Chapters 41-45

It is a battle of dignity and camaraderie, a battle of trust and betrayal, a battle of hatred and reconciliation. Meng Shu and Vulture Bone, the two most powerful people in southern Xinjiang, were standing in two camps, fighting for the same goal.

Should the future of the barbarians rise in the struggle with the Han people, or should they prosper together in the reconciliation with the Han people?

Two completely different ideas must ultimately be resolved by the dialogue of the sword.

It's sad, but it's helpless.

Meng Shu and Vulture didn't think about it so much, they were both people who only believed in strength, so they rushed directly towards each other. The friendship they had had could not affect their beliefs at this time, but the fact that both sides were barbarians made it impossible for them to shed too much blood.

The affairs of two people, the two have to solve by themselves, and they each destroy their horses and rush to each other.

The Pine Pattern Ancient Giant Sword struck on the three-strand Heavenly Fork, making a loud sound that vibrated the battlefield. The two people who knew each other well tried their best to attack each other, the blood was rushing in their bodies, their eyes were burning in the interweaving, the weapons were biting each other and making an overwhelming loud noise, and the war horses were rolling up dust and smoke on the ground on all fours. The war drums of the two sides were like thunder, the shouts moved the sky, and the flags fluttered.

After more than 30 battles, Meng Huo's curly-haired red rabbit horse was fast, turned to the back of the vulture bone, and a sword hit the back of the vulture bone. There was a loud uproar in the Han military camp, and the barbarian camp shouted loudly.

I only heard a loud bang, and the vulture bone shook slightly on the horse, but there was no big problem, Meng was surprised, this is a technique to lure the enemy, how could I forget that he has rattan armor to protect himself, and he is invulnerable. But seeing that the vulture bone waved his backhand, and the huge fork rod swept towards him, Meng Huosheng wanted to avoid it again, but it was too late, and he was knocked off the horse. After rolling on the ground a few times, he was about to get up, and the vulture bone giant fork was already in front of Meng Shu's throat.

In an instant, the entire battlefield was silent, only the wind blew the flag.

Everyone looked at the battlefield in disbelief and looked at Meng Shu who fell to the ground.

Immediately afterwards, the two sides seemed to have blown up the camp, Dong Dana and Ah Hui led the barbarian troops of various departments to rush up to grab Meng Shu, and the generals of Tu'an and Xi Ni had already greeted them, and there was a scuffle on the other side, and it was a mess.

The vulture suddenly burst out and shouted: "Stop!" ”

Both sides were stunned and stopped. The vulture looked at Meng Shu on the ground and said, "King Meng, you and I have been friends for many years, and today we have reached this situation, which is really a last resort. Today, I will let you go, go back. If you don't accept it, fight me again in the future! ”

Meng Shu turned over, his face was already red: "If you let me go, I still want to kill you." ”

"Then you can kill me." The vulture didn't care about Meng Shu's threat.

Meng Shoufei got on his horse and turned back to the camp, and said with a vulture: "Wait." ”

Meng Shu turned around: "Do you regret it again?" ”

The vulture said, "Take your brother back." The flag door behind the vulture bone opened, and Meng You was put on a horse with his arms tied behind his back and put back.

"Third brother, how are you ......?"

Meng You's whole body was cold, knowing that the situation was not good, he grabbed Meng You's silk reins and galloped back to the team.

In the military tent, Meng You cried to Meng Huo: "Second brother, I'm sorry for you. I was deceived by that Wang Jun, he knew brute language, and he had a special skill, he pretended to be sick and tricked me into going to visit. I was accidentally caught by him. Then he made a big fuss in the military camp, took advantage of the chaos to kill the three knots of the golden ring, and released them to the pet department. Overnight, two battalions of barbarians were slaughtered and defeated. I rode alone to report the news, but on the way I encountered a vulture and was caught by him. Second brother, we are defeated, what should we do! ”

Meng Huo's body shook and slapped Meng You in the face: "You stupid!" ”

Meng You cried: "Second brother, I heard that the vulture bone once said that Xiang Pet has gone to Yelang and cut off my back road. Yang Feng's troops are also contacting Duo Simulu and others, they want to come against us, what should we do now, this and Lan can't take it now, if they don't retreat, I'm afraid they won't even be able to go back to the mountains and forests. ”

Meng Yu looked at Meng You in a daze, as if he hadn't heard Meng You's words, in an instant, the eldest brother Meng Jie's strong opposition to the troops, Duosi's noncommittal to the troops, Mulu's wait-and-see wait for the troops, Mrs. Zhurong's earnest entrustment at the time of parting, the bloody battle of the Chaotic Stone Han, the ambush of the Eagle Cliff, and the attack and defense of Lancheng, the giant fork of the vulture bone, was humiliated in front of the battle, in front of tens of thousands of barbarian troops, he fell in front of the vulture bone, and his two brothers were released...... The blood is spreading, the blood is surging, there is blood everywhere...... Barbarians, where is the future of barbarians......

"Second brother, what should I do, you should speak. Originally, the eldest brother was fully opposed to our sending troops, and there were not many cave masters who supported it, and the second brother decided that Ji Han had declined, and he had to send troops, but now, we have no way to go to heaven and no way to enter the ground, what should we do? Second brother, second brother, what's wrong with you? Second brother! ”

Meng You saw that Meng Shu only didn't move, stepped forward and grabbed his hand, only to feel that the hands were as cold as ice, so he shook it, and Meng Shu suddenly spurted out a mouthful of blood, and the person pounced.

"Second brother, second brother!" Meng You shouted.

In the handsome tent, the bright pine light beats, swaying according to the figure. The marshals of the barbarian cave who came in and out were all full of strangeness on their faces. Needless to say, everything is obvious.

A few days ago, the king seemed to be crazy, and pressed the whole army up, almost broke through the first night, and the next day he landed several times, when the Han army at the head of the city was a little unable to support, and there were more barbarians in the city. At that time, everyone went crazy, although the king asked to only attack the Han people, not the barbarians, but on the battlefield, when they saw the blood, where could they manage so much, naturally whoever stopped in front of them would kill whom. As a result, he killed eight or nine hundred heads on the second day, most of them barbarians, and then captured the west gate for a time, and although he was finally squeezed out, he burned the houses near the west gate clean. Seeing that the orchid was about to break, everyone was overjoyed. However, it was the evening of the next day that Deng Shuo, a Han man, organized hundreds of barbarian women to ascend to the city. The barbarian army outside the city was even more overjoyed, thinking that the Han army was going to surrender and exchange these women for the peace of Helan. While everyone was in an uproar, the women put filial piety cloth on their heads, pointed at them, and picked up their knives and guns. The heavy knives and guns made their thin bodies tremble. They laughed, could it be that there was no one in Jilan, and it was up to these women to defend the city? It's a big joke. They laughed at them, they humiliated them. They didn't know that they were relatives of the barbarians who had been killed, and they didn't know that the houses they burned down had left them homeless, and they didn't know that Deng Shuo had put down the rebellion in Lancheng at this time, and was using them to build morale. They heard an overwhelming roar like a bear in the city. Immediately afterwards, a group of barbarians rushed to the city, which was the barbarian rebels who had been trained, a group of barbarians rushed to the city, which were prisoners and slaves who had been imprisoned, and a group of barbarians rushed to the city, which was the Helan barbarians who had been killed and burned their houses...... They stabbed the hornet's nest and fell for the Han people, and their burning and killing angered the whole of Qilan. From that day on, they lost the initiative, and although the city was ruined, it was never breached again until the army of the vultures arrived. Meng Shu once said: "Even if we are given three more days, we will be able to take this city." Meng Huo's words, everyone was skeptical. Since this battle, the king does not seem to be as brave and invincible as he was in southern Xinjiang. Moreover, today, he was actually defeated by the vulture......

There was a sigh written on everyone's face, as if lamenting the fall of a hero, and also as if lamenting the uncertain fate of the barbarians.

Ah Hui walked in angrily, Meng You looked at him with a question on his face, but waved his hand and asked everyone to withdraw.

Meng Shu sighed: "You are a little clever at this time, but during the day,...... Why don't you hide the news of my fall? ”

Meng You's face was red, he couldn't speak, and when it came to scheming, he was far inferior to his two elder brothers.

Ah Hui muttered: "King, the Bamboo Wolf Clan has secretly descended the vulture bone!" ”

Meng You was shocked, but Meng Shu didn't seem to care: "I was defeated by the vulture bone during the day, and there was news that I was sick, and naturally the army was unstable, alas, the number of the bamboo wolf clan is small, and it was originally a grass on the wall, let him go." ”

Ah Hui muttered: "Hmph, he can't run, Dong Dana has already led the army to chase and kill them." This time, if the bamboo wolf clan is not wiped out, others will forget the authority of the king. ”

Meng Shu was startled, and gasped sharply: "Dong Di went to chase it?" Why didn't you tell me? ”

Ah Hui murmured: "He said that the king is sick, and it is the duty of his subordinates to share the king's worries, what's the matter?" Is there anything wrong? ”

Meng Shu sighed: "Although Dong Dana has been with me for a long time, but he is not shallow under the influence of the Han people, in order to please the Han people, he once gave the gold and silver mines in his territory, and also received the Han people's gifts. This time, he sent troops with me, although he had no dissenting intentions, but at this time I was weak, and it was difficult to guarantee that he would not waver. Ahem......" he coughed violently again, "...... Withdraw the troops, let's go overnight. The vulture is willing to put me back, it can be seen that he still has barbarians in his heart, and he will not kill us all, let's go......"

With the retreat of Meng Huo, the first rebellion in Nanzhong was put down. The vulture didn't care about the anger of Li Feng and the others, and only followed Meng Huo in a small fight, like that, it seemed to be an escort, and "escorted" Meng Huo back to his lair. In this case, Meng Shu also honestly did not take the road of attacking Yelang and entering Yizhou County.

But before the barbarian army retreated, there was a small dispute among the Han army.

"Why? Why don't you attack Meng Huo? Is your heart towards us Ji Han, or toward these barbarians? Li Feng jumped like thunder.

"You? Asking me? The vulture didn't care, "I'm a general, and you're just a captain, Li Feng, don't you even understand humility?" If that's the case, you don't have to follow me, go back to your Jilan! Also, who doubts my loyalty, and asks him to leave, I am a barbarian, and I only obey the secret orders of the prime minister. I am solely responsible for the military affairs of South China. ”

In the big tent, there was a moment of tension with arrows, and at this moment, someone outside the tent shouted: "Governor Xiangdu." ”

All eyes were cast on the tent door.

Xiang Pet Shi Ran walked in and saluted the vulture bones: "General Vulture Tu, the last general will recover Yelang, give orders to the general, and ask for instructions on the next battle plan." ”

The vulture laughed, "Where did you say to the governor?" Although I have full command, but that is also the prime minister does not know what the military situation of the governor is, I think it will not be long before the governor is still the highest military governor of this Yizhou, I am a barbarian, naturally I still have to be under the command of the governor. Having said that, his expression was a little uncomfortable. Obviously, Li Feng's words stabbed him, under the cover of a very powerful appearance on the surface, the vulture bone was not so strong, in fact, the barbarian things still troubled him.

Xiang Chong was stunned for a moment, his eyes looked around, and when he saw the faces of Li Feng and others, he roughly guessed the reason, and couldn't help but secretly complain that Li Feng and the others were young, thought about things inconsiderately, and offended the vulture bones, but said with a smile: "General, Ji Han has only one Son of Heaven, you and I are both subordinates of the Son of Heaven, what kind of barbarian?" Those who insist on this thought are sorry for the trust of the Son of Heaven and the trust of the prime minister, and they are sorry for the barbarians and the people. The general is not a layman, but if such words are used to show Xiang Pet, wouldn't he be too small to look at Pet. ”

The vulture bone has a good complexion, and he holds Xiang Pet's hand, he is two feet tall, and Xiang Pet is like a child in front of him, this grab, the giant hand unconsciously forced, so that Xiang Pet can't help but secretly complain. The vulture said: "You are a good person - okay, I will not hold your subordinates responsible, let's discuss how to relieve the siege of Yizhou County and rescue the Taishou Zhang of Yizhou County." ”

Xiang Pet nodded. The contradictions between barbarians not only exist in the people, but also in the army, and in the court, and people's concepts cannot be changed in a few words.

The wound should heal slowly. However, with the full cooperation of Xiang Pet and Vulture Bone, the tense atmosphere that had not existed in the army at first glance was eliminated.

A few days later, E Huan arrived, he was nine feet tall, and with a Fang Tian halberd, he was known as a thousand people who were invincible. And Yang Feng also successfully persuaded King Mulu and King Duosi and others to return to Ji Han as a barbarian clan and oppose Meng Huo. Then the barbarians of Yizhou County were defeated by the vulture bone and others, and the rebellion in Nanzhong was all put down.

At this time, the vulture bone suddenly returned to the army and thrust into Meng Huo's lair from the side back. This move was not only unexpected, but even Xiang Pet and others did not expect it. They all thought that the vulture bones let go of Meng Huo because they thought of the love of the same clan, but they didn't know that he would have this trick. Because the matter in Nanzhong has been decided, all the tribes that had rebelled from Meng have returned to their own tribes, and Meng has suffered heavy losses since the army, and his prestige has been discredited. Suddenly, under the blow of the vulture bone who was familiar with the situation in Nanzhong, he was powerless to resist and lost one battle after another. Thirty days later, Meng Hui's troops were compressed to the shore of Lushui, Ah Huilan was captured by Ehuan, and Meng You was injured by Zhao Tong. Ji Han's army turned on all sides, and Meng Shu had no way to escape.

Meng Shu asked the vulture: "Do you have to ask for my head?" ”

The vulture shook his head: "The prime minister said that he wants to invite you to Chengdu as an official." ”

Meng was informed: "You come to see me yourself." ”

When the generals heard this, they all shook their heads: "This is Meng Shu's plan, and he wants to take this opportunity to kill the general." ”

The vulture laughed: "Meng Shu killed me, he is not so stupid. Now that he has rebelled against his relatives, is there any way to go except surrender? ”

The next day, Meng Huo himself rode the curly-haired red rabbit, wearing a yellow silk that symbolized bondage, and came to the Han army under the escort of Zhurong Meng You and others.

This heroic man who was once invincible in Nanzhong said to the vulture bones: "Zhuge Kongming dares you to attack me with a barbarian army, and I also want to see what kind of person he is." I am not wronged to die at his hands. ”

The vulture said: "Don't worry, aren't you angry that someone is bullying us barbarians?" The prime minister will not only not kill you, but will also let you take revenge with your own hands and make you make great achievements. ”

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When Kong Ming arrived in Chengdu, it was the first great victory of the vultures. When the people learned of Kong Ming's return, they went out of the city to greet him, and the people were empty. Subsequently, Kong Ming controlled the actions of the vulture bone remotely, and on the other hand, ordered Li Hui to preside over the civil affairs of Nanzhong, resume production, and be in Chengdu himself to appease the people.

With the arrival of Kong Ming, the people of Yizhou seemed to have calmed down a bit, but the local people rumored that this was due to the departure of the barbarian army. This further proves that it is inappropriate for barbarians to be with Han Chinese.

Kong Ming was not in a hurry to explain and deal with it, he only looked through the information of various places, especially the information of the larger clans in Yizhou, and detailed the rice fields, mulberry fields, orange orchards, looms, and tenants of each clan, and then sent some people everywhere.

Ma Liang didn't understand what Kong Ming was doing, but after all, Yizhou became stable with Kong Ming's arrival, which made him very happy.

Kong Ming said to him that if you handle the civil affairs of Yizhou well, don't miss the spring ploughing, and everything will naturally be seen after the spring ploughing.

Subsequently, Kong Ming began to promote a new type of double-foot single-heald inclined loom in Yizhou, which was greatly improved compared with the original loom and greatly accelerated the textile speed. Then he read out the holy decree on the release of the Shu Jin official camp and allowed some large households to participate in it. Due to the reopening of the Silk Road, the big households in Shu have already red eyes, a wisp of silk, transported to the Western Regions that is a gold ingot, in order to increase the income in the past few years, the imperial court has some money-making industries all controlled in the past, at this time to open, it is really a great joy. When the big families from all over Yizhou heard about it at this time, they flocked to the door.

Kong Ming did not have the slightest arrogance, and personally received each head of the family, or comforted him, or listened with a smile, all of which made people feel no spring breeze and pointed out a sunny avenue to them.

Kong Ming easily reunited the somewhat chaotic Yizhou, and the people forgot about the conquest and tearing up that had just happened, and began to devote their energy to the economy.

It seems that in the blink of an eye, thousands of new workshops have opened in Yizhou. Everywhere there was the rattling of weaving. In contrast, a small incident in April was, at the beginning, less noticeable.

One day in April, suddenly, more than 200 barbarian households in 15 counties filed a complaint with the Chengdu Assassin's Mansion, accusing the seven major clans of looking down on the barbarians and illegally occupying the people's fields.

Thorn Shi Ma Liang handed the paper into Kong Ming's hand, and Kong Ming laughed: "People sue you because they believe in you, what are you afraid of?" ”

Ma Liang looked at Kong Ming's eyes that seemed to be able to see through people's hearts suspiciously, and asked: "This matter is too strange, the barbarians came to the Han people's yamen to complain, this is simply something that has never happened." Moreover, these barbarians are in different regions, and the people they are suing are also different, but it just so happens that at this time, is someone operating in secret? ”

Kong Ming smiled: "What has never happened is not necessarily a bad thing." You don't have to worry about it, as long as you enforce the law.

Ma Liang realized that he would simply conduct an open trial. This trial is terrible, and it even led to a big case.

Because it was a barbarian suing the Han people, the people of Chengdu were very strange and went to watch. Those barbarians were dressed in tatters, haggard, and looked as if they hadn't eaten for a long time, and a young man at the head looked no different from the Han people, quiet and quiet, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, which aroused everyone's sympathy, and felt that these barbarians were not so vicious. Then he talked about the things in his life, and he was no different from ordinary people, and he accused the big families of how to oppress them, how to seize their fields, how to bully their people, how to occupy the women of the clan, every word was bloody, and tears flowed. It aroused everyone's anger.

Ma Liang obeyed the will of the people, conducted a thorough investigation, where to investigate, all kinds of evidence appeared, they sued these big households, not only oppressed the barbarians, but also killed a lot of Han people, and their backs are very complicated, from the investigation found that the barbarian chaos is related to them, and they seem to be inextricably linked with Cao Wei. Ma Liang was a little puzzled by these last clues, they were from Shuzhong, how could they get in touch with Cao Wei, but it turned out to be ironclad evidence.

With the further development of the case, a group of big families headed by the Gao family and the Ma family of the Hao clan in Yuxian County surfaced.

Ma Liang went to Kong Ming: "Prime Minister, you are simply an immortal, how did you find all this?" ”

Kong Ming said: "The show is still to come. ”

Ma Liang was ready to mobilize people and horses to arrest him, but at this time, the patriarchs of the two clans in Yun County, Gao Sheng and Ma Qin, rebelled, and Yun County was located in Dongguanghan County, only more than 100 miles away from Chengdu, they gathered tens of thousands of people, captured the county government, and raised troops to take Chengdu directly to the west.

This one changed into elbows, Kong Ming came to Chengdu without bringing people, and the people and horses in Yizhou were all in Nanzhong at this time, except for Jiangzhou Chen Zhibu, Ma Liang was shocked and asked Kong Ming what to do.

Kong Ming smiled: "I'll know tomorrow." ”

The next day, the news came that Gao Sheng and Ma Qin were only out of Guanghan, and they were ambushed by the Fei Army, and a fierce battle was fierce, and Gao Sheng and Ma Qin's temporarily organized family members were all scattered, Gao Sheng committed suicide, and Ma Qin was captured.

Ma Liang couldn't believe his ears, and simply looked at Kong Ming with adoring eyes. Kong Ming said: "Before I came to Yizhou, I found that there were problems with these big households in Yizhou. Under a closer investigation in Yizhou, they were even more surprised, their ambitions were not small, and they felt that the existence of barbarians had harmed their interests, but they not only wanted to expel the barbarians, but also wanted to expel the officials and officials from Jingzhou and cultivate their spokesmen from the local area. They were the ones who instigated the ignorant people to surround the Assassin's Mansion. After I found out about this, because the two flying armies have been sent, so I didn't start, but to win over all the big households and develop the economy, which was originally what I wanted to do. After everything was done, I arranged the complaint to force them to rebel. Of course, I can also use other methods to solve this matter, but first, I found that these two are too powerful, and the purpose is too vicious, and it is no longer easy to control, and second, Yizhou also needs such a chicken to kill the monkeys. ”

"So, did they really collude with the Wei State?"

"They're the opposite." Kong Ming interrupted Ma Liang's questioning, "So, are they colluding with Cao Wei so serious?" As soon as this incident occurred, the contradiction between the barbarians was replaced by the contradiction between the Han and Wei dynasties, and people know that barbarians are not terrible, but what is terrible is these people with different aspirations. Tomorrow, the vulture and Meng Shu will arrive in Chengdu, and we have to hold a surrender ceremony. The barbarians and the Han rebelled successively, and were conquered by the barbarians one after another, hey, this Yizhou really has to be rectified. ”

When I received Kong Ming's recital, it was nearly five months. This battle between Nanzhong seems to have once again proved that Kong Ming's talent is brilliant and unmatched, although this experience is far less dazzling than the seven captures and seven verticals in history. But the kind of war that consumes itself, I would rather not. Moreover, that war emptied almost all of Ji Han's soldiers and horses and outstanding generals, but this time they were all newcomers and barbarians. Kong Ming believed that the flying army and the reuse of the vulture bone were originally a major move to divide the barbarians. And the vulture bone is a highly prestigious lord in the south, the whole country is famous for its conquests, and the strong armor of the rattan armor is in the world, and he has learned the real military art of war since Ji Han, and after such a big war in Weinan, its combat ability has long been incomparable to the average barbarian. Coupled with Kong Ming's plan to capture and indulge, Meng Shu naturally had nowhere to escape. And after Kong Mingsheng, it was a stroke of genius to force against Goldman Sachs Ma Qin, these big families were lawless and rampant under Liu Zhang's rule in the early years, and they returned to Ji Han, lost countless privileges, and have always been disgruntled, in history, they also rebelled and were pacified by Li Yan. But after the history was changed by me, they didn't take action at the beginning, but when we were not in Shu, they had the audacity to besiege the Assassin Mansion and expel Ma Liang. Kong Ming wiped out these two families in one fell swoop this time, which undoubtedly made the big families in Yizhou touch their heads and think about the future. It also diverted the contradictions between the barbarians, turning a conquest between the barbarians because of mutual hatred into a misunderstanding provoked by others.

At the same time, I also found that Ji Han's new generation has begun to grow up and emerge. In fact, in the original history, they did not come up to get exercised for quite some time. Compared to my like to promote newcomers, Kong Ming seems to prefer to use old ministers, their experience, their abilities, are indeed incomparable to newcomers. But how can a new person grow up if he or she is not trained? I believe in Mao Sui's words, only by putting the awl in the cloth bag can it show its point.

Xiang Pet's attack and the later trapping of the rocky beach proved that he was an excellent general, but also proved from one side that his overall concept was not very strong, on the contrary, if it was Kong Ming, he would never make such a mistake. Perhaps, this is also one of the reasons why he died on the front line in a peaceful battle more than ten years later in history, but this time he commanded the army, and the overall performance was still okay, he has undergone tempering and improved his level, and in the days to come, he may be able to become the main general who stands alone.

Once again, the young Wang Jun has built up a great achievement, and in the face of a crisis, he can always come up with brilliant ideas to solve things smoothly and properly. In fact, he already has the background rhyme of a general, he has the courage to do things, dares to take responsibility, regardless of reputation, resourceful, strong in martial arts, although he is still a little out of action in action, he is not good at interacting with people, he is not liked, and his reputation in the army is not very good, but his youth is his advantage, ten or twenty years later, who can imagine his style at that time? But speaking of which, it's almost time for him to get married. Well, let him return to Beijing at the end of this year to report on his work, and give him a marriage. Be my brother-in-law, and pour him well. However, is Zhuge Qiao because of Guan Feng who has repeatedly pushed off his marriage? There is also the matter of Jiang Wei and Ling'er. In contrast, the four of us brothers, the two youngest, decided to marry first.

The talents shown by Li Feng, Zhao Tong, and Fu Tong can also be regarded as good, the children of famous families, after all, they are extraordinary. In this era, the best resources, including books and education, are the patents of the scholars, and for a while, the poor family has not been able to come up, so for a long time, the main supporters of Ji Han are still the children of the scholars. However, I hope that this situation can be changed, and that the universal county school can give ordinary people some opportunities.

In any case, this year's confrontation with the barbarians in Nanzhong is far from being compared with the huge rebellion and southern expedition in history, so he didn't even use Kong Ming's seven captures, and only one vulture bone was forced into a corner according to Kong Ming's command. And Kong Ming successfully used the vulture bone to strike at those big families with different ambitions in Yizhou and solved the contradiction between the barbarians. Although the problems exposed on the surface of Yizhou have been eliminated, just like an earthquake, there are aftershocks after the earthquake, and after the aftershocks, it will take time to slowly adjust some things in people's concepts, and the real difficult things are still to come. He wants to give me a prosperous Yizhou, a Yizhou that will not change after he leaves, and it will be a long time.

During the period of Kong Ming's absence, I continued to follow the policy we had formulated in advance, meticulously developing tuntian, expanding trade routes, building teams, and cultivating talents.

Due to last year's floods, this year's land moisture is very good, and in some places very fertile fields have been silted, and the hard-working people have started sowing seeds early. A large number of cattle and horses brought by Jiang Wei from the north have played a big role, and one cow can top six or five strong laborers, and the sowing of seeds in a columb, the popularization of cultivation techniques such as the field substitution method, the district planting method, and the pinch method, the improvement of seed selection and breeding methods, the crop multiple cropping system, the continuous cropping system, and the field management techniques such as crop accumulation, fertilization, weeding, and pest control have also been improved to a certain extent. On the basis of last year's bumper harvest, I believe that this year will also be bumper and rainy.

Wei Zhen has begun to renovate the water conservancy project in Guanzhong, due to lack of funds, it is impossible to start construction on the whole line, it can only be repaired one by one, and my request for him is also simple, repair one place, benefit one place, and finally connect it again. So although it was not a long time, hundreds of fields have benefited.

And in the palace, I also began to work the basis of the past years of frugality, I also proposed that except for the two queen mothers, everyone else should do not do a day, a day without eating, even if they are not willing to farm and raise fish in the imperial garden, but also to weave cotton spinning. Although this kind of thing has rarely happened since ancient times, since even Cao Cao's concubines can weave cloth every day, I have no reason not to. With this order, there was chaos in the palace for a while, and Xingcai took the lead in supporting me, and her little eunuch Huang Hao was even more supportive. Helplessly, although I am a person who can change, if I don't make a mistake, it is equivalent to no mistake, but every time I see Huang Hao, I can't help but think that he may mess up the country in the future, this feeling is not very good, I immediately sent him to Taiye Pond (Kunming Lake) to raise fish. What I didn't expect was that after a few months, this kid actually made the entire palace no longer need to go out to buy fish. Although there are not many people in my palace, and the fish in the Taiye Pond can feed half of the Great Wall at the most, it has only been a long time. This kid!

And it was in this year that there was a rollover in Guanzhong. I remember that the overturning car was invented by Ma Jun, Ma Jun is Fufeng Ma's, and Ma Chao is the same ancestry, in history, he has improved the silk machine, improved the work efficiency, and was ordered by Emperor Wei Ming to make a guide car, at home as a "rollover" (keel waterwheel), at that time people called him "ingenious and peerless". I have been following this man, but I have never found any trace of this man, and there is no news of his appointment in the Wei State. I wonder if he stayed in Guanzhong because his father took Chang'an in advance, and now the appearance of this overturned car proves my point of view. At that moment, I ordered the new Fufeng Taishou Yan Pu to search carefully, and follow the clues of the overturned car to find this Ma Junlai, whether he had changed his name or not. Yan Pu and I are old acquaintances, as early as when I took Hanzhong, I met him, and later in the north of Yongliang, I appointed him as the Taishou of Anding. This time Li Hui went south, and I transferred him to be the Taishou of Fufeng, and I was closer to me. Yan Pu carefully investigated for a few days, and finally brought Ma Jun out of a workshop, Ma Jun thought that his service in the Wei State had been exposed, and he was so frightened that his soul did not possess his body, until I personally met him, and gradually eased up. Then I directly transferred him to Shangshutai as a Lang official, and gave Zuo Min Shangshu Fei Yi as his deputy, and Zuo Min Shangshu was responsible for repairing the works and Yanchi Garden, which was equivalent to the predecessor of the Ministry of Industry in later generations. I said to Fei Yi that I fully support Ma Jun, and if there is any ingenuity or clever strategy, let him just show it, and support him to do it no matter how much money he spends. Didn't he ever invent a continuous-firing trebuchet that claimed to be able to increase the efficiency of his repeater by five times, only to be abandoned halfway because no one supported him, I want to see what he was capable of? Ma Jun ascended to the sky in one step, naturally he was grateful, but I didn't listen to his words of gratitude, let him do his job well, and come to see me with his results.

Kong Ming once said that there was news that Sima Hanoi was also involved in Ji Han's caravan, but when I checked it, I found no traces of it. I don't know if it's because Kong Ming's information is wrong, or if these people are too cunning. However, the current Sima Yi is far from the one who defeated Kong Ming, pacified Liaodong, and shook the world's fame. But then again, Sima Lao Fox is a master who hangs big fish in a long line, and at the moment he is not embarrassed by me, but he may not quietly develop his power in Chang'an and sabotage. Just as we also started to lay out in Luoyang and other places.

In March, Dongwu sent Fuyi Zhonglang to Chang'an to ask me about the rebellion in Nanzhong, and he said that the rebellion in Nanzhong was extremely dangerous, and asked me if I needed help. I laughed secretly in my heart, my uncle is clearly still not giving up on the Nanzhong region, and it is no wonder that his Jiaozhou is close to Nanzhong, if he sends troops, he will naturally get some benefits and gain some territory. And he knew that Kong Ming was in Yizhou and presided over the overall situation, but he still had to come to me from near and far, clearly knowing that Kong Ming could see his plan at a glance, and wanted to come to Chang'an to get some benefits from it. So I only laughed at Zhang Wen's words, and only asked about Sun Quan's body and Sun Deng's marriage, but I didn't want to talk about the topic, only said to wait. After waiting for more than a month, the news came, and Zhang Wen knew that Nanzhong had been decided, so he left in shame.

In April, Cao Wei also suddenly understood the importance of talents, reinstated Taixue, placed doctors, and set up the method of the "Five Classics" course examination according to the Han system (historical facts).

In May, Zhuge Qiao suddenly sent news that the Wei army in Tongguan showed signs of abnormal movement. Since Kong Ming left, the Xiangfu's knowledge office has been handed over to Zhuge Qiao, although he is Kong Ming's son, there is a suspicion of cronyism, but his talent and my trust in him are there, there is such a person who does not need it, then I am stupid. The chief general of Tongguan is still Guo Huai, although his ability is not bad, but at the moment there are four of my Chang'an generals, although they are all old, but which one is not a little stronger than him. I will not underestimate him, but I will not be afraid of him.

"Your Majesty, Cao Wei's transfer this time, it seems that the target is us."

In history, in this year, Cao Pi went south, attacked Eastern Wu, and finally returned with another defeat. But now that I'm nearer, it looks like he's turned his attention to us again. Think about it, Tongguan is in their hands, attack if you want, defend if you want to, although we don't care about Tongguan, but in their eyes, this pass is still a great barrier.

"It seems that he wants to bully us this time because your father is not there, no way, who makes the family have a solid foundation, we are poor boys, run a small business, play straw mats and sell straw shoes, how can it not compare to the grandson of other eunuchs?"

Zhuge Qiao smiled, when the two of us were together, it was still very relaxed.

"Bai Song, do you think Cao Pi wants to raise the strength of the whole country to avenge the revenge of Weinan, and what if he wants to test us?"

"After all these years of fighting, although Cao Pi's family background is thick, he can't withstand a big battle like Weinan, I think he still has a lot of temptation."

"What do you think?" Hearing Zhuge Qiao say that Cao Pi's mobilization of the army this time was a temptation, I couldn't help but feel a little disappreciative in my heart. Since he succeeded to the throne, he insisted on monopolizing power and establishing Zhongshu Province, and its officials were replaced by scholars, and the responsibility for drafting the edict document originally held by Shang Shulang was transferred to the officials of Zhongshu Province, and the power of confidentiality was gradually transferred to Zhongshu Province. It is decreed that women are not allowed to pre-government, ministers are not allowed to play the role of the queen mother, and the family of the descendants is not allowed to serve as auxiliary politicians. He also established and implemented the Jiupin Zhongzheng system, trying to bring the use of human rights from the hands of the famous people of the great clans to the imperial court. Through this series of measures, the rule of Wei was further consolidated. Most of these actions are similar to me, with different names, but they are actually pretty much the same. And in literature, I am far inferior to him. But in military and political affairs, although it cannot be said that he is ambitious and talented, he is far inferior to his father. In history, he personally commanded the army to attack Wu three times, but all of them returned in vain. And in this world, he was also defeated by Weinan once and Dongwu twice. But he has a famous saying, that is, he can't leave the thief to his son, Ji Han and Dongwu are so powerful, he can't destroy them himself, won't his son have to suffer? Although the minister advised him that King Wen of Zhou leave Shang to King Wu to begg, which was the trend of the times, he did not care. So although I am not afraid of Cao Pi, his military actions since he succeeded to the throne are incomparable with my pacification of Yongliang in one fell swoop, but as long as he makes a move, I still attach great importance to it.

"Bo Song, Cao Pi is so happy, at this time your father is not in Chang'an, the southern rebellion is preliminary, it is difficult to ensure that Cao Pi does not have the heart to rob by fire, how can you be sure that this is a temptation?"

"Your Majesty. The minister didn't know what Cao Pi thought, but he knew the current general trend, whether it was Wei Han or Wu, after several years of war, the famous generals had lost too much, and the people had suffered too much, and they no longer had the spirit to fight a big battle. Guo Huai is a defeated general under Ji Han, now Jia Xu is dead, Sima Yi has been demoted, Chen Qun, Dong Zhao, and Cao Zhen have all been captured, and their reputation has been greatly damaged, Zhang He died in battle, and Cao Wei's generals have changed their color when they mention Ji Han, so the ministers think that even if Cao Pi has some ideas, it is difficult to implement them under the passive opposition of the ministers. Therefore, the minister thought that this must be a temptation. ”

I didn't expect Zhuge Qiao to say it from this point of view, judging it this way, but it also makes sense, it seems that I attach too much importance to Cao Pi's personal thoughts. After all, the major affairs of the country are only worship and Rong, and even I, without the support of the ministers, cannot provoke a war at will.

"So, where do you think this battle should start?" For a long time, our Ji Han pursuit of war is to start a war on the battlefield set up in advance, but as long as this goal is achieved, there will be no failure, such as the Battle of Yangping Pass, such as the Battle of Weinan, this is the case.

"Naturally, we must not let the enemy enter too deep this time, otherwise it will affect the political stability and affect the tuntian and people's livelihood. Therefore, we cannot cross the line of Huashan and the Yellow River and keep the enemy out of the country. ”

"So, who is the main general?"

"Your Majesty, such a major matter should be discussed by Your Majesty and your lords, and it is not something that a single speaker can put in my mouth, but since Your Majesty asks, I naturally have to answer, I think that at present, there are more brave generals in our army, which has surpassed any country of Wei and Wu. The talents of the three generals, General Ma, the four generals and General Yu, are unrivaled today, but they are old, and if they kill the enemy before returning to the battle, it seems that there is something wrong, and it is almost the same to hang up their names to play a deterrent effect. In addition to these four generals, they are General Wei Yan, General Pang De, Captain Guan Ping, Captain Ma Dai, and Boyo. General Wei Yan has always been trusted by the first emperor, and his prestige in the army is second only to the three generals and General Ma, and he is still above General Zhao and General Yu. However, General Wei was too arrogant and had no eyes to spare, and he was quite similar to the second general who passed away, but he was not as elegant as the second general, and it was true that he was still a first-class general in the world. General Pang De has always been by General Ma's side, his skills are only seen in the world, not under the Five Tiger Generals, and his people are bold and careful, breaking Cao Cao and taking Chang'an, he is indispensable; General Guan Ping has been with the second general for a long time, and he was with ...... back then. and General Kou Feng followed the first emperor to block and kill, he was a leading figure in the younger generation of Ji Han, in comparison, Zhang Bao, Guan Xing and others were much worse than him; And Ma Dai's marksmanship and archery skills are also first-class, when he first met Wei Yan, an arrow hit Wei Yan's arm to show his skills. And His Majesty knows the skills of Boyo, so I won't say more. At present, Guan Ping and Ma Dai are both in Xiliang, and those who are facing Guo Huai can be chosen among Wei Yan, Pang De and Boyo. ”

"So, Wei Yan, Pound and Boyo, who should be allowed to meet the enemy?" This Zhuge Qiao, if you have something to say, you won't finish it all at once, but let me squeeze it slowly.

"This, it's really not something that Weichen can say."

Wei Yanmo, although he has a certain talent, he is a character who can fight against the sky without suppression, although it is not necessarily the backbone that Kong Ming said, but it is not easy to control, but it is true that he is proud of his achievements, as a young monarch, I naturally don't want him to make too many merits so early, he can at least give me a battle for twenty or thirty years, if it becomes a big trend, it will not be good; Pang De is a member of Ma Chao's lineage, and at present, the Xiliang line is becoming more and more influential in the army, and it should be controlled, so it is naturally best to give the credit to Jiang Wei. However, Jiang Wei has improved at the beginning of northern Xinjiang, although it is not far from Tongguan, but it is not appropriate to transfer back for a while. Forget it, it's still Pang De to deal with Guo Huai, he is guarding the front line of Huayin and Weinan, and it is not appropriate to reassign others. Although this has increased the weight of Ma Chao, Ma Chao is not uncontrollable, not to mention that for Pound, how much influence he has at the moment is still between the two. As an emperor, balance is paramount, and there are some things that cannot be left unconsidered, not only in the present, but also in the future.

It seems that Zhuge Qiao's analysis of Cao Wei's ministers was correct in their reluctance to send troops to Ji Han, and we received an abnormal transfer of the Tongguan garrison in early May, but until June, Cao Wei's army and horses had not been mobilized. Pang De was still calm, but Guan Xing and others, who I was temporarily transferred to Pang De's army and wanted to make meritorious contributions, were so anxious that they scratched their ears and cheeks, and Zhang Bao followed Jiang Wei and made a lot of contributions in northern Xinjiang. Now the captain's hat was back on his head. However, since Zhang Bao was slapped into a small soldier by me from the captain, his temperament has calmed down a bit, and he is no longer so reckless. Guan Xing is the same age as Zhang Bao, so naturally he often thinks about comparison, although he and Zhang Bao are both captains at the moment, but his cavalry captain is still inferior to the captain of the Northern Army. And Pang Hui, who was with him, was even more anxious, he didn't dare to recruit his father, so he teased Guan Xing every day, when are we going to send troops, are you going to urge my father, are the two of us worse than Jiang Wei, Zhang Bao, Wang Jun, and Li Feng? We are not bad at all, but the opportunity has not caught up, this time it is finally time to fight, but Cao Wei always does not move, should we just wait? Guan Xing didn't dare to urge Pang De, Pang De was too strict, so he secretly wrote to me, got some blood and wrote a blood letter, asking to take the initiative to fight.

I didn't expect Guan Xing to be so interesting, and I was a little surprised that he and Pang Hui became good friends, and after the surprise, there was a little bitterness and emotion. In history, the second uncle killed Pang De, and Pang Hui wiped out the whole family of Guan Men!

Finally, in July, the prison army came from Luoyang, Guo Huai was forced to be helpless, and sent men and horses from Tongguan, but only to engage the Han army, they turned around and left, so angry that Guan Xing and Pang Hui jumped and scolded in the back.

Seeing this, Pang De just sneered and ordered Guan Xing and Pang Hui to retreat. did not go out to fight, let the soldiers unarmel and sleep in front of the battle all day long, and kept scolding Guo Huai for being incompetent and Cao Pi for being timid.

Where could the overseers in the city stand this, and immediately forced Guo Huai to fight. Guo Huai scolded the prison army for being stupid in his heart, but he didn't dare to say that the Han army's drama was real, such a simple scene deceived everyone in the city, and he couldn't excuse himself, so he had to plan to act in the same scene again, so that the prison army could see that he dared to fight Ji Han.

The idea is very good, but unfortunately it is not like that in actual combat. He demanded that the speed of the attack be slow, that the Han army should be given time to reorganize the barracks for a counterattack, that seven points of strength should be reserved for a fight, that the shouts should be loud, the drums should be sounded, the swords and guns should be raised high, and the blood and sweat should be left less. It's a pity that the battlefield is not as simple as he thought, as soon as he left the city, the Ji Han army panicked, the banners were thrown indiscriminately, and the Wei army couldn't contain it, so they had to rush into the Han camp. Guo Huai was difficult to ride a tiger now, and scolded his mother in his heart, but he didn't dare to retreat anymore in action, so he simply took the Han camp all of a sudden. I thought that I could take a breath and have an explanation, but the overseer army in the city saw that the Wei army was fighting like a storm, and this eunuch who had not gone through the battle and was so happy didn't know the southeast and northwest, thinking that Guo Huai was afraid of the enemy like a tiger, and he was not a qualified general at all. It's better to take command yourself. Go directly to the camp at the moment, and then order Guo Huai to advance.

In this way, the Han army retreated again and again, and Guo Huai took seven camp tents and advanced for more than 100 miles. At this moment, Guo Huai scared himself, felt a cool air on the back of his neck all day long, felt that the steel knife of the Han army was about to be cut over, and looked at the prison army who was still not satisfied, and seemed to plan to capture Chang'an all the time, and wanted to kill him with a knife. There was really no way, Guo Huai was ruthless, he ate some croton, and he fell "sick" at that time. The prison army saw that he was not in human shape, and there was no way, so they agreed to his plan to garrison the army. At this time, Pound really rolled up. So the same plot repeated, but the protagonist was changed, and it became Wei retreating and Han Jin. Guan Xing and Pang Hui were like two little tigers, rushing and fighting, using all the strength they had been holding back for months. Rao is Guo Huai's outstanding talent, and he is also a leading general in the Wei State, and he used all his strength and scheming to control this defeat within a bearable range. A large amount of baggage was lost, ensuring that the main troops and generals fled back to Tongguan with all their beards and tails.

At this moment, the sub-prison army did not dare to command indiscriminately. Now that he and Guo Huai are on the same boat, if the real situation is reported, neither of them will be better. Guo Huai did enough work again, and the two of them wrote a seal for Cao Pi together, praising Ji Han's army to the sky, eager to boast of Weinan that year, and then focusing on describing how Guo Huai and the supervising army were not arrogant in big victories, not discouraged in small defeats, resisting strong enemies, and finally ensuring that Tongguan was not lost. It was vaguely mentioned in the article that a master like Chen Qun and Sima Yi couldn't beat Ji Han back then, and it was not easy for them to win and lose each other, so that Ji Han was hit hard.

When the news reached Chang'an, I couldn't help laughing, and after laughing, I was a little strange, what kind of battle was this, even if Cao Wei Qunchen was unwilling to fight, it would not be so bad. What's more, Cao Pizhi's ability, how could he send such an incompetent prison army? I asked people to inquire about the origin of this prison army. As a result, in July, the news came back that this prison army had a relatively close connection with the arrogant Empress Guo. And another news came at the same time, Sima Yi was reactivated!

As soon as I slapped the table, I stood up, hating, Cao Pi and I were both deceived by Sima Yi. Although I don't know what methods he used, it is certain that he must have intervened, otherwise, with Mr. Weinan's divisive strategy before the Battle of Weinan and Cao Pi's suspicion of him during the Battle of Weinan, how could he easily turn the tables.

However, while the Han and Wei dynasties were fighting on the front line of Tongguan, I quietly attacked Hedong.

To be honest, I'm very self-aware. With my ability, when it comes to raising troops to fight, maybe no less than Cao Pi, when it comes to poetry and songs, I still have to flee from the wind. If you are a head-on opponent with Sima Yi, ten of you will not necessarily be able to defeat him. Of course, my husband once said that I always thought too much of myself, and that I was by no means as unbearable as I knew myself. However, I don't want to be an opponent with him, not only me, but in this era, in addition to Mr., there is only about Lu Xun who has not been reused by Sun Quan because his father did not cut down Wu. Secondly, as for Li Yan and others, the difference is incalculable. Thinking about it, with his ability, since he can be reactivated by Cao Pi, he must find a way to prove his ability. And now that Kong Ming is not there, Ji Han will naturally be his target. Looks like things are going to be in trouble.

An excellent strategist, his role on the battlefield can never be underestimated, all the more so that he is still in a powerful country. As long as he is appointed as the commander of the army alone, then he will be like a fish in water, like a tiger with wings, and it will be difficult for him to restrain him. Think about what he has done in history, breaking the new city on the eighth day, Liaodong in the hundred days, and the battle of Wuzhangyuan, dragging Mr. to death alive. Although he attacked the land of Kyushu with the strength of one state, he also crossed the mountains and mountains and had difficulties in logistics and supply, and there was a huge disadvantage. But the only one in the world who can make a genius like Mr. have nothing to do. Now that my husband is gone, it will be too difficult for me to deal with him. What's more, my main focus is on construction, not war. Therefore, I want to take advantage of the fact that he has just resumed his official position, strike at him, and keep him away from the center of power, or away from the Jihan battlefield, no matter how high a person's talent is, if he does not have a stage, his talent is equal to zero.

Cao Pi, man, he deceived the two of us, and we have to do it to deal with him. Although it turns out that you have always regarded Sima Yi as a confidant, but after Weinan, you should have something to do with him, well, then I want to think about it, how can I add another fire to you, you can cooperate with me well, how about it?

However, the last calculation was that Sima Yi was unprepared, and Mr. personally presided over it, so I don't know if my plan this time will succeed, and I have to make two preparations. There is no need to be afraid of Chang'an, although Sima Yi is a good person, but he alone will deal with my four generals Ji Han, and our army is in a strong position, I am afraid that it is not enough, not to mention that Li Yan and Liao Li can be on top at a critical time. However, the safety of Shangyong's side is difficult to guarantee, my eldest brother Kou Feng's ability is limited, and there is not necessarily much loyalty to me, so he was attacked. Why don't you transfer Zhuge Qiao to help him?

Speaking of which, in Ji Han, most of the generals under my command were martial artists, from four generals and below, to Li Yan and Liao Li, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and only one Liu Ba could stand alone in the economy. But his health has also deteriorated in the past two years. In history, it seems that he has passed away, but I don't know if it is because Ji Han is developing faster now, he is in a good mood, or because Ji Han's medical skills are developing quickly and he has received better treatment, anyway, he is still quite active in the court, quarreling with me from time to time, blushing and accusing me. It would be nice if there were more people who are responsible for the people. If there is another person like Liu Ba who is in good health, I will send him to Shuzhong to exchange for Mr. and let Mr. preside over the overall situation, so that I am not afraid of anyone. Or let me recover for a few years, if you Cao Wei don't find trouble with me, I still have to take the initiative to find trouble with you, do you really think I can't take Tongguan?

But at the moment, I still have to focus on the overall situation, with Ji Han's national strength, I can't start a full-scale war with Cao Wei at the moment, otherwise it will be a repeat of the tragedy of the six out of Qishan and the nine expeditions to the Central Plains, even if there are some victories in the early stage, it will eventually fail miserably due to the bankruptcy of the national economy. Using more than five years to recuperate, and then waiting for the strength to become strong before going eastward is my common proposition with Kong Ming, and it is also the reason why we suppressed the military and did not agree to capture Tongguan.

Zhuge Qiao was sent to Shangyong again by me. This time, I appointed him as the acting Shangyong Taishou, and Kou Feng was transferred to the Nanzheng Taishou. Nanzheng is the richest county in Han, but he is not on the front line, so he does not directly interfere in military affairs, he is slightly promoted, but he is freed from the army. Will Kou Feng be dissatisfied? I don't know, but if he was a man of understanding, he should have known that I was doing my best to treat him in this way. How Cao Pi treated Cao Zhang and others, he didn't see it. I usually often satirize Cao Pi, but in my heart, I sometimes sympathize with him, the heavenly family has no flesh and blood, although Cao Pi is not good to his brothers, but his world is not chaotic, and the Sima clan is in power, divided the kings, and as a result, there was immediately a rebellion of the eight kings, and a good end of a country was scattered, which caused hundreds of years of turmoil in Wuhu China. In fact, I also want to be nice to my brothers, and every time I go to the harem, Wu and Sun often talk bad to me about Cao Pi, meaning that I should be nice to my brothers. In fact, I have been good to them, and if I have the ability, I will let him play, such as Kou Feng; Those with poor ability will seal a small piece of land and raise it, such as Liu Ming; I don't know how, so I will train them, such as Liu Yong and Liu Li. I want some talented people in my clan, but I don't want them to affect my position. I don't want to be the Duke of Zheng Zhuang, hand over the world to people who don't take care of their duties, cause a big mess and then clean up the mess, and finally get a prisoner and mother, what is the good reputation? Fortunately, Kou Feng still reassures me at the moment. Or in a few years, it is unknown whether he will return to the battlefield and stand alone. In short, the road is made by people.

After consolidating Shangyong, I asked Jiang Wei in northern Xinjiang to shrink the defensive line as much as possible and not take the initiative to attack, so that when there was a problem in the direction of Chang'an, he could return in time.

Again, I asked Meng Da to send an envoy to Luoyang. is the same as Dong Zhao's statement when he came to Ji Han last time, for the sake of the common people in the world, the two families are together, and they don't use swords and soldiers, they want to visit Sima Yi, and they want Cao Pi to know that Ji Han took the initiative to make peace because he was afraid of Sima Yi. It was necessary to suggest to Cao Pi that Sima Yi re-lead the army. In short, let Cao Pi know that Ji Han pays great attention to Sima Yi, Sima Yi is indeed a talent, a very great talent, a talent comparable to Emperor Cao Cao.

Discord is a must, but it may not be successful, but there is one thing that I think Cao Pi can't ignore and pay attention to, that is, with Cao Pi's talent, dare to reuse a person like Cao Cao?!

As long as he has doubts, I don't have to worry that Sima Yi will become the coach of Tongguan.

Then I ordered Wei Yan, Pang De and others that from now on, they are not allowed to win any battles. There is a person who was injured in a fall while walking, and he wanted to tell Cao Wei that we were ambushed and lost a hundred people; There are two people who eat bad things and have diarrhea, and they want to tell Cao Wei that our army is unable to fight due to epidemics. To take the initiative to help Sima Yi publicize his ability, it is best to publicize that as long as Sima Yi arrives in Tongguan, Liu Chan will immediately surrender and go to Luoyang to be a peaceful duke. It is necessary to take the initiative to show weakness very obviously, and this kind of weakness is done excessively, so that both the enemy and the other side will think that this is a joke or a conspiracy, and will not affect the morale of the enemy and cause the enemy to misunderstand and attack. It is necessary to make the enemy suspicious all day long and dare not move. The more chaotic the front line, the more stable the front line and the rear will be, even if this strategy does not work for Sima Yi, but I still have confidence in Cao Pi.

My mind is not too outstanding, but if I think about something a lot, I have more staff officers, and I have more opinions, so it will naturally be very perfect, maybe Li Yan and others are not as good as Kong Ming, but the three stinky generals, the top Zhuge Liang, not to mention these civil and military. What's more, as an emperor, I can call on a lot more resources, one strategy and two strategies don't work, more will naturally have an effect. After all, Cao Pi's trust in Sima Yi is not as good as my trust in Kong Ming. If these many strategies don't work anymore, then I'll just transfer Kong Ming back, and it's cost-effective for me to go to Chengdu myself. It's very simple, if that's the case, it means that I can't compare to Sima Yi, even Cao Pi.

Meng Da is very popular in Yecheng, and Cao Pi has known Meng Da's literary style for a long time, so he naturally makes friends with his heart, and even rides in the same chariot. Meng Da was so moved that he couldn't stand it, and when he came back, he told me that he almost surrendered to Cao Pi, and Cao Pi's writing was too good. I said that you like it, and after two years, I arrested Cao Pi and asked him to accompany you to read and write poems every day.

Wei Yan obeyed my orders, first let go of the Pujin ferry, and then said to the other side every day, I am broken now, the morale of the army is scattered, and the team is not easy to lead, you come and receive me, I will promise to surrender at that time. On the other side of the river, Hedong Taishou, Diannong Zhonglang General, and Zhao Yan, the commander of the horses, were inexplicable and did not dare to send troops.

Zhao Yanqi is also one of Cao Cao's main strategists, and the degree of reuse at this time is still above Sima Yi, but his strength is not to kill generals and capture the flag, lead troops to battle, and strategize the art of war, but to coordinate the relationship between generals and unite the personnel of various departments who are not in line with each other into a whole. For the sake of Hedong, I have conducted a detailed investigation of this Zhao Yan and found that he and our Ji Han have another account. When the second uncle went on the Northern Expedition from Jingzhou, Zhao Yan participated in the war as a member of Cao Renjun's army. At that time, Cao Ren's army was completely besieged and could not fight with the reinforcements, and the reinforcements led by Xu Huang were mostly new soldiers who were not enough to fight against Guan Yu alone, so Xu Huang waited for other reinforcements, and the generals scolded Xu Huang and asked him to attack the second uncle as soon as possible. At this time, Zhao Yan persuaded everyone to persuade everyone, first tried to inform Cao Renjun of the news of the arrival of reinforcements, and then waited for the reinforcements led by Xu Shang and Lu Jian to arrive, and then attacked Guan Yu with all his might, so as to win. Looking at what Zhao Yan did in the Cao Cao era, this is the most outstanding achievement, only this time Zhao Yan influenced the course of an important battle through his own talents, if there was no Zhao Yan to persuade the public to wait for reinforcements with peace of mind, Xu Huang listened to the public will launch an attack and it is difficult to win, and if he does not listen to the general, it is very likely to repeat his defeat in Hanshui. All in all, Zhao Yan has his unique ability to do things, but he is not a general, let alone a handsome talent. He is a good strategist and a good organizer, but it is difficult to stand alone.

These understandings of him pushed me little by little, and made me think of a way to reach out to Hedong.