Chapter 86 The Eighty-fifth Chapter of Liu Xianzhu's Legacy Entrusting the Orphan Zhuge Liang to Live in Pingwu Road

But it is said that in the summer and June of the second year of Zhang Wu, Lu Xun of the Eastern Wu defeated the Shu soldiers in the land of Yiling in Xiaoting; the former master rushed back to Baidi City, and Zhao Yun led his troops to defend it.Suddenly Ma Liang arrived, seeing that the army had been defeated, he was too remorseful, and told the words of Kong Ming to the forefather.The Former Lord sighed and said: I listened to the prime minister's words early, so I won't be defeated today!What is your face now? Go back to Chengdu to see the county officials!Then a decree was sent to live in Baidi City, and the post was changed to Yong'an Palace.It was reported that Feng Xi, Zhang Nan, Fu Tong, Cheng Ji, Sha Moke, etc. all died in the king's affairs, and the former master was very sad.Another close minister said: Huang Quan led the soldiers from the north of the Yangtze River and sent them to Wei.Your Majesty can send his family to Yousi for questioning.The Former Lord said: "Huang Quan was cut off by Wu soldiers on the north bank of the river. He had no way to return, so he had no choice but to surrender to Wei: I am the one who bears the power, not the one who is responsible for me."Why blame his family?Still give Lumi to raise it.

But when Huang Quan descended to Wei, the generals introduced Cao Pi.Pi said: "Qing has surrendered to me, and you want to pursue Chen and Han?"Quan wept and played and said: "I have received the kindness of the Emperor Shu, and I have met very generously. I ordered my ministers to supervise all the troops in the north of the river, but they were cut off by Lu Xun."There is no way for the minister to return to Shu, and it is impossible to surrender to Wu, so I come to vote for Your Majesty.The general of the defeated army is lucky not to die, how dare he pursue the ancients?Pi was overjoyed, so he worshiped Huang Quan as the general of Zhennan.Quan firmly refused.Suddenly the near minister said: "There is a spy who comes from the middle of Shu, saying that the Lord of Shu will kill all Huang Quan's family members."Quan said: "Your minister and the Lord of Shu, sincerely believe that if you know your true heart, you will not kill your minister's family."Prudently.Later generations have poems to blame Huang Quan, saying:

You can't surrender to Wu, but you can't surrender to Cao. Loyalty and security can serve the two dynasties?It's a pity that Huang Quanxi's death, Ziyang's calligraphy is not light. Cao Pi asked Jia Xu, "I want to rule the world: should I take Shu first?"Take Wu first?Xu said: "Liu Bei is a great talent, and Zhuge Liang is also good at governing the country; Sun Quan of the Eastern Wu is able to recognize the false and the real, and Lu Xun sees that he is stationed at a dangerous point: across the river and across the lake, it is difficult for soldiers to plan."Looking at it from a minister's point of view, among the generals, there is no opponent of Sun Quan or Liu Bei.Although His Majesty's Heavenly Prestige comes to it, it has not yet seen a perfect situation.It can only be held to wait for the change of the two countries.Pi said: "I have sent three groups of soldiers to attack Wu. Is there any reason for this to be invincible?"Shangshu Liu Ye said: Near Eastern Wu Luxun, newly defeated 700,000 Shu soldiers, united from top to bottom, and there are obstacles in the rivers and lakes, so they cannot be controlled by soldiers.Lu Xun is resourceful and must be prepared.Pi said: "Qing previously advised me to attack Wu, but now he advises me against it, why?"Ye said: "Times are different. In the past, Eastern Wu was repeatedly defeated by Shu, and its power was frustrated, so it was deafening. Now it has won a complete victory, and it is full of vigor, so it cannot be attacked."Pi said: "I have made up my mind, please don't say it again."Then he led the imperial forest army to meet the soldiers and horses of the three routes.A sentinel reported early on that Soochow was ready: Lu Fan led troops to resist Cao Xiu, Zhuge Jin led troops to resist Cao Zhen in Nanjun, and Zhu Huan led troops to live in Ruxu to reject Cao Ren.Liu Ye said: "If you are prepared, it will be useless to fear."Pi refused to follow, and led his troops away.

But Zhu Huan, the general of Wu, was twenty-seven years old, very courageous, and Sun Quan loved him very much. Only five thousand cavalry were left to defend the city.Suddenly it was reported that Cao Ren ordered General Chang Diao, together with Zhugeqian and Wang Shuang, to lead 50,000 elite soldiers to Ruxu City.All the troops are afraid.Huan said with his sword: "The victory or defeat depends on the general, not on the number of soldiers."The law of war says: if the guest soldiers are doubled and the main soldiers are half, the main soldiers can still outperform the guest soldiers.Today Cao Ren traveled thousands of miles, and his men and horses were exhausted.You and I occupy the high city together, facing the great river in the south, and facing the dangerous mountains in the north.Although Cao Pi came here by himself, it is not enough to worry about. Kuang Ren waited?So an order was issued to teach all the troops to silence their flags and drums, as if no one was guarding them.

Let's say that the vanguard of Wei General Chang Diao led elite soldiers to take Ruxu City, but there were no soldiers and horses on the city.The eagle urges the army to advance rapidly, not far from the city, with the sound of a gong, the banners stand up.Zhu Huan flew out on a flying horse with a horizontal knife, and took Chang Diao straight.The battle was not three-in-one, and he was chopped off by Huan with a sword and often carved under the horse.Wu Bing took advantage of the momentum to charge and fight for a while, Wei Bing was defeated, and countless people died.Zhu Huan won a great victory and won countless banners, weapons and horses.Cao Ren led the army to arrive later, but was killed by Wu soldiers from Xianxi.Cao Ren retreated in a big defeat. He went back to see the Lord Wei and detailed the story of the big defeat.Pi was shocked.During the discussion, a horse report was made: Cao Zhen and Xia Houshang surrounded Nanjun, and were ambushed by Lu Xun inside, Zhuge Jin ambushed outside, and both inside and outside attacked, so they were defeated.Before he finished speaking, he suddenly reported to the horse: Cao Xiu was also defeated by Lu Fan.When Pi heard that the three armies had been defeated, he sighed and said, "I didn't listen to what Jia Xu and Liu Ye said, so there really was such a defeat!"It was summer, and the epidemic was prevalent. Ma Bujun died six out of ten, so he led the army back to Luoyang.Wu and Wei have been at odds ever since.

But it is said that the First Lord was in Yong'an Palace, and he couldn't afford to get sick, and gradually became heavy.In the summer and April of the third year of Zhangwu, the First Lord knew that the disease had entered the limbs; he cried again for the second brother of Guan and Zhang, and his illness became more serious, his eyes were dim, and he hated seeing the attendants; he retreated to the left and right, and lay alone on the dragon bed .Suddenly, a dark wind rose up, shaking the lamp, extinguishing it and restoring the light.Under the shadow of the lamp, two people stood by.The former master said angrily, "I'm restless, and I'm telling you to wait and retreat, why come again!"Never retreat.The first one rises up and looks at it: the upper head is Yunchang, and the lower head is Yide.The Former Lord was shocked and said, "The second brother is still here!"Yun Chang said: Ministers and others are not human beings, but ghosts.God regards the two ministers as gods, and they will not lose their faith in their lives.Brother and brother reunion is not far away.The First Lord burst into tears.Suddenly realized: the second brother is gone.It's the third watch when I call people to ask about it.The Former Lord sighed and said: I will die soon!So he sent envoys to Chengdu, and invited Prime Minister Zhuge Liang, Shang Shuling Li Yan, etc. to come to Yong'an Palace at night to listen to the last order.Kongming and others, together with Liu Yong, king of Lu, and Liu Li, king of Liang, the first master's second sons, came to Yong'an Palace to meet the emperor, leaving Prince Liu Chan to guard Chengdu.

Let's say that when Kongming arrived at Yong'an Palace, he saw that the First Lord was critically ill, so he hurriedly bowed down under the dragon couch.The first master delivered the decree, asking Kong Ri to sit on the side of the dragon couch, caressing his back and saying: I am a prime minister, and I am lucky to become an emperor;Remorse became sick and died sooner or later.The heir is weak, so he has to entrust him with important things.After speaking, tears streamed down my face.Kong Ming also wept and said: May your majesty protect the dragon's body well, so as to be the hope of the world!The Former Lord looked all over, and saw Ma Liang's younger brother Ma Di standing nearby, the Former Lord ordered him to retreat.When Su withdrew, the Former Lord called Kong Ming and said, "How does the Prime Minister see Ma Di's talent?"Kong Ming said: "This man is also a talented person in the world."The First Master said: Otherwise: From my point of view, this person's words are exaggerated and should not be used in a big way.The prime minister should observe it deeply.After the payment was completed, he summoned all the ministers to enter the palace, took paper and pen to write the edict, handed it to Kongming and sighed: "I don't read, so I know the general idea."The sage said: When a bird is about to die, its song is also sad; when a person is about to die, its words are also kind.I was expecting to destroy Cao's thieves on the same level as Qing, and help the Han Dynasty together; unfortunately, I left in the middle of the road.The Prime Minister annoyed the imperial edict to Prince Zen, so don't take it as common sayings.I hope the prime minister will teach me everything!Kong Ming and others wept and bowed to the ground and said: May Your Majesty rest in the dragon's body!The ministers and others do their best to repay Your Majesty's kindness.The former master ordered the servant to help Kongming up, hid his tears with one hand, and held his hand with the other, saying: "I am dead now!"Tell me your heartfelt words!Kongming said, "what is the oracle?"The First Lord wept and said: "Your talent is ten times that of Cao Pi, and he will surely be able to stabilize the country and settle major events."If the heir can be assisted, then he can be assisted; if he is not talented, the king can be the master of Chengdu.After Kongming heard this, he was sweating all over his body, his hands and feet were at a loss, he wept and bowed to the ground and said: Chen An dares to exhaust his strength and loyalty, and then die!When he finished speaking, he kowtowed and bleeds.The First Lord asked Kong Ming to sit on the couch, called Liu Yong, King of Lu, and Liu Li, King of Liang, to come forward, and said: "You all remember my words: After my death, the three of you, my brothers, will regard the father as the prime minister, and you must not neglect them."After saying that, he ordered the two kings to worship Kongming together.After the two kings paid their respects, Kongming said: "Although I am completely confused, I can repay the kindness of knowing you!"

The first master said to all the officials: I have entrusted the prime minister to the prime minister, and ordered the heir to serve as his father.Qing and others must not be neglected, so as to disappoint my hope.He also asked Zhao Yun to say: "I and Qing have lived together in adversity until now, and I don't want to be separated here."You can think of my old friend, and sooner or later I will look at my son, and don't take my word for it.Cloud weeping and worshiping said: "I dare not do the work of dogs and horses!"The First Lord also said to all the officials: "Your Excellency and other officials, I can't order them one by one. I hope they all love themselves."After speaking, he passed away at the age of sixty-three: April 24th in the third year of Shi Zhangwu.Later, there was a poem from the Ministry of Industry and Commerce of Du that sighed:

The Lord of Shu peeked at the Three Gorges in Wuxiang, and he was also in Yong'an Palace in the year of Bengnian.Cuihua imagined that outside the empty mountain, the Jade Palace is in the void of wild temples.The water crane nests in fir and pine in the ancient temple, and the village old man walks in Fula every year.The ancestral hall of Marquis Wu is close to each other, and the monarch and ministers worship together. When the First Lord passed away, all civil and military bureaucrats mourned.Kong Ming led all the officials to return to Chengdu in Fengzi Palace.Prince Liu Chan went out of the city to meet the coffin and placed it in the main hall.After mourning and saluting, read the will.The imperial edict said:

I got sick at the beginning, but had diarrhea and ears; later, I was born with miscellaneous diseases, and I couldn't help myself.I heard that a person's fifty years old is not called young life.Now I am more than sixty years old, why do I hate death?But take Brother Qing as his ear.Encourage it!Encourage it!Don't do evil because it is small, and don't do good because it is small.Only virtuous and virtuous can convince others; Qing Fu's lack of virtue is not enough to be effective.The Qing and the prime minister are engaged in business, and they are like fathers, so don't be lazy!Don't forget!Brother Qing wants to be well-known, so please!To tell!

The ministers have finished reading the imperial edict.Kong Ming said: A country cannot be without a king for a day; please establish a heir to inherit the Han Dynasty.Nai established the crown prince Zenshi as the emperor and changed the Yuan to Jianxing.Added Zhuge Liang as Marquis of Wuyu, and led Yizhou Shepherd.The ancestor was buried in Huiling, posthumously named Emperor Zhaolie.Respect Empress Wu as Empress Dowager.The posthumous title of Mrs. Gan is Empress Zhaolie.Mrs. Mi also pursued her posthumous posthumous title of empress.Reward the ministers and amnesty the world. Wei Jun had already found out about this and reported it to the Central Plains.Near ministers played to know the Lord of Wei.Cao Pi said with great joy: "Liu Bei is dead, and I have nothing to worry about."Why not take advantage of the fact that there is no master in the country, and attack it with troops?Jia Xu remonstrated, "Although Liu Bei is dead, he must be left alone to Zhuge Liang."Liang feels the kindness of knowing you, and will do his best to support the heir.Your Majesty can't cut it hastily.In the middle of the speech, suddenly a person came out from the squad headquarters and said, "if you don't take advantage of this time to enter the army, when will you wait?"Everyone sees it: it is Sima Yi.Pi was overjoyed, so he asked Ji Yuyi.Yi said: "If only Chinese soldiers are raised, we will be anxious to win."It is necessary to use five groups of soldiers to attack from all sides, so that Zhuge Liang cannot rescue him from the beginning to the end, and then he can plan. Pi asked He Wulu.Yi said: "You can write a letter and send an envoy to the Xianbei country in the east of Liaodong. When you see the king Ke Bineng, he will bribe 100,000 Qiang soldiers from the west of Liaodong with gold and silk. First, we will take the Xiping Pass along the dry road. This is the way."Then he revised the book and sent envoys to reward him with imperial edicts, and went straight to the Nanman. When he saw Meng Huo, the king of the barbarians, he ordered 100,000 troops to attack the four counties of Yizhou, Yongchang, Cangzhou, and Yuejun, in order to attack the south of Xichuan: this is the second road.Then send envoys to Wu to repair it well, Xu Yi ceded the land, and ordered Sun Quan to raise 100,000 troops to attack the mouth of the two rivers and the gorge, and take Fucheng directly: this is also the three routes.You can also send an envoy to Meng Da, the surrendered general, to raise up 100,000 mediocre soldiers and attack Hanzhong from the west: these are the four routes.Then he ordered the general Cao Zhen to be the governor, raised 100,000 troops, and left Yangping Pass from Jingzhaojing to take Xichuan: this is the five roads.A total of 500,000 soldiers marched in parallel.Zhuge Liang has the talent of Lu Wang, can An Neng be like this?Pi was overjoyed, and he secretly dispatched four able-spoken officials as envoys; he also ordered Cao Zhen to be the governor of the capital, leading 100,000 troops, and took Yangping Pass.At this time, a group of old generals such as Zhang Liao were all named lieutenants, and they were all in Ji, Xu, Qi and Hefei, etc., guarding the Guanjin pass, so they were no longer called. But it is said that Liu Chan, the empress of the Shu Han Dynasty, has died of illnesses in many of his old officials since he took the throne, so I can't go into details.All matters such as the response to the court, the selection of laws, money and food, and lawsuits are all subject to Prime Minister Zhuge's judgment.After the time, the Lord did not establish a queen.Kong Ming and his ministers said: Therefore, Zhang Fei's daughter, the chariot general, is very virtuous. She is seventeen years old and can be accepted as the queen of the palace.The queen accepts it. In the autumn and August of the first year of Jianxing, there was a side report saying: Wei dispatched five groups of soldiers to take Xichuan: the first route, Cao Zhen was the governor of the Great Commander, raised 100,000 troops, and captured Yangping Pass; the second route was the anti-general Meng Da. 100,000 mediocre soldiers were mobilized to invade Hanzhong; the third route was Sun Quan of Eastern Wu, who mobilized 100,000 elite soldiers and entered Sichuan through the mouth of the gorge; the fourth route was the barbarian king Meng Huo, who mobilized 100,000 barbarian soldiers and invaded the four counties of Yizhou; On the Fifth Route, Naifan King Ke Bineng raised 100,000 Qiang soldiers to attack the Fifth Route Army at Xiping Pass.The prime minister had been informed first, but the prime minister didn't know why, so he didn't see the matter for a few days.After hearing this, the Empress was shocked, and sent a close attendant to summon Kongming to the court.The mission went for half a day, and the report: The prime minister's mansion said that the prime minister can't get sick.The queen turned panicky; the next day, he ordered Huangmen servant Dong Yun and admonishment doctor Du Qiong to go to the prime minister's bed to report the event.Dong and Du are not allowed to enter the prime minister's mansion.Du Qiong said: "The former emperor entrusted himself to the prime minister. Now the lord is on the throne of Chu Bin. He was invaded by Cao Pi's five-way army. The military situation is extremely urgent. Why can't the prime minister avoid illness?"After a long time, the door officials passed on the order of the prime minister, saying: "If you are slightly ill, you will go out to discuss matters in the capital hall tomorrow morning."Dong and Du sighed and returned.The next day, many officials came to serve in front of the prime minister's mansion again.From morning to night, I don't see it.Many officials panicked and had to leave.After Du Qiong entered the performance, the Lord said: "Please, Your Majesty, please go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to ask advice."The Empress Dowager introduced many officials into the palace and played the role of the Empress Dowager.The queen mother was shocked and said: "Why is the prime minister like this?"It is also intended to bear the entrustment of the first emperor!I should go by myself.Dong Yunzuo said: "Your Majesty can't go lightly."The prime minister must have a wise opinion.And wait for the Lord to go first.If you are negligent, please ask your empress to ask the prime minister in the Taimiao before it is too late.The queen mother followed suit. The next day, the queen master drove to the prime minister's mansion.When the gatekeeper saw his arrival, he hurriedly prostrated himself on the ground to meet him.The Empress asked, "Where is the Prime Minister?"The door official said, "I don't know where it is."Only the prime minister's decree is to teach all officials to stop them from entering.The master of the rear got out of the car and walked, and entered the third gate alone, and saw Kong Ming leaning on a bamboo stick alone, watching fish by the small pond.After standing for a long time, the Empress said slowly, "Is the prime minister happy?"Kong Ming looked back and saw that it was the queen master, he hurriedly abandoned his stick, bowed down on the ground and said: "I deserve death!"The master of the queen helped him up and asked, "Cao Pi has now divided his troops into five groups, and the situation is very urgent. Why doesn't Xiangfu refuse to go out of the house to watch things?"Kong Ming laughed loudly, helped the Empress to sit down in the inner room, and said: "The five soldiers have arrived, and I don't know if I am safe?"The minister is not watching the fish, but thinking about it.The master said: "What can I do?"Kong Ming said: Ke Bineng, king of Qiang, Meng Huo, king of barbarians, Meng Da, general of Wei, Cao Zhen, general of Wei: all the ministers of these four routes have retreated.As long as there are soldiers along the way like Sun Quan, the minister has a plan to retreat, but he must be entrusted by someone who can speak.Because I didn't know the person, I thought about it carefully.Why should His Majesty worry? After hearing this, the Empress was both surprised and delighted, and said: "The father of the prime minister has a chance of ghosts and gods!"I would like to hear about the strategy of retreating.Kongming said: "The first emperor entrusted his majesty to his ministers. How dare the ministers neglect him day and night?"All the officials in Chengdu don't know the magic of the art of war. It's important to make people unpredictable, so how can they leak it to others?The old minister and prophet, Ke Bineng, the king of Xifan, led his troops to invade Xipingguan; the minister thought that Ma Chao had accumulated the ancestors of the Xichuan people, and he had always won the hearts of the Qiang people. The Qiang people regarded Chao as the mighty general of heaven; Ma Chao guarded the Xiping Pass tightly, subdued the strange soldiers of the four routes, exchanged them every day, and refused them with soldiers: there is no need to worry about this journey.And Meng Huo, the Southern Man, invaded the four counties with soldiers. His ministers also sent Wei Yan to lead an army from left to right, and from right to left, as a plan for suspicious soldiers; Jin: There is nothing to worry about along the way.It is also known that Meng Da led his troops out of Hanzhong; Da and Li Yan had a life-and-death friendship; when the minister returned to Chengdu, he left Li Yan to guard the Yong'an Palace; the minister had written a book, written only by Li Yan, and sent it to Meng Da; It is inevitable that the illness will not come out, and the morale of the army will be slow: this journey is not enough to worry about.We also know that Cao Zhen led his troops to attack Yangping Pass; this place is steep and can be guarded. I have sent Zhao Yun to lead an army to guard the pass and will not go out to fight; if Cao Zhen sees our army coming out, he will retreat soon.These four soldiers are all insufficient to worry about.The minister was still afraid that he would not be able to protect them all, so he secretly dispatched two generals, Guan Xing and Zhang Bao, to lead 30,000 troops each, and garrison them in critical places to rescue them from all walks of life.None of the dispatches from these places had ever come from Chengdu, so no one was aware of them.Only soldiers from the Soochow Army may not move immediately: if the soldiers from the four routes are victorious and Sichuan is in danger, they will come to attack each other; if the four routes fail, will they move?I expected that Sun Quan would not follow Cao Pi's words because he wanted to complain about Cao Pi's three-way invasion of Wu.Even so, if you have to use one tongue to argue, go to Soochow, and if you talk about it in terms of benefits, you will retreat to Soochow first; why worry about the soldiers of the four routes?But I can't talk about the people of Wu, so I hesitated.Why is His Majesty coming?The Empress said: "The Empress Dowager also wants to come to see her father."Now that I hear the words of my father-in-law, it's like awakening from a dream, so why worry about it! Kong Ming drank several cups with the Empress and sent the Empress out of the mansion.All the officials stood around the door, and the master looked happy when they saw the queen.The Empress bid farewell to Kongming, and returned to the imperial court in a royal chariot.Everyone was puzzled.Kong Ming saw that among the officials, one of them looked up to the sky and smiled, with a happy expression on his face.Kong Ming regarded it as a Xinye man from Yiyang: surnamed Deng, surnamed Zhi, styled Bo Miao; seen as Minister of the Ministry of Households; descendant of Han Sima Deng Yu.Kong Ming secretly made people keep Deng Zhi.Many officials are scattered.Kongming invited Zhi to the academy and asked Zhi: "Shu, Wei, and Wu Ding are now divided into three countries. If you want to conquer the two countries and unify ZTE, which country should you attack first?"Zhi said: "In terms of foolishness, even though Wei is a traitor to the Han, his power is very strong, and it is difficult to shake it in a hurry. We should take it slowly."Now the lord ascended the throne for the first time, and the hearts of the people are not at ease. He should unite with Soochow and form a bond of lips and teeth, so as to wash away the old grievances of the late emperor. This is a long-term plan.What is the intention of the prime minister who has not been tried?Kongming laughed and said, "I've been thinking about it for a long time, but I can't get him today!"Zhi said: "What does the prime minister want him to do?"Kongming said: "I want to send people to join Soochow."If the public can understand this, he will not disgrace the king's order.It is necessary to be public.Zhi said: "I'm afraid I can't handle this task if I'm a fool with poor intelligence."Kongming said: "I will play to know the emperor in the future, so I will invite Bo Miao and his party. Don't refuse."Zhi agreed and withdrew.On the next day, Kong Ming played the quasi-empress master and sent Deng Zhi to talk about Soochow.Zhi bids farewell and looks forward to Soochow.It's just that: when the people of Wu saw the end of fighting, the envoys of Shu also passed on jade and silk.I don't know how Deng Zhi will go, let's see the breakdown below. ① Chen, Han, Chen Ping, and Han Xin; they were originally Xiang Yu's subordinates, but later they all surrendered to Liu Bang. ② Look at the meaning of looking after. ③ The coffin of Emperor Zigong. ④ Xiangfu, the emperor's very respectful title for the prime minister.