Yizhou, Chengdu.

Li Hui, the new governor of the capital, will select 5,000 soldiers to accompany him to the south according to the usual practice, so throughout April, he has been shuttling through the major military camps, selecting elite soldiers who can fight and form a large army to the south.

By the end of April, the levy was more than halfway through, and if all went well, the Governor's army could march south in mid to late the following month.

But Liu Bei couldn't wait.

In the past month, there has been news that Jianning was too upright and upright to be killed by the wealthy Yonghong.

Immediately afterwards, the large and small rebellions of the Yiren in the counties of Qike, Yuewang, Zhuti, Jianning, Yongchang, and Yunnan were stacked. At first, the county guards were also able to send troops to exterminate them, but this rebellion was like a wildfire, surging one after another.

The soldiers of the counties were tired, their troops were stretched, and they even suffered a lot of defeats in some places. Under the great change in the situation, the Taishou of the southern and central counties could only shrink their forces and barely hold on to several important county seats.

At the same time, urgent documents were introduced to the DPRK and China like snow.

Only three months after Deng Fang's death, the tribute in Nanzhong was completely cut off, and the situation was eroded, and there was a great tendency to turn the world upside down, and for a time, the whole country was shocked.

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"Yonghong, this thief, has caused such a scourge! This man is really hateful, he should be killed! Damn it! ”

Behind the imperial table, Liu Bei looked at the music in his hand, only to feel that his temples jumped suddenly. He slammed the piece in his hand to the ground, turned his head and asked:

"De'ang (Li Huizi), how long will it take to leave?"

Under the seat, Prime Minister Zhuge Liang had no waves on his face, bowed down and replied:

"If you want to have the strength to fight, you need to know the soldiers, and the soldiers need to know the generals, and Li Dudu will need half a month to rectify at the earliest before he can pull out the camp and go south."

"Half a month?"

When Liu Bei heard this, his eyebrows suddenly rose:

"I've been waiting for half a month, and the counties in Nanzhong can't wait! At present, it is just a rebellion, if it can't be cleaned up quickly, those wall-like wealthy families are bound to take advantage of the situation to cause chaos, and the situation is afraid to be even more out of control? The Northern Expedition is imminent, if the south cannot be flattened, Chengdu will have a heart trouble, if Shu is restless, I dare to wave my army to the north to sweep the rebellion? In this way, when will the great cause be determined? Is Yun Chang's revenge revenge avenged? ”

He was anxious in his heart, and unconsciously got up, pacing back and forth with his hands on his back, while searching his intestines and scraping his stomach to think about countermeasures.

Nanzhong has never been the main place of operation of the imperial court, so the local government is shallow, and the county soldiers are not enough to quell the rebellion, so they must rely on the imperial court to send troops.

In the current situation, Hugh said that Li Hui's army could not set off for a while, but it could set off immediately tomorrow, and its strength might not be enough to suppress it. Looking at the situation, in addition to Li Hui, the imperial court also needs to send another good general to the south quickly.

"And who is better to send?" Liu Bei patted his knee and fell into deep thought.

There are many rumors in the market that the miasma is prevalent in the south and the plague is everywhere, so the generals in the north have a lot of resistance to the expedition to the south and the center. Li Hui is full of enthusiasm every day, and he has not yet gathered the number of 5,000 generals who have gone south.

This is not enough, as the so-called thousands of troops are easy to get, one general is hard to find, and there are only a handful of generals in the DPRK and China who are familiar with the geographical situation in South and China, and the people who can really make people feel at ease to lead troops are only Deng Fang, Li Yan, and Li Hui.

Thinking of Li Yan, Liu Bei suddenly paused.

Li Yan has a strategy and can command the army, and there are 5,000 Dongzhou soldiers under his command, who are loyal to him and dare to sacrifice.

In the twenty-third year of Jian'an (218 AD), the thieves Ma Qin and Gao Sheng raised troops in Yun County, recruited tens of thousands of troops, and arrived in Zizhong County. At that time, he was leading the main force of the army to fight Cao Cao in Hanzhong, and he had no time to divide his troops.

At that time, Li Yan, who was the Taishou of Qianwei, did not wait for the imperial court to send another army, and only went to the crusade with only 5,000 soldiers from his headquarters, and killed Ma Qin, Gao Sheng and others, and the rest of them fled for their lives and returned home for the people.

In the same year, Gao Ding, the commander of Yueshan County, led an army to besiege Xindao County, and Li Yan went to relieve the siege, defeated Gao Ding and expelled him, and kept the party safe. Because of this, he is famous in the Nanzhong area, and his prestige is not under Deng Fang.

After the Battle of Yiling Yiling, Li Yan, under the recommendation of Fa Zheng, took up the post of governor of Yong'an, stationed in Badong, and guarded against Eastern Wu. In this term, he also found out a lot of Dongwu Xiaozuo who tried to disrupt the Shuzhong market by smuggling goods, which can be said to be both a good general and a capable minister.

In such an urgent situation, such a character is the best choice to fight fires!

Liu Bei thought of this, turned around and asked, "I am willing to send Zhengfang (Li Yanzi) to Nanzhong again to suppress it, what does Kong Ming think?" ”

Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan lightly, slowly shook his head and said: "The Eastern Wu side is making peace with our country, and there is no difference in the material; If there is a different heart, Li Yan is in the White Emperor City, and this person can be Lu Xun. ”

Although he did not directly express his approval or not, Liu Bei's words had to make Liu Bei think carefully.

The terrifying descendant of "Lu Xun ............" has always made Liu Bei very jealous: "If it weren't for this person, Sun Quanxiang's head would have been lost, so why would he have to swallow the bitter fruit of losing Jingzhou after the big victory......"

The rebellion in the south and China was only about whether the Northern Expedition could be carried out smoothly; And if the eastern border is broken, it is about the life and death of the Han Dynasty, and it is natural for a clear-eyed person to see at a glance which is more important.

After being silent for a long time, he let out a long breath and quietly hid the idea of sending Li Yan to lead the five thousand Dongzhou soldiers of his headquarters to the south.

Zhuge Liang said slowly: "Finally, Zhengfang has traveled extensively in Nanzhong, and is known for his majesty, so it is better to ask him to take a letter of resignation one by one to the wealthy clans in Nanzhong, so as to serve as a warning and warning." ”

"That's all there is to it...... It's a pity that there is no one in the DPRK who understands the affairs of the south to share my worries...... If it really doesn't work, I'll lead the army south myself......"

Liu Bei felt powerless and sat down.

At this time, Zhuge Liang suddenly laughed: "I was about to tell Your Majesty that there was a general who wrote "Pingnan Ce" yesterday, and after watching it, he thought it was a great good, and he was about to ask His Majesty to summon him to answer." ”

"Oh?" Liu Bei looked forward to it, and hurriedly asked, "Which Aiqing is it?" ”

"It is Jiang Wei and Jiang Boyo who wrote "Pingqiang Ce"."

"Boyo?" Liu Bei lightly deducted the case and recalled: "A few years ago, Pingqiang and his party, Boyo used the Qiang people to capture Wudu and Yinping two counties, and formed a good alliance with the Xiqiang Qunhao, introducing horse trafficking channels for my Han Dynasty, and making great contributions to the ......."

After a pause, he twisted his beard lightly, his suspicion suddenly grew, and he frowned and said, "It's just ...... Bo Youren is a person from Xiliang, and Pingqiang is also successful because he is familiar with the stories of the northwest, and this time there is a disaster in the south, how can he understand the people of the south and the middle of the country? I'm afraid this "Ping Nance" is not just talk on paper, right? ”

"Huh." Zhuge Liang shook his fan and said: "Whether it is on paper or not, Your Majesty will summon you to answer it, and you will know." ”

Seeing that Zhuge Liang, who was his right-hand man, was so persistent, Liu Bei's heart suddenly rose with a trace of hope, and he pondered for a moment, and finally ordered to an inner servant: "Okay, then summon Bo Yue into a couple." ”

The chamberlain bowed down and took the order.

At this interruption, Liu Bei's anger was slightly reduced, and he slowly walked back to the case and sat down.

"In the past few months, several young generals of the Guan and Zhang families have often dangled in front of me, and if you really want to talk about it, I haven't seen Boyo for a long time, and I don't know what he's busy with now."

Zhuge Liang said: "Since His Majesty allowed Boyo to train the new army, he has been closed for the past two months, and he has only concentrated on training. The minister had visited yesterday, and the tactical formation of the army was extremely suitable for mountain warfare, and it was seen that it had achieved some success. ”

"Oh?" Liu Bei's eyes rolled and he said curiously: "Didn't he know that Nanzhong was going to be chaotic?" This is the plan for military training that was decided early? ”

Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "That Richen also asked him like this, but he said that the Tianshui area of Liangzhou is also densely forested, and most of them are mainly mountainous, so the tactics of the army are mainly mountainous. ”

"I see." Liu Bei bowed his head slowly, and couldn't help but feel that he was looking forward to Jiang Wei and his newly trained Wudang army, and at the same time secretly said in his heart:

"Regardless of whether Boyo's "Ping Nan Ce" is a soldier on paper or not, when this fire burns his eyebrows, he is always a usable soldier, if he has a little understanding of southern affairs, he will be the vanguard of Li Hui's account and go south first."

Zhuge Liang looked at Liu Bei's contemplative expression, the feather fan shook slightly, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and he actually laughed.