Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 531 Who Is Behind the Scenes
Seeing that Zhuge Liang was so persistent, Liu Bei stopped persuading him, but began to worry about Zhang Fei again. "Since the military adviser is like this, let Yide and Xiaozhi go together, I don't know what happened to Yide."

"The three generals are as strong as an ox. Ziyu may simply want to see him. Your Majesty, stop thinking about it." Zhuge Liang said.

"Okay, I should be worrying too much." Liu Beiyan nodded insincerely.

Zhuge Liang saw that Liu Bei's expression returned to normal, and then reminded him solemnly: "Tomorrow our team will return to Chengdu, and we will take away most of the soldiers and horses in Hanzhong. We must instruct Wen Zhang to carefully guard the pass. Walk."

"The military adviser reminded me that through this battle of Hanzhong, we found that good work can turn stones into gold. We are not as good as Ziyu in this aspect. Why don't we let Wenchang completely block Hanzhong?" Liu Bei tried to ask.

"The top priority at the moment is to recuperate. In the future, the conquest of Yongliang will depend on the food in Hanzhong. Blocking the roads can just bury your head in farming." Zhuge Liang answered affirmatively.

Liu Bei thought it was true, and sadly ordered: "The military adviser will explain to Wen Chang, and Zhong Miao's death makes me feel a little sad."

"Well, Liang has one more thing to say, I don't know if it should be said or not." Zhuge Liang hesitated to speak.

"Military division, but it doesn't matter."

Zhuge Liang has always been frank, and this is the first time he has been so restrained, so Liu Bei is a little curious.

"Wen Yunchang has already defeated Wenpin and completely occupied the channel of the Han River. Now he is dispatching troops to the north to attack Xiangyang and Fancheng. The son and Mencius Du (Meng Da) have taken the three eastern counties. Did your majesty inform you in advance? Let them pay attention to responding to General Guan's attack, and it is best to send another general to sit in the town, so Cao Ren and Lu Chang will be the turtles in the urn." Zhuge Liang hesitated for a while, but still expressed his thoughts.

"Who does the military adviser recommend?" Liu Bei frowned and asked again.

"Zilong is quite cautious in using his troops. He once planned to retreat Cao Hong with an empty camp. Why don't you send him to help the young master?" Zhuge Liang asked cautiously.

"Zilong fought hard, and he needs to go back to Chengdu to rest. Shangyong will do this for now. Yunchang has Ziyu to help him. There should be no problem. Besides, Shangyong's Shen Dan and Shen Yichu, Feng'er and Zidu may not have time to go. help. I’m lonely, the military adviser should go to Wenchang first.” Liu Bei pretended to yawn.

"Wei." Zhuge Liang bowed and left.

It's not that Liu Bei is unwilling to use Zhao Yun, but that his position needs to be balanced.

Zhuge Liang's brother-in-law Kuai Qi was killed by Meng Da's rebels in Fangling. Liu Bei was always worried that there would be a gap between the two.

Meng Da was recommended by Fazheng to take over the three eastern counties. If Zhao Yun took his military power away, it would make the Dongzhou faction behind Meng Da dissatisfied.

At the beginning when Liu Bei occupied Yizhou and wanted to give a big reward, Zhao Yunmao was hated and persuaded by everyone to stop him, because this move became a lone minister in the eyes of all officials, but fortunately Liu Bei's heart was like a mirror, and he used it very carefully.

Originally, Zhao Yun could rely on his military merits this time to be promoted to a heavy general like Huang Zhong and Huo Jun, but in the end Liu Bei weighed it again and again, and finally chose to be wronged temporarily.

Although Liu Bei is already the king of Hanzhong, the timing is still not right. Unless he captures places other than Yizhou and Jingzhou, he still needs to hide Zhao Yun, because Liu Bei needs the big clans in Yizhou and Jingzhou to provide soldiers, horses, money and food.

Although Jiaozhou, where Lantian is located, is not controlled by the gentry, after all, the mountains are high and the roads are far away, and the land is barren and barren.

Because of this, Lantian's drastic reforms were turned a blind eye by those gentry, and there was a feeling of deception.

Liu Bei led the army back to Chengdu. According to Zhuge Liang's instructions, Wei Yan set up checkpoints on Baoxie Road, Tangluo Road, and Ziwu Road in the north of Hanzhong. In addition to preventing the secret works of Guanzhong from entering Hanzhong, it also prevented the local people from bringing new technologies and new technologies. Grain species fled into Wei territory.

As for Chencang Road to the west of Hanzhong, there are two generals guarding Yangping Governor Ma Chao and Wudu Prefect Zhang Fei, which has exceeded Wei Yan's defense zone.

Not long after Liu Bei was named King of Hanzhong, Cao Cao, who was resting in Chang'an, got the news and was so angry that he was about to send troops to Hanzhong again, making Liu Bei's King of Hanzhong a nameless one.

Liu Ye was so frightened that he quickly persuaded him: "Wei Wang can't, Liu Bei has become a climate now, even if you are so angry, you should bear it for the time being. In addition, the domestic public grievances are boiling due to corvée, and the soldiers trampled on the ramp. In any case, you shouldn't be angry."

When Cao Cao evacuated from Hanzhong, more than [-] soldiers and civilians were all crowded in the Baoxie Valley. At that time, there were often heavy rains and mountain torrents in the mountain streams in summer. The Baoxie Valley plank road built by Xia Houyuan collapsed in many places because it could not withstand the load.

Less than [-]% of the tens of thousands of people who migrated from Hanzhong survived to Guanzhong, and [-]% of Cao Jun died on the way due to injuries and other reasons. Because Zhang Fei was unreasonable in using troops, Cao Cao left tens of thousands of people in Chencang for Cao Zhen, and asked him to fight with Zhang Yun. Responsible for guarding the west gate of Chang'an, and taking care of the safety of Liangzhou by the way.

Cao Cao rested in Chang'an for two months, and there were only about [-] soldiers left around him. He had no ability to counterattack Hanzhong, and now he was just complaining.

"This villain who weaves mats and sells shoes dares to establish himself as the king of Hanzhong. He is alone and has the title of emperor. Liu Xuande has no face." Cao Cao paced and cursed.

"King of Wei, it is rumored that Liu Bei also obeyed the emperor's edict," Du Xi reminded.

"Impossible, even if the Son of Heaven really dares to become king, the imperial edict will never come out of Xudu. It must be a big-eared thief trying to correct the edict." Cao Cao chattered endlessly.

Du Xi replied embarrassingly: "Does King Wei still remember that in the first month of last year, Shaofu Geng Ji, Si Zhi Wei Huang, Imperial Physician Ling Jiben and others coerced the emperor to rebel against him?"

"Zixu said."

"Geng Ji and others tried to force Guan Yu to go north to Qin Wang. It is said that Liu Bei's imperial edict was also issued by them. It's a thief's edict, but Liu Bei still had the clothes belt edict in hand."

Cao Cao slapped the table and shouted: "Do you believe it? Liu Bei is so treacherous, how could he be mistaken? Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong and others are not blind, but these traitors are pretending to be edicts. Immediately let the emperor issue an edict to inform the world that Liu Bei will rebel on his own initiative. crime."

Liu Ye remonstrated: "Now that the tripartite power has been formed, Liu Bei and Sun Quan have formed an alliance. Didn't General Zhang send news a few days ago that Sun Quan went to attack Hefei again? At this time, it is meaningless to ask the emperor to issue an edict. Wei Wangji Don’t you remember what happened in Jian’an 22 years ago?”

"What's the matter?" Cao Cao was full of curiosity.

"That year, King Wei withdrew his troops from Hefei, wasn't it because of the rumors from Xudu? If it really came from the emperor's will, it's fine, but if Liu Bei sent people to spread the rumors, then the people who arranged all this would be too scary." Liu Ye swallowed his saliva.

Cao Cao's eyes widened, and he murmured, "Where does Liu Xie have such guts? Who is plotting for the big-eared thief? Why does Gu feel that he is more terrifying than Mr. Zhuge?"

(End of this chapter)