Xiaoqi

This situation would not have happened if the military adviser accompanying the army was any one of the four, Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Li Xuan and Zhou Yu.Because they have a lot of prestige in the army, and they are very familiar with the leaders and generals of the battalions, and even have deep personal relationships.

In contrast, although Zhuge Liang was Li Li's foster brother, he was too young, too inexperienced, and didn't have enough outstanding achievements. He only had one experience in commanding the army, and that was the battle of Lulongsai three years ago.However, although the achievements of that battle were recorded on Kong Ming's head, the generals in the army did not recognize it, and still regarded it as Li Li's achievement.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang's position as the left military adviser this time (the right military adviser is Fazheng) is quite suspected of nepotism in the eyes of the generals of the battalions. He was able to sit on the military adviser because of his dual status as Li Li's wife and younger brother. position.But in fact, the generals did not approve of him from the bottom of their hearts, so they took a skeptical attitude towards the military orders he conveyed, and made things difficult in every possible way; if it wasn't for the sake of affection, there might be some stunned young man who would dare to be rough on him .

This is the biggest drawback of the arrogant warrior

(Remarks: Moshang Sang, the name of a Han Yuefu poem, the original meaning of this article: the mulberry forest on the field path. Metaphor: the forest is big, and there are all kinds of birds.)

Chapter 168 Reconcile the generals and nourish the legacy of carbuncle

This is the biggest drawback of arrogant soldiers.

Many generals in the Xiliang Army are rebellious and rebellious, and there are many "thorns" among them. Ma Chao is a typical representative of them.

If the person who gave the order did not have enough outstanding records or enough prestige to intimidate the generals, they would not be able to control them at all, so they would encounter all kinds of difficulties and gags.

Prior to this, this phenomenon was not absent, but it has not attracted Li Li's attention.

Even if he occasionally heard some civil servants or generals respond, he just laughed it off and didn't really take it to heart, let alone start to solve the problem or deal with the relevant personnel.This is because he completely regards these trivial and trivial matters as the complaints of civil servants or some generals, which are irrelevant, not worth making a fuss about, and needn't be bothered.

But this time is different.The sudden incident last night had a huge impact and was extremely bad in nature. It not only affected Zhuge Liang's face, but also directly affected his life safety.

Since then, Li Li has to pay attention to it.It's about your own safety, how can you take it lightly?

Because of this incident, Li Li has not closed his eyes since the third night last night, thinking over and over again in his mind about this seemingly insignificant "trivial matter" that cannot be ignored.

Speaking of which, Zhuge Liang has been an official for more than three years, and now he is 20 years old, which is not too young.I think that when he was a teenager, Li Li followed his uncle Li Jue to fight everywhere. Before he was 16 years old, he led the army alone. At the age of 17, he was ordered to be released as the prefect of Wuwei County.Since then, he has been on his own, and since then he has conquered east and west, conquered south and north.The past ten years have been spent on horseback; the number of soldiers and horses under his command has grown from more than [-] at the beginning to nearly one million now, and the territory under his rule has grown from a few small cities to half of today's country.

to this day.Li Li is only 25 years old, 26 years old, not much older than Zhuge Liang.However, in his military career, he has never been made things difficult by his generals, and there has never been a precedent of disobedience. No one dared to disobey his orders, never.The root cause is that everything he owns now is made with real swords and guns, and all the civil and military forces under his command are recruited or conquered by him personally.He was also single-handedly raised and trained.

In contrast, Zhuge Liang's road to becoming an official was relatively smooth. He didn't experience too many twists and turns, lacked sharpening, and walked smoothly all the way without any setbacks.The most important thing is that Zhuge Liang has not been honed at the grassroots level, and he started very high. When he first became an official, he was a sacrificial wine in the General's Mansion.Then it was the military division offering wine, and then the left military division of the Southern Expedition Army today, whose rank is comparable to that of Jiuqing; and he has won the trust of Li Li, and he is really a close minister of the direct line.The "popular man" in front of Li Li.

At the same time, compared with generals, Zhuge Liang is a civil servant.Naturally, there are no visible and tangible meritorious achievements such as charging into the battle or beheading the general in front of the battle.Not only that, every war.There is no figure of him on the battlefield at all, and it has nothing to do with him to fight in front of the battle or lead the troops into the battle.All he did were behind-the-scenes matters, such as planning before the battle, commanding in front of the battle, or paying for pensions after the war.However, when it comes to rewards for meritorious service, civil servants or counselors like him are often ranked ahead of military commanders, and even rank first. The rewards are extremely generous, and it is easy to get promotion opportunities. It's entirely possible.

Because of this, the conflict between civil officials and generals has a long history, and it has been the same in all dynasties, and it is not uncommon.And this phenomenon is particularly prominent in Zhuge Liang, which is extremely conspicuous, and the generals in the army have been paying attention to him for a long time, and they have a lot of complaints behind their backs.It's just that they have never had the chance to show it, they have almost no contact with Zhuge Liang, and they seldom work together, or every time they work with him, Li Li always sits in the central army, so that they dare not make mistakes at all, let alone Provoke Zhuge Liang.

Perhaps it was these long-term suppressed feelings that finally broke out last night, so that when the situation was critical, the generals challenged Zhuge Liang face to face, which delayed for half an hour and almost trapped Li Li. in distress.

Not only that, when Zhuge Liang reported the incident to Li Li, Li Li could see that although Zhuge Liang stated the facts concisely and deliberately omitted the part where the generals headed by Ma Chao deliberately made things difficult for him, he was still depressed , there was a bit of humiliation in his eyes.

At that time, although Li Li saw some clues, he pretended not to know. Zhuge Liang didn't say anything, and he didn't ask.After the situation in Yizhou State Shepherd's Mansion stabilized, he secretly ordered Li Zhi to investigate, and in less than half an hour, he found out the whole story.This is the actual embodiment of Li Li's firm control over the army.As long as it's something he wants to know, even a general's secret can't hide it from him, let alone other things.

Therefore, more than a dozen generals headed by Ma Chao openly resisted Zhuge Liang's order, deliberately made things difficult and ridiculed him, which delayed the opportunity and almost caused a catastrophe.All these fell into Li Li's ears, and Li Zhi investigated them in detail, and almost repeated everything that Ma Chao and others said without saying a word.

The facts are exactly the same as what Li Li saw in Zhuge Liang's eyes. Zhuge Liang was indeed wronged, ridiculed and made things difficult by more than a dozen generals, and even claimed that he was Li Li's brother-in-law and righteous brother-in-law The matter, implying that he has gained today's power through nepotism, and the rest of the words are even more unsightly.Therefore, what Zhuge Liang has endured can no longer be regarded as making things difficult, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is humiliation.

Because of this, Zhuge Liang did not follow Li Li out of the city after dawn, but stayed in the city.Although he claimed to stay in the Wu Mansion to protect the safety of his wives, Li Li knew that this was just an excuse for him. In fact, he hadn't recovered after being swept away by Ma Chao and others, and he didn't know how to face them.

In addition, his stay in the city has another deep meaning.This is because he knew that nothing in the army could be hidden from Li Li, so he wanted to know how Li Li handled this matter, whether he reprimanded Ma Chao and others in public or punished them slightly, or ignored them and pretended not to know.

Faced with this situation, Li Li couldn't help thinking that Zhuge Liang seemed to have experienced a similar scene in history, and the humiliation he endured was even worse than this time.

At that time, Liu Bei went to Jiangdong to marry Sun Quan's younger sister. The 50-year-old man met Sun Shangxiang, who was in his young age and was born like a flower like a jade.Guan and Zhang, who stayed in Jingzhou, waited and looked around, but they still didn't see Liu Bei coming back, but they saw Zhuge Liang, who was sitting in Jingzhou acting as General Zuo, was as stable as Mount Tai, and didn't care about Liu Bei's life or death at all.Seeing this, Guan and Zhang were furious, and they immediately questioned Zhuge Liang, but Zhuge Liang said that the lord has been displaced for half his life, and now he is newly married, and he is in love with his concubine. It is reasonable to stay a little longer, and he will come back after a while .

But Guan and Zhang didn't agree with his rhetoric. Instead, they believed that he wanted to replace Liu Bei in an attempt to occupy Liu Bei's foundation and be the master himself.Then the two of them spoke ill to Zhuge Liang, overturning Zhuge Liang's case time and time again, and even swearing at each other.Since then, for more than a month, Guan and Zhang have been arguing every day; if they didn't know that Zhuge Liang is a scholar, and he is very resourceful, he has no plans to forget, which made the two of them have scruples, and they would have to be violent and beat him up. Zhuge Liang was looking for teeth all over the place.

Because of this, Zhuge Liang rarely used the two generals Guan Yu and Zhang Fei in history, and would rather let them sit on one side than lead them to lead the battle.In contrast, Zhuge Liang prefers to use generals such as Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, and Liao Hua. He will make good use of second-rate, third-rate or low-rate generals, but he does not use the brave and incomparable Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.But before that, he used Guan and Zhang to perfection, making them both famous in the world; but after this, he didn't need to Guan and Zhang anymore.

Time and space have rotated, and the situation in the world has changed drastically, but some things will happen sooner or later.It's just that this time it's no longer Guan and Zhang brothers, but Li Li's confidant and beloved general Ma Chao, and more than ten generals from the Longxiang camp.Surprisingly, none of the generals under Zhao Yun's account and those under Huang Zhong's account were involved in this matter, especially after Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong received Zhuge Liang's order, they readily accepted Zhuge Liang's order without a word of nonsense. There is no question either.

Only Ma Chao is busy.Pretentiously pretending to be confused, this guy clearly knew that Zhuge Liang could not pass on false military orders, but he insisted on making irresponsible remarks and making things difficult, so that the generals under his account followed behind to booing.

But is Zhuge Kongming someone to be bullied?

Didn't you see that in order to attract him, Li Li not only married his sister into the house, but also pulled his elder brother Zhuge Jin to his side, and regarded him as his righteous brother?

If Ma Chao had only offended Zhuge Liang, Li Li would at best reprimand him, and then ask him to apologize to Kong Ming and that would be the end of the matter.But Ma Chao is so dishonest, he wasted half an hour by making a fuss, and almost put Li Li in danger, which is extremely hateful.How can life and death be regarded as a trifling matter?

Longxiang camp, the big tent of the Chinese army.

When Ma Chao was still complaining about Zhuge Liang's many wrongdoings, Li Li was silent for a while, his face became more and more gloomy, and suddenly he reprimanded in a deep voice: "Shut up! You are so daring! For several months, Kong Ming has been by my side, You dare to say that you don’t know about the special department’s upload and delivery of military orders? Last night, General Ben went to negotiate with Liu Zhang’s mansion. The situation is so dangerous. It’s just that you are making trouble out of nothing and entangled with Kong Ming endlessly. , almost put me in danger! Ma Mengqi, are you guilty?"

Chapter 169

"For several months, Kong Ming has been by my side. He is in charge of sending out military orders. How dare you say that you don't know about it? Last night, the general went to Liu Zhang's house to negotiate with him. The situation is so dangerous. You are making trouble out of nothing. Kong Ming kept pestering me for half an hour, almost putting me in danger! Ma Mengqi, are you guilty?"

Amidst the stern reprimand, but seeing Li Li's angry face, the more he spoke, the more he became angrier.

"Ah! The last general..." Hearing the sound of the upper steps, Ma Chao, who was still chattering, changed his expression and exclaimed in surprise. He raised his head in astonishment, but met Li Li's gloomy and cold eyes in the air.

Suddenly, Ma Chao's neck shrank, his whole body trembled uncontrollably, his face was like a pig's liver, and he was stunned in horror.Immediately, he was pushed by the scribe next to him, causing him to wake up suddenly. Immediately, he stood up, knelt down on both knees, bowed his head and confessed: "The general will be convicted. Putting the lord in danger is an unforgivable death crime, and the general will be willing." Apologize with death!"

"Hmph! Apology with death?" With a cold snort, Li Li coldly looked down at Ma Chao whose forehead was on the ground, and said sharply, "Okay, very good, since you want to die with all your heart, I will grant you! Why, drag this guy out, ask him to kill him in public, and establish military discipline!"

Following Li Li's order, four soldiers from outside the tent entered the room, but when they were about to step forward, Li Zhi, who was standing at the door of the tent, blocked them with his hand, waving his hand to signal them to stop for now and move forward later.

Sure enough, the moment the armored soldier stepped over the threshold, the scribe who had pushed behind Ma Chao hurriedly got up and respectfully said: "My lord, calm down the anger of the thunder. Let me say a word, and then ask General Ma Chao if he will kill him?" Late!"

"Huh? Who are you? Why hasn't Gu met you before?" Li Li's expression changed slightly when he saw that the first person who stood up to intercede for Ma Chao turned out to be an unfamiliar scribe.said in amazement.

As a matter of fact, Li Li had already noticed this person's small actions just now. If he hadn't reminded him in time, Ma Chao would have been in a daze, and it would have been impossible for him to react so quickly, let alone bow his head and plead guilty immediately.So Li Li was very curious about this scribe who met for the first time, and there was a lot of praise in it, but he would not show it at this time.

In fact, although Li Li saw this person for the first time, he had already guessed his identity and origin.After all, all civilian officials who can serve in the army must obtain his permission.The positions he held were first recommended by the chief general (Ma Chao) or the commander-in-chief of the three armies (Zhou Yu), and then decided by him personally.Therefore, although he was a newcomer, he should have just joined the army, but Li Li already knew his name, because this person was transferred from Jincheng County, Liangzhou, by Zhou Yu's instructions.

"My lord, my humble minister Yang Fu, named Yishan, entered the army two months ago under the order of Zhou Yu's commander-in-chief, and served as the commander-in-chief of the West Route Army. Ten days (ten days) ago, the two armies from the east and the west joined forces. Governor Zhou Yu ordered my ministers to come to Longxiang Camp to join the army, and also lead Facao to work."

Just as Li Li expected, the person kneeling behind Ma Chao at this moment is none other than Yang Fu Yang Yishan, former Prime Minister of Jincheng County.

There was a pause in the voice.After seeing Li Li slightly nod his head, Yang Fu went on to say: "Last night, I also witnessed it with my own eyes. I am familiar with the whole story. General Ma Chao did something inappropriate, and asked the military commander many times why he didn't let the Longxiang Battalion enter the city. And first the military division asked for the master's warrant, claiming that there is no warrant issued by the master, so it will not be executed.

For this reason, the general argued with the military division, and both sides insisted on their own words and did not back down from each other.Seeing this, other generals in the battalion stepped forward to chime in and intervene, causing the dispute to become more intense, and the words were too aggressive, and even swearing at each other.Afterwards, General Zhao Yun and General Huang Zhong came after hearing the news, persuaded General Ma Chao and other generals, and stated their strengths; so far, General Ma Chao knew that the Lord went to Liu Zhang's mansion alone and was in a very dangerous situation.Immediately, General Ma Chao obeyed the order of the military division general, led his troops to withdraw from the north gate, retreated to the camp, and waited for the arrival of the lord. "

In this statement, Yang Fu did not make any embellishments, and reported it completely according to the facts, which was generally the same as what Li Li knew.So Li Li was noncommittal after hearing the words, and still stood with his hands behind his back, looking at Yang Fu expressionlessly. He knew that Yang Fu's next words should be to intercede for Ma Chao.

Sure enough, after seeing Li Li's noncommittal expression, Yang Fugong said: "For what happened last night, my minister bears the unshirkable responsibility, and the guilt is greater than that of General Ma Chao. As a member of the Longxiang Camp Joining the army and acting as a law officer, strictly supervising military discipline, restraining the generals and sergeants in the battalion to abide by the military regulations, and resolutely implementing the military orders of the lord are the duties of the humble ministers.

However, the military orders handed down by the military division are all oral, and there is no handwritten letter from the lord, nor is there a seal from the lord.Now that the war is in full swing, the commanders of each battalion should abide by the military regulations. Only when they see the lord's warrant or the tiger talisman seal can they mobilize troops and horses.The lord has made a decree long ago, if you see the tiger talisman, if you see the lord, all military orders must be issued by the lord, and you must have the lord's seal or the tiger talisman, and the two can only be counted together. Any other oral military orders will not be obeyed by the battalion generals; In emergencies, the order can only be executed after the certificate is correct.The incident happened suddenly last night. I didn't receive the military order from the lord beforehand, so the military division came to convey the order. Even if the lord ordered us to come, the commander still needs a certificate before he can carry it out.

Therefore, General Ma Chao did commit the major negligence of offending the military division and delaying the fighter plane, but he did not violate military discipline, nor did he have the heart to put his lord in danger and ignore it.In contrast, humble ministers have poor supervision and lax law enforcement, which almost caused a catastrophe, and the crime is unforgivable.Therefore, the humble minister asked for the death penalty, and asked the lord to clarify the canonical punishment, and to rectify the military law! "After finishing speaking, Yang Fu bowed his head in worship, willing to subdue the Dharma.

Before Yang Fu finished speaking, all the generals under the tent stood up one after another, bowed their knees, and said in unison: "The last general is willing to be punished, please forgive me, my lord!"

In an instant, there were only a few generals of the Jinyiwei who followed Li Li to the camp, Wu Yi, Dong He and two others were still sitting under the tent. The remaining 50 or so cases were almost empty, and all of them knelt in the middle of the tent and walked down the steps Extending all the way to the entrance of the big tent, even the four soldiers who had just been ordered to enter the tent to capture Ma Chao asked to beheaded knelt at the door and begged for punishment, pleading for Ma Chao's excuse.

Seeing more than [-] generals from the Longxiang Battalion kneeling down to plead guilty, Li Li's complexion instantly became extremely gloomy, his eyes were fierce, and there was a clearly visible hostility between his brows, and his whole body was overflowing with murderous aura .

"Okay, that's great! You guys are all in one mind, swarming up to plead guilty, don't you think that the law does not punish the public, so why can't you wait? It's a pity, such an act of coercion is for the lonely, It's useless! Since I raised my army, I have fought in the battlefield for more than ten years, how have I ever been coerced by others?"