At the end of July, the Shu Han distribution in Jingzhou finally got accurate news, Cao Wei's hussar general Sima Yi had led the main force to follow the Han River eastward, and Wu's auxiliary general Lu Xun was also moving eastward, and it seemed that there would be a big war in the east.

This news was nearly a month slower than Wei Ba's news.

In fact, this is also normal, the meticulous workers can only inquire about the news from the periphery, and they can only react after seeing the specific actions of the enemy. And Wei Ba's source is closer to the decision-making level, and when there is no action from the outside, he directly obtains the secret from the top.

This is only from a nerve center spy located in an important town, if it is a spy located in Luoyang's decision-making level, then far away when Cao Wei is decided, he will be able to get the news, and he can advance more time.

Keeping track of the other party's movements a month or two in advance is undoubtedly a huge advantage.

That's the difference between a high-level spy and an ordinary spy.

The news sent by Wei Ba to Zhuge Liang gave Zhuge Liang a time to prepare. At the end of July, just as the autumn harvest was about to take place in Hanzhong, Zhuge Liang decided to send troops. According to the previous Jihua, he appointed Wu Yi to lead 20,000 people to stay in Hanzhong, and at the same time be responsible for the autumn harvest work, the grain returned to the warehouse, and if the front line was needed, he would transport the grain to the front line as soon as possible.

Appointed Zhendong General Zhao Yun as a partial general, General Yangwu and Deng Zhi of the Central Supervision Army as deputies, led 10,000 people, went out of the praise slope, and pointed directly at Yixian, thinking that he was a suspicious soldier. After more than two months of emergency repairs, the Bao ramp road that was burned by Cao Cao has been repaired and can be passed.

Ma Tan was appointed to lead 30,000 people as the forward general, and Zhuge Liang led the main force of 50,000, a total of 80,000 troops, out of Yangping Pass, and went straight to Longyou.

In view of the fact that Wei Yan's father and son, who suggested that Meridian Valley Jihua be degraded and died, no one dares to question Zhuge Liang's plan now. There is only the sake of bowing down to orders. Compared to the meeting a few months ago, this time it was calmer and more organized. Even some of the generals were not alarmed, and all the generals, including Wu Yi and Zhao Yun, just accepted the order calmly and did not express any objections.

Zhuge Liang was very satisfied.

Before the army set off, Zhuge Liang sent someone to call Wei Yan, who was "living" in Nanzheng, to Weiyang. In the eyes of outsiders, this is Zhuge Liang's appeasement or deterrence of Wei Yan before he left the school, and there is no surprise. But Wei Yan didn't think so. He knew his chance had finally come.

Zhuge Liang ordered Wei Yan to lead an army of 10,000 people, take the Meridian Valley, and go straight to Chang'an. His task was to capture Tongguan and hold Tongguan, not letting Cao Wei's reinforcements enter the pass. As for the existing defenders in Guanzhong, it will be solved by his main force. With 80,000 to 20,000, a four-fold advantage in troops, Zhuge Liang had enough confidence to solve them, and he had only one requirement for Wei Yan, to hold Tongguan. Until the main force arrived.

Wei Yan nodded again and again, and Zuihou asked a question: "How long does it take for the prime minister to arrive?" ”

Zhuge Liang had already had jihua and smiled slightly: "Under normal circumstances, I can arrive within a month, even if there is some accident, it will not be more than two months." ”

Wei Yan was overjoyed, patted his chest and said, "Prime Minister rest assured, within two months, Cao Wei will not have a single soldier enter Guanzhong." ”

Zhuge Liang nodded and smiled.

Everything was arranged, and the army set out on its journey. The mighty army of 80,000 left Chuyang and rushed to Longyou.

Because of the great purge some time ago, the activities of Cao Wei Xiaozuo, who still survived, in Hanzhong were greatly restricted, and it was not until Zhuge Liang left Weiyang for seven or eight days that the Xiaozuo learned this fact from various signs, and they sent the news back to Guanzhong and Wancheng, and they did not know how many lives they had to sacrifice in order to send the news back.

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At the same moment, Xiahou Mao was still immersed in entanglement and joy.

The entanglement is because with the repair of the Bao Slope Road, the footsteps of the Northern Expedition of the Shu Han army are getting closer and closer, and there are more and more signs that the Shu Han army is likely to be sent by the Bao Slope, not the Longyou as Wei Ba said. But Xiahou Mao was not sure, because Wei Ba said conclusively that Bao Shudao was a suspicious soldier, and the general of the army might be Zhao Yun, just because Zhao Yun's name was loud enough. In fact, the person Zhuge Liang trusts the most is Ma Tan, Ma Jian is the real striker, and their actual goal is Longyou.

Xiahou Mao was not sure, he discussed with his generals many times, but unfortunately most of those people did not believe Wei Ba, they thought that Wei Ba was a general, even if he was not talking nonsense and deliberately confusing the public, who could guarantee that Zhuge Liang would still follow the previous jihua? Therefore, what he said is not credible, and he should be stationed in Yixian with heavy troops to wait for work, instead of rushing to Longyou for thousands of miles.

Xiahou Mao couldn't decide, and he was as smart as Xiahou Hui was not sure, Xiahou Mao went to ask Wei Ba, and Wei Ba couldn't be sure. He just said, I'm really not sure if Zhuge Liang will execute according to the original jihua, I just analyze it according to his character, and I'm not sure what the result will be.

Wei Ba's words are reasonable, although Xiahou Mao is anxious, he is not easy to force. I had to send out more detailed works to inquire about the news in Bao Shudao and Longyou respectively.

However, Xiahou Mao is not completely entangled, he still has joy.

I have to say that Xiahou Mao has no ability to fight, but he is very creative in making money.

Wei Ba suggested that Xiahou Mao demolish those small cities that had no defensive significance, and concentrate all kinds of materials to strengthen those useful places, and as a result, Xiahou Mao played on this basis, and he ordered the demolition of the dwellings in Chang'an City, and concentrated on strengthening Weiyang Palace and Jianzhang Palace, as the focus of the next defense.

Weiyang Palace and Jianzhang Palace are two palaces that span the western city wall of Chang'an City, and originally had a towering palace wall, although it has been dilapidated for more than 200 years, it is still relatively easy to repair for defense together. In addition, Weiyang Palace is built on Longshou Mountain, the terrain is higher, and there are a large number of tall platforms in Jianzhang Palace, which is particularly beneficial to defense.

From a military point of view, there is nothing wrong with choosing these two places as key fortresses for defense, but the focus on demolishing civilian houses is not in the military sense, but in the economic sense.

How much money can ordinary people have? A little property, most of which is in real estate, if the house is demolished, the vast majority of people will have nothing, even if they have a little family assets, they will also be greatly damaged. In this case, who wants to think about what military significance, of course, is to do everything possible to preserve their family business as much as possible.

How do I hold it? Of course, it was to intercede with General Anxi and Guanzhong Governor Xiahou Mao. How to intercede? Gift-giving, of course. After some checking, except for those residences close to the north gate of Weiyang Palace, which had to be demolished, the others were basically not moved, but General Xiahou had already collected a lot of money and his pockets were bulging.

Of course, in addition to receiving a large amount of bribes, Xiahou Mao also received quite a lot of complaints, but Xiahou Mao didn't care about those things that could not be seen or touched. He looked at the mountains of money, he couldn't bear it, and he felt more and more that it was right not to let Cao Zhen come to Guanzhong to preside over the overall situation, otherwise how could all these benefits fall into the hands of his Xiahou Mao, at least half of them would be given to Cao Zhen.

As the initiator, Wei Ba also has dividends, although the proportion is insignificant, for him, it is tantamount to a huge amount of money.

Wei Ba handed over all the money to Peng Xiaoyu to collect, and in addition to buying her medicine, most of it was used to buy furniture and slaves. Xiahou Mao tossed like this, and there were many more children and daughters in Chang'an City, and the price was very cheap.

These things for the purchase of properties were handed over to Peng Xiaoyu to do, and Wei Ba, except for Xiahou Mao's summons, was basically in a semi-secluded state where he did not leave the gate and did not step out of the second door. He used this time to teach the five little beauties to play mahjong. This mahjong is worthy of being a game that later swept all shijie, these five little beauties became addicted to playing and began to build the Great Wall day and night.

This state of selfless work immediately brought a serious consequence, and the five little beauties soon had dark circles under their eyes. So Wei Ba naturally invented cucumber - at this time it was also called courgette - a trick to treat dark circles, five little beauties, one eye covered with two cucumber slices, it became the most distinctive landscape in the house.

Wei Ba took advantage of the situation to strike iron and said to the five little beauties, if you want to win money, you must have a good body, so don't lie down in the future, you have to exercise, you have to exercise your body well, and your brain will be more flexible. What's more, once in ten days, the top two will not only be rewarded, but will also have the opportunity to contact General Xiahou first.

So, every morning, the five little beauties run around the yard, which has become the second distinctive landscape in the house, claiming to be a punishment to the outside world, and they are punished for not being diligent in their limbs, not separating the grains, and complaining about doing something.

The news quickly reached the ears of Xiahou Mao and his wife. Princess Qinghe called Wei Ba in first, praised Haode, and encouraged Wei Ba not to be polite to these little sluts, and to discipline them more harshly. Then Xiahou Mao also called Wei Ba over, so complaining, as for you, those little beauties are used for pity, how can they be treated as ordinary slaves? You can figure it out, Princess Qinghe will not stay in Chang'an forever, she will always go back to Luoyang.

Wei Ba heard Xiahou Mao's threat, he smiled, leaned into Xiahou Mao's ear and muttered a few words. Xiahou Mao's eyes suddenly lit up: "Really? ”

Wei Ba smiled bitterly: "General, the wealth of his subordinates is all pinned on the general, how dare he deceive?" It's just that the princess has an order, and I have to obey it, and I also ask the general to cooperate with one or two. ”

Xiahou Mao nodded again and again, and said seriously: "It should be, it should be." Then he looked at Wei Bahadaxiao, and asked a little impatiently, "When do you think it's more convenient?" ”

"General, don't be bored, now the princess is watching closely, and I don't dare to take risks, otherwise if I am not careful, I will be punished by the princess for a small matter, and the heads of those beauties will fall to the ground." Wei Ba thought for a while and said: "The autumn harvest is imminent, Zhuge Liang should invade soon, and when the time comes, the general will be on the front line to command the war, so naturally he will live separately from the princess, won't the opportunity come?" ”

Xiahou Mao smiled. (To be continued.) )