Zhu Rong was a little angry in his heart. Not only did Meng Huo regard his marriage as child's play, but even more child's play was engaging in martial arts competitions to get married during the war. The Sichuan army was powerful, and Zhu Rong was worried about the safety of his people, but it seemed that no one except herself regarded the powerful as a child's play.
The Sichuan Army took it seriously.
Zhu Rong always felt that the barbarian army would suffer a big loss.
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In the Sichuan Army Camp, late at night, a lot of drawings were scattered all over the tent, like a garbage dump. Liu Zhang and Huang Yueying sat among the piles of papers, both very sleepy.
"Alright, my lord, the terrain around the Xianpian Cave has been roughly revealed, but does this thing really work?"
The two of them asked dozens of natives in the past few days, and after summarizing, they barely drew the outline of the diagonal hole. However, the finished product Huang Yueying took out was nothing more than a mountain, several roads connected in series through the points, and the hole.
The situation is also like a leaf that obscures the view of the mountain.
It's really child's play to carry an army with something like this.
"Let's make do." Liu Zhang had no other choice.
"Okay, that's it." Huang Yueying yawned, patted her lips, and said to Liu Zhang: "Master, call me in an hour, I'll take a nap first."
Huang Yueying leaned on Liu Zhang. Liu Zhang was looking at the drawings. Suddenly he didn't dare to move. He didn't know where the nervousness came from. The places touched by Huang Yueying were stiff. He had never been like this when facing a woman before.
"Don't you have to go see Zhou Tai tonight?"
"Why are you mentioning him?... Well, he is an undead monster. His injuries are almost healed and he is ready to fight."
Huang Yueying murmured a few words in her dream, lay on Liu Zhang, closed her eyes and fell asleep. Liu Zhang looked at Huang Yueying, she was indeed very tired. Not only did she have to draw pictures day and night, she also had to deal with military affairs, and she thought about everything meticulously.
Seeing Huang Yueying's peaceful expression, Liu Zhang slowly relaxed and moved his shoulders to make Huang Yueying lie down more comfortably.
He was also very tired, and after a while, Liu Zhang himself fell asleep.
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The night was quiet, and suddenly a loud voice sounded.
Liu Zhang and Huang Yueying were woken up together. They looked at the two people hugging each other in great surprise. Liu Zhang jumped up when he heard the sound of a broken gong that sounded like a reminder.
"Did the enemy attack? Did the barbarians rob the camp?"
Huang Yueying calmly tidied up her messy hair and arranged the barracks. She felt very relieved.
"No, lord, General Deng Xian is here."
"Deng Xian?" Liu Zhang's expression twisted, and he was happy at first. Then he said angrily to Hao Qiang: "Deng Xian will come as soon as he comes. Why are you yelling like a pig butcher?"
When Deng Xian left Chengdu, Liu Zhang only gave him half a year's leave. It has been almost a year now. During the expedition against the Southern Barbarians, Liu Zhang wanted to re-enable Deng Xian. But when he passed by Jiangzhou, he sent someone to Deng Xian's home. Deng Xian happened to be out, and Liu Zhang
He left a handwritten letter to the servants of Deng's family, asking Deng Xian to join the army after returning home.
Now that Deng Xian has arrived, he must have defected to the army. As a general who abandoned his family and loyal to himself, Liu Zhang had no reason not to take him seriously.
"My subordinates have met with my lord to congratulate my lord on defeating the 200,000 Xiliang army and subduing the thirteen tribes of Xiqiang. The Sichuan army is famous throughout the world." Deng Xian paid homage to Liu Zhang with a military salute in a strong voice.
"It's been a year, and I haven't learned anything. I've learned how to flatter people." Liu Zhang sat down, and Huang Yueying didn't move. Her butt was stuck on the ground, and her head was lying on the chair and she continued to sleep.
"Deng Xianguan was reinstated. After the Battle of Nanzhong, he was promoted with military merit."
"My lord, no, Lord of Shu." Deng Xian bowed and said, "Forgive me, Lord of Shu. Deng Xian came this time not to surrender to the army, but to offer dried meat and herbs."
"Dried meat?" Liu Zhang's eyes widened.
Deng Xian reported: "Marquis of Shu, since he left the military camp, Deng Xian returned to Jiangzhou and started a business with the money he saved. He also inherited the favor of Marquis of Shu's new policy. He mainly resold some goods from barbarians to earn the price difference.
This year, I also made a lot of money.
Hearing that the Marquis of Shu was marching south, he even wrote a personal letter asking Deng Xian to join the army. Deng Xian was deeply moved, but Deng Xian was used to his current life and didn't like the military, so he asked the Marquis of Shu to forgive him."
Liu Zhang was silent for a long time, feeling a little disappointed. Although Deng Xian was not very skilled in martial arts and average in leading troops, he was loyal. From the Battle of Fucheng to the suppression of the rebellion in Chengdu, he made many meritorious deeds. Choosing between family and loyalty, Deng Xian
It has always been your choice.
Liu Zhang was definitely willing to reuse such a general, but he couldn't...
Seeing Liu Zhang's disappointed look, Deng Xian was a little moved, but what he had decided in his heart would not change.
Deng Xian said to Liu Zhang: "House of Shu, the grass-roots people are here this time. They have specially come to offer two thousand kilograms of dried meat, dozens of kinds of medicinal herbs, more than one hundred kilograms, fifty horses from the southern barbarians, and five thousand pairs of anti-summer medicines. Please send me to Shu."
Waiting for inspection."
"You've only been in business for a year. There are so many things, why don't you post them."
Deng Xian smiled: "As long as Shu is here and the New Deal is here, everything lost can be earned back."
Deng Xian suddenly saw the mess on the ground with many strange pictures on it, and asked Liu Zhang: "Is the Lord of Shu in trouble?"
"It's nothing, it's just that the Southern Barbarians are not familiar with geography and it's a bit troublesome to draw a topographic map. Okay, Mr. Deng... I ordered the sergeant to arrange for you to rest for the night..."
"Shu Hou." Deng Xian suddenly said: "It is not necessary to draw a map of the Southern Barbarians' terrain. The Southern Barbarians' terrain is full of strange things. How can it be drawn like this?"
"What else can we do without painting? Well?... You resell Nanman's specialties, and you should travel to Nanman frequently. Are you familiar with it?"
Deng Xian said awkwardly: "The common people are ashamed. They have only been doing business for a year. How can they be familiar with the terrain of the Southern Barbarians? However, the common people know a strange man named Du Mingwei. This man was born deaf, but he is well-informed and intelligent. He often travels between the Southern Barbarians and the Southern Barbarians."
In the middle of Shu, maybe he can be familiar with the southern barbarian terrain, why don't you give it a try?"
"Du Wei, who is this?" Liu Zhang asked curiously.
Deng Xian was even more curious: "How could my lord not know this? This person had worked as a clerk in the Mufu before, but after only three days, he became deaf. My lord also laughed and called it a three-day job. Has my lord forgotten?"
Liu Zhang's chest felt tight, feeling that he was an official before coming here. How could he possibly know him? But after Deng Xian said this, he seemed to be able to think of Du Wei.
Du Wei was named Guofu and was born in Tongfu. He himself did not belong to the figures of the Three Kingdoms, because he did not serve as an official in the Three Kingdoms at all and did not participate in anything. He worked under Liu Zhang for a few days and then resigned due to illness.
What really made him famous was Zhuge Liang. After Liu Bei entered Shu, Zhuge Liang asked Du Wei three times to help him, just like when Liu Bei entered Longzhong.
Du Wei never served as an official under Liu Bei in his life, but after his death, he was pursued by Zhuge Liang as an admonishing doctor and a general with five senses.
A person who even asked Zhuge Liang three times to ask for help, but remained motionless as a mountain, and even sought after his death to grant him a title, is a testament to his talent.
Because Du Wei was a hero in the history of disabled people, Liu Zhang could barely remember some of it. Then he remembered that such a strange person, even if he couldn't draw a map, should be invited to come out. It was just someone who Zhuge Liang couldn't hire when he resigned.
Can you please do it yourself?
"Oops." Liu Zhang tapped his forehead: "My memory is getting worse and worse. Look at my brain, ouch."
Deng Xian looked at Liu Zhang and sighed in his heart. His head ailment had caused so much harm to his lord. He had made a deal with the barbarians. He must ask the strangers outside to see if anyone could save his lord.
"Honor of Shu, the poor people retire." After Deng Xian told the address of Du Wei's seclusion, he stood up and resigned.
"Master Deng, thank you very much for letting me know. I won't send it away."
Deng Xian withdrew, and the tent became deserted. The humid early morning wind blew in. Liu Zhang glanced at Huang Yueying, who was wearing thin clothes and sleeping with a frown on her face. Maybe she was still thinking about something in her dream.
Liu Zhang took the big cloak next to him, put it on Huang Yueying, and fell asleep beside him.
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There is a mountain stream in the upper reaches of Lushui River, with waterfalls and bead curtains and quiet bamboo forests.
Liu Zhang walked through a bamboo forest and saw a bamboo house deep in the mountain stream. He asked his soldiers to stay outside the bamboo forest and only led one powerful person inside.
There was no other sound in the mountain stream except the sound of water and the chirping of birds. Liu Zhang walked to the bamboo house and saw that the bamboo door was closed. He bowed inside and said, "Is there anyone in the house?"
No reply.
"It doesn't seem like he's here, let's wait at the door."
"Lord, be careful."
Just as Liu Zhang was about to sit down on the stone steps, he let out a loud roar that nearly broke Liu Zhang's eardrums. He was so powerful that his eyesight and quick hands grabbed Liu Zhang's buttocks. A green snake was caught, and Liu Zhang was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat.
"go."
It's amazing. I grew up in southern Xinjiang and I am not afraid of snakes. I threw the green snake out with too much force and the green snake flew far away in the air.
"Who is this? Do you want to kill my Xiaoqing?"
A voice came, and Liu Zhanghe took a look and saw a middle-aged man in his thirties or forties with a stooped back carrying a bamboo basket.
I am so familiar with the customs of southern Xinjiang. As soon as I heard the man's words, I knew that the green snake was the man's pet. It is very impolite to hurt other people's pets, just like the Han people hurt other people's guard dogs.
And when you ask for help from others, you can't offend them.
Hao Sheng quickly stepped forward and apologized: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't know this was a living thing raised by Mr., I'm really sorry."
The expression on the man's face did not change at all. He muttered, as if he was still complaining about the little green snake who threw him.
"Are you stupid? Didn't you hear Deng Xian say that Du Wei's ears don't work?" Liu Zhang scolded him fiercely and bowed to Du Wei: "My Excellency, Liu Zhang, I have met Mr. Du."
Du Wei pushed the door straight and entered the house.
It was so awesome that I was holding back my laughter.
…
Liu Zhang came to visit Du Wei and was well prepared. He brought a large stack of white paper with him. He immediately pulled out a piece of paper, wrote a row of big words, and waved it towards Du Wei in the room.
"Liu Zhang of Yizhou, I have something to ask to see Mr. Du Wei."
Du Wei didn't see it. He sorted the herbs in the bamboo basket into categories and put them into several cabinets. He was about to go out with the empty bamboo basket on his back when he saw Liu Zhang's dangling words.
He frowned, took the pen and paper, and wrote two big words: "Missing."