Mi Han

Chapter 406
It's no wonder that the ministers here have such doubts in their hearts, it is true that Zhuge Liang has not yet made any military achievements in the world.

When Zhuge Liang assisted Liu Bei in the past, Zhuge Liang led soldiers.

It's just that in those few times when he led the troops, Zhuge Liang was more like a supervisor of the army, and he had the experience of independently leading the army to command operations, which Zhuge Liang hadn't had before.

It is true that the Han Dynasty had extremely high requirements for the prime minister, and both civil and military skills were the most basic configuration.

But people always have doubts about unknown things.

For the ministers in the palace, the success or failure of Zhuge Liang's Southern Expedition is a matter full of unknowns.

As a result, the doubts in the hearts of the ministers filled their hearts irresistibly.

It goes without saying that Prime Minister Nan Zheng succeeded, but what if he failed?

Dahan may face an overturned situation in an instant.

Every minister in the palace did not want to see such a situation.

In history, when Zhuge Liang went south, there may have been such doubts in the court, but the situation in this world is very different from history.

Historically, Ji Han's famous generals during the Southern Expedition either died or hadn't fully grown up yet, so in the end they had no choice but to let Zhuge Liang take command.

But the current situation of the big man is that although many famous generals have passed away in recent years, there are still two people, Mi Yang and Zhang Fei.

Compared with Zhuge Liang, most of the ministers in the palace are more willing to believe in Mi Yang and Zhang Fei who have made great military exploits.

So just after Zhuge Liang asked himself to march south in front of Liu Chan, some ministers came from different backgrounds to dissuade Zhuge Liang.

Under the leadership of some ministers, more and more ministers also joined the ranks of dissuading Zhuge Liang.

It's not that they disrespect Zhuge Liang, they acted to dissuade him, and they wholeheartedly considered the big man.

After Liu Chan saw many ministers coming out to dissuade Zhuge Liang, his heart, which was already shaken, became more and more bewildered.

Liu Chan may not have the careful consideration of many ministers, but he is an obedient child.

Others don't know why Liu Bei hasn't presided over the government recently, so how can he not know?

After Liu Bei planned to let Liu Chan supervise the country, he had summoned Liu Chan in private once.

During that summons, Liu Bei did not teach Liu Chan any principles of governing the country, he just told Liu Chan:

"During the period when the prime minister was assisting the government, he was in charge of his father.

Do this well and you'll be fine. "

No matter how stupid Liu Chan was, he knew the meaning of Liu Bei's words.

Liu Bei almost told Liu Chan bluntly that he had to hold Zhuge Liang's thigh tightly.

Just because he understood the meaning of Liu Bei's words, Liu Chan did not want Zhuge Liang to march south from a personal emotional point of view.

His father was sick and needed to recuperate, and his cousin was stationed outside. If Xiangfu left his side again, who could he rely on in the court?
Liu Chan, who had this kind of thinking, saw that many ministers were dissuading Zhuge Liang, so he also opened his mouth to express his opinion for the first time at the court meeting:

"The prime minister is in the position of auxiliary government, and he cannot do without the prime minister for a single day.

If he hadn't been transferred back to Liangzhou Mu in a hurry, anyway, according to the military situation, Wei Wei is still preparing for the war, as long as Liangzhou Mu can quickly pacify Nanzhong, then Liangzhou will be fine. "

Liu Chan's words reflect his dependence on Zhuge Liang and his trust in Mi Yang.

Liu Chan didn't know what hardships and dangers the four characters of Pingding Nanzhong represented.

He only naively thought that as long as Mi Yang was recalled to Nanzhong, it would be a matter of time.

That being the case, why should Liangzhou worry too much?

After Liu Chan finished speaking, he looked at Zhuge Liang with expectant eyes, and he felt that his own views were quite unique.

But after Zhuge Liang listened to Liu Chan's words, a trace of helplessness flashed in his eyes, but he still respectfully bowed to Liu Chan and said:
"The reason why Ni Wei is still preparing for battle is because Ni Wei is afraid of the prestige of General Zuo.

However, if General Zuo leaves Liangzhou, Ni Wei will definitely launch an attack on Liangzhou immediately.

Although Nanzhong has few troops, the terrain is dangerous, and it cannot be settled overnight, so General Zuo must not leave Liangzhou.

And those who oppose Wei and others are the time to echo the South Central rebels from the north and the south. At that time, our army will fall into a situation where we lose sight of the other.

General Zuo was in Liangzhou for a day, and against Wei, he would not rashly attack Liangzhou.

And our army can take advantage of Wei Shang's mobilization of the army, use offense instead of defense, take the initiative to attack and calm Nanzhong first, this is the only way for our army to break the situation. "

Zhuge Liang told Liu Chan his strategy earnestly.

Zhuge Liang's strategy is not just what he said to Liu Chan.

When many ministers in the hall listened to Zhuge Liang's words, their faces were full of contemplation.

They only considered how to defend, how to tear down the east wall and make up for the west wall, so that the big man can pass this crisis passively.

Only Zhuge Liang took the lead and figured out how to take the initiative to solve this crisis.

This is the gap between them and Zhuge Liang.

The ministers present may have been limited by their personal knowledge at first, and did not have Zhuge Liang's strategic thinking.

But after Zhuge Liang analyzed the current situation for them, they were not people who would eat without food, and gradually understood Zhuge Liang's intentions.

After expressing his inner opinion to Liu Chan and the ministers, Zhuge Liang went on to bow to Liu Chan and sincerely begged:

"I'm not a reckless person. I want to march south in person. I have confidence in my heart. I hope the prince can trust me."

When Zhuge Liang's sincere request fell into Liu Chan's ears, even though Liu Chan was unwilling, but thinking of Liu Bei's advice, he agreed to Zhuge Liang's request under some reluctance and worry.

"Since this is the case, then the matter of Nanzhong is entrusted to the prime minister."

After hearing Liu Chan's words, joy appeared on Zhuge Liang's face.

After the ministers heard Liu Chan's words of approving Zhuge Liang's southern expedition, they stopped dissuading him.

Liu Chan has already agreed to Zhuge Liang's request, so as long as Liu Bei does not come forward to object, who can stop Zhuge Liang in the current ruling and opposition parties?

At this time, all the ministers can only pray silently in their hearts that Zhuge Liang can return in triumph this time from the Southern Expedition.

After getting Liu Chan's permission, Zhuge Liang immediately turned around in front of the ministers and arranged all matters related to the Southern Expedition.

Following Zhuge Liang's passwords, the Han Dynasty began to mobilize again in the form of a war machine.

In a large hall of the Chengdu Imperial Palace, Liu Bei was sitting on the throne listening to Mi Wei's report below.

What Mi Wei reported was exactly what happened at the court meeting just now.

The rest in the past few days has made Liu Bei's mental state much better.

It's just that his body has been going downhill after all, so his whole face is still more haggard than before.

And following Mi Wei's report, Liu Bei coughed from time to time.

These coughing disturbed Mi Wei's thoughts, causing him to stop reporting from time to time, and then looked at Liu Bei with worried eyes.

After repeating it several times, Liu Bei, who felt that he could hear it intermittently, couldn't help being a little annoyed: "You told me what you've been doing, and you've been watching me."

Facing Liu Bei's reprimand, Mi Wei lowered his head in fright, and then continued to report what happened at the court meeting just now.

And with Mi Wei's continuous reports, Liu Bei heard Zhuge Liang's arrangements for the list of people who followed him in the southern expedition.

Mi Wei said the names one by one, and Liu Bei didn't respond to most of the names, but when he heard the word Ma Di, Liu Bei frowned.

He didn't like Ma Su for a long time.

But although he was not happy, Liu Bei did not express any opinion on this, he just continued to listen to Mi Wei's report quietly.

Although he has recently handed over the power of the government to Zhuge Liang temporarily due to his illness, he is still in power after all.

Therefore, before the convening of today's court meeting, Zhuge Liang asked him to meet him last night, told Liu Bei his strategy of breaking the game and his idea of ​​personally conquering Nanzhong, and asked him for his opinion.

For Zhuge Liang's strategy, Liu Bei is not Liu Chan, he knows the stakes.

He didn't object to Zhuge Liang's strategy, but after Zhuge Liang finished his strategy, he had vaguely proposed that he wanted to lead the south expedition instead of Zhuge Liang.

Not surprisingly, his idea was strongly discouraged by Zhuge Liang.

The place in Nanzhong is full of miasma, and ordinary middle-aged men may get sick if they enter, let alone Liu Bei who is already sick?

For the sake of Liu Bei's body, Zhuge Liang will not sit back and watch Liu Bei's dangerous idea come true.

In the face of Zhuge Liang's dissuasion, no matter how much Liu Bei wanted to go south, he could only regretfully give up this idea in the end.

Thinking of Zhuge Liang's caring and worrying persuasion last night, Liu Bei felt regretful, and subconsciously smiled.

Zhuge Liang regards him as his father, so as a father, even if he is sick, he must consider everything for Zhuge Liang in advance.

This is the reason why Mi Wei reported in front of him now.

In fact, according to common sense, even if Liu Bei can't take things seriously due to physical reasons, as an emperor, he should secretly send his confidants to monitor Zhuge Liang's every move.

It is necessary to be defensive, especially for an emperor.

But Liu Bei did not do this.

For 400 years, the Han family had supervisors who were directly under the emperor like embroidered messengers.

Liu Bei didn't let people spy on Zhuge Liang, not because he didn't have anyone to do such a thing, but because he didn't think it was necessary.

On the one hand, Liu Bei trusted Zhuge Liang very much, on the other hand, Liu Bei also had full confidence in himself.

As the founding monarch known for his benevolence and righteousness, he didn't need to use some insidious means to deal with ministers.

Because as long as he wanted, hundreds of officials in the imperial court could become his embroidered emissaries at any time.

As long as he appeared in front of the ministers, he would still be the undisputed emperor among the great men, and no one could shake his position in the great man.

With the passage of time, the report in Mi Wei's mouth has come to an end.

At this time, Liu Bei already knew all Zhuge Liang's arrangements in his heart.

After knowing this, Liu Bei hugged his sick body and kept thinking about whether there were any omissions in Zhuge Liang's arrangement in his mind.

Those who are sick should avoid wasting their minds, but Liu Bei still can't help but plan for the next generation.

While Liu Bei was thinking about it, the little yellow gate outside the palace came to report that it was Prime Minister Zhuge Liang who asked to see him.

Zhuge Liang would come to see him after the court meeting, which was expected by Liu Bei.

In terms of his duty as a minister, Zhuge Liang has always done a good job.

It happened that Liu Bei also had something to say to Zhuge Liang, so he ordered Zhuge Liang to be called in, and he asked Mi Wei to leave first.

Under Liu Bei's order, Mi Wei retreated towards the outside of the hall, and he happened to meet Zhuge Liang on the way.

Looking at Mi Wei who was saluting to him, Zhuge Liang immediately understood why he was here.

After understanding, Zhuge Liang showed helplessness on his face.

Zhuge Liang accelerated the speed of his feet and came to Liu Bei to worship him. After saluting Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang persuaded Liu Bei:
"Your Majesty, don't think too much."

When Zhuge Liang visited Liu Bei last night, he could have informed Liu Bei of his arrangements for the Southern Expedition in advance, but he didn't do so, because he was worried that Liu Bei would be troubled by it.

Unexpectedly, Liu Bei couldn't bear it today, and summoned Mi Wei to inquire about what happened at the meeting.

Liu Bei didn't take Zhuge Liang's advice seriously.

But he didn't want to entangle too much on this point, otherwise, with Zhuge Liang's character, he would definitely have to persuade him endlessly.

Liu Bei just asked Zhuge Liang, "When is Qing going to march?"

Facing Liu Bei's question, Zhuge Liang replied respectfully, "Five days later."

After hearing Zhuge Liang's answer, Liu Bei nodded thoughtfully.

Originally, five days was not enough to complete a pre-war preparation, but Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang had left some soldiers and horses in the counties of Yinan in order to guard against Nanzhong.

Under such circumstances, Zhuge Liang didn't need to mobilize an army to come to Chengdu. He only needed to lead a part of the army all the way south to join the armies of the counties. When he arrived in Nanzhong, he would naturally have a large army under his command.

This method of dispatching troops can also greatly reduce the loss of military supplies on the road.

After knowing Zhuge Liang's specific date of sending troops, Liu Bei was silent for a while, and then he warned Zhuge Liang:

"Ma Di's exaggerated words are in fact useless, you should be cautious."

After hearing Liu Bei's warning, Zhuge Liang straightened his face and bowed to accept the order.

After admonishing Zhuge Liang on this point, Liu Bei felt that there was no other way to instruct Zhuge Liang, so Liu Bei fell into silence for a while.

He knew that Zhuge Liang had come to see him today to say goodbye to him.

After all, with his current body, he would not be able to personally send Zhuge Liang off after five days.

It's just that when he thought that Zhuge Liang was going to lead the army for the first time, and it was still the dangerous land of Nanzhong, Liu Bei couldn't say anything.

As a result, Liu Bei's teachings appeared in the entire hall next.

From setting up camps to arranging troops, and from checking and balancing subordinates to corresponding military laws, Liu Bei tried his best to use concise and concise words to pass on his experience to Zhuge Liang one by one.

Listening to Liu Bei's meticulous teachings, the warmth in Zhuge Liang's heart grew stronger and stronger.

In the eyes of the world, he Zhuge Liang made Liu Bei, and because of his achievements, many people will ignore his age and regard him as Liu Bei's peer, but in fact this is wrong.

He and Liu Bei have achieved each other.

And in the days when he and Liu Bei got along, the relationship between him and Liu Bei was actually similar to that between his father and his nephew.

In the past, Liu Bei taught him a lot as an elder, just like what he is doing today.

The Lord is Zhuge Liang's unique title to Liu Bei.

The lord is the lord, and the public is a kind of respectful title for the elders in the family. In Zhuge Liang's heart, Liu Bei is not only his lord, but also the elders in the family who taught him to grow up.

Zhuge Liang in this life has not yet had a record of beating the Wei army to the point of howling ghosts and howling wolves.

But maybe when Zhuge Liang achieved such a proud record in history, when the green light was lit, Zhuge Liang also hoped that Liu Bei's spirit in the sky would be proud of him.

Fortunately, there will be no such regrets between Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang in this life.

Zhuge Liang patiently listened to Liu Bei's teachings, but no matter how long the teachings were, there was a moment when they stopped.

When Liu Bei's teaching stopped, Zhuge Liang knew that the time had come, so he bowed to Liu Bei:
"My lord, the subject is leaving."

Listening to Zhuge Liang's words of resignation, Liu Bei's eyes were filled with reluctance, but he still responded with a light yes.

After Liu Bei responded, Zhuge Liang took a deep breath, then turned and walked towards the outside of the hall.

Looking at Zhuge Liang's leaving back, Liu Bei secretly said in his heart:
"I'm waiting for your triumphant return in Chengdu."

With the emergence of this layer of thoughts, Zhuge Liang's back has disappeared in the hall.

Plain words cannot conceal the strong friendship between Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, everything is in silence.

Nanzhong, Zhuge Liang is here.

(End of this chapter)