Chapter 93: Just send troops to do it (please read it! Please vote!)
The power of the Jiejie Yue is the highest symbol of power given to his subordinates by Liu Bei among his forces.
Fake is a short-term agency.
The festival represents the identity of the king.
All ministers who hold the festival represent the king in person and can exercise corresponding powers.
Yue is an axe, a kind of torture instrument, which belongs exclusively to the king.
The power that Liu Bei gave Guan Yu with the holiday yue was to give Guan Yu the power of "being like a king in person".
This year Liu Bei ascended the throne as Queen of Hanzhong and sent envoys to Jiangling to confer Guan Yu as a former general and gave him the order to seize the opportunity to attack Xiangfan.
In order to allow Guan Yu to maximize his abilities, Liu Bei specially gave Guan Yu the right to use the Jiajie Yue.
Guan Yu is already the top leader in Jingzhou, and is in charge of all military and personnel matters in Jingzhou.
If it was just to let him command the soldiers and horses of the Jingzhou headquarters, why would Liu Bei go to the trouble of giving Guan Yu the right to use the holiday axe?
Liu Bei's purpose was to allow Guan Yu to command Liu Feng and Meng Da's troops who were close to Chi Chi as reinforcements when necessary.
Liu Bei had already informed Guan Yu of this idea through a messenger.
That's why Guan Yu repeatedly ordered Liu Feng and Meng Da to send troops to assist after the war started.
As for Liu Feng and Meng Da, although they found excuses to refuse, they still respectfully used the words "dare not accept my fate" in their replies.
But when Guan Yu had the authority to command Meng Da and Liu Feng's troops, Liu Feng and Meng Da repeatedly disobeyed orders and refused to go.
Disobeying Guan Yu, who had the power of the false sword, was actually disobeying Liu Bei's order.
How could this prevent Liu Bei from being angry or feeling chilled?
Liu Bei picked up the military report that Guan Yu personally wrote to him. It recorded all the processes of Guan Yu's lonely battle since the fierce battle for half a year.
Liu Bei couldn't help feeling extremely sad.
"Yun Chang was ordered by King Gu to send troops this autumn. As of today, he has been fighting fiercely for half a year."
"In the past six months, he has only had an army of 30,000 men. He has been fighting fiercely for half a year, and his men and horses are exhausted.
He fought against Cao Wei's famous generals and defeated enemies several times his own, so he must have been extremely exhausted."
"As for Mengda, Liu Feng had more than 10,000 troops under his command. They had been recharging their strength for nearly half a year, but they actually sat back and watched Yunchang fighting fiercely in the Xiangfan area.
They are raising troops to respect themselves and have no intention of supporting them. They are still our Han generals!"
"If Meng Da and Liu Feng had sent troops to assist Yunchang as soon as possible, the two cities of Xiangfan and Yun Chang would have been captured by Yunchang long ago. How could Sun Quan take advantage of it now?"
"Even Zi Sheng knew that when Jingzhou was in danger, he would sacrifice his life and work hard for the lonely man."
"And what is Gu's son doing at this time?"
"What does he want to do?"
After finishing speaking, Liu Bei angrily smashed the jade Ruyi on the throne to the ground.
The jade Ruyi, who was covered in green and had a beautiful color, shattered instantly when it hit the cold ground.
In the silent hall, the huge shattering sound caused by the jade Ruyi hitting the ground, coupled with Liu Bei's angry voice, echoed in the deep hall for a long time.
In an instant, all the officials in the palace were so frightened that they fell to the ground and did not dare to speak.
This jade Ruyi was a gift from Liu Feng to Liu Bei on his fiftieth birthday.
Liu Bei has been fond of Jin for nearly ten years and regards it as a treasure.
But now this treasure was abandoned by Liu Bei and smashed to pieces on the spot because he disobeyed Guan Yu's orders and put Guan Yu in danger.
This shows how deep Liu Bei's affection for Guan Yu is.
But at this moment, when Liu Bei's anger reached its peak, a courtier with a peaceful face came out and bowed to Liu Bei and advised him: "Your Majesty, calm down."
"The Shangyong counties are newly attached, and people's hearts are uneasy."
"If generals Liu and Meng leave the country, these two counties may surrender and rebel again."
"I expect that this is why Generals Liu and Meng will not send troops to rescue."
When this minister came out to admonish the furious Liu Bei, all the ministers in the palace admired him greatly.
How unafraid of death this man is.
When the officials in the palace looked at that person and knew who that person was, they understood instantly.
It turned out to be him, so no matter how much I tried to persuade him, it would be fine.
When many officials from the Dongzhou faction in the palace saw this man interceding for Mengda, they were extremely grateful.
They were of the same faction and wanted to intercede for Meng Da, but they did not dare because they were afraid of Liu Bei's anger.
Now that they saw this man doing what they wanted to do but did not dare to do, they all poured out their gratitude on him.
The furious Liu Bei saw that this man dared to come out to admonish him, and he looked at the man angrily.
After seeing who that person was, the anger on Liu Bei's face instantly dissipated a lot.
"Why should Mr. Mi excuse them?"
"How can I not know about mediocre situations?"
"Mi Jun is a gentleman, and he doesn't want to hurt the relationship between father and son alone.
But they never cared about the brotherly love between Gu and Yunchang."
The person who came out to dissuade Liu Bei in his rage was none other than Anhan General Mi Zhu.
He would choose to persuade Liu Bei at this time. As Liu Bei said, he didn't think Liu Feng did the right thing.
It's just that he has a generous temperament and doesn't want Liu Bei to hurt the father-son relationship with Liu Feng.
Seeing that Liu Bei had made up his mind, Mi Zhu sighed and returned to his seat.
Liu Bei was not a foolish king, and he was not blinded by anger.
He had naturally thought about the reason Mi Zhu mentioned.
But that reason doesn't hold true.
This summer, Cao Cao led his army back north from Hanzhong, and Liu Bei finally won the Battle of Hanzhong.
After taking Hanzhong, Liu Bei ordered Meng Da, the governor of Yidu, to send troops north to attack Fangling.
Just when Meng Da captured Fangling and continued to march towards Shangyong, Liu Bei sent Liu Feng to lead his army down the Mian River from Hanzhong to attack Shangyong with Meng Da.
Shen Dan, the prefect of Shangyong, was surrounded by a large army and chose to surrender the city.
Liu Feng and Meng Da sent troops to capture Shangyong counties, even before Guan Yu sent troops.
In other words, Mengda's military strength alone was enough to capture the Shangyong counties.
At this time, in the Shangyong counties, Meng Da's troops were enough to guard them, not to mention the troops and horses that Liu Bei personally handed over to Liu Feng.
Moreover, after Guan Yu's troops surrounded Xiangfan, the Shangyong counties were already surrounded by the Hanzhong and Xiangfan counties, so there was no danger of foreign enemies at all.
As for internal worries, the Shen Dan brothers are people who adapt to the wind. As long as Guan Yu's army is undefeated, how can they dare to rebel?
The reason why Liu Bei gave Liu Feng a lot of extra troops was so that Liu Feng could send troops from Shangyong to assist Guan Yu when Yizhou was unable to send troops in a short time.
But I didn't expect that Liu Bei's thoughts were beautiful, but Liu Feng's selfishness was so serious.
When the most important minister Mi Zhu's persuasion was in vain, this had pronounced Liu Feng and Meng Da's political death sentence in Liu Bei's mind.
Liu Bei immediately issued his king's order in front of the ministers in the palace: "Generals Liu Feng and Meng Da have committed a heinous crime by disobeying the king's order."
"Immediately, I gave Zhang Fei, the right general, the right to take a holiday, and led his army northward to Shangyong County, to seize the military power of Liu Feng and Meng Da, and to take these two men back to Chengdu for trial."
The officials in the palace were shocked when they heard that Liu Bei had granted Zhang Fei the right to holiday.
Under the false power, if the two generals Meng Da and Liu Feng resisted, Zhang Fei could kill them on the spot.
Everyone was curious about why Liu Bei, who had always been tolerant, would suddenly act so cruelly, but soon they understood Liu Bei's true intention.
"Send an order to all the counties in Yizhou to dispatch their best soldiers, and to send all their grain and grass to Yubelly County."
"Instruct all generals in Yizhou, and those who are not guarding key areas, to gather in the belly of the fish as soon as possible."
"I want to mobilize all the Yizhou army to support Yunchang!"
As soon as Liu Bei's royal order came out, all the officials from Yizhou in the palace were shocked.
Many ministers came out to worship and advise Liu Bei.
Their reasons are also valid.
That is, the battle in Hanzhong this year has severely damaged Yizhou's vitality.
Without adequate rest and recuperation, Yizhou really could not send troops to support Jingzhou.
However, Liu Bei turned a deaf ear to the advice of many ministers.
His face was full of determination.
"If Gu does not send troops to rescue Yunchang, Yunchang will be in danger and Jingzhou will be in danger."
"The siblings of Yun Changgu."
"Suppose the sibling is not there, even if the sibling has a country thousands of miles away, it is not valuable if he cannot share it with his sibling!"
"This year, Yizhou men's game, women's game, and Gonggu won the Hanzhong game."
"Then let's fight again and luck again!"
After announcing the war declaration to the ministers, Liu Bei pointed to the broken jade Ruyi on the ground and said,
"Anyone who dares to persuade me is as good as this jade."
After finishing speaking, Liu Bei resolutely left the hall with his sleeves rolled up.
After Liu Bei left, all the officials from Yizhou in the palace fell to the ground.
They had scolded Sun Quan thousands of times in their hearts.
The Battle of Hanzhong wiped out several years of savings in Yizhou.
Now that Liu Bei is going to war, he will definitely have to get this food and grass from the big clans like them.
Then the officials in the palace remembered why Liu Bei had just dealt with Liu Feng and Meng Da so harshly.
It was nothing more than setting those two people up as negative examples to shock local aristocratic families like them.
Because he did not follow the king's orders to assist Guan Yu, his son could be imprisoned.
If they don't try their best to help Guan Yu, what will happen to them?
At this time, an old man among the ministers looked at the Yizhou ministers lying on the ground, and he sneered in his heart.
Everyone knows that Liu Bei is benevolent and generous, but don't they know that he was also a knight-errant when he was young, and he also whipped the postal governor in his youth?
If Sun Quan dares to touch Guan Yu, who has a deep relationship with Liu Bei, then let that thief Sun Quan see the side of the King of Hanzhong who is willing to pay grudges and is fearless.
As a young boy, Jian Yong shook his head and stood up from his seat, and slowly left the hall with his hands behind his back:
Even if Kong Ming were in Chengdu today, he would not be able to persuade the king.
Not to mention them.
(End of chapter)
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