Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 970
In the fourth year of the Tianji period, except for returning to the country, prefectures and counties were set up.

Sitting in the Tai Palace, listening to Handan Chun's jokes, Liu Qu smiled from ear to ear, and was extremely happy. He was listening, and suddenly a Huangmen came in and told Zhuge Linggong to ask for an appointment. Liu Qu hurriedly asked to invite him After entering, Zhuge Liang walked into the Tai Palace and bowed himself. Liu Qu knew that he would do this a long time ago, so he quickly helped him up, and said with a smile: "Mr. Ling, please don't do this. You are my leader!"

Zhuge Liang's face looked a little bad, and he said: "Your Majesty, there are thieves who invaded Jiaozhou and led the people to develop the mountains and forests outside the state. They did not bring any officers and soldiers, but they were attacked by the bandits. Du Wei, the state shepherd, was seriously injured. Nearly two thousand people were killed. Looting. Hundreds of people were killed!" Then, for a moment, Liu Qu stared, his eyes were full of fierce light, "What?!! Who is this thief?! How dare you act like this!!"

"It should be the aborigines outside Jiaozhou. In recent years, Jiaozhou has continuously developed the surrounding mountains and forests, and now it has become a huge state and county, but this oppresses the aborigines in the mountains and forests."

"Bullshit! Didn't I give an order that as long as it belongs to me, the land should be given to my people?! These damned state shepherds who dare to hurt me!!", Liu Qu gritted his teeth, his furious appearance made people He became extremely terrifying. Zhuge Liang was not short, but he still looked very thin in front of Liu Qu. Liu Qu's aura was too oppressive, seeing the emperor's angry appearance.

"Your Majesty, the ministers are waiting in the Houde Hall."

"Let's go!", Liu Qu yelled, and walked towards Houde Hall. Zhuge Liang followed behind him, and the two entered Houde Hall together. There was still some noise in Houde Hall. After Qu walked in, the hall of Houde became extremely quiet. Liu Qu sat angrily on the upper seat, and Pang led the crowd to bow to him. Liu Qu looked at the crowd and said, "I want to send troops immediately, and he will kill Zhenzhou." Mu, I want to kill him as a thief, he hurts my people, I want to slaughter his country!!"

"Your Majesty, no!!!" Pang Tong was the first to speak, and Pang Tong hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, besides Guishuang, and even outside the Great Wall, there are still many countries waiting to watch, your Majesty. The minister believes that these are all things that can be attached to the big man, and if they are massacred, I'm afraid they will..."

"I've made up my mind! Stop trying to persuade me!" Liu Qu said coldly.

Seeing Liu Qu's appearance like this, Pang Tong looked at Zhuge Liang helplessly. Zhuge Liang just shook his head lightly and didn't speak. Pang Tong sighed and stopped persuading him. , The Southern Army is still in Hezhou, commanding the entire north, and I want to take the Southern Army in Luo County with three thousand elites, and then we can conquer!" The officials were shocked by the emperor's idea.

"Your Majesty wants to personally conscript?? How does this happen?!"

"Why not?! As the Son of Heaven, it is only right for me to avenge the people under my command!" Liu Qu said loudly, then looked at Zhuge Liang, and said, "Mr. Ling, after I left, this Luo County For the time being, Lord Ling will watch over it!"

"There are many generals in the Northern and Southern armies, Your Majesty does not need to go in person." Zhuge Liang said at this time, he did not object to the emperor's foreign conquest, but he did not want the emperor to go there in person, he was very afraid, no matter how brave he was , can't stop a sharp arrow, if something happens to the emperor, facing Zhuge Liang, Liu Qu will not be as irritable as before. He thought for a while, and then said:
"I'm just sitting in Jiaozhou, so don't worry, I will take the Wei Mansion with me in this battle, and with their guards around, nothing will happen. Provocations like this must be attacked with all our strength, otherwise we will only There will be more and more." Seeing Liu Qu's resolute attitude, Zhuge Liang didn't try to persuade him any more, but nodded helplessly. Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong didn't object, and the rest of the ministers had no intention of refuting.

After a brief discussion, Liu Qu has already issued an order, and he will set off tomorrow to Jiaozhou to conquer those thieves! !

When he returned to Tai Palace, Liu Qu was not as angry as before. He felt a little excited. Finally, he had the opportunity to conquer, but he was just excited. So many people were injured and died. Even if he could go to war, he would not be happy. When I got up, I had just returned to the Tai Palace when I saw the queen walking in in a hurry. The queen seemed a little worried, and she asked, "Your Majesty, are you going to Jiaozhou?"

"Yeah, how do you know?"

"The Huangmen is discussing this matter, Your Majesty, you are the Son of Heaven, so why do you have to do it yourself?"

"Yuanji, don't try to persuade me anymore. If others don't believe me, don't you believe me? Even if I don't bring any troops, I can wipe out all those thieves empty-handed!" Liu Qu said domineeringly, and Wang Yuanji thought about it. For a moment, I didn't say anything more, I lowered my head, my face was full of melancholy, "Hey, don't worry, it won't take a few months, I can destroy them all with one blow!!"

He comforted the queen for a long time, and then the queen was relieved and sent the queen away. Liu Qu then sent someone to invite Yuan Shang. Recently, there are a few guys in the temple who always like to talk nonsense. I am very unhappy. Go and check to see who is revealing the words in the Hall of Houde to the outside. After you find out, you don’t have to wait for me Come back, take him away and execute him."

"Thank you."

"Remember, I have to be executed before I come back."

"Remember, sir."

Liu Qu was still smiling, but that smiling face looked a little scary.

Three days later, the Son of Heaven rushed towards Jiaozhou with the First Battalion of the Southern Army in charge of guarding the palace. , this matter is still kept strictly confidential, the whereabouts of the emperor cannot be easily revealed, this time the emperor is leading the first battalion of the southern army, and the school lieutenant is called Gan Ning, a warrior who is familiar with Jiaozhou.

Liu Qu was no stranger to him. To be precise, Liu Qu knew every general in the army, and many of them had good friendships with him. Even Liu Qu knew most of the students in military science. Because he often went to military camps or military studies, Gan Ning was not easy to get along with in terms of appearance, he was quite arrogant, but he talked a lot, and I don't know where he learned it from. A person can't stop once he opens his mouth.

Liu Qu was accompanied by another person, Jiang Wei. Jiang Wei was a servant of Wei's mansion, responsible for the safety of the emperor. The emperor was going to the battlefield, so he was naturally by the emperor's side. He was quite unconvinced, he felt that this guy was just a bragging old man, and Gan Ning was not used to him, always sneering at him, out of self-cultivation, Jiang Wei didn't rush this old guy.

"Your Majesty, those thieves outside Jiaozhou have amazingly low combat power. Even ordinary people can defeat them. This time, I don't know what happened, but it's definitely not that simple. Jiaozhou shepherds with thousands of people, unless they come to tens of thousands of people, most of the people in Jiaozhou are good at fighting, and they are definitely not so easy to bully."

Gan Ning said in a long-winded manner, "Those aborigines are probably supported by someone, or maybe they have a wise chief. Anyway, I haven't been back for more than ten years, maybe the situation is a little different, yes. Now, after your Majesty rushes to Jiaozhou, don't say the word "barbarian", this word is not allowed in the local area, only thieves and the like."

"Oh? I really don't know about this. Could it be because there are many foreigners in Jiaozhou?" Liu Qu asked curiously.

Gan Ning grinned, "No, Your Majesty doesn't know something. Many, many years ago, there was a magistrate in Jiaozhou." When Gan Ning opened his mouth, he was talking about the past. Liu Qu listened with interest, maybe According to his ancestors, he just likes to listen to these stories. Along the way, listening to Gan Ning's chatter, he didn't find it annoying, but rather happy. Only Jiang Wei's face gradually turned black.

"It's a pity that he didn't want to implicate me. After he passed away, I took his belongings and went to see Zhuge Liang."

"and then?"

"I'm very disappointed, he's far worse than his master." Gan Ning shook his head and said.

Liu Qu didn't look very happy. He respected Zhuge Liang very much. Even if the person Gan Ning said was Zhuge Liang's teacher, he shouldn't have said that about Zhuge Liang. Jiang Wei couldn't bear it anymore. He followed Zhuge Liang I also studied for a while, Zhuge Liang was unwilling to accept him as a disciple, but at the request of the emperor, he was still very close to Jiang Wei. If Jiang Wei had any confusion, he always looked for Mr. Ling, and Mr. Ling would help him every time. Explain, whatever it is.

"Zhuge Linggong is the most capable minister of the Han Dynasty. Even if you brag, you shouldn't be so." Jiang Wei said displeased.

Gan Ning glanced at him, raised his head, looked at the clouds in the sky, and smiled, "I'm not talking about ability, you haven't seen him before, you don't understand, I've lived so long in vain, but never He won't look down on anyone after seeing a kind-hearted person like him." After finishing speaking, he didn't say another word, rode away on his horse, and went to the front to investigate.

Only Jiang Wei and Liu Qu were left looking at each other.

With Gan Ning, the road was not so boring. This time, the Southern Army accompanied Liu Qu to come here with some elite soldiers. They marched quickly through mountains and rivers without any complaints. They drove at full speed and rarely stopped to rest along the way. It is getting closer and closer to Jiaozhou.

When the emperor led the soldiers to Yangzhou, he finally met the people who came to greet him.

Those who came to greet them were the elite of the Yangzhou navy, led by the governor Zhou Yu himself, who were waiting for the arrival of the emperor. Zhuge Liang was still not at ease with the emperor, so he spoke to Zhou Yu, hoping to bring the navy to protect him. Don't let the emperor have an accident.

(End of this chapter)