At the end of October of the first year of Jianxing, Chengdu, Prime Minister's Mansion.

"The chief of the Yuan came to report that the thieves in Tongguan and Wuguan were in trouble, and they were afraid that they would attack Yongzhou." Zhuge Liang took the military report sent back by Zhang Xi's fast horse, and was also convening a meeting of everyone.

The people who participated in this meeting, in addition to Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei, Pang Tong, and Qin Mi, who returned to Chengdu from Chang'an, also included Ma Yan, the new waiter of the Ministry of Rites, Dong He, the new secretary of the Ministry of Officials, and Yang Hong, the Taishou of Shu County, Shi Zhangyi, the head of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and Jiang Wei, the commander of the Chinese army.

Because Fa Zheng wanted to stay in Hanzhong and wait for Li Yan to come and take over, he was not in Chengdu for the time being. Liu Ba was seriously ill in Hanzhong, and he didn't know if he could survive it, so it was naturally impossible to return to Chengdu to attend this kind of meeting.

It can be said that in addition to Fa Zheng and Liu Ba, this meeting of the Prime Minister's Mansion covers the highest decision-making level of the Han Dynasty today.

Among them, Yang Hong, the Taishou of Shu County, and Jiang Wei, the lieutenant of the Chinese army, are relatively exceptional candidates, they came to this meeting on behalf of the Son of Heaven, which can be regarded as a symbol of the Son of Heaven's participation in this matter. It was the result of Zhuge Liang's request to the Son of Heaven and the Son of Heaven agreeing.

Zhuge Liang never thought of becoming a powerful minister, as long as he had the opportunity, Zhuge Liang never forgot to give Liu Chan the opportunity to shape his authority.

At the beginning of the meeting, Zhuge Liang shared the emergency military report from Zhang Xi with everyone, and then asked for everyone's opinions.

"The first emperor died, the new emperor ascended the throne, and it is reasonable for the Wei thief to move. It's just that the Wei thief will really enter the Kou Pass in a big way?! Dong He was a little skeptical, so he was the first to ask.

Don't look at Dong He who is now in charge of the ministry, but he also came up step by step from the low-level county order, but the government affairs are more outstanding, which does not mean that he does not understand military strategy.

And even if Dong He's army is slightly inferior to everyone present, he has experience in low-level governance, and knows that after such a big war, even with Cao Wei's profound background, it is impossible to launch another big war in less than a year.

Therefore, Dong He doubted that this would be a suspicious plan of the Wei thief, making the illusion of entering the Kou Pass, which caused Yongzhou to be on guard, so the people's livelihood was wasted.

This kind of speculation has some truth in normal times, but nowadays, it is out of place.

"If there is a change in the Wei thief in the spring, Dong Shangshu's words may not be wrong, but it is winter, and the Wei army is moving, if it is not for the army to enter the pass, wouldn't it be a waste of money and food?!" Yang Hong shook his head slightly and retorted.

Just experienced the autumn harvest, usually this time is the time to recuperate, the Wei army moved, it was not only tossing Yongzhou armaments, but also tossing their own money and food.

Therefore, Yang Hong judged that this matter may not be just an illusion, maybe the Wei thief really had a plan to invade Guanzhong.

It's just that Yang Hong doesn't understand, does Cao Wei really have the confidence to fight back against the attack? !

Even if the first emperor dies now and the Son of Heaven succeeds to the throne, the power of the Han Dynasty is still stable, and the cooperation between the three major ministers is also tacit, and there is no large-scale turmoil in the Han Dynasty, will Cao Wei really use troops on a large scale at this time? !

In this regard, Yang Hong also felt a little strange.

"This is also a bright concern!" Zhuge Liang also said, "Judging by Liang, even if the Wei thief wants to take advantage of the danger of the death of the first emperor and enter the Kou, he will not make a big move, Yuan Chang has always been cautious in using troops, if the Wei thief is only a small force of military infiltration, with Yuan Chang's ability, there should be no big problem, but this Wei thief's move, I'm afraid it is not as simple as Liang expected." ”

As Zhuge Liang spoke, he took out two other military newspapers from the box on his desk.

"This letter is a military report sent by Zilong in Liangzhou a month ago, saying that Liangzhou has entered winter too early this year, and the surrounding aliens have suffered a white disaster, and the losses are not small, and there is a possibility of entering Liangzhou."

"This letter is a military report sent by Jingzhou Yuanzhi, saying that Zhang Wen, the patriarch of the Zhang clan in Jiangdong, was dismissed from all positions by Sun Quan at the Zhengdan Dynasty meeting of Eastern Wu, and in August, because of his resentment, Sun Quan was angered, and his family was exiled to Jiaozhou."

"These two war reports, one north and one east, have nothing to do with it, but now with this war report from the head of the Yuan, Liang is really a little worried."

Zhuge Liang put these three battle reports in front of everyone at the same time, and everyone's faces were a little solemn.

If you just look at these three battle reports separately, it is not a big deal.

The Qianghu tribe on the Liangzhou side will lose some money every winter, especially some small tribes, who will enter the territory of the Han Dynasty and seek refuge because it is difficult to survive the winter every winter.

This is also the reason why Ma Chao should be left in the northwest, and why Zhao Yun and Pang De should be stationed in Liangzhou.

Ma Chao was responsible for using his prestige to appease the Qianghu alien race, Zhao Yun, and Pang De were responsible for deterring by force.

Every year when winter is approaching, there will be some changes in the Qianghu alien race, which is nothing new.

And on the Jiangdong side, Sun Quan disposed of Zhang Wen, the patriarch of the Zhang clan, whether it was beheaded or exiled, this was a family affair of Dongwu, even if Zhang Wen had a good relationship with the Han, the Han could not suspect anything because of this.

But there are some things that you really can't think about, and the more you think about it, the more troublesome it feels.

It is common for the Qianghu aliens to encounter white disasters, but in the past, it was the Qinzhou Thorn Shi Ma Chao who played the imperial court, requesting that some grain and grass be allocated to relieve the surrounding Qianghu aliens, or to strengthen the armament, but this time, the changes of the Qianghu aliens, Ma Chao did not have a battle report submitted, on the contrary, it was Zhao Yun and Pang De who played together.

In such an abnormal situation, Pang Tong immediately frowned, and hurriedly asked Zhuge Liang, "Does Ma Mengqi have an official document coming?!" ”

Zhuge Liang also frowned, shook his head slightly, and gave his own reply.

Pang Tong's face suddenly became grim.

It's not that Pang Tong suspects that Ma Chao has any different intentions, as far as Ma Chao's situation in Qinzhou is concerned, even if he wants to rebel, Jiang Xu will not agree to be the first one.

And Ma Chao's actions over the years have always been very low-key, only doing his own thing, even if he was the assassin of Qinzhou, he has never interfered in the government affairs of Qinzhou, and most of the military is handed over to his brother Ma Dai to deal with, very well-behaved.

Therefore, everyone, including Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong, did not suspect that there was anything wrong with Ma Chao, so the problematic ones must be those Qianghu aliens.

Obviously, Ma Chao was not informed of the change of the Qianghu alien race this time, and even deliberately avoided the Qinzhou area, and only carried out the transfer of troops and horses around Liangzhou, so it was Zhao Yun and Pang De who played it, but Ma Chao did not have a single official document to arrive.

If that's the case, then it's a bit obvious what these Qianghu aliens want to do.

It can't be that I don't plan to ask Ma Chao for help this year, but instead ask for help from Zhao Yun or Pang De, right?!

These two are the sharp knives left in the northwest by the big man, they are not people who reason with you aliens, you let Ma Chao, who is more talkative, not ask for help, but turn around to find Zhao Yun and Pang De, I am afraid that they do not want to ask for help, but to fight for knives.

So here's the problem, Zhao Yun's document also makes it very clear, this year's winter in the northwest is earlier than before, and the grassland has indeed encountered the white plague, where did the alien race come from, and they want to go to Liangzhou to break their wrists with Zhao Yun and Pang De? !

I don't think it's reasonable.

And what happened in the east is actually quite strange.

Sun Quan has to deal with his own internal affairs and deal with Zhang Wen, which is not a big deal in itself, but the problem is. Zhang Wen is the head of the Zhang family in Wuzhong, and is the head of one of the four great families of Eastern Wu.

Sun Quan is so tough, he said that he would dispose of it?!

Something must have happened inside Dongwu, so Sun Quan has enough confidence to risk turning his face with the four great families and dispose of the Zhang family of Dongwu.

Although Sun Quan has made good progress in Huainan and Qingxu over the years, just like today's Han Dynasty, Huainan and Qingxu are both border states, and Sun Quan's basic plate is still in Jiangdong. How did he have the courage to turn his face against Jiangdong Zhang's family, and at the same time not cause too much turmoil?!

The four major families of Wuzhong have always been married to each other and have a tacit understanding with each other.

Sun Quan could exile Zhang Wen without causing much turmoil, which shows that the other three major families in Wuzhong did not have much opinion on Sun Quan's disposal of the Zhang family. It's weird.

Of course, the most fatal thing is that the Zhang family in Wuzhong has always been the family closest to the Han Dynasty within Eastern Wu.

On the one hand, the right to sell paper in Soochow, Huainan and other places is all in the hands of Zhang, and the two sides have interests, on the other hand, Fei Yi, who is in Jingzhou, has always had a good personal friendship with Zhang Wen, and the two can be said to be irreversible friends.

Over the years, Fei Yi has established an intelligence network in Soochow through Zhang Wen's channels to obtain information about Soochow.

Now that Sun Quan suddenly dealt with Zhang Wen, it will inevitably affect the collection of intelligence from the Han Dynasty on Eastern Wu, and there is also a lack of eyes on the Eastern Wu court, which actually has a great impact on the security of Jingzhou.

In this matter, even Qin Mi, a person who doesn't know much about military affairs, can see that there is a problem. Qin Mi himself is from a family, although he doesn't know military strategy, he understands politics.

Zhang Wen's exile actually has a lot of political implications, Qin Mi is both a family and a politician, of course, he can sniff out a lot of information from it.

Thinking about it again, when Liu Chan ascended the throne, although Sun Quan also sent someone to congratulate him, the person who came was neither Zhuge Jin, the eldest brother Zhuge Jin, who was familiar to everyone, nor Zheng Quan, a doctor from Taizhong who often came and went, but only sent a Lixin Governor Feng Xi. This person, whether it is official position or fame, cannot be compared with Zhuge Jin and Zheng Quan.

Even if he doesn't understand military affairs, Qin Mi can feel that Jiangdong's attitude is changing from these changes.

Therefore, Qin Mi hurriedly suggested Zhuge Liang and said, "The previous time Lord Wu sent an envoy to congratulate His Majesty on his accession to the throne, I can't afford to lose my courtesy." Why don't you send Fei Wenwei to Dongwu to return the gift and find out?! ”

Zhuge Liang thought for a moment and nodded slightly.

Now, that's all there is to do.

Send Fei Yi as an envoy to Jiangdong to test the reality of Sun Quan and the Eastern Wu court. Of course, Zhuge Liang thought deeper than Qin Mi, the envoy should be sent, and Jingzhou's defense should also be raised by a level.

Since the failure of Lu Meng's sneak attack on Jingzhou, even Zhuge Liang did not have much hope for the civil and military ministers in Jiangdong.

Those people, except for Zhou Gongjin and the deceased Lu Zijing, really didn't have any long-term vision.

(End of chapter)