mix it up? Wouldn't it be better to leave this matter to Jiang Wei and them and play with Huang Hao by himself?

Looking at the eunuchs waiting for His Majesty in the distance, the smile on Jiang Wei's face dissipated a little, but he didn't say anything.

Zhang Yi was about to go out angrily, but Jiang Wei grabbed him.

"General."

"How could the Northern Expedition be without you?"

Zhang Yi was still very angry, "This is what the general advocates, I have no talent, how dare I conspire with the general?" ”

"Isn't the general willing to fulfill the Prime Minister's will?"

Jiang Wei asked again.

Zhang Yi fell silent for a moment, he hesitated for a moment, and finally sat back in his place.

Jiang Wei left a few generals behind and let the rest leave.

"General Che Cai, you can go with me this time."

Jiang Wei looked at one of the people in the crowd.

This person is none other than Xiahou Ba, the general of the Shu Han chariot cavalry.

Xiahou Ba is the second son of Xiahou Yuan, and their family also has a background, and it is said that they are the descendants of Xiahou Zao, the car god of the Western Han Dynasty.

When he was young, his father was killed by Shu Han, so he had the idea of revenge, and later he followed Cao Zhen to crusade against Shu, showing great courage and kindness, and won the love of soldiers and people.

But later, he learned that Sima Yi had killed Cao Shuang and cleared the clan, and he was afraid that he would harm himself, so he fled to Shu.

Liu Chan was very happy to see him, and hurriedly comforted him: Your father was killed in the battle by himself, not by my ancestors.

Then he pointed to his son and said: This is also Xiahou's nephew.

Xiahou Ba stayed in Shu like this, and even became a general of chariot cavalry, which was at the same level as Cao Wei's Guo Huai.

Xiahou Ba's father, tall and bear-backed, he is actually quite embarrassed in this Shu Han temple.

Just like Fang Cai, Jiang Wei was a Cao thief, and Xiahou Ba could only keep his head down as if he couldn't hear anything.

He actually came to Shuhan to avoid trouble, and never thought that he could be reused by the other party.

But this Shu Han didn't follow the routine at all, and directly canonized the general of the Che Cai, and now he still wants to take himself to the Wei State together. ? ?

Xiahou Ba looked a little hesitant.

He didn't even know how to respond.

Jiang Wei seemed to know what he was thinking, held his hand, and said seriously: "General, don't worry too much, you are a talented and famous general, and the Northern Expedition depends on you more." ”

Xiahou Ba didn't dare to hesitate any longer, and hurriedly nodded in agreement.

Jiang Wei immediately took them to discuss the specific affairs of the Northern Expedition.

Cao Chao believed that once Jiang Wei learned the news of the discord between Biqiu Jian and Sima Shi, he would definitely send troops to the Northern Expedition.

Actually, this is wrong.

Whether Jiang Wei knows this news or not, he will go on a northern expedition.

The previous two expeditions gave Jiang Wei hope, Fei Yi, who used to contain him, was no longer there, and Shang Shuling supported his Northern Expedition, Jiang Wei believed that now was the best time to crusade against Cao Thief.

"General Che Cai, I heard that Cao Wei took Sima Wang as the general and asked him to assist Chen Tai to fight."

"What kind of person is this Sima Wang?"

Xiahou Ba frowned, "This person has a cautious personality, clear rewards and punishments, strict management of the army, simple and generous, if this person comes to assist Chen Tai, the Northern Expedition, I am afraid it will not be too easy." ”

"Did he make any feats in the past?"

"No, I didn't."

Jiang Wei immediately waved his hand, "Since this is the case, then don't worry too much, this Northern Expedition will definitely win a big victory!" ”