Three Kingdoms: The Guan Family's Rebellious Son, Long Blessing Jing Xiang

Chapter 516: Zilong doesn’t want to be a general, right?
Luoyang City, inside the brand new palace of King Wei.

Cao Cao was still lying in bed. Cheng Yu walked in quickly and bowed: "Your Majesty, during the Huainan War, after General Wenyuan captured Hefei, he successively captured Lu'an and Deyang. Now the army has arrived north of the Lujiang River..."

--"so fast! 』

This was Cao Cao's subconscious thought. He propped himself up and sat up. While getting off the ground with Xu Chu's help, he sighed: "He is worthy of being a good general with five sons. When Wen Yuan went on an expedition, those Wu children must have been frightened by the news, right? Ha ha…"

It seems that the successive victories in the southern war suddenly made the hero of the Wei Dynasty, who had always been depressed, depressed, and with a dark cloud on his face, suddenly feel a sense of sadness.

His expression seemed to be telling a story of "lost in the east and gained in the mulberry trees".

"If we can use this to destroy Soochow in one fell swoop and capture as much land as possible east of the Yangtze River, then even if there is a confrontation between the north and the south in the future, the Wei Dynasty will have more leverage and support! Well done Wenyuan!"

There was another sigh, which could not conceal Cao Cao's praise for Zhang Liao.

only…

Cao Cao was praising, but Cheng Yu's expression was a little worried, "Your Majesty... I never thought that Wu General Xu Sheng would be ambushed on the river, and he fearlessly rammed into General Wenyuan's warship. A desperate battle... During the fight, Xu Sheng was killed by General Wenyuan, but General Wenyuan also...also..."

"How is Wenyuan?"

"Severely injured, dying, life hanging by a thread..."

As Cheng Yu blurted out these words, Cao Cao's expression became frightened and panicked.

"You said... Wen Yuan's life hangs by a thread?"

Before he finished speaking, Cao Cao's legs staggered. I don't know if it was because the sound also shocked Xu Chu. Xu Chu was distracted and did not hold Cao Cao tightly, causing Cao Cao to fall to the ground with a "thud".

Xu Chu and Cheng Yu hurriedly helped Cao Cao up...

But Cao Cao said loudly: "Change your clothes, I want to summon the courtiers..."

Xu Chu said worriedly, "Your Majesty's headache has been recurring recently. Imperial Doctor Ji Ping has issued an order reminding you that your Majesty should not be too busy and need to rest for a while..."

Cao Cao's accentuated voice came out: "Time waits for no one. What Ji Ping is curing is Gu's disease, but Gu is curing the world and the people's hearts! Summon all ministers, Gu wants to save Wenyuan, but also wants to establish a foothold in Jiangdong——"

...

The ministers were summoned.

Cheng Yu reported the situation of the Wei army in Lujiang in detail... naturally including the deeper intelligence he heard.

That is... Guan Yu deliberately transferred Zhang Zhongjing to treat Zhang Liao.

Cao Cao was writing something on the white silk on his desk. Standing opposite the desk were Cheng Yu, Jia Xu, Jia Kui, Chen Qun, Sima Yi and other civil servants...

Li Miao's position is in the middle, behind Cheng Yu and Jia Xu, but before others.

Cheng Yu followed Cao Cao's writing and recited softly: "If there is someone who can govern Wenyuan today, no matter whether it is friend or foe, no matter what grudges or grudges, the favors owed will be repaid one day!"

It seems that these words are written for Guan Yu and also for Cao Wei Bingyong on the front line.

Guan Yu intentionally sent Zhang Zhongjing to treat Zhang Liao. Cao Cao showed that he had no suspicion at all... In fact, as long as it was about Zhang Liao and Guan Yu, he had never had any suspicion.

This is not the purpose of convening a group of civil servants.

When Cao Cao wrote the last word, he turned around and asked these important ministers: "Wen Yuan is seriously ill, but it is necessary to attack Wu. Three armies are easy to obtain, but a general is difficult to find. Can any of you recommend someone?"

This…

For a moment, all the civil servants looked at each other, and their eyes showed great confusion.

Conquering Wu is a small thing...but after conquering Wu, competing with Guan Yu for the land of Wu is a big thing!
In today's world, who can compete with Guan Yu except Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan?Who else could it be?
Just when everyone was looking at each other and couldn't come up with a name, Li Miao took a step forward and said, "I recommend Xu Huang and Xu Gongming, who is from Yang County, Hedong County and one of the five good generals——"

Well…

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was startled.

It seems that since Xu Huang returned from the Xiangfan battlefield in despair, not much news about him has been heard.

He seemed to have been shut up for a long time.

Cao Cao also thought about it secretly for a moment, and then waved his hand rather boldly, "The people from Jiangdong are most afraid of the people from Hedong. Zhang Wenyuan left, and Xu Gongming came. It's wonderful... the military advisor's words of offering wine are wonderful!"

Cheng Yu said with some worry: "Your Majesty, General Gongming just suffered a big defeat at Xiangfan, but Guan Yu and Guan Jiajun are so powerful. The opponent of Wei Dynasty is not just Soochow..."

"That's right!" Cao Cao glanced at Cheng Yu and sneered: "Soochow is just suffering from scabies, but Guan Yu and Guan Lin are Gu's most serious problems! But Gongming has been with Gu for more than ten years, how could Gu not know his abilities? ? His command has never been weaker than Guan Yu's, not to mention that he suffered a loss once. With his temperament, he will definitely be more cautious and must regain the lost face in this battle!"

"I have decided that I am Xu Gongming! In order to ensure that I can deal with Guan Yu's unparalleled martial arts, I let 'Hu Chi' be Xu Gongming's lieutenant. 'Hu Chi' has also long wanted to learn Wen Yuan's sword skills. Oh, haha... His Guan family's army is famous all over the world, but how can the isolated Tiger and Ben army be weaker than him?"

This…

Send Tiger Marquis Xu Chu?

Cao Cao's words made many people frown, as if they were deep in thought... Weighing the comparison of the combat power of Xu Huang and Guan Yu, also thinking... Cao Cao was actually willing to send his personal tiger guard Xu Chu and his ace confidant army Tiger Ben Army!
——『The king is serious this time! 』

As everyone is thinking…

There is no other matter in this meeting.

After a moment, a group of courtiers came out, but Cheng Yu deliberately stayed at the end.

Cao Cao saw that Cheng Yu still had something to do, so he asked: "Is there something else about Zhongde? Is it something that I couldn't tell you just now?"

"I'm worried...General Xu Chu and the Huben Army have left..." Cheng Yu was silent for a moment, but he still said what he was holding in his heart: "Moving the capital to Luoyang, the current situation is unstable, and some young people will harm the king..."

"Hahahaha..." Cao Cao glanced at Cheng Yu approvingly, and he smiled, "Rather than worrying about it all day long and letting these gangsters have their own ideas, why not just create a loophole and lure them out! In this way, At the right time and place, I can still choose all by myself!”

Having said this, Cao Cao paused, and then his voice became louder and louder.

"The news was released. Xu Huang and Xu Chu led their troops to the expedition. Huben's army was the vanguard. Gu Gu personally went to see off the two generals——"

This…

Cheng Yu pondered for a while and then said seriously: "Your Majesty, this plan is a good one, but it may be a bit dangerous. A gentleman will not stand under a dangerous wall... What if the guards of the Tiger Army and General Xu Chu are lost? Luoyang will be new to Luoyang." , there are young people..."

Without waiting for Cheng Yu to finish speaking.

Cao Cao walked to the stand and took off his sword. Suddenly he raised his sword and dropped it, causing the wooden stand to break.

Cao Cao's eyes were full of murderous intent, "They are just a bunch of young people. Do they think that Gu's Heavenly Sword will be blunted if Gu sits on the throne of King of Wei?"

This…

Don't wait for Cheng Yu to hesitate.

There was another smile on Cao Cao's lips. Looking at Cheng Yu's worried eyes, he said lightly, "When did Zhongde become so honest? Gu was just talking about wanting Xu Chu and Hu Benjun to be together." Sent, but is it true or false? Who knows? True and false, false and true—"

When these words reached Cheng Yu's ears, he seemed to realize it all of a sudden.

...

...

It's late at night in Xudu City.

In the secret room, Wei Xi and Chen Yi arrived first.

Shaofu Geng Ji, Prime Minister Sizhi Weihuang, imperial physician Ling Jiping, and their sons Ji Miao and Jimu were all wearing cloaks and hoods.

After entering, everyone lifted up their cloaks and held their hands, "Young Master Wei, Chen Weiwei!"

Wei Xi said nervously and excitedly, "No one has seen your hard work, right?"

Ji Ping said: "Don't worry, Mr. Wei, we all sneaked in from the backyard after dark, and no one was following us along the way."

Young Master Geng Ji slowly put down his sleeves and suddenly hesitated, "Young Master Wei... to kill Cao Cao and revitalize the Han Dynasty. If there are only a few of us, I'm afraid we will follow in the footsteps of Uncle Dong Guo. If we want to kill him in one fell swoop, Thief Cao, on the one hand, we need to deploy troops, and on the other hand... we also need foreign aid! I wonder if Mr. Wei has troops and horses? Can he have foreign aid?"

Wei Xi looked around cautiously, took Geng Ji's hand, and wrote a few words in his hand.

Geng Ji showed an expression of surprise and surprise, "Guan family father and son? Are they actually the foreign aid we are waiting for?"

Prime Minister Si Zhiwei Huang was also surprised and said: "I never thought that Mr. Wei could actually contact Jingzhou. With such strong support, if Cao Cao is plotted and Luoyang is in chaos, the Jingzhou army will be able to move north from the capital of Xu. The Han Dynasty will be prosperous!" "

With these words, everyone here became excited.

Wei Xi continued, "I heard in court today that Cao Cao sent Xu Huang south to replace Zhang Liao in the attack on Wu..."

"So what?" Ji Ping's son Ji Miao asked curiously.

"This is nothing." Wei Xi analyzed it carefully, "But Cao Cao was afraid of General Guan's martial arts, so he did not hesitate to send Xu Chu, the first tiger general in the Wei Dynasty, the 'Tiger Fool', to be Xu Huang's deputy general, and he also led the Huben army. All heading south..."

Ji Ping said bitterly: "In the past, during the Yidai Edict, Uncle Dong Guo was defeated and killed, and it was Xu Chu and Huben's army who captured him. Now Xu Chu and Huben's army are going south. This is indeed a God-given opportunity..."

Wei Xi said: "The five thousand soldiers I brought from Jizhou are on the outskirts of the city, and seven hundred of them have already sneaked into the city... It's just that the Cao thieves are suspicious by nature and take strict precautions. Now that they have arrived in Luoyang, they are new... There are still loopholes in the defense. We will wait for it." You only have one chance..."

Ji Ping pondered for a moment, "Indeed, this Cao Cao thief is suspicious by nature. Every time he uses medicine, he has to have his guards try it. It may be difficult to poison, but there is an opportunity in front of him...Cao Cao threatened to personally send Xu Huang, Xu Chu and Huben soldiers to the expedition. When the time comes, After being sent away, the protection of the Huben soldiers was no longer around. The new guards were not as agile and powerful as the Huben soldiers. If we could place a group of dead soldiers on Cao Cao's way back to King Wei's palace, then... Great things can happen!”

Ji Ping's words made Wei Xi excited, and he quickly said: "Heroes think alike, and I think so... Once Cao Cao is executed, my five thousand Jizhou troops will immediately enter Luoyang to seize the city... and then close the city gate tightly. , eliminate the remnants of the rebel Wei, and block the Wei army's troops from the city gate...At that time..."

Mentioning this, Wei Xi looked at Chen Yi and said, "Brother Chen will lead a group of imperial troops to protect His Majesty. As long as the situation is stable and the emperor raises his arms and shouts, the Jingzhou army will definitely come north to rescue King Qin, and great things can be accomplished!" "

Wei Xi spoke passionately about his plan...

Everyone was listening with passion, but Chen Yi... He seemed to be thinking about other things, but he didn't react at all.

"Brother Chen? Brother Chen?"

Wei Xi noticed Chen Yi's weirdness and quickly asked.

Only then did Chen Yi come back to his senses. He waved his hand and said, "It's nothing. I was just thinking about how to eliminate the minions who rebel against Wei in the palace..."

"In that case..." Wei Xi took out the emperor's edict, "This is the emperor's blood edict. During the uprising... I will carry it with me. Just as we killed the Dong thief in the past, we will kill this Cao Cao..."

After the words fell, the next step was to make an alliance through blood.

First there was a wine jar, then everyone rolled up their sleeves in turn, cut their arms with a knife and dripped blood into the wine jar, and finally... everyone raised it to drink, and as the strong wine went down, everyone's hands were all Holding each other tightly.

Everyone’s mood is extremely hot——

only…

How could people like them in the secret room imagine that outside this secret room...

A pair of eyes is staring here closely, paying close attention to these people.

——It’s Li Miao.

He came alone and followed these people quietly. He did not enter the wine shop, let alone any secret room...

He just watched from a distance.

Looking at the sky, Li Miao, who was lurking in the periphery, thought to himself: "It's been so long... Haha, sure enough... Mr. Yun Qi, I'm honest, 'Wei Xi' is a special and crucial name!"

As Li Miao said...

Before he infiltrated Cao Wei and became an undercover agent, Guan Lin included a series of trainings for him. The names in these lists were all that Li Miao needed to memorize.These names may be important officials of Cao Wei, civil and military officials with whom he must have a good relationship, who will be of great benefit to his actions, or... people who intend to destroy Cao Wei, existences he can win over and cooperate with.

The great inventor Ma Jun is not among them!
This was Guan Lin's omission.

But Wei Xi's name is located in an extremely eye-catching position in the famous family tree.

When he saw this "name" for the first time, Li Miao still didn't believe it. He was a great talent in the north, a government official who was highly valued by Prime Minister Zhong Yao, and a young talent who had always been loyal to Cao Wei...

But now, this situation...

"Ha ha!"

Li Miao smiled and sighed with emotion: "This person is really weird! What a Wei Xi who 'harbors evil intentions'!"

Saying so...

What Li Miao thought in his heart was.

——'It turns out to be one of our own! 』

...

...

Guan Lin is playing chess alone.

The black and white stones crisscrossing the chessboard are like the current situation in the world, but Guan Lin's moves are always slow and leisurely. It is obvious that his mind is not on the chess game.

He was meditating, pondering, pondering, and comparing.

Compare his chess pieces with Cao Cao's chess pieces in Cao Wei's "Luoyang Storm";

Compared with the white chess that is surrounded by black chess on all sides, how should we break out?Even counter-surrounding Black...

The fighting of Othello is like this. If you don't surround and kill the enemy, you will definitely be surrounded and killed by the enemy.

Guan Lin murmured from time to time...

"Cao Cao has more than [-] soldiers in Luoyang City;"

"There are generals such as Xu Huang, Xu Chu, and Cao Zhen, and counselors such as Cheng Yu, Jia Xu, Jia Kui, and Sima Yi;"

"And I have Lingju and his second brother Guan Xing's parrot in Xudu City, as well as two thousand dead soldiers who are familiar with Luoyang and are familiar with the tunnels that extend in all directions... and Li Miao, who is deep behind enemy lines and in a high position..."

"In addition, the troops Wei Xi brought from Jizhou and a group of dead soldiers who have been lurking in Luoyang City can also be used as surprise troops! There are also those important ministers who are pro-Han!"

Guan Lin is doing a horizontal enumeration...

While listing the strengths of the enemy and ourselves, he rehearsed his plan in his mind. Every time... he would do this before taking action to check for omissions and fill in the gaps.

But this time...

Because it involves Wei Xi.

This was Guan Lin’s first contact with this “chess piece”.

The impression of him is only a few words in "ancient books and documents", which is a huge variable, and it also casts a heavy haze on his plan.

"I'm afraid Lu Youjiao from the Beggar Clan will have to come back. Zhuang Yifang... From now on, the intelligence of Luoyang City will depend on you. You have to show your performance! Speaking of which... you... can convince Wei Xi, right? I guess. You can!"

Thinking about this... Guan Lin's eyebrows showed a little sadness.

In addition, there is another chess game in his heart, which is the chess board to conquer Wu.

It’s dad Guan Yu and Guan Jiajun;

It’s the unreliable Cao Wei;
It was Soochow who worked together to defend it to the death;

It's an offensive and defensive battle that's about to break out!
In fact...according to the original plan, Guan Lin wanted to stop at Lujiang. His idea was very simple. It would be good if he could reach Lujiang. If he went deeper, it would be easy to defeat Soochow. However, the dangers of the Soochow clan... is the most difficult to solve.

If one person is not good enough, he will follow in the footsteps of Sun Ce.

Therefore, Guan Lin's original idea was for his father and Zhang Liao to work together to capture Lujiang, then trap Soochow in that corner, slowly wait for their internal conflicts to break out, and then eat away.

But who ever thought...

Sun Quan's drastic reforms weakened the clans and strengthened the cohesion of the army and civilians, as well as the exiled warriors. Undoubtedly... this was a divine assist.

Of course, in a short period of time, Soochow can improve its combat power and cope with crises, but in the long run... it will offend the big clans. These big clans will not give up, and they will definitely lose both sides in the fight with Sun Quan.

In this situation, where the snipe and the clam are fighting... Guan Lin can reap the benefits.

This is a God-given opportunity to occupy Soochow and solve the troubles of the Soochow clan in one go——

While Guan Lin was thinking deeply about it...

A voice came from outside the door: "Sir, General Zhao Zilong wants to see you..."

Well…

Guan Lin paused for a moment, then remembered that Zhao Yun came here...mostly for Liu Chan.

On the contrary... this time, if Zhao Yun doesn't come, Guan Lin will go out to look for him. Tomorrow Zhao Zilong will escort Liu Chan back to Bashu... Some things still need to be explained.

...

At a table, Guan Lin and Zhao Yun sat across from each other...

There are two stacks of thick paper books on the table.

One stack contains three or four books, and the other stack contains even more, eleven or two books in total.

Zhao Yun looked at the piles of books and asked doubtfully:

"Master Yunqi, what is this?"

"Tomorrow General Rilong will return to Bashu. These are some books I specially prepared. The few here are for my Uncle Zhang. I am busy during this period... He likes to read "The God of War: The Biography of Zhang Fei" and it is too late to send it. I stayed up late the past few days and wrote a few books, and General Lao Zilong gave them to me, Uncle Zhang..."

Following Guan Lin's words, Zhao Yun was a little surprised.

"The God of War: The Biography of Zhang Fei", this book is quite famous in the military...

Many people are rumoring that it was because of reading this book that the three generals acted with great splendor on the battlefields of Sanba, Zitong, and Xiabiancheng. It is no exaggeration to say that they established the biggest battle with the Wei army after the capture of Bashu. Meritorious service.

Many people wanted to borrow it and read it, but Zhang Fei regarded it as a treasure... He was not willing to let outsiders see it.

That's it, this sacred book is now in Zhao Yun's hands. Yun Qi didn't say anything specifically, so it wouldn't hurt to come and borrow it from him along the way.

Just when Zhao Yun was daydreaming...

Guan Lin continued, "I heard that Mrs. Huang Yueying also followed the example of Mianshui Villa and opened workshops in Bashu to recruit poor people and produce repeating crossbows, sidecars and other ordnance... The thick books here are the ones I asked Mr. Liu Ye to compile. My manufacturing drawings, including the repeating crossbow, the side carriage, the eight-oxen crossbow, the thunderbolt eight-oxen crossbow, the Lu Gong chariot, the wooden ox and the flowing horse... and even a copy of the flying ball, must have been handed over to Mrs. Huang by General Lao Zilong for me. These... will be of great benefit to the development of Bashu Workshop!"

--"I see…"

Zhao Yun muttered to himself, and couldn't help but admire Guan Lin even more.

——"Ba Shu...Many people say that Mr. Yunqi is a traitor, but how can there be such a traitor who is dedicated to the public and has no secrets?"Haha, many people have misunderstood him!Or should I say that his brilliance is too enviable..."

With this in mind, Zhao Yun solemnly handed over his hand, "Then I will thank Mr. Yunqi in advance on behalf of Mrs. Huang and the three generals..."

"Not busy...and..."

Zhao Yun was holding his hand, but Guan Lin took out a package from nowhere. He handed the package to Zhao Yun, "I prepared this for Adou. It contains a piece of clothing, some self-defense items, and Lao Zilong." Give it to him when the time is right.”

Well…

Right time?
Zhao Yun was slightly startled, and then asked quite solemnly: "Master Yunqi, why don't you hand it over to him with your own hands? Now Adou is in grief because of what Master Yunqi said before, and he is crying in tears!"

This…

It seems that Zhao Yun meant something in his words. Zhao Yun's purpose was to get Guan Lin to see Adou again, to take back those heartless words, and to make him turn back into the innocent child he was.

But... Guan Lin smiled faintly, shaking his head while laughing.

"General Zilong, actually... I said harsh words to Adou, not because I blamed him... In fact, his original intentions and intentions were good, but he did bad things with good intentions, but I must punish her severely. I have to say the most cold words because I want him to know that doing the wrong thing... comes with a price! You have to think twice before doing anything!"

Guan Lin's words became more serious and heartfelt, "General Zilong... think about it, my uncle, my father, and my third uncle are not young anymore, but throughout their lives they have only conquered this three-thirds of the world. Even if there is unification in the future and the revival of the Han Dynasty, it will not be completed in three or two years... But if Adou is still a child at heart? Can he sustain this foundation? "

"It is true that I can help him, General Zilong can help him, and Military Advisor Zhuge can also help him, but we can help him for a while, but can we help him for a lifetime? After all, Adou must grow up on his own, and he does not need to be more excellent. , but you must be able to distinguish between right and wrong, good and evil, and be able to know the pros and cons of integration... This time is just a small setback. Based on the days I have been in contact with him, I conclude that he will definitely come out... Of course, this is indispensable. General Zilong’s guidance…”

guide?

Zhao Yun repeated these two words in his mind, but inexplicably felt that Guan Lin's words made sense.

Adou has to grow up after all.

But if it’s too late to grow up, is it too late under current circumstances?
Before Zhao Yun could speak again, Guan Lin continued, "There are still some drawings in the package that I haven't handed over to Mianshui Villa yet. General Zilong might as well give them to Adou in a 'tactful' way for me, saying that General Zilong inadvertently Whether it was taken out in time or stolen, even if it was just to prove to me... that he was not 'ignorant' or 'a child who cannot be taught', in short... let Adou do something independently, so that he could Show your splendor in the big dyeing vat of Bashu!"

Guan Lin has a plan for Liu Chan...

As he grows up, he needs a red face and a black face.

It requires encouragement and frustration.

Sigh... Thinking about it this way, it's really not easy for Guan Lin to be a father and a mother at the same time!

But there is one thing, Liu Chan's education must be taken to heart, otherwise... the lessons of history are too profound. Even if Zhuge Liang operates like a god, he will still lose to teammates who are like pigs.

After all, thinking about it this way... Guan Lin is a little tired.

Of course, Guan Lin's words also had an effect, at least making Zhao Yun realize his thoughts...

Zhao Yun solemnly handed over his hand, "So the young master has thought so far, I think I know what to do..."

After saying that, Zhao Yun stood up, solemnly handed over his hands again and again, and then left.

Never thought that at this time...

"Stay..." Guan Lin's voice made Zhao Yun take back his steps.

Zhao Yun paused.

But Guan Lin's voice could be heard in his ears.

"General Zilong, there is actually something I want to say to you..."

"General Zilong doesn't want to be a general who has no name all the time, right?"

...

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(End of this chapter)