Wuling County Sheriff's Mansion.
"Captain, Liu Chan wants to negotiate peace, but he has conditions." Zhuge Jin said slowly after drinking a cup of tea.
Lu Xun's expression remained normal and he continued to ask, "Then what conditions did he offer?"
"Liu Chan wants the heads of Pan Rui, Mi Fang, and Fu Shiren." Zhuge Jin cupped his hands and said.
"I'm afraid Liu Chan has lost his mind and gone crazy. Wasn't the Governor's fire burning enough back then? How dare he mention these conditions!" The generals under the tent became angry at once, and they started to argue with each other. ...
"Commander, will General Chunyu Dan not be avenged? What about the 30,000 soldiers who died under Yong'an City? Now we are asked to hand over the heads of these three people. It is simply a dream."
"That's right, if Li Xian hadn't used a trick to replace the governor, the outcome of the battle that day would still be unknown. It's all because of that son of a bitch Quan Cong..."
...
"Okay, generals, when discussing matters in the military tent, you should pay attention to your image, especially when Doctor Zhuge is still here, how can you say such vulgar words." Lu Xun stood up immediately, bowed to Zhuge Jin, and said slowly: " Dr. Zhuge is tired. Please tell your Majesty that Lu Xun has been fighting for your Majesty for several years. He has been fighting with Li Xian. My eldest son, I ask your Majesty to be magnanimous. If you blindly check and balance the court, I'm afraid someone with ulterior motives will take advantage of the loophole."
Zhuge Jin shook his head and said: "The Governor doesn't know something. After the Governor led the army on the expedition, Your Majesty opened the imperial examination system. Regardless of origin, anyone can pass the county examination, state examination, or palace examination. The top two hundred people can become officials or serve in the capital." Official, or foreign official, His Majesty personally killed a stag during hunting, and renamed it Longxing. Now all the nobles inside and outside the court praise Your Majesty for his great promotion of civility, and that he is a holy master."
Lu Xun nodded and said, "I have known this for a long time, but Mr. Zhuge doesn't seem very happy. This is a good thing."
"Captain, it is certainly a good thing to talk about the family, the country, and the country, but as a result, the aristocratic families that originally supported His Highness Sun He have basically lost their wings. The post of Zhongzhengguan has become useless. Now the first batch of scientific examination students have entered various places. As an official, the now-prominent Zhang family still has some status in the court. Your Majesty still thinks of his thin face. I am afraid that in Soochow within a few years, these aristocratic families will decline, and the court will also It is an open and covert fight, and His Highness Sun He's power will probably be completely reduced by His Majesty." Zhuge Jin shook his head and said.
Lu Xun said: "Doctor Zhuge, you also know that only the eldest son is the orthodoxy of the country. This is not to say too much, but because the emperor has no family affairs, and the family and the country are world-famous. I hope that Dr. Zhuge can give more advice to the Crown Prince. Don't lose your position as crown prince in a moment of impulsiveness. If there is chaos in Wu, our soldiers will not be able to fight with peace of mind."
Zhuge Jin cupped his hands and said, "What the Governor said is true. I will definitely bring the Governor's words to me, and I will go back to Jianye to discuss the matter of peace. The Governor also has military affairs to attend to, so I won't bother you here."
Lu Xun nodded and said, "Then we'll send him off not far away. By the way, Doctor Zhuge, please take His Royal Highness Prince Lu back outside the tent. I don't want to see him."
Zhuge Jin sighed and said, "Yes, Commander."
...
Changsha City.
"Captain, there is a letter from Yiling Zong saying that He Qi turned around and attacked Yiling when Changsha was lost. Now Yiling's troops are empty and General Zong is fighting hard. Do we want to go to support?" Chen Daohui reported.
"Don't worry, I have sent Zhao Tong with the Langzhen troops to support him. He Qi must have returned to Wuling at this time." Li Xian just replied calmly.
"Then what is the next step for the governor? Should we continue the attack or hold on without fighting?" Chen Dao asked.
Li Xian looked at Chen Dao, then looked at his hands, and asked, "Uncle Master, I have a question for you."
"Captain, please speak." Chen Dao cupped his hands and said.
"If you are walking on the road, there will always be a dog that wants to bite you. You give him delicious food at first in the hope that he will not bite you. But in the end, the dog not only eats the food you gave him, but also continues to bite you. You, what will you do?" Li Xian asked casually while wiping the green sword in his hand.
"Of course I beat the dog until he dares not bite him anymore," Chen Dao replied.
"Uncle, do you understand what I mean?" Li Xian's eyes suddenly became sinister and sharp, looking straight at the green sword in his hand.
"But Commander-in-Chief, our army has been fighting fiercely. If we continue fighting like this, I'm afraid Wei will reap the benefits!" Chen Dao said, cupping his hands.
"Don't worry, Uncle Master. Zhu Ran of Jiangling is not that stupid. He will sell both Jiangxia and Jiangling to Wenpin. The Yangtze Gorge has to be built in ten years, and the Wei State cannot do it." Li Xian patted Chen Dao on the shoulder. Said with a smile.
"But this morale can't withstand such continuous losses. I'm worried that there will be unrest in the army that keeps fighting. In addition, the governor has been very strict in the past. If these soldiers are going to fight for a long time, I'm afraid... I feel resentful." Chen Dao said after swallowing.
Li Xian nodded silently. What Chen Dao said was not unreasonable. On the contrary, it was precisely the morale problem that was most likely to cause fatigue in long-term operations. It is impossible to talk about morale in just one or two sentences, unless there is real substance. Sexual rewards are just like the three-day feast after Changsha broke the city, but many soldiers were not happy at all and went to worship the sacrificed Liu Laosan tribe with Li Xian.
"Captain, do you have any plans?" Chen Dao asked again.
Li Xian shook his head and said, "I don't have a plan, but I know that the next battle should be a decisive battle between me and Lu Xun."
"Decisive battle?!" Chen Dao's eyes widened, even a little incredulous, "Why did the governor say this?"
"After several years of fighting, there will always be a winner. In the next stop, either he dies or I die." Li Xian still said calmly, but at this moment, the house was extremely quiet, and you could even hear the geese calling outside the window.
"Commander, if it really is a decisive battle, our army will fight fiercely. I am afraid that the morale of the army will be exhausted when we fight again. I am afraid it is not appropriate to fight a decisive battle at this moment." Chen Dao said with some helplessness.
"Uncle, it's not me who thinks about it, it's Lu Xun who thinks about it." Li Xian said calmly and expressionlessly.
"Why did the Governor say this? Could it be that after Lu Xun lost a city, he was about to fight? Lu Xun is not like a person who can't hold his breath. When the late emperor scolded him in all kinds of ways, he could hold back until Xia Tian, and then made him angry... ...." Chen Dao did not dare to speak any more and remained silent.
Li Xian suddenly smiled: "Uncle Master, what if I return the anger to him?"
"What do you mean?" Chen Dao was a little curious, but he also wondered why Li Xian, who just said he had no strategy, suddenly said such a thing.
Before Li Xian could answer, he heard, "Report!"
The messenger glanced at Chen Dao, and Li Xian said with satisfaction, "It's okay, just tell me."
"Yes! The Commander-in-Chief, General Deng Zhi said that the peace negotiation was successful, and I would like to ask the Commander-in-Chief to make a decision."
Li Xian suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, then stopped and immediately ordered: "Tell the whole army to abandon Changsha City tonight and withdraw the whole army to Yiling!"
Chen Dao was in a daze and asked: "Captain, is this inappropriate? This Changsha was obtained by the sacrifice of countless soldiers. How can it be given just as promised in the peace treaty?"
Li Xian shook his head: "Uncle Master, just tell the whole army that after we negotiated the peace, Wu State forcibly demanded Changsha. Your Majesty was forced to sign the peace agreement. When our army retreats to Yiling, I will have my own way."
When Chen Dao heard this, he frowned slightly and suddenly realized: "Could it be..."
"Hush! Uncle Master, please remember to prepare extra stoves for each battalion on the way back to Yiling. Instead of ten people per fire, now there are five people per fire."
"Got the order!"
"In addition, here is a letter. Uncle Master, please send a fast horse to Xingye and bring it to Zong Yu. The faster, the better."
"Yes! But, Governor, if this strategy can be hidden from others, I'm afraid it could be hidden from Lu Xun..." Chen Dao said a little uneasily.
Li Xian also said calmly: "Uncle Master, everything depends on people. No matter whether this plan succeeds or not, it has been decided and we will never change it overnight."
"Yes! Then the general will go."
"Go ahead, uncle. The weather in the south has gotten a little cooler recently. Uncle, please take care of yourself." Li Xian waved his hand.
"Thank you, Governor, for your concern. The general is still strong and can fight very well!" Chen Dao said with a smile, then turned and left.
After Chen Dao left, Li Xian also took out the letter from Chengdu. From the beginning, his parents talked more, and now his wife really talks more, which is nothing more than greetings. Li Xian is also very fond of it. He patiently replied to the letters one by one. After all, it was a good thing to have someone to care about during this battle, but the decisive battle was imminent and he couldn't write anything else. It was obvious that Li Xian's mind was not on this.
"Forget it, let's tell her." Li Xian struggled with his thoughts and wrote: "My wife, I feel like you have met each other. I am very lucky to be your husband. However, the Central Plains has been in war for many years and rarely returns home. Every time I fight on the full moon, At that time, I always thought about it. Now that I am in the Fuhan Dynasty, I will not hesitate to die, but my enemy general Lu Xun is extremely smart. He is no better than Nanzhong in the past. Seeing that there is nothing he can do now, he wants to fight Yiling decisively. He thinks that this place is a place of new life. If he wins, he will have wine with his wife in Rongcheng. If he loses, he will be buried together with 70,000 heroic spirits. For those who care, that is You and your parents, I cannot repay Your Majesty's kindness in knowing you, and I cannot fulfill your filial piety in front of my parents' knees. I only hope that you can treat your parents well and support them until they grow old. Under the nine springs, I will write a book with smiles and tears."
After Li Xian finished writing, he folded it carefully and put it into a brocade bag. He also found a medium-sized silver hairpin from the box on the right hand side and wrote: "When the golden wind and jade dew meet, they will win." There are countless people in the world.”
"Send it away." Li Xian sighed and said to the people below.
"yes!"
