Chapter 409: Three Kingdoms: Zhuge Liang's Difficulties
Chapter 409: Three Kingdoms: Zhuge Liang's Difficulties
[Sima Yi saved Cao Zhen from danger, and Cao Zhen felt ashamed.
Zhuge Liang handed the letter to the surrendered Wei army soldier and asked him to take it to Cao Zhen, the commander-in-chief of the Wei army. The letter mocked Cao Zhen for being uneducated, unable to use troops, and suffering a series of defeats. How could he face the elders of Guanzhong? How could he face the prime minister's hall again?
After reading the letter on his sickbed, Cao Zhen became so angry that he tore it into pieces.
"Zhuge villager! Zhuge villager!"
He died in the army that night.
Gou An, a subordinate of Li Yan, was escorting grain and grass to the army for delivery. Because he loved wine, he was delayed for ten days on the way and was punished by Zhuge Liang with eighty strokes of the cane. Gou An was filled with hatred and decided to betray and surrender to Sima Yi.
Sima Yi asked Gou An to return to Chengdu and spread rumors that Zhuge Liang intended to usurp the throne.
When Liu Chan in Chengdu heard this, he became terrified.
"If the Prime Minister really has this intention, what should we do?"
The chief eunuch suggested that Liu Chan recall Zhuge Liang to Chengdu and strip him of his military power.
Liu Shan issued an edict, ordering Zhuge Liang, who had won consecutive victories over the Wei army, to return to the court. Zhuge Liang was deeply distressed that the Shu army had missed the opportunity to fight.
Zhuge Liang returned to Hanzhong and went to Qishan for the fifth time. The Shu army wanted to harvest wheat in Longshan due to lack of food, but Sima Yi ambushed them.
Zhuge Liang led his soldiers to play tricks at Strange Tree Beach. Sima Yi, Sima Zhao, Sima Shi and others led their troops to Strange Tree Beach. Sima Yi was shocked and fled in panic. Zhuge Liang used a trick to harvest all the wheat in Longshan and defeated the Wei army in Lucheng.
At this time, Li Yan reported that Wu had recently joined forces with Wei and asked to jointly launch an attack on Shu. Zhuge Liang hurriedly withdrew his troops. Upon hearing the news, Sima Yi sent his vanguard general Zhang He to pursue him. On the way through Mumen Road, he was shot to death by Shu soldiers.
<Cao Zhen: Zhongda is truly a god-like person, I am not as good as him.>
<Did Luo Guanzhong attribute some of Cao Zhen’s military achievements to Sima Yi?>
<I feel that Prime Minister Zhuge shouldn't have killed Cao Zhen so quickly. Keeping Cao Zhen would allow him to share power with Sima Yi. Sima Yi wouldn't rise to power so quickly. He is a strong rival! >
<Cao Zhen's appearance reminds me of an old friend of Cao's. As we all know, Cao's resistance to manifestos is -100%.>
<Zhou Yu: Here comes another great commander who was angered to death by Zhuge Liang. [Eating melon]>
<Cao Zhen: Since Zhen is born, why is Liang born!!!>
<Luo Guanzhong’s Victims Alliance: Zhou Yu, Wei Yan, Zhang Zhao, Wang Lang, Cao Zhen…>
<Oh my god, this Liu Chan makes me want to hit someone. If Liu Chan had some ability to handle internal affairs, Zhuge Liang wouldn't have had such a hard time. He had to lead troops to fight and manage internal affairs. He was really exhausted to death! >
<I have an idea that Zhuge Liang is the bright version of Cao Cao, and Cao Cao is the dark version of Zhuge Liang. The two are quite similar in some ways. Both of them are people who can command the army on horseback and govern the country on foot.>
<In history, Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi fought for wheat in Longshan, but it was not by playing tricks, Zhuge Liang defeated the Wei army! >
<The only materialist in the Three Kingdoms is me, the Little Overlord Sun Bofu [covering my face] The Three Kingdoms version takes you into science.>
<Thinking of Sima Yi in the new novel: Go straight to Zhuge Liang's four-wheeled car! [Covering face]>
<Sun Quan: I don’t believe in rumors or spread them. I’ve never done that.>
<The last of the Five Elite Generals of Cao Wei has also passed away. Rest in peace. Although I feel that Zhang He’s death was a bit too hasty [covering face]>
<It seems that because Sima Yi did not listen to Zhang He's words and insisted that Zhang He go after him, it is very likely that Sima Yi wanted to take this opportunity to force Zhang He to death, so as to completely take control of the military power of Yongliang.>
<Wei Yan lured the enemy, Jiang Wei set an ambush, Zhang He was shot by dozens of arrows and died.>
[Emperor Cao Cao of Wei: …]
[Cao Zhen, the sixth year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty: No, no, no? Am I going to die just like that?!]
[Cao Zhen in the sixth year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty: @Luo Guanzhong in the twenty-ninth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, I knew you must have made it up! ! ! ]
[Liu Bei, Emperor Zhaolie of Han: Adou still needs to be disciplined strictly!]
[Zhang He, the sixth year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty: I just made it, why am I dying so soon?]
……
Cao Zhen was very angry. It doesn’t matter if he dies!
"But, Luo Guanzhong, why did you write about me like this? Are you pissed off to death?!!"
Cao Xiu patted him on the shoulder and consoled him, "Look at it on the bright side. He even wrote that Zhou Yu was angered to death by Zhuge Liang. This shows that Luo Guanzhong thinks you are a person of the same level as Zhou Yu. He treats you specially. You should know that those who can be angered to death by Zhuge Liang are his strong rivals!"
Cao Zhen: “…”
Is this how you understand it?
Cao Zhen glanced at Cao Xiu and asked, "What about Wang Lang?"
Cao Xiu avoided Cao Zhen's gaze: "Well, it's his bad luck..."
"Ah! Being angry to death seems to make me look very narrow-minded." Cao Zhen began to output comments crazily in the light screen. Etro Guanzhong asked him to revise his crappy book.
Zhang He was numb.
Takeoffs and landings happen in a flash.
In the previous video, he said that he finally outlasted those people and became the most powerful general in the Three Kingdoms...
"It's a lie!" Zhang He believed that there must be a conspiracy behind his ending.
"Sima Yi did it on purpose, absolutely!"
"You have a vicious heart! You deserve to be exterminated by the Lord!"
Zhang He thought he could win a few battles and have his moments of glory, but he didn't expect it to end like this...
Several arrows pierced my heart... Zhang He touched his chest unconsciously and felt the pain across time and space.
When Cao Cao saw the comments on the screen comparing himself with Zhuge Kongming, he stroked his beard and a look of satisfaction appeared on his face.
"Guangmu said that Shu Han was a group of idealists who knew it was impossible but still did it. Their spirit is admirable!"
Guo Jia joked: "What if Zhuge Kongming still helps Liu Xuande now?"
Cao Cao was stunned at first, then he started to think seriously, "Hahaha, whether Liu Xuande can follow the path of Emperor Zhaolie this time depends on Liu Jingsheng."
Xun You answered the situation in Jingzhou at the right time, "Liu Jingsheng treated Liu Xuande as usual on the surface, and Liu Xuande still treated Liu Jingsheng with respect. Moreover, from the information currently known, Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu seemed to be under Liu Jingsheng's command, but in fact they were still in contact with Liu Xuande."
Guo Jia: "Liu Jingsheng, be careful not to get caught in your own trap."
"Liu Jingsheng is not a fool. Jingzhou is short of people, so he will use them if he can. But whether he can still control Jingzhou is a problem." Cao Cao frowned, thinking of the person he hates the most. "Humph, Sun Bofu is coming with great momentum and ambition."
"I'm afraid he has been coveting the fat piece of meat in Jingzhou for a long time."
"I won't let him have his way."
……
[Liu Chan learned from Fei Yi that Li Yan was afraid of being blamed by Zhuge Liang because of insufficient food and grass, so he lied and said that he had been ordered to withdraw.
Liu Chan followed Zhuge Liang's advice, dismissed Li Yan from his post, demoted him to a commoner, and sent him to Zitong County, and ordered his son Li Feng to be the chief secretary to arrange for the transportation of grain and grass.
After Zhuge Liang returned to the court, the historian Qiao Zhou believed that the celestial phenomena were auspicious and that it was not appropriate to send troops again. The attendant Dong Yun also believed that the five expeditions to Qishan had all failed to achieve the desired result, which showed that the day of destroying Wei had not yet arrived. The Shu army had been fighting for years, and the country was short of strength, and the people were tired of war.
Zhuge Liang said: "I have been entrusted with the care of the late emperor. I will do my best to defeat the enemy even if I die nine times... I will fight to the death and Cao Wei may be defeated."
After hearing this, Liu Chan agreed to Zhuge Liang's second northern expedition.
<Before you can fight against foreign enemies, you must first stabilize the internal situation. The Prime Minister worked very hard to restore the Han Dynasty, but the petty people in the court kept slandering him! The only thing that is worthy of praise about Liu Chan is that he trusted his father.>
<Liu Chan's obedience is also his advantage.>
<Liu Chan: What kind of important minister did my father find for me to take care of my son? He actually ruined my father's plan!>
<Li Yan was actually a trusted minister, and he must have been dissatisfied with the prime minister's monopoly of government affairs.>
<Li Yan: We are all important ministers entrusted with the care of the young emperor. Why can you take charge of the military and political power while I have to prepare food and grass? !>
<Alas, it has been three years since Zhuge Liang proposed the Northern Expedition. This will also be the last Northern Expedition. [crying]>
<The Han and the traitors cannot coexist, and the king's cause cannot be half-hearted>
<I won’t talk about Qiao Zhou’s role, but Dong Yun is right. Shu is indeed unable to cope with the situation.>
<The Prime Minister was anxious because he was old and probably would die while waiting>
<The Prime Minister did not refute Dong Yun's words. He knew it was impossible but still did it. Shu Han was now in a dead end. The Prime Minister should have anticipated what Shu Han would look like after his death.>
……
"The last Northern Expedition."
As soon as these words were spoken, all the people in Ji Han seemed to be frozen, staring at the video on the screen intently.
Zhuge Liang in the picture looks visibly old, and his words are earnest, as he works for the Northern Expedition.
"Adou is a child who listens to you." Liu Bei has been reading the Romance of the Three Kingdoms from the beginning to the present, and his expectations for Liu Chan have gradually decreased.
Now seeing that he still felt sorry for his father and worried about his health, Liu Bei felt uncomfortable.
The rulers and ministers of the Later Han Dynasty knew that it would be difficult to confront the Central Plains with the power of one state.
It is difficult to do something knowing that it is impossible.
Shu Han was a small country, and several northern expeditions were bound to cause unrest among the people.
The people of the Jingzhou faction would think about fighting back, but the people of the Yizhou faction became addicted to the comfortable life and were unwilling to march north again.
The Han and the thieves cannot coexist, and the kingdom cannot be half-hearted.
The value of this sentence continues to increase.
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