Zhuge Liang sat in the room, looking ahead with a dull gaze, and pictures couldn't help but appear in his mind. []

"Kong Ming, Xuande Gong is the master of the world, you just listen to my Xu Yuan's straight words and go out of the mountain!"

"Although the name of the preparation is meagre, I hope that Mr. will not abandon the despicable and go out to help. Be prepared to listen to the teachings. ”

"Mr. doesn't come out, like the common people!"

"I have Kong Ming, like a fish in water......"

Tears kept rolling down Zhuge Liang's eyes and quietly dripping to the ground. Every scene with Liu Bei kept flashing from Zhuge Liang's mind.

"No, I want to go back to Chang'an as soon as possible!" Zhuge Liang stood up suddenly, and a hint of urgency flashed in his eyes. At this time, Zhuge Liang had already felt the urgency of time, and then Zhuge Liang suddenly shouted: "Pass Jiang Wei over!" ”

……

A bright moon hung high in the sky, and the silver-white moonlight shrouded the earth like fine sand, driving away a trace of heat for the earth after a day of exposure.

Jiang Wei stepped on the moonlight and walked towards Zhuge Liang. Go, come to the door, Jiang Wei pushed the door in, and now Zhuge Liang was facing away from him. Jiang Wei immediately bowed down and said, "Jiang Wei has seen the prime minister." ”

"Boyo, you're here, sit down!" Zhuge Liang said, turning his head.

"Ah, Prime Minister, what's wrong with you?" Jiang Wei looked up and saw. Zhuge Liang's face was suddenly taken aback. Is this still the same Zhuge Liang from before? Is this still the high-spirited Zhuge Liang?

Zhuge Liang at this time looked ten years older than during the day. I saw that Zhuge Liang's face was pale, as if he had lost all his blood color at once, but his eyes were filled with countless bloodshots. And Zhuge Liang's spirit is very bad, he looks very tired, and there is a faint crazy color in that pair of blood-colored eyes.

"Prime Minister, what's wrong with you? Is it unwell? Jiang Wei asked.

Zhuge Liang shook his head gently: "It's not uncomfortable. It's just that...... It's just ...... "Zhu. Ge Liang suddenly hesitated, whether to tell Jiang Wei that Liu Bei was likely to be dying.

After hesitating for a long time, Zhuge Liang spoke: "Jiang Wei, I'll be on time tomorrow. Prepare for a trip to Chang'an. ”

"Chang'an? Could it be that something happened in Chang'an? Jiang Wei immediately asked.

"You know, Beryo, Your Majesty is old." Zhuge Liang said.

Jiang Wei was slightly stunned, and then immediately realized, and then turned around and said, "Prime Minister, is Your Majesty in the dragon body sick?" ”

Zhuge Liang didn't answer directly, and Jiang Wei continued: "Prime Minister, but I obviously heard that Your Majesty is going to go on patrol next month. ”

"Boyo, now that there is Cao Zhen's army on the Tongguan Pass in the east, do you think Your Majesty will easily leave Chang'an City at this time? Now there is news in Chang'an City that His Majesty is going to inspect Weishui, if my expectation is good, it must be that Your Majesty has an accident, Pang Shiyuan deliberately released the news, saying that Your Majesty is going to travel to stabilize people's hearts. Zhuge Liang opened his mouth to explain.

"Stabilize people's hearts?"

"Yes, Shiyuan is using this to stabilize the hearts of the people in Yongzhou. I have been friends with Shi Yuan for decades, and I have been from the same school, and I am all too familiar with him. When it came to learning art in Lumen, Pang Shiyuan had better bluff. If it weren't for His Majesty's illness, how could Pang Shiyuan release the news that His Majesty was going to inspect Weishui? ”

Jiang Wei had never met Pang Tong, but Jiang Wei was still convinced of Zhuge Liang's judgment.

"Boyo, what do you think, what is the situation of my Yongzhou now?" Zhuge Liang suddenly asked.

"Not very good. Although the 300,000 Hu people in Yongzhou have been annihilated, the flood has also caused disaster victims everywhere in Yongzhou. On the Tongguan Pass in the east, Cao Zhen's army is still eyeing Yongzhou, Xiaoguan in the north still needs to be repaired, and most of Liangzhou in the west has been occupied by the Qiang and Di people. Now our Yongzhou can be described as internal and external troubles, surrounded by enemies on all sides. ”

"That's right, now Yongzhou is suffering from internal and external troubles, but the victims in Yongzhou, as long as there is enough food, can protect the people from complaining. There is a large army in Chang'an City in the east, and Cao Zhen above Tongguan is not to be afraid. Although the Xiaoguan in the north has not been repaired, the Xianbei people have broken two orders in Yongzhou, and lost 300,000 troops. The only thing I'm worried about is Liangzhou to the west. Zhuge Liang said, but his eyes looked at Jiang Wei.

Jiang Wei suddenly understood what Zhuge Liang meant, and then asked tentatively: "Prime Minister, do you want me to go to Liangzhou?" ”

"Yes, Boyo, give you an army of 50,000, do you dare to go to Liangzhou?"

A hint of excitement rose in Jiang Wei's heart. When Zhuge Liang didn't come a month ago, Jiang Wei was just a small official, but he didn't expect that in just over a month, Jiang Wei would become a general with an army of 50,000. It has always been Jiang Wei's dream to worship the prime minister, and this happiness came too suddenly.

Jiang Wei knelt down violently and said, "Prime Minister rest assured, Jiang Wei will definitely sweep away the Qiang and Di clans in Liangzhou!" ”

"Boyo, you're wrong, I'm not asking you to attack the Qiang and Di clans in Liangzhou." Zhuge Liang said.

"Don't attack the Qiangqi clan?"

"Boyo, the Qiang and Di clans are just a rabble, don't be afraid, what I'm really worried about is the Ma family."

"The prime minister is talking about General Ma?"

"Ma was originally a prince of Liangzhou, and Ma was quite prestigious in Liangzhou. When the horse was defeated by Cao Cao, I had to surrender Zhang Lu, and then I surrendered to His Majesty later. Although Ma has made many military exploits since his surrender, it is difficult to guarantee that he has no ambition. It's okay when Your Majesty is here, you can suppress the horse, if Your Majesty is gone, I'm afraid the horse will rebel! ”

"Prime Minister, you mean to let me spy on the horses?"

"Boyo, the horse martial arts group, is the enemy of ten thousand. I know that you are high in martial arts, and you are still above Guan Xing Zhang Bao, so I want to send you to Liangzhou, just occupy the two counties of Jincheng Xiping, once Ma really rebels, you have to protect Jincheng without loss, Jincheng is the western gateway of my Yongzhou, Jincheng is not lost, and my Yongzhou can be safe. ”

"The last will obey." Thinking that he might have the opportunity to fight against Ma this time, Jiang Wei faintly felt a trace of excitement in his heart.

"Also, although Ma is brave, but he is only a few brave horses, Ma is not good at scheming, so I am ready to send Yang Yi, who joined the army, to go with you. Although Yang Yi is not good at resourcefulness, he is good at power tricks, with him to help you, you will definitely be able to get twice the result with half the effort! ”

……

Adou pressed Budugen all the way to the east and headed for Chang'an.

Chang'an City is the largest city in Yongzhou, and it is also one of the best in the Central Plains, and many of the victims have chosen to go east to Chang'an, hoping to find a way to survive in Chang'an City, so the more east they go, the more victims Adou encounters.

Looking at the ragged victims dragging their heavy steps eastward, Adou's heart was slightly sour. Now there is still some food in the army, and Adou originally wanted to distribute all this food to the victims, but after thinking about it carefully, Adou still broke off this idea.

There are too many victims, and with the food they said they brought in the army, it is only a drop in the bucket. Besides, if the victims of the disaster were all surrounded by food here, then these 30,000 rattan armor soldiers would not be able to march. Therefore, Adou was ruthless and ordered the army to leave these victims alone and continue to march to Chang'an in front.

After the flood, many people were killed, some of whom were homeless, and many of them became robbers. Along the way, Adou encountered several bandits, and these robbers may have really fainted from hunger, and even Adou's army dared to rob them. For these robbers, Adou was not willing to be ruthless. These people were originally ordinary people, just forced by life, and if they were not really desperate, they would not take risks to become robbers.

Chang'an's manpower and material resources are not comparable to Tianshui. Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang went out of the same family, so when facing these disaster victims, the strategies used were not much different from Zhuge Liang. Pang Tong also built a large camp of disaster victims outside Chang'an City, in order to ensure the security of Chang'an City, the way of the young people took the opportunity to make trouble, all the victims who arrived in Chang'an were not allowed to enter the city, but were placed in the camp of the victims outside Chang'an City, Pang Tong also specially sent soldiers to patrol for 12 hours to maintain law and order.

And Pang Tong collected a lot of grain from the families in Chang'an City, but this time, these big families were not so cooperative.

When the Hu people invaded before, the reason why the children of these families would fully cooperate was because these families knew that once the Hu people entered the city, everyone would have no good fruit to eat, but now in the face of these disaster victims, the children of the family are not so enthusiastic. Many children of the family took the opportunity to send people out of the city, found some beautiful women from the victims, and bought them back.

After staying in Chang'an for so many days, Pang Tong knows how many families in Chang'an City have. Now the outside of the city is full of disaster victims waiting to be fed, the military food of the Shu army is simply not enough for these victims to consume, and the food transported from Hanzhong is in Tianshui City, so how to solve the livelihood problem of so many disaster victims outside Chang'an City can only be solved by Pang Tong himself.

These families in Chang'an City refused to take out the grain, and in this era when the family was in power, it would definitely not work with force. At least now Liu Bei has just occupied Chang'an, and his wings are not yet full, and he can't tear his face with these families, so if he wants these families to take out food, he can only come soft. It is an indisputable fact that there is a shortage of food, and if it continues to be consumed like this, the victims outside the city will have no food, and the people will definitely be revolted.

Although they are brothers in the same sect, Pang Tong is much more tricky than Zhuge Liang. Maybe under pressure, Pang Tong really came up with a way. That is to borrow grain from these families in the name of Liu Bei.

Liu Bei has accumulated a good reputation for benevolence and virtue all his life, so in the eyes of everyone, Liu Bei's reputation is much better than that of Cao Cao and Sun Quan. However, even if Liu Bei has a good reputation, few people dare to lend grain to the Shu army, after all, Liu Bei is the emperor, if the Shu army does not pay it back in the future, then everyone can still go to the palace to find the emperor to ask for an account.

Faced with this situation, the eccentric Pang Tong came up with another method, that is, to use things as collateral and borrow grain from these families in Chang'an City.

Although Chang'an City is the capital of the Western Han Dynasty, there are not many treasures in Weiyang Palace, and most of the treasures in Chang'an City were brought to Xudu by Cao Cao. However, the ancient capital has the benefits of the ancient capital, although there are not many rare treasures in the Weiyang Palace, but there are many land gardens near Chang'an City that belong to the royal family.

Emperors of all dynasties liked to build some courtyards or gardens near the national capital. The Afang Palace built by Qin Shi Huang is near Xianyang, which is the capital of Great Qin. Chang'an City has been inherited for so many years, and after so many generations of emperors, there are still many royal gardens near Chang'an City.

These royal gardens originally belonged to Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, and after Cao Pi usurped the throne, these gardens naturally fell into the hands of Cao Pi, but unfortunately, Cao Pi had not had time to take a look, and Yongzhou was acquired by Liu Bei. Now the royal gardens in and outside Chang'an City have become Liu Bei's industry.

Pang Tong took these royal gardens as collateral and borrowed a lot of grain from the family. As for whether Liu Bei on the hospital bed would have heartache, Pang Tong couldn't care about it.

Many of these great families in Chang'an City have been inherited from the Western Han Dynasty, and the heritage of hundreds of years has made these families very rich, and these families have produced food, which temporarily solves the livelihood problem of the victims.

In this case, Adou finally came to Chang'an.