Zong Wei, the doctor of Taizhong of the Shu Han Dynasty, was ordered by Liu Bei, the lord of the Han Dynasty, and hurriedly went south to the valley and went to the south of Hanzhong County to summon Fazheng. But when he got to the place to take a look, he saw that Fa Xiao's face was blue and yellow, his lips were white, and he was lying on the couch, as if he couldn't get up, and he couldn't help but ask: "Why is Sikong like this?" ”

Fa Zheng smiled bitterly: "Occasionally, the wind is cold, and there is no major event." ”

In fact, Fa Zhengcai is not as simple as a cold and flu, he can basically be regarded as a heart disease. And said that the Chengdu court and China argued that day, Pang Tong suggested to attack instead of defending, and the troops were out of the meridian, but Fa Zheng wanted to use the righteousness of Zhou Yi's "heavy door" to stick to Hanzhong, and finally Liu Bei listened to Pang Tong's words, so he ordered Li Yan to defend Chengdu on behalf of Fa Zheng, and Fa Xiaozhi sat in Nanzheng, and the general division of soldiers and horses, grain and straw transportation.

Fa Zheng is so annoyed. One is that he doesn't think that Pang Tong's plan can be successful, when Pang Shiyuan led the army to take the lead, he also said strange things in front of his comrades: "I will see the teacher come out but not see him enter." "——This is the Spring and Autumn Period, Qin Mu Gong sent Meng Mingshi to wait for Zheng, but Uncle Jian persuaded but did not listen, so the East Gate cried what the master said. On the other hand, he also pondered that if he succeeded by luck, the Shu army would be able to gain a firm foothold in Guanzhong, and then repel Cao Wei's reinforcements, Pang Tong would inevitably be more favored by Liu Bei, and even if he managed the logistics well, he lacked intuitive merits, and it would be difficult to fight against Pang Tong from now on. On the contrary, once the front line is not fought well, Pang Tong can easily shift the blame to himself: "If Fa Xiaozhi can have enough soldiers and enough food, why if so?" ”

In fact, this is similar to the original history when Governor Li Yan dragged Zhuge Liang back when he was transporting grain, and the psychological difference is similar: it is your credit for winning the battle, and you can blame me when you get out of the basket, Lao Tzu is not a person inside and out, why do you do a good job for you?

However, Li Yan was too selfish, and it was too obvious to drag Zhuge Liang's hind legs, so he was honestly pinched off by Zhuge Liang. Fa Zheng was deeply favored by Liu Bei. The monarch and the minister get along, but they will not deliberately play bad with Hanzhong - but in this heart, I will definitely not be happy.

And when the news of Pang Tong's seizure of Chang'an came, Fa Zheng heard the news, and a mouthful of blood spurted out on the spot, and he fell to the sky. The subordinate hurriedly carried him to the couch. After delaying the diagnosis and treatment, Fa Xiao breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but snort: "I can return." "Do you mean that I am useless to Your Majesty? Am I about to end my life, or should I retreat bravely and simply go to Shi?

Of course, no matter how he thinks about his future, he should always help Liu Bei finish this battle, so he supports his sick body, continues to preside over the grain transportation, and also admonishes his subordinates. It is not allowed to spread the news of his illness to the front line, so as not to affect Liu Bei's mood and shake the military spirit of the Shu army.

Until Zong Wei came to him, read out Liu Bei's edict, and then asked: "Can Sikong still go?" Fa Zheng replied with a wry smile: "If you are still alive, you should repay the Lord's kindness." However, I am afraid that this body is not good for compliment. "If you take some normal roads, find a horse and a cart. Take the quilt and wrap it, maybe I can still support it to go to Liu Bei. But what a difficult road it is to walk in the valley, I can hardly drive, and I guess that with my current physical condition, I will have to swallow my breath halfway up.

Zong Wei raised his eyebrows and spread his hands: "How to deal with it?" ”

Fa Zheng said that he didn't care about this for now, and you explained to me in detail the situation on the front line—why did Your Majesty suddenly think of summoning me to Guanzhong?

Zong Wei didn't dare to hide it a little, so he told what he knew. It was talked about until Pang Tong's death, and Huang Quan persuaded Liu Bei to return to Hanzhong, but Liu Bei did not listen, so he suggested summoning Fa Zheng to assist.

When Fa Zheng heard this, he couldn't help but be shocked. He said: "Your Majesty has achieved things with benevolence, but now you have lost the opportunity because of benevolence." If you don't go to Chang'an, don't save Shiyuan, and use Shiyuan's wisdom, how can you die suddenly? "Liu Bei, why are you in a hurry to meet Pang Tong? On the battle array, the sword has no eyes, his death in battle this time is purely accidental, and if he cuts out the accident, Pang Tong's ability, will not die with Chang'an City, he will definitely leave a way back - Fa Zheng can't guess that Pang Tong is actually dead - if the army does not go east, but west to take Chen Cang, there is a great chance to kill a stalemate situation!

But at this time, it was too late to regret it, and Fa Zheng said to Zong Wei: "When I Jiqing came, Cao Wei's Kwantung Army had already come to meet, Your Majesty was hanging the army outside, and the sharp edge had been frustrated, and it was difficult to stay for a long time." When you retreat, you retreat, what Huang Gongheng said is yes! ”

Zong Wei said that that's why Huang Quan persuaded His Majesty to summon Sikong to go to Guanzhong, and it is estimated that only you can persuade Your Majesty. Fa Zheng said that I really can't leave, so it's better to write a letter and ask you to go again and present it to Your Majesty.

So he got up with his sick body, wrote a sincere letter, carefully analyzed the current situation of the enemy and us, and suggested that Liu Bei quickly withdraw his troops and return to Hanzhong. I already have a comprehensive arrangement in Hanzhong, as long as you pull back all the soldiers and horses of Guan, Zhang and other troops smoothly, and go everywhere, it will be difficult for the Wei army to go deep. Moreover, after such harassment and ravaging by your guards, it is estimated that Cao Wei does not have enough strength to go south, and we have a few more years of respite, which can be regarded as achieving the goal of the campaign to a certain extent.

At the end of the letter, he simply pretended to be dead, saying: "The minister is sick, he has not been in the world for a long time, if His Majesty returns late, I am afraid that the minister will be difficult to see the face of the sky, and it will be a pity to die!" "I'm dying, won't you come back to see me one last time?

Zong Wei took the letter and went to Guanzhong non-stop to report to Liu Bei. And as Fa Zheng expected, at this time, Cao Cao had personally led the army to Xinfeng, met with Cao De, Xiahou Shang and others, and then marched straight to Chang'an.

Pang Tong was killed in the middle of the city of Juxian, Zhao Yun led the army to bypass the county and go to meet Liu Bei, Pang Yan took the opportunity to send people to Chang'an to check, and saw that it was already an empty city. So Pang Yan simply gave up Juxian and took the lead in entering Chang'an, just in time to meet Cao Cao. Cao Cao hadn't spoken yet, Jiang Jixian next to him pointed at Pang Yan and asked sharply: "Wen Ruqian is in Juxian County, how can you abandon it?!" Then he turned to Cao Cao and said: "Control the Weiqiao, the Weibei Rebellion is not east; Sticking to Ju County, the Weinan Rebellion was not widespread. Juxian County cannot be lost. ”

Cao Cao was able to enter Chang'an City smoothly, and he was in a good mood at this time, but he did not blame Pang Yan for this, and comforted him: "Qing has no responsibility to defend the land, but can resist thieves for the country, which is a great achievement. "Although Pang Yan abandoned Shou County and rushed to take the first credit for recovering Chang'an, he made a mistake, the problem is that he is not an official who is responsible for defending the territory, he is just a cloth cloth, and it is already great to be able to do this-" Zitong can not be harsh. ”

So he ordered Xiahou Shang to lead the army to defend Ju County, and he planned to personally lead the army to cross Weishui, join forces with Cao Zhen and Lü Meng, and go to a decisive battle with Liu Bei.

Almost at the same time, Cao Ren of Xiangyang also received an order from Luoyang to go up the river and advance into Sanba in order to scratch Liu Bei's flank. Originally, according to the original plan, the infantry army should go south from Xiangyang, first stationed in Jiangling, join the army of Lusu, and then point to Yufu through Zigui and Wuxian and enter Bazhong. But at this time, not to mention that the Lusu Navy was still in Pengli and did not set off, Zang Ba, Sun Guan and other troops who were originally planned to be transferred to assist were still in the middle of the journey, and even the original logistics director, Nanjun Taishou Jiang Ji, was simply taken westward by Cao Cao when he returned to the DPRK to receive instructions - the Jingzhou Military Region is currently only half a shelf.

With just this half of the shelf, is there really a chance to break through the steep Three Gorges and enter Bazhong?

Cao Ren convened the generals to discuss, and the fierce general Niu Jin proposed that since there are police in the pass and the military situation is urgent, then we can't delay it for a moment - "The protector of the country can urgently summon Lu Dudu, General Zang and others to join, Jin please lead 3,000 elites first, and take a civilian boat to return to Zigui." ”

Cao Ren said that you are going to play with your life, although the military situation on the northern front is urgent, and we need to cooperate with the camera on the southern front to contain the soldiers and horses of the Shu thieves, but Yufu has Ganning's army, and the water is turbulent below Zigui, without the cooperation of the Lusu naval army, you want to rush over with a few civilian boats, isn't that a dream? "This plan is in danger and cannot be used!"

Niu Jin hadn't heard of the details of Pang Tong's stealing out of the Meridian Valley, otherwise he would definitely refute: "Shu thieves can do it, why can't Jin do it?" Jin is a national general, and his ambition is not as good as that of a thief? ”

At this time, there was a person who went out of the squad and made a suggestion to Cao Ren: "Today's army is in Xiangyang, the sailor has not arrived, and General Zang and others have stopped halfway, and it is difficult to take Sanba." Take the road to the water, straight down to the west city - the heart of the thief, not in Chengdu, but in Nanzheng, if you can thin the back of Nanzheng, the thief will be self-extricated. ”

The water flows out of Hanzhong, winds eastward, flows under the city of Xiangyang, and then flows southeast to the vicinity of Shaxian and flows into the Yellow River. In fact, this river is the Han River in later generations, and it is customary to call the vicinity of the upper reaches of the county as the water, the middle reaches of the Hanzhong region as the Hanshui, and the downstream south of Xiangyang as the Xiangshui.

The Hanshui and Xiangshui sections are now in the flood season, the water flow is very fast, and there are occasional floods in the surrounding area, so it is not easy for the military to march - but if you compare the Yangtze River section near the Three Gorges, it is better to walk too much. Originally, it was considered to go to Sanba through the Yangtze River, because there was a naval division of Lusu, which could transport a large army, and it would be more convenient to threaten Chengdu, the capital of Shu Han, after capturing Sanba. But now that the Lusu Navy has not arrived, if it relies on civilian ships to carry a small number of soldiers and horses, it is not as convenient as taking the Yangtze River. Besides, since the Shu army took the initiative to enter Guanzhong, then their most important logistics base was definitely not in Chengdu - it was too far away from the front line - but in Hanzhong, through the water can be directly taken from Hanzhong, forcing the other side to withdraw from Yong and Liang.

When Cao Ren heard this, his first reaction was: It makes sense. So I looked closely, and saw that the person who spoke was young and weak, with only fine hairs on his lips, and his demeanor was quite dignified, and his eyes were very old. Cao Zixiao recognized that this is a native of Yicheng, the younger brother of Shi Ma Liang who served in the palace, and the surname Ma Ming is also young, and he is white, and he entered his own curtain because of Ma Liang's recommendation, and is responsible for clerical matters.

Ma Tan observed his words, Cao Huguo seemed to be very interested in his suggestion, so he took a step forward and took the initiative to ask: "This plan is not easy, General Niu is a national general, you can't take the danger lightly, you can't be talented, please lead 3,000 troops to the west city." (To be continued.) )

PS: At the end of the year, the benefits will be distributed, and we will strive for the second watch tonight - please look forward to it.