On May 16, the seventh year of Huangchu, Wei Dynasty, Cao Pi summoned Chen Qun and four other ministers and crown prince Cao Rui to discuss the matter, and immediately issued an edict to divide the sons into kings and sent them to various places. The next day, on May 17, Cao Pi passed away. On the same day, Cao Rui succeeded to the throne, but did not change his name, but immediately sent Cao Zhen to Chang'an, Cao Xiu to Luoyang, and at the same time Xiahou Ba and Xiahou Ru sent them to Yuzhou.

"Cao Rui is quite decisive in his actions!" Liu Yi looked at the latest information sent from the front line in his hand and frowned. This time, Cao Rui, who was only eighteen years old, showed a steady and mature political skill different from his peers, and Cao Wei did not experience major turmoil.

"What do you mean? Or not?" Zhang Fei looked at Liu Yi and frowned.

"It must be fought. Now, in Jingshu, 300,000 troops gathered, it is already an arrow on the string. Besides, even if Cao Rui has the skills, the turmoil still exists. Even if the upper class is stable, the people will feel that God will not help Cao Wei, and the direction of public opinion should be done well!" Liu Yi smiled and said, "But this battle will be much more difficult than imagined."

"When will the troops be sent?" Zhang Fei felt much more relieved when he heard this, and sat down and asked.

"Go and ask Your Majesty." Liu Yi put down the bamboo slips and said with a smile: "But Your Majesty should also summon us to the palace."

Because of the delay in intelligence transmission, Wendy, even though the intelligence system of the Han Dynasty was already well done, the delay was certain. Cao Pi passed away on the 17th, but today is May 23rd.

Now we must fight fast and fight a speed battle. Before Cao Rui's deployment can be fully arranged, fight a speed battle to seize the initiative.

"Head of the family, Mo Hou, a palace envoy is here to see him!" Zhang Fei's housekeeper came in and bowed to the two of them.

Liu Yi nodded and looked at Zhang Fei. Zhang Fei agreed and asked someone to go back and report first, and they arrived later!

"Boyuan, you really got it right!" Zhang Fei stood up and smiled while asking his servants to help him put on his armor.

"What are you doing with armor?" Liu Yi looked at Zhang Fei in shock.

"Prepare to go to the war!" Zhang Fei said naturally.

"No matter how fast you are, you can't go to war today. Just take it off and wear official uniforms!" Liu Yi shook his head, got up and put on his official uniforms, looked at Zhang Fei and said, "Let's go, the most today is the Pioneer Sect."

"Oh, okay!" Zhang Fei quickly changed his official uniform, followed Liu Yi and his personal soldiers out of the palace, and headed all the way to the palace.

The palace in Nanzheng was not luxurious and not large in size. It was converted from the former governor's mansion. As a senior official, Zhang Fei was unwilling to leave the palace. The group arrived at the palace quickly, so the guards could not be brought in. When the two came to the hall side by side, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Li Yan, Huang Quan, Wu Yi, Zhang Ren and other important officials had arrived. They were gathering together in groups of whispers. When they saw Liu Yi and Zhang Fei coming side by side, they saluted the two.

After Liu Yi returned the favor one by one, he came straight to Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong.

"Have you decided before sending troops?"

"The time was not yet ripe, and there was no time to set." Zhuge Liang shook his head. No one knew when Cao Pi would die, and how could he set the opportunity to send troops in advance.

"It was also that Cao Pi had hidden it so well before. We had never noticed that he was seriously ill. If we had known it, we would have sent troops at this moment." Pang Tong said with a smile.

"How could you know this kind of thing before? To be honest, today His Majesty summoned all the ministers, it should have come for this matter." Liu Yi shook his head and said.

"All troops have gathered together and entered the battalions. You only need to set a strategy today and you can send troops now." Pang Tong said with a smile.

"Yangping Pass, Xiegu, Chen Cang and Ziwu Dodge soldiers..." Liu Yi looked around and saw that no one was coming to this side, and asked in a low voice: "Is it too dispersed?"

"There are good soldiers, and these four routes are both empty and real. Bo Yuan is also a good fighter, so how could he not know?" Zhuge Liang smiled.

"I am good at defending, when will I be good at fighting?" Liu Yi shook his head. He would not bear this name. Unless his opponent was very frugal, it would be impossible to ask him to send troops.

"Your Majesty is here~" the eunuch shouted in a sharp voice, and everyone hurriedly sat upright and bowed to Liu Bei to worship.

Liu Bei, with the help of the eunuch, sat down slowly and smiled at everyone, "Today, it is for the Northern Expedition. The news from Yecheng was that Cao Pi had passed away in Yecheng on the 17th of this month. Cao Wei was in turmoil. I have been preparing for today for ten years! Today is the time to restore the Central Plains!"

"Your Majesty, all the food and grass are already in place. Because of the tracks made by Mo Hou, the manpower required to transport from various places in Shu to the checkpoints is greatly reduced, which can be used for the annual expenses of our three soldiers. However, if we enter Guanzhong, without the help of the rail car, it will still require a lot of manpower to be consumed by the civilians!" Mi Zhu, who was responsible for the logistics affairs, bowed to Liu Bei and said.

"It is not easy to be like this, and the grains in Guanzhong are helpless." Liu Bei nodded with satisfaction when he heard this. If it were the past, the food and grass of more than 200,000 troops would have taken a lot of time to transport them from various places to Hanzhong, and the manpower and material resources were consumed ten times that of now. Without this rail car, even if Liu Bei had these more than 200,000 troops, it would not have been possible that they would have gathered together all at once.

"Your Majesty, I wonder who is the general and who is the commander when the troops are sent?" Li Yan stepped out and bowed to Liu Bei.

"This time we go to the expedition, we are divided into four routes." Zhuge Liang saw Liu Bei's eyes, smiled slightly, and walked out a step: "All the way, we led 30,000 troops from General Chen Dao as the main general, Wu Ban and Zhang Yi assisted him!!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Dao took a step, took the order sent by Liu Bei by the eunuch, and bowed to Liu Bei.

"There are not many people on this road, and they are not the main force, but to attract the main force of the Cao army." Zhuge Liang said with a smile.

Chen Dao was not surprised by this and silently returned to the train.

"The second route is the auxiliary of the first route. Chen Cang was sent out and led 20,000 troops. In order to attract the main force of the Cao army, he deceived the Cao army to attack. General Huang Zhong was the main general, and the two generals Yan Yan and Yang Ren were assisted!" Zhuge Liang continued to order.

Huang Zhong, Yan Yan and Yang Ren left the list and took over the military talisman.

"The two generals must remember that this time, the dispatch of troops was not a decisive battle with the Cao army, but to lead the main force of the Cao army to attack. Therefore, General Chen Dao went first. After the Cao army saw the reality of General Chen, General Huang sent troops in time, so that the Cao army thought that Chen Cang was the main force and provided time for our army's real main force!"

"Here!" Chen Dao and Huang Zhong bowed and led the order.

"The third line, the troops went out of Yangping Pass, went to Wudu County, surrendered to Anding, Longxi and Tianshui counties. The troops sent 100,000, with the generals of chariots and cavalry as the main generals, Pang Tong as the military advisor, Ma Chao, Zhang Ren, Guan Xing, Zhao Guang and Zhang Bao assisted them, and went out from the west. Each city must be defeated and step by step was the camp. Finally, they met with the soldiers of Xiegu and Chen Cang to fight the main force of Cao's army in Guanzhong!"

Zhang Fei was overjoyed when he heard this. He immediately went out to Liu Bei to get the military talisman. Although he could not fight side by side with Liu Yi, he was the main commander of this battle, which obviously satisfied Zhang Fei very much.

"Prime Minister!" Li Yan glanced at Zhang Fei and asked with a smile: "I wonder where else is there?"

The 150,000 army was allocated, but this time Liu Bei gathered a total of 200,000 troops in Hanzhong, and 50,000 were obviously the last one. At this moment, many generals with sufficient identities looked at Zhuge Liang with anticipation.

"To be correct, there are two ways!" Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "All the way, go up to Yong, go out of Wu Pass, take straight to Hongnong, capture Tongguan and Hangu Pass, and cut off the enemy's backbone. Bo Yuan will serve as the chief general, with Guan Ping, Liu Feng, Meng Da and Pang De as deputy generals."

Liu Yi left the list and came to Liu Bei's registration to take the military talisman handed over by Liu Bei. Although he didn't like the military service, his name of the undefeated general was placed here, so it was impossible for Liu Bei to not use him.

"The troops are limited, and there are only 30,000 troops here in Boyuan!" Zhuge Liang looked at Liu Yi and apologized.

Isn’t there still 50,000? Even if you deduct the Ziwu Valley, you should give yourself 40,000, right? This is a trick that Zhuge Liang won’t give him a deduction, right?

"In addition, there is a road where Wei Yan is commanded by 10,000 troops and horses are on standby at any time." Zhuge Liang looked at Wei Yan, who was depressed and said calmly, "There is no hurry for the matter of Ziwu Valley for the time being. When all parties fight and the main force of the Cao army is transferred out, it is the best time for Wei Yan to attack Chang'an.

"The last general will receive the order!" Wei Yan was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly took a step forward, bowed to accept the order, ran to Liu Bei to receive the order, and returned to the train.

"Prime Minister, I don't know if there is still 10,000, what is it for?" Li Yan asked.

"There is still ten thousand, and it is a self-contained army, led by the pro-party, responsible for the support of logistics roads and supporting all parties at any time!" Zhuge Liang smiled and said. Li Yan is also a rare talent under Liu Bei's command. However, now Liu Bei has a lot of talents, and Li Yan is not very outstanding among these people.

"Here!" Li Yan was a little disappointed, but he respectfully accepted the order and retreated.

The division of troops was completed, and Liu Bei ordered the generals to integrate their own troops and go on a swearing battle tomorrow. Pang Tong was the military advisor for this marching. Zhuge Liang accompanied Liu Bei to take charge of the rear and dispatched the center. At the same time, he chose the most suitable time to release Wei Yan and attack Chang'an. The Ziwu Road, which Liu Yi had worked hard to build, has finally come in handy now.

"During the time of sending troops, the news leaked. Cao Wei learned about our army in advance. The checkpoints were blocked everywhere. No one or his subordinates were allowed to leave the pass without authorization. Once discovered, they would be punished for treason!" Zhuge Liang closed the bamboo slips and said seriously to everyone: "This battle is related to the great Han Dynasty. I hope all the officials can work hard to support the Han Dynasty!"

"I will accept the order!" The ministers bowed.

Liu Bei stood up. Although he was old, he felt like he was lying up at this moment. He looked at the ministers with serious eyes and said, "The Han thieves are not in harmony, and Wang Ye is not in a stern way. In this battle, I hope you can work together to support the Han Dynasty!"

"Here!"
Chapter completed!