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In the first year of Huanglong, in 211 AD, Cao Liu saw that the Second Great War came to an end. The pen "Qu" Pavilion www.biquge.info both sides guarded their original boundaries on the eastern front, while Guanzhong and Hanzhong, as well as Wei Guang and Anding, were seized by Sima Yi taking advantage of the chaos. There was a lot of chaos until late spring, when Pang Tong was shot dead on the spot by the archers under Zhang Ren when he attacked the city, and Liu Pan was then annihilated by Zhao Feng, so far, all the turmoil is over.

In the city of Chengdu, Zhuge Liang, Huang Quan and others, who had not seen each other for several months, were slightly relieved after seeing Zhao Feng. Not only because he came back, but also because he brought back the main force of the Sichuan army. In this way, the original state of overstretched troops will be better.

"Kong Ming, when I was away, Xichuan's affairs were thanks to you!" After learning about the latest situation, Zhao Feng also said a few polite words. Zhuge Liang said with a wry smile when he heard this: "The general's words are serious, now that Hanzhong has been lost, the three counties of Longxi have been lost, and the contact with Xiliang can only take the Wenshan Mountain Road." The general is fortunate not to blame us, how dare he take credit! ”

"Kong Ming, you have insufficient troops, and this is also a helpless thing. Fortunately, the lord has returned to Xuchang. We will wait for us to recuperate, and in a few years, we will be able to wave our army north again and compete with Cao Ying. Zhao Feng was half comforting, half encouraging. Everyone said a few more words, but it was Huang Quan who sighed: "This Sima Yi saw the opportunity quickly, and actually took the opportunity to occupy Guanzhong and Hanzhong, and now he seems to be a prince, and his strength should not be underestimated." ”

"Hehe, Gongheng, you're mistaken. Sima Yi now looks like he is very beautiful, but in fact, he is killing himself. Zhao Feng said with a smile, as soon as these words came out, not only Huang Quan, but even Wang Lei and Ma Jian were a little puzzled, but Zhuge Liang thought about it for a while, and realized something.

"What do you mean by that?" It was Qin Mi who asked. Zhao Feng didn't sell Guanzi either, and directly said to everyone: "Now Sima Yi occupies Guanzhong and Hanzhong, and it seems that he occupies the foundation of the pre-Qin and Gaozu businesses. However, when Gaozu and Xianqin started their business, the world was in turmoil, and the princes were fighting, so they could send troops from Guanzhong to occupy the world. But now that the confrontation between the lord and Cao Ying between the north and the south has become a trend, although Sima Yi's strength has grown fast, but after all, it is too weak, whether it is the lord or Cao Ying, he can't afford to provoke any of them, so he can only take advantage of the battle between the two to take advantage of it. But for now, I'm waiting here, and there's nothing I can do about it. Zhao Feng said lightly.

"What does the general mean is that Sima Yi acted this time, although he gained temporary benefits, but he exposed himself?" After all, Ma Yan's mind is more flexible, and he understood what Zhao Feng meant after a little silence. Zhao Feng nodded. This is also the conclusion he came to after discussing with Liu Bei before leaving Xuchang. It was the night before he left Xuchang, and Liu Bei had a drink alone with him as usual. Of course, compared to the previous time, the atmosphere this time is still relatively relaxed. After three glasses of wine, Liu Bei asked Zhao Feng what he thought of Sima Yi.

"This son of a demon too!" Zhao Fengsuo's surname borrowed Di Renjie's evaluation of Yuan Tiangang in history, and Liu Bei also thought it was quite appropriate. However, after seeing that Zhao Feng was quite jealous of Sima Yi, Liu Bei really thought that he was a little worried.

"I don't dare to boast about anything else, but I still have a little bit of this knowledge. This Sima Yi took advantage of His Majesty's death to make a big fuss this time, and swept Guanzhong and Hanzhong for a while. But I see that he is acting in a way that is more conspiracy than righteousness. It is necessary to know that governing the country is like cooking small fresh, and pay attention to the proportions of the heat. Now this Sima Yi is blindly cheating, but he is afraid that it will be difficult to become a big tool. Liu Bei said thoughtfully.

"What the lord said is very true!" Zhao Feng listened to Liu Bei's words, and recalled that the Sima family in history was indeed more than yin, lacking in atmosphere, and had little talent. In the end, before the country became any climate, it began to pinch internally, and cheapened the barbarians in vain.

"Now that Pang Shiyuan is plotting rebellion, the Jingxiang people are inevitably uneasy. After a while, I am going to transfer Kong Ming to Xuchang. Liu Bei said. After thinking about it again, Liu Bei said again: "Now that Sima Yi occupies Guanzhong and Hanzhong, if he wants to enter the army, the direction of the army is nothing more than Xichuan or Sili." Si Li is still under Cao Ying's rule, and we have nothing to do. But Xichuan has you, so this Sima Yi, it's up to you to deal with it! In the future, if you use troops in Hanzhong or Guanzhong, you can act cheaply, and you don't need to ask me. ”

"Lord, this?" Zhao Feng never expected that Liu Bei would hand over such a task to himself, so how could Sima Yi be easy to deal with? However, Liu Bei didn't seem to care, but just said to himself: "This Sima Yi has more than one conspiracy, but not enough atmosphere." Bo Tao, you are delicate, but you are open-minded, except for you, no one can deal with this person. I'm confronting Cao Mengde here, and it's hard to muster the strength to deal with Guanzhong for a while, so Sima Yi will be dealt with by you first! Seeing that Zhao Feng seemed to be a little unconfident, Liu Bei couldn't help but wonder: "What's the matter, Bo Tao, could it be that you are more jealous of this person?" ”

"Exactly!" Zhao Feng did not deny his jealousy of this person who dragged Zhuge Liang to death in history. I don't want Liu Bei to hear this, and he really said a little funny: "Bo Tao, you can't help but look up to this person too much, this Sima Yi is okay, compared to Sun Zhongmou, who is entrenched in Jiangdong?" After saying this, Zhao Feng was shocked.

Yes, why should I be afraid of Sima Yi? In history, he was also forced by Zhuge Liang to almost die in the upper valley, if Cao Shuang wasn't too straw bag, how could it be his turn to be arrogant? Now that he is replaced by himself, plus so many civil and military generals in Xichuan and Xiliang, he can't deal with this Sima Yi? Thinking of this, Zhao Feng was also a little amused by his previous anxiety. Later, he thought about it, this should be because he has a fear of Sima Yi subconsciously, because this guy is really too yin.

Although Liu Bei didn't say it explicitly, Zhao Feng understood what he meant, that is, Sima Yi handed it over to himself to clean up. After thinking about this, Zhao Feng also prepared quickly. It's a pity that Lao Liu and Lao Cao fought and lost both of them before, so that they didn't have three or two years to recuperate, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to start the war again. After losing Hanzhong on his side, Xichuan's strength also decreased sharply, even if Xiliang was added, it could only be regarded as equal to Sima Yi's strength. If he wants to defeat this opponent, Zhao Feng has a long way to go. But he clearly felt the urgency of time, and it had been six years since he promised Zuo Ci Laodao. Now the form is not only not clearer, but it is even more chaotic because of Sima Yi's intervention. Zhao Feng didn't want to be busy fighting with people all his life.

In addition to the rise of Sima Yi, the death of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty also brought Zhao Feng a lot of feelings. Although it is a puppet, as the Son of Heaven who is the Supreme of the Ninety-Five, he actually asked people to kill people in the wild, which shows that human lives in the troubled times are too easy to lose. Zhao Feng himself is a military general, no matter how thorough his strategy is and how brave he is in battle, it is very likely that he will be like Xiahou Yuan, and his life will be ended by a stray arrow of unknown origin. After thinking about this, he cared more about his relatives. Zhao Feng believes that if the world is peaceful at this time, then he will definitely not hesitate to resign immediately, and then accompany his relatives to enjoy the joy of that day. It's just that now, it's not time to slack off.

"General, this year, due to Sima Yi's invasion, the harvest of Zitong and the second county of Brazil has been greatly affected, and I am afraid that the tax can only be collected by five or six percent. However, Li Deang has already pacified most of the southern and central parts of the country, and according to the registration just made last year, more than 30,000 households have been added to Zhudi and Xinggu. Although it will not be taxed this year, it will be able to be collected next year. While checking the household registration book in his hand, Zhuge Jun reported in detail.

"It's not bad, have the south-middle displaced people just been settled, don't collect taxes for the time being." After thinking about it, Zhao Feng continued to ask, "How is the situation in the army?" ”

"At present, the Sichuan army has more than 90,000 people plus the Wuqian Flying Army. In addition, there are about 40,000 soldiers in Brazil and other places, and about 40,000 soldiers in Nanzhong. Huang Quanyu on the side reported. Zhao Feng roughly calculated, the population of Xichuan is only about 1.5 million, and the county soldiers and Tuntian soldiers can be self-sufficient, and the people alone can raise more than 90,000 troops, although it has not reached the limit, but it is almost the same.

"It's still too slow!" Zhao Feng muttered in his heart. It takes a year to recuperate, and then more than a year after the recruitment training is completed. If this continues, what year will we be able to fight again? Of course, he also knew that at this time, not only him, but even Liu Bei and Cao Ying were also working hard to restore their vitality. Especially the latter, after losing Guanzhong all at once, it was difficult to take Guanzhong for a while, so he worked hard from somewhere else.

In May, the general Xiahoudun was ordered to lead his army out of Liaodong to conquer Sanhan. In June, Xiahoudun defeated Sanhan and allied 120,000 troops from Buyeo, Goguryeo and other countries. Millions of stones of grain and grass from all over the world, as well as about 300,000 households of the common people, were moved into the land of Bingzhou and Qingzhou as military cantonments. In this battle, Cao Ying gained great benefits. There is a way to make up for the loss inside the wall and the outside of the wall, so Cao Ying used the fastest speed to make up for the loss caused by the loss of Guanzhong. Even if it didn't make up for it, it regained most of its vitality.

With such a good thing, Liu Bei naturally won't let Cao Ying be beautiful. Under the conquest of Huo Jun, the general who was stationed in Yizhou, several Baiyue tribes in Yizhou who had been in turmoil since last year were beaten half to death. Under Liu Bei's instructions, Huo Jun did not carry out a massacre, but sent more than 10,000 captured Qingzhuang and more than 30,000 Baiyue families to various parts of Jiangdong and Yuzhou by boat in batches, enriching the place and reducing the pressure on the Central Plains. (Note: In history, Sun Quan did get thousands of people from Taiwan, but there is a record of it, but this benefit, compared with Cao Ying, is a drop in the bucket. Liu Beizheng lamented that he did not have a soft persimmon neighbor like Sanhan, and it happened that at this time, the new Jiaozhou assassin Wu Ju came to report, saying that it was the Cham people in Jiaozhi and Yulin, under the leadership of Ruan Fugui, the leader of the Cham people, and took advantage of the war between Liu Bei and Cao Ying, and killed the county commanders of several counties such as Xiangshan to stand on their own. Moreover, Ruan Fugui also established a country on his own, proclaimed himself king, and even issued an "edict" asking Wu Ju to come to worship. Although Jiaozhou originally had 50,000 troops, most of them had just been transferred by Huo Jun to attack the Baiyue tribe in Yizhou. In addition to the lack of troops, Wu Ju had no choice but to hold on to Cangwu, and then send someone to inform Liu Bei as soon as possible.

Liu Bei, who was really worried about how to replenish his strength, heard that the Zhan people were in turmoil at this time, and finally found an excellent reason to clean them up to replenish resources. It's just that the excitement came a little, but Liu Bei found that this time the Cham people were in turmoil, which was really a bit tricky.

"The people of the Cham tribe live in Yulin, Jiaozhi and other places. These people live in clans, are very xenophobic, and most of them live in the mountains and forests, so there is constant friction with the Han people. "In Xuchang City, Shi Guangyuan, the former Jiaozhou assassin Shi Guangyuan, who had just stepped down because of his rebellion, as well as Zhonglang General Shiwu, and Xu Jing, the three officials who were most familiar with Jiaozhou affairs, were all summoned by Liu Bei to discuss matters, and it was Shi Guangyuan who was reporting to Liu Bei just now.

"How many Cham are there?" After Liu Bei listened, he immediately asked this question.

"The Cham people have not kept a register, so they have no way of knowing the exact number. However, in the two counties of Yulin and Jiaozhi, there are more Cham people than Han people, but it is certain. Shi Guangyuan said. Liu Bei was really moved when he heard this, you must know that although the population of Jiaozhou is mainly concentrated in Nanhai, Gaoliang and Cangwu, the Han people in these two counties definitely exceed 200,000. If there really is a large number of Cham people there, wouldn't it be a great help if they can be successfully co-opted?

"Zhongsi (Shiwu's character), Guangyuan, Wenxiu, you have all been in Jiaozhou, what do you think about quelling the rebellion of the Cham people?" Liu Bei suppressed his excitement a little, and turned to the two of them to ask. I don't want the three of you to look at me, I'll look at you, and in the end, Shi Guangyuan said: "Lord, when the ministers are in Jiaozhou, these people of the Zhan clan often make trouble. Ministers and graces are both powerful, but although they are afraid of military revolution, once your strength is a little weaker, but you rebel again, it is a headache! ”

"What Mr. Shi said is true, when my brother was in Jiaozhou, these Cham people often had difficulties with my brother. Although the Shijia is known as the dominant Lingnan, the real control is only the counties of Cangwu, Nanhai and Gaoliang. Shiwu was also a little helpless.

"As for the past, when the Sun clan occupied Jiaozhou, he used General Zhao's method of dealing with Shanyue to conquer and suppress the people of the Zhan clan. After breaking several small tribes, the Cham people did not dare to be stubborn and surrendered one after another. But if you want to pacify the Zhan clan in one fell swoop, you have never done it in Jiaozhou for six years! Xu Jing finally concluded.

Liu Bei digested the words of the three of them a little, and comprehensively considered the problems such as Jiaozhou miasma that he had long been familiar with, and immediately found that it was indeed not too easy to pacify the affairs of the Zhan clan. Just when he had a headache, Zhuge Liang, who had just come to Xuchang to serve as a military advisor, said with a smile: "Don't worry, don't worry, the minister will definitely be able to completely calm down the matter of Jiaozhou." ”

"Who?" Liu Bei hurriedly asked.

"General Zhao!" Zhuge Liang said with a smile, and then explained in detail: "General Zhao once pacified Jiangdong Shanyue, and he has a lot of experience in dealing with these barbarians. In addition, there are many miasma in Lingnan, but the Wudang Flying Army, the Wuqian Flying Army and even the Shanyue Army are all born in the mountains, and they are more good at preventing these. And these two flying armies were also created by General Zhao, and he led them to exterminate the people of the Cham people, such as Ruan Fugui and others, what a way! ”

"Makes sense!" Liu Bei was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly sent someone to Xichuan to order Zhao Feng to come to Xuchang to listen to it. Of course, what he didn't expect was that after Zhao Feng knew the news, he was even more excited than him.

(To be continued)