"Husband, isn't it a little bad that we are so extravagant. At the banquet in the back hall just now, I saw that the younger sisters of the Zhen family looked at me with envy, saying that our family's enjoyment was much more luxurious than that of General Zhengxi and General Zhang's mansion. ”

"My money is all earned by myself, or it is obtained from the exchange of courtesies, what are you afraid of."

Li Su lay on the white marble belly stone next to the obsidian bath, humming and chirping to enjoy his daughter-in-law's fatigue rubbing, while justifying the extravagance of today's wedding.

A "belly stone" is a type of stone used in Turkish and Roman baths, which is warmed up and made people lie on their stomachs because of the stones attached to their stomachs, and is commonly known as "belly stones". Because the belly stone should not be too smooth and frictionless stone, Cai Yan did not use obsidian when he first made it, but used white marble, with a little undulation, lying on it and being rubbed on the back is very enjoyable, a bit of the meaning of pushing the essential oil countertop in the spa club in later generations.

It's been a busy few days, and I didn't expect to have the opportunity to try these pools and bath stones for the first time on my wedding night.

Cai Yan listened to what her husband said so calmly and confidently, and the uneasiness in her heart about "the enjoyment I use is better than that of General Zhengxi's concubine and General Zhang's wife" has also subsided a little.

Li Su was thoughtful, he felt his wife's kneading hand slow down, and he knew that she was thinking about something, anyway, Li Su kneaded enough, turned over and lay on his back, and said earnestly:

"As long as extravagance does not damage the law, it is not a bad thing. Shu and Nanzhong are both dangerous roads and difficult transportation of money and grain. Therefore, I think that the governance of other places in the Han Dynasty can rely on agriculture and suppress commerce, but not in Shudi, on the contrary, we must pay equal attention to commerce and agriculture.

Emphasis on agriculture to support the people, and emphasis on commerce to collect taxes. Only the collection of Shu brocade, tea, sugar and salt, spices, jade agate pearls, these are low, as for the grain, how much the people plant, except for the military food, the others are left to the people themselves.

But to levy a commercial tax, if these specialties are not sold well, we will not be able to realize, so we must encourage the people, especially the gentry, to spread the enjoyment of these specialties, so that the wealthy families of the Han states are proud to enjoy tea spices, Shu brocade jade agate.

In this way, the specialties of Shu can be transformed into national strength, and the money obtained can be exchanged for grain, iron and other military supplies in Guanzhong and Jingzhou? Help the army to calm the world. Especially jade agate? Nowadays, it is not a high-class gem on the outside, and it is not even a tael of the price of the same weight of gold. ”

Li Su's heart? In fact, there are already some sprouts of "government-run spices, tea, and luxury goods planned economy" in Shudi and Nanzhong? It's just that it will take time to implement it, so Zhuge Jin can pilot it on his fiefdom first.

This place in Shudi? It is not suitable for the natural economy of small farmers, nor is it suitable for extensive taxation.

Of course Cai Yan doesn't understand economics? But she also vaguely understood her husband's idea of "I am extravagant to bring goods for endorsement".

"I'm relieved to say that? Don't talk about this today, husband, let's rest in peace. ”

……

Because he had just gotten married, Li Su really took a month's off to recuperate at home.

The government affairs of Shu County? For the time being, I handed it over to Zhuge Jin and them to help with the cooking. Anyway, Li Su rewarded them with so many "wolf sauce liver protection treasures" to regulate their bodies? A little liver and a liver should also be.

However, the outside world will not wait for Li Su's leisurely and lazy rhythm.

In 191, on the second day of the second month of February, the dragon raised its head.

As the winter snow fades? Funiu Mountain and Songshan Mountain, which connect Yique, Taigu, Xuanyuan and other passes on the south side of Luoyang, have also gradually lifted the state of snow closure. The land of China, where there has been no war for almost four months? is about to usher in the final battle against Dong.

As we all know, before Dong Zhuo completely gave up Luoyang and fled west? In fact, there was quite a peace among the Kwantung princes. Even if some princes don't like each other, they won't kill each other openly? Do you have to wait for the authority of the Luoyang regime to completely collapse? Only then did they dare to start fighting in the nest.

Everyone looked coldly at the generals represented by Sun Jian, who was assigned by Yuan Shu? Go north and attack Liangxian and Yangcheng again, and approach the three passes in the south.

It's just that Sun Jian also has one more friendly army: Guan Yu, the Taishou of Hanzhong, and Zhao Yun (table), the Taishou of Yidu who was dispatched by Cai Yong, the Taishou of Bajun. The two led a total of 5,000 infantry and 3,000 cavalry to the north.

Among them, among Guan Yu's 5,000 infantry, there are only 3,000 Danyang soldiers left, because the losses in the previous attack on Yidu and Wuling were not small, and the remaining 2,000 people were local soldiers in Jingzhou who had been reorganized and incorporated from prisoners of war in the past few months.

In addition, before Guan and Zhao set off, they also left thousands of soldiers and horses in the base areas of Yidu and Wuling, and the guards would be Li Yan, Zhang Su, Dong He, Xiang Lang and others. Because they have not yet entered the rhythm of the princes' struggle for hegemony, it is impossible for Sun Jian and Liu Biao to suddenly attack the friendly army in the face of the world's disapproval, so it is enough to leave a few thousand troops to defend, and the only thing to guard against is the remnants of the local sect thieves.

On the fifth day of the first month of February, Sun Jian, Guan Yu, and Zhao Yun swore in Luyang County again and went north to enter the territory of Sili.

……

The initial progress of the coalition forces was smooth, and at the time of departure, the army was in full swing. On the third day after Luyang sent troops, Sun Jian and Guan Yu's troops advanced to the city of Liangxian County, where Sun Jian had broken last year.

After all, Sun Jian, Guan Yu, and Zhao Yun are not subordinate to each other, and everyone is too guarded, so Sun Jian has to be polite and discuss everything:

"General Guan, General Chengxi and the two are willing to work together with us to fight against Dong, and the rest of the princes in the world should be ashamed when they hear it. In today's battle, I intend to slowly build heavy siege equipment, and fight steadily, what is the meaning of your army? ”

Guan Yu stroked his beard and said: "Liang County is not a strong and important city, if this place has to be so slow to march, what will happen to Xuanyuan, Yique, and Taigu in the future?" What should I do when I get to Luoyang City? ”

Sun Jian was slightly stunned: "General Guan must not underestimate the enemy!" Sun lost thousands of soldiers in this Liang County last year! ”

Guan Yu didn't expose his shortcomings, after all, the two sides were allies, he just said on the matter: "General Sun was defeated at the beginning, and we also deeply regret and regret it." However, General Sun's defeat was not that the small city of Liangxian was strong and difficult to attack, but that Dong Zhuo sent a large number of troops and elite soldiers at that time.

At that time, it was not even possible to win a field battle, let alone a siege? Today, however, General Hou has added troops to General Sun, and there are 8,000 of our army to help in the battle, in my opinion, it is better to fight a quick battle and climb the city, even if it is not overcome, it is necessary to force the enemy reinforcements to reinforce and besiege the city for reinforcements. If Dong Zhuo does not help, the morale of the defenders of Liang County will definitely be greatly reduced, and when the time comes, our army will be deterred by courage, and the defenders can also panic and make mistakes. ”

Zhao Yun didn't speak just now, and only then did he follow Guan Yu's words and say: "I have three thousand Youzhou elite horsemen, which can cut off the enemy's way to send letters to scouts for help, and reconnoiter the enemy's aid movements." In my opinion, as long as you investigate whether the garrison in the city is sufficient, if not, Yun Chang's strategy is feasible. ”

Sun Jian thought about it, he had never played such a rich account for cavalry before. He is a southerner, and he has never seen thousands of reinforcements from Youzhou cavalry.

Sun Jian said compromisedly: "Then General Lao Zhao will reconnoiter the enemy's aid, and it is best to catch some scouts who go out of the city to torture the garrison in the city, if the troops are insufficient, we will attack quickly!" ”

Zhao Yun took the cavalry and acted alone, and Sun Jian was not idle, so that the soldiers would build a batch of flying ladders and hit wood no matter how they did first, and if the results of the reconnaissance were favorable, they would directly attack the city with this batch of equipment. If the results of the investigation are unfavorable, slowly build the punch and ladder.

Zhao Yun's actions were very fast, and he returned to the camp only in the evening of the same day, saying that he had captured some enemy scouts, isolated and tortured and interrogated, and most of the tortured Xiliang soldiers confessed that there were only two or three thousand defenders in the city.

Zhao Yun persuaded straightforwardly: "General Sun, let's attack the city, I heard that when the snow just melted in Funiu Mountain, Hu Zhen himself sat in Yangcheng and let Huaxiong guard Liang County." But just a few days ago, Yangcheng was tight, Hu Zhen transferred Huaxiong and took away more than half of the soldiers and horses in Liangxian County to Yangcheng for reinforcements, did the general send other reinforcements to cooperate with your action? You don't even tell us. If Hu Zhen and Hua Xiong finish fighting with our friendly forces and return to Liang County, it will not be easy to attack the city! ”

Sun Jian suddenly got up: "Those enemy scouts really said that Huaxiong went to reinforce Yangcheng?" That should be the Yingchuan Taishou Li Min and Yuzhou engaged in Zhang An, who was played by the later general, and sent troops faster than us. ”

A digression must be said here, mentioning a few names that officials in the story of the Three Kingdoms will basically not hear, that is, Li Min, the Taishou of Yingchuan County, including Yi Zhongtianpin and the Three Kingdoms, all said that "all the princes are asking for Dong, only Sun Jian and Cao Cao really contribute", but this remark actually has a premise context, that is, "among those princes who survived in later generations", only Sun and Cao sacrificed their lives to kill thieves.

But Yingchuan Taishou Li Min also participated in the killing of thieves, and his deeds "Three Kingdoms" did not mention a word, only the "Book of the Later Han" mentioned a sentence. The reason why he is not famous is because he was captured and martyred when he asked for Dong's defeat, and if he died, he would not be recorded as a prince.

Therefore, you must survive first before you will be featured in history, otherwise this Li Min can definitely be counted in the "Thirteenth Road Princes".

Because at that time, the affairs of Yuzhou were basically Yuan Shu's final say, and those Taishou in Yuzhou were also expressed by Yuan Shu, and Li Min was expressed by Yuan Shu, of course, he had to cooperate with Sun Jian's attack.

Sun Jian took the road of attacking Liang County from Luyang along Rushui, and Li Min took the route of attacking Yang City from Xu County and Yingyin along Yingchuan. Sun Jian was in the west, Li Min was in the east, and the two troops went north in parallel. (Note: "Attack along Yingcheon" here is the name of a river, not Yingcheon-gun.) Yingchuan County is also named after the Yingchuan River. ）

Therefore, Sun Jian heard that Hua Xiong, the defender of Liang County, was attracted away by friendly forces, and of course he had to fight desperately for this precious time difference and quickly break through all of Liang County.

Early the next morning, Sun Jianbu, who had built the flying ladder, and some of the soldiers of Guan Yu's army, began to attack the city in array. Liang County was not strong in the first place, and the morale of the besieging troops was huge and strong, so they only attacked the southwest two sides, and released the west and north of the city for the enemy to escape. Zhao Yun's cavalry troops also pretended to be slow to cover and outflank, and put on a posture of "if you don't run, you will be cut off from the back road".

"Kill! Take the city, take revenge, and avenge the brothers who died in battle last year! The soldiers of Sun Jian shouted a fierce battle, and Huang Gai and Han Dang all wore heavy armor and held a shield to the city.

On Guan Yu's side, Gan Ning Zhou Tai was not to be outdone, and personally went to the city to supervise the battle, seeing that the situation was promising, and also personally went to the city to kill the enemy.

The defenders were caught off guard because Hua Xiong left with the main force, and the Xiliang army thought that there were many horses, and there should be hope to run away if they abandoned the city and fled to join the main force, so they were shaken.

With the city heads on both sides of the south gate being taken into the city by Huang Gai Han Dang, and the west city gate being climbed by Ganning Zhou Tai, the remaining more than 1,000 Xiliang soldiers in the city grabbed horses and broke through the north gate one after another, looking for the shallows to wade through the Rushui in the dry period of early spring.

Zhao Yun hurriedly went to catch up, but because he had just arrived, his understanding of the geography and hydrology of Rushui was not as good as that of the enemy troops who had been stationed in the local area for more than a year, so he did not know in advance where there were shallows to cross the river and break through.

When Zhao Yun led the iron cavalry to intercept it, seven or eight hundred Xiliang soldiers had successfully crossed the river, and Zhao Yun could only pierce the waist of the fleeing enemy with one shot, cut off the enemy who was halfway crossed, and intercepted and killed his rear army.

In the panic of fleeing from the road, hundreds of Xiliang soldiers were backstabbed by Zhao Yun and charged to cover up, instantly stained Rushui with blood, and hundreds of them knew that they couldn't run, so they knelt down and surrendered.

Zhao Yun counted the prisoners and manpower, and killed about sixty percent of the breakthrough troops, and forty percent had already run far, and there was no way to prevent them from going to Yangcheng to meet Hu Zhen and Hua Xiong.

About half an hour later, Sun Jian, who was fighting in Liang County, rushed to the bank of the Rushui River outside the north gate to meet Zhao Yun. Seeing Zhao Yun, Sun Jian also urged one after another:

"Quick, let's tidy up a little tonight, and continue to march in the direction of Yangcheng early tomorrow morning to support Li Taishou! I know that Li Taishou is a person, and his conduct is quite loyal, but he doesn't know much about the soldiers, and he was besieged by Hu Zhen, Hua Xiong, and Lu Bu. ”

Zhao Yun persuaded: "Steady and steady is the right way, I don't know what the situation is in Yangcheng." Tomorrow I will lead the cavalry first, and if the enemy is numerous, I will return to meet you. If Li Taishou is still saved, I will also send scouts to inform you, and you will speed up the march again. ”

Sun Jian also made sense when he thought about it, Hu Zhen, Hua Xiong, and Lu Bu were not Yi Yu's generation, and if they were in a hurry, if they were exhausted, they might be defeated by the Xiliang army again.

Sun Jian and Zhao Yun didn't know that Li Min, who they wanted to rescue, actually didn't need to be saved. Because he had been captured by the whole army under the capture of Huaxiong and Lu Bude, he was about to be escorted back to Luoyang by Huaxiong's people, and then he would be cooked and eaten by Dong Zhuo himself in Biguiyuan with the koi raised by Emperor Ling.

However, Li Min did not die in vain, at least he mobilized the main force of Huaxiong guarding Liang County, creating conditions for Sun Jian, Guan Yu and Zhao Yun to take Liang County at the speed of light.

Under Zhao Yun's persuasion, Sun Jian and Guan Yu marched steadily into the army, and sure enough, the next day they found out the news that Li Min had been destroyed and no longer needed to be rescued.

Zhao Yun immediately retreated to join the main force, and finally camped along the river on the south bank of the source of the Yingchuan River.

Hu Zhenhuaxiong, Lu Bu and others on the north bank also noticed the traces of this Dong army, maneuvered westward along Yingchuan, and finally camped at the foot of Songshan Shaomu Mountain, and confronted Guan Yu and Sun Jian across the river.