Outside Xiyang City, the army was ready to go, and the momentum was like a rainbow. The soldiers, dressed in iron armor, wearing iron helmets and holding sharp weapons, stood outside the city at this moment, making a posture of imminent battle.

The horses neighed, the hooves shook the sky, and the soldiers clung to the reins, stabilizing the surging horses.

Each horse is in high spirits, they are the most loyal comrades on the battlefield, fighting to the death with the riders.

The flag fluttered, and the dragon and phoenix danced on the military flag, highlighting the momentum and majesty of the army.

The standard-bearers were ordered to raise their flags and stand at the front of the military columns, and the soldiers were organized into a neat phalanx.

The army was in full formation, the snare drums sounded, the soldiers moved in unison, and the war horses stepped on the drums, and then they were in unison. The sound of military music echoed in the cold wind, inspiring the fighting spirit of every soldier.

On the second day of arriving in Xiyang City, Liu Chan was ready to conduct a military exercise in Xiyang City.

He has the ability to send troops to attack Wei, but he has to take too many risks.

Wei Guo is like a giant, if you bite him, he will only hurt once, and it may not hurt his muscles and bones.

And he Jingzhou is still a tall child, he has no food or drink, and now he goes to fight with the giants, and it is good to win, but it is difficult to save his life if he loses.

He can only put pressure on Wei here.

Of course...

If there is a good fighter, it is not impossible for him to send troops to attack Wei.

Runan County is densely populated, and if it can occupy a few cities, it will not be a loss.

Even if the city can't be occupied, looting grain and grass and moving away the population is a good deal for Liu Chan.

Whether it is Yizhou or Jingzhou, there is a shortage of heads.

Converting the barbarian population for your own use is still too slow.

Where are the Han people obedient?

Farming, smelting, weaving and other skills do not need to be trained, while barbarians, you still need to train, and even after training, the effect is not as good as that of the Han people.

One Han is Wuhu.

Not only in military affairs, but also in economic production.

"Let's go!"

It is said that it is a military exercise, but the thief is not empty, he is here, and he doesn't bring something over, so he really doesn't have to eat when he is a soldier?

Zhang Bao received the order, led Wuyi from 5,000 people, set off from Xiyang City, cruised all the way to Yiyang, and then turned to Xinxi, suddenly crossed the river, passed the praise, and swam near the four cities.

When you meet the people, you will move away, and when you encounter the village manor, you will fight down, and at the same time pay attention to the situation in the city, if the city is empty, you will attack the city.

Raided a hundred miles of land, and two days later, he returned to the outside of Xiyang City, not only bringing a lot of grain and grass, but also bringing back more than 10,000 people.

"This Wei State guard is really like a straw bag, that's it, you don't dare to hit me?"

Zhang Bao took the water bag handed by Guan Xing, and took a big sip with a grunt, with a look of pity on his face.

"I'm only 5,000 people, I went deep into the enemy's territory, and I crossed the river, if the defenders of the four cities come out together, I can't keep me, the guy who has no eggs!"

Although this trip was fruitful, Zhang Bao was particularly dissatisfied.

Hit me!

Why don't you send troops to fight me?

Damn it, the grain and grass I stole and the people who moved here made a long snake formation, which stretched for several miles, but no one dared to fight.

Guan Xing smiled lightly and said, "With His Royal Highness here, how dare ordinary guards send troops to interfere?" If you lose some people, and you don't hurt the foundation, I'm afraid that if you want to rob the people in the future, it will not be easy, and the border of Wei will definitely be clear. ”

Liu Chan nodded and said: "Don't go out of the city, they are right, if you go out of the city and want to go back, it will be difficult, losing the people is a trivial matter, and losing the land is a capital crime." ”

Although there are only 5,000 people in Wuyicong, their war horses are all horses in the Western Regions, and almost everyone wears armor, which is the elite of the elite.

Your Wei State must at least triple the force before you can dare to defeat him, and if you want to keep them completely, three times the number of troops is not enough.

Now there are only soldiers defending the city in Runan, where are there still field soldiers?

There is no other way than to be a turtle with a shrunken head.

"In a few days, presumably Cao Pi will send someone to reinforce him."

Everyone knows that Jingzhou has no surplus grain and grass, and it is difficult to fight again.

However...

Does Cao Pi dare to bet?

With Liu Chan's control of people's hearts, Cao Pi will definitely divide his troops to come.

No division of troops?

He Liu Gonghei will also scare him into dividing his troops.

"Rest for a day, and then loot tomorrow."

"I'll go tomorrow!"

Guan Xing hurriedly stepped forward to receive the order.

Liu Chan nodded, but still said: "After all, it is to go deep into the enemy's territory, you must not rush in, if you see that there are reinforcements from the Wei State, you still have to withdraw, don't put yourself in danger." ”

Guan Xing nodded hurriedly and said, "Your Highness, you know me, I, Guan Xing, have always been cautious and will not do rash things." ”

Compared to Zhang Bao, that's really.

"Tomorrow, you will lead the prince's army."

Talk about martial arts and righteousness, and the prince is pro-army.

It is my turn to let the generals of Wei know that there are also elite soldiers under the command of my Duke Liu.

"It's February 2nd."

On the second day of February, the dragon raised its head.

"Dragon" refers to the Oriental Canglong Seven Constellations in the Twenty-Eight Nakshatras, and at the beginning of each year's mid-spring month, the "Dragon Horn Star" rises from the eastern horizon, so it is called "the dragon raises its head".

"The dragon raises its head" indicates that the yang energy is growing, the rain is increasing, and everything is full of life.

The dragon raises its head, also known as the Spring Ploughing Festival, the Agricultural Festival, the Green Dragon Festival, the Spring Dragon Festival, etc.

"After a few months of fighting, now it should be time for spring plowing and sowing, war!"

Liu Chan sighed in his heart.

As soon as this battle starts, it seems that Liu Chan has been affected by the land of several counties in Runan, so don't think about spring ploughing.

It directly delays farming.

If the people are here and do not harvest for a year, will they not be hungry?

Around Hefei, that's even more so.

And if Liu Chan sent a large army to attack Wei, Jingzhou would have to go out of the countryside to transport grain, grass and various materials, and there would be fewer people, and agricultural affairs would naturally be delayed.

This is also the reason why Liu Chan did not dare to send troops directly.

Not only is there no food in Jingzhou, but also because if too many soldiers are sent into Wei, it will delay Jingzhou's agricultural affairs.

As soon as the agricultural work is delayed, the grain in the second half of the year will become a problem again.

This year's several battles, if it can be maintained, it has to be that Liu Chan Shangmeng has transferred a lot of grain and grass from Wei.

Zang Ba reversed, and then wanted to exchange grain and grass from Wei through the Shang Alliance, which was not easy.

"Today's war is just something that the world must experience, and when His Royal Highness rules the world, the world will naturally be peaceful."

Seeing Liu Chan's heart ripple, Fei Yi hurriedly came to consol him.

"Hopefully this process will be short-lived."

Liu Chan shook his head slightly, drove out the sentimentality in his heart, and asked instead: "The four counties of Jingnan, can they be stable?" ”

Fei Yi nodded and said: "Changsha Barbarian was almost completely wiped out by His Royal Highness, and now it is Mi Yang who is the county guard of Changsha County, managing a group of barbarians, there is no turmoil, Wuling County has two chess pieces laid by His Royal Highness, whether it is a mountain barbarian or a plain barbarian, they are very obedient, although His Royal Highness Guiyang County and Lingling County did not come in person, but the officials sent by His Highness entered, and the barbarians did not dare to despise it as before. ”

"What about Jiaozhou?"

He went to the four counties of Jingnan in person, and it took a few months, and naturally he also produced some results.

Barbarian, it's useless for you to reason with them.

Let him see the fists of my Han people, let him know the consequences of disobedience, and naturally, they will not dare to do disobedient acts again.

"The Shi family kept their promise, ceded Yulin County to His Highness, and went to Bushan City with Ah Hui, and the Shi family did not stop it."

Yulin County, Zhibu Mountain, after Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, established the Western Han Dynasty, he used the means of restraint and still named Zhao Tuo as the king of Nanyue. Later, Lü Jia, the prime minister of South Vietnam, rebelled, opposed the annexation to the Han Dynasty, and insisted on local secession.

It governs Bushan, Anguang, Alin, Guangdu, Zhongliu, Guilin, Tanzhong, Linchen, Dingzhou, Lingfang, Zengshi, Yongji and other counties.

The place is very large, but there are few Han people, there are few barbarians, the mountains are endless, and the scholars handed over this county to Liu Chan, but it is just for the heart of Liu Chan.

And...

Even if Yulin County is handed over to Liu Chan, the two or three thousand people brought over by Ma Liang and Ah Huilan can really manage the entire Yulin County?

In the end, those barbarian chiefs still don't listen to his scholars?

Liu Chan naturally knew Shixie's thoughts.

However...

The war in Hefei is together, and Liu Chan has no extra energy to deal with Shixie.

He was willing to hand over Yulin County, even if it was symbolic, it was very important for Liu Chan.

Sometime...

If you vacate the space, you will naturally come to deal with Jiaozhou.

There is at least one name.

Liu Chan and the others returned to Xiyang City, and after sitting still, they listened to the affairs of the outside of the house, and the envoy of Zang Ba came.

With the benefit of the business alliance, the news of Liu Chan's dispatch to Xiyang was naturally notified to Zang Ba in advance.

"Let him in."

Liu Chan sat on the main seat, and it didn't take long for the Zang Ba envoy in a Confucian robe to slowly enter.

"The foreign envoy pays a visit to His Highness."

"Please! I don't know what Zang Ba called you over, what's the matter? ”

The messenger slowly got up and said, "My lord asks His Highness to send troops to fight the Han thief Cao Pi!" ”

Liu Chan's eyes flickered.

"I don't have enough troops, and I don't have enough food and grass, so it's not appropriate to attack this time, right?"

The envoy gave Liu Chan a meaningful expression and said, "In the past few months, the Shang Alliance has transferred countless grains and grass from the Wei State to Jingzhou, and His Highness really has no grain?" ”

Beautiful porcelain, colored glass, salt iron, cloth and silk and other things were indeed replaced by Liu Chan for grain and grass.

The grain and grass in exchange is definitely not a small amount.

Jingzhou is now short of food.

But as long as the army is not strong, food and grass are still enough.

But...

There is no need to tell outsiders about the details of their own home.

"Where is there still much grain and grass stored under the chewing of horses and horses? Don't you know, Your Excellency, I personally conquered the four counties of Jingnan before, and I spent a huge amount of money, even how much grain and grass I brought from Wei State, and it was not enough to support it. ”

Liu Chan's sentence is naturally a mixed truth and falsehood.

After passing through the four counties of Jingnan, it did cost a lot of grain and grass.

However, when passing through the four counties of Jingnan, a lot of resources were also plundered from the barbarian chieftains and powerful people from all over the country, and the consumption was there, but not as much as Liu Chan said.

"If Your Highness is willing to send troops, my lord is willing to provide grain and grass for Your Highness, and you can even cut Runan County and Your Highness."

Cut Runan County?

This hasn't started yet!

Is the celebration banquet arranged?

"How can I trust you?"

The foreign envoy solemnly saluted Liu Chan, and said solemnly: "My lord is not a Jiangdong rat, the most important thing is to keep his promise, the problem of grain and grass, His Royal Highness absolutely does not need to worry, Xuzhou Qingzhou produces a lot of grain, that is, to supply more than 100,000 troops, that is more than enough." ”

"I heard that Cao Pi of Wei brought more than 100,000 people over, how many people are under your master?"

"Nearly 100,000."

Zang Ba's envoy said without blushing and without a heartbeat.

Nearly 100,000?

It's too good to blow.

"I'm afraid that the soldiers who can fight, but only thirty or twenty thousand?"

The envoy of Zang Ba was shocked.

How did this heir of the prince of Hanzhong, Liu Gonghe, know the details of my lord?

"Recruit soldiers, and within ten months, you can recruit 100,000 horses!"

There is certainly money, food and grass, but...

"In the land of Qingxu, your lord really commands like an arm?"

As soon as Liu Chan asked this question, he stopped Zang Ba's envoy again.

If the land of Qingxu is really managed by Zang Ba like an iron bucket, why does he want to come out of Qingxu?

"It is precisely because my lord has not been able to fully control the land of Qingxu that we must have a victory to destroy the dissent of those with ulterior motives in the land of Qingxu!"

The envoy of Zang Ba stared at Liu Chan with straight eyes, and said: "As long as His Highness is willing to send troops, grain, grass, and baggage, His Highness does not need to worry, one Runan County is not enough, my lord can also cede Lujiang County to His Highness." ”

A Runan County, plus Lujiang County, counting the hidden households, has a population of one million, right?

What a big deal!

Liu Chan was undoubtedly moved.

"You are the master of Zangba, don't you just ally with me?"

The envoy nodded and said, "I am also allied with Jiangdong, and my lord wants to exchange Jiujiang County and Jiangdong for his support!" ”

Jiujiang County has Shouchun and Hefei.

From a geopolitical point of view, Zang Ba promised such benefits, and it was impossible for Sun Quan not to be moved.

If the alliance really happens, there is a real chance!

Liu Chan's eyes flickered, but he still asked, "Your Excellency's grain and grass, how can it be transferred to me?" ”

When the envoy heard that Liu Chan had the intention of alliance, he was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly said: "As long as His Royal Highness fights to Shouchun and unites with my lord, the matter of grain and grass will be worry-free!" ”

Hit Shouchun?

"Humph!"

Liu Chan immediately snorted coldly and said: "Shouchun is more than 400 miles away from Xiyang, during which there are more than ten cities in the Wei Kingdom, deep into the enemy territory, there is no help outside, no grain and grass inside, could it be that the envoy thinks that my Liu Gonghei is easy to deceive?" ”

"This..."

The envoy of Zang Ba also knew that it would not be easy to do this, but he still licked his face and complimented: "Your Highness can defeat Mengde, and you can take the nine counties of Jingxiang in a few battles, just four hundred miles, what is it for Your Highness?" ”

This kind of compliment, he Liu Chan can't look down on it.

"If Your Excellency is not sincere, then I don't think there is any need to say it again."

"This..."

The Zang Ba envoy's face suddenly showed a look of panic.

"Maybe you can borrow the Jiangdong waterway to transfer grain and grass for Your Highness."

That's right!

Liu Chan nodded and said: "As soon as the grain and grass arrive, I will send troops, of course, even if the grain and grass do not arrive, I will attack the counties in Runan County to attract the attention of the Wei army for Zang Ba, you can rest assured." ”

The envoy opened his mouth, in fact, he wanted Liu Chan to send troops to attack the city now.

The city was captured, Cao Pi must be nervous, and at that time, more Wei troops will be attracted to it.

It's just that...

He looked at Liu Chan's clear and wise eyes, and knew that even if he said it, the crown prince of Hanzhong would not answer.

Bargain with this little fox?

He doesn't have the ability yet.

In any case, the crown prince of Hanzhong can be regarded as agreeing to the alliance.

This time, he went deep into the enemy's territory and came to the envoy, which can be regarded as a success.

The rest of the things are beyond his control as a messenger.

However, the tripartite alliance means that Wei has an army of more than 100,000 troops, so what is the lord?

Life!

Wins!

My Lord has it!