Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 83 78. Liu Bei Returns to Sichuan
"I was just joking, General Feng, please don't get angry. But I don't know why you are forcing me so hard?"

Zhuge Jin quickly "withdrawn" his previous remarks. He had been a little dizzy from Feng Xi's high-pressure attitude, so he simply asked Feng Xi directly what he wanted to do.

"Well, why don't you be like Liu Jiyu and be a rich man with a pastoral life, never worrying about food and clothing for the rest of your life? Isn't it wonderful? The King of Wu is just like Liu Jiyu, who took over Jiangdong from his father and brother for more than 20 years. Except for relying on Lu Meng to break the alliance and sneak attack his ally to occupy Jingzhou, he has not made any achievements in the rest of the time. It would be better to hand over the six counties and eighty-one states of Jiangdong to Your Majesty as soon as possible, and let Your Majesty fight against Cao thieves, and the King of Wu can enjoy a rich life at ease."

Feng Xi spoke with a smile, but Zhuge Jin's face turned dark.

"General Feng, be careful with your words! If you are humiliating our Lord in this way, there is no need to discuss this further! We can discuss this after the victory is decided on the battlefield!"

"Okay. Then there is no need to talk about it anymore. Please take your time, Mr. Ziyu. We will discuss the rest of the small talk in detail after our army conquers Jianye."

Feng Xi suddenly stopped smiling and looked like he was seeing someone off, catching Zhuge Jin off guard.

"Uh... May I ask, Your Majesty, is this also what you mean?"

Seeing that Feng Xi had already asked people to drive him away, Zhuge Jin was surprised but couldn't help but look at Liu Bei.

"Xiu Yuan's intention is my intention. The King of Wu is incompetent and has not gained any land except for breaking the alliance and launching surprise attacks. It would be better to hand over Jiangdong to the Han Dynasty and fight against Cao Cao together."

Liu Bei opened his eyes and also supported Feng Xi.

"...I hope His Majesty the Han Emperor will not regret it!"

Zhuge Jin could only say this and leave angrily.

After Zhuge Jin left, Liu Bei looked at the civil and military officials in the tent and spoke slowly.

"My dear ministers, Meng Xiuyuan was well prepared and saved me from danger. At the same time, I am also old and weak, and I am afraid it will be difficult to move forward. I now appoint Feng Xi Feng Xiuyuan as the General of the Eastern Expedition and the Grand Commander of the Jingzhou Army. The troops of Jingzhou and Yangzhou will be arranged by Feng Xiuyuan alone, and I will not ask any questions. The title of Marquis of Shenwu remains unchanged, and the Eastern Expedition Army will be led by Feng Xiuyuan, who will be responsible for recovering Jingzhou and attacking Dongwu.

All the generals must follow Feng Xiuyuan's instructions as if I were personally leading the expedition. Do not do anything that pretends to obey but actually disobeys me! "

Liu Bei also took this opportunity to go back to the rear to recuperate. After all, Liu Bei was already over 60 years old and his health was not very good. In addition, he was shot by an arrow in the Battle of Yiling and inhaled a lot of thick smoke, so he was a little tired recently.

Of course, Liu Bei was more mentally exhausted. He thought that Lu Xun and Sun Quan would come to seek peace as he expected, but he didn't expect that the other side would kill him, which made him feel sad that his time had passed.

In addition, the murderer who killed Guan Yu is now dead. Due to various factors, Liu Bei has lost his original heroic spirit and is now more like an old man.

"We will certainly obey the orders of Grand Commander Feng."

All the ministers bowed and indicated that they would obey the order.

"I will not let your majesty down. I will definitely recover Jingzhou and defeat Cao the rebel again!"

Feng Xi was also flattered when he heard Liu Bei's arrangement. He was appointed as the General of the Eastern Expedition and was in charge of an army of more than 50,000 soldiers. This was a trust that was difficult for ordinary people to imagine.

"Well, Xiu Yuan, you just take care of yourself. I'm tired and old, and I don't have that much energy anymore. Maybe the future era belongs to you young people."

After Liu Bei explained all this, he seemed to have aged a lot, and his originally upright back became much more hunched. He then slowly left the central military tent.

According to Liu Bei's arrangement, he and a group of attendants as well as generals such as Fu Rong and Fu Kuang will return to Sichuan with Zhao Yun's 50,000 troops, while Feng Xi will lead the rest of the people to continue the attack.

A few days later, Feng Xi, Zhang Nan and others watched Zhao Yun escort Liu Bei's carriage away.

"Xingguo, go write back to the Third General and inform him of our military arrangements. You don't need to come back. Stay by the Third General's side and assist him."

After Feng Xi returned to the camp, he sat in the first seat and first asked Zhang Bao to communicate with Zhang Fei and then support Zhang Fei.

"Yes." "General Huang will lead his troops northwards and seize the northern gate of Jingzhou, Xiangyang and Fancheng, while Cao Wei has not yet reacted. Li Zhengfang will defend the three counties of Shangyong and can serve as a support for you to prevent Cao Ren from attacking."

"Here."

Huang Quan also took the order and withdrew. It was no longer news that Cao Wei had given up Fancheng and Xiangyang. At this time, Cao Wei had not responded, so Feng Xi decided to let Huang Quan's troops, who were already on the north bank, occupy Xiangyang first, so that they could echo Shangyong from a distance and not be isolated.

"Zhang Nan, you lead the navy and my central army to advance together to Jiangling!"

"Yes!"

In such a public occasion, Zhang Nan would not play around with Feng Xi and took the order seriously and left.

"Minister Ma, do you know any of the noble families in Jiangling? Please write a letter in person. I will have someone copy a few copies and send them to Jiangling City to see if they are willing to cooperate."

"Of course. I know several wealthy families in the city who can be contacted. I will write it later."

Ma Liang nodded.

"The rest of you, generals, organize your troops. We will set out in two days and march towards Jiangling!"

"Here!"

Zhuge Jin had not returned to Chaisang after being driven away, but an unexpected person came back.

"Your Majesty, General Zhou Tai is back!"

The guard who reported the incident was as if he had seen a ghost. After all, it was well known that General Zhou participated in the Battle of Yiling, and the Grand Commander Lu Xun had been killed, but Zhou Tai escaped back, which was indeed a bit surprising.

"Youping? Youping!"

Sun Quan was overjoyed when he heard this. Zhou Tai was not only his lifesaver, but also a trusted general of Wu. With him around, his chances of winning were naturally much greater.

"Your Majesty, I am ashamed that I have not been able to help you and have sent away the army in vain."

Zhou Tai was dressed in civilian clothes, and his armor and the BMW he was riding were nowhere to be found.

"It's a great thing that Youping can come back. Tell me quickly, what happened on that day?"

Zhou Tai started by telling the story of how Lu Xun had passively avoided the battle and sold out Han Dang. He talked about how Lu Xun wanted to set fire to the Han army camp at night and asked him to attack the rear camp. It was not until he found out that the Han army was well prepared that he led his troops to escape, but was chased by another group of Han troops. He had no choice but to jump into the river to escape, and did not dare to stay in Jingzhou for long. He took various rides and horses along the way to return to Chaisang.

"Alas! Kan Derun has misled me! Lu Xun is just like Zhao Kuo, who only knows how to talk about war on paper. How can he be used?"

The world is so interesting. In this time and space, Lu Xun's defeat in Yiling made him the second example of armchair strategist earlier than Ma Su, so much so that Feng Xi felt a little sad when he heard about it later.

"I want to send Xu Wenxiang and Ling Gongji to support Jingzhou. How is Youping? Are you willing to go with us?"

After chatting, Sun Quan also asked the question that he was most concerned about, which was to let Zhou Tai continue to shine on the battlefield.

"I am willing to share your worries and avenge the shame of Yiling in Dongwu!"

As a loyal general of Jiangdong, Zhou Tai naturally would not refuse and agreed immediately.

　Today I just happened to post the last chapter of Volume 2, and now I am entering Volume 3. After two days of bursts of updates, there is really not a drop left!
　　
　
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