Liu Chan hurriedly said to the crying generals in the room: "Old General Zhou died of illness, I know that everyone is very sad in their hearts, and I am also very sad in my heart.

It's just that this matter can't be known to the second uncle for the time being, the second uncle is very old, if he knows the news of General Zhou's death, he is afraid that his health will be damaged...... So please calm down! ”

When the generals heard this, they put away their cries.

Liu Chan immediately said to Wang Fu and Zhao Lei: "Now that General Zhou has died of illness, this matter needs to be hidden from the second uncle and his old man." It's just that now the weather is getting hotter, but General Zhou's body can't last long.

Therefore, I also asked the two generals to take General Zhou's body back to Jiangling later, deal with the aftermath, and wait for me to take Nanyang, and lead the generals to pay respects in front of General Zhou's grave. On the second uncle's side, he said that General Zhou's serious illness suddenly occurred and he was sent to Jiangling overnight to recuperate. ”

The two of them gave their hands to the order: "Weichen obeys the order!" ”

Liu Chan said again: "You first collect the body of General Zhou here, quickly take General Zhou's body across the river, and I will go to the second uncle to delay time, so that the second uncle will not wake up and find General Zhou." ”

"No!" The ministers surrendered their hands to the command.

After Liu Chan said that, he left Zhou Cang's residence, and the generals were busy collecting Zhou Cang's body and arranging the crossing of the river.

Guan Yu's residence is next door to Zhou Cang, and when he came to Guan Yu's courtyard, Liu Chan didn't see Guan Yu, and called the attendant to ask, saying that Guan Yu drank with Zhou Cang until midnight last night, and he hasn't woken up yet.

It's a good thing that Guan Yu didn't wake up, Liu Chan didn't bother Guan Yu, just waited in the courtyard, if Guan Yu woke up and wanted to find Zhou Cang, Liu Chan would delay the time.

Time came to noon in a blink of an eye, and the generals had already collected Zhou Cang's body into the coffin, and Wang Fu and Zhao Lei had already crossed the river with the coffin.

It is estimated that he drank a little too much last night, and there was movement in Guan Yu's room after Wang Fu and the others left, and it is estimated that he woke up, Zhou Cang's coffin has already crossed the river, and Liu Chan does not need to delay time, otherwise Guan Yu will notice if he talks too much.

summoned the subordinates who knew about Zhou Cang's death, warned them not to tell Guan Yu about it, and returned to the palace. When this kind of thing happened, Liu Chan was not in the mood to continue to discuss the use of troops today, so he told the generals to discuss the matter of sending troops tomorrow.

The next day, the congregation will gather again in the palace.

Liu Chan said to the generals: "Now the soldiers and horses of Jingzhou have led the troops across the river, the total strength of our army has reached 80,000 people, 10,000 cavalry I have let the third uncle and Zhang Bao lead the troops to Wancheng, 70,000 foot soldiers under the leadership of Zhang Ren to collect the counties in the east of Nanyang, and now Wancheng has 63,000 soldiers and horses. ”

Liu Chan paused and said, "Now that the weather is getting hotter, I plan to lead the army north to attack Wancheng tomorrow." However, the eastern part of Nanyang is close to Jiangxia, and now Zhang Ren only has 7,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and I am afraid that Jiangxia Wenpin will lead troops to rescue.

Therefore, he planned to send 13,000 troops to the east of Nanyang and gather 20,000 troops to prevent Jiangxia Wenpin's troops. Liao Hua, you will lead 13,000 troops to Zhang Ren's place to listen to it. ”

"No!" Liao Hua surrendered his hand.

"The rest of the generals will go with me to Wancheng tomorrow."

"No!"

"Your Majesty......" At this time, a slightly older civil official of His Royal Highness stood up and said: "General Zhou died of sudden illness, and our army died before the battle, this is a bad omen, I am afraid that the war will be unfavorable, and please Your Majesty do not rush to send troops." ”

Liu Chan waved his hand and said: "This is a vain statement, not enough to believe, the old general Zhou is over seventy years old, died without illness, and when he died, he smiled and said something unpleasant, it can be regarded as a joy and mourning, how can it be disadvantageous in the war?"

If you don't send troops now, will you wait for Hu Zhen to transform Wancheng into a cement city wall before sending troops? Don't say this kind of thing in the future, or I will definitely punish you for the crime of disturbing the morale of the army. ”

Nowadays, it can be said that it is very common for people to live to 70, and even the average life expectancy of people has reached more than 70 years. But in ancient times, it was remarkable that a person could live to be 70 years old.

You must know that before the liberation of New China, the average life expectancy of people was only 32 years old, and the reason why the average life expectancy has reached more than 70 years old is because there is no war, and the standard of life and medical care is getting better and better.

During the Three Kingdoms period, in addition to wars, there were also various epidemics raging, resulting in a pitifully low life expectancy, according to which it is inferred that the average life expectancy was only 22 years.

There are so many famous people in the Three Kingdoms, civil ministers and military generals, their quality of life is very high, and they have better medical conditions than ordinary people, but there are still very few people who can live past the age of seventy, and they can be counted on one hand.

Characters like Ma Chao, Fa Zheng, Xun You, Lu Meng, Lu Su and others who died without fighting have an average life expectancy of about 50 years old.

Therefore, Zhou Cang lived to be seventy-two years old and died, which can be regarded as a happy mourning.

was scolded by Liu Chan like this, and the general didn't dare to say anything.

"Let's hurry up and prepare, and set out early tomorrow morning!"

The next day, Liu Chan led an army of 50,000 to the north to conquer Wancheng, and the remaining 13,000 soldiers and horses were taken by Liao Hua to the east of Nanyang to join Zhang Ren.

As for Guan Yu, now that the weather is getting hotter, Wancheng here, sleeping in the open along the way, Liu Chan was worried that Guan Yu's body would be difficult to support, so he persuaded him to stay in Fancheng to recuperate.

On the other hand, after Liu Chan defeated Zhoutai, he sent Zhang Fei and his son to lead 10,000 cavalry north to Wancheng to destroy Hu Zhen and rebuild Wancheng.

Caiyang is more than 300 miles away from Wancheng, and the father and son led the cavalry north, but in three days, they arrived at Jianyang County, which is fifty miles south of Wancheng.

10,000 cavalry, all men and horses eat, consumed a lot, because Zhang Fei did not carry much grain and grass before leaving, so when he arrived at Jianyang, the army carried not much grain and grass baggage.

On the official road to Jianyang, Zhang Fei led 10,000 cavalry to walk on the official road.

Zhang Bao said to Zhang Fei: "Father, it's already afternoon now, and there is Jianyang in front of you, and Jianyang is still fifty miles away from Wancheng. Before dark today, I'm afraid I won't be able to get to Wancheng.

And our grain and grass baggage has been almost eaten, the child thought that he could take the thorn sun first, and then replenish the grain and grass, and go north to Wancheng. ”

Zhang Fei nodded and agreed: "Okay, let's take down Thorn Yang first." ”

Then, 10,000 soldiers and horses sped up and soon arrived at the foot of Thorn Yang City.

Due to the proximity of Jianyang City to Wancheng and its location in the center of Nanyang, although it is very prosperous, there are also 300 soldiers in the city.

The army arrived at the city of Jianyang, and the county lieutenant got the news and led his troops to the city to resist.

When the county commander saw the mighty and majestic Han cavalry under the city, he couldn't help frowning and said, "Why are so many cavalry here?" Didn't the governor send a state general to garrison Fancheng? How could the Shu army divide so many soldiers and horses? ”