Chapter 58 Liu Yan Liu Chen

Of course, the so-called storm is just a superficial phenomenon.

As early as the beginning of the attack on Jizhou, Kong Ming and I analyzed various situations and formulated response plans for various possible problems.

To be honest, the joint attack on Ji Han by Wei and Wu is completely within our consideration.

This was not the first time that Cao Wei and Eastern Wu joined forces to attack Ji Han. From the Eastern Wu to the attack on Jingzhou, Sun and Liu families, I joined Sun Deng in Baidi City, I was a vassal state of Cao Wei and nominally paid tribute. During the war in Weinan, Ji Han was worried and troubled internally and externally, and was attacked by five powerful forces, Cao Wei, Dong Wu, Xiongnu, Xianbei, and Western Qiang. Cao Pi concentrated nearly 300,000 elite troops of Cao Wei, and he led the army personally. Cao Zhen, Zhang He, Sima Yi, Chen Qun and other famous generals and blind men, and the coordinated support of the old fox Jia Xu in the rear did not allow Ji Han to be destroyed. Today, Cao Wei and Eastern Wu are naturally even less likely to pose too much danger to us.

Of course, it is possible that any problem on the battlefield is possible. Although Ji Han is powerful, he is not strong enough to win the wars on all fronts of the country at the same time. When we concentrate all our strength in Jizhou, we have to face the emptiness of Yizhou and Sizhou.

Kong Ming has only Jiang Wei, Pang De and Guo Huai in Sizhou, a total of about 40,000 troops, but they are facing Sima Yi, Cao Xiu and the Eastern Wu coalition forces. Although Guo Huai is also a general, his loyalty is still between the two.

Kong Ming's eldest son Zhuge Qiao faced Lu Xun with 10,000 troops in Shangyong. Lu Boyan had great skills, and he attacked and swept high above the nine heavens, and he defended and hid deep under the nine earths. I, who knew history, knew better than anyone in the world, knew this culprit who had severely damaged Ji Han's vitality. Although Zhuge Qiao was also known as wise, he was not the same person as Lu Xun at the moment.

In Yizhou, Chen Dao used 3,000 naval troops and 5,000 troops to fight against more than 20,000 Zhuge Jin and his son. Although Chen Dao had always been known as the fourth uncle Zhao Yun, he had always commanded Bai'er elite soldiers before leaving his father's central army, and was considered a general, but he was more steady and lacked in ability, and was still worse than Zhuge Jin.

It seems that the pressure on these three fronts is very high. It can be imagined that in the next few months, Ji Han's failure on the battlefield will definitely happen. However, I don't have to worry about Kong Ming's Sizhou. With him alone, Sima Yi, who was afraid of being beaten in the battle of Luoyang and had a double heart for Cao Wei, will not fight with him with all his strength. Although Cao Xiu is strong, he is not as brave as Pang De and his wisdom is not as smart as Kong Ming. Moreover, the Wei and Wu families formed an alliance due to Ji Han's huge pressure, and they are in love with each other.

They have not disappeared, and they are all guarding against each other. It won’t take long, even if we don’t destroy them, they will have conflicts. What’s more, Cao Wei was defeated at the beginning. If he wanted to fight a war without any obvious benefits for a long time, it was impossible for his national strength to bear, so the battlefield of Sizhou, which had the greatest pressure, was not very nervous. In fact, if it weren’t for the sudden illness of the fourth uncle, Sizhou could be said to be as stable as Mount Tai. With Cao Xiu’s ability, he would want to ask for anything in front of him, as long as he was in a difficult situation.

Compared to the Sizhou area, the two battlefields in Yizhou seem subtle. Zhuge Jin and his son are both geniuses who are not born in the world. Lu Xun is even more imaginative and has an unparalleled national genius. Among the people who are against him, Chen Dao and Zhuge Qiao, they all show that they are not worthy of their weight. However, I don’t have high requirements for them. For Chen Dao, my requirement is not to lose Chengdu, and for Zhuge Qiao, my requirement is not to lose Nanzheng. I don’t blame them for losing the rest of the place. When I heard my request, people, including Kong Ming, almost fell down. This requirement seemed to be joking about Ji Han’s fate. But I knew it in my mind. My bottom line was to exchange certain land for time to train talents. The reason why I offered an unbearable reserve price so generously was to let them relax themselves and boldly command.

Although Kong Ming's personal approach has been criticized countless times, it is difficult for him to correct it. This time, he is also prepared to work hard to formulate a complete set of combat plans to ensure that Ji Han will not fail any major. I do not agree. The more difficult it is, the more talented it can be trained. Although Ji Han's talents have not been lacking, the phenomenon of incompetence still emerges. If the old generations such as Kong Ming and others no longer take action, Ji Han's overall strength will decline a lot. This local crisis will be handled by these young people. Without storms, towering trees will never grow. Only by letting them do it can they test their true abilities.

For this reason, I also sent Hesse to Luoyang to tell Kong Ming that he would minimize his command of the front-line officers and soldiers. - Although Kong Ming did not participate in the battle in Jizhou, every step on the battlefield was carefully calculated by Kong Ming like a precise chessboard. The troublesomeness of this calculation is unimaginable to ordinary people. If he always did this, the ending of hard work would probably reappear again. These were reported to me by the imperial doctor I sent to Luoyang, Zhang Fang, Zhang Ji's grandson "Xiao Zhongjing" of Zhang Fang. These reports made me feel endless regret. In the past two years, due to the eagerness to defeat Cao, the battle situation was unpredictable and the dangers were everywhere, and I seemed to have less concern for Kong Ming. In the future, I will reduce his control of local battlefields and let him only work hard to plan in the center.

When the wind and clouds are surging, it is the day when the heroes are revealed. I think these two battlefields are all training. If Chen Dao and Zhuge Qiao cannot command the most appropriately according to their actual situation, then they are not qualified battlefield commanders, proving that they are not competent.

Although Kong Ming disagreed with me, he could not change it. After all, I am the emperor and he is the prime minister. When I restrict his rights, especially when everyone knows that I restrict his rights for his body, even the rafters around him will use twelve points of strength to cooperate with me.

In this way, I put Zhuge Qiao and Chen Dao on the cusp of the storm.

But I ignored one thing. I think Zhuge Jin is generous and will not use all his strength even if he attacks Yizhou. Chen Dao and others should resist it. Lu Xun and Zhuge Qiao have a family affection, so they will leave room for nothing. As a result, I was wrong. I overestimated Zhuge Jin's ability to control the army and underestimated Lu Xun's loyalty to Eastern Wu. As a result, one Zhuge Ke and the other Lu Xun almost made my lowest goal be broken. Of course, this is a later story.

At this time, I only focused on state affairs, and the other half of my thoughts on family affairs.

I am a person who is not very concerned about family affairs. I don’t even have 100% of my energy at home. This situation is very strange. When I was a child, I attached the most importance to family. For the warmth of the family, I could even risk going to Jiangdong. But when I became the prince to support military and national affairs, and later became the emperor to be responsible for one-third of the world's creatures, I seemed to devote all my energy to state affairs. I don’t know if this is because of the role of the dream that made me know history in my childhood, or the natural choice when I grew up, or simply being moved by the ministers like Kong Ming who devoted themselves to their lives and had been the goal of life after death.

But this time the family affairs are more important. My wise queen Xingcai is pregnant. Xingcai is the daughter of my third uncle Zhang Fei. My main palace queen is beautiful and dignified, talented and civilized. She presided over the Six Palaces and is my best arm. She once rode horses and danced in front of the palace to fight Wuwei Camp. She also quietly helped me solve various crises in the palace without any worries about family affairs. Although I am a beauties in the harem, she is the only one who truly loves. She has been married to me for eight years, and she has never been pregnant before. This has become a heart-wrenching problem for her. Now, she and I can finally smile comfortably.

This child has been touching my heart since the day he got pregnant, because he is the crystallization of me and Xingcai, and he will be my legitimate son. I have extremely high expectations for him, which can be seen from the name I prepared for him early on.

His name is not Liu Yao, but Liu Chen. The name Liu Chen is the name of my fifth emperor in history. He is the most aristocratic and is deeply loved by the people. Finally, when Shu Han was conquered, he chose his whole family to commit suicide in the Taimiao to be loyal and righteous.

If what was the thing that I felt most ashamed of knowing history in my childhood dreams, then Liu Chen was definitely one of the most important factors that made me choose my life path again.

Fortunately, I changed, and the world has changed. Even if it is just an A Dou, as long as he makes up his mind, he can still achieve amazing results to the world.

Everyone knows how important Xingcai occupies in my heart. In the harem, she is the only woman who can persuade me to change my mind, and the only woman who can enter my study in Weiyang Palace at will. Her concern for me is silent, but everywhere. She is my strongest backing.

When she started to get pregnant, she vomited whatever she ate. I was so nervous that I tried every means to make delicious fruit for her. I even rebuilt the Baiguoyuan in Fuli Palace and called a famous carpenter to cultivate flowers and fruits for Xingcai to taste. There was a raisin brought by the Hu people from the Western Regions and Xingcai's appetite, and I gave him five thousand yuan. To be honest, I didn't care like this when Wang Guiren was pregnant. At that time, it seemed that he just nodded to the female official who came to report the message and continued to read the memorial.

My eldest son Liu Xuan is already three years old. I like him very much. One day, he was holding him and writing, when he suddenly asked me: "Father, will my little brother become the emperor in the future?"

I was stunned and nodded.
Chapter completed!