Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 179
"My lord, Liu Bei used this method to attack Zhang Lu. This matter is definitely not good for my lord. You must not agree to it!" After the banquet for Zhuge Liang was over, Huang Quan, Wang Lei and others hurried to find Liu Zhang and remonstrated with each other desperately.

"Brother Gongheng, your words are too alarmist. Uncle Liu Huang is beating Zhang Lu, how can he be against the lord?" Zhang Song asked with a smile.

"My lord! I know that Liu Bei treats people leniently, he is gentle and can overcome rigidity, and he is invincible; he is far away from the hearts of the people, and near the popularity of the people; he also has the wisdom of Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Xu Shu, Chen Gong, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Feng, Zhao Yun, Gan Ning, Zhang Liao, and Wei Yan are the wings. If you get their soldiers to enter Shu, it will be like luring wolves into your house. Now if you listen to my minister's words, Western Shu will have the safety of Mount Tai; if you don't listen to your minister's words, the lord will be in danger of laying eggs." Huang Quan is anxious. typical.

Liu Zhang was hesitating, but he heard Fa Zheng from the other side say: "Brother Gongheng's words are wrong. Uncle Liu Huang attacked Zhang Lu on the Yongshan Road and did not pass through our Yizhou territory. How can he lure wolves into the house?" ?And Zhuge Junshi once said that at that time, only a surprise army would be sent to Hanzhong through Jiameng Pass, the number of which would not be more than ten thousand. I have no fewer than one hundred thousand soldiers in Sichuan. Be too cautious."

"This?" Huang Quan was also speechless when he heard the words.He knew in his heart that after years of battles, the combat power of Liu Bei's army was definitely more than one level higher than that of the Yizhou army, but in any case, it would not be equal to ten.If they dare not agree to even [-] Jingzhou troops, they are basically blatantly admitting that their army's combat power is useless, and the generals in Sichuan really have nowhere to put their face.

Seeing Huang Quan being refuted by Fazheng, Liu Zhang was speechless, so the balance in his heart was completely tilted towards Fazheng, so he said at once: "Since that's the case, then I will agree to brother Xuande's request. "

"My lord, even though this is the case, you must be cautious. My lord, you can send your trusted generals to strictly guard the two important passes, Jianmen Pass and Jiameng Pass." Looking at the situation, Huang Quan knew that he would not be able to convince Liu Zhang Completely rejected, and can only retreat to the next best thing.

"Well, according to the view of fairness, what should we do?" Liu Zhang is not a person who has no defense at all. Hearing that Huang Quan's words are reasonable, he also nodded and asked.

"Brother Wu Ziyu can be sent to lead the army to guard Jianmen Pass, and Wu Lan and Lei Tong can be sent to guard Jiameng Pass. In this way, even if the Jingzhou army has a different intention, they can take precautions." Huang Quanlue pondered.

"Just as Gongheng said!" Liu Zhang thought about it and felt that there was nothing wrong with it, so he decided.At this time, Yang Hong, the prefect of Shu County, remonstrated: "My lord, although General Zhang Ren captured Dangqu and Badong two counties years ago, most of the people in the two counties retreated to Hanzhong with Zhang Lu. Now the people of the two counties It’s only [-], the fields are barren, the officials are lacking, and the political affairs are deserted. If we don’t deal with it as soon as possible, I’m afraid these two counties will be taken back by Zhang Lu.”

"How could this be?" Liu Zhang couldn't help but wondered when he heard the words.

"Alas!" Yang Hong also sighed: "Zhang Lu is a man who runs the army with a cult, is a cult, and most of the people in the two counties were bewitched by him to become believers. Once Zhang Lu left, they followed suit. went."

"Then how should it change?" Liu Zhang was also a little anxious now, and asked quickly.

"Now that spring plowing is just around the corner, let's relocate some people from Shu County, Brazil and other places to restore some vitality to the two counties first!" Yang Hong mused, and then added: "But this law can cure the symptoms but not the root cause. It is right to defeat Zhang Lu as soon as possible."

"It's reasonable, I will personally write a letter to brother Xuande, and ask him to enter the army as soon as possible!" Liu Zhang nodded and said, since he went to write a letter and didn't mention it, the rest of the people dispersed.

"Yongnian, do you think what is the meaning of what Duke Yang said today?" Fazheng asked suddenly, still in the Fazheng trio, still in Zhang Song's house.

Meng Da didn't expect Fazheng to ask Yang Hong suddenly, he was surprised, but Zhang Song smiled and said: "In my opinion, Duke Yang's hope for the Jingzhou Army is no less than mine!"

"That's right!" Fazheng laughed, and then sighed: "Although Huang Gongheng's words are reasonable, they are treating the symptoms rather than the root cause."

"What does Xiao Zhi mean by that?" Meng Da wondered.In terms of knowledge, he is far inferior to Zhang Song and Fazheng. In his opinion, from the perspective of defending Xichuan, Huang Quan's suggestion can be regarded as foolproof.

"Zidu, how do you think Liu Huangshu compares to Zhang Lu?" Fazheng did not directly answer Meng Da's doubts, but asked him this question instead.

"It's far better!" Meng Da replied honestly.

"Exactly! Just imagine that with Zhang Lu's talents, occupying Hanzhong can still compete with Xichuan. If Uncle Liu Huang wins Xichuan, who can Xichuan compete with? Not to mention that behind Uncle Liu Huang, there are the lands of the five states as backing?" Zheng asked with a smile.

"That's right!" Meng Da suddenly thought about it, and the three discussed again for a long time without mentioning it.

In the next few days, Liu Zhang, as a landlord, hosted a banquet for Zhuge Liang every day, and prepared a generous gift for Zhuge Liang to return to Liu Bei.After ten days in a row, Zhuge Liang left Chengdu, took a boat down the river to Chaohu Lake, and then went to Shouchun by land.

"Kong Ming's contribution to Sichuan this time is not small!" Liu Bei repeatedly praised Zhuge Liang after hearing Zhuge Liang's detailed account of his trip to Xichuan.With Liu Bei's current strength, as long as Liu Zhang agrees to borrow, it is only a matter of time before Zhang Lu's defeat.

"Kong Ming, you have entered Sichuan this time, so how is the situation in Central Sichuan?" Pang Tong thought more deeply.

"The land in central Sichuan is fertile, and the household registration exceeds one million. The country of abundance is well-deserved. However, Liu Jiyu is mediocre in intelligence and unable to manage affairs. Chaos has begun to appear in Xichuan." Zhuge Liang sighed.

"What does Kong Ming mean by this?" Liu Bei signaled Zhuge Liang to elaborate.

"Alas!" Zhuge Liang sighed, "People in Sichuan are very conservative. After Liu Jiyu and his son entered Sichuan, they used outsiders arbitrarily, which already caused dissatisfaction among Sichuan people. The two factions each occupied important positions in Sichuan and Zhongwu, and they fought endlessly. The year before last The people of Sichuan once rebelled against Liu Zhang in Ba County, tens of thousands of soldiers died in battle, and the people of the three counties were displaced. Moreover, Liu Jiyu indulged in pleasure and ignored political affairs, so the chaos in Central Sichuan is not far away."

"So that's it!" Liu Bei also nodded and sighed, and then asked everyone: "In your opinion, when should I march?"

"My lord, the Sun Clan's rebellion has just been quelled. Although it didn't hurt the vitality, it also consumed a lot of money and food. It is not appropriate to use weapons at the moment. Let's wait until the summer grain is collected!" Chen Qun, who is in charge of logistics, remonstrated at this time.Liu Bei nodded, but first ordered Guan Yu and Zhao Feng in Jingzhou to organize their troops first and prepare to march into Hanzhong.

"Okay!" In Xiangyang City, Guan Yu was overjoyed after reading Liu Bei's edict, and then circulated the edict to everyone after reading it. For a while, all the generals were overjoyed.

"Your Majesty, the June debt will be repaid quickly. This piece of Lu Qianfan committed a crime, and now he will have to pay the price!" Huang Zhong was the most impatient, and after reading it, he smiled happily.

"That's right!" Guan Yu stroked his beard and smiled.He is a born war lunatic, but since Jingxiang was put down two years ago, he has not been able to go to the battlefield again.To Guan Yu, this was really a pain in the ass.

"At present, I have a total army of 15 in Jingxiang. I don't know how many troops and horses the prince will mobilize, and who will be sent to Hanzhong?" Wen Pin's temperament is much calmer than Huang Zhong's, and he asked after a moment of hesitation.

"Zhang Luhan's army is only tens of thousands, and he was defeated by Zang Xuangao before. Now there is nothing to fear." Guan Yu said disapprovingly, and then frowned slightly.Although Jingzhou has 15 horses, Guan Yu also knows that Zhao Feng has always been responsible for Jingnan's affairs, and it is not appropriate to use his 6 or 5 horses.Thinking of this, Guan Yu also made a decision: "I will lead [-] people from Shangyong to attack Xicheng. Han Sheng, Zilie, Yuan Dynasty and Yuan Jian will follow me. Zhuge Ziyu will join the army to learn about military affairs. Zhongye, you stay in Xiangyang , Zhengfang defends Fancheng, and then asks Wenda in Wancheng to be on guard, lest Cao Cao's old thief sneak in."

"Promise!" Wenpin and the others agreed with a loud bang. At this time, Huang Zhong couldn't help but wondered, "Why does Zhang Lu of Hanzhong go out in person and bother so many generals? Wait for the old man to lead ten thousand strong men to go, capture and kill Brother Zhang Lu is!"

"Han Sheng doesn't know something. I'm not just doing it for Hanzhong, but also to guard against the people in Guanzhong!" Guan Yu sighed, and Zhuge Jin nodded when he heard the words: "The old thief Cao Cao has always been treacherous and cunning. If he ordered Yan Liangwen in Guanzhong to be ugly If we send out troops suddenly, we will inevitably be attacked on both sides.”

"So that's how it is!" Huang Zhong and the others suddenly realized.Although Cao Cao was plotted by Xu Shu, Zhao Feng and others in the early days, Cao Cao was plotted by everyone so badly that he was almost trapped to death in Yuzhou.But now that Cao Cao has occupied Jizhou and Bingzhou in Hebei and half of Qingzhou, his strength has greatly increased, and the threat to the Liu Bei Group is also very different.Just like the previous six-way attack, although Liu Bei resolved it, it was unavoidable to be in a hurry.Right now Cao Cao is only leading a small force to conquer Mobei, and there are tens of thousands of troops in Guanzhong, which is also a force that should not be underestimated.

The current guard in Guanzhong is Yan Liangwen Chou, both of whom are figures in the Four Courts of Hebei.Guan Yu had seen Gao Lan's abilities before, and with his martial arts, he could only be the last seat in the four court columns. No matter how arrogant Guan Yu was, he would not dare to turn a blind eye to Yan Liangwen.At least, Dong Xi, Chen Wu and the others will not be sent to deal with Yan Liang, Wen Chou.Weighing it carefully, I am afraid that only myself and Huang Zhong can compete with them.

At the same time in Hanshou, Zhao Feng, who was busy training new recruits and surrendering troops, also received an order from Liu Bei, asking him to gather more than 1 people to prepare to enter Sichuan from Fuling and use Liu Zhang's troops to leave Jiameng Pass to cope with the situation. Guan Yu's army captured Hanzhong.

"My lord is going to seize Hanzhong?" Ma Liang said excitedly after reading the edict.Zhao Feng nodded and looked at the expectant crowd, but he couldn't help but lament in his heart: "Mother's father has only been on vacation for a few months, he has just healed his injury, and he hasn't fed Mi Er, that little goblin, yet he wants to feed you again. Old Liu has done his best."

But these words can only be muttered in his heart, Zhao Feng also knows that with so many generals under Liu Bei's command now, he and Guan Yu cooperate the most tacitly, who should he send for this kind of thing?Besides, the men and horses along the way were only to support the feint attack, and ordinary people may not really value such a small contribution.

"Ji Chang, there are still more than 5000 soldiers in the new army and the surrendered army, and they are still practicing, and these soldiers will be transferred to Jiaozhou after the exercise, so it is inconvenient for me to transfer them. Besides, I am only going this way for a feigned attack, and I will I don’t need too many soldiers and horses, I can only bring [-] troops. Besides, there are many mountainous roads in the middle of Sichuan, and it is very inconvenient for the cavalry to walk, so I only lead [-] light cavalry to accompany me. Generals, let Youping and Yifeng go with me. Yes. After I leave, you will take care of the affairs of the four Jingnan counties." Zhao Feng thought for a while.Right now there is no war in Jingnan, Ma Liang is good at internal affairs, he is enough.

"Don't worry, general, I will take care of everything." Ma Liang nodded, and then said with some hesitation: "The general is going to march into Hanzhong this time, and I will ask the general to fulfill one thing."

"What's the matter?" Zhao Feng looked at Ma Liang who was hesitating in front of him, Zhao Feng couldn't help asking a little puzzled, Ma Liang's temperament has always been very straightforward.

"Hey, hey. My younger brother, Ma Di, is 15 years old this year and has yet to become an official. I would like to ask the general to take him into Hanzhong, so that he can have more experience in the army." Ma Liang said with some embarrassment.

"So that's how it is!" Only then did Zhao Feng realize that he was asking himself to help him mention his younger brother.However, this pony who lost the street pavilion in history is only 15 years old now, so it must be exaggerated + young and crazy.

"This matter is easy to talk about, but I don't know what kind of talent Lingdi has, and what position can he occupy in our army?" Zhao Feng asked with a nod.

"Alas!" Ma Liang sighed, and then said with a wry smile: "Brother She was smart and talented since he was a child, far above me, but his temperament is frivolous. Liang just asks the general to train She Brother, let him calm down a little, it will be of great benefit to him in the future. As for how far it goes, it's up to the general himself!"

"It's so?" Zhao Feng was quite surprised when he heard Ma Liang's request, but after thinking about it, he understood that Ma Liang knew about it.Now it's rare that someone as kind as himself can help him mention Ma Su, so I beg myself.

"Since that's the case, Ji Chang can ask your younger brother to come here as soon as possible, and we'll make a decision after I meet." Zhao Feng felt that it was better to meet in person before making a conclusion.

At the same time, Zhuge Liang, the prefect of Shouchun who had just taken office, also hurriedly wrote a letter in his own mansion, and handed it to a young man standing beside him.The man took the letter, hesitated for a moment and asked, "Second brother, will General Zhao use this letter from you?" He is Zhuge Jun, Zhuge Liang's youngest brother.

"Third brother, don't be too ambitious!" Zhuge Liang said seriously, and then explained carefully: "Now you have just graduated from the mountain, and your reputation has not yet been revealed. Who will use you again? Brother, I just want you to follow General Zhao to send troops this time." Xi Chuan, adding more experience will be of great benefit to people in the world in the future."

Zhuge Jun was silent when he heard the words, and he said after a long time: "Wang Zhongxuan wrote an article that slandered General Zhao. I agreed with him. I don't know if he will?" what.

"Third brother, don't worry, General Zhao is definitely not a narrow-minded person, and there is a letter written by me here, and he will never abolish the public for personal reasons." Zhuge Liang comforted.Zhuge Jun had always admired his elder brother's insight, so he let go of half of his heart after hearing what he said, so he packed his bags and went to Jingnan to join Zhao Feng.

"Alas!" Seeing his younger brother's figure going away, Zhuge Liang also sighed softly in his heart.In terms of intelligence, my younger brother is inferior to myself and my elder brother Zhuge Jin.The only way out now is to let him practice as much as possible in actual combat.But on the battlefield, the sword has no eyes, and he, a rookie, would be killed if he went into battle easily, so he could only practice through these small-scale battles first.At present, apart from Zhao Feng, there is really no other place where his brother can experience this condition.

Another two months passed, after the harvest of summer grain was completed.Guan Yu and Zhao Feng followed the agreed date to launch separately from the fifth day of the lunar calendar.Guan Yu led an army of 5000 out of Xiangyang to Shangyong; Zhao Feng led [-] troops out of Hanshou and entered Sichuan from Yidu County.Naturally, such a large-scale mobilization of troops in the former could not be concealed through meticulous work, and the news had already reached Zhang Lu in Nanzheng within a short time.As for the latter, due to the small number of people, it is not so noticeable.At least, Zhang Lu didn't notice.

(End of this chapter)