Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 235 229. Selecting troops to quell the rebellion
Liu Chan was no longer surprised by this. He knew that Zhuge Liang liked to talk about everything from childhood to adulthood, one thing after another. If he really believed it like before, he would be blocked by Zhuge Liang and unable to speak clearly.

"All three counties are in rebellion. Are there any unusual movements from Cao Wei or Eastern Wu?"

Liu Chan had been forced by Zhuge Liang to learn to ask questions proactively. Since the Three Commanderies Rebellion was a bigger event than Meng Huo's rebellion, what was bigger than the Three Commanderies Rebellion? It was nothing more than the Eastern Wu or Cao Wei taking advantage of the situation to fish in troubled waters.

"Your Majesty, Cao Ni and Sun Quan have not taken any action for the time being, but a few days ago, we received a report from Jingzhou saying that the Cham people in Jiaozhou and other places have rebelled one after another. It seems that they were deliberately instigated, but we don't know who did it."

Zhuge Liang was very pleased to see that Liu Chan now looked like a wise ruler, and he quickly answered Liu Chan's questions one by one.

"There have been rebellions in Jiaozhou and Yizhou. What do you think the Prime Minister should do?"

Liu Chan knew that Zhuge Liang would not have anything new to say, so he safely handed the ball back to Zhuge Liang to see if Zhuge Liang had any good ideas for handling the matter.

"There is no need to worry about Jiaozhou. According to the envoy from Jingzhou, the Grand Commander led 3,000 Shenwu Battalion to Jiaozhou and cleverly alienated the local people, turning them into a pile of loose sand. Now it is difficult for them to rebel on a large scale. Li Hui, the governor of Jiaozhou, also stated that the situation in Jiaozhou is now under control."

Sure enough, Zhuge Liang hadn't finished speaking, but this was also good news. Jiaozhou didn't have to worry about it anymore, which meant that Yizhou only needed to concentrate on dealing with the rebellion in the three southern counties and the rebellion of the southern barbarians.

Thinking of this, Liu Chan felt a lot more relaxed. They were just a bunch of traitors and southern barbarians. There were so many talented and brave generals in Sichuan that he didn't seem to be afraid of them.

"Since the Grand Commander has already pacified the Jiaozhou incident, then the South is just a minor problem. I think that if we can point out a few generals and 20,000 troops, we can win the battle in one go."

Liu Chan hesitated for a moment, but still expressed his thoughts. Although they were rather rough, it was obvious that Liu Chan had his own ideas, which made Zhang Fei and Zhuge Liang very pleased.

"Your Majesty is right. I think we can send three armies to first take over the three counties, then unite them to lift the siege of Yongchang, and then use Yongchang as a base to march south to conquer the southern barbarians."

Zhuge Liang slightly expanded the plan for Liu Chan. The three counties themselves were not particularly far from Chengdu, and were only separated by the Jianwei County. It was a more reasonable plan to first recover the three counties and then work together to deal with Nanzhong.

Originally, Zhuge Liang wanted to say that he would lead the troops himself, but he suddenly remembered the conversation he had with Feng Xi in Yong'an, so he gave up the idea and gave the opportunity to other generals, allowing them to grow on their own.

"Well, what the Prime Minister said makes a lot of sense. I wonder which generals should lead the troops to quell the rebellion?"

Liu Chan looked like he was pleased, but he still let Zhuge Liang make the final decision, and he just put on an attitude of being humble and willing to learn.

"I heard that my nephew Xingguo had once marched south with the three generals to Jiaozhou. He should have some knowledge of the hot areas in the south and central regions. We can be one of the routes and lead the Shu army to attack Yuexi County directly."

Zhuge Liang immediately thought of Zhang Bao. Although Zhang Bao had no experience in the battlefield before, he had grown a lot during Liu Bei's Eastern Expedition and was fully capable of taking on the important task.

"Sure. This kid has been bored at home all day, clamoring to go to Jingzhou to fight under the command of Feng Xiao... the Grand Commander. This is a good opportunity to let him go out and exercise."

Zhang Fei, who had white hair and beard and looked like an old tiger, nodded and agreed with Zhuge Liang's proposal.

Liu Chan sighed inwardly, feeling grateful that Zhang Bao actually had the chance to sneak away for some fresh air.

Zhang Fei trained Liu Chan every day, and Zhang Bao couldn't escape either. The two were often caught by Zhang Fei to train together. If Liu Chan's training intensity was 100, Zhang Bao's was 1,000. Zhang Bao was often trained to death by Zhang Fei, and was often caught by Zhang Fei to spar with him, and then was knocked to the ground by Zhang Fei. Liu Chan felt distressed when he saw it.

Now that Zhang Bao has led his troops out, he is probably relieved. Liu Chan has already expected that Zhang Bao has escaped, and Zhang Fei's attention will probably be on himself. "Another route can be taken by a few young generals. After all, they are young, so we should send an experienced person to assist them..."

At Feng Xi's request, Zhuge Liang sent Ma Su and several other young men to Jingzhou, and also looked for several new generation generals with outstanding abilities. Now was a good time for them to gain experience, but Zhuge Liang was still cautious. He was not at ease letting the young men lead the troops themselves, and wanted to find an old general to lead them.

"Since the Prime Minister is worried, I can go with them."

A somewhat old but still energetic voice sounded. It was Zhao Yun, the man with white helmet and white horse, who now had white hair and beard.

"There is a lot of miasma in the south, and Zilong is old, I am afraid..."

Zhuge Liang was not worried about Zhao Yun's ability, but he was worried about Zhao Yun's old age. If anything happened to him in Nanzhong, it would be another loss for the Han Dynasty.

"Prime Minister, are you taking advantage of my old age and weakness? Although I am old, I can still ride a horse and lift a gun."

Zhao Yun pretended to be angry, leaving Zhuge Liang speechless and forced to agree.

"In that case, I would like to trouble Zilong to lead Ma Zhong, Zhang Yi and others to go to the battle and head straight for Zangke County."

"As ordered."

Zhao Yun saw Zhuge Liang agreed, and a few smiles appeared on his face. Staying in Chengdu every day, he felt that his body was really being worn out by time, and now there was an opportunity, he naturally didn't want to let it go.

"Then there is the middle route, Yizhou County. There is a ready-made candidate, but..."

Zhuge Liang was a little hesitant, which made Liu Chan curious about who could make Zhuge Liang behave like this.

"Prime Minister, please tell me, who has this ability?"

"Yes, I am the governor of Qianwei County..."

Zhuge Liang didn't say anything more after this, but Liu Chan reacted.

Who was the governor of Qianwei County? It was naturally Liu Feng, now Kou Feng. Kou Feng had just defeated Huang Yuan's rebellion two months ago and was rewarded for it. Zhuge Liang had no doubts about whether Kou Feng was capable of defeating Yong Kai. However, Kou Feng's identity was too sensitive, so Zhuge Liang was not sure what Liu Chan meant.

"Since it's my brother... cough, General Kou, he is famous for his bravery, so there is nothing wrong with that. We should send a messenger to General Kou to reorganize the troops in Qianwei, and then send another reinforcement force from Chengdu, and then join the two forces to attack Yizhou County directly."

Liu Chan had no ill feelings towards Kou Feng. On the contrary, he and Kou Feng got along well when they were young. It was just that Kou Feng often seemed a little depressed because of his status. But when he heard that Kou Feng was doing well now, Liu Chan naturally had no intention of being on guard against him.

"The ministers obey the order."

Since Liu Chan had spoken personally, Zhuge Liang had no objection and prepared to deal with these matters after the court was adjourned.

(End of this chapter)