Chapter 1043: Without Liu Bei, life feels like a year
Gangneung——
It has been more than a month since Liu Bei left, with a team of less than a hundred people, for some personal or official purposes.
No one knows what happened to Liu Bei in Jiangdong. After all, Liu Bei did not have time to transmit what happened around him along the way back to Jiangling, let alone Zhuge Liang and others who stayed in Jiangling to conduct historical instructions based on Liu Bei's experience.
Regardless of how Liu Bei felt, the people staying in Jiangling were also quite nervous.
Guan Yu was sent to Jiangxia and temporarily acted as the guardian of the land of Jiangxia - after all, after Soochow attacked them, although they returned in defeat, the only valuable thing left behind was probably Jiangxia's.
Even...even Jiangxia is a hot potato. It's not that Guan Yu stayed in Jiangxia because he defeated Lu Meng, but that Jiangxia is a place that only Guan Yu can stand.
——That was an enemy from both sides. In the few months after the beginning of the year, Guan Yu was dealing with Lu Su while always being wary of Cao Ren who was about to steal his ass. Even though Lu Su basically gave up the confrontation with Guan Yu later, he only had Cao Ren and the recent ones.
Xiangyang, with one hundred thousand soldiers and horses, is always like a huge sharp knife, pointing straight at Jiangxia and Guan Yu.
Therefore, Guan Yu has never had time to care about Jiangling's affairs.
Even though Liu Bei was going to Jiangdong for marriage, Guan Yu didn't find time to come back to see Liu Bei off, so he could only express his concern for Liu Bei in his letter.
But this month of silence... made Guan Yu, who was surrounded by enemies from both sides, return to Jiangling to find out where Liu Bei was, despite being threatened with military action by Zhuge Liang.
"Military advisor, it is my fault to leave the post without permission. For this reason, I also ordered Quan Zi Guan Ping, Chief Liao Hua, Shi Ren and General Mi Fang to stick to Jiangxia. If anything goes wrong, everything will be blamed on me -
—So, what happened to Brother? If there is no accurate confirmation today, the military advisor will have me executed on the spot, but he will wait until I come back from Jiangdong!"
In the Jiangling Council Hall, Guan Yu was alone, wearing a green robe and black armor, standing majestically in the field, without any wavering in his eyes.
Sitting opposite him were Zhuge Liang, Fazheng who was assisting him, and of course Meng Da and others.
Zhuge Liang now acts as Liu Bei's agent and is in charge of the affairs of the entire army. He is quite busy with routine business every day. If Fazheng hadn't been able to help him share some of the pressure, he would probably have forgotten about Liu Bei.
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However, Guan Yu was such a straightforward person that when it came to Liu Bei, he would not consider other people's difficulties at all.
In fact, Zhuge Liang has already done everything he can do.
The order in advance, the specially selected guard... That was Wei Yan, who used to be a general in the army on an equal footing with Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others. He was asked to condescend to be a guard. Although it was somewhat of a consideration to sharpen Wei Yan's character, it was still difficult to let a military general.
With the general accompanying him personally, what else could Zhuge Liang have to worry about?
"Yun Chang...don't get excited yet..."
Seeing Guan Yu standing at the door of the meeting hall so angry, the wise people had already sat aside and were busy with some things they didn't really want to do - without Liu Bei in the army, even Fazheng could not deal with Guan Yu.
Not qualified, only Zhuge Liang could talk to Guan so calmly.
"We have already done what we need to do. If you are still worried, I can tell you that before Wei Yan and the others left, I specially gave them a tips bag, which is basically enough to deal with all possible situations -
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"As for the real danger, are you still worried about your eldest brother's ability to escape?"
"To be honest, according to their previously estimated itinerary, if your eldest brother wants to come back, it will only be in the next two days. If you have more patience..."
"There is no joke in the army... When you went to guard Jiangxia, how did you promise me? No matter what happens, Jiangxia will never be lost before your elder brother comes back, right?"
Even though he said that, Guan Yu was still angry just now, or everyone could listen to Zhuge Liang's words. With his coaxing and reasoning method, as long as the other party has not lost his mind, most of them will be able to listen.
After calming down, Guan Yu swept away his previous aggressiveness and rarely showed his dejected look in front of everyone.
"Hey...I also know that being a military advisor is not easy...Hey...but...we can't trust those people in Jiangdong, right?"
"Just...just that boy Sun Quan..."
When Guan Yu thought about Sun Quan's attitude towards him and his elder brother Liu Bei during the battle at Chibi, he became very angry.
The opponent has never looked down upon them, and the battle on Jiang Shang at the beginning of the year really made them feel proud.
As expected, it didn't take long for the other party to come over and beg for marriage - it was this attitude of bullying the weak and fearing the strong, hypocrite and a villain that made Guan Yu most unhappy.
He was really worried about letting Liu Bei go to Jiangdong with only a few people.
The key is that Liu Bei hasn't come back yet. It's impossible to say there's no rush.
"General Guan's worries are not unreasonable. In this way... we will wait for one more day. If no news comes back, General Guan will personally lead the army to the river to meet the lord. General, you may not know something. I haven't met the general yet.
In the past, the military advisor would repeatedly check the documents from Jiangdong day and night. In fact, he cared more about the lord than you thought, but... you know, as the commander-in-chief of the army today, he must remain calm at all times. I hope the general will not do this again.
We are willful and considerate of each other. This is what the lord wants to see most, isn't it?"
Only the most considerate and down-to-earth Fa Zheng can say this kind of thing.
From Zhuge Liang's dissuasion just now, coupled with Fazheng's compromise and explanation, Guan Yu is now gradually feeling ashamed of his irrationality.
It can only be said that Zhuge Liang and Fa Zheng played a major role in maintaining stability without Liu Bei in the army.
After checking Zhuge Liang's eyes and receiving approval from Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu clenched his fists and immediately apologized to Zhuge Liang:
"Military advisor, I didn't think carefully before this. If it really leads to a big mistake, all the responsibility will be mine -"
"General, there is no need to blame yourself. We all know that we are worried about our lord. Just now, I sent Huo Jun to Jiangxia for support. For the past two days, the general has been staying in the Jiangling formation with peace of mind, waiting for the opportunity to welcome the lord.
That’s fine.”
Finally, Zhuge Liang said this, which made Guan Yu extremely moved.
Yes, at the beginning of the 14th year, Zhuge Liang had just arrived, and the running-in with Liu Bei's army was accompanied by labor pains. At that time, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Wei Yan and others had their own thoughts. It was actually the most difficult moment for the entire army.
Two years have passed, just like what happened just now, Zhuge Liang has gained more and more recognition from everyone and gradually gained a number of followers.
Being attacked from three sides, the seemingly embarrassing situation has actually begun to change fundamentally.
