Does such a noble person seek refuge with the Di people? Help the aliens attack the Central Plains? Did he really fall with Wu Jun? Or was he too deeply humiliated in Chang'an?
As far as Zhuge Liang knew, many of the soldiers who defected to the Han army complained about surrendering. According to those soldiers, it was the generals who insisted on surrendering.
The generals insisted on surrendering? It was strange, their families were all under the jurisdiction of the Sichuan Army. So they unanimously defected to the Di people? Ten thousand and twenty thousand people, a full 50,000 people, was too much, right? Even if they were in a desperate situation,
There shouldn't be so many people surrendering.
Moreover, all those generals were tightly closed, just because they did not have the power to mobilize troops and could not investigate, otherwise Zhuge Liang would really have to investigate.
There seemed to be explanations for so many doubts, but when they were put together, Zhuge Liang felt something was wrong.
But Zhuge Liang could not have imagined that Zhe Lanying was Liu Zhang's. It was well known that Beigong Zhi died at the hands of the Sichuan Army. Moreover, Zhe Lanying was Cao Cao's daughter and had escaped Liu Zhang's two marriages. The two should not have the same relationship.
Dai Tian.
Because he couldn't figure this out, Zhuge Liang couldn't solve all his doubts.
"I heard that my husband is about to fulfill his long-cherished wish and get the right to mobilize troops. He is about to meet with Sichuan Army's military advisor Huang Yueying, but why does he look so sad?" Cai Yan, who was playing the piano at the side, said slowly.
"Miss Cai." Zhuge Liang let out the turbid air that had been suppressed in his chest for a long time: "Thank you very much for playing the piano to relieve my boredom this year. Whenever I am in a bad mood, I have no friends in the grassland. You know, the king doesn't trust you either."
I, if it weren't for you, I don't know what I would be like.
But...I may not be able to fulfill your wish and take you back to the Central Plains."
The sound of the piano suddenly stopped, and Cai Yan raised his head and looked at Zhuge Liang: "Sir, are you worried about the war? You are very resourceful. If you think the war is impossible to win, you should advise the queen. Although the queen does not give you the right to lead troops.
.I don’t trust you that much, sir, but I won’t let my troops die.”
Zhuge Liang slowly shook his head: "No, there is nothing wrong with this strategic plan. I just have a premonition, a very bad premonition, that I may not be able to come back."
Zhuge Liang lowered his head, and Cai Yan frowned, not because he could not return to the Central Plains, but because he had gradually become familiar with Zhuge Liang over the past year. Zhuge Liang impressed him with a lot of wisdom, but this was not the deepest impression. More
The impression is sentimental.
He is a very fragile person, and has been hurt in his heart. Cai Yan heard Zhuge Liang say that he was controlled by his family in the first half of his life, and his fiancée stood on the opposite side of him. In the love battlefield, he suffered a complete defeat.
Zhuge Liang only had one idea in the rest of his life, to have a grand battle, hoping to have a decisive battle with his fiancée. Even if he was defeated and died, he would have no regrets.
But now, Cai Yan felt that Zhuge Liang had reached his lowest point.
Thinking back on the first half of his life, he is really similar to Zhuge Liang. When Zhuge Liang was young, he was high-spirited and the most heroic son in the family, with all kinds of glory. The family valued him, and he was very confident in himself. He only stayed in this troubled world to do his best.
A spectacular event.
But later, a series of encounters brought me to where I am today, in a hostile camp, working for a queen who doesn't trust me, having no friends, and enduring everything silently.
As for Cai Yan herself, she was also a talented woman when she was young. She was born into a Confucian family. If the world had not been in chaos, Cai Yan would have been the richest lady at the top of the Han Dynasty. In addition, her talent was no less than that of her father, and she had the aura of a noble and talented woman.
Cai Yan is the most dazzling woman in this society.
However, Cai Yan's fate declined almost at the same time as that of the Han Dynasty. When she married for the first time, her husband died of illness, leaving her with a reputation as a shackle. Later, she lived in Chang'an, where her father died at the hands of Wang Yun, and she was taken away by the Huns.
The ten years he lived in the Xiongnu were a life of humiliation that Cai Yan could not even imagine when he was young. In the shameless life, the pride of aristocratic and talented women was gradually smoothed away by the barbaric foreigners. Now, only
A woman who has gone through many vicissitudes of life is left.
Now Cai Yan is numb to everything. His only thought is to live a peaceful life. If I add a modifier, he means to return to Han and live a peaceful life. If he must pursue something, he can sort out his father's manuscripts.
It was the only thing Cai Yan felt he could do in the rest of his life.
It is precisely because of this that Cai Yan and Zhuge Liang became friends in the Di camp. Cai Yan played the piano for Zhuge Liang and listened to Zhuge Liang's thoughts. Zhuge Liang also regarded Cai Yan as his confidant.
After Zhuge Liang attended the military meeting today, Cai Yan obviously felt that Zhuge Liang was different from the previous disappointments. It was a kind of desolation.
Cai Yan was about to comfort Zhuge Liang when a cavalryman came on horseback and said: "Military advisor, some Han people are dissatisfied with the refugee arrangements and say they are your relatives and are making trouble."
"Refugees making trouble? My relatives?" Zhuge Liang frowned and walked towards the military camp. Cai Yan frowned, picked up Qin and followed him.
…
"You are so blind that you dare to ask my old man to work? What is my old man's identity? He is a famous scholar in the Central Plains. Can he be equal to you barbarians? Call Zhuge Liang."
A young man shouted loudly at the soldiers in front of him, and an old man behind him had a livid face, obviously still angry.
"Damn, this is the grassland, not for you big men to pretend to be your mother." One general was so angry that he was about to draw his sword and stepped forward. Another general stopped him: "Let's wait until Zhuge Liang comes. What should I say?
He is also a military advisor."
"Bullshit military advisor, you're just a piece of grass on both sides of the wall." As the general was saying, he was pulled hard by another general, and then he saw Zhuge Liang and Cai Yan walking in from the outside. The general stopped his mouth, but his face was full of tears.
Disdainful.
Zhuge Liang seemed not to have heard what the general said. He walked up to a soldier and asked, "What's going on?"
"Reporting to the military advisor, these people claimed to be your relatives, refused to obey our arrangements, and asked us to allocate separate tents for them," the soldier reported.
Because the Sichuan Army invaded Xia Hetao, and Bingzhou refused to release people in order to prevent the Sichuan Army's cavalry from raiding, a large number of refugees from Hanoi and Hedong poured northward into the Hetao Grassland.
Zhe Lanying accepted all these refugees and assigned them to herding horses and sheep. Of course, this workload was heavy, and it was even more difficult for the Han people who did not know how to herd horses and sheep. However, in order to survive, most of the refugees
I can only endure it.
"Kong Ming, you have become a very high-ranking official in the Di people's camp, and you are very proud. When the old man comes, you don't even greet him. Don't tell us. You don't know we are coming. You don't know there are Zhuges in Hedong."
Is it the same family lineage?”
The young man looked at Zhuge Liang and said coldly. Zhuge Liang then turned around and saw this group of people. There were people from the Zhuge family in Hedong and people from the Sima family in Hanoi. There were many people.
"Don't tell me that I have become a good official here. You only found out today. Zhuge Chang is so close. You haven't come to see me for so long. Zhuge Liang, don't you know that there is still a brother like me in the Diren camp?
"Zhuge Liang asked coldly.
Zhuge Liang knew these people in front of him. They were a branch of the Zhuge family in Hedong. They had frequent contacts with the Zhuge family in Langya. This Zhuge Chang was regarded as his seniority and his cousin.
"If you surrender to a foreign race, everyone will kill you. Who will come to see you?" Another young man scolded coldly.
"Oh?" Zhuge Liang turned around and looked at the young man. The young man shrank in fear from Zhuge Liang's eyes: "Since you are so noble, why are you here today? Why did you come to seek refuge with the foreigners? Why do you still want to harass the foreigners?
Are you assigned a tent? Why don’t you freeze to death in the wild?”
"You..." The young man pointed at Zhuge Liang, his lips trembling.
"I know, are you afraid of the Sichuan Army? Are you afraid that Liu Zhang will kill you? If you have the ability, why don't you fight the Sichuan Army? Coward, what else will you do besides rubbing off your two words?"
"you you……"
"You are a person like you. You are afraid of death and shameless, and you still want to pretend to be noble and moral. Are you worthy of it? Since you have stepped into the loop with one foot, it proves that you are already a coward and a shameless person. If I
You should shut up, you should..."
"That's enough." Suddenly an old and angry voice came. The old man finally spoke and looked at Zhuge Liang with a livid face: "Zhuge Kongming, Mr. Shui Jing and your grandfather Zhuge Ci said that you have fallen, but I still
If you don’t believe me, I only remember your lofty ambitions and clean reputation when you were a child.
But look at what you look like now? A literati actually cursed and cursed a lot, which is an insult to Swen. Zhuge Chang, Zhuge Feng, even if there are any faults in his words, he is still a member of your own clan. Why do you speak so unpleasantly?
Is it because you have been suppressed for so many years, and now there are tribesmen who need your help, so you are looking for a sense of superiority in the tribesmen? Don't you think this is the success of a villain?
You have received a good education since you were a child, and Mr. Shui Jing also taught you diligently. It’s okay for you to turn your back on your family and join the Di people. Now you are still sarcastic and sarcastic towards your own people. You are worthy of Mr. Shui Jing, your teacher, and your appearance.
Is Ancestor Zhuge Ci?
If I really couldn't stand it, I wouldn't bother talking to you."
"Do I need you to talk to me? Old dog."
With Zhuge Liang's words, everyone in the room fell silent. Everyone in the Zhuge family and the Sima family fell silent. Even the foreigners fell silent. Although they didn't understand the Han family system, they knew from the tone of their voice that a family meant a lot to a family member.
It was very important. They all thought that Zhuge Liang had to accept these people. When they assigned separate tents, Zhuge Liang actually said such a sentence, and they were all surprised.
Cai Yan raised his head and looked at Zhuge Liang, also shocked. However, recalling many of the words Zhuge Liang said to him, Cai Yan instantly understood why Zhuge Liang said this.
"What, what did you say?" It took a long time for Mr. Zhuge to react, and his hazy eyes stared at Zhuge Liang in disbelief.
"Old man, don't use Sima Hui and Zhuge Ci to scare people. They are a bunch of sanctimonious old dogs. I, Zhuge Liang, have nothing to do with them. Don't pretend to be an elder in front of me. You are just as hypocritical and disgusting as Zhuge Chang and Zhuge Feng.
"
"You..." The old man's face twitched and his beard trembled.
"Zhuge Liang, are you a beast?" Zhuge Chang came out and said loudly: "Don't forget that you still believe in Zhuge. How could you treat the elders of the Zhuge family like this? Aren't you afraid of clan rules... Aren't you afraid of thunder?"
"Heaven will decide who to kill, but I, Zhuge Liang, can make a decision for you now." Zhuge Liang glanced at the gathered people of the Zhuge family and the Sima family, "There is no difference between you and other refugees.
If you are willing to accept the arrangement, go back to Xiahetao and see if you can reason with the swords of the Sichuan army about clan rules and heavenly punishment."
Zhuge Liang said in a deep voice: "Come here, take these people to the pasture. Anyone who dares to disobey will be killed."
"Yes." A general immediately called for soldiers to surround him. The people of Zhuge's family and Sima's family were extremely shocked by Zhuge Liang's anger, but now that they had no support, they no longer dared to shout at the soldiers.
The soldier who was yelled at just now had no scruples and would beat and kick him whenever he walked slowly. The old man was kicked to the ground and couldn't get up for a long time.
None of the two families resisted, and they were quickly driven away like ducks.
At this time, the general who was disdainful of Zhuge Liang snorted softly: "It's really majestic. It's majestic to his family. It's really worthy of the consistent style of a military advisor."
"What did you say?" Zhuge Liang turned around and said calmly to the general.
Zhuge Liang's tone was very light, but full of intimidation. The general felt a little guilty, but said loudly: "So what if I said it? Did I say it wrong? Zhuge Military Advisor, everyone knows what kind of person you are. Do you want to
How am I?"
"I want to kill you." Zhuge Liang said coldly.
"Hahahaha." The general laughed and said disdainfully: "Zhuge Liang, you want to kill me? When I followed the queen to conquer Xiliang, you were still under Liu Bei's tent? What? Now that you have surrendered to my queen, you still want to kill me?
Do you think it’s Liu Bei who can be manipulated by you?”
"Then take your guess." Zhuge Liang shouted in a deep voice: "Come here, capture Yanchabu and behead him."
The two soldiers only took half a step before they hesitated. Yanchabu was a veteran in the army and a traitor. Everyone knew that Zhuge Liang was not taken seriously by Zhe Lanying. Apart from asking about military strategies, Zhuge Liang had no power at all.
Although he is a military advisor, it is hard to say whether he can kill Yanchabu.
Seeing the soldier's hesitation, Yanchabu relaxed his nervousness and looked at Zhuge Liang with contempt.
Zhuge Liang turned to look at the two soldiers and said word by word: "This is the vanguard army that is about to go out. I, Zhuge Liang, have full control over the military. Yanchabu insulted his superior, and he shall be punished. If you disobey the order, you want to fight with Yanchabu."
Same crime?"
The two soldiers looked at each other, fearful in their eyes, and could only hand over their hands: "Yes." They held the knife in front of Yanchabu, held Yanchabu and left.
At this time, Yanchabu was shocked and cursed Zhuge Liang. A general immediately came out and begged Zhuge Liang: "Military advisor, we are about to go on an expedition. Kill the general first and it will be detrimental to the morale of the army."
Moreover, punishing someone with words will not bring good reputation to the military advisor. I also ask the military advisor to temporarily spare Yanchabu and let him perform meritorious service. If he makes a mistake on the battlefield, he will be punished for both crimes. It will not be too late to behead him."