Chapter 60 Zhuge Kunzhong

Zhuge Ke was a key figure in the military and political arena of the middle and late Sun and Wu periods, as Lu Xun was promoted to a general after his death, commanding the power of the Eastern Wu soldiers and horses, his success or disgrace is not only related to the rise and fall of his personal or family life, but also affects the rise and fall of the Sun Wu regime. There have always been quite a lot of differences in the evaluation of Zhuge Ke, and those who praise him compare him with Uncle Zhuge Liang, and those who denounce him as a chaotic minister and thief. Different from the cautious and calm of the older generation, he is rarely famous, he is very talented, he debates opportunities, and he is not right, and at the same time, he has a flamboyant personality, contempts etiquette, and does his own thing. This kind of behavior is regarded as a big problem by the Zhuge Jin brothers, but his way of doing things is deeply liked by Sun Quan. Because Sun Quan himself is a person who does not like to be bound by the law of etiquette. Sun Quan came from a humble family, and was culturally less constrained by Confucian etiquette, showing the characteristics of being free from slackness, which led to the prevailing fashion of mockery and ridicule at that time. Sun Quan has always cultivated Zhuge Ke as the main talent of the next generation, and selected him as Sun Deng's attendant. However, Sun Deng, the attendant, never regarded himself as a subordinate. Once Sun Deng was angry and said, "Zhuge Ke can eat." Sun Deng said, "Then the prince eats eggs." Sun Quan didn't understand and asked Zhuge Ke: "Why did he let you eat, but you let him eat eggs?" Zhuge Ke said: "They all came out of one place. Sun Quan laughed.

However, Zhuge Ke is by no means a person who can only show the benefits of his tongue, Kong Ming's expedition to the Southern Barbarians is known all over the world, but Zhuge Ke's expedition to Shanyue is by no means inferior to Kong Ming. During the Three Kingdoms period, a large number of descendants of the Yue people and Han fugitives lived in the hilly and mountainous areas of the south of the Yangtze River, which were collectively called "Shanyue", forming a powerful "clan". In Eastern Wu, the Shanyue people have always been a great threat, and Danyang County, in particular, is where Sun Wu Jingshi is located. It was also adjacent to the Cao Wei ruling area in the Jianghuai region, and communicated with each other, posing a serious potential threat to Sun Wu. History: Danyang "terrain is dangerous, adjacent to Wu County, Huiji, Xindu, Poyang four counties, thousands of miles around, the valley is ten thousand, its secluded people, have not tasted the city. For the chiefs, they are all soldiers, and they are all in the woods. Desperate and evil, the Xian Communist Party fled, the mountains came out of copper and iron, and they cast their own armor soldiers. Vulgar martial arts practice war, noble strength,...... Temporal gaps. Out of the robbers, every time the army is conscripted, looking for its caves. Its battle is swarming, and defeat is a bird's flight, since the previous life. Can't be restrained. ”

Danyang is a place that has been strong in folk customs since ancient times, and its soldiers and horses are called "Danyang soldiers", and its combat power is the best in the world. Sun Wu established Jiangdong and has been committed to eradicating Shanyue. Almost all the generals participated in the war against Shanyuedi, but it was not until Zhuge Ke that it was truly pacified. He presided over the task of suppressing Vietnam, learned from the successful experience of the past, and explicitly ordered military and political officials in various localities to "protect their borders and establish their troops clearly" to guard the dangers. His own army controlled the fortress at the pass, "but it was fenced and not confronted." Waiting for the grain crops to ripen and harvest first, "so the mountain people are hungry and poor, and gradually come out and surrender their heads", and for those who come out, "they should all be comforted and migrate out of other counties", which not only fundamentally eliminates the hidden dangers in the mountainous areas. Moreover, a large number of troops and laborers were added to Sun Wu. At this time, Zhuge Ke's soldiers and horses in Yizhou were the world-famous Danyang Shanyue. Its combat power is by no means below the two flying armies of "Wudang" and "Wuqian".

The people of Eastern Wu are good at water warfare, but Zhuge Ke is capable of water warfare and land warfare. At this time, he pretended to withdraw from the army. led the Han army to chase after him, constantly discarding the spoils along the way, and giving the Han army sweetness one by one. Zhang Nan was still wary, but more than ten days later, this thought was completely light, and he just ordered: "Wu Dog is running out of food and grass at this time, and wants to escape back to Eastern Wu, so we rush up and beat them into the river to feed the fish!" ”

The Han army agreed to the promise and worked hard to move forward, but the result was in Zhuge Ke's plan. Zhuge Ke set up an ambush at the mouth of the Ning River, first used a squad to tear apart the Han army, and then the brigade suddenly rushed out of the Ning River to block the return of the Han army. The Wu army had large warships and rich experience in water warfare. Although Zhang Nan is also quite proficient in the art of war, if he wants to win more with less in this situation, it is really difficult for him.

In a big battle, the Han army was defeated, and less than half of them fled. Then the Wu army returned to Kuimen. Due to the defeat of Zhangnan, the Han army had no strength to fight again, and the army alone could not hold this water city, and after ten days of fierce fighting between the two sides, the Wu army broke through Kuimen, and broke through Badong County and Fuling County along the way, and went straight to Ba County. Yizhou shook. At this time, Meng Shu personally led the Wuqian Flying Army to Ba County, and Wang Jun, who hurried back to Yizhou, also prepared the secret army that had been prepared for several years, the Lou Boat Water Army in Bazhou.

The clouds of war loomed over the land of Yizhou.

Compared with Zhuge Ke's smooth sailing, his younger brother Zhuge Qiao, whose mother and compatriots have received different education, is much more miserable. Facing Lu Xun and Lu Boyan, who were all talented, Zhuge Qiao felt that he was dancing on the tip of a knife every day. In a battle with such an opponent, even if Zhuge Qiao has the same strength, it will be extremely difficult, not to mention the difference in strength is several times.

Knowing that he would face an initial fiasco, Zhuge Qiao sent his wife to Nanzheng early, and he said to his beloved wife in the newly married place: "Your father wants to try my skills, go to Nanzheng to live for a few days first, and I will pick you up when I come back." ”

His wife, Lu Shizi, knew the danger of the front line, but as a little woman, she could never control the general situation of the country, and she couldn't understand why Wu and Han suddenly changed from being like a family to fighting each other, and she didn't understand why her father had to attack her husband. The only thing she knew was that she would spend the days and months of the earth from now on, in pain, worry, and tears.

At this time, Zhuge Qiao, the dignified Taishou sat in a dense forest at the foot of the mountain like an ordinary soldier to rest, the misty mist made everything wet, and the water droplets slowly gathered on the green leaves, bent the leaves heavily, and converged into a big drop on the tip of the leaves, and finally fell like a meteor, "popping" and smashing on the ground. Zhuge Qiao didn't notice that his whole body was soaked at this time, and he was looking at a battle map intently.

Shangyong was abandoned after defending for half a month, and in this half a month, all the people of Shangyong have been transferred to Hanzhong, leaving only a dilapidated empty city in Dongwu. However, the damage of the Han army is still not small, and the brave general Ehuan, who is known as unstoppable, was almost dumped by Lu Xun, and even Zhuge Qiao is still in the great encirclement of Eastern Wu.

The vicious battles that have not had time to rest again and again have made Zhuge Qiao, who has always paid attention to appearance, have no time to take care of himself, his little face is dark, he has not been washed for a few days, and he is full of sludge. Hair strands. His chin was covered with a weed-like beard, and his eyes were red and red like rabbits because of his restless thoughts day and night. He drew left and right on the map, and he was still muttering something.

At this time, the Wu army quietly surrounded them, and they shot down the Han sentinels with arrows. But Zhuge Qiao has always placed two whistles, one bright and one dark. The whistle fell. The sentry has issued an urgent warning. An urgent whistle echoed through the woods. Seeing that the surprise attack had turned into a strong attack, the Wu army rushed up one by one with a loud shout. The Han army met it without fear. The two sides fought fiercely.

"My lord, the Wu army has attacked. It's less than five miles away. ”

Zhuge Qiao didn't hear it, and was still painting in a hurry. The strategist next to him said: "Your Excellency has orders, the enemy army is less than 500 paces away and must not disturb him. If you go down, I will naturally inform your lordship. ”

The probe went down. At this time, shouts were like thunder in all directions, and the banner of the Wu army had been seen in the dense fog. They all shouted: "Capture Zhuge Qiao alive!" "Surrounded by. The Han army stepped forward, and the two sides fought. The shouting of killing was like a howling mountain wind, sweeping through the dense forests.

It took a long time for Zhuge Qiao to suddenly tap the map and stand up. shouted loudly: "Ehuan! ”

E Huan rushed over with Fang Tian's painting halberd in his hand like a killing god, and replied, "The end will be!" ”

Zhuge Qiao said: "You go up, block for half an hour, and then come and chase us!" ”

E Huan yelled, "Children. Follow me! Beat those Soochow bitches! ”

His own soldiers, all with red eyes, rushed forward with a shout.

Zhuge Qiao waved his arm and said something that was not graceful: "Let's continue to escape!" ”

The Ji Han soldiers surrounded Zhuge Qiao and rushed deeper into the dense forest.

"My lord, why did you let me go at this time of emergency?" Deng Zhi's son, Shangyong don't drive Deng Liang didn't expect that at such a difficult moment, Zhuge Qiao would actually send him away.

Zhuge Qiao smiled: "It's not for you to leave safely. Instead, it gives you a more difficult task. At present, the battle situation in Yizhou is unstable, and my brother is in the wilderness, but in the battle of Yizhou, with the passage of time, the victory will belong to our army, and at that time our army will attack Eastern Wu. And at this point, I'm going to cause some trouble for him in advance. The Wuxi barbarians have a deep friendship with my Ji Han. Back then, the first emperor and my father were both very kind to him. You go and contact them. He stayed with his chieftain, Shamoko, and waited for the defeat of Wu's army. My father will definitely send this amazing army, and at that time you and he will lead the army to attack it, and make a great contribution to my recapture of Jingzhou. ”

Deng Liang was stunned for a moment, he couldn't imagine that the little Taishou in front of him, who was about the same age as himself, was still thinking about how to recapture Jingzhou after successive defeats.

Zhuge Qiao continued: "I sent my local guard Heimu to accompany you, he is the brother of His Majesty's Guardian Leader Hesse, and he is quite famous in Wuxi, and he will definitely protect you. As for me, you don't have to worry. The reason why I didn't return to Hanzhong was because on the day I was here, Lu Xun couldn't send an army to attack Hanzhong for a day. At present, although our army is weak, it has the advantage of the geographical advantage, and there will be no problem at all if we go around in circles with him, carry out sneak attacks, and live in danger. ”

Deng Liang gave Zhuge Qiao a deep salute, took the letter, and left with Heimu. It was from this time that Deng Liang believed that Zhuge Qiao would definitely become a great person like the prime minister.

The future prime minister of Ji Han is not in one victory after another, but in one defeat after another. In the confrontation with Lu Xundi, his strategy became better and better, and his skills became stronger and stronger, almost comparable to Lu Xun. Although Lu Xun can defeat him, it is already difficult to make him suffer any substantial losses. And Zhuge Qiao in the most dangerous battlefield in the country, with the most powerful enemy, but can also draw out men and horses to contact the Wuling barbarians, for the future attack on Jingzhou to lay the foundation, at this time, he has fully possessed the strategic vision, in the wind and rain, he gradually matured.