Yuanshi and Wan Zhiguang followed Shi Wansui in the hall and quarreled with his red neck for a long time, Wang Shichong kept silent on the side, without saying a word, and finally Shi Wansui made a general, forcibly acting with the power of cheap Qiangang to make an arbitrary decision, and left Yuanshi, who had been confronting him face to face, with 10,000 Shu soldiers to stay.

From the look in the eyes of Yuanshi and Wan Zhiguang when they took over the general order indignantly, Wang Shichong was even more convinced of one thing: these two guys are not fools, and they can guess why Shi Wansui let those two traitor leaders go, and Shi Wansui left Yuanshi here, which can be regarded as nailing the last nail to his coffin.

It can be expected that General Shi's secret report of receiving money is only afraid that he will be able to return to Beijing faster than the army, and what greets General Shi outside Daxing City is probably not a crowd of people who welcome him, but a cold prisoner car.

Early the next morning, the army began from Wei County, according to the previous day's military discussion, Shi Wansui left the source division to lead 10,000 Shu troops to sit in the town, and he took 10,000 Guanzhong army and 30,000 Shu army, holding hundreds of hostages sent by various tribes, and proudly embarked on the way home. The wheel prints, which were at least an inch deeper than the other cars, completely betrayed them.

Wang Shichong has seen a few ghostly guys these days, who seem to be Wan Zhiguang's personal guards, who have been circling around Shi Wansui's baggage convoy intentionally or unintentionally, and those pairs of thief eyes. He kept staring at a few big cars that were obviously deeper than the others.

Wang Shichong secretly complained in his heart. If it is about bribery. This Vanzhiguang can be Shi Wansui's master, and how to hide these ill-gotten gains, Wanzhiguang can be Shi Wansui's grandfather, it seems that General Shi's treasure has been collected by Vanchiguang's eyes, and it is only a matter of time before it is exposed.

On this day, the army marched to Lushui (a tributary of the Nu River in the south of present-day Lili Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province), which was the dividing line between the Bashu region and the Nanban region of Ningzhou. After crossing the Lushui, it is considered to enter the border of Bashu.

Wang Shichong rode on a southwest horse, in the Lushui River side of the mountain side of the Grand Canyon overlooking the far away, the head is the blue sky, the faint white clouds like marshmallows leisurely passing, the Lushui water flow is turbulent, more than 100 steps wide on the river, half a high wave head is visible from time to time, rushing down along the rolling angry current, the name of the Nu River in later generations is just right.

And on both sides of the Lushui River. They are all several kilometers high Ligong Mountain, and the mountains are high and densely forested. Especially on this side of Ningzhou, the white flowers on the shore are fragrant, the primeval forest on the mountainside is lush, and the top of the mountain is covered by ice and snow.

However, Wang Shichong did not have the heart to appreciate this rare beauty now, the army had already camped by the river, due to the turbulence of the river, it seemed that it was not easy to cross the river, and today Shi Wansui had sent people to the upstream and downstream to find a place to cross the river with a slightly slower water potential.

Wang Shichong quickly remembered the anecdote of Zhuge Liang's southern expedition that year, in addition to the beautiful talk of the seven captures of Meng Shu, it is the legend of crossing the Lushui, the famous ministers of the ages have crossed the Lu in May in the teacher's table, and the immortal sentence of the in-depth hair, this is also the first time in the history of the Central Plains that there is a complete record of conquering Nanzhong, this time he is following Zhuge Liang's footsteps to conquer Ningzhou, but this victory with huge security risks, I don't know if the bribery and arson of the enemy will be lost in the history books.

And now the appearance of this Lushui rushing down is a headache for Wang Shichong, the legend says that when Zhuge Liang was a teacher, he was also blocked by the turbulent river here, and Meng Shu, who had already returned to Shun, said that this is the source of Lushui, and the gods are in trouble, and forty-nine southern barbarian heads are needed, plus black cattle and white sheep are thrown into the water as sacrifices, so that the water god is satisfied and calmed down.

As a result, Zhuge Liang rejected this proposal of killing people as a sacrifice, and sent the army cooks and white noodles, slaughtered cattle and sheep, and made a white-faced dummy head, which was pinched with a nose and eyes, just like a human head, filled with beef and mutton, called "steamed buns", and threw forty-nine of these "steamed buns" into Lushui.

Wang Shichong from later generations obviously does not believe in this legend, in his opinion, this should be the cause of the flood season, causing the river to rise sharply, the flow rate to accelerate, in order to cross the river smoothly, I am afraid that it is necessary to set up a pontoon bridge on the river, or fill the river with some sandbags and ash bags, slow down the flow of the river, this can be safely crossed.

Wang Shichong was stunned by the turbulent river, but he heard someone behind him calling to himself: "General Wang, how do you feel about this surging river?" ”

Wang Shichong turned around, but saw Zhang Xutuo, who had a black face and long beard, riding a tall horse standing behind him, his whole body was draped, his expression was serious, and his helmet was hanging on the horse hook.

Wang Shichong hasn't talked to Zhang Xutuo these days, in fact, he is very interested in making friends with this resourceful, loyal and brave general, but before the end of Shi Wansui's affairs, he also has to keep a certain distance from the generals of this southern expedition, but today it is Zhang Xutuo who took the initiative to find himself, it seems that there is something to discuss with himself, this kind of opportunity to send to the door, how can you let it go?

So Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "It's General Zhang, after this Lushui, even if you return to Bashu, after all, Nanning Prefecture has a very different climate and customs from Middle Earth, just like a foreign land, after staying for a few months, you still don't get used to it, General Zhang, what do you say?" ”

Zhang Xutuo nodded, still not smiling: "Yes, I am from the Central Plains, especially when I first came, I really couldn't sleep well, even the armor gave birth to insects, but after a few months of fighting, I had some feelings for here, after all, I made a meritorious contribution here, and now I really want to cross the Lushui back to the Central Plains, but I am a little reluctant, General Wang, can you experience this feeling?" ”

Wang Shichong smiled: "Maybe this is the first time that General Zhang has taken charge as a general on the battlefield and established his own merits, since I conquered Nanchen seven years ago, I have fought a lot of battles, probably because I have been to more places, so I miss my family even more, after all, now in my opinion, any fame and fortune are false, only family members are real." ”

Zhang Xutuo smiled slightly: "I didn't expect General Wang to be such a family person, among the men who licked the blood with their knives, it was really rare." General Wang, I want to ask you a question, do you think this time after our class, is it a blessing or a curse? ”

Wang Shichong was slightly stunned, he realized that Zhang Xutuo definitely had something to say when he came to him today, but now he had to find a way to set his words first, so he asked quietly: "General Zhang, our army has won a complete victory this time, and the rebellion has been quelled for thousands of miles, and now the barbarians in Ningzhou have been frightened, and they no longer dare to resist my Great Sui, after we return to the dynasty, Shi Shuai will naturally be a great meritorious, and we must also be rewarded, what is the disaster?" ”

Zhang Xutuo sighed: "General Wang, I came here today to find you, just to find a chance for you and me to be alone. ”

Wang Shichong's eyes flashed green: "General Zhang, I don't understand what you say, why do you say that I am insincere when I am discussing matters in the army?" ”

Zhang Xutuo calmly looked at Wang Shichong's eyes and said: "Because you, General Wang, are a delicate person, even if he is not as good as himself, he will never offend him in person if he can not offend, let alone Marshal Shi, but when you were discussing matters within the army that day, of course you actually contradicted Marshal Shi's opinion, doesn't this show that your original intention is not to let Marshal Shi let go of Brother Shi?" ”

Wang Shichong said coldly: "At the beginning, I didn't understand Marshal Shi's true thoughts, and I didn't know that Lu Daodong had also been devastated, and he was powerless to make trouble, but after Marshal Shi explained it to me in detail, I supported his decision." ”

Zhang Xutuo shook his head: "Do you also support the fifty boxes of gold?" (To be continued......)