The Shuhan Empire of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 67

retreat

It seems that Liu Bei was brought into a world set by himself by Zhuge Qiao. Liu Bei saw in a trance that the strength and prosperity of the Han Dynasty in the past made all foreign races and countries surrender; he clenched his teeth and fists, and said silently: Be sure to reproduce my Han Dynasty.

Looking at Liu Bei's expression, Zhuge Qiao also understood that this hero had been brought into his own world by his own words, an era in which all the people of the Han Dynasty could feel passionate and full of longing.

After thinking about "Who is Bo Song's teacher?" Liu Bei regained his sobriety, but facing Zhuge Qiao in front of him he felt both familiar and strange.Once Zhuge Liang gave Liu Bei the hope of ruling the world in Longzhong, but now Zhuge Qiao gave Liu Bei the choice to revive the Han Dynasty; but Liu Bei couldn't figure out why Zhuge Qiao had such a talent. It's not the same as prudence.

"Return to Your Majesty; the last general learns from the ancients, takes history as his teacher, and is fortunate to have a lot of ancient books at home, so he can learn a little superficially." With a flash of inspiration, Zhuge Qiao immediately brought out the ancients to fool him.He didn't expect Liu Bei to ask him who he studied under. He could have said that he was his cheap father Zhuge Liang, but when he thought about it carefully, he was busy with business every day and didn't teach him much.

Liu Bei's straightforward Zhuge Qiao pondered what he said about learning from the ancients and taking history as a teacher, and looked at Zhuge Qiao carefully; I'm quiet," Liu Bei said slowly, with a hint of entanglement in his tone.

"The last general will leave" Zhuge Qiao saluted with his fists in his hands; he looked up and stared at Liu Bei quickly, and found that he was facing the bookshelf at the moment, standing there motionless, seeing this lonely and slightly old figure, he might be Contemplating how the Shu Han should choose in the future.

Walking out of Liu Bei's study, Zhuge Qiao walked to the market in Xiaoting City alone. Before that, he was on his way alone, and he didn't have time to feel the style of this city at all.

The next day, just after the court meal, a soldier dressed as the Royal Forest Army came to Zhuge Qiao's house in a hurry, "Guard Zhuge, Your Majesty summoned all the generals to discuss matters and also summoned you."

"Understood, I'll go right away," Zhuge Qiao responded; it seemed that His Majesty had already made a decision, Zhuge Qiao was thinking.

Zhuge Qiao walked quickly to the hall where Liu Bei lived, and there were a few people standing in the hall, discussing something among themselves, no need to guess, it must be about why His Majesty summoned all the generals this time , Civil servants, among them there must be important matters to discuss, but there is no news that can be referred to at all.

The moment Zhuge Qiao stepped into the hall, the rest of the people immediately turned their gazes over, because Zhuge Qiao's name had already spread throughout the three armies; He felt so unbelievable to him who had made great military exploits on the Jingzhou battlefield, and felt inexplicably strange;
"Congratulations to the Zhuge guard for making the first great contribution to defeating Wu. He really deserves to be the son of the prime minister." At this moment when everyone was looking at Zhuge Qiao, Ma Liang stood up and spoke.

Zhuge Qiao also carefully looked at the person in front of him. He had met him in Zigui before, so he was no stranger to him; it was just that Ma Liang made him feel familiar. Still spinning in his mind, a child holding a magic pen appeared in front of his eyes.

"The words of the document are serious. The first great achievement is the credit of His Majesty's personal conquest. If it weren't for His Majesty's personal conquest, the soldiers would be able to sacrifice their lives in vain. How could this city be captured?" Zhuge Qiao responded;
Hearing his humble answer, the surrounding generals and civil servants also breathed a sigh of relief. If Zhuge Qiao insisted on his military exploits, the rest of the generals would be ashamed. After all, the city that symbolized his military exploits is in the They were stepping on their feet, if Zhuge Qiao hadn't risked his life to open the city gate, and then gave up his life to defend the city, how could they stand here.

"Sure enough, he is the prime minister's son, and even his speech is somewhat similar to the prime minister's," Chen Zhen echoed;
"Your Majesty is here" Just as everyone was staring at Zhuge Qiao, Liu Bei appeared in everyone's eyes; with his own part of the king's temperament, he walked slowly into the hall.

"Everyone, do you know why I am so eager to invite you here today?" Liu Bei took his place and immediately asked the ministers in the hall;

Everyone in the hall looks at me and you are guessing the meaning of Liu Bei's words, only Zhuge Qiao is confidently waiting for Liu Bei's final attitude;

"I intend to retreat to Yizhou and make peace with Dongwu," Liu Bei said slowly, without showing a trace of reluctance.

As soon as the words came out, the hall immediately boiled, and everyone was at a loss. Last time, His Majesty made a vow to continue to attack Wu, but now he suddenly changed his strategy;

"Your Majesty is wise," Chen Zhen and Ma Liang agreed to Liu Bei when everyone was still at a loss.

"Your Majesty, our army has lost nearly [-] soldiers and arrived at Yidao City. Now that the public security has just been recovered, it happens to be able to attack the Wu army from two fronts. It is a rare opportunity in a thousand years. Please think twice, Your Majesty." Zhang Nan knelt on the ground, his expression already flustered.

"Although it is a retreat, our army will still not give up the recovered city, and will leave a soldier behind to wait for our army to rest and recuperate before attacking Soochow," Liu Bei responded;

Seeing that Liu Bei had made up his mind, Zhang Nan didn't say much; he knew that Liu Bei's decision could not be persuaded, if he could be persuaded, the Battle of Jingzhou would not have happened.

Ma Liang and Chen Zhen looked at each other and smiled, finally they could return to the prime minister, Ma Liang whispered;
"Your Majesty, I don't know who to send as an envoy to Soochow to make peace with Sun Quan." Seeing that no one was admonishing Liu Bei, Chen Zhen knew that the matter had been settled, and there was a hint of confidence in his words.

Zhuge Qiao, who remained silent, immediately became energetic when he heard that he sent an envoy to Soochow; "Your Majesty, the last general requests to go to Soochow to make peace with Sun Quan."

Zhuge Qiao had just finished speaking, and all the people in the hall looked at him unconsciously, with disbelief on their faces; it would not be surprising for a 17-year-old to join the army to serve the country; Understood; but it seems unreasonable to represent a country to another country to negotiate military matters;
But Zhuge Qiao planned to touch this taboo.

[I'm really tired today, I only updated one chapter; sorry!Feel sorry! 】

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