Chapters 61-65

Hedong County is located in the Yuncheng area of southern Shanxi Province in later generations, and the seat of governance is Anyi. It is said that Yao, Shun and Yu have all built their capitals here, and there are still ruins of Yuwang City next to Anyi.

Hedong County is surrounded by rivers and mountains, the terrain is dangerous, not worse than Guanzhong, the middle is thousands of miles flat, the soil is fertile and the land is beautiful, and there are three main rivers such as the Fen River to cross, agriculture and animal husbandry are extremely developed. More importantly, there is salt that is lacking in the mainland, and the benefits of salt and iron have always been the foundation of the king's hegemony, and the foundation of the Jin Dynasty's hegemony was precisely because of Hedong. Since the Han Dynasty, the three counties of Hadong, Hanoi, and Henan have been called the heartland of the country together with Sanfu. Due to the importance of this place, it is not surprising that I am greedy for Hedong.

Ji Han has opened up four battlefields at the same time, namely Northern Xinjiang, Jingzhou, Hedong and Tongguan, and these four battlefields are all fighting against Cao Wei at the same time, but the goal of all the battlefields I opened up is to isolate the defenders of Hedong and let Cao Wei divide his troops. However, we in northern Xinjiang and Jingzhou together are only tens of thousands of horses, unlike Cao Wei, who need to deal with the four forces of Ji Han, Eastern Wu, Xianbei and Xiongnu at the same time, and we have solved the southern, western and northern border troubles through war, coercion, politics, diplomacy and other means.

I didn't expect such a good situation to be honest. For this reason, Liao Li and a few others praised me in person, saying: "Your Majesty, your means of laying out the overall situation are really not comparable to Weichen. ”

I just laughed, "The blind cat has hit a dead mouse." My level, but Er'er, if there is no Kong Ming, Liu Ba, Li Yan, the four generals and you, I am afraid that I am nothing. Although this is modest, but it is true, to be honest, the formation of this situation, my understanding of history can only account for a small part of the role at most, and more importantly, I and the ministers took every move well, and did not make too many mistakes, while the opponent kept making mistakes.

Of these four battlefields, northern Xinjiang is basically calm, and it is a matter of dividing the spoils. Although Xiahou Shang died on the battlefield of Jingzhou, Xu Huang was still there, with this person one day, I am afraid that it will be a little difficult to take Jingzhou, but it can definitely drag most of Cao Wei's military strength. Jingzhou was also something that Cao Wei could not afford to lose, otherwise the Eastern Wu army would go straight to Wanluo, and the consequences would be unbearable for them.

At present, this kind of local advantage is formed, but it is difficult to maintain it for a long time, so my common view with Jiang Wei is that we must adopt a surprise attack on Hedong, and capture Hedong in one fell swoop with superior forces and sufficient internal lines before the enemy army reacts, otherwise once Liang Xi gives up the north and moves the army south, and Cao Pi waves the army from Yecheng to the west, Hedong will turn from a piece of fat to a thorn ball, which cannot be swallowed or spit out.

I still fully believe in Jiang Wei's ability, although he is sometimes risky and seems too bold, but he is uncanny in his use of soldiers.

But having said that, on the battlefields of Hedong and Tongguan at the moment, Cao Wei also has three famous generals, and they are three famous generals with equal ability. Tian Yu, Guo Huai and Zhao. Pulling is Tian Yu's deputy, his ability, like Tian Yu, has a degree of advance and retreat, and also has the style of a famous general, although Ji Han has an absolute advantage in attacking Hedong, but I still mentioned to all the generals in advance, we must pay attention to these people, and if they can be captured alive, they must be captured alive.

Tongguan is actually a battlefield with Hedong. Due to the dangerous terrain of Tongguan, our army rarely attacked, but this time the situation was different, in order to absorb Guo Huai's troops, the fourth uncle personally went out to deal with Guo Huai, he and Pang De joined forces, and there were young generals Guan Xing and Pang Hui under his command, enough for Guo Huai to drink a pot. Guo Huai is not the Yongzhou assassin who commanded an army of 100,000 in the future, and the history of several defeats at the hands of the fourth uncle and Pang De has already made him a frightened bird.

This time, in order to shock the enemy's courage, the fourth uncle used a beaded stone cart transformed by Ma Jun. Ma Junzhen is a genius, his improved siege vehicle is made of hardwood giant wheels, with mechanical power to make the drum wheel turn, can continuously throw dozens of boulders on the city wall with thunder and lightning, the head is good, the strength is strong, under a blow, there is really a landslide and the ground cracks, although Tongguan is known as an iron fight, the Wei army in the city was also shocked by such an attack. Even Guo Huai, who had been in a hundred battles in the three armies of Yongguan, was frightened and did not dare to command in the city, so he moved the headquarters to the city.

The Han army drove the arrow tower outside the city, and launched the Yuanrong giant crossbow transformed by Ma Jun into the city, which was as straight as when Cao Cao was met by Yuan Shao, and was shot so that he couldn't raise his head. Cao Wei wanted to fight back, but the Yuanrong giant crossbow made by Kong Ming and transformed by Ma Jun had a long range, and Cao Wei's long-range attack weapon couldn't shoot it, so he sent a death squad to burn it, but he was robbed and killed outside the city by Pang De's elite soldiers one by one. Fortunately, the city of Tongguan is high and deep, and it is not possible to attack the city for a while.

Guo Huai is anxious here, so naturally he doesn't have time to care about Tian Yu who offended him. So when he received Tian Yu's request for help, he didn't even read it, so he tore it up and threw it aside: "Save you?" So who's going to save me? Brothers climb the mountain, each work hard, and you can ask for more blessings for yourself. ”

At this time, Zhang Bao and He Jiuqu faced Tian Yu's deputy. Zhang Bao patted He Jiuqu's shoulder: "Lao He, let's face the old guy, although His Majesty praised him to the sky, don't forget, we are Ji Han's soldiers, if we can't make contributions, we really can't stand our Majesty." ”

He Jiuqu said: "Young General, say it, I'll listen to you." ”

Zhang Bao said: "Your Majesty asked us to attract Cao Wei's attention, I don't have a word on the side, it hurts them, they will naturally pay attention here, take out your full set of skills, tomorrow you can't take Pubanjin in one day, let's stop commanding, jump into the Yellow River." ”

He Jiuqu nodded: "Young General, it's still your appetite for me!" ”

At the beginning of the war, Zhang Bao and He Jiuqu fought desperately, fighting on the water to suppress the enemy camp, the Han army holding a light and strong rattan card used the pontoon bridge to brave the enemy's scattered arrow rain to quickly cross the river, and the Wei army led by the recruit was not the troops he was familiar with, the upper and lower commands seemed to be disjointed, unable to stop, abandoned the ferry and fled backwards, Zhang Bao and He Jiuqu led the army to chase directly.

Traveling more than ten miles, suddenly the road was dug up, Zhang Bao was thick and fine, so that people carefully investigated, after determining that there was no ambush, continued to rush forward again, the road was broken again, such as several times, Zhang Bao was furious, and the soldiers were also tired. Zhang Bao decided that this was a trick to delay the attack of the Han army in order to lengthen the battle line, maybe he used this trick to delay himself, and he himself went to intercept Jiang Wei. At that moment, Zhang Bao asked He Jiuqu to take care of the rear army and baggage, and walked all the way, leading the elite foot soldiers to chase after the Wei army. After chasing for more than ten miles, suddenly a gong sounded, and a young man led the army to rush out, blocking Zhang Bao's way. Zhang Bao shouted: "Who are you, surrender quickly, spare you from death!" ”

The young man said: "I am the second son of the captain of Xianbei and the second son of Xianbei, you are the son of Ji Han's brave husband Zhang Fei, the village man of Caoye, and you dare to attack Dawei, you really don't know death." ”

Zhang Bao looked at him: "Are you the son of Zhao?" My majesty said that your father is a talent, let me try to capture you alive, and I won't kill you. Dismount and surrender. ”

He was furious and swung his halberd forward. Zhang Bao came to attack with a spear, and handed over a shot, Zhang Bao saw that the young man's halberd method was very strange, and he couldn't help but feel angry in his heart, why are there more and more masters in this world. When the two horses are staggered, they use their family heirlooms to fight with a spear with their backhand. The young man was lying on his back, but he couldn't help Zhang Bao's huge strength, and with a bang, he was smashed off his horse. Zhang Bao scattered the Wei army, and let the general capture Hong, and said: "If you grow up for another three or five years, you may be able to fight with me, and now you are captured, what else do you have to say?" ”

Lian Hong sneered: "Although you are brave and brave, you have no wisdom, and you will not escape death." My father has already gone to attack your rear. ”

When Zhang Bao looked back, he saw that the direction of Pubanjin was already fiery red.

Zhang Bao was furious, slapped Zhan Hong, and turned back to kill. He hated in his heart: "This is bad, Lao He's army is not good at land warfare, if the grain and grass are burned, this battle will be lost." ”

Guan Xing and Pang Hui attacked Fenglingdu, and directly faced Tian Yu and Captain Xie Yanjun of Hu Xianbei. Among the three of Tian Yu, Zhao Zhao and Xie Jun, Tian Yu has the strongest ability, and it is like pulling and recruiting, although Xie Jun has no talent as a general, he is stable and abides by the rules, and his execution of tasks is never discounted. Tian Yu faced the river breeze and watched Ji Han's attack coldly, and on the river, Ji Han's pontoon bridge was once again scattered. Ji Han's tall warships posed a powerful threat to the Wei army on the shore. However, under Tian Yu's severe coercion, no Wei army dared to retreat, they looked at Tian Yu's personal soldiers holding a hard crossbow behind them, and had no choice but to curse helplessly raising their shields to meet Ji Han's arrow rain, snatching back the beachhead again and again, and cutting the rope.

Tian Yu can ignore the lives of his subordinates, but Guan Xing doesn't want to, his task is to feint, as long as he attracts Tian Yu's troops, like Pang Hui, they have only fought a few battles with Pang De, and they don't really have much experience in attracting troops. And I only think about developing talents, but I ignore this.

Therefore, the appearance that they deliberately maintain their strength betrays their true intentions.

Tian Yu's brows furrowed, and suddenly he unfolded the map, drew on it with his hand, and suddenly said, "Solve the problem." ”

"Taishou."

"The enemy army is a suspicious tactic, you lead a group of men and horses to defend here, keep the camp unchanged, and hang my banner as usual."

"Taishou, where are you going?"

"Back to Anyi. As I expected, the enemy forces were not only in these two directions. ”

Jiang Wei led an army of 3,000 on the way to Anyi. From time to time, stragglers harassed on the road, but Jiang Wei didn't care, he left them to the follow-up troops to deal with. He did not use Wei's informant, but followed the route he had taken when delivering the letter, traveling nearly 200 miles in one day and one night, and attacked the city of Anyi. The road that a general who leads an army has personally explored is always the most detailed map. When he walked this way, he had already rehearsed the entire battle situation in his mind, countless possibilities, and countless ways to deal with it, all of which he had calculated in his heart. Use your mind to fight, this is where Jiang Wei is stronger than other generals. Although Jiang Wei bravely won the three armies, he rarely relied on the courage of one person to charge into battle like Zhang Bao and them, and he always occupied the position of command and took charge of the overall situation. Calmness is his magic weapon to win. Back then, even when I was trapped in Quail City, he was able to keep this calm.

Before Tian Yu was defeated, all possibilities existed.

Ahead, it was already the city tower of Anyi, just when he was about to give the order to speed up into the city, he saw a big flag suddenly floating on the head of the city, with a big "Tian" character written on it, and someone under it shouted: "Tian Yu is here, who dares to come to attack this city!" ”

Zhang Bao looked at the fire coming from the road and knew the plan. He didn't know what He Jiuqu's losses were, but he wanted to rescue the rear army.

Zhang Bao's strengths and weaknesses are his bravery. Compared with his father, Zhang Fei has gradually realized the realm of great wisdom from great bravery, whether it is when Yang roars or justifies Yan Yan, or defeats Zhang He. And Zhang Baoyong can do it, but he can't get the ingenuity in this bravery. However, he has already fought a lot of battles, and he has studied in military schools, and his martial arts are so strong that ordinary people are unmatched. Ji Han's elite soldiers are already the best in the world, and the elite soldiers under Zhang Bao's command are all as strong and brave as Zhang Bao, and most of the military commanders under him are also classmates who graduated from military academies. With all these strengths, if you want to deal with him, it is not enough to rely on wisdom.

He still sneered, but he gradually became surprised. He had never seen an army that could march continuously for so long without disarray. After that, he began to fear, he didn't know if his father, commanding such an untrained army, could withstand this iron-clad army.

It was closer, it was closer, and when it was still about five miles away from the fire, Zhang Bao suddenly ordered the whole army to stop and rest. Would such a barbarian also cherish his soldiers? At this point, Shohiro became surprised. A child of a family like him couldn't imagine that the Zhang family, who was born from a pig-killing background, would have a son who knew the art of war, but when he was in the middle of it, he found that more ordinary chiefs, military chiefs, tun chiefs, and military marquis performed their duties, and they all knew what they should do, or tighten their bags, or sharpen their swords, or replenish food and water, or guard and guard, without any command. Zhan Hong suddenly felt a burst of weakness, is this really a tired army? After my father swallowed He Jiuqubu, did he have any strength left to face this elite army?

He was wrong.

Not because he was powerless to meet Zhang Bao, who was coming back, but because he was unable to swallow He Jiuqu at all. He Jiuqu crisscrosses the Yellow River, and his fame is moving, how can it be easy to be with him? When the Wei army screamed and slaughtered all over the mountains, he was still organizing people to fill in the big pit in the ground, so that the vehicles loaded with grain, grass and ordnance could pass through. Fortunately, he set up a defensive circle outside the military formation in advance, which bought him a certain amount of time, and when the Wei army attacked, he used some straw carts to form a defensive position. It was these grass carts that were ignited by the Wei army, and the ignited grass carts blocked the Wei army's attack at the same time. During this time, he had formed a circle to defend.

He waved the ring head knife and ordered the Wei army to attack again and again, but the Ji Han troops were like a hard rock in the angry tide, and they strongly blocked the Wei army's attack. Led the soldiers who roared and killed the cowering soldiers, roared and personally led the soldiers to attack in front of the team, and roared to rush left and right in the Ji Han army formation, but could not break through Ji Han's army formation. Chang Zhao was about to rush to the core of Ji Han's army, and when he turned back, no one except his own soldiers followed, and the Wei army had been blocked from afar. In this attack, the Wei army went from a surging tide to undulating waves, finally to a rippling lake, and finally to a pond.

Raise the sky and scream. If he was leading his troops in the north, how could this happen? In desperation, he had no choice but to return again, breaking through Ji Han's army one by one, regrouping his own troops, and forming the most ordinary cone formation into Ji Han's circle formation to attack. However, in any case, it is only a dream to quickly resolve the battle.

At this time, Zhang Bao had already come back.

The rested Ji Han army had a fierce tiger in the lower mountains, swooping towards Cao Wei's army formation, and He Jiuqu also immediately attacked, and the inside and outside should be combined and strangled with Cao Wei's army.

Zhang Bao was like a quick knife, rushing straight to the banner of the move. Wherever the spear is waved, no one can stop it.

Zhang Bao shouted: "Pull the move, pull the move, you have a thousand clever plans, and the master can still catch you!" ”

Jiang Wei pulled the reins, and the Liangzhou BMW raised its front hooves and let out a long hiss. With a wave of his hand, the rear army stopped, and the billowing dust and sand surged like a giant dragon.

Jiang Wei looked at Anyi City in front of him, the city gate that was still open, and the suspension bridge that was still placed, was it too late to close the city gate and lift the suspension bridge or was there another ambush? He looked up at the big banner on the head of the city again, and looked at the general under it.

Up and down the city, there was silence for a while, the golden drum was not heard, and the swords and guns were silent. Everyone's eyes converged on Jiang Wei alone.

Jiang Wei slowly pushed the horse forward, with a smile on his face and a peaceful expression. He slowly came to the edge of the moat.

Chengtou Tian Yu was furious: "That Han general, do you dare to underestimate that Ben Tai can't keep it?" ”

Jiang Wei looked up to the sky and laughed: "Tian Taishou, I naturally don't dare to underestimate it, but unfortunately, you are not!" ”

Tian Yu shouted angrily: "Nonsense! Ben Taishou is here personally, who dares to say that I am not! ”

Jiang Wei sneered: "Because the real Tian Taishou has been captured and killed by our army!" Come and take Tian Taishou's head. ”

Before the words fell, Jiang Wei rushed forward with several personal soldiers behind him, the first one held a brocade box, the lid of the box was opened, and inside was a human head with angry eyes, the second person held a suit of armor, which was stained with blood, and the third person held a spear, which was Tian Yu's usual weapon, but the fourth person pulled a white horse - naturally, everything was imitated by Jiang Wei after he personally met Tian Yu and returned to the camp. But this is enough to chill the fake field Yu at the head of the city.

Sure enough, there was a big chaos in the city, and the "Tian Yu" body shook and almost fell.

Jiang Wei shouted: "Tian Taishou is indeed a warrior, I, Jiang Wei, fought with him for dozens of rounds before picking him off the horse." I revere him as a warrior, so I return his body and relics. If you dare to pretend to be Tian Taishou, you are naturally his subordinate. There are no weak soldiers under the strong general, you come to retrieve his relics, we will not be too late to fight! ”

There was a commotion in the city.

"Jiang Wei!" "Jiang Wei who swept through the Xiqiang Kingdom?" "He is the disciple of Ji Han Zhuge Liang and Zhao Zilong, Jiang Boyo, known as the young tiger!"

"Tian Yu" couldn't care about the sergeant's noise anymore. When his identity was revealed, when he saw the relics of Tian Taishou under the castle, he was about to faint. No wonder Ji Han's army can drive Anyi under the city for a long time, no wonder the enemy general on the opposite side can see through at a glance that he is not Tian Yu, it turns out that he is Jiang Wei, it turns out that he has met Taishou first...... It's a pity that the clever plan left by Taishou was useless at all.

However, he can be defeated, but he can't be despised by Jiang Wei. He was at the head of the city, slowly straightened his clothes, walked down the city with his own soldiers, and came out of the city gate to Jiang Wei.

Jiang Weidao: "What is your real name?" ”

"Hedong Du Zhi!"

Jiang Wei nodded: "Good man!" At the moment, he slowly let go and let him come to the brocade box of Tian Yu's head.

Du Zhi bent his left knee and half-knelt: "Taishou, junior brother will take you back." Suddenly startled, he knocked the wooden box to the ground, and the head fell to the ground, making a unique thump of willow wood, "This is not!" …… You lied to me! Du Zhi's eyes were red, his breath was short, and he was about to fight Jiang Wei.

Jiang Wei smiled calmly: "This is naturally not Tian Taishou, Tian Taishou is still in Fenglingdu." However, you are not as good as others, what else can you say, are you only allowed to lie to me, and I am not allowed to lie to you? Someone came, and took down this righteous man. ”

In an instant, several pro-soldiers rushed up and captured Du Zhi.

Ji Han's army and horses came out together, and in the blink of an eye, they had controlled the city gate and drawbridge, and Du Zhi's soldiers and horses were all surrounded. Du Zhi scolded. Jiang Wei's face was cold: "If you scold me again, I will kill one of your men, and if you kill all of them, I will kill the people!" ”

Du Zhi's face was as red as blood, and he was speechless.

Jiang Wei said in his heart, this hand was still used by His Majesty against Su Ze back then, and it was so good for these people who profess to love the people. laughed three times at the moment, led the army into the city, and took Anyi without bloodshed. Immediately afterwards, he controlled the treasury and eliminated the resistance on the one hand, and contacted several gate lords such as the Wei clan in the city to appease the people, but he did not change his banner, only laid a trap and waited for Tian Yu to return.

When Tian Yu returned, it was already dusk, he hurried back, did not doubt him, and shouted under the city: "Du Zhi opens the city." "Du Zhi is a famous man in Hedong, who has been conquered by Cao Pi into Shangshutai, and has not yet set off.

Du Zhi was captured, so he couldn't respond to him. There were already clever people in the city who agreed to come to the city according to Jiang Wei's instructions.

Tian Yu led the army into the city, and at the city gate, he suddenly saw a person in the shadow who was very familiar, and he was stunned for a moment, and shouted: "There are spies, retreat quickly!" The man chuckled, his body was like lightning, grabbed Tian Yu's wrists, and dragged him off the horse with a shake.

The lights at the city gate suddenly brightened, and countless crossbow arrows flew like locusts, and the Wei army was unprepared, screaming again and again, and was killed so that ghosts cried wolf howls, and they were defeated and lost.

When Tian Yu was sent to the Shuaifu, he couldn't help but sigh when he saw Du Zhi who was bound. He turned to Jiang Wei: "I didn't expect you to really have to lead the troops." If you know me, you can easily see through Brother Du Xian's impersonation. It's also my carelessness, thinking of the feelings of the old people, and letting you go. Now that I'm a prisoner, can you tell me your real name? ”

Jiang Wei dressed and saluted: "Ji Han Jiang Wei, see Tian Taishou." ”

"Sure enough, it's you. It is said that Jiang Boyo is bold, and it is indeed true. I once spared your life, now I don't ask you to let me go, Brother Du Xian is doing me a favor in this city, if you let him go, I am grateful. ”

Jiang Wei shook his head: "If the adult spares my life, I naturally want to return the adult's life." My Majesty has already sent someone to pick up the adult's family, and soon the adult will see that dozens of lives have escaped the clutches of Cao Wei, so why should the adult care? As for Mr. Du, Mr. Du is from Hedong, quite talented, and now Hedong is owned by Ji Han, and Mr. has his own high talents, if he leaves easily, he will be harmed by the chaos army, or captured by the Cao family, it is a pity. ”

Jiang Wei said his crooked reasoning righteously and strictly, and Tian Yu was just annoyed.

Jiang Wei smiled: "Come on, please go down and rest." It won't be long before Your Majesty will personally summon them, and if you are hungry and thin, I will not spare you. ”

He said to Tian Yu again: "My lord is in Anyi, don't worry about anything." The world is still the world of the Han Dynasty, and Cao Wei's traitors can't hurt your family and friends. It won't be long before a few adults will come to accompany the adults, and the adults won't be lonely when they arrive. ”

When Zhang Bao broke the leg of the horse with a gun, and captured the move alive, the first phase of the Battle of Hedong was over.

After I received the report, I immediately ordered additional troops to Hedong, and at the same time commended Jiang Wei and Ma Bao. However, Li Yan had other complaints about Zhang Bao, he believed that although Zhang Bao won in this battle, but his command was unfavorable, and he was tricked, and the battle loss rate reached an astonishing one to three with the second-line troops of Ji Han's elite soldiers against Cao Wei's failed army, that is, it was necessary to exchange the lives of one Ji Han soldier for three Cao Wei soldiers, which should really be punished. Of course, it is unrealistic for everyone to be as bloodless as Jiang Wei, and it is also unrealistic to control the casualty rate below 100 people, but Li Yan believes that on the Hedong battlefield, we are strong and weak, we are outnumbered, I am prepared for the enemy, the command of our whole army is out of order, and I am the Chinese army and the enemy is the foreign army.

I don't know if Cao Pi will be so angry that he will cry when he hears Li Yan's words, but I laughed, and I waved my hand generously: "He won, why be so harsh?" ”

Li Yan said dissatisfiedly: "If the prime minister is here, you must refute Your Majesty's words." Every soldier in Ji Han is a valuable property. If a general could not save their lives, it would be a crime to attack a position and take it with 300 lives, but 500 men were used. Although Zhang Bud has made meritorious achievements, he will be rewarded if he has merit, and he will be punished if he has done so, and his merits cannot be offset, otherwise how can he serve the public? ”

What Li Yan said is not unreasonable, but what he is unpopular with is that no matter when, no matter what the occasion, regardless of the severity, he only follows his ideas and demands others with the highest standards. I am very strange that when he was too guarded, he could actually make one side safe, it seems that it is indeed a talent of a county, not necessarily applicable to the land of a state, if he is in power, I am afraid that the world will be chaotic, because everyone in the world cannot be a saint who does not make mistakes. However, it is still very suitable for him to be this imperial historian, his lack of face makes everyone in the court and China not afraid of him, his ability is not enough and it is understandable, and he will definitely be scolded by him if he does not have energy. If there is no such person in the DPRK, in fact, it is not possible, otherwise I will always be asked to be a wicked person everywhere, and I will not be turned against me by the minister? Therefore, I still tolerate Li Yan.

"Well, I understand what the doctor means. However, it is forgivable that the big victory is too small. Reward Mingfa, and the criticism of Zhaoshu was sent to Zhang Bao by me alone. ”

Immediately afterwards, I asked the third uncle to lead the army to Hedong in person, sit in Anyi, and use his prestige to suppress the dissidents, and order Jiang Weidong to snatch Tianjing Pass, coerce Mengjin and Xiaopingjin Pass, and prevent Cao Wei's people from advancing westward; ordered Zhang Bao to go north to attack Xiangling and Yong'an, defend the line of Huoshan Mountain, block the galloping road, and prevent the troops from moving south; Ling Guan Xing, Pang Hui and Feng Xi, the governor of the navy, rushed to Fenglingdu, defeated Xie Qianjun, and went east to meet Jiang Wei and threaten the Henan region.

In May, I set out for An-eup. Although the third uncle persuaded Tian Yu and others to surrender and appease, Tian Yu and the others still refused to surrender. I can't do anything to them like I did to Sima Zhao, lock them up and clean them up slowly. In fact, I hope that each of these people will submit to us, and the bigger my territory and more people, the need for talents is more urgent. Although Ji Han's new generation has also grown up, talents like Tian Yu are not afraid of many no matter how many there are. In my mind, if I can't get Liang Xi over, which is a great possibility, Liang Xi has been loyal since he followed Cao Cao, and I can't think of any reason why this old man should be submissive to me. Although I have the banner of Ji Han and the Han family, this may have worked twenty years ago, but now Cao Cao has changed the color of the world, and even my brother of the same sect, Emperor Xian, has been dead for more than five years, how many of Cao Wei's current courtiers will miss the Great Han? Moreover, with the "painstaking management" of Huan and Emperor Lingshu, how many people will have admiration for the Han Dynasty? There are such people, but Liang Xi is definitely not - I will let Tian Yu serve as the assassin of Bingzhou to deal with the Xianbei people, and the others can also serve the country on the battlefield in northern Xinjiang, they don't have to worry that I will let them fight with Cao Wei, and they don't have to worry about not being able to face their former comrades. I think this will discourage them.

Liao Li's hand drew on the map: "Hedong County, high in the northeast and low in the southwest. It has Huoshan Mountain in the northwest, Zhongtiao Mountain in the southeast and south, Huoshan Mountain in the northeast, and Jiwang Mountain between Linfen Basin and Shushui Basin. The Yellow River flows from north to south from its west side to Ruicheng Fenglingdu, and then flows down from west to east; The Fen River traverses the Linfen Basin, from the north through Hongdong, Linfen, Xiangfen, to Houma, and then turns to the west, and flows into the Yellow River through Jishan and Hejin; The water originates from the Zhongtiao Mountain on the eastern edge of the Lianshui Basin, passes through Wenxi, Xiaxian, Anyi, and Linyi, and flows into the Yellow River at Yongji. Now in the whole Hedong, most of the cities have come into my hands, the three generals sit firmly in Anyi, Jiang Wei broke through the Tianjing Pass, cut off the connection between Bingzhou and Sizhou, Henan, Hanoi, Shangdang three counties three times a day, people panic; Liang Xi gave up the interests of Yunzhong and Dingxiang, returned to Taiyuan County, garrisoned Longshan, and Budugen returned to Taiyuan with him. Yunzhong and Dingxiang were divided by the Xiongnu and Kebineng respectively. General Wei Yan and Li Yu stationed Manbai in Wuyuan County together, looking at the Xiongnu in the south and Xianbei in the north. It's a pity, our Ji Han soldiers are still few, if there are another 20,000 or 30,000 people in the northern Xinjiang, it may be decided to be a little bit of a drum. ”

My luan frame was very wide and large, pulled by eight horses, and Liao Li and I sat in it, and there were four little eunuchs in the four corners, which did not look crowded at all. The map was placed on the table, and Liao Li's excitement was palpable.

"It's not very likely, Kebi Neng alone has 100,000 warriors under his command, and now Ji Han's people in Yongzhou are not enough for this number, not to mention that Kebi Neng has swallowed up a large number of people and horses in Budugen, and it is unlikely that he wants to destroy them in one fell swoop. Our dispatch this time was to a large extent to take advantage of the old feud between the Xiongnu, Xianbei and Liang Xi, and we must not become arrogant for a moment of victory, otherwise we are afraid that defeat will not be far away. My tone was flat, not so much for Liao Li, but for myself, "Actually, the time for this big war today is still a little earlier, and I began to want to control the scale of the war, and now there is an uncontrollable situation." The land of the three counties we obtained, Shuofang and Wuyuan are all bitter cold lands, and there is no income for a while, but fortunately, Hedong County can make up for it, otherwise the prime minister will come back and ask me where has the money I earned in the past few years? I don't even know how to answer. ”

Liao Li smiled: "The prime minister knows that His Majesty has taken Hedong, and it is too late to be happy, where will he blame Your Majesty." Not to mention, just as soon as the pool is solved, it is more than enough to pay for this troop dispatch. He suddenly closed his eyes, opened his arms, and whispered, "The Beauty of Harmony, the Salt of Great Xia!" The beauty of harmony, the salt of the Great Summer! ”

I wondered, "What are you talking about?" ”

Liao Li said: "Your Majesty, these are the words that Qin Mugong shouted when he saw Xie Chi back then. This solution is the foundation of hegemony and an inexhaustible treasure. This pool is seventy miles from east to west, seventeen miles from north to south, the purple light is shining, clear and quiet, Yingying is a handful, the pool does not flow. The water comes out of the stone salt, formed naturally, taken day and night, and there is no loss in the end. Those who get the solution to the pool can win the world. ”

I laughed out loud: "Lord Liao, I will borrow your auspicious words." However, I do often think of this solution, and I think of the two people by the pool. One is Bole who can know thousands of miles, if I have a pair of eyes like him, I know all the talents in the world, why worry about Ji Han is not happy; The other is the late Hanshou Pavilion Marquis, my second uncle, this is his hometown, I finally got Xie Liang back, but unfortunately he is gone. As I spoke, I couldn't help but feel gloomy.

Liao Lidao: "If Guan Gong knew that Ji Han was strong today, he would definitely sigh and be gratified." ”

I calmed down and asked Liao Li, "By the way, how is Tian Yu's family?" ”

"Your Majesty rest assured, the minister sent the most capable men and horses to move it, at this time they have passed the party and entered the Jihan jurisdiction, and when we arrive in Anyi, I think they will also arrive."

"Well, I'm relieved. However, after taking Hedong, there is another crisis, and we need to be careful. ”

"Your Majesty is ......"

"That's right, although I don't want to face it, I can't avoid it, Hanoi Sima! We're finally going to stand in front of them. ”

I stood up and asked the eunuch to open the curtain of the car window, and a gust of south wind blew, salty, warm, and gradually, my mood improved again, and I whispered: "The south wind can relieve the sorrow of our people; When the south wind blows, it can help the wealth of our people. (The warmth of the south wind can keep my people from worrying, and the south wind will come on time, and it can give wealth to my people.) This is the song sung by the legendary Da Shun, this is the oldest song about the salt pond, and on the bank of the Xie Pond, singing the song of this ancient sage, I feel the joy and relief that arises in my heart. Look at the warm south wind, blowing the almost viscous pool water of the pond, the pool water is steaming, so that the salt keeps crystallizing, morning and evening, inexhaustible. This is a godsend!

On May 10, I came to Anyi, and the first thing I did when I arrived in Anyi was to meet Tian Yu in the company of my third uncle.

Although it is a summer night, there is a cool breeze that blows away the heat of the day. In the small back garden of Anyi Mansion, a few lines of table cases were lined up, and the third uncle Zhang Fei personally led Tian Yu, Zhao Zhao, Zhao Hong, and Du Zhi to come. And Tian Yu's other deputy, Xie Yanjun, was injured by random arrows because he was stubbornly defending Fenglingdu according to Tian Yu's order, and was attacked by the angry Guan Xingpanghui, and is still recuperating in the prisoner of war camp.

Among these four people, Tian Yu's face was gloomy, as if he had been hit, he didn't say anything, he was a little angry with Zhao and Zhan Hong, obviously not convinced by the failure, but Du Zhi looked arrogant, just a scholar, what is there to be arrogant.

I personally bowed my hand in front of the table: "Uncle Tian, two generals Xie, Mr. Du." I was late, and a few of them suffered. I specially prepared a family banquet, which is regarded as an apology, today I only talk about the old feelings, not about state affairs, a few people don't mind, please. ”

Before a few people could speak, Du Zhi suddenly said sharply on the side: "West thief Liu Adou, you sent troops for no reason, invaded my Hedong, harmed my people, and dared to stand here without shame and say irresponsible things, which one has an old relationship with you?" With whom are you worthy to discuss state affairs? Kill me, lest my ears be polluted by the breath of your mouth!" ”

With a bang, the third uncle slammed his palm on the desk in front of him, and the hardwood table fell apart and fell to the ground.

Tian Yu and the father and son of the Lian family are both military generals, so they naturally understand the power of this palm, although they are strong and calm, their eyes are shocked. Du Zhi was a scholar, and he didn't know how wonderful it was, so he sneered: "Can you be mighty and bend a husband?" ”

"Heh," I looked at Du Zhi, couldn't help laughing, stopped the third uncle who was about to get angry with his eyes, and said, "So, Mr. Du is Cao Pi's loyal minister?" Uncle Tian, lead the general, sit down, don't be disturbed by us, rest assured, Liu Chan is not a monarch like Cao Pi who can't tolerate people to speak. I heard that Cao Pi wanted to recruit him into the court, but he was able to stay and help Uncle Tian defend the city, regardless of the rest, this kind of courage and heavy responsibility is still admired by Liu Chan. Based on this alone, Liu Chan didn't want to hurt him. Mr. Du, tonight, I said that it was a family banquet and did not mention state affairs, but since you mentioned it first, if I don't answer, it seems that I will not be able to get by, and it is not a way of hospitality. But there is one thing, I want to ask, you call me a thief in the west, invade your east of the river, and harm your people, so? Hedong is yours? The people belong to your family? Even if it is your family, which eye do you see us in the evil of the people? Did we slaughter the city like Cao Cao? Are we like Zhao Yan to levy conscription? Did we rob like the Huns? I am the royal family of the Han Dynasty, but Cao Pi is a thief who harms the master, I recover the territory of the Han family, is this wrong? You are loyal to Cao Wei, what benefits did Cao Wei give to Hedong? The former Taishou of Hedong even recruited women to work. ”

Du Zhi was gagged by my words. There is no other reason, Cao Wei has been in power for less than six years, although the Han family has been declining, the power has fallen, and the Cao family has already grasped the real power, but this Chinese character banner is still a symbol of orthodoxy, and it is not so easy to dig it down. No matter what Du Zhi says, he is also a person who has read books, everything I said is true, he wants to refute it, but he is afraid that it will take some effort. But I didn't give him a chance to think, and the tone changed, and said: "Mr. Du is a talented man in Hedong, Liu Chan wants to ask, are the people of Ji Han doing badly?" Liu Chan asked himself, since I was in the imperial pole, I don't love beauty, I don't be greedy for flashiness, I don't set up a banquet, I don't camp in the palace, I do exercises day and night, and I am conscientious. Not to mention, the year before last, the great flood, I took a huge risk to personally go up to the embankment to inspect, that year, Guanzhong was not affected by the flood, and Cao Wei, including Hedong and Henan, millions of people were affected. Even if you put aside the orthodoxy of the Han family, me and Cao Pi, who can benefit the people better, you can see at a glance that Mr. Du is a superior person, and he won't open his eyes and not admit it, right? ”

Du Zhi was speechless for a while, and only said strongly: "Cao's obedience to heaven's destiny is the destiny of heaven, so you do the matter of receiving Zen, your father and son are self-fleeing Bashu, and the thief Yongliang is a thief, and he can't talk about it the same day." ”

I couldn't help but laugh: "Strong words, nothing new." This kind of words deceive the people on the street, but they are afraid that it will not work, will Mr. Du take it seriously? Alas, that would have made Liu Chan's judgment of Your Excellency lower. ”

Du Zhiqiang said: "I, Cao Wei, Youtian Taishou and Captain Youjiao, are heroes who attack Xianbei in the north and protect their families and protect the country, so they are naturally ordered by heaven, and you come to attack them, you are naturally anti-thieves." I heard that you still have Xianbei people in the north who colluded to deal with Lord Liang, what are you not wicked people? ”

I put away my smile and said solemnly: "Yes, we are in the north to contact Xianbei, but who are we attacking?" We are also attacking Xianbei. We did not use Xianbei's troops to capture an inch of Han leadership, but on the contrary, we recovered Shuofang and Wuyuan Ancient Counties, which had been confiscated by your court, and destroyed Xianbei in the west. Yes, Tian Taishou and Captain are all heroes, they fight against foreign races, protect their families and country, and everyone in the world respects them. However, their battlefield was in the north, who brought them to the east of the river? How can they be easily defeated by us as heroes who have fought on the battlefield and won every battle? Let me tell you, although Ji Han's strength is strong, it is not strong to this extent, all of this is caused by Cao Pi. He didn't know heroes, he didn't distinguish between important and important, he listened to the villain's words, and transferred Tian Taishou and Captain Lu from northern Xinjiang to Hedong to fight Ji Han. With the army outside the county, resist the male soldiers of Ji Han, causing disharmony between the top and bottom, and the command is not effective, they are not gods, how can they resist? In this matter, it is Cao Pi's improper use of people, and at worst, it is he who harms the virtuous and misleads the country. However, he only valued the person who was in his own position, how could a person who harmed his father and crippled his brother value the lives of his courtiers. But if it weren't for that, how would we be able to see each other today? ”

Du Zhi stopped talking. I looked around, the third uncle sitting next to me smiled proudly, and Liao Li quietly raised his big finger at me. Seeing that I kept saying that they were heroes, the words revealed that although they lost this battle, they were not guilty of war, and their faces were much more relaxed. Tian Yu didn't speak in the end, and sighed.

After the debate, the meal was relatively peaceful, but the results were not very obvious. Despite my best attempts to persuade them to surrender, none of the four responded. Tian Yu seemed to be a little disheartened, and even when the third uncle talked about the interesting things they had when they were together, Tian Yu rarely responded. The three of them all looked at Tian Yu, but Tian Yu didn't say anything, so they didn't have anything to say.

It wasn't until after the banquet that Tian Yu's family suddenly appeared, and Tian Yu was stunned all of a sudden. I watched with satisfaction his reaction. When his little grandson called his grandfather and threw himself into his arms, Tian Yu suddenly picked up the child out of shape and cried loudly.

All of a sudden, everyone burst into tears.

I sympathize with Tian Yu and understand Tian Yu. He was a hero in his life, and when he was old, he was captured and changed his court, which naturally subverted the concept of decades. But I know that he is an emotional person, otherwise he would not have turned his back on his father to take care of his mother.

In the end, I agreed with them that Tian Yu could stay in Jihan as a guest. If Cao Wei is still there, they will not be subject to my official position, and they will not fight with Cao Wei...... Alas, they are captives, how can they ask for so much, forget it, who made me want the two of them. However, these conditions clearly allowed me to destroy Cao Wei earlier.

Unlike Tian Yu and the Lian family, Du Zhi, who had been arguing with me at first, unexpectedly agreed to help me deal with Hedong affairs and agreed to be recruited as Shang Shulang. Literati...... Leave me speechless.

But it can't be said that he has no character, after all, he dares to rebuke me in front of me, and there are not many people in the world who dare to do this. In my opinion, it's not that he has other intentions, on the one hand, because he does work hard and envisions Ji Han, on the other hand, his arrogance does not change, he still does not pretend to others, and his interpersonal relationships are not very good. However, since I was dumbfounded, he has treated me with great respect, which makes me very satisfied. Although he is sometimes a little roundabout, his talent is excellent, he writes articles with a thousand words, relies on horses, and is a good scholar. Moreover, I think, Meng Da must be very happy with his submission, and finally there is someone with whom he can sing and poetry.

On May 17, Liao Li and Du Zhi accompanied me to Wenxi.

Du Zhi said: "Your Majesty also knows the name of Wuqiu Jian?" Yes, Wu Qiu Jian is my fellow countryman and a close friend. We have been studying together since childhood, and we know that he has great talents. However, His Majesty went to see him in person, and he was really touched and didn't know what to say, and he would definitely be moved if he thought about it, and he would repay him with death. ”

Wu Qiu is frugal, the word is Zhonggong, and Hedong is pleasing to the people. His father was Wu Qiu Xing, who served as the Taishou of Wuwei and the Marquis of Gaoyang. After his father's death, Wu Qiu Jian was at home, and I happened to meet him. I am also full of curiosity about this generation of cattle who served as the Assassin of Jingzhou, the Assassin of Youzhou, and the General of Duliao in the future, holding the festival, protecting Karasuma, crusading against Gongsun Yuan, defeating Goguryeo, repelling Zhuge Ke, and rebelling against Sima Zhao. And I am deeply glad for the capture of Hedong this time, if I attack half a year late, no, even if I attack a month or two late, Du Zhi and Wuqiu Jian will go to Yecheng.

Wu Qiu Jian is still young at the moment, but he is only twenty-seven or eighteen years old. The idea of serving the country has not yet been fully formed in his heart, and when Du Zhi introduced me to him, he naturally saluted me and promised to join Ji Han.

I nodded: "Those who know the times are Junjie, and Zhong Gong (Wu Qiu Jian's character) joins Ji Han and has a bright future." ”

Well, it's good to find a way to win over young people, they are not well-informed, easy to be seduced, and when they meet the master, they will want to repay the kindness of their encounters, which can be exchanged for their lifelong loyalty; Second, they have flesh and blood, they don't have so many scruples, and there is a lot of room for development, and Ji Han's future depends on them.

For a month in May, the war did not continue, because the wheat harvest was busy everywhere. The third uncle and Liao Li personally deployed the army to cooperate with the people to harvest wheat, and the soldiers were panicked, and a fire could ruin a year's hard work of the people, not to mention that it was necessary to prevent the enemy from harassing and mowing on a small scale, and I heard that Cao Wei sent people and horses to incite the people to resist taxes, and no one would hand over the wheat and hide it secretly. Why didn't Cao Wei say that the people could resist taxes when he ruled himself? I made an order in a fit of rage: "This year, Hedong has exempted the summer grain tax. The people should keep their own food and not be robbed by people with ulterior motives. "This is very popular. When the people learned that all the harvest was their own, they became enthusiastic. Cao Wei, who was originally instigated in the meantime, became a superfluous person, staring at him with big eyes, and he didn't know what to do for a while. The people got the benefits of Ji Han, and under the lure of Liao Li's heavy money, they reported Cao Wei's meticulous work one after another, and for a while, Cao Wei's network in Hedong was destroyed.

At the same time, Jiang Wei once reported to me that he could send troops to Hanoi and Shangdang to repel the enemy army and rob Hanoi and Shangdang of wheat. Although Sun Tzu said in the Art of War that if you eat one stone of the enemy, you can save yourself ten stones, but Hanoi County was initially decided, and our troops were more than enough to defend and not enough to attack the enemy, so it was really not appropriate to expand the scope of the battlefield.

The Battle of Jingzhou began in March. Eastern Wu sent Zhuge Jin to the north to attack Xiangyang, and Zhuge Qiao attacked on my orders to respond. His first cooperation with his father on the battlefield showed a great tacit understanding. The two are offensive and defensive, and they fight vigorously and impressively. Xu Huang, the old general of Xiangyang, fought steadily, step by step, although he was on the defensive, he did not give Zhu Qiaojin and his son a chance. The battle was at a stalemate.

In April, the general of Dongwu Zhenxi, Lou Hou Lu Xun led the army to attack and attack Fancheng in conjunction with the Battle of Xiangyang. As soon as Lu Xun made a move, he showed his superb art of warfare. He first pretended to wander and paralyze Cao's army, and then took advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness to suddenly attack and break through Cao's army's riverside camp. Then push forward with all your might, and its momentum is like a broken bamboo, connecting more than ten cities, and reaching the bottom of Fancheng. Cao Wei, the general of the Chinese army, Cao Zhen saw that Jingzhou was in danger, and personally led the army to greet him, and the two fought fiercely in Fancheng. In the end, he admitted that he was not the opponent of this Eastern Wu general, so he had to defend the city without fighting. For a time, the situation in Cao Wei and Jingzhou was in danger.

Regarding Lu Xun, it seems that many people always think that Lu Xun is a young and proud scholar, but in fact, he is only two years younger than Mr. and one year younger than Sun Quan, and he is forty-three years old this year. In history, he beat his father Chinese New Year's Eve nine years old, which is definitely not young. But he is low-key, unwilling to show off, countless enemies or friends, always calling himself a junior, which is probably one of the reasons why people think he is young.

However, because I am here, there is no situation in this world where my father attacked Dongwu, and there is no situation where Lu Xun saved Dongwu from danger, so Lu Xun is much worse than him in history at this time, and he has not yet made a word in Dongwu and has the ability and strength to control half of the sky. Although he also consulted with Ji Shanyue, broke Danyang Feizhan, offered a plan to serve the proud soldiers, led the army to secretly cross Jingzhou, defeated Zhan Yan and Qu Chenfeng, broke Fangling Deng Fu and Nanxiang Guo Mu, lured Wenbu, and made countless military exploits, and had to move to Zhenxi General and seal Lou Hou, but he was only one of the first-class generals in Eastern Wu, far from the point where he was under one person and above ten thousand people. And I always feel that Sun Quan seems to be suppressing him, and rarely gives him the power to lead the army alone, perhaps because he is Sun Ce's son-in-law. In contrast, Zhuge Jin is the general of Suinan, the marquis of Xuancheng, and should be on the same level as Lu Xun, but Zhuge Jin leads the southern county to guard and is in charge of Jingzhou's military affairs, but he is above Lu Xun.

However, it is always difficult to block the light of talent. In this battle of Fancheng, Lu Xun defeated Cao Zhen's 50,000 army with 30,000 horses and misery, and sat in the city. Sun Xun besieged the city and attacked, what cloud ladders, rushing cars, crypts, fire attacks, and deceitful cities...... All kinds of siege techniques emerge in endlessly, thanks to Cao Zhen, who is also a generation of famous generals, relying on a large number of people and enough food, he can't defend it, and barely maintain it. Lu Xun had spare strength, divided his troops under Cao Zhen's nose, attacked the city everywhere, and the entire Jingzhou except Xiangyang and Fancheng all fell into the hands of Eastern Wu.

At this time, Soochow underwent a change. Prime Minister Sun Shao, a native of Beihai, died. Soochow mourned throughout the country. In Soochow, in fact, the most qualified person to be the prime minister, everyone knows that it should be Zhang Zhao - whether it is qualifications or ability, there are few people in Soochow who are better than him. When Sun Ce was dying, he once said to Sun Quan that he would ask Zhang Zhao if he was undecided on internal affairs, and Zhou Yu if he was undecided on foreign affairs. But although Sun Quan also respected Zhang Zhao, he refused to take him as his face. After he was named the queen of Wu, Dongwu was the prime minister, and all the ministers elected Zhang Zhao, Sun Quan said: "Now there are so many things, Zhang Zibu is old, when the prime minister is tired of him, how can he bear it?" That's not a good sign for him. So he set up Sun Shao. Sun Shao died, and then discussed the prime minister, and the hundred officials recommended Zhang Zhao again, Sun Quan said: "The prime minister's official affairs are too much, too miscellaneous and too troubled, and Zhang Gong's temperament is upright, and whoever doesn't listen to him, he will be angry." After a long time, he will be blamed by others, which is not a good thing for him. "At present, Tai often Gu Yong is the prime minister and a scholar. Of course, I still understand a little bit what Sun Quan thinks in the end. To tell the truth, don't say that Sun Quan is over forty years old now, it is the time when the desire for power is strong, and I don't want to put the emperor on my head and make trouble for myself, that is, I don't seem to be an adult according to the rules of the Han Dynasty, if someone points fingers at me, I'm afraid I won't be happy.

Gu Yong, the new prime minister of Eastern Wu, was usually taciturn and had a steady demeanor, and after being appointed as prime minister, he chose civil and military generals, all of whom were appointed according to their talents, without mixing their own likes and dislikes. He often goes to the people privately to investigate political gains and losses, and whenever there is a good suggestion, he reports it secretly, and if it is adopted, he attributes the credit to the Lord; If it is not adopted, it will never be leaked; Sun Quan values him very much for this. However, when he expressed his opinions in the imperial court, although his words were gentle, he was able to stick to the correct opinions to the end; We will never comment on political gains and losses unless we have seen them with our own eyes. Sun Quan had something to do, and often ordered Zhong Shulang to go to Gu Yong for consultation and visit. If Gu Yong agreed, he felt that this matter could be carried out, so he repeatedly discussed and studied with Zhong Shulang, and prepared wine and dinner for him; If he didn't agree, Gu Yong's expression was serious, silent, and he didn't prepare anything. Zhong Shulang went back to report the situation to Sun Quan, and Sun Quan said: "Gu Gong is happy, indicating that this matter should be done; He did not express his opinion, indicating that the solution was not yet safe and that he should think about it repeatedly. ”

For a long time, the generals stationed on the banks of the Yangtze River all wanted to make meritorious contributions and serve the country, and many people wrote that the timing was favorable and that they should send troops to attack the Wei army. Sun Quan inquired about Gu Yong about this matter, and Gu Yong said: "I heard that greed for small profits is forbidden by soldiers, and their articles are to invite fame for themselves, not for the sake of the country. Your Majesty should put a stop to it, and if you can't exalt my might and inflict heavy damage on the enemy, you should not listen. "In this case, different voices began to emerge from the Northern Expedition. Sun Quan began to control the scale of battles at the front.

What should I say, these Dongwu people, the defense is better than the other, and when it comes to attacking, one is less courageous than the other. If Sun Ce, the little overlord, was here, how could he be so conservative.

In July, Cao Xiu led an army to rescue Cao Zhen. Lu Xun learned that before Cao Xiu arrived, the virtual battlefield, as if tearing and killing, fraudulently sent a letter from Cao Wei into the city, saying that reinforcements had arrived, and asked Cao Zhen to respond. Cao Zhen was overjoyed, led the army to meet him, was ambushed by Lu Xun, and Cao Allah was defeated, almost repulsing Cao Xiu's men. However, this is also the most glorious battle of Eastern Wu, after this battle, the number of Cao's army in Jingzhou has an absolute advantage, Lu Xun took the first step to retreat to Jiangnan with all kinds of looted property, and then Zhuge Jin and Zhuge Qiao also slowly retreated. The battle of Jingzhou, which lasted for half a year, ended, Cao Wei kept the land, and the Eastern Wu got the benefits, and with this battle, the offensive and defensive momentum between Cao Wei and the Eastern Wu began to reverse. Although due to Gu Yong, Sun Quan rarely carried out such a large-scale Northern Expedition, but the harassment and attack from time to time every year were still indispensable. With Lu Xun's outstanding performance in defeating Cao Zhen with less in this battle, he was finally granted the right to lead the army alone.

Also in July, Cao Wei Licheng County military camp mutinied, soldiers Cai Fang and others rebelled, killed Taishou Xu Zhen, elected the county Tang Zhi as Taishou, and Cao Wei sent Tun Cavalry Captain Ren Fu and others to conquest. Tang was defeated and fled from Haidao to Wu, where Sun Quan made him a general.

This year is really not a good year for Cao Pi. In addition to the military disadvantage, he was also miserable here, in July, Cao Pi appointed his youngest son Cao Jian as the king of Dongwuyang, and in November, his youngest son died. Alas, speaking of bad luck, this Brother Cao's bad luck in the past two years is really incomparable.

In August, Liang Xi became seriously ill again. Liang Xi is old, there are too many things today, and as a result, he is tired again, and the pressure on the north is reduced with his serious illness. Under these circumstances, Cao Pi finally made up his mind and asked Sima Yi to be the governor of You, and in October, he annexed the military of the two states. The old thief confronted us directly, and I felt the pressure doubled when I boarded.

I stayed in Hedong until mid-June, and then set off for Chang'an. Before the return trip, I went to Xie Liang, the hometown of the second uncle, with my third uncle and Guan Xing. In Xie Liang, the second uncle has no relatives. We funded the renovation of the Guan family's old residence and ancestral hall.

When I returned to Chang'an, I brought back Tian Yu, Wu Qiu Jian, and Zhao Zhao father and son. As a young man, he can't be as indifferent as his father, I found this sign and told him about the Ji Han Military Academy, and he immediately proposed to join the military academy. I naturally agreed, as long as I entered the military academy, I was not afraid that he would not be able to refine my Ji Han's medicine.

I sent Wu Qiujian to Tongguan as Pang De's deputy, participated in the attack on Tongguan, and strengthened the pressure on Guo Huai, so that he did not dare to go north easily.

In the north, I asked Wei Yan and Li Yu to give Kebineng some benefits appropriately, give him some territory, concentrate the troops, retreat to Wuyuan, strengthen the defense, and avoid being attacked by Cao Wei.

In Hedong, I asked the third uncle to strengthen the governance of the local area with Jiang Wei, Feng Xi, Zhang Bao, Guan Xing, Pang Hui, and He Jiuqu, prepare troops and horses, and deal with them carefully.

I returned to Chang'an, went to Guanfu in person, met Mrs. Xu and Xiao Guansuo, and gave them the souvenirs I brought from Xie Liang. Although neither of these two people has ever been to Xie Liang, it is where the second uncle grew up since he was a child, and his emotions are naturally different. Just as I have never been to Zhuo County, I have always remembered the thousands of miles of plains and the big mulberry tree there.

Guan Suo has grown up very quickly in the past two years, and he has caught up with me. After careful treatment in Ji Han, most of the original illness was cured, but because of his illness, Mrs. Xu also loved him very much, and agreed to let him go to military school, but she didn't want him to go to the front line. Mrs. Xu thinks that the Guan family is related to Ping, Guan Feng, and Guan Xing, and they are all fighting for the country, so forget about this little son. I naturally agree. This made Guan Suo very annoyed, he chased after me and kept saying: "Your Majesty, my skills are better than my brothers, just let me go into battle, it's a big deal to change my sister back, she can go into battle with a girl, why can't I?" ”

I laughed and said, "Say that to your sister." See if she agrees or not? ”

Hearing that I asked him to go to his sister to change, Guan Suo pouted.

Guan Feng and Xu Ling'er are now the most famous figures in Ji Han. You must know that the third uncle Zhang Fei took the young tiger Jiang Wei and a large group of tiger-like generals, so he barely took down a Hedong County, and Wei Yan also joined forces with Li Yu to occupy Wuyuan County, but Shuofang County except Shuofang City, basically all these two girls fought with their bare hands, and did not use Ji Han's soldiers, this is not counting, they actually eliminated the Xianbei part of the west, and killed the Xianbei handsome Zhimujian, which really made great contributions.

Not to mention others, even Xingcai said to me with envy: "Your Majesty, the concubines want to go to Northern Xinjiang." "And Sun Shangxiang seems to have seen the shadow of her own youth from Guan Feng and Xu Ling'er, and personally summoned me to reward them. Guan Feng's first time in battle, with this result, it is indeed extraordinary, of course, Xu Ling'er's role is actually greater, if it weren't for her strategizing, Guan Feng's little fool would have let that Zhimujian take someone to make dumplings, how could she still have the majesty on the field. Speaking of which, Xu Linger has more ideas than Guan Feng, at least she knows what she wants, and then works hard to get it. A little woman traveled thousands of miles west, put on makeup and joined the army, and fought Hanhai with her sweetheart, which is simply not something that ordinary people can imagine. I promised Sun Shangxiang that I would first give them 50 pearls and 100 colored satin horses in the name of the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces, and then seal Guan Fengxing Shuofang County as the county guard, and Xu Ling'er as the county lord, and Xingwuyuan County as the county guard, in charge of civil affairs. At present, Wei Yan is the general of Duliao, in charge of the four northern counties and the Xiongnu affairs, and Li Yu is the general of the Huns, both of them are in Wuyuan County, which is the front line and mainly military, so for the time being, Guan Feng and Xu Ling'er are in charge of Shuofang County to increase the experience of the people.

Guan Feng and Xu Ling'er are both girls, and the rewards they received are probably unprecedented since ancient times. However, the two of them do have outstanding talents.

I said goodbye to Mrs. Xu, and until I left the Guan Mansion, Guan Suo was still muttering in a low voice: "Your Majesty is biased. Where am I still young, Sun Huan of Eastern Wu joined the army at the age of thirteen, Cao Xiu crossed the river with his mother at the age of fourteen to join Cao Cao, and Jiang Wei also led the army at the age of fourteen. I didn't laugh and answer. His spirit is precious, and the descendants of military generals naturally hope to go into battle to kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds, which shows that the education of military schools is successful. However, the second uncle, the youngest son, stayed at home to wait for his mother, and Mrs. Xu's request was not excessive.

Received a letter from my husband. He was pleased with the progress of Hedong, but asked me to be careful about Sima Yi, who now bordered his jurisdiction. I naturally nodded, for Sima Yi, I didn't dare to be careless. I wrote back to him, asking about the situation in Yizhou, and hoped that he would settle down in Yizhou and come back as soon as possible. It has been a year since Meng was surrendered and Gao Ma was executed. Under the governance of Mr. Yizhou, it has long exceeded the same period in history. Before his Northern Expedition, Mr. Yizhou experienced his father's defeat, Cao Wei's five-way siege, and the rebellion of the entire barbarian clan in Nanzhong. Today, Yizhou has basically not experienced any major turmoil, and Meng Huo's rebellion only involved two counties, and it was quickly extinguished. At present, the Western Silk Road has been opened, Mr. has opened up the trade route from Yizhou County to Tianzhu in the south, the country of abundance has been full of vitality, the contradiction between the barbarians and the Han has been fully resolved, the silk weaving industry represented by Shu brocade has been vigorously developed, Dujiangyan has been further renovated, and the new planting technology has been promoted under the guidance of Mr., and the people have benefited a lot. At present, there are four people in the state, Ma Liang, Meng Shu, Wu Tugu, and Li Hui who are jointly responsible for military and political affairs, and there should be no big problem, not to mention that there are also Xiang Chong, Chen Dao, Wang Jun, Li Feng, Zhao Tong, Fu Tong and other generals to guard. At this time, Dongwu is working with us to deal with Cao Wei together, and I think Mr. can come back with confidence.

On the one hand, I asked Mr. for his return, and on the other hand, I also actively inquired about the news of Cao Wei, and at the same time made great efforts to lure Sima Zhao down, intending to use his strength to deal with him Lao Tzu. How do you know that this kid still refuses to surrender. I thought about it and thought of a way, what method did Cao Cao use to get Xu Shu away back then, I can always follow the cat and draw the tiger. This matter was handed over to Liao Li. It only took Liao Li three days to successfully obtain Sima Zhao's handwriting, and then wrote a letter to Sima Yi based on his handwriting, saying that Sima Zhao had abandoned the darkness and surrendered to Ji Han, and Ji Han was very good to him. If Sima Yiken surrenders, I will make him king, divide the territory, and hand over the three prefectures of You, He, and Hebei to him, along with the entire desert.

The conditions are naturally favorable, but Sima Yi will definitely not fall for this, he will see the flaw and find that it is not his son's handwriting. But I don't need to show him, just pretend to be accidentally discovered by Cao Pi. I think it's much better to use Cao Pi to deal with Sima Yi than to deal with Sima Yi personally. This strategy is simply tried, and they are all familiar with the road, and even the personnel who deliver the letter on Cao Weichi Road are ready-made.

I was relieved by another piece of news coming from the front. Although Sima Yi was in charge of the military affairs of Youzhou and the two states, out of respect for Liang Xi, he only visited Liang Xi and returned to Youzhou, and did not really take over. So at present, the state is still the original team of Liang Xi. I couldn't help but be annoyed, did I have Sima phobia, I was actually afraid that he would be like this, Sima Yi hadn't come yet, so I gave up countless opportunities and benefits in vain, and I cheapened Kebi Neng and Liu Bao in vain.