"Where are you going, my lord?" Outside the Chengdu palace, Sun Xun looked confused. "My lord looks like he is seriously ill."
"It's just hard work last night." Xu Mu fastened his cloak and walked a few more steps. He couldn't help but turn around and gave Sun Xun a chestnut.
Last night, this old boy was the fastest runner.
"Long Gong, please follow me out to Yuguan."
"Lord, why are you going to Yuguan?"
"I met the young military advisor. I don't know when he will come back after leaving." Xu Mu sighed. Dongfang Jing was a lame man with a broken body. He had to go from Jiangnan to Dingzhou, but it was a bumpy road.
Even in order to take a shortcut, we did not enter Sichuan, but followed the waterway, from the direction of Bailu County, and then around to Yuguan.
In the land south of the Yangtze River, now that Lao Huang is there, he should be able to deal with that sheepherder. For Lao Huang, Xu Mu doesn't talk about loyalty. For these aristocratic families, loyalty is a very vague thing.
Just to talk about one thing, Lao Huang now has his entire ship tightly tied to the giant ship in Xishu. Unless the rooster lays eggs and the sow climbs the tree, under any circumstances, Lao Huang will fight to the death to protect him. For the interests of Western Shu.
Earlier, Lao Huang had dug out his whole heart for him to see.
"My lord seems very happy recently."
"It's natural to be happy to have settled a worry." Just as he was about to walk out, Xu Mu thought of something else, turned around and said something to Sun Xun again.
"Sun Xun, over at the General Hall in the past two days, Yuncheng General Ma Yi has a clan brother who is coming over. Please make some arrangements."
"Lord, what's his name?"
"My name is Matthew."
After saying that, Xu Mu walked down the palace without stopping, taking the bow dog and a group of guards.
…
Xishu, Lingzhou, Jiangnan.
Huang Daochong sat on the tower of Chunyang County, raised his head, and looked at the river not far ahead. The large Xiangjiang River was like a water dragon, winding endlessly, blocking the enemies from the north for Xishu.
"Mr. Qingfeng, the little military advisor has left."
"I know. I remember that you are General Ma Yi of Yuncheng."
"Exactly."
"From now on, General Laoma will join me to guard this land south of the Yangtze River."
"Don't worry, sir, I will do my best in the end."
Huang Daochong nodded, then turned his gaze and looked further across the river. Vaguely, he seemed to see several warships heading upstream towards Bailu County.
"First there is the poisonous oul strategist, and then there is the little strategist from the East. In this Western Shu, why worry about failing to achieve its great cause!"
Huang Daochong raised his head, his voice filled with hope for a moment.
Above the river.
Dongfang sat quietly on the bow of the boat, closing his eyes and blowing the wind, seeming to be meditating, but also seeming to be intoxicated.
This time, he wanted to do something from Jiangnan to Dingzhou. This matter had not been successful because of the appearance of Mi Taoist disciples.
But this time when he left Jiangnan, he was still full of confidence.
As long as Beiyu falls into the trap and replaces its generals, then Xishu will have at least a 20% chance of winning in the battle between the north and the south.
Originally, I wanted to take care of Sha Rong's affairs, but the old man "Qingfeng" was born, and now is the best time to leave Jiangnan.
"San'er, let the boat master go faster."
Dongfang Jing opened his eyes and became energetic again, "I haven't seen my lord for many days."
…
On the other side of the Xiangjiang River, at this time, an old man with silver hair and a sheepskin cloak, leaning on a wooden stick, was also standing on the river, silently raising his head and moving forward.
"Jiang Meng meets the military advisor." A veteran general came over and saluted the old man hastily.
"General Jiang, no need to be polite."
Jiang Meng stood up with clasped fists, looked at the old man, and hesitated to speak, "The broad cloak on the military advisor is already a bit old, and I happen to have a new leather cloak in my house——"
"That's not necessary." The old man laughed, "The world calls me a sheepherder, so it doesn't matter if I wear an old sheep cloak."
Jiang Meng was silent for a while and nodded.
"General Jiang, sit with me and talk about the situation in Jiangnan."
Jiang Meng asked someone to get tea soup, poured a cup for the old man in front of him himself, and then slowly started talking.
"Nowadays, several states in the south of the Yangtze River in Western Shu, Chuzhou and Lingzhou being the most serious, are in confrontation with us. The general guarding Chuzhou is Yu Wen, who is known as the first general in Western Shu. But I feel that this
Some people are not worthy of their reputation. At most, they can only sit in the chief position because they are qualified enough."
"As for Lingzhou, it was previously guarded by lame soldiers from Western Shu... lame military advisors."
"Why is General Jiang's voice slurred?"
"I fell into a lame man's trick earlier. The thirty thousand navy and nearly one thousand warships I brought with me were almost completely lost."
"General Jiang, is it possible that you have a heart problem?"
Jiang Meng was silent for a while, "To be honest with the military advisor, if we talk about the water battle on the river, I have to say something ugly, Beiyu is not the opponent of the Shu people yet."
"North horse and south ship are the principles of ancient times. General Chiang Kai-shek does not need to blame himself."
"Thank you, military advisor, for your enlightenment." Jiang Meng took a breath and continued, "I received news in the past two days that the Eastern small military advisor in Lingzhou suddenly left Jiangnan."
"Leave Jiangnan?" The sheepherder finally looked happy, "Then who is guarding it now?"
"Coming from the five states of the South China Sea, the third conspirator of Western Shu is Qingfeng. I heard that this person was brought back from the Western Regions by Xu Buyi. He is quite capable. With just a few moves, he pacified the five states of the South China Sea.
Big chaos."
"The name of Da Mo Qing Feng has been spread for a long time." The old sheepherder was silent for a moment, "That means that I, Xun Pingzi, will compete with this Qing Feng here in the south of the Yangtze River."
"Military advisor, that's exactly what it is."
The sheepherder Xun Pingzi frowned, "Of course I understand that the Lord sent me to Kezhou to stabilize the general trend of training the navy and building ships to enter the river."
Jiang Meng nodded, "The previous consideration of my lord and the military advisor was to build a large shipyard on the Qingzhou side. Unfortunately, if it were placed there, it would be a dangerous journey from the sea to the Xiangjiang River, and it would also be prone to disasters.
They were intercepted by the Shu people."
"By the way, the current naval commander of Western Shu is named Miao Tong. He was previously the deputy commander of Dongling. This man is well versed in water warfare and should not be underestimated."
Xun Pingzi stood up and looked at the water of the Xiangjiang River in front of him, frowning more and more.
"These Shu people have regarded the Xiangjiang River as the last natural barrier, trying to block the unification of Beiyu and Chongqing. But throughout the ages, only the northerners have swallowed the south. How many times have the southerners swallowed the north? It's just that
We fight stubbornly, but in the end we cannot reverse the trend."
"After I, Xun Pingzi, entered Kezhou, my first plan was to dig an inland river."
"Military advisor, dig the inland river?"
Xun Pingzi nodded silently, "Drill the inland river and build a dock. In this way, we can stay away from the dangers on the river bank. At that time, as long as we put strict defenses at the mouth of the river, we will be able to make our shipbuilding business in Beiyu go smoothly.
conduct."
"Military advisor, this is not easy...the civilian men mobilized will cost at least two to three hundred thousand."
"No need, I have also observed. It will take up to 60,000 to 70,000 civilians to dig it out in three months. General Jiang, our Beiyu Navy is currently weak. In this case, there is no need to compete for this round of limelight, and we will make a move step by step.
Can."
Jiang Meng was silent for a moment, then considered the feasibility, and then nodded seriously.