The Shuhan Empire of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 114
Hanzhong oath
"The last general takes orders" Wei Yan and Zhuge Qiao responded in unison, leaving only Zhuge Liang with a helpless expression on his face, but there was nothing he could do.

After that, Zhuge Qiao and Wei Yan slowly got up and retreated into the ranks of generals. The whole process was not joyful because the strategy was adopted, but seemed a little deep, because Ziwu Valley was full of unknowns, but they had already bet their lives.

A moment later, a waiter picked up the imperial edict written by Liu Bei just now, "Cao Pi usurped the Han, and the Han Dynasty was in trouble. As the uncle of the Great Han Emperor, I inherit the Han Dynasty today, just to rejuvenate the Great Han Dynasty one day; now Yizhou has been established, and the soldiers are in trouble." It is enough, when we go north to the Central Plains, help the Han Dynasty, and return to the old capital.

The generals listen to the order; the military adviser—Prime Minister, Zhuge Liang, Marquis of Wuxiang; - Liao Hua, General of Flying Guards, Zhang Yi, General Furong, General of Furong; Leading Envoy of the Rear Army - Huang Quan, General of Zhenbei, General Lu Yi, General of Dingyuan; Leading Envoy of the Central Army - General Hussars Ma Chao, General Chariots Zhang Fei; Central Supervision Army—General Yang Wu Deng Zhi; Former General—Duting Hou Yuan Lin, Left General—Gaoyang Hou Wu Yi, Right General—Xuandu Hou Gaoxiang, Rear General—Anle Hou Wu Ban; In front of the tent, the left guard envoy—General Longxiang Guan Xing, the right guard envoy—General Zhang Bao of Tiger Wing; joined the army—General Liu Ba of Zhengnan, general Hu Ji of Zhonglang; engaged in the march—Deng Ai, history of marching orders— - Ma Di; Governor of Pingbei - Pingbei General Wei Yan, Deputy General Piao Yao Xiaowei Zhuge Qiao; all the 20 soldiers of the Shu Han Dynasty will go to the Northern Expedition five days later.

After continuing to discuss some trivial matters, the court meeting drew down the curtain; Zhuge Qiao followed Zhuge Liang and retreated slowly!He also deliberately kept a distance that shouldn't be there, as if he was avoiding Zhuge Liang.

As he was walking, Zhuge Liang stopped, turned around, shook the feather fan, and stared straight at Zhuge Qiao!
"Father, I was wrong" Zhuge Qiao blurted out without thinking too much.

"What's wrong with you?" Zhuge Liang asked slowly, shaking his feather fan.

"I shouldn't argue with dad, I shouldn't go against dad's will," Zhuge Qiao replied with his head down like a child who has made a mistake.

Zhuge Liang shook his head, and said with a smile, "Lieutenant Yao Yao of the Shu Han has no side to admit his mistakes, so will you correct your mistakes?"

"No! His Majesty has already issued an appointment"

Zhuge Liang continued to laugh and said, "It's good to admit your mistakes and not correct them! In fact, Dad didn't mean to blame you. You and I are ministers in the court, and you can put forward your own opinions, and you don't need to worry about private relationships."

Hearing Zhuge Liang's answer, Zhuge Qiao also breathed a sigh of relief. It seems that Zhuge Wuhou, who has been famous for thousands of years, is really extraordinary.

"This depends on the governor of Pingbei and you. It has nothing to do with me. I don't know whether you use troops or Cao Wei's use of troops. How can I predict it? I have already said the other things in front of His Majesty just now, but I just can't predict it." What happened is that you actually issued a military order, do you know what that means?" Zhuge Liang also seemed a little angry when he said this, after all, a military order has the highest authority in the army.

"It's not that there's nothing you can do, my son. Who made you so able to argue, Dad?" Zhuge Qiao rolled his eyelids, and shifted the responsibility to his father.

Zhuge Liang shook his head, with a helpless expression on his face, "Since you have chosen this path, you will also bear some burdens; remember that once the army wins the land of the three counties, no matter whether you capture Chang'an City or not, I will ask His Majesty to send a partial division to come!" Chang'an rescue."

"Then look forward to the two armies meeting in Chang'an City," Zhuge Qiao echoed with a smile.

Suddenly, Zhuge Qiao seemed to have thought of something, and his face immediately changed, "If the army captures the three counties, who do you think can guard the street pavilion?"

Zhuge Liang was startled by Zhuge Qiao's question, "Bo Song also knows the place of Jieting. If our army passes through Yangping Pass and exits Qishan Avenue, Jieting is the main road. If Jieting is lost, our army will have it." The risk of overturning; therefore, the street pavilion must be guarded, and it is up to His Majesty to decide who to guard; but I did not expect that you would still care about the battle of Qishan when you left the Meridian Valley, which is rare."

On September 20th in the third year of Zhangwu; on this day, Liu Bei gathered all the soldiers of the Northern Expedition in the school field in Hanzhong, preparing to swear an oath for the Northern Expedition. [-] soldiers lined up to fight in the school field, and all eyes were on Liu Bei Perhaps this is also the time that Liu Bei has led the most troops in his life; the war drums of the Shu Han sounded at this moment accompanied by the war song "Han Shi", "Judging the big man, let's go to the country together, blood will not be shed, and death will never stop fighting,,," It’s just that compared with the military parade that day, it is a bit more majestic and heroic;

According to the customs of the ancients, Liu Bei began to sacrifice to the gods of heaven and earth, which has helped the army to be invincible and invincible.At this time, the three generals of the five tiger generals were sticking tightly behind Liu Bei. With the super generals of this era leading the formation, the soldiers on the school field became more and more motivated to fight.

The ceremony is about to end, and the army will rush to the battlefield, but the timing is so coincidental, "Your Majesty, there is an old man at the gate of the camp, who came from Jiangyang County to deliver a package to his son." Deng Ai suddenly walked up to Liu Bei, clasped his fists and said ;
It turned out that when the Northern Expedition was taking place in the school grounds, a staggering old man was ushered in at the gate of the camp, walking straight towards the camp gate with two burdens on his back.

"This is a military camp, non-soldiers please leave," the soldier guarding the gate said softly to the old man.

"That's right, I'm finally here! The little general and my child are in this barracks. I have something to give to him. Please let the little general let me go in and look for my child." clear.

"There are regulations in the barracks, and I can't make the decision. I also ask the old man to leave. The army is about to move out," the soldier persuaded softly.

However, the old man couldn't hear a word, "I must go in, I have something to give to him"

"What's going on?" Just when the gate of the camp seemed a little chaotic, Deng Ai met Zhuge Liang just after finishing his work.

"My lord, this old man insists on entering the barracks to find his son, and we won't listen to any advice we give him," the soldier replied directly.

"My lord, Xiaomin heard that the army was going to go to war, so he came here from Jiangyang County on purpose. He has been away for more than half a month, just to hand over this burden to my child who has just joined the army." Seeing Deng Ai, the old man seemed He has the right to speak here, so he immediately stepped forward to plead.

"There is nothing missing in the barracks. What are you carrying in your luggage?" Deng Ai asked curiously. After all, an old man can walk from Jiangyang County to Hanzhong, which must be supported by a strong belief. And that belief must be in the baggage.

The old man slowly opened the bag and took out the contents. It was a piece of white cloth with black letters on it; Deng Ai took the white cloth steadily and slowly opened it.

The white cloth was fully unfolded at this time, which looked very much like a banner; only Deng Ai seemed to be frightened by the banner, standing there motionless, and the soldiers behind him seemed to be bewitched just like Deng Ai.

(End of this chapter)