"Quickly give me the prince's handwriting!"

Liu Bei said impatiently.

When the internal official heard this, he immediately handed the prince's handwritten book to Liu Bei with both hands.

Holding it in front of him, Liu Bei looked at it carefully.

After a while, Liu Bei's face showed a look of great joy.

"Hahaha~"

I saw him laugh twice first, and then said to Zhuge Liang and Fa Zheng: "The time for the Northern Expedition may really come!" ”

The timing of the Northern Expedition?

Zhuge Liang and Fa Zheng glanced at each other, and both had doubts in their hearts.

After His Majesty finished reading His Highness's handwriting, why did he have the opportunity for the Northern Expedition?

Could it be that the content in a handwritten book is so powerful?

Liu Bei saw the puzzled look on the faces of Fa Zheng and Zhuge Liang, and immediately handed over the handwritten book in his hand and said, "As soon as you look at it, it will be clear. ”

Zhuge Liang and Fa Zheng were skeptical, but they still picked up the handwritten book and studied it carefully.

After looking at it for a while, Zhuge Liang said: "If it is the plan of His Highness, maybe there is really a plan for the Northern Expedition." ”

Fa Zheng also nodded on the side.

"This is a plan to repair the plank road in the dark, if you use this plank, it may be really possible!"

"Still."

After the initial happiness, Zhuge Liang's brows suddenly furrowed again.

"Your Highness, if this plan can be successful, it will naturally be the best, but the probability of success is not high, and the difficulty of operation is too great."

Fa Zheng reminisced for a moment, nodded on the side, and said: "Ming Xiu plank road dark Chen Cang, although this plan is good, but Wei State may not be fooled, and if Wu State is unbearable to provoke, and my Han attack, it is self-defeating, even if the Wei army marches south, there are still nearly 100,000 troops in Guanzhong, stationed here, and pacifying Guanzhong within three months, it is not a simple matter." ”

Although among the 100,000 troops in Guanzhong, only half were soldiers, and the rest were either auxiliaries or state and county soldiers, and their combat effectiveness was worrying.

But, after all, that's also an army of 100,000.

"Even if my Han mobilizes the troops of Chengdu, Langzhong, and Hanzhong, the total is only about 40,000 people, which is not a superior force, and it will be pacified within three months, and this time is not on our side!"

Hearing this, the smile on Liu Bei's face gradually disappeared.

It was to transfer the main force of the Wei army to the south, and the 100,000 troops in this pass were not something he could deal with.

This.

Why is this great cause of reviving the Han dynasty so difficult?

Seeing Liu Bei's disappointed appearance, Zhuge Liang said on the side: "Now my big man is a weak man who fights strong with weakness, and weak is not invincible to the strong. If the national strength is not as good as that of Wei, then it will not be able to raise troops, so how can His Majesty's great ambition to revive the Han dynasty be realized? ”

The Wei State occupies the Central Plains, with many people, vast land, and countless talents.

Even today's Han occupies Jingzhou and Yizhou, which is not as good as Wei.

But if it's not as good as Wei, you can't defeat Wei?

Of course not.

Liu Bei immediately understood what Zhuge Liang meant, and immediately clapped his hands and said: "There is a saying in the Tao Te Ching: if you are weak, you can win over the strong; soft, can be rigid; Quiet; I can brake! Although the national strength of our Great Han is not as strong as that of Wei, it is much stronger than Wei in other places. ”

Zhuge Liang echoed on the side: "It is not impossible to go to the Northern Expedition to Wei, capture Guanzhong, and return to the old capital. Emperor Gao defeated Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, and His Majesty knew about it. Han Gaozu was more intelligent, and although Xiang Yu was strong, he was defeated in the end. From this point of view, the Northern Expedition to Wei is likely to be successful. Your Majesty has ten wins and ten defeats! ”

Ten wins and ten defeats?

Liu Bei immediately gasped and asked, "Which ten wins and ten defeats?" ”

Zhuge Liang immediately talked eloquently and said: "First, Your Majesty is the blood of the Han family, and my Han is the orthodoxy of the Han family, and the people's aspirations; Your Majesty conforms to nature, why not worry about this world, why can't you worry about Guanzhong? This is the first one, Dao Sheng. ”

Second, Cao Pi is magnanimous on the surface but jealous on the inside, and he is also suspicious of the people he uses; And His Majesty looks easy and simple on the surface, but he is clever in his heart, and he is not suspicious of employing people, as long as he is talented, he will boldly use him, regardless of relatives and distance, this is the second one, Du Sheng. ”

"Third, Cao Pi likes to bluff and does not know the essentials in the use of soldiers; And His Majesty has led the troops for many years, far more than Cao Pi, and the prince is extremely martial, he can win more with less, and use soldiers like gods, our army trusts His Majesty and His Royal Highness, and the enemy is afraid of my Han Heavenly Soldiers, this is the third article, martial victory. ”

"Fourth, although there are many talents in the Wei State, they cannot make the best use of their talents, and the monarch cannot plan far ahead, even if he has a plan, he cannot use it immediately; And my big man has a plan to implement it immediately, and can adapt endlessly, this is the fourth point, to win. ”

"Fifth, now that Wei is in the Ming, Wu is the bait, and my Han is in the dark, attacking it with strange tricks, Wei will definitely not be able to prevent it, this is the fifth article, win the game!"

"Sixth, although there are many soldiers in Guanzhong Wei, but most of them are barbarians, that is, the Han people, and their hearts are also to Your Majesty, and they have no intention of serving the pseudo-Wei, and Cao Pi's brother Cao Zhang buys people's hearts, although there are many soldiers in Guanzhong, but my Han army will inevitably destroy the withering and decaying, breaking the pass in March, it is not an impossible thing, this is the sixth article, Ming Sheng!"

As soon as Zhuge Liang opened his mouth, he really spat out the Milky Way, and he didn't mean to stop at all, it was Fa Zheng on the side, and his face showed admiration.

When it comes to this kind of kung fu, the ten Fazheng are not as good as one Zhuge Kongming.

It is worthy of being a person who fights the Confucianism in the Jiangdong court, the name of the person, the shadow of the tree, is not groundless!

After ten wins and ten defeats, Liu Bei's confidence in his heart was even stronger.

"With Kong Ming's meaning, you can prepare for the Northern Expedition now?"

Zhuge Liang nodded and shook his head again.

"Yes, you have to prepare, but you can't prepare openly."

Can't prepare openly?

Sneaking in?

Liu Bei was surprised.

But how can this come secretly?

If you want to prepare for the Northern Expedition, mobilize a large army, raise grain and grass, prepare horses and fodder, and equip armor and bows.

This movement is definitely not trivial.

"Since Your Highness wants to act, then we naturally have to cooperate."

Cooperate?

Liu Bei said: "How to cooperate? ”

Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "There are 100,000 Wei troops in the pass, that's still too much, how to make the Wei State think that there is no danger in the pass, and the heavy troops in this pass will naturally be transferred." ”

100,000 people, even if not 100,000 soldiers, is still too much for the Han army of the Northern Expedition.

If Wei can be transferred some, this will naturally be the best.

After all, an army of 100,000 cannot be supported by Guanzhong.

Sili, Qingzhou, Yuzhou and other places are needed to support grain and grass.

If Guanzhong is worry-free, Wei must want to transfer this part of the surplus troops to the south to conquer Zang Ba.

"It's just. How could Wei feel that Guanzhong was not in danger? Do you want to call Wei Yan back? ”

Wei Yan is now the governor of Hanzhong, and he is training troops in Tuntian, Hanzhong, and he has done a good job.

The military department also had a lot of activities in Guanzhong and did a lot of things.

"Recalling Wei Yan is too obvious, Cao Pi will hesitate. His Majesty's plan is to pretend to be seriously ill, and as for the mobilization of soldiers and soldiers, it is for the purpose of repairing the imperial mausoleum, which is the best and most suitable way to dispel the doubts of the Wei State. ”

After Liu Chan, the prince of Han, arrived in Jiangling, Liu Bei of Chengdu became seriously ill.

Who will come to the Northern Expedition?

There was simply no one who could go on a northern expedition.

Isn't that worry-free?

As for the mobilization of soldiers, requisition of grain and grass?

That's also a good explanation.

The emperor is about to make a big trip, and the imperial mausoleum has not yet been built, and it is necessary to build the imperial mausoleum in the shortest possible time according to the emperor's specifications, which naturally requires the mobilization of a lot of manpower and material resources.

Tens of thousands of people were requisitioned, which is completely understandable.

"Build the Imperial Tomb?"

Liu Bei immediately understood what Zhuge Liang meant.

The construction of the imperial tomb required manpower and material resources, which could cover up the rumors of the preparations for the Northern Expedition.

Other than that

He is not feeling well, which is already a matter known to both the government and the public.

On the Wei side, he already knew about it.

Hearing the news that he was about to burp, Cao Pi would definitely not doubt it.

"This plan works!"

In order to revive the Han Dynasty, it is to pretend to be a patient, so what's the matter?

"So do it!"

Zhuge Liang was not surprised by Liu Bei's reaction.

But he shook his feather fan lightly and said on the side: "Your Majesty, whether you can go on a northern expedition depends on the reaction of Wu Guo, and after His Highness arrives in Jiangling, our strategy can be launched." ”

It's still the same sentence.

Strange tricks, you can only use them once.

If you don't succeed once, if you want to succeed again next time, it will be extremely difficult.

It's not even possible anymore.

See how Wu reacts?

Dressed in the emperor's robe, Liu Bei's eyes suddenly became sharp.

His eyes seemed to be looking in the direction of Wu Guo, and that look seemed to say: Zhongmou! You are also the lord of a country, you are a man, just be hard once!

Thousands of miles away in the country of Wu.

Jianye.

In the palace of King Wu.

Huo Yi, who was dressed in the robe of the envoy of the Han Dynasty, held the envoy in his hand, looked at Sun Quan expressionlessly, and his words were sonorous and powerful.

"Although the king of Wu agreed to the request of my Han, but my Han monarchs and ministers all thought that there was fraud in it, and the words of the king of Wu were not credible, if you want to win the trust of my Han, you must agree to the following two conditions.

First, send Sun Deng, the prince of Wu, to Chengdu as a hostage.

Second, buy 3,000 horses for my big man. ”

Send quality, buy a horse?

"How much does the Han envoy deceive people?"

Sun Quan hadn't opened his mouth yet, but Xu Sheng, who was grumpy on the side, couldn't stand it anymore.

"I have already agreed to your excessive request, and now I don't know how to meet it, I think your Han Kingdom is going to start a war with my Wu Kingdom, but if there is a war, I Jiangdong Warrior, am I afraid that you can't do it?"

Xu Sheng rolled up his sleeves above the court at this moment, picked up the wat board in his hand, and was about to greet Huo Yi.

Is it tolerable or unbearable!

Zhuge Jin and the others immediately stepped forward and hugged Xu Sheng tightly.

"General Xu, no!"

"Wen Xiang can't mess around!"

"Don't spoil the overall situation of Wu Kingdom!"

Everyone said a word, and finally pulled this stubborn cow down.

"Does the envoy think that Lone is really afraid of war?"

Xu Sheng calmed down, but at the highest point of the main hall, there was a chilling sound.

Sun Quan, who was sitting on the throne, stared at Huo Yi below.

After saying this murderous sentence, he did not say another word.

Like a silent basalt, suppressing the churning waves in the heart. His face was resolute like a carving knife, and his eyes were as deep as a cold pool, flashing with a cold light, as if he could see into the abyss of people's hearts. The dragon pattern on the royal robe loomed in the candlelight, like a real dragon churning in the clouds, showing his unbeatable majesty.

Sun Quan clenched the armrest of the throne with both hands, his knuckles slightly white, as if he was trying to restrain the anger in his heart. The air around him seemed to freeze, and even the slightest breathing sound seemed so harsh. The whole palace was shrouded in his silent rage, like the calm before the storm.

Although he didn't say a word, Sun Quan's majesty had already permeated the entire hall, and no one dared to look directly at him. The courtiers in the main hall bowed their heads and even breathed carefully, for fear of angering the king, who was not angry and arrogant.

"Huh."

The courtiers of the state of Wu were afraid.

But Huo Yi, as a messenger, was not afraid at all.

"If Wu Guo wants to fight, is my Han afraid of war? The scar of two years ago, has King Wu forgotten? The last time I was defeated, I ceded the land and paid compensation, so that my Han regained the land of Jingzhou, and the next time I was defeated, what place would King Wu cede to come over? ”

The effects of the defeat two years ago are still felt today.

And Sun Quan was so excited by Huo Yi, and suddenly a wave of enthusiasm surged into his heart.

A feeling of humiliation went straight to the heavenly spirit cover.

I'm angry!

I'm so angry!

Sun Quan immediately roared: "Come on, drag this person out and behead the public!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the guards on duty outside the door immediately stepped forward, restrained Huo Yi and the deputy envoy of the Han State, and prepared to escort them to the outside of the palace to be beheaded.

"It's not a pity for the foreign envoy's life, but even if the two armies are fighting, they don't kill the envoys, and now the king wants to behead me in front of the palace, is this to declare war on my Han?"

Huo Yi was not afraid, but his words were provocative, which made Sun Quan even more annoyed.

"If you want to fight, you will fight, how can my Sun Zhongmou be afraid of it?"

Seeing that his father had been carried away by anger.

Sun Deng, who was kneeling on the next step of Sun Quan, hurriedly got up and said, "Father, no, this matter has to be discussed in the long run." ”

He said to the guards in the upper hall: "Put the messenger down, and ask the envoy to wait for three days, after which I, the Wu Kingdom, will reply to the envoy." ”

Huo Yi broke free from the guard very arrogantly, snorted coldly, and said: "Three days is too long, if you don't get a reply tomorrow, Your Royal Highness will lead Langzhong, Jiangzhou, and Yufu troops to Jiangling in an instant, and then you will gather 100,000 troops between the ten months, I don't know if Wu Guo may resist it at that time!" ”

Don't say anything else, the cruel words must be released first!

Sure enough, after Huo Yi's cruel words came out, Sun Quan, who was angry, also sobered up.

In the main hall, even those who were as reckless as Xu Sheng also looked gloomy.

If the prince of Ruohan, Liu Gonghei, really led an army of 100,000 to attack Wu.

Wu

Can you stand it or not?

No one has an answer.

In other words, no one dared to pat their chests and say, "I can defend the Han army outside the territory of Wu." ”

That's an army of 100,000.

It was the victorious Han prince Liu Gonghei who led the troops.

Now that Wu is weak, can he really be an opponent?

Wu Guojun and his ministers were all beating drums in their hearts.

In the silence of the monarchs and ministers of Wu State, Huo Yi laughed twice, and immediately said: "I see that you still agreed to the conditions of my Han Dynasty, and discussed and discussed, in the end, what else can you do except agree?" Don't waste any time. ”

After speaking, he patted his sleeve and immediately turned his head and left the main hall.

That kind of arrogant appearance made Sun Quan hate him again, and he couldn't do anything about him.

Weak countries have no diplomacy.

Nothing more than that.

Huo Yi left the main hall of King Wu's palace, and Sun Quan's voice rang out.

"Guys, I don't know what to do?"

Sun Quan, who calmed down a little, looked around at the ministers in the hall.

Trick?

Zhuge Jin stepped forward and said: "You may be able to agree to the matter of buying war horses for the Han Kingdom, but it is absolutely impossible to send the prince to Chengdu." ”

Lu Xun also stepped forward and said: "My Wu State has taken a step back before, and now there is no reason to retreat, buy war horses for the Han Kingdom, and consume national strength." Sending the prince to Chengdu is even more to remove the backbone of my Wu Kingdom, and this matter is extremely difficult to achieve. ”

Xu Sheng even shouted on the side: "Straighten out the armor and prepare for battle!" We were all victorious against Cao Cao's million-strong army back then, let alone this mere 100,000 people? ”

Just 100,000 people?

Can you say that?

Sun Quan asked coldly: "This mere 100,000 people, if they really come to attack my Wu country, who can stand alone?" ”

As soon as this statement came out.

It's silent.

(End of chapter)