Chapter 779: The Three Zhuge Liang Are Like a Cobbler
Jiang Wei was instructing the officials to hang the "Secret Order" everywhere in the palace.
A large group of palace people were watching, and several eunuchs in charge of food came outside the crowd carrying vegetable baskets and chickens... and poked their heads to take a look.
They saw the mention in the "Secret Order" that all officials in Shu were imprisoned in the palace to investigate the infiltration of the military commanders in the Wei Dynasty. They were not allowed to leave the palace until the results were clear.
"this…"
Suddenly, a eunuch realized that the chickens in their hands and the vegetables in the basket seemed not enough to eat!
Another older eunuch smacked his lips and murmured: "All the officials in Shuzhong...how much food must be made this day!"
The literate palace servants around were reading to everyone, "...the case of infiltration by Wei Jian's military commander is related to the life and death of the Shu Han Dynasty. It is of great importance. Anyone in the palace who can provide clues will be rewarded with thousands of gold and be granted the title of Marquis of ten thousand households... In Shuzhong
The matter is temporarily handed over to General Zhao Yun for overall coordination."
A palace maid wondered: "Yesterday...didn't the Central Guards also say that they would send new grain to Fushui? Now that the officials are locked up in the palace, who will deliver this grain?"
"Is this what we should worry about?" A eunuch next to him answered, "We should do our own thing well. If the sky falls, there will be someone tall to hold it up."
A eunuch who looked like a ruffian said: "If you provide clues, you can be rewarded with thousands of gold and be granted the title of Marquis of ten thousand households. If the clues are found, it's hard to tell? How about we build one for him ourselves?"
Everyone burst into laughter: "Where is the clue that it can be made if it is made?"
"Haha..." The ruffian-looking eunuch laughed, "Are the clues real or fake? Is it important? You didn't see... Among the people imprisoned this time, the ones who are well treated are our Yizhou officials, and the ones who are poorly treated are
…hey-hey…"
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Zhuge Liang had a hospital handkerchief wrapped around his head and was coughing painfully. Yang Yi held out the decoction in distress.
Zhuge Liang took a sip and his coughing stopped. Yang Yi comforted him and said: "The Prime Minister has always been proficient in sophistry. How could he not know that what Wang Lang said was actually sophistry...it's nonsense. How can the Prime Minister take it to heart? He was so angry.
What about attacking the heart?"
Zhuge Liang sighed: "How can he, Wang Lang, have such eloquence? Such perfect, meticulous and fatal words, words that penetrate my heart and cannot be refuted...Apart from Cao Ziyu, who is good at planning and attacking the heart? Who else is there?"
At this point, Zhuge Liang shook his head and said, "A commander knows the weather, knows the terrain, and understands people's hearts. His words hit my weak point and made me feel mentally weak for the first time...feeling powerless."
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Yang Yi said sadly: "Over the years, many princes have fallen into the hands of Cao Yu, and he is good at this... I lost to him in a verbal battle. This is not the fault of the prime minister, maybe... the time has not come yet, and the situation has not turned around yet.
one day."
"The timing of the day?" Zhuge Liang sighed, "What I'm most afraid of hearing now is the word 'the timing of the day'!"
at this time…
The shouts of the Wei army came from outside the door, "The incompetent Shu Han, the spirit of flying before the battle, choose a military commander, vomiting blood and losing his helmet, Zhuge Liang looks like an old turtle from a distance!"
Then there was a burst of harsh laughter...
Yang Yi couldn't bear it anymore and was about to go out with her sword. Zhuge Liang raised his eyes and shouted coldly, "Stop!"
Yang Yi lamented: "Prime Minister, this Sima Yi has gone too far!"
Zhuge Liang tried his best to keep himself calm... "Do you still think that the commander of the army in front of Fushui Pass is Sima Yi? Has he ever called for a formation?"
"That…"
"Cao Yu is here!" Zhuge Liang sighed: "His most terrifying attack on the heart is also here!"
As the red sun set in the west, a group of Wei soldiers kicked Zhuge Liang's four-wheeled carriage and shouted while playing, "Generals, listen to my orders and go straight to Zhuge Liang's four-wheeled carriage!"
When the shouting ended, the soldiers did not forget to yell at Fushui Pass, "Three Zhuge Liangs, one of them is a cobbler, opened their mouths, their legs trembled, shouted two and a half times forward, and lay down in the ditch without moving! Hahahaha...
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These words came to Wei Yan's ears on the tower one by one.
He had lost his last patience and hope, and left with a gun in hand.
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Yinping Road.
Smoke and dust billowed in the mountains, and the majestic Wei army flags were held high and planted in every corner of Yinping Road.
A team of 50,000 people, led by Xia Houyuan, was rushing towards Chengdu.
The flying black flag of the Wei Dynasty, the majestic armor, the gray robes, the galloping horses, 50,000 people... almost filled the entire Yinping Road.
"Hurry, faster!"
"On the 5th, we will arrive in Chengdu on the 5th! Directly into the middle of Sichuan!"
Xia Houyuan's voice continued to be heard, and his words... countless messengers rushed to tell each other.
In fact, the military order he received was for ten days, but ten days was too unchallenging for him...
He is the father-in-law of the Emperor of Wei and the father-in-law of the current dynasty. He wants to prove to everyone that he, Xia Houyuan, deserves this honor. His current status is based on his own ability and military exploits, not his daughter!
Speaking of which, this is the first time for countless Wei soldiers to walk on the Yinping Road... Although this road has been repaired and opened, it is still not spacious enough and many places need to be climbed...
Fortunately, the Wei army has enough numbers and well-equipped equipment. As long as there are sufficient supplies along the way... it is not difficult to march in a hurry!
And the eyes of every Wei army officer were glowing with green light, filled with expectation.
Everyone realizes that this will be the last battle in the unification of the world, and the success will be remembered forever!
No matter what happens, returning home in the future... will be enough to show off for the rest of my life.
certainly…
It is impossible for the informants in Shu not to know about such an ambitious military operation.
Urgent reports arrived like rain at the Shangshutai in central Sichuan.
But because of Zhao Yun, all these urgent matters were suppressed... No one knew about the hundreds of officials in the palace who were imprisoned!
But Zhao Yun...
Playing tricks and tricks, he spared no effort every day to investigate the infiltration case of the Wei Dynasty Military Division...
Some officials in Shu have been sentenced, and some were pulled out of the palace... and never came back.
Nowadays, the entire Shu Han officialdom...everyone is in danger!
"General, we will arrive in Chengdu in one day!"
A scout reported the news to Xia Houyuan...
Xia Houyuan quickly unfolded the map from his arms. He squinted and focused on the map. He pondered for a moment and pointed at the map, but it was not Chengdu but... "Mianzhu Pass!"
Xia Houyuan immediately ordered, "Bypass Chengdu and attack directly at Mianzhu Pass. Once this pass is lost, the grain road to Fushui Pass will be blocked, and we will be attacked from both sides! Zhuge Liang can't fly without his wings!"
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Autumn has gone, and Lu Yu stood in front of the military camp and looked at Fushui Pass in front of him. The red sun was sinking little by little, and the vast land was about to fall into night, which inevitably added a sense of sadness to the atmosphere.
Sima Yi walked to Lu Yu's side and said, "Zhuge Liang was seriously ill after losing the verbal battle. According to your majesty's order, our army yelled and cursed for several days in a row, but Zhuge Liang did not fight!"
Lu Yu nodded slightly, "It's not that he didn't fight, he just couldn't fight. Now... even if he wanted to, the locals in Yizhou wouldn't be willing to fight!"
this…
Sima Yi was slightly startled, and Lu Yu explained briefly.
It turns out that Shu people have a very unique temperament.
Since the Qin Dynasty, Bashu has been the largest granary in the world. In addition, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so the Shu people have developed a relatively comfortable character. They rarely have the idea of plotting against the Central Plains like people in other places.
After Liu Bei entered Shu, he devoted himself to the Northern Expedition and the restoration of the Han Dynasty, but the local Yizhou officials did not approve of it.
Jingzhou, the Elder Faction, and the Dongzhou Faction agreed because these factions wanted to return to the Central Plains and go home...
Historically... there have always been many people who judged Zhuge Liang for employing people inappropriately. Until the time he left Qishan in the sixth year, he still used those people brought from Jingzhou and did not train new people...
This is actually closely related to the region. Jingzhou was a place of four wars. People born there were used to seeing conquests from south to north, and they determined to make achievements and pacify the Central Plains since childhood.
People who were born in Bashu have been accustomed to living comfortably since childhood and are too lazy to think about these things... It's not that Zhuge Liang doesn't know how to employ people, but that there is no one in Shu.
Liu Xiu's attack on Shu lasted less than two years;
Liu Bei entered Sichuan less than two years ago;
Zhong Hui, Deng Ai and Shu, five months;
Huan Wen also conquered Shu for four months, and during the Five Dynasties Later Tang destroyed former Shu for seventy-four days;
Zhao Kuangyin destroyed Shu in two months, and the Ming Dynasty conquered Sichuan in five months, basically all at once...
Lu Yu explained these personality factors formed by "region".
Finally, I did not forget to recite a poem from Lady Hua Rui of Hou Shu, "One hundred and forty thousand people were disarmed, and not one of them was a man!"
certainly…
This does not mean that the region is unfavorable, but that Shu people have no ambitions...
In fact, the fact that the Shu people are not warlike does not mean that they are not good at fighting. What the Shu people want is a comfortable life. When the Han people come to power in the Central Plains, it will be nothing more than a change of emperor, which will not destroy their original life. But if foreigners come,
Now, change the customs, that’s another story!
The Mongols attacked the Song Dynasty, and Sichuan resisted for fifty years;
When the Qing army entered the Pass, Sichuan continued to resist for more than ten years;
Not to mention that when fighting Xiaori, Sichuan was the rear area. More than 3 million people fought against Xiaori, with more than 600,000 casualties!
In terms of national justice, Shu people have always been clear-minded and at the forefront.
However... what happened later was too far away from this era, so Lu Yu did not tell Sima Yi in detail.
"this…"
After listening to Lu Yu's words, Sima Yi fell into deep thought, "Shu people are not wary...but if they don't come out? That would be difficult! If we attack by force...there will be huge casualties!"
Lu Yu nodded, "Zhuge Liang is a smart man. He knows when to attack and when to defend. Sometimes holding on is the smartest attack, don't you think? Zhongda?"
Well…
The topic suddenly came to Sima Yi, and he was startled for a moment.
He immediately raised his eyebrows and said, "Your Majesty, you plan to spend time with him?"
"Haha..." Lu Yu raised his eyes and looked back at Sima Yi with a smile, "Originally, I didn't want to force him to come out, but... if he doesn't come out, someone will come out!"
As soon as I finished speaking...
"Your Majesty..." Dian Wei hurried over, still holding a few letters in his hand, "There are many generals at Fushui Pass who sent letters privately, saying they are willing to surrender to the Wei Dynasty!"
look…
Talk about Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here!
Lu Yu's smile became even brighter now.
The effect has already appeared.
And Sima Yi swallowed subconsciously, cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty is smart, if you continue to fight like this, Zhuge Kongming will probably become...a..."
Sima Yi originally wanted to say "a lonely person", but he felt that the wording was not very accurate...
Or Lu Yu said for him: "What Zhongda wants to say is 'the bare prime minister', right?"
The bare Prime Minister…
Sima Yi was startled, and then he and Lu Yu looked at each other, hahaha...the two of them laughed knowingly!
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"Prime Minister, recently... the army has discovered that many soldiers have secretly sent letters to Cao Wei..."
Zhuge Liang was drinking medicine, and Yang Yi spoke worriedly.
Zhuge Liang put the medicine aside. In just a moment, the fine wrinkles between his eyebrows slowly condensed on his forehead.
But after being silent for a long time, he just chanted, "Good birds choose trees to roost in, it's not their fault!"
"Also..." Yang Yi continued, "The food that was supposed to arrive in Shuzhong has not arrived for two days. I sent people to inquire, but there was no news..."
"As long as Jiang Wan is here, there won't be any big trouble!" Zhuge Liang still frowned, his eyes dark.
"Prime Minister, don't you think that the recent war situation is very strange?" Yang Yi asked next.
This time Zhuge Liang just opened his mouth, but didn't say a word. He just picked up the bowl and drank the bowl of medicine.
After pondering for a while, he finally said: "The most unforgettable thing in life is kindness. Some people's kindness is repaid and they leave. Some people's kindness is not repaid and they will stay for the rest of their lives."
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just like…
There is something in Zhuge Liang's words.
Yang Yi pursed her lips, suddenly feeling a little sentimental at Zhuge Liang's words.
"Today... I have never heard the shouts and curses from the Wei army outside the pass!" Zhuge Liang always found that there was something missing today. It turned out to be the shouts and curses...
at this time.
"Report...Prime Minister! There is an envoy from the Wei army carrying a box asking to see you!"
"Wei army envoy?" Zhuge Liang repeated.
"He is the prime minister's younger brother..."
"Brother Jun?" Zhuge Liang's eyes narrowed further and he stood up, "Since we are brother Jun, let's meet him one last time!"
With that said... he walked out with the help of Yang Yi.
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At this moment, Zhuge Jun was waiting in the lobby with two envoys, holding a large box.
Zhuge Liang slowly walked in...
Zhuge Jun saw him, and he also noticed Zhuge Jun. A few strange colors flashed in their eyes, and soon...the eyes returned to normal!
They are brothers, but they are also their own masters!
"Who is there?" Zhuge Liang asked as usual.
Zhuge Jun replied calmly: "The Emperor Cao Yu of Wei sent a letter to the Prime Minister of Shu Han, Zhuge Liang!"
Zhuge Jun unfolded the letter and read aloud: "Since Zhuge Kongming is the prime minister of the Shu Han Dynasty and leads the people of Bashu, he does not think about wearing strong weapons to fight against the male and female. Instead, he guards the earthen nest in a cave and is careful to avoid swords and arrows. How is he different from a woman? Today
Send envoys to bring women in plain clothes. If you don't go out to fight, you can worship and accept them again. If you still have shame, especially if you are a man's mind, then you should go out and fight to determine the ownership of the world!"
At Zhuge Jun's voice, all the civil and military officials in the hall turned livid with anger and their fists trembled, but they did not dare to act rashly and all looked at Zhuge Liang!
Zhuge Liang looked very bad...
It was okay to be so humiliated by the leader of the Wei Dynasty, but he still blamed it on his third brother. This made the anger in his heart rise rapidly, but he did not have an attack. He forced himself to calm down and listened leisurely.
Looking at the big box in Zhuge Jun's hand, he smiled lightly.
"The dress that Emperor Wei gave me as a gift, I think... is one of the dresses?"
"Brother Jun, do you think you should accept this girl's skirt? Should you wear this girl's skirt?"