"General, General!"

"General, are you feeling better?"

"Where is this...... eager and noisy voice kept echoing in his ears, Cao Zhen woke up faintly and opened his eyes slowly.

I saw Xiahou Xuan and Xiahou Ba all gathered in front of their beds, overjoyed, and said some words of happiness.

Turning away the relieved expressions of Xiahou Xuan and Xiahou Ba, when he saw Zhang He who suddenly appeared in the crowd, Cao Zhen finally came back to his senses from his daze, and lamented to Zhang He: "Defeated, Jun Yi (Zhang He's cousin), I am guilty, Cao Zhen has the trust of His Majesty!" ”

The 80,000-strong army was defeated in a battle, a large number of soldiers were killed, wounded and fled, and only 10,000 people were able to return to the camp in the end, which was already a fiasco.

Zhang He's lips moved, but finally comforted softly: "Victory and defeat are impermanent, and the general doesn't have to blame himself too much." ”

"Yes, General," Xiahou Ba followed and persuaded: "The current plan is to immediately send His Majesty to levy a large army to make a comeback, and we must not miss the opportunity and let the Shu army sit firmly in Guanzhong." In the battle in the northern suburbs of Tongguan, although we suffered heavy losses, we killed a thousand enemies and lost 800 ourselves, and the casualties of the Shu army will not be less, we can't give Zhuge Liang a chance to breathe! ”

Zhang He and Xiahou Ba's words came out of the air, slightly relieved Cao Zhen's guilt and self-blame, Cao Zhen thought for a moment, and suddenly grabbed Zhang He and said: "Junyi, I will write a book to depreciate myself, but please join me to ask Your Majesty to drive the expedition in person, and then order the later general Cao Hong to cross the river from the east of the river into the pass, and let Wei Xing guard Shen Yi and Jianwu general Meng Da to attack Hanzhong." ”

Cao Zhen gritted his teeth, his eyes flashed with resentment, "It's like a three-way army, and the thieves will be in chaos, and they can't care about each other!" ”

Seeing that Cao Zhen was not defeated by a fiasco, Zhang He was relieved, and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, general, I will send eight hundred miles to step up to Luoyang." ”

"Hmm!" Cao Zhen nodded heavily and asked, "Please, Junyi!" ”

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The former Yongzhou Assassin Mansion Yamen, and now the Sili School Captain Yamen

Above the public court, Ma Jian was standing proudly with his hands behind his back, giving orders to his own people who were engaged and faked.

Prime Minister Zhuge Liang established the Northern Expedition of the Shogunate, there were many military officials and scholars in the house, and after Ma Tan was appointed as the captain of the school, he immediately selected people to set up the shelf of the entire school captain of the school.

I only heard Ma Yan's condensed voice: "Immediately notify Zuo Fengyi, Right Fufeng, Jing Zhaoyin (the name of the official position of the Sanfu region and the name of the administrative region), and the Taishou of the North, and order them to count the household registration and land reclamation in each county under their jurisdiction, the entry and exit of the Qian Valley, and the number of thieves, and then take the book to Chang'an to report on their work, and limit them to arrive in five days!" Violators will be dismissed and imprisoned! When he said that he was dismissed and sent to prison, Ma Yan's eyes couldn't help flashing a few rare fierceness.

After transferring Wei Yan and Deng Ai to be stationed in Pubanjin, and assisting Kuang and Wang Ping to guard Tongguan, Prime Minister Zhuge Liang finally led the main force of the Han army into the pass and stationed troops outside Chang'an City. The military-strategic deployment has been completed, time is running out, and the political and economic occupation must keep pace.

The land of Guanzhong was newly included in the national territory, and the county officials were still waiting, but the local people were not convinced, and many people were still attached to Cao Wei's rule and rules. At present, it is very unrealistic to want to recruit the state and county soldiers of Guanzhong counties to fight for Shu Han, and in addition to consuming military rations and causing panic and resistance among the people in Guanzhong, forcibly requisitioning and issuing soldiers can also make the Han army suffer a counterattack before the battle.

Therefore, after some careful consideration, the Han army decided to abandon the original strategy and instead levy the state and county soldiers of Bashu to continue to maintain the next high-intensity battle with Cao Wei. But the soldiers who were requisitioned can be replaced, and the food that people must eat must not be replaced with air.

Therefore, the task of collecting grain in Guanzhong naturally fell to the newly appointed commander Ma Yan, who ordered the governors of the four counties to plan for Chang'an, in order to understand the internal situation of each county and reasonably delineate the grain collection targets.

At the same time, in order to ensure that Ma Tan's grain requisition work could be completed on time, Zhuge Liang specially equipped him with an armed force composed of 1,200 Hubu battalion foot soldiers.

Armed law enforcement is imperative!

However, Ma Jian also knew very well that the prime minister did not equip himself, a lieutenant of the division and school, with an army, not to let himself extort tyrannyly, but on the contrary, to allow himself to immediately take severe measures to crack down on corrupt officials and silverfish, prevent the burden of the people in Guanzhong from being increased, and maintain Liu Han's glorious and positive tall image in the hearts of the people.

After instructing the group to engage in and pretend, Ma Jian shook his sleeves and walked straight out of the court, and a majestic voice floated from behind him: "Come with me, today we will inspect Gaoling, Jingyang, Duling, and Xinfeng counties in the suburbs of Chang'an......"

Captain Sili supervised the Jingshi and the land of Gyeonggi, Ma Jian did not prepare a corpse vegetarian meal, he had to go all over the counties of Sanfu, and find out the rebellious ministers and thieves who did not worship the Han family and were loyal to the Wei thieves one by one, and then eliminated them one by one.

Time flies like a white horse, waiting for no one, his division captain has been assembled for a long time.

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Chengdu I capital, hot summer, Chengdu I wide streets are hot, the beginning of autumn is coming, but this day does not have the consciousness of grasshoppers after autumn.

In a deep and cool alley, a tavern

The gossip parties in the city of Chengdu I are taking refuge in the summer, chatting and killing time by the way.

"Hey, hey, have you heard of it? In this Northern Expedition, after Prime Minister Zhuge finished fighting Yongzhou, he went to Chen County, Yuzhou! A sharp-beaked monkey-cheeked man, with round bull's eyes, magically rushed at everyone.

"I'm a good girl, when did Prime Minister Zhuge become so powerful?" Someone opened his mouth wide and looked shocked.

Some people also disagreed: "It's not possible, Emperor Zhaolie didn't fight Dongwu with all his strength, and the north has to be beaten better than Dongwu, right?" ”

"Hey!" The sharp-beaked monkey cheek man gouged out his bull's eye, slapped the table and said, "You don't believe it?" My nephew is in the army, and he asked someone to bring a letter back, saying that he would follow the prime minister to Youzhou, and let the family send a few winter clothes, saying that the north is not as good as Shuzhong, and it is very cold in winter! ”

"Is that really the case?" When everyone saw that this thing was said beautifully, as if there was such a thing, they couldn't tell the truth from the fake for a while, and they all looked at the man who was kneeling next to him dressed as a scribe.

Everyone asked in unison: "Mr. Zhang, your eldest brother is doing things under Prime Minister Changshi and is well-informed, is this the case?" ”

Mr. Zhang met the curious eyes of everyone, did not hurry, raised the wine cup, covered his face with his sleeve, took a sip of wine first, and then slowly spoke: "The Han and Wu alliances divide the world into Yu, Qing, Xu, and Youwu, Yan, Ji, and Liang, how could Prime Minister Zhuge go to Yuzhou, as for Youzhou, it is even more impossible." ”

"Oh!!" Mr. Zhang's words made everyone suddenly realize, but everyone didn't have time to investigate the sharp-mouthed monkey-cheeked man for spreading false gossip, and Mr. Zhang's next sentence raised their hearts to their throats.

"The imperial court has had a big victory recently............"

"Huh?!" The crowd was so shocked that they cried out again

After selling enough, Mr. Zhang continued to say in a pretended calm tone: "However, it is not as exaggerated as he said." ”