From Li Su's standpoint, he actually didn't really want to pass on the news that "Chang'an was besieged, and the emperor and Wang Yun were in danger under the attack of the rebels" to Liu Bei immediately.

After all, Li Su knew history, and he was calm enough: Wang Yun and the old-fashioned Beijing officials who occupied the position were washed away, which was more beneficial to the Han Dynasty, which was difficult to return to completely "clean the house and then treat guests" and was easier to realize ZTE.

The great man needed a group of fresh blood in his thirties and forties to directly grasp the highest decision-making power. All old guys in his fifties and sixties had a rigid mind and could not turn to the thinking mode of "the logic of fighting for hegemony" and "only talent is to take action" and would only stick to the path dependence they developed when they were young and play the struggles in the court and officialdom.

Liu Bei was 33 years old, Sun Jian and Cao Cao were 39 years old, and Yuan Shao was only in his forties. The times obviously belonged to these people.

But no matter what, Li Su knew that some things could not be hidden. The mission and hundreds of people accompanying guards, so many "witnesses" heard the enemy's situation, and concealing the report would be a ruthless act.

So Li Su could only make a fuss about comforting him. He first persuaded Zhong Yao, who was the imperial envoy:

"Yuanchang, what the military and civilians of Ji County said should be true. Going to Chang'an now is like killing death at the tiger's mouth. It's better to go back to Nanzheng and make plans for the long-term plan. Chang'an's city is solid, and if you defend it for several months, it should be no problem.

I'm not afraid to tell you that although the General of the Western Expedition worked hard to reorganize and rectify Shu, he claimed to have trained 50,000 elite troops, but General Guan was still fighting with Ailaoyi in Yongchang, and General Zhang was in Jianwei and chased and killed the remnants of the barbarian kings in the Yueli Mountains.

Including the time the envoy notified it, General Zhang would take as long as one month to bring the troops back to Hanzhong, which would be a rush to march. General Guan’s troops would probably not be able to count on them before the heavy snow was blocked in winter. General Zhao even guarded the gorge in Yidu.

Now Hanzhong has empty troops, and only 5,000 military troops can do so. In any case, they cannot defeat the rebels of Dong's thief. If they want to help fight and rescue the lord, they have to wait for General Zhang's troops to arrive for at least a month."

Li Su spoke very sincerely, and he hoped that Zhong Yao, as an angel, would realize the actual difficulties of the Yizhou army.

If Wang Yun really waited for more than a month to send troops, he would probably be completely disappointed.

When Zhong Yao first heard this, he was indeed very surprised. He did not expect that Liu Bei's military strength in Hanzhong was so empty. Li Su could not do without considering Liu Bei's consideration of "because the difficulty in transporting military rations on the Shu Road, he wanted to place all the food consumed for the training of the troops in the Chengdu Plain in peacetime, so that all the taxes and grains in Hanzhong would be saved and used in wartime" to explain to Zhong Yao in exchange for the understanding of Zhong Yao and the court.

It was also said that it was because Wang Yun designed the killing of Dong Zhuo as an emergency, and who would have thought that "Wang Yun could not hold on after success" would happen, so when he heard that Dong Zhuo was dead, Liu Bei stopped the order to transfer Zhang Fei to the north, otherwise he would not have been so passive now.

Zhong Yao finally expressed his understanding: "There are so many difficulties, right? This is Chen Yu's momentum to save Zhao Xie. The bandit army is powerful and it is a waste of time to advance. Since Chang'an is more solid than Handan, I should wait for the brave support of the overlord."

Zhong Yao saw that he read a lot, and he talked about the situation and quoted classics.

The allusion that Chen Yu saved Zhao Xie mentioned was that before the Battle of Julu at the end of the Qin Dynasty, Zhang Han and Wang Li besieged Zhao Wang Xie. At that time, Zhao Prime Minister Zhang Er was originally a life-and-death brother with Zhao's general Chen Yu. Zhang Er sent two brave generals to break out to contact him, forcing Chen Yu outside the city to save the king regardless of his life.

But Chen Yu knew that he had only 20,000 or 30,000 people, and rushed up to face hundreds of thousands of Qin troops, so he insisted on waiting for Song Yi and Xiang Yu's Chu army to reinforce before he could attack together. In the end, Chen Yu was forced to have no choice but to give the two brave generals five thousand soldiers to symbolically rescue them. As a result, all five thousand people died in Zhang Han's army, which was indeed for nothing. In the end, it was all up to Xiang Yu to rush to burn the boats and kill all Zhang Han Wangli.

Zhong Yao now compared Xu Huang's 5,000 Hanzhong military farms to Chen Yu's fish belly, and compared Zhang Fei's reinforcements to Xiang Yu, the choice was obvious.

Li Su finally breathed a sigh of relief. As long as Zhong Yao was dealt with, in the future, it would be better to have a credible explanation. No one would be unable to talk about Liu Bei's rescue in time.

"Since that's the case, we don't stay in a dangerous place. Let's go back to Nanzheng to report the news first."

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On the way back, they left in a hurry and returned to Nanzheng in two and a half days. Not even the guards of hundreds of people were brought back, but only Li Su, Zhong Yao and a few guards with fast horses left first, while the large group of people stayed in the Taibai Valley at the mouth of the Beigukou of Baoxia Road.

Hurrying so quickly is enough to show the loyalty and righteousness of Li Su and Zhong Yao.

Unfortunately, after arriving in Nanzheng, the situation still developed beyond Li Su's expectations.

He counted everything, but was unable to directly control his lord's decisions.

After Liu Bei heard that the emperor was in danger and was besieged by a rebel general, he was shocked: "It was Li Jue and Guo Si who caused the rebellion?"

Zhong Yao: "It was Li Jue and Guo Si. I heard from the right general that there were insufficient troops in Hanzhong. It would be better to wait for more than a month and wait for General Zhang to lead the main force back to help, and then slowly plan for it."

But Liu Bei actually scolded Zhong Yao in turn: "Zhong Yuanchang, you have been a Han official for more than ten years. You have made a statement that you do not care about the safety and interests of Your Majesty. You are so disappointing to me! Although our army has few soldiers, only Li Jue and Guo Si are rebels. It can be seen that there are still many loyal and righteous people. Now they are rampant, because there are too few loyal and righteous people who dare to stand up, which has fueled the thief's aura!

Maybe now, Wang Situ, Lu Bu, Li Jue and Guo Si are only in the same combat power. We send troops to support us. Even if we don’t have much combat power, as long as we bluff up and encourage the people in the Three Qins, and show our backwardness, we will naturally be able to help us. If we are a turtle, it will lead to more and more people following the thief! The war is not about the number of people, but it depends on the morale of the people!"

When Li Su saw that he was about to suffer, he did not expect that he had finally dealt with foreign enemies and his lord's loyalty and righteousness.

"No! I have calculated it very much, and I have calculated the psychology of others, but I don't know how loyal and righteous Liu Bei, who was deeply loved by the country in his thirties, would be to the emperor?

The key is that this point cannot be deduced at all! Liu Bei in history was in a state of "sighing and hating Huan Ling" in his early years. He wasted too much and was depressed and wasted. He just wanted to save the Han Dynasty, but he might not have feelings for the emperor. Is it because he has received too much imperial favor now?"

But this question cannot be deduced, and the amount of data is insufficient, and Li Su cannot ask it usually - because as long as you ask this kind of question, the answer you will definitely get is "I swear to your Majesty to die and strive for your own good life."

Even unfaithful people will answer this verbally, and even Sima Yi will answer this. If you don’t have a lie detector, you don’t know how sincere it is. You can ask for it in vain if you are skillful.

What did Liu Bei think? Only when he truly endured the test of life and death can he know the strong grass and the strong and honest ministers.

Li Su was afraid that Liu Bei would be impulsive, so he quickly spread the enemy situation to him: "My lord must not underestimate the enemy. It seems that only Li Jue and Guo Si rebelled, but I guess the Xiliang army will respond to a lot of Li Jue and Guo Si. When I was in the capital a few days ago, I observed the details. Wang Yun was extremely contemptuous of the generals and soldiers of Xiliang, and might be in a collapse!

Our army must wait for Yide to return to the rescue before sending troops! And I think Li Jue and Guo Si only want to rebel against Wang Yun in order to protect himself, and he will never dare to commit suicide [Rural Novel www.xiangcun7.com]. Even if you wait for a few months, Your Majesty will definitely not be in danger!"

Unexpectedly, these hasty words of plugging the leak were like Mars, igniting another point of attention from Liu Bei: "What? Boya, you said that you could not take the Xiliang Army as early as when you met Wang Yun? Then why didn't you say it earlier! We had an extra month of preparation time!

Why didn’t you tell me this the first time you came to Beijing? Then I could have been able to transfer Yide back from Jianwei at that time. Then, can there be enough elite troops to fight the Northern Expedition to rescue the emperor now?"

Li Su was shocked and could not deal with it because he found that the dissuasion of demolishing the east wall and repairing the west wall would gradually reveal other plans. But now, he had to insist: "I just felt that there were unstable hidden dangers at that time. Who could have expected that the hidden dangers would break out?

Moreover, when I parted in Yongchang in early summer, I had discussed that in early July, Yide was asked to pretend to cross the south of Moshui in Jianwei to attack Yueli, creating conditions for Yunchang to attack Gaoyi's old nest. If I came back in June for the first time in Beijing, I would advise you to transfer Yide back to Yide for the hidden danger of catching wind and shadow, and it would definitely not be too late to notify Yunchang.

Without Yide's cooperation, Yun Chang launched an offensive from Yongchang as planned. Wouldn't he have to face Gao Yi's heavy troops alone in the poor and barren mountainous areas to defend Qiongdu? In the dangerous land of Liangshan, will the lord bear to see Yun Chang have any mistakes? I admit that I was lucky, but it was not intentional. I think that the slightest risk of the northern line is not as important as the real profit of the southern line."

After Li Su repeatedly persuaded him, Liu Bei gradually became angry: "Well, I think you have no malice, but just a lucky person. I will not ask you for your mistakes in obscuring your mistakes or concealing them. But now that things have come to this point, our own mistakes cannot be at the cost of the emperor's dust.

Your Majesty has newly appointed the King of Hanzhong, which is the time when the world is looking at him. Since Gu has spare energy to rescue him, no matter how many troops he has, he must do his duty as a minister. How can he not be so arrogant? He sent an order to ask Gongming to point out all the troops in Nanzheng, Mianyang, and Baozhong. Gu wants to go north to rescue him personally!"

After hearing Liu Bei talk about his grace of being the king, Li Su suddenly claimed that he had become an "orphan", emphasizing that he should save all loyalty and righteousness.

Li Su could only change his words quickly: "Master, no! If you have to save the lord, please let Xu Huang lead the side troops out of the Wugong Water, watch from Wuzhangyuan and Ji County, shake the flag and shout for the distance, and divide the bandits into support of Chang'an. If the bandits come, Xu Huang will still have the potential to fight. The king must not enter the dangerous land with a body of gold! I will not be ordered by you!"

Liu Bei was also popular. It was rare for the first time since he partnered with Li Su: "Being arrogant! Whether to save the car or not is the righteousness. Can't you go there if you don't obey orders? Could it be that you don't know the soldiers?

Xiaozhi, Gu Zhi, you are well versed in the geography of the surrounding areas of Ji County. You have been defending the scattered gates for several years. You should be advancing and retreating. This time you will be with Gu to advise on military affairs. Zijing, you will entertain Boya in the mansion and wait for Gu to come back to rescue him, and then ask him for his fault for neglecting the emperor's crisis."

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Chapter completed!