Chapter 115 Preparations for Counterattack (1)
"Thank you for your kindness to let us kill the enemy and serve the country! Your Majesty, this battle is a battle of life and death for the Han Dynasty. In order to boost the morale of the entire army, I dare to ask Your Majesty to rule the enemy and fight in person!"
"Bao~~~!" What did you say, you guy? You want me to lead the army in person?!
I went in and out of the million troops less than one year old (Changbanpo). It can be said that my first formation was older than any of you present. But I went to the battlefield when I was only one year old, and I haven't been to the battlefield in person for more than fifty years. After so long, even the skills I am familiar with are unfamiliar...
"Your Majesty, the proposal of the Marquis of Shouting in Han is indeed a good word. Please make up your mind to lead us to the expedition. Although the old minister does not have the ability of the Marquis of Shunping (Zhao Yun), he will do his best to protect His Majesty!"
Looking at Liu Chan on the dragon throne who was stunned for a long time without any reaction, Huo Yi was anxious: My good friend, this is the conditions I took to win you last night! If you can lead the army in person this time, even if you do nothing on the battlefield. As long as you win this battle, your prestige will be at its peak again! No one can be a powerful minister at that time!
Huo Yi couldn't help but remember the night chat between Guan Suo and his uncle and nephew last night.
"Duke Shaoxian, you don't like to bend around your mind when speaking. If you have a few questions, please answer them positively."
"Okay, Zifeng, please tell me. Huo Yi knew everything."
"Our army is only forty miles away from CDs now. Mr. Shaoxian should have learned from his own channels that Zhuge Siyuan and Yan Wenping's defeat."
“Oh, yes.”
"If I, Guan Yi, had not made up my mind in advance and marched to the CD half a month in advance without the will. What will the great dynasty meeting tomorrow say? Duke Shaoxian and His Majesty met him at a very young age. Please, Duke Shaoxian, answer me according to his true intentions."
"...uh... I guess I'm going to surrender. By the way! Thank you Zifeng for reminding me! Zifeng, we should send an envoy to break into the CD at night and notify Your Majesty of the news that our army has arrived. So that your Majesty will not act self-deprecating."
"Hahaha, this is exactly the intention of the boy to come to find Shaoxian Duke. Shaoxian Duke, now the Yizhou family has started collectively and blocked the court's news. Yi's Fuxing Society used to convey messages quickly. But now it is time to deliver messages, and it will take a huge cost. Therefore, it is not certain whether our envoys can enter the CD alive without the company of a large army. The key to the problem is that Guan Yi must now conceal the news of the arrival of the royal army from the court."
"You! So brave! Where do you want to put Your Majesty?"
"Shaoxian Gong calmed down. I wonder if Mr. Shaoxian Gong, if it weren't for the boy's lead in advancing without orders, would Mr. Shaoxian's Southern Central Corps go north?"
"……Won't!"
"That's it. Mr. Shaoxian also knows that he has no intention to advance. Even if you and Your Majesty are young men, you will not spare you if you take this step. You are like this. Will the end of the game be fine if you do such a thing this time?"
“…….Your Majesty is the merciful Lord…”
"Hahaha, Duke Shaoxian, Your Majesty is indeed not as cruel and ruthless as Sima Zhao. But if you want to say that Your Majesty is the merciful Lord... Hahaha, do you believe it yourself?"
Huo Yi was speechless.
"So, the three generations of kids are loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty. For the sake of the survival of the Han Dynasty, they had to make the move of Jiyue. But kids are not a saint, and it would be fine if they were killed in battle with the pseudo-Wei in the future. But if they win, kids are unwilling to be poked."
“…Zifeng, how much do you want to do?”
"We will go in after the court's surrender resolution comes out."
"You! Do you want His Majesty to ruin his prestige?! No! Absolutely not!"
"Hehe, Mr. Shaoxian. There are two purposes for this boy. First, he really wants to ruin His Majesty's prestige so that he will feel safe in the future. Second, he will take this opportunity to let all the Yizhou people jump out and clean them in the future. Even if they cannot clean them, with this handle in their hands, I will have less constraints when I have to govern in the future."
"You are so scheming with Your Majesty, how dare you say you don't have the intention of being a powerful minister?!"
"Well, Duke Shaoxian. In the past, Prime Minister, Sima Jiang, and General Fei were all considered powerful ministers. But there was nothing wrong with my great man. However, after General Fei was assassinated, the national power of my great man became worse and worse..."
"What do you want to do?"
"It's nothing. It's been more than 40 years since the founding of the Han Dynasty. It has completed a generational alternation during the Yanxi period. Now twenty years have passed, and it seems that it's time for generational alternation again."
Old guy, you and Boss Liu are both older. You are nothing, but Boss Liu has really badly governed the country over the years. Not only are you and Boss Liu older, Jiang Wei, Zhang Yi, Liao Hua, Zong Yu, Dong Jue, Fan Jian... They are all old men over the age of 60. If you don’t let young people come up at this time, what if you do not make a collective burp one day?
"...I have a son whose name is Zai, whose courtesy name is Fang Bo. He is twenty-seven years old this year and is very knowledgeable in martial arts..."
"My Fuxing Society urgently needs a talent like Fang Bo..."
"If Zifeng could beat Zhuge Zhan, I think it's time for the great man to change generations again."
"I will definitely not disappoint Mr. Shaoxian."
Having said so much, Huo Yi actually means: If you can win this battle, I will support you in the throne. But when you get to the throne, you must bring my son with you.
Guan Yi's answer was: I will definitely win this battle. The Huo family can be a shareholder of Fuxing Society in the future and share weal and woe with us from now on.
"I have one last request."
"Please speak with Mr. Shaoxian."
"Tomorrow we should give His Majesty a chance..."
"Okay, but I'm sure Your Majesty won't seize this opportunity..."
...
Huo Yi, who was thinking of returning home, saw that Liu Chan had no intention of being in charge of the army. He was so anxious - Boss! This is the only chance you can have a good reputation in the future! You must seize it!
"I... I am old. I have neglected to practice archery and horses over the years, so I will not cause trouble for all the generals."
MB, you are three years younger than me. In a few days, I will wear a tidy dress and go to fight to kill the enemy. What are you telling me that I am old?!
"Since Your Majesty is inconvenient, I beg the Crown Prince to go on the war on behalf of Tian!"
My good friend, if you don’t go, the prince can go? In this way, as long as you win this battle, the prince will have a very high prestige, and it will be convenient for him to suppress Guan Zifeng’s unjust intention in the future.
"Ah?! I'm going to go to the battle alone?!"
When Prince Liu Xuan was young, he liked to ride a bow and horse shooting very much, but his hobby was collectively opposed by the Shu Han officials. Therefore, he had great hope of becoming the prince of a powerful general, but was bent.
"Prince!" After Huo Yi took a step forward, Liu Xuan took a step back like a conditioned reflex. Seeing such a scene, Huo Yi sighed and said no more.
In fact, Liu Chan and Liu Xuan were not stupid. They both knew that if the emperor won the battle at this time, they would gain great reputation and prestige. Liu Chan could hold the throne firmly, and the crown prince would go to the throne without worries. But... can you two, one old and one young, really win a battle? That's Deng Ai!
It’s really not for Liu Chan and his son to think so. Compared with famous generals like Deng Ai, Guan Yi and Huo Yi’s resumes are really not enough.
Everyone admits that Guan Yi is a good player in making money. But what about practical experience? That is, he has fought a few barbarian villages. What is this experience?
Huo Yi is similar to Guan Yi. Before he replaced Yan Yu as the governor of Nanzhong, this man had always been a court official on CD. After going to Nanzhong, he only fought a few barbarian villages.
You said, how could you two leaders beat Deng Ai? What if you follow you to the imperial army and defeat him (that's almost certain)? I really think you are Zhao Yun's reincarnation and can you protect me from killing seven in and seven out in the army?
It can be said that this is also one of the important reasons why Liu Chan and many officials of Shu Han were patient with Guan Yi's arrogance and domineering at this time: on the one hand, Guan Yi is now holding the largest knife handle within Shu Han. On the other hand, in the eyes of Liu Chan and others, Guan Yi and others are already dead - the Prime Minister's son is defeated! Yan Yu, who followed Zhao Yun in the Han River to fight Cao Mengde, was defeated. Can you win? Forget it, if you want to fight, you will fight. When you are beaten to death, what should be surrender should be continued.
"Hahaha~~~" Looking at Liu Chan and Liu Yu who looked despicable, Guan Yi smiled and turned his head: "King of the North, are you willing to go to war with us?"
"I'm sure I wish! I dare not refuse!"
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