When Jiang Wan sat in the carriage heading south, his expression was in a trance.

He knew that the five dukes of the Han Dynasty could open a mansion, that is, the prince Taifu, the three dukes Taiwei, Situ, Sikong, plus the general, these five people could open the mansion by default, and Cao Cao abolished the three dukes in the last year, reset the prime minister, and could also open the mansion. Other generals or official positions cannot, they need a concession, this kind of concession is extremely difficult to get, and there are not many examples of chariot generals opening a government.

He doesn't know much about the general of Beifu, but if a miscellaneous general like Beifu can open a mansion, he must be a great person, why did such a person recruit him as a flat-headed scholar with an infamous reputation? Or start directly from Dongcao Peng, instead of doing a bottom layer like Peng first.

Ah Ba, who was sitting across the car from afar, didn't think so, in Beifu, she has always specialized in cooking, and she is the head chef of Beifu, so she is naturally no better than other sleek sisters in emotional intelligence.

"Dong Yun went to Yizhou and melted away, Fei Yi was not there, melted away, the Ma clan was gone, and Ma Liang was ......"

She knew that Jiang Wan was on Cao Wu's list, and she didn't treat him as an outsider, and read one name after another seriously.

Jiang Wan slowly quieted down, especially when he heard the word Ma Liang.

The Ma clan is a prominent clan in Jingzhou, and the Ma clan has a great reputation, and it is the right thing for the Beifu to conquer them. From this, he thought to himself, didn't he want to conquer Ma Liang and the others, so he retreated and conquered him?

Thinking about it in this way made a lot more sense, he settled down and waited to see General Beifu.

He didn't know that in the history of Cao Wu's experience, Liu Bei established Ji Han, and there were three main teams, one was the old team in Xuzhou and other places who followed the strategic transfer everywhere, the second was the Jingzhou Gang, and the third was the Yizhou Gang.

Now that Liu Bei no longer has the ability to capture the four southern counties, in Cao Wu's plan, the talents of the four southern counties just belong to him who has just opened the mansion.

After the Battle of Chibi, he found that he could change the direction of history, so Beifu had to do more things.

Zhuge Liang, Jiang Wan, Dong Yun, and Fei Yi are among the four prime ministers in Shuzhong, Zhuge Liang is already in his shogunate, and the remaining three are all from Jingzhou, but Dong Yun's father is Yizhou Taishou under Liu Zhang, and Cao Wu doesn't know that he is still in his hometown Nanjun at this time.

This time when he went south, the primary target was Jiaozhou and Liu Bei, and to deal with Liu Bei, he would inevitably have to cut off his wings, so that even if Liu Bei, an escape expert, ran away again, he would lose the help of Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, and Jiang Wan.

In fact, when Liu Bei owned most of Jingzhou, the talents he gathered were not only Jiang Wan, Wei Yan and others, but most of the talents did not leave their names in the history books, and only Jiang Wan, who grew up, was recorded.

In this way, Cao Wu only needs to follow the map.

Compared with Ma Liang, Cao Wuyi is this Jiang Wan, who is not famous.

……

Coincidentally, when Jiang Wan was in a state of confusion, Huang Zhong, who led the vanguard of 3,000 people south, was also in a trance.

To the south of Zhibin County, Guiyang County, that is, Wuling, the mountains are extensive, the roads are very few, Huang Zhong led 3,000 people, walking in the mountain roads.

Wei Yan is the deputy general, and he walked in the front with Huang Zhong, Wei Yan still couldn't hide his excitement in his expression, and said happily: "Han Shenggong, you and I are not famous, but the lord has given such a big responsibility, we should do our best." ”

Huang Zhong nodded and didn't say anything more.

He is almost sixty years old, and he has been in Jingzhou for forty years, except for Liu Biao's nephew Liu Pan, no one has ever given him a chance, and Liu Pan himself can't give him any stage because of his lack of power.

He is different from Wei Yan, he has passed the bloody season when he can give up his head and sacrifice his life when he is given a position.

He looked down on it a lot, and at such an age, he no longer sought fame.

However, Cao Wu's pleading eyes still moved him, and he decided to be this pioneer, not to repay any kindness, but to complete a task assigned by the boss, that's all.

Cao Wu also seemed to know this idea of his, and gave Wei Yan the position of Zhonglang, but did not give Huang Zhong any promise, just let him be the striker.

Since it has been done, of course it must be done well.

Because there may be an ambush from Wuxi Man in front of him at any time, he is advancing almost step by step, not seeking speed, but seeking stability.

It was okay at first, but after a few hours, Wei Yan was a little anxious.

He rushed to the end of the team to take a look, returned to the head of the team, and said depressedly: "Han Shenggong, that Liu Xuande has been in the mountain for six or seven days, I don't know how far to go, let's chase it slowly, I'm afraid he has already entered Cangwu, and Wu Taishou has a good time." ”

Huang Zhong stroked his beard and said, "Don't worry." ”

"But ......"

Wei Yan pressed the gun and didn't understand what it meant.

Huang Zhong said: "The first thing we need to do is to get in touch with General Zhang. ”

……

A simple map of Wuling was placed in the carriage, which was the most "accurate" map found from this county next to Wuling after arriving in Guiyang County, but it still seemed too simple compared to the map of Jingzhou made by Beifu, let alone compared with Cao Wu's Yangtze River sand table.

Cao Wu, Zhuge Liang, Lu Xun, and Diao Chan surrounded the map, Diao Chan was not good at military affairs, and he couldn't understand it, so he turned his head to look outside the car after studying it for a while.

They were all on horseback all the way, and it was extremely hard, and they gathered more than 20,000 troops of four generals, because there were foot soldiers in the army, and the five ridges were rugged, which was not conducive to hurrying, and the speed of horseback riding could not get up, so they changed to a carriage and became more comfortable.

Zhuge Liang and Lu Xun pondered, and Cao Wuxian said: "Wuling is mountainous, you need to be cautious, can you two have a good strategy?" ”

Before coming, they set a method to pacify Jiaozhou in Beifuzhong, but when they arrived at Zhang He, they knew that there was Wuxi Man blocking the way in front of them, and they had to solve Wuxi Man and Liu Bei before they could enter the Cangwu boundary of Jiaozhou.

Zhuge Liang said: "First of all, one thing must be determined. ”

Lu Xun said: "Yes." ”

"Which two?"

Diao Chan turned around and asked curiously.

Zhuge Liang and Lu Xun spoke together, and Lu Xun said: "Does Liu Xuande want to go to Cangwu or not." ”

Zhuge Liang said: "Will General Zhang continue to go south or return to Guiyang." ”

The two of them said in unison, and after finishing speaking, hearing each other's thoughts, the two began to think about each other's considerations again, and continued to frown and think.

Cao Wu thought for a while and replied: "I can't guess Liu Xuande, I made a Longzhong pair for him at the beginning, I didn't want him to defend Xiakou, but now it seems that although Xiakou's soldiers are not bloody, they have the potential to let the tiger return to the mountain." After all, no one expected that the two generals Zhang would attack at the same time, and they would be counterattacked by him beautifully. ”

Lu Xun nodded: "Liu Xuande is indeed a masterpiece in the world, and he can play any disadvantaged position." ”

"Therefore, I used to think that he would definitely go to Cangwu, but now that he has won the battle, it is difficult to predict his thoughts, maybe he will take advantage of the victory and Wuxi Man's understanding of the terrain, cross the entire Wuling to the west, enter Sichuan from the south of Yizhou, and enter Yizhou."

Zhuge Liang and Lu Xun also thought of this possibility, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, because the five mountains are all lofty mountains, and Liu Bei only has 2,000 people, so it is easy to march, and once they really decide to go west, no one can stop them.

Cao Wu pointed to the map and said, "In this way, the most important thing is Wenyuan's movements. If Wen Yuan can hold Liu Bei back, then things will be easy to say. I can't guess Liu Bei, but I can guess Wen Yuan. He can also see the problems we can see, he will definitely not return to Guiyang, but will definitely stay in the mountains! ”

……

At the same moment, the first collision between the Wuling Deep Mountains, Zhang Liao and the Wuxi Barbarians had already begun.