AD 228, March 13th.
Qishan Daying.
Snap——
The sound of the feather fan falling to the ground could be clearly heard by the guards outside the tent.
There are two people standing inside the tent.
A young man in his twenties, he was originally calm and composed, but when the middle-aged man opposite him dropped his feather fan from his hands in shock, he was suddenly stunned.
"Prime Minister!"
The middle-aged man is none other than Zhuge Liang, the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty. This morning, the young man in front of him suddenly came in and asked for an audience.
"I'm going to Ji'an to pay my respects to the Prime Minister!"
After the young man saluted, before Zhuge Liang could speak, he said again: "Your Majesty has spoken."
Hiss——
Zhuge Liang was immediately stunned.
He had only been in Qishan for five days. How could His Majesty send someone to the front line suddenly? Could something have happened in Chengdu? Zhuge Liang couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
Although the social situation in Shu has been basically stable after several years of governance by him, the interior of Shu is not monolithic.
Some unstable factors still exist.
So he asked: "What is your Majesty's will?"
"Return to Prime Minister!" Shen Ji'an said: "Your Majesty personally led 15,500 new troops out of Ziwu Road three days ago."
Snap——
As soon as Shen Ji'an finished speaking, Zhuge Liang was shocked and couldn't help but let the feather fan in his hand fall to the ground with a snap.
"Are you making false claims?"
Regardless of picking up the feather fan, Zhuge Liang asked Shen Ji'an anxiously. He was more willing to believe that Shen Ji'an was talking nonsense.
"I don't dare to speak nonsense!" Shen Ji'an first picked up the feather fan, then took out a jade pendant, handed it to Zhuge Liang and said, "Can the Prime Minister recognize this?"
Zhuge Liang took the jade pendant and his face suddenly turned pale. Of course he recognized this jade pendant.
This is Liu Chan's personal possession, and it has never left him once since he was a child.
Seeing that Zhuge Liang was convinced, Shen Ji'an continued: "Three days ago, after His Majesty's troops left Ziwu Road, he divided 15,500 new troops into four groups to raid Chang'an, Pubanjin, Tongguan, and Wuguan."
Hearing this, Zhuge Liang was almost scared to the point of losing his temper. He had no idea, how could he use troops like this?
Shen Ji'an didn't mind Zhuge Liang's expression, and he continued: "Twenty-five hundred of them, under the banner of General Zhang Bao, pretended to attack Chang'an; three thousand of them pretended to be Xia Houzhu's army, raided Pu Banjin and occupied the Yellow River ferry; five thousand of them Disguised as Cao Zhen's generals, they raided Wuguan; the remaining 5,000 people were personally led by Your Majesty, also disguised as Cao Zhen's generals, to attack Tongguan."
Shen Ji'an explained the deployment of Liu Chan's 15,500 new troops one by one, and then said: "My subordinates are one of your Majesty's new troops. Before your Majesty went to Tongguan, you specially ordered your subordinates to come and report to the Prime Minister. ”
Zhuge Liang's mind was full of questions. Let's not talk about whether Liu Chan could lead the army to fight, but what was going on with the 15,500 new troops?
The military and political affairs of Shu were basically in his hands. Emperor Liu Chan had never interfered with state affairs in these years.
Where did Liu Chan get the 15,500 New Army soldiers?
Could it be Li Yan?
Zhuge Liang's first reaction was Li Yan, because Li Yan, like Zhuge Liang, was one of the two auxiliary ministers who were entrusted to Gu by the late emperor.
This time, Zhuge Liang asked Li Yan to send 20,000 troops for the Northern Expedition, and he would lead the Northern Expedition.
However, Li Yan refused to send troops to help Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition on the grounds that he wanted to guard against Sun Quan.
Now the only person in Shu who can give Liu Chan more than 10,000 soldiers is Li Yan.
But——
Is it still meaningful to think about this now?
No.
Zhuge Liang was naturally familiar with the troops leaving Ziwu Road. This was a suggestion Wei Yan had made before sending troops.
It was just rejected by Zhuge Liang.
The reason is very simple. Although sending troops out of Ziwu Road is a strange plan, if it succeeds, they can quickly capture the entire Guanzhong and then annex the counties of Liangzhou.
However, Wei is strong and Han is weak. If anything goes wrong in this plan, the Northern Expedition of the Han Dynasty will be in danger of being annihilated.
Zhuge Liang was unwilling to take this risk.
Therefore, we chose a more reliable strategy of gradually advancing, first occupying Longyou and Liangzhou, and then planning to Guanzhong before it is too late.
Because Longyou and Liangzhou did not sincerely submit to Cao Wei, even if they surrendered to Cao Wei in recent years, rebellions occurred in Liangzhou from time to time.
Zhuge Liang thought this was an opportunity. Taking advantage of the instability of the new leader of Cao Wei and the loose defense of the Guanzhong area, he suddenly sent troops to Longyou and then annexed the entire Liangzhou.
The fact is just as he thought.
Five days ago, he suddenly appeared near Qishan with an army of 70,000 troops, which immediately shocked the counties of Longyou. Two days ago, three of the five counties of Longyou, Nan'an, Tianshui, and Anding, had asked for their surrender.
Of the five counties in Longyou, only Longxi and Guangwei counties are left. Soon all five counties will be returned to the Han Dynasty.
But——
God’s calculation is not as good as man’s calculation.
At this critical juncture, Liu Chan suddenly sent troops to Ziwu Road to raid Guanzhong, and actually divided his 15,500 soldiers into four groups to attack.
Zhuge Liang was completely dumbfounded.
Perhaps the Han Dynasty will experience the defeat of Yiling again.
What kind of father is the same kind of son? The late emperor’s expedition to Sun Wu was done knowingly that it was impossible to do, so he failed miserably in the end.
Now Liu Chan comes again.
Zhuge Liang could think with his toes that when Cao Wei learned that Liu Chan led troops to raid Guanzhong, he even captured Pubanjin, Wuguan and Tongguan.
Cao Wei will immediately mobilize his army to counterattack.
If it was known that Liu Chan was in Tongguan, Cao Wei would definitely mobilize heavy troops to attack until Liu Chan was captured.
Now he is more willing to believe that Shen Ji'an is just talking nonsense, and that Liu Chan is just playful and deliberately let Shen Ji'an talk nonsense before coming to the army.
In fact, Liu Chan is still in Chengdu.
But——
Just when Zhuge Liang was panicking, Ma Su suddenly came in from outside in a hurry.
"Prime Minister!"
"Something big happened!"
Ma Su seemed a little anxious, but he was not nervous. It just seemed that the matter was urgent.
When Zhuge Liang heard this, he didn't say anything, but turned around and continued to listen to Ma Di's report.
Na Ma Su then added: "According to reports from the detectives, a large number of our troops have appeared in Chang'an."
Hiss——
Zhuge Liang couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. It seems that His Majesty has really sent troops to Ziwu Road. The report just now by Shen Ji'an was nonsense.
Now Ma Su comes to report again.
This must be true.
"Just now, General Zhao also sent someone to send news," Ma Di continued: "Cao Zhen has ordered Guo Huai to lead his army back to Chang'an to aid."
After listening to Ma Di's report, Zhuge Liang sighed and then said: "Quickly recruit all the generals to discuss the matter in the military tent."
"No!"
Ma Su responded and withdrew from the account. Zhuge Liang then said to Shen Ji'an: "You must return to Guanzhong to see your Majesty. Regardless of whether your Majesty captures Tongguan or not, you must ask your Majesty to withdraw your troops quickly. The Prime Minister will then lead his troops to Guanzhong to rescue your Majesty."< /p>
"But the Prime Minister!" Shen Ji'an said hurriedly after hearing this: "His Majesty said that the Prime Minister can attack Longyou with peace of mind, and he will block Cao Wei's reinforcements at Tongguan for the Prime Minister."
Zhuge Liang almost cursed when he heard this.
"You quickly return to Guanzhong and tell your majesty what the prime minister has said. He said that Cao Wei will definitely send a large number of reinforcements and Tongguan must not be defended. Your majesty is the emperor of the Han Dynasty and must focus on reviving the Han Dynasty. Please withdraw your troops as soon as possible." /p>
Shen Ji'an was also a little helpless, so he had no choice but to leave the military tent and head towards Guanzhong.
A quarter of an hour later.
The generals of the Northern Expedition gathered in the central military tent.
Zhuge Liang didn't waste any time and said directly: "Your Majesty personally led 15,000 soldiers and entered Guanzhong from Ziwu Road three days ago."
As soon as Zhuge Liang said Ziwu Dao, Wei Yan was startled and suddenly felt happy.
Your Majesty is mighty.
He had thought about this plan before, but the Prime Minister said that once they entered Guanzhong and faced Cao Wei's cavalry attack, the Han army would be in danger of being annihilated.
Of course, he didn't think Zhuge Liang's idea was wrong. After all, Wei was strong and Han was weak now. If he really encountered Cao Wei's cavalry in the Guanzhong Plain.
The Han army is indeed very dangerous.
That's why when he was rejected by the Prime Minister, he didn't argue with the reason, but followed the Prime Minister to Qishan.
But now——
Your Majesty's troops marched out of Ziwu Road.
And it has entered Guanzhong.
That is to say, it is still possible for soldiers to use Ziwu Dao to succeed.
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This chapter has been completed!