Go back to the Three Kingdoms to grow vegetables

Chapter 557 Three Attacks and One Defense

In Chang'an City, Liu Bei temporarily lived in Dong Zhuo's Xiangguo Mansion, which has now been changed to Duke Qin's mansion. Since Liu Bei was changed to Duke Qin's mansion, a famous Chinese scholar Fei Xun held his sword in front of the mansion and said: "If Liu Bei calls himself king, he will commit suicide."

Bai Mubing thought it was a lunatic who hung up the mansion plaque and then committed suicide. This incident shocked Sanfu. Liu Bei buried him richly after hearing about it, and raised his son Fei Yao in the mansion.

It took half a year for the situation to calm down, but there was another wave of undercurrents in the alliance of loyal Han people in Chang'an City, especially when Zhang Lu sent troops to Hanzhong to ask for help. Many people believed that Liu Bei would definitely send troops to Yizhou, and then cited Ma Teng and others After the attack, the three assistants can be determined.

Ever since Zhang He got the Imperial Forest Army out of Chang'an, Liu Gousheng's Jinyi police patrolled the city quickly, and Huang Xu led the Jinyang soldiers to guard the city gate, the curfew in Chang'an City has become worse day by day, especially at night when the rangers wander around the city, which also makes Veterans of the Han Dynasty Ma Rike, Zhao Qi, Yang Biao, Zhou Zhong, Zhao Wen, Chun Yujia, Shi Sun Rui, etc. communicated with each other.

With Dong Zhuo as a lesson from the past, these old foxes are more careful when dealing with Liu Bei. Most of the time they are watching Liu Bei's actions with cold eyes, and they will choose to shoot only when Liu Bei makes a wrong step.

However, Liu Bei went to Sanfu for disaster relief, bandit suppression, farmland, business, recruiting refugees, building schools, and ditches. In addition to Daxing the palace and proclaiming the public, it is simply the prelude of a Mingjun. Since ancient times, Mingjun has good ministers. Who would not want to be famous in history for good ministers? ?
The slow-moving Kansai gentry could only watch the Yingchuan gentry go down in history.

However, a wise ruler and a good minister can go down in history, as can a foolish one. For example, Fei Xun, who advised Liu Bei not to call him a public servant in front of Liu Bei's mansion, whether Liu Bei is a wise ruler or a foolish ruler, Fei Xun is destined to go down in history.

This time, the Kansai gentry chose the same route as Fei Xun, but unfortunately the method was different. With Zhao Qi as an old bone, it is guaranteed that even if they fail, the political struggle will never be carried out on the heads of several aristocratic families in Kansai.

"Is there any movement from the old guys in the city?"

Since Liu Bei got the news from Hanzhong, he never concealed that he wanted to conquer Yizhou himself. He had planned for several years. The hateful thing is that the old thief Liu Yan died too early, otherwise Liu Bei would have personally killed the culprit who killed his first child.If the child didn't die, he would probably be ten years old now!
In Liu Bei's study, a black-robed man wearing an armor mask said in a hoarse voice: "All kinds of news show that these old fellows have agreed to invite Ma Teng and Han Sui into the third assistant while the lord is marching south to Yizhou."

"Will Ma Teng come?"

Although Ma Chao was also instigated by Lu Chengjun, and Ma Teng also had a lot of contacts with Lu Chengjun, but after Sanfu was empty, could Ma Teng withstand the temptation?
Liu Bei can't guarantee it.

The stern-faced man said: "It's possible that you won't come. After all, after Ma Teng called himself General Fubo, he took him as an example. If the Kansai gentry send heavyweights to talk about it, Ma Teng will definitely come."

Liu Bei rubbed his ears annoyed when he heard the words: "It's another four-front battle, whether the food and grass can keep up, the battle to conquer Shu must not be defeated by the food and grass."

Xun Yu, as the official history of the Duke of Qin, went forward and said: "Last year, Bingzhou, Sanfu, Zhongshan, Changshan, and Hedong all had good harvests. Except for Bingzhou, the rest of the counties did not have enough farmland. However, fighting on four fronts, three offenses and one defense are enough. Deal with the situation this year."

"Three offenses and one defense?"

Liu Bei was surprised and asked: "Isn't it three defenses and one offense?"

Guard Sanguan and Wudu in the west, Zhongshan and Changshan in the east, Luoyang in the south, and mainly attack Yizhou.

Guo Jia said: "My lord, you often say that offense is the best defense."

Liu Bei nodded, this is a good statement: "Is there enough food and grass?"

Liu Bei looked at Su You, who was promoted by Liu Bei to be Duzhi Zhonglang General, Su You said: "If you attack three times and defend one, unless you stop the construction of the imperial palace and the expansion of Meridian Road."

"No."

Liu Bei was still hesitating, but Xun Yu had already retorted: "My lord has invested a lot in the early stage. If the construction of Miyagi and Ziwu Road is stopped, many young and strong can only be dismissed and returned to their original places. Using it will definitely lead to endless troubles, even if the battle to conquer Shu is abandoned halfway, the construction of the palace cannot be stopped."

Xi Zhicai glanced at Guo Jia, and seeing Guo Jia's silence, he knew that he had given up the opportunity to himself. In fact, Xi Zhicai spent more than a year mainly recuperating his body, and occasionally exchanged information with Li Ru.

Li Ru is the man in the iron mask in the house. In order to avoid people's eyes and ears, Li Ru put on an iron mask and swallowed carbon fire to change his voice. Li Ru endured for more than a year and finally took over the intelligence agency under Xi Zhicai's hands. The gun will go off soon, and he swears it will shock the world.

Xi Zhicai now has only one idle job left, which is Yongzhou animal husbandry. Although it is convenient to enter and leave Liu Bei's mansion, Xi Zhicai can't wait to get out of the mountain. Once the battle of conquest of Shu is successful, it will lay the foundation for Liu Bei to become king. It's a battle to become king, and Xi Zhi doesn't want to let go of this opportunity.

"My lord, in fact, offense may save more food than defense."

Liu Bei was surprised: how do you say this?

Xi Zhicai said: "My lord, did Jia Wenhe ever think about the lord asking for food and grass in Wuyuan for several years?"

Liu Bei thinks carefully, it seems that there is no, and most of Shuofang's grain and grass come from Wuyuan.

Xi Zhicai asked again: "My lord put Jia Wenhe in the north because he wanted to take advantage of his identity as a Wuwei native to conquer Wuwei. Has Wenhe asked the lord for food and grass to go out again?"

Beidi and Anding had been transporting grain from Hedong the year before last, and it was only after the autumn harvest last year that they transported less grain. This also made Liu Bei think that Jia Xu would not make any moves in two years?

Xi Zhicai said: "I don't know if my lord has seen Jia Wenhe's memorial. He is preparing to support my lord's battle to conquer Shu. In the beginning of spring, he ordered Zhang Xiu to enter Wuwei. If Han Sui has any changes, he will attack Jincheng from Wuwei."

"Oh!"

Liu Bei really didn't see this memorial.

Now Liu Bei uses the Kaifu to integrate the forces under his command, and is quietly reforming, with Changshi, Biejia, and Zhizhong acting as three senior officials, Zhongshu, Menxia, ​​and Shangshu respectively. , Duguan (Ministry of Punishment), Two Thousand Stones Cao (Ministry of Rites), Craftsman Cao (Ministry of Industry), and Five Soldiers (Ministry of War).

Take the decree from the long history, don't drive the seal and refute it, and follow it in the governance.

Xi Zhicai was engaged in the job, and the job belonged to Biejia. Liu Bei didn't see this letter and could only say that Biejia rejected it.

Xun Yu said: "I have also seen this memorial, and it has been handed over to Biejia Chen Ji. I don't know why my lord didn't see it."

Liu Bei's heart trembled when he heard the words. It seems that Jia Xu, Xun You, Jian Yong, etc. must be transferred back from the local government. Otherwise, only the shepherds will be too subservient, and the central government will only cause greater losses. .

"Someone knows about this matter, let's continue."

Seeing that Liu Bei was not angry, Xi Zhicai then said: "Wenhe can use war to support war, and so can we. I heard that Hanoi Dafeng and Zhang Yang died in Hanoi. People in Hanoi are thinking about it. If Wang Kuang is allowed to fight in Hanoi Because, Hanoi will definitely be able to confine the Yuan family for a long time, so Zhang Fei can be ordered to leave Hanoi, Zhang Fei can leave Hanoi, and Hanoi is now Yuan Shao’s granary, in order to protect the granary, Yuan Shao will definitely not attack Zhongshan and Changshan again, this attack.”

"Let Xu Rong go out of Yingchuan, go down to Runan and Chen Guo, and break the Yellow Turban of Yuzhou. Not only can a large number of people enrich Luoyang, but also solve the army rations. At the very least, Lu Bu can still have a place to stay after his defeat. These two attacks."

"Three, Yizhou has not had a war for several years, and the treasury is full. The Lord's conquest of Shu may not be as difficult as imagined."

"The first guard is to guard Wudu, Sanguan, Longguan, and Liupan Mountains. As long as these passes are in hand, the lord is still afraid of Ma Tengfei coming over."

Liu Bei nodded again and again after hearing this, and ordered people to prepare immediately, and set up troops in Hanzhong a few days later.

(End of this chapter)