Chengdu Han Palace.

Liu Bei looked at the bronze mirror in the main hall and said to Mrs. Wu beside him: "How is this military uniform of mine?" ”

Mrs. Wu has a plump body and delicate skin, but it seems that it is the reason why she has not been moistened by rain and dew for a long time, she looks like she is not full of charm, and there is little smile on her face.

"Your Majesty's martial arts are extraordinary, and with the golden armor, it is even more so."

Holding the sword in his hand, Liu Bei looked at the imitation snake sword in his hand, and felt a little regretful in his heart.

"Emperor Gaozu's snake sword that cut the snake back then, and now it is stolen as the anti-Wei Dynasty, it's a pity, it's a pity."

Gaozu cut the white snake sword, the sword is decorated with colorful beads and nine jade, and the five-colored glass of the miscellaneous toilet is the sword box. The sword is in the room, and the scene is still shining outside. It's not the same as a sword. Twelve years and one grinding, the blade is often like frost and snow. Open the box and pull out the sheath, there is an atmosphere and brilliance.

fell into the hands of the Wei State, which was really a pearl and a violent ruin.

Of course, the snake sword is not only symbolic, but also has extraordinary influence.

After Liu Bang founded the Han Dynasty, the "Snake Sword" was first sealed in the treasure house by Empress Lu, and Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty later built a shrine for the "Snake Sword" in Weiyang Palace.

Although the "Snake Sword" is a testimony of the divine power of the Han Dynasty, it is not a plaything to be placed, especially in the new emperor's enthronement ceremony or the emperor's outing, the "Snake Sword" will be solemnly presented to everyone.

Sima Biao's "Book of the Later Han Dynasty and the Chronicle of Etiquette" contains, the new emperor ascended the throne, "the head of the Zhonghuang Gate awarded the captain with jade, Sui Hou Zhu, and the snake sword", Fan Ye also said in the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty, Filial Piety to the Emperor" that the emperor traveled, and there was a servant who "passed on the national seal and slashed the snake sword".

It's a sign of legitimacy, just like that.

It's a pity that these two things are not on him now.

What he has now is only the name of the Han bloodline, if he can hold these two things in his hands, then he is a great man, and he is a complete great man.

After being dressed neatly, Liu Bei, who was holding an imitation snake slashing sword, slowly walked out of the hall.

Outside the hall, a forbidden army in the hall stood neatly in front of the hall.

Each of them is wearing iron armor, and the armor rate can be described as 100 percent.

These are all veterans who followed Liu Bei to fight in the north and south, all of them have experienced a hundred battles and have exquisite skills.

For Liu Bei, he was completely loyal, so he was selected as a forbidden army.

Now the scale of the forbidden army of the Han State is not very large, only 10,000 people, and it can only defend the imperial city.

The names of the forbidden army, such as "Middle Base", "Garrison", "Infantry", "Yue Cai", "Changshui", "Hu Cai", "Shooting Sound", and "Tiger Ben", have not been fleshed out.

The two armies of the north and the south are now even more useless.

There is no way, the world has not yet been unified, and if the scale of the forbidden army is large, it is not conducive to the unification of the world.

After all, the forbidden army is generally guarding the capital, and it is impossible for the forbidden army to guard the border, if this is the case, then the forbidden army is not a forbidden army, but a border army.

In the forefront of the forbidden army, the Marquis of Yongchang Pavilion and the protector Zhao Yun stood in the forefront, and beside him, it was Chen Dao, the leading general of the Bai Yuan Army, lined up, as well as Sun Qian, Jian Yong, Wu Yi, Ma Chao and others.

can be described as an all-star of Shu Han.

Not among them are the ministers.

Prime Minister Zhuge Liang, Shangshu Ling Fazheng, as well as Liu Ba, Huang Quan and others.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the prince's feint attack on Wu in the south is a move by Ming Xiu plank road to secretly Chen Cang, and now I am waiting for the northern expedition to Guanzhong, which is bound to recapture Chang'an, take Guanzhong, and occupy the land of Yongliang!"

Even if he was thin, the voice shouting from this dry body was still earth-shattering.

Liu Bei was very excited now.

Northern expedition!

He's going on a northern expedition!

He wants to restore the Han dynasty and return to the Central Plains.

As excited as Liu Bei, there were also those courtiers and generals in front of the palace.

Why did Liu Bei rise to power? It's a righteous word!

He has great righteousness in his body, and many people who are interested in the Han family or aspiring people have moved closer to him.

They are a group of capable and idealistic courtiers.

Therefore, how not to be excited when you see the possibility of reviving the Han Dynasty?

In the later generations of Shu Han Dynasty, in addition to Zhuge Liang, Fei Yi, and Dong Yun all died, more than that, the Shu Han at that time had forgotten the original intention of reviving the Han Dynasty and wanted to be in a safe corner.

However.

Those courtiers still thought about reviving the Han family.

If the ideology is not unified, can this national security not die?

"Time is in a hurry, I will gather you here today, it is the oath meeting, as for the sacrifice to the sky, after my Han recovers Guanzhong, I will sacrifice the sky in Chang'an!"

It takes time to worship the sky, and what Liu Bei needs most now is time.

He's going to hit the time difference.

Now Wei Guodu thought that he Liu Bei was seriously ill and was going to die.

They all thought that the main goal of the Han State was not on the Wei State at this stage, but on the Wu State.

In addition, in Hanzhong, Liu Bei also asked Wei Yan, the governor of Hanzhong, and Cao Zhang, who were stationed in Hanzhong, to act in a big drama of the generals losing peace, and even pretended to transfer the soldiers of Hanzhong to Jingzhou to prepare to attack Wu.

Now the enemy is slackening, and it is the best chance!

"Today, we will rush to Hanzhong and quickly go down to Guanzhong!"

When the Wei army's garrison was the most lax, take Guanzhong!

"Revive the Han Dynasty and return it to the old capital!"

Boom!

Liu Bei pulled out the snake sword at his waist.

The imitation snake slashing sword is no different from the real snake slashing sword, and Liu Bei is wearing gold armor at this moment, and under the sunlight, he is even more like a god.

Those forbidden soldiers shouted one after another:

"Revive the Han Dynasty and return it to the old capital!"

"Revive the Han Dynasty and return it to the old capital!"

"Revive the Han Dynasty and return it to the old capital!"

Liu Bei raised his sword and waved it, shouting loudly: "Wan Sheng!" ”

The forbidden soldier immediately shouted:

"Wan Sheng!"

"Wan Sheng!"

"Wan Sheng!"

After simply boosting morale, the forbidden army immediately followed Liu Bei out of the city.

As for why only 10,000 people were brought.

That's because the army has already been assembled in Hanzhong.

What he brought with him now was only a small part.

Hanzhong.

Meridian Road.

The surrounding peaks rise into the sky as if they were reflections of the sky, while the trees are dense and the foliage are intertwined to form a rich shade of green. Sunlight shines through the gaps in the leaves and dappled on the ground, adding a bit of mystery and depth to this mountain forest.

The road is rugged and difficult, like a snake that twists and turns, sometimes stretching on the edge of a cliff and hovering over a steep slope. Cao Zhang clung to the branches on the side of the road and walked forward cautiously. Every step he took seemed so heavy, as if he was carrying endless sorrow and pain.

The surrounding air was filled with a moist smell, and it seemed to be mixed with a faint smell of rotting leaves. Occasionally, a few birds chirp echo in the quiet mountain forest. And the mountain springs in the distance are murmuring, as if telling their stories. These voices echoed in Cao Zhang's ears, as if to remind him that he was in a dangerous environment.

"This place is really dangerous, it is too difficult to attack Guanzhong from this place, I am afraid that before the battle with the Wei army, there will be a lot of loss on the road, grain and grass and baggage, etc., which cannot be transported at all."

Walking through the meridian road, Cao Zhang found that this meridian road was dangerous.

It is no wonder that Zhong Xuan and Cao Zhen, who were guarding the pass, did not deploy heavy troops to defend this place.

Although there are roads here, this road can only be said to be a sheep's intestine path, and many roads are cut off.

It says it's a road, but it's not a road at all.

Who can say this?

Behind Cao Zhang, Wei Yan's expression was very calm.

He has walked this path countless times.

"Grain and grass baggage, I have already sent someone to transport it to the secret place in the middle of the road in advance, if you are marching on the meridian road, you don't need to bring grain and grass baggage."

Transporting those grains and grass to various points of the Meridian Road was something that Wei Yan began to do after Liu Chan came over for guidance.

The price is still very high.

The people who went to transport grain and grass materials suffered a lot of losses.

Among them, the amount of grain and grass wasted is even more incalculable.

But.

Everything is worth it.

He had been waiting for this day for a long time, and now it was time to get the results.

Meridian Conspiracy, Meridian Conspiracy!

After this calculation is completed, thousands of years have passed, and there will still be people who remember his Wei Yan.

"This road is too steep, I'm afraid Your Majesty will not choose this road."

Cao Zhang admired Wei Yan's arrangement, but he didn't think that Liu Bei would choose such a dangerous place.

"Then, according to the opinion of the prince, which path will Your Majesty choose?"

Although Cao Zhang escaped from the Wei State, he was a noble person after all, his martial arts and strategies were good, and he had a certain influence in Guanzhong, Wei Yan did not take Cao Zhang lightly.

"Chen Cangdao, maybe you have to go farther, Qishan Road!"

"The Qishan Road is too far, our army has to race against time, it is impossible to choose this road! As for Chen Cangdao, Emperor Gaozu took this road back then, and the Wei army must have a heavy defense, and this road is also difficult to walk!"

There are four roads to cross the north-south passage from Hanzhong to enter Guanzhong, from east to west are Meridian Road, Luogu Road, Baochuan Road, and Chencang Ancient Road.

Of these four roads, the three in the east are rough and difficult but the distance is shorter, and the westernmost Chencang Old Road is gentler but the route is more winding and long.

At the beginning, Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Western Han Dynasty, fought out of Hanzhong, fought in Guanzhong, and finally went east to fight with Xiang Yu for the world.

Qishan Road is still to the west of Chencang Old Road.

"Although the Qishan Road is far, it is safe, and the Qishan Road is smoother than the Chencang Road, so it is relatively easier to transport a large number of military supplies and military rations.

Moreover, Qishan is the main road to Longxi, and after capturing Qishan, you can then capture Longxi in the west of Guanzhong, and you can capture Guanzhong to the east with a condescending advantage.

In addition, Qishan is more than 700 miles away from Chang'an in a straight line, and it is not easy to resist the heavy troops of Wei militarily. ”

Cao Zhang's reasons are very good, but Wei Yan doesn't think so.

"If we take a detour to Qishan Road, it will take several months just to open up Qishan Road, which is still an optimistic estimate, and at that time, the time that His Highness has bought for us will be wasted.

As for taking Chencang Road, Chencang City is heavily guarded by the Wei army, how can the Wei army react in Guanzhong and take Chencang? Even if Chen Cang is taken, the Wei army in Guanzhong is prepared, and if they want to go down to Chang'an quickly, it will be even more impossible. ”

Wei Yan still insisted on his opinion.

"Before, the prime minister didn't want me to attack Guanzhong from the Meridian Road, that is, when Wei had already judged that Shu might have a northern expedition, it was impossible to be unprepared, but now Wei didn't know that my Han would go on a northern expedition, so it was possible.

In addition, the grain and grass can not be transported, the problem has been solved by me with time, in the key points on the road, there is already a hoarding of grain and grass, from the Meridian Road surprise attack, in front of Chang'an, this is a dangerous strategy, but also the most likely, the fastest to win Chang'an's strategy! ”

Cao Zhang nodded.

"Your plan is dangerous, but it is also the fastest way, and I hope Your Majesty will adopt your plan!"

Although the Meridian Road is dangerous, the Wei army will not put heavy troops to guard it.

As far as Cao Chang knew, the Wei army had only stationed 500 soldiers in the Meridian Valley for defense.

The Meridian Road is too steep, and normally no one would choose this path.

"The Meridian Road is too dangerous, in fact, our army can choose other roads, such as Luogu Road and Baochuan Road."

Doesn't it say that Qishan has a long way to go?

Is the Wei army heavily garrisoned?

Then take Luogu Road and Bao Ramp Road, get closer, and the road is not so difficult to walk.

"Luogu Road is close to Chang'an, the core city of Wei, and the Wei army can arrive as quickly as possible, at that time, our army will have to fight a decisive battle with Cao Wei's cavalry in the disadvantaged terrain, which is very unfavorable.

"As for the slope road, the plank road is in disrepair, and I'm afraid it's even more difficult to walk!"

The plank road was built in the Warring States Fan Ju Xiang Qin period. In 314 B.C. (the eleventh year of King Huiwen of Qin) Qin sent Zhang Yi and Sima to cut down Shu, and the army passed through this road, and the original valley road had been dug into a plank road that could pass through the large army and the baggage.

Since then, the plank road has always been a necessary way for the north and south to fight for the military and economic and cultural exchanges.

"Historical Records: The Biography of the Goods Colony" contains: "The plank road is thousands of miles, and everything is all-encompassing, and only the oblique hub is praised."

At that time, it was already "business and travel associations, faint exhibitions, crowns and belts staggered, square and reinforcing", the rich material resources of Shu Han were continuously transported to Guanzhong, and the developed culture of Chang'an Sanfu area spread to Shu Han, and developed economic trade and cultural exchanges between the north and the south.

But during the reign of King Qin Huiwen, how long has it been since now?

Moreover, whether it is Luogu Road or Baochuan Road, the Wei army is heavily guarded, and if you want to break through these two roads, the Wei army in Guanzhong will be prepared.

When the Wei army in Guanzhong heard the news, I am afraid that the process of recovering Guanzhong will become slower and slower.

When the main force of Wei came to support from Xuzhou, Han also lost the most golden time of the Northern Expedition.

While the two were arguing about which way the army should go, behind everyone, Wei Yan's personal soldiers hurriedly stepped forward, saluted Wei Yan, and said, "Dudu, Your Majesty's holy drive has passed the Baishui Pass, and I am afraid that it will soon arrive in Nanzheng." ”

Your Majesty is here!

Moreover, when the messenger came, His Majesty had already arrived at Baishui Pass, that is to say, His Majesty led his troops, which was a rapid march.

Here's your chance!

Wei Yan's eyes flickered, he looked at Cao Zhang, and said, "Come with me to meet Your Majesty, the matter of grain and grass logistics must be prepared." ”

The war is together, and the gold is ten thousand taels.

Under the construction of Wei Yan, Hanzhong has already improved somewhat.

However, to support tens of thousands of troops, plus tens of thousands of people and more than 100,000 mouths to eat, drink and Lazar, relying on Hanzhong alone is not enough at all, and it is necessary to transfer grain, grass and military supplies from other places! (End of chapter)