"Ahem."

Liu Bei coughed twice, his face a little pale.

But his eyes were very bright.

The place where he is now is already in Maoling in Guanzhong.

Maoling is located on the "Wuling Plain" that spans hundreds of miles from east to west, and its north is far away from Jiuzhi Mountain, and the south is far away from the South Mountain.

The Western Han Dynasty Imperial Mausoleum, the longer the emperor lived, the longer the imperial mausoleum was built.

The Emperor of the Han Dynasty ascended the throne for one year and became a mausoleum, and one-third of the tribute in the world was given, one for the temple, one for the guests, and one for the mountain mausoleum.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che lived for a unique time among the emperors of the Western Han Dynasty, so the Maoling Tomb was also built for 53 years, and was built between the second year of the Jianyuan Dynasty (139 BC) and the second year of the Later Yuan Dynasty (087 BC), which lasted 53 years.

The accompanying tombs include the tombs of Mrs. Li, Wei Qing, Huo Quzhi, Huo Guang, Jin Riyan and others.

Although Maoling is a mausoleum, whether it is the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to move the world's heroes to Maoling, or the later Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty placed Maoling County, more than 60,000 rich households in the world have migrated here, so that the population of Maoling has reached more than 277,000 people at most.

There are nearly 300,000 people, and Maoling is a big county.

Although Maoling has been stolen and excavated many times in history, and the Red Eyebrow Army and Dong Zhuo have all blackmailed Maoling, the scale of Maoling is still there.

Moreover, this time Liu Bei came to Maoling, not to dig the tomb of his ancestors, but to worship the first emperor of the ages who gave this nation the title of Han people.

As for why not to worship the Changling Tomb of Han Gaozu, it is very simple, the location of the Changling Tomb is too far away, and it is not under Liu Bei's control now.

This time, Liu Bei worshiped the tomb of Emperor Mao of the Han Dynasty, which was to declare legitimacy, and at the same time to care about the people and scholars of the sergeant clan.

I, Liu Xuande, am the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty!

You used to be the people of the Han Dynasty, and now you are still the people of the Han Dynasty!

And Wei is an anti-Wei, pseudo-Wei, a thief country that usurps the Han!

Even though Liu Bei was ill, he still led the generals of the ministers, as well as the patriarch of the Hao clan in Guanzhong, and the leaders of the foreign races to worship Maoling together.

Life still has to have a sense of ritual.

After worshipping Maoling with Liu Bei, a cohesive force rose from the hearts of everyone.

I don't know if it's because Yu Wei of the Han Dynasty is still there, or because Liu Bei is famous, and the character that has been in business for many years has played a role, that is, the leaders of foreign races, all of whom are subservient to Liu Bei's feet.

In short, after paying homage to Maoling, there were constantly surrendered and attached troops.

"Pingling ordered Du You to lead the city to surrender!"

"Han Xu, a Qiang man, led 3,000 people to join the Great Han!"

"Han Zhu San killed the county magistrate of Lanchi and surrendered to the city!"

When Zhao Yun entered the Guanzhong, the reactions of the various families in the Guanzhong were mediocre.

But since Liu Bei entered Guanzhong, almost every day there have been scholars or aliens who come to join him.

It's really like it's open, exuding the aura of a king, and unconsciously, it can make people surrender with courtesy.

For these people who came to join them, as long as they had some status, some status, or more than 1,000 soldiers, Liu Bei personally received them, moved them with words, lured them with rewards, and convinced them faithfully.

It's just a few days, and the wealthy family in Guanzhong, who surrounds Liu Bei, has gradually grown.

Among them, Jingzhao Dushi and Jingzhao Webster are the main ones.

Jingzhao Wei's and Jingzhao Du's are "Chengnan Weidu, go to Tianqi Five", which can be described as a Guanzhong Wang.

Although these two families in the Guanzhong several disasters, hurt the vitality, but the vitality of the Shi clan in this era is very strong and tenacious, a short period of recovery, Jingzhao Weishi and Jingzhao Du with the help of the fame of previous years, and revived in Maoling, Pingling.

Jingzhao Wei's originated from Wei Meng, Wei Meng's great-great-grandson Wei Xian was not only proficient in "Li" and "Shangshu", but also passed on "Lu Shi", which gave rise to Wei's "Lu Shi" school and laid the foundation of the family's scripture tradition.

In the later period of the Western Han Dynasty, there were more than ten people in the clan who served as first-class officials of 2,000 stones.

Jingzhao Wei's father and son in the Western Han Dynasty, the fourth marquis, has become a famous family in the Guannei.

The lineage of the Jingzhao Du clan can be traced back to Du Zhou, the imperial historian of the Western Han Dynasty.

Du Zhou originally lived in Nanyang and moved to Maoling with a wealthy family.

Most of the Jingzhao Du dynasties were officials, and there were also many celebrities.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was Du Du; The Western Jin Dynasty had a military strategist Du Pre.

With the strong support of the Jingzhao, Du, and Wei clans, the logistical pressure of the Han army was suddenly reduced a lot.

After all, in this era, the imperial power does not go to the countryside, especially when it comes to a newly occupied place.

Liu Bei can conquer the city and master the household registers in the city, but where the people are and how to collect taxes, if there is no help from the local scholars, there is no way to start.

The matter of requisitioning grain can really only be left to these land snakes.

Therefore, Liu Exam prepared a lot of Jingzhao Du and Jingzhao Wei children, on the one hand, they were used as the Imperial Forest Army, and on the other hand, they were even more prestigious to the elders in the clan, and recruited into the staff, such as Pingling Ling Du You, and was directly added to the rank of servant, from the official of one county to the first county, directly to the central level, and the official position that can talk to the emperor.

It can be described as a steady progress.

Jingzhao Du's family, Jingzhao Wei's family is not reused in the Wei court, and now Liu Bei is so trusted, he naturally repays the favor and assists Liu Bei wholeheartedly.

"Your Majesty, my Han soldiers can be called invincible in the world, and now the front army is approaching Chang'an, from the perspective of his subordinates, he should go down to Chang'an as soon as possible, and his subordinates have a relationship with Hedong Pei's family, Hedong Liu's family, Hedong Xue's family, and Hongnong's Yang family, or can help His Majesty take Hedong and Hongnong's land, and hit Luoyang in one fell swoop!"

Du You, who was newly served, stepped forward to offer advice to Liu Bei at this moment.

"If it can be as Aiqing said, it will naturally be excellent."

Now Chang'an has not been taken, only a small part of the counties in Guanzhong are in hand, the Han army itself has concerns about insufficient logistics, there is a threat from Cao Zhen behind the buttocks, and the Wei army reinforcements in the direction of Luoyang will arrive soon, do you still want to control Hedong, and fight Luoyang through Hongnong?

Don't say that this thing was done, even if Liu Bei dreamed, he didn't dare to do it.

"The current thing is how to capture Chang'an."

In the main tent of the Chinese army outside Maoling City, the crown dress after worshipping Maoling was still on Liu Bei and had not been changed.

A solemn dress set off the majesty of Liu Bei's emperor like a god.

Du You didn't even dare to look up at Liu Bei.

"A month ago, Chang'an guarded Xiahou Nan recruited all the troops into Chang'an to assemble, and then inexplicably canceled the convening order, although the Han army withdrew from each department, but there was resentment in their hearts, and Hu soldiers were looted around Chang'an, and there are still aftermaths of chaos until now, I heard that Xiahou Nan was afraid of His Majesty, and withdrew in embarrassment, and now the town guards Chang'an, only the pseudo-Wei Zuo general Zhang He and thirty or forty thousand people."

Du You breathed a sigh of relief and continued:

"Thirty or forty thousand people seem to be a lot of people, but nearly half of them are Hu soldiers, it is they who plundered in the suburbs of Chang'an, in Chang'an City, the people are uncertain, the army is chaotic, at this moment Your Majesty sent troops over, and he will definitely be able to attack Chang'an with one blow!"

This Du You is really an optimist.

Liu Bei's face was very calm, and he said: "Xiahou Nan is also a rat, it's not worth worrying about, but Zhang He is a pillar of Hebei Ting, not to be underestimated!" ”

After speaking, Liu Bei looked around at the people in the main tent of the Chinese army and asked: "Now, is our army going to concentrate its forces and besiege Chang'an, or to sweep away the counties around Chang'an, or even capture Tongguan first?" ”

Now there are two choices before the Han army.

One is to knock Chang'an to death.

After it is laid, everything will naturally be fine, and there is a high probability that the level will be in the hands of the Han army.

However, Chang'an is now guarded by Zhang He, there is enough grain and grass in the city, and the equipment to defend the city is also sufficient, plus there are 30,000 or 40,000 people guarding the city, which is destined to be a hard bone.

If this city cannot be defeated before the reinforcements of the Wei army come, then this northern expedition will fall short.

The second option is to let go of Chang'an first, clean up the counties in Guanzhong, knock down Tongguan, and form a situation of closing the door and beating dogs.

Of course, the second option has many drawbacks and uncertainties.

Whether we can quickly take all parts of Guanzhong and Tongguan is a question.

Secondly, when the Han army divided its troops to attack other places, would the 40,000 people in Chang'an City come out to make trouble?

In short, no matter which option you choose, it is risky.

Zhuge Liang's eyes flashed, and he said: "Chang'an is a strong city, and it is Zhang He who guards the city, and Zhang He has almost summoned all the Wei troops that Guanzhong can gather to Chang'an City in order to defend Chang'an. ”

As Zhuge Liang, who is in charge of logistics matters, he is clear about the consumption of 300,000 people who have entered the pass.

In order to satisfy the eating, drinking, and Lazar of these 300,000 people, Zhuge Liang can be said to have taken out all his skills.

I don't know how much hair I scratched every day.

From his point of view, the capture of Chang'an is indeed of great political significance.

After all, to restore the Han dynasty is to recover the old capital.

Chang'an, as the capital of the Han Dynasty, is naturally one of the capitals.

But Zhuge Liang has always been pragmatic, in his opinion, taking the counties in Guanzhong, so that these places can provide the Han army with a steady stream of food, grass and military supplies, that is the most important.

Fa Zheng doesn't think so.

"Your Majesty, although Chang'an is a giant city, but as long as this city is captured, the counties and counties in Guanzhong will definitely fall in the wind, this time cross Chang'an to recover the counties and counties in Guanzhong, not to mention the loss of troops, in case the progress is not smooth, let Zhang He in the city find an opportunity, isn't it a bad thing?"

Both sides have their own opinions, and Liu Bei didn't know which strategy to use for a while.

"Your Majesty, in fact, there is another choice, which is to surrender Zhang He, although Zhang He is brave, but after all, he is a general of Cao Wei, not a subordinate of Cao's Xiahou, if he is recruited by a high-ranking official, he may not be willing to surrender."

Du You stepped forward and said at this moment.

Surrender?

This is indeed a way to go.

"It's just that Zhang He will surrender?"

Although Zhang He is not the Xiahou clan of the Cao family, his loyalty to the anti-Wei is also obvious to all.

"Your Majesty is not talented, I am willing to be a messenger and go to recruit Zhang He."

Du You immediately asked Liu Bei for his life.

Now entering the city to surrender, the danger is too great.

Liu Bei still wants to use Du You, the talent of the county from the Jingzhao Du clan, which is the banner erected by Liu Bei in Guanzhong.

Otherwise, he would not have overstepped the rules and given Du You the position of servant.

Such a person naturally cannot die.

Therefore, after Liu Bei pondered for a while, he said: "Du Fang can be a messenger." ”

This Du Fang is Du You's younger brother.

Liu Bei neither agreed to Du You's strategy, nor did he take away this 'credit' to the Du family.

Du You is naturally convinced.

The family is one, whether it is he Du You who takes this credit or his younger brother who takes this credit, in fact, there is not much difference.

"Your Majesty has thanked your majesty for your brother!"

"Let's go on an envoy today!"

"No!"

Du Youni immediately received the order.

The news of the military division kept coming, and with Zhang He's performance during this period in Chang'an, it showed that he would not be a surrender faction.

The possibility of surrender is relatively low.

Of course

No matter how low the probability of surrender is, it would be a pity not to give it a try.

If they surrendered, wouldn't everyone rejoice?

But.

As for whether Zhang He surrendered, Liu Bei did not have much expectation in his heart.

Liu Bei has been fighting for many years, and it is naturally pragmatic to be able to live until now.

"As for Zhang He, if he doesn't surrender, which strategy should he use."

Liu Bei is not Yuan Shao in the end, and he also knows the disadvantages of swinging.

After all, Yuan Shao's Yin Jian is not far away.

After thinking about it for a moment, Liu Bei already had an idea in his heart.

"Order the former army of the general to attack Chang'an, and the governor of Hanzhong, Wei Yan, will assist him."

Chang'an doesn't fight a dozen, how do you know if he is good or not?

Besides, if you don't fight, Zhang He will be scared and cut down his arrogance, how can this work?

It is to let Chang'an go, pass through the counties and counties in Guanzhong, and beat Zhang He until he is frightened, so that he only dares to shrink in Chang'an City and does not dare to go out of the city without authorization.

Fa Zheng's eyes lit up, and he immediately saluted Liu Bei, and said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty is wise." ”

Zhuge Liang frowned at first, but as if he had thought of something, a smile appeared on his face, and he also saluted Liu Bei and said:

"Your Ministers obey."

No matter which strategy is used, Chang'an will definitely attack.

Liu Bei, who was in the big tent of the Chinese army in Maoling, looked through the tent door and looked at the place to the east that haunted him.

Changan!

I hope that Chang'an can really be captured!

It's just that my body, can it support that day?

Outside Chang'an, the Han army had already crossed Weishui.

In fact, when the Han army crossed the river, Zhang He led his troops out of the city to attack and disturb them.

But the Han army didn't just cross the river in Lanchi and Changling in the north of Chang'an.

In the two places of Xiliuju and Duyou, the Han army had already crossed the river.

Therefore, Zhang He came to attack the Han army, hoping to attack the Han army in Bandu, but was beaten by Zhao Yunzhi and Zhang Fei, who crossed the river from Xiliuju and Duyou.

When he returned to Chang'an, he was even ambushed by Wei Yan and Cao Zhang, which can be described as a loss of soldiers.

There was a victory just after Weishui, and the momentum of the Han army became even stronger.

More than ten miles south of Chang'an City.

The Han army has already set up camp.

If there was no defeat by Weishui, maybe Zhang He would still dare to go out of the city to fight, but now, he only dared to hide in Chang'an City, watching the Han army army build up little by little.

Since it is not possible to go out of the city to fight in the field, then .

I'm guarding Chang'an, it's always okay to stick to and wait for help?

(End of chapter)

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