Chapter 45

"Why does the general suffer like this? Liang Yijie Confucian student, how can he lead the army to fight!" Zhuge Liang didn't expect Zhao Summit to make such a proposal, and immediately said urgently.

"It doesn't matter. You and I have known each other for many years. I know how you learn from Kong Ming. Do you think you can only be a literary minister in a state and county? Zhao Feng held a teacup and said to Zhuge Liang leisurely. The latter stagnated slightly when he heard the words, but then sighed, "So, isn't it difficult for the general?"

"It doesn't matter, I'm used to being leisurely!" Zhao Feng said with a smile. Zhuge Liang shook his head and said no word when he heard the words. Suddenly, he smiled and said, "General, maybe you and I are all busy. In the next Northern Expedition, I'm afraid that we will all watch on the wall!"

"Kong Ming, what do you mean by that?" Zhao Feng seemed to figure it out a little, but he still asked.

"General, look!" Zhuge Liang pointed to the map and said, "To the north of Wancheng, it is Luoyang. Although there are Hulao Pass and Luoshui during this period, it is lonely in Henan. If the lord attacks with a large army, he can go down sooner or later. Compared with the danger of Guanzhong, Luoyang is almost at your fingertips. There are many talented people around the lord. How can he avoid the light? Liang boldly speculated that the Lord's next Northern Expedition must be sent to Luoyang as the main attack, and we in the remote places of Xichuan are just pretending to attack!"

"It makes sense!" Zhao Feng also agrees with Zhuge Liang's view. As the saying goes, the authorities were fascinated, and he didn't figure out what to do for a while. Now it seems that sometimes in order to avoid suspicion, some plants and trees are soldiers. It's just that he and Zhuge Liang didn't expect that the situation in the final customs would be like this. At this time, the doorman came to report that he had something to see.

"General, there should be 700 cavalry under my command. But I've been practicing for months, and the 700 soldiers under me can't get 400 horses. What should I do here?" After the meeting, Mi Wei also complained to Zhao Feng. It turns out that this boy came today to make an opinion.

"Jianwu, don't blame me. The whole Xichuan here is just less than 2,000 war horses, and I can give you less than 500 horses. I'm already very caring!" Zhao Feng said with a smile. It's not that Yizhou is without war horses, but it's basically Zhao Yun in Hanzhong. The cavalry accounted for nearly 30,000 of the 40,000 Hanzhong troops under Zhao Yun's command. Although Zhao Feng is known as Yizhou Mu, he is not too moved by this Hanzhong Taishou. He also understood that Liu Bei wanted to check and balance him, so he made so many tricks. In this way, if you want to carry out a slightly larger battle, you must bring Zhao Yun together.

"Ah, is it just such a horse?" Mi Wei suddenly heard the words. At this time, Zhuge Liang suddenly looked up and said, "In front of the general, Lv Gongshan was in the south of the town. He said that he sent someone to report, saying that he had got some war horses from the south and asked the general to send someone to accept it."

"Is there such a thing?" Zhao Feng was really surprised this time. Think about it carefully, the so-called Nanzhong is in the area of Yunnan and Guizhou. I guess Lv Dai just got some Yunnan horses and Guizhou horses. This kind of mountain horse, not to mention the Xiliang horse, is even worse than the Central Plains war horse that he has always despised.

"General, it doesn't matter. Sichuan people are short. It's enough to ride this kind of pony!" It seemed that Zhao Feng was not very interested in this, and Zhuge Liang continued to say. Well, Jianwu, you can go to Nanzhong tomorrow to accept the war horse. The tall ones are included in the army, and the short ones are used to pull carts!" Zhao Feng cheered up. Mi Wei didn't know that there were so many twists and turns in his stomach. Seeing that there was a war horse, he repeatedly promised to run away without mentioning it.

"General, at present, the pavilions of Yuejia and Xinggu and Zhudi three counties have been properly built. There are many people living in Han and southerners, and the people are currently being counted. According to Li Taishou's estimation, the household registration will be counted again next year, which will be enough to add 200,000 people to Sichuan. If it is the same as before, in less than 20 years, Nanzhong will not be divided into barbarians!" While summarizing and looking forward, Zhuge Liang handed Zhao Feng the latest official document sent by Zhu Di Taishou Li Hui. The latter took it and opened it, and nodded repeatedly.

Historically, Shu Han was harassed by various departments in the Southern Middle School. Although Zhuge Liang crossed Lu in May and later Zhang Ni and others guarded the Southern Middle School, he had never completely subdued the Southern Middle School. The reason is that, after all, Shu Han's national strength is relatively weak. If the expedition to the south and middle is extended for a long time, it is inevitable that Cao Wei and Eastern Wu will take advantage of it, so Huairou has always been more than the expedition. But people's hearts are unpredictable, and Huai Rou is so cruel that they can't help but take you seriously. Just like Meng Huo, since he won't die even if he is defeated, what else is he afraid of?

And now Zhao Feng is not as scrupulous as Zhuge Liang in history. Previously, Jingnan slaughtered Meng Huo in the war, first shocked them, and then took advantage of the war to win over Yang Feng and Gao Ding. The two have moved to the land of Jingnan and Jiaozhou for several years, and these years they have also lived and worked in peace and well. The remaining Meng Huo tribe's strength was greatly reduced after the death of the patriarch. In addition, the new patriarch Meng Jie is not a competitive person, so it is still stable now. Of course, Zhao Feng also knows that the process of assimilation still needs to last for more than ten or twenty years, or even longer, and it can't be too hasty. For example, consider that from the late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China in history, the people of Shandong and other places broke into Kanto several times, and migrated tens of millions of Han people around decades, which completely localized the three eastern provinces.

Zhao Feng, who understands history, will naturally not take so many detours. First, the construction regiment was developed, and then in the past two years, people began to settle down and open up the wasteland one after another. Later, there were even landlords who sacrificed their lives and money, and also dragged their families to the local area to make a living. At present, it seems that Zhu Disan County, which is originally sparsely populated, has settled down. As for the rest of Yongchang, Yunnan and other places, it needs to be added. Zhao Feng himself didn't know whether he could see this scene before he left Xichuan. In fact, he is still looking forward to it. After all, I came to this world not just to kill people.

Next, Mi Wei led people to Nanzhong to receive the horses. After a few more days, Mi Wei came back with more than 2,000 horses. As Zhao Feng expected, this kind of horse is the Guizhou horse of later generations. Although it is not too big, it is finally taller than the Yunnan horses made by Sun Quan at the beginning. Zhao Feng and Mi Wei picked again and again, taking 500 horses that were too smiling to be specially used as labor animals, and the rest were integrated into the army. Although both of them are not satisfied with this, they can only make do with it.

"According to the Malian newspaper, Xia Houyuan built a gate at the end of the Xiegu, known as the Xiegu Pass. In the field of Wuzhangyuan in Weinan again, in this way, it will be even more difficult to continue to go out of the sloping valley!" Zhuge Liang mentioned military affairs again. Zhao Feng knew about this matter. The slope was originally a rugged road, which made it even more difficult for soldiers to go to the slope. Fortunately, the last time he marched, he had swept the three counties of Longxi. Later, Lu Xun took advantage of the situation to take the whole territory of Anding, and the most important thing was to take the important land of Chencang. In this way, I don't have to go through those valley roads. You can go out of Chencang Road nearby and take a detour of Longxi Avenue.

It is the 14th year of Jian'an, the autumn of 209 AD. It has been nearly two years since the full armistice between Cao Jian and Liu Bei. During this period, although there were heavy troops stationed on the borders of Hanzhong, Qingzhou, Yanzhou and Wancheng, Prime Minister Cao seemed to be more about character this time, and there was no friction. Zhao Feng and Zhuge Liang had several plans, and they all felt that this matter was a little strange.

"Report, General, General Hanzhong Zilong, urgent report!" On this day, a primary school hurried to Chengdu to report the letter. Zhao Feng opened the military newspaper he brought and couldn't help whispering.

"General, what's wrong?" Zhuge Liang saw that Zhao Feng's face changed slightly and hurriedly asked.

"The troops of Xianbei were joined by nearly 100,000, and went to Xiqiang to plunder cattle and sheep. General Ma Mengqi fought with them several times. Although he won more, there were a lot of coalitions of Xianbei people, and they suddenly attacked. Several tribes in the Baqiang Department had been defeated. At present, General Ma fought alone, so he asked Xichuan for help. Zilong wanted to lead the army to help Xiliang, so he asked me for his life. Zhao Feng frowned and replied, and handed over Zhao Yun's emergency letter to Zhuge Liang.

"Xianbei joined forces with more than 100,000 to attack?" Zhuge Liang's face also changed slightly after watching it. Since the Battle of Xianbei in Mobei five years ago, the vitality of all departments of Xianbei has been greatly damaged, and the leader Kebineng has even been killed by Liu Bao, the king of the Xiongnu who fell into the well. Now that the allied forces suddenly came to invade Xiliang, this matter is a little strange. While thinking, Zhao Feng gathered everyone to discuss the matter.

"Every department of Xianbei, every time the food and clothing is poor in autumn and winter, they go south to rob everywhere. The previous Cao Bian broke through Xianbei. Naturally, they did not dare to attack the place that disturbed You and Yongsi, so they could only come to Xiliang!" After hearing the news, Shujun Taishu, who is most familiar with Guanlong's affairs, thought about it and put forward his own opinions.

"Hey, it's easy to bully Ma Mengqi!" Ma Zhen curled his lips and said in a tone full of disdain. This time, no one refuted him. Is the Xiliang fierce god easy to bully? Although he is not very smart, relying on the 50,000 Xiliang iron riders under his command, he will be shocked three times when he stamped his feet in the northwest.

"In the opinion of filial piety, this time the Xianbei army came to Xiliang just because of poor food and clothing?" After hearing this, Zhao Feng frowned and asked.

"I think it's nothing more than that. Does the general think there is fraud in it?" Fa Zhengqidao. Zhao Feng lowered his head and no words. He looked up at Zhuge Liang, but saw that he also frowned slightly. But it didn't take long for it to unfold.

"Even if Xianbei invaded Liangzhou because of poor food and clothing, I believe that if Prime Minister Cao and Xia Houyuan knew about this, they would not sit idly by!" Zhuge Liang said calmly.

"But now we are waiting for Cao Yan to stop the war, and there is General Zhang Wenyuan and others at the border. What will happen to Cao Yan?" Wang Lei was slightly stunned when he heard the words. Zhao Feng shook his head when he heard the words. Lao Cao always did things unexpectedly and did everything by any means. At this time, if he doesn't run out to do something, it will be a strange thing.

"Now General Ma Mengqi and Xianbei are fighting in Xiliang. If I were Cao, I could have three choices!" Zhuge Liang pointed to the map and said, "First of all, if General Zilong supports Xiliang, the defense of Hanzhong must be empty. Cao can make Xiahou Yuan take advantage of the situation to attack Hanzhong to break through the gateway of Xichuan. The two is to order Xiahou Yuan to leave Xiaoguan and join forces with the Xianbei army to attack General Ma Mengqi and General Zilong. The two generals are brave, but the two joint troops are nearly 200,000. Once they fight, they will lose more and win less. The three are that when we are fighting with Xianbei, they send troops to the three counties of Longxi and completely cut us apart from Xiliang. In this way, I can't look at each other, and the power of the war will be greatly reduced.

"It is even possible that this Xianbei marched into Xiliang is a conspiracy of Cao Mengde, in order to lure us to rescue Xiliang, so that he can take the opportunity to take advantage of it!" Ma Liang, who had been silent before, added a sentence at this time. Zhao Feng and others have already learned how Prime Minister Cao played cards according to common sense, and now it is not surprising to hear his words.

"In this case, what should we do now?" Wang Lei didn't know Cao's character, so he had to consider the more direct things in front of him first. Zhao Feng and Zhuge Liang lowered their heads and thought for a long time. Finally, Zhao Feng proposed, "If Xiliang lost, the master would lose a big arm, so he had to save it this time. I mean, let Zilong lead 40,000 troops and horses to support Xiliang, and the defense of Hanzhong will be temporarily handed over to Zijun. In order to prevent Cao Qian from invading Xichuan or sending troops to Xiaoguan, I led all the way out of Chen Cangdao to deter Xiahouyuan in the customs! At the same time, send someone to report that Lord Xu Chang knows it, and then make a decision. This is also a relatively old-fashioned way. When everyone thought about it, they felt that there was nothing to think about, so they all agreed.

Next time, Zhao Feng personally led 50,000 Sichuan troops, Yan Yan, Lei Tong, Fa Zheng and others left Chengdu and entered Hanzhong. After they arrived, Zhao Yun led 40,000 Hanzhong troops into Xiliang through Longxi Mountain Road to help Ma Chao resist Xianbei's invasion. As soon as the news came out, Xia Houyuan in Guanzhong was suddenly surprised.

"Zhao Yun led the army to Xiliang to attack Xianbei?" Xia Houyuan was stunned and said that beside him, Cheng Yu, the general of Zhenwei, and Jing Zhao Yin Zhongyu, two important figures in Guanzhong, as well as his nephew Xia Houshang, were also there. They were holding a military newspaper just sent by the horse, saying that Zhao Yun, the governor of Hanzhong, led tens of thousands of troops to leave Hanzhong and took Longxi Avenue into Xiliang.

"The Sichuan army is only 120,000 to 30,000, and now Zhao Yun has taken away 40,000, plus nearly 20,000 defenders in the three counties of Longxi. I'm afraid there are only tens of thousands of people left in Zhao Botao's hands. Why don't you take the opportunity to march into Xichuan and defeat Zhao in one fell swoop? After hearing the words, Xia Houshang suddenly said that as soon as he said this, Xia Houyuan was also moved. However, he still remained a little sober. The last time he boldly entered, he ended up with the two surnames of Yan Liangwenchou. Although he and Cao were very friends, he did not punish himself at that time. As for whether to march this time, Xia Houyuan, no matter how anxious he is, he dares not be too impulsive.

"General Xiahou, the imperial edict of the King of Wei!" Just as Xia Houyuan was about to report the military situation to Cao Qian, someone suddenly came to report it. Xia Houyuan hurriedly took the order and was surprised when he opened it.

"Mr. Zhong De, what do you think of this?" Xia Houyuan handed Cao Yan's letter to Cheng Yu to read. The latter was also quite surprised when he opened it, but after a moment of thinking about it, he was already sneering.

"General Miaocai, as I expected, the Prime Minister must be ready for everything. In my opinion, Liu Bei's death is coming!" Cheng Yu said proudly. As the planner, Cheng Yu also has a sense of accomplishment now!

At present, Xia Houyuan and Cheng Yu acted according to their own plans. After counting, several people left Guanzhong, either east or west. At the same time, Cao Wei himself mobilized troops from all over Hebei, and the specific motive is unknown for the time being.

(to be continued)