Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1702 The decisive battle is imminent!

Hanoi.

Chaoge City.

There is an awe-inspiring atmosphere inside and outside the city. The main force of the Ming army is stationed here. Naturally, the people here have to be careful even when they breathe.

In the camp, Mu Jing knelt before sitting on the desk, trying hard to process the memorials.

He went to the north to fight in person, but it doesn't mean that he can completely ignore the affairs of the rear. A stable rear is the biggest reliance of the front army.

Although Mu Jing trusted Hu Zhao, Cai Yong, and Liu Jin, he believed that with them, even if he was away fighting for a year or so, there would be no major problems.

But as a king, this kind of decentralization is fatal, so what should be paid attention to is still to be paid attention to. Power can be delegated, but not condoned.

Still the same sentence, people's hearts can't help being tested. Today's Hu Zhaocai Yong and the others may be loyal to themselves, but it doesn't mean they don't care about authority.

Facing the power at their fingertips every day, they are tempted all the time. At this time, they can see a piece of sky above their heads, and they still have scruples.

But if you can't see it, it's easy to be careless, and it's hard to say what you will do at that time.

After all, there are no absolutely good people or bad people in politics, only absolute interests. No matter how loyal they are to Mujing, they might do something different for the court and their own ambitions.

Even if Mu Jing is not in the imperial court, at least all civil and military officials must feel the existence of this piece of heaven in Ming Dynasty all the time, so he will personally review many memorials sent from Yudu.

If a person is above the court, he only needs to show his face to be able to calm them down, but because he is not there, he needs to let the courtiers feel his presence, so he is less vulnerable than when he was in Yudu. I'm much more busy and busy, and I have to look over the trivial things in person.

"These bastards!"

Mujing relieved his sore wrists, and said through gritted teeth: "Every trivial matter has been reported, and there is no cost to run an inn, and it is not a waste of money to run a thousand miles away!"

"Your Majesty, my lord please see me!"

At this time, there was a voice outside the camp.

"Come in!" Mu Jing took a sip of tea, and said Shi Shiran.

"Xi Zhicai, greeting Your Majesty!"

Xi Zhicai walked in and bowed to salute.

"Zhicai!"

Mu Jing waved his hand and said: "There is no need for so many etiquette between you and me. At this time, you are not watching from the front line and returning to Chaoge. Is there something wrong with the front line?"

"Zhaoming's First Army is almost on the offensive, but in terms of defense, it is definitely one of the best. No matter how fierce Guan Yu is, he can't break through our defense line, but Guan Yunchang is really fierce. The defense line of Sanhekou almost reached ruins!"

Xi Zhicai reported, "Huang Shao's heart aches so badly. He has shown the First Army for so many years, and it hasn't been damaged so badly!"

Hearing this, Mu Jing's face turned gloomy. War represents a fight between life and death. Where there is life, there is death. The sacrifice of soldiers is already the norm.

Mujing was used to it, he was used to hearing the list of sacrifices.

But habit does not mean numbness.

Every time he heard the numbers of these casualties, every time he felt the abomination of the war, he could not wait to end this troubled world.

He sighed, and said in a low voice: "Huang Shao is a rare general. He has lived a stable life for too long. He must be somewhat uncomfortable with this kind of war with high casualties!"

"The First Army has not been on the battlefield for a long time. It is my Ming Dynasty's elite soldiers. In terms of this level of casualties, he can still accept it. He must have felt some pressure!"

Xi Zhicai said: "The First Army will not be able to defend Sanhekou!"

"Understood!"

Mu Jing smiled, and said: "Huang Shao is still old, his ambition is gone, and facing Guan Yu, he must be somewhat afraid!"

"Probably so!"

"What about Shangdang?" Mu Jing stood up, walked back and forth a bit, stretched his muscles, and asked.

He had to wait for the news from Shangdang before kicking off the decisive battle. As long as the casualties of the Yan army were dealt with, he would be able to take the initiative to fight on the battlefield.

"Shangdang has news back!"

Xi Zhicai said: "I came back from the front line just because of this matter!"

He handed over the bamboo tube of Jing Wusi's communication, which contained a secret report.

"Have you taken the eldest son city?"

Mu Jing squinted his eyes and said: "Although the speed is not very fast, it is still within the regulations. We have won Shangdang, but has the problem of the main force of the Yan army been resolved?"

"It should be resolved!"

Xi Zhicai said: "Even if Ju Yi can get out of the eldest son city, it will be very difficult for Ju Yi to get out of Shangdang County. Zhang Liao's meticulous layout is rarely seen, but now the next report should not be able to come back. At most That's just a couple of days!"

Mujing pondered for a while, and asked: "If this is the case, we can move first!"

He turned around, looked at the military map on the screen, thought for a while, and said: "Guan Yu is now fighting us fiercely. If the news of Shangdang comes back, he will run away immediately, but I don't know." Maybe let him run away, even if you can't kill him, trap him!"

"Your Majesty is planning to use him to bring in Liu Bei's main force?"

Xi Zhicai also thought this way, but there is a more important point in it, that is, Guan Yu's life is enough to make Liu Bei tempted.

But in Xi Zhicai's view, a hero like Liu Bei would not lose his mind just for one person.

"Guan Yunchang is a good bait!"

Mu Jing smiled.

If others don't know, he still can't know. Liu Bei is not without places to go. He really doesn't care much about his wife, but he is still very sincere to his brother.

History has proven this.

In history, Guan Yu's defeat in Maicheng was the beginning of the decline of the Kingdom of Shu. Guan Yu's defeat alone is not a big problem, but because of Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Liu Bei lost their minds, which is the reason for the decline of the Kingdom of Shu If Liu Bei hadn't rashly sent troops to crusade against Wu because of Guan Yu, and lost this hasty and unprepared battle, Shu would not have been frustrated, and there would have been no way to form a gap in cooperation between Shu and Wu.

This gave the North a chance to dominate the world.

Liu Bei still cared about Guan Yu very much, so if Guan Yu was besieged, he could not continue to sit still in Taiyuan, even if the troops had not been assembled, he would immediately go south.

"Since we want to besiege Guan Yu, then we have to push the main force forward?"

Xi Zhi thought for a while and said.

"The main battalion can promote the rhythm of going north, but it doesn't need to be too fast. Let the main force of the Sun and Moon Army go north first, and the Divine Guards will stand still first!"

Mu Jing looked at the marching map, and said: "I always feel that Liu Xuande should still have a big move yet!"

When Xi Zhicai heard this, his eyes lit up, he had been with Mujing for a long time, and he also understood some of Mujing's strange words.

This big move means that Liu Bei still has plans.

Regarding Liu Bei's plan, he was a little confused. The key was that the main force of the Yan army was already in front of him, so how could Liubie threaten the Ming army.

"Your Majesty, isn't our vision too limited?" Xi Zhicai said suddenly.

"Cao Mengde!"

Mu Jing sighed, and said: "I knew that he wouldn't be so peaceful. It's really hard to say whether Huang Zhong's side will be able to entangle him!"

"If there is news, Jing Wusi will spread it to the north as soon as possible!"

"Don't rely too much on Jing Wusi's news channel!" Mu Jing pinched the bridge of his nose, and said, "In this era, communication is the most troublesome thing, and it is easy to lose and mess up, even if Jing Wusi has established a faster and safer There is no guarantee for the communication channel, they can pass the news up as they wish, and it is not a strange thing that there will be accidents along the way!"

In this feudal and backward era, when only two legs and horses can be relied on, message transmission can sometimes be fast, and sometimes it is very slow.

There are too many unexpected factors in this. Even if the message is eight hundred miles away, it can be passed from north to south in a day or two when it goes well, but if there is a problem, it may not be able to pass the news on in a month and a half.

"Then do we need to do some protection?"

Xi Zhicai was silent for a while and asked.

"That's not necessary!" Mu Jing shook his head: "We haven't reached the point where we can't fight, our march and strategy are steady and steady, we won't give them too many loopholes, and our goal is to target Liu Bei, don't put too much burden on yourself!"

"Ok!"

Xi Zhicai also agrees with this point.

"Guan Yunchang is not easy to deal with. In Huang Shao's camp, there should not be many people who can stop him!" Mu Jing said suddenly: "I will give them a general!"

"Who is your Majesty going to give him?" Xi Zhicai was puzzled: "At present, there are not many generals in our camp who can fight Guan Yu. Commander Ma Chao can't move easily!"

"Ma Chao can't move easily!" Mu Jing said, "But there is one person who is quite free!"

"Pan Feng?"

Xi Zhicai suddenly rang: "He has been in the camp!"

"Although I may not trust him very much, I still have to give him a chance to show off!" Mu Jing said with a smile: "Tan Zong is willing to endorse him, and behind him is the orphan of the Han family, and he is also a member of the family." It would be a waste if he continues to hide a rare hero, let him go to the battlefield and win his trust with his military exploits, the more capable he is, the more he can stand out on the battlefield!"

Mu Jing said resolutely: "I am not afraid that he is ambitious, but I am afraid that he is not capable. As long as he has enough ability, how can I grant him the title of Marquis and Prime Minister?"

"Your Majesty is benevolent!"

Xi Zhicai said with some admiration.

Trust is a double-edged sword. It is easy to hurt others, but sometimes it is easier to hurt yourself. It is not so easy to trust a general.

It's pretty good that Mujing can do this.

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Taiyuan.

Liu Bei has been a little irritable recently. He always feels that something is wrong, but as more and more soldiers gather too far away and the main force begins to gather, he doesn't care much about this feeling of worrying about gains and losses.

"got windy!"

Standing on the city wall, looking at the southern sky, Liu Bei's eyes have a sharpness that can break through the sky: "It's time for a decisive battle!"

After the main force is assembled, it's time to go south for a decisive battle.

For this battle, the Yan army did its best.

Mu Jing is too dangerous, and the Ming court always threatens the lives of their vassals. After all, they have different views and do not conspire with each other. They belong to the vassals of the Han Dynasty, and the Ming court has already started a new one.

This is already an endless struggle.

If you don't take advantage of this alliance to end the Ming court, then they will be attacked by the Ming army and occupied by the Ming court one by one in the future.

This is something that the three princes have tacitly understood.

So they have unity.

Only then did they want to gather all their strength to fight to the death with the Ming army. As long as the Ming army was defeated, they would continue to erode the Ming court's territory and trap the Ming court in the southwest.

Only in this way can they feel at ease.

Of course, it would be best to kill Mu Jing. If Mu Jing could be killed smoothly, the Mu clan would have no heirs, and the short-lived Ming court would be ended directly.

"Your Majesty!"

Dressed in a green robe and a bamboo hat, Li Ru walked up to the city wall and bowed his hands to Liu Bei.

"How are you preparing?"

"All ministries are ready and ready to go south at any time!"

Li Ru nodded.

"Then let the [-] soldiers of the vanguard main force go south!" Liu Bei said in a low voice, "I'm a little worried about Shangdang, if Shangdang disappears, it will restrict us a lot, and it will restrict our second brother and the predicament! "

"Shangdang has news that it is back!"

Li Ru thought about it, and said it anyway.

"what news?"

"The eldest son city has fallen, and Ju Yi's main force has almost been defeated, but Ju Yi should lead the remnant soldiers to fight out, but there are still no traces!"

Li Ru said.

"So fast?" Liu Bei gritted his teeth and said, "How could this happen? Ju Yi is really useless!"

"My lord, it's not that Ju Yi is useless, but that the Ming army used a new type of weapon, which is the kind of weapon that your lord once showed, and directly blasted the gate of the city. The defense line that Ju Yi worked so hard to build was useless, and he was killed directly. Into the city!"

Li Ru said.

"hateful!"

Liu Bei's pupils widened: "What should come is still coming, but I don't know how many such weapons the Ming army has. If there are too many, then we don't have to fight!"

"Your Majesty, don't be discouraged!" Li Ru shook his head: "Now it seems that this kind of weapon is too lethal and detrimental to the way of nature. Only at the right time can it exert its power, otherwise it will hurt others and themselves, and they will not be able to use it recklessly!"

Liu Bei's mood calmed down a little, and he quickly asked: "If the eldest son city falls, then Shangdang will definitely not be able to hold it. Gu is worried about two things now, one is whether the third brother has entered the Shangdang, and the other is One is the second brother, once Shangdang falls, what should the second brother do?"

He still cares about his two younger brothers, whether it is Guan Yu or Zhang Fei, in his heart, they are more important than any courtier or counselor.

"The whereabouts of the third general are hard to fathom, but it is the second general!"

Li Ru said: "The second general can withdraw at any time, as long as he is not entangled!"

(End of this chapter)