Shi Bao suddenly fell ill! He was quite ill. He was sleeping on the bed all day long, and it was extremely difficult for him to get up and walk. He had to temporarily hand over the military affairs matter to his second son Shi Qiao for treatment.

After this news spread quickly in the Jin army camp, it soon led to a series of chain reactions. Everyone of the poor generals of the Jin army who were highly valued by Shi Bao were worried, fearing that Shi Bao, who was over 60 years old, would not get sick; the children of senior officials of the aristocratic family were gloating and secretly shouting joy; the soldiers of the Jin army who had been incompetent in a long battle were filled with people's hearts and their morale was even more depressed.

It is worth mentioning that the person who was most nervous about this sudden change was actually not Shi Bao's two sons Shi Qiao and Shi Chong, but Qiao Xian, the second son of Qiao Zhou, a famous loyal minister of the Han Dynasty. When he learned the news, Qiao Xian, who was in charge of strict training in private soldiers, had no time to arrange his own private soldiers, so he ran to the gate of the Central Army camp to ask for a meeting. He also recommended the famous doctors in Shu that he knew to the Shi brothers, and said that as long as Shi Bao's disease could be cured, even if he had to use the dragon meat from the sky as a medicine introduction, he would try his best to get it at any cost.

There are three reasons why Qiao Xian is so nervous and worried. First of all, the first is that the old Qiao family has already bet on the Jin army. If Shi Bao really can't afford to get sick, the Jin army will be defeated or forced to retreat, then the old Qiao family will definitely be able to run away, the monks can't run away, and will be bloody revenge from the Han army as soon as possible.

The second reason is well known. Qiao Xian’s father Qiao Zhou was a famous surrender faction. At that time, Liu Chan had the opportunity to run south or Eastern Wu. Most of the Shu Han court officials also firmly supported Liu Chan doing this. However, it was because Qiao Zhou opposed the public and persuaded Liu Chan to surrender in the city, which led to the later Chengdu Rebellion and now Liu Chan was under house arrest in Luoyang. Therefore, once the Jin army withdrew from Shu, the Shu Han’s main war faction would definitely not let the Qiao family go.

As for whether Zhang Zhi was a surrender or a pro-war faction - there was only one city left and he refused to surrender. Leng led hundreds of county soldiers to raise troops to restore Nanzhong and pushed back to Chengdu. Of course, the second young master Qiao only felt that Zhang Zhi was a surrender faction when his head was in the water.

The third reason is not many people who know it, but it is also extremely important. That is, Qiao Xian's father Qiao Zhou and Zhang Zhi's wife and grandfather Chen Zhi were once irreconcilable political enemies in the Shu Han court. The famous "Theory of the Kingdom of Evil" was when Qiao Zhou racked his brains to write the surrender remarks that ridiculed and ridiculed Chen Zhi after Qiao Zhou lost to Chen Zhi in the court debate. Gao Xianqing, who was very foolish in "Theory of the Kingdom of Evil", was also written based on Chen Zhi, and was even ridiculed by Qiao Zhou.

As a result, Chen Zhi had passed away when the "On the Country of Episode" was released, but no one asked Qiao Zhou to settle the score. Now Chen Zhi's grandson-in-law Zhang Zhi suddenly jumped out to make trouble. The second young master Qiao certainly had to worry that Zhang Zhi would use his entire clan's head as a gift to please his beautiful wife who had gotten away from the sheet together.

Back to the point, after much slander, Qiao Xian and the Second Master Qiao finally got into the tent and saw Shi Bao who was ill in bed. As a result, what made Qiao Er Jun despair was that Shi Bao's condition was even more serious than he was worried. He lay on the couch and was dying and moaned faintly. Even the Second Master Qiao who came forward to ask for peace was a little unaware of him, and asked in a weak voice: "Who are you? Old..., have you seen you before?"

"Master, I am Qiao Xian." Qiao Xian introduced himself with a sweat on his head: "Master, you forgot. Some time ago, I led 6,000 private soldiers to help the battle. Master, you also went out to the camp to welcome me and let me follow the army to listen to it."

With Shi Chong's help reminder, Shi Bao nodded weakly and said, "I remember, Langzhong Qiao Family, your father Qiao..., Qiao Zhou, is now the attendant of His Majesty's scattered cavalry. When I go back, I will lead the troops. When I get better, I will take you to kill..., cough, kill the thief."

"The Grand Marshal, my younger generation was born in the Qiao Family of Chongguo, not the Qiao Family of Langzhong."

Seeing that Shi Bao was so sick that he didn't even remember clearly, Qiao Xian, who had bet on the life of the whole clan, certainly couldn't cry. As a result, at this moment, news came from outside the tent that Liu Yuan, the deputy general manager, and several children of the Central Command, asked for a meeting. Shi Bao took a lot of effort to figure out the person coming, and then nodded to agree to the meeting. Soon, Liu Yuan, Chen Yu and others entered the tent full of medicine.

He probably asked Shi Bao about his condition and learned that Shi Bao had suffered a cold while patrolling the camp and was ill the next day. Liu Yuan also expressed his concern and asked Shi Bao: "Master, your noble body is suddenly ill, and now he is a great enemy. What if the thief army suddenly attacks after receiving the news?"

"Stay..., stick to it without fighting." Shi Bao replied ill and weakly, saying, "When my condition improves, it will not be too late to settle the score with the thief army."

"Master, please forgive me for taking the initiative to say something unlucky." Liu Yuan said again: "If your condition does not improve quickly and is even getting worse, what should I do?"

Shi Bao did not answer, moaned faintly for a while, and Shi Bao said weakly: "Let me think about it carefully. In short, I cannot go to war now. All military affairs will be temporarily handled by Shi Qiao."

Liu Yuan nodded, stopped talking, comforted Shi Bao a few more words and said goodbye. Shi Bao did not try to keep him, and asked Qiao Xian to leave together so that he could recover with peace of mind. As a result, after Qiao Xian left helplessly, Shi Bao's eyes quietly flashed, and he said intimately: "Pretending for three or four days, then you can summon the generals to announce your withdrawal."

He did it as soon as he said, deliberately lying on the hospital bed with difficulty in getting water and rice. After forcing himself to use hunger to make himself really weak, Shi Bao ordered the civil and military personnel of the entire army to be ordered to the Central Army's tent, and then deliberately let the personal soldiers carry him into the Central Army's tent on a stretcher. He sat in the position of command with weak steps, and announced to the Jin army's civil and military personnel in a weak voice:

"Everyone, you know the situation now. I suddenly became seriously ill and had been raising for several days without any sign of improvement. The pseudo-Han thief army has always closed its camp and continued to stalemate. Our army not only has no chance to defeat the enemy, but on the contrary, it is possible that because of..., my illness has affected the entire army's soldiers. So..."

After coughing twice, Shi Bao said in a weak voice: "So I decided to withdraw the camp tomorrow, and use Wenyang and Wenhu's subordinates to roam and cover the cavalry of Huangfu Chang. The entire army withdrew the food and waited for the imperial court's order..."

"Master, you can't retreat!"

Before Shi Bao finished speaking, the second young master Qiao Xian, who was lucky enough to attend the meeting by contributing most of the family's strength, shouted in despair, shouting: "At this time, the troops will be withdrawn, and all the cities, counties and counties in Shu that have not been occupied by the thief army are over!"

"Of course I know this." Shi Bao said illly: "But I am so sick. How can I lead troops to fight and kill the enemy? Without me, I will preside over the overall situation, and our army of more than 100,000 has no leader, how can we quell the thieves and eliminate Zhang Zhi's thieves?"

"Master, you can designate an acting commander! Plowing down Zhang Zhi's thief army is a major event in the court. How can the national plan be abolished just because of the Master alone?"

Qiao Xian was so anxious that he was speechless. As a result, just as Shi Qiao and Shi Chong brothers were glaring at each other, Deputy Chief Supervisor Liu Yuan suddenly spoke and said loudly: "What Master Qiao said is very true. Punishing Zhang Zhi's thief army is a major event in the court. How can the national plan be abolished just because the commander alone?"

Unexpectedly, Liu Yuan, whose nostrils are usually upside him, Qiao Xian was of course shocked, and Shi Bao was also very surprised. He glanced at Liu Yuancai and said, "Although what the Taipu said is very good, in addition to me, there is one person in the army who can shoulder the heavy responsibility of the commander of the entire army?"

"Of course there is." Liu Yuan smiled slightly, then pointed to Wang Chen, the chief supervisor who had not visited Shi Bao with him for a long time, and said: "Wang Jianjun is the general supervisor of the entire army, and the Zhenxi Army Department. According to Wei Guan Wei Boyu's previous example, he can be able to act as the head commander in an emergency. He elected Wang Jianjun as the head commander of the entire army, and led the soldiers of the entire army to continue fighting and quell the Zhang Zhi riots and chaos."

Before Liu Yuan finished speaking, Guo Zhang and the disfigured Xun Ji and other Zhongzheng children had already agreed, and they all agreed that Wang Chen, who was born in the Taiyuan Wang family, temporarily acting as the commander of the entire army, taking over the front-line Jin army like Wei Guan at the time. Wang Chen rarely smiled, pretended to be modest, and in turn recommended Taifu Liu Yuan as the commander.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Shi Bao could only say quickly: "All people, according to Wei Boyu's precedent, Wang Jianjun can indeed temporarily serve as the commander of the entire army, but the current situation is different from Wei Boyu's time. At that time, Zhong Hui's rebels intended to kill the generals and resign themselves, so Wei Boyu had to lead the troops to quell the rebellion. Now I am just in a bad state. Therefore, whether Wang Jianjun is temporarily waiting for me to lead the entire army must first seek the consent of Your Majesty and the court."

"Master, don't have to be so troublesome."

Liu Yuan smiled extremely sinisterly and took out an edict from his sleeve and said, "The emperor has an edict here. Please ask the general and the generals to kneel down to receive the edict."

Looking at the edict in Liu Yuan's hand, Shi Bao of course immediately understood that the situation was not good. He was caught off guard and Shi Bao was at a loss. He didn't know what to do. However, Liu Yuan smiled slightly at Shi Qiao and Shi Chong and said, "Two major generals, the general is sick. Please help the general get off the seat to receive the edict."

The Shi family father and son looked at each other, not knowing what to do, Liu Yuanze sneered again, "What? Grand General, two major generals, do you not even want to accept the emperor's edict?"

Forced by helplessness, Shi Bao could only stand up with the help of his two sons, walked to the ground and bowed down before the generals, saying that he would receive the edict. Other civil and military officials of the Jin army quickly knelt behind Shi Bao. Liu Yuanze walked to Shi Bao and stood in front of Shi Bao, and started the edict and recited:

"The emperor has an edict. If Shi Bao has any changes, the army will be temporarily led by the military supervisor, Wang Chen, the chief military officer of the West. The civil and military officers must obey Wang Chen's orders and restraints. If anyone fails to follow, he will be punished for resisting the order. I am here."

"Liu Jianjun, this..."

Shi Bao was hit by lightning. Although Shi Bao had already guessed that Liu Yuan had a secret edict in his hand, it was very likely that he would authorize Wang Chen. Liu Yuan took the secret edict he had taken, but he believed that Liu Yuan and others could only take action unless they found out that his rebellion was based on real evidence. However, Shi Bao never expected that Sima Yan would authorize Wang Chen to take over his military power at any time!

"Master, you haven't received the imperial edict yet."

Liu Yuan smiled and reminded that Shi Bao, who had backfired, looked sobbing. After a while, he said, "Liu Jianjun, can you delay it? In fact, my condition has improved a little. Just rest for another three or two days, and you may be able to recover quickly."

"Elder General, don't force it." Liu Yuan changed his name and said with a smile: "You have been so sick that you decided to withdraw your troops. How could you improve in a short period of time?"

"Yes." Sun Chu, who looked down on Shi Bao from the beginning, immediately agreed and said, "Elder General, you can quickly hand over the military power to Marshal Wang, and then you can rest and recuperate."

The children of the Central Command agreed and urged Shi Bao to hand over the military power as soon as possible. Shi Bao was secretly anxious, but he had no choice but to do anything. Liu Yuanze urged again: "Old General, it's time to receive the imperial edict. If you don't accept the imperial edict, the official will really not be able to explain to Your Majesty and the court."

"Please accept the edict!"

Sun Chu was the first to take the lead and shouted, and the other Central Masters' children spoke in unison, and shouted neatly: "Please accept the edict by the old general!"

When things came to this point, Shi Bao had no choice but to bite the bullet and answer: "I, accept the imperial edict."

He smiled and handed the edict to Shi Bao, and Liu Yuan smiled and said, "Old General, please take out the military talisman seal and ribbon. Marshal Wang is still waiting to be promoted to the tent."

He looked at Sun Shuo in despair. Seeing that Sun Shuo was hanging his head and did not dare to say anything, Shi Bao had no choice but to take out the military talisman and remove the seal, and held it in front of Wang Chen with trembling hands, and said in a difficult voice: "Master Wang, please accept the military talisman and seal, and also ask the commander to use troops carefully and never make any progress."

"Don't worry, veteran general." Wang Chen could no longer hide the happy smile on his face. He first took the military talisman seal with both hands, then strode to the seat left by Shi Bao to sit down, and said loudly: "Release the tent!"

After finally being the head commander of the entire army, the children of the Central Command were of course proud and proud. When they performed the ceremony of paying homage to Shangguan, they also had the same standard of movement, without any laziness and perfunctory manner as before. Sun Chu also deliberately said loudly in front of Shi Bao: "Sun Chu, please pay tribute to the new general. Please rest assured. If there is any dispatch in the future, the subordinates will definitely be in front of the horse and serve the best efforts!"

Unlike the middle-class children who turned over serfs, the poor generals of the Jin army who were previously valued by Shi Bao had different expressions. Some were worried, some had gloomy faces, and some were obviously worried, and they saluted Wang Chen, who was from a famous family very contrary to their will. Fortunately, Wang Chen didn't dare to act too recklessly just now, and did not rush to make any personnel adjustments. He allowed a group of poor generals to continue to lead the battles of the headquarters. He just confiscated the military power of the central army in the hands of Shi Qiao and Shi Chong, and handed over the core of the central army to his trusted generals.

The most important thing is next. After completing the military power delivery ceremony, Sun Chu couldn't wait to ask Wang Chen: "Master, what should we do next? Should we make every effort to build attack weapons and launch an attack on the bandits' camp as soon as possible?"

"No." Wang Chen gave an answer that surprised Sun Chu and said with insight: "The thief army camp is high and thick, with a huge attack. If you continue to attack head-on, you will not only not be able to succeed, but on the contrary, it may also lose more troops and further damage our army's aura."

"How will the general plan to fight?" Sun Chu asked again.

"First of all, of course, it is to inspire morale and boost the morale of the army." Wang Chen said confidently: "Immediately, from today on, I will send the three armies a large order to enjoy the soldiers for three consecutive days, so that our soldiers can eat and have the strength to fight. By the way, we will clearly tell our soldiers that in order to punish the people of Chengdu for treason and accompaniment of the thieves, after our army invaded Chengdu, the military discipline will be dissolved for three days, and the people of Chengdu's people can take their own money at will!"

"A clever plan!" The children of the Central Command raised their arms and cheered, rushing to praise: "The general's clever plan, in this way, our army will inevitably be very motivated, and it is impossible not to kill all the thieves!"

Greedy for the money of the people in Chengdu, and the military discipline has always been corrupted and often massacred the city and made money, the poor generals of the Jin army nodded and admitted that this was indeed a good way to boost morale. Only the Shi family father and son who had all the military power deprived did not say a word. Then Shi Bao asked: "Master, then how should we fight next?"

"Of course I sent a letter to a fight and inspire him to fight Zhang Zhi!"

Wang Chen answered more confidently and said, "Zhang Zhi's rebel thief is only over 20 years old this year. It is the time when his young and energetic personality is impulsive. Our army only needs to send an envoy to the bandit camp with a letter of war and anger Zhang Zhi's rebel thief with letters and words. This rebel thief will inevitably go out in anger, and then our army can take advantage of the situation to annihilate one!"

Shi Bao opened his mouth wide and asked in a while, with great shock, "Master, do you think you are sure of doing this? How treacherous Zhang Zhi's thief is, how could he agree to the decisive battle so easily?"

"How is it impossible? People are all shameful, and Zhang Zhi's traitor is no exception."

Wang Chen asked with confidence and turned to Sun Chu and said, "Zijing, you have good writing skills. You have been brewing for the past two days. Write a letter to me to humiliate and anger Zhang Zhi's thief. The next day we will send the letter to the thief's military camp and ask him to fight in the northern suburbs of Mianzhu the day after tomorrow!"

"Don't worry, the handsome man." Sun Chu patted his chest and said, "The letters written by the lower official are kept as even a shameful pig would commit suicide if he read them!"

In this way, because Shi Bao's backfire, the military power of the Jin army was handed over to the hands of the military supervisor Wang Chen. Then, let alone, because Wang Chen ordered a grand banquet for soldiers for three consecutive days, and promised to plunder the people's wealth at will after breaking through Chengdu. The Jin army was really cheering and morale was greatly boosted, sweeping away the previous sluggish atmosphere. At the same time, on the third day, Wang Chen actually sent an envoy who was not afraid of death to send a letter greeting Zhang Zhi's family to the Han military camp, and asked Zhang Zhi to fight the decisive battle the next day in the northern suburbs of Mianzhu.

This was also Wang Chen's first big move after he took power. Wang Chen, who was eager to achieve great achievements, certainly stretched his neck and waited for news. Fortunately, it was just noon that the Jin army envoy who was on the Han army camp quickly returned to Wang Chen. As soon as he met, he bowed to Wang Chen and said with a smile:
Chapter completed!