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Chapter 429
Can Zhuge Dan be saved, and how?

Yang Zheng has been thinking about these two questions.

A person's character is his destiny. Zhuge Dan was determined to separate Huainan, and if he didn't try to make progress, his failure was already doomed.

This is where the great inertia of history lies.

Soochow rushed to help the country and fought bloody battles with the Wei army, but Zhuge Dan stood by and watched in Shouchun City, and only let Wen Qin and other Soochow soldiers go out of the city to respond.

If you calculate too much, sometimes you will hurt yourself.

Two Mount Tai are overwhelmed, and there are so many thoughts, such a person cannot be saved, and he cannot be saved.

Even if Yang Zheng sent someone to tell about the severe drought in Huainan this year, Zhuge Dan's first reaction might be to kill the envoy he sent instead of thinking about countermeasures.

Besides, with the current situation, there is no need for countermeasures on the Huainan battlefield, just a life-and-death wrestling.

The general situation of the world is basically clear and clear. After Sima Zhao pacifies Huainan, he will definitely send troops to the northwest.

There is no doubt about this.

Judging from the information sent back from Huainan, after Sun Chen withdrew, Zhuge Dan was in jeopardy.

In fact, this kind of method of overwhelming Mount Tai is the most unsolvable.

Sima Zhao doesn't play tricks with you at all, he just crushes you openly.

Soochow and Huainan are not opponents at all.

It is equivalent to Sima Zhao single-handedly singled out Zhuge Dan, Sun Chen, Jiang Wei, and himself.

Although Longyou was lost in Yongliang, in the overall situation, the Sima family still made a profit.

After Wu Guo experienced this setback, it is estimated that he will not have the enthusiasm for the Northern Expedition in the future.

The Kingdom of Shu couldn't say a word, and it hasn't eaten Chen Cang until now, and it has refused Zhou Zhi's assistance.

Yang Zheng felt that his kindness was taken as a donkey's liver and lungs.

This also shows that Jiang Wei distrusts himself more and more.

"The sixth batch of hunting cavalry from Henan returned to the Guzang camp today and captured more than 1 livestock and 4000 slaves." Meng Guanxin came to report.

This number is not surprising. Han Weiqing swept across the Henan area and captured nearly a million livestock.

It's October, the season for the livestock to go out.

This year is not a bumper harvest, but the government treasury has still collected 370 million shi of grain, and a total of 13 livestock have been slaughtered in Hehuang, Hequ, Liangzhou, and Hetao, and the Liangzhou treasury has been filled immediately.

Suo Jing fulfilled Yang Zheng's requirement of [-] horses a year.

More than 1 war horses, combined with more than 2 pack horses and rough horses, allow all the guards to ride on horseback.

Pawns can also be assigned two pack horses.

Mobei horses have only started to be cultivated on a large scale this year. According to this speed, they can be put into the army in less than three years.

The cavalry is the lifeblood of Liangzhou, and the only weapon that can break the situation in the future.

Therefore, everyone in Liangzhou attaches great importance to it.

In addition to war horses, another lifeblood is food.

The Grain and Moisture Department built granaries in Guzang, Jincheng, Tianshui, Shuofang, Zhangye, and Xihai respectively for grain storage.

In addition to the grain produced by himself, he also smuggled a lot of grain from the Shu area.

Today's Shu Kingdom is leaking everywhere, and since Wei Guan took charge of Shu Kingdom's affairs, Liangzhou and Shu Kingdom have become more closely bound together.

Open trade, Shu brocade, tea, lacquerware, cloth and silk, etc. were continuously sent to Liangzhou, traded in Guzang, and exchanged for leather livestock and war horses.

Secret trade, from Jiangyou to the north, through Yinping, selling everything.

Ordnance, armor, crossbows, food, etc., in exchange for a lot of luxury goods.

Even blueprints for crossbow armor were bought.

For a craftsman from the Shu Kingdom, the price in Liangzhou was as high as 30 taels of gold.

Whether you come by yourself or are sold, you can get this money.

Thanks to these craftsmen, pottery industries emerged in Longxi and Jincheng.

Paper quality is getting better and better.

Iron workshops and wooden workshops also ushered in great development.

I dare not say anything else, the swords and armor in Liangzhou are getting better and better.

The crossbow machine can shoot through iron armor within fifty steps.

According to Yang Zheng's request, both the bed crossbow and the chariot crossbow were built, with a range of up to four hundred steps, and with one shot, the real man and horse would be shattered!
Although this thing is bulky, but equipped on the city wall, it is a sharp weapon for defending the city!

Yang Zheng directly ordered Tiefang and Mufang to fully fire, and more than [-] of them were produced, equipped to Xiaoguan and Longshan defense lines, and then gave Sima Zhao a drink.

No allies are useful in developing themselves these days.

In other words, the stronger you are, the more allies you have.

You are weak, and there are hungry wolves staring at you everywhere.

"Where are Liu Heng and the others?" Yang Zheng basically doesn't need to worry about internal affairs. As long as people use the right people, and with Xuanyi Division's supervision and Jiu Camping as their eyes and ears, the prefects and county magistrates in Liangzhou basically still do things with their hearts. of.

Therefore, Yang Zheng could devote his energy to focusing on military affairs, and handle everything by himself.

"The news came back yesterday that after resting in Yunzhong City, they are about to send troops to Youzhou, but..." Meng Guan hesitated to speak.

"Just what?"

"Tuoba Liwei, head of Xianbei Suo, refuses our army to cross the border."

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Tan Shihuai, who was born in Daijun, unified the tribes of Xianbei and became the new overlord of the grassland. He plundered the Eastern Han Dynasty in the south, resisted Dingling in the north, repelled Fuyu in the east, and attacked Wusun in the west, restoring the prosperity of the Xiongnu for a time.

Divide Xianbei into east, middle and west.

After Cao Cao moved to Monan, the Southern Huns entered Bingzhou, and the Xianbei quickly occupied Monan.

After Tan Shihuai's death, Xianbei killed each other for a while, killing a Ke Bineng.

After Ke Bineng, Tuoba Liwei gradually became stronger.

Since the 25th year of Jian'an, Tuoba Liwei has risen in Monan, and led his troops to live in Changchuan (now Yanggao County, Shanxi, east of Datong). Years ago, as a son-in-law, he annexed the most powerful Wuluhui tribe in Western Xianbei, with 20 people in charge!
This son-in-law made Yang Zheng feel ashamed.

It is said that Tuoba Liwei is so awesome, but he is quite low-key.

He has always been friendly with the Central Plains, restrained his troops, stopped going south to plunder, made good friends with Wei State, and lived a good life.

When Sima Yi destroyed Liaodong, Guanqiu Jian destroyed Goguryeo, Tuoba Liwei sent troops to help.

The tribes of Xianbei in Yunzhong that Liu Heng slaughtered were nominally under the rule of Tuoba Liwei.

In other words, Yang Zheng has violated the interests of Tuoba Xianbei.

Tuoba Li kept a low profile, so he didn't always have a strong sense of presence.

"Hurry up quickly, tell Liu Heng not to be an enemy of the Tuoba tribe for the time being, and clean up the chaos in Yanmen first." In the current situation, there is no need to provoke a strong opponent.

With 20 cavalry, Hetao will never be peaceful.

"Wei!" Meng Guan took the order and left.

Yang Zheng ordered Du Yu and Wei Guan to be summoned.

How to get along with Tuoba Xianbei has become a top priority now.

"The two counties of Yunzhong and Dingxiang are close to Tuoba and far from Liangzhou. It is not appropriate to dispute with them at this time. I heard that Tuoba's power is only in his [-]s, and time is running out. The leaders of the Xianbei tribes have always been dead. If you are in the position, you will fall into civil strife, the general might as well wait a little longer." Wei Guan said.

"Over 80 years old?" Yang Zheng was astonished. Sima Yi lived to be 73 years old, which is considered a long life.

Du Yu said: "Tuoba Xianbei has 20 people who control strings, our military strength is not enough, and my subordinates also suggest to make friends with Tuoba Liwei for the time being."

Not everyone can play Cao Cao's record of defeating Wuhuan.

And when Cao Cao broke Wuhuan, he also took a huge risk.

Now that Teacher Lao is going on an expedition to Daijun, and fighting Tuoba Liwei to death, it is better to send an army south to attack the Kingdom of Shu to gain more...

Far and near, not far and inbreed.

"Then send an envoy and bring some special products from the Western Regions to find out what Tuoba Liwei means." Yang Zheng ordered.

(End of this chapter)