Mi Han

Chapter 438
What is the concept of hundreds of thousands of soldiers?
That is a powerful force that can break the river with a whip.

Everyone in the world knows that Cao Wei's national power is arrogant to the world, and with their national power, they will definitely be able to pull up such a huge army.

Of course, ordinary people also know that among the hundreds of thousands of troops advocated by Cao Zhen, the proportion of soldiers is generally not too high.

But with the base number of hundreds of thousands of troops, even if the proportion of soldiers is not large, the number of soldiers in Cao Wei's southern expedition will not be small.

Because of this judgment, when the news of Cao Zhen's southern expedition spread throughout Chengdu, the hearts of the people in Chengdu suddenly became shaken.

It is good to have Liu Bei sitting in Chengdu, but most of the people in Chengdu are just ordinary people.

Liu Bei's prestige is useful, but his prestige will not be so great that people ignore the shocking news that hundreds of thousands of Wei troops are about to overwhelm the border.

Especially now, Yizhou is the emptiest time in history.

However, what is most flustered in Chengdu is not the courtiers and common people, but the Crown Prince Liu Chan who is in charge of state affairs.

Liu Chanhui seemed more panicked than others, and the reason was very simple.

He seriously lacks experience in dealing with emergencies, and even because Liu Bei protected him so well before, he doesn't even have some common sense.

After seeing the content of "Fighting Shu Wen", Liu Chan's first reaction was to really think that Cao Zhen pulled hundreds of thousands of soldiers to attack Hanzhong.

The misjudgment of the enemy's military strength plunged Liu Chan into panic.

In a panic, Liu Chan subconsciously wanted to seek help from someone he trusted.

But now Zhuge Liang and Mi Yang are not in Chengdu, so who can Liu Chan turn to?
The voice and appearance of a close relative instantly appeared in Liu Chan's mind.

Xiangfu and his cousin are not there, but his father is still there.

After thinking of Liu Bei, Liu Chan, who was full of panic, gave an order to his servant Huang Hao.

He asked Huang Hao to pull an ox cart, and then Liu Chan asked many little yellow gatekeepers to load a mountain of bamboo slips onto the ox cart.

After finishing these things, Liu Chan hurriedly directed Huang Hao to drive the ox cart full of bamboo slips towards Liu Bei's bedroom.

The many bamboo slips on this bullock cart were all written to Liu Chan by the ministers after learning the news of Cao Zhen's large-scale southern expedition in the past few days.

Among the many bamboo slips, some ministers presented what they thought to be countermeasures against the enemy, but more ministers were asking Liu Chan to convene a great court meeting to discuss countermeasures.

It stands to reason that Liu Bei has issued an edict to let Liu Chan supervise the country, so Liu Chan has the right to hold a great court meeting.

It's a pity that Liu Chan has the power, but he doesn't have the guts.

Sitting high on the clouds and making decisions in the middle, this is something Liu Chan has never done before, let alone thought of.

Under Liu Chan's personal escort, the ox cart full of bamboo slips soon arrived outside Liu Bei's bedroom.

After Huben, who was on duty outside Liu Bei's bedroom, saw that Liu Chan had arrived in person, they did not stop Liu Chan.

There was even Huben who took the initiative to run into the hall to report to Liu Bei.

Liu Chan, who was standing outside Liu Bei's bedroom, saw that someone had already entered to report, so he felt that Liu Bei would summon him soon.

But what Liu Chan didn't expect was that as time went by, no one came out of Liu Bei's bedroom to take him in.

Before he knew it, Liu Chan had been standing outside the hall for almost an hour.

In March, although the weather in Chengdu is not yet extremely hot, the temperature in Chengdu is slowly rising.

The not-so-low temperature coupled with the humid air in Chengdu soon caused dense beads of sweat to appear on Liu Chan's head.

A stuffy feeling surrounded Liu Chan's heart, making him feel more irritable.

Just when Liu Chan was thinking whether to send someone to report in person, a servant finally walked out of Liu Bei's bedroom and came to Liu Chan.

After the servant bowed to Liu Chan, he was going to lead Liu Chan into the hall.

Liu Chan was overjoyed when he saw this, he wanted the little Huangmen who followed him to pick up some bamboo slips from the ox cart and enter the hall with him, but Liu Chan's actions were quickly noticed by Liu Bei's servants.

Liu Bei's servant stopped Liu Chan's actions with one sentence:

"Your Majesty only sees the prince alone, but not others or other things."

Hearing what Liu Bei meant, Liu Chan didn't insist anymore.

Anyway, he has read most of the content of the bamboo slips on the ox cart, as long as he sees Liu Bei, he can relay the content to Liu Bei.

So Liu Chan obediently followed behind Liu Bei's servant and entered Liu Bei's bedroom.

The sun was shining brightly outside the hall, and the sunlight shone in from the outside through the windows of the hall, illuminating the entire hall brightly.

With the help of good light, the moment Liu Chan stepped into the hall, he saw Liu Bei lying on the imperial couch.

Liu Chan looked over and felt that Liu Bei's complexion had improved a lot, which made him feel more at ease.

Liu Chan walked quickly to Liu Bei's couch, bowed deeply to Liu Bei and said:

"My son salutes Father Sheng Gong."

Liu Chan did not call himself a minister in front of Liu Bei, which means that he is now simply paying respects to Liu Bei as a son.

Liu Chan is a son that Liu Bei got after most of his life. In the past, Liu Bei naturally loved Liu Chan a lot.

Under the meticulous love, although Liu Bei and Liu Chan are both members of the royal family, their relationship is very close, no different from ordinary father and son.

And with Liu Bei's love for Liu Chan, in the past, Liu Chan came to greet Liu Bei as a son, and Liu Bei was usually very happy.

But today is different.

Liu Bei looked at the eldest son whom he had high hopes for, and said "Zhen An" lightly, and then stopped talking.

Liu Bei's silence suddenly made Liu Chan a little embarrassed.

In the past, when he saw Liu Bei, Liu Bei would take the initiative to talk to him and teach him some ways of being a king from time to time.

So originally Liu Chan planned to ask Liu Bei for help when Liu Bei taught him as usual.

This may slightly conceal his true intention for coming.

It's just that Liu Bei's behavior is different from usual now, but Liu Chan suddenly becomes embarrassed.

Said, it will appear that he is incompetent, and it will inevitably disappoint Liu Bei.

Not to mention, how is this possible?

Hundreds of thousands of enemy troops arrived, and Hanzhong was in jeopardy. Under this extremely dangerous situation, Liu Chan had already lost his mind and was in a panic.

It can even be said that if Mi Yang was not still in Hanzhong, Liu Chan's heart would be inclined to give up Hanzhong temporarily.

Liu Chan's idea is very simple. Now the Wei army invaded Yizhou by taking advantage of the emptiness.

Then it is better to temporarily avoid the Wei army's edge and let the Liangzhou army retreat into the sword pavilion and stick to it.

As long as Wei Jun is not allowed to enter Yizhou, the loss of Hanzhong will not be too important.

The big deal is to wait for Yizhou to recover in the future, and then send troops to retake Hanzhong.

Back then, the Wei army led by Cao Cao himself was unable to defend Hanzhong, let alone Cao Zhen.
Knowing a son is like a father, even though Liu Chan is deliberately concealing his inner emotions, Liu Bei still sees the clue from Liu Chan's face.

"Aren't you scared?"

Suddenly, these words came out of Liu Bei's mouth.

And it was this sentence that made Liu Chan raise his head quickly in fright, but after meeting Liu Bei's eyes, he subconsciously lowered his head quickly.

Because Liu Bei expressed the true emotions in his heart that he had always wanted to deliberately conceal.

What panic, shock, he was actually afraid of the hundreds of thousands of Wei troops pressing down on the border.

When a person feels scared, he subconsciously thinks of the closest people around him, and wants their help to seek a sense of security.

Seeing that Liu Chan's face changed drastically after hearing his words, Liu Bei's calm eyes gradually disappeared.

Instead, there was a deep look of disappointment.

Although Liu Bei has not come out to deal with government affairs on the surface during this period of time, but with his control over the entire court, even if he is in the deep palace, he can know all the changes in the outside world like the palm of his hand.

Liu Bei saw the "Fighting Shu Wen" earlier than Liu Chan.

Of course, when this "Fighting Shu Wen" caused an uproar in Chengdu, Liu Bei has been silently watching the development of the situation.

The Wei army would dispatch hundreds of thousands of troops to march south, which even surprised Liu Bei.

However, this battle was not enough to scare Liu Bei.

Hundreds of thousands of Wei troops marched south. Liu Bei had experienced this kind of thing twice before.

But the recent turmoil in the hearts of the people in Chengdu made Liu Bei faintly worried.

And this kind of worry reached the extreme in Liu Bei's heart today.

This is due to Liu Chan's performance today.

"The prince of the stately Han Dynasty, when faced with a strong enemy, was at a loss and had no sense of responsibility. He personally escorted all the officials to write a letter, and came outside my bedroom.

What kind of country are you in prison! "

When he said this, Liu Bei's tone had become quite severe.

From Liu Bei's educational arrangements for Liu Chan, we can see that Liu Bei's expectations for Liu Chan are very high.

There is a very important reason why he intends to let Liu Chan supervise the country this time, and he really hopes that Liu Chan can make some achievements, so that his prestige among the officials can be initially established.

Liu Bei believed that Zhuge Liang and Mi Yang were good, and he indeed planned to let Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei, and Mi Yang be assistant ministers in the future.

However, the auxiliary minister is not the minister of administration, and the difference of one word represents the position of the king in the future ruling and opposition parties.

As for the status, the key lies in the performance of the king before he succeeds to the throne.

But how is Liu Chan's performance today?
It can be described in four words: terrible.

"The prince of Jian Guo is like an emperor.

Are you just using your performance to show the world's subjects?
How do you think the people of the world will feel when they see your performance today? "

Liu Bei's two consecutive rhetorical questions made Liu Chan, who was already panicked, almost kneel down in fright.

Liu Bei has never been so strict in front of him.

The reason why Liu Bei is so strict with Liu Chan today is because he knows that although the imperial palace is the place where he lives, it has long been full of the eyes of various forces inside and outside.

Within a day, Liu Chan's behavior today will spread.

And just as Liu Bei said, as Liu Chan is now the ruler of the Han Dynasty, once his fearful performance spreads out, it will definitely make the already turbulent hearts of Chengdu even more disturbed. .

The defense of Hanzhong was originally a battle of guarding people's hearts.

But no matter how well Mi Yang did, if Yizhou in the rear had problems first, then Hanzhong would be a god.

Liu Bei fought for most of his life, and his majesty was very deep. In the past, he did not impose his majesty on Liu Chan.

But now under the anger, Liu Bei's majesty was released.

Liu Chan's will was not firm at all, under the shock of Liu Bei's majesty, he didn't hold on for long before kneeling down.

No matter how stupid Liu Chan is, he knows that he should plead guilty to Liu Bei in time.

Now Liu Bei is no longer his father, but the supreme emperor.

Sentences of apology came out of Liu Chan's mouth in a panicked tone. Every time Liu Chan said a sentence, he kowtowed to Liu Bei.

Today he was really frightened by Liu Bei.

Seeing that Liu Chan was about to cry from fright, Liu Bei sighed heavily.

It is not that there is no precedent for the Han family to abolish the prince.

But he currently has only three sons under his knees, and the other two sons are only in their prime years.

If he is in the prime of his age, it is not impossible to choose the virtuous and establish him, but he is already old, how can he have time to wait for the two sons to grow up, and then see their virtuous appointment?
Guo Lai Changjun, although Liu Chan is very disappointing, but Liu Bei has no other choice.

After sighing heavily, Liu Bei still couldn't bear Liu Chan's behavior of repeatedly bowing his head and admitting his mistakes. His tone softened a bit, and he said to Liu Chan:

"Get up."

Liu Bei's words were like the sounds of nature, causing Liu Chan to stop kowtowing in an instant.

But when he stood up, Liu Bei found that Liu Chan's face was covered with tears.

Seeing this, Liu Bei felt more and more unbearable.

Thinking about it carefully, Liu Chan is only 16 years old this year.

Maybe it was because I expected too much from him.

Regardless of temporarily exposing Liu Chan's mistakes today, Liu Bei said to Liu Chan:

"You don't need to hand those bamboo slips to me to read, I know what the contents of the bamboo slips are about without reading it.

Everyone seeks advantages and avoids disadvantages, as long as Hanzhong is not lost, no matter how turbulent people's hearts are, there will be a day when they will calm down. "

In a few words, Liu Bei explained the nature of the heated debate inside and outside Chengdu today.

After saying these words, Liu Bei went on to say: "At present, Yizhou is empty, and I really can't deploy troops to support Hanzhong, but Jingzhou still has some troops that can be used."

"Tomorrow, you will issue an edict to Shangshutai and ask them to send an edict to Jingzhou, the content of which is to let Jingzhou Mu lead the army northward to station troops in Yiyang County.

This may hold Sima Yi's army in Wancheng and prevent the enemy from forming a complete encirclement. "

"In addition, you send an envoy to Jiangdong, let the envoy's words frighten Sun Quan, and let him not act rashly.

As long as Niwei and Jiangdong do not unite, the situation is not the worst. "

After talking about these two points, Liu Bei finally solemnly asked Liu Chan:
"This will all be done in your name!"

Although Liu Bei's two arrangements cannot help Mi Yang defeat Wei Jun, they can also relieve Mi Yang's pressure to a certain extent, which can be regarded as two good arrangements.

And the reason why Liu Bei wanted to name these two arrangements in the name of Liu Chan is also simple, that is, he hopes to use this to restore some reputation for Liu Chan.

After ordering these two points, Liu Bei showed fatigue on his face and made Liu Chan retreat.

After Liu Chan left, Liu Bei took out a letter from his bosom, which was urgently sent by Mi Yang from Liangzhou yesterday.

In the letter, Mi Yang informed Liu Bei of all his arrangements in Liangzhou.

After knowing Mi Yang's arrangement, Liu Bei felt very relieved that the big man had such a courtier.

While being relieved, Liu Bei thought of Liu Chan's performance just now. Under the strong contrast between the two, Liu Bei, who was depressed, couldn't help coughing violently.

After finally holding his cough, Liu Bei suddenly had an idea:
He couldn't see what Liu Li and Liu Yong looked like when they grew up, but Zhuge Liang and Mi Yang could.

That being the case, thinking of this, Liu Bei closed his eyes and meditated.

After pondering for a long time, Liu Bei slowly opened his eyes, and his eyes had returned to calm.

In the lonely bedroom, Liu Bei opened Mi Yang's letter again and read it. When he saw the last sentence written by Mi Yang, a smile appeared on Liu Bei's face.

"People are panicking, so let's see who owns the world in today's domain!"

This kid's literary talent is still as good as ever.

(End of this chapter)