The original expedition outside the Cypriot Fortress may have been just a pure military training in the eyes of the Son of Heaven, but now, the development of the war has completely exceeded the Son of Heaven's expectations, first of all, the number of enemies outside the Cypriot Islands, the original thought of 20,000 people, suddenly became 80,000 people, plus the rest of the possible assistance, the number is nearly 100,000, this number, the northern and southern armies that have not been fully dispatched, also need to think twice.

After all, the number of troops in the Han Dynasty is now outside the Saiwai, 21,000 in the southern army and 23,000 in the northern army, which seems to be a lot of people, but these are all new soldiers, untrained, and the climate is extremely harsh, plus these people are not all cavalry, the disadvantage is great, and the advantage is in the advanced armament and the ability of the generals.

In the cold winter of the eighteenth year of Yankang, Guan Yu pursued the main force of Xianbei, in a school field, the two sides fought, Guan Yu paid about 1,000 casualties, successfully defeated the main force, killed more than 16,000 people, captured 30,000, and the rest of the thieves fled in all directions, but they were still captured by many generals of the Northern and Southern Army, and brought back to Yangcheng in Hezhou, where the captives will spend this cold winter.

At best, this may be the easiest winter for them to spend, they don't have to loot, they can survive, at this time, the Son of Heaven wants to collect the troops, it is already impossible to collect, Guan Yu's great victory, stimulated the generals of the Southern Army, especially Zhang Liao, who got nothing, the Southern Army launched a conquest against the surrounding barbarians, and attacked for no reason, which caused a shock in the temple.

The war gradually became a competition between the northern and southern armies, both sides were crazy to obtain military exploits, wanting to overpower each other, in just four months, the southern army actually destroyed seventeen Cypriot tribes, including Xianbei people, Wuhuan people, Huns, and even honest and prudent people, did not let go, such a move, so that the court Shangshu Ling was furious.

The Northern Army also failed to stop it, Cao Situ's son with a yellow beard, with 2,000 cavalry, actually captured the four cities of the Su Shen people, which can be described as notorious outside the Saiwai, continuous sorties, along with the reclamation of the Saiwai, after the overseas government received the order, Fa Zheng personally escorted these "coolies" to the port of Ningzhou, these "coolies" are naturally suppressed overseas "thieves".

Even, even Xizhou transported these manpower from the northwest to Hezhou from Kushan and the states further afield, these things were mainly handled by Sima Yi, and Zhuge Liang was responsible for mobilizing the conscripts, surveying the terrain with Ma Jun, and being responsible for construction, when Zhuge Liang found out that these coolies were coming, it was too late.

Different from what was originally said, during the negotiation in the Houde Palace, Zhuge Liang proposed to start the construction together with 1.4 million conscripts, supplemented by 200,000 coolies, but now the number of people sent to Ningzhou has exceeded 400,000, not to mention the follow-up, as well as those from Xizhou, so that Sima Yi is actually planning to transport more than 1 million people to the frontier.

Zhuge Liang, who was discussing when to conquer the local conscription, heard about these things, and was furious, and hurriedly went to the temple.

In the Hall of Houde, Liu Xi looked at the letter sent by Zhuge Liang, his face became more and more gloomy, obviously, he was very angry, and Sima Yi was sitting in front of him, he couldn't see the slightest guilt, Liu Xi slammed the letter on the case, stared at Sima Yi on the side, and asked coldly: "Zhongda?" What's going on? Didn't you say that 200,000 people would be transferred? How did it become a million?? ”

Sima Yi was not flustered, looked at the Son of Heaven calmly, and asked, "Your Majesty is angry because the minister sent a million slaves to build the city, or is he angry because the minister decided privately?" ”

"Hehe... What do you think? Liu Xi's eyes were extremely cold.

"Your Majesty, if you want to transfer a million people from the land of Hebei, it will cause huge damage to the Hebei region, whether it is from agriculture or other fields, it will be affected, Emperor Xiaokang has three generations of Ming Jun's governance of Hebei, I am afraid that it will be ruined in a flash, this time, the minister would rather bear the notoriety himself, than ruin this prosperous world!" , Sima Yi said seriously.

"Hahaha, so I have to thank you for your self-determination?" , Liu Xi smiled angrily.

"The minister has never had such an idea, it's just that the minister will not put his emotions above his family and country, if the minister thinks well, Zhuge Liang must persuade His Majesty to try to mobilize the people as much as possible and move the people of the Han Dynasty to these areas, instead of filling the outside with those slaves, what the minister said is right?" , Sima Yi asked rhetorically.

Liu Xi narrowed his eyes, then nodded.

"Zhuge Liang thinks so, it is entirely because of his master, his master is just a barbarian, that's why he values those barbarians so much, Your Majesty, do you say, is it the people of the Han Dynasty who are important, or those captives are important? Sacrifice is also required, so why not let the captives do it? Sima Yi asked, he said with some anger: "As a scholar of Shangshuling, he does things but does not think about the Han Dynasty, and the minister can replace him!" ”

Liu Xi was silent for a long time, looking at Zhuge Liang's documents on the case, he didn't know what he was thinking, the atmosphere was quite depressing, and after a long time, Liu Xi raised his head and said unhappily: "This kind of thing, there can't be a next time... This time, I will punish you for three months! ”

"Respectfully!" , Hearing the words of the Son of Heaven, Sima Yi's heart suddenly relaxed, and he bowed to the Son of Heaven, but a smile had already appeared on his face, Zhuge Villager, this is your own stupidity, don't blame the old man, this Shang Shuling's position, I can do better than you!

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"What?? Business as usual?! Just fined him for three months?! Zhuge Liang sat not far away, frowning, without saying a word, Zhuge Zhan looked at it seriously for a while, and then said: "Father, it seems that there is no way to change this matter, and what the Son of Heaven said is not unreasonable..."

"People have already sent it, and if they send it back, won't it cost more?"

Zhuge Liang still had no words.

Zhuge Zhan was a little helpless, sat down beside his father, and persuaded: "Father... I know about Shizu, but these people are different from Shizu, they are all prisoners, prisoners of war, anyway, they need people to pay, let these people come..."

"Shut up!!" , Zhuge Liang suddenly raised his head, looked at Zhuge Zhan sternly, with a little disappointment in his eyes, he asked rhetorically: "Do you also think that I am a person who takes care of feelings and can sacrifice his family and country?" ”

"Of course not... That.. Why is Father so opposed? Zhuge Zhan lowered his head, a little afraid to look at his father, but still asked cautiously.

"Alas... I ask you, I beat you, I scold you, if one day you become strong and I am old, what will you do? ”

"Naturally, I am a good student and honor my father... Raising my father..", Zhuge Zhan said.

"Yes, but if I rob a child, I am beaten and scolded on weekdays, and one day, I am old and weak, what do you say?" , Zhuge Liang asked again.

Zhuge Zhan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly understood his father's thoughts, and said in surprise: "How is this possible? After three generations of Ming monarchs, the Han Dynasty is so strong, and with only a few million captives, what can it do? Father is so worried! ”

"Hopefully... Dahan has always been strong... Can... Alas... I'm not the one who ignores my family and country for myself, but Sima Yi is a thief who doesn't care about my family and country for my own future...", Zhuge Liang said angrily.

"Then, how does Father think this other person's child should be raised?"

"Raise him as his own child, teach him to be polite, righteous and honest, and let him learn filial piety... Or... Chop the grass and root it, and kill it while it is still weak. Zhuge Liang said, his face became more and more uneasy, he sat down helplessly, looked into the distance, and slowly came out of his mind.

"I only hope that there will not be a day when I am old and weak..."

"But... Really, won't there be? ”

"Your Majesty..."

In the cold winter of the eighteenth year of Yankang, countless poor people in fear landed on the land of Ningzhou, in the sound of the long whip, these people wiped their tears, limped to the outside of the plug, often people died on the road, they missed the overseas life very much, they remembered that the young governor, had made countless good promises to them.

As long as they worked diligently, he promised to give them a house and treat them as human beings, but when they had worked hard for a whole year, they were hidden in the cabin like livestock, and along the way, there were many casualties, and after arriving in Ningzhou, they were in rags, they had never seen the cold winter, and they saw their hell for the first time.

Everyone was extremely frightened, looking at the snowflakes and feeling the biting winter, this is probably the world after death?

Ma Jun personally came to the outside of the Saiwai and designed sixteen cities, these coolies did not even have a moment of rest, they put on heavy shackles and went to work, an order from the Son of Heaven, sometimes, can take the lives of countless people, the officials in order to achieve political achievements, constantly spur them, let them work every day and night, in this cold winter, more and more people have become sculptures.

Sure enough, in the summer of the nineteenth year of Yankang, there have been many rudiments of cities outside the Saiwai, and the northern and southern armies have not left, they are still arresting people outside the Saiwai everywhere, and they are still monitoring these captives, and their daily drills can deter the coolies here, so that they can know that the officials here have the strength to destroy them all, and if they want to live, they can be obedient.

And even in the face of such a powerful army, these people who died in the cold winter had sparks of hatred in their eyes.