At Lü Bu's arrogant words, Zhang Liao abruptly remarked from beside him, "Remember to bring General Zilong and Minister Zhuge along, or the Cao Army's Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation will stop you again."
He had rubbed a handful of salt straight into Lü Bu's wound.
"Zhang Wenyuan!"
Lü Bu ground his teeth in fury and glared at Zhang Liao, wishing he could drag him outside and give him a savage beating right then.
This bastard was positively itching for a beating!
Seeing this, Liu Xie said, "We will postpone sending troops for now. First, let us consolidate the gains of this victory. There are still many matters to handle in Yan Province and Yu Province."
"Sima Yi, Kongming, you two must devote more attention to this."
Although Jing Province was important, there was no immediate hurry. The pressing task was to put the two newly recovered provinces in order.
Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi immediately grew solemn upon hearing this and replied respectfully, "We shall spare no effort and will not disappoint Your Majesty!"
Liu Xie nodded slightly and brought the court assembly to a close.
On their way out of the palace, Guo Jia and Jia Xu both approached Zhuge Liang to congratulate him on his promotion to Left Minster of the People.
"Kongming, you broke the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation through ingenuity this time. No wonder you dared pledge your life on a military order back then. You had extraordinary talents to rely on and nothing to fear."
"Our worries were quite unnecessary."
Jia Xu smiled at Zhuge Liang as he spoke.
They had thought Zhuge Liang was overestimating himself when he made that pledge. Now it seemed he had dared act that way because he had confidence in his abilities.
Guo Jia also praised