Shamoko then wound the chain connected to the white pole gun in the bushes, fixed it on both sides, and made a "yes" gesture to the opposite side, although the distance was only thirty meters, but the shouting was difficult to hear from the other side.

A group of barbarian soldiers grabbed the chains of the white pole guns across the two banks, carefully reached the opposite bank, and pulled out a few strings of white pole gun chains, and fixed seven or eight on the bamboo bridge, and the whole bamboo bridge looked like a suspended iron chain bridge with a protective cable.

The barbarian army began to cross the bridge in large numbers, with a hundred people in each team, and from morning to night, an army of 40,000 people, before dark, finally crossed the distance of thirty meters and appeared on the back of the old camp of Xianlingqiang.

The bamboo bridge, fixed with wooden stakes, seemed to be full of sick old men, and it was broken across the cliff, and it was estimated that it would not take a few days for the wind to blow it to pieces.

The soldiers of the barbarian army hugged and cheered on the other side, expressing their inner excitement in the languages of various ethnic groups, and wept with joy.

Looking down from the snowy mountains, the watchtower of Xian Lingqiang was already faintly in sight, Xiao Furong looked at these soldiers, and muttered to Bao'er on the side: "Sister, what do you say they are following me for?" On this expedition, countless people died of illness and fell to death along the way, what did they do it for? ”

Bao'er's pink face was also smiling, and when she heard Xiao Furong's words, she smiled, grabbed Xiao Furong's hand, and whispered to Xiao Furong: "Sister, do you think that you are fighting for your husband, and let the clan live and die, and feel that you are selfish?"

Sister, don't think so much, this time it is a voluntary conscription, as long as it wins, Jue Lu will receive both benefits, if the clansmen don't want to fight, they won't come, we Wuxi people live a bad life, your husband at least rewards and punishments are clear, and he didn't discriminate against us, we have always made a living with our lives, and now we are seeking wealth with our lives, isn't it a step further? ”

Xiao Furong nodded reluctantly, and suddenly asked, "Then are you also seeking wealth?" ”

"No, I don't. Of course, I'm looking for a good brother. Bao'er laughed.

"A man has a wife."

The army found a mountain col to escape the cold, and Xiao Furong led hundreds of barbarian troops to brave the wind and snow to sneak to the back of the old camp of Xianlingqiang.

High on the mountainside, Xiao Furong and Bao'er poked their heads out from behind a mound of rocks, trying to distinguish the Qiang Village under the mountain in the snowlight, the biting wind kept blowing snowflakes into their eyes, and their vision was never clear.

"Ahh

Bao'er sneezed, and then Hua Boy handed over a bamboo tube: "Look at it with this." ”

Bao'er took the bamboo tube. There is no cold wind interference, through the light of the snow, see the scene under the mountain clearly, the Qiang village is built against the mountain in a col, the snow is covered, the watchtowers of the Qiang village, the bamboo building and the earthen house, the clear river meanders and flows, and the pearl is scattered in the embrace of the Qiang Mountain. You can vaguely see some Qiang people carrying bamboo baskets home.

"Sister, this must be the first Lingqiang old camp undoubtedly, the adult said, only the main camp has watchtowers, the bigger the main watchtowers. There are four watchtowers here, four or five zhang high, there is a seven or eight zhang look, the scale is very large. We're not on the wrong path. ”

Xiao Furong took the bamboo tube, and the aperture of the bamboo tube swept over the snow-covered Qiang Village: "There are only three watchtowers, and the other one is a statue of a god." ”

"Such a tall idol?" Boa was surprised.

"The Qiang people believe in shamans. The statue of the god was built very large. Xiao Furong also heard what Liu Zhang said.

"Then is this the old camp of the first Lingqiang?" Flower Boy asked.

"I don't know." Xiao Furong shook her head, she had crossed the mountains and mountains for so long, and she relied on a Sinan to indicate the direction, and the ghost knew where she went: "But we are walking in the direction of the map, most of the signs on the map have been seen, it must be the territory of Lingqiang first, there are three watchtowers, even if it is not an old camp, it must be a big main camp." ”

"So what are you waiting for? Let's kill it, in the middle of the night, those Qiang people are still in their dreams. Shamoko said loudly.

"Nope." Xiao Furong waved her hand: "The time agreed between the lord and us is two days later, and the time must not be confused." ”

"What? Two more days here? That's not freezing to death. Shamoko said bitterly. This mountain is full of snow, the temperature is estimated to be below zero, there is no quilt, there is no stove, how to wait.

"Tell everyone to drink more, eat some ginger and garlic, get together to sleep, and in two days we will be able to drink freely in Qiang Village, okay, let's go back." Xiao Furong took one last look at Qiang Village and led people back to the mountain pass.

…………

Wei Yan's soldiers and horses did not capture Tianshui, Tianshui was tightly defended, Jiang Jiajicheng was a strategy, and Wei Yan's army confronted, a day later, Xian Lingqiang led 20,000 troops to help, and the Xiliang army in Tianshui exceeded 30,000.

However, neither Jiang Xu nor the Tianshui guards dared to attack Wei Yan's army, they were waiting for the arrival of "Zhang Ren's" army, one day, two days, three days.

It had long exceeded the time when Jiang Xu expected Zhang Ren to arrive, and the Jiang family thought that the Sichuan army knew that Tianshui was prepared to withdraw the army, but when they went to Beiyuan Province to investigate, no army had marched in the direction of Hanzhong at all.

The Sichuan army has always loved surprise soldiers, and the Jiang family and the Tianshui guards were nervous all of a sudden, always afraid that Zhang Ren would suddenly come out of somewhere, and strictly guard Tianshui and the surrounding counties to prevent the Sichuan army from attacking.

I was only happy with those Qiang soldiers, they did not have the task of defending the city, only the task of supporting, and after setting up camp, they began to plunder everywhere on the outskirts of Tianshui.

After Liu Zhang left Beiyuan Road, he did not enter Tianshui to the north, but went straight to the west.

At night, the Sichuan army camped in a hidden valley, the cold moonlight sprinkled down, the soldiers fell asleep in the arms of the war horses, and Liu Zhang spread the map on the ground, marking the dots on it from time to time.

Wang Xu walked over, bowed to Liu Zhang, and said, "Lord, cough, cough, why doesn't the lord sleep." ”

Liu Zhang raised his head and glanced at the weak Wang Xu, and replied casually: "I can't sleep, the soldiers of Xiliang can hold the horse to sleep, I don't dare, climb it and kick me." ”

"Hehehe, ahem, ahem." Wang Xu just laughed twice and coughed again.

Liu Zhang frowned and said: "Mr. seems to be quite ill, he should rest early, well, Mr. should go to Hanzhong, I will send cavalry to escort Mr." ”

"Thank you for your kindness, no need, I'm destined to die early." Wang Xu doesn't care about authenticity.

Liu Zhang looked down at the map, pondering the route of the march and the hypothetical battle after arriving in Xiqiang, and said lightly: "A wise person like Sir, also believes in the theory of gods and ghosts? ”

"It's not a god or a ghost, I'm the same as the lord, sick." Wang Xu sat down one meter away from Liu Zhang, and said: "My mother is a Qiang girl, and the imperial uncle should have heard of the bitter cold of Qiangdi." My mother gave birth to me in the snow, but unfortunately I was not as lucky as other Qiang people, and I fell ill since I was a child. ”

"Is this the jealous talent?" After a long time, Liu Zhang sighed.

Wang Xu laughed: "Before, I thought the same way. When the day is not off, but then it slowly fades, it is already a lucky thing to be able to come to this world, see the green scenery, and touch the icy river, why force too much and complain about the injustice. ”

"Sir, I can think about it." Liu Zhang said.

"Can't the lord want to open it?" Wang Xu asked.

Liu Zhang's pen on the map paused for a long time. Finally nodded.

Wang Xu sighed and said: "It is more regrettable than the jealousy of the heroes, since the battle of Guandu, the general trend of the world has been clear, Sun Quan is conservative, and there is more than enough to defend it." Lack of progress, Ma Teng Han was short-sighted, did not repair political affairs, and did not repair military discipline. Liu Bei's civil and military wings have been completed, but there is not much space for him to fly in the world.

The rest are all princes, passing by. The general trend of the world is all due to the lord and Cao Cao, looking at the trend of the two sides, regardless of talent, money and food, army, population, taxes, Cao Cao is far better than the lord, but the lord also has a Cao Cao can not compare, that is, the geographical advantage, Yizhou has the mountains of Hanzhong, and Jingzhou has 100,000 sailors.

This determines that the lord is always in an offensive position against Cao Cao and takes the initiative on the battlefield, so the number of victories and defeats is really unpredictable.

It's a pity that God is jealous of the British lord, if the lord can't complete the great cause, the world will eventually be surnamed Cao. ”

"When the sky is not off, what can I do?" Liu Zhang said.

"The blood of the lord is against the sky, and when the sky is not off, maybe it is a cycle of cause and effect, in this case, why not continue to go against the sky? It won't be any worse anyway. ”

"Continue to go against the sky?" Liu Zhang was puzzled and looked at Wang Xu.

Wang Xu glanced at the map in front of Liu Zhang, and said with a smile: "Wang Xu has heard that the lord is diligent in government affairs, and since he entered the Sichuan camp, he knows that what he said is true. ”

Liu Zhang said: "The military advisor Huang Yueying once said that Jing Yi will recuperate for five years, and then he can go out of Yongliang, go down to Guanzhong, and be proud of the world." ”

"Huang Yueying." Wang Xu smiled: "Battle of Fancheng, defeat of Zhou Yu, Dingjingzhou, the genius of the world, the lord gets it, if you make the best use of it, you can get Jiang Shang like King Wen, and Zhang Liang from Gaozu, but when the lord and the military advisor formulated the world's strategy, did you think about the time?" ”

"When?" Liu Zhang frowned, and then remembered that he had made a plan with Huang Yueying to make the world, and he really didn't think about time, and the rest of his time was a regular road to the world.

Wang Xu solemnly said to Liu Zhang: "My subordinates ask the lord to take charge of the shield that guards the foundation and the sword that sweeps the world. ”

"The shield of the foundation, the sword of the world?" Liu Zhang looked at Wang Xu.

Wang Xu raised his head, looked at the night sky and said: "The shield of the foundation is the north control of Han Valley, the south of the three rivers, with the Xiongguan water master to protect the Jingyi Yongliang foundation, protect thousands of miles of fertile land, the sword of the world, is the Xiliang Iron Horse, hundreds of thousands of Xiliang Iron Horse, in the hands of Ma Teng Han Sui, it is a sword that is cut indiscriminately, and it cannot play a role."

In the hands of the lord, I believe that the lord will be able to use it to stab the enemy's heart, embrace the Xiliang iron cavalry, collect the Qiangqi, plus the foot soldiers of the Sichuan army, try to ask the world, who will compete? ”

Wang Xu breathed a sigh of relief and said: "The five-year strategy is a common policy, it is strong, it can be invincible, it is in line with the way of heaven, which is also the reason why Huang Yueying's military division has formulated such a strategy, but the lord can't, within five years, it is necessary to collect Yongliang, if it is delayed, the flower in the fog of the lord's foundation, after a hundred years, will turn into the smoke and clouds of history." ”

Wang Xu coughed twice, tightened his neckline, pressed his chest and said: "Lord, there are some things that are inconvenient for ministers to say, but the lord should know that the Hanzhong natural danger I just mentioned, the Sanjiang moat, can be used as a shield, or you can besiege the city, it depends on whether the monarch has the enterprising heart."

Without an enterprising heart, in a corner of peace, the world is divided, harming the people, and they cannot achieve great things.

And if in addition to the shield of the foundation, there is also the sword of the world, as long as the monarch is not too stupid and incompetent, he can swing the sword and cleanse the world.

The lord has already acted against the sky, so he can no longer stick to the way of heaven, both against the sky and against the sky, and be a cocoon to bind himself. ”

Liu Zhang was silent, he knew what Wang Xu meant, within five years, lay a foundation that overlooks the world, not a foundation that is partial enough, the latter will mislead the country and the people.

However, is it feasible to blindly forge ahead?

Wang Xu saw Liu Zhang's concerns, smiled, looked at the trees blown by the night wind outside the valley, and said quietly: "The trees want to be quiet and the wind does not stop, the lord has an enterprising heart, even if he recuperates, there will be no less war, just like the Battle of Wuxi, the Battle of Hanzhong, and the Battle of Xiqiang that will happen soon."

Wang Xu really didn't expect the lord to have such a far-sighted strategy, if he could annex Xiqiang, he couldn't overlook the world, but he could also overlook Xiliang, and it was impossible for the Sichuan army to be good at foot soldiers, but the lord could adapt to the times, with the help of the right time and place, and concentrate all his advantages to make it possible.

Perhaps, Wang Xu's worry is superfluous, the lord is restless in his heart, the sword will be restless, the sword is restless, the enemy will be restless, the enemy is restless, and the lord will be able to swing the sword and cut off his head sooner or later. ”

After Wang Xu finished speaking, he stood up with his hands on the mountain wall, saluted Liu Zhang, and coughed away.

"The shield of the world, the sword of the world." Liu Zhang let out a sigh of relief, is it to recuperate, or to go in sharply? Liu Zhang pressed his head, felt a little messy, shook his head, and thought that it was better to fight the battle of Xiqiang first, the tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop, let's take one step at a time.

At dawn, the soldiers got on their horses.

The sentinel came to report, "My lord, I found a Qiang rider on the path ahead." ”

Liu Zhang, Hu Che'er, Wang Shuang, Pang Rou and other generals went up to the mountain bag, looked down, and saw a group of dozens of Qiang soldiers, marching in the direction of Tianshui.

"This is the Qiang cavalry who went to the Han region to plunder." Wang Shuangdao: "Every time the Xiliang army invites the Qiang soldiers to help in the war, the Qiang people will plunder in the light, so that the large and small villages of Yongliang have to organize the people to resist bravely, which is really hateful." ”

"Since it's hateful, let's take revenge, these dozens of rides, blink of an eye." Hu Che'er said.

"No." Wang Xu frowned and said: "First Lingqiang tens of thousands of horsemen to aid Tianshui, these are some small tribes to pick up leftovers, there must be more than this army, if we intercept and kill, we will expose our whereabouts." ”

"But." Liu Zhang frowned and said: "We have to enter Xiqiang from this road, if there are many scattered Qiang rides on the road, how to break into Xian Lingqiang?" ”

There are always flaws in the plan, Liu Zhang didn't expect some things in advance, the Qiang people attack the Han land, usually the tribes gather, and this time the first Lingqiang troops are in a hurry and can't gather, so these small tribes have to go on their own. (To be continued.) )

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