Nanzhong is a large-scale place name collectively, generally referring to the southern counties of Yizhou, which in this era includes Yuewang County, Zhuti County, Qianwei Dependent State, Yizhou County, Yongchang County, Qike County six counties, although the area is extensive, but because of the many lofty mountains, sparsely populated, the development of the guide zhì is extremely backward, and the folk customs are fierce.

At the same time, these areas are also full of dense barbarian settlements, each of which forms settlements and lives in this stretch of mountains and rivers in a primitive way. The Han Dynasty's way of governing it has always been to coerce it, as long as it does not invade the Han people's cities and towns, they will be free, but they need to pay an annual sacrifice.

Wang Xu set out from Xiangyang, took Xu Sheng and Long Huwei's dragon group masters, and rode quickly all the way, traveling lightly, and it took six days to arrive at Zhuti.

"Pilot!!"

Looking at the county town of Zhuti on the slope from afar, Wang Xu grabbed the reins of his horse and stopped castrating to watch.

"Drive! Drive! Drive! ”

Suddenly, dozens of horsemen galloped from inside the city of Juti, kicking up dust and making it impossible to see human faces.

"Phew!" The sound of a weapon unsheathed.

The master guards of the dragon group vigilantly drew their respective weapons, looked at them carefully, and faintly lined up in a formation to protect Wang Xu.

"Lord!" Soon there was an excited call from the smoke.

"Song Qian?"

Wang Xu instantly heard the person's voice, a slight smile appeared on his face, and he waved his hand to signal the master of the dragon group to put away his weapon and rush forward with Xu Sheng.

Song Qian galloped in the blink of an eye, and flew off his horse more than ten meters away, striding over his battle armor: "Lord! ”

"Hahaha!" Wang Xu was also very happy, laughed and said, "Song Qian, I haven't seen you for a long time." You're a strong body! What do you think. Ling Zun Lingtang is in good health now! ”

"The last will eat well. Well practiced, of course strong! Song Qian was still so simple in front of Wang Xu, and said with a simple smile: "My father and mother are good, although there are some minor illnesses and pains, there are no major incidents. “

"That's good!"

Wang Xu and Xu Sheng looked at each other and smiled, turned over and dismounted, and took the reins of the horse to walk with him.

Xu Sheng smiled and said, "Song Qian." How did you get there before us? ”

"I only arrived yesterday evening, and I got up immediately when I received the spy report that day, so I had to wait sooner." Song Qian said.

"Hmm!" Wang Xu bowed slightly, and then asked, "What about the army?" Didn't Guo Jia write to me and let me go directly to Zhu Ti to meet? Just now I thought that the shape had changed, and I didn't dare to enter the city lightly! ”

"Oh, Guo Junshi led the army to leave first this morning, let his subordinates wait here for the lord!" Song Qian smiled, and then explained: "Originally, Guo Junshi also wanted to wait for the lord, but the soldiers and horses of the three fronts won one after another. Now the rebels have been pursued to the north of Jianning County. Guo Junshi was worried that they would go deep into the south and lack support from the rear. and hurriedly followed with his army. ”

"I see." Wang Xu was relieved: "Then does he still have arrangements?" ”

"Guo Junshi said that the lord is tired from afar, so he will rest for a day in Zhuti, and then keep up with the army, whether he can do his best in the first battle of Nanzhong, or whether he can rush to the front line by the lord." Song Qian replied.

"What's so weary about this, without further ado, it's over now." Wang Xu wished that the matter in Nanzhong would be solved as soon as possible, but after thinking about it, he couldn't help but ask: "By the way, who is currently guarding this Zhu Ti, how many troops are there, as a big rear, don't go wrong!" ”

"Don't worry, the lord is the governor of Nanzhong, Li Hui, and the general of Zhonglang, Wu Ban." Song Qian said with a smile.

Wang Xu quickly let go of the worries in his heart, Li Hui is a rare Confucian general, both civil and military, and he knows the non-Han group very well, and immediately smiled: "Since Li Hui is here, I am relieved!" So where are the two of them now, and why don't they come to see each other? ”

"Wu Ban escorted the prisoners to the north the day before yesterday, and now he has not rushed back, and Li Hui is busy raising grain and grass materials to transport to the front line, so he didn't come to greet him, only I was in the city because I had nothing to do, and I saw dozens of horsemen here, thinking that the lord had arrived, so I came in time."

Saying that, Song Qian thought about it and couldn't help asking: "That lord is going to enter the city, and when he sees him, I will immediately order someone to inform him." ”

Wang Xu waved his hand: "Forget it, after Nanzhong is calmed down, it's not too late to see you again." Now that we all have important things to do, we will delay time when we meet, so we will set off for the south now. ”

"Then it will be according to the orders of the lord!"

Song Qian ordered someone to return to the city to inform Li Hui, and then followed Wang Xu to the south.

Fortunately, Wang Xu, Song Qian, and Xu Sheng all stayed in Nanzhong for a short time in their early years, and they were very adaptable to these, and they also felt a little emotional when they stepped on the old land.

The three of them chatted about the old things from many years ago along the way, and they moved forward easily, but they didn't feel tired.

There were few of them, and their marching speed was naturally much faster than that of the army, and at night, they caught up with Guo Jia's army to support the front line.

But because of the steep terrain, it was impossible for the army to camp in one place, so it was divided into five or six troops and horses, and within a radius of more than ten miles, five temporary marching camps were set up, which allowed Wang Xu and others to go around a long circle before they learned the location of Guo Jia's main camp.

I met many Jingzhou generals along the way, all of them were so excited that they couldn't control themselves, if they didn't dare to leave the headquarters during the march, I am afraid they would have to run to the main camp. Because he was not in a hurry, he also talked to his subordinates every time he passed to appease the soldiers.

"Lord!" When Guo Jia greeted Wang Xu, his expression was quite excited, and some tears flashed.

"Why, Bonghyo actually misses me so far?" Wang Xu laughed and teased.

Guo Jia was obviously not in the mood to pay attention to his jokes, took a deep breath, calmed down the agitation in his heart, and then said bitterly: "The lord went to the north, the days are long, if he doesn't come back, I'm afraid his subordinates will have to be trusted." ”

"How can there be such a strict zhòng." Wang Xu smiled lightly: "When I was away, although Jingyi Erzhou faced many difficulties, and you were not good at coordinating the overall military and political situation, with your strategy and knowledge, it could be solved slowly sooner or later, it was only a matter of time." ”

Guo Jia smiled bitterly: "Lord, if I spend ten or eight years to stabilize Jingyi Erzhou, then what strength will I have to compete with the north, I am afraid that the Sun family will also catch up." The lord should not ridicule his subordinates. ”

said. There was a pause. He continued solemnly: "Jingyi Erzhou is now gradually achieving atmosphere, all because of the lord's grace and power, and the division of labor and cooperation among the ministers, so that they can become stronger and stronger. But if it is gradually dividing today, the stronger the strength of the princes, the more grand the battle situation becomes, if the lord is in front of the conquest, there will be no one to control the overall situation. Jingzhou needs capable people who can coordinate the military and politics and control the ministers! ”

"Hey!" Wang Xu sighed, in fact, he didn't know, but there was really no way. "Fengxiao, I also understand what you said that in the early years of the war, I only needed to set the direction and hand over the specific affairs to you, and I could weigh and decide from it, but now the power is getting stronger. Quite a strong sense of inadequacy, a lot of affairs. In particular, on domestic affairs, you have your own views and reasons, and it is difficult for me to discern and decide. ”

As he spoke, he looked at Guo Jia, and said self-deprecatingly: "Actually, although I am good at employing people and commanding the ministers, I am only a martial artist, and I know some directions in internal affairs, but it is really difficult to understand the details." It's fine that you agree on the same thing, but if you do, I don't know who to approve because it's hard for me to discern. ”

"For example, at the beginning, Fu Zhu and Tian Feng handed over different movements, one said that the newly opened military camp only needs to demarcate 10,000 acres of fertile land, but the other said that it was not enough, and the two even had differences of opinion on the types of crops planted, and finally let me decide! But in fact, in my mind, the understanding of 10,000 acres of fertile land is just a number, and I can't imagine how big it is. ”

"I don't know how many soldiers are needed for an acre of land, what crops have little delay for planting, what crops have a long delay, what yields are large and what are small, and I don't even know those crops. In the end, I chose one with my eyes closed, and as a result, I chose the mention of Gong and Yuanhao, and I also talked about it for a long time, saying that it was not the best choice. ”

Guo Jia was stunned on the spot when he heard his bitterness, and said with a smile: "The lord doesn't know anything about agriculture? ”

Wang Xu smiled awkwardly: "That, I really don't understand!" Not only agriculture, but also herdsmen, fishery, households, etc., but I don't understand any details! ”

"But doesn't the lord often invent strange tricks that make crop yields rise dramatically? It stands to reason that if you don't know about farming, you can't come up with it! Guo Jiahu asked suspiciously.

Wang Xu smiled bitterly in his heart, isn't that the fur of later generations? I have only learned what those tools are used for, how to make them, but I have never learned how to use them best, what kind of terrain, how wide the land needs to be used in most sizes, how much is needed, how high the cost, and how much manpower and material resources are consumed in manufacturing!

He hadn't studied these in his life, and he was busy with the war, how could he know that it wasn't the man below who kept experimenting and groping. Besides, he has a headache when he sees those messy things, how can he have the time and energy to understand.

"It's not a secret, in my early years, I met Zuo Ci Immortal and got him to teach Dunjia Heavenly Book, those are just records in the book, in fact, I don't know." Wang Xu made an excuse to prevaricate, and Guo Jia couldn't find Zuo Ci to confront anyway.

"I see!" Guo Jia nodded with relief, but his brows furrowed even tighter: "Lord, the ministers have always thought that you are good at this, but I didn't expect this to be the case, but in this way, the lord needs a capable person to solve these affairs." Although Tian Feng and Fu Zhu are good at governance, they are equally talented, and they have upright personalities, and they can't obey the civil and military officials, and Fa Zheng, Xu Shu and others also have their own flaws, they have their own strengths, and they are between the best and the best, so it is difficult to take this position. ”

"yes!" Wang Xu agreed and said: "So in the land of Jingyi, only you are the most suitable." ”

The lord laughed. Guo Jia waved his hand again and again: "The subordinates have self-knowledge, if they talk about strategic planning, marching and fighting, planning the world, and asking themselves if they are not afraid of anyone, but if they want their subordinates to coordinate the overall situation, it is really not enough." ”

"You can have your intelligence and foundation, and you have been training for ten years and eight years, you should be able to!" Wang Xu said unwillingly.

Guo Jia smiled bitterly, spread his hands and said: "Lord, if the world is decided, the subordinates have the confidence to do it, but now that there are frequent wars, many affairs, and many heroes, so much time is consumed to experiment, and the subordinates dare not delay like this, and Jingyi Erzhou can't afford to delay." ”

"Hey! Cao Cao has Xun Yu, Jiangdong has Zhang Zhao and Zhou Yu, I have you, but there is still a lack of Zhang Zhao. Wang Xu sighed.

"No!" Guo Jia shook his head and said with certainty: "If the lord wants to be stronger than Jiangdong and Cao Cao, he must be Xun Yu, or a higher talent, otherwise the world will be uncertain!" ”

"In this case, it seems that there is only one way to find him, and only he can help me wait for the world to be peaceful." Wang Xu said with a sigh.

"Who? Since there is such a great talent, why didn't the lord get it early? Guo Jia was pleasantly surprised.

"Zhuge Liang!"

After saying this name, Wang Xu was silent, because he didn't know where Zhuge Liang was now. (To be continued......)