Since February, the temperature in Hanzhong has begun to rise, only occasionally it rains one or two cold rains, it is still cold and scary, the quilt in the tent is wet many times, and after March, the cold is not cold, but the humidity is thicker with a few rains.

Sitting silently in the makeshift canopy, looking at the bedding hanging outside the door, Liu Yi was not in a very good mood, even if there were drying properties in this canopy, it was still difficult to resist the ubiquitous moisture, I don't know if I would fall into rheumatism when I get old, and the humidity is especially serious in this valley.

On the construction site, you can see a lot of women to send food to their husbands, Liu Yi recruited 10,000 people this time, the work in the field can only be handled by the women in the family, some families have a lot of people, women come to send meals to their husbands, Liu Yi is a hired system, and he gives a lot of money, but only one meal is provided every day, and the rest is solved by himself.

It's not that Liu Yi is stingy, but now most of the grain and grass in Hanzhong have to be used to support the front-line operations, even if Hanzhong is rich in grain, it can no longer be used on these people, which is equivalent to feeding an army of tens of thousands of people, and no matter how rich Hanzhong is, he can't withstand such a toss, so from the beginning when Liu Bei didn't send troops, Liu Yi set the rules, and the money was enough, but the meals were only provided in the morning every day, and the rest had to be brought by himself.

Not far away, a peasant woman carried some pasta for her man to eat, and carefully helped her man wipe the sweat beads on his forehead, the man showed a sincere smile on his face, maybe they are not rich, but they are very happy, but Liu Yi saw it, some are not tasteful, others have mother-in-law to deliver food, and they ......

"Sir." Huang Zhong came over with two guards, carrying a pot of wine, sat next to Liu Yi and said, "Why don't you go to dinner?" ”

Liu Yi shook his head and said with a smile: "Doesn't Hansheng have to train recently?" ”

"Hey, it's strange to say, in the few military camps built by Mr., there is no need for the general to supervise at all, those soldiers are trained like crazy, and the general has become an idler." Huang Zhong shook his head and smiled.

"I heard that General Hansheng has renewed his wife's room again?" Liu Yi remembered something, looked at Huang Zhong and said: "At that time, I was busy here, and I didn't go to congratulate me in person, and I hope that Hansheng will not be blamed." ”

"What did you say?" Huang Zhong waved his hand and looked at the peasant woman in the distance who came to deliver food, don't look at his sex like fire on weekdays, but he has lived all his life, what has not happened? Probably able to understand Liu Yi's thoughts, sat next to Liu Yi, poured a bowl of wine for Liu Yi, and poured a bowl himself, before he looked into the distance and said, "Actually, that Zhang Lu intended to marry his concubine to Mr. Yu as a concubine." ”

It is worth mentioning that Liu Zhang's daughters have more than a dozen, basically all of them are concubines, after officially entering Liu Bei's command, Zhang Lu naturally also wants to do a good job in the relationship between all parties, pave connections for himself, and take more than a dozen daughters by himself, which naturally becomes the best marriage tool, Liu Yi is deeply valued by Liu Bei, and is naturally also in Zhang Lu's marriage list, after knowing that Liu Yi already has a wife, he offered to give his daughter to Liu Yi as a concubine.

The status of the concubine is not high, as Zhang Lu's daughter, even if she is a concubine, this method can be regarded as giving Liu Yi enough face.

"I'm not too fond of that." Liu Yi shook his head, he was indeed homesick, but it didn't mean that he just wanted to mate with a woman, this kind of political marriage without any emotional foundation, Liu Yi was a little resistant in his heart, so he chose to refuse, in order to avoid making enemies, Liu Yi also personally came to the door to apologize to Zhang Lu at that time, and took the initiative to help Zhang Lu's daughter Zhang Luo to become a concubine for Guan Ping.

There is such a thing as a group of wives and concubines, when I am young and have nothing, I often think, even when Liu Yi got married, this kind of thought has never been broken, men, who believes if you really don't have this mind?

It's just that with the growth of age, the growth of experience and the gradual calmness of the character, this mind begins to fade, two people have lived in the nest for a long time, they will get used to each other, and a person suddenly comes in the middle, regardless of the identity of the other party, it will make this habit lost, men after the age of thirty pay more attention to career and family, at least Liu Yi is like this, there is someone who can care, and at the same time the other party will also care about their own feeling is very good, it is precisely because of this concern that Liu Yi will look forward to the joy of reunion, Although he is lonely now, if he really accepts a strange beautiful woman because of this, maybe in the context of this era, Lu Lingqi will not say anything, but Liu Yi will feel guilty, he doesn't want his wife to be sad, this has nothing to do with morality, just a kind of inner care for the other half, she has suffered too much pain that she shouldn't bear, Liu Yi doesn't want her future pain to be brought by herself.

Huang Zhong didn't persuade much, everyone's thoughts are different, not to mention a person like Liu Yi who is in a high position, if he really wants it, what kind of woman can't get it, since Liu Yi refused, he must have his own ideas, Huang Zhong will not run to be this villain.

"There's something strange about the news coming from Guanzhong." No longer discussing this topic, Huang Zhong handed over the news he had recently received from Guanzhong to Liu Yi, and said with a frown.

"Oh? What's so strange? Liu Yi asked casually while flipping through it.

"Ma Chao raised troops to seize Jicheng again a few years ago, and the momentum was very loud, but the strange thing is that Cao Jun only let Na Xiahou Yuan and Zhang He hold the checkpoint, but did not send troops to attack Na Ma Chao again, but let him regain a foothold."

It stands to reason that at this time, Cao Cao should directly drive Ma Chao out of Xiliang, this is the right reason, Cao Jun is also strong enough, but Cao Jun did not, but seemed to recognize Ma Chao's existence, which made Huang Zhong and Yan Pu quite puzzled.

Liu Yi paused, and silently put half of the wine on the table.

Obviously, there are also mistakes and omissions at another node in history, is this related to the occupation of Hanzhong by Liu Bei?

The answer doesn't seem to be difficult to guess, except for this reason, Liu Yi can't think of any reason for Cao Cao to let Ma Chao go.

"How many cities does he have?" Liu Yi looked back at Huang Zhong, saw Huang Zhong at a loss, and added, "Ma Chao." ”

"It's not much, three or five, but there are a lot of Qiang people gathered, and there is also Yang Ang's army, which is quite powerful." Huang Zhong smiled: "Sir, think there is a problem? ”

"No problem, maybe in the next step, Ma Chao will be named Hanzhong Taishou!" Liu Yi put down the wine and said.

"Even if Ma Chao comes to vote, the main guild will let Ma Chao replace Mr.?" Huang Zhong didn't react, thinking that Ma Chao would come to vote for Liu Bei.

"The lord won't, but Cao Cao will!" Perhaps even Liu Yi didn't notice that as time went by, his sense of smell in politics and military had become more acute unconsciously.

"Cao Cao and Ma Chao have a grudge against their father, will Ma Chao accept Cao Cao's appointment?" Huang Zhong was surprised.

"A person who can ignore the life and death of his father and his family and blatantly launch a rebellion, do you think he really cares about this revenge for killing his father?" Liu Yi sighed and asked rhetorically.

In later generations, there were many people who were aggrieved by Ma Chao, and his ability was not weak, but he was put on the shelf by Liu Bei and wrapped Liu Yi, when he first came into contact with this history, he also had some regrets, after all, whether in history or romance, Ma Chao's ability is undoubted, and I don't understand why Liu Bei accepted such a character.

When he really came to this era and saw a lot of things, Liu Yi gradually understood that the Han ruled the world with filial piety, and Ma Chao's behavior, not to mention this era, even if it was put in later generations, it was also disgusting, although it was Cao Cao who killed Ma Teng directly, but the culprit who really caused the Ma family to be wiped out was Ma Chao.

Liu Yi remembered that Ma Chao had a conversation with Han Sui when he raised troops in history, and the original text had long been forgotten, but it probably meant that Han Sui, your son is in the hands of Cao Cao, and my father is also in the hands of Cao Cao.

In this way, ordinary people really can't say it, Ma Chao is undoubtedly a werewolf, a little more ruthless than a ruthless person, ruthless to the enemy, and ruthless to his own people, such a person, if it is really profitable, will not care about killing his father.

After hearing this, Huang Zhong was silent for a moment, then looked at Liu Yi and said, "Sir, are you saying that Ma Chao will come to attack Hanzhong?" ”

"Definitely." Liu Yi affirmed.

In fact, whether it is Ma Chao or Lu Bu back then, in the setbacks again and again, some changes have also begun to appear, but unfortunately, they are princes, and the price of growth is sometimes something they can't bear, Lu Bu paid for it with his life, and Ma Chaojie is obviously not very good.

"Don't worry, sir, the last general also wants to meet this Jinma Chao for a while!" Huang Zhong looked at Liu Yi and smiled.

"Ma Chao looks at Cao Cao's gun, although it is sharp, but our army has a dangerous road, the Xiliang army is good at field warfare, but not good at attacking cities, there is no need to be afraid, I am more worried about Cao Cao, who is manipulating this gun behind the scenes!" Liu Yi picked up the wine, looked at Huang Zhong and said with a smile: "The old general still remembers how our army was going to take Hanzhong before it entered Hanzhong?" ”

Huang Zhong thought for a moment, looked at Liu Yi and said, "Will you want to go west and show it to the east?" ”

Liu Yi nodded with a smile and said, "Maybe I'm too careful, but if Cao Jun wants to use this method, where will he go?" ”

Huang Zhong stood up, squinted his eyes and smiled, "It's in this Meridian Valley!" What do you want? ”

"Wait for the rabbit!" Liu Yi said with a smile: "But this ambush is a place that needs the help of the old general to find it." ”

This meridian road stretches for more than 300 miles, when the other party comes, Liu Yi doesn't have the ability to calculate, but where is the only way, it should not be difficult to guess, where is suitable for ambush, he can't see it, this needs to be found by Huang Zhong, who has rich combat experience, and what Liu Yi has to do is to adjust the project.

"Sir, rest assured!" Huang Zhong stood up and smiled at Liu Yi: "This matter will be left to the end of the world to find out!" ”

Liu Yi nodded and drank all the wine......