"Beryo, this is not the way to go." Liang Xu came up with an anxious face, "Ji Han's army will arrive soon, and we will not be able to advance or retreat at that time, what should we do?" ”

Jiang Wei nodded, recognized Liang Xu's statement, and asked, "What about Luomen?" No, let's go back to Lomon first. ”

"I sent someone to try it the day before yesterday, and the gates of Lomon were closed."

Liang Qian interjected.

Although Jiang Wei had expected it, when he heard it at this time, he had to look up to the sky and sigh, "Heaven wants to die, I'm waiting?" ”

Liang Xu's eyes flickered, and he said, "Boyo, this is not ......."

Jiang Wei knew what he meant when he heard this, and sneered at the moment, "What Le He said, isn't it going to surrender to Shu?" ”

Liang Xu, Liang Qian, and Yi Xiang didn't dare to look at Jiang Wei, and they all bowed their heads and were silent.

"The clans in the city are also thinking hard!"

Jiang Wei smiled miserably.

He kind of understood what the family meant.

Shu Lu is fierce, if Ji City cannot be defended, then these few people who surrender to the enemy in advance are the hope of the family in Shu Lu.

If Jicheng is not broken, then the clans in the city are considered to be meritorious in defending the city, and in order to defend the city, even the children of the clan are turned away from the city, isn't this loyal enough?

What's more, being forced to surrender to the enemy by his own people in such a desperate situation will only be more trusted by Shu.

Jiang Wei thought, maybe the clan still thought that in the future, through the relationship between himself and others, he could make the Yi City with Hanzhong bigger.

"I'm being pushed out by my family, so what's the matter?"

Liang Xu smiled bitterly.

can quickly design this kind of situation according to the situation in the past few days, which of the old people in the family is not a human spirit? It is estimated that when Ma Zun said those words in Luomen, the people in the family had already started to design when they got the news.

Jiang Wei snorted coldly and turned around directly, "Let's go." ”

"Where are you going?"

"Where else can I go? Naturally, I went to vote for the big man! ”

Jiang Wei gritted his teeth and said.

"Boyo, you've decided so quickly?"

Liang Xu was a little surprised.

"My family has decided for me, what else can I do?"

Although he is concerned about the old mother in the family, the Jiang family is a surname in Liangzhou, even if he is not there, the old mother has her own people to take care of her, so she doesn't have to worry too much.

It's just that if you say this, you will fall into a place of unfilial piety.

But what else could he do in such a situation?

Jiang Wei turned over and looked back at the city behind him, with a gloomy expression: If you don't allow me, I will swear to make you regret today's actions!

The group pulled down a long shadow on the ground and walked south, leaving Jicheng behind.

The chaos in Longyou reflects the various states of life.

Some to the south, some to the west.

Longxi County, the westernmost county on the right side of Longyou, got the news that it was already the time when the Han army entered the customs in a big way and divided the troops to take each county.

Nan'an County fled because it was too guarded to abandon the city, and the counties echoed one after another, plus Guan Xing and Zhang Bao led by the light horse, and they were soon drummed down.

Then the two immediately led their troops north and set up a guard at the junction of Longyou and Liangzhou to prevent Liangzhou soldiers and horses from coming to help.

Wei Yan, on the other hand, continued to travel westward, preparing to pass through Nan'an County and subdue Xiangwu County, the county governor of Longxi County.

All the counties of Longyou were surrendered, especially Nan'an, which took them all without the slightest effort, which gave Wei Yan an illusion that as long as he led the army to Longxi, he could naturally go down in one fell swoop.

After all, among the four counties of Longyou, even the most important place in Tianshui County has been lowered, and Longxi County, the most remote place, is there any reason not to fall?

Therefore, he urged his troops to travel lightly and quickly, and only wanted to reach Xiangwu County as soon as possible.

When the soldiers in Xiangwu City heard that the Shu soldiers were coming, they were all panicked.

Longxi Taishou You Chu stood at the city wall, looking at the east, with sorrow on his face, and sighed for a long time.

"Shu is coming, the Ming government does not know the law and discipline, does not order the soldiers, does not repair the armor, in order to defend the city, but laments here, is it the way to defend the land for the court?"

When You Chu heard the sound, he saw two men standing not far away looking at him, one of them was Shi Ma, the magistrate of Longxi County, and the other was Gongsun Zheng, a member of the army of Longxi County who had personally visited Nanxiang.

What Fang Cai said was the mouth of Gongsun Zheng.

"Why don't I want to defend the city?"

These two people are his friends, You Chu smiled bitterly, but he didn't hide his helplessness, "It's just that the two counties of Tianshui and Nan'an are all looking at the wind, and now there is only one Longxi County left, and it is isolated from the outside, so what can I do?" ”

"The Ming Mansion also knows that Longxi is isolated from the outside world?" Gongsun Zheng smiled when he heard this, "The Shu people not only came from afar, but also spared manpower, even if they arrived here, what could they do?" Without siege equipment and a long-tired army, can he still capture this fortified city? ”

You Chu heard what Gongsun Zheng said, and immediately asked, "Why did Boyan teach me?" ”

Gongsun Zheng pointed to the outside of the city and said, "Those who defend the city must cut down all the surrounding trees, fill in the dead water sources, destroy the walled houses, and drive the people into the city, so that they will not be used by the enemy." In this way, the Shu people wanted to attack the city, and they also had to cut wood from a distance to make equipment, so the Ming Mansion should let people do this as soon as possible. ”

"I watched the Shu general, lightly and hurriedly, and when I got here, it was also the end of the strong crossbow that could not be worn. We went out of the city with the best of the city to meet the weary army, and if he dared to engage in battle, he would be defeated. If they dare not engage in battle, they must retreat for several miles and set up camp, or they can first frustrate their spirits. ”

"Now that the hearts of the people in the city are fluctuating, the Ming Mansion must also be appeased as soon as possible, otherwise the hearts are not aligned, how to defend the city?"

You Chu's eyes lit up when he heard Gongsun Zheng's previous words, and when he heard the last sentence, he frowned again, "How should people's hearts be touched?" ”

"It's easy to hear." Gongsun Zheng looked at You Chu with burning eyes, "But you have to borrow something from the Ming Mansion." ”

"What?"

Gongsun Zheng pointed to his head.

The next day, You Chu summoned the scholars and people in Xiangwu City and said, "Since I was appointed as the Taishou of Longxi, I have never been kind to you. Now that the Shu people are attacking Longyou, the officials and people of other counties have gone to the Shu people. ”

"If you want to do it, I will not stop you, after all, this is your opportunity to seek wealth. But I am different, others can descend, but I cannot descend. ”

"The duty of Taishou lies in guarding this county, so I am righteous to death. If you have a heart, then use my head to seek riches. ”

As he spoke, he drew his sword and threw it on the ground.

With a "bang", everyone took a step back, and then looked at each other, not daring to speak.

Although You Chu claimed that he had no grace in Longxi County, in fact, since he was the Taishou of Longxi, he was generous and generous, and he usually relied on kindness, and did not like to use criminal law and killing and other means, and the soldiers and people benefited a lot.

Now seeing him standing there righteously, ready to die, finally a hot-blooded person said loudly, "Where the righteousness of the Ming Mansion is, how can we steal our lives?" I am willing to live and die with the Ming Mansion! ”

As he spoke, he stood up, picked up the long sword, and stood in front of You Chu, "You want to go, but please, just don't hurt the Ming Mansion." ”

At this time, the Han people still have the backbone, and Liangzhou is very chivalrous, someone took the lead, and the heart of kindness and righteousness rose, and everyone said, "We have no two hearts." ”

You Chu sighed, "In this way, I am persecuting the city sergeants!" ”

Then he said, "You don't want to do it now, so I'll give you an idea." If the Shu people come to attack Longxi, we can hold out, just wait for the arrival of the imperial court reinforcements, and the Shu captives will retreat, and then everyone will be rewarded by the imperial court. ”

"But if there is disharmony, the Shu people are attacking the city urgently, and it is difficult to hold the city, but please be sure to tie me up and send me to the Shuzhong camp, and then I will bear the responsibility with all my might, how about it?"

When everyone heard this, many people secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing this, You Chu knew that the goal of winning people's hearts had been achieved, so he gave the order to go down, close the city gate, and prepare to defend the city.

Two days later, Wei Yanguo's light army arrived in a hurry, including the surrender army of Nan'an County.

When the army marched to the city, he saw that the army had been set up in front of the city gate, and at the same time, someone on the city wall shouted at him, "The general has come from afar, can he have the strength to defeat the Longxi Jian'er?" ”

This situation was beyond Wei Yan's expectations, he really didn't expect that this Xiangwu County would not only not surrender, but also dare to go out of the city to set up a formation, wanting to fight with him.

It's just that along the way, he marched too quickly, and the soldiers didn't have much strength to get here, and now they urgently needed to rest, how could they dare to agree to You Chu?

I saw Wei Yan drive forward immediately and shouted to the city, "The Han army has entered Longyou, and all the places have fallen when they hear the wind, do you want to resist the heavenly soldiers with just one county and one county?" ”

You Chu laughed, "If the Shu people can block Longshan and make the soldiers of Great Wei not be able to go to Longshan, a month later, the Longxi soldiers will surrender without a fight." If you can't, you're just trying in vain. ”

After finishing speaking, he personally beat the drum, only to see the head of the city gate, Shi Ma, shouting and leading the soldiers to march slowly.

Wei Yan didn't expect the other party to say that he would march if he marched, so he immediately returned to the army, and after taking the troops to break off in person, he ordered the army to retreat slowly.

On the first day of You Chu, the spirit of the Shu people was dampened, and the soldiers and civilians in the city were greatly encouraged, so they strengthened their heart to defend the city.

Wei Yan saw that Xiangwu City did not fall, although he was anxious, but after having to rest for a day, he began to ask the soldiers to cut wood and make siege equipment.

Longyou beacons are in flames, and Zhang He's Luoyang Chinese army led by Cao Wei is coming day and night.

In Xiping County, Liangzhou, which borders Longxi County, a fast horse is galloping on the official road, and the order flag on his back indicates that this is a post envoy who is delivering important news.

The soldiers of Xiping County who ruled the western capital saw the envoy galloping with all their might, and hurriedly dispersed the people around the city gate.

After a while, at the door of the Western Capital Taishou Mansion, the envoy rolled down from his horse and fell to the ground, but he took out an official document from his arms regardless of it, and shouted in his mouth, "Wuwei urgent!" ”

The soldiers at the gate of the mansion rushed over and helped him up, and one of them took the official document and hurriedly sent it to the mansion.

"General, Wu Wei is in urgent news!"

Hao Zhao, who was dealing with government affairs, was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly got up to take a look, his face changed greatly: "Shu Yu actually offended my big Wei Longyou?" ”

The official document was sent by Xu Miao, who had just served as the assassin of Liangzhou, and ordered him to quickly reorganize his troops and horses, go to Yuzhong in Jincheng County to join Jincheng Taishou, and prepare to go south and recover Longyou.

Hao Zhao didn't dare to slack off, ordered all the soldiers and horses, and was about to set off, but someone under his command persuaded him, "General, in the land of the West Sea to the west of Xiping, there is a bald department that has just surrendered, and there is a Hao clan in Xiping County who often thinks about rebellion. ”

"If the general brings all the soldiers and horses, the Hu people rebel against the righteousness, and the Hao clan takes the opportunity to chaos, what will happen?"

When Hao Zhao heard this, he felt that it was reasonable.

After a deep sigh, he said, "The bald tribe treats me very respectfully, and I now order the elite of his tribe to follow me south, which can not only drive them to fight against Shu, but also make them unable to rebel." ”

"As for the wealthy family of Xiping County, they were only killed last year, and their vitality was greatly damaged at this time, and they will not dare to rebel again easily."

After the plan, he sent an order to the bald hair department to be bald and lonely.

The bald department got the guidance of the masters, moved to the West Sea, and finally had a place to live, ending the days without pastures.

In addition, he helped Hao Zhao to quell the rebellion, obtained the privilege of trading with the Han people in Xiping County, and continued to annex Qiangrong and other departments near the West Sea, which has gradually become prosperous.

Now there are nearly 10,000 accounts and more than 7,000 people who control the strings, which is a rare big tribe in the West Sea.

The bald Pi Gu won Hao Zhao's order, so he let his son Bald Khotan Li lead 5,000 elite horsemen in the clan to accompany him.

When Hao Zhao went south with the prepared men, the Han Dynasty led the army to finally break through Xixian, and at the same time, Jiang Wei led the officials of Tianshui to take the initiative to surrender.

Zhuge Liang was overjoyed, and after a little rest in Xixian County, he continued to sing northward and entered Ji County.

At the same time, Zhang He had just passed Chang'an and ran west along the Weishui Road, preparing to join Cao Zhen in Yicheng.

"Hurry up, hurry up, don't get rid of it."

Feng Yong stood at the gate of Xixian City and commanded loudly.

I saw one short Yunnan horse after another, under the guidance of the groom, "stomping" under their feet, carrying bags and bags of grain into Xixian.

This is the grain that was transported from Qishan City.

In the past two years, Zhao Guang has tuned a large amount of grain in Fu County, and before Zhuge Old Demon's Northern Expedition, he has looted the grain of the Shuzhong family again, so there is no shortage of grain and grass.

What is lacking is transport capacity.

This time, Feng Yong made a bloody investment and transferred most of the capacity of Dongfeng Express.

Before going north, he also put a horsehoe on the horse, and walked the mountain road a lot faster, and there was no need to worry about damaging the horse's hooves.

Today's grain and grass were first transported from Hanzhong to Fuxian by cart on artificial stone avenue, and then transported from Fuxian to Qishan City by Dongfeng Express.

Part of Qishan Chengtun and some of it had to keep up with the army, so Xixian immediately transported a batch of them.

It is precisely with the strong transportation capacity of Dongfeng Express that the army in front does not have to worry about food shortage.

This made the prime minister of the Han Dynasty very satisfied, and it was also the main reason why Feng Yong had been guarding the grain road at the back, and he was very talented.

Seeing Zhao Guang standing listlessly beside him, Feng Yong didn't have a good breath and said, "Just the grain in Fuxian County has already made you get a lot of credit in the Northern Expedition, who are you looking so depressed to?" ”

Zhao Guang muttered, "What is the use of me taking this credit?" What I want is credit for going into battle and killing the enemy......"

As he spoke, he squatted down and drew a circle.

"Don't worry, you have a chance." Feng Yong glanced at the north and sighed, "This comfortable day won't be too long. ”

I thought about it in my heart, if the history is correct, from the beginning of the fight against Jicheng, it will be more than ten days before Zhang He arrives.

Zhuge Old Demon should have made a mistake in estimating the speed of Cao Thief's reinforcements this time.

If he divides his troops to fight Longdi now, there may still be a chance to block him in the east of Longshan.

But who knows? What if he saw that Longdi was lost, and he ran directly to the north and came up from the Longdao in the north?

Of course, it is also possible that Zhuge Old Demon originally planned to fight Zhang He in the street pavilion.

So after thinking about it, forget it, it's better to let Zhang He come from the street pavilion according to the original trajectory.

It seems that the big man can't get around this street pavilion after all.