Chapter 3 Section 025 Soldiers in Hanzhong
。 "Filial piety. It's summer. Hanzhong does not take. I've never been able to sleep." Chengdu. Inside the Governor's House. Liu Bei was holding a bowl of chilled sour plum soup. Worriedly, he said to Fa Zheng, who was standing aside.
Summer in Nishikawa. Compare Jingzhou. The heat is even better. That kind of heat. It makes people feel a kind of suffocation. Even sweat. It can't flow out very smoothly.
This climate. It made Liu Bei feel very uncomfortable. Even though there were four maids standing beside him. Zhengxiang was sweating and fanning him. But he still found it stuffy. So stuffy that I feel like I want to kill.
"It's summer. If the lord wants to use soldiers. It's timely." Fa Zheng said and took Liu Bei's small bowl. I refilled a bowl of sour plum soup for him.
"You're not hot and confused. Filial piety. Cool summer soldiers." Liu Bei was frightened by Fa Zheng's sentence at the right time.
"Your Lord. Yizhou soldiers are the majority. These soldiers are used to being hot since they were young. On the other hand, Cao Jun in Hanzhong. Most of them were mobilized from the Central Plains and Hebei. For the scorching heat is believed to be even more uncomfortable. Since that's the case. Sooner or later, our army will take Hanzhong. It's better to take advantage of the hot summer. Surprise him by surprise."
Fa Zheng came to Liu Bei's side. took the goose feather fan from the maid's hand and fanned it for him. At the same time, he gently explained to Liu Bei.
"Filial piety is straightforward. There's some truth to that." Liu Bei listened to Fa Zheng's words. Some of them are moved.
"The soldiers and horses have not moved the grain and grass first. Our army has plenty of food and grass." Liu Bei remembered the problem of food. This decade. It's not hard to get the soldiers to give you their lives. As long as you have food in your hands. Just let them eat their stomachs. But if you don't have enough food and grass in your hands; I'm sorry about that. Don't say you're Uncle Liu. You're Emperor Liu's father. None of them will buy it.
"This. I don't know. This matter has always been handled by Lord Zhuge . Why don't you summon him and ask him?" Fa Zheng and Zhuge Liang have always been inseparable. Therefore, how much grain and grass is there in Yizhou at the moment. How many soldiers. He really doesn't know the law.
"It's fine. More than rì did not see Kong Ming. It's just this opportunity for the three of us to get together." Only then did Liu Bei remember that there was a rìzi who had not seen Zhuge Liang. After that, he hurriedly went to Xuan Kongming to play the right.
"Zhuge Kongming. See Lord." Not much later. Zhuge Liang, who had a leg of mud, pulled a pair of clogs and came to the state governor's mansion. One bends over. He bowed to Liu Bei, who was sitting in the hall.
"Kong Ming. Why do you look like that?" Liu Bei looked at Zhuge Liang's leg of mud. Asked in some surprise. In his impression. Zhuge Liang has always been a lupine scarf.
"Returning to the Lord. It is rainy in Xichuan in summer. Liang is looking around to visit the embankment and the riverbank. I'm afraid something will go wrong with the rainy season." Zhuge Liang took off the mud-stained clogs on his feet. He stumbled in the hall.
"I see. Kong Ming has worked hard." Liu Bei nodded when he heard this. expressed satisfaction with Zhuge Liang's precautions.
"I don't know if the Lord has summoned Liang to come. What's the matter?" Zhuge Liang put on the clogs again. Folded his hands and asked Liu Bei.
"Kong Ming. Fang Cai filial piety to a certain advice. Prepare to take advantage of the hot summer season to use troops against Hanzhong. I don't know what you think." Liu Bei subconsciously asked Zhuge Liangdao. After all, before Fazheng, he Liu Bei had no matter how big or small, but he went to ask Zhuge Liang. Now my hands are a little wider. But it's a habit that I used to form. I can't change it for a while.
"Filial piety. How is it under the will of the Lord?" Hearing this, Zhuge Liang smiled and praised Fa Zheng who was standing aside. Then he asked what Liu Bei meant.
"I think so. There seems to be some truth in what Xiaozhi said. I just can't make up my mind right now. The main thing is . I don't know if our army will go to war once . Will there be no help in terms of ordnance, food and grass?" Liu Bei went around the bend and asked Zhuge Liang about Xichuan's logistical supplies.
"I don't know the lord. How many men are ready to be sent to battle." Zhuge Liang took out a feather fan from behind his waist. A few flicks and then asked.
"This." Liu Bei now has a big family. Where have you ever paid attention to these things. Hearing this, he couldn't help but turn his head to look at Fa Zheng on the side.
"The soldiers of Zitong are enough to take Hanzhong. That is, the 50,000 horses under General Huang." Fa Zheng said to Zhuge Liang confidently.
"50,000 horses. Limited to one month. It takes about 150,000 stone of grain and grass for a person to eat and chew a horse. Xichuan currently has more than one million stones of grain. The lord can rest easy." Zhuge Liang quickly figured it out. Once the war begins the approximate amount of grain and grass required.
"So. This battle is feasible." When Liu Bei heard that he was so rich. At the moment, he asked Zhuge Liang with some excitement.
"Huh." Zhuge Liang just shook the feather fan and chuckled a few times. But he didn't answer Liu Bei's question.
"My lord. This battle is feasible." Fa Zheng looked at Zhuge Liang not yīn not yang. Just laughing there. Bending down and clasping his hands, he said to Liu Bei, who was a little hesitant.
"So. The army was sent to Hanzhong. Take down this gateway to Xichuan." Liu Bei saw that Fa Zheng said it so categorically. For a while, I made up my mind with confidence.
"It's just. Who should be sent to lead the army as the main general? The defender of Hanzhong. But the famous Xiahou Yuan. You can't underestimate the enemy." Liu Bei, who was determined to fight. In a moment, I hesitated a little.
"Cao cāo has Xiahou Yuan. The lord did not have the old general Huang. This battle. General Huang Lao can be sent as the main general. A certain would like to go with the army as a military advisor. He will definitely take Hanzhong for the Lord."
Fa Zheng thinks. Huang Zhong, who doesn't speak much. Will be a good executor. As long as Huang Zhong listens to his arrangement. This time they'll be able to do a great job. Let those civil and military generals who have been with Liu Bei for a long time take a look. Those of us who are half-way monks are not vegetarians.
"That. That's it." Liu Bei looked at Fa Zheng, who was full of ambition. looked at Zhuge Liang, who was smiling and silent. He asked there with the meaning of inquiry.
"The warplanes are fleeting. Don't hesitate to judge." Fa Zheng gritted his teeth. A fist hugged Liu Bei and said.
"That being the case. Pass on my military orders. Ordered Zitong to guard Huang Zhong. Personally lead the headquarters of the people. Ke rì Bing Fa Hanzhong. Filial piety. I'm going to have to work hard for you this time." After Liu Bei loudly finished giving the military order to the left and right. He walked in front of Fa Zheng again. Hold his hand and say.
"Kong Ming. Logistical supply matters. I'll give you full authority. Don't slack off." Liu Bei and Fa Zheng are tired and crooked. When he turned around, he saw Zhuge Liang still standing in the same place. Only then did he say a few more words to Zhuge Liang.
"The Lord is in peace. Grain, grass and ordnance. There is no shortage of the front line." Zhuge Liang folded his hands and promised Liu Bei.
"Good. Took Hanzhong. You and I will conspire to get drunk again." Liu Bei held Fa Zheng with one hand. Holding Zhuge Liang with one hand. He spoke loudly in the hall.