Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 47. The Eastern Expedition Begins

"Zhang... General Zhang..."

The two men were so frightened that they fell to their knees, and the daggers fell to the ground with a clang.

"Okay, you two assholes, what did you do?"

Zhang Fei glared at the two men. The area around him was already full of soldiers with weapons in their hands, staring at the two men with murderous eyes.

"General Zhang, please forgive us! We were bewitched and blinded by lard. We hope that General Zhang will forgive us! We are willing to do anything!"

"anything?"

Feng Xi and Zhang Nan looked at each other and smiled. Fan Jiang and Zhang Da were really ugly. If they asked for death directly, people might look up to them. But then again, if they had such character, would they still be here now?
"It's too late. Xiu Yuan said someone wanted to murder me, and I thought it was a joke. I never thought that you two are such ungrateful villains with such ruthless hearts! You even want to kill me!"

Zhang Fei became so angry that he wanted to execute the two men himself.

"Zhang Fei! Go ahead and kill me! If you kill two of us today, you will be killed by others sooner or later!"

Zhang Da seemed to realize that Zhang Fei had decided to kill the two men, so he decided to go all out and started yelling loudly.

"Pfft"

Before Zhang Da could finish his words, he was stabbed in the chest by Zhang Fei, and fell to the ground. Fan Jiang, who was standing by, stepped back in fear, but Zhang Fei caught up with him and stabbed him in the heart, killing him instantly.

"Alas...these two people have followed me for several years, but I didn't expect this to be the result..."

After killing the two men, Zhang Fei casually inserted the sword he had drawn into the ground and sat on the couch, looking even more old and frail.

"Third General, I won the bet this time. Don't forget to be a little better to your soldiers. If there is no other way, who would be willing to do such a disloyal thing?"

After the matter was settled, Feng Xi and the other two bowed to Zhang Fei, then left the tent and rode back to their own camp.

Zhuge Liang was sitting at home, observing the stars for the Eastern Expedition against Sun Wu, when he suddenly saw a giant star in the southwest galaxy about to collapse, and was greatly shocked.

"Husband, what's wrong?"

Huang Yueying, who was standing by, saw her husband's familiar look and knew that there must be something wrong with the star map.

"A general is about to fall in the southwest, and a great general of our Han Dynasty is about to die... No, this is...?"

Zhuge Liang was originally looking anxious, but suddenly he saw a small star next to the giant star that was about to fall suddenly flicker twice, and the giant star stabilized again.

"hiss……"

Zhuge Liang looked at the shining star carefully and found that it was not a small star at all. It was clearly a giant star, but its light was dim and it was only emitting a faint purple light. If you don't look closely, you will mistake it for a small star.

This big purple star is surrounded by dozens of small stars, and together with other giant stars, it protects the giant star in the southwest.

"This... When did our Han Dynasty have such a star general?"

It was the first time that Zhuge Liang noticed this star hidden in the dark, and he was somewhat surprised. But now the star map had stabilized and there was nothing to see, so Zhuge Liang could only shake his head and stop observing the stars.

"Oh, my husband, General Shenwu sent a secret letter saying that there is an important matter and I have to trouble you to do it."

Seeing that her husband had finished his work, Huang Yueying took out a letter and handed it to Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang opened the letter and found a dream interpretation and a paragraph inside, which made Zhuge Liang a little confused. Why did he target Sima Yi, the Shangshu of Cao Wei, and what was the reason for this dream interpretation? However, Zhuge Liang knew that Feng Xi was not an ordinary person. Since there was such an arrangement, there must be a reason. He was also going to arrange someone to do it tomorrow.

A few days later, the troops in Sichuan were assembled, all dressed in white, and even the flags had black characters on a white background, which looked particularly solemn. "…General Feng Xi, who is proficient in military affairs, specially ordered Feng Xi and Wu Ban to lead the two generals Zhang Nan and Fu Rong and their troops to leave Sichuan and head east, along the Yangtze River to attack Zigui.…"

In Feng Xi's tent, Feng Xi was listening to the guards reading the imperial decree, which was not much different from history. He and Wu Ban were still the vanguard generals and the first group to leave Sichuan.

"I accept your order and thank you."

Feng Xi and three others also knelt on one knee to receive the order.

"Okay, Wenjin, Yizhong, get the soldiers ready, it's time for us to set off."

Feng Xi had known about this incident for a long time, and his troops were already prepared. The vanguard of 15,000 people was only waiting for the order to set out from Chengdu, pass through Yong'an, leave Badong County, go down the river, and attack Zigui.

Wu Ban was a little confused. He had only been fishing for a month, so why were his subordinates now so obedient to Feng Xi? However, Wu Ban was also Feng Xi's subordinate in theory, so he had no complaints.

Liu Bei was still in the palace at this time, issuing strategies for the eastward march to various troops.

Feng Xi's 15,000 men were the vanguard, and they went south along the river from Badong to attack Zigui.

Zhang Fei's 20,000 troops went to Fuling County, joined the Wuling Barbarians and attacked Wuling County directly, recovered the four counties in southern Jing, and then attacked Jiaozhou.

Liu Bei personally led 50,000 soldiers from Chengdu as the central army, and under his command were civil and military officials such as Huang Zhong, Guan Xing, Zhang Bao, Chen Shi, Fu Kuang, Liao Hua, Xiang Chong, Zhao Rong, Du Lu, Liu Ning, Huang Quan, Liu Ba, Ma Liang, Zong Wei, Cheng Ji, and Wang Fu.

In addition, the Wuling Barbarian King Shamoke led 50,000 Wuling Barbarians to support Zhang Fei.

The group had more than 130,000 troops and horses, falsely claiming to have 700,000, and marched majestically towards Eastern Wu.

As for Zhuge Liang and Zhao Yun, Liu Bei stationed them in Chengdu, leaving 20,000 soldiers to guard against Cao Wei's attack and other uncertainties. In addition, Wei Yan, the General of Zhenbei, led his Hanzhong Army to station in Hanzhong to resist Cao Wei.

More than ten days later, Zhuge Liang, Zhao Yun, Qiao Zhou, Qin Mi and other civil and military officials bid farewell to Liu Bei and his army in Chengdu. Feng Xi and his men had already arrived in Baxi County and would soon reach Badong to start attacking the Eastern Wu.

The Eastern Wu naturally also received the news from Shu, and learned that Liu Bei had mobilized 700,000 soldiers and horses to attack the Eastern Wu.

Sun Quan was so frightened that he collapsed in his chair and quickly called his ministers to discuss the matter.

"How about I go and talk to the Han Emperor again to find out the truth?"

Zhuge Jin made a suggestion in the hall. Sun Quan thought about it and decided to do so for the time being. He sent Zhuge Jin as an envoy to go back to Sichuan to find out the truth about Liu Bei's trip and see if he could persuade Liu Bei to stop the war.

On the other hand, he also informed Han Dang, the acting commander-in-chief of Jingzhou, that if the Han army invaded, he could fight them directly.

Zhuge Jin traveled day and night and arrived in central Sichuan in just a few days, where he met Liu Bei in Baxi.

"Is it possible that Ziyu is here because Lord Wu has agreed to the three conditions mentioned above?"

Liu Bei looked at Zhuge Jin with a hint of unkindness.

"This... The Lord of Wu is willing to return the land north of the Yangtze River. At the same time, the lady has missed the king for a long time. I am willing to send her back, capture the surrendered generals, and form an eternal alliance to destroy Cao Pi and rectify the crime of usurpation and treason."

This was already the highest price Sun Quan had offered to Zhuge Jin. Zhuge Jin did not dare to bluff at this time and had to tell the truth.

"Haha, almost all the land north of the Yangtze River belongs to Cao Wei. Why should we give it back? If Ziyu is like this, there is no need to come again."

Liu Bei looked at Zhuge Jin with a frosty face.

(End of this chapter)