The Jagged Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 449 Between January ([-])

After Liu Chan, Shi Guangyuan, Wang Fu and others paid homage to Guan Yu, they buried Guan Yu, Guan Ping, and Zhou Cang in the vicinity of Maicheng, [-] miles southeast of Dangyang City, between the Juzhang River and the Ershui River.

After everyone returned to Daying, Shi Guangyuan mentioned to Liu Chan about the speech on the coffin altar.

Only then did Liu Chan ask him about the effect.

Shi Guangyuan told Liu Chan that the effect seemed to be beyond his own expectations.The soldiers felt that Shizi's vernacular speeches were very easy to understand, and they also felt that Shizi was approachable.Everyone's morale has also been boosted a lot, and the bodies of Guan Junhou and his son and Zhou Cang can be recovered successfully, and everyone's confidence has also increased a lot.

Liu Chan nodded, feeling as if a stone in his heart had fallen to the ground.

Then, Guan Xing and Guan Suo's family also came to thank Liu Chan.At least, they never expected in their hearts that they could really get back the heads of their father and brother from Soochow.

The Guan family immediately stepped forward and knelt down in front of Liu Chan.Their gratitude to Liu Chan in their hearts is self-evident.

Liu Chan quickly stepped forward to help Guan Xing up from the ground, and then let Guan Suo's family get up as well.However, it is a pity that Guan Yu's wife, the Hu family, is still besieged in Jiangling City, and had not retreated from Jiangling City to Jingshan before.

Liu Chan appeased the Guan family again, but found that Guan Feng was not on the list, so he asked Guan Xing, "Second brother, why didn't my younger sister come? I sent her to Yuquan Mountain earlier. Haven't you returned home now?" ?”

Guan Xing nodded, his eyes were red, but his momentum was still not weak, and he was no longer as haggard as he looked a few days ago.

Liu Chan wondered, "How could she not attend such a big event as the second uncle's burial?"

Guan Xing sighed and said: "She is on Yuquan Mountain now, it's good if she doesn't know about it, lest she will cry a lot when she comes back."

Liu Chan nodded, the Guan family really took good care of Guan Xiaomei.Liu Chan couldn't help secretly envious of Guan Feng's good life and being able to meet such a good family.

Then, Guan Xing said: "Our family will always remember what the son has done for the Guan family today. If the son has any orders in the future, our family will go up and down for the son. !"

Liu Chan waved his hand and said, "Second brother, if you say that, you are too far-fetched. Although my father and the second and third uncles are not blood brothers, but the relationship is better than blood brothers. We should also get along like a family. That's right."

Guan Xing nodded, feeling moved in his heart.

Liu Chan continued: "Second Brother, Second Uncle has just been buried, so you should stay here for two days before going back to Xiangyang City. Don't be exhausted."

Guan Xing took orders immediately, and his family left for Xiangyang two days later.

In the next month, all the troops under Liu Chan's command guarded the camp, and strictly ordered the generals not to fight privately.Wu Jun often came to call for battle, but the Jingzhou Army really couldn't shrink back now.

In fact, Liu Chan was not idle at all.

He communicated with Liao Hua and Liao Sheng in the big camp of Dangyang City, gave various speeches in it every day to improve the morale of the soldiers, and soon became one with the soldiers.Moreover, Liu Chan also asked officers at all levels to mobilize soldiers and strengthen their military training.

In this way, when the time comes to spring, the morale of the Jingzhou army will almost recover.Their bodies, which had become very tired due to the Northern Expedition for more than half a year, have also been better adjusted.

At this time, from Zhuge Liang who was far away in Chengdu, secret information was transmitted to the Jingzhou army in the form of carrier pigeons.Liu Chan saw it, but it turned out that it belonged to Queen Wu of Guan Yu.Wu Cheng has successfully given birth to a son a few days ago.

Liu Bei has always regretted that his heirs are weak, and now that Queen Wu has added a male to him, he is of course very happy in his heart.His haggard state due to Guan Yu's death finally regained his spirit.

For Liu Bei, such a thing is definitely worth celebrating.For Liu Chan, it was a good thing for him to have a younger brother.But the problem is that this younger brother has a mother who is covetous about the position of Liu Chan's son.So this good thing may turn into a bad thing because of it.

Therefore, in the secret letter, Zhuge Jun inevitably told the son to be more cautious in his actions. After all, Queen Wu's right to speak in front of Liu Bei has increased a lot.Maybe once she catches Shizi's handle, he will face her relentless pursuit.

Although Liu Chan felt that what Military Master Zhuge said was indeed reasonable.But he also thought that he was in Jingzhou, and it was really far away from Chengdu. The so-called sky is high and the emperor is far away, so it is generally unlikely that anything will happen.

What frightened Liu Chan the most was that Queen Wu lived in Chengdu and was the closest person to Liu Bei, so she might take advantage of this convenience to plant someone for herself.Therefore, Liu Chan asked Zhuge Qiao to instruct the people on his side hiding beside Wu, especially that Huang Hao, to keep an eye on Queen Wu's every move at all times.

Then, Liu Chan wrote another letter to Han Long who was far away from the Wuximan, asking him to let him know that Du Lang, a beautiful man who has been transferred by Queen Wu to the Hanzhong Palace as the head of the bodyguard, is also Always monitor the movement in the palace.

In fact, after Wang Rong was killed by Han Long, Du Lang became the last fighting strength that Queen Wu relied on, so it is still possible to ask him to monitor Queen Wu.

Due to the existence of these two spies around Queen Wu, Liu Chan has always been very clear about Queen Wu's every move.Therefore, it is not difficult for him to deal with Queen Wu.

Then, Liu Chan sent another congratulatory gift to Queen Wu who was far away in Chengdu.After all, no matter how unhappy the two parties get along, he is still the son of Queen Wu in terms of status.As a son of man, it is his duty to congratulate his mother, and he absolutely cannot escape from this matter.

Then, in the following days, Liu Chan quickly communicated with Military Master Zhuge several times using carrier pigeons.He then learned that after Queen Wu gave birth to her son, she really became more restless and tried her best to win over the ministers in Yizhou.Among them, there were indeed some people whose minds had begun to waver in favor of the Wu family.

Military Master Zhuge continued to remind Liu Chan that he must be more cautious in doing things in the future, and never be caught.

It seems that a new round of power struggle in Chengdu is beginning to unfold.

However, on Liu Chan's side, not everything is so depressing.

At this time, the severe winter has passed, and the spring season makes the weather gradually warmer.The layer of white silver snow that originally covered the ground showed signs of melting in many places.The snow flowed, and small ditches appeared on the ground.

Soon, the spring rain should be coming soon.

In just over a month, due to the accumulation of a large amount of snow water on both sides of the river, the water in the Yangtze River will also become abundant.

At this time, Liu Chan felt that it was time for Zhang Fei's Jingzhou Army to prepare for land and water advances to break the current stalemate between the Jingzhou Army and Wu Army.

Therefore, Liu Chan asked Zhuge Qiao to write for him, and sent several letters and secret letters to Chengdu, Public Security, Jiangling City and Jiangzhou, all of which were sent out as quickly as possible.

Half a month later, Zhang Fei received a letter from Liu Chan.

Zhang Fei and Liu Bei had previously been sent to Jiangzhou to serve as his army guard and Huang Quanyi in Yizhou Zhizhong. They felt that now the spring flood of the Yangtze River had arrived and it was the best time to send troops.

Zhang Fei and Huang Quan jointly signed an official letter to Chengdu.Then, the two left only an army of [-] people to defend Jiangzhou, and led [-] army troops, [-] navy troops, and marched into Jingzhou by land and water.

On the other hand, Liu Bei also accepted Liu Chan's suggestion. Earlier, he had sent Zong Yu, who followed Zhang Fei into Sichuan, as a special envoy to Wuxi Man to negotiate with the Wuxi Man King Sha Moke about sending troops.Zong Yu is a man of eloquence and a diplomatic talent developed during the Shu Han period. You can probably rest assured that this matter is entrusted to him.Now, Zong Yu has almost met Shamoke himself.

(End of this chapter)