Yizhou；　Yongchang；　Zangge；　and　Yuesui。　Thirdly；　you　must　send　an　ambassador　to　Wu　with　fair　promises　of　an　increase　of　territory；　and　so　induce　Sun　Quan　to　march　one　hundred　thousand　troops　to　the　attack　of　the　Three　Gorges；　making　Fucheng　his　objective。　The　fourth　army　can　be　got　from　General　Meng　Da　in　Shangyong；　who　can　muster　one　hundred　thousand　troops　to　attack　Hanzhong。　Lastly；　our　own　force　of　one　hundred　thousand　troops　may　be　placed　under　Cao　Zhen；　who　will　attack　by　way　of　Yangping　Pass。　With　five　hundred　thousand　troops　making　simultaneous　attacks　along　five　different　directions；　it　would　be　hard　for　Zhuge　Liang　to　hold　his　own；　even　if　he　had　the　talent　of　Lu　Wang*　himself。〃

The　scheme　delighted　Cao　Pi；　who　at　once　cast　about　for　four　glib…tongued　messengers。　He　also　issued　a　mission　to　Cao　Zhen　as　mander…in…Chief　with　the　order　to　take　Yangping　Pass。

At　this　time　Zhang　Liao　and　most　others　of　the　veterans　who　had　served　Cao　Cao　were　keeping　watch　in　various　stations　and　passes　and　fords　in　Jizhou；　Xuzhou；　Qingzhou；　and　Hefei。　They　were　not　summoned　for　this　expedition　to　the　west。

After　the　accession　of　Liu　Shan；　the　Latter　Ruler；　many　of　those　who　had　served　his　father　gradually　died　after　the　decease　of　their　master。　The　work　of　the　administration　of　the　country；　the　choice　of　officials；　law…making；　taxation；　decision　of　legal　cases；　was　all　done　by　the　Prime　Minister。

As　the　Latter　Ruler　had　no　consort；　the　courtiers；　headed　by　Zhuge　Liang；　proposed；　saying；　〃The　daughter　of　the　late　General　of　the　Flying　Cavalry　Zhang　Fei　is　prudent；　and　she　is　now　seventeen。　Your　Majesty　should　make　her　Empress。〃

So　Lady　Zhang　was　married　to　the　Emperor　and　became　Empress　Zhang。

It　was　in　the　autumn　of　the　first　year　of　Beginn