Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 919
Zhuge Liang and Zhang Liao were looking at the map in front of the Hannan army camp in the south of Fulousha. During this period of war, the style of the Southern army was completely displayed. Captain Lu led a group of troops to attack all the way. Arriving at the southernmost coastal area of ​​Guishuang, he declared that Guishuang was dead along the way, wooing the local nobles and powerful men, and marching at the fastest speed.

Sun Ce led an army to attack the southeast. It is said that he has joined forces with the Yangzhou Navy, and Zhou Yu of the Overseas Mansion also led the Yangzhou Navy to fight with the Guishuang Navy and successfully landed from the south. As for Ma Chao These generals were chasing and killing the army of the nobles who were fiercely opposed in the south. The entire Guishuang, except for the Fulousha area of ​​the royal city, had been occupied by the Han emperor.

Originally, Zhang Liao thought it was a bit risky to do so, because many generals were sent out to attack. If Wangcheng went out to attack at this time, it might ruin the current good situation. However, Zhuge Liang told him firmly that Wangcheng would never Out of his trust in Zhuge Liang, Zhang Liao boldly took this risky action when he sent troops to crusade.

Sure enough, as Zhuge Liang said, Guishuang had no intention of going out of the city to attack at all. Even after Zhuge Liang deliberately made the opponent aware of the decrease in the number of soldiers on his side, the opponent became more cautious, and even the refugees refused to attack. Accepted, maybe during this period of time, Zhuge Liang dealt them too much of a blow. Under Zhuge Liang's various schemes, all parties in Guishuang were full of loopholes, and they were not opponents at all.

But at this moment, they have ushered in the most difficult moment. Most of Guishuang has been pacified, but the Han army has a lot of expenditures. In this ghost place, the supplies of the Han army can't keep up. Here The roads in the village are too bad. The roads in the villages of Dahan are much smoother than the so-called main roads here, and the national treasury is already in a hurry. Liu Ba's letters are full of pleadings, hoping that Zhuge Liang can end the war as soon as possible.

"Linggong, this royal city is really solidly built, and there are a lot of troops. If you attack rashly, I'm afraid you will have to mobilize troops from the south, which will cause the south that has been pacified to fall into turmoil again. Moreover, there is still an old thief from Nuxia who has not yet come. Can kill and may counterattack at any time. Duke Ling, what should we do?" Zhang Liao asked, frowning.

He himself didn't realize that he is really dependent on Zhuge Liang now, just because, in this war, Zhuge Liang told everyone what the art of war is, from the initial collection of information to the subsequent reasons for starting the war , To instigate rebellion against the nobles in Gaofu City, to stabilize King Guishuang, cut off the connection between King City and the rest of the area by surprise, and then force the south to surrender by propagating the news that King Guishuang is dead.

Even now he continues to let some refugees into the king's city, declaring that Nuxia is king, Guishuang is completely wiped out and other news, which hits the morale of the king's city. Zhuge Liang plans several times, one after another, the poor Guishuang himself I didn't even think about it, how could it be so fast, it would take more than a year to walk from Gaofu City to Wendeya Mountain even on a normal journey! !
Zhuge Liang is extremely sensitive to the battle situation, and at the same time has a long-term vision. The marching strategy he set is really extraordinary, and it convinced Zhang Liao and Guan Yu. At the same time, he is still in charge of the logistics of the Han army. It can be said that Xiao He, Han Xin, and Zhang Liang's affairs in the past were all handled by him alone.

Therefore, after realizing the difficulty of breaking through the royal city, the first thing Zhang Liao thought of was whether Zhuge Linggong had any good strategies to solve the current situation. Zhuge Liang pondered for a moment before he said: "General Guan offered a plan earlier and wanted to make the King Guishuang replaced Nu Xia, but this King Guishuang is not so stupid, he actually killed the internal response we arranged."

"It's impossible for him to replace Nuxia. However, we can still find flaws in the defenders of the royal city. These people were forcibly recruited to defend the royal city a year ago, and their hometowns have been blocked. Breaking through, we can call some people in the south, find their families, and persuade them to surrender. If we can talk, the king's city will be broken without attacking. Conflict broke out."

"It's the best time for us to attack the city", Zhuge Liang said slowly, Zhang Liao was overjoyed, slapped his thigh, and shouted with a smile: "It should be like this!" Zhang Liao hurried out, and was about to send someone to The south brought back some people. Zhuge Liang sat in the tent and continued to look at the map in front of him. Now Guishuang has almost been pacified, leaving only the royal city.

And he also took a look at the situation in Guishuang himself. Indeed, it is very suitable for farming here, but these Guishuang people do not understand farming techniques, and the farming techniques are very backward. Now this land is in the hands of the big man. Zhuge Liang I feel that this can increase the food income of the big man ten times, so that this war is worthwhile.

There are quite a few people here, and the main problem is how to maintain the stability here after the war is over. Zhuge Liang felt that the original nobles here must migrate to the Han Dynasty, leaving the people at the lowest level. Xizhou also implemented migration here, and firmly controlled it from the bottom. In this way, there will basically not be too many turmoil in Guishuang.

What's more, the people here are also different from the people of the Han Dynasty. They are more or less submissive, especially those who are called untouchables. There are tens of thousands of people. Facing three or four Han soldiers, there is no There is no intention of resisting at all, and they don't even have the so-called righteousness of the country in their minds. Whether it is King Guishuang or the Han army, they seem to be the same for them.

The war is not over yet, but Zhuge Liang has already begun to think about the establishment of the system here in the future, as well as the problems of counties and counties, as well as the problem of language and writing. Zhuge Liang still needs to think about many problems. He is busy, and suddenly soldiers enter He got out of the tent and said, "Mr. Ling! An envoy from Guishuang has arrived!"

"Oh?" Zhuge Liang was taken aback. This was the first time Guishuang sent an envoy, "Let him in." Zhuge Liang said, and after a while, a young Guishuang came in, followed by a group of people. A translator, Zhuge Liang asked with a smile: "Your honored guest, are you safe here?" The messenger was shocked, because Zhuge Liang asked this sentence in Guishuang language.

The envoy's eyes widened, and even the translator behind him was also taken aback. The envoy bowed respectfully to Zhuge Liang, and then said, "See you, Your Excellency!"

"You don't have to be so polite when you get up." Zhuge Liang smiled, and his words were very gentle. He pulled the man and sat down. After that, he exchanged greetings for a while and asked about the situation in the city. Privately, Zhuge Liang asked: "Your Excellency, did you bring any request from King Guishuang?"

The envoy shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Your Excellency, I don't know him. I stopped treating him as a king. He is a crazy and dishonest liar. I came here this time to surrender. He intends to surrender. He was also afraid that he would be executed if he surrendered, so he asked me to come." The messenger then informed Zhuge Liang of all the affairs in the palace.

Zhuge Liang was overjoyed in his heart, but he didn't show it. He shook his head and said, "He is the majestic king of a country, how could he surrender?"

"Oh, Your Excellency, I don't know... Alas." He sighed and said nothing.

Zhuge Liang squinted his eyes and said: "My big man never kills those who surrender. Of course, as long as he is willing to surrender, everything is easy to talk about." Killing the people in the royal city, they are all under coercion, they are not intentionally resisting the heavenly soldiers, if you can forgive them, I am willing to persuade King Guishuang to surrender."

"We have already captured other areas of Guishuang, but we have never killed the people in any area. Even those who were organized by the nobles to resist us, after capturing them, let them return to their hometowns. How could we kill them? Where are the people in the king's city?" After some conversation, Zhuge Liang ordered the envoys to visit the captives.

The envoy saw many captured soldiers and talked with them for a long time. Sure enough, the Han army did not kill them, or even abused them. Their lives are better now than when they were soldiers in Guishuang, and they are unwilling to leave. went.

The envoy left very happy. He was confident that he could convince King Guishuang.

Zhuge Liang was also very happy, but he still didn't relax his vigilance.

In the city of Shilustuo, the veteran looked at the young man who came to inform him, his eyes were full of confusion, "What did you say?"

"The king is about to surrender? This...how can he."

The young man was working in the palace. In the past wars, he was saved by the old general. Therefore, after learning about the affairs in the palace, he ran here privately with his people. Under the killing, more than 20 people died. In the end, he was the only one who entered the city with two soldiers. When he told the old general what happened in the palace, he clearly saw the light in the old general's eyes disappear. .

"Why is that?" Nuxia lowered her head.

"Your Majesty will also present your head to the Han army. As a gift, he sent someone to bring poisoned wine to the general. The Han army will not stop this army." The young man lowered his head and said.

The old general stood up slowly, took off his helmet, revealing his messy white hair, his body was covered with scars, almost no good parts, even the left ear was cut off in half, he looked into the distance in a daze, The eye sockets gradually became moist, "Why, I have never done a single bad thing in my life, why do the gods always treat me like this?"

"Guishuang is gone. I'm sorry for the late king."

"sorry."

The veteran couldn't bear it any longer, and wept softly.

(End of this chapter)