Sima Yi's Three Kingdoms Collection Collection

Chapter 247 Sweeping out the rebel General Meng Da (2)
"This... I asked many times when I went down, but General Meng never gave a clear answer." Gao Chong replied with some hesitation.

Zhuge Liang stared straight at him, his eyes suddenly brightened, and he stared so intently that he couldn't lift his head: "Gao Chong! Although you are Li Lingjun's servant, you are also a subject of my great man. The way of a minister is to be loyal to the emperor. The first priority is to die for the country. I am following the edict of the emperor, upholding the power of the yellow axe, shouldering the cause of rejuvenating the Han Dynasty, inheriting the hope of the people, wading through the dangers of the mountains, and defeating the enemies of tigers and wolves. I am willing to do my best and die! Both are ministers of the great man, and only by thinking about it together can we be worthy of the ancestors of heaven and earth, and the descendants of future generations! Therefore, if you know any other news, you must ask the truth It’s better to tell each other privately and with all your heart! Otherwise, if you miss the great cause of Xinghan, don’t say it’s you, even Li Lingjun can’t afford it!”

When he spoke with eloquence, he seemed righteous and serious, and he bent down and muttered: "My lord, Meng Da wanted to go down to give Li Lingjun a message when he was parting this time. , claiming that he has been looking forward to Li Lingjun's rapid horse riding from Jiangzhou Yong'an Palace, commanding troops northward, crossing Shennong Mountain, and joining forces with him in Xincheng County to fight against Wei in the east..."

"Hmm... Truth is just wondering, my Dahan Tianjun is only a few hundred miles away from Meng Da in Weixing County, but he is hesitating and evasive, and he refuses to come to the east to meet him. It turns out that he has such a plan in his heart at the moment! Well, Gao Jun, go down and rest."

After sending Gao Chong away, Zhuge Liang put the goose feather fan in his hand on the desk heavily, and his face slowly sank: This Meng Da really has no rules in his actions - he insisted on taking the closeness of the master of Hanzhong and taking Li Yanzhi of Yong'an Palace. Far away, it is clear that he is openly and secretly unwilling to join forces with the truth to fight the Wei thief!It seems that he still believes in and attaches himself to his former Dongzhou faction friend Li Yan and others in Chengdu more...

When he thought of this, his heart suddenly moved, he gritted his teeth secretly, suppressed the anger in his chest, turned his head and asked Ma Di, who was standing by his desk and joined the army in the north: "Youchang (Ma Di's word is "Youchang"), Your Majesty Didn’t you already issue an edict to Li Yan, asking him to take 4 people from the six counties of Jiangzhou and go north to join the real minister? What’s going on with him now?”

Ma Su looked a bit hesitant, and said in a low voice: "Prime Minister...according to the report from the envoy sent by His Majesty, Li Yan does not seem to have any intention of going north to join forces with the Prime Minister."

"Huh?! Now that Wu and Shu have negotiated peace, why is Li Yan still staying at Yong'an Palace? If he doesn't go north to join forces with the truth, what else does he want to do?"

Ma Su glanced at Zhuge Liang timidly, and muttered, "I want to report to the Prime Minister, in fact, Mr. Li sent two silk books earlier, but I see that the Prime Minister has been busy with state affairs recently, and I am worried that these two silk books will disturb you." Your heart song, I will read it to you again at the right time..."

"Bring those two silk scripts and read them right away."

"This... I remember the contents of these two silk scriptures, and I will tell you now: In the first silk scripture, he declared that he wanted to send troops eastward from Yong'an Palace, cross Shennong Mountain, and join forces with Meng Da of Xincheng County. Soldiers attack the puppet Wei together..."

"Heh! Heh! Heh! Dare to feel that Meng Da and Li Yan are 'thinking in one place, making energy in one place', 'playing a double-reed play' in front of the truth?!" Zhuge Liang's eyes flashed coldly, his face Smiling coldly, "The two of them really are 'in harmony with each other, hit it off'! What did he say in the second silk book?"

Ma Di took a look at Zhuge Liang's stern and menacing expression, and felt a slight shock in his heart, so he slowed down his tone as much as possible, downplayed the content, and said softly: "In the second silk book, he proposed to use Jiangzhou City as the foundation of the city. The axis is to integrate the eight counties of Yibin, Fuling, Linjiang, and Yunyang into one, and establish a separate "Bazhou".

"Establish Bazhou? He will be the shepherd of Bazhou again? Humph! Humph! Humph! Is he a little jealous because he looks at the truth and holds the position of Yizhou shepherd?" Zhuge Liang burst out, "This Li Yan has not done anything , An inch of land has not been developed, how dare to stretch out his hand to the court and the truth? He is too greedy... Also, there are not many soldiers in my Shu Han, but he wants to lead the [-] elite soldiers across mountains and mountains, and seek far away , Trek to Xincheng County to toss around with Meng Da! It's so exasperating..."

"Please calm down, Prime Minister! Please calm down, Prime Minister!" Ma Di urged repeatedly.

"Youchang, I know the reason why you didn't let him read his two silk letters with your own eyes...I'm afraid that Li Yan's original words in that letter will be even more harsh? Let’s seal the silk book with parchment, and let the civil and military men of the Manchu Dynasty read it after the teacher who wins the truth returns to the court. Alas! That’s all! That’s all! Don’t take it out and make my ministers of the Shu Han ugly, so as not to get caught by those arrogant words. Come out and pollute the eyes of the people of the world!"

As he said, Zhuge Liang raised his head and stared at the high tent, as if he wanted to see through it all the time: "The truth here has been working hard and forgetting to eat and sleep in order to restore the Han industry, but they are pulling ladders behind their backs, throwing cold arrows, and grabbing seats. It’s such a joy! The late emperor—you show your spirit, and let your dream shake and warn these courtiers who are disregarding the overall situation and greedy for profit..."

Hearing this, Ma Di, who was standing by the side, couldn't help but burst into tears.

Zhuge Liang suddenly looked determined again, became very serious, stood up, walked up and down in the big tent with his hands behind his back and his head down, muttering to himself: "No! No! The truth cannot be seen with our eyes. Let Li Yan and Meng Da lead tens of thousands of soldiers to commit suicide! You Chang! You immediately draw up a warrant for the truth, and sternly prevent Li Yan from sending troops to join Meng Da from Shennong Mountain!"

"Yes!" Ma Di replied, turned his eyes, and suddenly asked hesitantly: "Prime Minister, if Mr. Li doesn't listen to your order to stop him, and still insists on his own opinion, what should we do?"

"Hmm..." Zhuge Liang was taken aback when he heard the words, and his spirit disappeared in an instant, replaced by a calm and steady expression.He picked up the goose feather fan from the desk and slapped it lightly on his chest, and said leisurely: "You are right in reminding me. If Li Yan is stubborn, I will give him a 'two-pronged approach'. Immediately, on behalf of the truth, send a secret letter to Chen Dao, the deputy governor of Jiangzhou and the general of Zhendong, asking him to secretly resist and hinder Li Yan's move to send troops to the east. Chen Dao was cultivated by the late emperor and the truth for many years As a loyal person, he will definitely do it according to the truth.

"The second is to ask Jiang Wan to take the warrant of the truth and go to Yong'an Palace to persuade Li Yan face to face, saying that the imperial court is studying the establishment of Bazhou, please calm down. Stop him..."

After hearing this, Ma Su's face immediately showed a deep joy: "Your Excellency, the Prime Minister, managed to manage the chaos and calm the changes thousands of miles away. I am deeply impressed."

Zhuge Liang's face was a bit sad, and he murmured: "Alas...whatever you say about strategizing, eliminating chaos and calming changes is nothing more than the conspiracy and tricks of the truth! What the truth has always admired is "to be upright and upright, to conquer with virtue." People', but now they flatter Li Yan for Kuang Han's fight against Wei Daye, it's really sad..."

When he said this, something suddenly popped up in his mind, which made him unable to continue his emotion, Lian Rong said to Ma Su again: "By the way, we need to find a way as soon as possible to get Meng Da to join forces with the truth—" What a formidable character is Sima Yi, the southern governor of the pseudo-Wei Zhennan? Ten Meng Da and Li Yan combined may not be his opponent!"

"Prime Minister, this Sima Yi was just a fake minister of Wei Yijie before, and he was just transferred to the position of general this year. I'm afraid he's not even familiar with the spear in the army...Why are you so afraid of him? "

"Young Chang, you don't know. The truth is that I had dealt with this Sima Yi during the Jian'an period of the Great Han Dynasty, and I have also seen his methods-this man is very strategic and flexible, and now he is in charge of the military power of the puppet Wei Fangzhou. It is really me. A rare and formidable enemy of a big man! Leaving aside the distant cases, let’s talk about how clever and ingenious his tactics of "avoiding the truth and then pretending to be false", "circling the attack", "surrounding Wei and saving Zhao", and "waiting for work with leisure" in the battle against Wu not long ago? Even a master like Lu Xun, the Confucian commander-in-chief of the Eastern Wu Dynasty, suffered a bit of a secret loss under his hands. Li Yan and Meng Da actually wanted to go down from the east of Xincheng County with tens of thousands of people to provoke him? Really? Self-restraint!"

"Prime Minister, but this Meng Dayuan is in Xincheng County, we really can't do anything to him. If you call him so earnestly to come to Hanzhong County to join forces, if he still ignores it, how should we respond then?"

"Well...if that's the case, I'm going to secretly attack him if I don't know the truth!" Zhuge Liang stopped abruptly, stood still, looked at Ma Di with piercing eyes, and said coldly, "According to the truth, Shen Yi, the prefect of Weixing County, has always been at odds with Meng Da, and the situation is the same. You send Guo Mo, a general under our army's tent, to feign surrender to him, and give him the news of Meng Da's intention to return to the Han Dynasty as a "meeting gift". Shen Yi Yi and Guo Mo were old friends from the same hometown in Dongzhou, and he had always secretly hated Meng Da. After receiving this "meeting gift" from Guo Mo, he would definitely report it to the false Wei court. In this way, the matter has been leaked Meng Da had no time to sit and wait for Li Yan to travel thousands of miles to join his army—in fact, Li Yan would not send troops to the east at that time. He could only be forced to rebel against Cao in advance, attack Weixing County, and capture Shen Yi, for the truth, I sent troops from Hanzhong County to Jingxiang to open the southwestern feudal gate of the puppet Wei..."

Ma Di also likes to break the casserole and ask the bottom line. He frowned, and couldn't help asking: "Prime Minister, if you secretly force him like that, he still refuses to send troops east to Hanzhong County to fight with you." You join forces, what should you do?"

Zhuge Liang listened, his expression moved, and he squeezed the "Qinglian Jasper Jade" tightly in his palm, sparks almost burst out from his eyes: "If he is still so stubborn, he is really stupid!" You have to seek your own death, there is no cure..."

On the second day after Lu Xun received Meng Da's letter of surrender in Changsha County, he took a light boat down the river and went straight to Wuchang City to meet Sun Quan and ask for instructions.

Sun Quan, who was wearing a fur cloak, was sitting on a couch in the side hall, and there seemed to be a lot of red and emerald objects on the imperial case in front of him.

Seeing Lu Xun stepping in, Sun Quan smiled and held up a utensil and shook it at him: "Bo Yan—come and have a look at the celadon utensils that have just been smelted in the Yue Kiln in Ji County, Wu Guo. ..."

Lu Xun took a closer look and saw that Sun Quan was holding a blue and oily sheep's head porcelain lamp, which looked fresh, bright and lifelike, so he couldn't help smiling and praising: "My great Wu has such a treasure of heaven and earth. Skillful craftsman, I sincerely congratulate the king!"

(End of this chapter)