4. The return of the wanderer
If you want to be pretty, you must be filial.
This is a popular sentence in the world where Li Shushi once lived, not to mention what is the purpose behind such a statement, but at least from the results, it seems to be really good?
At this time, three plain women stood beside Li Shushi, and behind them stood a woman who was slightly older than them and was also dressed in mourning clothes.
It's a pity that Li Shushi only comforted them a few words and handed over these women to his sister-in-law Zhen Jiang, who will be responsible for arranging the lives of these widowed women in Bingzhou, as for the regretful expression that flashed in Zhen Jiang's eyes, Li Shushi didn't see it.
Although all the women of the Zhen family are very good, since the most outstanding one has been taken by Li Shushi, the rest of Li Shushi does not intend to have anything to do with him, and he does not intend to give the other party any wrong signals.
If you want a beautiful woman, Su Xiaololi's Lily Palace still has a big ticket sister paper, as long as he really wants it, Su Xiaololi is not unwilling to match, anyway, those women are destined to not be able to stay by Li Shushi's side for a long time.
It is precisely because of maintaining such a tacit understanding that even though the stomachs of several women around him have no movement, but the subordinates have no other thoughts, Su Xiaololi's status is as stable as Mount Tai, and it also makes Li Shushi have a lot less troubles in disguise.
So he didn't want to get himself in trouble.
Besides, if she really wants a woman with the attributes of a surviving person, that Mrs. Zou is still staying in her own mansion.
Ahem, of course. If Zhang Xiu really dared to declare his **, Li Shushi would not be unable to help him, but since he saw his aunt enter the mansion of the state pastor. Although Zhang Xiu looked melancholy, he looked more relieved, but it was not easy to find a woman who satisfied him, so even if he was in his thirties, he was still alone, and now even the old man Tong, who had few directors, began to worry about the private life of his eldest apprentice.
Maybe......
looked at the pretty backs of a few people who got up and left. Li Shushi felt that this kind of thing was really more appropriate to talk about it after a while.
Although the fire in the inner city of Shinto Castle did not turn Shinto Castle into complete ruins, it took a lot of time to rebuild. At least for the time being, the former core of power in Jizhou is about to be abandoned, and even if the county governor of Anping County has to move to the north, only the yamen of Xindu County will remain here.
It can well be imagined. It is simply impossible to restore the prosperity of the past. It will take at least a decade to return to above average, and it will not be revived until a generation has forgotten the trauma of war.
Of course, the camp of the Bingzhou army will not leave immediately, and Li Shushi still needs to stay here for a while, experiencing Luoyang and Chang'an, as well as what happened in Shouchun that he heard from Cao Cao. Li Shushi felt that it was necessary to deal with the aftermath here, otherwise God knows if something dirty would appear. Then it develops into a tragic cycle from which there is no elimination.
If it was the plane where he had lived, Li Shushi probably only needed to think about the issue of epidemic prevention, but now, he needed to let those feng shui and Taoist priests work hard to calm down the souls that might appear here and dilute the strong negative energy aura.
Although the work of these guards is fragmented, very annoying, and people are always idle, but it is good to be busy for a while, and in the absence of any major events, Li Shushi actually has a lot of ways to be lazy and slippery.
It's a pity that his idea didn't come true, because Jia Xu put a stack of information with a considerable thickness on his desk, although he didn't say it explicitly, but Li Shushi had already consciously smiled bitterly at Su Xiaololi beside him, and then together with Su Xiaololi and Xiao Zhenqing, he cast a resentful look at Jia Xu like "You are a big villain".
Of course, this kind of eye attack that lacks offensive power really doesn't have much effect on an old fox like Jia Xu.
Not to mention that while he was bearing the resentment of the three people, he received a faint grateful look from Xiaoqiao Yan.
However, that gaze was fleeting, making Jia Xu almost think that he was hallucinating because of his age, after all, when he noticed Xiaoqiao Yan, this little girl had already trotted all the way to Li Shushi's desk, and it seemed that she was ready to grind ink for Li Shushi and prepare for the future work, and the attentive appearance and elegant but sweet smile showed that she liked this job very much.
This made Xiao Zhenqing, who was a slow to react, secretly annoyed and a little disappointed at the same time, when Su Xiaololi left with a weird smile and would definitely occupy the strategic place of the kitchen, Xiao Zhenqing suddenly found herself a little redundant in this camp, which also made her even more resentful of Jia Xu who ruined her good deeds.
It's a pity that this heavy resentment can only make Jia Xu shiver on a hot day, and it can be said that there is no egg to use to the extreme.
Of course, Xiao Zhenqing would not sit still, looked around the camp several times, and cruised back and forth for a long time between Xiaoqiao Yan and Li Shushi, who had already entered the working state, before he showed a confident smile, and the top of his head seemed to be a bright light bulb, shining.
Caressing the strings, his hands trembled, but after three or two strokes, a light and slow music echoed in the tent like broken jade.
There is nothing intense about the song, but the soothing rhythm seems to add a touch of coolness to the air infected by the anxious heat, and the slightest affection attached to the palace merchant horn sign feather also slowly enters the heart and spleen with this coolness.
It seems that feeling the subtle changes in the environment, Li Shushi's original frowning brows have stretched a lot, but this slightly relaxed mood comes from the slightly fresh and cool breeze, or the pleasant friendship.
There is no longer the slightest disturbance to Li Shushi's work, and Li Shushi can also completely concentrate his mind on those documents.
After a cursory look, all this information is related to a person, and this person is the Uncle Liu Huang who quietly went to Shudi.
Liu Bei went to Yizhou. It is not only because of Zhang Song's invitation to him, but also because Emperor Liu Xie planned to take advantage of this rare opportunity and planned to use Liu Bei as a lever. Let's see if we can solve the secession tendency in Yizhou that has begun since Liu Yan in the way of surrendering troops without a fight. Of course, if we can take the opportunity to solve those more and more restless Southwest Yi, it will be the icing on the cake.
But Liu Bei is actually not very optimistic about this task.
If you want the army to advance closer to Xichuan, there are three main routes to choose for the current Han.
One is to cross the Qinling Mountains from Guanzhong, cross the Hanzhong or Wudu-Yinping trail and enter the hinterland of the Sichuan Basin. The second is to go upriver from Nanyang along the Han River, attack Hanzhong through Fangling, and then use Hanzhong as a springboard to go west out of Yangping Pass, and then Baishui Pass, Jiameng Pass, Jiange, and even may suffer from the Fushui Pass from the west and the joint attack of the Fuxian defenders.
Of course. If you choose to take the Yinping Trail and go south along the Fushui Trail, you will also not be able to avoid the obstruction of the Fushui Pass, and if you are not too clear about the role of the Fushui Pass on the Yinping Trail. Then mentioning the other name of Fushui Pass, Jiangyou Pass, I am afraid it will not make everyone feel unfamiliar, because if it were not for the history of another plane, Ma Miao, who guarded this place, would be greedy for life and afraid of death, or his ability would be worrying. I'm afraid that Deng Ai will need a lot of ups and downs if he wants to achieve that immortal achievement...... And it is precisely because of Ma Miao's unbearable that it sets off the fierceness of his wife Li, but it is a pity that he is not a person, and he can only express his inner pain with death.
As for the third road, it is to go up the Yangtze River and cross the Yufu Pass (formerly known as Jiangguan, when the two Han Dynasty alternated, Gongsun Shu's henchman Li Xiong could take the gateway of Baoba County to the east, so the former King of Chusu was in the west of Changyang County to resist the ancient Shu State to build the pass as a metaphor. Later, because of the pile of stones in Yufu, it became Zhengshuo) into Ba County, as for how to choose later. That's a matter of personal preference, but it's better to keep walking along the river from the point of view of getting supplies smoothly.
None of these three paths will be easy.
The first two roads need to go through all kinds of dangerous roads and fight against all kinds of Xiongguan, one is the result of being made dumplings, or being blocked under Xiongguan for several years and unable to move. The third path is also not easy, because along the way you either need to pass through the mountainous jungle area and deal with the barbarians and Yi people who hide in the mountain forest; Either along the river, all of them are densely populated areas, although it is easy to get supplies, but there are also a large number of troops stationed, and the composition is extremely complex, one accidentally may poke a hornet's nest, that taste is definitely not something that ordinary people can bear.
And this is not counting the attitude of the independent kingdom of Hanzhong, as well as the large and small heroes in the vast area called "Nanzhong" in the south of Yizhou, it can be said that today's Yizhou is a complete hodgepodge.
In Liu Bei's view, the best way for such a situation is to send troops, and it is best to attack from the north and the east.
In short, it's a pot end.
And this idea became clearer after Liu Bei arrived in Yizhou.
Because even Liu Bei himself felt dizzy about the small factions in the big faction in the northern area of Yizhou, and the intricate situation between the factions and the factions, even if there was a smart person like Zhang Song around to help explain, it would not take a while to make the originally clear thoughts become chaotic again, and finally had to let Zhang Song stop his explanation.
Zhang Song was also very helpless about this, or if it weren't for Yizhou's chaos like this, he wouldn't have thought of looking for foreign aid.
If it is said that the ruler of Yizhou is a strong person, maybe he can still roughly suppress those opposing voices, at least it will not be like now, in the rich land of Yizhou Tianfu in three days, a small fight in three days, a big fight in five days, as if there is an endless war, it is said that there are rich products here, and people's lives are very rich, but what about the actual situation?
Zhang Song couldn't help but want to cover his head when he thought of this, planning to come out of sight and out of mind.
"Liu Bei, is this planning to give up?"
Li Shushi looked at the information in his hand while talking to himself, but no one answered his self-talk, whether it was Xiao Zhenqing or Xiao Qiaoyan, they all focused on what they were doing at hand, what Li Shushi said, and what they heard seemed to be completely unable to affect them, because they knew very well what they should do and what they should not do.
Judging by the current situation. The best way for Liu Bei to solve Yizhou's problem was to take a large army along the Yangtze River into the hinterland of Yizhou, and then find a support point that could be used. It took a year and a half to give full play to his ability to unite people's hearts, gather a group of local people in Yizhou, and then decide how to develop in the future according to the situation at that time.
As for going all the way south from the north, sweeping away the large and small forces of Dongchuan and Xichuan with the power of thunder, and directly unifying by force or something, it can only occasionally flicker in Liu Bei's mind, and he does not have such strong strength in his hands. Or if you really want to do it. With the strength in his hands, whether he can successfully climb through the natural prison in Fangling is a huge problem.
Unless Liu Bei can get the support of the Bingzhou army, but then the dominant power will obviously fall into the hands of the Bingzhou army at the same time, and in that case, it will be him Liu Bei who will recover the homeland with the intention of secession for the emperor. Or the state army has the same hegemonic foundation as the pre-Qin, but no one can say it~
Liu Bei felt that he still had to work hard before he failed completely, and it was too late to declare death if the rescue failed.
But......
The most reasonable approach for Liu Bei has a premise that Liu Bei doesn't know how to evaluate, that is, he must first open up the passage from Nanyang to Huguan. And this passage goes from the Han River to the bank of the Yangtze River. That is to say, it is equivalent to Liu Bei rushing from Xiangyang to Jiangling in one go - if he can really do this, Liu Biao will definitely surrender obediently.
Or discuss with Liu Biao, "I will borrow dozens of warships from you, advance to the base, and I will share half of you when Yizhou is pacified, but by the way, I heard that there will be a break in the future called 'Liu Bei borrowed Jingzhou - there is no repayment', so please bear with me a lot" Yunyun, maybe Liu Biao can enjoy the treatment of "Dragon Driving Bintian" in advance.
Well. Even if Liu Biao really doesn't know the afterword, I believe that someone will remind him of this important information.
So can our Xuande Gong complete his Yizhou grand strategy smoothly?
Isn't this Uncle Huanghuang!
This moment. Liu Bei's heart was really broken.
However, Li Shushi felt that he should be grateful to this imperial uncle. Because he may be able to consider making some moves on the Western Front, even if he can't solve the problem of Yizhou immediately, at least he must pocket the land of Dongchuan. In today's situation where the trend of unification in the world is becoming clearer and clearer, Li Shushi believes that those "people of insight" in Yizhou will make the right choice, or even if they still can't see the development and changes of the situation for a while, and cling to some rotten things, those Dongzhou soldiers from other places will definitely be able to teach them what it means to "the times are developing and society is progressing."
The only thing that is a little worrying is the Qiang people near the West Sea in the west, and from the information that has been fed back before, I am afraid that some people can no longer sit still, and they do not seem to intend to continue to endure, especially when they have realized that the Han people are making the cake there bigger and bigger, and the greed for wealth and the knowledge of their homeland will make them choose to take risks.
Of course, Li Shushi did not think that with his ability to open his jaw, he would not be able to handle this battle that was destined to be too intense, but this would mean that Zhang Liao might need to use the strength he had at hand to deal with the enemy in the south.
In this way, if you want to achieve your goal, I am afraid that you need to take a certain risk, and Zhang Liao's character and combat style, he will definitely take this risk, although it is not clear whether he is enjoying it, but Li Shushi still feels that it is a little unsafe.
More wins, less wins, so even if he has full trust in Zhang Liao's ability, it is not in conflict with Li Shushi to increase Zhang Liao's chances of winning, although he is always hacking a certain little ant, but Li Shushi also has to admit that in the later period of the Three Kingdoms, the war model that relies on the strength of the country, rather than the general's personal genius assumption as the basis of the war, is obviously more in line with his appetite, because this can more or less let ordinary people like him see a little opportunity to stand side by side with geniuses.
Even if this is the same probability, it is so small that people can't have a good time with the geniuses.
Unconsciously, the ears moved and moved.
Li Shushi could feel a chaotic footsteps moving quickly towards his tent from not far away, which was not only an affirmation of his continuous self-healing efforts in the past ten years, but also the result of his unremitting efforts to practice martial arts in the past ten years.
As the footsteps gradually approached, Li Shushi could tell that one of the footsteps belonged to his own Lori, of course, this was also because his own Lori obviously had the intention of reminding him, so he stepped on the steps seemingly inadvertently, crackling and making noise, otherwise even if Su Xiaololi walked unintentionally, Li Shushi would never feel any sound.
Even the kind of corridor that squeaks and creaks to prevent a ninja attack is sure to be the same.
As for the other voice, it sounds a little unfamiliar, but the steps are very light, either a girl with a relatively light weight, or a master who has considerable skills and can effectively control the muscles of his whole body, at least those big-headed soldiers in the barracks, as long as Li Shushi is willing, the sound of their footsteps can be detected from a long distance like stomping on the ground.
Who is the one who came?
Li Shushi felt a little curious, and even put aside the question he was thinking about.
Of course, Li Shushi will never tell others more because with his intelligence level, it is really difficult to think of some more reliable plans on his own, so even if he thinks about it for a few more hours, at most he will only reap some brain-opening products, except for making the strategists either stunned and crooked, or unbearable to hide their faces with their hands, there will be no other results.
Thereupon......
"Girl's last name."
Facing the beautiful and peerless girl in front of her, but with a strange feeling all over her body, almost subconsciously, Li Shushi's mouth became a door without a lock. (To be continued......)