At this time, there is no doubt that there is a shortage of food in Bashu, otherwise there would not be such a Bashu people who have become homeless, precisely because the Bashu government can't hold food to help the victims, so these people have to start fleeing from the famine in order to survive, from the disaster victims to the displaced people.

But is Bashu really short of food? Not necessarily, the fields of small farmers and small landlords have been eaten up by locusts, but those big landlords and big families definitely still have a lot of grain stored.

Some generals may report to the imperial court to urge food, but some bold garrison generals may personally lead troops to the big landlord's house to collect grain in order to maintain the stability of the army, and rob it if they don't give it, so the garrison in some places in Bashu is not necessarily short of food, and the lack of food is only those honest people.

But no matter what, the large-scale locust plague in Bashu has brought huge pressure to the survival of this place, and also made the garrisons in Bashu panic, the lack of food has brought a huge impact on morale, and the continuous increase of disaster victims and displaced people has also made the garrison, especially the border defenders, panic.

Dongfang Chen said to Zhao Junsheng: "Your Majesty, the minister has a plan that can greatly affect the morale of the Southern Dynasty defenders opposite us, and at the same time make them more panicked, but this strategy hurts Tianhe!" ”

Zhao Junsheng is not a hypocritical person, let alone a bad person, he said: "Tell me what kind of strategy will hurt the peace of the world?" ”

Dongfang Chen arched his hand and said: "Yes!" Immediately order, let the border block all the passages into our territory, and block the remaining Bashu refugees outside the border line, in order to deter, you can kill a hundred people, but if you cross the border line, you will not be forgiven! At the same time, they sent elite spies to infiltrate the homeless people, spread rumors that there was grain in a certain county in Bashu, and there were good people to give porridge, and guide those homeless people to turn around and return to Bashu, and then spread rumors that there was a large amount of food hoarded in Jianmen Pass, enough for 100,000 troops to eat for a year.

Now the border defenders of the Southern Dynasty have blocked the passage for the displaced people to return to Bashu, and if they want to return to Bashu, they can only forcibly pass through the Jianmen Pass! ”

General Yang Lie said: "The national teacher's plan is very clever, as long as a large number of displaced people gather outside the Jianmen Pass and shout to return to Bashu, the border defenders of the Southern Dynasty on this side are all Bashu children, they will definitely not bear to let these tens of thousands of fathers and elders starve to death outside the pass, as long as they open the city gate, we spy and work carefully to incite the homeless people to snatch the Jianmen Pass for food!" At that time, the opportunity for our army will come! ”

Zhao Junsheng stood up and walked around the tent, thinking about how to capture the Jianmen Pass, how to take all the passes and cities along the way to Shuzhong as quickly as possible.

Now we have to compete with Liu Song of the Southern Dynasty for time, this is the time when the defense force of Bashu is the weakest, and if you lose this opportunity, I am afraid that you will not be able to find such a good opportunity in the next few years, or even more than ten years.

He thought for a while, and immediately decided: "Kang Yide, pass on my will, and order Lu Shuang to transfer 3,000 people from the garrison army from all over Liangzhou, and arrive at Jiameng Pass within five days at most!" ”

"Lu Xuan, I have ordered you to supervise the grain and grass baggage, the attack speed of the army is fast, and the follow-up grain and grass must be delivered in time!"

Kang Yide and Lu Xuan stood up together and promised: "Obey!" ”

Dongfang Chen said: "Your Majesty, those Bashu refugees outside the pass didn't carry much food, and they couldn't hold out for long, so time is very important to us, it takes time to mobilize soldiers and horses, even if Lu Rail mobilizes three thousand Liangzhou town garrison troops are afraid that relying on this point soldiers and horses will have no stamina, and the five thousand men and horses brought by His Majesty this time are all cavalry, and attacking the pass will not play a role!" ”

Zhao Junsheng said with a smile: "As long as the Bashu exiles snatch the Jianmen Pass, I will personally lead the 1,000 Dragon Guards to take the lead, all the way to Shuzhong, and the 3,000 town garrison army in Liangzhou will serve as the second combat echelon, let them quickly follow, and then draw troops and horses from the nearest counties and counties in Guanzhong to keep up, so that they can speed up the march!" Dongfang Chen, you are responsible for sending people to convey my will to Chencang and Chang'an to transfer troops, so that they can quickly follow, and at the same time be responsible for liaison with Chang'an, and the troops must keep up in time! ”

The ministers and ministers who accompanied him were all shocked, "Your Majesty must not, Your Majesty is a body of ten thousand gold, how can you personally risk leading troops to attack the dangerous pass?" What's more, there are only a thousand dragon guards? ”

Zhao Junsheng said with a serious face: "Could it be that I, the emperor, inherited my father's business?" My great Qianjiang was given away by someone else for nothing? It was all fought by me and the princes, the generals and those soldiers who died in battle, could it be that I am so old now that I don't even have the courage to do so? Greedy for life and afraid of death? ”

The ministers were speechless one by one.

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand: "At this time, it is so decided, send a decree to Lu Shuang, and ask him to order the border to be blocked, and not to let another homeless person enter our country!" As for sending spies and meticulous work, I will send someone else to do it, so you can do your own thing with peace of mind! Where is Li Bao? ”

Li Bao stood up and hugged his fists and said, "The minister is here!" ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "Although you have followed me to fight the Mobei Rouran people, but you have never been in battle, speaking of which, you have not been on the battlefield in person for more than ten years, and now you still have the courage to fight desperately with the enemy?" Can you still swing your big axe? ”

Li Bao said: "Your Majesty, Li Bao has been waiting for Your Majesty's will, and is ready to die at any time, the minister has never stopped cultivating martial arts like His Majesty, even if he is a young man in his teens or twelve years, he may not have such a good body as Chen!" ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "That's good, in the past two days, let the soldiers of the Dragon Guard Army eat and drink enough, sleep well, recuperate, and keep the news of preparing for war secret for the time being, don't leak it out!" ”

"Obey the order!" Li Bao showed an excited look on his face, he had been waiting for this moment for more than ten years, even if he went to fight the Rouran people with Zhao Junsheng last year, he went to the battlefield but had no chance to fight with the enemy, it was really a pity to say, who made him Zhao Junsheng's personal guard?

After the ministers dispersed, Zhao Junsheng summoned Lin Jinghui, the commander of the black-clothed guards, and told Lin Jinghui about the plan to attack Bashu that he had just discussed with the ministers.

"Therefore, it takes the black-clothed guards to infiltrate the homeless people, and to carry out guidance, walk the rumors, and incite the homeless people to snatch the Sword Gate!"

Lin Jinghui clenched his fists and agreed: "The minister will arrange it immediately!" ”

In the next two days, many displaced people were dispersed to other counties in Liangzhou for resettlement at the base of Dingjun Mountain, and people from other resettlement sites were also dispersed to the resettlement sites.

After Zhao Junsheng's will was conveyed to the governor's palace of Nanzheng, Lu Shuang received the order and immediately ordered the defenders on the border line to block the passage into the territory of Daqian.

After killing hundreds or thousands of people, the displaced people could not be afraid, and everyone knew that the displaced people were not allowed to enter the Qianguo country, and if they crossed the border again, they would definitely die, and the displaced people would not dare to advance further, but how could they survive if they did not go to the Qianguo?

At this time, the secret agents and meticulous work of the black-clothed guards had quietly blended into the homeless people, and they spoke with local accents, and when they met people, they said that Qianguo could not go, so they could only return to Shuzhong by the same route.

"Hey, did you hear that? The people who went to southern Sichuan found a way to live, and the government there was sheltering the displaced people and releasing grain! ”

When several of the surrounding homeless people heard this, they all turned their heads to look at the person who spoke, this was a middle-aged man, tall and thin, looking honest, not like nonsense.

Someone asked: "How do you know that the people who went to southern Sichuan have found a way to live, and there is really an official government to contain and release grain there?" ”

The tall and thin middle-aged man said: "Two days ago, the Jianmen Pass opened the city gate and released all the people who were locked in the south. ”

Such rumors quickly spread among the displaced people, and more and more displaced people knew that they were a little impatient, but because of the long distance, they were worried that they would not be able to go to southern Sichuan.

After a day, almost all the displaced people knew the news.

In the evening of that day, a homeless man who looked tall and strong climbed onto a mountain rock and shouted to the homeless people below: "Everyone, everyone, listen to me, my name is Jiang Hui, I am a descendant of Jiang Wei, the general of the Shu Han Dynasty, I will not mention the ancestors to win glory for themselves, and now I Jiang Hui has become like this, which can be regarded as a shame for the ancestors, let's talk about where to go now!"

The passage to Qianguo has been completely sealed, and I have received the news that anyone who tries to cross the blockade line into the territory of Qianguo has been killed, and it seems that our arrival has put a lot of pressure on Qianguo, and they will not allow us to continue going!

Now we can't go to Qianguo, the only way is to return to Shuzhong along the original road, and then go from Shuzhong to southern Sichuan, so there is still a way to live, otherwise, all of us will starve to death here, I have planned to go to Jianmen Pass, return to Shuzhong from Jianmen Pass, but I am a weak person, those defenders will definitely not open the door for me, are you bold, willing to go with me to let them open the city gate and let us return to Shuzhong? Is there any, now we can only starve to death if we continue to be here, and there is still hope for going back! ”

Someone said loudly: "Jiang Zhuangshi, what if the soldiers at the Sword Gate Pass don't open the door for us?" If we open up the mountain road again, we are afraid that the rest of the food will be exhausted before we can go halfway, and we will not be able to reach the south of Sichuan no matter what! ”

Jiang Hui said: "As long as we are outnumbered, we can force them to open the city gate and let us pass, those defenders will definitely not dare to use force against us, and they are all our children in Sichuan, how can there be a reason to use swords against their fathers and fellow villagers, are they not afraid of being scolded by the villagers when they go back in the future?" So we have to work together, we can definitely return to Shuzhong through the Jianmen Pass along the same road, do you have the courage to follow? ”

Seeing that the road in front of him was completely blocked, the only thing he could do now was to say to Jiang Hui that he could only turn around and return, if he didn't turn around, he could only starve to death, so it was better to simply gamble and return to Shuzhong and then go to southern Sichuan.

Someone immediately raised his hand: "Count me in!" ”

"I'll go too!"

One by one, the displaced people raised their hands one after another, and everyone around them was driven, and the people in this desperate situation were blindly obedient.

Jiang Hui saw that as long as tens of thousands of people responded to him, he immediately raised his hand and said loudly: "Okay, it's getting late now, let's have a good night's rest tonight, and tomorrow morning, we'll turn around and go to Jianmen Pass!" ”