After announcing the Northern Expedition, Liu Chan returned to his study.

Although the soldiers and horses are all in Chengdu, they still have to prepare for a few days before they can officially set out, and the estimated time should be three days later.

In the afternoon, Liu Chan finished dealing with the folds and was about to go back to rest, when the chamberlain Huang Hao walked in and reported: "Your Majesty, the envoy of Guishan Yan asks to see you." ”

"Again? Let him in. Liu Chan smiled, he naturally guessed Yan Yu's intention.

Princess Guishan has been coming to Yizhou for a year, and now Liu Chan is going to take a personal expedition again, and he doesn't know when he will be able to come back, Yan must have come to urge marriage.

"I've seen Your Majesty!" Yan came to the study and saluted Liu Chan.

Yan is actually half a Hanchen now, because he will not go back to Guishuang, and will always stay in Dahan, just like the embassy in such and such a country in later generations.

Yan arched his hand and asked, "I heard that Your Majesty is going to take the imperial expedition again?" ”

Yan knew a lot about the situation of the Han Dynasty, and Liu Chan did not sell Guanzi, and responded: "Yes, Cao Pi of Wei is seriously ill and is about to die, this is a good time for the Northern Expedition, this time I will take Guanzhong in one fell swoop and return it to the old capital." ”

Yan arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, my country's princess has been coming to Yizhou for a year, and for the past year, I have been teaching her Chinese dialect, and sending people to teach the princess the singing, dancing, embroidery, and results. Your Majesty is about to go on an expedition, shouldn't this marriage be?

Our lord has long admired His Majesty, and now that His Majesty has gone on the expedition, it will take at least a year and a half to come back, and then the princess is afraid that she will think about it. ”

Liu Chan couldn't help but feel funny when he heard this, he had never seen it before, and he thought about it, which was too much.

Liu Chan waved his hand and said: "The matter of the imperial conquest, I have already decided, it cannot be changed, it is only three days now, if I marry your princess, it will be a little hasty, this is a contempt for your Guishuang, you don't want me to do this, right?"

I will go on this expedition, I will recover Guanzhong, and I will settle the capital of Chang'an, and when the time comes, I will marry your princess in the new capital of Chang'an, what do you think? ”

Yan was overjoyed when he heard this: "If this can be done, it will be better." ”

The reason why Yan urged the marriage was because he was worried that Liu Chan would regret it, but now that Liu Chan agreed, he would naturally be relieved, and marrying Princess Guishuang with great fanfare in the new capital Chang'an would be more beneficial to Guishuang. In this way, Dawan, Kangju and other countries can know that Dahan and Guishan have married.

"Your Majesty......" sent Yan away from him, and Liu Chan was about to go back to the palace to accompany his child, when Huang Hao walked in again.

"What's the matter?" Liu Chan frowned.

"Letter from Jingzhou!" Huang Hao took out a letter and handed it to Liu Chan.

Liu Chan touched his forehead, and couldn't help but have a headache, Jingzhou's letter, he didn't need to read it to know what was said.

When Liu Bei died, Liu Chan promised Guan Yu and Zhang Fei that the Northern Expedition would bring them, and the last time Liu Chan brought Zhang Fei on the Northern Expedition, Guan Yu did not take him because he was in Jingzhou.

Now that Cao Pi is seriously ill, Guan Yu will definitely think that Liu Chan will go on another northern expedition, and this letter must be Guan Yu's letter asking for war.

Liu Chan still opened the letter and read it, and sure enough, it was Guan Yu's letter, which roughly meant that Cao Pi was ill, Sima Yi went to Luoyang, and now was the time for the Northern Expedition, so he asked to lead Jingzhou soldiers and horses to attack Fancheng.

Regarding Guan Yu's invitation to fight, Liu Chan naturally would not agree.

At present, Jiangdong has recovered its strength, if Guan Yu is a northern expedition, Jiangdong will attack Jingzhou, although Jingzhou now has half of Jiangxia, and there is Ma Jian to defend it, but it is still not safe.

What's more, it is Sima Yi who sits in Wancheng, although Sima Yi is in Luoyang, but once Fancheng goes to war, Sima Yi can come back in a few days, and Guan Yu will still not be able to take Fancheng at that time. It is even possible to lose in the hands of Sima Yi.

just rejected Guan Yu, Liu Chan was afraid that Guan Yu would be willful, and something would go wrong.

Helpless, Liu Chan had no choice but to write a letter to Guan Yu Chen Qing, Jingzhou soldiers and horses could not move for the time being, but he could let Guan Yu go from Shangyong to Hanzhong to join him and participate in the battle in Guanzhong.

As for Jingzhou, it was handed over to Guan Ping to guard.

Guan Ping is now twenty-six years old, with a stable personality, and Liu Chan focused on cultivating Guan Ping's commander at the beginning, and now his ability to use troops is not as good as Deng Ai, but it is not much worse, and Sima Yi can also make moves, and he will not be in chaos if he sits in Jingzhou.

Although Chengdu is far away from Jingzhou, it is connected by the Yangtze River, one in the upper reaches and one in the downstream, and it is very fast to transmit news from Yizhou to Jingzhou, and it only takes three or five days to go downstream.

After Guan Yu got the news, he went to Hanzhong from Shangyong, maybe he would arrive first.

Three days later, it was time to set out.

Liu Chan left Chengdu under the farewell of his ministers and led 50,000 soldiers and horses to the north.

This time, Liu Chan went north from the Sword Pavilion and headed for Yangping Pass.

On the way, Liu Chan let the fast horse go first, and informed Deng Ai, the governor of Yongzhou, and Zhang Ren, the governor of Hanzhong, to go to Yangping Pass to discuss the Northern Expedition.

Half a month later, Liu Chan led his troops to Yangping Pass.

Nanzheng is closer to Yangping Pass, and the day before Liu Chan arrived at Yangping Pass, Zhang Ren arrived at Yangping Pass.

As for Deng Ai, he is far away in Yongliang and has not yet come.

This time the Northern Expedition was mainly to attack Guanzhong, which was related to whether Chang'an could be recaptured and the old capital returned.

However, there are many roads to attack Guanzhong, and the specific way to send troops needs to be convened to discuss clearly, so Liu Chan summoned everyone over.

As for Ma Chao, now in Liangzhou, the distance is far, Liu Chan did not pass him over, but when Ma Chao is needed, he will still be notified to send troops.

A few days later, Deng Ai arrived at Yangping Pass, and at the same time, Guan Yu also went from Shangyong to Hanzhong, and after getting the news, he came to Yangping Pass.

came with Guan Yu, as well as Zhang Fei, Zhang Fei sat in Langzhong, because Liu Chan was out of the Sword Pavilion, so he asked Zhang Fei to go north to Hanzhong, and waited for Guan Yu to come over with him in Guanzhong.

The two brothers met again after three years, and the two swam together and entered Yangping Pass.

"I've seen Your Majesty!" As the Son of Heaven, Liu Chan naturally would not go out of the city to greet the two in person, but he also greeted the two outside the mansion. Guan Zhang saw that Liu Chan came out to greet him in person, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

Liu Chan hurriedly helped the two of them up: "The second uncle and the third uncle don't have to be polite, get up quickly." ”

"Cloud Chief!" Zhao Yun, Zhuge Liang and others saw Guan Yu and also walked up.

"Zilong, the military advisor ......" Guan Yu was also very excited when he saw Zhao Yun and Zhuge Liang.

"Zilong, you're old too!" Guan Yu is now sixty-five, his hair has all turned gray, and his three-foot green silk hair has also become white. Seeing that the fifty-year-old Zhao Yun already had gray hair on his temples, he couldn't help but sigh a little.

Zhao Yun sighed: "Yes, how can people not be old, but in our lifetime, it is not in vain to see the great Han Zhongxing." ”

Liu Chan smiled: "Okay, let's go in Syria first!" ”