Chapter 166 160. Change to three points
"Third General, Prime Minister Zhuge, General Zhao and other officials have already arrived in Yong'an City. Now they are outside the palace to see His Majesty."
A few days after Feng Xi arrived, Zhuge Liang, Zhao Yun and others were also fast and quickly arrived in Yong'an. Shangshu Ling and Shangyong County Magistrate Li Yan also hurried to meet the emperor after Zhang He retreated.
"Please ask the military advisors to come over. I will personally inform Big Brother."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Fei hurriedly sent the eunuch to receive the ministers, while he gently knocked on Liu Bei's door and asked Liu Bei in a low voice.
"Brother, are you awake?"
"...Yide, what happened?"
"Brother, the Prime Minister and his men have arrived in Yong'an and are waiting outside the palace."
"...Please let them in."
Zhang Fei turned around and looked at the sky outside the corridor. It had been windy and cold recently, and it seemed like it was going to rain, but it didn't. There was only a howling wind, which made the trees messy and made it difficult for passers-by to walk.
Zhang Fei walked out and soon met several important officials in the court, including Prime Minister Zhuge Liang, Shangshu Ling Li Yan, Grand Commander Feng Xi, and Zhao Yun, who was his brother in reality, though not in name.
"Meet the three generals."
When everyone saw Zhang Fei coming out to greet them personally, they naturally did not dare to be rude. Zhang Fei also politely returned the greeting, sent the eunuch away, and personally led everyone to Liu Bei's room.
Everyone was silent along the way. Firstly, the weather was unusual, making everyone upset and confused, and they didn't know what to say. Secondly, everyone was not stupid. Like Feng Xi, they all had their own conclusions in their hearts. At this moment, they were all thinking about it in their hearts, so they had no time to speak.
"My dear ministers, please come in."
When they arrived at Liu Bei's door, Zhang Fei had no time to report, but Liu Bei inside the room spoke first, as if he knew everything in advance. Zhang Fei had no choice but to gently push open Liu Bei's door and lead everyone in.
"We have greeted His Majesty, and we wish you good health."
When everyone saw Liu Bei, they naturally bowed without saying anything. When Feng Xi came in, he stole a few glances at Old Liu out of the corner of his eye. Today, Old Liu seemed to be more energetic than in the past few days. Although he still looked skinny, his eyes were bright and he seemed to be thirty years younger.
"No need to be polite, my friends. I personally led the army to fight against the Eastern Wu at Yiling a few months ago. God has favored me and bestowed upon me the Grand Commander Feng Xi. He saw through the Eastern Wu's plan of fire attack and saved my army from danger.
Now Dongwu is still exhausted and can only defend; Cao Wei's invasion to the south was also repelled in Jingxiang. Our Han Dynasty has regained Jingzhou and conquered Jiaozhou, which is even more powerful than before. "
Liu Bei began to summarize the current situation, which was considered to be a bottom line for everyone. Everyone held their breath and concentrated, knowing that the big boss was still behind.
"Now the Sun family is exhausted. Their army was defeated in Yiling first, and then they fought with the Grand Commander Feng Xi in the Dongting Lake area, and were defeated by the Grand Commander again. Now the Sun family has almost no soldiers to use. Moreover, before my army set out on the Eastern Expedition, Sun Quan usurped the throne of the Han traitor Cao Pi and was still in collusion with Cao Wei.
Now my intention is to change my Han Dynasty's strategy of "dividing the world into three parts" to a full-scale attack on Wu. After destroying Wu, I will block the Yangtze River and form a confrontation between the north and the south."
Sure enough, Liu Bei dropped a bombshell while summarizing the situation, which was to adjust Ji Han's current strategy.
Feng Xi had already had verbal battles with Zhuge Liang and many others on the debate of whether to divide the country into three parts or to divide it into north and south. However, Liu Bei had always maintained a noncommittal attitude in the past. Although he seemed to be on Feng Xi's side, he was also implementing the three-part plan.
Now that Old Liu has firmed up his determination to destroy Wu in front of several of them, I'm afraid that even Prime Minister Zhuge, who proposed the "three-way division of the world", would not be able to say much, right?
Feng Xi thought of this and quietly looked at Zhuge Liang. Sure enough, the great prime minister looked solemn, but he hesitated for a moment and did not try to persuade him. He just lowered his head and remained silent. "Kong Ming, it's not that I don't understand things, but Dongwu bullied me too much. Since the Battle of Chibi, Dongwu has begun to take credit for itself. First, they followed Zhou Gongjin's plan to destroy Guo by pretending to be a passerby, and regarded us as a big threat.
Later, he followed Lü Meng's plan and took advantage of the battle between our army and Cao Cao in Hanzhong and Yun Chang heading north to attack and seize Jingzhou.
After Lu Xun's death, I had wanted to reconcile with him, but Lu Xun disregarded our former alliance and once again wanted to kill us.
All these things prove that Sun Quan is a fickle villain, and that the situation is changing at this time. If our Han Dynasty continues to pretend to be friendly with him, it will only increase the uncertainty. It is better to make a decisive move and destroy him with all our strength, and then reorganize the 81 states of Jiangdong to fight against Cao Wei. "
Feng Xi heard it, and figured that Lu Xun was too harsh and slapped Lao Liu to wake him up. The current situation is different from the original timeline.
The original timeline was that Ji Han was defeated, his elite troops were all lost, and he could only surrender to Eastern Wu in order to save his life.
Now there is no one available in Dongwu, and Ji Han is at its peak, so there is no need to be the unfortunate enemy of love and hate with Dongwu anymore.
"My previous three-part strategy was just a generalization. Now the times have changed and there may be some errors. Your Majesty will carefully examine it, which will be a blessing for our Han Dynasty."
Zhuge Liang answered, which put an end to the matter and put it behind him, also preventing others from bringing up the past in the future.
"After I leave, I will make Crown Prince Liu Chan the emperor. However, the Crown Prince is still young and may not be able to handle military and national affairs. I hope you will cooperate and teach him everything."
After Liu Bei and others adjusted their strategy, they continued to make shocking remarks and dropped another bombshell.
"Your Majesty, what do you mean? Your Majesty is in good health now, why are you saying this?"
Zhuge Liang kowtowed first, somewhat unable to accept the unlucky words in Liu Bei's words.
"I know my own health. Now I am at the end of my strength, so I summoned you all to come here and entrust you with important tasks."
Liu Bei shook his head. He knew that the fact that he was so full of energy today might be a sign of his last burst of vitality, so he had to finish what he needed to say.
"In addition to all of you, there is another important official whom I would like to entrust my son to. Unfortunately, this person is not around, which is a great pity."
Liu Bei looked towards the ceiling, as if his spirit was about to fly out.
"May I ask, Your Majesty, which lord is this?"
Zhao Yun was a little puzzled. If there were other people, he could just call them directly. Why did he have to do this?
"It was none other than Xu Shu, Xu Yuanzhi. Yuanzhi fell into Cheng Yu's trap a long time ago, and we have never met again since then. However, I have always regarded him as my confidant, and I still cannot forget him."
There was a hint of sadness in Liu Bei's words, but Feng Xi understood. This symptom could be described in three words two thousand years later: "white moonlight."
All I can say is that Xu Shu's performance at that time was really perfect, and he left sadly after blooming at just the right time, which fits all the elements of white moonlight. It's no surprise that Lao Liu thinks of Xu Shu when he has been busy these days.
"Yide, go get the letter on my desk."
Liu Bei pointed at the table and directed it to Zhang Fei. Although he was in good spirits now, he still found it difficult to walk. At this moment, Zhang Fei had to do the hard work for him.
(End of this chapter)