Shuzhong, Chengdu, the general's mansion.

Zhuge Liang was processing the official documents, the piles of heavy official documents, and the speed of his annotation seemed to never be able to catch up with the speed of the guards outside the door.

The room is quiet, the cigarette is curling, and Zhuge Liang has annotated a book, which is sent by Dujiangyan, because of the promotion of new farm tools, and because of the successful implementation of the national policy of re-measuring the land and spreading the land into the mu, the farmers' enthusiasm for farming is extremely high, so Fei Yi put forward a new concept in this report.

——If you take Hanzhong down, you should cultivate for ten years, so... It can realize the gratifying situation of "opening up the fields, solidifying the warehouses, making the equipment profitable, and accumulating the animals".

It's just that...

"Alas", Zhuge Liang let out a long sigh, and then shook his head deeply, he felt that Fei Yi was young after all, and he had been cultivating for ten years, how could it be possible in this situation?

If Hanzhong is really captured, it is the so-called one blow, then decline, and three exhaustion.

The lord's side can go directly out of the Qinling Mountains, ambush Guanzhong, and the soldiers point to Yongliang;

On the Luoyang side, Guan Yunchang can also directly attack the north and extend the battle line to the north;

As for the cloud flag... It is to use Jiangdong's soldiers to quickly encroach on Xuzhou and Qingzhou, and finally the three armies converge in Youzhou, leveling Youzhou in one fell swoop, and swinging Liaodong, in less than 20 years... The world can be determined!

Of course, there is an important issue involved in this - food and grass!

However, it is magical, just like the grain and grass problem of Liu Bei's army, the lord of Dingjun Mountain, because of Guan Lin's calculations, because of those merchants in the Central Plains, they solved it with their skills.

Perhaps, with one blow to eradicate the reverse Wei, Yunqi can still use this method of raising grain.

Besides, the great success of the new farm tools and the implementation of the paving into the mu have provided an important reliance for grain and grass and support, and Zhuge Liang is confident that he can make up for the grain and grass continuously.

Now, because of the situation, Zhuge Liang specially sent a large number of high-level portraits of the Wei army to Li Hui, and instructed him to secretly observe the surroundings of the Barbarian Tribe, just to prevent Cao Cao from having any contact with the Southern Barbarians at this time.

Zhuge Liang's left eyelid kept beating as always, and he tried his best to suppress this anxiety and calm himself, "I hope so-"

At this time, Yang Yi held his chin, pondered for a moment, and said: "Military advisor, in fact, it doesn't matter, the lord and the military advisor have been extremely appeased to the Nanban over the years, even if they have not paid taxes, and they have not implemented the apportionment into the mu, they have no bad relations with us, besides, the Nanban is still martial, and now the situation in Hanzhong, if our army wins, it will definitely be able to deter them and make them dare not act rashly..."

The so-called Murphy's Law means that what you are worried about will happen-

If that person is really Cheng Yu, it can be seen that Cao Cao has still taken this step...

Zhuge Liang shouted at him to stop with a word, and he chanted in an almost hoarse voice: "In the conquest of Hanzhong, Shuzhong can be said to be a man who fights and a woman who is lucky, where can I still draw out the soldiers and horses to defend Nanzhong?" Where... Where? ”

"You're back..."

Rather...

How difficult is it for Shuzhong and Dahan?

"But what if our army loses the battle in Hanzhong?"

The mountain rain is coming, and the wind is full of buildings... This is the mountain rain is coming, the wind is full...

This is a rare gaffe on the part of Zhuge Liang, which also shows the current situation.

"No," Yang Yi said nervously, "It is imperative that we mobilize the manpower of Shuzhong, and we need to deploy in advance to prevent chaos in Nanzhong..."

Yes...

Zhuge Liang stared at Yang Yi with half worry and half groaning, and waved the feather fan in his hand gently, letting the breeze blow across his face, "For some reason, I'm always a little worried, I think the battle in Hanzhong won't be so easy, I think..."

This...

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In later generations, there is a phenomenon called Murphy's Law.

As he spoke, Yang Yi ran out of the door and transferred troops.

For example, at this moment...

At this time, Jiang Wan took out a document from his arms, "Military advisor, this is a letterhead sent by Li Hui, the Gongcao Shuzuo who is lurking in Jianning County in Nanzhong, saying that when he was inquiring about the news around the mansion of the Barbarian King of Nanzhong, he saw a familiar face, which is the same as Cheng Yuchang, the celebrity of Cao Cao in the portrait!" ”

When such a news came, Yang Yi and Jiang Wan's eyes subconsciously widened, and their faces were full of fear and incredulity.

At the end of the sentence, I became more and more hoarse...

It was also with these words that they subconsciously linked the current battle situation in Hanzhong with Cheng Yu's appearance in Nanzhong.

A good move to cross and close attack.

Yang Yi hurriedly asked. "What does the military advisor mean, is the situation in Hanzhong not good?"

As a personal guard hurriedly ran into the study of the general's mansion, he seemed to be burned by fire, and his tone was extremely hurried, "Strategist, no, I just received a flying pigeon message, Hanzhong... The battle situation in Hanzhong is unfavorable, so Cao Cao... That Cao Cao was actually a Ming Xiu plank road dark Chen Cang, with the Yongliang army in Guanzhong to participate in the battle, and set up an ambush in Dingjun Mountain, and now... Now in the entire Bashan Ridge, the lord's Shu army is divided into multiple sections, and each legion fights separately, and Xiahou Yuan is... It was to lead a large army to clear the mountains and forests one by one, and the battle situation was extremely unfavorable-"

Zhuge Liang originally wanted to say that whether it is Da Wei or Cao Cao, they will not be slaughtered by others, and they will not remain the same, but this time... Just with a copy of "Cloud Farewell", will you think about this battlefield simply? Child's play?

Now it seems that Zhuge Liang's worries are not superfluous!

But for some reason, Zhuge Liang's left eye kept jumping, as if the lord Liu Bei and the more than 100,000 Shu troops were in danger!

This made his mind extremely complicated.

"Newspaper..."

Yes...

"No... It's not good..."Zhuge Liang sighed with a gloomy face.

After that, Yang Yi sorted out and categorized the documents that Zhuge Liang casually put down.

Zhuge Liang was calmer than them, but it was just a moment, "clang", the tea cup on his side was knocked to the ground by his body, Zhuge Liang only felt a trance in his heart, and staggered on his legs, if it wasn't for Yang Yi to hold it with that trembling hand, he almost fell over.

With Zhuge Liang's words, Yang Yi was a little surprised, and he seemed to subconsciously ask: "Hanzhong, how can you lose?" ”

"No!" Zhuge Liang's expression became nervous, "There is filial piety in Hanzhong, even if it is defeated, it will not be completely lost overnight, but Nanzhong is different... Once they knew that the Shu army was dragged in Hanzhong by the Wei army, that... Then Nanzhong will definitely take action, definitely..."

The most difficult thing is how to capture Hanzhong!

Although recent intelligence shows that the situation in Hanzhong is very good, and because of the guidance of "Cloud Farewell", this battle seems to be destined not to be difficult.

Yang Yi and Jiang Wan looked at Zhuge Liang in contemplation, glanced at each other, Yang Yi persuaded: "Actually, the military division doesn't need to be so worried, on the side of Dingjun Mountain, the strength of the army is the advantage of our Shu army, and the problem of grain and grass has been solved, and the Wei army has no chance..."

Li Hui mentioned by Jiang Wan was a native of Yuyuan County, Jianning County, and was a small post supervisor during Liu Zhang's period.

Zhuge Liang's words made Yang Yi and Jiang Wan's expression more solemn.

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Nanban, in fact, is a relatively broad and loose identity.

From the geographical point of view, it can extend from western Hubei and western Hunan to Yunnan and Guizhou.

In a broad sense, the concept of Nanban does not only refer to a certain ethnic minority or tribe, but is a general term for the entire ethnic minority in the south of the Yangtze River from the perspective of the Central Plains.

As early as the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, the region centered on the Yellow River Valley had a common civilization identity of "Huaxia", although there were many countries in the Central Plains at that time, they all called each other "Zhuxia", and outside Zhuxia was called "Dongyi", "Xirong", "Beidi" and "Nanban" by their orientation...

There is also a name for the Nanban in this, called "Baiyue", and during this period, there was also a chain of contempt in the circle of Baiyue.

In the eyes of the Central Plains, Wu Yue is a barbarian;

In Wu Yue's view, Ouyue and Minyue are barbarians;

In the eyes of Ouyue and Minyue, the "Southwest Yi" where the Southern Barbarian King Meng Huo is located is the real barbarian...

It can be seen from this that the "Southwest Yi" tribe where Meng Huo of the Yungui generation belongs, even among the barbarians, is at the bottom of the chain of contempt.

This also makes them extremely hostile to the Han people!

The important thing is that they are extremely martial, they are surprisingly confident, and they have always felt that they are the masters of Yizhou.

This is actually very understandable, don't look at Liu Bei's occupation of Shuzhong, but in fact, most of the territory, including Nanzhong, is still under the control of Nanban, they are nominally attached, but they have the strength to fight against Liu Bei.

Just need an opportunity, they will never mind, drive those "Han people" out, and really be the three kings here!

It is also based on this premise.

When Cheng Yu, the envoy of Wei, presented the name post, on the same day, the barbarian king Meng Shu ordered someone to bring him into the tribal group.

Call...

Walking through this so-called Nanban tribe, Cheng Yu's mood was throbbing.

He found that the people here had tattoos and broken hair, and almost every man and woman had a special pattern tattooed on their faces, some were tigers, some were lions, some were jackals, and their own patterns... Even the parts of different animals show their status in the tribe.

And that's not even the scariest of all.

Along the way, Cheng Yu saw many animals, such as tigers, bears, elephants, hounds... They were trained with the barbarians, especially the elephants... The elephant soldier who rode on the elephant was so domineering... This is a class of soldiers that Cheng Yu has never seen in the past few decades.

"Knock", after all, he has seen the world, at this moment... I couldn't help but feel palpitations for a while.

Murmuring to himself.

- "This Nanban, if it can be used by the Great Wei, its combat power should not be underestimated!"

Just thinking about this...

"Hahaha-"

A loud laugh rang out, and a man with thick eyebrows, big eyes, a feather crown on his head, a collar around his neck, a leather robe, and two large axes in his hand, jumped from the body of an elephant.

There was also a woman beside him, with animal skins on her waist and a silver spear, which also echoed his "hahaha" laugh, she was Meng Shu's wife - Zhu Rong!

Behind them were a dozen captives, like from other tribes, in fact, they were the family members of the patriarch of the tribe that betrayed the barbarian king in the Southern Barbarians...

Meng Shu and Zhu Rong had just pacified the tribe and returned with the spoils of war.

happened to meet Cheng Yu.

A barbarian pointed at Cheng Yu in a language that Cheng Yu didn't understand and said a lot of muttering words to Meng Yu, Meng Shu seemed to know Cheng Yu's identity, so he went around him, looked up and down, and finally said in broken Chinese: "You, is the Wei envoy?" Cheng Yu? ”

"No, it's down there—"

Hearing Cheng Yu's words, Meng Shu didn't react, but glanced at Zhu Rong beside him, Zhu Rong understood, and directly took the two big bowls, this is not the point, the point is in this bowl... It's bloody water, bloody water!

I don't know if it's animal blood or human blood...

"You, I, drink!"

Meng Shu took it quite heroically, then drank it all, and wiped the blood on his mouth with his open arm, and a scarlet smell rippled in it.

Then, his round eyes stared at Cheng Yu, as if to test whether the envoy of Wei in front of him had the courage.

It's just that his temptation was to choose the wrong person.

"Hehe..."

Cheng Yu smiled, then picked up the blood bowl with both hands, and brought the fishy blood to his mouth, without hesitation, and drank it all with his head up.

The only difference with Meng Yu is that Cheng Yu took out a silk handkerchief and wiped the blood on his lower lip.

But this boldness and courage really surprised Meng Shu.

This blood... It's not animal blood, it's human blood!

In the southwest, the barbarians have not yet been civilized, as long as they can fill their stomachs, they can eat food, as long as they can quench their thirst, they can drink freely, not to mention the blood of hostile tribes.

"Refreshing!" Meng Shu said in broken Chinese...

Cheng Yu raised his head, "The king's move reminds me of more than 20 years ago, when the righteous King of Wei and Lu Bu were fighting, how could there be no food in the army, and the partial life was hit by locust plagues and droughts, and there was no harvest, seeing that the three armies were in turmoil, so I proposed to the King of Wei that human flesh could be dried into jerky... In order to let the soldiers survive the year of famine, at that time, all the soldiers under the command of the King of Wei ate three meals a day were dried human flesh, and all the people who drank freely were human blood... For more than 20 years, I have never drunk such a flavored elixir and jade liquid! ”

Belch...

Cheng Yu's words surprised the barbarian king Meng Huo.

even subconsciously made him sigh in his heart, "This Han sent by King Wei is bloody, I like it, I like it..."

With this in mind...

"Hahahaha..."

With Meng Yu's long laugh, he hooked Cheng Yu's shoulder.

"Let's go, drink and go... Let's go..."

It is rare that Meng Huo is so enthusiastic about a Han person.

Cheng Yu said: "Barbarian King, don't drink the wine, I want to convey the edict of the King of Wei when I come down..."

It's just that without waiting for Cheng Yu to finish speaking, Meng Yu directly interrupted.

"Drink, don't drink and lie down, don't talk about things, ah, hahahahaha-"

Today's barbarian king, I don't know why, seems to be extraordinarily happy.

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Jingzhou, Xiangyang City.

With Guan Yu and Guan Lin going north to Luoyang, the heavy responsibility of taking charge of the rear of Xiangyang naturally fell to Ma Liang.

This has assisted Guan Yu for many years, and as Guan Yu's important military advisor, perhaps... In terms of resourcefulness, he is far inferior to Zhuge Liang, Xu Shu, Fa Zheng and others.

However, in the management of states and counties, he can be said to be proficient.

In addition, the Ma family was originally a big family in Xiangyang, and now they are in a high position, and the family has been deeply cultivated here for so many years, and the intertwined relationship can often help Ma Liang.

It's just that... In the middle of every night, after dealing with the official documents of Xiangyang and even Jingzhou for a day, the tired Ma Liang would always fall into an indescribable emptiness.

To say that it is empty is somewhat inaccurate, or rather, it should be... Confusion and melancholy.

In the middle, the confusion is... is also a military advisor, but Xu Shu and Fa Zheng have been able to strategize on the front line, although Zhuge Liang and Guan Lin are in the rear, they can also be said to be decisive for thousands of miles, but he... It seems that since Guan Lin became a blockbuster, his sense of existence has plummeted!

In addition to the governance of the rear, with some insignificant achievements, it seems that ... His name hasn't appeared in the credit book for a long time!

This is emptiness.

As for the confusion, this is his deep concern for his younger brother Ma Tan...

"Ahh

When the moon was in the sky, Ma Liang couldn't stop sighing in front of the window as usual. "I don't know how Youchang is now?" "He... Can you redeem the merit as Yunqi said? ”

With such emotions... He's prone to tossing and turning... It seems that this is destined to be a sleepless night.

That's when it happened.

"Mr. Ma..."

Outside the door, a guard whispered, as if he was afraid of disturbing Ma Liang, so his voice was extremely low.

"What?" Ma Liang asked in a low voice.

"Two things, a good thing and a bad thing," replied the guard.

At this time, Ma Liang had already pushed the door open.

"Let's talk about the bad things first..."

asked so, in fact, Ma Liang's thoughts were already in reverie, of course, most of what he could think of was about Luoyang.

After all, it is the last counterattack against Wei, and the momentum is not huge, and some unfavorable situations have occurred, which is also expected.

Who would have thought...

The guard's reply directly startled Ma Liang.

"Flying pigeon transmission, the battle situation in Shuzhong is unfavorable, Uncle Liu Huang and the Fazheng army division together with more than 100,000 Shu troops are trapped on Dingjun Mountain..."

Not...

Ma Liang was shocked, this was something he never thought of anyway.

Speaking of which, in the past, whether he was in Jiangling or Xiangyang, the news he heard about the Han army was a great victory...

Xiangyang victory, Wancheng victory, Xuchang victory, Luoyang victory...

As long as Guan Lin is strategizing, it seems that it will always be a habitual victory!

Maleonn is really used to it...

But Shuzhong...

"It shouldn't be..."Ma Liang muttered: "There is Uncle Liu Huang in Shu, there is Fazheng, and there is Zhuge Kongming, how can there be three together?" What is the end of the day? ”

Yes, Ma Liang is also drunk, Liu Bei, Fazheng, Zhuge Liang, the three together, can't they compare to a Guan Yunqi?

"Let's have good news..."

Holding back his mood for the time being, Fa Zheng continued to ask.

This... The guard paused, "The good news is that the prince of Yunqi has secretly come to Xiangyang City..."

Oh...

Ma Liang didn't react for a while, but just for a moment, Ma Liang's eyes widened, and he looked at the guard incredulously.

"What did you say?"

"Cloud Banner? Yunqi is coming? ”

"What is he doing here?"

Yes, at this time, the war in Hanzhong is unknown... The battle of Luoyang is about to break out again, at this time, what is he doing in Xiangyang?

"Yunqi Gongzi, he... He..."

The guard paused, "He went directly to the Guan Mansion, it seems that the purpose of coming here is... In order to find his younger brother Guan Suo Guan Weizhi-"

This... Ma Liang was stunned.

If it's Guan Suo, Ma Liang thinks... It's a little meaningful.

Because... Because of this period of time, his life is a little extremely erosive-

But for a younger brother who is drunk and gold-obsessed? Is it worth Guan Lin to ignore the war between Hanzhong and Luoyang and come here? This is... What's the situation?

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… (End of chapter)