More than 800 miles from Shu County to Hanzhongfan, there are two roads of Golden Bull and Rice Cang for passage.

Among them, the Golden Bull Road was excavated in the Warring States Period, which is a more important part of the Bashan Passage, and it is also the main traffic artery connecting Guanzhong and Shuzhong in history.

Fan Ju Zengyun, a famous minister in the Qin period: "The plank road leads thousands of miles to Shu Han, so that the world is afraid of Qin." "It's about the Warring States Period, when the Qin State used the Golden Bull Road to swallow up the Shu State.

The Golden Bull Road starts from Jinguancheng, passes through Ruo, Fu and Zitong, travels north through the Heavenly Sword Pavilion, crosses Jiameng to Bashan, and then arrives in Hanzhong.

On the way, Zhuge Liang was leading a team of more than 3,000 people to the north.

When passing through the city, he deliberately ordered a temporary stop, and personally led the officials to the tomb where the phoenix was buried.

Pang Tong died in the nineteenth year of Jian'an (214 AD), when Liu Bei attacked the city from north to south, and Pang Tong, who was then the deputy commander of the lieutenant general, led the crowd to attack the city, and was shot by a flying arrow and died, at the age of thirty-six.

Later, Liu Bei tearfully collected his bones, and personally chose this feng shui treasure place that can be seen from the north to the south as his cemetery.

There are two cypress trees on both sides of the cemetery, the crown of the tree is dragon-shaped on the left, and the phoenix-shaped on the right, collectively called the dragon and phoenix cypress, which was planted by Zhang Fei, who admired his talent.

Six years have passed, and now the two cypress trees have long been in place.

Pang Tongcai is highly elegant, and is called "the crown of Nanzhou scholars" by Sima Hui, and he is also a representative of Jingzhou Junjie's lifelong dedication in order to realize the plan of reviving the Han Dynasty.

Zhuge Liang came here, firstly, to pay tribute to his old friends, and secondly, to motivate the Jingzhou officials who accompanied him.

Others just remembered it, but when Pang Hong, who was traveling with him, saw his father's tomb, he couldn't help but see things and think about people, and he was lying in front of the grave crying and almost fainting.

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After staying in the city for half a day, the brigade continued to move north.

Before arriving in Jiange County, probably because it is located in the Sichuan Plain, the terrain is quite flat, and the speed of the team is still fast, and it can travel more than 50 miles a day.

However, there is Jianmen Mountain in the north of Jiange County, also known as Dajian Mountain, and there is Xiaojian Mountain in the east thirty miles. The two mountains are connected, the mountain is extremely dangerous, the flying pavilion is thoroughfare, and it is called the sword pavilion.

After arriving at the Jianmen Pass, the Golden Bull Road enters the Bashan Mountain Range, where the terrain becomes steep and the path becomes narrow and difficult to navigate.

Since then, the speed of the brigade has been halved, and it can only travel more than 30 miles a day.

It has been passing through Bashan and entering the Hanzhong Basin, the terrain is flat, and the speed of the team has only recovered slightly.

During this period, Zhuge Liang often got out of the car and walked, and insisted on recording it in person every day; After each journey, Yang Yi and Fei Yi were convened to discuss the matter.

Yang Yi was his right-hand man when he was in the Great Sima Mansion, and he often consulted with him when he encountered problems; And Fei Yi was brought out by him to experience and see, and he also had the intention of cultivating.

Hanzhong is about to be fully operated, but the materials of Shu County are also an important part of supporting the Northern Expedition, and now the three of them carefully recorded and discussed, in order to determine which roads should be widened and which should be reinforced, so as to improve the transportation efficiency between Shu County and Hanzhong.

Therefore, along the way, the brigade stopped and walked, and marched very slowly. It took Kankan 18 days to arrive at the outskirts of Nanzheng, Hanzhong County, on the evening of 17 June.

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On this day, the sunset shone in the west, reflecting the sunset in the sky.

Jiang Wei and Wei Rong rode horses to open the way, and ten miles away from Nanzheng County, they saw a group of nearly 100 elite soldiers waiting.

Wei Rong pointed ahead, overjoyed, and smiled sideways: "It must be my father and brother who have come to greet us!" I'll check it out first! Laughing, he whipped the horse's hips and galloped away.

Jiang Wei knew that the father and brother in his mouth were naturally Wei Yan, and the eldest son Wei Chang, who had been serving by Wei Yan's side.

I haven't seen each other for more than a year, and it is normal for Wei Rong to run so out of shape, so he had to shake his head helplessly, reduce his horse's speed, and prepare to report to Zhuge Liang.

The two groups of teams slowly approached, and as the leader of the army, Gao Xiang, said "slow down", the faces of both sides were finally clearly visible.

Jiang Wei's gaze quickly found Wei Rong, who was grinning, and next to him stood a young general with a short beard and a face somewhat similar to him, thinking that it should be his eldest brother Wei Chang.

And the two brothers are one on the left and one on the right, protecting a tall military general like the stars and the moon.

This person is naturally General Zhenyuan, Hanzhong Taishou Wei Yan Wei Wenchang.

This was the first time Jiang Wei had seen Wei Yan, and he looked carefully, but he saw that he was about forty years old, eight feet long, with a face like a heavy jujube, eyes like stars, and a beard. Judging from the appearance alone, it actually has a bit of Guan Yu's majesty.

Wei Yan was expressionless, only staring straight at Zhuge Liang's car, and other than that, there seemed to be nothing in his eyes.

As the military division's car slowly approached, a smile appeared on his faint face, and while greeting, he stepped forward in person, stretching out his arms to help Zhuge Liang out of the car.

"Strategist, it's been a long time! Is the journey smooth? ”

After Zhuge Liang got out of the car, he shook his robe, Fang hugged his fists and smiled: "Tuo Wenchang's blessing, the journey is safe, but it is a long time for you." ”

Wei Yan smiled nonchalantly and said, "What is this?" After the battle of Hanzhong, Yan has been here for more than half a year, and he will be able to follow the lord to the Northern Expedition one day...... Today, seeing that the military division came to Hanzhong to preside over the overall situation, I know that the day when the imperial court will go north out of Guanzhong is not far away, in my heart, not to mention how happy! ”

Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan and said with a smile: "I came to Hanzhong on the order of the lord this time, in order to repair the ditch and encourage farming, so as to fund the future Northern Expedition. ”

"That's nature! The military advisor is here, and there is no difference between him and the lord's father-in-law! ”

Wei Yan patted his chest and didn't say anything to agree.

The two exchanged two words, and Zhuge Liang turned around and beckoned everyone to come forward to salute.

For a while, Yang Yi, Zhang Yi, Pu Yuan, Lu Yi, Fei Yi, Gao Xiang and others stepped forward to salute.

In the face of these people's greetings, Wei Yan, who was full of smiles before, suddenly smiled, and only arched his hand slightly, making a faint response.

Such a response is very arrogant and rude.

Jiang Wei subconsciously looked at Yang Yi and Fei Yi, who were both from Jingzhou with Wei Yan.

But seeing that Fei Yi didn't think it was a pestle, his face was full of smiles, and he was even more meticulous in his salute; And Yang Yi, who is more qualified, obviously didn't buy it, his brows were slightly furrowed, the smile on his face was gone, and he was faintly dissatisfied.

Jiang Wei saw his expression clearly in his eyes, and said in his heart, Yang Yi regarded himself as a famous man in Jingzhou, and he had been working under Zhuge Liang for a long time, both in terms of fame and seniority far above the newly promoted Wei Yan - you must know that Wei Yan was just a Yamen general last year, which was just an insignificant little person in Yang Yi's eyes.

And Wei Yan is now the Taishou of Hanzhong, but he has changed such a face that looks down on people, and Yang Yi, who is narrow-minded, will naturally feel dissatisfied.

The personalities of these two people are incompatible, and they are like fire and water, and it is not groundless.

While pondering, Wei Rong quickly drilled back into the crowd, pushed him a few steps forward, and introduced with a smile:

"Father, this is Jiang Wei Jiang Boyo that the child just mentioned!"

"Oh?" When Wei Yan heard this, he raised his eyes to look at Jiang Wei, barely squeezed out a smile on his face, and slowly bowed his head and said: "I have heard about what you are doing in Jingzhou, and it is very good. After speaking, he reached out and patted Jiang Wei's shoulder.

This move immediately made Jiang Wei frown.

Tapping on the shoulder is generally an act that can only be seen between superiors and subordinates, elders to juniors, or even very close brothers, and it is not an informal etiquette. Between colleagues, it is usually still a matter of holding fists and making salutes.

Logically speaking, this trip is a business matter, and the two are meeting for the first time, so they should greet and return the gift with formal etiquette; What's more, he is the crown prince's leader, representing the authority of the prince, and in front of everyone, Wei Yan should not pat his shoulder as a greeting etiquette in any case.

Jiang Wei's face was silent, and he still solemnly hugged his fists and made a big salute.

But he said in his heart: "Among so many colleagues, Wei Yan almost didn't take the others in his eyes except for Zhuge Liang......

"Shi Zai's human nature is high, he disdains to deal with interpersonal relationships, and his relationship with his colleagues is not good, judging from this performance, it is not far from ten......"

As for the more or less dissatisfied look on everyone's faces, Wei Yan didn't notice it at all, and turned to Zhuge Liang and said:

"Yan has prepared drinks in Nanzheng City, washed the dust for the military division, and asked the military advisor to appreciate his face."

After that, he turned over his horse, beckoned his soldiers, and personally opened the way for the brigade.

The brigade restarted, Jiang Wei sat on horseback, and could faintly hear Yang Yi's whisper behind him:

"This Wei Wenchang really trusts him, and only says that he is picking up the wind and washing the dust for the military advisor, isn't I a guest when I wait? Hmph, this guy will definitely show his ugliness in front of the military advisor for a while! ”