Xiaofeng used this gang of thieves to pull the boat across the Haoping River, and then took out the silver money from the cabin and issued 2,000 wen per person. The thieves were ashamed to meet the heroes of Liangzhou, so they swore to Xiaofeng that they would never do anything to block the road and cut the path again.

Xiaofeng said: "If you don't do this business, you can't live." I will also point out to you a way to survive: Shangyong City is building boats, and you need good timber, so you can go to the mountains to cut wood, and you can transport it from the Han River to Shangyong City, and deliver there a man named Zhang Guang, who is my subordinate, who is responsible for purchasing timber for the government in Shangyong. When I return, I will tell him to collect your timber, and you will be able to live there." ”

When the thieves heard this, they were grateful, and they repeatedly thanked them and expressed their willingness to be driven.

Xiaofeng used both grace and power to convince this group of thieves and make them be good and stop being thieves. Xiaofeng ordered everyone to disperse, and set off on a boat again.

The boatman in this boat, seeing Xiaofeng and others killing the leader of the bandits, shocked the group of thieves, and learned that this hero was Xu Xiaofeng, who was famous in Hanshui, he couldn't help but be stunned for a long time, and saluted Xiaofeng again and again, and said: "The villain has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, I don't want Your Excellency to be the leader of Liangzhou Haojie!" Seeing it today, three lives are fortunate! "Very respectful.

Xiaofeng smiled: "Don't be polite. Sail and move on. There are still 300 miles to go to Nanzheng, and I will arrive the day after tomorrow. Don't delay any longer. ”

The boatman said: "Xu Haojie's matter, how dare the villain not care?" Xu Haojie is relieved, before sunset the day after tomorrow, he will be able to go to Nanzheng. ”

So he set up his sails and rowed hard.

Let's say that the two kingdoms of Bashu and the Spring and Autumn Period are also one of the summers, and the three kingdoms of Ba, Shu and Chu are feuds, and there are many attacks against each other. Shangyong Hanshui area, originally the territory of Ba and Yong, after Yong was destroyed, it was returned to Ba Guo, and later Chu sat big, seized the Hanshui territory of Ba State, and set up Hanzhong County here. Pakistan had no choice but to move south to the Yangtze River and establish a state in Jiangzhou.

The Shu Kingdom arose in the Minjiang area, and the silkworm cong was the first to claim the king. When King Wu was defeated, Du Yu, the king of Shu, had sent troops to help, and later Du Yu was called the emperor, called the emperor, and the Zen position held the spirit, Shu was very wide, the strength was strong, and it was one of the big countries in the south.

During the Warring States Period, Shu repeatedly competed with Qin for Hanzhong and Nanzheng, and finally Shu defeated the Qin army and occupied Hanzhong, so Chengdu was the capital and set up a temple, also known as the King of Shu.

In 316 B.C., Du Lu, the king of Shu, wanted to attack the kingdom of Tho, so he ordered the strong men to dig a stone ox road to facilitate the march.

The country of Tho is located in the later generation of Jiamengguan, so it is also called the country of Jiameng. The king of Tho asked for help from Qin, and Du Ruo, the king of Shu, also sent an envoy to negotiate with Qin, saying that he hoped not to interfere in this matter.

The monarch of Qin was the king of Qin Huiwen at that time, and when he got the letter of the two kingdoms, he convened the ministers in the Xianyang Palace to discuss, and the king of Qin said: "The two kingdoms of Bashu have been attacking endlessly for many years, and now the Shu kingdom wants to swallow the Tho country, and the Hou Hou asks for help from the widow, and the monarch of the Shu kingdom lets the widow watch from the wall. What do you think? ”

Doctor Sima mistakenly said: "Bashu is attacking, and Shu is going to annex Tho, so the king can take this opportunity to march into Hanzhong and defeat the division of Shu, and then he can have Shu, and Tho will naturally be subjugated." After receiving Shu and Tho, by the way, he waved his army eastward, even if the country of Ba was owned by the king. ”

The King of Qin had already received the heart of Bashu, but in the previous several defeats in Hanzhong, Nanzheng was once obtained by Shu, and the terrain of the Sword Pavilion generation was dangerous, and if there were too few soldiers and horses, it would be difficult to capture. There are too many troops, and there is a fear that the Guanzhong will be empty, and South Korea and others will attack from the east. Seeing that Zhang Yi was present, he asked Zhang Yi: "Does Mr. have a high opinion?" ”

Zhang Yi was originally a native of the Wei family, as famous as Su Qin, and was listed as a representative figure of the Zongheng family in the world.

The strategy referred to by the Zongheng family is called the combination of vertical and horizontal, and the combination of vertical and horizontal is a strategic idea formed by the unique political and military situation of the Warring States Period. The joint column refers to the six eastern countries uniting to deal with the Qin state, of course, it is not limited to this, and the joint column is not only against the Qin state, but also against the big powers such as Qi and Chu.

The strategic thinking of Hezong was mainly led by Su Qin, who wore the seal of the Six Kingdoms and ruled the bull's ear in the world during the heyday of Hezong. However, there were repeated events, and when the Qin State saw that the six countries were dealing with themselves with each other, they made friends from afar and attacked closely, so the strategic idea of Lianheng came out at the right time.

In layman's terms, it means that Qin buys one of the six countries to disintegrate its alliance and make its alliance collapse, and then benefit Qin.

Since the death of Su Qin, the strategic thinking of cooperation and vertical has been declining day by day, and Zhang Yi has been able to meet Qin and display the strategic thinking of Lianheng.

Zhang Yi was in Wei, not allowed to be reused, traveled west to Qin, and was not allowed to be used in the early days, and was trapped in the building, twelve years ago, Xiaofeng was only fifteen years old at the time, and led several teenagers to traffic goods in Xianyang, and Xiaofeng had many contacts with Guanzhong rangers when he was young. On the same day, in the western suburbs of Xianyang, Zhang Yi was trapped in the building, so he paid the arrears for him and gave him living expenses.

Zhang Yi traveled west to Qin, although Su Qin secretly made people fund, but after a long time in Qin, the entanglement was exhausted, and it still could not be used, so he couldn't help but be disheartened and prepared to return to Wei, but he was not entangled, and he owed the store travel expenses, and the store did not let him go. Zhang Yi is in a predicament, and she has to help Xiaofeng, which is really a charcoal in the snow, and she is grateful, and she will repay her a hundred times after saying that she is rich.

Zhang Yi had Xiaofeng's funding, and he was unwilling to make this trip to no avail, so he met the King of Qin again, and the King of Qin repeatedly heard that Zhang Yi asked to see, but the first few times because of the inconvenience, he only saw it once, and did not talk in detail, and did not feel that Zhang Yi had a strange talent. Now I heard that Zhang Yi asked to see him, and it happened that King Qin had many doubts in his heart at this time, so he summoned Zhang Yi to ask him, and Zhang Yi actually replied to King Qin's heart every word. King Dayue of Qin, who talked to Zhang Yi for a few days, felt that the strategy of Lianheng was greatly beneficial to the Qin State, and was overjoyed, so he adopted Zhang Yi's words, reused Zhang Yi, and granted him the official position of guest secretary.

Later, Zhang Yi made a meritorious contribution to the country, so that the Wei State offered fifteen cities, so the King of Qin worshiped Zhang Yi as the prime minister, several times, for the Qin State plan, Zhang Yi once served as the Wei Xiang, when he returned to the Qin State, he was appointed as a guest secretary again, and in the twelfth year of Qin, he won the trust of King Qin Huiwen.

Zhang Yi's focus on the aspects of the six countries in the East, not Bashu, so Zhang Yi felt that the east of Hangu Pass should be the most important, and when he saw the King of Qin asking, he replied to the King of Qin: "The King of Qi, the year before last, the six countries attacked Qin, although I repelled the division of the six countries, but the threat of the six countries is still there, last year the king conquered South Korea, I am afraid that this year South Korea will send troops to attack me in order to avenge this." The minister knew that Han would be a violent mandarin duck and brave and good at fighting, and if South Korea used it, it should be a disaster for Qin. The minister thought that the king should be the tun army Hangu Pass, in order to plan for the east of the country. Shu Road is dangerous, the land of Nanzheng, all plank road grottoes, it is difficult for cars and horses to pass, it is difficult for military funds to continue, and it is really difficult to use soldiers. The six countries of Kwantung are the trouble of the king's henchmen, and Bashu is just a remote state, so he is allowed to sleep soundly on the side of the king's couch for the time being. ”

Qin Wangsu listened to Zhang Yi's words, and when he heard Zhang Yi say this, he had the intention of not sending troops to take Shu.

Sima saw it wrongly, and stood in front of the hall and said: "Zhang Keqing's words, although they are reasonable. Ranchen thought that this was a good opportunity to collect Bashu, and this opportunity was rare in a hundred years. The king only needs to send 100,000 troops, enter Hanzhong, and the soldiers come to the Sword Pavilion, and the land of Bashu can be fully pocketed. And Bashu is located in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and if you get Bashu, you can suppress Jingchu. The king wants to want the world, and the state of Chu is the king's rival, if he does not take this opportunity to collect Bashu now, he may take it for the state of Chu. If the state of Chu occupies Bashu and its power increases greatly, it will be difficult for the king to suppress it anymore. This is a long-term plan, and the king will want to take off Bashu! ”

When King Qin heard this, he also felt reasonable, so he asked Zhang Yi again: "What are the disadvantages and advantages of taking Bashu as Mr. said?" ”

Zhang Yi played: "Taking Bashu is laborious and laborious, and the profit is not big. Bashu is located in the southwest corner, although it can suppress the Chu State, but compared with the Central Plains, it is still secondary. The minister thought that the king should attack Korea, take Korea, and win Bashu. ”

The king of Qin asked Sima again: "What Qing said should be a long-term plan to take Shu, but the road to Shu is rugged, and it is not easy to use troops." If there is no certainty of victory, the widow still feels that he should be cautious. Is there a way to take the Shu policy? ”

Sima Cuo said again: "Since the minister dares to speak out and take Shu, he must have a strategy. Bashu era for the enemy, and all sent a book to ask for help in the king, the king's army and horses into Hanzhong, out of the division famous, to see the changes of the two countries, the king can raid in one fell swoop, anti-guest-based, a battle can defeat the Shu army, capture the king of Shu, then the country, Ba are incidentally collected. ”

Zhang Yi argued again: "Despite this, in case of setbacks on the way, it will be difficult to retreat for a while, and the Korean division will take the opportunity to attack me, and the eastern countries will attack together, and I am afraid that Hangu Pass will not be able to be defended." Although this is a top calculation, it is also a risk calculation. For the sake of all things, it is better to put it off and take it first. ”

Sima Cuo argued again: "If you don't take it at such a time, the opportunity will be missed in vain." The six countries in the East have been afraid of the king for a long time, and even if South Korea sends troops to attack us, it will not be afraid for the time being. Although the divisions of the six countries are united, they often have uneven forces, and it is difficult to achieve things, and the ministers think that it is not enough to worry the king. ”

Sima Cuo and Zhang Yi argued several times, but they all had their own reasons. Sima Cuo then started to play the King of Qin: "The minister, please raise 100,000 for the king, take the third month as the deadline, take off the chin Shu and return." If you can't take it off then, the minister will come to see the king! ”

When King Qin heard this, he was overjoyed, so he praised him: "Sima Aiqing's strategy is exactly what the widow wants. The widow has long had the intention of receiving Bashu, but the opportunity has not come, how can the widow lose it? ”

So he decided to send troops to collect Bashu. He bowed to Sima Wrong as a general, and asked Sima Wrong: "Qing needs to raise 100,000 soldiers for this trip, but I don't know who to help?" ”

Sima mistakenly said: "Keqing Zhang Yi has a deep strategy, and he can give advice to his ministers and help him on this trip." Du Weimo is good at leading the army to conquer, and can go out with his ministers. ”

The king of Qin asked Zhang Yidao: "Is Mr. willing to help Dr. Sima to take Shu for the widow?" ”

Zhang Yi knelt down and said: "Although the minister and Dr. Sima have different opinions, since the king has decided to take Bashu first, does the minister dare to disobey the king's order?" I must be exhausted and blunt, and help Dr. Sima to repay the king's kindness! ”

So the king of Qin was overjoyed, so he awarded Sima Cuo to the general seal, Keqing Zhang Yi, Duwei Du Weimo and others as deputy generals, raised 100,000 soldiers, from Shimen Road into Hanzhong, nominally to mediate the disputes of Bashu Tho and other countries, but in fact, he harbored evil intentions and wanted to annex the Three Kingdoms in one fell swoop.