When Fei Yi arrived at Yanguan, Wei Ba was preparing to attack Linhe County.

Linhe County was originally part of Cangwu County, but because of its geographical importance, Sun Quan was divided and listed as a separate county. Among the five mountains, Linhe County is located between the Dupang Ridge and the Mengzhu Ridge, and there are Linshui and Heshui in the south in the county, as well as Xiaoshui in the north. Linhe County is very close to Cangwu County Zhiguangxin, and controlling Linhe County is equivalent to choking one of the five passages between the north and the south. If Wei Ba can control Linhe County, then the west of Cangwu will be owned by him, and then he will be able to take Nanhai County directly.

Jiaozhou is a vast area, nearly three thousand miles from east to west, but there are not many places that are really rich, that is, from Nanhai County to Panyu in the east, to Hepu County in the west, about five or six hundred miles of area, control this area, is equivalent to controlling the most economically developed part of Jiaozhou, and other places are almost negligible.

In addition, there is another place in Linhe that Wei Ba cannot ignore. The northern part of Jiaozhou is mountainous, and the five ridges lie in between, which is a natural barrier, and the only one that can pass through the army is the valley road between the five ridges. If you want to garrison troops, you must have food, and if you want food, you must have arable land. There are many water systems in the Wuling area, there is no shortage of grain, but there is not much cultivated land on the level, and all the valleys with cultivated land have become strategic places, such as Yulin, such as Linhe.

Wei Ba is preparing to attack Linhe, if Zhu Ji doesn't come to the rescue of Linhe, then he can easily pocket Linhe. In this way, with the help of the prestige of the Shi family and the prestige of the god general, he could control most of the rich areas of Jiaozhou. If Zhu Ji came to save Linhe, it would be great, he could take advantage of Linhe's favorable terrain to annihilate Zhu Ji's cavalry. Remove the sword that hangs over your head.

Whether it is Shi Kuang or Jin Dongliu and others, they are very satisfied with Wei Ba's Jihua. They quickly drew up a plan of action, and Shi Kuang began to contact the villagers of Cangwu, and responded to Wei Ba's actions to make preliminary preparations for the next occupation of Cangwu. Although Wei Ba did not agree to leave Cangwu County to the Shi family, there is no doubt that with the foundation of the Shi family and the geographical location of Cangwu County, most of the commercial profits will be obtained. For the sake of the future of the Shi family, Shi Kuang was also very willing to help Wei Ba seize Cangwu.

"Well, my jihua is good, right?" Wei Ba said to Fei Yi with a smile.

Fei Yi picked up the teacup. Took a big sip of tea. Only then did he wipe his mouth and asked eagerly: "Are you really ready to give up Wuling and fight another sports war with Sun Quan?" ”

"I'm not in this athletic war." Wei Ba couldn't help but laugh. "I can give Chenyang to Lu Xun, but it's just an empty city. At most, he will take away the rice in the area of Lipu. Do you dare to enter the mountain again? Sooner or later, he'll have to throw it up for me. I took advantage of this time to capture Jiaozhou. Open up the trade road, and the business of Jiaozhou will be ours in the future. Fei Jun, you know no. Shu brocade is a very popular and sought-after commodity in the South China Sea. ”

Fei Yi glanced at Wei Ba and asked puzzledly: "You are so happy, I'm afraid it's not as simple as attacking Linhe, right?" ”

Wei Ba glanced at Guan Feng weakly, touched his nose in embarrassment, and put away his smile.

"Ziyu, I rushed here in a hurry, not for anything else, but to tell you Sun Quan's plan to deal with you." Fei Yi said Sun Quan's jihua again. Sun Quan didn't hide it from him, on the contrary, Sun Quan wanted to warn Wei Ba through Fei Yi's mouth that if he continued, he would not let you take advantage of it again. Stopping as soon as possible and sitting down again to negotiate is your best choice.

"Sun Quan really looks up to me." Wei Ba was secretly vigilant. Lu Xun, Pan Jun, Zhu Ji, Zhou Yi, plus Zhuge Ke, who later took sole power, this formation is big enough.

"So, you have to be very careful, you have to face not Zhu Ji alone, but also Zhuge Ke and Pan Jun. Although it is said that on the battlefield, there are only enemies and friends, and there is no closeness, but Zhuge Ke is the prime minister's subordinate, in case ......"

"Why aren't you worried that I'm hurt by Zhuge Ke?" Wei Ba said angrily.

"Of course I don't want you to be hurt by Zhuge Ke." Fei Yi said confidently: "But in my opinion, Zhuge Ke is not your opponent at all. If you are hurt by him, you deserve it. ”

"Hey, no, who are you talking to?" Wei Ba jokingly shouted, "You won't be receiving the benefits of Sun Quan, right?" ”

"Pick it up, a lot." Fei Yi hahadaxiao quipped: "Ziyu, you fought well, Sun Quan was polite to me." Don't you know, he gave money and gifts in three days, and I took them all, and when you marry a girl and enter the door, I will give you a big gift. ”

Guan Feng blushed and snorted: "Fei Jun, he is not in shape, you also accompany him to talk nonsense." She glared at the grinning Wei Ba, and said: "A gentleman's word, the horse is difficult to chase, if you don't give a big gift at that time, I can't spare you." Whether it is the Wei family or the Guan family, they have all exhausted their savings for this war, and they are really waiting for the money. ”

Fei Yi broke out in a cold sweat: "Don't worry, I will do what I say." ”

Everybody daxiao.

After Wei Ba inquired about Sun Quan's deployment in detail, he looked at the map for a long time, and said to everyone: "Since Sun Quan thinks so highly of me, it seems that this is not a problem that can be solved in the short term, we have to make long-term plans." The time for the rice harvest is coming soon, we have to grab as much territory as possible before the harvest, and the battle in Guanzhong is imminent, and these rice are very important to us. ”

Fei Yi nodded with satisfaction. What he was most worried about was that Wei Ba only cared about himself, forgetting that he was just a partial division. Now Wei Ba still remembers using the rice from Jiaozhou to support the war in Guanzhong, which shows that he has the overall situation in mind. As long as he has the overall situation in mind, he will not insist on going his own way and doing things that hinder national affairs.

"Linhe, I still have to take it, but it doesn't matter if I kill Zhu Ji or not, my purpose is to block the Wu army that may go south and occupy Cangwu safely. The war in the South China Sea will be left to the next step, and if Dai Liang does not take the initiative to attack me, I will ignore him for the time being. Wei Ba turned his head and arched his hand to Shi Kuang: "Sir, this time I have to work for you to persuade Hepu, Cangwu, Gaoliang, and Zhuya counties to surrender." ”

Shi Kuang stroked his beard and nodded confidently: "General Ming, don't worry, there are still many people who recognize my old face." ”

Wei Ba said to Jin Dongliu again: "Zhaoming, Chenyang has been lost. Yulin is the only base we can count on at the moment. You have to guard the forest for me. With Yulin in hand, no matter what the war in Linhe is, I will not panic. ”

Jin Dongliu bowed down and received the order: "Please rest assured, the young master is in the city." ”

Wei Ba said to Fei Yi again: "Fei Jun, the road is far away, and I can't report to the prime minister for a while. I would like to ask you to inform the Governor of Yu, in your capacity as a member of the Prime Minister's Office, that if possible, ask them to arrange for some merchants to come to Yulin, and I will arrange for a shipment of rice to be delivered to Chengdu. Of course, they don't come empty-handed. Shu brocade, lacquerware or something. It's all selling well. ”

Fei Yi grinned: "You want to borrow my hand and ask for a little more quota of Shu brocade from the Prime Minister's Mansion, right?" ”

Wei Ba smiled: "Fei Jun is still smart, and he can understand it at all." ”

"Hmph, you little bit of caution. You can hide it from me. Fei Yi knocked down Wei Ba's hand: "Don't worry." As long as it's good for the big picture. I'm sure the prime minister won't object. However, don't push your private goods on me, I don't know anything. ”

Wei Ba and Guan Feng exchanged glances. snickered. During the period when Li Wei entered the Wei family, he spent a lot of energy to improve the loom and improve the efficiency of brocade, and now the raw silk in the manor of the four families of Wei Guan and Zhang Zhao is basically not sold, and even has to purchase some privately and weave it directly into finished products. It's just that the prime minister is strictly controlled, not only the production of Shu brocade is controlled by the government, but the sales can also not be carried out privately, without the permission of the government, the market has become a big problem. Wei Ba took advantage of the reason of supporting the Prime Minister's Northern Expedition, of course, he wanted to take all the Shu brocade in his warehouse to Jiaozhou to sell. Jiaozhou is the starting point of the Maritime Silk Road, where there are a lot of merchants from the Western Regions who purchase silk fabrics such as Shu brocade at high prices, and they can earn high profits when they are transported here from Chengdu. For the Wei family and the Guan family, who are in great need of replenishing their financial resources, this is a way to make money.

Fei Yi is an understanding person, and he knows everything about it. He broke Wei Ba, just to warn him not to go too far.

After making arrangements, Wei Ba set off immediately. He left 5,000 people for Jin Dongliu, and he led more than 6,000 people to Linhe. Because the strategic goal has changed, he is no longer in a hurry to capture Linhe, and the pressure on his body is invisibly much smaller, and he is much more relaxed when he makes arrangements.

Strictly pass out of the customs, cross the Lion Mountain and Yanghai Mountain, and then walk more than 100 miles along the southern foot of the Dupang Mountains, and enter the boundary of Linhe County. Along the way, the hardships are self-evident, although Wei Ba's subordinates are all barbarians who are familiar with the mountains, after half a month of marching, everyone is still exhausted.

As soon as he entered Linhe County, Wei Ba received a report from the scouts: Linhe County was heavily guarded, as if facing a great enemy. Zhuge Ke, the cavalry commander, has been stationed in Linhe County, with a strength of about 3,000 troops. The city was heavily defended, and there were newly built fortresses on the hills around the city. Of course, it is not difficult to uproot these fortresses, but it is impossible to get close to Linghe quietly.

Wei Ba was very surprised, Zhuge Ke had a bad reputation in later generations, roughly equivalent to the boastful Zhao Kuo, Fei Yi's evaluation of Zhuge Ke was not high, saying that he was too talented, ambitious and talented, good at power and deception, and his loyal father Zhuge Jin was not like father and son at all. Fei Yi reminded Wei Ba that the purpose was to make Wei Ba not kill Zhuge Ke as much as possible, but he did not regard Zhuge Ke as Wei Ba's opponent.

But judging from the current situation, Zhuge Ke is not useless, he was ordered to guard Guiyang, and he actually killed Linhe, just from the perspective of courage and vision, he is obviously not as simple as rhetoric.

"Since he is one step ahead, we might as well show our banner and have a dignified formation." Wei Ba simply stopped hiding his whereabouts, and walked out of the valley in a big way, down the water, and went straight to Fuchuan County (now Zhongshan County).

Bucheon County has no guards, it is basically an empty city, and Wei Ba took Bucheon without much effort. He entered the city to stay, and then sent someone to send a letter to Zhuge Ke, I have already come, make an appointment, whether it is tea or a decisive battle, whatever you want.

After receiving Wei Ba's battle letter, Zhuge Ke sneered: "It is said that Wei Ba is brilliant with soldiers, but I can't see Er'er, and I can't even see my plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, what kind of cleverness is it?" He immediately sent someone to deliver a letter to Zhu Ji, Wei Ba had already entered Linhe, and asked Zhu Ji to rush to Xie Mu immediately, cut off Wei Ba's retreat, and then flank Wei Ba and kill him in Linhe County. (To be continued......)

PS: One more drop, Lao Zhuang is very crazy, begging for a monthly pass!