The Jagged Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 984 Zhang Ji's Death ([-])

After Liu Chan explained the situation to Lu Xun and Meng Xi, although he had already made up his mind, he still consulted them.

Meng Xi was the first to say: "Your Majesty, Gao Shili always thinks about Zhang Ji like this, I'm afraid it's very inappropriate. Moreover, if such things happen again and again, it will definitely have an impact on the morale of the army." of."

Liu Chan hasn't considered this aspect yet, but according to his own thinking, he feels that Gao Shili is a very loyal and trustworthy person.

Liu Chan nodded and said, "What Meng Xi said has some truth. But it's not time to think about this issue. The key issue now is who should be the leader of the vanguard."

Lu Xun cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, before the last general and General Meng came to see His Majesty, they had actually already planned the sequence of our army's next dispatch."

Liu Chan snorted and said, "Then, General Lu, let's hear your opinions first."

Lu Xun then said: "According to His Majesty's previous opinion, the first batch of troops to attack must be a large enough cavalry team, because they need to rush to Yuzhong County as quickly as possible to encircle the county. Even if the enemy I have already fled, and I can continue to pursue it at the fastest speed."

Liu Chan nodded and said, "This is indeed what I originally meant."

Lu Xun continued: "Judging from the current situation of my family, we now have two more suitable candidates, one is General Zhao Yun and the other is General Gai Meng. Both of them have a considerable number of cavalry, which is enough to serve as the vanguard The task is over. After weighing, we think that General Gai Meng is more suitable. Because compared with General Zhao Yun who also commanded the Imperial Guard, General Gai Meng's personal responsibilities will be much simpler."

Liu Chan nodded, but said: "Of course Gai Meng is good enough to be the chief general of this mission. But you must also understand that in Gai Meng's army, there is not only the cavalry team in Gai Meng's original hands, And it also includes the cavalry of Jiyuando and Ikenda."

Lu Xun was extremely smart, and immediately understood the deep meaning of Liu Chan's words, and said, "It seems that His Majesty is more in favor of letting Gao Shili go to Yuzhong County to try his luck first?"

Liu Chan said without hesitation: "Yes. Since Gao Shili said that he can persuade Zhang Ji to leave the city and surrender, if he can succeed in this, then why not do it here? What's more, when the time comes, Yuzhong County will Already surrounded by our army, are you afraid of wasting a day or two?"

Meng Xi said: "But the problem is that it seems very troublesome to return Gao Shili's original troops to Gao Shili at this time."

But Lu Xun said from the side: "Why is it so troublesome to return the army to Gao Shili in a hurry?"

Both Liu Chan and Meng Xi were taken aback when they heard that, Liu Chan asked, "What do you mean by General Lu's words?"

Lu Xun said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the conflict between Gao Shili, Zhi Yuanduo, and Yi Jianda has become more and more serious because of Zhang Ji's matter. If Your Majesty chooses the two of them at this time, If any one of them is the vanguard, it will definitely hurt the heart of the other party deeply. This is actually not good for His Majesty."

Liu Chan nodded.Of course, he had already considered this issue, otherwise he would not have sent the three of them away in a hurry. In fact, he had already supported Gao Shili's plan in his heart.

Lu Xun said immediately, "Your Majesty, there is no need to choose one of them."

Liu Chan wondered: "If I don't choose any side, it means that I support the attack on Yuzhong County. How is this different from Gao Shili's strategy? Perhaps the biggest difference is that Zhang neither Will he be killed by Ji Yuanta and Ikenda immediately?"

Lu Xun smiled slightly and said: "Your Majesty has always been very good at weighing trade-offs, but this time you can't do so. You have to make a compromise. You can let General Zhao Yun be the leader of the vanguard, and order that Gao Shi Li himself is very familiar with the situation of Zhao Yun's cavalry, so he can serve as General Zhao Yun's deputy general and assist General Zhao Yun in commanding the troops in battle. In this way, His Majesty can justifiably let General Gao Shili follow General Zhao Yun's vanguard troops to attack, and Let Zhiyuanduo and Yijianda have nothing to say about this."

Liu Chan laughed loudly when he heard the words, and said, "General Lu, although your move is perfect, it is actually quite damaging."

When Lu Xun heard this, he suddenly looked a little embarrassed.

It should be said that only Deng Ai can think of a strategy like Lu Xun's just now.But this Lu Xun actually figured it out, which was a bit unexpected.

After Liu Chan laughed, he said to Lu Xun: "General Lu, don't be embarrassed. What I said just now was just a joke. The key point is the first half of the sentence. Your arrangement should be said to be very good and can be adopted."

Then, Liu Chan asked Lu Xun to continue to state the arrangements for the second group of troops to attack Yuzhong County.

Lu Xun said: "Since the vanguard troops are General Zhao Yun and Commander Gao Shili, then the second wave of troops will only have General Gai Meng's troops. If the second wave of troops is arranged as infantry, it is obvious that the speed and movement The above is inappropriate."

Liu Chan nodded and said: "Your considerations are not unreasonable. But now there are unpredictable conflicts among everyone, so I must authorize my fourth uncle. You can give my fourth uncle the authority to command and coordinate all cavalry operations. Power. In this way, my fourth uncle has the power to suppress the conflict between Gao Shili and Zhi Yuanduo."

Lu Xun nodded, and said: "Your Majesty is very considerate, and it is really necessary to do this. Then the third group of troops can arrange infantry, and they can be given full command by General Wei Yan, so there is no need to send a fourth group. There are people."

Liu Chan naturally agreed.The reason why the front cavalry team was divided into two groups was indeed a last resort, and the infantry team's movement speed was relatively slow, so of course there was no need to divide it into several parts.

So, after everyone discussed it properly, Liu Chan asked Lu Xun to help draft the order, and then issued it as quickly as possible.Then, Zhao Yun's troops will set off immediately.

At the same time, something was about to happen in Yuzhong County.

As the troops brought out by Su Ze fled back to Yuzhong County one after another, the news that Su Ze's army was completely defeated can basically be confirmed.

For a while, the military spirit of Cao Weijun in Yuzhong County became panicked.

However, the generals of Cao Weijun also seemed very contradictory in their hearts.With Su Ze missing, Zhang Ji was seriously injured and unable to handle affairs in person, which meant that Cao Weijun had lost all the backbone at this time.

At such a time, they should have reported the situation to Zhang Ji immediately.But everyone seemed very hesitant in their hearts, because in terms of Zhang Ji's current physical condition, how could he bear such bad news?

After discussing for a while, everyone finally decided to temporarily suppress the bad news.Then, after everyone's unanimous recommendation, Cheng Gongying, who was once Han Sui's military adviser, was elected to temporarily command everyone.

But even so, these generals knew very well in their hearts that with Su Ze's defeat, there was almost no doubt about Yong Liang's future trend.

Their only expectation now is that Li Baiyuan's men can come to support them.

But they also know in their hearts that the possibility of such a thing is really very small.Because under the continuous pursuit of Ma Dai's men, Li Baiyuan is also in danger of protecting himself.

Therefore, they now only have the dead horse as a living horse doctor, and they keep sending people to inform Li Baiyuan about the Yuzhong County, asking Li Baiyuan to lead the army to join Cao Weijun as quickly as possible.

(End of this chapter)