The Jagged Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 222 Ma Liang Comes to See You
In the early morning of the second day, Liu Chan didn't get up early as usual because of a hangover, and he still lay on the bed and fell asleep happily.

At this time, the curtain door of Liu Chan's camp was opened from the outside.The rather dazzling sunlight shot into the tent from the gaps, forming a golden strip of light on the ground, as if the ground was covered with a layer of gold.

It was Mr. Ma Liang who came.

The space in the tent is very spacious, and it is divided into two parts, the front and the back, by a curtain wall.The front part of the seat hall is used, the floor is covered with a red carpet made of animal skins, and two rows of desks are placed together; the back is the bedroom where Liu Chan used to rest.

At this time, someone was already in the tent.Zhuge Qiao was wearing a white shirt, sitting at a desk, writing something intently.It seems that he got up very early, apparently he didn't drink too much last night.

Ma Liang coughed softly before waking Zhuge Qiao up.Seeing that it was Ma Liang, Zhuge Qiao got up and saluted, "My nephew pays respects to my uncle. Are you here to find your son? He was too drunk last night, and he is still lying on the bed! If you have something to do, I will give it to you immediately." You call."

Ma Liang waved his hands and said with a smile: "In this case, you don't have to wake up the prince. I just passed by here and came in to have a look. Let the prince sleep for a while. What were you writing just now?"

Zhuge Qiao replied respectfully, "My nephew was writing a letter just now."

Seeing Zhuge Qiao being so courteous and courteous, Ma Liang secretly praised Zhuge Liang for being a good teacher.But he was bold by nature, so he smiled and said: "Bo Song, you don't have to be so restrained in front of Uncle Wei, just talk like you usually do."

Zhuge Qiao nodded in agreement, and invited Ma Liang to his seat.

At this time, Liu Chan suddenly came out from behind a screen, still wearing the same dress that he wore to the banquet last night, and his eyes were still sleepy, with a trace of blood in his eyes, it seemed that he was not in good spirits.

Seeing this, Ma Liang and Zhuge Qiao stepped forward to bow to Liu Chan and said, "Did you not rest last night, sir?"

Liu Chan was naturally not polite to Ma Liang. He yawned and said lazily, "Mr. Ma, why did he get up so early? My head still hurts!" In the inner hall, people would come out to meet guests after grooming, which shows the closeness between Liu Chan and Ma Liang.

Ma Liang couldn't help laughing and said: "It's getting late now, the sun is already high."

As he said that, Ma Liang went to the door and opened the curtain, and the golden sunlight shone in, which made Liu Chan's eyes feel a little uncomfortable, so he had to raise his hand to cover his eyes.Only then did he realize that it was too late to get up today, and it might be almost noon now.

Liu Chan said with a smile: "It seems that I drank too much last night."

When Ma Liang heard this, a half-smile appeared on Ma Liang's face, but it turned out that the incident of Liu Chan's drunken madness and vomiting about Guan Feng last night had already been used by the soldiers as a topic of conversation, and it was widely circulated.However, Ma Liang naturally wouldn't tell Liu Chan these things, otherwise wouldn't it make Liu Chan lose face?
Then, Ma Liang ordered a soldier waiting outside the house to bring in a bowl of hangover soup, and said, "I knew you would have a headache when you woke up in the morning, so I ordered someone to prepare the hangover soup."

Liu Chan couldn't help being moved in his heart, and also felt very warm.In fact, when he was in Jiangling City, Mr. Ma Liang was the one who took care of him the most. Now that he is here in Fancheng, he still cares about himself all the time and thinks of himself everywhere!
Liu Chan thanked Ma Liang: "Thank you for your concern, sir. I will definitely drink this hangover soup well." Then he remembered that his body was probably greasy and dirty, how could he eat? Woolen cloth?

Liu Chan ordered the white-eared guards to fetch water to wash his face, and went into the inner hall to change into a new dry suit. Only then did he feel that his body was much more comfortable, and his mental state became much more refreshed.Only then did Liu Chan walk out of the inner hall again, and Mr. Ma Liang had already sat down at the first table on the right, waiting for him to come out.

Liu Chan sat on the main seat in the hall, and the bowl of hangover soup had been placed on the table there. It turned out to be a bowl of fish head soup.Liu Chan is quite a man of knowledge, knowing that this should be a bighead carp head, which is most suitable for cooking soup, and there are some seasonings in it, but he only recognizes bamboo shoots and tofu.

However, what surprised Liu Chan was that Ma Liang had been in his tent for some time, but the bowl of fish head soup was still steaming.Liu Chan asked, "Sir, why is this soup still hot?"

Ma Liang said with a smile: "If this fish head soup is cold, it will become fishy, ​​so how can I eat it? So, before I came here, the chef poured a layer of oil on the soup..."

Liu Chan suddenly clapped his palms and laughed, "Because oil is lighter than water, it will float on top of the fish soup and form an oil film covering the entire surface of the soup bowl, which can also be used to keep the temperature of the soup warm."

Ma Liang was taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect Shi Zi's brain to turn so fast, he already knew the answer before he figured it out, and he couldn't help but feel a little admiration for Liu Chan in his heart.

In fact, how did Ma Liang know that the specific gravity of oil is smaller than that of water. Such a thing is common sense in the 21st century.As long as Liu Chan thinks of this, the next deduction will not be a problem at all.

Ma Liang cupped his hands and praised: "Your Majesty is really wise, and that guy's approach is exactly the same. So when the soldier brought in the fish head soup just now, he just poured out all the oil on the soup."

Liu Chan nodded and said with a smile: "It seems that knowledge is everywhere in this life. We usually stretch out our clothes to eat and open our mouths. How could we think of keeping fish soup warm like this?"

Ma Liang nodded and said, "What the son said is true."

Then, Liu Chan opened his mouth and drank half of the fish soup, feeling better all of a sudden.However, after he was very drunk last night, he had already vomited up the contents of his stomach, and he ate a lot of the contents of the soup, which made his stomach feel much more comfortable.

Then, Liu Chan asked Ma Liang, "Sir, why didn't I see my brother Dingguo and General Liao Hua yesterday? Where are they now?"

Ma Liang didn't expect Liu Chan to open his mouth, so he asked Guan Ping and his whereabouts, and said: "In order to prevent Cao Wei's army from joining up with the defenders of Fancheng and forming an internal and external attack on our army, Guan Junhou ordered General Guan Ping to deploy a line of defense under Jia. General Liao Hua Then they stationed at Sizhong near Longzhong. The two set up twelve camps in Longcheng, Shangqiao, Dengxiang, Zhaoling, etc., echoing each other from a distance."

Liu Chan nodded and said, "So that's the case, no wonder I can't see them!" In fact, he began to think in his heart, now that it has been a few days since Yu Jin was defeated, Xu Huang's second round of reinforcements should arrive in Wancheng soon.

Liu Chan then asked, "Where have the new reinforcements from Cao Wei's army arrived?"

Ma Liang couldn't help but groaned, and then thought that he got the news from Zhuge Qiao, which is why he had this question, and replied: "According to the report of the scouts, in a day or two, Xu Gongming's army will Arrive at Wancheng."

Liu Chan thought to himself, this Xu Huang seems to be Guan Yu's nemesis, no matter how brave Guan Yu is, when he meets Xu Huang, he suddenly becomes helpless.Now that Xu Huang is leading the army, if he doesn't do his best to help Guan Yu, I'm afraid he will still be defeated, right?Thinking of this, Liu Chan couldn't help frowning.

Zhuge Qiao originally just quietly listened to the conversation between the two, and had no intention of participating.After all, one of these two is the eldest son he serves, and the other is his uncle, both of them have a higher status than him, so he just needs to listen.Now, seeing Liu Chan, Zhuge Qiao frowned and thought deeply, and asked, "My lord, what's wrong with you?"

Liu Chan sighed and said, "It's nothing, just thinking about some chores." Then he asked Ma Liang how many troops Xu Huang was commanding this time.

"According to the spies' report, it is said that there are [-] elite soldiers."

Liu Chan nodded and said: "After my second uncle was defeated by the ban, he recruited a lot of his soldiers. Our military strength should have surpassed the opponent's. Then, sir, what do you think of the outcome of the two sides now?"

Ma Liang smiled confidently and said: "If our army can capture Fancheng, the land south of the Yellow River will be captured!"

It seems that Ma Liang is full of confidence in Guan Yu's victory.But of course Liu Chan disagreed, at least he felt that he was a little blindly optimistic.If you want to get the land north of the Yellow River, you must at least defeat Xu Huang's army first, and Zhang Liao's army who will probably come to support from the direction of Yanghuai in the near future, let's talk about it!
But Liu Chan didn't want to argue too much about Cao Wei's new reinforcements, so he just said: "Mr. is still too optimistic. In fact, after Cao Wei spread the news of Cao Mengde's death, I was able to take advantage of the situation and attack Fancheng. But this news, so far So far, there is no way to confirm its authenticity, what if Cao Cao is still alive today?"

Ma Liang couldn't help showing a smile on his face and said: "The prince is really suspicious. If Cao Mengde is not dead, why are there rumors that his disciples are desperately fighting for the reserve position? Moreover, if Cao Mengde is not dead, why did he let us fight here? "

Liu Chan really couldn't answer these two questions raised by Ma Liang, but his intuition told him that maybe there was a conspiracy.Liu Chan had no choice but to say: "Maybe this is Cao Wei's trick?"

Ma Liang waved his hands and smiled without saying a word.

(End of this chapter)