Jiang Wei hurriedly asked, "What's the emergency military situation?" Could it be that the Nanban rebelled again? ”

The herald hurriedly shook his head and said, "The Nanban tribes were subdued by the Queen of the Flower Beard and did not rebel. ”

"What's wrong with that?"

The herald said: "As far as the villain knows, it was Soochow who invaded Nanzhong. ”

"What?" Jiang Wei felt incredible, not to mention that Wu and Shu had resumed their alliance, and the two sides had not exchanged troops for many years, just saying that the direction of this invasion was very problematic.

Where is Nanzhong? Poor mountains and bad waters, even if Dongwu wants to invade, it should invade Yizhou from Yong'an.

Seeing that there was no more information about this herald, Jiang Wei had all kinds of doubts, so he could only order Liang Xu to urgently mobilize the 3,000 Shu troops under his command to assemble and stand by, and set off for Jianning tomorrow.

Guan Yinping, who originally thought he was going to return to Chengdu, heard that Jiang Wei was going to lead troops to Jianning again, and he felt a little lost in his heart.

Jiang Wei originally planned to persuade Guan Yinping to return to Chengdu first, but Guan Yinping insisted on being with Jiang Wei, so Jiang Wei had no choice but to agree.

Hearing that there might be a war, and the object might be Eastern Wu, Zhuge Zhan was also interested, and he had to follow Jiang Wei to see the soldiers and horses of Eastern Wu.

So Jiang Wei had no choice but to ask Liang Qian to continue to do a good job in the Panzhihua Iron Mine Workshop, and to repair a letter and send it to Chengdu to report everything that had happened in Nanzhong recently.

In particular, he reported the discovery of the Panzhihua Iron Mine to Chengdu and asked Chengdu to allocate money and grain.

With 3,000 soldiers and horses, he rushed to Jianning in the starry night.

After arriving in Jianning, Ma Zhong, Zhang Xu, Guan Suo, Hua Fu and others had been waiting for a long time.

After a few people met and exchanged pleasantries, Ma Zhong quickly got straight to the point:

"Boyo, Pan Zhang, the general of Eastern Wu, led 10,000 soldiers and horses to invade my Nanzhong from Jiaozhou, and has now captured the Xisui City of Xinggu County in Nanzhong, and I am afraid that there is a suspicion of committing a large-scale invasion to the north!"

"Pan Zhang!" As soon as he heard this name, Guan Yinping immediately gritted his teeth. Pan Zhang is Guan Yinping's father-killing enemy, who once captured Guan Yu and captured the Blue Dragon Glaive and the Red Rabbit Horse.

"Hasn't this person been killed by my second brother Guan Xing? My second brother also took the Qinglong Glaive back, why hasn't he died yet? Guan Yinping asked indignantly.

Guan Suo hurriedly explained:

"The second brother did seriously injure Pan Zhang, thinking that Pan Zhang would die, so he left in a hurry, but Pan Zhang's family did not die, and then he was healed and came back to life. It's hateful to think about! ”

Guan Yinping suddenly slapped the table: "Brother Boyo, I will personally kill Pan Zhang, a thief, on this trip to avenge my father!" ”

Jiang Wei hurriedly reassured: "Yinmei is angry, and listen to Ma Dudu's words." ”

Ma Zhong continued: "Since the two countries of Wu and Shu were allied again, they have not exchanged troops for many years, and this time Pan Zhang's sudden invasion was for a reason. ”

"Who?" Jiang Wei asked curiously.

"Shi Kuang!"

Ma Zhong replied and explained to Jiang Wei:

"The Shijia family has been operating in Jiaozhou for many years, especially the original Jiaozhi Taishou Shixie, which is deeply rooted in Jiaozhou"

"After Shixie was attached to Eastern Wu, he also induced Yizhou Hao surnamed Yonghong to join the barbarian king Meng Shu to rebel and join Eastern Wu, and then Prime Minister Zhuge Liang personally conquered Nanzhong, killed Yonghong, captured Meng Shu seven times, and decided in Nanzhong."

"Why didn't my father take the opportunity to attack Jiaozhou?"

Zhuge Zhan was a little puzzled, when Zhuge Liang conquered Nanzhong, the army was strong, and Nanzhong was very close to Jiaozhou, since it was a small move made by Dongwu behind his back, why not take it in one go.

Zhang Xue explained: "It's not that Cheng Yuan didn't want to take Jiaozhou in one go, in order to repay the hatred of Yiling back then, and also appointed Li Hui to lead the Jiaozhou Assassin History, wanting to take advantage of the situation to go south and take Jiaozhou." However, at this time, Cao Wei raised troops again, and the prime minister had no choice but to stop the army. ”

Jiang Wei felt a pity after hearing this, Jiaozhou is close to the sea, if Jiaozhou is taken and another naval division is built, the strategic position for dealing with Dongwu in the future is extraordinary.

So Jiang Wei asked: "Then this Shi Kuang is a wealthy family of Eastern Wu, why was he chased and killed by Pan Zhang?" ”

Ma Zhong said: "After Shi Xie's death that year, Dongwu ordered Lu Dai and Dai Liang to assassinate Guangzhou and Jiaozhou respectively, and Shi Xie's son Shi Hui was Jiuzhen Taishou and expelled the Shi family from Jiaozhi. ”

"Shihui refused to accept the rebellion, Lu Dai led troops to attack Jiaozhou and Jiuzhen, and Lu Dai couldn't attack for a long time, so he asked Shijia to accept Shikuang, who was a hostage of Eastern Wu, to persuade Shihui to surrender."

"Did Shihui surrender?" Zhuge Zhan asked curiously.

"Surrender! Shi Kuang successfully persuaded Shi Hui to surrender with Lu Dai's promise, but Lu Dai reneged on his promise and beheaded the entire Shi family, leaving Shi Kuang to be demoted to the common people. ”

"This Lu Dai is really a treacherous villain, so shameless!" Zhuge Zhan was very angry after hearing this.

Jiang Wei felt that this might be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so he hurriedly asked, "Where is Shi Kuang now, are you willing to join the Han?" ”

Zhang Xue hurriedly returned: "The remnants of Shikuang have been rescued by my Wudang Fei Army, and are escorting them to Jianning, he has already invested in the Han Dynasty, hoping that the Han Dynasty can send troops to the south, enter Jiaozhou, and avenge his family!" ”

Jiang Wei clapped his hands violently and applauded:

"Good! Dongwu has always been cunning and insidious, repeatedly treacherous, and dared to invade Nanzhong, since this is the case, we will give him a head-on blow, so that Dongwu knows that my big man is not easy to mess with, and it is not easy to mess with it! ”

Ma Zhong hurriedly said: "I am afraid that this matter must be reported to Your Majesty, after all, the two countries have been friends for many years, and if a war suddenly breaks out, it may not be good for the overall situation!" ”

When Jiang Wei heard this, he slammed the case and shouted:

"Everyone is knocking on the door, what are we doing here? I will tell Your Majesty about this matter, but this general patrols Nanzhong on behalf of the Son of Heaven, and if someone dares to invade Nanzhong, I will cut it down on behalf of the Son of Heaven. ”

Seeing Jiang Wei's resolute attitude, everyone also ignited the fighting spirit in their chests, the national strength of Shu was poor and weak, and they had been bending to Wu for many years, and everyone had already held their breath in their hearts.

Now that Dongwu is the first to invade the realm, he has lost his morality, Shu Han is standing righteous, and Jiang Wei is on top, so he is willing to fight with Pan Zhang.

So Jiang Wei began to assign tasks.

In this battle, Ma Zhong led 5,000 Han troops, sitting in Jianning, as a reserve.

It was spearheaded by Zhang Xu's 5,000 Wudang Flying Army and Guan Suo's 1,000 soldiers and horses.

Hua Wei was responsible for summoning eight barbarian soldiers, selecting 20,000 barbarian soldiers, plus Jiang Wei's 3,000 soldiers and horses as the Chinese army, with a total of 34,000 soldiers and horses, known as 50,000, and sent troops to the south.

Everyone thought that Jiang Wei sent troops because of the anger of Eastern Wu's invasion of Nanzhong, and 30,000 soldiers expelled Pan Zhang's 10,000 soldiers and horses, and the odds of victory were very high.

But this is just an appetizer, but in fact, what Jiang Wei thought in his heart was that the goal of this army was to take Jiaozhi City and expand the territory for Shu Han.

Jiaozhou is a treasure land, where there is the mouth of the Red River, forming a large area of alluvial plain, the land is gentle and fertile, suitable for farming, and can achieve three crops a year.

Although Jiaozhou is still a wild land at the moment, it will become a treasure land if it is developed.

Shu Han is barren, the cultivated land is active, except for the Sichuan Basin, the main grain-producing area, there is no large granary.

Unlike the North China Plain of Wei, Eastern Wu had the Yangtze River Plain. If Jiaozhou can be taken in one fell swoop, the economic benefits for Shu will be huge. Presumably, this is also one of Zhuge Liang's long-cherished wishes that he failed to achieve.

In addition, after capturing Cochin, if you continue to the east, you can threaten the three counties of Hepu, Guilin, and Nanhai. Although these three places are also wild places at the moment, they will also become treasures if they are developed.

So Jiang Wei's ambition in this battle is very big, and he is ready to give Dongwu a big surprise!