The Jagged Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 316 Trends of all parties
Zhuge Qiao did not give in, and cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, the information has been divided into the four regions of Soochow, Cao Wei, Jingzhou, and Yizhou according to your requirements."

Liu Chan nodded, so Zhuge Qiao continued.Then, Zhuge Qiao told Liu Chan that the large-scale mobilization of troops from Soochow was coming to an end, and the strength of Lukougang and Jiangxia had more than doubled to at least 6 to [-].There are also obvious signs of increasing troops in Changsha and Xiangxiang.

Liu Chan nodded when he heard this. Soochow has recently been secretly increasing troops to the main counties and counties in the west, instead of taking advantage of Jingzhou's victory and sending troops north to the important towns of Huaiyang. Obviously, there is no intention of the Northern Expedition.It seems that they really set their sights on Nanjun...

Zhuge Qiao then told Liu Chan that the situation in Lukou Port is a bit strange, and the main general seems to be out of it now.The spy leader Wang Chong, who was lurking in Jianye City, also sent a report saying that the governor Lu Meng was recuperating in Jianye, but now he is nowhere to be seen, but there are no rumors of critical illness.

Then, based on the information, Zhuge Qiao expressed his analysis to Liu Chan: "Your Majesty, Lu Meng is now the most trusted person of Marquis Wu. This person may not be in Jianye at this time, but has secretly returned to Lukou Port!"

Liu Chan nodded and said: "That should be the case. You should send news to Jiangling City immediately, saying that the increase of troops at Lukou Port in Dongwu may be detrimental to our South County. Let Mi Fang, Pan Jun and Yu Jin take precautions. .By the way, don't forget about Deng Ai's side."

Zhuge Qiao nodded in agreement.Then, the next thing is about Cao Wei.Now, the news of Cao Cao's death has been made public, and Cao Pi took over the positions of King Wei and Prime Minister.Moreover, Cao Cao was buried more than half a month ago under the auspices of Sima Yi and Jia Xu.When Cao Ren rushed back, it was too late to attend the funeral.

Hearing Zhuge Qiao talk about Cao Ren, Liu Chan couldn't help asking: "Cao Ren and Man Chong lost Fancheng, how did Cao Pi deal with them?"

Zhuge Qiao smiled and said, "What else can I do? The new king succeeds, and Cao Ren is a clan relative. Of course, he is going to be promoted as usual. Besides, Cao Pi has secretly put Cao Zhi under house arrest earlier, and the court has already split. Cao Ren's return to the court can help Cao Pi stabilize the situation, of course it is impossible to do anything to him. Since Cao Ren is fine as the main general, there is no need to talk about General Man Chong."

Liu Chan smiled and said: "The two of them are very happy. I originally wanted to take advantage of Cao Ren's voluntary withdrawal from Fancheng this time to let your spies spread more unfavorable news in Cao Wei: Yu Jin surrendered, and now Cao Ren colluded with me, Liu Chan, immediately after Cao Cao's death. Cao Ren must have plotted against him. Now it seems that this countermeasure cannot be implemented for the time being."

Zhuge Qiao was taken aback when he heard this, it was the first time he had heard of Shizi's idea.However, this plan is indeed vicious and abnormal.If it succeeds, at least Cao Ren and Man Chong will be ruined, and even the whole family will be implicated; at the worst, the court, which had already been arguing endlessly because of Yu Jin and Cao Zhi's affairs, will really split this time.

However, Zhuge Qiao felt that this strategy was probably only recently thought up by the Crown Prince, otherwise, in terms of his ability to act, he would have ordered him to implement it long ago.Therefore, Zhuge Qiao didn't ask any more questions, but told Liu Chan that Zhang Liao's army was already crossing the Huaihe River.

Liu Chan felt nervous when he heard that, Zhang Liaojun seemed to be joining the battle soon.In another time and space, it was Xu Huang and Zhang Liao who defeated Guan Yu.What's more, Zhang Liao was originally a well-known general, and his talent was even higher than Xu Huang's.

Liu Chan sighed in his heart. If the journey went smoothly, Guan Xing should have reached Xuanyuan Mountain by now, right?I hope he can bring Sun Lang's bandit army over before Zhang Liao's army arrives.

Liu Chan immediately said: "Since Zhang Liao's army can rest assured to support the Jingzhou battlefield from Huaiyang, it is clear that there is a conspiracy between Soochow and Cao Wei! You will pass this news to my second uncle, Jiangling City, and Deng Ai's office later. !"

Zhuge Qiao nodded again and wrote it down.Then, there was news from Nanjun.Jiangling City has already followed the previous request of the prince, and all the reinforcement and construction of the city defenses have probably been completed.Now his spies are also monitoring the movements of the river patrol troops in Nanjun.

Finally, what Zhuge Qiao wanted to report was news about Yizhou.Since Yizhou is too far away from here, it is difficult to deliver news even with carrier pigeons, so the news has always been less and better.

However, a major event happened in Chengdu recently. Shang Shu Ling Fa was seriously ill a few days ago and was almost dying.Originally, the King of Hanzhong was overjoyed by the news of Cao Cao's sudden death, and he had already ordered the various ministries to discuss the matter of reorganizing the army and preparing for the Northern Expedition.Now that something happened to Fazheng, which delayed the matter, Liu Ba had to temporarily replace Fazheng as the acting minister.

Fazheng is a great talent in Yizhou, and it should be his credit for attacking Hanzhong, but now he and Shi Guangyuan snatched it away, so he has no chance to make meritorious service.I don't want to, is he like Lu Su, unable to escape his own fate, will he die this year?
Liu Chan hurriedly asked: "How is Shang Shuling now?"

Zhuge Qiao said: "Through the joint efforts of the doctors of the National Hospital, he finally came back to life. However, I'm afraid it will take a long time to cultivate."

Hearing this, Liu Chan finally breathed a sigh of relief.Then, he suddenly thought of the National Hospital of Medicine, and asked, "My mother probably didn't do anything to the National Hospital of Medicine, did she?"

Zhuge Qiao smiled and said: "The prince has already let the queen off once in the matter of the National Hospital of Medicine. According to the agreement, she is unlikely to do anything to the National Hospital of Medicine. Therefore, everything in the academy is fine now."

Liu Chan then remembered that Zhang Liao's army would come over in a short time now, adding a lot of variables to the current situation.I and Guan Yu's army can't even deal with Xu Huang's army now, let alone adding Zhang Liao.Liu Chan, who is not afraid of heaven and earth, suddenly feels a little retreat in his heart.

——It seems that the escape route prepared by this son in Jingshan may really come in handy in the future.

Therefore, Liu Chan immediately said to Zhuge Qiao: "Tell Mi Fang that if there is enough food and grass in Jiangling City, some supplies can be shipped to the several cottages in Jingshan Mountain, which is one of the retreat routes for our army; secondly, send someone to inform Pulu , let him do all kinds of work well at all times, and don't slack off in the slightest. If he does a good job, this son will add an official to him in the future!"

Zhuge Qiao smiled again and said: "That Prue is very motivated now, and with the help of his father Kesu and the barbarians, the work is going smoothly."

Liu Chan nodded and said, "That's very good. I'm afraid no one is more familiar with the situation in Jingshan than the barbarians. You can ask Jiangling City or Mr. Han to provide more salt for the barbarians. They must be very happy of."

Zhuge Qiao nodded, then remembered it in his heart again, and said, "That's very good, the barbarians will definitely be grateful for your son's benevolence."

At this time, Liu Chan thought of Keg, the next-generation patriarch of the barbarians whose family was ruined by the conspiracy of himself and Deng Ai.He should have already arrived in Chengdu by now, and received treatment from the doctors of the National Academy of Medicine there, right?

Liu Chan asked casually, "How is the son of the Sulutu patriarch, Kege, doing now?"

Zhuge Qiao didn't expect that Liu Chan would suddenly ask about this matter. Since he left the barbarians and went to Chengdu, few people cared about his existence.Zhuge Qiao immediately began to think about whether he had obtained any information in this regard.

Seeing that Zhuge Qiao didn't answer, Liu Chan asked, "Is there no news about this?"

Only then did Zhuge Qiao come back to his senses, and said: "Oh no, there are. The doctors of the National Hospital said that Kege's body is already extremely weak because of his illness for too long. If he wants to be cured, he must at least Take a few years."

Liu Chan nodded.In fact, he had some hope in his heart that Kege would not be cured so soon.In this way, the barbarians can continue to be in the hands of Prue and his son, who are absolutely on their side.Keg himself doesn't understand, maybe he will be grateful to Dade after recovering from his illness, but who knows what happened after the barbarian became the patriarch?

Liu Chan asked, "Then where does he live now?"

Zhuge Qiao said: "The King of Hanzhong was very happy to learn that Kege was the future patriarch of the surrendered barbarians, and in order to make it easier for him to receive treatment, he bought him a house next to the hospital and found him a few The servants are waiting."

Of course Liu Chan knew that the preferential treatment given by the Celestial Dynasty to foreigners was often far superior to that of its own subjects.This is nothing more than a self-yy of the word "death to save face"!

But the barbarians are not considered outsiders now, Liu Chan nodded immediately and said, "That's very good."

(End of this chapter)