Chapter 31 Only Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang, and Guan Suo's top-secret meeting
On the day of the prince's wedding, Wu's envoy Zhuge Jin also attended.
The two families of Wu and Shu re-allied. Since such a big thing happened, they must do their best. Zhuge Jin used his own money to buy many precious gifts from Shu and presented them to him.
The shopkeepers who sold water brocade and ginseng in Shu took the opportunity to kill him.
Liu Chan took the bride into the bridal chamber, but the bride did not come out.
The groom has to come out and drink with everyone.
The kings and ministers of the Shu Han Dynasty drank heavily. The envoy sent by Liu Feng and others was a son of the Shen family. Guan Suo checked and found that this brother was not a famous person in the Three Kingdoms, but just an unknown person.
However, he is very sincere. In order to express Liu Feng, Meng Da and the Shen family's sincerity in congratulating the prince on his wedding, he had already been made red-faced.
Liu Chan married a beautiful daughter-in-law who was as beautiful as a flower. He was in an extremely good mood. He drank a lot and kept clinking glasses with the people who came to celebrate. While drinking, he wanted to take a handkerchief from his pocket to wipe his mouth, but suddenly he remembered something!
Dragon Blood Pill!
Enhance the national luck and dragon spirit!
He took out the mysterious treasure and admired it with satisfaction.
He was the focus of the day. At first, he was always careful not to steal the limelight from the emperor's father. When he got drunk, he stopped caring. His father was happy and didn't care about him.
"Adou, why are you in a daze? What is that?" Liu Bei looked at him with a smile, a look of love and affection on his face. Adou's mother left early, and Liu Bei doted on this precious son the most.
"Third brother gave it to me! It will enhance the dragon spirit of our big man's national fortune!" Liu Chan threw it upward into the sky with all his strength!
The dragon blood pill turned into a dazzling holy light and flashed in everyone's eyes. All the clouds in the sky suddenly turned into colorful auspicious clouds, and the golden clouds also transformed into the shape of nine golden dragons!
The shape of the Nine Dragons did not disappear for a long time, and it dissipated after a night. It was a legend in Shu for a while!
The most shocked person was Zhuge Jin.
Zhuge Jin was stunned on the spot. He almost dropped the cup from his hands. He exclaimed in a low voice: "Is the destiny really in the Liu family? My Lord is really destined not to succeed..."
His men actually saw that there seemed to be tears in Master Zhuge's eyes.
It was a look of despair and pain.
With some fear and horror.
Liu Adou has earned enough face today.
And when he said, "Third brother gave it to me," he stared at Guan Suo with a happy smile. As soon as everyone heard this, they knew that it was Guan Suo's magic that had appeared again.
Naturally, some compliments and compliments are indispensable.
Guan Suo thought to himself, this is interesting.
He had been separated from his father for many years, and unlike his eldest and second brothers, he did not have several years of military experience. Although he made great contributions in the battle to defend Jingzhou, and his uncle rewarded him with money and officials, the rebel general was more of a recognition of his status.
Both his uncle and his father treated him as a strange person who was proficient in Taoism, and no one regarded him as an experienced general in charge of the army.
Some people regard him as a military advisor.
Liu Chan proudly explained to his father: "Father! The destiny of the country is the dragon spirit. Within ten years, my great Han Dynasty will have good weather and good military and strong horses!"
When Liu Bei saw this wonderful scene, he was amazed and extremely excited. Seeing that the emperor was happy, his subordinates and civil servants began to praise him.
There are even some people with a particularly low sense of presence, like Wei Chang, who took the opportunity to shout: "God has sent such auspiciousness to bless me as a great man, your majesty should go to Mount Tai to be enshrined in Zen!"
These words made Liu Bei's heart itch, and he even had a glass of wine with him personally.
Liu Bei was a master of hidden Taoism. Before he became successful, he never dared to show his ambition and always looked harmless to humans and animals. However, his adopted son was named Liu Feng and his biological son was named Liu Chan. Together they were named Feng Chan.
The Zen Ceremony is something that only arrogant emperors like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Guangwu are qualified to do!
After the prince's wedding banquet was over, he left his father and Prime Minister Zhuge, whom he respected as a father, and went to find his beautiful wife.
Wu envoy also took Zhuge Liang's reply letter of alliance and resigned.
Wei Chang, Ma Chao, Zhang Fei and others also returned to their respective bases.
Ordinarily, Guan Suo should also start his journey.
But Liu Bei took Zhuge Liang's hand, then took Guan Suo's hand, and smiled mysteriously: "Let's have a meeting, the three of us."
"Uncle, you still have a meeting today." Guan Suo said with a smile.
"It's just the three of us."
After Liu Bei said these five words, Guan Suo realized that the matter was serious, stopped talking immediately, and followed them to the inner hall.
Liu Bei dismissed all his followers and issued a strict order: "No one is allowed to enter without my will!"
The door closed slowly.
It's so formal and serious because it's to discuss a top secret matter!
Zhuge Liang took out the map and laid it out. Liu Bei and Guan Suo watched it together.
In the territory of Shu, the Hanzhong front line and Xiping Pass and Yangping Pass must be heavily garrisoned, not only to guard against the invasion of Qiang soldiers, but also to guard against the invasion of Cao Wei.
There must also be heavy troops in Jianning County below to defend against the invasion of the Barbarian King Meng Huo.
There must be no shortage of soldiers to guard against Soochow.
Lu Meng had already proved it with his head and 50,000 soldiers that they were nothing in Soochow.
Therefore, judging from the defense situation in various critical places, there are not many available troops in Shu.
The territory of Shu is far smaller than that of Wei, and also smaller than that of Wu.
Money and food are not as good as those of Wu and Wei.
The number of soldiers and ordnance is inferior to those of those two countries.
Not long after the founding of the country, its foundation was not comparable to that of Wu and Shu.
The foundation is not strong, the earth shakes and the mountains shake. This is the situation of Liu Bei. Liu Bei is still alive, but if he dies, he may not know how many places will rebel.
Zhuge Liang pointed with his feather fan at Jingzhou, then at the three counties of Shangyong, and then moved towards Wu's map.
Guan Suo sighed: "Prime Minister, the terrain of Soochow is so good! It is separated by mountains and rivers. If we send troops to attack Cao Wei, if Soochow makes a sneak attack, we can attack with all our strength, but we cannot defend with all our strength!"
Cao Cao destroyed countless princes and became invincible in the world. He only fell into disgrace at Red Cliff because the navy he recruited temporarily could not defeat the navy Sun Quan had trained for more than ten years no matter how hard he tried.
As for Jianye and Chaisang, important places in the east of the Yangtze River, the terrain is so strange. There are mountains behind the floods!
The enemy had no ability to get close to the shore, so Sun Quan built countless forts on the shore. They were so ingenious that they were surrounded by high mountains and fast rivers. He could attack the enemy at will, but the enemy could not attack him.
After Guan Suo said this, he found that his uncle and the prime minister were looking at him with compliments.
"Prime Minister, I have no experience in fighting. In front of a military master like you, I will inevitably play tricks on my own. Don't laugh at me!" Although Guan Suo likes the historical story of the Three Kingdoms, he is far from the real art of war. He has no knowledge of it at all.
I don’t intend to pretend to understand what I don’t understand.
Liu Bei was very satisfied with his pragmatic attitude. He patted Guan Suo on the shoulder and said gently: "Weizhi, you are much better than Ma Di! In my opinion, that guy is just a fool who talks on paper! And you,
Having profound insights and strong understanding, but still being humble and prudent, this is the style of a general! People who sit in high positions are most afraid of arrogance!"
"Children, you should remember uncle's theory of gold and jade!" Guan Suo said piously.
Zhuge Liang also expressed his admiration for Guan Suo: "There are many civil and military officials in Shu who are eager to make contributions and always want to encourage your majesty to destroy Wu and Wei. There are not many people who can be as steady as Wei Zhi."
Guan Suo said: "It is truly a blessing to be praised by such an expert as the Prime Minister."
Liu Bei was a little impatient: "Prime Minister, I have fought all my life and finally established a foundation. Now that I am old, I always want to unify quickly! But I also know that the general trend cannot be violated, and this matter cannot be rushed! According to you, we must
If we send out troops, where should we fight from?"
Zhuge Liang's feather fan pointed to the left side of Chang'an.
Guan Suo understood immediately: "Yongliang!"
Liu Bei thought for a while and said, "That's right. Xiangyang Fort is extremely difficult to capture. Even if we capture it, there are heavy troops in Wancheng and Xuchang. Moreover, if we attack in the direction of Xuchang, Cao Cao will definitely mobilize a million troops to defend it. Let's
It’s impossible to eat it.”
Zhuge Liang nodded and said: "That's it. We can take advantage of the favorable geographical situation to attack Longxi, and then move to Chang'an, gradually encroaching on Cao Wei's territory."
Both Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang agreed with this policy.
Guan Suo said nothing.
Liu Bei asked: "My dear nephew, as a person who practices strange arts, you must have extraordinary understanding. Can you tell me whether the prime minister's proposal is feasible?"
Guan Suo bowed and apologized to Zhuge Liang.
"Prime Minister, forgive me!"
Zhuge Liang wondered: "What does Wei Zhi mean?"
"The Prime Minister is a great talent in the world. My nephew has admired the Prime Minister for many years, but the Prime Minister is too conservative in his military use and does not dare to take risks. This may not be a good move."
Liu Bei was very surprised. Is there anyone in the world who dares to say that Zhuge Liang is not good at using troops?
Zhuge Liang was not even angry. He was a noble scholar with an open mind. He immediately put away his feather fan and asked for advice: "The sage said that if three people walk together, there must be my teacher! Wei Zhi, tell me what you think!"
Since Zhuge Liang has such an attitude, there is no need to worry about offending him, and a gentleman like him will not care about it: "Prime Minister, this strategy is the strategy used by Emperor Gaozu four hundred years ago. It was the right thing to do back then.
Because the Han River was strong in those days, it was convenient for transporting troops and grain. But now most of the tributaries of the Han River have dried up. If the prime minister uses this method again, it will be extremely difficult to transport grain and grass. Even if he fights for twenty years, he will be fighting cattle across the mountains!"
Zhuge Liang held the fan and cupped his hands with joy in his eyes: "Weizhi, keep talking!"
"General Wei Yan, a person who likes to take risks, is the most suitable as a surprise soldier to cooperate with the Prime Minister's regular troops to attack! Send Ma Chao as well. He and the Cao family have deep hatred and will fight to the death! My father is restraining Xiangyang in Jingzhou
The prime minister made a plan to send out a large number of troops to attack Longxi, and asked General Wei and General Ma to surprise Ziwu Valley and take Chang'an!"
Guan Suo pointed to the trail.
On the map, it's particularly unclear.
That trail is particularly remote.
Many shepherds don't go there.
Liu Bei suddenly realized: "Your father and the Prime Minister have restrained the forces of Cao's thieves, and if they launch a surprise attack on Chang'an, they will probably be unprepared..."
Zhuge Liang sighed: "Wei Zhi's plan is so bold! Sun Tzu said in the art of war, soldiers are also crafty! It's not that we can't take risks, but it's just that sending troops from Hanzhong is too expensive to transport food and grass..."
"Send troops from Shangyong! Take the food from the three cities and go to Ziwu Valley! When Cao's thieves are contained, let General Wei and General Ma send troops! In addition, Lu Xun, the governor of Soochow, is also a treacherous and insidious figure.
If we send troops to contain Wei Bing, will he give up the chance to take advantage of this opportunity to regain the lost territory?"
Guan Suo pointed to Ziwu Road on the map and said: "Uncle, send your most trusted people to take over the three cities of Shangyong. Send out Liu Feng, Meng Da, Shen Yi, and Shen Danquan, and let them go to Wei Yan and Ma Chao Er.
I'll take action. You can be sure that everything will be safe."
Zhuge Liang sighed for a long time and then said: "Wei Zhi is a great talent given to your Majesty by God! Liang has been taught!"
Guan Suo said: "The Prime Minister's words are serious. My nephew is not ashamed of his words. If there are any mistakes, please uncle and the Prime Minister correct them."
Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei looked at each other: "Except for your father Guan Yu, no one can know about today's matter in advance. Anyone, do you understand?"
Guan Suo saluted the two of them: "Yes!"
If Jingzhou is lost and the three cities of Shangyong surrender to Wei, Liu Bei will be beyond his reach and will have no time to take care of him.
And if Jingzhou survives, the three cities of Shangyong will definitely not dare to cause trouble under Guan Yu's nose.
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1 Qibing, the pronunciation here is machine, not cavalry. The pronunciation of Baidu's annotation is wrong. Qibing in Sun Tzu's Art of War refers to odd and even numbers, not strange odd.