The further he went to the northwest, the more Fei Qian realized the reason why Zhuge chose this offensive route in the first place, well, maybe it was just one of the reasons, but this reason should also be quite important, that is, transportation.

Before the transportation problem was solved, a large-scale war or a war that lasted for a long time was an act of killing 1,000 enemies and losing 800 of them.

The consumption is too great, not only for the soldiers, but also for the transport troops, and these consumptions have nothing to do with the war to a large extent.

Fei Qian sat at the edge of the muddy water, spread out a thick piece of bamboo paper on the relatively smooth stone slab in front of him, and then sketched on the bamboo paper with a brush, drawing a general march route and marking the key points of the surrounding mountains and rivers.

Of course, this slightly rudimentary map is still a rough record and depiction, and many things still cannot be marked in detail, but Fei Qian at least knows some basic knowledge of maps, and the scale and size are relatively much better than other map makers in the Han Dynasty.

At least Fei Qian doesn't sketch freehand or realistic landscape pictures on the map......

The current location is three days away from Yangpingguan in Hanzhong.

That's right, three days.

Fei Qian, who sat on the mark, couldn't help muttering, next time, I must get a counter out, such a rough calculation method is really speechless.

In the Han Dynasty, in fact, there was already a meter, or a Sili car, also known as a memory car, but this thing, like many ancient black technologies, was not widely used in the end, and gradually disappeared.

In fact, the principle of the car is not complicated, that is, the relationship between the use of the gear mechanism difference, but it is such a technology, in the Han Dynasty, and even for a long time after the Han Dynasty, such a car is only used as one of the indispensable ceremonial guards in the emperor's travel, and it has not been put into practical use, plus in addition to the manufacturer, no one understands the principle, once any of the gears are loose and decoupled, it is considered broken, and they do not know how to repair and maintain. Therefore, such a relatively cumbersome Sili car was defeated in the face of Huaxia's unique chaotic counting.

Approximate and approximate numbers, all by feeling, rampant in China for hundreds of thousands of years, until the Western machinery came to the door, I realized how important it is to have an accurate way of measurement.

Fei Qian set his eyes on the green muddy water rushing beside him, and looked up into the distance.

The green mud water is named because the color of the two banks is verdant, just like the green mud. Now this Han Dynasty has not been like later generations, when it comes to the northwest, it is like the green muddy water in front of you, which is still clear.

There's still some way to go.

Coming out of the small basin in Hanzhong, out of Yangping Pass in the west, to the northwest, is to enter the Qishan Road, this road, compared to the Qinling Mountains, is really too flat, the mountain is soothing, there is a road in the mountains, enough to accommodate the army to march in formation, I don't want to be like Fu Luo Road needs to climb and circle.

After walking northwest for about a day, we arrived at a confluence of the Fushui, Dongdu River, Xihe, Baihe and Donggou Rivers, although there is a lot of water in this place, but it is very shallow, not suitable for Cao Yun, you can only walk along the river valley, of course, it should also be a good choice to build a camp in such a place for replenishment.

Fei Xian's location was marked a little, and a "Hui" glyph with some horns was drawn to indicate that the camp could be built.

It took about two days to continue walking northwest along the Qingni River valley and we arrived here, Fuxian.

This is a rare flat land surrounded by mountains, and there is an abundant water system, one is the Jialing water that passes through the county, and the other two are the Qingni River and the West Han River in the northwest of the county.

The water of the Western Han Dynasty is probably the pain of Zhuge Liang's life.

In that year, Liu Bang went north to Xiang Yu, and Han Xin transferred troops out of Hanzhong, which was to use the water of the Western Han Dynasty to transport grain and grass, but by the time of Zhuge Liang, this had become an old yellow calendar and could not be copied.

The Western Han Water originates from Qishou Mountain in the north of Qishan, originally flowed through Fu County, and then continued to the south, confluence with the Han River at Yang'an Pass in the southwest of Hanzhong, hence the name Western Han Water.

Therefore, at the beginning, Han Xin could calmly lead 100,000 soldiers and horses to the north, without worrying too much about the problem of grain and grass, because these bulky things such as grain and grass can be transported by ship, from the Han River to the West Han River, and then sent here, into the Jialing River, and transported to the north......

Even if the shipping technology in the late Qin and early Han dynasties was backward, it was much more convenient than land transportation, but in the era of Zhuge Liang, there was no way.

I don't know whether it should be Liu Bang's good luck, or Liu Bei did not have this luck, an earthquake in BC changed the course of the Western Han River, and since then the West Han River has directly intersected with the Jialing River in the northwest of Fu County, and no longer continues to flow south to the Han River, so it has become a tributary of the Jialing River from the tributary of the Han River, so the original good natural grain and grass transportation channel has been cut off.

Therefore, in this era, if you want to transfer grain and grass to the north, you must first walk from Hanzhong to Fu County, and then take a boat in the county seat, first along the Jialing River, then along the West Han River, and finally to Qishan. At the same time, this water transport is due to the long route, the high mountains and narrow waters, and the dry period, so more often the small boat is used to transport grain and grass, which virtually increases the difficulty of grain and grass transshipment.

However, Fei Qian did not plan to take the line of grain and grass transportation, but planned to go down the debate first, so he took the direction of green mud water.

The Qingni River and the Jialing River in Fu County, these two rivers meet in the north of the county, the original river channel is narrow, and the silt is blocked, but the previous Wudu Taishou Yu Xu twice large-scale repair of the road, the two rivers of the water transport have been opened, so this area has convenient transportation, and it is also an area where a large number of goods come and go, and it has become a rich place, and this time Li Ru borrowed grain and grass here.

The further north he went, the more he knew how helpless and sad Zhuge Liang's choice at that time was......

Jingzhou lost, Zhuge Liang lost not only a large piece of land, but also lost the supplementary land of talents, Sichuan and Shu local scholars and Dongwu local scholars, most of them belong to the three points in front of them, do not want to go out half a point, so the desire for the Northern Expedition is not strong, so Zhuge Liang wants to defeat the vast Wei State, capture Longyou, and obtain the talent support of Longyou, which has become the top priority in strategy.

Longyou is located in Yongliang, because of the close relationship with Qianghu, most of the people here are strong by nature, good at riding and shooting, practicing martial arts, and rich in strong combat effectiveness, so the strong soldiers of Xiliang are not in vain, so it is also a strong base for combat replenishment of troops.

So there is also a saying, called "Kanto out of the prime minister, Longxi out of the general". Zhuge Liang's troops went out of Qishan and entered Longyou, in fact, it was to recruit generals and replenish the source of soldiers......

So, well......

Fei Qian pinched his beard, which was not too long, thought of something, and couldn't help but shake his head and laugh twice, and then put the brush on the pen cover, and asked Huang Xu to put these items away, facing the green muddy water, he couldn't help but sigh a little.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang chose Jiang Wei, in addition to Jiang Wei's own talent, and more importantly, in addition to Jiang Wei, there is no one in the entire Shu Kingdom who can have a strong desire to attack Longyou like Jiang Wei, and can thoroughly implement Zhuge Liang's strategy and complete Zhuge Liang's dream.

Take Longyou, take people, take land, take horses, recuperate, and then take Guanzhong, and then join forces with the sweet party Wu Guo, destroy the salty party Wei State, and finally clean up the sweet party Wu State and dominate the world......

In this way, Sichuan-style hot pot dominates the rivers and lakes, long live the spicy party!

It's a pity......

"Junhou, Jiang Gongcao is here......" Huang Xuyu reported.

"Yes, please." Fei Qian turned around and said.

Interesting, I just thought of Jiang Wei, and Jiang Jian came......

Although Jiang Yin's name is good, he doesn't look good, on the contrary, he is dignified, strong, and has a bit of elegance.

Well, at this point in time, was Jiang Wei born?

Fei Qian didn't have an encyclopedia on hand, so he really couldn't remember when Jiang Wei was born, but since he was the heir of Zhuge Kongming, he must be more than ten or twenty years younger than Brother Zhu, and now Brother Zhu is still living in a wooden house under Lushan......

Anyway, I built that wooden house, can I ask Zhuge for some rent money then?

How much should I receive?

"Subordinates meet the general!" Jiang Jian stepped forward and bowed.

Jiang Jian transports grain and grass for Fei Qian and handles affairs, so naturally he can't do without a formal identity, so he received a position of Gong Cao who is right to support the wind, and naturally he can be regarded as Fei Qian's subordinate.

After seeing the ceremony, Fei Qian didn't have a polite conversation with Jiang Jian for too long, so he directly asked about the transfer of grain and grass.

"General Qiyu, Wang Yi has an old relationship with a certain person, and the matter of transporting grain and grass is profitable, so the people of Di are happy to see Yu Chengye...... Jiang Jian replied with his hand.

Longyou fish and dragon are mixed, since the Zhou and Qin dynasties, they mostly live in Mianzhu, Tai, Ji, Di, Qiang, Lu and other Rong, the Qiang people mostly live in Wuwei, Anding, Tianshui, Jincheng, Jiuquan counties in Liangzhou, Di people live in Wudu, Fufeng, Tianshui and other counties, there are Xiqiang in Hexi, and Xianbei and Xiongnu in the north, so in this region, the problem of ethnic minorities is also quite serious, and the Han nationality is also good and bad.

In the Xiabi region, the Di people are most concentrated, and their leader calls himself the king, that is, the Di Wangyi.

Bao slope road is still repairing the plank road, although this period of time is in a hurry to repair, but after all, the project is difficult, and there will be no way to completely repair it for a while and a half, so it is necessary to continue to maintain a period of time on this grain road to Longxi.

"Good." Fei Qian nodded and said, "Transporting grain and grass, the affairs are complicated, fortunately Zhongyi is suffering, and when he is self-sufficient in Guanzhong, it is a great achievement for Zhongyi...... "Do you always have to open a blank check, otherwise your subordinates will get the motivation?"

Jiang Jian hurriedly thanked him again.

"By the way, how many soldiers and horses does the king of Di have?" Fei Qian waved his hand, signaling that Jiang Jian didn't need to be polite, and changed the topic and asked, "How is its combat power?" ”

Although it is said that Di Wangyi is now biased towards Fei Qian's side, and has something to do with Jiang Yin, these Xiliang ethnic minorities do not have a strong spirit of contract, and it is not uncommon for them to turn their faces when they say that they will turn their faces, so it is necessary to be cautious.

"General Qiyu, there are 3,000 soldiers in the palace of the king of Di, all of whom are capable of fighting, especially good at running in the mountains and roaring in the woodland...... Jiang Jian said slowly, then glanced at Fei Qian, and continued, "...... However, the Di people are chaotic, there are Qingdi, Baidi, Worm, etc., each has its own subordination, and intermarriage in Diqiang, now there is Qiang in Di, and there is also Di ......"

Fei Qian frowned and nodded.

How is this almost the same as that of all the natives of the Shi tribe? Or has this become a fine tradition in China, but everything that has been touched has become the same?

Whether it is Shandong or Shanxi, the scholars also rely on marriage, colluding with each other to become a huge network, I didn't expect the ethnic minorities in Longxi to be the same, this is close to Zhu Zhe Chi, or close to Mo is black?

Listening to Jiang Yin's meaning, the Di people are good at mountain warfare, and the Qiang people are naturally good at riding battles, this combination is really ......

Take your time.

Fei Qian thought for a moment, and then said to Jiang Yin: "After a certain return to Guanzhong, someone will send some fine things, and Zhong Yi will give it to the leader of the Di people, which can be regarded as a gift of thanks......"

Jiang Jian's eyes flickered, he didn't say anything, and nodded yes.

"What does Zhong Yi think, it's okay to speak bluntly...... Fei Qian noticed Jiang Yin's performance, and said directly.

Jiang Jian glanced at Fei Qian, and felt that Fei Qian was not just perfunctory, so he said tentatively: "...... Checkmate...... But do you want to divide yourself? ”

"This ......" Fei Qian pondered for a while, and still decided not to hide it from Jiang Jian, on the one hand, since Jiang Jian had guessed a few points, no matter how deliberately he deliberately concealed and denied it, he would also seem to be a child, and on the other hand, Jiang Jian was also a person recommended by Li Ru, and he was somewhat guaranteed, so he nodded and admitted, and said, "The place of argument is Longyou in the north, Guanzhong in the east, and Hanzhong in the south, once it is unstable, it will be ......chaotic on three sides."

Jiang Jian was silent for a moment and said, "In this way, my subordinates suggest that the general may wish to be more friendly with Bai Maqiang......

"White Horse Qiang?" Fei Qian didn't understand.

Isn't this talking about Di people, how did they get connected with Bai Ma Qiang?

Perhaps seeing Fei Qian's doubts, Jiang Jian explained: "Baima Qiang, also known as Baima Di, in which Qiang and Di are mixed, there is no ......distinction between them."

I see.

Fei Qian nodded.

That's the benefit of the local indigenous people. Jiang is also the surname of Longyou, with the largest number of people in Ji County, so he naturally has a good understanding of the situation in Longyou.

"By the way," Fei Qian said with a smile, "Zhong Yi is a person from the right side of Long, can there be a virtuous person to recommend one or two?" ”

Now Fidive is very different from when he was in the north.

The place in the north, in the eyes of the Han Dynasty people, are poor and remote, and live next to the Hu people, as if the later generations said that they were going to Inner Mongolia, even if it is an official ape, not many people will rush to it, so there is not much attraction, but now Fei Qian has the three major counties in his hands, left Feng Yi, right Fufeng, Jing Zhaoyin, this area is naturally much better than the north.

After all, the Han Dynasty accompanies the capital, and Fei Qian also needs some children of the scholar clan outside Guanzhong to balance and dilute the strength of the Guanzhong clan, so the introduction of talents is an urgent need at the moment.

Why don't you look for Li Ru, but Jiang Yin?

Isn't this clear, Li Ru's side, there are Jia Xu, Jiang Yin, and Zhang Ji, Zhang Xiu, Gan Feng, who were originally under Dong Zhuo, and then let Li Ru recommend it, wouldn't it be a monopoly?

Li Ru also understands this, so for the matter of Longyou's talents, although he knows that Fei Qian needs it, Fei Qian does not ask, so he will never take the initiative to recommend.

Jiang Jian is different, according to the unspoken rules of the officialdom of the Han Dynasty, whoever recommends is responsible for who benefits, and what Jiang Jian recommends must be linked to Jiang Yin, and cultivating a small Jiang Jian force is naturally much better than continuing to expand Li Ru's relationship network......

Therefore, Fei Qian mentioned it, Jiang Jian was really interested, and said: "The general intends to recruit talents, and his subordinates naturally try their best...... There is a person who can be called a virtuous ......"