Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Loss inside the wall and make up outside the wall

In the first year of Huanglong, 211 AD, the Second War of Cao Liu Zhijian came to an end.Both sides defended their original borders on the eastern front, while the counties of Guanzhong and Hanzhong, Weiguang and Anding were captured by Sima Yi taking advantage of the chaos.There was a lot of chaos until late spring, when Pang Tong was shot dead by Zhang Ren's archers when he attacked Luocheng, and Liu Pan was killed by Zhao Feng. So far, all the turmoil has come to an end.

In the city of Chengdu, Zhuge Liang, Huang Quan and others who hadn't seen each other for several months breathed a sigh of relief after seeing Zhao Feng.Not only because he, the backbone, is back, but also because he brought back the main force of the Sichuan Army.In this way, the original state of stretched troops will be improved.

"Kong Ming, when I was away, Xichuan was thanks to you!" After learning about the latest situation, Zhao Feng also said a few words politely.Zhuge Liang smiled wryly when he heard the words: "The general is serious. Now that Hanzhong is lost and the three counties of Longxi are lost, the only way to communicate with Xiliang is through the Wenshan mountain road. It is lucky that the general does not blame us, how dare we take credit for it! "

"Kong Ming, there is nothing you can do about your lack of troops. Fortunately, the lord has returned to Xuchang. I will rest and recuperate. In a few years, I will be able to march north again to fight Cao Cao." Zhao Feng said half It's comforting, half encouraging.Everyone said a few more words, but it was Huang Quan who sighed and said: "This Sima Yi saw the opportunity quickly, and actually took the opportunity to occupy Guanzhong and Hanzhong. Now he is also a prince, and his strength should not be underestimated."

"Hehe, Gongheng, you're making a mistake. Although Sima Yi looks very good now, in fact, he is seeking his own destruction." Zhao Feng laughed. When he said this, it was not only Huang Quan, but also Huang Quan. Even Wang Lei and Ma Di were a little puzzled, but Zhuge Liang thought about it for a while, and seemed to realize something.

"What does the general mean by that?" It was Qin Mi who asked the question.Zhao Feng didn't sell Guanzi, and directly said to everyone: "Now that Sima Yi occupies Guanzhong and Hanzhong, it seems to occupy the foundation of the pre-Qin and Gaozu's careers. But when Gaozu and Pre-Qin founded the business, the world was in chaos, and it was also a melee among the princes. Only then can they send troops from Guanzhong to occupy The world. But now the lord and Cao Cao are facing a north-south confrontation. Although Sima Yi's strength has grown rapidly, he is too weak after all. Neither the lord nor Cao Cao can afford to offend him. Take profit. But let me wait here right now, forgive him for having nothing to do." Zhao Feng said lightly.

"What does the general mean, that Sima Yi's actions have exposed himself even though he has obtained temporary benefits?" After all, Ma Di has a flexible mind, and he understood Zhao Feng's meaning after a moment of pondering.Zhao Feng nodded.This is also the conclusion he reached after discussing with Liu Bei before leaving Xuchang.It was the night before he left Xuchang, Liu Bei had a drink alone with him as usual.Of course, compared with the previous one, the atmosphere this time was relatively relaxed.After three glasses of wine, Liu Bei asked Zhao Feng what he thought of Sima Yi.

"This son is a monster!" Zhao Feng simply borrowed Di Renjie's evaluation of Yuan Tiangang from history, and Liu Bei thought it was quite appropriate.However, after seeing Zhao Feng's fear of Sima Yi, Liu Bei really thought that he was a little unfounded.

"Bei don't dare to boast, but he still has a bit of knowledge of people. This time, Sima Yi took advantage of His Majesty's death to make a big fuss, sweeping Guanzhong and Hanzhong all at once. But I think he is more than scheming and righteous. Insufficient. You must know that governing the country is like cooking small fresh food, and you must pay attention to the degree of heat. Now that Sima Yi is blindly cheating, I am afraid that it will not be a great tool." Liu Bei said thoughtfully.

"My lord's words are true!" Zhao Feng heard Liu Bei's words, and recalled that the Sima family in history was indeed full of viciousness, lack of atmosphere, and lack of talent.In the end, before the country was in a good climate, it began to be pinched internally, and the gang of barbarians were cheapened in vain.

"Now that Pang Shiyuan is plotting rebellion, the Jingxiang scholars are unavoidably anxious. I will transfer Kong Ming to Xuchang after a while." Liu Bei said.After thinking for a while, Liu Bei said again: "Now that Sima Yi is occupying Guanzhong and Hanzhong, if he wants to attack, his troops will be directed towards Xichuan or Sili. Sili is still under the rule of Cao Cao, so we have nothing to do. But Xichuan But you are here, so this Sima Yi is up to you to deal with! In the future, if you use troops against Hanzhong or Guanzhong, you can do it cheaply, so you don't need to ask me."

"Master, this?" Zhao Feng never expected that Liu Bei would entrust him with such a task, so how could Sima Yi be easy to deal with?But Liu Bei didn't seem to care much, and just said to himself: "This Sima Yi has more than enough scheming, but not enough air. Bo Tao, you have a delicate mind, but you are magnanimous. No one can deal with this person except you. I am here with Cao Mengde Confrontation, it will be difficult to spare the strength to deal with Guan Zhong for a while, so Sima Yi will deal with you first!" Seeing that Zhao Feng seemed a little unconfident, Liu Bei couldn't help but wondered: "What's the matter, Bo Tao, could it be that you compare him to this person? fear?"

"Exactly!" Zhao Feng did not deny his fear of this person who dragged Zhuge Liang to death in history.I don't think Liu Bei heard the words really a little funny and said: "Bo Tao, you think highly of this person, this Sima Yi is nothing, compared to Sun Zhongmou who was entrenched in Jiangdong that day?" After saying this, Zhao Feng was startled.

Yes, why should I fear Sima Yi?In history, he was raped by Zhuge and almost died in Shangfanggu. If Cao Shuang was not too stupid, would it be his turn to be arrogant?Now that he was himself, and with so many civil and military talents in Xichuan and Xiliang, he still couldn't deal with Sima Yi?Thinking of this, Zhao Feng felt a little funny about his previous anxiety.Later, he thought about it, and it should be because he has a subconscious fear of Sima Yi, because this guy is really too dark.

Although Liu Bei didn't say it clearly, Zhao Feng understood what he meant, that is, Sima Yi left it to him to clean up.After thinking about this point, Zhao Feng quickly got ready.It's a pity that Lao Liu and Lao Cao had both suffered from the fight before, so that they didn't have three or two years to recuperate. I'm afraid it would be difficult to start the war again.After losing Hanzhong on his side, Xichuan's strength also dropped sharply. Even with Xiliang added, it can only be regarded as equal to Sima Yi's strength.To defeat this opponent, Zhao Feng has a long way to go.But he clearly felt the urgency of time, six years had passed since he promised Zuo Ci the old way.Now the situation is not only not clearer, but also more chaotic because of Sima Yi's intervention.Zhao Feng didn't want his whole life to be busy fighting with people.

In addition to the rise of Sima Yi, the death of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty also brought Zhao Feng quite a lot of emotions.Although it is only a puppet, but as the Emperor of the Ninth Five-Year Supreme, he was killed in the wild like this. From this, it can be seen that human life is too easy to lose in troubled times.Zhao Feng himself is a general, no matter how well-planned his strategy and how brave he is in combat, he is likely to end his life by a stray arrow of unknown origin just like Xia Houyuan.After realizing this, he cared more about his relatives.Zhao Feng believes that if the world is peaceful at this time, then he will definitely resign immediately without hesitation, and then accompany his relatives to enjoy the happiness of that day.It's just that now is not the time to slack off.

"General, due to Sima Yi's violation of the border this year, the harvest of Zitong and the second counties of Brazil will be greatly affected. I am afraid that the tax can only be collected by 3% or [-]%. However, Li Deang has smoothed out most of the South Central. According to the book just last year Regarding the registration situation, Zhudi and Xinggu have added more than [-] households. Although the tax cannot be collected this year, it will be collected next year." Zhuge Jun reported in detail while comparing the household registration book in his hand.

"That's not bad. The Nanzhong refugees have just been resettled, so we don't need to collect taxes for the time being." After thinking for a while, Zhao Feng continued to ask: "How is the situation of the army?"

"Currently, the Sichuan army and the frontless flying army have a total of more than 4 people. In addition, there are about 150 soldiers from counties in Brazil and other places, and field soldiers from Nanzhong." Huang Quan reported on the side.Zhao Feng made a rough calculation, Xichuan's population is only about 9 million, and the county soldiers and field soldiers can be self-sufficient. The people alone can support more than [-] troops. Although it has not reached the limit, it is almost the same.

"It's still too slow!" Zhao Feng muttered in his heart.It takes a year to recuperate, and then it takes more than a year to complete the recruitment training.If things go on like this, what year will we be able to fight again?Of course, he also knew that it was not only him, but even Liu Bei and Cao Cao were working hard to restore their vitality.Especially the latter, after losing Guanzhong all of a sudden, it was difficult to win Guanzhong for a while, so I worked hard from other places.

In May, General Xiahou Dun was ordered to lead an army out of Liaodong to conquer Sanhan.In June, Xiahou Dun defeated the Three Koreas and brought 12 troops from Fuyu, Goguryeo and other countries.Millions of stones of food and grass from various countries and about 30 households of the people were moved into Bingzhou and Qingzhou as military settlements to reclaim wasteland.In this battle, Cao Cao gained great benefits.There is a saying that losses inside the wall are made up outside the wall. In this way, Cao Cao used the fastest speed to make up for the loss caused by the loss of Guanzhong.Even if he couldn't make up for it completely, he still recovered most of his anger.

With such a good thing, Liu Bei will naturally not let Cao Cao focus on beauty.Under the conquest of Huo Jun, the guarding general who was stationed in Yizhou, several Baiyue people in Yizhou who had been in trouble since last year were beaten to death by Huo Jun.Under Liu Bei's instructions, Huo Jun did not engage in massacres, but sent more than 1 young and strong prisoners and more than 3 Baiyue households to various parts of Jiangdong and Yuzhou by boat in batches. It also reduces the pressure on the Central Plains. (Note: In history, Sun Quan did recruit thousands of people from Taiwan, but only once was recorded)
But this advantage, compared with Cao Cao, is a drop in the bucket.Liu Bei was feeling that he did not have such a soft neighbor like Sanhan. At this time, Wu Ju, the newly appointed governor of Jiaozhou, came to report that he was from the Cham tribe in Jiaozhi and Yulin. When Cao Cao was fighting, he killed the county magistrates of Xiangshan and other counties to stand on his own.Moreover, Ruan Fugui established his own country, proclaimed himself king, and even issued an "edict" asking Wu Ju to come and worship.Although Jiaozhou originally had [-] troops, most of them were just transferred by Huo Jun to attack the Baiyue people in Yizhou.In addition to the shortage of troops, Wu Ju had no choice but to stick to Cangwu, and then send someone to notify Liu Bei as soon as possible.

It was true that when he was about to go to sleep, someone gave him a pillow. Liu Bei, who was worried about how to replenish his strength, heard that the Zhan people were making trouble at this time, and finally found an excellent reason to clean them up to replenish resources.It's just that the excitement has subsided a little bit, but Liu Bei found that this time the Zhan tribe's rebellion is really tricky.

"People of the Zhan tribe live in Yulin, Jiaozhi and other places. These people live in clans, are very exclusive, and live in mountains and forests, so they have constant friction with the Han people." Shi Guangyuan, Zhonglang Jiangshiwu, and the servant Xu Jing, the three officials who are most familiar with Jiaozhou affairs, were summoned by Liu Bei to discuss the matter. It was Shi Guangyuan who was reporting the situation to Liu Bei just now.

"How many of these Cham people are there?" Liu Bei immediately asked this question after listening.

"The people of the Zhan tribe have not been registered, so we can't know the exact number. However, in the two counties of Yulin and Jiaozhi, there are more people from the Zhan tribe than the Han people, but it is certain." Shi Guangyuan said.This really made Liu Bei's heart skip a beat. You must know that although Jiaozhou's population is mainly concentrated in Nanhai, Gaoliang, and Cangwu, the Han population in these two counties definitely exceeds 20.If there are really a large number of Cham people there, wouldn't it be a big help if they can be successfully incorporated?
"Zhongsi (Shiwu's character), Guangyuan, Wenxiu, you have all been in Jiaozhou, what's your opinion on quelling the chaos of the Zhan people?" Liu Bei suppressed his excitement a little, and turned to ask the two.I don't want the three of you to look at me and I to look at you. In the end, Shi Guangyuan said: "My lord, when I was in Jiaozhou, these people from the Zhan tribe often made trouble. I use both kindness and power, but although they are afraid of the army, once you are strong It's a little weak, but it's back again, it's a headache!"

"What Mr. Shi said is right. When my brother was in Jiaozhou that day, these Zhan people often made things difficult for my brother. Although the Shi family claims to be in the south of Lingnan, the real control is Cangwu, Nanhai, and Gaoliang. It's just a county." Shi Wu said helplessly.

"As for the old Sun family who occupied Jiaozhou, they used General Zhao's method of dealing with Shanyue to conquer the Zhan people. After defeating several small tribes, the Zhan people did not dare to be tenacious and surrendered one after another. But they wanted to Putting down the Zhan tribe in one fell swoop has never been done in the six years in Jiaozhou!" Xu Jing finally concluded.

Liu Bei digested the three people's words for a while, and comprehensively considered the already familiar Jiaozhou miasma and other issues, and immediately realized that it is really not too easy to put down the Zhan clan.Just when he was having a headache, Zhuge Liang, who had just come to Xuchang as a military adviser, said with a smile, "My lord, don't worry, I recommend one person, and the Jiaozhou matter will be completely settled."

"Who?" Liu Bei asked quickly.

"General Zhao!" Zhuge Liang smiled, and then explained in detail: "General Zhao has pacified Jiangdong, Shanyue, and has rich experience in how to deal with these barbarians. Moreover, there are many miasma in the south of the Lingnan, but Wudang Feijun and Wuqian The Flying Army and even the Shanyue Army were born in mountainous areas, and they are good at preventing these. And these two flying troops were also created by General Zhao. He led them to wipe out the Zhan people, such as Ruan Fugui, what a shame! "

"It makes sense!" Liu Bei was overjoyed when he heard the words, and hurriedly sent someone to Xichuan, ordering Zhao Feng to come to Xuchang to listen.Of course, what he didn't expect was that Zhao Feng was even more excited than him when he heard the news.

(End of this chapter)