Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 314 Hanzhong Military Affairs
Han Emperor Liu Chan Jianxing eight years, July, Hanzhong.

It is night, the moon is faint, the stars are sparse, and the earth seems to have fallen asleep.Except for the gentle breeze blowing in bursts, and the Habayashi guards patrolling, the whole thatched courtyard was silent.

"Squeak~"

The footsteps hurriedly stepped on the wooden boards and walked forward, making a sound of stepping on the wooden boards, piercing the silent night sky.

"Wen Yi (Li Guizi), is Your Majesty asleep?"

Liao Li was sweating, holding a battle report, standing in front of the door, and asked.

Li Gui put his sword on his hand, and with a serious expression, he replied: "Your Majesty has fallen asleep, please come back tomorrow, Liao Shizhong!"

Liao Li pointed to the battle report in his hand, and said anxiously in a low voice: "This battle report is very important, but General Powei (Liu Lin) sent the battle report, saying something about Chen Cangdao, I hope Wen Yi will report it!"

Li Gui shook his head and said solemnly: "Your Majesty is tired today, and I specially told you not to disturb Your Majesty to sleep. This is Gui's duty, please come back tomorrow."

Liao Li glared at Li Gui, and anxiously wandered back and forth in front of the door for a few steps.In the past, I was in charge of eunuchs in the palace, and there was no hindrance to entering and leaving the palace.Ever since the warriors from Longyou entered the palace and served as His Majesty's personal guards, His Majesty is the only one who obeys.

After stomping his feet, Liao Li shouted into the room: "Your Majesty, there is an important military matter to report. Is Your Majesty sleeping?"

Li Gui's face turned cold, he drew his sword clangly to face Liao Li, and scolded him: "Liao Shizhong is an important minister of the country, why did he forget the law of the country, please retreat quickly, or else don't blame Gui for being rude."

"Wen Yi back down, let Gong Yuan in!"

A deep and majestic voice sounded from inside the house.

"No. Liao Shizhong please come in!"

Li Gui held a sword flower, put the sword back into its sheath, stretched out his hand and pushed open the door, and said.

When Liao Li raised his foot to enter, he glared at Li Gui, and then stepped into the room.

I saw that Liu Chan stood up in unlined clothes, and a tall, curvy woman put on a robe for him.

Liu Chan sat on the futon, waved his hands, and said, "Get back!"

The woman bowed her waist to salute, and slowly retreated behind the screen.

Liu Chan looked at Liao Li, who was not looking sideways, and asked curiously, "What's the hurry for Gong Yuan? Come to see me so late!"

Liao Li took out the battle report from his cuffs, offered it with both hands, and said, "Your Majesty, the general who broke Wei has an urgent report. The general has ordered the guards of Beichuan City to withdraw to Maling Pass, intending to hold on to Maling Pass to stop the enemy."

Hearing this, Liu Chan took it in one hand, frowned and looked at the battle report in front of him, exhaled, and said, "As Gong Yuan said, Wei Zhen really went south to Hanzhong, and unexpectedly marched from Chencang Road."

Liao Li stroked his beard and thought for a while, and said: "Wei Zhen entered the army from Chencang Road, but it was unexpected. General Fei Yao, who rebelled against the Wei Dynasty before the age of one year, went this way. The army went deep alone, and was surrounded by our army and ran out of food, so the whole army surrendered. Today Wei Zhen's resumption of this way is also in line with the meaning of surprise in the Art of War."

Liu Chan put the battle report on the case, thought for a while, looked at Liao Li, and said, "Can we repeat Shao Xian's (Huo Yi) strategy?"

Liao Li pursed his lips, pondered for a long time, and said: "No, Shao's strategy of going around first and then cutting off food is because Fei Yao didn't know the small road in Liangdao Township. Now that Wei Zhen has [-] troops to follow this road, he must be prepared. Besides, our army The purpose of this battle is not to defeat Wei Zhen, but to stop him outside Wudu County, so that the army of the Northern Expedition can rest easy and take Liangzhou with ease."

Liu Chan nodded slightly, and said: "Gong Yuan's words are reasonable. In this battle, defense is the most important thing. Don't let the prime minister be distracted, and worry about Hanzhong."

Liao Li looked at Liu Chan, cupped his hands and said, "General Powei is defending Maling Pass with 2000 people. I'm afraid there will be insufficient troops. I hope His Majesty will send you help."

Liu Chan got up and strode towards the map of Hanzhong hanging on the wall, and asked, "Where is the governor of Guanzhong?"

Liao Li took down a lamp from the lampstand, followed Liu Chan, illuminated the dim map, and said: "The governor of Guanzhong has recently inspected the passes in Hanzhong. If there is nothing wrong, we have reached Huangjinwei."

Liu Chan looked at Huangjinwei in the east of Hanzhong, shook his head and said, "Huangjinwei is in the east, and Maling Pass is in the west. It's too late. Where is the nearest reinforcement army? Can you go to Maling Pass to help them?"

Liao Li looked at the map, stroked his beard and thought for a while, and said: "The nearest support army is stationed at Wuxing Ferry, guarding the rations for the Jialing waterway. There are 300 people. General Shangguanlong. There are two thousand soldiers in Hancheng. General Liu Yong .”

Liu Chan found these two places by the orange light, and ordered: "Let Shangguanlong dispatch [-] troops to rush to help; order Nanhe (Liu Yong's character) to divide [-] troops to support Maling Pass. The two together have [-] troops. , let Ke finally hold on for a while. Let me see if there are any unimportant soldiers who can be mobilized."

After a pause, Liu Chan looked at Wudu County on the map and asked, "Where is Yang Xi, the prefect of Wudu County?"

After Liao Li returned to the case, he wrote down Liu Chan's order and replied: "Yang Wenran is in Tianshui County, assisting Qinzhou to travel to Chu to transfer military rations."

Liu Chan put his hands behind his waist, looked at the map and said, "Let Wen Ran come back and order him to persuade Baima Qiang to see if Baima Qiang can send troops for my big man to help Ke Zhong hold on to Maling Pass."

Liao Li stopped writing, looked up at Liu Chan, hesitated a little, and said, "Maybe it's not safe for you to be alone to supervise the transportation of grain and grass."

"Huh?" Liu Chan turned his back to Liao Li, and said calmly, "You don't have to doubt the person you employ, but you don't need to use the person you suspect. Since you surrendered, you have made great achievements in assisting the governor of the Spurs in governing Longyou. How can you doubt it?"

Liao Li wrote on the case, cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty is a sage and benevolent king, but there are very few good ministers. Now the Northern Expedition to Liangzhou is a major event for the country. Your Majesty must not be unprepared. You should choose loyal people to oversee it. Suffering."

"Well!" Liu Chan sat back on the futon, and said lightly: "In this case, according to Gong Yuan's intention, Wen Ran withdrew to Wudu, persuaded Baima Qiang to send troops, and sent corvees to assist Ke Zhong in defending the city. As for who is You Zhongyun's deputy, Does Gongyuan have someone to choose?"

Liao Li pondered for a while, then cupped his hands and said: "Ma Canjun (Ma Zhong) is loyal and trustworthy, loyal to state affairs, good at government affairs, and can help You Biejia!"

Liu Chan took a sip of the teacup and said, "Then let Captain Zhuge (Zhuge Qiao) assist Zhongyun and serve as his deputy."

Hearing this, Liao Li was stunned and slipped his mouth in surprise.His Majesty asked himself the candidate, but he directly changed someone else, so why did he ask himself?

Liu Chan put down his teacup, glanced at Liao Li, and explained, "Bosong transported rations with the army during the Northern Expedition to Longyou. (Ma Zhong) is a senior in the army and has experience in commanding the army. If the Wei army invades me at this time, Dexin should be the second-hander."

"Your Majesty's thinking is beyond what Li can do!" Liao Li said, clasping his hands.

Liu Chan was a little rude, stretched his shoulders, and asked disapprovingly, "Will Lord Wu send troops?"

"Your Majesty, according to what is said in the letter and calculated in terms of time, Lord Wu should have dispatched troops for more than [-] days." Liao Li stroked his beard and smiled.

Liu Chan got up and yawned, and said, "Good, it's good that Soochow has a move. In such a good situation, if Sun Quan doesn't move, it's not because of his nature."

Seeing His Majesty's actions, Liao Li understood Liu Chan's meaning, cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, the important matter has been settled, and I bid you farewell to Your Majesty. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me tonight!"

Liu Chan waved his hand and said, "It's all for business, why should this be so. I am very pleased that Gongyuan has worked so hard to manage the government so far. I will reward you with five pieces of Shu brocade as a reward for your hard work."

Liao Li's waist became more bent, and he replied respectfully: "Thank you Your Majesty, please leave!"

Liao Li walked out slowly, with a smile on his lips, and when he passed by Li Gui's side, he hummed softly.Li Gui pretended not to have heard of it, pressed the sword on his waist, and looked ahead.

After Liao Li left, Li Gui secretly exhaled, his face a little depressed.

Suddenly, a low voice with some compliments sounded from the room.

"Wen Yi has devoted himself to his duties and lived up to his duties. I will be rewarded with a brocade robe!"

Li Gui showed joy, turned to the room, knelt down and kowtowed and said: "Thank you, Li Gui!"

"Habayashiro, please take the robe!"

The woman who just hid behind the screen walked out slowly holding the brocade robe, and said lightly with her red lips.

Li Gui lowered his head, not daring to look directly at him, raised his hands, took the brocade robe, and said, "Thank you Madam Li Gui!"

(End of this chapter)