HLnovel Chapter 406 Three Kingdoms: The Prime Minister’s Contempt
Chapter 406 Three Kingdoms: The Prime Minister’s Contempt
[Zhuge Liang led his troops out of Qishan, approached the Wei River, and marched straight to Chang'an.
Following Cao Rui's orders, Cao Wei's Grand Commander Cao Zhen and military advisor Wang Lang led an army of 200,000 toward Chang'an.
Cao Zhen: "Zhuge Liang has sent us a letter of challenge, asking us to fight tomorrow. How do we fight him?"
Wang Lang said that with just a few words from him, Zhuge Liang would surrender and the Shu army would retreat without a fight.
On the second day, Wang Lang and Zhuge Liang shouted at each other in front of the battle line.
Wang Lang: "The one who came is Zhuge Kongming... If you surrender, you will still retain your title of nobility, and the country will be safe and the people will be happy. Isn't that wonderful?"
Zhuge Liang: "Shut up! Shameless old thief, don't you know that everyone in the world is willing to eat your flesh alive, how dare you keep talking here? ... White-haired man, gray-bearded old thief! ... Erchen thief, you have lived for seventy-six years in vain... A dog with a broken spine dares to bark in front of our army. I have never seen such a shameless person!"
Wang Lang lost control of himself and could not speak. His blood rushed to his head and he screamed and fell off his horse, dying.
Cao Zhen and others looked at Wang Lang lying on the ground in horror, and glared at Zhuge Liang angrily.
＜I can recite the following conversation by heart [狗头]＞
＜《Surrendering with Hands》 Wang Situ's Confidence＞
＜Wang Lang: I only need to say a few words and I will die on the spot. If you don't believe me, you can watch the battle tomorrow. Tomorrow is the anniversary of my death. [Laughing and crying]＞
＜Classics are forever passed down [covering face]＞
＜Zhuge Liang was right. The Jin Dynasty was a dynasty of rotten wood in office and beasts eating the salary... It was one of the darkest dynasties.＞
＜I feel that the prime minister was able to scold Wang Lang to death because he actually subconsciously still agreed with Zhuge Liang's point of view, but he had already eaten Cao Wei's food... However, if Wang Lang was replaced by Sima Yi, Sima Yi would definitely not be moved at all, hahaha. ＞
＜Zhuge Liang: How can you face the 24 previous emperors of the Han Dynasty? !
Wang Lang: Zhuge, you country bumpkin, I won't argue with you. I will go and see the emperors in person to have it all explained! >
＜I’m so afraid that they will suddenly become evil [covering face] I’m not very familiar with the “Chu Shi Biao”, but I remember the conversation between the Prime Minister and Wang Situ very well.＞
Wang Lang agreed with part of Zhuge Liang's words, which also touched upon his deep Confucian thoughts of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism.
＜I remember that Wang Situ had a sparring match with Taishi Ci in Jiangnan [eating melon] Why are you comparing your verbal skills here? Wouldn’t it be better to just pat your horse and thrust your spear [dog head]＞
＜Zhuge Liang: Traitor! I have never seen such a shameless person!!!＞
＜The Prime Minister is invincible, so handsome, the Prime Minister's contempt.＞
[Liu Bei, Emperor Zhaolie of Han: Wow—Kong Ming is awesome]
[Emperor Cao Cao of Wei: clear logic and great eloquence!]
[Sun Ce in the sixth year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty: Wang Lang?!]
[Zhang Fei, the second year of Zhangwu in the Later Han Dynasty: The military advisor is very cruel.]
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Sun Ce was angry: "When I raised a righteous army to pacify Zhejiang, Wang Lang became my enemy! I sent Zi Bu several times to persuade Wang Lang to serve me..."
Thinking of Wang Lang's previous words scolding him for being greedy, Sun Ce sneered.
"He originally had his eyes on Cao Mengde!"
"I am a traitor to the Han Dynasty. Does that mean Cao Mengde is a loyal minister?"
Sun Ce's temper flared up all of a sudden, and coupled with the fact that the battle with Zhang Liao had not been going well recently, he was filled with rage.
"Bofu, you still need to be careful of Liu Biao." Zhou Yu intuitively felt that Liu Biao would not take any action at all. The rebellion in southern Jing had reached a critical point, and it would be easy for Liu Biao to divide his troops.
"Attack us?" Sun Ce thought that shouldn't Cao Cao be the common enemy of all the princes?
The appearance of the light curtain, various spoilers and revelations, have torn off the fig leaf of each of them in the most direct way.
Han ministers? No one recognized them in their hearts. In the chaotic times, they all only thought about making profits for themselves.
Sun Ce was ambitious by nature and had long seen through his own intentions.
Chasing deer in the Central Plains.
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Zhuge Liang paused as he fanned himself.
Hmm...can someone in the comments section come tell him this is fake?
He cursed Wang Lang to death?!
"Hahaha."
The laughter of Liu Bei, Fa Zheng and others came to my ears.
Zhuge Liang covered his face, "This... I really don't know."
"Hey? Why should Kong Ming be so humble?" Fa Zheng teased.
"You said those few sentences very well. Each one of them was accurate and directly left the other party speechless."
Liu Bei nodded seriously. "You are right. When Cao Pi usurped the Han Dynasty, did anyone try to stop him? There was only one Fu Baolang in the whole court..."
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Liu Chan, dragging his body, which had been scolded by his third uncle, limped to stand beside Zhang Bao and others.
His eyes were shining as he stared at the scene on the screen where the Prime Minister was scolding Wang Lang to death.
"Wow! The Prime Minister is amazing!"
"Hmm!" Jiang Wei didn't quite understand at first why Liu Bei and others found him. To be honest, he was not very interested in Liu Bei and the restoration of the Han Dynasty.
But the light screen actually said that he was the last great Han general.
He fought nine times for the Han Dynasty and was loyal to the Central Plains, always thinking about restoring the Han Dynasty...
After arriving in Chengdu and spending some time with Prime Minister Zhuge, the young Jiang Wei was immediately fascinated by him.
Is that the personal charm mentioned on the light screen?
Uncle Liu, that’s not right. Your Majesty is completely different from what I had imagined.
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Cao Zhen guessed that the Shu army would definitely attack the Wei army's camp while they were holding Wang Lang's funeral, so he launched a surprise attack on the Shu army at night, but he fell into an ambush by the Shu army.
When Cao Rui learned that Cao Zhen had suffered a series of defeats and was no match for Zhuge Liang, he had no choice but to accept the recommendation of his ministers and reinstate Sima Yi.
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Sima Yi believed that Zhuge Liang was cautious in employing troops and would never take risks, so he planned to take Jieting directly with Zhang He, approach Yangping Pass, cut off the food supply of the Shu army, and capture Zhuge Liang alive.
Zhuge Liang guessed that Sima Yi would attack Jieting first. If Jieting was lost, the Shu army would be in danger of collapse.
Ma Su and Wei Yan both wanted to lead the army to guard Jieting alone. Zhuge Liang bluntly told Ma Su that he was no match for Sima Yi and Zhang He. Ma Su refused to accept the result, thinking that he was well-versed in military books and knew military tactics well, and would never fail.
He also issued a military order, "If Jieting is lost, I beg you to execute your entire family!"
Zhuge Liang was moved by Ma Su and appointed him as the main general and Wang Ping as the deputy general. He also ordered Gao Xiang and Wei Yan to guard the vicinity of Jieting and to send troops to rescue in case of emergency. Zhao Yun was to act as a decoy while he led his troops to attack Chang'an.
＜Zhuge Liang: I predict your prediction of mine.＞
＜Cao Zhen’s ability is not bad, but unfortunately his opponent is Zhuge Liang.＞
＜In history, Cao Rui seemed to have led the army himself, and together with Sima Yi, he really blocked the prime minister's road to the northern expedition.＞
＜Sima Yi finally made it through, he is really good at hiding.＞
＜Zhang He: Hahahaha, now I am the most powerful general in the Three Kingdoms!!!＞
＜Is it my illusion? I remember that almost everyone in Shu Kingdom could beat Zhang He badly in the early stage, so how come Zhang He became a strong opponent in the later stage?＞
＜Hey, wouldn’t any one of Wei Yan, Jiang Wei, or Zhao Yun be better than the intern Ma Su to guard Jieting?＞
＜Wang Ping is also very good. He knows geography well and is good at defense. I feel like he is the best candidate to guard Jieting.＞
＜In fact, Wei Yan is really good. Although he always has his own ideas, he always listens to the prime minister and does what he is told even though he is not convinced.＞
＜I discovered that all those who said they were familiar with military books since childhood ended up...eg: Zhao Kuo, Liu Bei, Xiahou Mao [covering his face]＞
[Emperor Cao Cao of Wei: Don’t we have anyone else? We really used Sima Yi!]
[Sun Ce, the sixth year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty: With such a good example like you, don't your subordinates follow your example?]
[Emperor Zhengde of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Houzhao: Liu Bei was good at fighting, and his other achievements cannot be denied because of the Battle of Yiling. It is a bit too much to put him together with Zhao Kuo and Xiahou Mao.]
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Cao Cao sat down and thought, after his death, the old ministers in the court would also die of old age or illness...
Cao Pi died only seven years later, and those who survived were the ones left.
Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu were considered the leaders among the Cao Wei royal family.
If they died, the next person to take on the responsibility would not be a match for Sima Yi.
“He is really patient.” Cao Cao looked at “Sima Yi” on the screen and read out the words: “An old horse in the stable still has a thousand miles to go.”
My heart was filled with hostility towards him.
Zhang He looked up at the sky helplessly. After being beaten for so many years, is he finally getting his day? !
How could a kid like Ma Su be his opponent!
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"Oh, why didn't you listen to my last words?" Liu Bei sighed.
The military officer who now follows Zhuge Liang is usually Ma Liang.
Zhuge Liang also met Ma Su. Because Guangmu had mentioned him in advance, Zhuge Liang deliberately tried to examine him when he met him.
To his surprise, Ma Su answered the questions he raised fluently. However, when he later arranged Ma Su to work in the Prime Minister's Office, Ma Su's shortcomings also became apparent.
"Alas, the Jieting area cannot be lost."
When Jieting was mentioned accidentally before the light curtain, Zhuge Liang and his advisers such as Fa Zheng made several guesses about this place.
We have plans for how to attack and how to defend.
"It's still a talent issue. It's not like what the comments say about just using Wei Yan, Zhao Yun and others. At that time, Kong Ming, you should have arranged them in other places." Fa Zheng guessed.
"If the Five Tiger Generals were still here, this would never have happened." Liu Bei felt guilty. When he was in Yiling, he lost many soldiers and generals.
"Kong Ming, it was really not easy for you to go on the Northern Expedition... I don't know how you managed to put together this Northern Expedition. You fought very well, what a pity."
Liu Bei now realized one thing, that is, he should listen to Kong Ming's words.
Kong Ming can never be wrong!
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