The Jagged Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 928
In January of the seventh year of Zhang Wu, it was still a cold season shrouded in cold air. The university outside was flying in the sky, as if it was going to bury the huge Luoyang City. It had been three days, but there was no thought at all. It means to stop.

The weather in snowy days is always gloomy, just like the political atmosphere in Luoyang City today.

Cao Pi, the emperor of Cao Wei, originally wanted to do something big after issuing the "Only Talents Promotion Order" for the second time.But because he was really drunk and indulged too much, his body had already been severely depleted, so now that the cold wave hit, his body collapsed all of a sudden.

At a young age, Cao Pi was indeed bedridden due to illness, which was a major event that no one could have imagined.As a result, there are rumors spreading everywhere in Luoyang City, seriously disturbing the law and order in the city, and panic has even begun to appear.

From ancient times to the present, every time the supreme authority is replaced, it is full of extremely tense atmosphere, and the insider competition for the next power is extremely fierce and dangerous, even today is no exception, generally The common people have no way of knowing.

Perhaps Cao Pi also knew that his deadline was coming, so he began to want to choose an important minister for his prince Cao Rui.

The news that Cao Pi was seriously ill was quickly spread back to Chengdu by the spies as quickly as possible.

Liu Chan attaches great importance to this news.Because of the history at this time, although the time of various events was delayed by four years because of his sudden birth, the events that should have happened finally happened.

Therefore, Liu Chan had the final say, and it was indeed time for Cao Pi to die.

Therefore, Liu Chan immediately held a court meeting to urgently discuss how to deal with this matter.

After several days of consultations, everyone felt that if Cao Pi really died young at that time, from the Shu Han side, Liu Chan succeeded to the throne at a young age, and Cao Pi's prince Cao Rui was even more important than Liu Chan. Da, now in his 20s, is a full adult, but this does not mean that he can really take control of the situation very quickly.

It is expected that Liu Chan, the current emperor of the Shu Han, was only a teenager at the time, but he was a gift from the sky. Who else is more suitable to be the emperor of the Shu Han than him?

But even so, a very bad situation still emerged after all.Outside of Yangzhou, even in Yizhou, the political heartland, an armed rebellion broke out first.

Therefore, it can be foreseen from this that once Cao Pi dies in the future, Cao Wei's politics will definitely be in serious turmoil as in the fourth year of Zhang Wu in the early days of Cao Wei's prince Cao Rui's accession to the throne!
At that time, Cao Pi took advantage of the fire to rob the Shu Han, which led to short-term and intense military friction near Xiangyang County and Ruxukou. In Hanzhong County, the military confrontation between Wei Yan and Cao Zhen later went on for a long time.

With such a reference, the Shu Han thought that they didn't have to be polite this time, and they didn't have to care that Cao Wei would be in a period of national mourning at that time, and they shouldn't launch military operations against them.

Therefore, Liu Chan immediately sent an order to the whole territory of Shu Han to make all the troops in the territory close to the border of Cao Wei prepare to launch a military attack on Cao Wei.

Liu Chan's first edict was issued to Wei Yan in Hanzhong, asking him to speed up the investigation of Cao Wei Yongzhou's military intelligence on the one hand, and to speed up military preparations for the Northern Expedition on the other hand.

It should be said that Hanzhong County, where Wei Yan is located, is the most important base for the Northern Expedition in Liu Chan's mind.Although the road out of the customs is very difficult, there are many roads leading to Yongzhou.

In this regard, it has a great advantage over Xiangyang County.

Moreover, if the Shu Han army started from Xiangyang County and crossed the Xiangshui River for the Northern Expedition, the pressure on the route of the war would actually be very high.Because even if the Shu Han army can take Nanyang County by then, it will be difficult to do much in Yingchuan, the important town of Cao Wei.Because Cao Wei will definitely gather heavy troops in Yingchuan at that time, just like the Jingzhou army that dealt with Guan Yu back then, in the end, Guan Yu's troops will be exhausted even if there is no way.

And if you cross the Yangtze River from Jiangdong, it should be said that it is easier to open the situation there.But in terms of defense in the future, they will face a lot of pressure.

It should be said that Hanzhong, Xiangyang County and Jiangdong sent troops in three directions, each with its own advantages and disadvantages.In fact, Hanzhong County still has a great advantage, that is, it is close to Chengdu, and all actions can be easily communicated with Chengdu, and the actions are easily controlled by Chengdu.

With these advantages, it is destined that Liu Chan will pay more attention to Hanzhong.

In addition, the strength of Yizhou's troops has already far surpassed the situation in the history books of sticking to a corner of Yizhou.

Liu Chan's second edict was passed on to Ai who had been stationed in Deng.Deng Ai was asked to lead 8000 troops from Jiangzhou to Hanzhong County to prepare for battle with Wei Yan.

Moreover, Liu Chan's confidant, Meng Da, finally started to show up, and was appointed as the prefect of Jiangzhou, an important town in Yizhou.

At the same time, Yang Yi, who was demoted by Liu Bei because of his disagreement with Liu Ba, was reactivated and temporarily served as the capital censor of the Yangzhou army.Huang Quan continued to enter Hanzhong. After Wei Yan sent troops, he was in Hanzhong again and was responsible for the preparation of food and grass in the rear.

Dong Yun was reactivated, and he served under Ma Liang as the Grand Fair of Jingzhou, responsible for selecting talents in Jingzhou.

Yang Yi has made great achievements in the logistics supply of the army after entering Zhuge Liang's prime minister's mansion in history.But this person did not get along with Wei Yan, which caused great trouble later on.Therefore, Liu Chan intends to transfer him out of Yizhou to Yangzhou to play a role.And Huang Quan's ability in logistics has long been recognized by Liu Chan, so it can be said that he is entrusted with an important task again this time to let him be in charge of Hanzhong's logistics.

As for Dong Yun, it can be regarded as downgrading and reactivating.

Liu Chan's third edict was issued to Lu Xun who was far away in Jingzhou.Lu Xun was also required to lead 1 troops under his command into Yizhou, take Mengxi as a member of the army, and station in Brazil County as a backup force for Wei Yan and Deng Ai's army.

Liu Chan's fourth edict was issued to Ma Zhong who was far away in Zigui, making him the prefect of Shangyong County.Since the three eastern counties are located in a remote place, and the local population is dominated by indigenous people, once there is any large-scale movement in Yizhou, there will be frequent changes there.Therefore, in order to protect the stable situation in the rear, Liu Chan felt that it was necessary for a general who could fight to be the prefect of Shangyong County.

Liu Chan's fifth edict was sent to Jiangling City and given to Ma Liang, the governor of Jingzhou, asking him to start coordinating enough food and grass with Pan Jun, the prefect of Jiangling County.

Because Liu Chan's sixth edict was sent to Xiangyang County, the edict Guan Xing had to prepare for the second Northern Expedition from Nanyang County from the time he received the edict.Zhao Yan was still serving as a member of Guan Xing's army, Guan Suo was the deputy general, and Wang Fu was staying in Xiangyang County to take charge of the rear's political affairs and food distribution. This time he would not follow the army.

Liu Chan's seventh edict was issued to Yu Jin, the prefect of Danyang County; the eighth edict was issued to Quan Cong, the governor of the navy; the ninth edict was issued to Xu Sheng, the prefect of Wu County.At the same time, these three people are required to coordinate the battle to win the Cao Wei Navy's Dazhai in Ruxukou.

Judging from the content of these three edicts, Liu Chan obviously did not think that the Shu Han army could make a breakthrough in the Northern Expedition from the Jiangdong side.Therefore, like the previous wars, the dispatch of troops from the Jiangdong side may be used as a response to other battlefields again, so as to hold back the Cao Wei army stationed on the Huaisi side.

Liu Chan's tenth edict was given to Zhang Ni of Wuling County, asking him to continue to increase his strength to ease the conflict between the Wuxi barbarians and the Han people. At the same time, it was broadcast that an army of 5000 Wuxi barbarians entered Yizhou and To support the Northern Expedition.

Liu Chan's No.11 edict was also sent to Xiangyang County.However, he did not give it to Guan Xing and the others, but to Gai Meng and Xiong Ping, asking them to immediately transfer the large cavalry team of more than 8000 people under their command out of Xiangyang County and enter Yizhou to stand by.

Liu Chan's intention is that if Wei Yan can break through the defense line laid by Cao Weijun in Yongzhou, then the cavalry of Gai Meng and Xiong Ping will be able to use their skills in the next battle in the Guanzhong area.

Of course, with the cavalry under Gai Meng being taken away, the combat effectiveness of the Northern Expeditionary Army in Xiangyang County will inevitably be greatly reduced.

It can also be seen from here that Liu Chan really puts more emphasis on attacking the western front in the Guanzhong area for the Northern Expedition that may be launched next.As for Guan Xing and Jiangdong, they are more of a supporting aspect.

Liu Chan's No. 12 edict was given to Buzhi, the governor of Jiaozhou, and he was still required to cooperate with General Fenwu Lu Dai, on the one hand to prevent accidents in Jiaozhou, and to prevent the enemy troops from Champa from coming out to harass again.

Furthermore, Lu Dai still needs to separate some troops into Luling County to supplement the military vacuum that will appear after the Northern Expedition of the garrison in the north of Jiangdong.

After such a redeployment, it should be enough to deal with most emergencies and the needs of the next war except that the food and grass in various places need more time to catch up.

The above arrangements should be said to be only the first set of action plans formulated by Liu Chan and the courtiers.

As for the second plan, Liu Chan did not release it at this time, because this plan would only be released during the Northern Expedition.At that time, there will be some new changes in the personnel layout in Chengdu.Therefore, if it is carried out now, it is too early.

(End of this chapter)